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Patent Details for Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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| US 08726635 | Dale |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark R. Dale (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark R. Dale (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a gas turbine engine having a combustion chamber section substantially forward of an axial compressor section. An example embodiment uses a centrifugal compressor section behind the axial compressor section to help route compressed air exiting the axial compressor section forward to the combustion chamber section. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/716875 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/269 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08726667 | Tanner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keith M. Tanner (Colchester, Connecticut); Philip J. Kirsopp (Lebanon, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith M. Tanner (Colchester, Connecticut); Philip J. Kirsopp (Lebanon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A bearing plate assembly for a turbine engine fuel injector includes a bearing plate 30, with an opening 80 bordered by a race 82. A swivel ball 90 nests inside the race and is rotatable relative thereto. A lock, which may be a tip bushing 108 resists disengagement of the swivel ball from the race. A fuel injector nozzle 38 extends through an opening 98 in the swivel ball. During engine operation, the ball can swivel inside the race to accommodate rotational movement of the nozzle about lateral and radial axes. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/482513 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/740 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08726670 | Bachman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank Gerald Bachman (Maineville, Ohio); Randy Lee Lewis (Lebanon, Ohio); Robert Steven Bockwich (Montgomery, Ohio); Shane Bunnag (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Gerald Bachman (Maineville, Ohio); Randy Lee Lewis (Lebanon, Ohio); Robert Steven Bockwich (Montgomery, Ohio); Shane Bunnag (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine augmentor includes an inter-liner cavity including an axially extending annular gap separating augmentor and tailpipe liners. A purge flow cavity is in fluid communication with a fan bypass duct and with the cavity. An ejector in fluid communication with the bypass duct includes an ejector nozzle positioned and aimed to direct an ejector nozzle flow from inside the ejector nozzle across the cavity. The purge flow cavity may be bifurcated into forward and aft purge flow cavities which are in fluid communication with the ejector and inter-liner cavity respectively. An annular dividing wall having ejector metering apertures may be disposed between the forward purge flow cavity and an ejector plenum of the ejector. An annular trapped vortex cavity pilot may be located upstream of the annular gap. The aft purge flow cavity may be outwardly bounded by a seal having purge metering apertures disposed therethrough. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/822519 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/766 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08726698 | Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vinh Q Nguyen (Fairfax, Virginia); Jasbinder S Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Shyam S Bayya (Ashburn, Virginia); Geoff Chin (Arlington, Virginia); Ishwar D Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vinh Q Nguyen (Fairfax, Virginia); Jasbinder S Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Shyam S Bayya (Ashburn, Virginia); Geoff Chin (Arlington, Virginia); Ishwar D Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally directed to a method of making chalcogenide glasses including holding the melt in a vertical furnace to promote homogenization and mixing; slow cooling the melt at less than 10° C. per minute; and sequentially quenching the melt from the top down in a controlled manner. Additionally, the present invention provides for the materials produced by such method. The present invention is also directed to a process for removing oxygen and hydrogen impurities from chalcogenide glass components using dynamic distillation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/483023 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Glass manufacturing 065/390 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08726826 | Pittman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Robert Pittman (Springfield, Virginia); Robert Charles Truston (Yorktown, Virginia); Matthew Marcy (Annapolis, Maryland); Erick Knezek (Lafayette, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Robert Pittman (Springfield, Virginia); Robert Charles Truston (Yorktown, Virginia); Matthew Marcy (Annapolis, Maryland); Erick Knezek (Lafayette, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Self-tensioning load-equalizing mooring systems and methods (of mooring a ship) that employ at least one mooring line and at least one counter-weight. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/305893 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/230.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08726827 | Eriksen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles C. Eriksen (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for compensating for compressibility and thermal expansion coefficient mismatch in buoyancy controlled or buoyancy-driven underwater vehicles are disclosed herein. An underwater vehicle configured in accordance with one embodiment of the disclosure, for example, can include a hull and a compartment carried by the hull and at least partially flooded with a first liquid having similar properties as a surrounding liquid into which the hull is configured to be deployed. The first liquid has a first compressibility and thermal expansion coefficient. The underwater vehicle can further include a compressibility and thermal expansion coefficient compensation system comprising a container filled or at least partially filled with a compressible liquid comprising silicone in the compartment. The compressible liquid has a second compressibility higher than the first compressibility and second thermal expansion coefficient higher than the first thermal expansion coefficient. The compressible liquid can include, for example, hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDS). |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/775083 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08726947 | Willey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John D. Willey (Lake Worth, Florida); Harry Lichter (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Willey (Lake Worth, Florida); Harry Lichter (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel-fill adapter for use in conjunction with a manually-controlled liquid supply nozzle for filling a fuel reservoir is disclosed. The adaptor mates with liquid supply nozzle as well as the filling port of the fuel reservoir. The fuel fill adaptor includes two main fluid pathways: an incoming pathway for liquid to fill the reservoir and an outgoing pathway for vapor venting or excess liquid draining. The fuel-fill adaptor includes a low-pressure differential vacuum-breaking valve to prevent the siphon effect that would otherwise naturally occur if liquid were to enter the gas venting hose. The vacuum-breaking valve permits air to enter the adaptor, wherein the air is then drawn down the drain hose instead of any additional liquid. The vacuum breaking valve can be connected to either the incoming liquid or vent/drain pathways. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/730073 |
| ART UNIT | 3751 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Arrangement or Mounting of Propulsion Units or of Transmissions in Vehicles; Arrangement or Mounting of Plural Diverse Prime-movers in Vehicles; Auxiliary Drives for Vehicles; Instrumentation or Dashboards for Vehicles; Arrangements in Connection With Cooling, Air Intake, Gas Exhaust or Fuel Supply of Propulsion Units in Vehicles B60K 15/03519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08727069 | Burd |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven W. Burd (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The oscillating tube (10) includes a first end (12), an opposed second end (16), and a fluid conduit (18) defined by the tube extending between the opposed ends (12, 16). A segmented damping coating (20) covers in intimate contact a covered or coated portion (22) of the tube (10) so that the coated portion (22) of the tube includes at least about ten percent of an axial length of the tube and an uncoated portion (34, 36) that is not covered by the segmented damping coating (22) includes greater than about ten percent of an axial length of the tube (10). The segmented damping coating (20) may include polymers, polytetrafluoroethylene, single composition polymers, ceramic fibers, polymer fibers, reinforced polymer fibers including a polytetrafluoroethylene, ceramics, including monolithic and matrix ceramics, thermoplastics, carbon/graphic materials, silicon materials, metal rings or clamps, and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/705942 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Acoustics 181/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08727628 | Glahn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jorn A. Glahn (Manchester, Connecticut); Denman H. James (Windsor, Connecticut); William G. Sheridan (Southington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jorn A. Glahn (Manchester, Connecticut); Denman H. James (Windsor, Connecticut); William G. Sheridan (Southington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for removing oil from a bearing compartment has a port connected to an end wall of the compartment through which the oil exits the compartment, a scavenge scoop connected to the port for collecting the oil, and a separation device connected to the scavenge scoop for creating an oil collection region. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/621967 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Bearings 384/462 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08727695 | Caswell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Owen Caswell (Avon, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Owen Caswell (Avon, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method is disclosed herein in which a heat-transfer fluid can be directed through a gap defined between a fillet and a chamfer. The apparatus includes a first member having a body portion and a flange portion projecting from the body portion. The flange portion extends along an endless path encircling an axis to define a receiving aperture. A fillet is defined at a junction of the body portion and an inner surface of the flange portion. The apparatus also includes a second member having a plug portion receivable in the receiving aperture. The plug portion includes a first surface operable to abut the body portion and limit movement of the plug portion into the receiving aperture. The plug portion also includes a second surface slidably engageable with the inner surface of the flange portion to guide movement of the plug portion into the receiving aperture along the axis. A chamfer is defined at a junction of the first and second surfaces such that a gap is defined between the fillet and the chamfer when the plug portion is received in the receiving aperture. The apparatus also includes at least one passageway extending at least partially through at least one of the first member and the second member. The at least one passageway extends between the gap and an opening spaced from the gap. The at least one passageway is operable to receive a heat-transfer fluid to transfer heat relative to the fillet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/634089 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08727697 | Eifert |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andy Eifert (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andy Eifert (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable vane actuation system and method is disclosed herein. The variable vane actuation system includes a first ring member disposed for pivoting movement about a centerline axis. The first ring member is operably connected with at least one vane such that the at least one vane pivots in response to the pivoting movement of the first ring member. The variable vane actuation system also includes a first pin engaged with the first ring member. The variable vane actuation system also includes a ring moving device operably engaged with the first pin to move the first ring member about the centerline axis. The ring moving device includes at least one plate having a first slot and an actuator operable to move the at least one plate. The first pin is received in the first slot and is a cam follower to a cam defined at least in part by a surface of the first slot. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/748381 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08727702 | Augustine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott J. Augustine (Wethersfield, Connecticut); David A. Knaul (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott J. Augustine (Wethersfield, Connecticut); David A. Knaul (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A mount interface between two rotating gas turbine engine components includes a rigid ring to provide radial deflection restraint. In one example, the rigid ring is comprised of a metal matrix composite material. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/129799 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08727710 | Propheter-Hinckley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut); Stephanie Santoro (Bristol, Connecticut); Evan Petrakis (W. Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut); Stephanie Santoro (Bristol, Connecticut); Evan Petrakis (W. Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A feather seal assembly includes a seal having a directional passage to direct an airflow generally non-perpendicular to the seal. |
| FILED | Monday, January 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/012025 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/139 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08727716 | Clements et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Donald Clements (Mason, Ohio); Vidhu Skekhar Pandey (West Chester, Ohio); Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Donald Clements (Mason, Ohio); Vidhu Skekhar Pandey (West Chester, Ohio); Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine nozzle includes an array of turbine vanes between inner and outer bands. Each vane includes opposed pressure and suction sides extending between opposed leading and trailing edges. The vanes define a plurality of flow passages each of which is bounded between the inner band, the outer band, and adjacent first and second vanes. A surface of the inner band in each of the passages is contoured in a non-axisymmetric shape including a peak of relatively higher radial height adjoining the pressure side of the first vane adjacent its leading edge, and a trough of relatively lower radial height is disposed parallel to and spaced-away from the suction side of the second vane aft of its leading edge. The peak and trough define cooperatively define an arcuate channel extending axially along the inner band between the first and second vanes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/872485 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/191 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728180 | Hartvigsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph J. Hartvigsen (Kaysville, Utah); Singaravelu Elangovan (South Jordan, Utah); Piotr Czernichowski (Layton, Utah); Michele Hollist (South Jordan, Utah); Michael Boettcher (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceramatec, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph J. Hartvigsen (Kaysville, Utah); Singaravelu Elangovan (South Jordan, Utah); Piotr Czernichowski (Layton, Utah); Michele Hollist (South Jordan, Utah); Michael Boettcher (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A reformer is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including a channel to convey a preheated plurality of reactants containing both a feedstock fuel and an oxidant. A plasma generator is provided to apply an electrical potential to the reactants sufficient to ionize one or more of the reactants. These ionized reactants are then conveyed to a reaction zone where they are chemically transformed into synthesis gas containing a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. A heat transfer mechanism is used to transfer heat from an external heat source to the reformer to provide the heat of reformation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/745942 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas: Heating and illuminating 048/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728197 | Kidwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Kidwell (Alexandria, Virginia); Albert Epshteyn (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Kidwell (Alexandria, Virginia); Albert Epshteyn (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A metron refers to a molecule which contains a pre-defined number of high affinity binding sites for metal ions. Metrons may be used to prepare homogenous populations of nanoparticles each composed of a same, specific number of atoms, wherein each particle has the same size ranging from 2 atoms to about ten nanometers. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/323287 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/343 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728236 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xueping Xu (Stamford, Connecticut); Robert P. Vaudo (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xueping Xu (Stamford, Connecticut); Robert P. Vaudo (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Large area single crystal III-V nitride material having an area of at least 2 cm2, having a uniformly low dislocation density not exceeding 3×106 dislocations per cm2 of growth surface area, and including a plurality of distinct regions having elevated impurity concentration, wherein each distinct region has at least one dimension greater than 50 microns, is disclosed. Such material can be formed on a substrate by a process including (i) a first phase of growing the III-V nitride material on the substrate under pitted growth conditions, e.g., forming pits over at least 50% of the growth surface of the III-V nitride material, wherein the pit density on the growth surface is at least 102 pits/cm2 of the growth surface, and (ii) a second phase of growing the III-V nitride material under pit-filling conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, January 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/008008 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728263 | Velicki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander Velicki (Garden Grove, California); Patrick J. Thrash (Corona, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Velicki (Garden Grove, California); Patrick J. Thrash (Corona, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite structure is provided including a first fabric and a second fabric. A substantially elongate and substantially rigid first member is spaced apart from and coupled with the first fabric via the second fabric. A resin substantially is infused into the first fabric and the second fabric, and substantially encapsulates the first member to form a unitary structure. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/194698 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728284 | Frantz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jesse A. Frantz (Landover, Maryland); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Vinh Q. Nguyen (Fairfax, Virginia); Woohong Kim (Lorton, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse A. Frantz (Landover, Maryland); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Vinh Q. Nguyen (Fairfax, Virginia); Woohong Kim (Lorton, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A bulk barium copper sulfur fluoride (BCSF) material can be made by combining Cu2S, BaS and BaF2, heating the ampoule between 400 and 550° C. for at least two hours, and then heating the ampoule at a temperature between 550 and 950° C. for at least two hours. The BCSF material may be doped with potassium, rubidium, or sodium. Additionally, a p-type transparent conductive material can comprise a thin film of BCSF on a substrate where the film has a conductivity of at least 1 S/cm. The substrate may be a plastic substrate, such as a polyethersulfone, polyethylene terephthalate, polyimide, or some other suitable plastic or polymeric substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/412692 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/192.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728293 | Perkins et al. |
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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, Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | F. Keith Perkins (Alexandria, Virginia); Perry Skeath (Tucson, Arizona); Lee James Johnson (Washington, District of Columbia); John R Peele (Alexandria, Virginia); William Bassett (Patuxent River, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of immersing an electrode in an electroplating solution while under vacuum, to substantially eliminate air and/or other gas from microscopic holes, cavities or indentations in the electrode. A method of electroplating an electrode in an electroplating solution including the application of a vacuum to the electrode while it is immersed in the electroplating solution to thereby substantially eliminate air and/or other gas from microscopic holes, cavities or indentations in the electrode. The electroplating liquid may be applied to only one side of the electrode (“the wet side”) in which case, sufficient time is allowed to pass for the immersion liquid to fill the microscopic through-holes, cavities or indentations in the electrode. An enhancement of this mode is to force liquid through the microscopic holes from the wet side. A highly penetrating solvent may be used as an immersion liquid. Alternatively, carbon dioxide can be used as an immersion liquid, in which case the liquid carbon dioxide may be obtained by adjusting the temperature and pressure conditions in a closed container of gaseous carbon dioxide. |
| FILED | Friday, February 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/763017 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728336 | Raji |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edris Raji (Tolland, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edris Raji (Tolland, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of chemically milling a workpiece includes the step of depositing a masking material on portions of a workpiece according to a predefined masking pattern such that other portions of the workpiece that are desired to be milled are unmasked. The masking material is deposited using a masking printer that moves in three dimensions to deposit the masking material onto the workpiece. The method also includes the step of chemically removing material from unmasked desired milling areas of the workpiece. |
