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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 11, 2014
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| US 08667663 | Maxwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert W. Maxwell (Fairfield, Connecticut); Scott A. Chasen (Orange, Connecticut); Barton J. Hainsworth (Oxford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Maxwell (Fairfield, Connecticut); Scott A. Chasen (Orange, Connecticut); Barton J. Hainsworth (Oxford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An eccentric fitting assembly includes an outer eccentric fitting which defines an outer axis, the outer eccentric fitting defines an opening offset from the outer axis and an inner eccentric fitting which defines an inner axis, the inner eccentric fitting defines a stud opening offset from the inner axis, the inner eccentric fitting receivable within the opening. |
| FILED | Monday, October 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/132922 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/525.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08667774 | Kuehn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark S. Kuehn (Gilbert, Arizona); Daniel A. Nyhus (Payson, Arizona); Timothy G. Brewer (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. Kuehn (Gilbert, Arizona); Daniel A. Nyhus (Payson, Arizona); Timothy G. Brewer (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Secondary air flow is provided for a ducted fan having an engine core driving a fan blisk. The fan blisk incorporates a set of thrust fan blades extending from an outer hub and a set of integral secondary flow blades extending intermediate an inner hub and the outer hub. A nacelle provides a first flow duct for the thrust fan blades and a secondary flow duct carries flow from the integral secondary flow blades. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/536338 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/226.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08667775 | Kisska et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael K. Kisska (Long Beach, California); Norman H. Princen (Long Beach, California); Mark S. Kuehn (Gilbert, Arizona); Gary B. Cosentino (Lancaster, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael K. Kisska (Long Beach, California); Norman H. Princen (Long Beach, California); Mark S. Kuehn (Gilbert, Arizona); Gary B. Cosentino (Lancaster, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Secondary air flow is provided for a ducted fan having a reverse flow turbine engine core driving a fan blisk. The fan blisk incorporates a set of thrust fan blades extending from an outer hub and a set of integral secondary flow blades extending intermediate an inner hub and the outer hub. A nacelle provides an outer flow duct for the thrust fan blades and a secondary flow duct carries flow from the integral secondary flow blades as cooling air for components of the reverse flow turbine engine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/536426 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/226.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08667841 | Noya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geoge Noya (Bel Air, Maryland); Luis Enrique Faure (Abingdon, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoge Noya (Bel Air, Maryland); Luis Enrique Faure (Abingdon, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A glovebox air intake emergency safety shutoff system includes a glovebox; a first manual valve operatively connected to the glovebox, wherein the first manual valve articulates between an open position and a closed position; an automatic valve operatively connected to the manual valve, wherein the automatic valve articulates between an open position and a closed position; an air intake component that inputs air into the glovebox; an air exhaust component that discharges air from the glovebox; and a pressure monitor that detects a level of pressure in the glovebox. The pressure monitor includes a pressure sensor that measures a pressure in the glovebox and transmits a signal associated with the measured pressure; and a pressure controller that receives the signal and responds according to the measured pressure. The pressure controller operatively closes the automatic valve upon the measured pressure increasing above a predetermined limit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/443370 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08667956 | Kamen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DEKA Products Limited Partnership (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DEKA Products Limited Partnership (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Kamen (Bedford, New Hampshire); Larry B. Gray (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Richard J. Lanigan (Concord, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A controllable launcher for propelling a payload through a predictable and repeatable trajectory to a desired height. The launcher has an energy source for propelling a carriage and a piston in substantially opposing directions and a controller for controlling the trajectory of the propelled payload to enable the payload to land gently at a safe impact distance from the edge of a destination structure. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/668731 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Mechanical guns and projectors 124/71 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668110 | Traxler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric W. Traxler (Beavercreek, Ohio); Jamie B. Vanderhorst (West Chester, Ohio); David E. Havens (Bellbrook, Ohio); Brandon C. Kirby (Beavercreek, Ohio); Michael J. Fisher (Springboro, Ohio); Joel J. Everhart (Beavercreek, Ohio); Matthew C. Everhart (Fairborn, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed device primarily consists of a band, ring, or other piece of shape memory polymer (SMP) or SMP composite in various embodiments that allows or disallows containment. When the SMP reaches its transition temperature (Tg) the SMP provides the means for releasing containment of the pressurized material so as to prevent ignition or explosion of hazardous material. At normal operating temperatures, the SMP is in a deformed shape maintaining an environmental seal to protect the contents of the container. When environmental conditions cause the SMP or SMP composite to exceed its Tg, specified by the operating requirements, the SMP returns to its memory shape in a controlled geometry, rather than simply melting. The return of the SMP to its memory shape causes the venting of the container in different manners depending on which embodiment is utilized. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/718361 |
| ART UNIT | 3781 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Receptacles 220/745 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668162 | Sonneborn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Walter Gerd Oskar Sonneborn (Colleyville, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter Gerd Oskar Sonneborn (Colleyville, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for equalizing rolling moments at high advance ratios is disclosed including impelling an aircraft in a forward direction at an airspeed by means of a thrust source and rotating a rotor of the aircraft at an angular velocity with respect to the airspeed effective to cause a positive total lift on each blade due to air flow over the blades in the retreating direction when the blade is moving in the retreating direction. The rotor includes an even number of blades placed at equal angular intervals around the rotor hub. One or both of cyclic pitch and rotor angle of attack are adjusted such that a rolling moment of the retreating blade due to reverse air flow is between 0.3 and 0.7 times a rolling moment on the advancing blade due to lift. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/199679 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668370 | McCaughan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leon McCaughan (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas F. Kuech (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher J. Zenner (Madison, Wisconsin); Cedric Meyers (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leon McCaughan (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas F. Kuech (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher J. Zenner (Madison, Wisconsin); Cedric Meyers (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Dimpled plates for light distribution and concentration are provided. Also provided are apparatus incorporating the plates as waveguides, and methods for using the dimpled plates for distributing or concentrating input light. The dimpled plates are designed to spatially distribute light from each of one or more near point light sources into a pixelated light projection using an array of reflective conical light deflection elements. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/463151 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Illumination 362/611 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668434 | Karpman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Boris Karpman (Marlborough, Connecticut); Richard P. Meisner (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Sheryl H. Roadinger (Manchester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boris Karpman (Marlborough, Connecticut); Thomas J. Roadinger (Late of Manchester, Tennessee); Richard P. Meisner (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system comprises an apparatus, an actuator and a processor. The apparatus defines a flow path through an aperture, the aperture defines a pressure drop along the flow path, and the actuator regulates fluid flow across the pressure drop. The processor comprises a flow module, a comparator, an estimator and a control law. The flow module maps a flow curve relating a flow parameter to a pressure ratio, and defines a solution point located on the flow curve and a focus point located off the flow curve. The comparator generates an error as a function of a slope defined between the focus and solution points. The estimator moves the solution point along the flow curve, such that the error is minimized. The control law directs the actuator to position the control element, such that the flow parameter describes the fluid flow and the pressure ratio describes the pressure drop. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/552711 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668480 | Dennis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul G. Dennis (Roscoe, Illinois); Timothy J. Franckowiak (Rockford, Illinois); David W. Borgetti (Belvidere, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul G. Dennis (Roscoe, Illinois); Timothy J. Franckowiak (Rockford, Illinois); David W. Borgetti (Belvidere, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A vane liner for use in a vane pump has a vane liner body defining an inner bore for providing a cam surface in a vane pump. The cam surface has a suction opening formed through the body at one circumferential extent, and a discharge opening through the body at a distinct circumferential extent. A pre-pressurization opening extends through the body at a location upstream of an upstream end of the discharge opening, but spaced by at least 90 degrees from a downstream end of the suction opening. A vane pump incorporating the above-discussed liner is also claimed. Further, a vane pump is also disclosed and claimed having the spacing from the downstream end of the suction opening at least X degrees wherein X equals 360 divided by N, N being the number of vanes in the vane pump. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/887677 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary expansible chamber devices 418/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668848 | Vanheusden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karel Vanheusden (Los Altos, California); Klaus Kunze (Carlsbad, California); Hyungrak Kim (Saratoga, California); Aaron D. Stump (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Allen B. Schult (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark J. Hampden-Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Chuck Edwards (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Anthony R. James (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); James Caruso (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Toivo T. Kodas (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Scott Thomas Haubrich (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark H. Kowalski (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition for the fabrication of reflective features using a direct-write tool is disclosed. The composition comprises metal nanoparticles having an average particle size less than 300 nm and which carry thereon a polymer for substantially preventing agglomeration of the nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles exhibit a metal-polymer weight ratio of 100:1 to 10:1. The composition further includes a vehicle for forming a dispersion with the metal nanoparticles. A number of electronic devices comprising a reflective layer formed from the composition are also disclosed. One example case provides an electronic device having a reflective electrode. The reflective electrode comprises a percolation network of the metal nanoparticles embedded in a matrix of the polymer and having an average particle size of less than 300 nm, wherein the reflective electrode is reflective in the visible light range and does not diffract incident light. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/693796 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/512 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668992 | Hong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wenbin Hong (Rolla, Missouri); Tantiboro Ouattara (Eureka, Missouri); Kang Le Wang (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brewer Science Inc. (Rolla, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenbin Hong (Rolla, Missouri); Tantiboro Ouattara (Eureka, Missouri); Heping Wang (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides new polyimide materials suitable for use in optically transparent fiber composites, ribbon composites, and optical communications applications. The polyimide compounds include monomeric repeat units comprising a fluorinated moiety and a fluorene cardo structure. The polyimides exhibit good optical transparency and have a low absolute thermo-optic coefficient (|dn/dT|). |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/150946 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/473.