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| US 08795181 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chunfeng Zhao (Rochester, Minnesota); Kai-Nan An (Rocheser, Minnesota); Peter C. Amadio (Rochester, Minnesota); Hector R. Villarraga (Rochester, Minnesota); Yuichi Yoshii (Ibaragai, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chunfeng Zhao (Rochester, Minnesota); Kai-Nan An (Rocheser, Minnesota); Peter C. Amadio (Rochester, Minnesota); Hector R. Villarraga (Rochester, Minnesota); Yuichi Yoshii (Ibaragai, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is provided for using dynamic ultrasonic imaging to analyze a subject's carpal tunnel and generate risk factors indicative of the health of the subject's subsynovial connective tissue and the subject's risk of developing carpal tunnel syndrome. The system and method uses speckle imaging techniques to track dynamic structures within the carpal tunnel and statistical analysis techniques to compare the properties of these dynamic structures of the subject to those of normal subjects and subjects having carpal tunnel syndrome. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/130210 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/453 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795193 | Zeng 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) | Fan-Gang Zeng (Irvine, California); Qing Tang (Irvine, California); Jeffrey Alan Carroll (Rancho Santa Margarita, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for treating tinnitus in human or animal subjects wherein the subject is caused to perceive a tinnitus suppressing sound which fully or partially suppresses the subject's tinnitus. In some embodiments of this method, the subject selects a sound that he or she perceives to be the same as the tinnitus and that sound (or a similar sound that is complementary to the subject's perceived tinnitus) is then used as the tinnitus suppressing sound. In other embodiments, the tinnitus suppressing may be a sound that has previously been determined to suppress tinnitus in a substantial number of subjects. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/745213 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/128 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795628 | Gambhir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanjiv S. Gambhir (Portola Valley, California); Shay Keren (Haifa, Israel); Ian Walton (Redwood City, California); David Guagliardo (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv S. Gambhir (Portola Valley, California); Shay Keren (Haifa, Israel); Ian Walton (Redwood City, California); David Guagliardo (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of imaging a living host using Raman nanoparticles; methods of generating a true image of a living host having been administered Raman nanoparticles; methods of multiplex imaging of a living host using a plurality of Raman nanoparticles; methods of generating multimodality images by combining Raman images with other functional/anatomical images; labeled Raman nanoparticles; and the like, are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/598780 |
| 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 424/1.690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795629 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sung Won Kim (Port Jefferson, New York); Anat Biegon (Port Jefferson, New York); Joanna S. Fowler (Bellport, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sung Won Kim (Port Jefferson, New York); Anat Biegon (Port Jefferson, New York); Joanna S. Fowler (Bellport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Radiotracer vorozole compounds for in vivo and in vitro assaying, studying and imaging cytochrome P450 aromatase enzymes in humans, animals, and tissues and methods for making and using the same are provided. [N-radio-methyl] vorozole substantially separated from an N-3 radio-methyl isomer of vorozole is provided. Separation is accomplished through use of chromatography resins providing multiple mechanisms of selectivity. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/704114 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795633 | Low et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip Stewart Low (West Lafayette, Indiana); Wei He (West Lafayette, Indiana); Walter Anthony Henne, Jr. (Lafayette, Indiana); Derek David Doorneweerd (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ji-Xin Cheng (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Stewart Low (West Lafayette, Indiana); Wei He (West Lafayette, Indiana); Walter Anthony Henne, Jr. (Lafayette, Indiana); Derek David Doorneweerd (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ji-Xin Cheng (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method for diagnosing a disease state mediated by pathogenic cells, said method comprising the steps of administering to a patient a composition comprising a conjugate or complex of the general formula Ab-X wherein the group Ab comprises a ligand that binds to the pathogenic cells and the group X comprises an imaging agent, and detecting the pathogenic cells that express a receptor for the ligand using mutiphoton in vivo flow cytometry. |
