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Patent Details for Tuesday, July 01, 2014
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| US 08763404 | Eifert |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Eifert (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Eifert (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment according to the present invention is a unique system for harnessing thermal energy of a gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include unique apparatuses, systems, devices, and methods relating to gas turbine engines. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits of the present invention shall become apparent from the following description and drawings. |
| FILED | Monday, December 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/643626 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/775 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08763405 | Sordyl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Sordyl (Northville, Michigan); Jamey J. Condevaux (Livonia, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Williams International Co., L.L.C. (Walled Lake, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Sordyl (Northville, Michigan); Jamey J. Condevaux (Livonia, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotary injector (95, 222) comprising one or more radially-extending arms (93) provides for injecting fuel (12, 12.1, 12.4) into a combustion chamber (16). The combustion chamber (16) receives air (14) from locations upstream and down-stream of the rotary injector (95, 222), and the arms (93) of the rotary injector (95, 222) are adapted so that a pressure (P2) in the combustion chamber (16) upstream of the rotary injector (95, 222) is less than a pressure (P0) in a plenum (212) supplying air (14) to the combustion chamber (16) upstream of the rotary injector (95, 222). |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/937197 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/776 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08763441 | Casinovi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Giorgio Casinovi (Atlanta, Georgia); Farrokh Ayazi (Atlanta, Georgia); Wang-Kyung Sung (Atlanta, Georgia); Milap Jayesh Dalal (Morganville, New Jersey); Arashk Norouz Pour Shirazi (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Giorgio Casinovi (Atlanta, Georgia); Farrokh Ayazi (Atlanta, Georgia); Wang-Kyung Sung (Atlanta, Georgia); Milap Jayesh Dalal (Morganville, New Jersey); Arashk Norouz Pour Shirazi (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A gyroscope having a resonant body utilizes a self-calibration mechanism that does not require physical rotation of the resonant body. Instead, interface circuitry applies a rotating electrostatic field to first and second drive electrodes simultaneously to excite both the drive and sense resonance modes of the gyroscope. When drive electrodes associated with both the drive and sense resonance modes of the gyroscope are excited by forces of equal amplitude but 90° phase difference, respectively, the phase shift in the gyroscope response, as measured by the current output of the sense electrodes for each resonance mode, is proportional to an equivalent gyroscope rotation rate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/444413 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/1.770 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08763470 | Abelev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrei Abelev (Mclean, Virginia); David C Young (Long Beach, Mississippi); Philip J. Valent (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrei Abelev (Mclean, Virginia); David C Young (Long Beach, Mississippi); Philip J. Valent (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for manufacturing an apparatus for measuring shear strength and viscosity of sediments that extends both the maximum rotational rate attainable and the maximum torque sustainable, and includes a high data acquisition rate and data storage. The apparatus can accurately measure, for example, but not limited to, peak, evolution, and residual values of the undrained shear strength, yield, and viscous and plastic flow (including hardening and softening) characteristics of cohesive sediments at various pre-set and variable values of the rotational velocity of the vane sensor. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/945644 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/841 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08763471 | Abelev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrei Abelev (Mclean, Virginia); David C Young (Long Beach, Mississippi); Philip J. Valent (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrei Abelev (Mclean, Virginia); David C Young (Long Beach, Mississippi); Philip J. Valent (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for using an apparatus for measuring shear strength and viscosity of sediments that extend both the maximum rotational rate attainable and the maximum torque sustainable, and include a high data acquisition rate and data storage. The apparatus can accurately measure, for example, but not limited to, peak, evolution, and residual values of the undrained shear strength, yield, and viscous and plastic flow (including hardening and softening) characteristics of cohesive sediments at various pre-set and variable values of the rotational velocity of the vane sensor. |
| FILED | Monday, July 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/947188 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/841 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08763472 | Abelev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrei Abelev (Mclean, Virginia); David C Young (Long Beach, Mississippi); Philip J. Valent (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrei Abelev (Mclean, Virginia); David C Young (Long Beach, Mississippi); Philip J. Valent (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for measuring characteristics of a specimen. The apparatus can accurately measure, for example, but not limited to, peak, evolution, and residual values of the undrained shear strength, yield, and viscous and plastic flow (including hardening and softening) characteristics of cohesive sediments at various pre-set and variable values of the rotational velocity of the vane sensor. |
| FILED | Monday, July 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/947231 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/841 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08763479 | Jacobs |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John David Jacobs (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John David Jacobs (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Two new sample cells for use with a new nanocomposite material process system are described. A new computer automated processing system incorporates integrated impedance spectroscopy sensing and electric directed morphology, particularly for use with new nanocomposite materials. The two new mold and sensor cells solve the problem of sample deformation during curing by adding a vented cavity behind the electrodes; and, the problem of air entrapment and bubble formation in a sample by providing a channel for injecting the sample from top to bottom. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/158970 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/864.910 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08763627 | Richards |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shelton O. Richards (Rocky Hill, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shelton O. Richards (Rocky Hill, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A fastener has a metallic member and a nonmetallic cap member. The metallic member has a head and a shaft. The shaft has a first end at the head, a distal second end, and an externally threaded portion. The metallic member further has a projection extending from the head opposite the shaft. The cap member is mated to the head opposite the shaft and retained by the projection. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/487623 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/343 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08763642 | Vangbo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mattias Vangbo (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntegenX Inc. (Pleasanton, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mattias Vangbo (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a fluidic device comprising a diaphragm valve having a fluidics layer, an actuation layer and an elastic layer between the fluidics layer and the actuation layer, the elastic layer having a diaphragm that is mechanically sealed against the fluidics layer and the actuation layer by a sealing ring in the actuation layer. |
| FILED | Saturday, August 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/202877 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/859 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08763732 | Won |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chikyung Won (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chikyung Won (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of negotiating an obstacle including driving an articulated vehicle along a drive direction over a surface, driving the articulated vehicle to approach an obstacle with a rearward portion of the articulated vehicle, pivoting arms of the vehicle from a stowed position next to a main frame of the vehicle downward and away from the main frame, raising and supporting the main frame on the arms, positioning at least a portion of the main frame substantially against the obstacle, and driving onto the obstacle. |
| FILED | Monday, March 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/400416 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 5/005 (20130101) Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 55/065 (20130101) B62D 55/075 (20130101) B62D 55/0655 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08763930 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yu-Tai Lee (McLean, Virginia); Paul A. Coffin (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Tai Lee (McLean, Virginia); Paul A. Coffin (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention's nozzle is especially suitable for use in a shipboard air-discharge maneuverability device known as a “bow thruster.” As typically embodied, the inventive nozzle includes a nozzle wall and an arc-shaped vane. The nozzle wall has a circular nozzle inlet and an elliptical nozzle outlet, and is configured so that the geometric major axis of the nozzle outlet is horizontal. The arc-shaped vane: is upwardly bowed in the nozzle wall's transverse direction; joins the nozzle wall along its two horizontally opposite sides in the nozzle wall's longitudinal direction; extends most or all of the longitudinal distance between the nozzle inlet and the nozzle outlet; has a transversely intermediate section that, taken in the transverse direction, is generally uniform in thickness; has two transversely lateral sections that, taken in the transverse direction, gradually thicken toward the two respective joints of the arc-shaped vane with respect to the nozzle wall. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/043818 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/265.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08764000 | Fisk |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin T. Fisk (East Granby, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin T. Fisk (East Granby, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An example apparatus for aligning a pressure tapping tool includes a base having an engagement portion. The engagement portion engages a component to limit relative movement between the base and the component. At least one guide mounts adjacent the base. Positioning a pressure tapping tool against the guide aligns the pressure tapping tool for pressure tapping the component. An example method of pressure tapping a component includes limiting relative movement between a fixture and a component and guiding a tool along a fixture when pressure tapping the component. The example may include guiding the tool along different portions of the fixture to pressure tap different portions of the component. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/769750 |
| ART UNIT | 3727 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23P 2700/06 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/285 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 269/902 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08764202 | Kimball |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian R. Kimball (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian R. Kimball (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a retro-reflective article that can comprise at least one fiber having a first component with a first surface, where the first surface can be shaped to define at least one retro-reflective feature, and wherein the retro-reflective feature can be configured to provide more than one reflection of light incident thereon. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/443186 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/515 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08764408 | Smisson, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Smisson-Cartledge Biomedical LLC (Macon, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Smisson-Cartledge Biomedical LLC (Macon, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugh F. Smisson, III (Macon, Georgia); Richard G. Cartledge (Fort Lauderdale, Florida); David C. Field (Snellville, Georgia); Harvey A. Lewis, Jr. (Port Orange, Florida); Frederick J. York (Longwood, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A pump system selectably and dynamically controls the flow rate of a fluid being delivered to a patient's body over a wide range of flow rates. The pump system includes an infusion tubing, a pumping mechanism, a motor drive assembly in mechanical communication with the pumping mechanism, a user input control, and an electronic controller in electrical communication with and at least partially controlling the motor drive assembly. The electronic controller include a digital signal processing controller in electrical communication with the motor drive assembly that is configured to receive a signal from the user input control and to cause power to be supplied to the motor drive assembly in response at least partially to the signal from the user input control. The pump system may selectably deliver fluid at rates from about 1 milliliter per hour to at least about 3000 milliliters per minute. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/750254 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/44.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08764828 | Arruda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lisa M. Larkin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Fatima N. Syed-Picard (Arlington, Virginia); Michael Smietana (Orion, Michigan); Jinjin Ma (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lisa M. Larkin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Fatima N. Syed-Picard (Arlington, Virginia); Michael Smietana (Orion, Michigan); Jinjin Ma (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for forming a bone construct include providing bone marrow stromal cells on a substrate without disposing the cells within an exogenous scaffold, and culturing the cells in vitro in osteogenic media such that the cells form a confluent monolayer and detach from the substrate to form a self-organized three-dimensional bone construct. A system and method for forming a ligament construct using fibrogenic media and a system and method for forming a functionally integrated bone-ligament construct are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/025151 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/08 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/386 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0663 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08764851 — Antimicrobial fabrics made using sol-gel/N-halamine chemistry, and methods of making same
| US 08764851 | Ghosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Subhas Ghosh (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Vijaykumar Mannari (Saline, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subhas Ghosh (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Vijaykumar Mannari (Saline, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating fabrics using sol-gel halamine chemistry to impart antimicrobial properties thereto are described, as well as fabrics produced by the described methods. In one embodiment, the antimicrobial fabrics may be used to fabricate antimicrobial divider curtains for use in hospitals and medical facilities. |
| FILED | Friday, March 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/428461 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Bleaching and dyeing; fluid treatment and chemical modification of textiles and fibers 08/116.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765095 | Ying et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jackie Y. Ying (Winchester, Massachusetts); Javier Garcia-Martinez (Alicante, Spain) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jackie Y. Ying (Winchester, Massachusetts); Javier Garcia-Martinez (Alicante, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention relates to mesostructured zeolites. The invention also relates to a method of preparing mesostructured zeolites, as well as using them as cracking catalysts for organic compounds and degradation catalysts for polymers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/565351 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/718 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765146 | Bruder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph T. Bruder (Ijamsville, Maryland); Imre Kovesdi (Rockville, Maryland); C. Richter King (New York, New York); Duncan L. McVey (Derwood, Maryland); Damodar R. Ettyreddy (North Potomac, Maryland); Denise Louise Doolan (Camp Hill, Australia); Daniel John Carucci (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GenVec, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland); The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph T. Bruder (Ijamsville, Maryland); Imre Kovesdi (Rockville, Maryland); C. Richter King (New York, New York); Duncan L. McVey (Derwood, Maryland); Damodar R. Ettyreddy (North Potomac, Maryland); Denise Louise Doolan (Camp Hill, Australia); Daniel John Carucci (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides adenoviral vectors comprising an adenoviral genome comprising heterologous antigen-encoding nucleic acid sequences, such as Plasmodium nucleic acid sequences, operably linked to promoters. The invention further provides a method of inducing an immune response against malaria in a mammal comprising administering the adenoviral vectors to the mammal. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/064554 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/272.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765484 | Sailor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Sailor (San Diego, California); Thomas Schmedake (Charlotte, North Carolina); Frederique Cunin (Cardiff, California); Jamie Link (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Sailor (San Diego, California); Thomas Schmedake (Charlotte, North Carolina); Frederique Cunin (Cardiff, California); Jamie Link (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention concerns a particle having a code embedded in its physical structure by refractive index changes between different regions of the particle. In preferred embodiments, a thin film possesses porosity that varies in a manner to produce a code detectable in the reflectivity spectrum. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/503217 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765514 | Syllaios et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Athanasios J. Syllaios (Richardson, Texas); Michael F. Taylor (Coppell, Texas); Sameer K. Ajmera (Richardson, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | L-3 Communications Corp. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Athanasios J. Syllaios (Richardson, Texas); Michael F. Taylor (Coppell, Texas); Sameer K. Ajmera (Richardson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A center region of conductive material/s may be disposed or “sandwiched” between transition regions of relatively lower conductivity materials to provide substantially low defect density interfaces for the sandwiched material. The center region and surrounding transition regions may in turn be disposed or sandwiched between dielectric insulative material to form a sandwiched and transitioned device structure. The center region of such a sandwiched structure may be implemented, for example, as a device layer such as conductive microbolometer layer for a microbolometer detector structure. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945011 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765539 | Appenzeller 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) | Joerg Appenzeller (West Lafayette, Indiana); Supratik Guha (Chappaqua, New York); Emanuel Tutuc (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor structure is provided, which includes multiple sections arranged along a longitudinal axis. Preferably, the semiconductor structure comprises a middle section and two terminal sections located at opposite ends of the middle section. A semiconductor core having a first dopant concentration preferably extends along the longitudinal axis through the middle section and the two terminal sections. A semiconductor shell having a second, higher dopant concentration preferably encircles a portion of the semiconductor core at the two terminal sections, but not at the middle section, of the semiconductor structure. It is particularly preferred that the semiconductor structure is a nanostructure having a cross-sectional dimension of not more than 100 nm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/155972 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/197 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765686 | Baker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Baker (Seattle, Washington); Timothy A. Whitehead (East Grand Rapids, Michigan); Sarel Fleishman (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Baker (Seattle, Washington); Timothy A. Whitehead (East Grand Rapids, Michigan); Sarel Fleishman (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated polypeptides that recognize and are strong binders to Influenza A hemagglutinin and can be used, for example, to treat and/or limit development of an influenza infection, or to diagnose or monitor progression of an influenza infection are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/813356 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/11 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765916 | Srivastava et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shiv Srivastava (Potomac, Maryland); Shyh-Han Tan (Kensington, Maryland); Albert Dobi (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shiv Srivastava (Potomac, Maryland); Shyh-Han Tan (Kensington, Maryland); Albert Dobi (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Monoclonal antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to ERG, and more specifically, to an epitope formed by amino acids 42-66 of ERG3 are disclosed. The monoclonal antibodies can be non-human antibodies (e.g., rabbit or mouse) or humanized monoclonal antibodies having the CDR regions derived from those non-human antibodies. In other embodiments, the monoclonal antibodies are chimeric, having the light and heavy chain variable regions of a non-human ERG antibody. Methods of using the antibodies to detect ERG, or fusion proteins comprising all or part of an ERG polypeptide, such as an ERG polypeptide encoded by a TMPRSS2/ERG, SLC45A3/ERG, or NDRG1/ERG fusion transcript, are also provided, including methods of detecting ERG or ERG fusion events in a clinical setting. The antibodies can also be used to inhibit the activity of ERG or fusion proteins comprising all or part of an ERG polypeptide, such as an ERG polypeptide encoded by a TMPRSS2/ERG, SLC45A3/ERG, or NDRG1/ERG fusion transcript and to treat malignancies associated with overexpression of ERG or an ERG fusion event, such as prostate cancer, Ewing's sarcoma, acute myeloid leukemia, acute T-lymphoblastic leukemia, endothelial cancer, and colon cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/266908 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766161 | Kanter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory S. Kanter (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nucript LLC (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory S. Kanter (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A single photon detection system and method are disclosed which have a control block for helping to monitor and optimize performance, especially at high detection rates. The system is based on photon detectors constructed with avalanche photodiodes (APD) gated in time to operate in the Geiger mode. An electrical reference frequency is generated which is subtracted from the APD output in order to better isolate the breakdown event. The resulting signal is sampled and analyzed to allow the control unit to optimize the magnitude and phase of the electrical reference frequency. The control unit may also change the gate pulse shape and phase, including by the use of a digital-to-analog converter. The gate pulse can be shifted off an input optical pulse so as to estimate dark count rate, or shifted to measure a reference input signal to estimate detection efficiency. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/957552 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 18/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/44 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 17/78 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766180 | Karonis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas Karonis (West Chicago, Illinois); George Coutrakon (Redlands, California); Kirk Duffin (Dekalb, Illinois); Bela Erdelyi (Romeoville, Illinois); Kevin Naglich (Elgin, Illinois); Scott Penfold (Adelaide, Australia); Paul Rubinov (Batavia, Illinois); Victor Rykalin (Aurora, Illinois); Vishnu Zutshi (Dekalb, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University (Dekalb, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Karonis (West Chicago, Illinois); George Coutrakon (Redlands, California); Kirk Duffin (Dekalb, Illinois); Bela Erdelyi (Romeoville, Illinois); Kevin Naglich (Elgin, Illinois); Scott Penfold (Adelaide, Australia); Paul Rubinov (Batavia, Illinois); Victor Rykalin (Aurora, Illinois); Vishnu Zutshi (Dekalb, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A proton computed tomography (pCT) detector system, including two tracking detectors in sequence on a first side of an object to be imaged, two tracking detectors in sequence on an opposite side of the object to be imaged, a calorimeter, and a computer cluster, wherein the tracking detectors include plastic scintillation fibers. All fibers in the detector system are read out by Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM). A method of imaging an object by emitting protons from a source through two tracking detectors, through and around the object, and through two opposite tracking detectors, detecting energy of the protons with a calorimeter, and imaging the object. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/638314 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766181 | Zewail et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed H. Zewail (Pasadena, California); John Spencer Baskin (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical system includes a beam splitter disposed along an optical axis and a set of mirrors optically coupled to the beam splitter. The set of mirrors are oriented perpendicular to each other. The optical system also includes a turning mirror optically coupled to a second mirror of the set of mirrors and a detector optically coupled to the turning mirror. |
