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| US 08776786 | Kraft et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward R Kraft (Galveston, Texas); Perenlai Enkhbaatar (Galveston, Texas); Daniel S Traber (Galveston, Texas); Gabriela A. Kulp (Santa Fe, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward R Kraft (Galveston, Texas); Perenlai Enkhbaatar (Galveston, Texas); Daniel S Traber (Galveston, Texas); Gabriela A. Kulp (Santa Fe, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Liquid nebulizer apparatus, systems, and formulation compositions, as well as systems for the nebulized, aerosol delivery of such compositions, for the administration and insufflation of medicinal aerosols into the pulmonary system of a mammal are described. The nebulizing apparatus and system can effectively aerosolize a variety of viscosities of medicinal liquid drug carriers, including those made up of oil, water, or emulsions of oil and water. Drugs dissolved or suspended in the compositions and formulations described and adapted for use herein are not damaged or denatured by the nebulization process when the nebulizer described is used. Further, the nebulization system itself can be adapted for use with both mechanically assisted pulmonary ventilation systems as well as hand-held inhalers and nose/mouth face masks for use in pulmonary drug delivery. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/423044 |
| ART UNIT | 3778 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/200.220 |
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| US 08777412 | Buckland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina); Nestor O. Farmiga (Rochester, New York); Robert H. Hart (Cary, North Carolina); Andrew Murnan (Saratoga Springs, New York); Christopher Saxer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments of the present inventive concept provide optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems for integration with a microscope. The OCT system includes a sample arm coupled to the imaging path of a microscope. The sample arm includes an input beam zoom assembly including at least two movable lenses configured to provide shape control for an OCT signal beam; a scan assembly including at least one scanning mirror and configured for telecentric scanning of the OCT signal beam; and a beam expander configured to set the OCT signal beam diameter incident on the microscope objective. The shape control includes separable controls for numerical aperture and focal position of the imaged OCT beam. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/836576 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/13 (20130101) A61B 3/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0066 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02039 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0012 (20130101) G02B 21/0048 (20130101) |
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| US 08777871 | Frankhouser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul L. Frankhouser (Miami Beach, Florida); Maureen L. Mulvihill (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania); Brian M. Park (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Actuated Medical, Inc. (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. Frankhouser (Miami Beach, Florida); Maureen L. Mulvihill (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania); Brian M. Park (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A medical device for reducing the force necessary to penetrate living being tissue using a variety of reciprocating motion actuators, including piezoelectric, voice coil, solenoids, pneumatics or fluidics. The reciprocating actuator drives a penetrating member, such as a needle, through the tissue at a reduced force while the device detects the passage of the penetrating member through the tissue. Upon passage of the penetrating member through the tissue, electrical power to the reciprocating actuator is automatically terminated. One exemplary method for detecting this passage is via a fluid-containing syringe that is coupled to a channel within the penetrating member. Once the penetrating member tip has passed through the living tissue, the fluid within the syringe no longer experiences any pressure and a plunger within the syringe displaces indicating passage of the penetrating member tip. This motion can provide direct tactile feedback to an operator of the medical device or can automatically open a switch providing electrical power to the medical device. Alternatively, a pressure transducer can also monitor the pressure within the penetrating member channel and automatically activate the switch to cut off the electrical power. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/672482 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/4896 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08777938 | Mahvi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Mahvi (Middleton, Wisconsin); Mark C. Converse (Madison, Wisconsin); Punit Prakash (San Francisco, California); John G. Webster (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Mahvi (Middleton, Wisconsin); Mark C. Converse (Madison, Wisconsin); Punit Prakash (San Francisco, California); John G. Webster (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of resection of an organ employs a handheld microwave waveguide that receives a microwave signal and applies a substantially planar microwave beam into the organ for coagulation of a strip of tissue in an organ providing a barrier against blood loss during resection operations. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/478525 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08777944 | Frankhouser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul L. Frankhouser (Bellefonte, Florida); Maureen L. Mulvihill (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania); Brian M. Park (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Actuated Medical, Inc. (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. Frankhouser (Bellefonte, Florida); Maureen L. Mulvihill (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania); Brian M. Park (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A medical device for reducing the force necessary to penetrate living being tissue using a variety of reciprocating motion actuators, including piezoelectric, voice coil, solenoids, pneumatics or fluidics. The reciprocating actuator drives a penetrating member, such as a needle, through the tissue at a reduced force while the device detects the passage of the penetrating member through the tissue. Upon passage of the penetrating member through the tissue, electrical power to the reciprocating actuator is automatically terminated. One exemplary method for detecting this passage is via a fluid-containing syringe that is coupled to a channel within the penetrating member. Once the penetrating member tip has passed through the living tissue, the fluid within the syringe no longer experiences any pressure and a plunger within the syringe displaces indicating passage of the penetrating member tip. This motion can provide direct tactile feedback to an operator of the medical device or can automatically open a switch providing electrical power to the medical device. Alternatively, a pressure transducer can also monitor the pressure within the penetrating member channel and automatically activate the switch to cut off the electrical power. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/672505 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/42 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778299 | Everson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Thomas Everson (Englewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Thomas Everson (Englewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a method for quantification of hepatic function in a subject comprising measuring the clearance of an orally administered isotopically labeled cholic acid in a subject with, or suspected of having or developing, a hepatic disorder, for example, chronic hepatitis C. The disclosure further provides methods and kits for assessment of hepatic function. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/557916 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778304 | Pomper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin G. Pomper (Baltimore, Maryland); Haofan Wang (Baltimore, Maryland); Tomas R. Guilarte (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin G. Pomper (Baltimore, Maryland); Haofan Wang (Baltimore, Maryland); Tomas R. Guilarte (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Translocator protein (TSPO) targeting compounds are described. Methods of making the compounds, and uses of the compounds for imaging are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/034320 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.810 |
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| US 08778305 | Pomper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin Pomper (Baltimore, Maryland); Ronnie Charles Mease (Fairfax, Virginia); Ying Chen (Timonium, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Pomper (Baltimore, Maryland); Ronnie Charles Mease (Fairfax, Virginia); Ying Chen (Timonium, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) binding compounds having radioisotope substituents are described, as well as chemical precursors thereof. Compounds include pyridine containing compounds, compounds having phenylhydrazine structures, and acylated lysine compounds. The compounds allow ready incorporation of radionuclides for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) for imaging, for example, prostate cancer cells and angiogenesis. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/057044 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.890 |
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| US 08778310 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Miqin Zhang (Bothell, Washington); Richard G. Ellenbogen (Seattle, Washington); Raymond W. Sze (McLean, Virginia); Omid Veiseh (Kirkland, Washington); James M. Olson (Seattle, Washington); Mandana Veiseh (Emeryville, California); Patrik Gabikian (Seattle, Washington); S-Bahram Bahrami (Emeryville, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miqin Zhang (Bothell, Washington); Richard G. Ellenbogen (Seattle, Washington); Raymond W. Sze (McLean, Virginia); Omid Veiseh (Kirkland, Washington); James M. Olson (Seattle, Washington); Mandana Veiseh (Emeryville, California); Patrik Gabikian (Seattle, Washington); S-Bahram Bahrami (Emeryville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A chlorotoxin conjugate detectable by fluorescence imaging that allows for intra-operative visualization of cancerous tissues, compositions that include the chlorotoxin conjugate, and methods for using the chlorotoxin conjugate. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/897721 |
| 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 38/16 (20130101) A61K 49/005 (20130101) A61K 49/0017 (20130101) A61K 49/0032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/08 (20130101) |
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| US 08778329 | Seavey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Seavey (Secane, Pennsylvania); Yvonne Paterson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Paulo Maciag (Robbinsville, New Jersey); Duane Sewell (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Seavey (Secane, Pennsylvania); Yvonne Paterson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Paulo Maciag (Robbinsville, New Jersey); Duane Sewell (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides recombinant Listeria strains comprising an angiogenic factor, recombinant polypeptides comprising an angiogenic factor operatively linked to a polypeptide comprising a PEST-like sequence, recombinant nucleotide molecules encoding same, related vaccines, and immunogenic and therapeutic methods utilizing same. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/254607 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
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| US 08778338 | Gass et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan David Gass (Collegeville, Pennsylvania); Chaitan Khosla (Palo Alto, California); Michael Bethune (Pasadena, California); Matthew John Siegel (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan David Gass (Collegeville, Pennsylvania); Chaitan Khosla (Palo Alto, California); Michael Bethune (Pasadena, California); Matthew John Siegel (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A combination enzyme product consisting of a glutamine specific endoprotease and a prolyl endopeptidase is provided. Both enzymes are active and stable in the stomach and can therefore be administered as lyophilized powders or simple capsules/tablets. A ratio of the two enzymes is used to maximize their synergy. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/531036 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.630 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778351 | Rose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert C. Rose (Geneseo, New York); Christine Malboeuf (Sharon, Massachusetts); Young-Eun Ellen Lee (Levittown, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Rose (Geneseo, New York); Christine Malboeuf (Sharon, Massachusetts); Young-Eun Ellen Lee (Levittown, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions that contain a chimeric papillomavirus virus-like particle (VLP) in combination with a DNA molecule encoding a protein or polypeptide epitope. The chimeric papillomavirus VLP is assembled from an L1 protein or polypeptide and a chimeric protein or polypeptide containing at least a portion of the L2 protein and a protein or polypeptide including an immunogenic epitope. The composition is useful for inducing an enhanced immune response against a pathogen or a tumor. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/439338 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
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| US 08778352 | Marconi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Thomas Marconi (Midlothian, Virginia); Christopher Earnhart (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Thomas Marconi (Midlothian, Virginia); Christopher Earnhart (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A chimeric polyvalent recombinant protein for use as a vaccine and diagnostic for Lyme disease is provided. The chimeric protein comprises epitopes of the loop 5 region and/or the alpha helix 5 region of outer surface protein C (OspC) types. The OspC types may be associated with mammalian Borrelia infections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/840653 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778353 | Galarza et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jose M. Galarza (Scarsdale, New York); Demetrius Matassov (Richmond Hill, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TechnoVax, Inc. (Tarrytown, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose M. Galarza (Scarsdale, New York); Demetrius Matassov (Richmond Hill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) comprising influenza antigenic polypeptides are described. Also described are compositions comprising these VLPs as well as methods of making and using these VLPs. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/796988 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/209.100 |
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| US 08778354 | Tripp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ralph A. Tripp (Decatur, Georgia); Les Jones (Peachtree City, Georgia); Larry J. Anderson (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph A. Tripp (Decatur, Georgia); Les Jones (Peachtree City, Georgia); Larry J. Anderson (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for the treatment or prevention of RSV disease by modulating RSV infection and immunity. In particular, amino acid sequences in the RSV G glycoprotein, containing the chemokine motif defined as C-X-X-X-C (or CX3C), are identified that are essential in causing RSV infection and disease. The chemokine motif is biologically active and participates in virus binding to and infection of susceptible cells. The prevention or treatment of RSV infection is achieved by interfering with the motif, such as by administering a vaccine in which the motif is altered or by administration or induction of blocking molecules that inhibit the biological activity of the motif. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/358320 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/211.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778359 | Kaisheva |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elizabet Kaisheva (Belmont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabet Kaisheva (Belmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Formulations of anthrax protective antigen are provided that are stable in storage for prolonged periods. Methods of using the formulations to prepare vaccine are also provided. Vaccines comprising the formulations are useful, for example, to protect against anthrax infection. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/056378 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/246.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778618 | Casciola-Rosen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Livia Angela Casciola-Rosen (Pikesville, Maryland); Lisa Christopher-Stine (Baltimore, Maryland); Andrew Mammen (Baltimore, Maryland); Antony Rosen (Pikesville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Livia Angela Casciola-Rosen (Pikesville, Maryland); Lisa Christopher-Stine (Baltimore, Maryland); Andrew Mammen (Baltimore, Maryland); Antony Rosen (Pikesville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions, methods, and kits diagnosing, monitoring, and otherwise characterizing a myopathy and for detecting the presence of autoantibodies in a biological sample. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/641606 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778619 | Castro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia); Arlington Scientific, Inc. (Springville, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Arlington Scientific Inc. (Springville, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arnold R. Castro (Monroe, Georgia); Himanshu Champaklal Mody (Springville, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, methods and devices for the detection of anti-lipoidal antibodies and the diagnosis of disease, for example, syphilis, are described. In particular, oxidized cardiolipins, which may be conjugated with a variety of attachment molecules, such as BSA, KLH, biotin, synthetic protein MAPS, IgY, streptavidin, or avidin, are described. Such oxidized cardiolipin, alone or complexed with one or more attachment molecules, are useful to detect anti-lipoidal antibodies (such as IgG and IgM antibodies) in subjects, for example, when used in ELISA plates. ELISA plates are described that permit the detection of anti-lipoidal antibodies and that permit the co-detection of nontreponemal and treponemal antibodies in biological samples. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/079634 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08778623 — Compositions and methods of using differentiated cells sensitized to botulinum neurotoxin
| US 08778623 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Arthur Johnson (Madison, Wisconsin); Regina Whitemarsh (Madison, Wisconsin); Sabine Pellett (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Differentiated cholinergic cells having motor neuron-like morphology and increased sensitivity to botulinum neurotoxin are provided herein. Methods of using such differentiated cells for detecting neurotoxin are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/779972 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.400 |
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| US 08778638 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wing H. Wong (Stanford, California); Hong Yang (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wing H. Wong (Stanford, California); Hong Yang (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods for determining phased nucleic acid sequence for a single chromosome of interest and/or a single chromosomal fragment of interest. The present disclosure also provides methods for determining phased nucleic acid sequence for a plurality of single chromosomes of interest and/or a plurality of single chromosomal fragments of interest. The plurality of single chromosomes of interest may be of one or more chromosome types. The present disclosure also provides a method for isolating a plurality of chromosomal fragments of a specified size range, where the chromosomal fragments are from one or more specified regions of the genome. The plurality of chromosomal fragments may be separated into single chromosomal fragments and sequenced to provide phased nucleic acid sequence for the single chromosomal fragments. Alternatively, the plurality of chromosomal fragments may be sequenced together to provide unphased nucleic acid sequence for the chromosomal fragments. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/297062 |
| 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 435/91.200 |
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| US 08778671 | Pletnev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander G. Pletnev (Rockville, Maryland); Joseph R. Putnak (Silver Spring, Maryland); Robert M. Chanock (Bethesda, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Stephen S. Whitehead (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Joseph E. Blaney, Jr. (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander G. Pletnev (Rockville, Maryland); Joseph R. Putnak (Silver Spring, Maryland); Robert M. Chanock (Bethesda, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Stephen S. Whitehead (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Joseph E. Blaney, Jr. (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to attenuated, immunogenic West Nile virus chimeras built on a dengue virus backbone for the production of immunogenic, live, attenuated West Nile virus vaccines. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/871775 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