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669015 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SangKyun Kang (Seoul, South Korea); Joonhyung Shim (Mountain View, California); Friedrich B. Prinz (Woodside, California); Turgut M. Gür (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea); The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | SangKyun Kang (Seoul, South Korea); Joonhyung Shim (Mountain View, California); Friedrich B. Prinz (Woodside, California); Turgut M. Gür (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid-state fuel cell includes: an anode; an anode side chemical electrolyte protection layer disposed on the anode; a hydrogen ion conductive solid oxide film disposed on the anode side chemical electrolyte protection layer; a cathode side chemical electrolyte protection layer disposed on the hydrogen ion conductive solid oxide film; and a cathode disposed on the cathode side chemical electrolyte protection layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/417095 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/433 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669086 | Ringeisen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bradley R Ringeisen (Lorton, Virginia); Russell K. Pirlo (Washington, District of Columbia); Peter K Wu (Ashland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley R Ringeisen (Lorton, Virginia); Russell K. Pirlo (Washington, District of Columbia); Peter K Wu (Ashland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a structure having: a porous polymeric film permeated by a first extracellular matrix material; and a topcoat layer comprising a second extracellular matrix gel disposed on the film. Also disclosed herein is a method of: providing a porous polymeric film; permeating the film with a first extracellular matrix material; and applying a topcoat layer of a second extracellular matrix material to the film. Also disclosed herein is a method of: laser-machining holes through a film comprising collagen to form a web-like structure. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/097124 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/177 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669104 | Baylink et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Loma Linda University (Loma Linda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Baylink (Redlands, California); Kin-Hing William Lau (Redlands, California); Xuezhong Qin (Loma Linda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Gene-modified, inflammation-specific monocytes that comprise a 1-alpha-hydroxylase gene, where the 1-alpha-hydroxylase gene is expressed to produce functional 1-alpha-hydroxylase enzyme when the monocytes transdifferentiate into gene-modified, inflammation-specific macrophages. Gene-modified, inflammation-specific macrophages that comprise a 1-alpha-hydroxylase gene. A method for treating one or more than one inflammation-related condition or disease, the method comprising administering gene-modified, inflammation-specific monocytes that comprise a 1-alpha-hydroxylase gene, where the 1-alpha-hydroxylase gene is expressed to produce functional 1-alpha-hydroxylase enzyme when the monocytes transdifferentiate into gene-modified, inflammation-specific macrophages. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/076055 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669105 | Sukumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Selva Sukumar (Berkeley, California); Mohey Eldin M. El Shikh (Richmond, Virginia); John G. Tew (Mechanicsville, Virginia); Guzman Sanchez-Schmitz (Orlando, Florida); Donald Drake, III (Orlando, Florida); Luis Mosquera (Oviedo, Florida); Conan Li (Los Altos, California); Anatoly M. Kachurin (Orlando, Florida); Russell Higbee (Orlando, Florida); Heather Fahlenkamp (Cleveland, Oklahoma); Eric Mishkin (Winter Springs, Florida); William L. Warren (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanofi Pasteur Vaxdesign Corp. (Orlando, Florida); Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Selva Sukumar (Berkeley, California); Mohey Eldin M. El Shikh (Richmond, Virginia); John G. Tew (Mechanicsville, Virginia); Guzman Sanchez-Schmitz (Orlando, Florida); Donald Drake, III (Orlando, Florida); Luis Mosquera (Oviedo, Florida); Conan Li (Los Altos, California); Anatoly M. Kachurin (Orlando, Florida); Russell Higbee (Orlando, Florida); Heather Fahlenkamp (Cleveland, Oklahoma); Eric Mishkin (Winter Springs, Florida); William L. Warren (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention incorporates germinal centers (GCs) into three-dimensional (3D) engineered tissue constructs (ETCs). In an embodiment, we have incorporated the GC in the design of an artificial immune system (AIS) to examine immune responses to vaccines and other compounds. Development of an in vitro GC adds functionality to an AIS, in that it enables generation of an in vitro human humoral response by human B lymphocytes that is accurate and reproducible, without using human subjects. The invention also permits evaluation of, for example, vaccines, allergens, and immunogens, and activation of human B cells specific for a given antigen, which can then be used to generate human antibodies. In an embodiment of the present invention the function of the in vitro GC is enhanced by placing FDCs and other immune cells in a 3D ETC; FDCs appear more effective over a longer time (antibody production is sustained for up to about 14 days. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/167131 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669168 | Storm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David F. Storm (Waldorf, Maryland); Douglas S. Katzer (Alexandria, Virginia); Glenn G. Jernigan (Waldorf, Maryland); Steven C. Binari (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David F. Storm (Waldorf, Maryland); Douglas S. Katzer (Alexandria, Virginia); Glenn G. Jernigan (Waldorf, Maryland); Steven C. Binari (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing GaN material includes subjecting a GaN substrate to at least two cycles of Ga deposition and desorption, then applying a layer of AlN to the GaN substrate, then growing GaN on the AlN layer by molecular beam epitaxy. This results in reduced concentrations of oxygen, carbon, and silicon impurities. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/737010 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669488 | Squier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Squier (Golden, Colorado); Dawn Vitek (Lakewood, Colorado); Charles Durfee (Golden, Colorado); Daniel Adams (Golden, Colorado); David Kleinfeld (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Squier (Golden, Colorado); Dawn Vitek (Lakewood, Colorado); Charles Durfee (Golden, Colorado); Daniel Adams (Golden, Colorado); David Kleinfeld (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Temporal focusing of spatially chirped femtosecond laser pulses overcomes previous limitations for ablating high aspect ratio features with low numerical aperture (NA) beams. Simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing reduces nonlinear interactions, such as self-focusing, prior to the focal plane so that deep (˜1 mm) features with parallel sidewalls are ablated at high material removal rates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/065778 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.680 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669504 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerald Miller (Bedford, Indiana); James Stewart (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald Miller (Bedford, Indiana); James Stewart (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An unmanned aerial vehicle including a controller operating in a search mode of operation where a receiver of an acquisition sensor searches for a target and causes flight control surfaces to guide the vehicle in a downward spiral path, a terminal mode of operation where the acquisition sensor detects a target and causes flight control surfaces to direct the vehicle toward the target, and an activation mode of operation where a trigger sensor detects a target within a predetermined distance to the vehicle and the controller activates a responder. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790655 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669521 | Blick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert H. Blick (Madison, Wisconsin); Jonghoo Park (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Blick (Madison, Wisconsin); Jonghoo Park (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A detector for time of flight mass spectroscopy uses a microwave resonant cavity excited into resonance by the passage of charged particles as an ion detector. With proper configuration of the frequency of resonance of the cavity, its modes and its quality factor, nanosecond time resolution, should be possible. |
| FILED | Friday, September 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/890141 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669552 | Ye |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yan Ye (Saratoga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yan Ye (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to an offset electrode TFT and a method of its manufacture. The offset electrode TFT is a TFT in which one electrode, either the source or the drain, surrounds the other electrode. The gate electrode continues to be below both the source and the drain electrodes. By redesigning the TFT, less voltage is necessary to transfer the voltage from the source to the drain electrode as compared to traditional bottom gate TFTs or top gate TFTs. The offset electrode TFT structure is applicable not only to silicon based TFTs, but also to transparent TFTs that include metal oxides such as zinc oxide or IGZO and metal oxynitrides such as ZnON. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/289033 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669553 | Knutson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris Knutson (Corvallis, Oregon); Rick Presley (Lebanon, Oregon); John F. Wager (Corvallis, Oregon); Douglas Keszler (Corvallis, Oregon); Randy Hoffman (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas); Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris Knutson (Corvallis, Oregon); Rick Presley (Lebanon, Oregon); John F. Wager (Corvallis, Oregon); Douglas Keszler (Corvallis, Oregon); Randy Hoffman (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate dielectric disposed on the gate electrode, a channel layer, and a passivation layer. The channel layer has a first surface and an opposed second surface, where the first surface is disposed over at least a portion of the gate dielectric. The channel layer also has a first oxide composition including at least one predetermined cation. The passivation layer is disposed adjacent to at least a portion of the opposed second surface of the channel layer. The passivation layer has a second oxide composition including the at least one predetermined cation of the first oxide composition and at least one additional cation that increases a bandgap of the passivation layer relative to the channel layer. |
| FILED | Friday, July 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/704012 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669588 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Peter Gordon Smith (Santa Barbara, California); Gregory Mark Venzor (Santa Barbara, California); Eric J. Beuville (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Peter Gordon Smith (Santa Barbara, California); Gregory Mark Venzor (Santa Barbara, California); Eric J. Beuville (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A unit cell for use in an imaging system may include an absorber layer of semiconductor material formed on a semiconductor substrate, at least one contact including semiconductor material formed on the semiconductor substrate and electrically coupled to the absorber layer, and a cap layer of semiconductor material formed on the semiconductor substrate and electrically coupled to and formed between the absorber layer and the at least one contact. The absorber layer may be configured to absorb incident photons such that the absorbed photons excite electrons in the absorber layer to generate a photocurrent. The at least one contact may be configured to conduct the photocurrent to one or more electrical components external to the unit cell. The cap layer may be configured to conduct the photocurrent between the absorber layer and the at least one contact. |
| FILED | Monday, July 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/497878 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669589 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California); Marcia Moore (Santa Barbara, California); Tim Wisleder (Auckland, Niger); Primit Parikh (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California); Marcia Moore (Santa Barbara, California); Tim Wisleder (Auckland, Niger); Primit Parikh (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device, and particularly a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT), having a plurality of epitaxial layers and experiencing an operating (E) field. A negative ion region in the epitaxial layers to counter the operating (E) field. One method for fabricating a semiconductor device comprises providing a substrate and growing epitaxial layers on the substrate. Negative ions are introduced into the epitaxial layers to form a negative ion region to counter operating electric (E) fields in the semiconductor device. Contacts can be deposited on the epitaxial layers, either before or after formation of the negative ion region. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112285 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/192 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669779 | Gill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gennette Delaine Gill (New York, New York); Montek Singh (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gennette Delaine Gill (New York, New York); Montek Singh (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, pipeline stages, and computer readable media for advanced asynchronous pipeline circuits are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a configurable system for constructing asynchronous application specific integrated data pipeline circuits. The system includes multiple modular circuit stages that are connectable with each other using transitional signaling and with other circuit elements to form multi-stage asynchronous application-specific integrated data pipeline circuits for asynchronously passing data through a series of stages based on a behavior implemented by each stage. The modular circuit stages each include sets of logic gates connected to each other for implementing the behaviors, the behaviors including at least one of conditional split, conditional select, conditional join, merge without arbitration, and stage arbitration. |
| FILED | Monday, June 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/001034 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08670471 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seheon Kim (Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seheon Kim (Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Photonic crystal cavities and related devices and methods are described. The described cavities can be used as lasers, photovoltaic sources, and single photon sources. The cavities can be both optically and electrically pumped. A fabrication process of the cavities is also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/711111 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08670475 | Rawlins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | W. Terry Rawlins (Reading, Massachusetts); Seonkyung Lee (Boston, Massachusetts); Steven J. Davis (Londonderry, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Terry Rawlins (Reading, Massachusetts); Seonkyung Lee (Boston, Massachusetts); Steven J. Davis (Londonderry, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Singlet oxygen metastables can be formed. A catalytic coating is formed on an interior surface of a flow reactor, and an oxygen containing species is flowed into the flow reactor to produce singlet oxygen metastables by a chemical reaction in the presence of the catalytic coating. |