| FILED | Monday, May 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/893054 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/00 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/22 (20130101) H01J 37/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 37/226 (20130101) H01J 2237/2482 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766224 | Williams |
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| APPLICANT(S) | R. Stanley Williams (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Stanley Williams (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrically actuated switch comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and an active region disposed therebetween. The active region comprises at least one primary active region comprising at least one material that can be doped or undoped to change its electrical conductivity, and a secondary active region comprising at least one material for providing a source/sink of ionic species that act as dopants for the primary active region(s). Methods of operating the switch are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/542986 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766246 | Katz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Howard E. Katz (Owings Mill, Maryland); Bhola Nath Pal (Baltimore, Maryland); Kevin C. See (Takoma Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard E. Katz (Owings Mill, Maryland); Bhola Nath Pal (Baltimore, Maryland); Kevin C. See (Takoma Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic or electro-optic device has a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, and a dielectric layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The dielectric layer has electrically insulating planar layers with intercalated ions therebetween such that the electrically insulating planar layers provide a barrier to impede movement of the intercalated ions to the first and second electrodes under an applied voltage while permitting a polarization of the dielectric layer while in operation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/654054 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766383 | Apalkov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmytro Apalkov (San Jose, California); Xueti Tang (San Jose, California); Mohamad Towfik Krounbi (San Jose, California); Vladimir Nikitin (Campbell, California); Alexey Vasilyevitch Khvalkovskiy (Milpitas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmytro Apalkov (San Jose, California); Xueti Tang (San Jose, California); Mohamad Towfik Krounbi (San Jose, California); Vladimir Nikitin (Campbell, California); Alexey Vasilyevitch Khvalkovskiy (Milpitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system provide a magnetic junction usable in a magnetic device. The magnetic junction includes a pinned layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer, and a free layer. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is between the pinned layer and the free layer. The magnetic junction is configured such that the free layer is switchable between a plurality of stable magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic junction. At least one of the free layer and the pinned layer include at least one half-metal. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/517731 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/421 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766522 | Fairchild et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven B Fairchild (Dayton, Ohio); Benji Maruyama (Yellow Springs, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven B Fairchild (Dayton, Ohio); Benji Maruyama (Yellow Springs, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved field emission cathodes comprise a fiber of highly aligned and densely packed single-wall carbon nanotubes, double-wall carbon nanotubes, multi-wall carbon nanotubes, grapheme nanoribbons, carbon nanofibers, and/or carbon planar nanostructures. The fiber cathodes provide superior current carrying capacity without degradation or adverse effects under high field strength testing. The fibers also can be configured as multi-fiber field emission cathodes, and the use of low work function coatings and different tip configurations further improves their performance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/105249 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 1/304 (20130101) H01J 1/3042 (20130101) H01J 29/467 (20130101) H01J 2201/304 (20130101) H01J 2201/30469 (20130101) H01J 2329/0431 (20130101) H01J 2329/0455 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766541 | Hoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brad W. Hoff (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David M. French (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Donald A. Shiffler (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Susan L. Heidger (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Wilkin W. Tang (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brad W. Hoff (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David M. French (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Donald A. Shiffler (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Susan L. Heidger (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Wilkin W. Tang (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to modulate the density of an electron beam as it is emitted from a cathode, the method comprised of connecting a source of pulsed input power to the input end of a nonlinear transmission line and connecting the output end directly to the cathode of an electron beam diode by a direct electrical connection. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/245250 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/111.810 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766665 | Dalrymple et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Allen Dalrymple (Columbia, Maryland); Erik Demaine (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts); Forrest Green (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ara Knaian (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Allen Dalrymple (Columbia, Maryland); Erik Demaine (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts); Forrest Green (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ara Knaian (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A family of reconfigurable asynchronous logic elements that interact with their nearest neighbors permits reconfigurable implementation of circuits that are asynchronous at the bit level. A reconfigurable asynchronous logic cell comprises a set of one-bit buffers for communication with at least one neighboring cell, each buffer capable of having several states and configured for receiving input state tokens from neighboring cells and for transferring output state tokens to neighboring cells, and a one-bit processor configured to perform a logic operation utilizing received tokens as inputs and to produce an output token reflecting the result of the logic operation, wherein the logic operation and the functional configuration of the buffers are reconfigurably programmable. A reconfigurable logic circuit comprises a plurality of reconfigurable logic cells that compute by locally passing state tokens and are reconfigured by the directed shifting of programming instructions through neighboring logic cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/226484 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766745 | Kubena et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randall L. Kubena (Oak Park, California); David T. Chang (Calabasas, California); Robert L. Larson (West Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California); The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Kubena (Oak Park, California); David T. Chang (Calabasas, California); Robert L. Larson (West Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A disk resonator gyroscope includes a quartz base, a quartz resonator disk having a central pillar connected to the base, the quartz resonator disk having a surface facing the base and having plurality of circumferential slots in the surface of the quartz resonator disk around the central pillar, and an electrode comprised of quartz and connected to the base outside of an outer edge of the resonator disk. |
| FILED | Monday, June 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/488784 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766754 | Lambson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Lambson (Berkeley, California); Zheng Gu (Emeryville, California); David Carlton (Berkeley, California); Jeffrey Bokor (Piedmont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Lambson (Berkeley, California); Zheng Gu (Emeryville, California); David Carlton (Berkeley, California); Jeffrey Bokor (Piedmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanomagnet having widely tunable anisotropy is disclosed. The disclosed nanomagnet is a magnetic particle with a convex shape having a first magnetically easy axis. The convex shape is modified to include at least one concavity to urge a second magnetically easy axis to form substantially offset from the first magnetically easy axis. In at least one embodiment, the convex shape is also modified to include at least one concavity to urge a second magnetically easy axis to form with a magnetic strength substantially different from the first magnetically easy axis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/551764 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767037 | Krishnan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gurunandan Krishnan (New York, New York); Shree K. Nayar (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gurunandan Krishnan (New York, New York); Shree K. Nayar (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and techniques for panoramic imaging are disclosed herein. Systems for capturing a panoramic image of a panoramic field of view include a fisheye lens having a first field of view, a mirror optically coupled to the fisheye lens for reflecting an image of the a second field of view through the fisheye lens, the second field of view having a portion overlapping the first field of view, and a detector, optically coupled to the fisheye lens and the mirror, for capturing a first portion of the panoramic image corresponding to the first field of view and a second portion of the panoramic image corresponding to the second field of view. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/726029 |
| ART UNIT | 2486 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 13/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/4038 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2254 (20130101) H04N 5/2259 (20130101) H04N 5/23238 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767060 | Scott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua Lynn Scott (Jordan, New York); Marjorie L. Buerkle (Skaneateles, New York); James J. Delmonico (Baldwinsville, New York); Thomas W. Karpen (Skaneateles, New York); Joseph V. Lopez (Camillus, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GE Inspection Technologies, LP (Lewistown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua Lynn Scott (Jordan, New York); Marjorie L. Buerkle (Skaneateles, New York); James J. Delmonico (Baldwinsville, New York); Thomas W. Karpen (Skaneateles, New York); Joseph V. Lopez (Camillus, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An inspection apparatus can include a handset and an elongated inspection tube extending from the handset. For reduction of heat energy radiating from one or more components of the apparatus, the apparatus can include a particularly designed heat sink assembly. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/925085 |
| ART UNIT | 2451 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/76 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767071 | Marshall |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick Marshall (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Marshall (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-sensor system can be attached to a high voltage power line, draw power from the power line inductively, and convert the power to lower voltages and direct currents for operating cameras, sensors, a processor, and communications equipment that provide persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. The multi-sensor system can detect and track targets in detection regions and transmit such detection data and other data from the camera and sensors to a remote operator who can initiate response actions and send control instructions to the multi-sensor system from the remote location. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/039597 |
| ART UNIT | 2482 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/144 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767072 | Rosenwinkel |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan M. Rosenwinkel (Haddonfield, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan M. Rosenwinkel (Haddonfield, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are disclosed for determining geoposition of an observer. The system includes a sensor such as a wide field of view camera or telescope that can capture an image of the sky. The image of the sky is used to compile a table or list of the stars in the sky along with their positions. This table or list is pattern-matched with a predetermined list or table of stars to identify each star. In one embodiment, the distances between all stars in the image are computed and compared to star images from an atmospheric refraction model. A comparison of the measured table or list and the refraction model, using an optimization algorithm, is performed to determine the geoposition of the observer. In an alternative embodiment, a sensor capable of measuring two different frequency bands obtains two images of each star in the sky simultaneously. A difference in displacement is determined between the two frequencies for each imaged star; and a magnitude and direction of the difference in displacement is used to determine the geoposition of a body. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/732809 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/148 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767193 | Shimon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip T. Shimon (Torrance, California); Kenneth E. Prager (Granite Bay, California); Lloyd J. Lewins (Marina Del Ray, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip T. Shimon (Torrance, California); Kenneth E. Prager (Granite Bay, California); Lloyd J. Lewins (Marina Del Ray, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for tracking the relative velocity between a vehicle and a target that uses both a measured velocity as well as an estimate of the velocity that is based on tracking the peaks in a laser vibrometer return signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/545117 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 3/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767444 | Nelson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Nelson (Medicine Lake, Minnesota); Keith Golke (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Harry H L Liu (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Michael Liu (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Nelson (Medicine Lake, Minnesota); Keith Golke (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Harry H L Liu (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Michael Liu (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation hardened memory element includes at least two delay elements for maintaining radiation hardness. In an example, the memory element is an SRAM cell. Both delays are coupled together in series so that if either one of the delays fails, a delay will still be maintained within the SRAM cell. The critical areas of the delays may be positioned so that a common line of sight cannot be made between each delay and a circuit node. |
| FILED | Monday, March 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/389767 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767556 | Dain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitry Dain (Herndon, Virginia); Igor Bazarov (Herndon, Virginia); Jevgenijs Livsics (Vienna, Virginia); Mark McHenry (McLean, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shared Spectrum Company (Vienna, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitry Dain (Herndon, Virginia); Igor Bazarov (Herndon, Virginia); Jevgenijs Livsics (Vienna, Virginia); Mark McHenry (McLean, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for configuring a network of radios for dynamic spectrum access are described. A network radio can include hardware and/or software modules for detecting a radio environment and negotiating common communications channels with a plurality of other radios in the network. Network radio behavior can be defined by a plurality of predefined policies which are used in combination with the information about the radio environment to select common operating parameters. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/462302 |
| ART UNIT | 2462 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767792 | Bowers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John E. Bowers (Santa Barbara, California); Oded Cohen (Gedera, Israel); Alexander W. Fang (Fremont, California); Richard Jones (Santa Clara, California); Mario J. Paniccia (Santa Clara, California); Hyundai Park (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Bowers (Santa Barbara, California); Oded Cohen (Gedera, Israel); Alexander W. Fang (Fremont, California); Richard Jones (Santa Clara, California); Mario J. Paniccia (Santa Clara, California); Hyundai Park (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a method comprising guiding an optical mode with an optical waveguide disposed in silicon, overlapping both the optical waveguide and an active semiconductor material evanescently coupled to the optical waveguide with the optical mode guided through the optical waveguide, electrically pumping the active semiconductor material to inject current directed through the active semiconductor material and through the optical mode, and generating light in the active semiconductor material in response to the injected current. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/838932 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/75 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767845 | Kumar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajendra Kumar (Cerritos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajendra Kumar (Cerritos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for processing signals comprising a first component and a second component. A bandwidth of the first component may be centered at a center frequency. A bandwidth of the second component may be offset from the center frequency by an offset frequency such that at least a portion of the bandwidth of the second component overlaps a skirt of the first component. In various embodiments, a transmitter may split a single signal to generate the first and second components, shift the frequency of the second component, recombine and transmit the two components. Also, in various embodiments, a receiver may receive the signal and derive the first and second components by correcting for cross-interference. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/660617 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768014 | Du et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eliza Yingzi Du (Indianapolis, Indiana); Darrell WuDunn (Indianapolis, Indiana); N. Luke Thomas (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eliza Yingzi Du (Indianapolis, Indiana); Darrell WuDunn (Indianapolis, Indiana); N. Luke Thomas (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for obtaining an identification characteristic for a subject includes acquiring an image of an eye of the subject, segmenting the eye image into different regions, extracting features in a sclera region segmented from the eye image, and generating data identifying at least one feature extracted from the sclera region of the eye image. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/144517 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/117 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768101 | Repperger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel W. Repperger (Dayton, Ohio); Rodney G. Roberts (Tallahassee, Florida); Alan R. Pinkus (Bellbrook, Ohio); Robert D. Sorkin (St. Augustine, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. Repperger (Dayton, Ohio); Rodney G. Roberts (Tallahassee, Florida); Alan R. Pinkus (Bellbrook, Ohio); Robert D. Sorkin (St. Augustine, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new optical imaging process for how to best fuse information from multiple target images into a single target image is described. The process has two primary components. First, rotating, translating and scaling each target image to register or calibrate them against a reference image and, second, determining weighing factors for each thus registered target image to select those images which add value to a final target image. The first component determines optimal rotational and translation matrices by a least squares measure using singular value decomposition. The second component determines weighing factors using correlations and statistical signal analysis techniques. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/174723 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/296 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768123 | Yao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Yao (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Yao (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-chip module (MCM) includes a stack of chips that are coupled using optical interconnects. On a first surface of a middle chip in the stack, there are: a first optical coupler, an optical waveguide, which is coupled to the first optical coupler, and a second optical coupler, which is coupled to the optical waveguide. The first optical coupler redirects an optical signal from the optical waveguide to a first direction (which is not in the plane of the first surface), or from the first direction to the optical waveguide. The second optical coupler redirects the optical signal from the optical waveguide to a second direction (which is not in the plane of the first surface), or from the second direction to the optical waveguide. An optical path associated with the second direction passes through an opening in a substrate in the middle chip. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/566598 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/42 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768170 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Guoliang Li (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Guoliang Li (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device that includes multiple optical modulators having target operating wavelengths that are distributed over a band of wavelengths and actual operating wavelengths is described. For example, the target operating wavelengths of adjacent optical modulators may be separated by a wavelength increment. Moreover, because of differences between the actual operating wavelengths and the target operating wavelengths of the optical modulators, tuning elements may be used to tune the optical modulators so that the actual operating wavelengths match corresponding carrier wavelengths in a set of optical signals. Furthermore, control logic in the optical device may assign the optical modulators to the corresponding carrier wavelengths based at least on differences between the carrier wavelengths and the actual operating wavelengths, thereby reducing an average tuning energy associated with the tuning elements. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/156144 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768449 | Pesaran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bijan Pesaran (Los Angeles, California); Richard A. Andersen (La Canada, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bijan Pesaran (Los Angeles, California); Richard A. Andersen (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Prosthetic devices, methods and systems are disclosed. Eye position and/or neural activity of a primate are recorded and combined. The combination signal is compared with a predetermined signal. The result of the comparison step is used to actuate the prosthetic device. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/828728 |
| 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 08768548 | Thielman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerhard W. Thielman (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerhard W. Thielman (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A spherical infrared robotic vehicle (SIRV) is provided for remote reconnaissance. The SIRV includes a spherical shell, a chassis within the shell, an infrared sensor within the chassis and a set of wheels between the shell and chassis. The spherical shell has inner and outer surfaces. The chassis contains a platform, an electric motor and a power supply, and includes an infrared aperture. The infrared sensor mounts to the platform and is disposed to receive an infrared signal through the aperture as infrared images. The sensor can be a plurality of infrared cameras mounted in separate directions. The wheels are driven by the motor and supported by the chassis. The wheels engage the inner surface and turn in response to the motor. The shell rolls by turning the wheels to propel the SIRV. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/068913 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768622 | Healy |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Liam M. Healy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liam M. Healy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique to assist guidance techniques for a free-flying inspection vehicle for inspecting a host satellite. The method solves analytically in closed form for relative motion about a circular primary for solutions that are non-drifting, i.e., the orbital periods of the two vehicles are equal, computes the impulsive maneuvers in the primary radial and cross-track directions, and parameterizes these maneuvers and obtain solutions that satisfy constraints, for example collision avoidance or direction of coverage, or optimize quantities, such as time or fuel usage. Apocentral coordinates and a set of four relative orbital parameters are used. The method separates the change in relative velocity (maneuvers) into radial and crosstrack components and uses a waypoint technique to plan the maneuvers. |