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| US 08778676 | Croce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Chang-Gong Liu (Pearland, Texas); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas); Cinzia Sevignani (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | MicroRNA genes are highly associated with chromosomal features involved in the etiology of different cancers. The perturbations in the genomic structure or chromosomal architecture of a cell caused by these cancer-associated chromosomal features can affect the expression of the miR gene(s) located in close proximity to that chromosomal feature. Evaluation of miR gene expression can therefore be used to indicate the presence of a cancer-causing chromosomal lesion in a subject. As the change in miR gene expression level caused by a cancer-associated chromosomal feature may also contribute to cancerigenesis, a given cancer can be treated by restoring the level of miR gene expression to normal. microRNA expression profiling can be used to diagnose cancer and predict whether a particular cancer is associated with an adverse prognosis. The identification of specific mutations associated with genomic regions that harbor miR genes in CLL patients provides a means for diagnosing CLL and possibly other cancers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/972759 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 08778688 | Slusher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara S. Slusher (Kingsville, Maryland); Jesse Alt (Essex, Maryland); Camilo Rojas (Baltimore, Maryland); Takashi Tsukamoto (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are high-throughput methods of monitoring D-serine levels in plasma. The assay involves the use of strong cation solid phase extraction (SPE) to isolate D-serine from plasma, followed by quantitation of D-serine using the D-amino acid oxidase- (DAAO-) catalyzed reaction. Also described are methods of screening for compounds that act as DAAO inhibitors. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/672102 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778695 | Caprioli |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Caprioli (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Caprioli (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for analyzing proteins and other biological materials and xenobiotics within a sample. A specimen is generated, which may include an energy absorbent matrix. The specimen is struck with laser beams such that the specimen releases proteins. The atomic mass of the released proteins over a range of atomic masses is measured. An atomic mass window of interest within the range of atomic masses is analyzed to determine the spatial arrangement of specific proteins within the sample, and those specific proteins are identified as a function of the spatial arrangement. By analyzing the proteins, one may monitor and classify disease within a sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/880750 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778847 | Golding et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hana Golding (Rockville, Maryland); Surender Khurana (Clarksburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hana Golding (Rockville, Maryland); Surender Khurana (Clarksburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides and polypeptides that elicit immunogenic responses in a mammal; especially neutralizing antibodies, against human and avian influenza strains H1N1, H3N2, H5N1 and H7N7 are disclosed Immunogenic compositions including these peptides, and polypeptides are also provided. Compositions including these peptides and polypeptides with or without adjuvants are disclosed. Nucleic acids and expression cassettes encoding these peptides and polypeptides are also disclosed. Methods of inhibiting infection by influenza, with or without cell entry, are also disclosed using these peptides and polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/664052 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778869 | Murphy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William L. Murphy (Madison, Wisconsin); Mark D. Markel (Middleton, Wisconsin); Ben K. Graf (Madison, Wisconsin); Yan Lu (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Jae Sung Lee (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L. Murphy (Madison, Wisconsin); Mark D. Markel (Middleton, Wisconsin); Ben K. Graf (Madison, Wisconsin); Yan Lu (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Jae Sung Lee (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for growing tissue based upon layers of an inorganic extracellular matrix, wherein each layer of the inorganic matrix is designed to dissolve at a separate rate and result in sequential growth factor delivery upon its dissolution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/796743 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778876 | Watowich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stanley J. Watowich (Houston, Texas); Suzanne M. Tomlinson (Galveston, Texas); Scott Gilbertson (Pearland, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley J. Watowich (Houston, Texas); Suzanne M. Tomlinson (Galveston, Texas); Scott Gilbertson (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions involving small molecule inhibitors for the treatment or prophylaxis of flavivirus infection, such as dengue virus and West Nile virus. |
| FILED | Monday, March 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/412448 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/4858 (20130101) A61K 31/33 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778886 | Kumar-Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajendra Kumar-Singh (Boston, Massachusetts); Siobhan M. Cashman (Boston, Massachusetts); Sarah Parker Read (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajendra Kumar-Singh (Boston, Massachusetts); Siobhan M. Cashman (Boston, Massachusetts); Sarah Parker Read (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A peptide-POD with ability to penetrate and deliver fluorophores, siRNA, DNA and quantum dots to cells in culture and retinal and ocular tissues in vivo is provided herein. POD couples to adenovirus vectors, enhancing tropism for certain cells, potentially providing a safer and more efficacious method to deliver molecules to ocular and other tissues in vivo. POD constructs are therapeutic delivery vehicles for treating cells and tissues, including ocular cells and tissues suffering from retinal degeneration. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/714106 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/20.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778888 | Cochran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jennifer R. Cochran (Stanford, California); Adam P. Silverman (Redwood City, California); Mihalis S. Kariolis (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer R. Cochran (Stanford, California); Adam P. Silverman (Redwood City, California); Mihalis S. Kariolis (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are peptides having a cystine knot structural motif and comprising a sequence engineered for specificity against αIIbβ3 integrin, found on platelets, and a method of using the same in anti-thrombotic therapies. The present peptides utilize a cystine knot scaffold derived from modified agouti-related protein or agatoxin, An alternate library screening strategy was used to isolate variants of peptides that selectively bound to αIIbβ3 integrin or to both αIIbβ3 and αVβ3 integrins. Unique consensus sequences were identified within the identified peptides suggesting alternative molecular recognition events that dictate different integrin binding specificities. In addition, the engineered peptides prevented human platelet aggregation in a plasma-based assay and showed high binding affinity for αIIbβ3 integrin. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/938216 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778897 | Simpson, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul C. Simpson, Jr. (San Francsico, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul C. Simpson, Jr. (San Francsico, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for treating or preventing cardiomyopathy in a subject by administering an α1 adrenergic receptor agonist, wherein the treatment does not result in increased blood pressure are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/607409 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778905 | Pagano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michele Pagano (New York, New York); Jeffrey R. Skaar (New York, New York); Angelo Peschiaroli (Rome, Italy); N. Valerio Dorrello (Caivano, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to USP47 (ubiquitin specific protease 47) inhibitors and methods for inducing apoptosis or cell death in a target cell. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to methods and kits to screen for related agents that induce apoptosis. Additionally, the invention relates to assays for screening compounds capable of acting as USP47 inhibitors. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/668969 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778913 | Nizet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Victor Nizet (San Diego, California); George Y. Liu (Irvine, California); Eric Oldfield (Urbana, Illinois); Yongcheng Song (Pearland, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor Nizet (San Diego, California); George Y. Liu (Irvine, California); Eric Oldfield (Urbana, Illinois); Yongcheng Song (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides compounds and methods to treat a microbial or a bacterial pathogenesis, and demonstrates that the S. aureus pigment is a virulence factor and potential novel target for antimicrobial therapy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/364082 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/662 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4174 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778945 | Hergenrother et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Joseph Hergenrother (Champaign, Illinois); Quinn Patrick Peterson (Savoy, Illinois); Danny Chung Hsu (Urbana, Illinois); Diana C. West (Champaign, Illinois); Timothy M. Fan (Mahomet, Illinois); Chris J. Novotny (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Joseph Hergenrother (Champaign, Illinois); Quinn Patrick Peterson (Savoy, Illinois); Danny Chung Hsu (Urbana, Illinois); Diana C. West (Champaign, Illinois); Timothy M. Fan (Mahomet, Illinois); Chris J. Novotny (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are disclosed in embodiments relating to induction of cell death such as in cancer cells. Compounds and related methods for synthesis and use thereof, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells are disclosed. Compounds are disclosed that have lower neurotoxicity effects than other compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/148350 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/252.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778976 | Uesugi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Houston, Texas); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Qian Mao (Houston, Texas); Shinji Kamisuki (Chiba, Japan); Akira Kugimiya (Osaka, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Houston, Texas); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Qian Mao (Houston, Texas); Shinji Kamisuki (Chiba, Japan); Akira Kugimiya (Osaka, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizing fatostatin A and/or a derivative and/or analog thereof. In other aspects, the compound for treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizes an A-B-C tripartite structure, wherein A, B, and C are identical or non-identical structures and are described in detail herein. In specific aspects, the metabolic disorder includes obesity or diabetes, for example. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/484685 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4709 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/10 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778985 | Zlokovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Berislav V. Zlokovic (Rochester, New York); Rashid Deane (Rochester, New York); Benjamin L. Miller (Penfield, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Berislav V. Zlokovic (Rochester, New York); Rashid Deane (Rochester, New York); Benjamin L. Miller (Penfield, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Small molecules are used to inhibit specific receptor-ligand interaction between Alzheimer's amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) and Receptor for Advanced Gly-cation Endproducts (RAGE). Objectives include treating Alzheimer's disease and other pathologies involving cerebral amyloid angiopathy; improving blood flow to or within the brain; decreasing the level of Aβ in the brain; reducing neuropathology associated with Alzheimer's disease; reducing inflammation and/or oxidant stress in the brain; improving memory and/or learning; treating other conditions involving Aβ/RAGE interaction at the blood-brain barrier, RAGE-mediated transport of Aβ into the brain, or RAGE activation in brain vasculature and/or brain parenchyma (e.g., diabetic complications); or any combination thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, January 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/223276 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779001 | Tweardy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Tweardy (Houston, Texas); Xuejun Xu (Missouri City, Texas); Moses M. Kasembeli (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America National Institute of Health (NIH) (Washington, District of Columbia); The United States of America Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Tweardy (Houston, Texas); Xuejun Xu (Missouri City, Texas); Moses M. Kasembeli (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Small molecule inhibitors of Stat3 and their derivatives are disclosed. Also described are methods to inhibit cell growth by use of Stat3 inhibitors, and the use of Stat3 inhibitors for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer. Further, inhibitors of Stat3 that also do not inhibit Stat1 are described as well as their derivatives. Methods of screening additional compounds for Stat3 inhibition activity and/or non-inhibition of Stat1 activity are also described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/477583 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/604 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779002 | Schubert |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Schubert (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (LaJolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Schubert (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel compounds that have a variety of properties, i.e., antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal properties. Invention compounds, therefore, have the ability to impart a variety of beneficial physiological effects, e.g., to protect neurons and/or to promote neuroregeneration and/or to promote memory formation and/or to act as protein phosphatase or kinase inhibitors and/or to act as lipoxygenase inhibitors. Such compounds are useful for treatment of a variety of indications, including neurodegenerative diseases and conditions, diabetes, ischemia associated with heart disease, and memory deficit. In another aspect of the present invention, there are also provided formulations containing one or more of the above-described compounds, optionally further containing additional neurologically active compound(s) and/or adjuvants to facilitate delivery thereof across the blood/brain barrier. In still another aspect of the present invention, there are further provided methods for treating a wide variety of neurological indications, e.g., acute neural injuries, chronic injuries, promoting memory formation, and the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/682767 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/136 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 243/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779089 | Sanford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Isaac Gilliam Sanford (Durham, North Carolina); Michelle Steffen Jansen (Durham, North Carolina); Paul Theodore Hamilton (Cary, North Carolina); Jonathan Allen Hodges (Durham, North Carolina); Shrikumar Ambujakshan Nair (Cary, North Carolina); Yuchen Chen (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Martyn Kerry Darby (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Hanne Gron (Durham, North Carolina); Ganesan Sathya (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affinergy, LLC (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Isaac Gilliam Sanford (Durham, North Carolina); Michelle Steffen Jansen (Durham, North Carolina); Paul Theodore Hamilton (Cary, North Carolina); Jonathan Allen Hodges (Durham, North Carolina); Shrikumar Ambujakshan Nair (Cary, North Carolina); Yuchen Chen (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Martyn Kerry Darby (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Hanne Gron (Durham, North Carolina); Ganesan Sathya (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for tissue repair are provided including cell binding peptides and growth factor binding peptides. The cell binding peptides bind to one or more of stem cells, fibroblasts, or endothelial cells. The growth factor binding peptides include platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) binding peptides and growth differentiation factor (GDF) binding peptides. The tissue for repair includes tendon, muscle, connective tissue, ligament, cardiac tissue, vascular tissue, or dermis. Implantable devices for tissue repair are provided to which the cell and growth factor binding peptides are attached, such as acellular extracellular matrix having attached binding peptide. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/949104 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 47/02 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 47/48992 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 27/425 (20130101) A61L 27/427 (20130101) A61L 2300/414 (20130101) A61L 2430/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779095 | Samelson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence E. Samelson (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Lakshmi Balagopalan (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence E. Samelson (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Lakshmi Balagopalan (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | LAT (Linker for Activation of T-cells) is a protein involved in signaling through the T-cell receptor (TCR). The invention provides a LAT protein including mutations at ubiquitylation sites that result in an increase in stability of LAT in stimulated and unstimulated cells, and enhanced signaling through the TCR. The invention further provides use for a LAT protein including mutations at ubiquitylation sites for therapeutic and laboratory methods. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/319263 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/7051 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779104 | Braun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Braun (Tarzana, California); Lynn K. Gordon (Tarzana, California); Kaori Shimazaki Dadgostar (Los Angeles, California); Madhuri Wadehra (Manhattan Beach, California); Kathleen A. Kelly (Pacific Palisades, California); Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the treatment or prevention of Chlamydia infections and cancer. The methods and compositions inhibit the entry of Chlamydia into a host cell expressing EMP2 by interfering with the interaction between the Chlamydia and EMP2. The methods and compositions target cancers which express or overexpress EMP2 nucleic acids and polypeptides by targeting EMP2. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/972670 |
| 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 530/387.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779115 | Ge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qing Ge (Beijing, China PRC); Brian H. Johnston (Scotts Valley, California); Sergei A Kazakov (San Jose, California); Heini Ilves (Santa Cruz, California); Anne Dallas (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Somagenics Inc. (Santa Cruz, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Ge (Beijing, China PRC); Brian H. Johnston (Scotts Valley, California); Sergei A Kazakov (San Jose, California); Heini Ilves (Santa Cruz, California); Anne Dallas (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions, and kits that include small hairpin RNA (shRNA) useful for inhibition of gene expression, such as viral-mediated gene expression, are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/591433 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779116 | Davidson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beverly L. Davidson (Iowa City, Iowa); Henry Paulson (Iowa City, Iowa); Victor Miller (Iowa City, Iowa); Cynthia Gouvion (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to small interfering RNA molecules (siRNA) targeted against an allele of interest, and methods of using these siRNA molecules. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/668739 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779149 | Maeda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dean Y. Maeda (Seattle, Washington); John A. Zebala (Issaquah, Washington); Aaron D. Schuler (Auburn, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Syntrix Biosystems, Inc. (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Y. Maeda (Seattle, Washington); John A. Zebala (Issaquah, Washington); Aaron D. Schuler (Auburn, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed aminopyridine- and aminopyrimidinecarboxamide compounds useful as pharmaceutical agents, synthesis processes, and pharmaceutical compositions which include aminopyridine- and aminopyrimidinecarboxamides compounds. More specifically, there is disclosed a genus of CXCR2 inhibitor compounds that are useful for treating a variety of inflammatory and neoplastic disorders. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/215014 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/82 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 239/47 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 413/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779151 | Priebe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Waldemar Priebe (Houston, Texas); Izabela Fokt (Houston, Texas); Slawomir Szymanski (Houston, Texas); Timothy Madden (Sugar Land, Texas); Jeffrey Myers (Bellaire, Texas); Charles Conrad (Spring, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Waldemar Priebe (Houston, Texas); Izabela Fokt (Houston, Texas); Slawomir Szymanski (Houston, Texas); Timothy Madden (Sugar Land, Texas); Jeffrey Myers (Bellaire, Texas); Charles Conrad (Spring, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns compounds and their use to treat cell proliferative diseases such as cancer. Compounds of the present invention display significant potency as inhibitors of Jak2/STAT3 pathways and downstream targets and inhibit the growth and survival of cancerous cell lines. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695547 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779202 | Elmendorf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Heidi G. Elmendorf (Rockville, Maryland); Colleen D. Walls (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Christian Wolf (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heidi G. Elmendorf (Rockville, Maryland); Colleen D. Walls (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Christian Wolf (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating exposure to Giardia lamblia and/or giardiasis and methods of antagonizing Giardia lamblia attachment to the intestinal wall of a subject are described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/513768 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/305 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779768 | Brey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida); University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida); University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William W. Brey (Tallahassee, Florida); Arthur Edison (Gainesville, Florida); Vijaykumar Ramaswamy (Gainesville, Florida); Jerris Hooker (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | NMR probe coils designed to operate at two different frequencies, producing a strong and homogenous magnetic field at both the frequencies. This single coil, placed close to the sample, provides a method to optimize the NMR detection sensitivity of two different channels. In addition, the present invention describes a coil that generates a magnetic field that is parallel to the substrate of the coil as opposed to perpendicular as seen in the prior art. The present invention isolates coils from each other even when placed in close proximity to each other. A method to reduce the presence of electric field within the sample region is also considered. Further, the invention describes a method to adjust the radio-frequency tuning and coupling of the MAR probe coils. |