| FILED | Friday, June 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/492912 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08670617 | Knoblock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig A. Knoblock (El Segundo, California); Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Ching-Chien Chen (Temple City, California); Dipsy Kapoor (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TerraGo Technologies, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig A. Knoblock (El Segundo, California); Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Ching-Chien Chen (Temple City, California); Dipsy Kapoor (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, computer program, and system for linking content to individual image features are provided. A section of an image is identified. A plurality of features associated with the section of the image is determined. Each of the plurality of features corresponds to at least one position within the section of the image. Content associated with the plurality of features is retrieved from a content repository. The content is linked to the plurality of features based on at least one rule. The content is then presented. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152546 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08670642 | Islam |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cheetah Omni, L.L.C. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omni MedSci, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammed N. Islam (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical system for use in a spectroscopy procedure includes one or more semiconductor diodes configured to generate an input signal beam with a wavelength shorter than 2.5 microns that is amplified and communicated through optical fiber(s) to a nonlinear element configured to broaden the spectral width to at least 50 nm through a nonlinear effect. A subsystem includes lenses or mirrors to deliver an output beam having a broadened spectrum selected to obtain a desired penetration depth and substantially minimize water absorption with a temporal duration greater than about 30 picoseconds to a sample to perform spectroscopy to characterize the sample. The output beam may have a repetition rate between continuous wave and one Megahertz or higher with a time averaged output power of 20 mW or more and a time averaged intensity of less than approximately 50 MW/cm2. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/750556 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08670671 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical source includes a set of N light sources that provide a corresponding set of N optical signals having N carrier wavelengths. These optical signals are combined into a seed optical signal and transported to a substrate using an optical fiber. This substrate includes a set of K optical amplifiers that amplify the seed optical signal and provide a set of M output optical signals on a corresponding set of M output optical waveguides (where M is less than K). In this way, a total power of the set of M output optical signals may be significantly larger than that of the seed optical signal, thereby ensuring that a majority of a power efficiency of the optical source is associated with power efficiencies of the set of K optical amplifiers instead of power efficiencies of the set of N light sources. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/361866 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex Communication H04J 14/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08670964 | Lin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Fang Lin (Simi Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | American GNC Corporation (Simi Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Fang Lin (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Modeling, Design, Analysis, Simulation, and Evaluation (MDASE) aspects of gyrocompassing in relation to Far-Target Location (FTL) systems include a Gyrocompass Modeling and Simulation System (GMSS). The GMSS has four major components: the 6 degree-of-freedom (6DOF) Motion Simulator, the IMU Sensor Simulator, the Gyrocompass System and Calibration Process Simulator, and the Gyrocompass System Evaluation and Analysis Module. The modular architecture of GMSS makes it very flexible for programming, testing, and system maintenance. The realization of the GMSS is based on any computer platforms for the GMSS software is written in high level language and is portable. The stochastic signal analysis and sensor testing and modeling tools include a suite of generic statistical analysis software, including Allan Variance and power spectral density (PSD) analysis tools, which are available to every GMSS module and greatly enhanced the system functionality. |
| FILED | Friday, September 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/924359 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08671069 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shih-Fu Chang (New York, New York); Jun Wang (New York, New York); Paul Sajda (New York, New York); Eric Pohlmeyer (Hallandale, Florida); Barbara Hanna (New York, New York); David Jangraw (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University, in the city of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shih-Fu Chang (New York, New York); Jun Wang (New York, New York); Paul Sajda (New York, New York); Eric Pohlmeyer (Hallandale, Florida); Barbara Hanna (New York, New York); David Jangraw (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Human visual perception is able to recognize a wide range of targets but has limited throughput. Machine vision can process images at a high speed but suffers from inadequate recognition accuracy of general target classes. Systems and methods are provided that combine the strengths of both systems and improve upon existing multimedia processing systems and methods to provide enhanced multimedia labeling, categorization, searching, and navigation. |
| FILED | Monday, August 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/205044 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08671224 | Bell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Brian Bell (San Antonio, Texas); Scott Cruickshanks Kennedy (San Diego, California); Carleton Royse Ayers, II (San Diego, California); Brian Whyte (San Diego, California); Kay Myers (El Cajon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Brian Bell (San Antonio, Texas); Scott Cruickshanks Kennedy (San Diego, California); Carleton Royse Ayers, II (San Diego, California); Brian Whyte (San Diego, California); Kay Myers (El Cajon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Training defense of a computer network. The system includes an enterprise asset subsystem to be defended. The enterprise asset subsystem runs operating system, support services, and application programs. The system also includes a neutral subsystem that is in communication with the enterprise asset subsystem and is used to set up and run at least one exercise scenario, and score performance of enterprise asset defenders in defending the system against exploits. Exploits are launched by an exploitation subsystem communication with the enterprise asset subsystem. |
| FILED | Friday, July 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/554433 |
| ART UNIT | 2478 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/249 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08671248 | Shen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaowei Shen (Hopewell Junction, New York); Robert W. Wisniewski (Ossining, New York); Orran Krieger (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaowei Shen (Hopewell Junction, New York); Robert W. Wisniewski (Ossining, New York); Orran Krieger (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Memory Access Coloring provides architecture support that allows software to classify memory accesses into different congruence classes by specifying a color for each memory access operation. The color information is received and recorded by the underlying system with appropriate granularity. This allows hardware to monitor color-based cache monitoring information and provide such feedback to the software to enable various runtime optimizations. It also enables enforcement of different memory consistency models for memory regions with different colors at the same time. |
| FILED | Friday, January 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/620293 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08671277 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Xu (Bellevu, Washington); Biao Chen (Jamesville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Xu (Bellevu, Washington); Biao Chen (Jamesville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for securely communicating a message from a source node to a destination node over a network can comprise the steps of converting the message into an initial bit sequence, pre-processing the initial bit sequence by a modulo adding the initial bit sequence with an auxiliary key message, constructing a reduced network, determining a multitude of paths from the source node to the destination node over the reduced network, constructing an expanded bit sequence comprising the initial bit sequence and the auxiliary key message, splitting the expanded bit sequence into two or more parts, transmitting the two or more parts of the expanded bit sequence over two or more paths of the multitude of paths, re-assembling the two or more parts of the expanded bit sequence at the destination node, and recovering the initial bit sequence by modulo adding the expanded bit sequence with the auxiliary key message. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/797409 |
| ART UNIT | 2493 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/168 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08671332 | Hammons, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | A. Roger Hammons, Jr. (N. Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. Roger Hammons, Jr. (N. Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods implementing a protocol that provides reliable transport over a point-to-point link characterized by deep and sustained fades. Such a communications link may be a free space optical channel or may be a radio frequency point-to-point channel. Data frames are processed through a circular data buffer that operates in a round robin fashion at a transmission node. The coding and forward error correction processes allow for continued operation in spite of possible signal fades due to atmospheric turbulence or other causes. At a receive node, incoming data is also saved in a circular buffer. A re-acknowledgment list is maintained at the receive node for tracking recently received and decoded data. This allows for a new acknowledgment to be sent in the event that a previously sent acknowledgment failed to reach the transmission node. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/770307 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/776 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08667731 | Panella et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas A. Panella (Fort Collins, Colorado); Rebekah J. Kent (Windsor, Colorado); Nicholas Komar (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| 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 (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas A. Panella (Fort Collins, Colorado); Rebekah J. Kent (Windsor, Colorado); Nicholas Komar (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are disclosed that can sample a wide variety of mosquitoes attempting to rest. Because all mosquitoes rest daily, biases of typical mosquito traps are avoided, such as targeted collections of host-seeking mosquitoes or gravid female mosquitoes. A particular advantage is the inclusion of blood-engorged mosquitoes in the resting collections. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an open-sided pot designed to attract mosquitoes seeking a daytime resting location. The mosquitoes that enter a dark space of the pot are aspirated into a screened collection receptacle by means of a battery-powered fan. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/813279 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying 043/139 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668336 | Buckland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina); Robert H. Hart (Cary, North Carolina); Glenn A. Myers (Durham, North Carolina); Joseph A. Izatt (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging systems for imaging an eye are provided including a source having an associated source arm path and a reference arm having an associated reference arm path coupled to the source path, the reference arm path having an associated reference arm path length. A sample having an associated sample arm path coupled to the source arm and reference arm paths is provided. A reference arm path length adjustment module is coupled to the reference arm. The reference arm path length adjustment module is configured to automatically adjust the reference arm path length such that the reference arm path length is based on an eye length of the subject. Related methods and computer program products are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, April 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/862987 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668658 | Khokhlova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vera A. Khokhlova (Seattle, Washington); Olga V. Bessonova (Moscow, Russian Federation); Michael S. Canney (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin); Michael R. Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Oleg A. Sapozhnikov (Seattle, Washington); Lawrence A. Crum (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vera A. Khokhlova (Seattle, Washington); Olga V. Bessonova (Moscow, Russian Federation); Michael S. Canney (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin); Michael R. Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Oleg A. Sapozhnikov (Seattle, Washington); Lawrence A. Crum (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of derating a nonlinear ultrasound field and associated systems are disclosed herein. A method of derating a nonlinear ultrasound field in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology can include, for example, calibrating an ultrasound source to a first source voltage (Vw) and generating a nonlinear acoustic wave from the ultrasound source into water. The method can further include measuring a focal waveform of the nonlinear acoustic wave and determining a second source voltage (Vt) of the ultrasound source that generates the same focal waveform in tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/236531 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Kinesitherapy 61/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668706 | Blatter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duane D. Blatter (Salt Lake City, Utah); Trent J. Perry (Kaysville, Utah); Nathaniel P. Young (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jeffrey E. Ransden (Fairfield, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vital Access Corporation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duane D. Blatter (Salt Lake City, Utah); Trent J. Perry (Kaysville, Utah); Nathaniel P. Young (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jeffrey E. Ransden (Fairfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Tissue management methods can include inserting a clamping device into a vessel and clamping a vessel wall via the clamping device. Tissue can be dilated about the clamping device and an anastomotic device provided to the vessel. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/781575 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/153 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668905 | Antonia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Antonia (Land O'Lakes, Florida); Dmitry I. Gabrilovich (Tampa, Florida); Sunil Chada (Missouri City, Texas); Kerstin B. Menander (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Antonia (Land O'Lakes, Florida); Dmitry I. Gabrilovich (Tampa, Florida); Sunil Chada (Missouri City, Texas); Kerstin B. Menander (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to immunotherapy methods for treating hyperproliferative disease in humans, particularly to hyperproliferative disease that is refractory to therapy. More specifically, the invention is directed, in one embodiment, to methods for treating a subject with a hyperproliferative disease in which the expression of a self gene is upregulated in therapy-resistant hyperproliferative cells. In another embodiment, an adenoviral expression construct comprising a self gene under the control of a promoter operable in eukaryotic cells is administered to the therapy-resistant hyperproliferative cells. The present invention thus provides immunotherapies for treating therapy-resistant hyperproliferative disease by attenuating the natural immune system's CTL response against hyperproliferative cells or overexpressing mutant p53 antigens, for example. |