| FILED | Friday, September 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/067734 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795647 | Sampson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicole Sampson (Setauket, New York); Kathlyn Parker (Setauket, New York); Airong Song (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicole Sampson (Setauket, New York); Kathlyn Parker (Setauket, New York); Airong Song (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the field of polymers and olefin polymerization, and more specifically olefin metathesis polymerization. The invention provides regioregular alternating polymers and methods of synthesizing such polymers. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/059707 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48176 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795648 | Ding et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Ding (Los Angeles, California); Julia Y. Ljubimova (Studio City, California); Eggehard Holler (Los Angeles, California); Keith L. Black (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the use of Polycefin-LLL nanoconjugate as a means of cytoplasmic delivery of drugs. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a drug delivery molecule, comprising a polymerized carboxylic acid molecular scaffold covalently linked to L-leucylleucylleucine. In another embodiment, the Polycefin-LLL includes drug antisense morpholino oligos, targeting antibodies, and a pH-sensitive endosome escape unit. In addition, the drug could be siRNA, microRNA, and aptamer. |
| FILED | Monday, October 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/646947 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795650 | Kamps et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Kamps (Carlsbad, California); David Sykes (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Kamps (Carlsbad, California); David Sykes (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to generate unlimited numbers of macrophage/dendritic cells or neutrophils from mice, using conditional Hox oncoproteins is disclosed. The invention further includes the establishment of a system to investigate immune responses to microorganisms or diseases involving chronic inflammation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/792988 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795653 | Vilen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barbara J. Vilen (Durham, North Carolina); Michelle Kilmon (Morrisville, North Carolina); Jennifer A. Rutan (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara J. Vilen (Durham, North Carolina); Michelle Kilmon (Morrisville, North Carolina); Jennifer A. Rutan (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated regulatory immune cells as well as cell cultures and conditioned media derived therefrom. Also provided are methods of repressing B cell autoantibody production and/or secretion and methods of treating autoimmune disorders using regulatory immune cells or precursors thereto such as hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). The invention also provides methods of repressing B cell autoantibody production and/or secretion and methods of treating autoimmune disorders by administration of HSC and Macrophage-Colony Stimulating Factor (M-CSF). Further provided are methods of diagnosing in a mammalian subject a defect in regulatory cell mediated repression of autoantibody secretion by B cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/376375 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.710 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795659 | Morgan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lee R. Morgan (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dekk-Tec, Inc. (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee R. Morgan (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to salts and compositions of isophosphoramide mustard and isophosphoramide mustard analogs. In one embodiment the salts can be represented by the formula I: (I) wherein A+ represents an ammonium species selected from the protonated (conjugate acid) or quaternary forms of aliphatic amines and aromatic amines, including basic amino acids, heterocyclic amines, substituted and unsubstituted pyridines, guanidines and amidines; and X and Y independently represent leaving groups. Also disclosed herein are methods for making such compounds and formulating pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Methods for administering the disclosed compounds to subjects, particularly to treat hyperproliferative disorders, also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/541522 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795661 | Dall'Acqua et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MedImmune, LLC (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MedImmune, LLC (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Dall'Acqua (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Leslie S. Johnson (Darnestown, Maryland); Elizabeth Sally Ward Ober (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides molecules, including IgGs, non-IgG immunoglobulins, proteins and non-protein agents, that have increased in vivo half-lives due to the presence of an IgG constant domain, or a portion thereof that binds the FcRn, having one or more amino acid modifications that increase the affinity of the constant domain or fragment for FcRn. Such proteins and molecules with increased half-lives have the advantage that smaller amounts and or less frequent dosing is required in the therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic use of such molecules. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/898042 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795668 | Hogaboam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cory M. Hogaboam (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Steven L. Kunkel (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cory M. Hogaboam (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Steven L. Kunkel (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for the treatment of fibrosing diseases are described. More specifically, the invention demonstrates that inhibiting or otherwise decreasing the activity of CCL21 either alone or in combination with CCL19 will be effective in reducing the presence of fibrotic lesions and ameliorating the symptoms of fibrosing disorders. |
