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| US 08695355 | Maltezos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Maltezos (Fort Salonga, New York); Matthew Johnston (Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Maltezos (Fort Salonga, New York); Matthew Johnston (Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A heating/cooling device for a microfluidic apparatus having a thermal insulating substrate. The device includes heating/cooling chamber for heating and/or cooling a sample disposed in the chamber; a waste heat channel for carrying away waste heat and/or waste cooling; and at least one Peltier junction having first and second opposing faces, the first face thereof facing towards said heating/cooling chamber and being in thermal communication therewith for providing either heat or cooling to the chamber in response to a flow of electrical current through the at least one Peltier junction, the second face thereof facing towards said waste heat channel and being in thermal communication therewith for either receiving heat from or dumping heat to the channel in response to a flow of electrical current through the Peltier junction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/297106 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 21/02 (20130101) F25B 21/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08695640 | Unger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marc A. Unger (South San Francisco, California); Hou-Pu Chou (Pasadena, California); Todd A. Thorsen (Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Stephen R. Quake (San Marino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc A. Unger (South San Francisco, California); Hou-Pu Chou (Pasadena, California); Todd A. Thorsen (Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Stephen R. Quake (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating an elastomeric structure, comprising: forming a first elastomeric layer on top of a first micromachined mold, the first micromachined mold having a first raised protrusion which forms a first recess extending along a bottom surface of the first elastomeric layer; forming a second elastomeric layer on top of a second micromachined mold, the second micromachined mold having a second raised protrusion which forms a second recess extending along a bottom surface of the second elastomeric layer; bonding the bottom surface of the second elastomeric layer onto a top surface of the first elastomeric layer such that a control channel forms in the second recess between the first and second elastomeric layers; and positioning the first elastomeric layer on top of a planar substrate such that a flow channel forms in the first recess between the first elastomeric layer and the planar substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/360261 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/833 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696122 | Hammer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel X. Hammer (Bedford, New Hampshire); R. Daniel Ferguson (Melrose, Massachusetts); Mircea Mujat (Acton, Massachusetts); Anket H. Patel (Methuen, Massachusetts); Nicusor V. Iftimia (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Stephen Burns (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel X. Hammer (Bedford, New Hampshire); R. Daniel Ferguson (Melrose, Massachusetts); Mircea Mujat (Acton, Massachusetts); Anket H. Patel (Methuen, Massachusetts); Nicusor V. Iftimia (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Stephen Burns (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical apparatus includes a system of optical components capable of operating in a scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) mode and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) mode. The system of optical components includes a first optical module for the SLO mode, a second optical module for the OCT mode, and a first scanning device. The first optical module for the SLO mode includes a first source adapted to provide a first imaging beam for the SLO mode and a first detection device configured to receive a first signal associated with a first image of a retina of an eye. The second optical module for the OCT mode includes a second source adapted to provide a second imaging beam for the OCT mode and a second detection device configured to receive a second signal associated with a second image of the retina. The first scanning device is configured to move the first imaging beam along the retina in the slow axis of the SLO mode to acquire the first image and (ii) to move the second imaging beam along the retina in the fast axis of the OCT mode to acquire the second image. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/011404 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/1225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696612 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard R. Wilson (Seattle, Washington); Robert L. Wilcox (Bothell, Washington); Curtis Genstler (Snohomish, Washington); Tim Abrahamson (Seattle, Washington); Wm. Gerrit Barrere (Lake Forest Park, Washington); Amy Cohen (Seattle, Washington); George Keilman (Seattle, Washington); Leonard R. Oliver (Seattle, Washington); Natalya Peskin (Redmond, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ekos Corporation (Bothell, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard R. Wilson (Seattle, Washington); Robert L. Wilcox (Bothell, Washington); Curtis Genstler (Snohomish, Washington); Tim Abrahamson (Seattle, Washington); Wm. Gerrit Barrere (Lake Forest Park, Washington); Amy Cohen (Seattle, Washington); George Keilman (Seattle, Washington); Leonard R. Oliver (Seattle, Washington); Natalya Peskin (Redmond, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of delivery ultrasonic energy and a therapeutic compound to a treatment site and an ultrasonic catheter system are disclosed. The ultrasonic catheter system comprises a tubular body having a proximal end, a distal end and a treatment zone located between the distal end and the proximal end, a fluid delivery lumen, at least one ultrasound radiating element positioned in the treatment zone, wiring electrically coupled to the at least one ultrasound radiating element and extending through the tubular body and terminating at a connector, and a control system comprising external circuitry and an isolation pod that is configured to be electrically connected to the connector, the isolation pod being positioned between the tubular body and the external system and comprising an isolation barrier and circuitry for driving the ultrasound radiating element. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/431798 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696722 | Deisseroth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl Deisseroth (Palo Alto, California); Jin Hyung Lee (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Deisseroth (Palo Alto, California); Jin Hyung Lee (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems and methods involving the use of magnetic resonance imaging and optogenetic neural stimulation. Aspects of the disclosure include modifying a target neural cell population in a first region of a brain to express light-responsive molecules. Using a light pulse, the light-responsive molecules in the target neural cell population are stimulated. Multiple regions of the brain are scanned via magnetic resonance imaging. The scans allow for observation of a neural reaction in response to the stimulation in at least one of the multiple regions of the brain. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/299727 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696764 | Hansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Apple Valley, Minnesota); Eric A. Nickel (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Apple Valley, Minnesota); Eric A. Nickel (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an improved system for use in rehabilitation and/or physical therapy for the treatment of injury or disease to the lower limbs or extremities. The system can enable an amputee to proceed over any inclined or declined surface without overbalancing. The system is mechanically passive in that it does not utilize motors, force generating devices, batteries, or powered sources that may add undesirable weight or mass and that may require recharging. In particular the system is self-adapting to adjust the torque moment depending upon the motion, the extent of inclination, and the surface topography. An additional advantage of the improvement is that the system can be light and may also be simple to manufacture. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/374881 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696989 | Esfandyarpour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hesaam Esfandyarpour (Los Altos, California); Ronald W. Davis (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Univerity (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hesaam Esfandyarpour (Los Altos, California); Ronald W. Davis (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A calorimeter device includes various components located on a common substrate. A first (calorimeter) integrated chip device is located on the substrate. This first device has a first microfluidic channel that has first side and a second side. A first heat sensing circuit is located on the first side of the first channel and a second heat sensing circuit is located on the second side of the channel, opposite the first side and facing the first heat sensing circuit. A second integrated chip device is located on the substrate and proximal to the first device. The second device includes a second microfluidic channel having a third side and fourth side. A third heat sensing circuit is located on the third side of the second channel. A fourth heat sensing circuit is located on the fourth side of the channel, opposite the third side and facing the third heat sensing circuit. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/481363 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/51 |
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| US 08697007 | Bau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Haim H. Bau (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Changchun Liu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Xianbo Qiu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haim H. Bau (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Changchun Liu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Xianbo Qiu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are analysis cassettes that include removable sealing layers and deformable connector layers that place various channels, chambers, and reservoirs on the cassettes into fluid communication with one another. The cassettes are suitable for use in self-contained, immunoassay devices that may be operated in an automated fashion. Also disclosed are methods for analyzing samples by use of the disclosed cassettes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/535718 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697029 | Anker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Anker (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Caleb Behrend (Los Angeles, California); Raoul Kopelman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Brandon McNaughton (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Anker (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Caleb Behrend (Los Angeles, California); Raoul Kopelman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Brandon McNaughton (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to modulated (e.g., magnetically modulated) chemical sensors. In particular, the present invention relates to particles comprising fluorescent indicator dyes and methods of using such particles. Magnetic fields and/or Brownian motion modulate an optical property of the particle to distinguish it from background signals. The present invention thus provides improved methods of detecting a wide variety of analytes in fluids, fluid samples, cells and tissues. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/169977 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697030 | Peng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yongren Benjamin Peng (Richland, Washington); Xingye Cherry Lei (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | XL Sci-Tech, Inc. (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yongren Benjamin Peng (Richland, Washington); Xingye Cherry Lei (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Timed-bioresorbable particulates, particularly microspheres or fibers, may be used as a vehicle for delivery of radioisotopes, such as Y-90 and Pd-103 for localized radiotherapy, or as an embolic device. These particulates may also be embedded in polymers, or dispersed in injectable gels or other injectable media for the treatment of various cancers. The benefit of bioresorption, the ability to control the ratio of radioisotopes in the particulate, especially the gamma and beta ratios such as In-111/Y-90 ratio in a particulate, and the benefit of non-conductive implants are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/030778 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697031 | Ai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hua Ai (Sichuan, China PRC); Jeffrey L. Duerk (Avon Lake, Ohio); Chris Flask (Avon Lake, Ohio); Jinming Gao (Plano, Texas); Jonathan S. Lewin (Baltimore, Maryland); Xintao Shuai (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Brent Weinberg (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hua Ai (Sichuan, China PRC); Jeffrey L. Duerk (Avon Lake, Ohio); Chris Flask (Avon Lake, Ohio); Jinming Gao (Plano, Texas); Jonathan S. Lewin (Baltimore, Maryland); Xintao Shuai (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Brent Weinberg (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to micelles that are elaborated with functionality useful for imaging and/or selectively targeting tissue, e.g., in the delivery of hydrophobic agents. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/569989 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/04 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 49/14 (20130101) A61K 51/04 (20130101) A61K 51/08 (20130101) |
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| US 08697034 | Kovacs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zoltan Kovacs (Lewisville, Texas); Matthew E. Merritt (Euless, Texas); A. Dean Sherry (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zoltan Kovacs (Lewisville, Texas); Matthew E. Merritt (Euless, Texas); A. Dean Sherry (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the preparation of hyperpolarized 89Y. Hyperpolarized 89Y may be used as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) agents for sensitive detection and imaging. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/576743 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.363 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697046 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rong Li (Rockville, Maryland); Sheldon S. Miller (Bethesda, Maryland); Arvydas Maminishkis (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rong Li (Rockville, Maryland); Sheldon S. Miller (Bethesda, Maryland); Arvydas Maminishkis (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Particular aspects of the invention provide methods for decreasing the amount of fluid present in the subretinal space of the eye by administering interferon gamma to the basolateral side of the retinal pigment epithelium. Adverse ocular conditions associated with the accumulation of fluid in the subretinal space can be treated by administering an amount of interferon gamma to the basolateral side of the retinal pigment epithelium effective to remove excess fluid from the subretinal space. |
| FILED | Friday, August 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/058359 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/85.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697062 | Raines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald T. Raines (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas J. Rutkoski (Madison, Wisconsin); John A. Kink (Madison, Wisconsin); Laura E. Strong (Stoughton, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quintessence Biosciences, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald T. Raines (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas J. Rutkoski (Madison, Wisconsin); John A. Kink (Madison, Wisconsin); Laura E. Strong (Stoughton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to conjugates of human ribonucleases and water-soluble polymers, compositions comprising the conjugates and methods of using the same. In particular, the present invention provides conjugates of human ribonucleases and one or more water-soluble polymer compositions (e.g., to increase serum half-life and a pharmacokinetic profile, in vivo biological activity, stability, and/or reduce host immune response to the protein in vivo) as well as methods of using the conjugates in the therapy, treatment, and/or prevention of disease (e.g., cancer). |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/247438 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697069 | Kuchroo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vijay K. Kuchroo (Newton Center, Massachusetts); Laurent Monney (Bulle, Switzerland); Jason L. Gaglia (Boston, Massachusetts); Edward A. Greenfield (Stoughton, Massachusetts); Gordon J. Freeman (Brookline, Massachusetts); Hanspeter Waldner (Lemoyne, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijay K. Kuchroo (Newton Center, Massachusetts); Laurent Monney (Bulle, Switzerland); Jason L. Gaglia (Boston, Massachusetts); Edward A. Greenfield (Stoughton, Massachusetts); Gordon J. Freeman (Brookline, Massachusetts); Hanspeter Waldner (Lemoyne, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods useful for promoting or reducing T-cell trafficking to a target tissue. Also provided are compositions and methods useful for promoting or inhibiting antigen-presenting cell (APC) activation. The invention is related to discovery of functional characteristics of TIM-3, a molecule that is preferentially expressed on the surface of Th1 cells. The methods are useful for treating disorders including cancer, infectious disease, allergy, asthma, and autoimmune disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/331387 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697072 | Frank et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Markus H. Frank (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Natasha Y. Frank (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mohamed H. Sayegh (Westwood, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Markus H. Frank (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Natasha Y. Frank (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mohamed H. Sayegh (Westwood, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention related to methods for treating a subject by manipulating ABCB5 on a cell as well as related products. The methods include methods of treating cancer using ABCB5 binding molecules such as antibodies and fragments thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/044854 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/133.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697076 | Binder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lester I. Binder (Chicago, Illinois); Daniel G. Chain (New York, New York); Yifan Fu (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Kristina Patterson (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Intellect Neurosciences Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lester I. Binder (Chicago, Illinois); Daniel G. Chain (New York, New York); Yifan Fu (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Kristina Patterson (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Antibodies selective for pathological tau dimers and/or prefibrillar pathological tau oligomers, immunogenic peptides and epitopes of these antibodies, hydridomas producing these antibodies, uses of these antibodies, immunogenic peptides and epitopes in preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of tauopathies, and uses of these antibodies, immunogenic peptides, epitopes and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of tauopathies are described. Also described are uses of these antibodies, immunogenic peptides, epitopes in diagnosis and monitoring of tauopathies. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/458609 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/139.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697079 | Penichet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Manuel L. Penichet (Los Angeles, California); Birgit C. Schultes (Arlington, Massachusetts); Christopher F. Nicodemus (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Tracy R. Daniels (Woodland Hills, California); Gustavo Helguera (Long Beach, California); Jose A. Rodriguez (Paramount, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quest Pharma Tech Inc. (Alberta, Canada); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manuel L. Penichet (Los Angeles, California); Birgit C. Schultes (Arlington, Massachusetts); Christopher F. Nicodemus (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Tracy R. Daniels (Woodland Hills, California); Gustavo Helguera (Long Beach, California); Jose A. Rodriguez (Paramount, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides monoclonal IgE antibodies comprising Fc epsilon (ε) constant regions and variable regions comprising at least one antigen binding region specific for binding a single epitope of a circulating, tumor-associated antigen (TAA) that is not a cell surface antigen wherein the epitope of the targeted antigen is not highly repetitive or is a non-repetitive epitope. The IgE antibodies of the invention are useful in the treatment of cancer associated with the tumor antigen. In one embodiment the TAA is prostate-specific antigen (PSA). |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/372557 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/155.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697081 | Weiss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen J. Weiss (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Robert G. Rowe (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Weiss (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Robert G. Rowe (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of inhibiting neovascularization in a subject. The method comprises administering to the subject an agent that interferes with fibronectin (Fn) matrix assembly in an amount effective to inhibit neovascularization. The invention also provides a method of identifying an agent that inhibits neovascularization. The method comprises detecting fibronectin (Fn) matrix assembly by stimulated endothelial cells cultured in three-dimensional culture gel in the presence and absence of an agent. A decrease in Fn matrix assembly in the presence of the agent compared to Fn matrix assembly in the absence of the agent is indicative of an agent that inhibits neovascularization. Alternatively, the method of identifying an agent that inhibits neovascularization comprises detecting changes in nuclear architecture in stimulated endothelial cells cultured in three-dimensional culture gel in the presence and absence of an agent. A reduction in nuclear architecture organization identifies an agent that inhibits neovascularization. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/420649 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
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| US 08697085 | Dale |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James B. Dale (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James B. Dale (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Immunogenic compositions are provided herein that are useful for inducing an immune response specific against group A streptococcus (GAS). Immunogenic compositions provided herein are multivalent and comprise a plurality of immunogenic peptides or fusion polypeptides comprising the immunogenic peptides that induce an immune response against GAS. The immunogenic compositions provided herein induce an immune response against the GAS serotypes represented by an immunogenic peptide (derived from an M protein or Spa protein) comprised within the immunogenic composition and also induce an immune response against serotypes that are unrepresented by any immunogenic peptide included in the immunogenic composition. Methods for using the compositions for inducing an immune response against GAS and for treating or reducing the likelihood of occurrence of a GAS infection are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/525020 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