| FILED | Monday, August 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/589385 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728409 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabriel L. Smith (Ellicott City, Maryland); Sarah Salah Bedair (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel L. Smith (Ellicott City, Maryland); Sarah Salah Bedair (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a device on a substrate comprising creating a depository and at least one attached capillary; the depository being of millimeter scale; providing a liquid containing particles in the range 1 nanometer to 1 millimeter; depositing into the depository the liquid containing particles which flows into at least one capillary by capillary action; evaporating the liquid such that the particles form an agglomerate beginning at the end of the at least one capillary with a substantially uniform distribution of the particles within the agglomerate; which is used to form a device. A microelectronic integrated circuit device comprising a substrate; a depository coupled to said substrate, the depository being formed by at least one wall adjacent to the substrate; at least one capillary channel coupled to at least one depository that is formed by walls adapted to be filled with a liquid (by capillary action) comprising nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/474933 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728411 | Beebe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Beebe (Monona, Wisconsin); Scott M. Berry (Madison, Wisconsin); David J. Guckenberger (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin); Ben P. Casavant (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Beebe (Monona, Wisconsin); Scott M. Berry (Madison, Wisconsin); David J. Guckenberger (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin); Ben P. Casavant (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and a method are provided for isolating a fraction in a biological sample. The fraction is bound to solid phase substrate to define a fraction-bound solid phase substrate. The device includes an input zone for receiving the biological sample therein and a second zone for receiving an isolation fluid therein. A force is provided that is generally perpendicular to gravity. The force is movable between a first position adjacent the input zone and a second position adjacent the isolation zone. The force captures the fraction-bound solid phase substrate and the fraction-bound solid phase substrate moves from the input zone to the isolation zone in response to the force moving from the first position to the second position. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/604192 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/527 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728429 | Shenderova |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Olga Shenderova (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Technology Center (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olga Shenderova (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | In certain implementations, a method of manufacturing electrically conductive nanodiamond particles involves providing at least one type of carbon-containing explosive material and at least one type of non-explosive material; wherein the non-explosive material contains at least one or more than one element or species other than nitrogen that serve as a nanodiamond dopant; mixing the carbon containing explosive material with the non-explosive material; detonating the mixture under conditions of negative oxygen balance in the presence of a cooling medium; purifying the product of detonation from incombustible impurities; and carrying out additional processing for activation or enhancement of electrical conductance. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/820230 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/70 (20130101) Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/775 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728532 | Andrews et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew T. Andrews (Duluth, Minnesota); Lester R. Drewes (Duluth, Minnesota); Greg Beilman (Richfield, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew T. Andrews (Duluth, Minnesota); Lester R. Drewes (Duluth, Minnesota); Greg Beilman (Richfield, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for ischemia/reperfusion protection compositions having one or more ketone bodies and melatonin. The invention also provides for methods of using such compositions to reduce or prevent ischemia/reperfusion injury due to blood loss, stroke or cardiopulmonary arrest or surgery. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/082526 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/530 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728630 | Detor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew J. Detor (Pleasanton, California); Christopher A. Schuh (Ashland, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Detor (Pleasanton, California); Christopher A. Schuh (Ashland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Bipolar wave current, is used to electrodeposit a nanocrystalline grain size. Polarity Ratio is the ratio of absolute value of time integrated amplitude of negative and positive polarity current. Grain size can be controlled in alloys of two or more components, at least one of which is a metal, and at least one of which is most electro-active. Typically, the more electro-active material is preferentially lessened during negative current. Current density, duration of pulse portions, and bath composition are determined with reference to relations showing grain size as a function of deposit composition, and deposit composition as a function of Polarity Ratio, or a single relation showing grain size as a function of Polarity ratio. A specified size can be achieved by selecting a corresponding Polarity Ratio. Coatings can be layered, each having an average grain size, which can vary layer to layer and also graded through a region. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/317080 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/655 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728720 | Hwang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Jen Hwang (Albany, California); Costas P. Grigoropoulos (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Jen Hwang (Albany, California); Costas P. Grigoropoulos (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of producing a nanostructure in a target film are provided. The method includes selectively irradiating at least one focusing element of a near-field focusing array that is in near-field focusing relationship with a target film in a manner sufficient to produce a nanostructure from the target film. Also provided are systems for practicing methods of the invention, as well as objects produced thereby. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/156221 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/322 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728861 | Bayraktaroglu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Burhan Bayraktaroglu (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Kevin Leedy (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Burhan Bayraktaroglu (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Kevin Leedy (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for fabricating a thin film transistor. A plurality of layers is deposited on a substrate. The plurality of layers includes a conductive gate contact layer, a gate insulator layer, an undoped channel layer, an etch-stop layer, and a conductive contact layer. The etch-stop layer is positioned between the conductive contact layer and the undoped channel layer. A portion of the conductive contact layer is selectively removed while removal of a portion of the undoped channel layer is prevented by the etch-stop layer during the selective removal. A portion of the etch-stop layer is selectively removed and an exposed portion of the etch-stop layer is converted from a conductor to an insulator by oxidizing the exposed portion of the etch-stop layer in air. A portion of remaining layers of the plurality of layers is selectively removed to form the thin film transistor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/271310 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728993 | Sawyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Gregory Sawyer (Gainesville, Florida); David L. Burris (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A PTFE-based composite material includes a PTFE major phase filled with a metal oxide minor phase. The major phase is intermixed with the metal oxide minor phase, wherein the minor phase includes a plurality of irregularly shaped metal oxide nanoparticles. The irregularly shaped nanoparticles provide substantial reductions in steady state wear rate over otherwise similar nanocomposites. The metal oxide can comprise aluminum oxide. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/739038 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid anti-friction devices, materials therefor, lubricant or separant compositions for moving solid surfaces, and miscellaneous mineral oil compositions 58/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729129 | Tracey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin J. Tracey (Old Greenwich, Connecticut); Carol Ann Amella (East Northport, New York); Christopher Czura (Lake Grove, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin J. Tracey (Old Greenwich, Connecticut); Carol Ann Amella (East Northport, New York); Christopher Czura (Lake Grove, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of reducing bleed time in a subject by activation of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway in said subject. The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway can be activated by direct or indirect stimulation of the vagus nerve. The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway can also be activated by administering an effective amount of cholinergic agonist or acetylcholinesterase inhibitor to the subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/088683 |
| 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 514/614 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729182 | Marks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Michael T. Lanagan (State College, Pennsylvania); Neng Guo (Woodridge, Illinois); Sara A. DiBenedetto (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Michael T. Lanagan (State College, Pennsylvania); Neng Guo (Woodridge, Illinois); Sara A. DiBenedetto (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoparticle composition comprising a substrate comprising a metal oxide component and an aluminum oxide component; and a metallocene olefin polymerization catalyst component coupled to the substrate is disclosed. The metal oxide component is homogenously dispersed throughout the nanocomposite composition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/449750 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/779 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729236 | Padgett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hal S. Padgett (Vacaville, California); Fakhrieh S. Vojdani (Davis, California); Andrew A. Vaewhongs (Vacaville, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Hal S. Padgett (Vacaville, California); Fakhrieh S. Vojdani (Davis, California); Andrew A. Vaewhongs (Vacaville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods to derive novel hybrid type 1 interferons that are broadly active against highly pathogenic viruses of biodefense significance are described. Libraries of hybrid interferon genes were produced using gene shuffling, the proteins were expressed, and screened for activity against viruses of interest. Sequences of several broadly active hybrid interferons are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/478330 |
| 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 530/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729283 | Olson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin S. Olson (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method comprising providing a starting composition comprising a polyunsaturated fatty acid, a polyunsaturated fatty ester, a carboxylate salt of a polyunsaturated fatty acid, a polyunsaturated triglyceride, or a mixture thereof; self-metathesizing the starting composition or cross-metathesizing the starting composition with at least one short-chain olefin in the presence of a metathesis catalyst to form self-/cross-metathesis products comprising: cyclohexadiene; at least one olefin; and one or more acid-, ester-, or salt-functionalized alkene; and reacting cyclohexadiene to produce at least one cycloalkane or cycloalkane derivatives. A method for producing cycloalkanes for jet fuel by providing a starting composition comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of algal and polyunsaturated vegetable oils, subjecting the starting composition to metathesis to produce metathesis product comprising at least one olefin, cyclohexadiene, and at least one acid-, ester-, or salt-functionalized alkene, and reacting the at least one olefin and cyclohexadiene to form cycloalkane(s). |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/741965 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729412 | Tabib-Azar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massood Tabib-Azar (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Massood Tabib-Azar (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoelectromechanical logic devices can include a plurality of flexible bridges having control and logic electrodes. Voltages applied to control electrodes can be used to control flexing of the bridges. The logic electrodes can provide logical functions of the applied voltages. |
| FILED | Monday, January 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/987804 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Circuit makers and breakers 2/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729495 | Hau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lene V. Hau (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Anne Goodsell (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lene V. Hau (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Anne Goodsell (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Suspended nanotubes are used to capture and ionize neutral chemical units, such as individual atoms, molecules, and condensates, with excellent efficiency and sensitivity. Applying a voltage to the nanotube(s) (with respect to a grounding surface) creates an attractive potential between a polarizable neutral chemical unit and the nanotube that varies as 1/r2, where r is the unit's distance from the nanotube. An atom approaching the nanotube with a sub-threshold angular momentum is captured by the potential and eventually spirals towards the nanotube. The atom ionizes as in comes into close proximity with a sidewall of the nanotube, creating an ion whose polarity matches the polarity of the electric potential of the nanotube. Repulsive forces eject the ion, which can be detected more easily than a neutral chemical unit. Suspended nanotubes can be used to detect small numbers of neutral chemical units (e.g., single atoms) for applications in sensing and interferometry. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/636935 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/423.F00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729515 | Hirsa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amir H. Hirsa (Clifton Park, New York); Bernard A. Malouin, Jr. (Troy, New York); Michael J. Vogel (Voorhees, New Jersey); Lili Cheng (Rexford, New York); Joseph D. Olles (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir H. Hirsa (Clifton Park, New York); Bernard A. Malouin, Jr. (Troy, New York); Michael J. Vogel (Voorhees, New Jersey); Lili Cheng (Rexford, New York); Joseph D. Olles (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An oscillating liquid lens and imaging system and method employing the lens are provided. The liquid lens includes a substrate with a channel opening extending through the substrate. A liquid drop is disposed within the channel and is sized with a first droplet portion, including a first capillary surface, protruding away from a first substrate surface, and a second droplet portion, including a second capillary surface, protruding away from a second substrate surface. The liquid lens further includes an enclosure at least partially surrounding the substrate, and including a chamber. The liquid drop resides within the chamber, and the liquid lens includes a second liquid disposed within the chamber in direct or indirect contact with the liquid drop, and the liquid lens further includes a driver for oscillating the liquid drop within the channel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/190980 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/573 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729628 | Merrett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Neil Merrett (Xenia, Ohio); Igor Sankin (Perrysburg, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Power Integrations, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Neil Merrett (Xenia, Ohio); Igor Sankin (Perrysburg, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Junction field-effect transistors with vertical channels and self-aligned regrown gates and methods of making these devices are described. The methods use techniques to selectively grow and/or selectively remove semiconductor material to form a p-n junction gate along the sides of the channel and on the bottom of trenches separating source fingers. Methods of making bipolar junction transistors with self-aligned regrown base contact regions and methods of making these devices are also described. The semiconductor devices can be made in silicon carbide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/585183 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/334 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729739 | Lubomirsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vadim Lubomirsky (Bet Shemesh, Israel); Damian Urciuoli (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vadim Lubomirsky (Bet Shemesh, Israel); Damian Urciuoli (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit breaker comprising first and second JFETs, each comprising a gate, drain and source connection, the JFETs sources being operatively connected to each other to form a common-source connection and adapted to be connected to and operating to open an external circuit when the current flowing through the JFETs exceeds a predetermined threshold, the JFETs' gates, and common-source connection being operatively connected to a gate driver circuit which causes the JFETs to turn off when the predetermined threshold is exceeded; whereupon the current flows through the common-source connection into the second gate and into the gate driver circuit which causes the gate driver circuit to turn off the first and second JFETs and open the circuit breaker. Also claimed is a method of sensing an overloaded circuit comprising leading and trailing JFETs in a circuit that open the circuit and prevent current flow when a predetermined threshold is exceeded. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/017227 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/112 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729779 | Perez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carlos R. Perez (Miami, Florida); Gianluca Piazza (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos R. Perez (Miami, Florida); Gianluca Piazza (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Contour-mode piezoelectric devices and methods of forming contour mode piezoelectric devices. The contour mode piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric film having first and second surfaces and suspended so that it is spaced away from a substrate. The contour mode piezoelectric device also includes first and second patterned electrodes respectively disposed on the first and second surfaces of the piezoelectric film, at least one of the first and second patterned electrodes having variable width along a length thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/263194 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08730092 | Jaffer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Miranda (Fullerton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amin G. Jaffer (Fullerton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of this invention are directed to the substantially improved detection and geolocation accuracy of targets (stationary or moving) by using the coherent data received at multiple airborne sensors. Further aspects are directed to aligning the (unknown) time-delayed and Doppler-shifted signals received at the multiple sensors relative to an arbitrary reference sensor, which depend on the unknown target position. This results in the target position and velocity vectors being simultaneously estimated and the detection peak enhanced by obtaining near coherent gain. Still further aspects are directed to the coherent generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT) and the minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) statistic for multistatic radar systems, conditioned on estimation of certain parameters that render the system coherent. Analytical and computer simulation results are presented to show substantially enhanced detection and geolocation of moving targets in clutter. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/041311 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08730098 | Fox |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William P. Fox (Pebble Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William P. Fox (Pebble Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for radar detection of persons wearing wires using radar spectra data including the vertical polarization (VV) radar cross section and the horizontal polarization (HH) radar cross section for a person. In one embodiment, the ratio of the vertical polarization (VV) radar cross section to the horizontal polarization (HH) radar cross section for a person is compared to a detection threshold to determine whether the person is wearing wires. In another embodiment, the absolute difference of the vertical polarization (VV) radar cross section and the horizontal polarization (HH) radar cross section for a person is compared to a detection threshold to determine whether the person is wearing wires. To reduce false positives, other additional indicators, such as speed of movement, and or visual features of the person, can be used to further narrow a person suspected of wearing wires. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/344451 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08730113 | Stoneback et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew A. Stoneback (Federal Way, Washington); Ming Chen (Bellevue, Washington); David M. Anderson (Sammamish, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus, systems and methods to transmit power and data are provided. A particular apparatus includes a transmission component. The transmission component includes at least one first frequency selective surface (FSS) layer, at least one second FSS layer, and a dielectric layer separating the at least one first FSS layer and the at least one second FSS layer. In a particular embodiment, the apparatus also includes a first coupler coupled to the dielectric layer to send a signal along the transmission component. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/723875 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/705 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08730130 | Pray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard E. Pray (Port Crane, New York); Barry J. Williams (Vestal, New York); David Thomas (Endicott, New York); Mark A. Radley (Binghamton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RPA Electronic Solutions, Inc. (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Pray (Port Crane, New York); Barry J. Williams (Vestal, New York); David Thomas (Endicott, New York); Mark A. Radley (Binghamton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for automatically aligning immersive displays, including helmet-mounted displays, such displays creating composite images from at least one image source. A gimbal-mounted camera/rangefinder apparatus is used to create a high resolution three-dimensional (3D) map of the screen surface which, in turn, is used to generate geometric corrections of projected image segments. The rangefinder is typically a laser rangefinder and the laser element thereof can draw display channel outlines of the screen. The gimbal-mounted camera/rangefinder is used to automatically analyze a test pattern projected onto the screen, typically without geometric correction. Each defined point of the test pattern may then be “moved” to its proper location on the 3D screen map. Video signal processing, performed either in software or hardware, accomplishes geometric correction, edge blending, color (e.g., gamma) correction and intensity matching. Unique polygonal blend regions are used for edge blending. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/628274 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08730456 | Goldberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lew Goldberg (Fairfax, Virginia); Stephen Chinn (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lew Goldberg (Fairfax, Virginia); Stephen Chinn (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact monostatic optical transmitter/receiver device simultaneously transmits an optical beam and collects returning light using a single lens or optical aperture. The system provides automatic alignment of the transmit and receive aperture and is compatible with fiber-coupled laser sources. Transmit light is emitted from a double-cladding fiber core while received light is coupled into the inner cladding of the same fiber. The transmit light propagating in the core and the received light propagating in the inner cladding are separated by the means of a diplexer comprised of a fused fiber coupler or a fiber-coupled micro-optic device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/942385 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/4.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08730816 | Carey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Matthew W. Markland (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Dynamic administration of event pools for relevant event and alert analysis during event storms including receiving, by an events analyzer from an events queue, a plurality of events from one or more components of the distributed processing system, each event including an occurred time and a logged time; creating, by the event analyzer, an events pool; determining whether an arrival rate of the events from the components of the distributed processing system is greater than a predetermined threshold; if the arrival rate is greater than the predetermined threshold, assigning, by the events analyzer, a plurality of events to the events pool in dependence upon their occurred time; and if the arrival rate is not greater than the predetermined threshold, assigning, by the events analyzer, a plurality of events to the events pool in dependence upon their logged time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/676405 |