| FILED | Friday, November 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/069686 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/365 (20130101) G01R 33/422 (20130101) G01R 33/3635 (20130101) G01R 33/3802 (20130101) G01R 33/34023 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781186 | Clements et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Logan Clements (Nashville, Tennessee); James Stefansic (Nashville, Tennessee); Prashanth Dumpuri (Nashville, Tennessee); Senhu Li (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pathfinder Therapeutics, Inc. (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Logan Clements (Nashville, Tennessee); James Stefansic (Nashville, Tennessee); Prashanth Dumpuri (Nashville, Tennessee); Senhu Li (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for using pre-procedural images for registration for image-guided therapy (IGT), also referred to as image-guided intervention (IGI), in percutaneous surgical application. Pseudo-features and patient abdomen and organ surfaces are used for registration and to establish the relationship needed for guidance. Three-dimensional visualizations of the vasculature, tumor(s), and organs may be generated for enhanced guidance information. The invention facilitates extensive pre-procedural planning, thereby significantly reducing procedural times. It also minimizes the patient exposure to radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/101164 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781197 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Wang (New York, New York); Ludovic de Rochefort (Montrouge, France); Bryan Kressler (Santa Barbara, California); Tian Liu (New York, New York); Pascal Spincemaille (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Wang (New York, New York); Ludovic de Rochefort (Montrouge, France); Bryan Kressler (Santa Barbara, California); Tian Liu (New York, New York); Pascal Spincemaille (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus is provided for magnetic source magnetic resonance imaging. The method includes collecting energy signals from an object, providing additional information of characteristics of the object, and generating the image of the object from the energy signals and from the additional information such that the image includes a representation of a quantitative estimation of the characteristics, e.g a quantitative estimation of magnetic susceptibility. The additional information may comprise predetermined characteristics of the object, a magnitude image generated from the object, or magnetic signals collected from different relative orientations between the object and the imaging system. The image is generated by an inversion operation based on the collected signals and the additional information. The inversion operation minimizes a cost function obtained by combining the data extracted from the collected signals and the additional information of the object. Additionally, the image is used to detect a number of diagnostic features including microbleeds, contract agents and the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/990148 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781243 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guang-Hong Chen (Madison, Wisconsin); Jie Tang (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guang-Hong Chen (Madison, Wisconsin); Jie Tang (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing an image having a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is provided. An image to be enhanced is provided, the provided image including a previously reconstructed image or an image reconstructed from acquired image data. A prior image is produced from the provided image, for example, by filtering the provided image such that noise from the provided image is substantially suppressed in the prior image. Synthesized image data is produced by performing a forward projection of the provided image. A sparsified image is produced by subtracting the prior image and the provided image. A target image having a higher SNR than the provided image is reconstructed using the sparsified image, the provided image, and the synthesized image data. The provided image may be, for example, a medical image produced by an x-ray imaging system, including computed tomography and C-arm systems; a magnetic resonance imaging system; and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, January 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/986847 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781559 | Elner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Victor M. Elner (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Howard R. Petty (Livonia, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor M. Elner (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Howard R. Petty (Livonia, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for measuring the retinal auto-fluorescence of a subject retina includes an excitation light source for providing an excitation light at a wavelength of at least 450 nm and an image capture device for recording an ocular auto-fluorescence signal generated in response to the excitation light. The image capture device includes a filter for reducing background non-signal wavelengths from the ocular auto-fluorescence signal and an image intensifier for increasing the ocular auto-fluorescence signal strength. The method and apparatus may further include a processor that analyzes the ocular auto-fluorescence signal to determine a contrast change or pattern to thereby detect retinal disease or damage. The processor may compare the images with control images, past images of the same eye or other diagnostic modalities such as fundus photography, angiography, or visual field testing to detect the retinal disease or damage. |
| FILED | Friday, February 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/366921 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/12 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/4747 (20130101) C07K 14/70567 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6872 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781750 | Stuart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Wachsman (San Diego, California); Daniel Mercola (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Michael McClelland (Encinitas, California); Jessica Wang-Rodriguez (San Diego, California); David Tarin (San Diego, California); Charles C. Berry (San Diego, California); Karen Arden (San Diego, California); Linda Wasserman (La Jolla, California); Steven Goodison (Jacksonville, Florida); Igor Klacansky (San Diego, California); Elizabeth Duff Stuart (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (San Diego, California); Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert O. Stuart (San Diego, California); William Wachsman (San Diego, California); Daniel Mercola (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Michael McClelland (Encinitas, California); Jessica Wang-Rodriguez (San Diego, California); David Tarin (San Diego, California); Charles C. Berry (San Diego, California); Karen Arden (San Diego, California); Linda Wasserman (La Jolla, California); Steven Goodison (Jacksonville, Florida); Igor Klacansky (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Among the methods, compositions, combinations and kits provided herein are those for determining gene expression levels in one or more cell types in heterogeneous cell samples, for identifying genes differentially expressed in different cell types, and for detecting a cell type in a sample from a subject. Also provided herein are methods, compositions, combinations and kits for determining gene expression levels in cells corresponding to phenotypes, and for identifying a phenotype of a subject by detecting differentially expressed genes. |
| FILED | Monday, January 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/033056 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE45016 | Whitehead et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen S. Whitehead (Bethesda, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Kathryn A. Hanley (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Joseph E. Blaney (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania); Ching-Juh Lai (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A menu of mutations was developed that is useful in fine-tuning the attenuation and growth characteristics of dengue virus vaccines. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/896396 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/218.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE45020 | Horne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Horne (Duarte, California); Christopher Lincoln (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are novel compounds that inhibit ribonucleotide reductase (RR) by binding to RRM2 and interfering with the activity of the RRM1/RRM2 holoenzyme, as well as methods of synthesizing these novel compounds. The compounds may be used to inhibit RR activity and to treat various conditions associated with RRM2 expression, such as for example certain cancer types, mitochondrial diseases, or degenerative diseases. |
| FILED | Monday, August 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/959526 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/195 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James S. Dodd (Linden, Virginia); Ben Feldman (Reston, Virginia); Tyler Miller (Falls Church, Virginia); Terrance Jordan (Lansdowne, Virginia); Greg Paulsen (Ashburn, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Prototype Productions, Inc. (Ashburn, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James S. Dodd (Linden, Virginia); Ben Feldman (Reston, Virginia); Tyler Miller (Falls Church, Virginia); Terrance Jordan (Lansdowne, Virginia); Greg Paulsen (Ashburn, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A firearm used in military applications may have a plurality of accessories that can be attached to the weapon, with each accessory having a need for electric power. In order to reduce the weight of these power-consuming accessories, as well as the proliferation of batteries used to power these power-consuming accessories, a Powered Rail provides a point of mechanical and electrical interconnection for the power-consuming accessories with a common power source. The Weapon Accessory Control System is provided to enable the user to control the activation of a power-consuming accessory as well as enable communications between the user and the power-consuming accessory and among power-consuming accessories. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/357514 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Firearms 042/72 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08776493 | Dawson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David C. Dawson (Lemon Grove, California); Richard C. Adams (Chula Vista, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Dawson (Lemon Grove, California); Richard C. Adams (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A prime mover uses detonation chambers to provide rotary power through a center hub. The center hub has a center shaft able to rotate and mounted to the center hub, and rotating arms are mounted to the center shaft. A detonation chamber is mounted to each rotating arm at a distance from the center hub which establishes a force moment about the center hub. Fuel passages connect an external fuel source, such as hydrogen and oxygen, with the detonation chambers to deliver fuel to the detonation chambers. Fuel delivered to the detonation chambers is ignited to establish a reaction force which is transferred through the rotating arms and the center hub. The rotating force is used to drive a generator. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/079986 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08776525 | Oechsle |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Victor L. Oechsle (Avon, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor L. Oechsle (Avon, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides in one embodiment a unique gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique gas turbine engine combustion system. Still another embodiment is a unique gas turbine engine combustor. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines and gas turbine engine combustion systems and combustors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/976092 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/752 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08776664 | Bland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geoffrey A. Bland (King George, Virginia); Michelle A. Winston (Clifton, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey A. Bland (King George, Virginia); Michelle A. Winston (Clifton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method is provided for determining fratricide probability of projectile collision from a projectile launcher on a platform and an interception hazard that can be ejected or launched from a deployment position. The platform can represent a combat vessel, with the projectile launcher being a gun, the interception hazard being a missile, and the deployment position being a vertical launch cell. The projectile launcher operates within an angular area called the firing zone of the platform. The method includes determining the firing zone, calculating an angular firing area, quantifying a frontal area of the interception hazard, translating the resulting frontal area across a flight trajectory, sweeping the projectile launcher to produce a slew angle, combining the slew and trajectory, and dividing the combined interception area by the firing area. The firing and interception areas are calculated using spherical projection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/385394 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 17/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Weapon Sights; Aiming F41G 3/04 (20130101) F41G 7/007 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08776689 | Gonsalves et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vincent Gonsalves (Nazareth, Pennsylvania); Bekim Isovski (Clifton, New Jersey); Larry Sotsky (Rockaway, New Jersey); Stojan Kotefski (Bloomingdale, New Jersey); Lidija Kotevska (Bloomingdale, New Jersey) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Gonsalves (Nazareth, Pennsylvania); Bekim Isovski (Clifton, New Jersey); Larry Sotsky (Rockaway, New Jersey); Stojan Kotefski (Bloomingdale, New Jersey); Lidija Kotevska (Bloomingdale, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A detonator formed entirely from a plurality of discrete segments of an insensitive energetic composition, each of the segments employed in the detonator being compacted at different pressures from powder and/or granules of insensitive energetic composition so as to form an energetic train which sequences detonation of the individual segments. Initiation of a main charge can only be effected when a last segment in the detonation train is initiated. Detonation starts with a first segment in the detonation train which is produced under the lowest compaction pressure, and then detonation progresses to a last segment compacted under a higher compaction pressure. The first segment can be detonated by a safety fuse or detonating cord, and the last segment can only be detonated by the next to the last segment in the detonation train. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/071731 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/275.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08776692 | Fiala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (APG, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Fiala (Forest Hill, Maryland); Joseph A. Domanico (Bel Air, Maryland); Joseph E. May, Jr. (Joppa, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A flameless smoke pot and a method of generating smoke using the smoke pot. The smoke pot includes a casing having a side wall with air inlet openings and containing a plurality of perforated tubes containing red phosphorous pellets. A heat generating pyrotechnic composition is disposed at a first end of the casing to generate heat which flows through the perforated tubes containing red phosphorous pellets to produce white phosphoric acid clouds of smoke. The white phosphoric acid clouds of smoke are combined with atmospheric air containing water to generate the white phosphoric acid clouds of aerosol smoke. The white phosphoric acid clouds of aerosol smoke are directed through a perforated flame arrester whereby visible flame is prevented from being created. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/799514 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Means for Generating Smoke or Mist; Gas-attack Compositions; Generation of Gas for Blasting or Propulsion C06D 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/48 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08776968 | Higby |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John P. Higby (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Higby (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a cable reel axle shaft is configured with a mounting member and an encased rotary coupling. In particular, a first end of the axle shaft at the mounting member comprises a stationary radio frequency (RF) connection (e.g., a stator), and another end of the axle shaft comprises a rotating RF connection (e.g., a rotor). The rotor-stator break may then be located within the axle shaft, illustratively within the member. In this manner, a rotary coupling is extended and integrated into the center of the structural axle shaft for the cable reel, such that an RF connection may be maintained throughout adjustment of an accompanying variable-length RF antenna while efficiently handling the changes in required RF cable length. This provides numerous benefits over individual components, such as decreased size and weight, increased RF performance, greater survivability, and ease of operation (e.g., to spool and unspool an RF cable). |
| FILED | Thursday, February 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/033958 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Transmission to vehicles 191/12.2R0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08777156 | Piini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas Piini (Palmdale, California); Alex Siler (Lancaster, California); Joseph Kinkopf (Lancaster, California); Caitlyn Fahey (Rosamond, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Piini (Palmdale, California); Alex Siler (Lancaster, California); Joseph Kinkopf (Lancaster, California); Caitlyn Fahey (Rosamond, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A vehicle suitable for use in high-altitude applications use may include a gas impermeable body and a flexible barrier separating the body into multiple sections or compartments. The compartments may include a lift compartment for holding lift gas, such as lighter than air gas, and a ballast compartment for holding a ballast, such as heavier than air gas. A valve may permit passage of the ballast from the ballast compartment to an exterior of the body. The body may have an oblong shape, with fins attached to an exterior back end thereof. The vehicle may have only internal ballast compartments, without including a hopper external to the body. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/091095 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08777285 | Howell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | W. Scott Howell (Panama City, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Scott Howell (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A cable capture/release (CCR) device defines an open slot and an annular channel. The CCR device is coupled to a housing at a first pivot point wherein the slot is maintained outside of the housing. A sliding coupler engages the annular channel and extends to an attachment point. A tow point on the housing and the attachment point are aligned along a line of force when the housing is towed, while the first pivot point is out of alignment with the line of force. A trigger is coupled to the housing at a second pivot point. A latch, coupled to the housing at a third pivot point, defines first and second latch elements. The first latch element engages a perimeter of the CCR device and the second latch element engages the trigger. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/965992 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Handling: Hand and hoist-line implements 294/66.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08777529 | Rozzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jay Christopher Rozzi (Hanover, New Hampshire); John Kendall Sanders (Hartland, Vermont); Nathan W. Brown (Grafton, New Hampshire); Michael Phillip Day (Cornish, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Creare Incorporated (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay Christopher Rozzi (Hanover, New Hampshire); John Kendall Sanders (Hartland, Vermont); Nathan W. Brown (Grafton, New Hampshire); Michael Phillip Day (Cornish, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotary coolant adapter that is compatible with commercially available tool holders attaches to a rotary tool holder to supply coolant to a flow path in a rotary tool. The rotary coolant adapter has a stationary outer housing and a stationary supply tube for supplying coolant to an annular coolant manifold that surrounds a portion of the rotary tool holder. An internal radial feed tube supplies coolant from the annular coolant manifold to the flow path in the tool. Bearings support the stationary outer housing on the rotary coolant holder, and seals are located between the annular coolant manifold and the bearings to prevent coolant leakage from the annular manifold reaching the bearings. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/905450 |