| FILED | Monday, September 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/028495 |
| ART UNIT | 3669 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/24 (20130101) B64G 1/242 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768647 | Zaki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ahmed S. Zaki (Kingston, Rhode Island); Timothy B. Straw (Narragansett, Rhode Island); Michael J. Obara (North Kingston, Rhode Island); Peter A. Child (East Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed S. Zaki (Kingston, Rhode Island); Timothy B. Straw (Narragansett, Rhode Island); Michael J. Obara (North Kingston, Rhode Island); Peter A. Child (East Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A high performance solid-state heading sensor for underwater towed arrays is taught that combines high quality MEMS sensor components with data processing filters to resolve performance limitations present in prior art heading sensors. The heading sensor employs rate gyroscopes, accelerometers, magnetometers and a customized Kalman filter formulation implemented on a micro-controller to improve performance in determining the roll, pitch and heading of a towed array. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/238425 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768663 | Chu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yifei Philip Chu (Slidell, Louisiana); Cheryl Ann Blain (Slidell, Louisiana); Robert S Linzell (Carriere, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yifei Philip Chu (Slidell, Louisiana); Cheryl Ann Blain (Slidell, Louisiana); Robert S Linzell (Carriere, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for automatically and regularly predicting water level and currents in coastal areas, without operator intervention. The system and method can enable, automated operational forecasts at regular time intervals without operator intervention by using a grid and a computer forecast model that allows accurate prediction of tidal heights and currents in complex shoreline and bathymetry regions, single or parallel processing capability, optimal available processor assignment based on the size of computing domain, standard and other tidal database forcing in the open boundary, missing data gap-filling, and wind, bathymetry, and model-derived boundary condition model integration. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/243639 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768699 | Gao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuqing Gao (Mount Kisco, New York); Hong-Kwang Jeff Kuo (Pleasantville, New York); Bowen Zhou (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuqing Gao (Mount Kisco, New York); Hong-Kwang Jeff Kuo (Pleasantville, New York); Bowen Zhou (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for assisting in translation are provided. A speech recognition hypothesis is obtained, corresponding to a source language utterance. Information retrieval is performed on a supplemental database, based on a situational context, to obtain at least one word string that is related to the source language utterance. The speech recognition hypothesis and the word string are then formatted for display to a user, to facilitate an appropriate selection by the user for translation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/760934 |
| ART UNIT | 2658 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768868 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shinko Y. Cheng (Campbell, California); Yang Chen (Westlake Village, California); Deepak Khosla (Camarillo, California); Kyungnam Kim (Oak Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shinko Y. Cheng (Campbell, California); Yang Chen (Westlake Village, California); Deepak Khosla (Camarillo, California); Kyungnam Kim (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system for multi-class classifier threshold-offset estimation for visual object recognition. The system receives an input image with input features for classifying. A pair-wise classifier is trained for each pair of a plurality of object classes. A set of classification responses is generated, and a multi-class receiver-operating-characteristics (ROC) curve is computed for a set of threshold-offsets. An objective function of classification performance is computed from the ROC curve and optimized using particle swarm optimization (PSO) to generate a set of optimized threshold-offsets. The optimized threshold-offsets are then applied to the classification responses. The resulting classification responses are compared to a predetermined value to classify each input feature as belonging to one object class or another. The tuning of the threshold-offsets with (PSO) improves classification performance in a visual object recognition system. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/440881 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768869 | Rubin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stuart Harvey Rubin (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Harvey Rubin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for machine-learning by analogy, comprising: providing a network of component computer systems, each component having sequential layers, each layer having parallel segments, each segment comprises a processor and a memory store, each memory store is configured to store a domain-specific case base, which is defined by a situation-action pair; stochastically transforming cases in each case base through automatic deterministic generalization and analogy when the corresponding processor is in a dream mode to create transformed cases; providing a user-entered situation; modifying the user-entered situation by expanding its contextual mnemonics; searching each case base for cases and transformed cases that include contextual subsets of the modified, user-entered situation; for a given case base, mapping the modified, user-entered situation to a matched action within the given case base; creating a new case comprising the user-entered situation and the matched action. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/451348 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768874 | Videen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gorden Videen (Silver Spring, Maryland); Robert H Dalling (Natchitoches, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gorden Videen (Silver Spring, Maryland); Robert H Dalling (Natchitoches, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for predicting the outcome of chaotic systems are described. An example of a prediction system disclosed herein includes, in general, functional elements to vary the initial conditions of a chaotic system and calculate a plurality of possible trajectories for the chaotic system. The prediction system also includes calculating a Lyapunov exponent for each of the plurality of possible trajectories and selecting the trajectory with the smallest Lyapunov exponent as the most likely trajectory to occur. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/082824 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08769087 | Ryder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Ryder (San Diego, California); Scott T. Evans (Alpine, California); Eric I. Jensen (Chula Vista, California); Alice Moore (San Diego, California); Alan O. Peterson (La Mesa, California); Robert S. Drew (San Diego, California); Walter M. Seay (Poway, California); Kathy Seay (Poway, California); Jeffrey B. Lee (Lakeside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Ryder (San Diego, California); Scott T. Evans (Alpine, California); Eric I. Jensen (Chula Vista, California); Alice Moore (San Diego, California); Alan O. Peterson (La Mesa, California); Robert S. Drew (San Diego, California); Walter M. Seay (Poway, California); Kathy Seay (Poway, California); Jeffrey B. Lee (Lakeside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Communication Assets Survey and Mapping Tool. The method includes collecting and storing agency, communication asset and interoperability data in a database, receiving a request for a display of agency, communication asset and interoperability of a geographic area, retrieving data regarding agency, communication asset and interoperability information from the database, determining interoperability between agencies based on their communication assets data and displaying interoperability information. Features include prioritizing interoperability solutions (a need vs ability analysis), data entry graphical user interface, data export, and community forum. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/207500 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/173 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08769096 | 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 | Methods, systems and products are provided relevant alert delivery including assigning by an event analyzer each received event to an events pool; determining by the event analyzer in dependence upon event analysis rules and the events assigned to the events pool whether to suppress one or more of the events; identifying by the event analyzer in dependence upon event analysis rules and the events assigned to the events pool one or more alerts; sending by the event analyzer to an alert analyzer all the alerts identified by the event analyzer; assigning by the alert analyzer the identified alerts to an alerts pool; determining by the alert analyzer in dependence upon alert analysis rules and the alerts in the alert pool whether to suppress any alerts; and transmitting the unsuppressed alerts to one or more components of the distributed processing system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/776823 |
| ART UNIT | 2448 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08769315 | Ortiz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Albert Ortiz (Chalfont, Pennsylvania); Donald D. Dalessandro (Williamstown, New Jersey); Qing Dong (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania); John K. Overby (Hanover, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert Ortiz (Chalfont, Pennsylvania); Donald D. Dalessandro (Williamstown, New Jersey); Qing Dong (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania); John K. Overby (Hanover, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | According to typical inventive practice, each inventive sensor node performs computer processing that is tri-chotomized in a progressive, power-regulating scheme of three processors, namely, a low-performance processor, a middle-performance processor (which remains in sleep mode until activated upon demand for a middle-computation function), and a high-performance processor (which remains in sleep mode until activated upon demand for a high-computation function). The low-performance processor performs low computation functions such as routine sensing functions. The middle-performance processor performs middle-computation functions such as validative sensing functions. The high-performance processor performs high computation functions such as remedial communicative functions. Each sensor node has one or more transceivers for wirelessly transmitting and receiving radio signals (e.g. remedial communication) to and from transceivers of other sensor nodes. Some transceivers may be specifically dedicated to wirelessly communicating “wake-up” signals among nodes. Inventive practice is notably efficacious in furtherance of situational awareness of damage events onboard naval ships. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/172185 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08769684 | Stolfo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salvatore J. Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Malek Ben Salem (New York, New York); Shlomo Hershkop (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salvatore J. Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Malek Ben Salem (New York, New York); Shlomo Hershkop (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and media for masquerade attack detection by monitoring computer user behavior are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for detecting masquerade attacks is provided, the method comprising: monitoring a first plurality of user actions and access of decoy information in a computing environment; generating a user intent model for a category that includes at least one of the first plurality of user actions; monitoring a second plurality of user actions; comparing the second plurality of user actions with the user intent model by determining deviation from the generated user intent model; identifying whether the second plurality of user actions is a masquerade attack based at least in part on the comparison; and generating an alert in response to identifying that the second plurality of user actions is the masquerade attack and in response to determining that the second plurality of user actions includes accessing the decoy information in the computing environment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/628587 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/50 (20130101) G06F 21/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/552 (20130101) G06F 21/554 (20130101) G06F 21/566 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/06884 (20130101) H04L 29/06897 (20130101) H04L 63/1408 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE44988 | Ricks-Laskoski 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 (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Holly L. Ricks-Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia); Arthur W. Snow (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a new ionic liquid monomer salt and methods of is synthesis and polymerization. The ionic liquid monomer salt is prepared by mixing equimolar amounts of an amine, such as tris[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)-ethyl]amine and an acid functionalized polymerizable monomer, such as 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS), which is stirred at ambient temperature until salt formation is complete. Also disclosed is a new ionic liquid polymer salts and method for making the same. The synthesis of AMPS-ammonium salt polymer is accomplished by adding 2,2′-azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) to the ionic liquid monomer salt and heating the homogeneous melt at 70° C. for 18 hr. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/763787 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 303/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08764643 | Fulghum |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen F. Fulghum (Marblehead, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hoya Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen F. Fulghum (Marblehead, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for imaging tissue autofluorescence through a video endoscope is described, comprising a light source capable of providing both ultraviolet light capable of inducing tissue autofluorescence and visible light which induces little or no autofluorescence, an optical system to deliver both wavelength bands to the tissue with the same apparent spatial and angular intensity distribution, a means for digitally acquiring the resulting, visible fluorescence and visible reflectance images using a single imaging detector at the distal tip of the endoscope and a means for digitally processing said images to generate a final, false-color image for display which indicates regions of tissue dysplasia. This system can either be added on to an existing video endoscope or integrated into its structure. The combined system can be electronically switched between normal white light imaging and fluorescence imaging. |
| FILED | Monday, November 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/955327 |
| ART UNIT | 3779 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/043 (20130101) A61B 1/0638 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08764666 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhongping Chen (Irvine, California); Jiechen Yin (Irvine, California); Qifa Zhou (Arcadia, California); Changhong Hu (South Pasadena, California); Hao-Chung Yang (Los Angeles, California); Huihua Kenny Chiang (Aliso Viejo, California); Kirk K. Shung (Monterey Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhongping Chen (Irvine, California); Jiechen Yin (Irvine, California); Qifa Zhou (Arcadia, California); Changhong Hu (South Pasadena, California); Hao-Chung Yang (Los Angeles, California); Huihua Kenny Chiang (Aliso Viejo, California); Kirk K. Shung (Monterey Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging probe for a biological sample includes an OCT probe and an ultrasound probe combined with the OCT probe in an integral probe package capable of providing by a single scanning operation images from the OCT probe and ultrasound probe to simultaneously provide integrated optical coherence tomography (OCT) and ultrasound imaging of the same biological sample. A method to provide high resolution imaging of biomedical tissue includes the steps of finding an area of interest using the guidance of ultrasound imaging, and obtaining an OCT image and once the area of interest is identified where the combination of the two imaging modalities yields high resolution OCT and deep penetration depth ultrasound imaging. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/607958 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 8/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08764672 | Manwaring et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Preston K. Manwaring (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Ryan J. Halter (Orford, New Hampshire); Kim H. Manwaring (Phoenix, Arizona) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Preston K. Manwaring (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Ryan J. Halter (Orford, New Hampshire); Kim H. Manwaring (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method and device for monitoring the condition of an internal organ, such as a brain, by providing an internal electrode. The internal electrode is operatively connected to at least one surface, external, electrode, and a system handler. A signal is generated between the electrodes such that the electrical properties, including conductivity and impedance among others, can be measured at and across the electrodes. The electrode arrangement allows for continuous monitoring of an internal organ and, where desired, mapping of the electrical properties thereof. The system obtains pressure readings, nodal conductivity and/or electrode impedance to monitor, map and report the condition of the internal organ. A correlation procedure is provided for generating a graphical representation of the condition of an internal organ from the gathered data. A medical treatment method is also provided for monitoring the status of the brain, and includes providing an internal electrode for measuring electrical properties of the internal organ. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/706696 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/506 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08764850 | Hansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Round Lake, Illinois); Dudley S. Childress (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Round Lake, Illinois); Dudley S. Childress (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A bi-modal ankle-foot device that provides a curved effective shape appropriate for walking and a flattened effective shape for standing. The bi-modal ankle-foot device includes a foot piece and a lockable ankle joint connected to the flat foot piece, the ankle joint and foot piece cooperating to provide a curved shape for walking when the ankle joint is unlocked and to provide a flattened shape for standing when the ankle joint is locked. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/462056 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/68 (20130101) A61F 2/72 (20130101) A61F 2/6607 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/665 (20130101) A61F 2002/701 (20130101) A61F 2002/5001 (20130101) A61F 2002/5003 (20130101) A61F 2002/5009 (20130101) A61F 2002/5041 (20130101) A61F 2002/5043 (20130101) A61F 2002/5055 (20130101) A61F 2002/5056 (20130101) A61F 2002/5075 (20130101) A61F 2002/5078 (20130101) A61F 2002/6621 (20130101) A61F 2002/6818 (20130101) A61F 2002/6845 (20130101) A61F 2002/6854 (20130101) A61F 2002/7615 (20130101) A61F 2002/30359 (20130101) A61F 2002/30476 (20130101) A61F 2002/30492 (20130101) A61F 2220/0025 (20130101) A61F 2220/0033 (20130101) |
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| US 08765060 | Buhlmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philippe Buhlmann (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Paul G. Boswell (Arden Hills, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philippe Buhlmann (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Paul G. Boswell (Arden Hills, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for detecting an analyte present in a fluid includes a fluorous sensing phase into which the analyte enters selectively in comparison with other components of the fluid. |
| FILED | Friday, May 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/915551 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.30 |
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| US 08765097 | Hallahan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis E. Hallahan (St. Louis, Missouri); Shimian Qu (Brentwood, Tennessee); Zhaozhong Han (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri); Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis E. Hallahan (St. Louis, Missouri); Shimian Qu (Brentwood, Tennessee); Zhaozhong Han (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for identifying a molecule that binds an irradiated tumor in a subject and molecules identified thereby. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of (a) exposing a tumor to ionizing radiation; (b) administering to a subject a library of diverse molecules; and (c) isolating from the tumor one or more molecules of the library of diverse molecules, whereby a molecule that binds an irradiated tumor is identified. Also provided are targeting ligands that bind an irradiated tumor and therapeutic and diagnostic methods that employ the disclosed targeting ligands. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/766310 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/03 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/08 (20130101) A61K 49/14 (20130101) A61K 51/08 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) |
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| US 08765120 | Chancellor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael B. Chancellor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Johnny Huard (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael B. Chancellor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Johnny Huard (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides muscle-derived cells, preferably myoblasts and muscle-derived stem cells, genetically engineered to contain and express one or more heterologous genes or functional segments of such genes, for delivery of the encoded gene products at or near sites of musculoskeletal, bone, ligament, meniscus, cartilage or genitourinary disease, injury, defect, or dysfunction. Ex vivo myoblast mediated gene delivery of human inducible nitric oxide synthase, and the resulting production of nitric oxide at and around the site of injury, are particularly provided by the invention as a treatment for lower genitourinary tract dysfunctions. Ex vivo gene transfer for the musculoskeletal system includes genes encoding acidic fibroblast growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, epidermal growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, platelet derived growth factor, transforming growth factor-1, transforming growth factor-a, nerve growth factor and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein (IRAP), bone morphogenetic protein (BMPs), cartilage derived morphogenetic protein (CDMPs), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and sonic hedgehog proteins. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/025449 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.700 |
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| US 08765123 | Kaplan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey B. Kaplan (Monsey, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey B. Kaplan (Monsey, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to antimicrobial deoxyribonuclease-based compositions that inhibit growth and proliferation of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The present invention also relates to methods of administering the compositions in the treatment and prevention of S. aureus infections. The present invention also relates to methods of administering the compositions in the eradication of S. aureus nasal carriage, in order to prevent the transmission of S. aureus bacteria. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/609714 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.610 |
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| US 08765126 | Sackstein |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Sackstein (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Sackstein (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present embodiments relate to novel uses of MPO inhibitors and inhibitors of MPO and E-selectin binding. In some embodiments, methods are provided for treating G-CSF-induced vascular complications and associate tissue injury comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a compound that inhibits E-selectin receptor/ligand interaction or inhibits MPO activity. The inhibitors may be administered in conjunction with G-CSF therapy. The inhibitors include antibody molecules, as well as homologues, analogues and modified or derived forms thereof, including immunoglobulin fragments like Fab, F(ab′)2 and Fv, small molecules, including peptides, oligonucleotides, peptidomimetics (including aptamers) and organic compounds (e.g., glycomimetics). |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/465691 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