| FILED | Friday, May 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/433079 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668914 | Lephart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edwin Douglas Lephart (Orem, Utah); Trent D. Lund (St. Charles, Illinois); Kenneth David Reginald Setchell (Cincinnati, Ohio); Robert J. Handa (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah); Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado); Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin Douglas Lephart (Orem, Utah); Trent D. Lund (St. Charles, Illinois); Kenneth David Reginald Setchell (Cincinnati, Ohio); Robert J. Handa (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Equol (7-hydroxy-3(4′hydroxyphenyl)-chroman), the major metabolite of the phytoestrogen daidzein, specifically binds and blocks the hormonal action of 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in vitro and in vivo. Equol can bind circulating free DHT and sequester it from the androgen receptor, thus altering growth and physiological hormone responses that are regulated by androgens. These data suggest a novel model to explain equol's biological properties. The significance of equol's ability to specifically bind and sequester DHT from the androgen receptor have important ramifications in health and disease and may indicate a broad and important usage for equol in the treatment and prevention of androgen-mediated pathologies of skin and hair. Thus, equol can specifically bind DHT and prevent DHT's biological actions in physiological and pathophysiological processes affecting skin and hair. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/533169 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668927 | Reiser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jochen Reiser (Miami, Florida); Sanja Sever (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jochen Reiser (Miami, Florida); Sanja Sever (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to the treatment of cathepsin or dynamin mediated diseases, such as proteinuria, cancer, and cognitive disease and related products. Diagnostic and other assays are also provided, as well as methods for podocyte cell gene transfer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/693858 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669044 | Chiu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel T. Chiu (Seattle, Washington); Jason S. Kuo (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel T. Chiu (Seattle, Washington); Jason S. Kuo (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for concentrating and isolating Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) from body fluids. One embodiment of the present invention includes a micro-fabricated or nano-fabricated device having channels configured for separating and excluding. Embodiments in accordance with the present invention utilize features that reduce the hydrodynamic pressure experienced by the cells during the separation, isolation and concentration processes, and therefore reduce the likelihood of cell lysis or other damage to the cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/665521 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — 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 08669055 | Bazan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Bin Liu (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Bin Liu (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention further relates to conjugated polymers, and methods, articles and compositions employing them as described herein. In some aspects, the invention relates to methods, articles and compositions for the detection and analysis of biomolecules in a sample. Provided assays include those determining the presence of a target biomolecule in a sample or its relative amount, or the assays may be quantitative or semi-quantitative. The methods can be performed on a substrate. The methods can be performed in an array format on a substrate, which can be a sensor. In some embodiments, detection assays are provided employing sensor biomolecules that do not comprise a fluorophore that can exchange energy with the cationic multichromophore. In some aspects biological assays are provided in which energy is transferred between one or more of the multichromophore, a label on the target biomolecule, a label on the sensor biomolecule, and/or a fluorescent dye specific for a polynucleotide, in all permutations. The multichromophore may interact at least in part electrostatically with the sensor and/or the target, and an increase in energy transfer with the polymer may occur upon binding of the sensor and the target. Other variations of the inventions are described further herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/903176 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669060 | Markowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanford Markowitz (Pepper Pike, Ohio); William Grady (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanford Markowitz (Pepper Pike, Ohio); William Grady (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for detection of cancers associated with methylation of hMLH1 promoter DNA in a subject. The method comprise assaying for the presence of methylated hMLH1 promoter DNA in a bodily fluid from a subject. In one embodiment, the method comprises reacting DNA from the sample with a chemical compound that converts non-methylated cytosine bases but not methylated cytosine bases, to a different nucleotide base. The compound-converted DNA is then amplified using a methylation-sensitive polymerase chain reaction (MSP) employing primers that amplify the compound-converted DNA template. The present invention also provides nucleotide primer sequences for use in the methylation-sensitive PCR assay. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/029261 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669062 | Traverso et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | C. Giovanni Traverso (Ontario, Canada); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Bel Air, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Giovanni Traverso (Ontario, Canada); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Bel Air, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Genetic diseases can be diagnosed by detection of mutations in causative genes. Protein truncation assays can be used to detect gene products of truncation-type mutations. However, the sensitivity of the assays is often insufficient to detect mutations present in a sample of DNA at a low frequency. Sensitivity can be increased by dividing samples so that the signal generated by a mutant allele comprises a larger fraction of the total alleles than prior to dividing. Thus a previously undetectable signal generated by the mutant allele can become detectable in the assay. Such increased sensitivity permits detection at early stages and in samples having high levels of other alleles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/049521 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669073 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Ning Wu (Brookline, Massachusetts); Stephen Santoro (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Ning Wu (Brookline, Massachusetts); Stephen Santoro (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal lysyl-tRNAs, orthogonal lysyl-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of lysyl-tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate homoglutamines into proteins are provided in response to a four base codon. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins with homoglutamines using these orthogonal pairs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246490 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669074 | Violin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan D. Violin (Durham, North Carolina); Alexandra C. Newton (San Diego, California); Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California); Jin Zhang (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan D. Violin (Durham, North Carolina); Alexandra C. Newton (San Diego, California); Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California); Jin Zhang (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A chimeric phosphorylation indicator (CPI) as provided herein can contain a donor molecule, a phosphorylatable domain, a phosphoaminoacid binding domain (PAABD), and an acceptor molecule. Where the phosphorylatable domain is phosphorylatable by protein kinase C (PKC), the CPI is a c-kinase activity reporter (CKAR). Donor and acceptor molecules may be, independently, fluorescent proteins such as non-oligomerizing fluorescent proteins. A CPI can contain a phosphorylatable polypeptide and a fluorescent protein; the phosphorylatable polypeptide may be contained within the sequence of the fluorescent protein, or the fluorescent protein may be contained within the sequence of the phosphorylatable polypeptide. The spatiotemporal properties of the PKC signal pathway may be tested with CKAR, calcium-sensing fluorophores and FRET-based translocation assays. Polynucleotides encoding such CPIs, and kits containing the indicators and/or the polynucleotides, are provided. A method of using the chimeric phosphorylation indicators to detect a kinase or phosphatase in a sample is provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/857622 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669106 | Sakthivel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ramasamy Sakthivel (Solon, Ohio); Donald J. Brown (Hopkington, Massachusetts); Hai-Quan Mao (Baltimore, Maryland); Luc Douay (Paris, France); Vincent J. Pompili (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Kevin McIntosh (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota); Hiranmoy Das (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Yukang Zhao (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arteriocyte Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio); Universite Pierre ET Marie Curie (Paris VI) (Paris, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramasamy Sakthivel (Solon, Ohio); Donald J. Brown (Hopkington, Massachusetts); Hai-Quan Mao (Baltimore, Maryland); Luc Douay (Paris, France); Vincent J. Pompili (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Kevin McIntosh (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota); Hiranmoy Das (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Yukang Zhao (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides, among other things, methods and systems for expanding CD133+ cells. The invention further provides methods and systems for increasing the blood flow to an ischemic tissue in a subject in need thereof, such as to ischemic myocardium. The invention further provides methods and systems for directing differentiation of expanded CD133+ cells. The invention further provides methods and systems for treating a subject with differentiated cells in a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/351630 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669116 | Gygi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven P. Gygi (Foxboro, Massachusetts); Junmin Peng (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven P. Gygi (Foxboro, Massachusetts); Junmin Peng (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method detecting and quantifying proteins by mass spectrophotometric analysis using peptide internal standards and provides a highly sensitive way of detecting protein modifications. In one aspect, the invention provides a method for determining a site of ubiquitination in a polypeptide and for evaluating ubiquitination targets in a population of polypeptides. In this way, a proteome ubiquitination map can be obtained which comprises information relating to the ubiquitination states of a plurality of cellular polypeptides. Maps can be obtained for a variety of different types of cells and cell states. For example, ubiquitination targets in normal and diseased cells can be evaluated. Preferably, the map is stored as data files in a database. Individual ubiquitinated polypeptides identified can be used to generate molecular probes diagnostic of a cell state and/or can serve as targets for agents that modulate one or more cellular processes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/506877 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 1/22 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/37 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6842 (20130101) G01N 33/6848 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2440/36 (20130101) G01N 2560/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669117 | Miyagi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Masaru Miyagi (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Chandra sekhar rao Kadiyala (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Masaru Miyagi (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Chandra sekhar rao Kadiyala (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | Optimized enzymatic conditions incorporate a single oxygen atom into digested peptides using a peptidase. The incorporation of a single oxygen atom is especially useful for proteolytic 18O labeling in comparative proteomics. The optimized proteolytic 18O labeling minimizes the generation of a mixture of isotopic isoforms of the peptides resulting from incorporation of either one or two 18O atoms. The outcome is accurate quantification of isotopically labeled peptides. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/311404 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669235 | Baltimore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Baltimore (Pasadena, California); Mark Boldin (Pasadena, California); Konstantin Taganov (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Baltimore (Pasadena, California); Mark Boldin (Pasadena, California); Konstantin Taganov (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to the finding that microRNA-146 plays a role modulating the innate immune response. Innate immunity receptor signaling can be modulated by delivery of microRNA-146 (miR-146) or antisense miR-146 to target immune cells. In some embodiments, IL-1 receptor associated kinase 1 (IRAK1) and TNF receptor associated factor 6 (TRAF6) expression levels are downregulated in a target cell by administering a miR-146 oligonucleotide. Modulation of the innate immune system through miR-146 can be used to treat a variety of diseases and disorders associated with activation of the innate immune system, such as sepsis and Crohn's disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/690105 |