| ART UNIT | 3722 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Turning; Boring B23B 51/06 (20130101) B23B 2222/88 (20130101) B23B 2250/12 (20130101) Milling B23C 5/28 (20130101) Details, Components, or Accessories for Machine Tools, e.g Arrangements for Copying or Controlling; Machine Tools in General Characterised by the Construction of Particular Details or Components; Combinations or Associations of Metal-working Machines, Not Directed to a Particular Result B23Q 11/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23Q 11/1023 (20130101) B23Q 11/1053 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08777537 | Fritsch |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Theodore J. Fritsch (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore J. Fritsch (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A fastener is disclosed including a threaded male fastener and a shear bushing for coupling thin walled structures together. The shear bushing having an internal through opening and a shear ring constructed to project across an interface of adjacent walls is operable for absorbing shear loads transmitted into the fastener from a fastened structure. The male fastener includes a threaded portion extending through the shear ring for engaging a threaded female receiver. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/317197 |
| ART UNIT | 3677 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16B 37/122 (20130101) F16B 43/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08777567 | Poon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kin Poon (Tempe, Arizona); Malak Fouad Malak (Tempe, Arizona); Ardeshir Riahi (Scottsdale, Arizona); David Chou (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kin Poon (Tempe, Arizona); Malak Fouad Malak (Tempe, Arizona); Ardeshir Riahi (Scottsdale, Arizona); David Chou (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine blade includes a first side wall including a first tip edge, a second side wall opposite the first side wall and including a second tip edge, a tip wall between the first and second side walls, the tip wall recessed from the first tip edge of the first side wall and the second tip edge of the second side wall forming a coolant cavity, a tip recess cavity, a first parapet wall on the first side wall, and a second parapet wall on the second side wall, the coolant cavity defined by the tip wall, and the tip recess cavity defined by the tip wall, and the first and second parapet walls, a step formed between the first tip edge and the tip wall, a cooling hole through the first parapet wall, the step, and the tip wall, the cooling hole including an open and a closed channel section. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/888202 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08777628 | Jastrzembski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tiffany S Jastrzembski (Centerville, Ohio); Stuart M Rodgers (Dayton, Ohio); Kevin A Gluck (Beavercreek, Ohio); Michael A Krusmark (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus and program product are provided for optimizing a training regimen to achieve performance goals. Historical training data is provided. At least one training regimen is defined. A training objective is selected for at least one training regimen to optimize. The training regimen is optimized by computing an initial training regimen solution and computing a neighbor solution at a distance from the initial training regimen solution. The neighbor solution is compared to the initial training regimen solution. If the neighbor solution is determined to be a better solution than the initial training regimen solution, the initial training regimen solution is replaced with the neighbor solution. The determination occurs using: The distance is updated per a schedule to compute a next neighbor solution. |
| FILED | Monday, April 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/854288 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/219 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08777887 | Jönsson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lars Jönsson (Arlöv, Sweden); Riccardo Pellegrini (Foggia, Italy); Andrea Ligabue (San Prospero, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gambro Lundia AB (Lund, Sweden) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lars Jönsson (Arlöv, Sweden); Riccardo Pellegrini (Foggia, Italy); Andrea Ligabue (San Prospero, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | In a hemodiafiltration apparatus, a membrane device (2) comprises a blood chamber (3) and a fluid chamber (4) separated by a semipermeable membrane (5). A grounding device (17) is connected to the discharge line by means of a tubular connector (16) made of an electrically-conductive plastic material. The grounding device can disconnect the grounding connection if the leakage current measured on a patient (1) connected to the apparatus exceeds a predetermined value. The apparatus can be classified as Cardiac Floating and, at the same time, causes no disturbances to an electrocardiograph connected to the patient. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/680451 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2205/3317 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 128/908 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778104 | Michienzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christine M. Michienzi (White Plains, Maryland); Christine D. Knott (White Plains, Maryland); Brian J. Isle (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine M. Michienzi (White Plains, Maryland); Christine D. Knott (White Plains, Maryland); Brian J. Isle (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A substantially nitrocellulose-free insensitive gun propellant for barrel-type weapons is provided. The gun propellant includes at least one nitramine, such as HMX and/or RDX, a second energetic, and an inert binder system. The gun propellant is capable of producing a maximum projectile velocity exceeding 2680 ft/sec when fired from a 5 inch 54 caliber gun and gives a response to slow cook-off insensitive munitions testing of Type 4 or higher, and a response to fragment impact insensitive munitions testing of Type 3 or higher as measured by STANAG 4382 and STANAG 4496, respectively. Also provided is an ammunition round assembly, and an armament system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152119 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778105 | Gogotsi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yury Gogotsi (Ivyland, Pennsylvania); Valarie Pelletier (Troy, New York); Farhad Forohar (LaPlata, Maryland); Magdy Bichay (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yury Gogotsi (Ivyland, Pennsylvania); Valarie Pelletier (Troy, New York); Farhad Forohar (LaPlata, Maryland); Magdy Bichay (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention concerns copper azide containing carbon nanotubes. The invention also concerns methods of producing such nanotubes by placing CuO nanoparticles within carbon nanotubes to produce CuO-containing carbon nanotubes, contacting CuO-containing carbon nanotubes with hydrogen to produce reduced nanotubes; and contacting the reduced nanotubes with hydrazoic acid to produce copper azide containing carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998023 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/109.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778156 | Eisaman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew D. Eisaman (Redwood City, California); Karl A. Littau (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew D. Eisaman (Redwood City, California); Karl A. Littau (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for producing a gas using an electrodialysis apparatus includes flowing at least two solutions and an electrode solution into the apparatus, pressurizing the apparatus at a stack pressure, applying a voltage to the apparatus's electrodialysis stack so a dissolved gas is generated in the second solution, flowing the second solution out of the apparatus, regenerating the gas out of the second solution, and collecting the gas. A process for generating a product, like a gas, liquid, or supercritical fluid, using an electrodialysis apparatus includes flowing at least two solutions and an electrode solution into the apparatus, adjusting the temperature and pressure so the product will be generated from the second solution, applying a voltage to the electrodialysis stack of the apparatus so that the product is generated in the second solution, flowing the second solution out of the apparatus, and regenerating the product from the second solution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/969485 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/528 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778160 | Pant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Yi Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Ketan Bhatt (Huntsville, Alabama); Balabhasker Prabhakarpandian (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Yi Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Ketan Bhatt (Huntsville, Alabama); Balabhasker Prabhakarpandian (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Particle separation apparatus separate particles and particle populations using dielectrophoretic (DEP) forces generated by one or more pairs of electrically coupled electrodes separated by a gap. Particles suspended in a fluid are separated by DEP forces generated by the at least one electrode pair at the gap as they travel over a separation zone comprising the electrode pair. Selected particles are deflected relative to the flow of incoming particles by DEP forces that are affected by controlling applied potential, gap width, and the angle linear gaps with respect to fluid flow. The gap between an electrode pair may be a single, linear gap of constant gap, a single linear gap having variable width, or a be in the form of two or more linear gaps having constant or variable gap width having different angles with respect to one another and to the flow. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/190882 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 2400/0424 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B03C 5/005 (20130101) B03C 5/022 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778199 | Cornfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur Cornfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Daniel McGlynn (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Tansen Varghese (Regensburg, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emoore Solar Power, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Cornfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Daniel McGlynn (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Tansen Varghese (Regensburg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a process for manufacturing a solar cell by selectively freeing an epitaxial layer from a single crystal substrate upon which it was grown. In some embodiments the process includes, among other things, providing a first substrate; depositing a separation layer on said first substrate; depositing on said separation layer a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; mounting and bonding a flexible support on top of the sequence of layers; etching said separation layer while applying an agitating action to the etchant solution so as to remove said flexible support with said epitaxial layer from said first substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/465477 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0725 (20130101) H01L 31/0735 (20130101) H01L 31/1844 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/06875 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778214 | Kanatzidis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Qichun Zhang (Singapore, Singapore); Steven N. Girard (Chicago, Illinois); Kanishka Biswas (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Qichun Zhang (Singapore, Singapore); Steven N. Girard (Chicago, Illinois); Kanishka Biswas (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Composites comprising a continuous matrix formed from compounds having a rock salt structure (represented by the structure “MQ”) and inclusions comprising chalcogenide compounds having a rock salt structure (represented by the structure “AB”) are provided. Composites having the structure MQ-ABC2, where MQ represents a matrix material and ABC2 represents inclusions comprising a chalcogenide dispersed in the matrix material are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/882580 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/62.3V0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778305 | Pomper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin Pomper (Baltimore, Maryland); Ronnie Charles Mease (Fairfax, Virginia); Ying Chen (Timonium, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Pomper (Baltimore, Maryland); Ronnie Charles Mease (Fairfax, Virginia); Ying Chen (Timonium, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) binding compounds having radioisotope substituents are described, as well as chemical precursors thereof. Compounds include pyridine containing compounds, compounds having phenylhydrazine structures, and acylated lysine compounds. The compounds allow ready incorporation of radionuclides for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) for imaging, for example, prostate cancer cells and angiogenesis. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/057044 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.890 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778330 | Noll et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lee Noll (Whitmore Lake, Michigan); Brian Hampson (Canton, Michigan); Kristin Goltry (Milan, Michigan); Samantha Snabes (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee Noll (Whitmore Lake, Michigan); Brian Hampson (Canton, Michigan); Kristin Goltry (Milan, Michigan); Samantha Snabes (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of generating an ex vivo tissue-like system in a bioreactor system capable of supporting continuous production of, and output of cells and tissues and an ex vivo tissue system made therefrom. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/793332 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778488 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Andrew Saab (Washington, District of Columbia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia); Syed B Qadri (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Andrew Saab (Washington, District of Columbia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia); Syed B Qadri (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition having nanoparticles of silicon carbide and a carbonaceous matrix or silicon matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition having silicon and an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining silicon and the organic compound and heating to form silicon carbide or silicon nitride nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/792838 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/36 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/76 (20130101) C04B 35/83 (20130101) C04B 35/522 (20130101) C04B 35/524 (20130101) C04B 35/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 35/806 (20130101) C04B 2235/48 (20130101) C04B 2235/77 (20130101) C04B 2235/80 (20130101) C04B 2235/95 (20130101) C04B 2235/383 (20130101) C04B 2235/421 (20130101) C04B 2235/422 (20130101) C04B 2235/428 (20130101) C04B 2235/526 (20130101) C04B 2235/762 (20130101) C04B 2235/767 (20130101) C04B 2235/781 (20130101) C04B 2235/3834 (20130101) C04B 2235/3873 (20130101) C04B 2235/5216 (20130101) C04B 2235/5248 (20130101) C04B 2235/5288 (20130101) C04B 2235/5436 (20130101) C04B 2235/6562 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Van Stryland (Cape Canaveral, Florida); David J. Hagan (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An extremely non-degenerate two photon absorption (END-2PA) method and apparatus provide for irradiating a semiconductor material substrate simultaneously with two photons each of different energy less than a bandgap energy of the semiconductor material substrate but in an aggregate greater than the bandgap energy of the semiconductor material substrate. A ratio of a higher energy photon energy to a lower energy photon energy is at least about 3.0. Alternatively, or as an adjunct, the higher energy photon has an energy at least about 75% of the bandgap energy and the lower energy photon has an energy no greater than about 25% of the bandgap energy. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680408 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778715 | Bellinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Radiation Detection Technologies, Inc. (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Radiation Detection Technologies, Inc. (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. Bellinger (Manhattan, Kansas); Ryan G. Fronk (Manhattan, Kansas); Douglas S. McGregor (Riley, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a neutron detector such as a microstructured semiconductor neutron detector is provided. The method includes the step of providing a particle-detecting substrate having a surface and a plurality of cavities extending into the substrate from the surface. The method also includes filling the plurality of cavities with a neutron-responsive material. The step of filling including the step of centrifuging nanoparticles of the neutron-responsive material with the substrate for a time and a rotational velocity sufficient to backfill the cavities with the nanoparticles. The material is responsive to neutrons absorbed, thereby, for releasing ionizing radiation reaction products. |
| FILED | Monday, June 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/924839 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/115 (20130101) H01L 31/1804 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/89 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/953 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778800 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David T. Chang (Calabasas, California); Pamela R. Patterson (Los Angeles, California); Ping Liu (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Chang (Calabasas, California); Pamela R. Patterson (Los Angeles, California); Ping Liu (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a micro-supercapacitor with high energy density and high power density. In some variations, carbon nanostructures, such as carbon nanotubes, coated with a metal oxide, such as ruthenium oxide, are grown in a supercapacitor cavity that contains no separator. A lid is bonded to the cavity using a bonding process to form a hermetic seal. These micro-supercapacitors may be fabricated from silicon-on-insulator wafers according to the disclosed methods. An exemplary micro-supercapacitor is cubic with a length of about 50-100 μm. The absence of a separator translates to higher energy storage volume and less wasted space within the supercapacitor cell. The energy density of the micro-supercapacitor may exceed 150 J/cm3 and the peak output power density may be in the range of about 2-20 W/cm3, in various embodiments. |
| FILED | Monday, May 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/887370 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/685 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kai P. Leung (Libertyville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kai P. Leung (Libertyville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for promoting oral hygiene that treats mature biofilms comprises the step of applying the antimicrobial peptide KSL and a surface active agent to the oral environment of applying KSL after mechanical disruption of the biofilm. An antiplaque chewing gum comprising KSL provides a sustained release oral hygiene treatment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/582561 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778976 | Uesugi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Houston, Texas); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Qian Mao (Houston, Texas); Shinji Kamisuki (Chiba, Japan); Akira Kugimiya (Osaka, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Houston, Texas); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Qian Mao (Houston, Texas); Shinji Kamisuki (Chiba, Japan); Akira Kugimiya (Osaka, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizing fatostatin A and/or a derivative and/or analog thereof. In other aspects, the compound for treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizes an A-B-C tripartite structure, wherein A, B, and C are identical or non-identical structures and are described in detail herein. In specific aspects, the metabolic disorder includes obesity or diabetes, for example. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/484685 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4709 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/10 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779071 | Gleason et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karen K. Gleason (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sung G. Im (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen K. Gleason (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sung G. Im (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the invention relates to a linker-free, one-step method of grafting polymer films onto organic substrates, and the films obtained by such a method. In certain embodiments, the grafted polymer films are conductive. In certain embodiments, said grafting method utilizes the ability for Friedel-Crafts catalyst to form radical cations from organic substrates. In one embodiment, the method provides poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT) thin films grafted to organic substrates. In other embodiments, the method is applicable to the polymerization of other monomers to yield conducting polymers, such as polyanilines, polypyrroles, polyfurans, polythiophenes and their derivatives. Remarkably, the polymer films grafted by the inventive methods show enormous increases in adhesion strength. Further, in certain embodiments, polymer patterns were easily obtained using the inventive methods and soft lithography techniques. In certain embodiments, well-defined high-density line-and-space patterns were successfully obtained. In certain embodiments, e.g., when the polymer film is conducting, the obtained conducting polymer pattern grafted on common organic substrates can be used for integrated circuitry in flexible electronics. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/525376 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/418 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779456 | Mastro |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Mastro (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Mastro (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An LED device having plasmonically enhanced emission is provided. The device includes an inverted LED structure with a coating of metal nanoparticles on the surface chosen to match the plasmonic response to the peak emission from the active quantum well (QW) emission region of the LED. The active QW emission region is separated from the metal nanoparticles on the surface by a thin n-type contact layer disposed on a top side of the active QW emission. A p-type layer is disposed immediately beneath the active QW emission region and injects holes into the active QW emission region. The n-type contact layer is sufficiently thin to permit a coupling of the surface plasmons (SPs) from the metal nanoparticles and the excitons in the active QW emission region. The SP-exciton coupling provides an alternative decay route for the excitons and thus enhances the photon emission from the LED device. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/107264 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/40 (20130101) H01L 33/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/465 (20130101) H01L 2933/0083 (20130101) H01L 2933/0091 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779538 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eugene Youjun Chen (Fremont, California); Xueti Tang (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene Youjun Chen (Fremont, California); Xueti Tang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a magnetic element for a semiconductor device includes a reference layer, a free layer, and a nonmagnetic spacer layer disposed between the reference layer and the free layer. The nonmagnetic spacer layer includes a binary, ternary, or multi-nary alloy oxide material. The binary, ternary, or multi-nary alloy oxide material includes MgO having one or more additional elements selected from the group consisting of: Ru, Al, Ta, Tb, Cu, V, Hf, Zr, W, Ag, Au, Fe, Co, Ni, Nb, Cr, Mo, and Rh. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/491568 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/427 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779977 | Zhou |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weimin Zhou (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weimin Zhou (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro optical scanning phased array antenna having a laser which generates a pulsed output. A microwave source has an output which amplitude modulates the optical output from the laser through an optical modulator. An optical loop circuit has an input connected to an output from the optical modulator and a variable time delay element. The optical loop circuit generates a plurality of modulated optical pulses at equidistantly spaced time intervals from each other at an output from the loop circuit. These time intervals vary as a function of the variable time delay element and a control circuit controls the time delay attributable to the variable time delay element. An antenna array includes end elements while a circuit converts the optical output pulses from the optical loop circuit to radio frequency signals electrically connected to the elements of the antenna array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/819228 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/368 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779998 | Pickles |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William R. Pickles (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R. Pickles (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A wideband horizontally polarized antenna includes a metallic antenna housing having four sides, a rectangular or hourglass slot in each side that is preferably offset from center, a square coaxial transmission or feed line positioned along a central axis of the metallic antenna housing, and a metal tab connecting each of the slots to the feed line. The antenna operates over a wide bandwidth and has a small profile. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/218819 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/767 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780195 | Rubin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stuart H. 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 H. Rubin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are described for remotely controlled vehicles that hierarchically transform sensor-detected information into levels of increasing fidelity for highly efficient machine recognition of attributes and features of detected objects/events. Fusion of the feature space representations of the various levels allows correlation with the operator's attention to the respective objects for automated processing/controlling of the unmanned vehicle. High efficiencies in object/event recognition are attained with reduced memory and processor requirements, enabling near autonomous or fully autonomous operation of the vehicle. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/222413 |
| ART UNIT | 2483 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780344 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jing Tang (Menlo Park, California); Wei Wu (Palo Alto, California); Qiangfei Xia (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jing Tang (Menlo Park, California); Wei Wu (Palo Alto, California); Qiangfei Xia (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems for performing surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. In one embodiment, a system for performing Raman spectroscopy includes a waveguide layer configured with at least one array of features, and a material disposed on at least a portion of the features. Each array of features and the waveguide layer are configured to provide guided-mode resonance for at least one wavelength of electromagnetic radiation. The electromagnetic radiation produces enhanced Raman scattered light from analyte molecules located on or in proximity to the material. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/384862 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780527 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Levi T. Thompson (Northville, Michigan); Paul Rasmussen (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gunnar Walther (Dresden, Germany); Burghardt Kloeden (Dresden, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V. (München, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Levi T. Thompson (Northville, Michigan); Paul Rasmussen (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gunnar Walther (Dresden, Germany); Burghardt Kloeden (Dresden, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a method of making a supercapacitor includes impregnating a foam electrode substrate with an active material precursor, wherein the foam electrode substrate includes a plurality of pores and the active material precursor is dispersed into the pores. The method further includes reacting the active material precursor infiltrated foam substrate with a reductant under conditions sufficient to convert the active material precursor to an active material, wherein the active material is based on a nitride, an oxynitride, a carbide, or an oxycarbide of a metal selected from Groups III, IV, V, VI, or VII of the Periodic Table. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/272016 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/15 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 9/042 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780601 | Snider |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Stuart Snider (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Stuart Snider (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A three-dimensional integrated circuit comprising a submicroscale integrated-circuit substrate and n nanoscale layers stacked above the submicroscale integrated-circuit substrate, a nanowire-junction memory element in each of which is independently controlled by two submicroscale subcomponents within the submicroscale integrated-circuit substrate, the first submicroscale subcomponent coupled through a first set of switches to each of the n nanowire-junction memory elements and the second submicroscale subcomponent coupled through a second set of switches to each of the n nanowire-junction memory elements, the total number of switches in the first and second sets of switches less than 2n, and n greater than or equal to 2. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/700224 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 5/06 (20130101) G11C 13/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/943 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780613 | Perner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick Perner (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for reading a memory element within a crossbar array includes switching a column line connected to a target memory element of the crossbar array to connected to an input of a current mirror; applying an error voltage to unselected rows of the crossbar array; applying a sense voltage to a row line connected to the target memory element; and outputting a current with said current mirror. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/048521 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/148 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780616 | Ohki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Akira Ohki (Arlington, Massachusetts); Andrew Kent (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Akira Ohki (Arlington, Massachusetts); Andrew Kent (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic memory system includes a superconductor circuit and one or more magnetic memory elements to store data. To write data, a driver circuit in the superconductor circuit generates a magnetic signal for transmission over a superconductor link extending between the superconductor circuit and the magnetic memory element. To read data, a sensing circuit in the superconductor circuit monitors a superconductor link extending from sensing circuit to the magnetic memory element. The magnetic memory element can be a spin-transfer type magnetic memory element. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/477970 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 11/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780665 | Apalkov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea); The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama for and on Behalf of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea); The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama for and on Behalf of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmytro Apalkov (San Jose, California); William H. Butler (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for providing a magnetic junction usable in a magnetic device are described. 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 free layer has a magnetic anisotropy, at least a portion of which is a biaxial anisotropy. 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. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/739959 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 25/00 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 10/3254 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 43/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 43/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780693 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Minji Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ali Parandehgheibi (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minji Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ali Parandehgheibi (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A coding approach for a robust and flexible network communication protocol is described. By using coding, it is possible to eliminate the need to track packet identities, and hence, it is possible to reduce coordination overhead associated with many conventional protocols. The method and system described herein takes advantage of multiple paths, interfaces, mediums, servers, and storage locations available in a network. The proposed protocol allows quick response to congestion by load balancing over different network resources. The method also enables soft vertical hand-overs across heterogeneous networks. In one embodiment, a media file is divided into chunks and transmitted using a transport protocol tailored to meet delay requirements of media streaming applications. Also described are different coding strategies for chunk delivery based upon an urgency level of each chunk. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/291310 |
| ART UNIT | 2465 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781165 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Chen (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Chen (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Motion estimator apparatus and methods are presented in which a fully constrained nonlinear system of equations combing forward and backward displaced frame difference (DFD) equations with a plurality of displacement vector invariant (DVI) equations is solved using the input data from two image frames without approximation and without imposing any additional constraints or assumptions to obtain an estimated displacement field. Also presented is an adaptive framework for solving a system of motion estimation equations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/323975 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781416 | Clark et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen M. Clark (Evansdale, Iowa); Ray L. Cross (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen M. Clark (Evansdale, Iowa); Ray L. Cross (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A processor determines, from signals received from other communication devices, one selected transmission mode for the communication channel conditions. The processor projects multiple channel characterization parameters in a mathematical model to each of the candidate transmission modes using a model of nominal communication channel conditions to predict whether each of the candidate transmission modes will achieve the desired communication under the nominal communication channel conditions. This results in the generation of a first subset of transmission modes. The processor also projects the multiple channel characterization parameters to each of the candidate transmission modes using a model of degraded communication channel conditions to predict whether each of the candidate transmission modes will achieve the desired communication under the degraded communication channel conditions. Such a determination results in generating a second subset of transmission modes that would successfully achieve communication. One selected transmission mode that maximizes communication objectives is selected. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/228993 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/115.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781672 | Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amandeep Singh (Troy, Michigan); Efstratios Nikolaidis (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Zissimos P. Mourelatos (Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amandeep Singh (Troy, Michigan); Efstratios Nikolaidis (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Zissimos P. Mourelatos (Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a method of generating a reliability prediction for components of a vehicle. The system and the method include implementing importance sampling in dynamic vehicle systems when the vehicle is subjected to time-dependent random terrain input. Alternatively, simulation data may be implemented. The system and the method include determining a decorrelation length, scaling up the standard deviation of white noise, and calculation of a likelihood ratio. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/198337 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Time or Attendance Registers; Registering or Indicating the Working of Machines; Generating Random Numbers; Voting or Lottery Apparatus; Arrangements, Systems or Apparatus for Checking Not Provided for Elsewhere G07C 5/0841 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781757 | Farquharson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stuart Farquharson (Meriden, Connecticut); Wayne W. Smith (South Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Real-Time Analyzers, Inc. (Middletown, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Farquharson (Meriden, Connecticut); Wayne W. Smith (South Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The method and apparatus are used to determine class, grade and properties of fuel samples, regardless of ambient, instrument, or sample temperature, using mathematical correlations between fuel class, grade and properties and their spectra developed from a database of samples with measured properties and spectra. The ability to measure a fuel sample using the present method and apparatus is useful in identifying unknown fuel samples, determining suitability in equipment, and monitoring and controlling fuel processes, such as blending operations, distillation, and synthesis. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/734091 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781989 | Duchon |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew P. Duchon (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aptima, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew P. Duchon (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for predicting the likelihood of topics appearing in a set of data such as text. A number of latent variable methods are used to convert the data into a set of topics, topic values and topic profiles. A number of time-course methods are used to model how topic values change given previous topic profiles, or to find historical times with similar topic values and then projecting the topic profile forward from that historical time to predict the likelihood of the topics appearing. Embodiments include utilizing focus topics, such as valence topics, and data representing financial measures to predict the likelihood of topics. Methods and systems for modeling data and predicting the likelihood of topics over other dimensions are also contemplated. |
| FILED | Sunday, January 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/987147 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08782315 | Canter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey B. Canter (West Orange, New Jersey); Boris Radovcic (Rockaway, New Jersey); Michael Christoff (North Whippany, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey B. Canter (West Orange, New Jersey); Boris Radovcic (Rockaway, New Jersey); Michael Christoff (North Whippany, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An expansion card and method for controlling a radio system integrates PCDD operations into a PCMCIA or ExpressCard which can be inserted into an external display, smart screen PCMCIA slot, or laptop ExpressCard or PCMCIA slot to allow an operator to control the radio system with a computer without any modification of the computer. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/464249 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08782467 | Kolbet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Michael Kolbet (Scottsdale, Arizona); Ravindra Patankar (Phoenix, Arizona); Randy R. Magnuson (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Michael Kolbet (Scottsdale, Arizona); Ravindra Patankar (Phoenix, Arizona); Randy R. Magnuson (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for determining a lowest total cost maintenance plan. The method comprises receiving a sequence of maintenance actions in an order of a waiting time for each maintenance action, wherein one of the maintenance actions is likely to repair the failure mode. Each maintenance action has an associated cost equal to a waiting time cost, an execution time cost and a material cost, wherein the waiting time of each maintenance action is the time required to requisition and receive material required to perform the maintenance action. The method also constructs a maintenance plan comprising a primary requisition and a secondary requisition by assigning each of the sequence of maintenance actions to one of the primary and secondary requisition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/363737 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08782628 | Andrade 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) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Rohit M. Khandekar (Elmsford, New York); Sujay S. Parekh (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Deepak Rajan (Fishkill, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Goldens Bridge, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for partitioning an operator flow graph are provided. The techniques include receiving source code for a stream processing application, wherein the source code comprises an operator flow graph, wherein the operator flow graph comprises a plurality of operators, receiving profiling data associated with the plurality of operators and one or more processing requirements of the operators, defining a candidate partition as a coalescing of one or more of the operators into one or more sets of processing elements (PEs), using the profiling data to create one or more candidate partitions of the processing elements, using the one or more candidate partitions to choose a desired partitioning of the operator flow graph, and compiling the source code into an executable code based on the desired partitioning. |