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| US 08765139 | Palese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Palese (Leonia, New Jersey); Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Thomas Muster (Vienna, Austria) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Palese (Leonia, New Jersey); Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Thomas Muster (Vienna, Austria) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, in general, to attenuated negative-strand RNA viruses having an impaired ability to antagonize the cellular interferon (IFN) response, and the use of such attenuated viruses in vaccine and pharmaceutical formulations. The invention also relates to the development and use of IFN-deficient systems for selection of such attenuated viruses. In particular, the invention relates to attenuated influenza viruses having modifications to the NS1 gene that diminish or eliminate the ability of the NS1 gene product to antagonize the cellular IFN response. The mutant viruses replicate in vivo but demonstrate reduced pathogenicity, and therefore are well suited for live virus vaccines, and pharmaceutical formulations. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/250846 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/206.100 |
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| US 08765140 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhenqian Liu (Lenexa, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas Medical Center (Kansas City, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Opendra Narayan (Lenexa, Kansas); Zhenqian Liu (Lenexa, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a DNA vaccine for immunization against HIV. The invention comprises a DNA molecule that has a sequence encoding a plurality of viral proteins capable of stimulating an immune response against HIV. The DNA molecule is rendered safe for use as a vaccine by the disruption of genes encoding reverse transcriptase, integrase, and Vif. The DNA molecule is further rendered safe by at least a partial deletion of the 3′ LTR. |
| FILED | Monday, July 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/185148 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/208.100 |
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| US 08765161 | Kohn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joachim B. Kohn (Piscataway, New Jersey); Durgadas Bolikal (Edison, New Jersey); Ramiro Rojas (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joachim B. Kohn (Piscataway, New Jersey); Durgadas Bolikal (Edison, New Jersey); Ramiro Rojas (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel monomers of Formula (I) useful for preparation of phase-separated biocompatible polymers or polymer compositions. These polymers or polymer compositions may be bioresorbable and/or biodegradable and have desirable mechanical properties, such as fracture and/or fatigue toughness, which have not been a primary design criteria for such polymers previously. The polymers or polymer compositions are useful in a variety of medical applications, such as in the fabrication of medical devices. Therefore, methods for preparing these polymers or polymer compositions and medical devices are also encompassed by this disclosure. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/387908 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 79/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 79/025 (20130101) |
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| US 08765171 | Fujii et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary Fujii (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Francis C. Szoka, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Douglas S. Watson (Harrisonburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Molecular Express, Inc. (Rancho Dominquez, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Fujii (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Francis C. Szoka, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Douglas S. Watson (Harrisonburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to liposomal vaccine compositions, methods for the manufacture thereof, and methods for the use thereof to stimulate an immune response in an animal. These compositions comprise dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (“DMPC”); either dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol (“DMPG”) or dimyristoyltrimethylammonium propane (“DMTAP”) or both DMPC and DMTAP; and at least one sterol derivative providing a covalent anchor for one or more immunogenic polypeptide(s) or carbohydrate(s). |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/720592 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/450 |
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| US 08765368 | Willey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James C. Willey (Toledo, Ohio); Thomas M. Blomquist (Perrysburg, Ohio); Erin L. Crawford (Rossford, Ohio); D'Anna N. Mullins (Maumee, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Willey (Toledo, Ohio); Thomas M. Blomquist (Perrysburg, Ohio); Erin L. Crawford (Rossford, Ohio); D'Anna N. Mullins (Maumee, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for identifying biomarkers that indicate a biological state, in particular cancer or predisposition to cancer. Also provided are methods and compositions for identifying a greater risk for a cancer-related condition in an subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/212003 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2545/114 (20130101) C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/157 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/574 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/50 (20130101) |
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| US 08765374 | Benkovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen J Benkovic (State College, Pennsylvania); Frank Salinas (Wheaton, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J Benkovic (State College, Pennsylvania); Frank Salinas (Wheaton, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for replicating and amplifying a target nucleic acid sequence is described. A method of the invention involves the formation of a recombination intermediate without the prior denaturing of a nucleic acid duplex through the use of a recombination factor. The recombination intermediate is treated with a high fidelity polymerase to permit the replication and amplification of the target nucleic acid sequence. In preferred embodiments, the polymerase comprises a polymerase holoenzyme. In further preferred embodiments, the recombination factor is bacteriophage T4 UvsX protein or homologs from other species, and the polymerase holoenzyme comprises a polymerase enzyme, a clamp protein and a clamp loader protein, derived from viral, bacteriophage, prokaryotic, archaebacterial, or eukaryotic systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/722738 |
| 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 |
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| US 08765375 | Drmanac |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Callida Genomics, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Callida Genomics, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radoje Drmanac (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and kits for ordering sequence information derived from one or more target polynucleotides. In one aspect, one or more tiers or levels of fragmentation and aliquoting are generated, after which sequence information is obtained from fragments in a final level or tier. Each fragment in such final tier is from a particular aliquot, which, in turn, is from a particular aliquot of a prior tier, and so on. For every fragment of an aliquot in the final tier, the aliquots from which it was derived at every prior tier is known, or can be discerned. Thus, identical sequences from overlapping fragments from different aliquots can be distinguished and grouped as being derived from the same or different fragments from prior tiers. When the fragments in the final tier are sequenced, overlapping sequence regions of fragments in different aliquots are used to register the fragments so that non-overlapping regions are ordered. In one aspect, this process is carried out in a hierarchical fashion until the one or more target polynucleotides are characterized, e.g. by their nucleic acid sequences, or by an ordering of sequence segments, or by an ordering of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), or the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/962893 |
| 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 |
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| US 08765377 | Schaefer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ernst J. Schaefer (Natick, Massachusetts); Eliana Polisecki (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boston Heart Diagnostics Corporation (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ernst J. Schaefer (Natick, Massachusetts); Eliana Polisecki (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention pertains to a method of determining a statin dosage for an individual in need of treatment with a statin, comprising determining a SLCO1B1 genotype from a nucleic acid sample of the individual, said genotype comprising the presence or absence of the SLCO1B1-056 polymorphism, and determining an ApoE genotype or phenotype identifying an ApoE polymorphism selected from the group consisting of ApoE2, ApoE3, ApoE4, and any combination thereof, wherein the combination of a SLCO1B1 genotype identifying the presence of the SLCO1B1-056 C polymorphism and the ApoE genotype or phenotype identifying one of the ApoE3/4 or ApoE4/4 genotypes indicates the statin dosage. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/650948 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/172 (20130101) |
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| US 08765379 | Drmanac |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Radoje Drmanac (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Callida Genomics, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radoje Drmanac (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and kits for ordering sequence information derived from one or more target polynucleotides. In one aspect, one or more tiers or levels of fragmentation and aliquoting are generated, after which sequence information is obtained from fragments in a final level or tier. Each fragment in such final tier is from a particular aliquot, which, in turn, is from a particular aliquot of a prior tier, and so on. For every fragment of an aliquot in the final tier, the aliquots from which it was derived at every prior tier is known, or can be discerned. Thus, identical sequences from overlapping fragments from different aliquots can be distinguished and grouped as being derived from the same or different fragments from prior tiers. When the fragments in the final tier are sequenced, overlapping sequence regions of fragments in different aliquots are used to register the fragments so that non-overlapping regions are ordered. In one aspect, this process is carried out in a hierarchical fashion until the one or more target polynucleotides are characterized, e.g. by their nucleic acid sequences, or by an ordering of sequence segments, or by an ordering of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), or the like. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/017244 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
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| US 08765382 | Drmanac |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Callida Genomics, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Callida Genomics, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radoje Drmanac (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and kits for ordering sequence information derived from one or more target polynucleotides. In one aspect, one or more tiers or levels of fragmentation and aliquoting are generated, after which sequence information is obtained from fragments in a final level or tier. Each fragment in such final tier is from a particular aliquot, which, in turn, is from a particular aliquot of a prior tier, and so on. For every fragment of an aliquot in the final tier, the aliquots from which it was derived at every prior tier is known, or can be discerned. Thus, identical sequences from overlapping fragments from different aliquots can be distinguished and grouped as being derived from the same or different fragments from prior tiers. When the fragments in the final tier are sequenced, overlapping sequence regions of fragments in different aliquots are used to register the fragments so that non-overlapping regions are ordered. In one aspect, this process is carried out in a hierarchical fashion until the one or more target polynucleotides are characterized, e.g. by their nucleic acid sequences, or by an ordering of sequence segments, or by an ordering of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), or the like. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/975223 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
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| US 08765390 | Ailles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Laurie Ailles (Palo Alto, California); Irving L. Weissman (Stanford, California); Michael Clarke (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurie Ailles (Palo Alto, California); Irving L. Weissman (Stanford, California); Michael Clarke (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Squamous carcinoma stem cells (SCSC) are identified. The cells can be prospectively isolated or identified from primary tumor samples, and are shown to possess the unique properties of cancer stem cells in functional assays for cancer stem cell self-renewal and differentiation, and to form unique histological microdomains useful in cancer diagnosis. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/001336 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
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| US 08765396 | Hart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arbor Assays LLC (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arbor Assays LLC (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell Hart (Chelsea, Michigan); Barbara Scheuer (Chelsea, Michigan); Raymond Trievel (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of screening a test agent for activity to modulate an oxidative demethylation enzyme are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which includes preparing a test reaction comprising an oxidative demethylation enzyme, a substrate for the oxidative demethylation enzyme, a test agent and 4-amino-3-penten-2-one under conditions which allow generation of formaldehyde by oxidative demethylation of the substrate by the enzyme in the absence of the test agent; detecting fluorescence in the test reaction, the fluorescence indicative of reaction of formaldehyde and 4-amino-3-penten-2-one in the test reaction; and comparing fluorescence detected in the test reaction with a control, wherein a difference in detected fluorescence is indicative of a change in activity of the oxidative demethylation enzyme in the presence of the test agent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/022603 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/25 |
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| US 08765408 | Blattner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick R. Blattner (Madison, Wisconsin); John W. Campbell (Oak Park, Illinois); David Frisch (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Guy Plunkett, III (Madison, Wisconsin); Gyorgy Posfai (Szeged, Hungary) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick R. Blattner (Madison, Wisconsin); John W. Campbell (Oak Park, Illinois); David Frisch (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Guy Plunkett, III (Madison, Wisconsin); Gyorgy Posfai (Szeged, Hungary) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a bacterium having a genome that is genetically engineered to be smaller than the genome of its native parent strain. A bacterium with a smaller genome can produce a commercial product more efficiently. The present invention also provides methods for deleting genes and other DNA sequences from a bacterial genome. The methods provide precise deletions and seldom introduces mutations to the genomic DNA sequences around the deletion sites. Thus, the methods can be used to generate a series of deletions in a bacterium without increasing the possibility of undesired homologous recombination within the genome. In addition, some of the methods provided by the present invention can also be used for replacing a region of a bacterial genome with a desired DNA sequence. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/363848 |
| 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 435/69.100 |
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| US 08765414 | Kobilka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian K. Kobilka (Palo Alto, California); Yaozhong Zou (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian K. Kobilka (Palo Alto, California); Yaozhong Zou (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments provide a GPCR fusion protein. In particular embodiments, the GPCR fusion protein comprises: a) a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR); and b) an autonomously folding stable domain, where the autonomously folding stable domain is N-terminal to the GPCR and is heterologous to the GPCR. The GPCR fusion protein is characterized in that is crystallizable under lipidic cubic phase crystallization conditions. In certain embodiments, the GPCR fusion protein may be crystallizable in a complex with a G-protein or in a complex with an antibody that binds to the IC3 loop of the GPCR. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/420329 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
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| US 08765419 | Hirschbein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Illumina, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illumina, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard Hirschbein (San Francisco, California); Filiz Gorpe-Yasar (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present technology relates to methods and systems for detection of pyrophosphate. As such, disclosed herein are methods and systems that permit improved pyrophosphate detection. Also disclosed herein are methods and systems which utilize improved pyrophosphate detection for nucleotide sequencing. |
| FILED | Monday, April 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/872812 |
| 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 | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/66 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2565/301 (20130101) C12Q 2565/607 (20130101) |
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| US 08765431 | Sherman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David H. Sherman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Janet L. Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Liangcai Gu (Boston, Massachusetts); Jennifer Gehret (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Sherman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Janet L. Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Liangcai Gu (Boston, Massachusetts); Jennifer Gehret (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of preparing alkenes from beta-hydroxy or beta-sulfate carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid derivatives using thioesterase and optionally a sulfotransferase. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/842549 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/166 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765444 | He et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bin He (Chicago, Illinois); Dustin Verpooten (Schererville, Indiana); Yijie Ma (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin He (Chicago, Illinois); Dustin Verpooten (Schererville, Indiana); Yijie Ma (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and compositions for use in treating HSV-related conditions and diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/836856 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765461 | Ludwig |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Linda B. Ludwig (East Aurora, New York) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Linda B. Ludwig (East Aurora, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a novel HIV gene comprising a set of open reading frames encoded with the template as the plus strand of the proviral DNA, and located in the region of HIV-1 long terminal repeat. The genes encode a set of antisense proteins, (HAPs) as well as smaller proteins, related to, and containing structural motif resembling that of chemokine proteins. Depending upon the ribosomal frameshift, a plurality of proteins may be translated from the antisense RNA. The smaller proteins have similarity with chemokine SDF-1 and may play a role as a cofactor with gp120 in the binding to and entry of HIV to a target cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/135545 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1132 (20130101) C12N 15/1138 (20130101) C12N 2740/1622 (20130101) C12N 2740/16022 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2740/16322 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56988 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765468 | Boyce |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven T. Boyce (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio); Shriners Hospitals for Children (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven T. Boyce (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A device, and method of making the device, capable of therapeutic treatment and/or for in vitro testing of human skin. The device may be used on skin wounds for burned, injured, or diseased skin, and provides structures and functions as in normal uninjured skin, such as barrier function, which is a definitive property of normal skin. The device contains cultured dermal and epidermal cells on a biocompatible, biodegradable reticulated matrix. All or part of the cells may be autologous, from the recipient of the cultured skin device, which advantageously eliminates concerns of tissue compatibility. The cells may also be modified genetically to provide one or more factors to facilitate healing of the engrafted skin replacement, such as an angiogenic factor to stimulate growth of blood vessels. The inventive device is easy to handle and manipulate for surgical transplant, can be made into large sheets to minimize the number of grafts required to cover a large surface area to be treated, and can be produced within the time frame to treat a burned individual requiring a skin graft. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/901728 |
| 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 435/347 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765484 | Sailor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Sailor (San Diego, California); Thomas Schmedake (Charlotte, North Carolina); Frederique Cunin (Cardiff, California); Jamie Link (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Sailor (San Diego, California); Thomas Schmedake (Charlotte, North Carolina); Frederique Cunin (Cardiff, California); Jamie Link (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention concerns a particle having a code embedded in its physical structure by refractive index changes between different regions of the particle. In preferred embodiments, a thin film possesses porosity that varies in a manner to produce a code detectable in the reflectivity spectrum. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/503217 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765641 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hyesook Kim (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Alan A. Dombkowski (Canton, Michigan); Raymond F. Novak (Orchard Lake, Michigan); Brian B. Haab (Jenison, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Detroit R and D, Inc. (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hyesook Kim (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Alan A. Dombkowski (Canton, Michigan); Raymond F. Novak (Orchard Lake, Michigan); Brian B. Haab (Jenison, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An antibody microarray screen including a substrate, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies that are purified immunoglobins, wherein the antibodies are spotted on predetermined positions on the substrate, and fluids unprocessed for immunoglobulin isolation (e.g., anti-sera, ascites fluids, or hybridoma culture media), wherein the unprocessed fluids are spotted on the predetermined positions on the substrate. Production of drug-metabolizing enzyme antibody microarrays containing closely related cytochromes P450 is disclosed. Methods of manufacturing an antibody microarray, an internal control molecule for use in an antibody microarray, a method of determining optimal spotting concentrations of IgG and a method to increase a detectable signal with microarray analysis are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/593412 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765671 | Eriksson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ulf Eriksson (Stockholm, Sweden); Daniel Lawrence (Ann Arbor, Maryland); Enming Joe Su (Ann Arbor, Maryland); Dudley Strickland (Brookville, Maryland); Manuel Yepes (Atlanta, Georgia); Linda Fredriksson (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York); University of Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ulf Eriksson (Stockholm, Sweden); Daniel Lawrence (Ann Arbor, Maryland); Enming Joe Su (Ann Arbor, Maryland); Dudley Strickland (Brookville, Maryland); Manuel Yepes (Atlanta, Georgia); Linda Fredriksson (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for modulating blood-neural barrier (BNB) for the treatment of CNS conditions such as edema, and for increased drug delivery efficacy across the BNB. The present invention further relates to improved tPA treatment of ischemic cerebrovascular and related diseases in combination with antagonism of the PDGF signaling pathway. The inventive method and composition is particularly suitable for conjunctive therapy of ischemic stroke using tPA and an anti-PDGF-C antagonist or an anti-PDGFR-α antagonist. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/407270 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/8.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765673 | Brophy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colleen Brophy (Scottsdale, Arizona); Alyssa Panitch (Higley, Arizona); Catherine Parmiter (Phoenix, Arizona); Elizabeth Furnish (Tempe, Arizona); Padmini Komalavilas (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colleen Brophy (Scottsdale, Arizona); Alyssa Panitch (Higley, Arizona); Catherine Parmiter (Phoenix, Arizona); Elizabeth Furnish (Tempe, Arizona); Padmini Komalavilas (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for promoting wound healing and/or reducing scar formation, by administering to an individual in need thereof one or more of the heat shock protein 20-derived polypeptides disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/343127 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/9.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765686 | Baker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Baker (Seattle, Washington); Timothy A. Whitehead (East Grand Rapids, Michigan); Sarel Fleishman (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Baker (Seattle, Washington); Timothy A. Whitehead (East Grand Rapids, Michigan); Sarel Fleishman (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated polypeptides that recognize and are strong binders to Influenza A hemagglutinin and can be used, for example, to treat and/or limit development of an influenza infection, or to diagnose or monitor progression of an influenza infection are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/813356 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/11 (20130101) |