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| US 08697120 | Bright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Corinne Bright (Los Gatos, California); Rachel Bright (Palo Alto, California); Eric Churchill (Menlo Park, California); Kam W. Leong (Durham, North Carolina); Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Corinne Bright (Los Gatos, California); Rachel Bright (Palo Alto, California); Eric Churchill (Menlo Park, California); Kam W. Leong (Durham, North Carolina); Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for protection of tissues subject to ischemic and/or reperfusion damage is provided. The method includes administering to the tissue a composition comprising nanodevices. The nanodevices can take the form of, for example, polymeric nanoparticles or lipidic nanoparticles. The nanodevices also find use in methods for reducing ischemic injury in tissue at risk of such injury, such as heart and brain tissue. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/799573 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697121 | Chiu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel T. Chiu (Seattle, Washington); Kimberly A. Dendramis (Seattle, Washington); Peter B. Allen (Seattle, Washington); Philip J. Reid (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Unviersity of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel T. Chiu (Seattle, Washington); Kimberly A. Dendramis (Seattle, Washington); Peter B. Allen (Seattle, Washington); Philip J. Reid (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Capsules that include a shell, a sensitizer, and an active material. Methods for using the capsules to spatiotemporally deliver active material. Representative shells include vesicles, polymers, and inorganic materials. Representative active materials include small molecules and proteins. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/925480 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/452 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697346 | McLeod et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert R. McLeod (Boulder, Colorado); Christopher N. Bowman (Boulder, Colorado); Timothy F. Scott (Boulder, Colorado); Amy C. Sulivan (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. McLeod (Boulder, Colorado); Christopher N. Bowman (Boulder, Colorado); Timothy F. Scott (Boulder, Colorado); Amy C. Sulivan (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, devices, systems, and materials are disclosed for diffraction unlimited photofabrication. A method is provided where a photoresponsive material is illuminated with a first optical pattern at a first wavelength of light. The first wavelength of light alters a solubility of the photoresponsive organic material. The photoresponsive material is also illuminated with a second optical pattern at a second wavelength of light. The second wavelength of light hinders the ability of the first wavelength of light to alter the solubility of the photoresponsive organic material where the second optical pattern overlaps the first optical pattern. The photoresponsive organic material is then developed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/078485 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/394 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697348 | Sawyers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Sawyers (Los Angeles, California); Mercedes E. Gorre (Los Angeles, California); Neil Pravin Shah (Woodland Hills, California); John Nicoll (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regent of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Sawyers (Los Angeles, California); Mercedes E. Gorre (Los Angeles, California); Neil Pravin Shah (Woodland Hills, California); John Nicoll (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein relates to novel genes and their encoded proteins, termed Mutants Associated with Resistance to STI-571 (e.g., T315I Bcr-Abl), and to diagnostic and therapeutic methods and compositions useful in the management of various cancers that express MARS. The invention further provides methods for identifying molecules that bind to and/or modulate the functional activity of MARS. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/485023 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — 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 08697354 | Ebright |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard H. Ebright (North Brunswick, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Ebright (North Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a target and methods for specific binding and inhibition of RNAP from bacterial species. The invention is directed to a method for identifying agents that bind to a bacterial RNAP homologous RNA-exit-channel amino-acid sequence, comprising preparing a reaction solution comprising the agent to be tested and an entity comprising a bacterial RNAP homologous RNA-exit-channel amino-acid sequence, and detecting presence or amount of binding. The invention has applications in control of bacterial gene expression, control of bacterial growth, antibacterial chemistry, and antibacterial therapy. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/474255 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697359 | Zhang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Broad Institute Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for altering expression of target gene sequences and related gene products. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for utilizing the CRISPR-Cas system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/054414 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697361 | Johnson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bankole A. Johnson (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bankole A. Johnson (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The gene responsible for encoding SERT has a functional polymorphism at the 5′-regulatory promoter region, which results in two forms, long (L) and short (S). The LL-genotype is hypothesized to play a key role in the early onset of alcohol use. The present invention discloses the differences in treatment and diagnosis based on the L or short genotypes as well as on a single nucleotide polymorphism of the SERT gene, the 3′ UTR SNP rs 1042173. The present invention demonstrates the efficacy of using the drug ondansetron and similar drugs for treatment based on variations in the polymorphisms of the SERT gene as well as methods for diagnosing susceptibility to abuse of alcohol and other addiction-related diseases and disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/919905 |
| 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 435/6.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697367 | Buhimschi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Catalin S. Buhimschi (New Haven, Connecticut); Irina Buhimschi (New Haven, Connecticut); Vineet Bhandari (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Catalin S. Buhimschi (New Haven, Connecticut); Irina Buhimschi (New Haven, Connecticut); Vineet Bhandari (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are biomarkers, such as protein biomarkers, which are diagnostic of and predictive for complications that result from an in utero encounter, such as an infection by the fetus, that can lead to premature birth (PTB). The biomarkers can be used to identify fetuses and newborns at risk for complications of PTB, such as (Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis) EONS, intra-ventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and other poor outcomes. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/193421 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697379 | Bielawska et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alicja Bielawska (Charleston, South Carolina); Aiping Bai (Charleston, South Carolina); Zdzislaw M. Szulc (Charleston, South Carolina); Yusuf A. Hannun (Sullivan's Island, South Carolina); James S. Norris (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Liu Xiang (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alicja Bielawska (Charleston, South Carolina); Aiping Bai (Charleston, South Carolina); Zdzislaw M. Szulc (Charleston, South Carolina); Yusuf A. Hannun (Sullivan's Island, South Carolina); James S. Norris (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina); Liu Xiang (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed subject matter provides compounds of the formula, formula (Ia): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X, Y, and n are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods for making the compounds of the formula as set forth hereinabove, their use in inhibiting acid ceramidase and ceramidase-related activity, and their use as drugs and prodrugs in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases associated with undesirable ceramidase or sphingosine kinase activity, including, but not limited to, cancer, cancer metastasis, atherosclerosis, stenosis, inflammation, asthma, and atopic dermatitis. |
| FILED | Friday, November 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/127888 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697391 | Ayene |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iraimoudi S. Ayene (Newtown Square, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Iraimoudi S. Ayene (Newtown Square, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining the percentage of live cells or viability of cells in a sample is disclosed. In this method, a cell-containing sample is contacted with hydroxyethyldisulfide and the amount of mercaptoethanol produced is measured. The amount of mercaptoethanol is then compared to reference standard curves to determine the percentage of live cells in the sample or the viability of the cells. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/320602 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697407 | Chinnaiyan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arul M. Chinnaiyan (Plymouth, Michigan); Sooryanaryana Lnu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Qi Cao (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Irfan Asangani (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arul M. Chinnaiyan (Plymouth, Michigan); Sooryanaryana Lnu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Qi Cao (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Irfan Asangani (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to agents that find use in the treatment, management, and/or study of cancer. In particular, the present invention relates to agents (e.g., small molecules, nucleic acids) that affect MMSET expression or activity. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/025290 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697435 | Heil et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. Heil (Denver, Colorado); Michael J. Lochhead (Boulder, Colorado); Kevin D. Moll (Boulder, Colorado); Christopher J. Myatt (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MBio Diagnostics, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Heil (Denver, Colorado); Michael J. Lochhead (Boulder, Colorado); Kevin D. Moll (Boulder, Colorado); Christopher J. Myatt (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for sample preparation and analyte detection includes a cartridge, with a fluidic channel, a waveguide, and a capture spot. The system further includes a force field generator, an imaging system, and a fluid, which includes a sample potentially containing a target analyte, first type particles, which include binding moieties specific for the target analyte and are responsive to a force field, and second type particles, which include binding moieties specific for the target analyte and are capable of generating a signal. When the sample contains the target analyte, specific binding interactions between the target analyte and binding moieties link first and second type particles via the target analyte to form multiple-particle complex capturable at a capture spot. The force field allows manipulation of the particles and multiple-particle complex such that the detected signal from the second type particles is indicative of the target analyte within the sample. |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/871402 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54326 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 435/808 (20130101) Y10S 436/805 (20130101) Y10S 436/806 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697628 | Garcia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabriela Garcia (Denver, Colorado); Richard J. Johnson (Centennial, Colorado); Christopher J. Rivard (Lakewood, Colorado); Miguel A. Lanaspa-Garcia (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriela Garcia (Denver, Colorado); Richard J. Johnson (Centennial, Colorado); Christopher J. Rivard (Lakewood, Colorado); Miguel A. Lanaspa-Garcia (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds and compositions that modulate adenosine monophosphate deaminase (AMPD) and methods for using the same to treat a clinical condition associated with the metabolic syndrome or a disease associated with the metabolic syndrome. In particular, the present invention provides a compound and a composition comprising a selective AMPD2 inhibitor and methods for using the same, for example, to treat a clinical condition associated with metabolic syndrome as well as diseases manifested by the metabolic syndrome. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/521881 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697645 | Acharya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seetharama A. Acharya (Cresskill, New Jersey); Belur N. Manjula (Cresskill, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seetharama A. Acharya (Cresskill, New Jersey); Belur N. Manjula (Cresskill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are hemoglobins having at least two chemical modifications that lower oxygen affinity, hemoglobins chemically modified by the addition of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, and hemoglobins having at least two specific chemical modifications. PEGylated versions of these hemoglobins are also provided, as are certain tetraPEGylated and diPEGylated hemoglobins. Methods of modifying a hemoglobin are additionally provided, as are methods of making a hemoglobin. Pharmaceutical compositions and blood substitutes using these hemoglobins are further provided, as are methods of treating a subject using these pharmaceutical compositions and blood substitutes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/449832 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697666 | Klinman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis M. Klinman (Potomac, Maryland); Hidekazu Ikeuchi (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis M. Klinman (Potomac, Maryland); Hidekazu Ikeuchi (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | It is disclosed herein that suppressive OD Ns are of use for preventing or delaying the formation of a tumor, reducing the risk of developing a tumor, treating a tumor, preventing conversion of a benign to a malignant lesion, or preventing metastasis. In some embodiments, methods are disclosed herein for treating, preventing or reducing the risk of developing a tumor, such as esophageal, gastrointestinal, liver, lung, skin and colon tumors or a mesothelioma. Generally, the methods disclosed herein include selecting a subject for treatment and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of one or more suppressive ODN. In some examples, additional agents can also be administered to the subject of interest. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/243841 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697667 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ki-Bum Lee (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Birju Shah (Piscataway, New Jersey); Prasad Subramaniam (Edison, New Jersey); Cheoljin Kim (North Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ki-Bum Lee (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Birju Shah (Piscataway, New Jersey); Prasad Subramaniam (Edison, New Jersey); Cheoljin Kim (North Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to drug delivery vehicles comprising one or more cyclodextrin moieties conjugated to a dendritic polyamine for the delivery of small molecule and protein therapeutic molecules and nucleic acid therapeutic molecules, and methods of making and using the delivery vehicles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/270261 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697668 | Dmitrovsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ethan Dmitrovsky (Hanover, New Hampshire); Bret C. Hassel (Woodbine, Maryland); Sutisak Kitareewan (Suphanburi, Thailand); Ian Pitha-Rowe (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods of using compositions that induce UBE1L or a ubiquitin-like protein ISG15, or inhibit a deconjugase UBP43 to degrade oncogenic proteins and enhance apoptosis of cancer (neoplastic) or pre-cancerous (pre-neoplastic) cells are provided. Methods for the prevention or treatment of cancer via administration of these compositions are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, September 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/621377 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697672 | Baltimore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Baltimore (Pasadena, California); Ryan O'Connell (Pasadena, California); Konstantin Taganov (Pasadena, California); Mark Boldin (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Baltimore (Pasadena, California); Ryan O'Connell (Pasadena, California); Konstantin Taganov (Pasadena, California); Mark Boldin (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to the finding that microRNA-155 plays a role in inflammation, hematopoiesis and myeloproliferation, and that dysregulation of microRNA-155 expression is associated with particular myeloproliferative disorders. Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating disorders, including inflammation and myeloproliferation, modulating the levels of expression of one or more genes selected from the group consisting of Cutl1, Arnt1, Picalm, Jarid2, PU.1, Csf1r, HIF1α, Sla, Cepbβ, and Bach1, and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/122595 |
| 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 514/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697691 | Conn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Michael R. Wood (Brentwood, Tennessee); Rocco D. Gogliotti (Kingston Springs, Tennessee); Colleen M. Niswender (Brentwood, Tennessee); Bruce J. Melancon (Nashville, Tennessee); Evan P. Lebois (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Michael R. Wood (Brentwood, Tennessee); Rocco D. Gogliotti (Kingston Springs, Tennessee); Colleen M. Niswender (Brentwood, Tennessee); Bruce J. Melancon (Nashville, Tennessee); Evan P. Lebois (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having a general structure: which are useful as selective allosteric or bitopic agonists of the M1 muscarinic receptor; synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's Disease. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/975331 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/233.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697722 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Faming Jiang (Mountain View, California); Taline Khroyan (San Jose, California); Cris M. Olsen (Soquel, California); Willma E. Polgar (Sunnyvale, California); Lawrence R. Toll (Redwood City, California); Nurulain T. Zaveri (Saratoga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Faming Jiang (Mountain View, California); Taline Khroyan (San Jose, California); Cris M. Olsen (Soquel, California); Willma E. Polgar (Sunnyvale, California); Lawrence R. Toll (Redwood City, California); Nurulain T. Zaveri (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides compounds capable of selectively or non-selectively modulating nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The compounds, compositions, and methods described herein are useful, for example, in treating patients suffering from various medical conditions including pain, chemical addictions, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and neurodegenerative disorders. In one embodiment, the compounds comprise a 7- to 11-membered azabicyclo ring. |