| FILED | Friday, April 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/871251 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08782651 | Bhattiprolu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sukadev Bhattiprolu (Beaverton, Oregon); Matthew Lee Helsley (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sukadev Bhattiprolu (Beaverton, Oregon); Matthew Lee Helsley (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The method includes identifying a first executing process using a second executing process. The first executing process may include a file descriptor and the first executing process may be independent of the second executing process. The method includes disassociating the file descriptor from a first data stream using the second executing process without involvement of the first executing process. The method includes associating the file descriptor with a second data stream using the second executing process without involvement of the first executing process in response to disassociating the file descriptor from the first data stream. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/245507 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08776517 | Ernst et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy C. Ernst (Columbus, Indiana); Christopher R. Nelson (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cummins Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy C. Ernst (Columbus, Indiana); Christopher R. Nelson (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a system including a Rankine power cycle cooling subsystem providing emissions-critical charge cooling of an input charge flow. The system includes a boiler fluidly coupled to the input charge flow, an energy conversion device fluidly coupled to the boiler, a condenser fluidly coupled to the energy conversion device, a pump fluidly coupled to the condenser and the boiler, an adjuster that adjusts at least one parameter of the Rankine power cycle subsystem to change a temperature of the input charge exiting the boiler, and a sensor adapted to sense a temperature characteristic of the vaporized input charge. The system includes a controller that can determine a target temperature of the input charge sufficient to meet or exceed predetermined target emissions and cause the adjuster to adjust at least one parameter of the Rankine power cycle to achieve the predetermined target emissions. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/204568 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Steam Engine Plants; Steam Accumulators; Engine Plants Not Otherwise Provided For; Engines Using Special Working Fluids or Cycles F01K 23/08 (20130101) F01K 23/10 (20130101) F01K 23/068 (20130101) F01K 23/106 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 1/06 (20130101) F02C 1/08 (20130101) F02C 3/34 (20130101) Hot Gas or Combustion-product Positive-displacement Engine Plants; Use of Waste Heat of Combustion Engines; Not Otherwise Provided for F02G 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 25/0707 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08776870 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chih-Wei Chang (Berkeley, California); Arunava Majumdar (Orinda, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chih-Wei Chang (Berkeley, California); Arunava Majumdar (Orinda, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a device whereby the thermal conductance of a multiwalled nanostructure such as a multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) can be controllably and reversibly tuned by sliding one or more outer shells with respect to the inner core. As one example, the thermal conductance of an MWCNT dropped to 15% of the original value after extending the length of the MWCNT by 190 nm. The thermal conductivity returned when the tube was contracted. The device may comprise numbers of multiwalled nanotubes or other graphitic layers connected to a heat source and a heat drain and various means for tuning the overall thermal conductance for applications in structure heat management, heat flow in nanoscale or microscale devices and thermal logic devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/436253 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat exchange 165/96 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778058 | Way et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Douglas Way (Boulder, Colorado); Oyvind Hatlevik (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Douglas Way (Boulder, Colorado); Oyvind Hatlevik (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to thin, hydrogen-permeable, sulfur-resistant membranes formed from multi-layers of palladium or palladium-alloy coatings on porous, ceramic or metal supports, methods of making these membranes, methods of repairing layers of these membranes and devices that incorporate these membranes. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/183579 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778219 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Huimin Luo (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jing-Fang Huang (Pingtung, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to an ionic liquid comprising (i) a cationic portion containing a complex of a silver (I) ion and one or more neutral ligands selected from organoamides, organoamines, olefins, and organonitriles, and (ii) an anionic portion having the chemical formula wherein m and n are independently 0 or an integer of 1 or above, and p is 0 or 1, provided that when p is 0, the group —N—SO2—(CF2)nCF3 subtended by p is replaced with an oxide atom connected to the shown sulfur atom. The invention is also directed to a method for separating an olefin from an olefin-paraffin mixture by passing the mixture through a layer of the ionic liquid described above. |
| FILED | Monday, August 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/969717 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/184 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778226 | Ivanov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee); Alexander A. Puretzky (Knoxville, Tennessee); Bin Zhao (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); David B. Geohegan (Knoxville, Tennessee); David J. Styers-Barnett (Indianapolis, Indiana); Hui Hu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee); Alexander A. Puretzky (Knoxville, Tennessee); Bin Zhao (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); David B. Geohegan (Knoxville, Tennessee); David J. Styers-Barnett (Indianapolis, Indiana); Hui Hu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A photoluminescent or electroluminescent system and method of making a non-luminescent nanostructured material into such a luminescent system is presented. The method of preparing the luminescent system, generally, comprises the steps of modifying the surface of a nanostructured material to create isolated regions to act as luminescent centers and to create a charge imbalance on the surface; applying more than one polar molecule to the charged surface of the nanostructured material; and orienting the polar molecules to compensate for the charge imbalance on the surface of the nanostructured material. The compensation of the surface charge imbalance by the polar molecules allows the isolated regions to exhibit luminescence. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/895226 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.4R0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778459 | Farmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California); Frank M. G. Wong (Livermore, California); Jeffery J. Haslam (Livermore, California); Nancy Yang (Lafayette, California); Enrique J. Lavernia (Davis, California); Craig A. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee); Olivia A. Graeve (Reno, Nevada); Robert Bayles (Annandale, Virginia); John H. Perepezko (Madison, Wisconsin); Larry Kaufman (Brookline, Massachusetts); Julie Schoenung (Davis, California); Leo Ajdelsztajn (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California); Frank M. G. Wong (Livermore, California); Jeffery J. Haslam (Livermore, California); Nancy Yang (Lafayette, California); Enrique J. Lavernia (Davis, California); Craig A. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee); Olivia A. Graeve (Reno, Nevada); Robert Bayles (Annandale, Virginia); John H. Perepezko (Madison, Wisconsin); Larry Kaufman (Brookline, Massachusetts); Julie Schoenung (Davis, California); Leo Ajdelsztajn (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for coating a surface comprises providing a source of amorphous metal, providing ceramic particles, and applying the amorphous metal and the ceramic particles to the surface by a spray. The coating comprises a composite material made of amorphous metal that contains one or more of the following elements in the specified range of composition: yttrium (≧1 atomic %), chromium (14 to 18 atomic %), molybdenum (≧7 atomic %), tungsten (≧1 atomic %), boron (≦5 atomic %), or carbon (≧4 atomic %). |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/571535 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778460 | Farmer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for coating a surface comprising providing a source of amorphous metal that contains more than 11 elements and applying the amorphous metal that contains more than 11 elements to the surface by a spray. Also a coating comprising a composite material made of amorphous metal that contains more than 11 elements. An apparatus for producing a corrosion-resistant amorphous-metal coating on a structure comprises a deposition chamber, a deposition source in the deposition chamber that produces a deposition spray, the deposition source containing a composite material made of amorphous metal that contains more than 11 elements, and a system that directs the deposition spray onto the structure. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/290846 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778538 | Kung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold H. Kung (Wilmette, Illinois); Jung K. Lee (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold H. Kung (Wilmette, Illinois); Jung K. Lee (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A durable electrode material suitable for use in Li ion batteries is provided. The material is comprised of a continuous network of graphite regions integrated with, and in good electrical contact with a composite comprising graphene sheets and an electrically active material, such as silicon, wherein the electrically active material is dispersed between, and supported by, the graphene sheets. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/940241 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778540 | Farmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Collin Farmer (Tracy, California); Michael Stadermann (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A monolithic three-dimensional electrochemical energy storage system is provided on an aerogel or nanotube scaffold. An anode, separator, cathode, and cathodic current collector are deposited on the aerogel or nanotube scaffold. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/050070 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778546 | Farmer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cell suitable for use in a battery according to one embodiment includes a catalytic oxygen cathode; a stabilized zirconia electrolyte for selective oxygen anion transport; a molten salt electrolyte; and a lithium-based anode. A cell suitable for use in a battery according to another embodiment includes a catalytic oxygen cathode; an electrolyte; a membrane selective to molecular oxygen; and a lithium-based anode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/778967 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — 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 4/90 (20130101) H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0048 (20130101) H01M 2300/0077 (20130101) H01M 2300/0091 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Y02E 60/128 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778560 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fanglin Chen (Irmo, South Carolina); Qiang Liu (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fanglin Chen (Irmo, South Carolina); Qiang Liu (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present disclosure, a method for fabricating a symmetrical solid oxide fuel cell is described. The method includes synthesizing a composition comprising perovskite and applying the composition on an electrolyte support to form both an anode and a cathode. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/020356 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778563 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yinmin Wang (Tracy, California); Xianying Wang (Shanghai, China PRC); Alex V. Hamza (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yinmin Wang (Tracy, California); Xianying Wang (Shanghai, China PRC); Alex V. Hamza (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoconverter or nanosensor is disclosed capable of directly generating electricity through physisorption interactions with molecules that are dipole containing organic species in a molecule interaction zone. High surface-to-volume ratio semiconductor nanowires or nanotubes (such as ZnO, silicon, carbon, etc.) are grown either aligned or randomly-aligned on a substrate. Epoxy or other nonconductive polymers are used to seal portions of the nanowires or nanotubes to create molecule noninteraction zones. By correlating certain molecule species to voltages generated, a nanosensor may quickly identify which species is detected. Nanoconverters in a series parallel arrangement may be constructed in planar, stacked, or rolled arrays to supply power to nano- and micro-devices without use of external batteries. In some cases breath, from human or other life forms, contain sufficient molecules to power a nanoconverter. A membrane permeable to certain molecules around the molecule interaction zone increases specific molecule nanosensor selectivity response. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/451796 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/523 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778639 | Spodsberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/764901 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/244 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778640 | Spodsberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/764969 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778641 | Spodsberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/765084 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778663 | Benett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William J. Benett (Livermore, California); John T. Andreski (Tracy, California); John M. Dzenitis (Danville, California); Anthony J. Makarewicz (Livermore, California); Dean R. Hadley (Manteca, California); Satinderpall S. Pannu (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Benett (Livermore, California); John T. Andreski (Tracy, California); John M. Dzenitis (Danville, California); Anthony J. Makarewicz (Livermore, California); Dean R. Hadley (Manteca, California); Satinderpall S. Pannu (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermalcycler includes a first thermalcycler body section having a first face and a second thermalcycler body section having a second face. A cavity is formed by the first face and the second face. A thermalcycling unit is positioned in the cavity. A heater trace unit is connected to a support section, to the first thermalcycler body section, to the second thermalcycler body section, and to the thermalcycling unit. The first thermalcycler body section and the second thermalcycler body section are positioned together against the support section to enclose the thermalcycling unit and the heater trace unit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/901787 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50851 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/147 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 41/14 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778694 | Ahmed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shabbir Ahmed (Naperville, Illinois); Sheldon H. D. Lee (Willowbrook, Illinois); Romesh Kumar (Naperville, Illinois); Dionissios D. Papadias (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Uchicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shabbir Ahmed (Naperville, Illinois); Sheldon H. D. Lee (Willowbrook, Illinois); Romesh Kumar (Naperville, Illinois); Dionissios D. Papadias (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are batch methods and devices for enriching trace quantities of impurities in gaseous mixtures, such as hydrogen fuel. The methods and devices rely on concentrating impurities using hydrogen transport membranes wherein the time period for concentrating the sample is calculated on the basis of optimized membrane characteristics, comprising its thickness and permeance, with optimization of temperature, and wherein the enrichment of trace impurities is proportional to the pressure ratio Phi/Plo and the volume ratio V1/V2, with following detection of the impurities using commonly-available detection methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/835614 |
| 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 33/0014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778714 | Trakhtenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonid Israilevich Trakhtenberg (Moscow, Russian Federation); Genrikh Nikolaevich Gerasimov (Moscow, Russian Federation); Vladimir Fedorovich Gromov (Moscow, Russian Federation); Valeriya Isaakovna Rozenberg (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonid Israilevich Trakhtenberg (Moscow, Russian Federation); Genrikh Nikolaevich Gerasimov (Moscow, Russian Federation); Vladimir Fedorovich Gromov (Moscow, Russian Federation); Valeriya Isaakovna Rozenberg (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas sensitive material comprising SnO2 nanocrystals doped with In2O3 and an oxide of a platinum group metal, and a method of making the same. The platinum group metal is preferably Pd, but also may include Pt, Ru, Ir, and combinations thereof. The SnO2 nanocrystals have a specific surface of 7 or greater, preferably about 20 m2/g, and a mean particle size of between about 10 nm and about 100 nm, preferably about 40 nm. A gas detection device made from the gas sensitive material deposited on a substrate, the gas sensitive material configured as a part of a current measuring circuit in communication with a heat source. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/622310 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778724 | Blue et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig A. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee); Art Clemens (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chad E. Duty (Knoxville, Tennessee); David C. Harper (Kingston, Tennessee); Ronald D. Ott (Knoxville, Tennessee); John D. Rivard (Arlington, Virginia); Christopher S. Murray (San Diego, California); Susan L. Murray (San Diego, California); Andre R. Klein (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig A. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee); Art Clemens (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chad E. Duty (Knoxville, Tennessee); David C. Harper (Kingston, Tennessee); Ronald D. Ott (Knoxville, Tennessee); John D. Rivard (Arlington, Virginia); Christopher S. Murray (San Diego, California); Susan L. Murray (San Diego, California); Andre R. Klein (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin film solar cell and a method fabricating thin film solar cells on flexible substrates. The method includes including providing a flexible polymeric substrate, depositing a photovoltaic precursor on a surface of the substrate, such as CdTe, ZrTe, CdZnTe, CdSe or Cu(In,Ga)Se2, and exposing the photovoltaic precursor to at least one 0.5 microsecond to 10 second pulse of predominately infrared light emitted from a light source having a power output of about 20,000 W/cm2 or less to thermally convert the precursor into a crystalline photovoltaic material having a photovoltaic efficiency of greater than one percent, the conversion being carried out without substantial damage to the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, September 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/889486 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0296 (20130101) H01L 31/1828 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1832 (20130101) H01L 31/1836 (20130101) H01L 31/02966 (20130101) H01L 31/03925 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/543 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778783 | Melnik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuriy Melnik (San Jose, California); Lu Chen (Cupertino, California); Hidehiro Kojiri (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuriy Melnik (San Jose, California); Lu Chen (Cupertino, California); Hidehiro Kojiri (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for growing high crystal quality group III-nitride epitaxial layers with advanced multiple buffer layer techniques. In an embodiment, a method includes forming group III-nitride buffer layers that contain aluminum on suitable substrate in a processing chamber of a hydride vapor phase epitaxy processing system. A hydrogen halide or halogen gas is flowing into the growth zone during deposition of buffer layers to suppress homogeneous particle formation. Some combinations of low temperature buffers that contain aluminum (e.g., AlN, AlGaN) and high temperature buffers that contain aluminum (e.g., AlN, AlGaN) may be used to improve crystal quality and morphology of subsequently grown group III-nitride epitaxial layers. The buffer may be deposited on the substrate, or on the surface of another buffer. The additional buffer layers may be added as interlayers in group III-nitride layers (e.g., GaN, AlGaN, AlN). |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/469050 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02304 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778787 | Manning |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jane Manning (Woodside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming contacts for solar cells are described. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a silicon layer above a substrate, forming and patterning a solid-state p-type dopant source on the silicon layer, forming an n-type dopant source layer over exposed regions of the silicon layer and over a plurality of regions of the solid-state p-type dopant source, and heating the substrate to provide a plurality of n-type doped silicon regions among a plurality of p-type doped silicon regions. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/930078 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/548 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779365 | Williams |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard T Williams (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard T Williams (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Scintillators of various constructions and methods of making and using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a scintillator comprises at least one radiation absorption region and at least one spatially discrete radiative exciton recombination region. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/642224 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/202 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 4/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780343 | Sopori et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bhushan Sopori (Idledale, Colorado); Przemyslaw Rupnowski (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bhushan Sopori (Idledale, Colorado); Przemyslaw Rupnowski (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Wafer breakage is a serious problem in the photovoltaic industry because a large fraction of wafers (between 5 and 10%) break during solar cell/module fabrication. The major cause of this excessive wafer breakage is that these wafers have residual microcracks—microcracks that were not completely etched. Additional propensity for breakage is caused by texture etching and incomplete edge grinding. To eliminate the cost of processing the wafers that break, it is best to remove them prior to cell fabrication. Some attempts have been made to develop optical techniques to detect microcracks. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to detect microcracks that are embedded within the roughness/texture of the wafers. Furthermore, even if such detection is successful, it is not straightforward to relate them to wafer breakage. We believe that the best way to isolate the wafers with fatal microcracks is to apply a stress to wafers—a stress that mimics the highest stress during cell/module processing. If a wafer survives this stress, it has a high probability of surviving without breakage during cell/module fabrication. Based on this, we have developed a high throughput, noncontact method for applying a predetermined stress to a wafer. The wafers are carried on a belt through a chamber that illuminates the wafer with an intense light of a predetermined intensity distribution that can be varied by changing the power to the light source. As the wafers move under the light source, each wafer undergoes a dynamic temperature profile that produces a preset elastic stress. If this stress exceeds the wafer strength, the wafer will break. The broken wafers are separated early, eliminating cost of processing into cell/module. We will describe details of the system and show comparison of breakage statistics with the breakage on a production line. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/146111 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/237.