| 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.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669253 | Rao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vasantha P. Rao (Cary, North Carolina); Patrick J. Casey (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Peifeng Deng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Yuri K. Peterson (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vasantha P. Rao (Cary, North Carolina); Patrick J. Casey (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Peifeng Deng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Yuri K. Peterson (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibition of geranylgeranylation of Rho GTPases and heterotrimeric G-proteins in the aqueous outflow pathway increases aqueous humor outflow, possibly through the tissue relaxation, and through altered cell adhesive interactions and actin cytoskeletal organization in cells of the outflow pathway. In addition, such inhibition is useful for treating age-related macular degeneration. The GGTase-I enzyme is a molecular target for lowering increased ocular pressure in glaucoma patients. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/716724 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669258 | Pasricha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pankaj J. Pasricha (Cupertino, California); Pandu R. R. Gangula (Nolensville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pankaj J. Pasricha (Cupertino, California); Pandu R. R. Gangula (Nolensville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention are directed to the treatment of gastroparesis by administering sepiapterin. |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/928829 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669286 | Dalton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James T. Dalton (Lakeland, Tennessee); Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Jeffrey D. Kearbey (Lakeland, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is directed to a feed composition and method of affecting the carcass composition by increasing the lean mass, reducing the fat mass, and/or reducing the percent fat mass comprising SARM compounds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/627900 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/522 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669289 | Li |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shaoguang Li (Canton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shaoguang Li (Canton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating a subject having, or at risk of having, a myeloproliferative disorder are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which include administering a therapeutically effective amount of an arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) inhibitor to the subject. Combinations of therapeutic agents are administered according to embodiments of the present invention. In some embodiments, two or more 5-LO inhibitors are administered to a subject to treat a myeloproliferative disorder. In further embodiments, at least one 5-LO inhibitor and at least one additional therapeutic agent are administered to a subject to treat a myeloproliferative disorder. Methods of inhibiting leukemia stem cells are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which include contacting leukemia stem cells with an effective amount of an arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor. |
| FILED | Monday, April 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/265716 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/588 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669488 | Squier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Squier (Golden, Colorado); Dawn Vitek (Lakewood, Colorado); Charles Durfee (Golden, Colorado); Daniel Adams (Golden, Colorado); David Kleinfeld (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Squier (Golden, Colorado); Dawn Vitek (Lakewood, Colorado); Charles Durfee (Golden, Colorado); Daniel Adams (Golden, Colorado); David Kleinfeld (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Temporal focusing of spatially chirped femtosecond laser pulses overcomes previous limitations for ablating high aspect ratio features with low numerical aperture (NA) beams. Simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing reduces nonlinear interactions, such as self-focusing, prior to the focal plane so that deep (˜1 mm) features with parallel sidewalls are ablated at high material removal rates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/065778 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.680 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08667792 | McBride et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Benjamin R. Bollinger (Topsfield, Massachusetts); Joel Berg (Bolton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SustainX, Inc. (Seabrook, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Benjamin R. Bollinger (Topsfield, Massachusetts); Joel Berg (Bolton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, coupling losses between a cylinder assembly and other components of a gas compression and/or expansion system are reduced or eliminated via valve-timing control. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/754243 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/511 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08667823 | Golovashchenko |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sergey Fedorovich Golovashchenko (Beverly Hills, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergey Fedorovich Golovashchenko (Beverly Hills, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A tool for modifying a workpiece by either trimming or joining the workpiece. The tool is an electro-hydraulic tool that uses a pulse transmitted through a liquid to trim a workpiece or to join two thicknesses of metal together. A method of trimming the workpiece includes the steps of providing a high voltage discharge in a liquid that drives a workpiece into engagement with a cutting edge of a tool steel insert. A method of joining two or more thicknesses of metal together includes the step of creating a high voltage discharge through an electrode that accelerates one panel or thickness of metal into a second panel that is held stationary by a backing plate while the first thickness of metal is accelerated into the second thickness of metal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/237059 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal deforming 072/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08667954 | Brennan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel G. Brennan (Brighton, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel G. Brennan (Brighton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A valve control system includes an engine speed control module that determines an engine speed and a desired engine stop position. A piston position module determines a desired stopping position of a first piston based on the desired engine stop position. A valve control module receives the desired stopping position, commands a set of valves to close at the desired stopping position if the engine speed is less than a predetermined shutdown threshold, and commands the set of valves to reduce the engine speed if the engine speed is greater than the predetermined shutdown threshold. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/238388 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/321 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668230 | Slocum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander Henry Slocum (Bow, New Hampshire); Luis Javier Gutierrez (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BP Corporation North America Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Henry Slocum (Bow, New Hampshire); Luis Javier Gutierrez (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A hose connection system comprises a body including an internal cavity and a port in fluid communication with a portion of the internal cavity. In addition, the system comprises a hose end fitting positioned in the cavity. The hose end fitting includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member concentrically disposed about the inner tubular member. The outer tubular member includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced axial slits. Further, the system comprises a plurality of wedge members arranged circumferentially about the outer tubular member. Still further, the system comprises an annular piston movably disposed within the internal cavity of the body. An end of the piston has an inner frustoconical surface that slidingly engages the plurality of wedge members. The piston is configured to move axially through the body and compress the wedge members and the outer tubular member radially inward. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/454593 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Pipe joints or couplings 285/322 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668449 | Orosa |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Orosa (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Orosa (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust diffuser system and method for a turbine engine. The outer boundary may include a region in which the outer boundary extends radially inwardly toward the hub structure and may direct at least a portion of an exhaust flow in the diffuser toward the hub structure. At least one gas jet is provided including a jet exit located on the outer boundary. The jet exit may discharge a flow of gas downstream substantially parallel to an inner surface of the outer boundary to direct a portion of the exhaust flow in the diffuser toward the outer boundary to effect a radially outward flow of at least a portion of the exhaust gas flow toward the outer boundary to balance an aerodynamic load between the outer and inner boundaries. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/944210 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/211.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668453 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Nan Jiang (Jupiter, Florida); John J. Marra (Winter Sprints, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Nan Jiang (Jupiter, Florida); John J. Marra (Winter Sprints, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A cooling system having one or more pin fins with reduced mass for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The cooling system may include one or more first surfaces defining at least a portion of the cooling system. The pin fin may extend from the surface defining the cooling system and may have a noncircular cross-section taken generally parallel to the surface and at least part of an outer surface of the cross-section forms at least a quartercircle. A downstream side of the pin fin may have a cavity to reduce mass, thereby creating a more efficient turbine airfoil. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/027323 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/96.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668752 | Scotto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Vincent Scotto (Uniontown, Ohio); Daniel P. Birmingham (Canton, Ohio); Crispin L. DeBellis (North Canton, Ohio); Mark Anthony Perna (Alliance, Ohio); Gregory C. Rush (Canton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems (US) Inc. (North Canton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Vincent Scotto (Uniontown, Ohio); Daniel P. Birmingham (Canton, Ohio); Crispin L. DeBellis (North Canton, Ohio); Mark Anthony Perna (Alliance, Ohio); Gregory C. Rush (Canton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a gas generator that may be used for startup and shutdown of a fuel cell. In one non-limiting embodiment, the gas generator may include a nitrogen generator structured to receive air, extract oxygen (O2) from the air and discharge the balance in the form of a nitrogen-rich gas; a merging chamber structured to receive a hydrocarbon fuel and the nitrogen-rich gas and to discharge a feed mixture containing both the hydrocarbon fuel and the nitrogen-rich gas; and a catalytic reactor structured to receive the feed mixture and to catalytically convert the feed mixture into a reducing gas. |