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| US 08765692 | Savage et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul B. Savage (Mapleton, Utah); Luc Teyton (Del Mar, California); Albert Bendelac (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois); Bringham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul B. Savage (Mapleton, Utah); Luc Teyton (Del Mar, California); Albert Bendelac (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Modified glycolipid compounds are provided. Also disclosed are methods for activating an NKT cell, methods of stimulating an immune response in a subject, and methods suitable for labeling NKT cells. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/531124 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765747 | Choi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hwan Geun Choi (Seoul, South Korea); Taebo Sim (Seoul, South Korea); Nathanael Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Wenjun Zhou (Brighton, Massachusetts); Jae Won Chang (San Diego, California); Jianming Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ellen Weisberg (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hwan Geun Choi (Seoul, South Korea); Taebo Sim (Seoul, South Korea); Nathanael Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Wenjun Zhou (Brighton, Massachusetts); Jae Won Chang (San Diego, California); Jianming Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ellen Weisberg (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application relates to therapeutic organic compounds of formula (I), wherein Q, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of a therapeutic organic compound; and methods for treating and preventing disease such as cancer comprising administering and effective amount of a therapeutic organic compound to a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/376539 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/4985 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 513/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08765777 | Kalman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Kalman (Atlanta, Georgia); William Gerard Bornmann (Missouri City, Texas); Patrick Michael Reeves (Atlanta, Georgia); Alyson Irene Swimm (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Kalman (Atlanta, Georgia); William Gerard Bornmann (Missouri City, Texas); Patrick Michael Reeves (Atlanta, Georgia); Alyson Irene Swimm (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for using tyrosine kinase inhibitors to treat pathogenic infection. In particular, methods for using Abl-family tyrosine kinase inhibitors to treat pathogenic infection are provided. Infections to be treated according to the present invention include, particularly, those caused by microbial pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/969659 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765802 | Shoemaker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Shoemaker (Boyds, Maryland); John Cardellina (Walkersville, Maryland); Michael Currens (Frederick, Maryland); Sudhir Kondapaka (North Potomac, Maryland); Yves Pommier (Bethesda, Maryland); Andy Jobson (Rockville, Maryland); Dominic Scudiero (Frederick, Maryland); David Waugh (Walkersville, Maryland); George Lountos (Frederick, Maryland); Guangtao Zhang (Princeton, New Jersey); Andrew Colasanti (Scotch Plains, New Jersey); Christopher R. Self (West Caldwell, New Jersey); Janet Cicariello Cook (Mendham, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Provid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Resources NIH (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Shoemaker (Boyds, Maryland); John Cardellina (Walkersville, Maryland); Michael Currens (Frederick, Maryland); Sudhir Kondapaka (North Potomac, Maryland); Yves Pommier (Bethesda, Maryland); Andy Jobson (Rockville, Maryland); Dominic Scudiero (Frederick, Maryland); David Waugh (Walkersville, Maryland); George Lountos (Frederick, Maryland); Charles M. Cook (Mendham, New Jersey); Guangtao Zhang (Princeton, New Jersey); Andrew Colasanti (Scotch Plains, New Jersey); Christopher R. Self (West Caldwell, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are Compounds having the following structure: wherein A, L, X and ring B are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Compound and methods for treating or preventing cancer, hypoxia, diabetes, stroke, autoimmune disease or a condition treatable or preventable by inhibition of Chk2, the ATM-Chk2 pathway or RSK2 comprising administering an effective amount of a Compound to a patient in need thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/135575 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/419 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765803 | Wandinger-Ness et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angela Wandinger-Ness (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Larry Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jacob Agola (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Zurab Surviladze (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeffrey Aubé (Lawrence, Kansas); Jennifer Golden (Olathe, Kansas); Chad E. Schroeder (Lawrence, Kansas); Denise S. Simpson (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela Wandinger-Ness (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Larry Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jacob Agola (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Zurab Surviladze (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeffrey Aubé (Lawrence, Kansas); Jennifer Golden (Olathe, Kansas); Chad E. Schroeder (Lawrence, Kansas); Denise S. Simpson (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to compounds and their use as inhibitors or activators of Rab7 GTPase to treat or prevent the onset of Rab 7 GTPase-associated disorders such as neuropathies, cancer, metabolic diseases of bone and lipid storage. The invention is also applicable to infectious diseases where Rab7 is inactivated or its protein-protein interactions are modulated to facilitate intracellular survival of pathogens. The compound described acts as a competitive inhibitor of nucleotide binding and as such also has utility as a scaffold for targeting other small GTPases. In one aspect, methods of treatment of the invention are used to treat or prevent the onset of hereditary sensory neuropathies such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2B disease. Related pharmaceutical compositions, assays, and drug screens are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/404921 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/443 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765810 | Greene et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Cephalon, Inc. (Frazer, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Cephalon, Inc. (Wilmingotn, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark I. Greene (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Ramachandran Murali (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Xin Cheng (Wallingford, Pennsylvania); Raphael Ottenbrite (Midlothian, Virginia); Yingxin Xiaio (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compounds that are allosteric inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor receptor I, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds and compositions thereof in the treatment of TNF-α mediated conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/654765 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/15 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/365 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 251/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08765908 | Feng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xu Feng (Birmingham, Alabama); Shunqing Wang (Guangzhou, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xu Feng (Birmingham, Alabama); Shunqing Wang (Guangzhou, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a therapeutic composition, and method of use thereof, for improving bone mass, rigidity, or strength, or preventing and treating bone loss via modulation of the RANK signaling pathway. The therapeutic composition of the present invention comprises a RYBP peptide, or fragments thereof, that specifically interact with a motif of RANK to regulate osteoclastogenesis. The present invention further provides a composition, and method of use thereof, comprising a modulator that is capable of modulating the RYBP-RANK interaction, or modulating an effector in the RANK signaling pathway through the RYBP-RANK interaction. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/571489 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765935 | Wagner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carston R. Wagner (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a compound of formula (I), wherein R1-R6 and X have any of the values described, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and therapeutic methods comprising the administration of such compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/753252 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/26.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765950 | Davisson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vincent Jo Davisson (West Lafavette, Indiana); Shirshendu K. Deb (Bansdroni Kolkata, India); Giselle Marcelline Knudsen-Mooney (Indianapolis, Indiana); Meiguo Xin (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Jo Davisson (West Lafavette, Indiana); Shirshendu K. Deb (Bansdroni Kolkata, India); Giselle Marcelline Knudsen-Mooney (Indianapolis, Indiana); Meiguo Xin (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides isotopically substituted compounds of the formula (II): wherein T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, R0, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the detailed description. The method for detection and quantification using the same is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, January 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/346178 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/394 |
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| US 08765955 | Deng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Li Deng (Newton, Massachusetts); Hongming Li (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li Deng (Newton, Massachusetts); Hongming Li (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention relates to asymmetric catalytic nitroaldol (Henry) reactions with ketones as the electrophilic component. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to asymmetric nitroaldol reactions with α-keto esters catalyzed by a new C6′-OH cinchona alkaloid catalyst. In certain embodiments, this reaction is operationally simple and affords high enantioselectivity as well as good to excellent yield for an exceptionally broad range of α-keto esters. |
| FILED | Friday, May 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/442667 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765973 | Raines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas E. Raines (Wayland, Massachusetts); Joseph F. Cotten (Grafton, Massachusetts); Stuart A. Forman (Arlington, Massachusetts); Keith W. Miller (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Syed S. Husain (Newton, Massachusetts); Gregory D. Cuny (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas E. Raines (Wayland, Massachusetts); Joseph F. Cotten (Grafton, Massachusetts); Stuart A. Forman (Arlington, Massachusetts); Keith W. Miller (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Syed S. Husain (Newton, Massachusetts); Gregory D. Cuny (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to compounds according to formula (I): where R1 is L1C(O)OT or L1C(O)OL2C(O)OT; R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, or C2-C10 alkynyl, or R1; n is an integer from 0 to 5; each R3 is independently halogen or R2; R4 and R5 are independently H, halogen, CN or CF3; L1 and L2 are each independently a bond, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkylene, C2-C10 alkenylene, or C2-C10 alkynylene; and T is H, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, or C2-C10 alkynyl, nitrophenol, or cyclopropyl. The invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and to methods for providing anesthesia in mammals by administering such a pharmaceutical composition. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/382544 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/532 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766459 | Degertekin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | F. Levent Degertekin (Atlanta, Georgia); Gokce Gurun (Smyma, Georgia); Jaime Zahorian (Atlanta, Georgia); Michael Hochman (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | F. Levent Degertekin (Atlanta, Georgia); Gokce Gurun (Smyma, Georgia); Jaime Zahorian (Atlanta, Georgia); Michael Hochman (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (“CMUT”) devices and fabrication methods are provided. The CMUT devices can include integrated circuit devices utilizing direct connections to various CMOS electronic components. The use of integrated connections can reduce overall package size and improve functionality for use in ultrasonic imaging applications. CMUT devices can also be manufactured on multiple silicon chip layers with each layer connected utilizing through silicon vias (TSVs). External power connections can be provided if high biasing voltages are required. Forward and side looking CMUT arrays can be manufactured for use in a variety of ultrasound technologies. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/696294 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/777 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767908 | Leahy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Leahy (El Segundo, California); Sanghee Cho (Newton, Massachusetts); Sangtae Ahn (Los Angeles, California); Quanzheng Li (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Leahy (El Segundo, California); Sanghee Cho (Newton, Massachusetts); Sangtae Ahn (Los Angeles, California); Quanzheng Li (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for processing of data from time-of-flight (TOF) PET scanners. The size of TOF PET data may be reduced without significant loss of information through a process called rebinning. The rebinning may use the Fourier transform properties of the measured PET data, taken with respect to the time-of-flight variable, to perform data reduction. Through this rebinning process, TOF PET data may be converted to any of the following reduced representations: 2D TOF PET data, 3D non-TOF PET data, and 2D non-TOF PET data. Mappings may be exact or approximate. Approximate mappings may not require a Fourier transform in the axial direction which may have advantages when used with PET scanners of limited axial extent. Once TOF PET data is reduced in size using this rebinning, PET images may be reconstructed with hardware and/or software that is substantially less complex and that may run substantially faster in comparison to reconstruction from the original non-rebinned data. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/603031 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/2985 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767915 | Stutman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Stutman (Cockeysville, Maryland); Michael Finkenthal (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Stutman (Cockeysville, Maryland); Michael Finkenthal (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A differential phase contrast X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray illumination system, a beam splitter arranged in an optical path of the X-ray illumination system, and a detection system arranged in an optical path to detect X-rays after passing through the beam splitter. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493392 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 2207/005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768022 | Miga et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael I. Miga (Franklin, Tennessee); Logan W. Clements (Nashville, Georgia); Robert L. Galloway (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of compensation for intra-operative organ shift of a living subject usable in image guide surgery. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of generating a first geometric surface of the organ of the living subject from intra-operatively acquired images of the organ of the living subject, constructing an atlas of organ deformations of the living subject from pre-operatively acquired organ images from the pre-operatively acquired organ images, generating a second geometric surface of the organ from the atlas of organ deformations, aligning the second geometric surface of the organ to the first geometric surface of the organ of the living subject to determine at least one difference between a point of the first geometric surface and a corresponding point of the second geometric surface of the organ of the living subject, which is related to organ shift, and compensating for the intra-operative organ shift. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/666600 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768431 | Ross et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian D. Ross (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Alnawaz Rehemtulla (Plymouth, Michigan); Thomas L. Chenevert (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Charles R. Meyer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kuei C. Lee (San Antonio, Texas); Kenneth Piente (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Maha Hussein (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anne Schott (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian D. Ross (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Alnawaz Rehemtulla (Plymouth, Michigan); Thomas L. Chenevert (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Charles R. Meyer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kuei C. Lee (San Antonio, Texas); Kenneth Piente (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Maha Hussein (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anne Schott (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems and methods for monitoring tissue regions. In particular, the present invention provides systems and methods for detecting changes in tissue regions over a period of time. In some embodiments, the systems and methods of the present invention are used to evaluate the effectiveness of a particular treatment of a tissue region. In some embodiments, the systems and methods employ functional diffusion map algorithms for imaging changes in tissue regions over time and/or in response to therapeutic interventions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/462500 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768449 | Pesaran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bijan Pesaran (Los Angeles, California); Richard A. Andersen (La Canada, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bijan Pesaran (Los Angeles, California); Richard A. Andersen (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Prosthetic devices, methods and systems are disclosed. Eye position and/or neural activity of a primate are recorded and combined. The combination signal is compared with a predetermined signal. The result of the comparison step is used to actuate the prosthetic device. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/828728 |
| 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 08768484 | Della Santina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles Coleman Della Santina (Towson, Maryland); Andreas Andreou (Baltimore, Maryland); Zaven Kalayjian (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Gene Fridman (Baltimore, Maryland); Bryce Chiang (Baltimore, Maryland); Julius Georgiou (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Coleman Della Santina (Towson, Maryland); Andreas Andreou (Baltimore, Maryland); Zaven Kalayjian (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Gene Fridman (Baltimore, Maryland); Bryce Chiang (Baltimore, Maryland); Julius Georgiou (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A multichannel vestibular prosthesis includes a sensor system and a microcontroller configured to communicate with the sensor system to receive sensor signals from the sensor system while in operation. The microcontroller is configured to provide control signals in response to the sensor signals. The multichannel vestibular prosthesis also includes a neuroelectronic interface integrated circuit configured to communicate with the microcontroller to receive the control signals, and a plurality of electrodes electrically connected to the neuroelectronic interface integrated circuit. The neuroelectronic interface integrated circuit includes a digital controller configured to communicate with the microcontroller, a plurality of digital-to-analog converters configured to communicate with the digital controller, and a plurality of analog current control circuits, each constructed to communicate with a respective one of the plurality of digital-to-analog converters. Each of the plurality of analog current control circuits can be electrically connected directly or under software control to a respective one of a plurality of electrodes for delivering electrical stimuli to at least one vestibular nerve, and the digital controller is configured to control amplitudes, frequencies, polarities and durations of currents to be delivered to any combination of the plurality of electrical leads. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/812107 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08763378 | Gonze et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eugene V. Gonze (Pinckney, Michigan); Mark R. Chapman (Brighton, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene V. Gonze (Pinckney, Michigan); Mark R. Chapman (Brighton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust system that processes exhaust generated by an engine is provided. The system generally includes a particulate filter (PF) that filters particulates from the exhaust wherein an upstream end of the PF receives exhaust from the engine and wherein an upstream surface of the particulate filter includes machined grooves. A grid of electrically resistive material is inserted into the machined grooves of the exterior upstream surface of the PF and selectively heats exhaust passing through the grid to initiate combustion of particulates within the PF. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/876121 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08764901 | Kellerman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter L. Kellerman (Essex, Massachusetts); Dawei Sun (Nashua, New Hampshire); Brian Helenbrook (Potsdam, New York); David S. Harvey (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (Gloucester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter L. Kellerman (Essex, Massachusetts); Dawei Sun (Nashua, New Hampshire); Brian Helenbrook (Potsdam, New York); David S. Harvey (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments related to sheet production are disclosed. A melt of a material is cooled to form a sheet of the material on the melt. The sheet is formed in a first region at a first sheet height. The sheet is translated to a second region such that it has a second sheet height higher than the first sheet height. The sheet is then separated from the melt. A seed wafer may be used to form the sheet. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/039808 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 15/06 (20130101) C30B 15/20 (20130101) C30B 15/22 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Hudson Rau (Castro Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Hudson Rau (Castro Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for forming metal hydroxide from a metal carbonate utilizes a water electrolysis cell having an acid-producing anode and a hydroxyl-producing cathode immersed in a water solution of sufficient ionic content to allow an electric current to pass between the hydroxyl-producing cathode and the acid-producing anode. A metal carbonate is placed in close proximity to the acid-producing anode. A direct current electrical voltage is provided across the acid-producing anode and the hydroxyl-producing cathode sufficient to generate acid at the acid-producing anode and hydroxyl ions at the hydroxyl-producing cathode. The acid dissolves at least part of the metal carbonate into metal and carbonate ions allowing the metal ions to travel toward the hydroxyl-producing cathode and to combine with the hydroxyl ions to form the metal hydroxide. The carbonate ions travel toward the acid-producing anode and form carbonic acid and/or water and carbon dioxide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/324936 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/508 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765080 | Nunes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter J. Nunes (Danville, California); Joel Del Eckels (Livermore, California); John G. Reynolds (San Ramon, California); Philip F. Pagoria (Livermore, California); Randall L. Simpson (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter J. Nunes (Danville, California); Joel Del Eckels (Livermore, California); John G. Reynolds (San Ramon, California); Philip F. Pagoria (Livermore, California); Randall L. Simpson (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tester for testing for explosives comprising a body, a lateral flow swab unit operably connected to the body, a explosives detecting reagent contained in the body, and a dispenser operatively connected to the body and the lateral flow swab unit. The dispenser selectively allows the explosives detecting reagent to be delivered to the lateral flow swab unit. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/208182 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/556 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765171 | Fujii et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary Fujii (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Francis C. Szoka, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Douglas S. Watson (Harrisonburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Molecular Express, Inc. (Rancho Dominquez, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Fujii (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Francis C. Szoka, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Douglas S. Watson (Harrisonburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to liposomal vaccine compositions, methods for the manufacture thereof, and methods for the use thereof to stimulate an immune response in an animal. These compositions comprise dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (“DMPC”); either dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol (“DMPG”) or dimyristoyltrimethylammonium propane (“DMTAP”) or both DMPC and DMTAP; and at least one sterol derivative providing a covalent anchor for one or more immunogenic polypeptide(s) or carbohydrate(s). |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/720592 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765278 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ji-Guang Zhang (Richland, Washington); Jie Xiao (Richland, Washington); Wu Xu (Richland, Washington); Deyu Wang (Richland, Washington); Ralph E. Williford (Richland, Washington); Jun Liu (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are embodiments of lithium/air batteries and methods of making and using the same. Certain embodiments are pouch-cell batteries encased within an oxygen-permeable membrane packaging material that is less than 2% of the total battery weight. Some embodiments include a hybrid air electrode comprising carbon and an ion insertion material, wherein the mass ratio of ion insertion material to carbon is 0.2 to 0.8. The air electrode may include hydrophobic, porous fibers. In particular embodiments, the air electrode is soaked with an electrolyte comprising one or more solvents including dimethyl ether, and the dimethyl ether subsequently is evacuated from the soaked electrode. In other embodiments, the electrolyte comprises 10-20% crown ether by weight. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/910065 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 12/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 12/04 (20130101) H01M 12/06 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765295 | West et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert C. West (Madison, Wisconsin); Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois); Zhengcheng Zhang (Monona, Wisconsin); Qingzheng Wang (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Nicholas A. A. Rossi (Madison, Wisconsin); Sang Young Yoon (Saugus, California); Hiroshi Nakahara (Santa Clarita, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. West (Madison, Wisconsin); Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois); Zhengcheng Zhang (Monona, Wisconsin); Qingzheng Wang (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Nicholas A. A. Rossi (Madison, Wisconsin); Sang Young Yoon (Saugus, California); Hiroshi Nakahara (Santa Clarita, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The electrolyte includes one or more salts and a silane. The silane has a silicon linked to one or more first substituents that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or a cyclic carbonate moiety. The silane can be linked to four of the first substituents. Alternately, the silane can be linked to the one or more first substituents and one or more second substituents that each exclude both a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety and a cyclic carbonate moiety. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/323602 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765303 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guorong Chen (Fairborn, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Xiging Wang (Cincinnati, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Yanbo Wang (Fairborn, Ohio); Qing Fang (Fairborn, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guorong Chen (Fairborn, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Xiging Wang (Cincinnati, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Yanbo Wang (Fairborn, Ohio); Qing Fang (Fairborn, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithium-ion cell comprising: (A) a cathode comprising graphene as the cathode active material having a surface area to capture and store lithium thereon and wherein said graphene cathode is meso-porous having a specific surface area greater than 100 m2/g; (B) an anode comprising an anode active material for inserting and extracting lithium, wherein the anode active material is mixed with a conductive additive and/or a resin binder to form a porous electrode structure, or coated onto a current collector in a coating or thin film form; (C) a porous separator disposed between the anode and the cathode; (D) a lithium-containing electrolyte in physical contact with the two electrodes; and (E) a lithium source disposed in at least one of the two electrodes when the cell is made. This new Li-ion cell exhibits an unprecedentedly high energy density. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506168 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/221 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765327 | Haug et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew T. Haug (St. Paul, Minnesota); Steven J. Hamrock (Stillwater, Minnesota); Gregory M. Haugen (Edina, Minnesota); Mark A. Schonewill (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew T. Haug (St. Paul, Minnesota); Steven J. Hamrock (Stillwater, Minnesota); Gregory M. Haugen (Edina, Minnesota); Mark A. Schonewill (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell electrode layer may include a catalyst, an electronic conductor, and an ionic conductor. Within the electrode layer are a plurality of electronic conductor rich networks and a plurality of ionic conductor rich networks that are interspersed with the electronic conductor rich networks. A volume ratio of the ionic conductor to the electronic conductor is greater in the ionic conductor rich networks than in the electronic conductor rich networks. During operation of a fuel cell that includes the electrode layer, conduction of electrons occurs predominantly within the electronic conductor rich networks and conduction of ions occurs predominantly within the ionic conductor rich networks. |
| FILED | Monday, July 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/834531 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/530 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765404 | Stephanopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Syed Hussain Imam Abidi (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Syed Hussain Imam Abidi (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Some aspects of this invention relate to methods useful for the conversion of a carbon source to a biofuel or biofuel precursor using engineered microbes. Some aspects of this invention relate to the discovery of a key regulator of lipid metabolism in microbes. Some aspects of this invention relate to engineered microbes for biofuel or biofuel precursor production. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/039227 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765426 | Tao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luan Tao (Wallingford, Pennsylvania); Jean-Francois Tomb (Wilmington, Delaware); Paul V. Viitanen (West Chester, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | E I du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luan Tao (Wallingford, Pennsylvania); Jean-Francois Tomb (Wilmington, Delaware); Paul V. Viitanen (West Chester, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Zymomonas is unable to synthesize pantothenic acid and requires this essential vitamin in growth medium. Zymomonas strains transformed with an operon for expression of 2-dehydropantoate reductase and aspartate 1-decarboxylase were able to grow in medium lacking pantothenic acid. These strains may be used for ethanol production without pantothenic acid supplementation in seed culture and fermentation media. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/433343 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/161 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765428 | Herring et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher D. Herring (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Chaogang Liu (Hanover, New Hampshire); John Bardsley (Newport, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mascoma Corporation (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher D. Herring (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Chaogang Liu (Hanover, New Hampshire); John Bardsley (Newport, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a process for biologically converting carbohydrates from lignocellulosic biomass comprising the steps of: suspending lignocellulosic biomass in a flow-through reactor, passing a reaction solution into the reactor, wherein the solution is absorbed into the biomass substrate and at least a portion of the solution migrates through said biomass substrate to a liquid reservoir, recirculating the reaction solution in the liquid reservoir at least once to be absorbed into and migrate through the biomass substrate again. The biological converting of the may involve hydrolyzing cellulose, hemicellulose, or a combination thereof to form oligosaccharides, monomelic sugars, or a combination thereof; fermenting oligosaccharides, monomelic sugars, or a combination thereof to produce ethanol, or a combination thereof. The process can further comprise removing the reaction solution and processing the solution to separate the ethanol produced from non-fermented solids. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/054750 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/165 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765429 | Holtzapple et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark T. Holtzapple (College Station, Texas); Maxine Jones Madison (Houston, Texas); Rocio Sierra Ramirez (Bogotá, Colombia); Mark A Deimund (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Matthew Falls (Whippany, New Jersey); John J. Dunkleman (Somerville, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark T. Holtzapple (College Station, Texas); Maxine Jones Madison (Houston, Texas); Rocio Sierra Ramirez (Bogotá, Colombia); Mark A Deimund (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Matthew Falls (Whippany, New Jersey); John J. Dunkleman (Somerville, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for treating biomass that may include introducing a biomass to a chamber; exposing the biomass in the chamber to a shock event to produce a shocked biomass; and transferring the shocked biomass from the chamber. In some aspects, the method may include pretreating the biomass with a chemical before introducing the biomass to the chamber and/or after transferring shocked biomass from the chamber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/433089 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/165 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765440 | Goedegebuur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaardingen, Netherlands); Peter Gualfetti (San Francisco, California); Colin Mitchinson (Half Moon Bay, California); Paulien Neefe (Zoetermeer, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Danisco US Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaardingen, Netherlands); Peter Gualfetti (San Francisco, California); Colin Mitchinson (Half Moon Bay, California); Paulien Neefe (Zoetermeer, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are a number of homologs and variants of Hypocrea jecorina Cel7A (formerly Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I or CBH1), nucleic acids encoding the same and methods for producing the same. The homologs and variant cellulases have the amino acid sequence of a glycosyl hydrolase of family 7A wherein one or more amino acid residues are substituted and/or deleted. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/072516 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765455 | Beer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California); Abraham Lee (Irvine, California); Andrew Hatch (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California); Abraham Lee (Irvine, California); Andrew Hatch (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-contact system for sorting monodisperse water-in-oil emulsion droplets in a microfluidic device based on the droplet's contents and their interaction with an applied electromagnetic field or by identification and sorting. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/014792 |
| 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 435/287.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766246 | Katz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Howard E. Katz (Owings Mill, Maryland); Bhola Nath Pal (Baltimore, Maryland); Kevin C. See (Takoma Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard E. Katz (Owings Mill, Maryland); Bhola Nath Pal (Baltimore, Maryland); Kevin C. See (Takoma Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic or electro-optic device has a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, and a dielectric layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The dielectric layer has electrically insulating planar layers with intercalated ions therebetween such that the electrically insulating planar layers provide a barrier to impede movement of the intercalated ions to the first and second electrodes under an applied voltage while permitting a polarization of the dielectric layer while in operation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/654054 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766291 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiangfei Qi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Slootsky (Ann Arbor, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiangfei Qi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Slootsky (Ann Arbor, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to efficient organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). The devices employ three emissive sub-elements, typically emitting red, green and blue, to sufficiently cover the visible spectrum. Thus, the devices may be white-emitting OLEDs, or WOLEDs. Each sub-element comprises at least one organic layer which is an emissive layer—i.e., the layer is capable of emitting light when a voltage is applied across the stacked device. The sub-elements are vertically stacked and are separated by charge generating layers. The charge-generating layers are layers that inject charge carriers into the adjacent layer(s) but do not have a direct external connection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/124698 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766466 | Dehlsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James G. P. Dehlsen (Santa Barbara, California); James B. Dehlsen (Santa Barbara, California); Alexander Fleming (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aquantis, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James G. P. Dehlsen (Santa Barbara, California); James B. Dehlsen (Santa Barbara, California); Alexander Fleming (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An underwater apparatus for generating electric power from ocean currents and deep water tides. A submersible platform including two or more power pods, each having a rotor with fixed-pitch blades, with drivetrains housed in pressure vessels that are connected by a transverse structure providing buoyancy, which can be a wing depressor, hydrofoil, truss, or faired tube. The platform is connected to anchors on the seafloor by forward mooring lines and a vertical mooring line that restricts the depth of the device in the water column. The platform operates using passive, rather than active, depth control. The wing depressor, along with rotor drag loads, ensures the platform seeks the desired operational current velocity. The rotors are directly coupled to a hydraulic pump that drives at least one constant-speed hydraulic-motor generator set and enables hydraulic braking. A fluidic bearing decouples non-torque rotor loads to the main shaft driving the hydraulic pumps. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/454059 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766517 | Silvernail et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Silvernail (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Jason Paynter (Bristol, Pennsylvania); Kamala Rajan (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Universal Display Corporation (Ewing, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Silvernail (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Jason Paynter (Bristol, Pennsylvania); Kamala Rajan (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The claimed invention was made by, on behalf of, and/or in connection with one or more of the following parties to a joint university corporation research agreement: Princeton University, The University of Southern California, The University of Michigan and Universal Display Corporation. The agreement was in effect on and before the date the claimed invention was made, and the claimed invention was made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of the agreement. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/575837 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766754 | Lambson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Lambson (Berkeley, California); Zheng Gu (Emeryville, California); David Carlton (Berkeley, California); Jeffrey Bokor (Piedmont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Lambson (Berkeley, California); Zheng Gu (Emeryville, California); David Carlton (Berkeley, California); Jeffrey Bokor (Piedmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanomagnet having widely tunable anisotropy is disclosed. The disclosed nanomagnet is a magnetic particle with a convex shape having a first magnetically easy axis. The convex shape is modified to include at least one concavity to urge a second magnetically easy axis to form substantially offset from the first magnetically easy axis. In at least one embodiment, the convex shape is also modified to include at least one concavity to urge a second magnetically easy axis to form with a magnetic strength substantially different from the first magnetically easy axis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/551764 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766845 | Hallquist et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron T. Hallquist (Berkeley, California); David H. Chambers (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron T. Hallquist (Berkeley, California); David H. Chambers (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting the presence of subsurface objects within a medium is provided. In some embodiments, the detection system operates in a multistatic mode to collect radar return signals generated by an array of transceiver antenna pairs that is positioned across a surface and that travels down the surface. The detection system converts the return signals from a time domain to a frequency domain, resulting in frequency return signals. The detection system then performs a singular value decomposition for each frequency to identify singular values for each frequency. The detection system then detects the presence of a subsurface object based on a comparison of the identified singular values to expected singular values when no subsurface object is present. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/313939 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 13/003 (20130101) G01S 13/885 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 15/003 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 3/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767208 | Graves et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven W. Graves (San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico); Robert C. Habbersett (Sante Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for analyzing a particle in a sample stream of a flow cytometer or the like. The system has a light source, such as a laser pointer module, for generating a low powered light beam and a fluidics apparatus which is configured to transport particles in the sample stream at substantially low velocity through the light beam for interrogation. Detectors, such as photomultiplier tubes, are configured to detect optical signals generated in response to the light beam impinging the particles. Signal conditioning circuitry is connected to each of the detectors to condition each detector output into electronic signals for processing and is designed to have a limited frequency response to filter high frequency noise from the detector output signals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/966624 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767915 | Stutman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Stutman (Cockeysville, Maryland); Michael Finkenthal (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Stutman (Cockeysville, Maryland); Michael Finkenthal (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A differential phase contrast X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray illumination system, a beam splitter arranged in an optical path of the X-ray illumination system, and a detection system arranged in an optical path to detect X-rays after passing through the beam splitter. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493392 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 2207/005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08769074 | Faraj |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Constructing a logical regular topology from an irregular topology including, for each axial dimension and recursively, for each compute node in a subcommunicator until returning to a first node: adding to a logical line of the axial dimension a neighbor specified in a nearest neighbor list; calling the added compute node; determining, by the called node, whether any neighbor in the node's nearest neighbor list is available to add to the logical line; if a neighbor in the called compute node's nearest neighbor list is available to add to the logical line, adding, by the called compute node to the logical line, any neighbor in the called compute node's nearest neighbor list for the axial dimension not already added to the logical line; and, if no neighbor in the called compute node's nearest neighbor list is available to add to the logical line, returning to the calling compute node. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/309022 |
| ART UNIT | 2441 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/223 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08763390 | Bollinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin R. Bollinger (Windsor, Vermont); Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Benjamin Cameron (Hanover, New Hampshire); Patrick Magari (Plainfield, New Hampshire); Michael Izenson (Hanover, New Hampshire); Weibo Chen (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SustainX, Inc. (Seabrook, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin R. Bollinger (Windsor, Vermont); Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Benjamin Cameron (Hanover, New Hampshire); Patrick Magari (Plainfield, New Hampshire); Michael Izenson (Hanover, New Hampshire); Weibo Chen (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, compressed-gas energy storage and recovery systems include a cylinder assembly for compression and/or expansion of gas, a reservoir for storage and/or supply of compressed gas, and a system for thermally conditioning gas within the reservoir. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/564430 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/511 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08764708 | Tai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Mark Humayun (Glendale, California); Jason Shih (Yorba Linda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Mark Humayun (Glendale, California); Jason Shih (Yorba Linda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of an implantable device for delivering a therapeutic agent to a patient include a reservoir configured to contain a liquid comprising the therapeutic agent, and a cannula in fluid communication with the reservoir. The cannula is shaped to facilitate insertion thereof into a patient's eyeball. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493611 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08764828 | Arruda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lisa M. Larkin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Fatima N. Syed-Picard (Arlington, Virginia); Michael Smietana (Orion, Michigan); Jinjin Ma (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lisa M. Larkin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Fatima N. Syed-Picard (Arlington, Virginia); Michael Smietana (Orion, Michigan); Jinjin Ma (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for forming a bone construct include providing bone marrow stromal cells on a substrate without disposing the cells within an exogenous scaffold, and culturing the cells in vitro in osteogenic media such that the cells form a confluent monolayer and detach from the substrate to form a self-organized three-dimensional bone construct. A system and method for forming a ligament construct using fibrogenic media and a system and method for forming a functionally integrated bone-ligament construct are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/025151 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/08 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/386 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0663 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765060 | Buhlmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philippe Buhlmann (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Paul G. Boswell (Arden Hills, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philippe Buhlmann (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Paul G. Boswell (Arden Hills, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for detecting an analyte present in a fluid includes a fluorous sensing phase into which the analyte enters selectively in comparison with other components of the fluid. |