| FILED | Friday, November 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/934583 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/305 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697729 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lin Chen (La Canada, California); Nimanthi Jayathilaka (Los Angeles, California); Aidong Han (Los Angeles, California); Nicos Petasis (Hacienda Heights, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lin Chen (La Canada, California); Nimanthi Jayathilaka (Los Angeles, California); Aidong Han (Los Angeles, California); Nicos Petasis (Hacienda Heights, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and compositions for modulating the function of transcription factors, especially transcription factors that recruit epigenetic regulators (histone modifying enzymes) to specific DNA promoters. The targeted transcription factors include but are not limited to the myocyte enhancing factor (MEF2), the forkhead/winged helix transcription factor FOXP3 and the transcription factor GATA3. Also disclosed are small molecule modulators of MEF2 and its associated factors that include but not limited to histone deacetylases (HDACs), p300/CBP and Cabin1 and the therapeutic applications thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/613521 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697771 | Meyerhoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark E. Meyerhoff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jun Yang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Meyerhoff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jun Yang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are biocompatible coatings for a substrate, the biocompatible coating including at least one polyanionic/polycationic bilayer including at least one nitric oxide generating moiety, wherein the polyanionic/polycationic bilayer has a layer of a polycationic polymeric material; and a layer of polyanionic material capable of non-covalently bonding to the polycationic polymeric material. Devices incorporating such coatings, and methods of making and using such coatings are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/059317 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 523/112 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697840 | Shetty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sreerama Shetty (Tyler, Texas); Steven Idell (Tyler, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sreerama Shetty (Tyler, Texas); Steven Idell (Tyler, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | During lung injury, p53 expression increases, inducing plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) while inhibiting expression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and its receptor (uPAR), resulting in apoptosis of lung epithelial cells (LECs). In the bleomycin lung injury model, p53 and PAI-1 are induced while uPA and uPAR are inhibited. A 20 residue peptide DGIWKASFTTFTVTKYWFYR termed PP-1 (the Cav-1 scaffolding domain) or peptide NYHYLESSMTALYTLGH, termed PP-2, protected LECs from bleomycin-induced apoptosis in vitro and in vivo and prevented subsequent pulmonary fibrosis by attenuating lung epitheilial damage. Pharmaceutical compositions, peptide multimers and deliverable polypeptides comprising the above peptides are dislcosed. The peptides and functional variants, peptide multimers, cell-targeted polyepeptides and pharmaceutical compositions are used in methods for inhibiting apoptosis of injured or damaged lung epithelial cells and for treating acute lung injury and consequent pulmonary fibrosis. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/398757 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697846 | Zimring |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James C. Zimring (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Zimring (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for related to monoclonal antibodies specific for single amino acid variation in an antigen. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/671926 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/28 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/16 (20130101) C12N 5/0636 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697848 | Seefeldt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Seefeldt (Denver, Colorado); Theodore W. Randolph (Niwot, Colorado); Amber Haynes Fradkin (Golden, Colorado); John Carpenter (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado); Barofold, Inc. (Aurora, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Seefeldt (Denver, Colorado); Theodore W. Randolph (Niwot, Colorado); Amber Haynes Fradkin (Golden, Colorado); John Carpenter (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for reducing and/or evaluating the immunogenic potential of a therapeutic protein preparation. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions of therapeutic proteins and methods of treatment with the same, the compositions having low immunogenic potential and/or improved efficacy. The invention achieves these goals by evaluating therapeutic protein preparations for subvisible protein particulates, which can contribute significantly to the overall immunogenic potential of the protein preparation. Further, by maintaining the content of such subvisible protein particulates to below an immunogenic threshold level, the resulting pharmaceutical composition is less likely to result in a loss of tolerance (e.g., upon repeated administration), thereby improving both the safety and efficacy profile of the therapeutic. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/186169 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/427 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697875 | Feng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yan Feng (Shanghai, China PRC); Ottavio Arancio (New York, New York); Shixian Deng (White Plains, New York); Donald W. Landry (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yan Feng (Shanghai, China PRC); Ottavio Arancio (New York, New York); Shixian Deng (White Plains, New York); Donald W. Landry (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for compounds that are phosphodiesterase inhibitors. The invention further provides for a method for screening compounds that bind to and modulate a phosphosdiesterase protein. The invention also provides methods for treating conditions associated with accumulated amyloid-beta peptide deposit accumulations by administering a phosphodiesterase-binding compound to a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/167540 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697879 | Silverman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard B. Silverman (Northbrook, Illinois); Fengtian Xue (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Silverman (Northbrook, Illinois); Fengtian Xue (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A chiral synthesis of pyrrolidine compounds en route to selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitors, and representative inhibitor compounds heretofore unattainable. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/174982 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697888 | Lindsley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Michael R. Wood (Brentwood, Tennessee); Bruce J. Melancon (Nashville, Tennessee); Yiu-Yin Cheung (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted (1-(methylsulfonyl)azetidin-3-yl)(heterocycloalkyl)methanone analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as antagonists of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Monday, December 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/692969 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/950 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697950 | Gaxiola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roberto A. Gaxiola (Tempe, Arizona); Gerald R. Fink (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Seth L. Alper (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut); Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roberto A. Gaxiola (Tempe, Arizona); Gerald R. Fink (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Seth L. Alper (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a transgenic plant which is tolerant to a salt, comprising one or more plant cells transformed with exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant. The present invention also relates to a transgenic plant with increased Pi uptake, comprising one or more plant cells transformed with exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant. Also encompassed by the present invention are transgenic progeny and seeds of the transgenic plants described herein. Progeny transgenic plant grown from seed are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/890795 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698087 | Surti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suleman Surti (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joel S. Karp (Glenside, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suleman Surti (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joel S. Karp (Glenside, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are time-of-flight positron emission tomography devices comprising a detector array having at least two segments configured to accommodate a body part and to acquire tracer emission signals from a target within an imaging situs with a timing resolution of less than about 600 ps and a processor that receives the acquired signals from the detector array and converts the signals into a three dimensional image reconstruction of the target. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/611738 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/363.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698493 | Walker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thad Gilbert Walker (Madison, Wisconsin); Brian Robert Lancor (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert Wyllie (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thad Gilbert Walker (Madison, Wisconsin); Brian Robert Lancor (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert Wyllie (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Precise measurements of a precessional rate of noble gas in a magnetic field is obtained by constraining the time averaged direction of the spins of a stimulating alkali gas to lie in a plane transverse to the magnetic field. In this way, the magnetic field of the alkali gas does not provide a net contribution to the precessional rate of the noble gas. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/198940 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698496 | Sorensen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alma Gregory Sorensen (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ovidiu Cristian Andronesi (Melrose, Massachusetts); Carolyn Mountford (East Ryde, Australia); Saadallah Ramadan (Bexley, Australia); Borjan Aleksandar Gagoski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Elfar Adalsteinsson (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alma Gregory Sorensen (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ovidiu Cristian Andronesi (Melrose, Massachusetts); Carolyn Mountford (East Ryde, Australia); Saadallah Ramadan (Bexley, Australia); Borjan Aleksandar Gagoski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Elfar Adalsteinsson (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for low-power in vivo localized multi-dimensional correlated magnetic resonance spectroscopy (“MRS”) are provided. Low-power adiabaticity is achieved, generally, using gradient-modulated radio frequency pulses for localization and mixing. The provided pulse sequences also provide a mechanism for longitudinal mixing, which significantly increases the efficiency of magnetization transfer and thereby increases signal-to-noise ratio. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/237799 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699773 | Akcakaya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mehmet Akcakaya (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Reza Nezafat (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Akcakaya (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Reza Nezafat (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for reconstructing an image of a subject from undersampled image data that is acquired with an imaging system, such as a magnetic resonance imaging system or computed tomography system, is provided. From the acquired undersampled image data, an image of the subject is reconstructed and used to guide further image reconstruction. For example, a low resolution image is reconstructed from a portion of the undersampled image data, such as from a portion corresponding to the center of k-space when MRI is used. From this image, a number of similarity clusters are produced and processed. The processing may be by hard thresholding, Wiener filtering, principal component pursuit, or other similar techniques. These processed similarity clusters are then used to reconstruct a final, target image of the subject using, for example, a weighted average combination of the similarity clusters. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/909313 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700123 | Okamura et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allison Mariko Okamura (Towson, Maryland); Tomonori Yamamoto (Baltimore, Maryland); Peter Balazs Vagvolgyi (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allison Mariko Okamura (Towson, Maryland); Tomonori Yamamoto (Baltimore, Maryland); Peter Balazs Vagvolgyi (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A surgical robot including an imaging system comprising at least one camera, a processor in communication with the imaging system, a manipulation system in communication with the processor, and a visual display in communication with the processor. The processor is operable to calculate a stiffness estimate for an area of an environment based on an environment model of tool-environment interaction data, create a composite image comprising a stiffness map of the stiffness estimate overlaid on an environment image from the at least one camera, and output the composite image on the visual display. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/124350 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700140 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanjiv M. Narayan (La Jolla, California); Ruchir Sehra (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv M. Narayan (La Jolla, California); Ruchir Sehra (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | System, assembly and method are provided to facilitate reconstruction of cardiac information representing a complex rhythm disorder associated with a patient's heart to indicate a source of the heart rhythm disorder. The complex rhythm disorder can be treated by application of energy to modify the source of the rhythm disorder. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/081411 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/516 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700144 | Arfin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott K Arfin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rahul Sarpeshkar (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott K Arfin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rahul Sarpeshkar (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for stimulating an electrode is provided. The stimulator includes a sensor circuit configured to couple to the at least one electrode of a medical device to measure a power characteristic of the at least one electrode. The stimulator includes a control circuit configured to compare the measured power characteristic of the at least one electrode to a desired power characteristic, and, based upon a comparison of the measured power characteristic of the at least one electrode and the desired power characteristic, select between a first operational mode and a second operational mode of the electrode stimulator. The first operational mode includes delivering energy to the at least one electrode to stimulate the tissue and the second operational mode includes recovering energy from the at least one electrode. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/096670 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08695350 | Gupta |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashwani K. Gupta (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashwani K. Gupta (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Colorless distributed combustion (CDC) reactors or green combustion gas turbine combustors having a combustion chamber are presented for improved performance of gas turbine combustion engines. The combustors are configured and designed for providing a superior pattern factor (uniform thermal field in the combustion zone) and a reduction or complete elimination of pollutants emission from the combustor (i.e., zero emission gas turbine combustor) and uniform thermal field in the entire combustion zone to provide significantly improved pattern factor. Colorless distributed combustion is achieved with fuel and air entering the combustion chamber via one or more injection ports as non-premixed, or premixed. Rectangular, cylindrical, stadium and elliptical shaped combustors are presented with injection ports and exit ports located in various locations of the combustors. The mixture preparation between fuel and air with the hot combustion products is carried out either with the gases present in the combustion chamber or via a communication link between the exit gases from the combustor back to the combustion chamber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/686742 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/750 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08695363 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Jen Tang (Watervilet, New York); William Dwight Gerstler (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Jen Tang (Watervilet, New York); William Dwight Gerstler (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, such as a thermal energy management system, is provided. The system can include an absorption module and an evaporation module. The absorption module can include at least two absorption chambers, each absorption chamber being configured to receive liquid absorbent. The evaporation module can be in independent selective fluid communication with each of the absorption chambers, and can be configured to receive and cause therein evaporation of a refrigerant. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/071123 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08695476 | Kucherov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yan R. Kucherov (Alexandria, Virginia); Graham K. Hubler (Highland, Maryland); Brant G. Johnson (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yan R. Kucherov (Alexandria, Virginia); Graham K. Hubler (Highland, Maryland); Brant G. Johnson (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite armor plate includes a fracture layer placed adjacent to a ceramic layer. The ceramic layer provides a ballistic resistant layer that receives a ballistic impact and propagates a compression wave. The fracture layer is placed behind the ceramic layer and absorbs a portion of the compression wave propagating out in front of the ballistic impact. The absorbed compression wave causes the fracture layer to at least partially disintegrate into fine particles, which dissipates energy in the process. To cause a higher degree of fracturing (and thus larger dissipation of compression wave energy) the fracture layer includes a plurality of resonators embedded in a fracture material. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/047288 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08695507 | Musali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Saif Musali (Wharton, New Jersey); Munasir Harhara (Montclair, New Jersey); Nicholas Payne (Hoboken, New Jersey); Roger Joinson (Boonton, New Jersey); Velan Mudaliar (Parsippany, New Jersey); Daniel Prillaman (Flushing, New York); Shri Singh (Randolph, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saif Musali (Wharton, New Jersey); Munasir Harhara (Montclair, New Jersey); Nicholas Payne (Hoboken, New Jersey); Roger Joinson (Boonton, New Jersey); Velan Mudaliar (Parsippany, New Jersey); Daniel Prillaman (Flushing, New York); Shri Singh (Randolph, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A lightweight composite sabot useful in large, medium and small caliber rifled gun systems, wherein each of the sabot segments are reinforced with thin aluminum, or other, metal wedges to increase the torsional strength of the sabot body to survive the torsional forces created when fired from a rifled gun tube. And, which composite sabot also has a metal bulkhead about the periphery thereof, to reduce the spin and resulting hoop stresses, and to help protect the composite material during firing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/302183 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/521 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08695526 | Ringer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles M. Ringer (La Jolla, California); Earl Floren (San Diego, California); Peyton Hall (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Ringer (La Jolla, California); Earl Floren (San Diego, California); Peyton Hall (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-scuttling device can include a pressure hull that can define an internal void having an internal pressure PVOID. The device can be disposed in an underwater environment having a pressure PAMBIENT that is greater than PVOID. The pressure hull can be formed with a fill port, which can be selectively opened to flood the void. A reactive agent can be disposed within the void. The reactive agent can be chosen to mix with seawater and establish a solution that corrodes the pressure hull when the reactive agent is exposed to seawater by flooding the void. The reactive agent can be disposed within a watertight container, which maintains watertight integrity at PVOID, but loses watertight integrity at the greater PAMBIENT. When this occurs, the reactive agent becomes exposed to seawater to establish the solution within the void that corrodes the pressure hull. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/445579 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/331 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696830 | Moyer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth H. Moyer (Cinnaminson, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth H. Moyer (Cinnaminson, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for the high temperature carburization of steel comprising heating said steel in a vacuum furnace in the presence of a hydrocarbon carburizing gas in combination with hydrogen wherein said carburizing gas/hydrogen combination is administered to the vacuum furnace by cyclically reducing the pressure in the furnace followed by the pulsed addition of the hydrocarbon carburizing gas with hydrogen at partial pressure followed by a second diffusion cycle wherein the steel is further annealed for a time sufficient to allow for the additional deposition of from about 0.8% to about 3.0% m/o of said carbon onto the surface of said steel to permit the further migration of the carbon from the steel surface to the interior thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/336723 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696838 | Faridi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Niloufar Faridi (Melville, New York); Linjie Zhu (Livingston, New Jersey); Ming-Wan Young (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Costas G. Gogos (Wyckoff, New Jersey); Fei Shen (North Arlington, New Jersey); Elbert Caravaca (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Mohamed Elalem (East Orange, New Jersey); Viral Panchal (Parlin, New Jersey); Dale Conti (Flanders, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Niloufar Faridi (Melville, New York); Linjie Zhu (Livingston, New Jersey); Ming-Wan Young (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Costas G. Gogos (Wyckoff, New Jersey); Fei Shen (North Arlington, New Jersey); Elbert Caravaca (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Mohamed Elalem (East Orange, New Jersey); Viral Panchal (Parlin, New Jersey); Dale Conti (Flanders, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacture of foamed celluloid molded products, involving three steps for the manufacture of higher density (0.7 to 1.25 gm/cc) foamed celluloid products or simple geometry lower density (0.2 to 0.7 gm/cc) foamed celluloid products, and four steps for the manufacture of lower density foamed celluloid products of any geometry. The three step process involving: (1) providing small, uniform, pieces of celluloid; (2) presoaking the pieces in a physical blowing agent (PBA) under pressure; and (3) foaming at raised temperature a controlled quantity of the presoaked pieces in a mold—to obtain the desired shape and density. For a lower density foamed celluloid product, of any moldable geometry, the steps are to: (1) small pieces of celluloid, that (2) have been presoaked in a PBA, are (3) pre-expanded to an intermediate density, and then (4) foam the desired lower density foamed product in a mold at raised temperature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/307653 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/109.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696859 | Guillemette et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Guillemette (Durham, Connecticut); Robert Vingenzo Luchenta (Norwalk, Connecticut); John Bartalotta (New Britain, Connecticut); Mark Stephen Halvorsen (Madison, Connecticut); James S. Giampapa (Oxford, Connecticut); Karl Ulsamer (West Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Guillemette (Durham, Connecticut); Robert Vingenzo Luchenta (Norwalk, Connecticut); John Bartalotta (New Britain, Connecticut); Mark Stephen Halvorsen (Madison, Connecticut); James S. Giampapa (Oxford, Connecticut); Karl Ulsamer (West Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of bonding an electrically conductive silicone gasket includes activating selected surfaces of the electrically conductive silicone gasket, applying a sealant having a corrosion inhibitor to at least a portion of the activated selected surfaces, and curing the sealant to thereby bond the electrically conductive silicone gasket with a substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/954340 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/308.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696881 | Blick |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert H. Blick (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Blick (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A patch clamp system providing precise and rapid temperature control of constrained cell membranes employs the thermal element attached to the substrate of the patch clamp. In one embodiment, the thermal element is a Peltier device fabricated on a silicon membrane wafer bonded to the substrate of the patch clamp. |
| FILED | Friday, October 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/278300 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48728 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696955 | Xia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Younan Xia (Seattle, Washington); Sang Hyuk Im (Pohang, South Korea); Unyong Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Younan Xia (Seattle, Washington); Sang Hyuk Im (Pohang, South Korea); Unyong Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making a hollow polymer particle having a single, substantially circular opening in its surface. |