| FILED | Friday, September 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/554460 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas: Heating and illuminating 048/127.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668812 | Simpson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John T. Simpson (Clinton, Tennessee); Steve R. McNeany (Knoxville, Tennessee); Thomas V. Dinsmore (Knoxville, Tennessee); Scott R. Hunter (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. Simpson (Clinton, Tennessee); Steve R. McNeany (Knoxville, Tennessee); Thomas V. Dinsmore (Knoxville, Tennessee); Scott R. Hunter (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are examples of apparatuses for evaporative purification of a contaminated liquid. In each example, there is a first vessel for storing the contaminated fluid. The first vessel includes a surface coated with a layer of superhydrophobic material and the surface is at least partially in contact with the contaminated liquid. The contaminants do not adhere to the surface as the purified liquid evaporates, thus simplifying maintenance of the apparatus. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/030535 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Distillation: Apparatus 22/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668960 | Hanumanthu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Enki Technology, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Enki Technology, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramasubrahmaniam Hanumanthu (San Jose, California); Patrick Neyman (San Jose, California); Niles MacDonald (San Jose, California); Brenor Brophy (San Jose, California); Kevin Kopczynski (Woodside, California); Vinod Nair (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a flow coating apparatus, comprising a slot that can dispense a coating material in an approximately uniform manner along a distribution blade that increases uniformity by means of surface tension and transfers the uniform flow of coating material onto an inclined substrate such as for example glass, solar panels, windows or part of an electronic display. Also disclosed is a method of flow coating a substrate using the apparatus such that the substrate is positioned correctly relative to the distribution blade, a pre-wetting step is completed where both the blade and substrate are completed wetted with a pre-wet solution prior to dispensing of the coating material onto the distribution blade from the slot and hence onto the substrate. Thereafter the substrate is removed from the distribution blade and allowed to dry, thereby forming a coating. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/835253 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/420 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669073 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Ning Wu (Brookline, Massachusetts); Stephen Santoro (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Ning Wu (Brookline, Massachusetts); Stephen Santoro (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal lysyl-tRNAs, orthogonal lysyl-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of lysyl-tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate homoglutamines into proteins are provided in response to a four base codon. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins with homoglutamines using these orthogonal pairs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246490 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669085 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yunfeng Yang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Yongchao Li (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yunfeng Yang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Yongchao Li (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a sonoporation-based method that can be universally applied for delivery of compounds into Gram positive bacteria. Gram positive bacteria which can be transformed by sonoporation include, for example, Bacillus, Streptococcus, Acetobacterium, and Clostridium. Compounds which can be delivered into Gram positive bacteria via sonoporation include nucleic acids (DNA or RNA), proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, viruses, small organic and inorganic molecules, and nano-particles. |
| FILED | Friday, January 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/657885 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/173.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669115 | Pagoria et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip F. Pagoria (Livermore, California); Richard E. Whipple (Livermore, California); Peter J. Nunes (Danville, California); Joel Del Eckels (Livermore, California); John G. Reynolds (San Ramon, California); Robin R. Miles (Danville, California); Marina L. Chiarappa-Zucca (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip F. Pagoria (Livermore, California); Richard E. Whipple (Livermore, California); Peter J. Nunes (Danville, California); Joel Del Eckels (Livermore, California); John G. Reynolds (San Ramon, California); Robin R. Miles (Danville, California); Marina L. Chiarappa-Zucca (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An explosion tester system comprising a body, a lateral flow membrane swab unit adapted to be removeably connected to the body, a first explosives detecting reagent, a first reagent holder and dispenser operatively connected to the body, the first reagent holder and dispenser containing the first explosives detecting reagent and positioned to deliver the first explosives detecting reagent to the lateral flow membrane swab unit when the lateral flow membrane swab unit is connected to the body, a second explosives detecting reagent, and a second reagent holder and dispenser operatively connected to the body, the second reagent holder and dispenser containing the second explosives detecting reagent and positioned to deliver the second explosives detecting reagent to the lateral flow membrane swab unit when the lateral flow membrane swab unit is connected to the body. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/785299 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669164 | Maxwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James L. Maxwell (Jemez Springs, New Mexico); Chris R. Rose (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Marcie R. Black (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Robert W. Springer (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Maxwell (Jemez Springs, New Mexico); Chris R. Rose (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Marcie R. Black (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Robert W. Springer (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Microelectronic structures and devices, and method of fabricating a three-dimensional microelectronic structure is provided, comprising passing a first precursor material for a selected three-dimensional microelectronic structure into a reaction chamber at temperatures sufficient to maintain said precursor material in a predominantly gaseous state; maintaining said reaction chamber under sufficient pressures to enhance formation of a first portion of said three-dimensional microelectronic structure; applying an electric field between an electrode and said microelectronic structure at a desired point under conditions whereat said first portion of a selected three-dimensional microelectronic structure is formed from said first precursor material; positionally adjusting either said formed three-dimensional microelectronic structure or said electrode whereby further controlled growth of said three-dimensional microelectronic structure occurs; passing a second precursor material for a selected three-dimensional microelectronic structure into a reaction chamber at temperatures sufficient to maintain said precursor material in a predominantly gaseous state; maintaining said reaction chamber under sufficient pressures whereby a second portion of said three-dimensional microelectronic structure formation is enhanced; applying an electric field between an electrode and said microelectronic structure at a desired point under conditions whereat said second portion of a selected three-dimensional microelectronic structure is formed from said second precursor material; and, positionally adjusting either said formed three-dimensional microelectronic structure or said electrode whereby further controlled growth of said three-dimensional microelectronic structure occurs. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/753682 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/381 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669359 | Gust, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Devens Gust, Jr. (Mesa, Arizona); Paul Anthony Liddell (Apache Junction, Arizona); Miguel Andres Gervaldo (Cordoba, Argentina); James Ward Bridgewater (Mesa, Arizona); Bradley James Brennan (Omaha, Nebraska); Thomas Andrew Moore (Scottsdale, Arizona); Ana Lorenzelli Moore (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Devens Gust, Jr. (Mesa, Arizona); Paul Anthony Liddell (Apache Junction, Arizona); Miguel Andres Gervaldo (Cordoba, Argentina); James Ward Bridgewater (Mesa, Arizona); Bradley James Brennan (Omaha, Nebraska); Thomas Andrew Moore (Scottsdale, Arizona); Ana Lorenzelli Moore (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds with aryl ring(s) at porphyrin meso position(s) bearing an amino group in position 4 relative to the porphyrin macrocycle, and at least one unsubstituted 5 (hydrogen-bearing) meso position with the 10-, 15-, and/or 20-relationship to the aryl ring bearing the amino group, and metal complexes thereof, feature broad spectral absorption throughout the visible region. These compounds are electropolymerized to form electrically conducting porphyrin and porphyrin-fullerene polymers that are useful in photovoltaic applications. The structure of one such electrically conducting porphyrin polymer is shown below. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/552187 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669509 | Gupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vipin P. Gupta (Reno, Nevada); Clifford K. Ho (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Siri Sahib Khalsa (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vipin P. Gupta (Reno, Nevada); Clifford K. Ho (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Siri Sahib Khalsa (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are technologies pertaining to computing the solar irradiance distribution on a surface of a receiver in a concentrating solar power system or glint/glare emitted from a reflective entity. A mobile computing device includes at least one camera that captures images of the Sun and the entity of interest, wherein the images have pluralities of pixels having respective pluralities of intensity values. Based upon the intensity values of the pixels in the respective images, the solar irradiance distribution on the surface of the entity or glint/glare corresponding to the entity is computed by the mobile computing device. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/240995 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/203.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669688 | Branch |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darren W. Branch (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A Love wave sensor uses a single-phase unidirectional interdigital transducer (IDT) on a piezoelectric substrate for leaky surface acoustic wave generation. The IDT design minimizes propagation losses, bulk wave interferences, provides a highly linear phase response, and eliminates the need for impedance matching. As an example, a high frequency (˜300-400 MHz) surface acoustic wave (SAW) transducer enables efficient excitation of shear-horizontal waves on 36° Y-cut lithium tantalate (LTO) giving a highly linear phase response (2.8° P-P). The sensor has the ability to detect at the pg/mm2 level and can perform multi-analyte detection in real-time. The sensor can be used for rapid autonomous detection of pathogenic microorganisms and bioagents by field deployable platforms. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/874692 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/313.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669823 | Olsson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy H. Olsson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kenneth Wojciechowski (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bongsang Kim (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy H. Olsson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kenneth Wojciechowski (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bongsang Kim (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An ovenized micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) resonator including: a substantially thermally isolated mechanical resonator cavity; a mechanical oscillator coupled to the mechanical resonator cavity; and a heating element formed on the mechanical resonator cavity. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/442689 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08670175 | Erlandson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alvin Charles Erlandson (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alvin Charles Erlandson (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical amplifier system includes an input aperture operable to receive light propagating along an optical path in a first direction and a first polarizer disposed along the optical path. The first polarizer is operable to pass light having a polarization state aligned with a first polarization axis. The system also includes a first Pockels cell operable to receive light passing through the first polarizer, an optical gain element disposed along the optical path, a second Pockels cell disposed along the optical path, and a second polarizer disposed along the optical path. The second polarizer is operable to pass light having a polarization state aligned with the first polarization axis. The system further includes a first mirror operable to receive light reflected from the second polarizer, a second mirror operable to receive light reflected from the first polarizer, and an output aperture operable to transmit light passing through the second polarizer. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/875038 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08671311 | Gara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Michael K. Gschwind (Chappaqua, New York); Valentina Salapura (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Michael K. Gschwind (Chappaqua, New York); Valentina Salapura (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | System, method and computer program product for a multiprocessing system to offer selective pairing of processor cores for increased processing reliability. A selective pairing facility is provided that selectively connects, i.e., pairs, multiple microprocessor or processor cores to provide one highly reliable thread (or thread group). Each paired microprocessor or processor cores that provide one highly reliable thread for high-reliability connect with a system components such as a memory “nest” (or memory hierarchy), an optional system controller, and optional interrupt controller, optional I/O or peripheral devices, etc. The memory nest is attached to a selective pairing facility via a switch or a bus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/027882 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 08668978 | Malima et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Asanterabi Malima (Lynn, Massachusetts); Ahmed Busnaina (Ashland, Massachusetts); Salome Siavoshi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sivasubramanian Somu (Boston, Massachusetts); Cihan Yilmaz (Boston, Massachusetts); Tiziana Musacchio (Boston, Massachusetts); Jaydev Upponi (Boston, Massachusetts); Vladimir Torchilin (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Asanterabi Malima (Lynn, Massachusetts); Ahmed Busnaina (Ashland, Massachusetts); Salome Siavoshi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sivasubramanian Somu (Boston, Massachusetts); Cihan Yilmaz (Boston, Massachusetts); Tiziana Musacchio (Boston, Massachusetts); Jaydev Upponi (Boston, Massachusetts); Vladimir Torchilin (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanosubstrates as biosensors, methods of making such nanosubstrates, and methods of using such nanosubstrates to detect biomarkers are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/874885 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669055 | Bazan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Bin Liu (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Bin Liu (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention further relates to conjugated polymers, and methods, articles and compositions employing them as described herein. In some aspects, the invention relates to methods, articles and compositions for the detection and analysis of biomolecules in a sample. Provided assays include those determining the presence of a target biomolecule in a sample or its relative amount, or the assays may be quantitative or semi-quantitative. The methods can be performed on a