| ART UNIT | 2477 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/237 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731237 | Fitzsimmons et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bo Fitzsimmons (San Diego, California); Heidi Buck (San Diego, California); Bryan Bagnall (San Diego, California); Elan Sharghi (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bo Fitzsimmons (San Diego, California); Heidi Buck (San Diego, California); Bryan Bagnall (San Diego, California); Elan Sharghi (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for automatic detection of disaster relief assets from a satellite image can include a satellite and a processor, which can contain non-transitory written directions that perform a method, which includes the step of defining spectra of interest (SOI). A reference spectral profile that is based on the SOI is built. The reference spectral profile can extend into the near infrared range to eliminate false positive indications. A satellite image of the spatial region of interest (ROI) is taken. For each pixel in the ROI, test spectra of the spatial region can be extracted and compared to the reference spectral profile using a spectral angle mapper (SAM) tool. When the comparison meets predetermined parameters, that pixel of the ROI can be deemed to be indicative of a disaster relief asset, and the geo-reference data for that pixel can be transmitted to a remote user. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/535801 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731261 | Ghosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nirmalya Ghosh (San Bernardino, California); Stephen Ashwal (Riverside, California); Andre Obenaus (Colton, California); Bir Bhanu (Riverside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nirmalya Ghosh (San Bernardino, California); Stephen Ashwal (Riverside, California); Andre Obenaus (Colton, California); Bir Bhanu (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of analyzing a medical image, where the medical image comprises one or more than one region of interest, and where the method comprises a) providing the medical image comprising a set of actual image values; b) rescaling the actual image values to produce corresponding rescaled image values and to produce a rescaled image from the rescaled image values; c) deriving a histogram of the rescaled image values; d) using the histogram to derive an adaptive segmentation threshold; e) using the adaptive segmentation threshold to recursively split the rescaled image; f) terminating the recursive splitting of the sub(sub) images using one or more than one predetermined criteria; and g) identifying one sub(sub) image in the terminated Hierarchical Region Splitting Tree which comprises the region of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/580947 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731350 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chunyan Lin (San Diego, California); Everett W. Jacobs (San Diego, California); James R. Adleman (San Diego, California); John Scott Rodgers (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chunyan Lin (San Diego, California); Everett W. Jacobs (San Diego, California); James R. Adleman (San Diego, California); John Scott Rodgers (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming planar-waveguide Bragg grating in a curved waveguide comprises: forming a long chirped planar-waveguide Bragg grating in an Archimedes' spiral such that a long length of the waveguide can fit in a small chip area where the grating is formed in the curved waveguide; using periodic width modulation to form the planar-waveguide Bragg grating on the curved waveguide, and where the formation of the periodic width modulation occurs during the etching of the waveguide core; using rectangular width modulation to create Bragg gratings with a higher order than 1st order to allow a larger grating period and larger modulation depth, using waveguide width tapering while keeping the width modulation period constant to introduce chirp to the planar-waveguide Bragg grating where the index of refraction is a function of waveguide width, by applying a specific width tapering to create a desired arbitrary chirp profile. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/609294 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731355 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qianfan Xu (Mountain View, California); Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qianfan Xu (Mountain View, California); Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An all optical logic circuit includes a micro-ring resonator (110) optically coupled to a waveguide (115) The waveguide (115) provides multiple optical input signals (INPUT A, INPUT B) and an optical probe signal (PROBE) at a different frequency (lambda s) than the optical input signals (INPUT A, INPUT B) to the micro-ring resonator (110) such that the probe signal (PROBE) exhibits logical amplitude transitions as a function of the multiple input signals (INPUT A, INPUT B) The logical amplitude transitions of the optical probe signal (PROBE) correlate to an ANDing or NANDing of the optical input signals (INPUT A, INPUT B) In one embodiment, the all optical logic circuit is an integrated silicon device. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/438720 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/29335 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/29338 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731356 | Peyghambarian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nasser Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Axel Schulzgen (Tucson, Arizona); Valery Temyanko (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nasser Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Axel Schulzgen (Tucson, Arizona); Valery Temyanko (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical devices and a method for manufacturing these devices. One optical device includes a core region having a first medium of a first refractive index n1, and includes a cladding region exterior to the core region. The cladding region includes a second medium having a second refractive index n2 higher than the first refractive index n1. The cladding region further includes a third medium having a third refractive index n3 lower than the first refractive index n1. The third medium is dispersed in the second medium to form a plurality of microstructures in the cladding region. Another optical device includes a plurality of core regions including at least one core having a doped first medium, and includes a cladding region exterior to the plurality of core regions. The core regions and the cladding region include a phosphate glass. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/913417 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731628 | Agassi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yehoshua Dan Agassi (Silver Spring, Maryland); Daniel E. Oates (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yehoshua Dan Agassi (Silver Spring, Maryland); Daniel E. Oates (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | As typically embodied, the present invention's RF cavity device comprises a rigid frame and plural flexible tiles. The frame includes walls of at least substantially uniform thicknesses that describe a hollow pillbox shape. The tiles are at least approximately equally thick, each tile being of at least substantially uniform thickness. Each tile includes a flexible metallic substrate and an HTS coating atop the substrate. The tiles are attached via their corresponding substrates to the inside wall surfaces of the frame so that their corresponding HTS coatings are interiorly exposed. The attached tiles flexibly conform to curved surface areas, are snugly set with narrow seams therebetween, and cover at least approximately the entirety of the frame's inside wall surfaces. A filler material is applied to the seams. The resultant tile configuration is characterized by at least approximate levelness of the exposed HTS coating surfaces and the filled seams. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/774673 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/00 (20130101) H01L 39/141 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 7/06 (20130101) H01P 11/008 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 7/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731650 | Sajda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Sajda (New York, New York); Lucas Cristobal Parra (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Sajda (New York, New York); Lucas Cristobal Parra (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An EEG cap (8) having 64 or 128 electrodes (10) is placed on the head of the subject (11) who is viewing CRT monitor (14). The signals on each channel are amplified by amplifier (17) and sent to an analog-to-digital converter (20). PC (23) captures and records the amplified signals and the signals are processed by signal processing PC (26) performing linear signal processing. The resulting signal is sent back to a feedback/display PC (29) having monitor (14). |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/898508 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/545 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731716 | Jacobsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen C. Jacobsen (Salt Lake City, Utah); Marc X. Olivier (Sandy, Utah); Brian J. Maclean (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen C. Jacobsen (Salt Lake City, Utah); Marc X. Olivier (Sandy, Utah); Brian J. Maclean (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of operating a biomimetic mechanical joint having a plurality of fractional actuators configured for rotating a support member about a pivot device. The fractional actuators can be selectively recruited during operation, either individually or together, to efficiently rotate the support member about the mechanical joint throughout a range of movements and under a variety of load conditions. Each fractional actuator can be continuously throttled to reduce the speed or torque at which the actuator operates. The capability of selectively recruiting and throttling each fractional actuator results in an actuator system having two degrees of freedom, in which a single operating state of the mechanical joint may be reached with one or more of actuator arrangements and throttling settings. The method of the present invention allows for selection from the available actuator arrangements and throttle settings according to predetermined operating modes such as high-efficiency, high-acceleration or general-purpose, etc. |
| FILED | Friday, August 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/061488 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731729 | Blevins |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Mark Blevins (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Mark Blevins (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A process develops controls for microgrid systems. The process models physical systems of increasing complexity. Candidate control algorithms are implemented as state machines that can affect state variables which represent control signals for elements of the physical system. A simulation of the physical system is operated according to the control algorithms. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/453665 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/291 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08732100 | Blowers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Misty Blowers (Minoa, New York); Chad Salisbury (Sauquoit, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Misty Blowers (Minoa, New York); Chad Salisbury (Sauquoit, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for object or event of interest detection which minimizes the level of false alarms and maximizes the level of detections as defined on a per event or object basis by the analyst. The invention allows for the minimization of false alarms for objects or events of interest which have a close resemblance to all other objects or events mapped to the same multidimensional feature space, and allows for the per event or per object adjustment on false alarms for objects or events of higher interest. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506401 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 23/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/0472 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08732286 | Tran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | My Tran (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kathleen Crumpton (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | My Tran (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kathleen Crumpton (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A shadowing platforms and systems in a network with a remote platform are provided. The shadowing platform includes a shadow health management module and platform storage coupled to the shadow health management module. The shadow health management module is configured to receive health information from the remote platform; store the health information in the platform storage; receive status information from the remote platform; and provide the health information to the remote platform when the status information is unacceptable. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/751334 |
| ART UNIT | 2455 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/223 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08732524 | Barton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bradley John Barton (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David Michael Kolbet (Scottsdale, Arizona); Qingqiu Ginger Shao (Oro Valley, Arizona); Randy R. Magnuson (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley John Barton (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David Michael Kolbet (Scottsdale, Arizona); Qingqiu Ginger Shao (Oro Valley, Arizona); Randy R. Magnuson (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and computing devices are provided for using a completed corrective action as evidence of a fault. The methods, systems and computing devices receive equipment status evidence and determine an equipment fault based on the equipment status evidence. The methods, systems and computing devices also create and rank a list of potential failure modes based at least in part on the determined equipment fault, recommend a corrective action to correct the equipment fault based at least in part on the ranking of the potential failure modes and receiving additional equipment status evidence indicating that the recommended corrective action failed to correct the equipment fault. The methods, systems and computing devices then associate a detection probability and a false negative rate with the failed corrective action to create additional status evidence, and re-rank the list of potential failure modes for subsequent performance based on the additional status evidence. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/197132 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08732683 | Arimilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Satya P. Sharma (Austin, Texas); Randal C. Swanberg (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Satya P. Sharma (Austin, Texas); Randal C. Swanberg (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A wake-and-go mechanism may be a programming idiom accelerator. As a processor fetches instructions, the programming idiom accelerator may look ahead to determine whether a programming idiom is coming up in the instruction stream. If the programming idiom accelerator recognizes a programming idiom, the programming idiom accelerator may perform an action to accelerate execution of the programming idiom. A compiler may recognize programming idioms and expose the programming idioms to the programming idiom accelerator within the resulting machine language instructions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024347 |
| ART UNIT | 2197 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/143 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08732824 | Arbaugh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William A. Arbaugh (Ellicott City, Maryland); Jeffrey D. Chung (Freemont, California); Nick L. Petroni (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Bryan Boot (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Arbaugh (Ellicott City, Maryland); Jeffrey D. Chung (Freemont, California); Nick L. Petroni (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Bryan Boot (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Monitoring integrity of a running computer system is based on creating a Test Model which includes predicates descriptive of invariant properties of security relevant objects and their attributes in the monitored structure known-to-be “healthy”, acquiring memory image of a portion of the running monitored structure, decomposing the acquired memory image to retrieve representation of the security relevant objects of interest, by implementing the attributes of the Test Model, and verifying, by implementing the predicates, whether the invariant properties defined in the Test Model remain unchanged for the running host system. If a discrepancy is detected, a signal indicative of a detected discrepancy is transmitted to a management entity for analysis and formulating a course of action. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/656453 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey W. Stansbury (Aurora, Colorado); Christopher N. Bowman (Boulder, Colorado); Marianela Trujillo (Parker, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey W. Stansbury (Aurora, Colorado); Christopher N. Bowman (Boulder, Colorado); Marianela Trujillo (Parker, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides polymerizable dental compositions comprising a dimer acid-derived monomer such as a dimer acid-derived di(meth)acrylate monomer. In one embodiment, the dimer acid-derived monomer is of the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from H and optionally substituted C1-C25 straight-chained or branched aliphatic, optionally containing 1 or more double or triple bonds, wherein one or more carbons are optionally replaced by R* wherein R* is —C(O)—, —C(O)C(O)—, —C(O)NR7—, —C(O)NR7NR8—, —C(O)O—, —OC(O)—, —NR7CO2—, —O—, —NR7C(O)NR8—, —OC(O)NR7—, —NR7NR8—, —NR7C(O)—, —NR7C(O)O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —NR7—, —SO2NR7— or —NR7SO2—, where R7 and R8 are independently selected from H and optionally substituted aliphatic, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; provided that at least two of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are substituted C1-25 straight-chained or branched aliphatic wherein at least one carbon is replaced by R* and at least one of the substituents is an alkenyl group. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/568383 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Dentistry 433/215 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08727785 | Oddsson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lars I. E. Oddsson (Edina, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lars Oddsson (Edina, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lars I. E. Oddsson (Edina, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | We present a tool that can enhance the concept of BWS training by allowing natural APAs to occur mediolaterally. While in a supine position in a 90 degree tilted environment built around a modified hospital bed, subjects wear a backpack frame that is freely moving on air-hearings, as a puck on an air hockey table, and attached through a cable to a pneumatic cylinder that provides a load that can be set to emulate various G-like loads. Veridical visual input is provided through two 3-D automultiscopic displays that allow glasses free 3-D vision representing a virtual surrounding environment that may be acquired from sites chosen by the patient. Two groups of 12 healthy subjects were exposed to either strength training alone or a combination of strength and balance training in such a tilted environment over a period of four weeks. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/667994 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/258 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08727998 | Yin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Meng Yin (Rochester, Minnesota); Jayant A. Talwalkar (Rochester, Minnesota); Anthony J. Romano (Washington, D.C., District of Columbia); Armando Manduca (Rochester, Minnesota); Richard L. Ehman (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meng Yin (Rochester, Minnesota); Jayant A. Talwalkar (Rochester, Minnesota); Anthony J. Romano (Washington, D.C., District of Columbia); Armando Manduca (Rochester, Minnesota); Richard L. Ehman (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The shear stiffness of a subject's spleen is measured using elastography techniques such as ultrasound elastography or a magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) acquisition with an MRI system. A relationship between splenic shear stiffness and portal venous blood pressure is modeled and is used to calculate portal venous blood pressure non-invasively from the measured splenic shear stiffness. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/599721 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/485 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728456 | Sands et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger Warren Sands (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Eduardo Alexandra Barros e Silva (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Toshihisa Kawai (Brookline, Massachusetts); David J. Mooney (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Warren Sands (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Eduardo Alexandra Barros e Silva (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Toshihisa Kawai (Brookline, Massachusetts); David J. Mooney (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Biomaterial systems, e.g., gel scaffolds, are used in vivo to recruit immune cells and promote their activation towards a non-inflammatory phenotype, thereby leading suppression of inflammation. The compositions and methods are useful to reduce the severity of autoimmunity, chronic inflammation, allergy, and periodontal disease. |
| FILED | Monday, August 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/386950 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/85.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728472 | Bibb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Bibb (Dallas, Texas); Janice W. Kansy (Coronado, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Bibb (Dallas, Texas); Janice W. Kansy (Coronado, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody or fragment thereof, which binds specifically to the cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) activating protein, p25 and not to p35, a hybridoma cell line producing the monoclonal antibody, and methods for the detection and/or isolation of p25, p25 fragments or homologs thereof from biological material. The invention further relates to the use of the monoclonal antibody or fragment thereof for detection and treatment of neuronal disorders and cancers. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/375721 |
| 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 08728478 | Saeed |
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| APPLICANT(S) | A. Mahdi Saeed (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. Mahdi Saeed (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of diarrhea and diarrheal related diseases and disorders in both animals and humans. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the treatment of said diarrhea and diarrheal related diseases and disorders with a vaccine. In still further embodiments, the invention relates to the treatment of constipation using the disclosed methods and compositions. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/054983 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/169.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728479 | Greene et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark I. Greene (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Hongtao Zhang (Paoli, Pennsylvania); Xiaomin Song (Shanghai, China PRC); Ramachandran Murali (Beverly Hills, California); Masahide Tone (Studio City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark I. Greene (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Hongtao Zhang (Paoli, Pennsylvania); Xiaomin Song (Shanghai, China PRC); Ramachandran Murali (Beverly Hills, California); Masahide Tone (Studio City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are recombinant protein scaffolds and recombinant multifunctional protein scaffolds for use in producing antigen-binding proteins In addition, nucleic acids encoding such recombinant protein scaffolds, recombinant multifunctional protein scaffolds, and antigen-binding proteins are provided Vectors and cells useful for expression of the described proteins are also provided, as are methods of use. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/262060 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/178.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728481 | Banchereau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacques F. Banchereau (Montclair, New Jersey); SangKOn Oh (Baltimore, Maryland); Gerard Zurawski (Midlothian, Texas); Sandra Zurawski (Midlothian, Texas); Dapeng Li (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor Research Institute (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacques F. Banchereau (Montclair, New Jersey); SangKOn Oh (Baltimore, Maryland); Gerard Zurawski (Midlothian, Texas); Sandra Zurawski (Midlothian, Texas); Dapeng Li (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions and methods for making and using anti DC-ASGPR antibodies that can, e.g., activate DCs and other cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/551198 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/178.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728486 | David et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sunil A. David (Lawrence, Kansas); Nikunj M. Shukla (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sunil A. David (Lawrence, Kansas); Nikunj M. Shukla (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides novel imidazoquinoline derived compounds, derivatives thereof, analogues thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of making and using such compounds. The present disclosure also provides TLR7 agonists and TLR7/TLR8 dual agonists, probes, tissue-specific molecules, adjuvants, immunogenic compositions, therapeutic compositions, and self-adjuvanting vaccines including the imidazoquinoline derived compounds, derivatives thereof, analogues thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Derivatives of the imidazoquinoline derived compounds also include dendrimers and dimers of the imidazoquinoline derived compounds, and methods of making and using the dendrimeic and dimeric imidazoquinoline derived compounds. The present disclosure also provides dual TLR2/TLR7 hybrid agonists that include imidazoquinoline derived compounds of the present disclosure. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/475284 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/193.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728488 | Chang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gwong-Jen J. Chang (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gwong-Jen J. Chang (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules containing transcription units which encode the flavivirus M and E protein antigens. The flaviviruses include Japanese encephalitis virus, dengue, yellow fever virus and St. Louis encephalitis virus. The nucleic acids function to provide the M and E protein antigens when the nucleic acid resides in an appropriate host cell, especially when the host cell is the cell of a subject. The invention also encompasses a vaccine whose active agent is the nucleic acid. The invention further encompasses the cultured host cells when they contain within them nucleic acid molecules containing the transcription units. The invention in addition encompasses a method of immunizing a subject against flavivirus infection by administering to the subject an effective amount of a vaccine containing a nucleic acid molecule containing the transcription unit of the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/338529 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/218.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728498 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaohui Zhang (Westmont, Illinois); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Scott E. Wharram (Pepperell, Massachusetts); Stephen McCarthy (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaohui Zhang (Westmont, Illinois); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Scott E. Wharram (Pepperell, Massachusetts); Stephen McCarthy (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the processes of preparing silkfibroin/polyethylene oxide blended materials, and the resulting materials thereof, which are suitable for biomedical applications such as wound healing. In particular, the electrospun silk fibroin/PEO mats with a silk:PEO blend ratio of 2:1 to 4:1, treated with controlled evaporation, constraint-drying techniques, and/or alcohol treatment, and/or PEO extraction, demonstrate suitable physical and biofunctional properties, such as fiber structure, topography, absorption, water vapor transmission rates, oxygen permeation, and biodegradability, relevant to biomaterial systems with utility for wound dressings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/382967 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728499 | Zawko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Zawko (Austin, Texas); Christine Schmidt (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Zawko (Austin, Texas); Christine Schmidt (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a hydrogel and a method of making a porous hydrogel by preparing an aqueous mixture of an uncrosslinked polymer and a crystallizable molecule; casting the mixture into a vessel; allowing the cast mixture to dry to form an amorphous hydrogel film; seeding the cast mixture with a seed crystal of the crystallizable molecule; growing the crystallizable molecule into a crystal structure within the uncrosslinked polymer; crosslinking the polymer around the crystal structure under conditions in which the crystal structure within the crosslinked polymer is maintained; and dissolving the crystals within the crosslinked polymer to form the porous hydrogel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/909707 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728526 | Heller |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Phillip F. Heller (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, Represented by Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services, NIH (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip F. Heller (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel microparticles formed using a coacervation process, methods of forming the microparticles, and methods of using the microparticles for the sustained release administration of therapeutic agents. |