| FILED | Monday, November 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/627963 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696991 | Howe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold W. Howe (Butte, Montana); Timothy S. Troutman (Butte, Montana); Michael E. Meichle (Butte, Montana); Adrian L. Krag (Santa Clarita, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Harold W. Howe (Butte, Montana); Timothy S. Troutman (Butte, Montana); Michael E. Meichle (Butte, Montana); Adrian L. Krag (Santa Clarita, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for detection of anything to which an antibody can be raised, or to which a chemical receptor can be fashioned, based on surface plasmon resonance. The apparatus and method have the capability to detect proteins, viruses, bacteria, toxins, pathogens, contaminants, chemical compounds, or nucleic acids based on surface plasmon resonance and surface receptor technologies which may include antibodies or chemical receptors. The device is field deployable and utilizes a single use sample holder card which includes the sample to be tested, test channels, waste reservoir and a functionalized test surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/930340 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697371 | Warren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William L. Warren (Orlando, Florida); Donald Drake, III (Orlando, Florida); Janice Moser (Orlando, Florida); Inderpal Singh (Orlando, Florida); Haifeng Song (Oviedo, Florida); Eric Mishkin (Winter Springs, Florida); John G. Tew (Mechanicsville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanofi Pasteur VaxDesign Corp. (Orlando, Florida); Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L. Warren (Orlando, Florida); Donald Drake, III (Orlando, Florida); Janice Moser (Orlando, Florida); Inderpal Singh (Orlando, Florida); Haifeng Song (Oviedo, Florida); Eric Mishkin (Winter Springs, Florida); John G. Tew (Mechanicsville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for preparing an artificial immune system. The artificial immune system comprises a cell culture comprising T cells, B cells and antigen-primed dendritic cells. The artificial immune system of the present invention can be used for in vitro testing of vaccines, adjuvants, immunotherapy candidates, cosmetics, drugs, biologics and other chemicals. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/288401 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697434 | Voorhees |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kent J. Voorhees (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent J. Voorhees (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A phage specific antibody presenting particle, devices and methods related to detection of phage amplification are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/351522 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697467 | Javey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ali Javey (Fremont, California); Alexandra C. Ford (Albany, California); Johnny C. Ho (Hong Kong, China Hong Kong) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Javey (Fremont, California); Alexandra C. Ford (Albany, California); Johnny C. Ho (Hong Kong, China Hong Kong) |
| ABSTRACT | Compound semiconductor devices and methods of doping compound semiconductors are provided. Embodiments of the invention provide post-deposition (or post-growth) doping of compound semiconductors, enabling nanoscale compound semiconductor devices including diodes and transistors. In one method, a self-limiting monolayer technique with an annealing step is used to form shallow junctions. By forming a sulfur monolayer on a surface of an InAs substrate and performing a thermal annealing to drive the sulfur into the InAs substrate, n-type doping for InAs-based devices can be achieved. The monolayer can be formed by surface chemistry reactions or a gas phase deposition of the dopant. In another method, a gas-phase technique with surface diffusion is used to form doped regions. By performing gas-phase surface diffusion of Zn into InAs, p-type doping for InAs-based devices can be achieved. Both bulk and nanowire devices using compound semiconductors can be fabricated using these surface and gas-phase doping processes. |
| FILED | Monday, July 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/843271 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697532 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary Chen (Oak Park, California); Marko Sokolich (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary Chen (Oak Park, California); Marko Sokolich (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wafer comprising at least one emitter-up Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) and at least one emitter-down HBT on a common InP based semiconductor wafer. Isolation and N-type implants into the device layers differentiate an emitter-down HBT from an emitter-up HBT. The method for preparing a device comprises forming identical layers for all HBTs and performing ion implantation to differentiate an emitter-down HBT from an emitter-up HBT. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/616374 |
| ART UNIT | 2899 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/312 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697645 | Acharya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seetharama A. Acharya (Cresskill, New Jersey); Belur N. Manjula (Cresskill, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seetharama A. Acharya (Cresskill, New Jersey); Belur N. Manjula (Cresskill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are hemoglobins having at least two chemical modifications that lower oxygen affinity, hemoglobins chemically modified by the addition of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, and hemoglobins having at least two specific chemical modifications. PEGylated versions of these hemoglobins are also provided, as are certain tetraPEGylated and diPEGylated hemoglobins. Methods of modifying a hemoglobin are additionally provided, as are methods of making a hemoglobin. Pharmaceutical compositions and blood substitutes using these hemoglobins are further provided, as are methods of treating a subject using these pharmaceutical compositions and blood substitutes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/449832 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697709 | Dar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arvin Dar (San Francisco, California); Kevan M Shokat (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arvin Dar (San Francisco, California); Kevan M Shokat (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are fused ring heteroaryl compounds useful in a variety of methods, including reducing the activity of certain kinases and treating certain disease states. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/124657 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/262.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697856 | Yadava et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anjali Yadava (Rockville, Maryland); Christian F. Ockenhouse (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anjali Yadava (Rockville, Maryland); Christian F. Ockenhouse (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described in this application is a synthetic P. vivax circumsporozoite protein useful as a diagnostic reagent, for antibody production, and as a vaccine protective against infection with any strain of P. vivax. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/566235 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697858 | Iversen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick L. Iversen (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick L. Iversen (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to antisense antiviral compounds and methods of their use and production in inhibition of growth of viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae family and in the treatment of a viral infection. The compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of influenza virus infection in a mammal. Exemplary antisense antiviral compounds are substantially uncharged, or partially positively charged, morpholino oligonucleotides having 1) a nuclease resistant backbone, 2) 12-40 nucleotide bases, and 3) a targeting sequence of at least 12 bases in length that hybridizes to a target region selected from the following: a) the 5′ or 3′ terminal 25 bases of the negative sense viral RNA segment of Influenzavirus A, Influenzavirus B and Influenzavirus C; b) the terminal 30 bases of the 5′ or 3′ terminus of the positive sense vcRNA; c) the 45 bases surrounding the AUG start codon of an influenza viral mRNA and; d) 50 bases surrounding the splice donor or acceptor sites of influenza mRNAs subject to alternative splicing. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945081 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697925 | Harvey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Roxanne L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California); Michael E. Wright (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Roxanne L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California); Michael E. Wright (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for making diesel and turbine fuels including, providing an effective amount of branched olefins, adding active heterogeneous acid catalyst(s) to said branched olefins to produce a solvent-free mixture, heating said solvent-free mixture greater than about 100° C. for a desired amount of time depending on various conditions, to produce C16 dimers/catalyst mixture, removing said catalysts from said dimers/catalyst mixture, and adding hydrogenation catalyst(s) to said dimers under hydrogen atmosphere to produce a mixture of stable fuels. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/769757 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697979 | Clement et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russel E. Clement (El Cajon, California); Ayax D. Ramirez (Chula Vista, California); Jacob E. Clement (El Cajon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russel E. Clement (El Cajon, California); Ayax D. Ramirez (Chula Vista, California); Jacob E. Clement (El Cajon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a microstructure layer, a photovoltaic layer disposed over the microstructure layer comprising a positive P-type layer and a negative N-type layer, a hydrogen collection micro-chamber formed through the microstructure layer and the negative layer, and an oxygen collection micro-chamber formed through the microstructure layer and the photovoltaic layer. A cathode may be disposed within the hydrogen collection micro-chamber and an anode may be disposed within the oxygen collection micro-chamber. The micro-chambers may be spaced between about 1 and 10 micrometers apart. An insulating layer may be disposed between the microstructure layer and the photovoltaic layer. A supplemental storage layer may be disposed over the photovoltaic layer such that a storage portion is in alignment with the hydrogen collection micro-chamber. MEMS actuators may be located at the ends of the hydrogen collection micro-chamber to facilitate hydrogen storage and release. |
| FILED | Monday, August 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/538231 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/243 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698058 | LaPat |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald H. LaPat (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald H. LaPat (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A ranging seeker apparatus includes an RF antenna and a bistatic ranging detector operatively connected with the RF antenna. The RF antenna and bistatic ranging detector are operative for detecting one or more guidance objects in a RF band and providing angle and range data to the missile. Also, a missile including a missile body, a missile propulsion system disposed in or on the missile body, and the ranging bistatic RF seeker disposed in or on the missile body. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/842175 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698200 | Resler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel P. Resler (Carlisle, Massachusetts); William E. Hoke (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel P. Resler (Carlisle, Massachusetts); William E. Hoke (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a liquid crystal (LC) device having Gallium Nitride HEMT electrodes. The Gallium Nitride HEMT electrodes can be grown on a variety of substrates, including but not limited to sapphire, silicon carbide, silicon, fused silica (using a calcium flouride buffer layer), and spinel. Also described is a structure provided from GaN HEMT grown on large area silicon substrates and transferred to another substrate with appropriate properties for OPA devices. Such substrates include, but are not limited to sapphire, silicon carbide, silicon, fused silica (using a calcium fluoride buffer layer), and spinel. The GaN HEMT structure includes an AlN interlayer for improving the mobility of the structure. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/572157 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698201 | Regan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean C. Regan (Moorprk, California); Keisuke Shinohara (Thousand Oaks, California); Andrea Corrion (Oak Park, California); Ivan Milosavljevic (Thousand Oaks, California); Miroslav Micovic (Thousand Oaks, California); Peter J. Willadsen (Acton, California); Colleen M. Butler (Camarillo, California); Hector L. Bracamontes (Lawndale, California); Bruce T. Holden (Torrance, California); David T. Chang (Calabasas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating a gate structure for a field effect transistor having a buffer layer on a substrate, a channel layer and a barrier layer over the channel layer includes forming a gate of a first dielectric, forming first sidewalls of a second dielectric on either side and adjacent to the gate, selectively etching into the buffer layer to form a mesa for the field effect transistor, depositing a dielectric layer over the mesa, planarizing the dielectric layer over the mesa to form a planarized surface such that a top of the gate, tops of the first sidewalls, and a top of the dielectric layer over the mesa are on the same planarized surface, depositing metal on the planzarized surface, annealing to form the gate into a metal silicided gate, and etching to remove excess non-silicided metal. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/968185 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698263 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Hao-Chih Yuan (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Hao-Chih Yuan (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Flexible lateral p-i-n (“PIN”) diodes, arrays of flexible PIN diodes and imaging devices incorporating arrays of PIN diodes are provided. The flexible lateral PIN diodes are fabricated from thin, flexible layers of single-crystalline semiconductor. A plurality of the PIN diodes can be patterned into a single semiconductor layer to provide a flexible photodetector array that can be formed into a three-dimensional imaging device. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542886 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/431 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698292 | Najafi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalil Najafi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sang-Hyun Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sang Woo Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An environment-resistant module which provides both thermal and vibration isolation for a packaged micromachined or MEMS device is disclosed. A microplatform and a support structure for the microplatform provide the thermal and vibration isolation. The package is both hermetic and vacuum compatible and provides vertical feedthroughs for signal transfer. A micromachined or MEMS device transfer method is also disclosed that can handle a wide variety of individual micromachined or MEMS dies or wafers, in either a hybrid or integrated fashion. The module simultaneously provides both thermal and vibration isolation for the MEMS device using the microplatform and the support structure which may be fabricated from a thin glass wafer that is patterned to create crab-leg shaped suspension tethers or beams. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/930699 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/678 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698329 | Loverich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacob J. Loverich (State College, Pennsylvania); David R. Kraige (State College, Pennsylvania); Jeremy E. Frank (Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania); Richard T. Geiger (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KCF Technologies, Inc. (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob J. Loverich (State College, Pennsylvania); David R. Kraige (State College, Pennsylvania); Jeremy E. Frank (Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania); Richard T. Geiger (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for harvesting energy from motion of a prosthetic limb, wherein the prosthetic limb has motion in at least one degree of freedom, may include a piston configured to receive an input motion and provide an output motion when a first motion in a degree of freedom of the prosthetic limb causes pressure and motion of hydraulic fluid. The apparatus may include an electromagnetic motor for converting mechanical energy of the output motion into corresponding electrical energy delivered to an electrical load and a variable-impedance energy harvesting circuit across terminals of the motor. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/481770 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/1.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698481 | Lieber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Qihua Xiong (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ping Xie (Somermille, Massachusetts); Ying Fang (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Qihua Xiong (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ping Xie (Somermille, Massachusetts); Ying Fang (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid state molecular sensor having an aperture extending through a thickness of a sensing region is configured with a sensing region thickness that corresponds to the characteristic extent of at least a component of a molecular species to be translocated through the aperture. A change in an electrical characteristic of the sensing region is measured during the molecular species translocation. The sensor can be configured as a field effect transistor molecular sensor. The sensing region can be a region of graphene including an aperture extending through a thickness of the graphene. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/677573 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/71.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698577 | Sherrer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Sherrer (Radford, Virginia); Jean-Marc Rollin (Radford, Virginia); Kenneth Vanhille (Blacksburg, Virginia); Marcus Oliver (Blacksburg, Virginia); Steve Huettner (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nuvotronics, LLC (Radford, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Sherrer (Radford, Virginia); Jean-Marc Rollin (Radford, Virginia); Kenneth Vanhille (Blacksburg, Virginia); Marcus Oliver (Blacksburg, Virginia); Steve Huettner (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprising a first power combiner/divider network and a second power combiner/divider network. The first power combiner/divider network splits a first electromagnetic signal into split signals that are connectable to signal processor(s). The second power combiner/divider network combines processed signals into a second electromagnetic signal. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional coaxial microstructure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/176740 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698925 | Costello et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth A. Costello (Union City, California); Kevin J. Roderick (San Jose, California); Edward Yin (Cupertino, California); Douglas Fowler (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intevac, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A. Costello (Union City, California); Kevin J. Roderick (San Jose, California); Edward Yin (Cupertino, California); Douglas Fowler (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An image sensor is disclosed that includes a solid state semiconductor imager having a metallized catch pad, a collimator having a metallized layer that faces a sensor anode, the metallized layer joined with the metallized catch pad to form a metal bond between the solid state semiconductor imager and the collimator. Methods of making the joined solid state semiconductor imager and collimator assembly are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/764862 |
| ART UNIT | 2663 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/294 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699140 | Werner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas H. Werner (State College, Pennsylvania); Do-Hoon Kwon (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas H. Werner (State College, Pennsylvania); Do-Hoon Kwon (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples of the present invention include methods and apparatus for modification of electromagnetic waves, including lenses with generally parallel flat surfaces. Lenses may comprise metamaterials, dielectric materials (such as glass), plastics, and the like. Lenses may have an index profile corresponding to a coordinate transformation for the desired effect on the electromagnetic waves. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/474632 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/0087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699248 | Giuliano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Giuliano (Rochester, New York); David J. Perreault (Brookline, Massachusetts); Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Giuliano (Rochester, New York); David J. Perreault (Brookline, Massachusetts); Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A converter circuit and related technique for providing high power density power conversion includes a reconfigurable switched capacitor transformation stage coupled to a magnetic converter (or regulation) stage. The circuits and techniques achieve high performance over a wide input voltage range or a wide output voltage range. The converter can be used, for example, to power logic devices in portable battery operated devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/599037 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699535 | Freeman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Will Freeman (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Terahertz quantum cascade structures employing multiple steps per periodic section. Terahertz quantum cascade structures employing no more than one step per periodic section. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/682457 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/45.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699666 | Putterman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seth J. Putterman (Los Angeles, California); Carlos Camara (Venice, California); Juan V. Escobar (Venice, California); Jonathan Hird (Ottawa, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth J. Putterman (Los Angeles, California); Carlos Camara (Venice, California); Juan V. Escobar (Venice, California); Jonathan Hird (Ottawa, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for generating x-rays has an enclosing vessel having a structure suitable to provide an enclosed space at a predetermined fluid pressure, wherein the enclosing vessel has a window portion and a shielding portion in which the shielding portion is more optically dense to x-rays than the window portion; a mechanoluminescent component disposed at least partially within the enclosing vessel; and a mechanical assembly connected to the mechanoluminescent component. The mechanical assembly provides mechanical energy to the mechanoluminescent component while in operation, and at least some of the mechanical energy when provided to the mechanoluminescent component by the mechanical assembly is converted to x-rays. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/863728 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/119 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699883 | Menendez |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald C. Menendez (Chatham, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TTI Inventions E LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald C. Menendez (Chatham, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed toward a variable spectral phase encoder. The variable spectral phase encoder includes a plurality of switches and at least one encoder. The encoder is coupled between a first switch and second switch among the plurality of switches. The first switch selectively routes an optical signal to some combination of fixed encoders such that their collective product applies one of the Hadamard sequences to the optical signal. |