substrate. The methods can be performed in an array format on a substrate, which can be a sensor. In some embodiments, detection assays are provided employing sensor biomolecules that do not comprise a fluorophore that can exchange energy with the cationic multichromophore. In some aspects biological assays are provided in which energy is transferred between one or more of the multichromophore, a label on the target biomolecule, a label on the sensor biomolecule, and/or a fluorescent dye specific for a polynucleotide, in all permutations. The multichromophore may interact at least in part electrostatically with the sensor and/or the target, and an increase in energy transfer with the polymer may occur upon binding of the sensor and the target. Other variations of the inventions are described further herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/903176 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669335 | Advincula |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rigoberto Advincula (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rigoberto Advincula (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A design, synthesis and use of templated chemical routes are disclosed for the synthesis of interlocked macromolecular structures and orderly entanglements that are dubbed “Knotty Polymers” using combined supramolecularly assembled macroinitiators and living polymerization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/028057 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669376 | Baker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bill Baker (Tampa, Florida); Thushara Diyabalanage (Tampa, Florida); James B. McClintock (Birmingham, Alabama); Charles D. Amsler (Pelham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bill Baker (Tampa, Florida); Thushara Diyabalanage (Tampa, Florida); James B. McClintock (Birmingham, Alabama); Charles D. Amsler (Pelham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns groups of compounds derived from tunicates of the Synoicum species, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and uses thereof. Extracts from tunicates show selective toxicity against several different cancer cell lines in the NCI 60 cell line panel. These compounds are useful in the effective treatment of cancers, particularly malignant melanomas, colon cancer, and renal cancer cell lines. |
| FILED | Monday, September 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/066938 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/271 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669379 | Dhamankar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Himanshu Hemant Dhamankar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Collin Hunter Martin (North Wales, Pennsylvania); Kristala Lanett Jones Prather (Milton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Himanshu Hemant Dhamankar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Collin Hunter Martin (North Wales, Pennsylvania); Kristala Lanett Jones Prather (Milton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to recombinant cells and their use in the production of 3,4-dihydroxybutyrate, 2,3-dihydroxybutyrate and 3-hydroxybutyrolactone. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/404993 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/313 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669417 | Vaghchhipawala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zarir E. Vaghchhipawala (Madison, Wisconsin); Kirankumar Mysore (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zarir E. Vaghchhipawala (Madison, Wisconsin); Kirankumar Mysore (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for increasing the efficiency of genetic transformation of host cells, including plant cells, and other eukaryotic cells, by reducing the expression of a polypeptide active in a pathway, such as the NHEJ pathway, for repairing damage to the cellular genome. In certain embodiments, the polypeptide is active in repairing double strand breaks (DSB's) of a cellular genome, and may include XRCC4, KU70, KU80, the DNA-activated Protein Kinase (DNA-Pkcs), and ATM. Methods for enhancing the resistance of plant cells to Crown Gall disease are also provided. In another aspect, genetic regulatory elements are provided, including an XRCC4 promoter. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/839792 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669762 | Moriyama et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Takahiro Moriyama (Ithaca, New York); John Q Xiao (Newark, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Takahiro Moriyama (Ithaca, New York); John Q Xiao (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for detecting an electromagnetic wave are provided. A device for use in an electromagnetic wave detector includes a first device layer having a first contact, a second device layer having a second contact, and a tunnel barrier layer and a resonating magnetic layer formed between the first and second device layers. The resonating magnetic layer produces a spin current responsive to an electromagnetic wave that extends into the first and second device layers. A charge differential present between the first and second contacts is dependent on the spin current. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/865182 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/244 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08670802 | Antolovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Danko Antolovic (Bloomington, Indiana); Steven Wallace (Bloomington, Indiana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Danko Antolovic (Bloomington, Indiana); Steven Wallace (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus including an array of directional antenna elements is provided. The apparatus is configured to identify an angular relationship between a transmitting device and the apparatus by sampling data from antenna elements and analyzing reception patterns relating to antenna elements. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/225989 |
| ART UNIT | 2644 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/562.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08671277 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Xu (Bellevu, Washington); Biao Chen (Jamesville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Xu (Bellevu, Washington); Biao Chen (Jamesville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for securely communicating a message from a source node to a destination node over a network can comprise the steps of converting the message into an initial bit sequence, pre-processing the initial bit sequence by a modulo adding the initial bit sequence with an auxiliary key message, constructing a reduced network, determining a multitude of paths from the source node to the destination node over the reduced network, constructing an expanded bit sequence comprising the initial bit sequence and the auxiliary key message, splitting the expanded bit sequence into two or more parts, transmitting the two or more parts of the expanded bit sequence over two or more paths of the multitude of paths, re-assembling the two or more parts of the expanded bit sequence at the destination node, and recovering the initial bit sequence by modulo adding the expanded bit sequence with the auxiliary key message. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/797409 |
| ART UNIT | 2493 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/168 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08667775 | Kisska et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael K. Kisska (Long Beach, California); Norman H. Princen (Long Beach, California); Mark S. Kuehn (Gilbert, Arizona); Gary B. Cosentino (Lancaster, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael K. Kisska (Long Beach, California); Norman H. Princen (Long Beach, California); Mark S. Kuehn (Gilbert, Arizona); Gary B. Cosentino (Lancaster, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Secondary air flow is provided for a ducted fan having a reverse flow turbine engine core driving a fan blisk. The fan blisk incorporates a set of thrust fan blades extending from an outer hub and a set of integral secondary flow blades extending intermediate an inner hub and the outer hub. A nacelle provides an outer flow duct for the thrust fan blades and a secondary flow duct carries flow from the integral secondary flow blades as cooling air for components of the reverse flow turbine engine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/536426 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/226.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668168 | Kelley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony R. Kelley (Sommerville, Alabama); Jeffrey L. Lindner (Madison, Alabama) |
| 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) | Anthony R. Kelley (Sommerville, Alabama); Jeffrey L. Lindner (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a space vehicle valve system which controls the internal pressure of a space vehicle and the flow rate of purged gases at a given internal pressure and aperture site. A plurality of quasi-unique variable dimension peaked valve structures cover the purge apertures on a space vehicle. Interchangeable sheet guards configured to cover valve apertures on the peaked valve structure contain a pressure-activated surface on the inner surface. Sheet guards move outwardly from the peaked valve structure when in structural contact with a purge gas stream flowing through the apertures on the space vehicle. Changing the properties of the sheet guards changes the response of the sheet guards at a given internal pressure, providing control of the flow rate at a given aperture site. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/326513 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/158.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668613 | Stevens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A Stevens (Broadview Heights, Ohio); Robert F Handschuh (North Olmsted, Ohio); David G Lewicki (Avon, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A Stevens (Broadview Heights, Ohio); Robert F Handschuh (North Olmsted, Ohio); David G Lewicki (Avon, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A two-speed transmission having an input shaft and an output shaft, the transmission being capable of transitioning between fixed ratios, the high-range ratio being direct 1:1 and the low-range ratio being about 2:1. The transmission is a simple lightweight, yet robust, configuration utilizing only two gear meshes, being comprised of an input gear, a cluster gear, and an output gear. The transmission is controlled with a clutch and a sprag and with the input and output shafts turning in the same direction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/346959 |
| ART UNIT | 3655 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Planetary gear transmission systems or components 475/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08668658 | Khokhlova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vera A. Khokhlova (Seattle, Washington); Olga V. Bessonova (Moscow, Russian Federation); Michael S. Canney (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin); Michael R. Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Oleg A. Sapozhnikov (Seattle, Washington); Lawrence A. Crum (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vera A. Khokhlova (Seattle, Washington); Olga V. Bessonova (Moscow, Russian Federation); Michael S. Canney (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin); Michael R. Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Oleg A. Sapozhnikov (Seattle, Washington); Lawrence A. Crum (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of derating a nonlinear ultrasound field and associated systems are disclosed herein. A method of derating a nonlinear ultrasound field in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology can include, for example, calibrating an ultrasound source to a first source voltage (Vw) and generating a nonlinear acoustic wave from the ultrasound source into water. The method can further include measuring a focal waveform of the nonlinear acoustic wave and determining a second source voltage (Vt) of the ultrasound source that generates the same focal waveform in tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/236531 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Kinesitherapy 61/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669096 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ye Zhang (League City, Texas); Honglu Wu (Friendswood, Texas) |
| 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) | Ye Zhang (League City, Texas); Honglu Wu (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for isolating samples are provided. The system comprises a first membrane and a second membrane disposed within an enclosure. First and second reservoirs can also be disposed within the enclosure and adapted to contain one or more reagents therein. A first valve can be disposed within the enclosure and in fluid communication with the first reservoir, the second reservoir, or both. The first valve can also be in fluid communication with the first or second membranes or both. The first valve can be adapted to selectively regulate the flow of the reagents from the first reservoir, through at least one of the first and second membranes, and into the second reservoir. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/461487 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/270 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08671273 | Roy-Chowdhury et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ayan Roy-Chowdhury (Silver Spring, Maryland); John S. Baras (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ayan Roy-Chowdhury (Silver Spring, Maryland); John S. Baras (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus utilizes Layered IPSEC (LES) protocol as an alternative to IPSEC for network-layer security including a modification to the Internet Key Exchange protocol. For application-level security of web browsing with acceptable end-to-end delay, the Dual-mode SSL protocol (DSSL) is used instead of SSL. The LES and DSSL protocols achieve desired end-to-end communication security while allowing the TCP and HTTP proxy servers to function correctly. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/088315 |