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780431 | Kekatpure et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rohan Deodatta Kekatpure (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul Davids (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rohan Deodatta Kekatpure (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul Davids (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Plasmon absorption modulator systems and methods are disclosed. A plasmon absorption modulator system includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of quantum well layers stacked on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a metal layer formed on a top surface of the stack of quantum well layers. A method for modulating plasmonic current includes enabling propagation of the plasmonic current along a metal layer, and applying a voltage across the stack of quantum well layers to cause absorption of a portion of energy of the plasmonic current by the stack of quantum well layers. A metamaterial switching system includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of quantum well layers stacked on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, and at least one metamaterial structure formed on a top surface of the stack of quantum well layers. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/364832 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780439 | Bora et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mihail Bora (Livermore, California); Tiziana C. Bond (Livermore, California); Benjamin J. Fasenfest (Union City, California); Elaine M. Behymer (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mihail Bora (Livermore, California); Tiziana C. Bond (Livermore, California); Benjamin J. Fasenfest (Union City, California); Elaine M. Behymer (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Tunable plasmon resonant cavity arrays in paired parallel nanowire waveguides are presented. Resonances can be observed when the waveguide length is an odd multiple of quarter plasmon wavelengths, consistent with boundary conditions of node and antinode at the ends. Two nanowire waveguides can satisfy the dispersion relation of a planar metal-dielectric-metal waveguide of equivalent width equal to the square field average weighted gap. Confinement factors of over 103 are possible due to plasmon focusing in the inter-wire space. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/410226 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/342 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780440 | Bayramian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew James Bayramian (Manteca, California); William A. Molander (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew James Bayramian (Manteca, California); William A. Molander (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A chirped pulse amplification system includes a laser source providing an input laser pulse along an optical path. The input laser pulse is characterized by a first temporal duration. The system also includes a multi-pass pulse stretcher disposed along the optical path. The multi-pass pulse stretcher includes a first set of mirrors operable to receive input light in a first plane and output light in a second plane parallel to the first plane and a first diffraction grating. The pulse stretcher also includes a second set of mirrors operable to receive light diffracted from the first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating. The pulse stretcher further includes a reflective element operable to reflect light diffracted from the second diffraction grating. The system further includes an amplifier, a pulse compressor, and a passive dispersion compensator disposed along the optical path. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/782566 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/347 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781055 | Toth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James J. Toth (Pasco, Washington); Chuck Z. Soderquist (Benton City, Washington); Lawrence R. Greenwood (Richland, Washington); Shas V. Mattigod (Richland, Washington); Glen E. Fryxell (Kennewick, Washington); Matthew J. O'Hara (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Toth (Pasco, Washington); Chuck Z. Soderquist (Benton City, Washington); Lawrence R. Greenwood (Richland, Washington); Shas V. Mattigod (Richland, Washington); Glen E. Fryxell (Kennewick, Washington); Matthew J. O'Hara (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a process for producing selected isotopic daughter products from parent materials characterized by the steps of loading the parent material upon a sorbent having a functional group configured to selectively bind the parent material under designated conditions, generating the selected isotopic daughter products, and eluting said selected isotopic daughter products from the sorbent. In one embodiment, the process also includes the step of passing an eluent formed by the elution step through a second sorbent material that is configured to remove a preselected material from said eluent. In some applications a passage of the material through a third sorbent material after passage through the second sorbent material is also performed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/939081 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 1/001 (20130101) G21G 1/0005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21G 2001/0042 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08782164 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dong Chen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Noel A. Eisley (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philp Heidelberger (Yorktown Heights, New York); Sameer Kumar (Yorktown Heights, New York); Valentina Salapura (Yorktown Heights, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Boeblingen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Chen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Noel A. Eisley (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philp Heidelberger (Yorktown Heights, New York); Sameer Kumar (Yorktown Heights, New York); Valentina Salapura (Yorktown Heights, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Boeblingen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for implementing an asynchronous collective operation in a multi-node data processing system. In one embodiment, the method comprises sending data to a plurality of nodes in the data processing system, broadcasting a remote get to the plurality of nodes, and using this remote get to implement asynchronous collective operations on the data by the plurality of nodes. In one embodiment, each of the nodes performs only one task in the asynchronous operations, and each nodes sets up a base address table with an entry for a base address of a memory buffer associated with said each node. In another embodiment, each of the nodes performs a plurality of tasks in said collective operations, and each task of each node sets up a base address table with an entry for a base address of a memory buffer associated with the task. |
| FILED | Friday, January 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/697043 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/217 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08776514 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lei Wu (Gainesville, Florida); Huikai Xie (Gainesville, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Lei Wu (Gainesville, Florida); Huikai Xie (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A microactuator for displacing a platform vertically with respect to a substrate includes a first rigid frame, a first flexible bimorph beam connecting the first frame to the substrate, a second rigid frame, a second flexible bimorph beam connecting the second frame to the first frame, and a third flexible bimorph beam connecting a platform to the second frame. Activation of the first, second, and third flexible bimorph beams allows vertical displacement of the platform with respect to the substrate, with negligible lateral shift. A microactuator assembly includes a substrate, a plurality of first rigid frames, a plurality of first flexible bimorph beams, a plurality of second rigid frames, a plurality of second flexible bimorph beams, a platform, and a plurality of third flexible bimorph beams. Activation of the first, second, and third bimorph beams allows vertical displacement of the platform with respect to the substrate, with negligible lateral shift. A further embodiment with four identical such microactuators oriented at four sides of the platform, can achieve 1D or 2D angular scanning of the mirror plate by the activation of 1 or 2 adjacent microactuators. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/743499 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/528 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778081 | Sampath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walajabad S. Sampath (Fort Collins, Colorado); Pavel S. Kobyakov (Fort Collins, Colorado); Kevin E. Walters (Milliken, Colorado); Davis R. Hemenway (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for depositing complex thin-film alloys on substrates are provided. In particular, systems and methods for the deposition of thin-film Cd1-xMxTe ternary alloys on substrates using a stacked-source sublimation system are provided, where M is a metal such as Mg, Zn, Mn, and Cu. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/733716 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/243 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/1828 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778186 | Bowden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ned B. Bowden (Iowa City, Iowa); Abhinaba Gupta (Iowa City, Iowa); Tyler R. Long (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ned B. Bowden (Iowa City, Iowa); Abhinaba Gupta (Iowa City, Iowa); Tyler R. Long (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of contacting a membrane having a highly cross-linked polydicyclopentadiene matrix with a feed solution having a) a first component with a molecular weight in the range of from about 100 g mol−1 to about 600 g mol−1 and a cross-sectional area of less than about 0.40 nm2 and b) a second component with a molecular weight in the range of from about 100 to about 600 grams g mol−1 and a cross-sectional area of greater than about 0.50 nm2 so that the feed solution is fractionated into a permeate comprising the first component and a retentate enriched in the second component. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/546252 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/654 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778245 | Hiltner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anne Hiltner (Cleveland, Ohio); Eric Baer (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Yijian Lin (Lake Jackson, Texas); Joel Carr (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anne Hiltner (Cleveland, Ohio); Eric Baer (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Yijian Lin (Lake Jackson, Texas); Joel Carr (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a confined crystallization multilayer film includes coextruding a plurality of first polymer layers and a plurality of second polymer layer to form a multilayer film wherein each first polymer layer is sandwiched between second polymer layers and axially orienting the multilayer film at a temperature below the melting temperature (Tm) of the second polymer layer and to a thickness such that each first polymer layer forms a high aspect ratio substantially crystalline lamellae. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/087828 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/173.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778271 | Lock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Lock (Wakefield, Massachusetts); Edward Geraghty (Tyngsborough, Massachusetts); Lawino Kagumba (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Norm Rice (Andover, Massachusetts); Keith Higginson (Leominster, Massachusetts); Ken Mahmud (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Arthur Gavrin (Litchfield, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Triton Systems Inc. (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Lock (Wakefield, Massachusetts); Edward Geraghty (Tyngsborough, Massachusetts); Lawino Kagumba (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Norm Rice (Andover, Massachusetts); Keith Higginson (Leominster, Massachusetts); Ken Mahmud (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Arthur Gavrin (Litchfield, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensors for the detection of free radicals and free radical forming compounds including, for example, peroxides, as well as energetic radiation, UV light, plasma or heat each such sensor including a functional component are described herein. In addition, this disclosure includes methods for making such sensors and methods for using sensors including a functional component and devices incorporating such sensors. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/470201 |
| 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 27/04 (20130101) G01N 27/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2291/0251 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778560 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fanglin Chen (Irmo, South Carolina); Qiang Liu (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fanglin Chen (Irmo, South Carolina); Qiang Liu (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present disclosure, a method for fabricating a symmetrical solid oxide fuel cell is described. The method includes synthesizing a composition comprising perovskite and applying the composition on an electrolyte support to form both an anode and a cathode. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/020356 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778626 | Sohn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chang Ho Sohn (Pasadena, California); Jesse L. Beauchamp (La Canada Flintridge, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang Ho Sohn (Pasadena, California); Jesse L. Beauchamp (La Canada Flintridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A clickable cross-linker compound provides an easily scanned reporter ion for effective and efficient cross-linking and identification of intermolecular and intramolecular interactions of proteins and peptides. |
| FILED | Friday, July 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/135543 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778666 | Chung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jae Chung (Bellevue, Washington); Santosh Devasia (Lake Forest Park, Washington); James J. Riley (Seattle, Washington); Kieseok Oh (Seattle, Washington); Kyong Hoon Lee (Redmond, Washington); Jiradech Kongthon (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jae Chung (Bellevue, Washington); Santosh Devasia (Lake Forest Park, Washington); James J. Riley (Seattle, Washington); Kieseok Oh (Seattle, Washington); Kyong Hoon Lee (Redmond, Washington); Jiradech Kongthon (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A device comprises: one or more cantilevered biomimetic cilia, and a liquid disposed among the one or more biomimetic cilia, wherein individual biomimetic cilia are at least partially submerged in the liquid, and wherein the biomimetic cilia are arranged for excitation into resonance, such as for mixing and pumping via the resonant behavior of the excited cilia. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/607029 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 13/0059 (20130101) B01F 13/0064 (20130101) B01F 13/0091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502746 (20130101) B01L 2400/043 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0433 (20130101) B01L 2400/0484 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778690 | Sailor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California); Anne M. Ruminski (El Cerrito, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California); Anne M. Ruminski (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a porous sensor and sensing methods that use a porous sensor with a porous nanostructure having an optical response and having a portion of the porous nanostructure filled with a fiducial marker that is non-reactive to an analyte of interest. In a preferred sensing method, reflectance spectra from both the fiducial marker and reactive portions of the porous structure are acquired simultaneously. The fiducial marker provides an internal reference that permits compensation for humidity, as well as off angle measurements. In addition, simple visual observations can reveal the presence of an analyte, including human observations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/222957 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778716 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chongwu Zhou (San Marino, California); Koungmin Ryu (Los Angeles, California); Alexander Badmaev (Hillsboro, Oregon); Chuan Wang (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques, apparatus and systems are described for wafer-scale processing of aligned nanotube devices and integrated circuits. In one aspect, a method can include growing aligned nanotubes on at least one of a wafer-scale quartz substrate or a wafer-scale sapphire substrate. The method can include transferring the grown aligned nanotubes onto a target substrate. Also, the method can include fabricating at least one device based on the transferred nanotubes. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/740955 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779235 | Gallie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel R. Gallie (Riverside, California); Robert Meeley (Des Moines, Iowa); Todd Young (Palm Springs, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Des Moines, Iowa); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel R. Gallie (Riverside, California); Robert Meeley (Des Moines, Iowa); Todd Young (Palm Springs, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The enzymes of the ACC synthase family are used in producing ethylene. Nucleotide and polypeptide sequences of ACC synthases are provided along with knockout plant cells having inhibition in expression and/or activity in an ACC synthase and knockout plants displaying a staygreen phenotype, a male sterility phenotype, or an inhibition in ethylene production. Methods for modulating staygreen potential in plants, methods for modulating sterility in plants, and methods for inhibiting ethylene production in plants are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/372911 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/283 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779814 | Scott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Associated Universities, Inc. (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Associated Universities, Inc. (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard D. Scott (Socorro, New Mexico); Walter F. Brisken (Socorro, New Mexico); Robert E. Long (Castle Rock, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable frequency synthesizer and method of outputting the variable frequency is disclosed. The synthesizer comprises a first reference frequency, a direct digital synthesizer (DDS) receiving the first reference frequency and outputting a tuned frequency, a variable frequency comb generator receiving the tuned frequency and outputting a variable frequency comb comprised of a plurality of comb lines, a mixer receiving the variable frequency comb and a signal from an oscillator and outputting an intermediate frequency, a phase lock loop (PLL) receiving a second reference frequency and the intermediate frequency and outputting a phase lock signal, and the oscillator receiving the phase lock signal and outputting a variable synthesized frequency. |
| FILED | Monday, July 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/947515 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780053 | Colgate et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Edward Colgate (Evanston, Illinois); Michael Peshkin (Evanston, Illinois); Laura Winfield Alexander (Sunbury, Ohio); Mario Schirru (Rome, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Edward Colgate (Evanston, Illinois); Michael Peshkin (Evanston, Illinois); Laura Winfield Alexander (Sunbury, Ohio); Mario Schirru (Rome, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A haptic device is provided having a substrate with a touch surface and one or more actuators for vibrating the substrate in a multiplicity of higher resonant modes, each of which has a high enough frequency to be inaudible and high enough amplitude to create a friction reduction effect at a plurality of vibrating regions on the substrate touch surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/383120 |