| FILED | Monday, November 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/623728 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700144 | Arfin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott K Arfin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rahul Sarpeshkar (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott K Arfin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rahul Sarpeshkar (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for stimulating an electrode is provided. The stimulator includes a sensor circuit configured to couple to the at least one electrode of a medical device to measure a power characteristic of the at least one electrode. The stimulator includes a control circuit configured to compare the measured power characteristic of the at least one electrode to a desired power characteristic, and, based upon a comparison of the measured power characteristic of the at least one electrode and the desired power characteristic, select between a first operational mode and a second operational mode of the electrode stimulator. The first operational mode includes delivering energy to the at least one electrode to stimulate the tissue and the second operational mode includes recovering energy from the at least one electrode. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/096670 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08700233 — Method for shaping wing velocity profiles for control of flapping wing micro air vehicles
| US 08700233 | Doman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David B. Doman (Springfield, Ohio); Michael W. Oppenheimer (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Doman (Springfield, Ohio); Michael W. Oppenheimer (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of controlling wing position and velocity for a flapping wing air vehicle provides six-degrees-of-freedom movement for the aircraft through a split-cycle constant-period frequency modulation with wing bias method that generates time-varying upstroke and downstroke wing position commands for wing planforms to produce nonharmonic wing flapping trajectories that generate non-zero, cycle averaged wing drag and alter the location of the cycle-averaged center of pressure of the wings relative to the center of gravity of the aircraft to cause horizontal translation forces, rolling moments and pitching moments of the aircraft. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/883317 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700359 | Au et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kwong Wing Au (Bloomington, Minnesota); Brian C. Krafthefer (Stillwater, Minnesota); Eric Eastwold (Anoka, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwong Wing Au (Bloomington, Minnesota); Brian C. Krafthefer (Stillwater, Minnesota); Eric Eastwold (Anoka, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a count detector, a communication medium; and a processor coupled to the count detector. The processor continuously receives a plurality of pulses from the count detector. A pulse indicates a detection of a radiation unit emitted from a source material or a background. The processor determines a first period of time based on an expected range of speed of a carrier of the source material, and integrates the plurality of pulses over the first period of time, thereby yielding an integrated count associated with a time at a midpoint of the first period of time. The processor creates a continuous time series of count profiles from a plurality of integrated counts that are computed using a plurality of windows within the first period of time, and shifts each window over a second period of time. The second period of time is shorter than the first period of time. The processor estimates a background count from a history of the count profiles, computes an adaptive threshold based on the estimated background count, and detects the source material when consecutives of the integrated counts exceed the adaptive threshold. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/177769 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700547 | Long et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bo Long (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Zhongfei Zhang (Vestal, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bo Long (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Zhongfei Zhang (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A general model is provided which provides collective factorization on related matrices, for multi-type relational data clustering. The model is applicable to relational data with various structures. Under this model, a spectral relational clustering algorithm is provided to cluster multiple types of interrelated data objects simultaneously. The algorithm iteratively embeds each type of data objects into low dimensional spaces and benefits from the interactions among the hidden structures of different types of data objects. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/477221 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700924 | Mian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zahid F. Mian (Loudonville, New York); Ryk E. Spoor (Troy, New York); Bruce P. McKenney (Selkirk, New York); Peter R. Hayes (Delmar, New York); Randy A. Leet (Glenville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Electronic Machines Corp. (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zahid F. Mian (Loudonville, New York); Ryk E. Spoor (Troy, New York); Bruce P. McKenney (Selkirk, New York); Peter R. Hayes (Delmar, New York); Randy A. Leet (Glenville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor node for use in a sensor system includes a core component a sensor component and a power component. The core component includes processing and transmission/receiving components. Additionally, the core component includes interfaces for selectively connecting sensor and power components of any one of a plurality of types. In this manner, the core component enables the corresponding power and sensor components to be matched according to a particular application to generate the desired sensor node. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/469167 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08701018 | Keel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Erich Keel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Huang (Lausanne, Switzerland) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Erich Keel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Huang (Lausanne, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and technique provide management and display of information objects (IOs) in an electronic personal information management application. The system further provides a graphical user interface which allows every object to be used as a folder and the ability to subordinate any other type of object. A unique list view through which IOs can be displayed and managed is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/793207 |
| ART UNIT | 2142 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/751 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08701114 | Bhattiprolu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sukadev Bhattiprolu (Beaverton, Oregon); Matthew Lee Helsley (Beaverton, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sukadev Bhattiprolu (Beaverton, Oregon); Matthew Lee Helsley (Beaverton, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for dynamically redirecting a file descriptor includes an identification module, a disassociation module, and an association module. The identification module identifies a first executing process using a second executing process. The first executing process may include a file descriptor and the first executing process may be independent of the second executing process. The disassociation module disassociates the file descriptor from a first data stream using the second executing process without involvement of the first executing process. The association module associates the file descriptor with a second data stream using the second executing process without involvement of the first executing process in response to the disassociation module disassociating the file descriptor from the first data stream. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/482752 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08695443 | Jones et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Jones (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Christopher A. Gresham (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Marc L. Basiliere (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James J. Spates (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Philip J. Rodacy (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Jones (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Christopher A. Gresham (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Marc L. Basiliere (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James J. Spates (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Philip J. Rodacy (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated apparatus and method for screening an object for a target material is provided. The integrated apparatus comprises a housing and an integrated screener. The housing is positionable adjacent the object, and has a channel therethrough. The integrated screener is positionable in the housing, and comprises a fan, at least one filter, a heater and an analyzer. The fan is for drawing air carrying particles and vapor through the channel of the housing. The filter(s) is/are positionable in the channel of the housing for passage of the air therethrough. The filter(s) comprise(s) at least one metal foam having a plurality of pores therein for collecting and adsorbing a sample from the particles and vapor passing therethrough. The heater is for applying heat to the at least one metal foam whereby the collected sample is desorbed from the metal foam. The analyzer detects the target material from the desorbed sample. |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/871327 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08695686 | Sharma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajdeep Sharma (Clifton Park, New York); Stanton Earl Weaver, Jr. (Northville, New York); Charles Erklin Seeley (Niskayuna, New York); Mehmet Arik (Niskayuna, New York); Tunc Icoz (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Charles Franklin Wolfe, Jr. (Albany, New York); Yogen Vishwas Utturkar (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajdeep Sharma (Clifton Park, New York); Stanton Earl Weaver, Jr. (Northville, New York); Charles Erklin Seeley (Niskayuna, New York); Mehmet Arik (Niskayuna, New York); Tunc Icoz (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Charles Franklin Wolfe, Jr. (Albany, New York); Yogen Vishwas Utturkar (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for removing heat comprises a heat sink having a cavity, and a synthetic jet stack comprising at least one synthetic jet mounted within the cavity. At least one rod and at least one engaging structure to provide a rigid positioning of the at least one synthetic jet with respect to the at least one rod. The synthetic jet comprises at least one orifice through which a fluid is ejected. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/683826 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat exchange 165/80.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696034 | Leslie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James C. Leslie (Fountain Valley, California); James C. Leslie, II (Mission Viejo, California); James Heard (Huntington Beach, California); Liem Truong (Anaheim, California); Marvin Josephson (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Composite Products and Technology, Inc. (Huntington Beach, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Leslie (Fountain Valley, California); James C. Leslie, II (Mission Viejo, California); James Heard (Huntington Beach, California); Liem Truong (Anaheim, California); Marvin Josephson (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Metal inner and outer fittings configured, the inner fitting configured proximally with an external flange and projecting distally to form a cylindrical barrel and stepped down-in-diameter to form an abutment shoulder and then projecting further distally to form a radially inwardly angled and distally extending tapered inner sleeve. An outer sleeve defining a torque tube is configured with a cylindrical collar to fit over the barrel and is formed to be stepped up in diameter in alignment with the first abutment shoulder to then project distally forming a radially outwardly tapered and distally extending bonding surface to cooperate with the inner sleeve to cooperate with the inner sleeve in forming a annular diverging bonding cavity to receive the extremity of a composite pipe to abut against the abutment shoulders and to be bonded to the respective bonding surfaces by a bond. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/551446 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Pipe joints or couplings 285/222.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696334 | Hunt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Francis Alan Hunt (Houston, Texas); F. Coyne Prenger (Boulder, Colorado); Dallas D. Hill (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Todd Andrew Jankowski (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, California); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Francis Alan Hunt (Houston, Texas); F. Coyne Prenger (Boulder, Colorado); Dallas D. Hill (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Todd Andrew Jankowski (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A submersible pumping system for downhole use in extracting fluids containing hydrocarbons from a well. In one embodiment, the pumping system comprises a rotary induction motor, a motor casing, one or more pump stages, and a cooling system. The rotary induction motor rotates a shaft about a longitudinal axis of rotation. The motor casing houses the rotary induction motor such that the rotary induction motor is held in fluid isolation from the fluid being extracted. The pump stages are attached to the shaft outside of the motor casing, and are configured to impart fluid being extracted from the well with an increased pressure. The cooling system is disposed at least partially within the motor casing, and transfers heat generated by operation of the rotary induction motor out of the motor casing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/111926 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/423.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696787 | Robinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David B. Robinson (Fremont, California); Stephen J. Fares (Pleasanton, California); Kim L. Tran (Livermore, California); Mary E. Langham (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Robinson (Fremont, California); Stephen J. Fares (Pleasanton, California); Kim L. Tran (Livermore, California); Mary E. Langham (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for providing nanoporous palladium and platinum powders. These materials were synthesized on milligram to gram scales by chemical reduction of tetrahalo-complexes with ascorbate in a concentrated aqueous surfactant at temperatures between −20° C. and 30° C. The prepared particles have diameters of approximately 50 nm, wherein each particle is perforated by pores having diameters of approximately 3 nm, as determined by electron tomography. These materials are of potential value for hydrogen and electrical charge storage applications. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/417876 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 9/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22F 2301/25 (20130101) B22F 2304/054 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/896 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696792 | Henningsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gunnar Henningsen (Summerfield, Florida); Teddy Merrill Knowlton (Willowbrook, Illinois); John George Findlay (Homer Glen, Illinois); Jerry Neal Schlather (Kingsport, Tennessee); Brian S. Turk (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gunnar Henningsen (Summerfield, Florida); Teddy Merrill Knowlton (Willowbrook, Illinois); John George Findlay (Homer Glen, Illinois); Jerry Neal Schlather (Kingsport, Tennessee); Brian S. Turk (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluidized reactor system for removing impurities from a gas and an associated process are provided. The system includes a fluidized absorber for contacting a feed gas with a sorbent stream to reduce the impurity content of the feed gas; a fluidized solids regenerator for contacting an impurity loaded sorbent stream with a regeneration gas to reduce the impurity content of the sorbent stream; a first non-mechanical gas seal forming solids transfer device adapted to receive an impurity loaded sorbent stream from the absorber and transport the impurity loaded sorbent stream to the regenerator at a controllable flow rate in response to an aeration gas; and a second non-mechanical gas seal forming solids transfer device adapted to receive a sorbent stream of reduced impurity content from the regenerator and transfer the sorbent stream of reduced impurity content to the absorber without changing the flow rate of the sorbent stream. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/498821 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696882 | O'Brien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin C. O'Brien (San Ramon, California); Jeffery J. Haslam (Livermore, California); William L. Bourcier (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin C. O'Brien (San Ramon, California); Jeffery J. Haslam (Livermore, California); William L. Bourcier (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device according to one embodiment includes a porous membrane having a surface charge and pore configuration characterized by a double layer overlap effect being present in pores of the membrane. A device according to another embodiment includes a porous membrane having a surface charge in pores thereof sufficient to impart anion or cation selectivity in the pores. Additional devices, systems and methods are also presented. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/630758 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 69/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2325/02 (20130101) B01D 2325/04 (20130101) B01D 2325/14 (20130101) B01D 2325/16 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/4693 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697291 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lu Zhang (Woodridge, Illinois); Zhengcheng Zhang (Naperville, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oakbrook, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lu Zhang (Woodridge, Illinois); Zhengcheng Zhang (Naperville, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oakbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present technology relates to stabilizing additives and electrolytes containing the same for use in electrochemical devices such as lithium ion batteries and capacitors. The stabilizing additives include triazinane triones and bicyclic compounds comprising succinic anhydride, such as compounds of Formulas I and II described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/899722 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697388 | Hillson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathan J. Hillson (San Francisco, California); Lucille Shapiro (Stanford, California); Ping Hu (San Ramon, California); Gary L. Andersen (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan J. Hillson (San Francisco, California); Lucille Shapiro (Stanford, California); Ping Hu (San Ramon, California); Gary L. Andersen (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for detection of certain heavy metals using bacterial whole cell biosensors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/526312 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697983 | Cashion et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven A. Cashion (San Diego, California); Michael R. Bowser (Los Angeles, California); Mark B. Farrelly (Carlsbad, California); Braden E. Hines (Pasadena, California); Howard C. Holmes (Boulder Creek, California); Richard L. Johnson, Jr. (Suffolk, Virginia); Richard J. Russell (La Crescenta, California); Michael F. Turk (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc. (Irwindale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Cashion (San Diego, California); Michael R. Bowser (Los Angeles, California); Mark B. Farrelly (Carlsbad, California); Braden E. Hines (Pasadena, California); Howard C. Holmes (Boulder Creek, California); Richard L. Johnson, Jr. (Suffolk, Virginia); Richard J. Russell (La Crescenta, California); Michael F. Turk (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to photovoltaic power systems, photovoltaic concentrator modules, and related methods. In particular, the present invention features concentrator modules having interior points of attachment for an articulating mechanism and/or an articulating mechanism that has a unique arrangement of chassis members so as to isolate bending, etc. from being transferred among the chassis members. The present invention also features adjustable solar panel mounting features and/or mounting features with two or more degrees of freedom. The present invention also features a mechanical fastener for secondary optics in a concentrator module. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/538938 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/246 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698075 | Kurulugama et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ruwan T. Kurulugama (Richland, Washington); Mikhail E. Belov (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruwan T. Kurulugama (Richland, Washington); Mikhail E. Belov (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An orthogonal ion injection apparatus and process are described in which ions are directly injected into an ion guide orthogonal to the ion guide axis through an inlet opening located on a side of the ion guide. The end of the heated capillary is placed inside the ion guide such that the ions are directly injected into DC and RF fields inside the ion guide, which efficiently confines ions inside the ion guide. Liquid droplets created by the ionization source that are carried through the capillary into the ion guide are removed from the ion guide by a strong directional gas flow through an inlet opening on the opposite side of the ion guide. Strong DC and RF fields divert ions into the ion guide. In-guide orthogonal injection yields a noise level that is a factor of 1.5 to 2 lower than conventional inline injection known in the art. Signal intensities for low m/z ions are greater compared to convention inline injection under the same processing conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/114869 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698086 | Cherepy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nerine Jane Cherepy (Oakland, California); Robert Dean Sanner (Livermore, California); Stephen Anthony Payne (Castro Valley, California); Benjamin Lee Rupert (Berkeley, California); Benjamin Walter Sturm (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nerine Jane Cherepy (Oakland, California); Robert Dean Sanner (Livermore, California); Stephen Anthony Payne (Castro Valley, California); Benjamin Lee Rupert (Berkeley, California); Benjamin Walter Sturm (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A scintillator material according to one embodiment includes a bismuth-loaded aromatic polymer having an energy resolution at 662 keV of less than about 10%. A scintillator material according to another embodiment includes a bismuth-loaded aromatic polymer having a fluor incorporated therewith and an energy resolution at 662 keV of less than about 10%. Additional systems and methods are also presented. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/162503 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698171 | Yuan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Yuan (Ventura, California); Bernd Keller (Santa Barbara, California); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Eric Tarsa (Goleta, California); Gerald Negley (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Yuan (Ventura, California); Bernd Keller (Santa Barbara, California); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Eric Tarsa (Goleta, California); Gerald Negley (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An LED component comprising an array of LED chips mounted on a planar surface of a submount with the LED chips capable of emitting light in response to an electrical signal. The LED chips comprise respective groups emitting at different colors of light, with each of the groups interconnected in a series circuit. A lens is included over the LED chips. Other embodiments can comprise thermal spreading structures included integral to the submount and arranged to dissipate heat from the LED chips. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/489035 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698493 | Walker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thad Gilbert Walker (Madison, Wisconsin); Brian Robert Lancor (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert Wyllie (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thad Gilbert Walker (Madison, Wisconsin); Brian Robert Lancor (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert Wyllie (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Precise measurements of a precessional rate of noble gas in a magnetic field is obtained by constraining the time averaged direction of the spins of a stimulating alkali gas to lie in a plane transverse to the magnetic field. In this way, the magnetic field of the alkali gas does not provide a net contribution to the precessional rate of the noble gas. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/198940 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698494 | Sillerud et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurel Sillerud (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Todd M. Alam (Cedar Crest, New Mexico); Andrew F. McDowell (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A biological detector includes a conduit for receiving a fluid containing one or more magnetic nanoparticle-labeled, biological objects to be detected and one or more permanent magnets or electromagnet for establishing a low magnetic field in which the conduit is disposed. A microcoil is disposed proximate the conduit for energization at a frequency that permits detection by NMR spectroscopy of whether the one or more magnetically-labeled biological objects is/are present in the fluid. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/776580 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699207 | Adzic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Radoslav Adzic (East Setauket, New York); Alexander Harris (East Setauket, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radoslav Adzic (East Setauket, New York); Alexander Harris (East Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | High-surface-area carbon nanostructures coated with a smooth and conformal submonolayer-to-multilayer thin metal films and their method of manufacture are described. The preferred manufacturing process involves the initial oxidation of the carbon nanostructures followed by a surface preparation process involving immersion in a solution with the desired pH to create negative surface dipoles. The nanostructures are subsequently immersed in an alkaline solution containing a suitable quantity of non-noble metal ions which adsorb at surface reaction sites. The metal ions are then reduced via chemical or electrical means. The nanostructures are exposed to a solution containing a salt of one or more noble metals which replace adsorbed non-noble surface metal atoms by galvanic displacement. The process can be controlled and repeated to obtain a desired film coverage. The resulting coated nanostructures may be used, for example, as high-performance electrodes in supercapacitors, batteries, or other electric storage devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/603216 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699248 | Giuliano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Giuliano (Rochester, New York); David J. Perreault (Brookline, Massachusetts); Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Giuliano (Rochester, New York); David J. Perreault (Brookline, Massachusetts); Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A converter circuit and related technique for providing high power density power conversion includes a reconfigurable switched capacitor transformation stage coupled to a magnetic converter (or regulation) stage. The circuits and techniques achieve high performance over a wide input voltage range or a wide output voltage range. The converter can be used, for example, to power logic devices in portable battery operated devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/599037 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699249 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ping Chen (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DULY Research Inc. (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ping Chen (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel design scheme for the compensation circuitry of solid-state Marx modulators has been described for enhancing the compensation ability of the compensation cells of solid-state Marx modulators and simplifying the entire circuitry of the modulator. High-speed solid-state switches are adopted in the new compensation cell for the control of the compensation actions. Inductive components and diodes are adopted in the design scheme to smooth the flattop of the voltage pulse output by the Marx modulator. |
| FILED | Friday, December 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/142747 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699666 | Putterman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seth J. Putterman (Los Angeles, California); Carlos Camara (Venice, California); Juan V. Escobar (Venice, California); Jonathan Hird (Ottawa, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth J. Putterman (Los Angeles, California); Carlos Camara (Venice, California); Juan V. Escobar (Venice, California); Jonathan Hird (Ottawa, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for generating x-rays has an enclosing vessel having a structure suitable to provide an enclosed space at a predetermined fluid pressure, wherein the enclosing vessel has a window portion and a shielding portion in which the shielding portion is more optically dense to x-rays than the window portion; a mechanoluminescent component disposed at least partially within the enclosing vessel; and a mechanical assembly connected to the mechanoluminescent component. The mechanical assembly provides mechanical energy to the mechanoluminescent component while in operation, and at least some of the mechanical energy when provided to the mechanoluminescent component by the mechanical assembly is converted to x-rays. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/863728 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/119 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700225 | Pratt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard M. Pratt (Richland, Washington); Donald J. Hammerstrom (West Richland, Washington); Michael C. W. Kintner-Meyer (Richland, Washington); Francis K. Tuffner (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard M. Pratt (Richland, Washington); Donald J. Hammerstrom (West Richland, Washington); Michael C. W. Kintner-Meyer (Richland, Washington); Francis K. Tuffner (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for charging and discharging an energy storage device connected to an electrical power distribution system. In one exemplary embodiment, a controller monitors electrical characteristics of an electrical power distribution system and provides an output to a bi-directional charger causing the charger to charge or discharge an energy storage device (e.g., a battery in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV)). The controller can help stabilize the electrical power distribution system by increasing the charging rate when there is excess power in the electrical power distribution system (e.g., when the frequency of an AC power grid exceeds an average value), or by discharging power from the energy storage device to stabilize the grid when there is a shortage of power in the electrical power distribution system (e.g., when the frequency of an AC power grid is below an average value). |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/443620 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/297 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700550 | Bickford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randall L. Bickford (Orangevale, California); Rahul M. Palnitkar (Lincoln, California); Vo Lee (Elk Grove, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellectual Assets LLC (Lake Tahoe, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Bickford (Orangevale, California); Rahul M. Palnitkar (Lincoln, California); Vo Lee (Elk Grove, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An adaptive model training system and method for filtering asset operating data values acquired from a monitored asset for selectively choosing asset operating data values that meet at least one predefined criterion of good data quality while rejecting asset operating data values that fail to meet at least the one predefined criterion of good data quality; and recalibrating a previously trained or calibrated model having a learned scope of normal operation of the asset by utilizing the asset operating data values that meet at least the one predefined criterion of good data quality for adjusting the learned scope of normal operation of the asset for defining a recalibrated model having the adjusted learned scope of normal operation of the asset. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/798152 |
| ART UNIT | 2175 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/274 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 35/005 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/004 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 50/06 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700629 | Engel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. Engel (Kennewick, Washington); Michelle L. Gregory (Richland, Washington); Eric B. Bell (Richland, Washington); Andrew J. Cowell (Kennewich, Washington); Andrew W. Piatt (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Engel (Kennewick, Washington); Michelle L. Gregory (Richland, Washington); Eric B. Bell (Richland, Washington); Andrew J. Cowell (Kennewich, Washington); Andrew W. Piatt (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Online abstract groups, in which members aren't explicitly connected, can be automatically identified by computer-implemented methods. The methods involve harvesting records from social media and extracting content-based and structure-based features from each record. Each record includes a social-media posting and is associated with one or more entities. Each feature is stored on a data storage device and includes a computer-readable representation of an attribute of one or more records. The methods further involve grouping records into record groups according to the features of each record. Further still the methods involve calculating an n-dimensional surface representing each record group and defining an outlier as a record having feature-based distances measured from every n-dimensional surface that exceed a threshold value. Each of the n-dimensional surfaces is described by a footprint that characterizes the respective record group as an online abstract group. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/540759 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/737 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08695618 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yong Tae Kim (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William C. Messner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Philip R. LeDuc (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yong Tae Kim (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William C. Messner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Philip R. LeDuc (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of controllably creating three-dimensional (3D) combined-flow-interface patterns in multi-lane fluidic devices, and systems, apparatuses and software therefor. In one example, the 3D-pattern is created and varied as a function of one or more of the geometry of the inlets to a main fluidic channel in which the 3D-pattern is formed, the Reynolds number of the flows, the dimensions of the main fluidic channel and the inlets, and the spacing of adjacent inlets. In one embodiment particularly disclosed, differing 3D combined-flow-interface patterns are created using a three-lane fluidic device having a fixed inlet geometry. In another embodiment particularly disclosed, differing 3D combined-flow-interface patterns are created using a five-lane fluidic device having a fixed inlet geometry that can be used to effectively mimic variable inlet geometries. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/334346 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696360 | Cvencek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dario Cvencek (Seattle, Washington); Andrew Meltzoff (Seattle, Washington); Anthony G. Greenwald (Seattle, Washington); Craig Harris (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dario Cvencek (Seattle, Washington); Andrew Meltzoff (Seattle, Washington); Anthony G. Greenwald (Seattle, Washington); Craig Harris (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The current application is directed to developing and administering subject-appropriate ITAs. The various to developing and administering subject-appropriate ITAs evaluate many aspects of ITA content, content presentation, and administration with regard to particular categories of test subjects in order to develop subject-appropriate ITAs (“SAITAs”) and to administer SAITAs appropriately to the categories of test subjects for which the tests are developed. Aspects of SAITA presentation and administration that are evaluated include input devices, presentation formats, presentation language, presentation media, colors used in presentation of tutorials and stimuli, words, pictures, and symbols used in a presentation of tutorials and stimuli, the pace and length of various portions of SAITAs, human vs. computer administration of SAITAs, presentation of feedback to test subjects during SAITAs, ITAs and many other aspects of ITA content, content presentation, and administration. SAITAs employ systematic methods for both development and administration of SAITAs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/252908 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696933 | Ringstrand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bryan Ringstrand (Antioch, Tennessee); Piotr Kaszynski (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan Ringstrand (Antioch, Tennessee); Piotr Kaszynski (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Polar nematic compounds, one example of which has the following structure: is a caged boron structure, where the sphere of the caged boron structure is C and each non-sphere vertex of the caged boron structure is B—H. R is H, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a bicycloalkyl, an alkenyl, a cycloalkenyl, a bicycloalkenyl, an alkynyl, an acyl, an aryl, an alkylaryl, a halogen, a cyano group, or an isothiocyanoto group, or R is a group that forms an ether, a ketone, an ester, a thioester, a sulfide, or a sulfone. X is COOR′ or COSR′. R′ is H, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a bicycloalkyl, an alkenyl, a cycloalkenyl, a bicycloalkenyl, an alkynyl, an aryl, a halogen, or a cyano group. The compounds may be used in liquid crystal displays (LCDs), and in television sets, laptop computers, computer monitors, hand-held communication devices, gaming devices, watches, cash registers, clocks, and calculators having liquid crystal displays. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/443851 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/299.610 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697029 | Anker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Anker (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Caleb Behrend (Los Angeles, California); Raoul Kopelman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Brandon McNaughton (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Anker (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Caleb Behrend (Los Angeles, California); Raoul Kopelman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Brandon McNaughton (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to modulated (e.g., magnetically modulated) chemical sensors. In particular, the present invention relates to particles comprising fluorescent indicator dyes and methods of using such particles. Magnetic fields and/or Brownian motion modulate an optical property of the particle to distinguish it from background signals. The present invention thus provides improved methods of detecting a wide variety of analytes in fluids, fluid samples, cells and tissues. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/169977 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697467 | Javey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ali Javey (Fremont, California); Alexandra C. Ford (Albany, California); Johnny C. Ho (Hong Kong, China Hong Kong) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Javey (Fremont, California); Alexandra C. Ford (Albany, California); Johnny C. Ho (Hong Kong, China Hong Kong) |
| ABSTRACT | Compound semiconductor devices and methods of doping compound semiconductors are provided. Embodiments of the invention provide post-deposition (or post-growth) doping of compound semiconductors, enabling nanoscale compound semiconductor devices including diodes and transistors. In one method, a self-limiting monolayer technique with an annealing step is used to form shallow junctions. By forming a sulfur monolayer on a surface of an InAs substrate and performing a thermal annealing to drive the sulfur into the InAs substrate, n-type doping for InAs-based devices can be achieved. The monolayer can be formed by surface chemistry reactions or a gas phase deposition of the dopant. In another method, a gas-phase technique with surface diffusion is used to form doped regions. By performing gas-phase surface diffusion of Zn into InAs, p-type doping for InAs-based devices can be achieved. Both bulk and nanowire devices using compound semiconductors can be fabricated using these surface and gas-phase doping processes. |
| FILED | Monday, July 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/843271 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697485 | Crain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John M. Crain (Washington, District of Columbia); John S. Lettow (Washington, District of Columbia); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Sibel A. Korkut (Princeton, New Jersey); Katherine S. Chiang (Princeton, New Jersey); Chuan-Hua Chen (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vorbeck Materials Corporation (Jessup, Maryland); The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Crain (Washington, District of Columbia); John S. Lettow (Washington, District of Columbia); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Sibel A. Korkut (Princeton, New Jersey); Katherine S. Chiang (Princeton, New Jersey); Chuan-Hua Chen (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Printed electronic device comprising a substrate onto at least one surface of which has been applied a layer of an electrically conductive ink comprising functionalized graphene sheets and at least one binder. A method of preparing printed electronic devices is further disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/603818 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697603 | Bais et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harsh Bais (Newark, Delaware); Darla Janine Sherrier (Hockessin, Delaware); Venkatachalam Lakshmanan (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing greater biomass in a plant, increasing the drought tolerance of a plant, producing a decreased lignin concentration in a plant, producing a greater iron concentration in a plant, or inhibiting fungal infection in a plant comprise administering Bacillus subtilis FB17 to the plant, the seed of the plant, or soil surrounding the plant or the seed in an amount effective to produce greater biomass, increase the drought tolerance, produce a decreased lignin concentration, produce a greater iron concentration, or inhibit fungal infection in the plant compared to an untreated plant, respectively. Agricultural carriers and seed coatings comprising Bacillus subtilis FB17 are provided. The biomass of a plant which has been administered Bacillus subtilis FB17 can be converted to a biofuel or can be used as a food crop or in other uses. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/687339 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Plant protecting and regulating compositions 54/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697853 | Voytas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel F. Voytas (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Adam J. Bogdanove (Ithaca, New York); Feng Zhang (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and Methods related to gene targeting (e.g., gene targeting with transcription activator-like effector nucleases; “TALENS”) are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/738381 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697950 | Gaxiola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roberto A. Gaxiola (Tempe, Arizona); Gerald R. Fink (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Seth L. Alper (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut); Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roberto A. Gaxiola (Tempe, Arizona); Gerald R. Fink (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Seth L. Alper (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a transgenic plant which is tolerant to a salt, comprising one or more plant cells transformed with exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant. The present invention also relates to a transgenic plant with increased Pi uptake, comprising one or more plant cells transformed with exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant. Also encompassed by the present invention are transgenic progeny and seeds of the transgenic plants described herein. Progeny transgenic plant grown from seed are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/890795 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698041 | Shin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yung Shin (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yung Shin (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Laser assisted machining process and machine utilizing multiple distributed laser units that are strategically distributed around the workpiece being machined to simultaneously heat the workpiece, creating a desired temperature distribution for laser assisted machining. Sequential incremental heating from different directions and positions are used, resulting in longer tool life and shorter machining time. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/227920 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/0823 (20130101) Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 25/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698127 | Shur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina); Jinwei Yang (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina); Jinwei Yang (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A superlattice layer including a plurality of periods, each of which is formed from a plurality of sub-layers is provided. Each sub-layer comprises a different composition than the adjacent sub-layer(s) and comprises a polarization that is opposite a polarization of the adjacent sub-layer(s). In this manner, the polarizations of the respective adjacent sub-layers compensate for one another. |