| FILED | Monday, July 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/659976 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728724 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Williams (Richardson, Texas); Eric Olson (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Williams (Richardson, Texas); Eric Olson (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the identification of miRNAs that are involved in the process of neuromuscular synaptic maintenance and regeneration following injury or disease. Modulation of these miRNAs is proposed as treatment for spinal cord injury and neurodegenerative disease. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/525657 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728725 | Paul et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Natasha Paul (San Diego, California); Jonathan Shum (Richmond, Texas); Alexandre Lebedev (San Diego, California); Gerald Zon (San Carlos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trilink Biotechnologies (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Natasha Paul (San Diego, California); Jonathan Shum (Richmond, Texas); Alexandre Lebedev (San Diego, California); Gerald Zon (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods for ligation of polynucleotides containing modified ligation components, particularly modified ligase cofactors, modified acceptors and modified donors. The methods readily applied to ligation-based assays for detection of a nucleic acid sequence where the use of the modified cofactor improves discrimination between matched and mismatched templates. Furthermore, the use of the modified ligation components reduces or eliminates the ligation in the absence of nucleic acid template. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/831212 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728732 | Guerrero-Preston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafael Guerrero-Preston (Baltimore, Maryland); David Sidransky (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael Guerrero-Preston (Baltimore, Maryland); David Sidransky (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of determination of a global DNA methylation index (GDMI) in a sample from a subject, using a variety of methods which can detect global, genome-wide, and gene-specific DNA methylation to create methylation portraits that can be used for early detection, diagnosis, and clinical management in the personalized medicine space. Further, the invention provides methods of diagnosis of cancer, including gastric cancer and hepatocellular cancer in a subject, by comparing the GDMI in a sample obtained from a subject to the methylation index of standard controls. These methods allow diagnosis of gastric carcinoma and liver cancer in patients who may be asymptomatic or have inconclusive pathology, and allowing earlier treatment of the subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/408338 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728744 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shen Hu (Simi Valley, California); David T. W. Wong (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shen Hu (Simi Valley, California); David T. W. Wong (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the identification of novel oral cancer and periodontal disease biomarkers. Further, the present invention provides novel methods of diagnosing and for providing a prognosis for oral cancer and periodontal disease. The present invention additionally provides novel methods of distinguishing between oral cancer and periodontal disease. Finally, kits are provided that find use in the practice of the methods of the invention. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/739703 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728756 | He et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhigang He (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Kevin Park (Boston, Massachusetts); Kai Liu (Kowloon, China Hong Kong); Yang Hu (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Survival of, or axon regeneration in a lesioned mature central nervous system (CNS) neuron is promoted by (a) contacting the neuron with a therapeutically effective amount of an exogenous activator of protein translation; and (b) detecting the resultant promotion of the survival of, or axon regeneration in the neuron. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/729091 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728757 | Julius et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Julius (San Francisco, California); David D. McKemy (Seal Beach, California); Werner M. Neuhausser (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to regulation of cold sensation and pain. More particularly, the present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding a member of the transient regulatory protein family, CMR1, which is involved in modulation of the perception of cold sensations and pain. The invention further relates to methods for identifying and using agents that modulate cold responses and pain responses stimulated by cold via modulation of CMR1 and CMR1-related signal transduction. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/902561 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 08728760 | Galen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Galen (Sykesville, Maryland); Chee-Mun Fang (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Galen (Sykesville, Maryland); Chee-Mun Fang (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to stabilized expression plasmid systems. The stabilized expression plasmid systems comprise an expression vector that includes a plasmid maintenance system (PMS) and, optionally, one or both of a polynucleotide encoding a selected antigen under control of a promoter, and a polynucleotide encoding a selectable marker under control of a promoter. The use of the mchI protein as a selectable marker is found in preferred embodiments of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/531714 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728793 | Glenn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Glenn (Palo Alto, California); Nam-Joon Cho (Stanford, California); Curtis W. Frank (Cupertino, California); Kwang Ho Cheong (Yongin-Si, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Glenn (Palo Alto, California); Nam-Joon Cho (Stanford, California); Curtis W. Frank (Cupertino, California); Kwang Ho Cheong (Yongin-Si, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods and compositions that exploit the ability of amphipathic alpha-helical (AH) peptides to cause disruption of lipid-containing vesicles, such as enveloped viruses, in a size-dependent manner. |
| FILED | Monday, July 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/172796 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728806 | Decker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William K. Decker (Houston, Texas); Elizabeth J. Shpall (Houston, Texas); Krishna V. Komanduri (Village of Palmetto Bay, Florida); Dongxia Xing (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William K. Decker (Houston, Texas); Elizabeth J. Shpall (Houston, Texas); Krishna V. Komanduri (Village of Palmetto Bay, Florida); Dongxia Xing (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments of the invention are directed to methods for inducing an immunologic response to a tumor in a patient using mature dendritic cells transfected with a nucleic acid composition encoding one or more tumor antigens and loaded with a corresponding tumor antigen composition. |
| FILED | Friday, December 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/132517 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728810 | Sackstein |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Sackstein (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Robert Sackstein (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Sackstein (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for modifying glycans (e.g., glycans expressed on the surface of live cells or cell particles) are provided herein. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/245136 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1051 (20130101) C12N 2501/58 (20130101) C12N 2506/1369 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728815 | Longo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Valter Longo (Playa del Rey, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Las Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valter Longo (Playa del Rey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods of inducing differential stress resistance in a subject with cancer by starving the subject for a short term, administering a cell growth inhibitor to the subject, or reducing the caloric or glucose intake by the subject. The induced differential stress resistance results in improved resistance to cytotoxicity in normal cells, which, in turn, reduces cytotoxic side-effects due to chemotherapy, as well as improved effectiveness of chemotherapeutic agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/488590 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/384 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728817 | Ogle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy Clinton Ogle (Norfolk, Virginia); Edward A. Botchwey, III (Charlottesville, Virginia); Rebekah A. Neal (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Clinton Ogle (Norfolk, Virginia); Edward A. Botchwey, III (Charlottesville, Virginia); Rebekah A. Neal (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methodologies and parameters for fabrication of the hybrid biomaterial by blending pure laminin or complex extracts of tissues containing laminin with biopolymers such as polycaprolactone (PCL), polylactic/polyglycolic acid copolymer (PLGA) or Polydioxanone (PDO) in fluoroalcohols (HFP, TFA), fabrication of substrates and scaffolds and devices from the hybrid biomaterial in forms such as films, nanofibers by electrospinning or microspheres, and the biological or biomedical use of the material or devices derived from it. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/045095 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/398 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728979 | Gilbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Gilbert (Tallahassee, Florida); Tyrone Ryba (Tallahassee, Florida); Ichiro Hiratani (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Gilbert (Tallahassee, Florida); Tyrone Ryba (Tallahassee, Florida); Ichiro Hiratani (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for identifying and/or distinguishing a homogeneous population of cells based on their replication domain timing profile using high resolution genomic arrays or sequencing procedures are provided. These methods may be used to compare the replication timing profile for a population of cells to another replication timing profile(s), a replication timing fingerprint, and/or one or more informative segments of a replication timing fingerprint, which may be simultaneously or previously determined and/or contained in a database, to determine whether there is a match between them. Based on such information, the identity of the population of cells may be determined, or the identity of the population of cells may be distinguished from other populations of cells or cell types. Methods for determining a replication timing fingerprint for particular cell types are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/200186 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728980 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Wang (La Jolla, California); Zheng Xu (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A peptide microarray comprising a plurality of predicted unique binding peptides being selected by computational prediction of interaction with a protein of interest or a domain thereof. The selected unique binding peptides are pre-synthesized and then printed and/or immobilized onto a solid support surface via N-terminus with a linker. Methods of using the invention peptide microarray for quantitative determination of protein-peptide interaction, epitope mapping, and drug screening are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/666284 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729018 | Chilkoti |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashutosh Chilkoti (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides therapeutic agents and compositions comprising elastic peptides and therapeutic proteins. Such peptides exhibit a flexible, extended conformation. In some embodiments, the therapeutic protein is a GLP-1 receptor agonist (e.g., GLP-1, exendin), insulin, or Factor VII/VIIa, including functional analogs. The present invention further provides encoding polynucleotides, as well as methods of making and using the therapeutic agents. The therapeutic agents have improvements in relation to their use as therapeutics, including, inter alia, one or more of half-life, clearance and/or persistance in the body, solubility, and bioavailability. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/796001 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/11.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729036 | Zamore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Phillip D. Zamore (Northboro, Massachusetts); György Hutvágner (Worcester, Massachusetts); Dianne Schwarz (Worcester, Massachusetts); Guiliang Tang (Worcester, Massachusetts); Benjamin Haley (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip D. Zamore (Northboro, Massachusetts); György Hutvágner (Worcester, Massachusetts); Dianne Schwarz (Worcester, Massachusetts); Guiliang Tang (Worcester, Massachusetts); Benjamin Haley (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions for RNA interference and methods of use thereof. In particular, the invention provides single-stranded small interfering RNAs. Functional and genomic and proteomic methods are featured. Therapeutic methods are also featured. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/638253 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — 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 08729039 | Raz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eyal Raz (Del Mar, California); Mark Roman (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Dynavax Technologies Corp. (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eyal Raz (Del Mar, California); Mark Roman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention consists of oligonucleotides which inhibit the immunostimulatory activity of ISS-ODN (immunostimulatory sequence oligodeoxynucleotides) as well as methods for their identification and use. The oligonucleotides of the invention are useful in controlling therapeutically intended ISS-ODN adjuvant activity as well as undesired ISS-ODN activity exerted by recombinant expression vectors, such as those used for gene therapy and gene immunization. The oligonucleotides of the invention also have anti-inflammatory activity useful in reducing inflammation in response to infection of a host with ISS-ODN containing microbes, in controlling autoimmune disease and in boosting host Th2 type immune responses to an antigen. The invention also encompasses pharmaceutically useful conjugates of the oligonucleotides of the invention (including conjugate partners such as antigens and antibodies). |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/862429 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729041 | Mendell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua T. Mendell (Dallas, Texas); Kathryn A. Mendell (Baltimore, Maryland); Raghu R. Chivukula (Baltimore, Maryland); Erik A. Wentzel (Leesburg, Virginia); Jerry R. Mendell (Columbus, Ohio); K. Reed Clark (Westerville, Ohio); Janaiah Kota (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); Nationwide Children's Hospital, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua T. Mendell (Dallas, Texas); Kathryn A. Mendell (Baltimore, Maryland); Raghu R. Chivukula (Baltimore, Maryland); Erik A. Wentzel (Leesburg, Virginia); Jerry R. Mendell (Columbus, Ohio); K. Reed Clark (Westerville, Ohio); Janaiah Kota (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods featuring miR-26 microRNA polynucleotides for the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of hepatic neoplasia. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/132783 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729044 | Zechiedrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | E. Lynn Zechiedrich (Houston, Texas); Jonathan Fogg (Houston, Texas); Daniel James Catanese, Jr. (Houston, Texas); Erol Bakkalbasi (Houston, Texas); Brian E. Gilbert (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | E. Lynn Zechiedrich (Houston, Texas); Jonathan Fogg (Houston, Texas); Daniel James Catanese, Jr. (Houston, Texas); Erol Bakkalbasi (Houston, Texas); Brian E. Gilbert (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecule compositions comprising MiniVectors™ encoding a nucleic acid sequence and methods of gene therapy using MiniVectors encoding a nucleic acid sequence. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/502162 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729046 | Rogler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leslie E. Rogler (Carmel, New York); Charles E. Rogler (Carmel, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for treating fibrosis of a tissue, including fibrosis of the liver, using combinations of antagomirs and/or locked nucleic acids. Compositions therefor are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/707055 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729048 | Kaufmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott H. Kaufmann (Rochester, Minnesota); Anand G. Patel (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This document provides methods and materials involved in assessing responsiveness to PARP inhibitors and platinating agents. For example, methods and materials for using levels of non-homologous end-joining pathway members (e.g., artemis mRNA or polypeptide levels, Ku80 mRNA or polypeptide levels, or DNA-PKcs mRNA or polypeptide levels) to determine if cancer cells that are homologous recombination-deficient are likely to be susceptible or resistant to PARP inhibitors and platinating agents are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679756 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729053 | Henrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curtis J. Henrich (Rockville, Maryland); Moon-II Kang (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea); Heidi R. Bokesch (Frederick, Maryland); Kirk R. Gustafson (Frederick, Maryland); Nancy H. Colburn (Middletown, Maryland); Matthew R. Young (Ijamsville, Maryland); James B. McMahon (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis J. Henrich (Rockville, Maryland); Moon-II Kang (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea); Heidi R. Bokesch (Frederick, Maryland); Kirk R. Gustafson (Frederick, Maryland); Nancy H. Colburn (Middletown, Maryland); Matthew R. Young (Ijamsville, Maryland); James B. McMahon (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I) a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, hydrate, or solvate thereof. Another embodiment of the invention provides a method of treating or preventing a condition associated with increased expression and/or activity of an NFκB pathway using same compounds. A further embodiment of the invention provides a method of diagnosing a condition in an individual using same compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/120044 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/10 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 309/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 317/32 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729059 | Plemper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard K. Plemper (Decatur, Georgia); James P. Snyder (Atlanta, Georgia); Aiming Sun (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard K. Plemper (Decatur, Georgia); James P. Snyder (Atlanta, Georgia); Aiming Sun (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods for identifying a compound or compounds useful as therapeutic agents in the treatment of paramyxovirus infections, compounds for the treatment of measles, and high throughput screening methods for identifying compounds capable of inhibiting the proliferation of a paramyxovirus. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/526373 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729081 | Wu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jay Jie-Qiang Wu (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VM Discovery Inc. (Fremont, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay Jie-Qiang Wu (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds which antagonize epsilon protein kinase C (PKCε). These compounds have a structural formula (Ia), (Ic) or (II). The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating various diseases, conditions, and/or symptoms by using these compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/123399 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/249 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729088 | Carson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis A. Carson (La Jolla, California); Howard B. Cottam (Escondido, California); Tomoko Hayashi (San Diego, California); Michael Chan (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Carson (La Jolla, California); Howard B. Cottam (Escondido, California); Tomoko Hayashi (San Diego, California); Michael Chan (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are small molecule conjugates that are agonists or antagonists of one or more toll-like receptors. For example, such conjugates include a structure according to Formula I: |
| FILED | Thursday, February 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/704343 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/263.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729103 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland); Mikell A. Paige (Fairfax, Virginia); Yingxian Xiao (Potomac, Maryland); Kenneth J. Kellar (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland); Mikell A. Paige (Fairfax, Virginia); Yingxian Xiao (Potomac, Maryland); Kenneth J. Kellar (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. A second aspect of the invention relates to the use of a compound of the invention for modulation of a mammalian nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/994376 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729107 | Borgens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard B. Borgens (Delphi, Indiana); Riyi Shi (West Lafayette, Indiana); Stephen R. Byrn (West Lafayette, Indiana); Daniel T. Smith (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Borgens (Delphi, Indiana); Riyi Shi (West Lafayette, Indiana); Stephen R. Byrn (West Lafayette, Indiana); Daniel T. Smith (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a novel pyridine, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such pyridine, and the use of such compositions in treating injured mammalian nerve tissue, including but not limited to an injured spinal cord. In at least one embodiment of the method, the method comprises the step of administering to the mammal in need thereof with a pharmaceutical composition, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, comprising 4-aminopyridine-3-methanol. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/878495 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/352 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729128 | Bazan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicolas G. Bazan (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Jiu-Cheng He (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Haydee E. P. Bazan (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicolas G. Bazan (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Jiu-Cheng He (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Haydee E. P. Bazan (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Lipoxin A4 and its analogs have been discovered to promote the cell proliferation of cornea endothelial cells, and thus promote the proper functioning of the labile tissue layer of cornea endothelial cells. These lipoxin compounds can be administered alone or in combination with other known compounds as a solution that can be topically administered to decrease the swelling of the cornea or maintain the clarity of the cornea. Lipoxin A4 or its analogs can also be combined with other known nutritive compounds to form a solution for storage of a cornea prior to transplantation. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/740413 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/573 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729227 | Balasubramaniam |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ambikaipakan Balasubramaniam (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ambikaipakan Balasubramaniam (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to neuropeptide Y (“NPY”) Y4 receptor agonists including pancreatic polypeptide (PP), analogs thereof, and peptide fragments of PP, e.g. PP(32-36), and analogs thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions containing such Y4 receptor agonists, and to methods for treatment of mammals using the same. The NPY Y4 receptor agonists may be administered to mammals either alone or in combination with NPY Y2 receptor agonists including peptide YY (PYY) (3-36), analogs thereof, and to peptide fragments of PYY(3-36), e.g. PYY(22-36) and PYY(25-36), and analogs thereof, such as to control food intake in mammals, blood pressure, cardiovascular response, libido, circadian rhythm, hyperlipidimia, chronic pancreatitis, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/056600 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/329 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729232 | Rush et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason S. Rush (New Haven, Connecticut); Carolyn Bertozzi (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason S. Rush (New Haven, Connecticut); Carolyn Bertozzi (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features compositions and methods for site-specific modification of proteins by incorporation of an aldehyde tag. Enzymatic modification at a sulfatase motif of the aldehyde tag through action of a formylglycine generating enzyme (FGE) generates a formylglycine (FGly) residue. The aldehyde moiety of FGly residue can be exploited as a chemical handle for site-specific attachment of a moiety of interest to a polypeptide. |