| FILED | Friday, May 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/915551 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765098 | Appel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Andrew Appel (Los Alamitos, California); James Lupton Hedrick (Pleasanton, California); Victor Yee-Way Lee (San Jose, California); Robert Dennis Miller (San Jose, California); Joseph Sly (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York); The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Andrew Appel (Los Alamitos, California); James Lupton Hedrick (Pleasanton, California); Victor Yee-Way Lee (San Jose, California); Robert Dennis Miller (San Jose, California); Joseph Sly (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition of matter comprising an amphiphilic star polymer, the star polymer comprising a crosslinked microgel core and 6 or more independent polymer arms covalently linked to the core, the 6 or more arms each comprising a hydrophilic polymer chain segment and a hydrophobic polymer chain segment; wherein each individual metal selected from the group consisting of beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, germanium, tin, lead, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, tellurium, polonium, and metals of Groups 3 to 12 of the Periodic Table has a concentration in the star polymer of greater than or equal to 0 parts per million and less than or equal to 100 parts per million. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/750147 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765373 | Majda |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marcin Majda (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcin Majda (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting a target substance includes providing a number of molecular tethers at a channel surface of a sensor such that at least some of a plurality of beads, as a result of a biological interaction between a target substance and the tethers, are attached to the channel surface by the tethers or released from the channel's surface by cleaving the tethers. This method further includes introducing an analyte into the channel and determining the population of beads at the channel surface to indicate a presence of the target substance in the analyte. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/113467 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765403 | Dueber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John E. Dueber (Oakland, California); Jay D. Keasling (Berkeley, California); Gabriel C. Wu (Daly City, California); Ghulam Reza Khan Malmirchegini (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Dueber (Oakland, California); Jay D. Keasling (Berkeley, California); Gabriel C. Wu (Daly City, California); Ghulam Reza Khan Malmirchegini (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of producing a product or product precursor of a biosynthetic pathway in a genetically modified host cell. The present invention also provides genetically modified host cells comprising nucleic acids encoding a scaffold polypeptide and nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding two or more enzymes in a biosynthetic pathway. The present invention further provides nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding scaffold polypeptides, for use in a subject method. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/918725 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765483 | Lei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yu Lei (Mansfield, Connecticut); Ying Wang (Willington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Lei (Mansfield, Connecticut); Ying Wang (Willington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are explosives detection substrates which include an electrospun (electro)sprayed and/or dry spun aromatic polymer, such as polystyrene, and a small molecule fluorophore. Methods for detecting an explosive material using such substrates are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/432078 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 21/643 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 31/224 (20130101) G01N 31/227 (20130101) G01N 33/22 (20130101) G01N 33/227 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765485 | Link et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darren Roy Link (Guilford, Connecticut); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts); Galder Cristobal-Azkarate (Arrasate-Mondragon, Spain); Zhengdong Cheng (College Station, Texas); Keunho Ahn (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darren Roy Link (Guilford, Connecticut); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts); Galder Cristobal-Azkarate (Arrasate-Mondragon, Spain); Zhengdong Cheng (College Station, Texas); Keunho Ahn (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Various aspects of the present invention relates to the control and manipulation of fluidic species, for example, in microfluidic systems. In one aspect, the invention relates to systems and methods for making droplets of fluid surrounded by a liquid, using, for example, electric fields, mechanical alterations, the addition of an intervening fluid, etc. The invention also relates to systems and methods for fusing droplets according to another aspect of the invention, for example, through charge and/or dipole interactions. In some cases, the fusion of the droplets may initiate or determine a reaction. In still another aspect, the invention relates to systems and methods for sorting droplets, e.g., by causing droplets to move to certain regions within a fluidic system. Examples include using electrical interactions (e.g., charges, dipoles, etc.) or mechanical systems (e.g., fluid displacement) to sort the droplets. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/360845 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 13/0071 (20130101) B01F 13/0074 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01F 13/0076 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502784 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 436/807 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765488 | Strano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael S. Strano (Champaign, Illinois); Seunghyun Baik (Seoul, South Korea); Paul Barone (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Strano (Champaign, Illinois); Seunghyun Baik (Seoul, South Korea); Paul Barone (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensing compositions, sensing element, sensing systems and sensing devices for the detection and/or quantitation of one or more analytes, Compositions comprising carbon nanotubes in which the carbon nanotubes retain their ability to luminesce and in which that luminescence is rendered selectively sensitive to the presence of an analyte. Compositions comprising individually dispersed carbon nanotubes, which are electronically isolated from other carbon nanotubes, yet which are associated with chemical selective species, such as polymers, particularly biological polymers, for example proteins, which can interact selectively with, or more specifically selectivity bind to, an analyte of interest. Chemically selective species bind, preferably non-covalently, to the carbon nanotube and function to provide for analyte selectivity. Chemically selective species include polymers to which one or more chemically selective groups are covalently attached. Chemically selective polymers include, for example, proteins and polysaccharides. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/187706 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/529 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765803 | Wandinger-Ness et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angela Wandinger-Ness (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Larry Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jacob Agola (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Zurab Surviladze (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeffrey Aubé (Lawrence, Kansas); Jennifer Golden (Olathe, Kansas); Chad E. Schroeder (Lawrence, Kansas); Denise S. Simpson (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela Wandinger-Ness (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Larry Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jacob Agola (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Zurab Surviladze (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeffrey Aubé (Lawrence, Kansas); Jennifer Golden (Olathe, Kansas); Chad E. Schroeder (Lawrence, Kansas); Denise S. Simpson (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to compounds and their use as inhibitors or activators of Rab7 GTPase to treat or prevent the onset of Rab 7 GTPase-associated disorders such as neuropathies, cancer, metabolic diseases of bone and lipid storage. The invention is also applicable to infectious diseases where Rab7 is inactivated or its protein-protein interactions are modulated to facilitate intracellular survival of pathogens. The compound described acts as a competitive inhibitor of nucleotide binding and as such also has utility as a scaffold for targeting other small GTPases. In one aspect, methods of treatment of the invention are used to treat or prevent the onset of hereditary sensory neuropathies such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2B disease. Related pharmaceutical compositions, assays, and drug screens are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/404921 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/443 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766169 | Grier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David G. Grier (New York, New York); Ke Xiao (Elmhurst, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Grier (New York, New York); Ke Xiao (Elmhurst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for controlled fractionation of particles. A sample having a plurality of particles of different size distributions. A uniform array for the preparing of optical traps having a selected array lattice constant. The plurality of particles for inputting the plurality of particles to the uniform array of optical traps at a driving direction angle Θ and the plurality of particles separating along different directions Θv based on variable particle attributes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/518138 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766179 | Kaltashov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor A. Kaltashov (Leverett, Massachusetts); Guanbo Wang (Amherst, Massachusetts); Rinat R. Abzalimov (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is an electrospray ionization source that provides improved temperature control compared to prior sources. A combination of a continuous flow sample design and the use of a long heat shield combine to improve thermal control and reduce memory effects observed with prior designs. The temperature-controlled source is particularly useful for the study of biomolecules, particularly the study of protein aggregation. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/735348 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766181 | Zewail et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed H. Zewail (Pasadena, California); John Spencer Baskin (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical system includes a beam splitter disposed along an optical axis and a set of mirrors optically coupled to the beam splitter. The set of mirrors are oriented perpendicular to each other. The optical system also includes a turning mirror optically coupled to a second mirror of the set of mirrors and a detector optically coupled to the turning mirror. |
| FILED | Monday, May 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/893054 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/00 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/22 (20130101) H01J 37/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 37/226 (20130101) H01J 2237/2482 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766341 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Han (Riverside, California); Yi Zhou (Pasadena, California); Kang-Lung Wang (Santa Monica, California); Roland K. Kawakami (Riverside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Han (Riverside, California); Yi Zhou (Pasadena, California); Kang-Lung Wang (Santa Monica, California); Roland K. Kawakami (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments disclosed herein relate to growth of magnesium-oxide on a single crystalline substrate of germanium. The embodiments further describes a method of manufacturing and crystalline structure of a FM/MgO/Ge(001) heterostructure. The embodiments further related to method of manufacturing and a crystalline structure for a high-k dielectric//MgO [100](001)//Ge[110](001) heterostructure. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/905675 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766393 | Rafferty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Conor S. Rafferty (Newton, Massachusetts); Clifford A. King (Gloucester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Infrared Newco, Inc. (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Conor S. Rafferty (Newton, Massachusetts); Clifford A. King (Gloucester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A photodetector is formed from a body of semiconductor material substantially surrounded by dielectric surfaces. A passivation process is applied to at least one surface to reduce the rate of carrier generation and recombination on that surface. Photocurrent is read out from at least one electrical contact, which is formed on a doped region whose surface lies entirely on a passivated surface. Unwanted leakage current from un-passivated surfaces is reduced through one of the following methods: (a) The un-passivated surface is separated from the photo-collecting contact by at least two junctions; (b) The un-passivated surface is doped to a very high level, at least equal to the conduction band or valence band density of states of the semiconductor; (c) An accumulation or inversion layer is formed on the un-passivated surface by the application of an electric field. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/230715 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/459 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766449 | Sitaraman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suresh K. Sitaraman (Atlanta, Georgia); Karan Kacker (Atlanta, Georgia); Thomas Sokol (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suresh K. Sitaraman (Atlanta, Georgia); Karan Kacker (Atlanta, Georgia); Thomas Sokol (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a variable interconnect geometry formed on a substrate that allows for increased electrical performance of the interconnects without compromising mechanical reliability. The compliance of the interconnects varies from the center of the substrate to edges of the substrate. The variation in compliance can either be step-wise or continuous. Exemplary low-compliance interconnects include columnar interconnects and exemplary high-compliance interconnects include helix interconnects. A cost-effective implementation using batch fabrication of the interconnects at a wafer level through sequential lithography and electroplating processes may be employed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/805693 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/773 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766485 | Joannopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are embodiments of a source resonator coupled to an energy source generating an oscillating near field region; and at least one device resonator optionally coupled to at least one energy drain and freely moving within the near field region of the source resonator. The source resonator and the at least one device resonator may be coupled to transfer electromagnetic energy wirelessly from said source resonator to said at least one device resonator as the at least one device resonator moves freely within the near field region, where the source resonator and the at least one device resonator may be coupled to provide κ/sqrt(Γ1Γ2)>0.2 over an operating region. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/649904 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 11/182 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 9/04 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 5/005 (20130101) H02J 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 10/7088 (20130101) Y02T 90/14 (20130101) Y02T 90/122 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766667 | Nowick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Nowick (Leonia, New Jersey); Michael Horak (Ellicott City, Maryland); Matthew Carlberg (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Asynchronous digital circuits are described, including arbitration and routing primitives for asynchronous and mixed-timing networks. An asynchronous arbitration primitive has two data inputs and one data output. A mutual exclusion element is used to select the first-arriving data request from one of the two inputs to the output. A asynchronous routing primitive has one data input and two data outputs. The incoming data is routed to one of the two outputs based on a routing bit accompanying the data. The primitives use handshaking with request and acknowledge signals to ensure that data is passed when neighboring circuits are ready to receive or send data. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/724374 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766754 | Lambson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Lambson (Berkeley, California); Zheng Gu (Emeryville, California); David Carlton (Berkeley, California); Jeffrey Bokor (Piedmont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Lambson (Berkeley, California); Zheng Gu (Emeryville, California); David Carlton (Berkeley, California); Jeffrey Bokor (Piedmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanomagnet having widely tunable anisotropy is disclosed. The disclosed nanomagnet is a magnetic particle with a convex shape having a first magnetically easy axis. The convex shape is modified to include at least one concavity to urge a second magnetically easy axis to form substantially offset from the first magnetically easy axis. In at least one embodiment, the convex shape is also modified to include at least one concavity to urge a second magnetically easy axis to form with a magnetic strength substantially different from the first magnetically easy axis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/551764 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767552 | Banerjee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suman Banerjee (Madison, Wisconsin); Sayandeep Sen (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suman Banerjee (Madison, Wisconsin); Sayandeep Sen (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless transmission system identifies priorities of data units and changes at least one of the physical transmission rates of the bits of the data unit, the order of transmission of the data units; and the number of retransmission attempts of the data units based on their individual priorities. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/908720 |
| ART UNIT | 2463 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08768124 | Van Keuren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward R. Van Keuren (Herndon, Virginia); Changbao Ma (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward R. Van Keuren (Herndon, Virginia); Changbao Ma (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, systems and techniques for directly coupling an optical slot waveguide to another optical waveguide without a taper waveguide region between the two optical waveguides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/143260 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08769511 | Gal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andreas Imre Gal (Irvine, California); Michael Franz (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andreas Imre Gal (Irvine, California); Michael Franz (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A virtual machine executive (VME) system operating on a target platform that includes a virtual machine monitor (VMM) and a dynamic compiler, in particular, a trace compiler (TC). System embodiments include a virtual machine monitor configured to record a trace corresponding to a selected cycle, and configured to transform the trace into a representation of a trace tree; and a trace compiler cooperating with the virtual machine monitor to compile the representation of the trace tree into a compiled code segment of native machine code executable on the target platform, in which the trace is a linear instruction sequence traversing at least a portion of a method, a loop, or a branching node. |
| FILED | Friday, February 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/676198 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/148 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08763362 | Trinh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Huu P. Trinh (Madison, Alabama); William Neill Myers (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huu P. Trinh (Madison, Alabama); William Neill Myers (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining the optimum inlet geometry of a liquid rocket engine swirl injector includes obtaining a throttleable level phase value, volume flow rate, chamber pressure, liquid propellant density, inlet injector pressure, desired target spray angle and desired target optimum delta pressure value between an inlet and a chamber for a plurality of engine stages. The tangential inlet area for each throttleable stage is calculated. The correlation between the tangential inlet areas and delta pressure values is used to calculate the spring displacement and variable inlet geometry. An injector designed using the method includes a plurality of geometrically calculated tangential inlets in an injection tube; an injection tube cap with a plurality of inlet slots slidably engages the injection tube. A pressure differential across the injector element causes the cap to slide along the injection tube and variably align the inlet slots with the tangential inlets. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/452303 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/258 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08763682 | Thomas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher M. Thomas (Madison, Wisconsin); Yonghui Ma (Johnson Creek, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Technologies Corporation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Thomas (Madison, Wisconsin); Yonghui Ma (Johnson Creek, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layer antimicrobial hydrophilic coating is applied to a substrate of anodized aluminum, although other materials may form the substrate. A silver layer is sputtered onto a thoroughly clean anodized surface of the aluminum to about 400 nm thickness. A layer of crosslinked, silicon-based macromolecular structure about 10 nm thickness overlies the silver layer, and the outermost surface of the layer of crosslinked, silicon-based macromolecular structure is hydroxide terminated to produce a hydrophilic surface with a water drop contact angle of less than 10°. The coated substrate may be one of multiple fins in a condensing heat exchanger for use in the microgravity of space, which has narrow channels defined between angled fins such that the surface tension of condensed water moves water by capillary flow to a central location where it is pumped to storage. The antimicrobial coating prevents obstruction of the capillary passages. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/143595 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat exchange 165/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08763958 | Turner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Travis L. Turner (Yorktown, Virginia); Mehdi R. Khorrami (Norfolk, Virginia); David P. Lockard (Hampton, Virginia); Martin J. McKenney (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Raymond D. Atherley (Norfolk, Virginia); Reggie T. Kidd (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis L. Turner (Yorktown, Virginia); Mehdi R. Khorrami (Norfolk, Virginia); David P. Lockard (Hampton, Virginia); Martin J. McKenney (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Raymond D. Atherley (Norfolk, Virginia); Reggie T. Kidd (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-element airfoil system includes an airfoil element having a leading edge region and a skin element coupled to the airfoil element. A slat deployment system is coupled to the slat and the skin element, and is capable of deploying and retracting the slat and the skin element. The skin element substantially fills the lateral gap formed between the slat and the airfoil element when the slat is deployed. The system further includes an uncoupling device and a sensor to remove the skin element from the gap based on a critical angle-of-attack of the airfoil element. The system can alternatively comprise a trailing edge flap, where a skin element substantially fills the lateral gap between the flap and the trailing edge region of the airfoil element. In each case, the skin element fills a gap between the airfoil element and the deployed flap or slat to reduce airframe noise. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/449807 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08764654 | Chmiel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan J. Chmiel (Avon Lake, Ohio); Bradley T. Humphreys (Lakewood, Ohio); Carlos M. Grodsinsky (Hinkley, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zin Technologies, Inc. (Middleburg Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan J. Chmiel (Avon Lake, Ohio); Bradley T. Humphreys (Lakewood, Ohio); Carlos M. Grodsinsky (Hinkley, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular system for acquiring biometric data includes a plurality of data acquisition modules configured to sample biometric data from at least one respective input channel at a data acquisition rate. A representation of the sampled biometric data is stored in memory of each of the plurality of data acquisition modules. A central control system is in communication with each of the plurality of data acquisition modules through a bus. The central control system is configured to collect data asynchronously, via the bus, from the memory of the plurality of data acquisition modules according to a relative fullness of the memory of the plurality of data acquisition modules. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/051019 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0002 (20130101) A61B 2505/01 (20130101) A61B 2505/07 (20130101) A61B 2560/0475 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/05 (20130101) G06F 5/12 (20130101) G06F 12/0623 (20130101) G06F 13/18 (20130101) G06F 13/26 (20130101) G06F 13/38 (20130101) G06F 13/4213 (20130101) G06F 13/4226 (20130101) G06F 13/4239 (20130101) G06F 19/36 (20130101) G06F 19/3418 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 128/92 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765459 | Ho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chih-Ming Ho (Brentwood, California); Pak Kin Wong (Tuscon, Arizona); Ren Sun (Pacific Palisades, California); Fuqu Yu (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chih-Ming Ho (Brentwood, California); Pak Kin Wong (Tuscon, Arizona); Ren Sun (Pacific Palisades, California); Fuqu Yu (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides systems and methods for manipulating biological systems, for example to elicit a more desired biological response from a biological sample, such as a tissue, organ, and/or a cell. In one aspect, the invention operates by efficiently searching through a large parametric space of stimuli and system parameters to manipulate, control, and optimize the response of biological samples sustained in the system. In one aspect, the systems and methods of the invention use at least one optimization algorithm to modify the actuator's control inputs for stimulation, responsive to the sensor's output of response signals. The invention can be used, e.g., to optimize any biological system, e.g., bioreactors for proteins, and the like, small molecules, polysaccharides, lipids, and the like. Another use of the apparatus and methods includes is for the discovery of key parameters in complex biological systems. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562216 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/289.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767210 | Lukashin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constantine Lukashin (Newport News, Virginia); Bruce A. Wielicki (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises an approach for calibrating the sensitivity to polarization, optics degradation, spectral and stray light response functions of instruments on orbit. The concept is based on using an accurate ground-based laser system, Ground-to-Space Laser Calibration (GSLC), transmitting laser light to instrument on orbit during nighttime substantially clear-sky conditions. To minimize atmospheric contribution to the calibration uncertainty the calibration cycles should be performed in short time intervals, and all required measurements are designed to be relative. The calibration cycles involve ground operations with laser beam polarization and wavelength changes. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/713033 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 4/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767714 | Macha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mitchell G. Macha (Alvin, Texas); John T. Bullock (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitchell G. Macha (Alvin, Texas); John T. Bullock (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for a communication system technique involving ad hoc selection of at least two audio streams is provided. Each of the at least two audio streams is a packetized version of an audio source. A data connection exists between a server and a client where a transport protocol actively propagates the at least two audio streams from the server to the client. Furthermore, software instructions executable on the client indicate a presence of the at least two audio streams, allow selection of at least one of the at least two audio streams, and direct the selected at least one of the at least two audio streams for audio playback. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/170614 |