| FILED | Saturday, January 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/987102 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02507 (20130101) H01L 29/15 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/32 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698263 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Hao-Chih Yuan (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Hao-Chih Yuan (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Flexible lateral p-i-n (“PIN”) diodes, arrays of flexible PIN diodes and imaging devices incorporating arrays of PIN diodes are provided. The flexible lateral PIN diodes are fabricated from thin, flexible layers of single-crystalline semiconductor. A plurality of the PIN diodes can be patterned into a single semiconductor layer to provide a flexible photodetector array that can be formed into a three-dimensional imaging device. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542886 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/431 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698570 | Afshari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ehsan Afshari (Ithaca, New York); Wooram Lee (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ehsan Afshari (Ithaca, New York); Wooram Lee (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive frequency divider in a CMOS process. More specifically, an electrical distributed parametric oscillator to realize a passive CMOS frequency divider with low phase noise. Instead of using active devices, which are the main sources of noise and power consumption, an oscillation at half of the input frequency is sustained by the parametric process based on nonlinear interaction with the input signal. For example, one embodiment is a 20 GHz frequency divider utilizing a CMOS varactor and made in a 0.13 μm CMOS process. In this embodiment: (i) without any dc power consumption, 600 mV differential output amplitude can be achieved for an input amplitude of 600 mV; and (ii) the input frequency ranged from 18.5 GHz to 23.5 GHz with varactor tuning. In this embodiment, the output phase noise is almost 6 dB lower than that of the input signal for all offset frequencies up to 1 MHz. Also, a resonant parametric amplifier with a low noise figure (NF) by exploiting the noise squeezing effect. Noise squeezing occurs through the phase-sensitive amplification process and suppresses one of two quadrature components in input noise. When the input signal is only in the direction of the non-suppressed quadrature component, squeezing can lower that NF by almost 3 dB. The resonant structure of the proposed amplifier achieves the squeezing effect using a low number of LC elements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/702444 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/167 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698944 | Ng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ren Ng (Mountain View, California); Patrick Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California); Marc S. Levoy (Stanford, California); Mark A. Horowitz (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Image data is processed to facilitate focusing and/or optical correction. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, an imaging arrangement collects light data corresponding to light passing through a particular focal plane. The light data is collected using an approach that facilitates the determination of the direction from which various portions of the light incident upon a portion of the focal plane emanate from. Using this directional information in connection with value of the light as detected by photosensors, an image represented by the light is selectively focused and/or corrected. |
| FILED | Monday, August 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/975842 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/349 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699140 | Werner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas H. Werner (State College, Pennsylvania); Do-Hoon Kwon (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas H. Werner (State College, Pennsylvania); Do-Hoon Kwon (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples of the present invention include methods and apparatus for modification of electromagnetic waves, including lenses with generally parallel flat surfaces. Lenses may comprise metamaterials, dielectric materials (such as glass), plastics, and the like. Lenses may have an index profile corresponding to a coordinate transformation for the desired effect on the electromagnetic waves. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/474632 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/0087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699206 | Hubler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alfred W. Hubler (Urbana, Illinois); Onyeama Osuagwu (East Savoy, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfred W. Hubler (Urbana, Illinois); Onyeama Osuagwu (East Savoy, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for storing information or energy. An array of nano vacuum tubes is evacuated to a pressure below 10−6 Torr, where each nano vacuum tube has an anodic electrode, a cathodic electrode spaced apart from the anodic electrode, and an intervening evacuated region. An excess of electrons is stored on the cathodic electrode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/908107 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700123 | Okamura et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allison Mariko Okamura (Towson, Maryland); Tomonori Yamamoto (Baltimore, Maryland); Peter Balazs Vagvolgyi (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allison Mariko Okamura (Towson, Maryland); Tomonori Yamamoto (Baltimore, Maryland); Peter Balazs Vagvolgyi (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A surgical robot including an imaging system comprising at least one camera, a processor in communication with the imaging system, a manipulation system in communication with the processor, and a visual display in communication with the processor. The processor is operable to calculate a stiffness estimate for an area of an environment based on an environment model of tool-environment interaction data, create a composite image comprising a stiffness map of the stiffness estimate overlaid on an environment image from the at least one camera, and output the composite image on the visual display. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/124350 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700547 | Long et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bo Long (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Zhongfei Zhang (Vestal, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bo Long (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Zhongfei Zhang (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A general model is provided which provides collective factorization on related matrices, for multi-type relational data clustering. The model is applicable to relational data with various structures. Under this model, a spectral relational clustering algorithm is provided to cluster multiple types of interrelated data objects simultaneously. The algorithm iteratively embeds each type of data objects into low dimensional spaces and benefits from the interactions among the hidden structures of different types of data objects. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/477221 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700563 | Thomson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander Thomson (New Haven, Connecticut); Daniel J. Abadi (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Thomson (New Haven, Connecticut); Daniel J. Abadi (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | In an embodiment, a plurality of transactions for accessing a database may be acquired. The database may be associated with a plurality of locks. The plurality of transactions may include a first transaction, a second transaction, and a third transaction. A logical serialization sequence for executing the transactions may be identified. The logical serialization sequence may indicate that (1) the first transaction is to be executed before the second transaction based on all locks that are required by the first transaction being available; (2) the second transaction is to be executed after the first transaction has completed execution based on the second transaction requiring a lock that is required by the first transaction; and (3) the third transaction is to be executed before or during execution of the first transaction based on all locks required by the third transaction being different than the locks required by the first transaction. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/548915 |
| ART UNIT | 2156 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30171 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30227 (20130101) G06F 17/30371 (20130101) G06F 17/30592 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08695156 | Marshall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey S. Marshall (Jericho, Vermont); Di Chen (Colchester, Vermont); Nicholas Mario Vachon (Barre, Vermont); Darren Hitt (Jericho, Vermont); Junru Wu (South Burlington, Vermont) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Marshall (Jericho, Vermont); Di Chen (Colchester, Vermont); Nicholas Mario Vachon (Barre, Vermont); Darren Hitt (Jericho, Vermont); Junru Wu (South Burlington, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | The aero-acoustic duster invention disclosed herein provides for high particle removal rate from surfaces with low energy expenditure relative to competing vacuum-based devices. The device removes particulate matter from a surface using a two-step process: 1. Acoustic radiation is used to break the adhesive bonds between dust and the surface, forcing particles into a mode where they continuously bounce up and down on the surface; and, 2. A bounded vortex is generated over the surface, with suction in the vortex center and jets for blowing air along the periphery. The jets are tilted in the tangential direction to induce vortex motion within the suction region. The vortex is said to be bounded because streamlines originating in the downward jets are entrained back into the central vortex. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/024072 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning 015/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08695420 | Korman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Valentin Korman (Huntsville, Alabama); John T. Wiley (Huntsville, Alabama); Amanda G. Duffell (Gurley, 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) | Valentin Korman (Huntsville, Alabama); John T. Wiley (Huntsville, Alabama); Amanda G. Duffell (Gurley, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquid level sensing system includes waveguides disposed in a liquid and distributed along a path with a gap between adjacent waveguides. A source introduces electromagnetic energy into the waveguides at a first end of the path. A portion of the electromagnetic energy exits the waveguides at a second end of the path. A detector measures the portion of the electromagnetic energy exiting the second end of the path. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/827598 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/293 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08695430 | Eldridge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey I. Eldridge (Rocky River, Ohio); Matthew D. Chambers (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey I. Eldridge (Rocky River, Ohio); Matthew D. Chambers (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods that are capable of measuring pressure or temperature based on luminescence are discussed herein. These systems and methods are based on spin-allowed broadband luminescence of sensors with orthorhombic perovskite structures of rare earth aluminates doped with chromium or similar transition metals, such as chromium-doped gadolinium aluminate. Luminescence from these sensors can be measured to determine at least one of temperature or pressure, based on either the intense luminescence of these sensors, even at high temperatures, or low temperature techniques discussed herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/303292 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/705 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08695915 | Jones et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael G. Jones (Newport News, Virginia); Mehdi R. Khorrami (Norfolk, Virginia); Meelan M. Choudhari (Yorktown, Virginia); Brian M. Howerton (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Jones (Newport News, Virginia); Mehdi R. Khorrami (Norfolk, Virginia); Meelan M. Choudhari (Yorktown, Virginia); Brian M. Howerton (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | One or more acoustic liners comprising internal chambers or passageways that absorb energy from a noise source on the aircraft are disclosed. The acoustic liners may be positioned at the ends of flaps of an aircraft wing to provide broadband noise absorption and/or dampen the noise producing unsteady flow features, and to reduce the amount of noise generated due to unsteady flow at the inboard and/or outboard end edges of a flap. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/417347 |
| 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 244/1.N00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08695925 — Elastically deformable side-edge link for trailing-edge flap aeroacoustic noise reduction
| US 08695925 | Khorrami et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mehdi R. Khorrami (Norfolk, Virginia); David P. Lockard (Hampton, Virginia); James B. Moore (Yorktown, Virginia); Ji Su (Yorktown, Virginia); Travis L. Turner (Yorktown, Virginia); John C. Lin (Seaford, Virginia); Karen M. Taminger (Yorktown, Virginia); Seun K. Kahng (Poquoson, Virginia); Scott A. Verden (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehdi R. Khorrami (Norfolk, Virginia); David P. Lockard (Hampton, Virginia); James B. Moore (Yorktown, Virginia); Ji Su (Yorktown, Virginia); Travis L. Turner (Yorktown, Virginia); John C. Lin (Seaford, Virginia); Karen M. Taminger (Yorktown, Virginia); Seun K. Kahng (Poquoson, Virginia); Scott A. Verden (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for reducing aeroacoustic noise generated by an aircraft having wings equipped with trailing-edge flaps. The system includes a plurality of elastically deformable structures. Each structure is coupled to and along one of the side edges of one of the trailing-edge flaps, and is coupled to a portion of one of the wings that is adjacent to the one of the side edges. The structures elastically deform when the trailing-edge flaps are deployed away from the wings. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/326779 |
| 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 244/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696794 | Paragano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Vincent Paragano (Southbridge, Massachusetts); William Indoe (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Jeffrey A. Darmetko (East Granby, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Vincent Paragano (Southbridge, Massachusetts); William Indoe (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Jeffrey A. Darmetko (East Granby, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive phase separator separates and traps gases that may be present in a liquid flowing through a system. The phase separator includes an inlet in fluid communication with a first separator chamber and an outlet in fluid communication with a second separator chamber that is disposed annularly about the first separator chamber. Gas introduced into the first separator chamber is pushed downstream through the first separator chamber to a gas storage chamber. Once gas is trapped within the gas storage chamber it remains there for the entire operational life of the phase separator. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112207 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08696940 | Gordon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keith L. Gordon (Hampton, Virginia); Jin Ho Kang (Newport News, Virginia); Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Peter T. Lillehei (Yorktown, Virginia); Joycelyn S. Harrison (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith L. Gordon (Hampton, Virginia); Jin Ho Kang (Newport News, Virginia); Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Peter T. Lillehei (Yorktown, Virginia); Joycelyn S. Harrison (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Metamaterials or artificial negative index materials (NIMs) have generated great attention due to their unique and exotic electromagnetic properties. One exemplary negative dielectric constant material, which is an essential key for creating the NIMs, was developed by doping ions into a polymer, a protonated poly(benzimidazole) (PBI). The doped PBI showed a negative dielectric constant at megahertz (MHz) frequencies due to its reduced plasma frequency and an induction effect. The magnitude of the negative dielectric constant and the resonance frequency were tunable by doping concentration. The highly doped PBI showed larger absolute magnitude of negative dielectric constant at just above its resonance frequency than the less doped PBI. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/893289 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697216 | Smeltzer, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stanley S. Smeltzer, III (Smithfield, Virginia); Eric C. Lundgren (Hermosa Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley S. Smeltzer, III (Smithfield, Virginia); Eric C. Lundgren (Hermosa Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and apparatus for increasing durability of adhesively bonded joints in a sandwich structure. Such systems, methods, and apparatus includes an first face sheet and an second face sheet as well as an insert structure, the insert structure having a first insert face sheet, a second insert face sheet, and an insert core material. In addition, sandwich core material is arranged between the first face sheet and the second face sheet. A primary bondline may be coupled to the face sheet(s) and the splice. Further, systems, methods, and apparatus of the present disclosure advantageously reduce the load, provide a redundant path, reduce structural fatigue, and/or increase fatigue life. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/198817 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697313 | Cable et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas L. Cable (Newbury, Ohio); Stephen W Sofie (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas L. Cable (Newbury, Ohio); Stephen W Sofie (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a novel solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack comprising individual bi-electrode supported fuel cells in which a thin electrolyte is supported between electrodes of essentially equal thickness. Individual cell units are made from graded pore ceramic tape that has been created by the freeze cast method followed by freeze drying. Each piece of graded pore tape later becomes a graded pore electrode scaffold that subsequent to sintering, is made into either an anode or a cathode by means of appropriate solution and thermal treatment means. Each cell unit is assembled by depositing of a thin coating of ion conducting ceramic material upon the side of each of two pieces of tape surface having the smallest pore openings, and then mating the coated surfaces to create an unsintered electrode scaffold pair sandwiching an electrolyte layer. The opposing major outer exposed surfaces of each cell unit is given a thin coating of electrically conductive ceramic, and multiple cell units are stacked, or built up by stacking of individual cell layers, to create an unsintered fuel cell stack. Ceramic or glass edge seals are installed to create flow channels for fuel and air. The cell stack with edge sealants is then sintered into a ceramic monolithic framework. Said solution and thermal treatments means convert the electrode scaffolds into anodes and cathodes. The thin layers of electrically conductive ceramic become the interconnects in the assembled stack. |