| FILED | Friday, March 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/921131 |
| 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 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729233 | Reguera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gemma Reguera (Lansing, Michigan); Stuart Tessmer (Okemos, Michigan); Joshua Veazey (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Sanela Lampa-Pastirk (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gemma Reguera (Lansing, Michigan); Stuart Tessmer (Okemos, Michigan); Joshua Veazey (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Sanela Lampa-Pastirk (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanowire comprising a purified protein filament, such as a pilus, isolated from a bacterium, such as Geobacter sulfurreducens, is provided. Such a purified pilus can contain peptide subunits capable of assembling into the protein filament and establishing an electrical connection with an insoluble electron acceptor. The novel nanowires can be produced via a novel single step. Such nanowires are useful in applications requiring rectifying behavior. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/221459 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729242 | Lancaster et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas M. Lancaster (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Wenyi Cai (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ryan Faucette (Somerville, Massachusetts); Matthew Pecukonis (Salem, Massachusetts); Todd C. Zion (Marblehead, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Smartcells, Inc. (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Lancaster (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Wenyi Cai (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ryan Faucette (Somerville, Massachusetts); Matthew Pecukonis (Salem, Massachusetts); Todd C. Zion (Marblehead, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for reducing the T-cell mitogenicity of lectin compositions are provided. In one aspect this is achieved by chemically modifying mitogenic lectin compositions under optimized conditions. Additionally or alternatively, the reduction in T-cell mitogenicity is achieved by removing unmodified subunits chemically modified mixtures. Modified lectin compositions with reduced T-cell mitogenicity are also provided as are uses of the inventive compositions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/695078 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/396 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729248 | Ren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dejian Ren (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); David Clapham (Wellesley, Massachusetts); David L. Garbers (Denton, Texas); Timothy A. Quill (Grapevine, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dejian Ren (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); David Clapham (Wellesley, Massachusetts); David L. Garbers (Denton, Texas); Timothy A. Quill (Grapevine, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid and protein sequences relating to a cation channel which is sperm-specific (CatSper2) are disclosed. The CatSper2 protein is shown to be specifically expressed in sperm. Nucleic acids, vectors, transformed cells, transgenic animals, polypeptides, and antibodies relating to the CatSper2 gene and protein are disclosed. Also provided are methods of in vitro fertilization and contraception, methods of identifying modulators of CatSper2 activity, methods of genotyping subjects with respect to CatSper2, methods of diagnosing and treating CatSper2-mediated disorders, including infertility, as well as methods of doing business related to CatSper2-mediated disorders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/021474 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/177 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4715 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 530/852 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729258 | Raymond et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Todd M. Corneillie (Campbell, California); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Todd M. Corneillie (Campbell, California); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel class of macrocyclic compounds as well as complexes formed between a metal (e.g., lanthanide) ion and the compounds of the invention. Preferred complexes exhibit high stability as well as high quantum yields of lanthanide ion luminescence in aqueous media without the need for secondary activating agents. Preferred compounds incorporate hydroxy-isophthalamide moieties within their macrocyclic structure and are characterized by surprisingly low, non-specific binding to a variety of polypeptides such as antibodies and proteins as well as high kinetic stability. These characteristics distinguish them from known, open-structured ligands. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/460120 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729270 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marvin J. Miller (Mishiwaka, Indiana); Garrett C. Moraski (South Bend, Indiana); Jonathan Stefely (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marvin J. Miller (Mishiwaka, Indiana); Garrett C. Moraski (South Bend, Indiana); Jonathan Stefely (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments relate to the field of chemistry and biochemistry, and, more specifically, to anti-cancer compounds, synthesis thereof, and methods of using same. Disclosed herein are various heterocyclic compounds and methods of using the novel anti-cancer compounds to inhibit the growth of a cancer cell, for instance a leukemia, non-small cell lung, central nervous system (CNS), skin, ovarian, renal, prostate, breast, or colon cancer cell. Other embodiments include methods of treating cancer in a subject, such as using the disclosed heterocyclic anti-cancer agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/551464 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/268.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729286 | Lippard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen J. Lippard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Justin J. Wilson (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Lippard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Justin J. Wilson (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a platinum(II) compound comprising a beta-diketonate ligand represented by the following general formula: Or general formula: wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl optionally substituted, heteroalkyl optionally substituted, and aryl optionally substituted; R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of ammonia, an optionally substituted heterocycle including at least one nitrogen, and an optionally substituted amine, or R3 and R4 can be joined together to form a bidentate ligand Z and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of O and S, provided at least one of Z and Y is S; and X— is a counterion. These compounds are useful in the treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/468477 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/137 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729466 | Mankos |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marian Mankos (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Electron Optica, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marian Mankos (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment relates to an apparatus for correcting aberrations introduced when an electron lens forms an image of a specimen and simultaneously forming an electron image using electrons with a narrow range of electron energies from an electron beam with a wide range of energies. A first electron beam source is configured to generate a lower energy electron beam, and a second electron beam source is configured to generate a higher energy electron beam. The higher energy beam is passed through a monochromator comprising an energy-dispersive beam separator, an electron mirror and a knife-edge plate that removes both the high and low energy tail from the propagating beam. Both the lower and higher energy electron beams are deflected by an energy-dispersive beam separator towards the specimen and form overlapping illuminating electron beams. An objective lens accelerates the electrons emitted or scattered by the sample. The electron beam leaving the specimen is deflected towards a first electron mirror by an energy-dispersive beam separator, which introduces an angular dispersion that disperses the electron beam according to its energy. A knife-edge plate, located between the beam separator and first electron mirror, is inserted that removes all of the beam with energy larger and smaller than a selected energy and filters the beam according to energy. One or more electron lenses focus the electron beam at the reflection surface of the first electron mirror so that after the reflection and another deflection by the same energy-dispersive beam separator the electron beam dispersion is removed. The dispersion-free and energy-filtered electron beam is then reflected in a second electron mirror which corrects one or more aberrations of the objective lens. After the second reflection, electrons are deflected by the magnetic beam separator towards the projection optics which forms a magnified, aberration-corrected, energy-filtered image on a viewing screen. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/804066 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 37/29 (20130101) H01J 37/153 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729654 | Choong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Woon-Seng Choong (Oakland, California); Stephen E. Holland (Hercules, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to semiconductor photomultipliers. In one aspect, a device includes a p-type semiconductor substrate, the p-type semiconductor substrate having a first side and a second side, the first side of the p-type semiconductor substrate defining a recess, and the second side of the p-type semiconductor substrate being doped with n-type ions. A conductive material is disposed in the recess. A p-type epitaxial layer is disposed on the second side of the p-type semiconductor substrate. The p-type epitaxial layer includes a first region proximate the p-type semiconductor substrate, the first region being implanted with p-type ions at a higher doping level than the p-type epitaxial layer, and a second region disposed on the first region, the second region being doped with p-type ions at a higher doping level than the first region. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/652238 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731272 | Adie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven G. Adie (Urbana, Illinois); Paul Scott Carney (Champaign, Illinois); Stephen A. Boppart (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven G. Adie (Urbana, Illinois); Paul Scott Carney (Champaign, Illinois); Stephen A. Boppart (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for correcting for aberrations in the image or three-dimensional reconstruction of a sampled region obtained by broadband interferometry. The sampled region is illuminated with a broadband beam of light, and light returned from the sample is detected, along with a reference beam, in order to derive an interference signal for pixels of a volume spanned by wavenumber and axes transverse to the beam propagation direction. An optimization procedure is performed with respect to a specified criterion so as to obtain an aberration-corrected image of at least one plane of the sampled region, either in a plane-specific manner or in a space-invariant manner throughout the sampled region. A filter function, which may be derived from the interference signal attendant to irradiating a sparsely distributed plurality of point scatterers, or otherwise, corrects for a detected aberrated point spread function. Methods of the present invention may be used for aberration correction in reading information from an optical data storage medium. |
| FILED | Monday, January 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/996838 |
| 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 08731359 | Craighead et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Watt W. Webb (Ithaca, New York); Huizhong Xu (Fresh Meadows, New York); Pangshun Zhu (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Watt W. Webb (Ithaca, New York); Huizhong Xu (Fresh Meadows, New York); Pangshun Zhu (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical apparatus that provides extraordinary light transmission through a sub-wavelength-sized light transmitting region of the apparatus includes a core region of dielectric material having a complex dielectric constant, ∈1, surrounded by a metallic cladding material having a complex dielectric constant, ∈2, wherein the core region has a maximum dimension, 2a, further wherein 2a is less than λ, where λ is the free-space wavelength of light incident on an input side of the apparatus, and further wherein |∈1| is greater than 0.5|∈2|, ∈1 has a positive real part, and ∈2 has a negative real part, whereby the incident light will be transmitted by and exit the apparatus from an output side with extraordinary transmission. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/980491 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731635 | He |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qiuhong He (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiuhong He (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | System(s) and method(s) for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) are provided. A unified heteronuclear coil system includes a volume coil tuned to detect a first nuclei and a butterfly coil tuned to detect a second nuclei for simultaneous detection of both the first nuclei and the second nuclei signals from human breast tissue and perform MRIS. First nuclei and second nuclei each include 1H, 13C, 31P, 23Na, and 19F. The heteronuclear coil system affords detection of NMR-detectable chemicals specific to cancerous breast tissue to improve breast cancer diagnostic specificity. Adjustment of the heteronuclear coil system to detect various nuclei, combined with a specific pulse excitation sequence, facilitates chemical analysis that provides for chemical discrimination and characterization of compounds present in cancerous and other breast tissue as well as healthy breast physiology. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/266007 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731738 | Agrawal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sunil K. Agrawal (Newark, Delaware); James C. Galloway (Elkton, Maryland); Xi Chen (Newark, Delaware); Christina B. Ragonesi (Newark, Delaware); Sherry Liang (Staten Island, New York); Stephen Dolph (New Carlisle, Indiana); Zachary R. Schoepflin (Centerport, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sunil K. Agrawal (Newark, Delaware); James C. Galloway (Elkton, Maryland); Xi Chen (Newark, Delaware); Christina B. Ragonesi (Newark, Delaware); Sherry Liang (Staten Island, New York); Stephen Dolph (New Carlisle, Indiana); Zachary R. Schoepflin (Centerport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Powered mobility systems and methods are disclosed. A powered mobility system includes a mobile unit, a support frame, a plurality of markers, a motion capture device, and a processor. The mobile unit is operable to move the powered mobility system. The support frame is adapted to support a user. The plurality of markers are configured to be attached to the user. The motion capture device is configured to detect movement of the plurality of markers. The processor is programmed to receive signals from the motion capture device, translate the signals into instructions for moving the mobile unit, and transmit the instructions to the mobile unit. A powered mobility method includes placing a user in a support frame, attaching a plurality of markers to the user, detecting movement of the plurality of the markers, and generating movement of the mobile unit based on the movement of the plurality of the markers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/222437 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — 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 71/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731844 | Herzenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonore A. Herzenberg (Stanford, California); David Rhodes Parks (San Francisco, California); Stephen Meehan (Burnaby, Canada); Wayne A. Moore (San Francisco, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Leonore A. Herzenberg (Stanford, California); David Rhodes Parks (San Francisco, California); Stephen Meehan (Burnaby, Canada); Wayne A. Moore (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a system and method for selecting an optimal multimarker reagent combination for the identification and/or quantification of molecules in or on cells with or without reference to fluorescence or other properties of at least one fluorescent dye or other instrument-measurable atom or molecule associated directly or indirectly with the reagent combination. The method includes specifying, using a computer, a plurality of markers to be detected by a plurality of reagents, generating, using a computer, a plurality of reagent combinations comprising the plurality of reagents to detect the plurality of markers, wherein the reagent combinations are ranked according to at least one user-defined or system-defined criterion, and selecting the optimal reagent combination or providing a rank-ordered list of combinations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/105570 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731880 | Todorov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emanuil V. Todorov (Redmond, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emanuil V. Todorov (Redmond, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for computing the inverse dynamics of multibody systems with contacts are disclosed. Inverse dynamics means computing external forces that cause a system to move along a given trajectory. Such computations have been used routinely for data analysis and control synthesis in the absence of contacts between rigid bodies. The disclosed inverse dynamics methods include the ability to handle contacts. The disclosed methods include the following steps: projecting the discrete-time equations of motion from joint space to contact space; defining the forward dynamics in contact space as the solution to an optimization problem; using the features of this optimization problem to obtain a unique inverse—which turns out to correspond to the solution to a dual optimization problem; solving the latter using standard methods for numerical optimization; projecting the solution from contact space back to joint space and finding the external forces. The corresponding methods for computing forward dynamics are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/232954 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08732712 | Pingali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keshav Kumar Pingali (Austin, Texas); Donald Do Nguyen (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board Of Regents Of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keshav Kumar Pingali (Austin, Texas); Donald Do Nguyen (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods provide a high-level language for generation of a scheduling specification based on a scheduling policy, and synthesis of scheduler based on the scheduling specification. The systems and methods can permit the use of more sophisticated scheduling strategies than those afforded by conventional systems, without requiring the programmer to write explicitly parallel code. In certain embodiments, synthesis of the scheduler includes implementation of at least one rule related to the scheduling specification through definition of one or more workset objects that are concurrent, a workset object of the one or more workset objects having an addition method, a first poll method, and a second poll method. Such poll methods extend the operability of sequential poll methods. The one or more worksets satisfy a condition for correctness that is less stringent than conventional conditions for correctness. |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/154080 |
| ART UNIT | 2199 — 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 08726487 | Briese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Briese (Hinckley, Ohio); John Grismer (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio); Timothy B. McGlinchy (Twinsburg, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GED Integrated Solutions, Inc. (Twinsburg, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Briese (Hinckley, Ohio); John Grismer (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio); Timothy B. McGlinchy (Twinsburg, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention describes a process flow, method and apparatus to assemble triple IG units without contaminating the center glass lite. A non-contact vacuum pad is used to lift a glass lite off from a horizontal or vertical support that conveys it from a glass washer to an assembly station. Each of multiple pads has a capacity to lift approximately seven to ten pounds. Use of multiple pads per glass sheet or lite allows lites having, dimensions up to 70 by 100 inches (assuming glass thickness of one quarter inch) to be assembled. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/765064 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/564.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08726719 | Vass et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arpad A. Vass (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Marcus B. Wise (Kingston, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arpad A. Vass (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Marcus B. Wise (Kingston, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a light weight analyzer, e.g., detector, capable of locating clandestine graves. The detector utilizes the very specific and unique chemicals identified in the database of human decompositional odor. This detector, based on specific chemical compounds found relevant to human decomposition, is the next step forward in clandestine grave detection and will take the guess-work out of current methods using canines and ground-penetrating radar, which have historically been unreliable. The detector is self contained, portable and built for field use. Both visual and auditory cues are provided to the operator. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/848118 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/23.340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08726730 | Nielson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory R. Bogart (Corrales, New Mexico); Eric Langlois (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory R. Bogart (Corrales, New Mexico); Eric Langlois (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A bulk micromachined vibratory gyro in which a proof mass has a bulk substrate thickness for a large mass and high inertial sensitivity. In embodiments, optical displacement transduction is with multi-layer sub-wavelength gratings for high sensitivity and low cross-talk with non-optical drive elements. In embodiments, the vibratory gyro includes a plurality of multi-layer sub-wavelength gratings and a plurality of drive electrodes to measure motion of the proof mass induced by drive forces and/or moments and induced by the Coriolis Effect when the gyro experiences a rotation. In embodiments, phase is varied across the plurality gratings and a multi-layer grating having the best performance is selected from the plurality. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/325683 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/504.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08727024 | Decker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Decker (Reno, Nevada); Brad F. Lyles (Reno, Nevada); Richard G. Purcell (Reno, Nevada); Ronald Lee Hershey (Reno, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the Desert Research Institute (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Decker (Reno, Nevada); Brad F. Lyles (Reno, Nevada); Richard G. Purcell (Reno, Nevada); Ronald Lee Hershey (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for supporting a tubing bundle during installation or removal. The apparatus includes a clamp for securing the tubing bundle to an external wireline. The method includes deploying the tubing bundle and wireline together, The tubing bundle is periodically secured to the wireline using a clamp. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/706630 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/385 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08727129 — Microfluidic ultrasonic particle separators with engineered node locations and geometries