| ART UNIT | 2492 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/153 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08671315 | MacKey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan M. E. MacKey (Pasadena, California); Robert Sneddon (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan M. E. MacKey (Pasadena, California); Robert Sneddon (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A prognostic analysis system and methods of operating the system are provided. In particular, a prognostic analysis system for the analysis of physical system health applicable to mechanical, electrical, chemical and optical systems and methods of operating the system are described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/005504 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/47.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08668914 | Lephart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edwin Douglas Lephart (Orem, Utah); Trent D. Lund (St. Charles, Illinois); Kenneth David Reginald Setchell (Cincinnati, Ohio); Robert J. Handa (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah); Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado); Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin Douglas Lephart (Orem, Utah); Trent D. Lund (St. Charles, Illinois); Kenneth David Reginald Setchell (Cincinnati, Ohio); Robert J. Handa (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Equol (7-hydroxy-3(4′hydroxyphenyl)-chroman), the major metabolite of the phytoestrogen daidzein, specifically binds and blocks the hormonal action of 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in vitro and in vivo. Equol can bind circulating free DHT and sequester it from the androgen receptor, thus altering growth and physiological hormone responses that are regulated by androgens. These data suggest a novel model to explain equol's biological properties. The significance of equol's ability to specifically bind and sequester DHT from the androgen receptor have important ramifications in health and disease and may indicate a broad and important usage for equol in the treatment and prevention of androgen-mediated pathologies of skin and hair. Thus, equol can specifically bind DHT and prevent DHT's biological actions in physiological and pathophysiological processes affecting skin and hair. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/533169 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08670617 | Knoblock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig A. Knoblock (El Segundo, California); Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Ching-Chien Chen (Temple City, California); Dipsy Kapoor (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TerraGo Technologies, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig A. Knoblock (El Segundo, California); Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Ching-Chien Chen (Temple City, California); Dipsy Kapoor (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, computer program, and system for linking content to individual image features are provided. A section of an image is identified. A plurality of features associated with the section of the image is determined. Each of the plurality of features corresponds to at least one position within the section of the image. Content associated with the plurality of features is retrieved from a content repository. The content is linked to the plurality of features based on at least one rule. The content is then presented. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152546 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08668873 | Almirall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jose Almirall (Miami, Florida); Jeannette Perr (Miami, Florida); Patricia Guerra (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Almirall (Miami, Florida); Jeannette Perr (Miami, Florida); Patricia Guerra (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method of extraction, detection, and characterization of a vapor from an explosive, a taggant in an explosive, a controlled substance, a biohazard, and mixtures thereof uses a new and improved SPME device for extraction and ion mobility spectrometry for detection and characterization. The new and improved SPME device has an increased capacity to sorb a target vapor. The increased sorption of vapor provides for more accurate detection by an ion mobility spectrometer. A SPME device having increased surface area may be exposed to an atmosphere in an enclosure containing a test object or a volume of gas that was in contact with the test object to allow for sorption of the target vapor and then introduced into an IMS for more accurate detection and characterization of the vapor due to the increased sorption of the vapor by the SPME device described herein. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/135954 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 08669105 | Sukumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Selva Sukumar (Berkeley, California); Mohey Eldin M. El Shikh (Richmond, Virginia); John G. Tew (Mechanicsville, Virginia); Guzman Sanchez-Schmitz (Orlando, Florida); Donald Drake, III (Orlando, Florida); Luis Mosquera (Oviedo, Florida); Conan Li (Los Altos, California); Anatoly M. Kachurin (Orlando, Florida); Russell Higbee (Orlando, Florida); Heather Fahlenkamp (Cleveland, Oklahoma); Eric Mishkin (Winter Springs, Florida); William L. Warren (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanofi Pasteur Vaxdesign Corp. (Orlando, Florida); Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Selva Sukumar (Berkeley, California); Mohey Eldin M. El Shikh (Richmond, Virginia); John G. Tew (Mechanicsville, Virginia); Guzman Sanchez-Schmitz (Orlando, Florida); Donald Drake, III (Orlando, Florida); Luis Mosquera (Oviedo, Florida); Conan Li (Los Altos, California); Anatoly M. Kachurin (Orlando, Florida); Russell Higbee (Orlando, Florida); Heather Fahlenkamp (Cleveland, Oklahoma); Eric Mishkin (Winter Springs, Florida); William L. Warren (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention incorporates germinal centers (GCs) into three-dimensional (3D) engineered tissue constructs (ETCs). In an embodiment, we have incorporated the GC in the design of an artificial immune system (AIS) to examine immune responses to vaccines and other compounds. Development of an in vitro GC adds functionality to an AIS, in that it enables generation of an in vitro human humoral response by human B lymphocytes that is accurate and reproducible, without using human subjects. The invention also permits evaluation of, for example, vaccines, allergens, and immunogens, and activation of human B cells specific for a given antigen, which can then be used to generate human antibodies. In an embodiment of the present invention the function of the in vitro GC is enhanced by placing FDCs and other immune cells in a 3D ETC; FDCs appear more effective over a longer time (antibody production is sustained for up to about 14 days. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/167131 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
General Services Administration (GSA)
| US 08671224 | Bell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Brian Bell (San Antonio, Texas); Scott Cruickshanks Kennedy (San Diego, California); Carleton Royse Ayers, II (San Diego, California); Brian Whyte (San Diego, California); Kay Myers (El Cajon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Brian Bell (San Antonio, Texas); Scott Cruickshanks Kennedy (San Diego, California); Carleton Royse Ayers, II (San Diego, California); Brian Whyte (San Diego, California); Kay Myers (El Cajon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Training defense of a computer network. The system includes an enterprise asset subsystem to be defended. The enterprise asset subsystem runs operating system, support services, and application programs. The system also includes a neutral subsystem that is in communication with the enterprise asset subsystem and is used to set up and run at least one exercise scenario, and score performance of enterprise asset defenders in defending the system against exploits. Exploits are launched by an exploitation subsystem communication with the enterprise asset subsystem. |
| FILED | Friday, July 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/554433 |
| ART UNIT | 2478 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/249 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08668706 | Blatter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duane D. Blatter (Salt Lake City, Utah); Trent J. Perry (Kaysville, Utah); Nathaniel P. Young (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jeffrey E. Ransden (Fairfield, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vital Access Corporation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duane D. Blatter (Salt Lake City, Utah); Trent J. Perry (Kaysville, Utah); Nathaniel P. Young (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jeffrey E. Ransden (Fairfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Tissue management methods can include inserting a clamping device into a vessel and clamping a vessel wall via the clamping device. Tissue can be dilated about the clamping device and an anastomotic device provided to the vessel. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/781575 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/153 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08669111 | Rehder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Rehder (Phoenix, Arizona); Matthew Schaab (Phoenix, Arizona); Chad Borges (Avondale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides reagents and methods for limiting adsorptive and/or oxidative protein losses in a sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/748912 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08668150 | Bombaugh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott R. Bombaugh (Burke, Virginia); John M. Dunlop (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott R. Bombaugh (Burke, Virginia); John M. Dunlop (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure defines systems, methods and apparatus for scanning in a distribution environment. In one aspect a method is disclosed for expanding a field of view of a camera. The method may include moving a mirror according to a determined pattern of movement and speed and capturing a series of images with a camera while the mirror is moving such that the field of view defining images captured by the camera changes based on the position of the mirror. The method may further include using image data from the series of images to process information located on a target item being imaged. In another aspect, an apparatus is disclosed including a selectively movable mirror positioned relative to an image capture device. A controller is configured to capture an image while the mirror is moving. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/422876 |
| ART UNIT | 2887 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/462.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08668384 | Howe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin M. Howe (Plano, Texas); Gary A. Frazier (Garland, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin M. Howe (Plano, Texas); Gary A. Frazier (Garland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a temperature detector coupled to a conductive layer of an electrophoretic display device. The temperature detector is operable to measure a leakage current that is responsive to a temperature associated with the electrophoretic device and determine the temperature associated with the electrophoretic device based at least in part on the measured leakage current. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/900096 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669092 | Vale, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Research Development Foundation (Carson City, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rsearch Development Foundation (Carson City, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wylie W. Vale, Jr. (Carson City, Nevada); Kathy A. Lewis (San Diego, California); Marilyn H. Perrin (La Jolla, California); Koichi Kunitake (San Diego, California); Jean E. F. Rivier (La Jolla, California); Jozsef Gulyas (Julian, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A search of the public human genome database identified a human EST, GenBank accession number AW293249, which has high homology to known pufferfish urocortin sequences. The full length sequence was amplified from human genomic DNA and sequenced. Sequence homology comparisons of the novel sequence with human urocortin I and urocortin II revealed that the sequence encoded a novel human urocortin, which was designated urocortin III (UcnIII). While urocortin III does not have high affinity for either CRF-R1 or CRF-R2, the affinity for CRF-R2 is greater than the affinity for CRF-R1. Urocortin III is capable stimulating cyclic AMP production in cells expressing CRF-R2α or β. Thus, the affinity is high enough that urocortin III could act as a native agonist of CRF-R2. However, it is also likely that urocortin III is a stronger agonist of a yet to be identified receptor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/875117 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08669812 | Actis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Actis (Burlington, Massachusetts); Robert J. Lender, Jr. (Pepperell, Massachusetts); Steve M. Rajkowski (East Kingston, New Hampshire); Kanin Chu (Nashua, New Hampshire); Blair E. Coburn (Milford, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Schilmass Co., L.L.C. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Actis (Burlington, Massachusetts); Robert J. Lender, Jr. (Pepperell, Massachusetts); Steve M. Rajkowski (East Kingston, New Hampshire); Kanin Chu (Nashua, New Hampshire); Blair E. Coburn (Milford, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A high power amplifier architecture is disclosure. One example configuration includes a first plurality of distributed amplification stages operatively coupled in a first string. A conductive trace associated with the first string provides a stepped structure, such that the associated inductance successively decreases from input to output of the first string. A second plurality of distributed amplification stages is operatively coupled in a second string, and a conductive trace associated therewith provides a stepped structure, such that the associated inductance successively decreases from input to output of the second string. In one example case, each of the first and second strings comprises gallium nitride transistor amplification stages formed on silicon carbide. The module may further include a heat spreader material that thermally and electrically couples to the amplification stages. The conductive trace associated with one string can be shared with another string. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/016599 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08671133 | Krikorian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Haig F. Krikorian (Fullerton, California); Robert W. Loewer (Placentia, California); Susan E. Smalley (Anaheim, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haig F. Krikorian (Fullerton, California); Robert W. Loewer (Placentia, California); Susan E. Smalley (Anaheim, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for a data processing system having an efficient network communication infrastructure. The data processing system has a plurality of data processing nodes distributed across a network. Each node comprises a processor and a memory having an application and a routing thread operatively configured to receive a message on the network. The message has an application identifier and a message group identifier. Each application has a command thread and a plurality of message group handlers. Each routing thread is operatively configured to determine whether the received message is for the application on the respective node and to notify the application's command thread of the received message in response to determining that the message is for the application. The command thread then directs the message to one of the message group handlers based on the received message's message group identifier. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/288804 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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