| FILED | Friday, August 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/860210 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/535 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697474 | Greer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank Greer (Pasadena, California); Shouleh Nikzad (Valencia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Greer (Pasadena, California); Shouleh Nikzad (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide for fabricating a filter, for electromagnetic radiation, in at least three ways, including (1) fabricating integrated thin film filters directly on a detector; (2) fabricating a free standing thin film filter that may be used with a detector; and (3) treating an existing filter to improve the filter's properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/006209 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697485 | Crain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John M. Crain (Washington, District of Columbia); John S. Lettow (Washington, District of Columbia); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Sibel A. Korkut (Princeton, New Jersey); Katherine S. Chiang (Princeton, New Jersey); Chuan-Hua Chen (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vorbeck Materials Corporation (Jessup, Maryland); The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Crain (Washington, District of Columbia); John S. Lettow (Washington, District of Columbia); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Sibel A. Korkut (Princeton, New Jersey); Katherine S. Chiang (Princeton, New Jersey); Chuan-Hua Chen (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert K. Prud'Homme (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Printed electronic device comprising a substrate onto at least one surface of which has been applied a layer of an electrically conductive ink comprising functionalized graphene sheets and at least one binder. A method of preparing printed electronic devices is further disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/603818 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698498 | Penanen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Konstantin I. Penanen (Glendale, California); Byeong H. Eom (Pasadena, California); Inseob Hahn (La Crescenta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Low field SQUID MRI devices, components and methods are disclosed. They include a portable low field (SQUID)-based MRI instrument and a portable low field SQUID-based MRI system to be operated under a bed where a subject is adapted to be located. Also disclosed is a method of distributing wires on an image encoding coil system adapted to be used with an NMR or MRI device for analyzing a sample or subject and a second order superconducting gradiometer adapted to be used with a low field SQUID-based MRI device as a sensing component for an MRI signal related to a subject or sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/916514 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08698577 | Sherrer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Sherrer (Radford, Virginia); Jean-Marc Rollin (Radford, Virginia); Kenneth Vanhille (Blacksburg, Virginia); Marcus Oliver (Blacksburg, Virginia); Steve Huettner (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nuvotronics, LLC (Radford, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Sherrer (Radford, Virginia); Jean-Marc Rollin (Radford, Virginia); Kenneth Vanhille (Blacksburg, Virginia); Marcus Oliver (Blacksburg, Virginia); Steve Huettner (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprising a first power combiner/divider network and a second power combiner/divider network. The first power combiner/divider network splits a first electromagnetic signal into split signals that are connectable to signal processor(s). The second power combiner/divider network combines processed signals into a second electromagnetic signal. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional coaxial microstructure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/176740 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700358 | Parker, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allen R. Parker, Jr. (Lancaster, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allen R. Parker, Jr. (Lancaster, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of obtaining the FBG data in final form (transforming the raw data into frequency and location data) by taking the raw FBG sensor data and dividing the data into a plurality of segments over time. By transforming the raw data into a plurality of smaller segments, processing time is significantly decreased. Also, by defining the segments over time, only one processing step is required. By employing this method, the refresh rate of FBG sensor systems can be improved from about 1 scan per second to over 20 scans per second. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/682969 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 5/35316 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/246 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08695493 | Lanning et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); James H. Dooley (Federal Way, Washington); Christopher J. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); James L. Fridley (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Process of baling a switchgrass biomass material at between about 22 and about 32 psi into a rectangular switchgrass bale having a bale density of between 14.6 and 20.5 lb/ft3. A 3×4×8 ft switchgrass bale so produced weighs between 1,402 and 1,968 pounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/861213 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Processing of Harvested Produce; Hay or Straw Presses; Devices for Storing Agricultural or Horticultural Produce A01F 15/0825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Presses in General B30B 9/30 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697089 | Olsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher W. Olsen (Madison, Wisconsin); Gabriele A. Landolt (Fort Collins, Colorado); Alexander I. Karasin (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an isolated H3 equine influenza A virus, as well as methods of preparing and using the virus, and genes or proteins thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/842168 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/209.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697843 | Chiou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bor-Sen Chiou (Albany, California); Trung K. Cao (Vallejo, California); George H. Robertson (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides superabsorbent materials comprising wheat gluten chemically modified with citric acid, methods of producing superabsorbent materials and methods of use. |
| FILED | Friday, February 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/763360 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/374 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697950 | Gaxiola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roberto A. Gaxiola (Tempe, Arizona); Gerald R. Fink (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Seth L. Alper (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut); Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roberto A. Gaxiola (Tempe, Arizona); Gerald R. Fink (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Seth L. Alper (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a transgenic plant which is tolerant to a salt, comprising one or more plant cells transformed with exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant. The present invention also relates to a transgenic plant with increased Pi uptake, comprising one or more plant cells transformed with exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant. Also encompassed by the present invention are transgenic progeny and seeds of the transgenic plants described herein. Progeny transgenic plant grown from seed are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/890795 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08695493 | Lanning et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); James H. Dooley (Federal Way, Washington); Christopher J. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); James L. Fridley (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Process of baling a switchgrass biomass material at between about 22 and about 32 psi into a rectangular switchgrass bale having a bale density of between 14.6 and 20.5 lb/ft3. A 3×4×8 ft switchgrass bale so produced weighs between 1,402 and 1,968 pounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/861213 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Processing of Harvested Produce; Hay or Straw Presses; Devices for Storing Agricultural or Horticultural Produce A01F 15/0825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Presses in General B30B 9/30 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697030 | Peng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yongren Benjamin Peng (Richland, Washington); Xingye Cherry Lei (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | XL Sci-Tech, Inc. (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yongren Benjamin Peng (Richland, Washington); Xingye Cherry Lei (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Timed-bioresorbable particulates, particularly microspheres or fibers, may be used as a vehicle for delivery of radioisotopes, such as Y-90 and Pd-103 for localized radiotherapy, or as an embolic device. These particulates may also be embedded in polymers, or dispersed in injectable gels or other injectable media for the treatment of various cancers. The benefit of bioresorption, the ability to control the ratio of radioisotopes in the particulate, especially the gamma and beta ratios such as In-111/Y-90 ratio in a particulate, and the benefit of non-conductive implants are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/030778 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08700550 | Bickford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randall L. Bickford (Orangevale, California); Rahul M. Palnitkar (Lincoln, California); Vo Lee (Elk Grove, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellectual Assets LLC (Lake Tahoe, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Bickford (Orangevale, California); Rahul M. Palnitkar (Lincoln, California); Vo Lee (Elk Grove, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An adaptive model training system and method for filtering asset operating data values acquired from a monitored asset for selectively choosing asset operating data values that meet at least one predefined criterion of good data quality while rejecting asset operating data values that fail to meet at least the one predefined criterion of good data quality; and recalibrating a previously trained or calibrated model having a learned scope of normal operation of the asset by utilizing the asset operating data values that meet at least the one predefined criterion of good data quality for adjusting the learned scope of normal operation of the asset for defining a recalibrated model having the adjusted learned scope of normal operation of the asset. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/798152 |
| ART UNIT | 2175 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/274 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 35/005 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/004 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 50/06 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08701018 | Keel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Erich Keel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Huang (Lausanne, Switzerland) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Erich Keel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Huang (Lausanne, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and technique provide management and display of information objects (IOs) in an electronic personal information management application. The system further provides a graphical user interface which allows every object to be used as a folder and the ability to subordinate any other type of object. A unique list view through which IOs can be displayed and managed is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/793207 |
| ART UNIT | 2142 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/751 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08697362 | Knapp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael R. Knapp (Palo Alto, California); Jill M. Baker (Redwood City, California); Andrea W. Chow (Los Altos, California); Anne R. Kopf-Sill (Portola Valley, California); Michael A. Spaid (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Knapp (Palo Alto, California); Jill M. Baker (Redwood City, California); Andrea W. Chow (Los Altos, California); Anne R. Kopf-Sill (Portola Valley, California); Michael A. Spaid (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for detecting low copy nucleic acids of interest in a sample. In one method, a sample comprising a nucleic acid of interest is aliquotted into a plurality of reaction mixtures, at least two of which are single-copy reaction mixtures. The reaction mixtures are subjected to one or more amplification reactions while flowing through a channel of a microfluidic device. At least one of the reaction mixtures is formulated in an aqueous phase of an emulsion comprising aqueous droplets suspended in an immiscible liquid. The nucleic acid of interest is present as a single copy in at least one aqueous droplet of the aqueous phase prior to performing the amplification reaction(s). Amplification is performed on the reaction mixture when it is formulated in the emulsion. The nucleic acid is continuously flowed during a plurality of steps of the method. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/873753 |
| 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 08698328 | Nair et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Balakrishnan Nair (Sandy, Utah); Jesse Alan Nachlas (Salt Lake City, Utah); Andrew Joseph Gill (Salt Lake City, Utah); Zachary Murphree (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oscilla Power Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Balakrishnan Nair (Sandy, Utah); Jesse Alan Nachlas (Salt Lake City, Utah); Andrew Joseph Gill (Salt Lake City, Utah); Zachary Murphree (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of an apparatus for harvesting electrical power from fluid motion are described. The apparatus includes a magnetostrictive component having an internal pre-stressed magnetostrictive core. A magnetic property of the magnetostrictive core is configured to change with changes in stress within the magnetostrictive core along at least one direction within the magnetostrictive component. Also, forces at least partially due to fluid motion results in changes of stress within the magnetostrictive core and consequently change the magnetic property. The magnetostrictive component is further configured such that the change in the magnetic property will result in a change in the magnetic flux, which can be used to generate electrical power. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/336843 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/1.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 08696764 | Hansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Apple Valley, Minnesota); Eric A. Nickel (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Apple Valley, Minnesota); Eric A. Nickel (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an improved system for use in rehabilitation and/or physical therapy for the treatment of injury or disease to the lower limbs or extremities. The system can enable an amputee to proceed over any inclined or declined surface without overbalancing. The system is mechanically passive in that it does not utilize motors, force generating devices, batteries, or powered sources that may add undesirable weight or mass and that may require recharging. In particular the system is self-adapting to adjust the torque moment depending upon the motion, the extent of inclination, and the surface topography. An additional advantage of the improvement is that the system can be light and may also be simple to manufacture. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/374881 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08699430 | Chandramouli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajarathnam Chandramouli (Holmdel, New Jersey); Shamik Sengupta (Jersey City, New Jersey); Kai Hong (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajarathnam Chandramouli (Holmdel, New Jersey); Shamik Sengupta (Jersey City, New Jersey); Kai Hong (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for the efficient use of cognitive radios in the performance of dynamic spectrum access. This includes spectrum sensing algorithms, adaptive optimized sensing of parameters based on changing radio environments, and identifying vacant channels. Protocols for switching communication links to different channels, and synchronizing communicating nodes in order to maintain reliable connectively while maximizing spectrum usage are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/576849 |
| ART UNIT | 2469 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/329 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 08697371 | Warren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William L. Warren (Orlando, Florida); Donald Drake, III (Orlando, Florida); Janice Moser (Orlando, Florida); Inderpal Singh (Orlando, Florida); Haifeng Song (Oviedo, Florida); Eric Mishkin (Winter Springs, Florida); John G. Tew (Mechanicsville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanofi Pasteur VaxDesign Corp. (Orlando, Florida); Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L. Warren (Orlando, Florida); Donald Drake, III (Orlando, Florida); Janice Moser (Orlando, Florida); Inderpal Singh (Orlando, Florida); Haifeng Song (Oviedo, Florida); Eric Mishkin (Winter Springs, Florida); John G. Tew (Mechanicsville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for preparing an artificial immune system. The artificial immune system comprises a cell culture comprising T cells, B cells and antigen-primed dendritic cells. The artificial immune system of the present invention can be used for in vitro testing of vaccines, adjuvants, immunotherapy candidates, cosmetics, drugs, biologics and other chemicals. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/288401 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Federal Reserve Bank (FED)
| US 08700510 | Fraher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Fraher (Marietta, Georgia); Elizabeth McQuerry (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Atlanta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Fraher (Marietta, Georgia); Elizabeth McQuerry (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Redirecting or returning international credit transfers is described. In one embodiment a system for redirecting or returning international credits is described including a gateway operator that receives a credit transfer from a foreign originator, compares routing and account numbers of the credit transfer with a predetermined table of routing and account numbers, and forwards the credit transfer based on the comparison of the routing and account numbers with the predetermined table, an Automated Clearing House (ACH) that presents the credit transfer to a Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI) for clearing and settlement, and a wire transfer service that presents the credit transfer to the RDFI for clearing and settlement. In another embodiment a method for redirecting or returning international credits is described. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/371104 |
| ART UNIT | 3695 — Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/35 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08697375 | Shirtliff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark E. Shirtliff (Ellicott City, Maryland); Rebecca A. Brady (Laurel, Maryland); Jeffrey G. Leid (Flagstaff, Arizona); Timothy L. Vail (Parks, Arizona); Jennifer M. Kofonow (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland); Arizona Board of Regents A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Shirtliff (Ellicott City, Maryland); Rebecca A. Brady (Laurel, Maryland); Jeffrey G. Leid (Flagstaff, Arizona); Timothy L. Vail (Parks, Arizona); Jennifer M. Kofonow (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for in vivo detection of a biofilm infection residing in a mammal, the method comprising (i) administering to the mammal a diagnostic-effective amount of a biofilm-specific probe, wherein the probe comprises a bio film-targeting moiety and a paramagnetic nanoparticle core; and (ii) imaging the mammal to detect the presence of the biofilm infection by observing the mammal using a magnetic resonance diagnostic technique after the biofilm-specific probe has been provided sufficient time to selectively bind to the bio film infection that may be present in the mammal. The invention also relates to methods of treatment of a bio film infection, and compositions and kits useful in the detection and/or treatment of bio film infections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/061142 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08696802 | O'Coin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. O'Coin (Somers, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sunstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. O'Coin (Somers, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A heat exchanger is provided and includes a frame defining a volumetric body with substantially flat upper and lower sides that each has inwardly extending ribs defining airflow pathways, heat exchange elements disposed within an interior of the body and partition walls disposed to run perpendicularly with respect to the ribs and to transmit loading between the upper and the lower sides from the ribs and through the interior of the body. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/411054 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/146 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697019 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Huimin Chen (Willington, Connecticut); Lei Jin (Vernon, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Inframat Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huimin Chen (Willington, Connecticut); Lei Jin (Vernon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanostructured manganese-containing compositions having reduced manganese dissolution and methods of making and using the same are provided. In one embodiment, a composition of matter comprises a nanostructured oxide or hydroxide doped with Mn4+. The composition of matter can be made by forming a nanostructured oxide or hydroxide material doped with Mn3+ and oxidizing the Mn3+ to Mn4+ to reduce dissolution of the manganese in the nanostructured oxide or hydroxide material. In another embodiment, a method of reducing dissolution of manganese present in a nanostructured MnO2 material comprises: doping a nanostructured MnO2 material with Fe3+ to reduce the dissolution of the manganese. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/452967 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08697385 | Stefanovic |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Branko Stefanovic (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of screening an agent for ability to interfere with collagen synthesis includes the steps of reacting a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 with collagen mRNAs in the presence of the agent and detecting if the agent has interfered with binding of the polypeptide to the mRNAs. Another method includes the steps of reacting the polypeptide with nonmuscle myosin filaments in the presence of the agent and detecting if the agent has interfered with binding of the polypeptide to the nonmuscle myosin filaments. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/706747 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699029 | Steel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emily W. Steel (Edgewater, Maryland); Matthew L. McLinden (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emily W. Steel (Edgewater, Maryland); Matthew L. McLinden (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for detecting trace gas concentrations in the atmosphere. An absorption signal is provided that includes collected sunlight that has undergone absorption by a trace gas. The absorption signal is mixed with laser light at a nearby frequency to the absorption signal. An amplitude of a resulting RF signal is proportional to the concentration of the trace gas. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/545173 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08699189 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas Edward Smith (Phoenix, Arizona); Paul Schwerman (Phoenix, Arizona); Leigh Pelton (Peoria, Arizona); Bruce Rogers (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Edward Smith (Phoenix, Arizona); Paul Schwerman (Phoenix, Arizona); Leigh Pelton (Peoria, Arizona); Bruce Rogers (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A high precision clipping regulator circuit includes a first protection diode, a second protection diode, a first offset clamp voltage regulator, and a second offset clamp voltage regulator. The first protection diode is configured to conduct when a voltage potential exceeds a first protection voltage magnitude, and is operable to exhibit variations in the first protection voltage magnitude. The second protection diode is configured to conduct when a voltage potential exceeds a second protection voltage magnitude, and is operable to exhibit variations in the second protection voltage magnitude. The first reference and second voltage regulator circuits are configured to determine when the first and second protection voltages vary and, in response thereto, to vary the first and second variable offset clamp voltages so that a difference in voltage across the protection diodes remains substantially constant. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/477615 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
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Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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