| US 08727129 | Rose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Klint A. Rose (Alviso, California); Karl A. Fisher (Brentwood, California); Douglas A. Wajda (Urbana, Illinois); Raymond P. Mariella, Jr. (Danville, California); Christopher Bailey (Pleasanton, California); Dietrich Dehlinger (Dublin, California); Maxim Shusteff (Oakland, California); Byoungsok Jung (Palo Alto, California); Kevin D. Ness (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Klint A. Rose (Alviso, California); Karl A. Fisher (Brentwood, California); Douglas A. Wajda (Urbana, Illinois); Raymond P. Mariella, Jr. (Danville, California); Christopher Bailey (Pleasanton, California); Dietrich Dehlinger (Dublin, California); Maxim Shusteff (Oakland, California); Byoungsok Jung (Palo Alto, California); Kevin D. Ness (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasonic microfluidic system includes a separation channel for conveying a sample fluid containing small particles and large particles, flowing substantially parallel, adjacent to a recovery fluid, with which it is in contact. An acoustic transducer produces an ultrasound standing wave, that generates a pressure field having at least one node of minimum pressure amplitude. An acoustic extension structure is located proximate to said separation channel for positioning said acoustic node off center in said acoustic area and concentrating the large particles in said recovery fluid stream. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/571640 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08727730 | Liotta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary Charles Liotta (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Andres Garcia-Crespo (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Charles Liotta (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Andres Garcia-Crespo (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite turbine blade assembly includes a ceramic blade including an airfoil portion, a shank portion and an attachment portion; and a transition assembly adapted to attach the ceramic blade to a turbine disk or rotor, the transition assembly including first and second transition components clamped together, trapping said ceramic airfoil therebetween. Interior surfaces of the first and second transition portions are formed to mate with the shank portion and the attachment portion of the ceramic blade, and exterior surfaces of said first and second transition components are formed to include an attachment feature enabling the transition assembly to be attached to the turbine rotor or disk. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/754689 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/193.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728174 | Meinhardt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kerry D. Meinhardt (Richland, Washington); Vincent L. Sprenkle (Richland, Washington); Gregory W. Coffey (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kerry D. Meinhardt (Richland, Washington); Vincent L. Sprenkle (Richland, Washington); Gregory W. Coffey (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The approaches for fabricating cathodes can be adapted to improve control over cathode composition and to better accommodate batteries of any shape and their assembly. For example, a first solid having an alkali metal halide, a second solid having a transition metal, and a third solid having an alkali metal aluminum halide are combined into a mixture. The mixture can be heated in a vacuum to a temperature that is greater than or equal to the melting point of the third solid. When the third solid is substantially molten liquid, the mixture is compressed into a desired cathode shape and then cooled to solidify the mixture in the desired cathode shape. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/069694 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/623.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728202 | Repasky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Michael Repasky (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Michael Francis Carolan (Allentown, Pennsylvania); VanEric Edward Stein (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Christopher Ming-Poh Chen (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Michael Repasky (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Michael Francis Carolan (Allentown, Pennsylvania); VanEric Edward Stein (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Christopher Ming-Poh Chen (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Ion transport membrane oxidation system comprising (a) two or more membrane oxidation stages, each stage comprising a reactant zone, an oxidant zone, one or more ion transport membranes separating the reactant zone from the oxidant zone, a reactant gas inlet region, a reactant gas outlet region, an oxidant gas inlet region, and an oxidant gas outlet region; (b) an interstage reactant gas flow path disposed between each pair of membrane oxidation stages and adapted to place the reactant gas outlet region of a first stage of the pair in flow communication with the reactant gas inlet region of a second stage of the pair; and (c) one or more reactant interstage feed gas lines, each line being in flow communication with any interstage reactant gas flow path or with the reactant zone of any membrane oxidation stage receiving interstage reactant gas. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/551013 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728290 | Sommer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory J. Sommer (Livermore, California); Anson V. Hatch (Tracy, California); Anup K. Singh (Danville, California); Ying-Chih Wang (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a novel microfluidic device enabling on-chip implementation of a two-dimensional separation methodology. Previously disclosed microscale immobilized pH gradients (IPG) are combined with perpendicular polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) microchannels to achieve orthogonal separations of biological samples. Device modifications enable inclusion of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in the second dimension. The device can be fabricated to use either continuous IPG gels, or the microscale isoelectric fractionation membranes we have also previously disclosed, for the first dimension. The invention represents the first all-gel two-dimensional separation microdevice, with significantly higher resolution power over existing devices. |
| FILED | Friday, November 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/667254 |
| 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 27/44747 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728433 | Sutter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Werner Sutter (Westhampton Beach, New York); Eli Anguelova Sutter (Westhampton Beach, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Werner Sutter (Westhampton Beach, New York); Eli Anguelova Sutter (Westhampton Beach, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming and processing of graphene is disclosed based on exposure and selective intercalation of the partially graphene-covered metal substrate with atomic or molecular intercalation species such as oxygen (O2) and nitrogen oxide (NO2). The process of intercalation lifts the strong metal-carbon coupling and restores the characteristic Dirac behavior of isolated monolayer graphene. The interface of graphene with metals or metal-decorated substrates also provides for controlled chemical reactions based on novel functionality of the confined space between a metal surface and a graphene sheet. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/468592 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/460 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728566 | O'Bryan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory O'Bryan (Livermore, California); Jack L. Skinner (Brentwood, California); Andrew Vance (Livermore, California); Elaine Lai Yang (Dublin, California); Thomas Zifer (Manteca, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory O'Bryan (Livermore, California); Jack L. Skinner (Brentwood, California); Andrew Vance (Livermore, California); Elaine Lai Yang (Dublin, California); Thomas Zifer (Manteca, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method of making a composite polymeric material by dissolving a vinyl thermoplastic polymer, un-functionalized carbon nanotubes and hydroxylated carbon nanotubes and optionally additives in a solvent to make a solution and removing at least a portion of the solvent after casting onto a substrate to make thin films. The material has enhanced conductivity properties due to the blending of the un-functionalized and hydroxylated carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/223726 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728679 | Zhamu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrically conductive laminate composition for fuel cell flow field plate or bipolar plate applications. The laminate composition comprises at least a thin metal sheet having two opposed exterior surfaces and a first exfoliated graphite composite sheet bonded to the first of the two exterior surfaces of the metal sheet wherein the exfoliated graphite composite sheet comprises: (a) expanded or exfoliated graphite and (b) a binder or matrix material to bond the expanded graphite for forming a cohered sheet, wherein the binder or matrix material is between 3% and 60% by weight based on the total weight of the first exfoliated graphite composite sheet. Preferably, the first exfoliated graphite composite sheet further comprises particles of non-expandable graphite or carbon in the amount of between 3% and 60% by weight based on the total weight of the non-expandable particles and the expanded graphite. Further preferably, the laminate comprises a second exfoliated graphite composite sheet bonded to the second surface of the metal sheet to form a three-layer laminate. Surface flow channels and other desired geometric features can be built onto the exterior surfaces of the laminate to form a flow field plate or bipolar plate. The resulting laminate has an exceptionally high thickness-direction conductivity and excellent resistance to gas permeation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/807379 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/457 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728719 | Bayramian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andy J. Bayramian (Manteca, California); Christopher A. Ebbers (Pleasanton, California); Diana C. Chen (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andy J. Bayramian (Manteca, California); Christopher A. Ebbers (Pleasanton, California); Diana C. Chen (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing a plurality of diffractive optical elements includes providing a partially transmissive slide, providing a first piece of PTR glass, and directing first UV radiation through the partially transmissive slide to impinge on the first piece of PTR glass. The method also includes exposing predetermined portions of the first piece of PTR glass to the first UV radiation and thermally treating the exposed first piece of PTR glass. The method further includes providing a second piece of PTR glass and directing second UV radiation through the thermally treated first piece of PTR glass to impinge on the second piece of PTR glass. The method additionally includes exposing predetermined portions of the second piece of PTR glass to the second UV radiation, thermally treating the exposed second piece of PTR glass, and repeating providing and processing of the second piece of PTR glass using additional pieces of PTR glass. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/544161 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/0922 (20130101) G02B 27/0927 (20130101) G02B 27/0961 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728733 | Dunn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Dunn (Bellport, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Dunn (Bellport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for analyzing the organismic complexity of a sample through analysis of the nucleic acid in the sample. In the disclosed method, through a series of steps, including digestion with a type II restriction enzyme, ligation of capture adapters and linkers and digestion with a type IIS restriction enzyme, genome signature tags are produced. The sequences of a statistically significant number of the signature tags are determined and the sequences are used to identify and quantify the organisms in the sample. Various embodiments of the invention described herein include methods for using single point genome signature tags to analyze the related families present in a sample, methods for analyzing sequences associated with hyper- and hypo-methylated CpG islands, methods for visualizing organismic complexity change in a sampling location over time and methods for generating the genome signature tag profile of a sample of fragmented DNA. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/926203 |
| 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 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728803 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Brady D. Lee (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Francisco F. Roberto (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Brady D. Lee (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Francisco F. Roberto (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods for modulating or altering metabolism in a cell using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/380551 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728857 | Nielson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jose Luis Cruz-Campa (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Paul J. Resnick (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A photovoltaic solar cell for generating electricity from sunlight is disclosed. The photovoltaic solar cell comprises a plurality of spaced-apart point contact junctions formed in a semiconductor body to receive the sunlight and generate the electricity therefrom, the plurality of spaced-apart point contact junctions having a first plurality of regions having a first doping type and a second plurality of regions having a second doping type. In addition, the photovoltaic solar cell comprises a first electrical contact electrically connected to each of the first plurality of regions and a second electrical contact electrically connected to each of the second plurality of regions, as well as a passivation layer covering major surfaces and sidewalls of the photovoltaic solar cell. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/089011 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729012 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Soo-Kwan Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Oleg Gang (Setauket, New York); Daniel van der Lelie (Shoreham, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Soo-Kwan Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Oleg Gang (Setauket, New York); Daniel van der Lelie (Shoreham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the use of peptides, proteins, and other oligomers to provide a means by which normally quenched nanoparticle fluorescence may be recovered upon detection of a target molecule. Further, the inventive technology provides a structure and method to carry out detection of target molecules without the need to label the target molecules before detection. In another aspect, a method for forming arbitrarily shaped two- and three-dimensional protein-mediated nanoparticle structures and the resulting structures are described. Proteins mediating structure formation may themselves be functionalized with a variety of useful moieties, including catalytic functional groups. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/995919 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729256 | Moliner-Marin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Manuel Moliner-Marin (Valencia, Spain); Yuriy Roman-Leshkov (Somerville, Massachusetts); Mark E. Davis (Pasadena, California); Eranda Nikolla (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manuel Moliner-Marin (Valencia, Spain); Yuriy Roman-Leshkov (Somerville, Massachusetts); Mark E. Davis (Pasadena, California); Eranda Nikolla (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are processes for isomerizing saccharides. Also disclosed are processes for converting saccharides to furan derivatives. Also disclosed are processes for converting starch to furan derivatives. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/007389 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729258 | Raymond et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Todd M. Corneillie (Campbell, California); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Todd M. Corneillie (Campbell, California); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel class of macrocyclic compounds as well as complexes formed between a metal (e.g., lanthanide) ion and the compounds of the invention. Preferred complexes exhibit high stability as well as high quantum yields of lanthanide ion luminescence in aqueous media without the need for secondary activating agents. Preferred compounds incorporate hydroxy-isophthalamide moieties within their macrocyclic structure and are characterized by surprisingly low, non-specific binding to a variety of polypeptides such as antibodies and proteins as well as high kinetic stability. These characteristics distinguish them from known, open-structured ligands. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/460120 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729381 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peidong Yang (Kensington, California); Arunava Majumdar (Orinda, California); Allon I. Hochbaum (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Renkun Chen (San Diego, California); Raul Diaz Delgado (Mostoles, Spain) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peidong Yang (Kensington, California); Arunava Majumdar (Orinda, California); Allon I. Hochbaum (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Renkun Chen (San Diego, California); Raul Diaz Delgado (Mostoles, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for a nanostructure, or an array of such nanostructures, each comprising a rough surface, and a doped or undoped semiconductor. The nanostructure is an one-dimensional (1-D) nanostructure, such a nanowire, or a two-dimensional (2-D) nanostructure. The nanostructure can be placed between two electrodes and used for thermoelectric power generation or thermoelectric cooling. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/673366 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729524 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Matthew Meitl (Durham, North Carolina); Yugang Sun (Naperville, Illinois); Heung Cho Ko (Gwangju, South Korea); Andrew Carlson (Urbana, Illinois); Won Mook Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea); Mark Stoykovich (Dover, New Hampshire); Hanqing Jiang (Chandler, Arizona); Yonggang Huang (Glencoe, Illinois); Ralph G. Nuzzo (Champaign, Illinois); Zhengtao Zhu (Rapid City, South Dakota); Etienne Menard (Durham, North Carolina); Dahl-Young Khang (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Matthew Meitl (Durham, North Carolina); Yugang Sun (Naperville, Illinois); Heung Cho Ko (Gwangju, South Korea); Andrew Carlson (Urbana, Illinois); Won Mook Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea); Mark Stoykovich (Dover, New Hampshire); Hanqing Jiang (Chandler, Arizona); Yonggang Huang (Glencoe, Illinois); Ralph G. Nuzzo (Champaign, Illinois); Zhengtao Zhu (Rapid City, South Dakota); Etienne Menard (Durham, North Carolina); Dahl-Young Khang (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | In an aspect, the present invention provides stretchable, and optionally printable, components such as semiconductors and electronic circuits capable of providing good performance when stretched, compressed, flexed or otherwise deformed, and related methods of making or tuning such stretchable components. Stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits preferred for some applications are flexible, in addition to being stretchable, and thus are capable of significant elongation, flexing, bending or other deformation along one or more axes. Further, stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits of the present invention are adapted to a wide range of device configurations to provide fully flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441598 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729654 | Choong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Woon-Seng Choong (Oakland, California); Stephen E. Holland (Hercules, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to semiconductor photomultipliers. In one aspect, a device includes a p-type semiconductor substrate, the p-type semiconductor substrate having a first side and a second side, the first side of the p-type semiconductor substrate defining a recess, and the second side of the p-type semiconductor substrate being doped with n-type ions. A conductive material is disposed in the recess. A p-type epitaxial layer is disposed on the second side of the p-type semiconductor substrate. The p-type epitaxial layer includes a first region proximate the p-type semiconductor substrate, the first region being implanted with p-type ions at a higher doping level than the p-type epitaxial layer, and a second region disposed on the first region, the second region being doped with p-type ions at a higher doping level than the first region. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/652238 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729656 | Hull et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ethan Hull (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Richard Pehl (Raymond, Washington); Bruce Suttle (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); James Lathrop (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ethan Hull (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Richard Pehl (Raymond, Washington); Bruce Suttle (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); James Lathrop (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A germanium semiconductor radiation detector contact made of yttrium metal. A thin (˜1000 Å) deposited layer of yttrium metal forms a thin hole-barrier and/or electron-barrier contact on both p- and n-type germanium semiconductor radiation detectors. Yttrium contacts provide a sufficiently high hole barrier to prevent measurable contact leakage current below ˜120 K. The yttrium contacts can be conveniently segmented into multiple electrically independent electrodes having inter-electrode resistances greater than 10 GΩ. Germanium semiconductor radiation detector diodes fabricated with yttrium contacts provide good gamma-ray spectroscopy data. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/068811 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/459 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729673 | Okandan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A structured wafer that includes through passages is used for device processing. Each of the through passages extends from or along one surface of the structured wafer and forms a pattern on a top surface area of the structured wafer. The top surface of the structured wafer is bonded to a device layer via a release layer. Devices are processed on the device layer, and are released from the structured wafer using etchant. The through passages within the structured wafer allow the etchant to access the release layer to thereby remove the release layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/239181 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/618 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729798 | Oh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jihun Oh (Lakewood, Colorado); Howard M. Branz (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jihun Oh (Lakewood, Colorado); Howard M. Branz (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of anti-reflective nanoporous silicon for efficient hydrogen production by photoelectrolysis of water. A nanoporous black Si is disclosed as an efficient photocathode for H2 production from water splitting half-reaction. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/284861 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/542 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729799 | Terdik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Z. Terdik (Chicago, Illinois); Linda Spentzouris (Naperville, Illinois); Jeffrey H. Terry, Jr. (Hammond, Indiana); Katherine C. Harkay (Lemont, Illinois); Karoly Nemeth (Darien, Hungary); George Srajer (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Z. Terdik (Chicago, Illinois); Linda Spentzouris (Naperville, Illinois); Jeffrey H. Terry, Jr. (Hammond, Indiana); Katherine C. Harkay (Lemont, Illinois); Karoly Nemeth (Darien, Hungary); George Srajer (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A low-workfunction photocathode includes a photoemissive material employed as a coating on the photocathode. The photoemissive material includes AnMC2, where A is a first metal element, the first element is an alkali metal, an alkali-earth element or the element Al; n is an integer that is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; M is a second metal element, the second metal element is a transition metal or a metal stand-in; and C2 is the acetylide ion C22−. The photoemissive material includes a crystalline structure or non-crystalline structure of rod-like or curvy 1-dimensional polymeric substructures with MC2 repeating units embedded in a matrix of A. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/688605 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/542 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729806 | Kwan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joe Kwan (Castro Valley, California); Qing Ji (Albany, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joe Kwan (Castro Valley, California); Qing Ji (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel ion source is described having an improved lifetime. The ion source, in one embodiment, is a proton source, including an external RF antenna mounted to an RF window. To prevent backstreaming electrons formed in the beam column from striking the RF window, a back streaming electron dump is provided, which in one embodiment is formed of a cylindrical tube, open at one end to the ion source chamber and capped at its other end by a metal plug. The plug, maintained at the same electrical potential as the source, captures these backstreaming electrons, and thus prevents localized heating of the window, which due to said heating, might otherwise cause window damage. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/014956 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/111.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729996 | Ludtka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerard M. Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Gail M. Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); John B. Wilgen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Bart L. Murphy (Friendsville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard M. Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Gail M. Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); John B. Wilgen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Bart L. Murphy (Friendsville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A carriage for high magnetic field environments includes a first work-piece holding means for holding a first work-piece, the first work-piece holding means being disposed in an operable relationship with a work-piece processing magnet having a magnetic field strength of at least 1 Tesla. The first work-piece holding means is further disposed in operable connection with a second work-piece holding means for holding a second work-piece so that, as the first work-piece is inserted into the magnetic field, the second work-piece is simultaneously withdrawn from the magnetic field, so that an attractive magnetic force imparted on the first work-piece offsets a resistive magnetic force imparted on the second work-piece. |