| ART UNIT | 2477 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/352 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08769387 | Varnavas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kosta A. Varnavas (Madison, Alabama); William Herbert Sims, III (New Market, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kosta A. Varnavas (Madison, Alabama); William Herbert Sims, III (New Market, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for configuring telemetry transponder cards uses a database of error checking protocol data structures, each containing data to implement at least one CCSDS protocol algorithm. Using a user interface, a user selects at least one telemetry specific error checking protocol from the database. A compiler configures an FPGA with the data from the data structures to implement the error checking protocol. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/424754 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/784 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08765171 | Fujii et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary Fujii (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Francis C. Szoka, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Douglas S. Watson (Harrisonburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Molecular Express, Inc. (Rancho Dominquez, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Fujii (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Francis C. Szoka, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Douglas S. Watson (Harrisonburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to liposomal vaccine compositions, methods for the manufacture thereof, and methods for the use thereof to stimulate an immune response in an animal. These compositions comprise dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (“DMPC”); either dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol (“DMPG”) or dimyristoyltrimethylammonium propane (“DMTAP”) or both DMPC and DMTAP; and at least one sterol derivative providing a covalent anchor for one or more immunogenic polypeptide(s) or carbohydrate(s). |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/720592 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765483 | Lei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yu Lei (Mansfield, Connecticut); Ying Wang (Willington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Lei (Mansfield, Connecticut); Ying Wang (Willington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are explosives detection substrates which include an electrospun (electro)sprayed and/or dry spun aromatic polymer, such as polystyrene, and a small molecule fluorophore. Methods for detecting an explosive material using such substrates are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/432078 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 21/643 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 31/224 (20130101) G01N 31/227 (20130101) G01N 33/22 (20130101) G01N 33/227 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766178 | Ouyang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Liang Gao (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Liang Gao (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of interfacing atmospheric pressure ion sources, including electrospray and desorption electrospray ionization sources, to mass spectrometers, for example miniature mass spectrometers, in which the ionized sample is discontinuously introduced into the mass spectrometer. Discontinuous introduction improves the match between the pumping capacity of the instrument and the volume of atmospheric pressure gas that contains the ionized sample. The reduced duty cycle of sample introduction is offset by operation of the mass spectrometer under higher performance conditions and by ion accumulation at atmospheric pressure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/633281 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/00 (20130101) H01J 49/10 (20130101) H01J 49/0013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/24 (20130101) H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/0422 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08769684 | Stolfo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salvatore J. Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Malek Ben Salem (New York, New York); Shlomo Hershkop (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salvatore J. Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Malek Ben Salem (New York, New York); Shlomo Hershkop (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and media for masquerade attack detection by monitoring computer user behavior are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for detecting masquerade attacks is provided, the method comprising: monitoring a first plurality of user actions and access of decoy information in a computing environment; generating a user intent model for a category that includes at least one of the first plurality of user actions; monitoring a second plurality of user actions; comparing the second plurality of user actions with the user intent model by determining deviation from the generated user intent model; identifying whether the second plurality of user actions is a masquerade attack based at least in part on the comparison; and generating an alert in response to identifying that the second plurality of user actions is the masquerade attack and in response to determining that the second plurality of user actions includes accessing the decoy information in the computing environment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/628587 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/50 (20130101) G06F 21/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/552 (20130101) G06F 21/554 (20130101) G06F 21/566 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/06884 (20130101) H04L 29/06897 (20130101) H04L 63/1408 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08765141 | Rieder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aida E. Rieder (Westbrook, Connecticut); Luis L. Rodriguez (Old Saybrook, Connecticut); Jason R. Hollister (Stevensville, Montana); Sabena Uddowla (Ivoryton, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aida E. Rieder (Westbrook, Connecticut); Luis L. Rodriguez (Old Saybrook, Connecticut); Jason R. Hollister (Stevensville, Montana); Sabena Uddowla (Ivoryton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | We have generated novel molecularly marked FMDV A24LL3DYR and A24LL3BPVKV3DYR vaccine candidates. The mutant viruses contain a deletion of the leader coding region (LL) rendering the virus attenuated in vivo and negative antigenic markers introduced in one or both of the viral non-structural 3Dpol and 3B proteins. The vaccine platform includes unique restriction endonuclease sites for easy swapping of capsid proteins for different FMDV subtypes and serotypes. The mutant viruses produced no signs of FMD and no shedding of virulent virus in cattle. No clinical signs of disease or fever were observed and no transmission to in-contact animals was detected in pigs inoculated with live A24LL3DYR. Cattle immunized with chemically inactivated vaccine candidates showed an efficacy comparable to a polyvalent commercial FMDV vaccine. These vaccine candidates used in conjunction with a cELISA provide a suitable target for DIVA companion tests. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/157097 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/216.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765208 | Ward et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Ward (Kabul, None); Lee F. Siler (Merrill, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A product produced from a wheat plant or a portion of the wheat plant produced by growing a seed of soft winter white wheat variety designated E0028. The product can be a grain, flour, baked good, cereal, pasta, beverage, livestock feed, biofuel, straw, or construction material. |
| FILED | Monday, November 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/674642 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 426/618 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08768612 | Bouillet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Bouillet (Englewood, New Jersey); Mark David Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Bouillet (Englewood, New Jersey); Mark David Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A stream processing system for processing a routing request specifying a first location and a destination location in a network of interconnected locations includes a plurality of data processing elements, a memory connected to the plurality of data processing elements for storing a plurality of maps having different scopes, wherein each of the data processing elements is associated with one of the plurality of maps and determines a section of a path from the first location to the destination location in the network of interconnected locations, and a routing selection element for merging the sections of the path as a solution to the routing request. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/131784 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/409 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08769293 — Systems and methods for rights protection of datasets with dataset structure preservation
| US 08769293 | Vlachos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michail Vlachos (Tarrytown, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michail Vlachos (Tarrytown, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for rights protection of a dataset that includes multiple trajectory objects includes determining an intensity power for embedding a watermarking key in a data trajectory. The data trajectory is modified to embed a watermarking key at the intensity power such that the intensity power guarantees an original pair-wise relationship between distance-based neighboring objects before and after embedding of the key such that a modified trajectory provides a watermarked version of the data trajectory. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/867826 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08765295 | West et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert C. West (Madison, Wisconsin); Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois); Zhengcheng Zhang (Monona, Wisconsin); Qingzheng Wang (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Nicholas A. A. Rossi (Madison, Wisconsin); Sang Young Yoon (Saugus, California); Hiroshi Nakahara (Santa Clarita, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. West (Madison, Wisconsin); Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois); Zhengcheng Zhang (Monona, Wisconsin); Qingzheng Wang (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Nicholas A. A. Rossi (Madison, Wisconsin); Sang Young Yoon (Saugus, California); Hiroshi Nakahara (Santa Clarita, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The electrolyte includes one or more salts and a silane. The silane has a silicon linked to one or more first substituents that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or a cyclic carbonate moiety. The silane can be linked to four of the first substituents. Alternately, the silane can be linked to the one or more first substituents and one or more second substituents that each exclude both a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety and a cyclic carbonate moiety. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/323602 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 08764850 | Hansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Round Lake, Illinois); Dudley S. Childress (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew H. Hansen (Round Lake, Illinois); Dudley S. Childress (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A bi-modal ankle-foot device that provides a curved effective shape appropriate for walking and a flattened effective shape for standing. The bi-modal ankle-foot device includes a foot piece and a lockable ankle joint connected to the flat foot piece, the ankle joint and foot piece cooperating to provide a curved shape for walking when the ankle joint is unlocked and to provide a flattened shape for standing when the ankle joint is locked. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/462056 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/68 (20130101) A61F 2/72 (20130101) A61F 2/6607 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/665 (20130101) A61F 2002/701 (20130101) A61F 2002/5001 (20130101) A61F 2002/5003 (20130101) A61F 2002/5009 (20130101) A61F 2002/5041 (20130101) A61F 2002/5043 (20130101) A61F 2002/5055 (20130101) A61F 2002/5056 (20130101) A61F 2002/5075 (20130101) A61F 2002/5078 (20130101) A61F 2002/6621 (20130101) A61F 2002/6818 (20130101) A61F 2002/6845 (20130101) A61F 2002/6854 (20130101) A61F 2002/7615 (20130101) A61F 2002/30359 (20130101) A61F 2002/30476 (20130101) A61F 2002/30492 (20130101) A61F 2220/0025 (20130101) A61F 2220/0033 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08768100 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoming Liu (Schenectady, New York); Frederick Wilson Wheeler (Niskayuna, New York); Peter Henry Tu (Niskayuna, New York); Jilin Tu (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for image alignment is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes acquiring a facial image of a person and using a discriminative face alignment model to fit a generic facial mesh to the facial image to facilitate locating of facial features. The discriminative face alignment model may include a generative shape model component and a discriminative appearance model component. Further, the discriminative appearance model component may have been trained to estimate a score function that minimizes the angle between a gradient direction and a vector pointing toward a ground-truth shape parameter. Additional methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, July 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/932763 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/294 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08765802 | Shoemaker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Shoemaker (Boyds, Maryland); John Cardellina (Walkersville, Maryland); Michael Currens (Frederick, Maryland); Sudhir Kondapaka (North Potomac, Maryland); Yves Pommier (Bethesda, Maryland); Andy Jobson (Rockville, Maryland); Dominic Scudiero (Frederick, Maryland); David Waugh (Walkersville, Maryland); George Lountos (Frederick, Maryland); Guangtao Zhang (Princeton, New Jersey); Andrew Colasanti (Scotch Plains, New Jersey); Christopher R. Self (West Caldwell, New Jersey); Janet Cicariello Cook (Mendham, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Provid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Resources NIH (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Shoemaker (Boyds, Maryland); John Cardellina (Walkersville, Maryland); Michael Currens (Frederick, Maryland); Sudhir Kondapaka (North Potomac, Maryland); Yves Pommier (Bethesda, Maryland); Andy Jobson (Rockville, Maryland); Dominic Scudiero (Frederick, Maryland); David Waugh (Walkersville, Maryland); George Lountos (Frederick, Maryland); Charles M. Cook (Mendham, New Jersey); Guangtao Zhang (Princeton, New Jersey); Andrew Colasanti (Scotch Plains, New Jersey); Christopher R. Self (West Caldwell, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are Compounds having the following structure: wherein A, L, X and ring B are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Compound and methods for treating or preventing cancer, hypoxia, diabetes, stroke, autoimmune disease or a condition treatable or preventable by inhibition of Chk2, the ATM-Chk2 pathway or RSK2 comprising administering an effective amount of a Compound to a patient in need thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/135575 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/419 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08768610 | Jung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Searete LLC, a limited liability corporation of the State of Delaware (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Invention Science Fund I, LLC (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward K. Y. Jung (Bellevue, Washington); Royce A. Levien (Lexington, Massachusetts); Robert W. Lord (Seattle, Washington); Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, Washington); John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are a computer system and methods related to a map display. A method includes but is not limited to receiving a request for the map, the map illustrating one or more locations; determining a status associated with at least one of the one or more locations on the map, the status being a function of one or more location interaction rules associated with the at least one of the one or more locations on the map; and generating a signal related to indicating on the map the status associated with the at least one of the one or more locations. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/757538 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08769632 | Cook et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jon L. Cook (Alexandria, Virginia); Christine Ray (Washington, District of Columbia); Cathy M. Rogerson (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon L. Cook (Alexandria, Virginia); Christine Ray (Washington, District of Columbia); Cathy M. Rogerson (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A secure electronic mailbox is provided to a customer having an electronic account. The electronic account links the secure electronic mailbox to a physical address of the customer. The customer can send and receive secure and non-secure messages via the secure electronic mailbox. The customer can also access electronic services such as electronic bill presentment and payment using the secure electronic mailbox. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/611306 |
| ART UNIT | 2495 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/107 (20130101) G06Q 20/04 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08763893 | Backes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glen Backes (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Robert Charles Becker (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Alan Cornett (Andover, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen Backes (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Robert Charles Becker (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Alan Cornett (Andover, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna includes a plurality of loops and a plurality of double pole double throw (DPDT) switches. The plurality of DPDT switches is coupled to the plurality of loops. The DPDT switches are configured to cause a change in direction of current in one or more of the plurality of loops, thereby altering a direction of a magnetic field in one or more of the plurality of loops, such that a device positioned at a plurality of positions in relation to the antenna is electromagnetically coupled to the antenna at the plurality of positions. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/365024 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08764129 | Simula et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glen Raymond Simula (Hancock, Michigan); Steven John Tarnowski (Calumet, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GSE Technologies, LLC (Houghton, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen Raymond Simula (Hancock, Michigan); Steven John Tarnowski (Calumet, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of increasing the traction and mobility of a tandem axled vehicle by disposing an endless track 16 around the vehicle tires 18,20 and using a tensioning device 22 to impart a force on the endless track 16 to maintain an optimal track tension. The tensioning device 22 may impart a constant force, a force within a set range, or a variable force controlled by a processor 64 on the endless track 16. The processor 64 monitors vehicle parameters to determine if endless track slipping is occurring. The slip-control processor 64 sends signals to the tension device 22 to increase endless track tension when a track slip condition is sensed, and sends signals to decrease endless track tension when slipping is not occurring, thereby allowing for greater suspension movement and improving overall vehicle mobility. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/117201 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Wheel substitutes for land vehicles 35/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08765615 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David T. Chang (Calabasas, California); Frederic P. Stratton (Beverly Hills, California); Hung Nguyen (Los Angeles, California); Randall L. Kubena (Oak Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Chang (Calabasas, California); Frederic P. Stratton (Beverly Hills, California); Hung Nguyen (Los Angeles, California); Randall L. Kubena (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A quart resonator for use in lower frequency applications (typically lower than the higher end of the UHF spectrum) where relatively thick quartz members, having a thickness greater than ten microns, are called for. A method for fabricating same resonator includes providing a first quart substrate; thinning the first quartz substrate to a desired thickness; forming a metallic etch stop on a portion of a first major surface of the first quartz substrate; adhesively attaching the first major surface of the first quartz substrate with the metallic etch stop formed thereon to a second quartz substrate using a temporary adhesive; etching a via though the first quartz substrate to the etch stop; forming a metal electrode on a second major surface of the first quartz substrate, the metal electrode penetrating the via in the first quartz substrate to make ohmic contact with the metallic etch stop; bonding the metal electrode formed on the second major surface of the first quartz substrate to a pad formed on a substrate bearing oscillator drive circuitry to form a bond there between; and dissolving the temporary adhesive to thereby release the second quartz substrate from the substrate bearing oscillator drive circuitry and a portion of the first quartz substrate bonded thereto via the bond formed between the metal electrode formed on the second major surface of the first quartz substrate to and the pad formed on the substrate bearing oscillator drive circuitry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/816292 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/31056 (20130101) H01L 21/31111 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08766875 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Brett Williams (W. Hollywood, California); Kyle W. Maxhimer (Hermosa Beach, California); Larry L. Lai (Walnut, California); Thomas Brennan (Marina Del Rey, California); Clifton Quan (Arcadia, California); Fangchou Yang (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Brett Williams (W. Hollywood, California); Kyle W. Maxhimer (Hermosa Beach, California); Larry L. Lai (Walnut, California); Thomas Brennan (Marina Del Rey, California); Clifton Quan (Arcadia, California); Fangchou Yang (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated stiffener and RF reflector (stiffener/reflector) (100) for a RF emitter which includes: a plurality of vertical ribs (102) constituting side walls of the stiffener/reflector; a plurality of horizontal ribs (104) formed in a width direction of the stiffener/reflector; a top cover (204) including metallization layer (308), the top cover being electrically coupled to a ground layer (312) of the RF emitter and configured in such a way to direct all of RF energy in an opposite direction to the top cover. Each of the vertical (102) and horizontal (104) ribs has a sandwich structure, which includes: a foam core layer (302) disposed on a layer of the RF emitter (314); a thin film layer (306) bonded to sides and top of the rib to form facesheets of the sandwich structure. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/476764 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/28 (20130101) H01Q 15/144 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08767902 | Walters |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leon C. Walters (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leon C. Walters (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Nuclear reactor systems and methods are described having many unique features tailored to address the special conditions and needs of emerging markets. The fast neutron spectrum nuclear reactor system may include a reactor having a reactor tank. A reactor core may be located within the reactor tank. The reactor core may include a fuel column of metal or cermet fuel using liquid sodium as a heat transfer medium. A pump may circulate the liquid sodium through a heat exchanger. The system may include a balance of plant with no nuclear safety function. The reactor may be modular, and may produce approximately 100 MWe. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/030740 |
| 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 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21C 7/08 (20130101) G21C 9/027 (20130101) G21C 19/205 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 30/34 (20130101) Y02E 30/39 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
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