| ART UNIT | 2693 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780616 | Ohki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Akira Ohki (Arlington, Massachusetts); Andrew Kent (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Akira Ohki (Arlington, Massachusetts); Andrew Kent (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic memory system includes a superconductor circuit and one or more magnetic memory elements to store data. To write data, a driver circuit in the superconductor circuit generates a magnetic signal for transmission over a superconductor link extending between the superconductor circuit and the magnetic memory element. To read data, a sensing circuit in the superconductor circuit monitors a superconductor link extending from sensing circuit to the magnetic memory element. The magnetic memory element can be a spin-transfer type magnetic memory element. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/477970 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 11/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780620 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anxiao Jiang (College Station, Texas); Bruck Jehoshua (La Canada, California); Zhiying Wang (Pasadena, California); HongChao Zhou (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University (College Station, Texas); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anxiao Jiang (College Station, Texas); Bruck Jehoshua (La Canada, California); Zhiying Wang (Pasadena, California); HongChao Zhou (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory device having a plurality of cells, each of which stores a value, where the values of the cells are mapped to discrete levels and the discrete levels represent data, is programmed by determining a maximum number of cell levels in the memory device, and determining the set of values that are associated with each of the cell levels. The maximum number of cell levels for the memory device is determined by an adaptive programming system connected to the memory device, based on a plurality of cell values attained by at least one cell of the memory device, in response to voltage applied by the adaptive programming system to the cells of the memory device. The adaptive programming system associates, for each of the cell levels, a different set of cell values of the plurality of cell values attained by the cells to which voltage is applied. This technique increases the number of cell levels that can be configured in a memory device as compared with conventional techniques, and increases the number of data values that can be programmed into the cells of a memory device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/237897 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/163 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781175 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Z. Wang (State College, Pennsylvania); Jia Li (State College, Pennsylvania); Lei Yao (State College, Pennsylvania); Poonam Suryanarayan (State College, Pennsylvania); Mu Qiao (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Z. Wang (State College, Pennsylvania); Jia Li (State College, Pennsylvania); Lei Yao (State College, Pennsylvania); Poonam Suryanarayan (State College, Pennsylvania); Mu Qiao (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A comprehensive system to enhance the aesthetic quality of the photographs captured by mobile consumers provides on-site composition and aesthetics feedback through retrieved examples. Composition feedback is qualitative in nature and responds by retrieving highly aesthetic exemplar images from the corpus which are similar in content and composition to the snapshot. Color combination feedback provides confidence on the snapshot to contain good color combinations. Overall aesthetics feedback predicts the aesthetic ratings for both color and monochromatic images. An algorithm is used to provide ratings for color images, while new features and a new model are developed to treat monochromatic images. This system was designed keeping the next generation photography needs in mind and is the first of its kind. The feedback rendered is guiding and intuitive in nature. It is computed in situ while requiring minimal input from the user. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493564 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/112 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08782479 | Chakrabarty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krishnendu Chakrabarty (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Brandon Noia (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A test architecture for 3D ICs is provided in which Through-Silicon-Vias and die logic can be tested pre-bonding dies in the stack for the 3D ICs. Post-bond scan test architecture is reconfigured to be accessed during pre-bond testing through using stratigically placed MUXs and TSVs. By connecting post-bond architecture including scan flops and boundary registers to gated scan flops used in TSV testing, an internal chain of scan flops such as typically used in post-bond testing can be selectively connected to gated scan flops connected to one end of each TSV for pre-bond testing of the internal logic through the TSVs. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/666696 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/727 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08776632 | Gao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dalong Gao (Rochester, Michigan); Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dalong Gao (Rochester, Michigan); Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A serial robot includes a base, first and second segments, a proximal joint joining the base to the first segment, and a distal joint. The distal joint that joins the segments is serially arranged and distal with respect to the proximal joint. The robot includes first and second actuators. A first tendon extends from the first actuator to the proximal joint and is selectively moveable via the first actuator. A second tendon extends from the second actuator to the distal joint and is selectively moveable via the second actuator. The robot includes a transmission having at least one gear element which assists rotation of the distal joint when an input force is applied to the proximal and/or distal joints by the first and/or second actuators. A robotic hand having the above robot is also disclosed, as is a robotic system having a torso, arm, and the above-described hand. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/213142 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/490.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778160 | Pant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Yi Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Ketan Bhatt (Huntsville, Alabama); Balabhasker Prabhakarpandian (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Yi Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Ketan Bhatt (Huntsville, Alabama); Balabhasker Prabhakarpandian (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Particle separation apparatus separate particles and particle populations using dielectrophoretic (DEP) forces generated by one or more pairs of electrically coupled electrodes separated by a gap. Particles suspended in a fluid are separated by DEP forces generated by the at least one electrode pair at the gap as they travel over a separation zone comprising the electrode pair. Selected particles are deflected relative to the flow of incoming particles by DEP forces that are affected by controlling applied potential, gap width, and the angle linear gaps with respect to fluid flow. The gap between an electrode pair may be a single, linear gap of constant gap, a single linear gap having variable width, or a be in the form of two or more linear gaps having constant or variable gap width having different angles with respect to one another and to the flow. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/190882 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 2400/0424 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B03C 5/005 (20130101) B03C 5/022 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780012 | Llombart Juan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nuria Llombart Juan (Alboraya, Spain); Choonsup Lee (Torrance, California); Goutam Chattopadhyay (Pasadena, California); John J. Gill (La Crescenta, California); Anders J. Skalare (Pasadena, California); Peter H. Siegel (La Canada, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nuria Llombart Juan (Alboraya, Spain); Choonsup Lee (Torrance, California); Goutam Chattopadhyay (Pasadena, California); John J. Gill (La Crescenta, California); Anders J. Skalare (Pasadena, California); Peter H. Siegel (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna element suitable for integrated arrays at terahertz frequencies is disclosed. The antenna element comprises an extended spherical (e.g. hemispherical) semiconductor lens, e.g. silicon, antenna fed by a leaky wave waveguide feed. The extended spherical lens comprises a substantially spherical lens adjacent a substantially planar lens extension. A couple of TE/TM leaky wave modes are excited in a resonant cavity formed between a ground plane and the substantially planar lens extension by a waveguide block coupled to the ground plane. Due to these modes, the primary feed radiates inside the lens with a directive pattern that illuminates a small sector of the lens. The antenna structure is compatible with known semiconductor fabrication technology and enables production of large format imaging arrays. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/828068 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/911.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08776721 | Allen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Margaret L. Allen (Cleveland, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret L. Allen (Cleveland, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | The system and method for harvesting eggs from arthropods includes a modular arthropod egg repository that is essentially a plurality of substrates connected along a common edge in a tablet-type configuration. The egg repository is deployed in an arthropod containment vessel. Arthropods ambulate onto a repository substrate and implant eggs. Operators can selectively remove entire repositories or individual substrates (as required) from the containment vessel. The system allows operators to utilize batch, continuous, and semi-continuous culture methods to rear target arthropods. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/485042 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal husbandry 119/6.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779235 | Gallie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel R. Gallie (Riverside, California); Robert Meeley (Des Moines, Iowa); Todd Young (Palm Springs, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Des Moines, Iowa); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel R. Gallie (Riverside, California); Robert Meeley (Des Moines, Iowa); Todd Young (Palm Springs, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The enzymes of the ACC synthase family are used in producing ethylene. Nucleotide and polypeptide sequences of ACC synthases are provided along with knockout plant cells having inhibition in expression and/or activity in an ACC synthase and knockout plants displaying a staygreen phenotype, a male sterility phenotype, or an inhibition in ethylene production. Methods for modulating staygreen potential in plants, methods for modulating sterility in plants, and methods for inhibiting ethylene production in plants are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/372911 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/283 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08777161 | Pollock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clarence E Pollock (Reynoldsburg, Ohio); Mark J Perry (Hilliard, Ohio); John R Bush (New Albany, Ohio); Jeremy D Seidt (Columbus, Ohio); Michael L Fisher (Granville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clarence E Pollock (Reynoldsburg, Ohio); Mark J Perry (Hilliard, Ohio); John R Bush (New Albany, Ohio); Jeremy D Seidt (Columbus, Ohio); Michael L Fisher (Granville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Lightweight blast mitigating composite panels (10) include a first glass composite shell (14; 152), an intermediate, preferably honeycomb layer (56; 156), a reinforcing layer (60; 160), an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fiber (UHMWPE) layer (64; 164) and a second glass composite shell (15; 168) adhered together with fire resistant adhesive layers (54; 58, 63, 66; 154, 158, 163, 166). The UHMWPE layer (64; 164) includes top and bottom coatings (70, 71) of fire resistant thermoset plastic preferably in the form of a paste. The panels (10) have use in a wide range of applications including in a blast mitigating overhead storage bin (100). The storage bin (100) includes a main body portion (133) defining a storage area formed from composite unarmored and armored panel segments (137, 138; 128-132). The unarmored and armored panel segments (137, 138; 128-132) share first and second shells (14, 15) to form an integral main body portion, with the armored panel segments (128-132) providing blast protection between the storage area and a wall (125) of an airplane cabin (120). |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/989917 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08778160 | Pant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Yi Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Ketan Bhatt (Huntsville, Alabama); Balabhasker Prabhakarpandian (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Yi Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Ketan Bhatt (Huntsville, Alabama); Balabhasker Prabhakarpandian (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Particle separation apparatus separate particles and particle populations using dielectrophoretic (DEP) forces generated by one or more pairs of electrically coupled electrodes separated by a gap. Particles suspended in a fluid are separated by DEP forces generated by the at least one electrode pair at the gap as they travel over a separation zone comprising the electrode pair. Selected particles are deflected relative to the flow of incoming particles by DEP forces that are affected by controlling applied potential, gap width, and the angle linear gaps with respect to fluid flow. The gap between an electrode pair may be a single, linear gap of constant gap, a single linear gap having variable width, or a be in the form of two or more linear gaps having constant or variable gap width having different angles with respect to one another and to the flow. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/190882 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 2400/0424 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B03C 5/005 (20130101) B03C 5/022 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08777282 | Shilts |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ASSA ABLOY Inc. (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Assa Abloy, Inc. (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Shilts (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An anti-ligative ergonomic type door-knob primarily of the institutional type, essentially serving to defeat the effort of a temporarily mentally-depressed room occupant from succeeding in committing self-hanging via contrived ensnaring by which to secure a cord like hanging-noose. Generic-variant embodiments of my anti-ligative doorknob are set forth, including both a circular and semi-circular escutcheon-plate for I-shaped V-shaped Y-shaped X-shaped fin-levers, and also a non-finned hemispherical iteration. The novel critical minimum approximate 40-degree anti-ligative principle of my LIFESTAR™ doorknobs reliably prevents a person ensnaring any heretofore problematically hazardous to portion of the door-knob assembly, while my optionally cooperating door latchbolt is formed to a matching critical minimum approximate 40-degree anti-ligative tri-beveled latchbolt as well. Further suicide-deterrence is achieved by effectively submerging the doorknob into the door escutcheon-plate, thereby leaving virtually no declivity by which a suicidal-person can secure any manner of self-inflicted hanging-cord. |
| FILED | Sunday, February 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/775231 |
| ART UNIT | 3675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Closure fasteners 292/347 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08779104 | Braun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Braun (Tarzana, California); Lynn K. Gordon (Tarzana, California); Kaori Shimazaki Dadgostar (Los Angeles, California); Madhuri Wadehra (Manhattan Beach, California); Kathleen A. Kelly (Pacific Palisades, California); Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the treatment or prevention of Chlamydia infections and cancer. The methods and compositions inhibit the entry of Chlamydia into a host cell expressing EMP2 by interfering with the interaction between the Chlamydia and EMP2. The methods and compositions target cancers which express or overexpress EMP2 nucleic acids and polypeptides by targeting EMP2. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/972670 |
| 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 530/387.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08778271 | Lock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Lock (Wakefield, Massachusetts); Edward Geraghty (Tyngsborough, Massachusetts); Lawino Kagumba (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Norm Rice (Andover, Massachusetts); Keith Higginson (Leominster, Massachusetts); Ken Mahmud (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Arthur Gavrin (Litchfield, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Triton Systems Inc. (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Lock (Wakefield, Massachusetts); Edward Geraghty (Tyngsborough, Massachusetts); Lawino Kagumba (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Norm Rice (Andover, Massachusetts); Keith Higginson (Leominster, Massachusetts); Ken Mahmud (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Arthur Gavrin (Litchfield, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensors for the detection of free radicals and free radical forming compounds including, for example, peroxides, as well as energetic radiation, UV light, plasma or heat each such sensor including a functional component are described herein. In addition, this disclosure includes methods for making such sensors and methods for using sensors including a functional component and devices incorporating such sensors. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/470201 |
| 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 27/04 (20130101) G01N 27/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2291/0251 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781186 | Clements et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Logan Clements (Nashville, Tennessee); James Stefansic (Nashville, Tennessee); Prashanth Dumpuri (Nashville, Tennessee); Senhu Li (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pathfinder Therapeutics, Inc. (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Logan Clements (Nashville, Tennessee); James Stefansic (Nashville, Tennessee); Prashanth Dumpuri (Nashville, Tennessee); Senhu Li (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for using pre-procedural images for registration for image-guided therapy (IGT), also referred to as image-guided intervention (IGI), in percutaneous surgical application. Pseudo-features and patient abdomen and organ surfaces are used for registration and to establish the relationship needed for guidance. Three-dimensional visualizations of the vasculature, tumor(s), and organs may be generated for enhanced guidance information. The invention facilitates extensive pre-procedural planning, thereby significantly reducing procedural times. It also minimizes the patient exposure to radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/101164 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 08780047 | Vanderheiden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregg C. Vanderheiden (Madison, Wisconsin); J. Bern Jordan (Madison, Wisconsin); David P. Kelso (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregg C. Vanderheiden (Madison, Wisconsin); J. Bern Jordan (Madison, Wisconsin); David P. Kelso (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An interface system and method are provided for facilitating cross-disability access to an electronic device. A first screen of a plurality of screens is displayed on the electronic device. Each screen includes at least one of a non-input element and an input element. The interface system includes a keyboard having a plurality of alpha-numeric keys and a plurality of keys or selectors that allow a user to navigate through the non-input elements and input elements of the plurality of screens. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/243385 |
| ART UNIT | 2694 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/168 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08782628 | Andrade 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) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Rohit M. Khandekar (Elmsford, New York); Sujay S. Parekh (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Deepak Rajan (Fishkill, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Goldens Bridge, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for partitioning an operator flow graph are provided. The techniques include receiving source code for a stream processing application, wherein the source code comprises an operator flow graph, wherein the operator flow graph comprises a plurality of operators, receiving profiling data associated with the plurality of operators and one or more processing requirements of the operators, defining a candidate partition as a coalescing of one or more of the operators into one or more sets of processing elements (PEs), using the profiling data to create one or more candidate partitions of the processing elements, using the one or more candidate partitions to choose a desired partitioning of the operator flow graph, and compiling the source code into an executable code based on the desired partitioning. |
| FILED | Friday, April 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/871251 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08779312 | Knezevic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Knezevic (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Dan-Paul Hartmann (Bethesda, Maryland); Michael R. Emmert-Buck (Easton, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America/NIH (Washington, District of Columbia); 20/20 Genesystems, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Knezevic (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Dan-Paul Hartmann (Bethesda, Maryland); Michael R. Emmert-Buck (Easton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods, devices and kits that permit large numbers of target biomolecules to be detected simultaneously in samples originating from a multi-sample holder, such as a multi-well plate. One specific example method is a method of making multiple substantial replicas of a biomolecular content of a multi-well sample holder. Devices and kits for carrying out the described methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/626405 |
| 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 | Electricity: Circuit makers and breakers 2/506 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08780910 | Cansever et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Derya H. Cansever (Southborough, Massachusetts); Karen Michelson (Westwood, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derya H. Cansever (Southborough, Massachusetts); Arnold M. Michelson (Westwood, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for encoding packetized data include applying different codings to the header and the payload. The header of a data packet is encoded for error correction separately from the payload of the data packet. The use of separate error correction techniques for the header and payload of a packet permits optimization of each for use in a data network, and more particularly, in a wireless data network. |
| FILED | Monday, April 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/832650 |
| ART UNIT | 2476 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/392 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08781992 | Doria |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Doria (Lakewood, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Doria (Lakewood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fusion method, implemented by one or more processors, for classifying a target having class types. The method includes: obtaining evidence from one or more classifiers, the evidence represented by scores from the one or more classifiers; representing the obtained evidence in a Bayesian context, where the Bayesian beliefs are obtained from the scores; obtaining new evidence, the new evidence represented by new scores from the classifiers; representing the obtained new evidence in an enhanced Bayesian context, where the enhanced Bayesian beliefs are obtained from the new scores; combining the scores and the new scores over multiple times; combining the evidence and the new evidence over multiple times; and using the combined scores and the combined evidence for each of the plurality of class types to classify the target. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/535954 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/04 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2014/fedinvent-patents-20140715.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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