| FILED | Monday, December 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/329373 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/15341 (20130101) H01F 7/0242 (20130101) H01F 13/00 (20130101) H01F 13/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 13/006 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08730085 | Paglieroni et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. Paglieroni (Pleasanton, California); N. Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Paglieroni (Pleasanton, California); N. Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting the presence of subsurface objects within a medium is provided. In some embodiments, the imaging and detection system operates in a multistatic mode to collect radar return signals generated by an array of transceiver antenna pairs that is positioned across the surface and that travels down the surface. The imaging and detection system pre-processes the return signal to suppress certain undesirable effects. The imaging and detection system then generates synthetic aperture radar images from real aperture radar images generated from the pre-processed return signal. The imaging and detection system then post-processes the synthetic aperture radar images to improve detection of subsurface objects. The imaging and detection system identifies peaks in the energy levels of the post-processed image frame, which indicates the presence of a subsurface object. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/219466 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08730562 | Tauke-Pedretti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anna Tauke-Pedretti (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Erik J. Skogen (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory A. Vawter (Corrales, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna Tauke-Pedretti (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Erik J. Skogen (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory A. Vawter (Corrales, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical sampler includes a first and second 1×n optical beam splitters splitting an input optical sampling signal and an optical analog input signal into n parallel channels, respectively, a plurality of optical delay elements providing n parallel delayed input optical sampling signals, n photodiodes converting the n parallel optical analog input signals into n respective electrical output signals, and n optical modulators modulating the input optical sampling signal or the optical analog input signal by the respective electrical output signals, and providing n successive optical samples of the optical analog input signal. A plurality of output photodiodes and eADCs convert the n successive optical samples to n successive digital samples. The optical modulator may be a photodiode interconnected Mach-Zehnder Modulator. A method of sampling the optical analog input signal is disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/292861 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731010 | Messerly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Messerly (Danville, California); Jay W. Dawson (Livermore, California); Raymond J. Beach (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Messerly (Danville, California); Jay W. Dawson (Livermore, California); Raymond J. Beach (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Architectures for coherently combining an array of fiber-based lasers are provided. By matching their lengths to within a few integer multiples of a wavelength, the spatial and temporal properties of a single large laser are replicated, while extending the average or peak pulsed power limit. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/073801 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731027 | Moradi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hussein Moradi (Ammon, Idaho); Behrouz Farhang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Carl A. Kutsche (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hussein Moradi (Ammon, Idaho); Behrouz Farhang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Carl A. Kutsche (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A transmitter includes a synthesis filter bank to spread a data symbol to a plurality of frequencies by encoding the data symbol on each frequency, apply a common pulse-shaping filter, and apply gains to the frequencies such that a power level of each frequency is less than a noise level of other communication signals within the spectrum. Each frequency is modulated onto a different evenly spaced subcarrier. A demodulator in a receiver converts a radio frequency input to a spread-spectrum signal in a baseband. A matched filter filters the spread-spectrum signal with a common filter having characteristics matched to the synthesis filter bank in the transmitter by filtering each frequency to generate a sequence of narrow pulses. A carrier recovery unit generates control signals responsive to the sequence of narrow pulses suitable for generating a phase-locked loop between the demodulator, the matched filter, and the carrier recovery unit. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/311357 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/143 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08732229 | Blocksome et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Sameer Kumar (White Plains, New York); Jeffrey J. Parker (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Sameer Kumar (White Plains, New York); Jeffrey J. Parker (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Completion processing of data communications instructions in a distributed computing environment, including receiving, in an active messaging interface (‘AMI’) data communications instructions, at least one instruction specifying a callback function; injecting into an injection FIFO buffer of a data communication adapter, an injection descriptor, each slot in the injection FIFO buffer having a corresponding slot in a pending callback list; listing in the pending callback list any callback function specified by an instruction, incrementing a pending callback counter for each listed callback function; transferring payload data as per each injection descriptor, incrementing a transfer counter upon completion of each transfer; determining from counter values whether the pending callback list presently includes callback functions whose data transfers have been completed; calling by the AMI any such callback functions from the pending callback list, decrementing the pending callback counter for each callback function called. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/985611 |
| ART UNIT | 2457 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08732592 | Nielsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curtis W. Nielsen (Rexburg, Idaho); Matthew O. Anderson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Mark D. McKay (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Derek C. Wadsworth (Rexburg, Idaho); Jodie R. Boyce (Rigby, Idaho); Ryan C. Hruska (Idaho Falls, Idaho); John A. Koudelka (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jonathon Whetten (Provo, Utah); David J. Bruemmer (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis W. Nielsen (Rexburg, Idaho); Matthew O. Anderson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Mark D. McKay (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Derek C. Wadsworth (Rexburg, Idaho); Jodie R. Boyce (Rigby, Idaho); Ryan C. Hruska (Idaho Falls, Idaho); John A. Koudelka (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jonathon Whetten (Provo, Utah); David J. Bruemmer (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods relating to an augmented virtuality system are disclosed. A method of operating an augmented virtuality system may comprise displaying imagery of a real-world environment in an operating picture. The method may further include displaying a plurality of virtual icons in the operating picture representing at least some assets of a plurality of assets positioned in the real-world environment. Additionally, the method may include displaying at least one virtual item in the operating picture representing data sensed by one or more of the assets of the plurality of assets and remotely controlling at least one asset of the plurality of assets by interacting with a virtual icon associated with the at least one asset. |
| FILED | Monday, June 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/480459 |
| ART UNIT | 2175 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/757 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08732725 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Douglas R. Miller (Albert Lea, Minnesota); Jeffrey J. Parker (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Douglas R. Miller (Albert Lea, Minnesota); Jeffrey J. Parker (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A parallel computer includes nodes, each having main memory and a messaging unit (MU). Each MU includes computer memory, which in turn includes, MU message buffers. Each MU message buffer is associated with an uninitialized process on the compute node. In the parallel computer, managing internode data communications for an uninitialized process includes: receiving, by an MU of a compute node, one or more data communications messages in an MU message buffer associated with an uninitialized process on the compute node; determining, by an application agent, that the MU message buffer associated with the uninitialized process is full prior to initialization of the uninitialized process; establishing, by the application agent, a temporary message buffer for the uninitialized process in main computer memory; and moving, by the application agent, data communications messages from the MU message buffer associated with the uninitialized process to the temporary message buffer in main computer memory. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/292293 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/317 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08732726 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Douglas R. Miller (Albert Lea, Minnesota); Jeffrey J. Parker (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Seattle, Washington); Brian E. Smith (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A parallel computer includes nodes, each having main memory and a messaging unit (MU). Each MU includes computer memory, which in turn includes, MU message buffers. Each MU message buffer is associated with an uninitialized process on the compute node. In the parallel computer, managing internode data communications for an uninitialized process includes: receiving, by an MU of a compute node, one or more data communications messages in an MU message buffer associated with an uninitialized process on the compute node; determining, by an application agent, that the MU message buffer associated with the uninitialized process is full prior to initialization of the uninitialized process; establishing, by the application agent, a temporary message buffer for the uninitialized process in main computer memory; and moving, by the application agent, data communications messages from the MU message buffer associated with the uninitialized process to the temporary message buffer in main computer memory. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/710066 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/317 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Abbott (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Abbott (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for clamping one or more cables is provided comprising a first component and a second component, wherein the first and second components each have a main body, a cut out region, and a connector region; and wherein the two components are removably coupled by connecting together their respective connector and cut out regions. The clamping force to the cables can be determined solely by finger pressure, which permits the user to have excellent tactile feedback to safely clamp a cable bundle. The apparatus is compatible with mass production injection molding and can be used for applications requiring UHV compatibility. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/835577 |
| ART UNIT | 3631 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports 248/74.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728499 | Zawko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Zawko (Austin, Texas); Christine Schmidt (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Zawko (Austin, Texas); Christine Schmidt (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a hydrogel and a method of making a porous hydrogel by preparing an aqueous mixture of an uncrosslinked polymer and a crystallizable molecule; casting the mixture into a vessel; allowing the cast mixture to dry to form an amorphous hydrogel film; seeding the cast mixture with a seed crystal of the crystallizable molecule; growing the crystallizable molecule into a crystal structure within the uncrosslinked polymer; crosslinking the polymer around the crystal structure under conditions in which the crystal structure within the crosslinked polymer is maintained; and dissolving the crystals within the crosslinked polymer to form the porous hydrogel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/909707 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728720 | Hwang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Jen Hwang (Albany, California); Costas P. Grigoropoulos (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Jen Hwang (Albany, California); Costas P. Grigoropoulos (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of producing a nanostructure in a target film are provided. The method includes selectively irradiating at least one focusing element of a near-field focusing array that is in near-field focusing relationship with a target film in a manner sufficient to produce a nanostructure from the target film. Also provided are systems for practicing methods of the invention, as well as objects produced thereby. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/156221 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/322 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728784 | Turner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin T. Turner (Madison, Wisconsin); Kevin V. Christ (Madison, Wisconsin); Justin Willians (Cambridge, Wisconsin); Pedro J. Resto (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin T. Turner (Madison, Wisconsin); Kevin V. Christ (Madison, Wisconsin); Justin Willians (Cambridge, Wisconsin); Pedro J. Resto (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for fluid flow containment in an open liquid environment at least partially defined by a surface. The method includes the step of positioning a microfluidic device over the surface. The microfluidic device defines a chamber having a height. A flow of fluid is applied in the chamber. The pressure of the flow of fluid is monitored and the height of the chamber is determined from the measured pressure of the flow of fluid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/774417 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/173.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728807 | Forgacs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabor Forgacs (Potsdam, New York); Francoise Suzanne Marga (Columbia, Missouri); Cyrille Norotte (Paris, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabor Forgacs (Potsdam, New York); Francoise Suzanne Marga (Columbia, Missouri); Cyrille Norotte (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | Structures and methods for tissue engineering include a multicellular body including a plurality of living cells. A plurality of multicellular bodies can be arranged in a pattern and allowed to fuse to form an engineered tissue. The arrangement can include filler bodies including a biocompatible material that resists migration and ingrowth of cells from the multicellular bodies and that is resistant to adherence of cells to it. Three-dimensional constructs can be assembled by printing or otherwise stacking the multicellular bodies and filler bodies such that there is direct contact between adjoining multicellular bodies, suitably along a contact area that has a substantial length. The direct contact between the multicellular bodies promotes efficient and reliable fusion. The increased contact area between adjoining multicellular bodies also promotes efficient and reliable fusion. Methods of producing multicellular bodies having characteristics that facilitate assembly of the three-dimensional constructs are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/402215 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728817 | Ogle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy Clinton Ogle (Norfolk, Virginia); Edward A. Botchwey, III (Charlottesville, Virginia); Rebekah A. Neal (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Clinton Ogle (Norfolk, Virginia); Edward A. Botchwey, III (Charlottesville, Virginia); Rebekah A. Neal (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methodologies and parameters for fabrication of the hybrid biomaterial by blending pure laminin or complex extracts of tissues containing laminin with biopolymers such as polycaprolactone (PCL), polylactic/polyglycolic acid copolymer (PLGA) or Polydioxanone (PDO) in fluoroalcohols (HFP, TFA), fabrication of substrates and scaffolds and devices from the hybrid biomaterial in forms such as films, nanofibers by electrospinning or microspheres, and the biological or biomedical use of the material or devices derived from it. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/045095 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/398 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728993 | Sawyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Gregory Sawyer (Gainesville, Florida); David L. Burris (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A PTFE-based composite material includes a PTFE major phase filled with a metal oxide minor phase. The major phase is intermixed with the metal oxide minor phase, wherein the minor phase includes a plurality of irregularly shaped metal oxide nanoparticles. The irregularly shaped nanoparticles provide substantial reductions in steady state wear rate over otherwise similar nanocomposites. The metal oxide can comprise aluminum oxide. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/739038 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid anti-friction devices, materials therefor, lubricant or separant compositions for moving solid surfaces, and miscellaneous mineral oil compositions 58/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729223 | Torkelson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Torkelson (Skokie, Illinois); Cynthia Pierre (Chicago, Illinois); Amanda Flores (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Solid-state shear pulverization of semi-crystalline polymers and copolymers thereof and related methods for enhanced crystallization kinetics and physical/mechanical properties. |
| FILED | Monday, April 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/854558 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/502.F00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729233 | Reguera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gemma Reguera (Lansing, Michigan); Stuart Tessmer (Okemos, Michigan); Joshua Veazey (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Sanela Lampa-Pastirk (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gemma Reguera (Lansing, Michigan); Stuart Tessmer (Okemos, Michigan); Joshua Veazey (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Sanela Lampa-Pastirk (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanowire comprising a purified protein filament, such as a pilus, isolated from a bacterium, such as Geobacter sulfurreducens, is provided. Such a purified pilus can contain peptide subunits capable of assembling into the protein filament and establishing an electrical connection with an insoluble electron acceptor. The novel nanowires can be produced via a novel single step. Such nanowires are useful in applications requiring rectifying behavior. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/221459 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729495 | Hau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lene V. Hau (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Anne Goodsell (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lene V. Hau (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Anne Goodsell (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Suspended nanotubes are used to capture and ionize neutral chemical units, such as individual atoms, molecules, and condensates, with excellent efficiency and sensitivity. Applying a voltage to the nanotube(s) (with respect to a grounding surface) creates an attractive potential between a polarizable neutral chemical unit and the nanotube that varies as 1/r2, where r is the unit's distance from the nanotube. An atom approaching the nanotube with a sub-threshold angular momentum is captured by the potential and eventually spirals towards the nanotube. The atom ionizes as in comes into close proximity with a sidewall of the nanotube, creating an ion whose polarity matches the polarity of the electric potential of the nanotube. Repulsive forces eject the ion, which can be detected more easily than a neutral chemical unit. Suspended nanotubes can be used to detect small numbers of neutral chemical units (e.g., single atoms) for applications in sensing and interferometry. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/636935 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/423.F00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729502 | Klotzkin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Klotzkin (Vestal, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Klotzkin (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidics has made great progress in integrating many aspects of biological analysis and testing into the microscale. One aspect which has proven challenging to miniaturize has been fluorescence testing, as a complete fluorescence system requires an integrated light source, detector and filters to filter out the excitation light (from the light source) from the detector. Here we demonstrate that with polarization filtering of the excitation light and multiple dye sources modulated at different frequencies, a high-sensitivity, multi-dye system with one detector can be realized. Simultaneous detection and quantition of a mixture of two different dyes is demonstrated with no physical change in the measurement setup. The degree of interaction of the dyes is measured. This system is readily adaptable to integrated lab-on-a-chip microfluorescence. |
| FILED | Friday, October 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/279083 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/458.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08730154 | Dean et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth A. Dean (Phoenix, Arizona); Jason C. Heikenfeld (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gamma Dynamics LLC (Cincinnati, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A. Dean (Phoenix, Arizona); Jason C. Heikenfeld (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A device, an electrode configuration and a sequence for activating those electrodes for the purpose of switching device states quickly with minimum flicker during bi-stable image reset. The disclosure addresses the constraints of electrofluidic technology: 1) the polar fluid can be attracted to a position with voltage, but it cannot be repelled, and 2) because the polar fluid translates, changing its area against an electrode and thereby changing the capacitance, the time to discharge the capacitor formed by area contact with a polar fluid is significantly smaller than the time to charge a capacitor, which requires translation of the fluid. Setting the grayscale is based on discharging, not charging, when possible. In addition, the use of pixel-level partial reset states reduces the appearance of flicker further by minimizing the change in pixel state during data write/update. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/567976 |
| ART UNIT | 2623 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731272 | Adie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven G. Adie (Urbana, Illinois); Paul Scott Carney (Champaign, Illinois); Stephen A. Boppart (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven G. Adie (Urbana, Illinois); Paul Scott Carney (Champaign, Illinois); Stephen A. Boppart (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for correcting for aberrations in the image or three-dimensional reconstruction of a sampled region obtained by broadband interferometry. The sampled region is illuminated with a broadband beam of light, and light returned from the sample is detected, along with a reference beam, in order to derive an interference signal for pixels of a volume spanned by wavenumber and axes transverse to the beam propagation direction. An optimization procedure is performed with respect to a specified criterion so as to obtain an aberration-corrected image of at least one plane of the sampled region, either in a plane-specific manner or in a space-invariant manner throughout the sampled region. A filter function, which may be derived from the interference signal attendant to irradiating a sparsely distributed plurality of point scatterers, or otherwise, corrects for a detected aberrated point spread function. Methods of the present invention may be used for aberration correction in reading information from an optical data storage medium. |
| FILED | Monday, January 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/996838 |
| 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 08731355 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qianfan Xu (Mountain View, California); Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qianfan Xu (Mountain View, California); Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An all optical logic circuit includes a micro-ring resonator (110) optically coupled to a waveguide (115) The waveguide (115) provides multiple optical input signals (INPUT A, INPUT B) and an optical probe signal (PROBE) at a different frequency (lambda s) than the optical input signals (INPUT A, INPUT B) to the micro-ring resonator (110) such that the probe signal (PROBE) exhibits logical amplitude transitions as a function of the multiple input signals (INPUT A, INPUT B) The logical amplitude transitions of the optical probe signal (PROBE) correlate to an ANDing or NANDing of the optical input signals (INPUT A, INPUT B) In one embodiment, the all optical logic circuit is an integrated silicon device. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/438720 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/29335 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/29338 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731356 | Peyghambarian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nasser Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Axel Schulzgen (Tucson, Arizona); Valery Temyanko (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nasser Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Axel Schulzgen (Tucson, Arizona); Valery Temyanko (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical devices and a method for manufacturing these devices. One optical device includes a core region having a first medium of a first refractive index n1, and includes a cladding region exterior to the core region. The cladding region includes a second medium having a second refractive index n2 higher than the first refractive index n1. The cladding region further includes a third medium having a third refractive index n3 lower than the first refractive index n1. The third medium is dispersed in the second medium to form a plurality of microstructures in the cladding region. Another optical device includes a plurality of core regions including at least one core having a doped first medium, and includes a cladding region exterior to the plurality of core regions. The core regions and the cladding region include a phosphate glass. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/913417 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731359 | Craighead et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Watt W. Webb (Ithaca, New York); Huizhong Xu (Fresh Meadows, New York); Pangshun Zhu (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Watt W. Webb (Ithaca, New York); Huizhong Xu (Fresh Meadows, New York); Pangshun Zhu (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical apparatus that provides extraordinary light transmission through a sub-wavelength-sized light transmitting region of the apparatus includes a core region of dielectric material having a complex dielectric constant, ∈1, surrounded by a metallic cladding material having a complex dielectric constant, ∈2, wherein the core region has a maximum dimension, 2a, further wherein 2a is less than λ, where λ is the free-space wavelength of light incident on an input side of the apparatus, and further wherein |∈1| is greater than 0.5|∈2|, ∈1 has a positive real part, and ∈2 has a negative real part, whereby the incident light will be transmitted by and exit the apparatus from an output side with extraordinary transmission. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/980491 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731401 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuhua Chen (Houston, Texas); Wenjing Tang (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuhua Chen (Houston, Texas); Wenjing Tang (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) multi-mode switching system and method and method provides concurrent switching in various switching modes. For example, WDM links may communicate data in various switching modes including, but not limited to, an electronic packet switching (EPS) mode, optical circuit switching (OCS) mode, and optical burst switching (OBS) mode. Edge routers and core routers in the WDM multi-mode switching systems and methods provide switching and processing necessary to handle data provided in the various switching modes. Further, the WDM multi-mode switching systems and methods can also provide dynamic reconfiguration between the various switching modes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/325544 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731635 | He |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qiuhong He (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiuhong He (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | System(s) and method(s) for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) are provided. A unified heteronuclear coil system includes a volume coil tuned to detect a first nuclei and a butterfly coil tuned to detect a second nuclei for simultaneous detection of both the first nuclei and the second nuclei signals from human breast tissue and perform MRIS. First nuclei and second nuclei each include 1H, 13C, 31P, 23Na, and 19F. The heteronuclear coil system affords detection of NMR-detectable chemicals specific to cancerous breast tissue to improve breast cancer diagnostic specificity. Adjustment of the heteronuclear coil system to detect various nuclei, combined with a specific pulse excitation sequence, facilitates chemical analysis that provides for chemical discrimination and characterization of compounds present in cancerous and other breast tissue as well as healthy breast physiology. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/266007 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731738 | Agrawal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sunil K. Agrawal (Newark, Delaware); James C. Galloway (Elkton, Maryland); Xi Chen (Newark, Delaware); Christina B. Ragonesi (Newark, Delaware); Sherry Liang (Staten Island, New York); Stephen Dolph (New Carlisle, Indiana); Zachary R. Schoepflin (Centerport, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sunil K. Agrawal (Newark, Delaware); James C. Galloway (Elkton, Maryland); Xi Chen (Newark, Delaware); Christina B. Ragonesi (Newark, Delaware); Sherry Liang (Staten Island, New York); Stephen Dolph (New Carlisle, Indiana); Zachary R. Schoepflin (Centerport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Powered mobility systems and methods are disclosed. A powered mobility system includes a mobile unit, a support frame, a plurality of markers, a motion capture device, and a processor. The mobile unit is operable to move the powered mobility system. The support frame is adapted to support a user. The plurality of markers are configured to be attached to the user. The motion capture device is configured to detect movement of the plurality of markers. The processor is programmed to receive signals from the motion capture device, translate the signals into instructions for moving the mobile unit, and transmit the instructions to the mobile unit. A powered mobility method includes placing a user in a support frame, attaching a plurality of markers to the user, detecting movement of the plurality of the markers, and generating movement of the mobile unit based on the movement of the plurality of the markers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/222437 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — 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 71/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731880 | Todorov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emanuil V. Todorov (Redmond, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emanuil V. Todorov (Redmond, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for computing the inverse dynamics of multibody systems with contacts are disclosed. Inverse dynamics means computing external forces that cause a system to move along a given trajectory. Such computations have been used routinely for data analysis and control synthesis in the absence of contacts between rigid bodies. The disclosed inverse dynamics methods include the ability to handle contacts. The disclosed methods include the following steps: projecting the discrete-time equations of motion from joint space to contact space; defining the forward dynamics in contact space as the solution to an optimization problem; using the features of this optimization problem to obtain a unique inverse—which turns out to correspond to the solution to a dual optimization problem; solving the latter using standard methods for numerical optimization; projecting the solution from contact space back to joint space and finding the external forces. The corresponding methods for computing forward dynamics are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/232954 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08732712 | Pingali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keshav Kumar Pingali (Austin, Texas); Donald Do Nguyen (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board Of Regents Of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keshav Kumar Pingali (Austin, Texas); Donald Do Nguyen (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods provide a high-level language for generation of a scheduling specification based on a scheduling policy, and synthesis of scheduler based on the scheduling specification. The systems and methods can permit the use of more sophisticated scheduling strategies than those afforded by conventional systems, without requiring the programmer to write explicitly parallel code. In certain embodiments, synthesis of the scheduler includes implementation of at least one rule related to the scheduling specification through definition of one or more workset objects that are concurrent, a workset object of the one or more workset objects having an addition method, a first poll method, and a second poll method. Such poll methods extend the operability of sequential poll methods. The one or more worksets satisfy a condition for correctness that is less stringent than conventional conditions for correctness. |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/154080 |
| ART UNIT | 2199 — 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 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08727264 | Rutan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elbert L. Rutan (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Elbert L. Rutan (Coeur D'Alene, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | An orbital launch system and its method of operation use a maneuver to improve the launch condition of a booster rocket and payload. A towed launch aircraft, to which the booster rocket is mounted, is towed to a predetermined elevation and airspeed. The towed launch aircraft begins the maneuver by increasing its lift, thereby increasing the flight path angle, which increases the tension on the towline connecting the towed launch aircraft to a towing aircraft. The increased tension accelerates the towed launch aircraft and booster rocket, while decreasing the speed (and thus the kinetic energy) of the towing aircraft, while increasing kinetic energy of the towed launch aircraft and booster rocket by transferring energy from the towing aircraft. The potential energy of the towed launch aircraft and booster rocket is also increased, due to the increased lift. The booster rocket is released and ignited, completing the launch. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/914744 |
| 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 244/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08728793 | Glenn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Glenn (Palo Alto, California); Nam-Joon Cho (Stanford, California); Curtis W. Frank (Cupertino, California); Kwang Ho Cheong (Yongin-Si, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Glenn (Palo Alto, California); Nam-Joon Cho (Stanford, California); Curtis W. Frank (Cupertino, California); Kwang Ho Cheong (Yongin-Si, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods and compositions that exploit the ability of amphipathic alpha-helical (AH) peptides to cause disruption of lipid-containing vesicles, such as enveloped viruses, in a size-dependent manner. |
| FILED | Monday, July 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/172796 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731714 | Sanders et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam M. Sanders (Holly, Michigan); Matthew J. Reiland (Oxford, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam M. Sanders (Holly, Michigan); Matthew J. Reiland (Oxford, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic system includes a controller and one or more robots each having a plurality of robotic joints. Each of the robotic joints is independently controllable to thereby execute a cooperative work task having at least one task execution fork, leading to multiple independent subtasks. The controller coordinates motion of the robot(s) during execution of the cooperative work task. The controller groups the robotic joints into task-specific robotic subsystems, and synchronizes motion of different subsystems during execution of the various subtasks of the cooperative work task. A method for executing the cooperative work task using the robotic system includes automatically grouping the robotic joints into task-specific subsystems, and assigning subtasks of the cooperative work task to the subsystems upon reaching a task execution fork. The method further includes coordinating execution of the subtasks after reaching the task execution fork. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/887972 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08729492 | Ruan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Junru Ruan (Hillsboro, Oregon); John G. Hartley (Clifton Park, New York); Gregory Denbeaux (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junru Ruan (Hillsboro, Oregon); John G. Hartley (Clifton Park, New York); Gregory Denbeaux (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple-deflection blanker for charged particle beam lithography includes a support structure, a first pair of electrodes mounted to the support structure and providing a first electric field, a second pair of electrodes mounted to the support structure and providing a second electric field, at least a third pair of electrodes mounted to the support structure and providing a third electric field, and a surface, such as, an aperture or knife edge, positioned to obstruct a charged particle beam passed through the electric fields. The blanker may include at least a fourth pair of electrodes providing a fourth electric field and apparatus for regulating the time of the excitation of the electric fields. Methods for exposing media to charged particles and aperture holders are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/809902 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/396.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08730268 | Zwart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christine M. Zwart (Mesa, Arizona); David H. Frakes (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine M. Zwart (Mesa, Arizona); David H. Frakes (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for generating an output image based on an original image via an imaging application can comprise a parsing module, an optical flow displacement module, and a new pixel generation module. The parsing module can establish a magnified resolution lattice from an original resolution lattice of the original image. The optical flow displacement module can establish optical displacement vectors extending, within the magnified resolution lattice, between original pixels and optical displacement locations, the optical displacement vectors based on one-dimensional optical flow brightness constraint calculations for the original pixels. The new pixel generation module can generate new pixels in the magnified resolution lattice via one or more interpolations based on the optical displacement vectors. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021572 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/671 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08731130 | Reyes, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jose N. Reyes, Jr. (Corvallis, Oregon); John T. Groome (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The State of Oregon Acting by and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose N. Reyes, Jr. (Corvallis, Oregon); John T. Groome (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A power module assembly includes a reactor vessel containing a reactor core surrounded by a primary coolant. A containment vessel is adapted to be submerged in a containment cooling pool and to prohibit a release of the primary coolant outside of the containment vessel. A secondary cooling system is configured to remove heat generated by the reactor core. The heat is removed by circulating liquid from the containment cooling pool through the primary coolant. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/453446 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Nuclear Reactors G21C 9/00 (20130101) G21C 9/012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08728726 | Bilyeu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristin D. Bilyeu (Columbia, Missouri); Emily C. Dierking (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristin D. Bilyeu (Columbia, Missouri); Emily C. Dierking (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A mutation in the gene encoding the raffinose synthase 2 enzyme, RS2, in soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr., is associated with a reduced raffinose and stachyose seed phenotype. Soybean homozygous for a mutant allele of the RS2 gene which encodes an amino acid change to isoleucine at position 107 of the enzyme's amino acid sequence exhibit significantly reduced seed raffinose and stachyose content, and increased seed sucrose content. Nucleic acid samples of soybean may be assayed for the presence of this mutant allele, and soybean containing the allele may be selected for breeding to generate reduced raffinose and stachyose soybean lines. Alternatively, the mutation may be detected by analysis of the RS2 enzyme produced in the soybean to determine the presence of either an isoleucine or a threonine at amino acid 107. Molecular markers have been developed for detecting the presence or absence of the mutant allele. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/176910 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — 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 PP24482 | Cho |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Cho (Paia, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A new cultivar of cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘MAUI GOLD’ that is characterized by a combination of large sagittate-shaped chartreuse colored leaves with a glossy finish, bluish-purple colored piko, and petioles that are white to light yellow-green in color that turn light burgundy in color where they join the leaf ‘Maui Gold’ grows with a compact and clumping habit. In combination these characteristics distinguish ‘MAUI GOLD’ from all other varieties of Colocasia known to the inventor. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/815950 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08728679 | Zhamu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrically conductive laminate composition for fuel cell flow field plate or bipolar plate applications. The laminate composition comprises at least a thin metal sheet having two opposed exterior surfaces and a first exfoliated graphite composite sheet bonded to the first of the two exterior surfaces of the metal sheet wherein the exfoliated graphite composite sheet comprises: (a) expanded or exfoliated graphite and (b) a binder or matrix material to bond the expanded graphite for forming a cohered sheet, wherein the binder or matrix material is between 3% and 60% by weight based on the total weight of the first exfoliated graphite composite sheet. Preferably, the first exfoliated graphite composite sheet further comprises particles of non-expandable graphite or carbon in the amount of between 3% and 60% by weight based on the total weight of the non-expandable particles and the expanded graphite. Further preferably, the laminate comprises a second exfoliated graphite composite sheet bonded to the second surface of the metal sheet to form a three-layer laminate. Surface flow channels and other desired geometric features can be built onto the exterior surfaces of the laminate to form a flow field plate or bipolar plate. The resulting laminate has an exceptionally high thickness-direction conductivity and excellent resistance to gas permeation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/807379 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/457 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08730130 | Pray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard E. Pray (Port Crane, New York); Barry J. Williams (Vestal, New York); David Thomas (Endicott, New York); Mark A. Radley (Binghamton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RPA Electronic Solutions, Inc. (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Pray (Port Crane, New York); Barry J. Williams (Vestal, New York); David Thomas (Endicott, New York); Mark A. Radley (Binghamton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for automatically aligning immersive displays, including helmet-mounted displays, such displays creating composite images from at least one image source. A gimbal-mounted camera/rangefinder apparatus is used to create a high resolution three-dimensional (3D) map of the screen surface which, in turn, is used to generate geometric corrections of projected image segments. The rangefinder is typically a laser rangefinder and the laser element thereof can draw display channel outlines of the screen. The gimbal-mounted camera/rangefinder is used to automatically analyze a test pattern projected onto the screen, typically without geometric correction. Each defined point of the test pattern may then be “moved” to its proper location on the 3D screen map. Video signal processing, performed either in software or hardware, accomplishes geometric correction, edge blending, color (e.g., gamma) correction and intensity matching. Unique polygonal blend regions are used for edge blending. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/628274 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 08729412 | Tabib-Azar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massood Tabib-Azar (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Massood Tabib-Azar (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoelectromechanical logic devices can include a plurality of flexible bridges having control and logic electrodes. Voltages applied to control electrodes can be used to control flexing of the bridges. The logic electrodes can provide logical functions of the applied voltages. |
| FILED | Monday, January 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/987804 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Circuit makers and breakers 2/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08731953 | Cook et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jon L. Cook (Alexandria, Virginia); Wayne H. Orbke (Germantown, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon L. Cook (Alexandria, Virginia); Wayne H. Orbke (Germantown, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic account links an electronic address to a physical address of a customer. Services provided to the customer using the electronic account can be delivered to the physical address or the electronic address of the customer. If the customer requests to receive only physical mail, the link between the addresses can be used to deliver any electronic mail to the physical address of the customer. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/071705 |
| ART UNIT | 3628 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08727699 | Vetters et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Kent Vetters (Indianapolis, Indiana); Timothy Hoffmann (Greenwood, Indiana); Steven Arlen Klusman (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana); Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Kent Vetters (Indianapolis, Indiana); Timothy Hoffmann (Greenwood, Indiana); Steven Arlen Klusman (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention is a damping system for rotating machinery such as gas turbine engines. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for damping systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application shall become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/904730 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/26 (20130101) F01D 25/04 (20130101) F01D 25/164 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 19/14 (20130101) F16C 27/045 (20130101) F16C 2360/23 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08729025 | Slaugenhaupt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susan A. Slaugenhaupt (Hingham, Massachusetts); James F. Gusella (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan A. Slaugenhaupt (Hingham, Massachusetts); James F. Gusella (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods for altering the splicing of mRNA in cells. In particular, this invention also relates to methods for increasing the ratio of wild type to misspliced forms of mRNA and corresponding encoded proteins in cells possessing a mutant gene encoding either the i) misspliced mRNA corresponding to the mutant protein or ii) a component in the splicing machinery responsible for processing the misspliced mRNA. In addition, this invention relates to treating individuals having a disorder associated with a misspliced mRNA, such as Familial Dysautonomia or Neurofibromatosis 1, by administering to such an individual a cytokinin such as kinetin. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/601034 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/17.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08730871 | Masiyowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Masiyowski (Oak Hill, Virginia); Raymond A. Magon (Fairfax, Virginia); Michael O. Tierney (Ashburn, Virginia); Robert L. Marchant (Severn, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Masiyowski (Oak Hill, Virginia); Raymond A. Magon (Fairfax, Virginia); Michael O. Tierney (Ashburn, Virginia); Robert L. Marchant (Severn, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, a communication network includes an analog voice bridge coupled to two secure network domains that each have a differing security level. The analog voice bridge includes two codecs that are coupled together through an analog voice line that transfers analog voice signals. The analog voice bridge is coupled to each secure network domain through a network switch that transfers data packet streams from their respective networks to the codecs while restricting data packets that are not associated with the data packet stream. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/686814 |
| ART UNIT | 2471 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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