| FILED | Monday, December 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/641465 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/152.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795674 | Biragyn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arya Biragyn (Towson, Maryland); Kouji Matsushima (Tokyo, Japan); Dolgor Bataar (Parkville, 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) | Arya Biragyn (Towson, Maryland); Kouji Matsushima (Tokyo, Japan); Dolgor Bataar (Parkville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention provides methods and compositions for modulation of the immune system. Specifically, the invention provides methods and compositions for increasing T cell mediated immune response useful in the treatment of cancer and chronic infection. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/992880 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795680 | Kubler-Kielb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joanna Kubler-Kielb (Bethesda, Maryland); Vince Pozsgay (Washington, District of Columbia); Teresa Lagergard (Kullavik, Sweden); Gil Ben-Menachem (Newton, Massachusetts); Rachel Schneerson (Bethesda, Maryland); Evguenii Vinogradov (Ottawa, Canada); Ariel Ginzberg (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); National Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joanna Kubler-Kielb (Bethesda, Maryland); Vince Pozsgay (Washington, District of Columbia); Teresa Lagergard (Kullavik, Sweden); Gil Ben-Menachem (Newton, Massachusetts); Rachel Schneerson (Bethesda, Maryland); Evguenii Vinogradov (Ottawa, Canada); Ariel Ginzberg (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for preparing an oligosaccharide-protein carrier immunogenic conjugate or a polysaccharide-protein carrier immunogenic conjugate. The methods include obtaining an oligosaccharide or polysaccharide having a KDO moiety located at the terminal reducing end of the oligosaccharide or polysaccharide that includes a carbonyl functional group; and reacting the carbonyl functional group of the KDO moiety with an aminooxylated protein carrier molecule resulting in a conjugate that includes a covalent oxime bond between the oligosaccharide and the protein carrier or the polysaccharide and the protein carrier. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/309428 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/197.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795682 | Compans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard W. Compans (Atlanta, Georgia); Baozhong Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Beatrice Hahn (Birmingham, Alabama); Weimin Liu (Hoover, Alabama); Gale Smith (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Peter Pushko (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama); Novavax, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Compans (Atlanta, Georgia); Baozhong Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Beatrice Hahn (Birmingham, Alabama); Weimin Liu (Hoover, Alabama); Gale Smith (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Peter Pushko (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure encompasses virus-like particles, methods of making virus-like particles, including expression vectors, wherein the virus-like particles may comprise enhanced levels of capsid-bound a chimeric HN-Env polypeptide compared to VLPs derived from unmodified HIV-env polypeptides. Embodiments of the virus-like particle may have Env-specific epitopes exposed on the outer surface thereof. In one embodiment, the Env-specific epitopes exposed on the outer surface of the virus-like particle may specifically bind with an anti-HIV-Env specific antibody. Embodiments of the disclosure further includes methods of generating an antibody specific to an epitope of an HIV-Env polypeptide, comprising delivering to an animal or a human an effective amount of a suspension of virus-like particles comprising a chimeric HIV-Eny polypeptide, thereby inducing the formation of an antibody specific to an epitope of an HIV-1 eny polypeptide. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/598271 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/199.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795688 | Kinney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Claire Y. H. Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Véronique Barban (Craponne, France); Jean Lang (Mions, France); Bruno Guy (Lyons, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanofi Pasteur (Lyons, France); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Claire Y. H. Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Véronique Barban (Craponne, France); Jean Lang (Mions, France); Bruno Guy (Lyons, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to live attenuated VDV2 (VERO-Derived Vaccine Dengue serotype 2) strains which have been derived from the wild-type dengue-2 strain 16681 by passaging on PDK and Vero cells and nucleic acids thereof. The invention further relates to a vaccine composition which comprises a VDV2 strain. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/281255 |
| 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 08795691 | Webster et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas J. Webster (Barrington, Rhode Island); Hicham Fenniri (Edmonton, Canada); Usha Devi Hemraz (Edmonton, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island); National Research Council of Canada (, Canada); The Governors of the University of Alberta (, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Webster (Barrington, Rhode Island); Hicham Fenniri (Edmonton, Canada); Usha Devi Hemraz (Edmonton, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to implants and the modification of the surface of implants using amino acid or polypeptide functionalized rosette nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/634340 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795731 | Perez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jesus Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida); Charalambos Kaittanis (Oviedo, Florida); Atul Asati (Orlando, Florida); Santimukul Santra (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesus Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida); Charalambos Kaittanis (Oviedo, Florida); Atul Asati (Orlando, Florida); Santimukul Santra (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer-coated cerium oxide based device and system is disclosed for detecting reactive oxygen species and monitoring chronic inflammation. The device and system encapsulate free therapeutic nanoparticle elements not present in a living body in a prosthetic or implantable unit. Embodiment one is a two-chamber structure with a reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging component on one end and at the opposite end is an imaging agent consisting of at least one of a fluorophore capable of fluorescence emission, a chemiluminescent agent, a magnetic relaxation agent and an X-ray contrast agent. Embodiment two is a single chamber device consisting of a multifunctional nanocomposite with a ROS-scavenging nanoparticle constituent (nanoceria) and a multimodal reporting nanoparticle component (i.e. Dex-IO-DiR). The device and system are utilized in treatment of diseases with a pro-inflammatory component, including, but not limited to, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, cystic fibrosis, arthritis, and cancer chemotherapy. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/924976 |
| 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 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795733 | Perez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jesus Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida); Charalambos Kaittanis (Orlando, Florida); Atul Asati (Orlando, Florida); Santimukul Santra (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesus Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida); Charalambos Kaittanis (Orlando, Florida); Atul Asati (Orlando, Florida); Santimukul Santra (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer-coated cerium oxide based device and system is disclosed for detecting reactive oxygen species and monitoring chronic inflammation. The device and system encapsulate free therapeutic nanoparticle elements not present in a living body in a prosthetic or implantable unit. Embodiment one is a two-chamber structure with a reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging component on one end and at the opposite end is an imaging agent consisting of at least one of a fluorophore capable of fluorescence emission, a chemiluminescent agent, a magnetic relaxation agent and an X-ray contrast agent. Embodiment two is a single chamber device consisting of a multifunctional nanocomposite with a ROS-scavenging nanoparticle constituent (nanoceria) and a multimodal reporting nanoparticle component (i.e. Dex-IO-DiR). The device and system are utilized in treatment of diseases with a pro-inflammatory component, including, but not limited to, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, cystic fibrosis, arthritis, and cancer chemotherapy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/602611 |
| 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 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795734 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongjie Dai (Cupertino, California); Nadine Wong Shi Kam (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Paul A. Wender (Menlo Park, California); Zhuang Liu (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongjie Dai (Cupertino, California); Nadine Wong Shi Kam (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Paul A. Wender (Menlo Park, California); Zhuang Liu (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and materials for delivering biologically active molecules to cells in vitro or in vivo are provided. The methods and materials use carbon nanotubes or other hydrophobic particles, tubes and wires, functionalized with a linking group that is covalently bound to the nanotubes, or, alternatively, to the biologically active molecule, such as a protein. The biologically active molecule is preferably released from the nanotube when the complex has been taken up in an endosome. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/566740 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/491 |
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| US 08795738 | Yuan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhi-Min Yuan (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhi-Min Yuan (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of inhibiting damage to non-cancerous cells in a human subject during chemotherapeutic treatment or radiation treatment of cancer cells in the human subject includes administering to the human subject arsenic and/or one or more compounds of arsenic in a therapeutically effective amount prior to treatment with radiation or one or more chemotherapeutic agents. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945430 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/620 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795746 | Sonnenburg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin L. Sonnenburg (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin L. Sonnenburg (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A therapeutic formulation containing mucin glycans derived from one or a number of nutritionally appropriate sources is described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/397556 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 426/71 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795961 | Rank et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Rank (Pacific Grove, California); Paul Peluso (San Carlos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Rank (Pacific Grove, California); Paul Peluso (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Preparations, compositions and methods of sequencing nucleic acids are provided. The preparations, methods and compositions employ multiple priming sites on a target nucleic acid and typically utilize single molecule sequencing processes to identify sequence portions of the target which are then assembled to obtain the sequence of the target. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/553478 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795964 | Samuels et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yardena R. Samuels (Rehovot, Israel); Todd D. Prickett (Sterling, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yardena R. Samuels (Rehovot, Israel); Todd D. Prickett (Sterling, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR)-directed mutational analysis of tumor DNA obtained from melanoma tissue samples. The GPCR gene glutamate receptor, metabotropic 3 (GRM3) was identified as the most highly mutated GPCR gene in this screen. Functional characterization of GRM3 mutants revealed that these mutants promote activation of MEK, anchorage-independent cell growth and metastasis. Thus, provided herein are methods of diagnosing a subject as having melanoma, or susceptible to developing melanoma, by detecting the presence of at least one mutation in GRM3. Also provided are methods of treating a subject with melanoma by detecting the presence of at least one mutation in GRM3 and administering an appropriate therapy. Further provided are methods of selecting a subject diagnosed with melanoma as a candidate for treatment with a GRM3 inhibitor, an MEK inhibitor, or both, by detecting the presence of at least one mutation in GRM3. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/825713 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795965 | Zhang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for selecting specific cells by introducing precise mutations utilizing the CRISPR/Cas system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/183486 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795968 | Mindrinos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Mindrinos (Menlo Park, California); Sujatha Krishnakumar (Cupertino, California); Ronald W. Davis (Palo Alto, California); Peidong Shen (Union City, California); Curt Scharfe (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Mindrinos (Menlo Park, California); Sujatha Krishnakumar (Cupertino, California); Ronald W. Davis (Palo Alto, California); Peidong Shen (Union City, California); Curt Scharfe (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a single stranded DNA (ssDNA) molecule of a defined length and sequence is disclosed. This method enables the preparation of, inter alia, probes of greater length than can be chemically synthesized. The method starts with a double stranded molecule, such as genomic, double stranded DNA (dsDNA) from any organism. A fragment of the starting molecule (dsDNA) is amplified by specific primers engineered to introduce cleavage sites on either side of the desired sequence. Cleavage steps on the amplified, engineered fragment are combined with a phosphate removal step, thereby creating a construct that can be digested with an exonuclease without damage to the desired ssDNA. Probes, which hybridize with large gaps between the ends of the probes, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/972377 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795978 | Steyn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adrie J. C. Steyn (Hoover, Alabama); Ashwani Kumar (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adrie J. C. Steyn (Hoover, Alabama); Ashwani Kumar (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for screening for agents that modulate the activation state, i.e., active growth or persistence, of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), methods of treating an Mtb infection in a subject using agents identified by the screening methods, and methods for screening for a latent Mtb infection in a subject are disclosed. The screening methods involve contacting a Mtb sensor kinase with an agent to be tested, then detecting the response of the Mtb sensor kinase to modulating ligands or detecting changes in the oxidation state of the heme iron of the Mtb sensor kinase. The methods for treating an Mtb infection in a subject involve administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agent identified by the screening methods. The methods for screening for a latent Mtb infection in a subject involve detecting carbon monoxide or nitric oxide binding to heme iron of Mtb sensor kinases. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/666008 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795988 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lin Liu (Edmond, Oklahoma); Deming Gou (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lin Liu (Edmond, Oklahoma); Deming Gou (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Functional shRNA is produced from an expression vector prepared by selecting a two primer design in which the primers are less than about 50 nucleotides in length, annealing and extending the primers using primer extension, digesting the primer extension product and inserting the digestion product into a suitable vector. When the shRNA vectors are inserted into a cell, shRNA transcribed from the vectors modulates gene activity within the cell. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/192356 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — 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 15/10 (20130101) C12N 15/64 (20130101) C12N 15/66 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/53 (20130101) C12N 2310/111 (20130101) C12N 2330/30 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796008 | Montelione et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gaetano Montelione (Highland Park, New Jersey); Kalyan Das (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Edward Arnold (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Li-Chung Ma (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Rong Xiao (Princeton, New Jersey); Rei-Lin Kuo (Taipei, Taiwan); Robert M. Krug (Austin, Texas); Karen Y. Twu (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions and methods related to the structure and function of the cellular polyadenylation and specificity factor 30 (CPSF 30) binding site on the surface of the influenza A non-structural protein 1 (NS1). Specifically, critical biochemical reagents, conditions for crystallization and NMR analysis, assays, and general processes are described for (i) discovering, designing, and optimizing small molecule inhibitors of influenza A (avian flu) viruses and (ii) creating attenuated influenza virus strains suitable for avian and human flu vaccine development. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/907472 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796022 | Bissonnette et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher Bissonnette (Chicago, Illinois); John Kessler (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Bissonnette (Chicago, Illinois); John Kessler (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides method, compositions, and systems for generating basal forebrain cholinergic neurons (BFCNs) using FGF8, SHH, LXH8, GBX1, or vectors encoding these ligands, as well as using such BFCNs to treat neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. |
| FILED | Friday, July 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/178734 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796201 | Shan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lu Shan (Houston, Texas); Michael Bethune (Pasadena, California); Chaitan Khosla (Palo Alto, California); Jonathan Gass (Collegeville, Pennsylvania); Gail G. Pyle (Cupertino, California); Gary M. Gray (Stanford, California); Indu Isaacs (Andover, Massachusetts); Gregg Strohmeier (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lu Shan (Houston, Texas); Michael Bethune (Pasadena, California); Chaitan Khosla (Palo Alto, California); Jonathan Gass (Collegeville, Pennsylvania); Gail G. Pyle (Cupertino, California); Gary M. Gray (Stanford, California); Indu Isaacs (Andover, Massachusetts); Gregg Strohmeier (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Administering an effective dose of glutenase to a Celiac or dermatitis herpetiformis patient reduces levels of toxic gluten oligopeptides, thereby attenuating or eliminating the damaging effects of gluten. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/289924 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796202 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuan Chen (Arcadia, California); David Horne (Duarte, California); Yi-Jia Li (Duarte, California); Yuelong Ma (Duarte, California); Angela L. Perkins-Harki (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Yang Su (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuan Chen (Arcadia, California); David Horne (Duarte, California); Yi-Jia Li (Duarte, California); Yuelong Ma (Duarte, California); Angela L. Perkins-Harki (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Yang Su (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition used to develop a reagent for investigating Ubl-modifications in cellular functions and in the treatment of cancer is provided. The composition comprises gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-ligand conjugates that include at least two components: gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and modified ubiquitin- or ubiquitin-like interacting motif (UIM or ULIM) mimetics. In one embodiment, the modified ULM mimetic is a modified SUMO interaction motif (SIM) mimetic. According to the embodiments described herein, the compound inhibits ubiquitin- or ubiquitin-like protein (Ubl)-mediated protein-protein interactions and sensitizes cells to ionizing radiation. The modified UIM and ULIM mimetics may be conjugated to the AuNP such that each AuNP is conjugated to a plurality of modified UIM or ULIM mimetics. The modified ULIM mimetics may be conjugated to the AuNP via a thiol group. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/401642 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796209 | Takada et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yoshikazu Takada (Davis, California); Seiji Mori (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoshikazu Takada (Davis, California); Seiji Mori (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to an isolated amino acid that can act as an antagonist to FGF signaling, comprising at least a portion of the FGF protein amino acid sequence, and including a mutation in either a) the integrin αvβ3 binding region of FGF-1; or b) the FGFR binding region of FGF-1. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/436517 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796215 | Iqbal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (Menands, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene, Inc. (Menands, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalid Iqbal (Staten Island, New York); Inge Grundke-Iqbal (Staten Island, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a neurotrophic peptide having an amino acid sequence of VGDGGLFEKKL (SEQ ID NO: 1) and alternatively comprising an adamantyl group at the C-and/or N-terminal end. The neurotrophic peptide can rescue cognition, correct impairments in neural cell proliferation and synaptic plasticity, and thus address the cognitive defects associated with Alzheimer's disease. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/676649 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/17.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796229 | Boons et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia); Jun Guo (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia); Jun Guo (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and methods for use in selectively inhibiting a lytic enzyme based on feedback inhibition are described. The conjugated compound serves as a substrate for a lytic enzyme. Cleavage of the conjugated compound by the lytic enzyme releases an inhibitor of the enzyme. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/222495 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48138 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796230 | Davies et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daryl L. Davies (San Pedro, California); Ronald L. Alkana (Seal Beach, California); Liana Asatryan (Burbank, California); Daya I. Perkins (Long Beach, California); Maya S. Popova (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daryl L. Davies (San Pedro, California); Ronald L. Alkana (Seal Beach, California); Liana Asatryan (Burbank, California); Daya I. Perkins (Long Beach, California); Maya S. Popova (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for reducing alcohol consumption in a subject includes a step of identifying a subject exhibiting at least one symptom of alcoholism and then administering a therapeutically effective amount of an Ivermectin analogue-containing composition to the subject. A method of screening Ivermectin analogues for reducing alcohol consumption is also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/011162 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796233 | Goddard, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William A. Goddard, III (Pasadena, California); Mark Menna (Los Angeles, California); Stephen Pandol (Los Angeles, California); Ravinder Abrol (Arcadia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Goddard, III (Pasadena, California); Mark Menna (Los Angeles, California); Stephen Pandol (Los Angeles, California); Ravinder Abrol (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are bitter taste receptor ligands, related agents, combinations, compositions, methods and systems for modulating release of a metabolic hormone in vitro or in vivo from cells of the GI tract of an individual. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/163638 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/12 (20130101) A61K 31/122 (20130101) A61K 47/4823 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796237 | Schimmel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Schimmel (La Jolla, California); Keisuke Wakasugi (Shizuok, Japan); Martin Friedlander (Del Mar, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Schimmel (La Jolla, California); Keisuke Wakasugi (Shizuok, Japan); Martin Friedlander (Del Mar, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an isolated nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide capable of inhibiting angiogenesis or neovascularization, wherein the nucleic acid comprises a first polynucleotide sequence comprising a coding sequence at least 95 percent identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of a polynucleotide SEQ ID NO:6, a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:12, and a polynucleotide that encodes a fragment of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:12; and wherein the nucleic acid does not encode for the amino acid sequence of amino acids 71-93 of SEQ ID NO:1. Pharmaceutical compositions, vectors, and methods for inhibiting neovascularization or angiogenesis comprising or utilizing the nucleic acids also are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/229866 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796243 | Voelker |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis R. Voelker (Greenwood Village, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to methods to inhibit inflammation or pathogen infection by administering at least one anionic lipid or compositions comprising at least one anionic lipid to an individual. The invention also relates to methods to prevent or inhibit respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection by administering at least one anionic lipid or compositions comprising at least one anionic lipid to an individual. The invention further relates to compositions comprising randomly mixed surfactant lipids and methods to produce the compositions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/732929 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796291 | Jacobson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth A. Jacobson (Silver Spring, Maryland); Artem Melman (Potsdam, New York); Ben Bih-Ren Wang (Rockville, 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) | Kenneth A. Jacobson (Silver Spring, Maryland); Artem Melman (Potsdam, New York); Ben Bih-Ren Wang (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are A3 adenosine receptor antagonists and/or partial agonists of formula (I): wherein R1 to R5 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of use thereof. The antagonists or partial agonists find use in treating a number of diseases including cancer, glaucoma, inflammatory diseases, asthma, stroke, myocardial infarction, allergic reactions, rhinitis, poison ivy induced responses, urticaria, scleroderma, arthritis, brain arteriole diameter constriction, bronchoconstriction, and myocardial ischemia, as well as in preventing cardiac ischemia. Also disclosed are radiolabeled compounds of formula (I) and the use thereof in diagnostic imaging of tissues and organs. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/056997 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/263.370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796292 | Wright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George E. Wright (Worcester, Massachusetts); Wei-Chu Xu (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GLSynthesis Inc. (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George E. Wright (Worcester, Massachusetts); Wei-Chu Xu (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features compounds of formula (I): The compounds are useful as antibacterial agents, especially again Clostridium difficile-associated diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/395296 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/263.370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796295 | Conn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Kyle A. Emmitte (Spring Hill, Tennessee); Charles David Weaver (Franklin, Tennessee); Alice L. Rodriguez (Nashville, Tennessee); Andrew S. Felts (Nashville, Tennessee); Carrie K. Jones (Nashville, Tennessee); Brittney S. Bates (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Kyle A. Emmitte (Spring Hill, Tennessee); Charles David Weaver (Franklin, Tennessee); Alice L. Rodriguez (Nashville, Tennessee); Andrew S. Felts (Nashville, Tennessee); Carrie K. Jones (Nashville, Tennessee); Brittney S. Bates (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are negative allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/885378 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/269 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796302 | Hong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jau-Shyong Hong (Durham, North Carolina); Liya Qin (Durham, North Carolina); Guorong Li (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Michelle Block (Holly Springs, North Carolina); Wei Zhang (Dalian, China PRC); Po-See Chen (Taipei, Taiwan); Giia-Shuen Peng (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jau-Shyong Hong (Durham, North Carolina); Liya Qin (Durham, North Carolina); Guorong Li (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Michelle Block (Holly Springs, North Carolina); Wei Zhang (Dalian, China PRC); Po-See Chen (Taipei, Taiwan); Giia-Shuen Peng (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes methods of neuroprotection, inducing release of neurotrophic factors, inhibiting the over-activation of innate immune cells, attenuating the toxin-induced death and/or damage of tissues, reducing inflammation, treating an inflammation-related condition, and inhibiting NADPH oxidase, that includes contacting or administering an effective amount of at least one compound of the invention that include: valproic acid, sodium butyrate, and salts thereof; opioid peptides; a peptide comprising the tripeptide GGF; and morphinans, such as naloxone, naltrexone, 3-hydroxy-morphinan and dextromethorphan. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/324876 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796318 | Roberts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Roberts (La Jolla, California); Hugh Rosen (La Jolla, California); Steven Brown (La Jolla, California); Miguel A. Guerrero (La Jolla, California); Xuemei Peng (La Jolla, California); Ramulu Poddutoori (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Roberts (La Jolla, California); Hugh Rosen (La Jolla, California); Steven Brown (La Jolla, California); Miguel A. Guerrero (La Jolla, California); Xuemei Peng (La Jolla, California); Ramulu Poddutoori (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds that activate a sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor of the subtype 1 are provided. Certain compounds selectively activate the receptor subtype 1 in relation to the sphinogosine-1-phosphate receptor subtype 3. Uses and methods of inventive compounds for treatment of malconditions wherein activation, agonism, inhibition or antagonism of the S1P1 is medically indicated are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/465767 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 271/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796323 | De Leeuw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erik De Leeuw (Baltimore, Maryland); Alexander D. MacKerell (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik De Leeuw (Baltimore, Maryland); Alexander D. MacKerell (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of treating and/or preventing infections in mammals caused by microorganisms, by administering to a mammal a therapeutically effective amount of at least one defensin-like molecule, e.g., in a composition that includes such molecule. Also disclosed are the use of such defensin-like molecules for treating and/or preventing infections in mammals; and kits that may include such molecules, or compositions that include such molecules, as well as instructions for using such molecules to treat a mammal. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/883564 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796394 | Messersmith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Jose Rivera (Waukegan, Illinois); Yong-Kuang Gong (Xian, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Jose Rivera (Waukegan, Illinois); Yong-Kuang Gong (Xian, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an antifouling hydrogel comprising an effective amount of antifouling polymer modified with a compound containing catechol functional groups to yield a modified antifouling polymer comprising at least one catechol functional end group; and an effective amount of at least one oxidizing reagent, wherein the at least one oxidizing reagent reacts with the modified antifouling polymer to provide a modified antifouling polymer comprising at least one oxidized catechol end group, wherein an antifouling hydrogel is provided. Methods of synthesis, methods of use and kits of the antifouling hydrogel are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/869387 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/436 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796420 | Martin, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. Martin, Jr. (Mill Valley, California); Steven R. Williams (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AvidBiotics Corp. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Martin, Jr. (Mill Valley, California); Steven R. Williams (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention describes soluble, monovalent, non-natural protein molecules that can activate NK cells and certain T-cells to attack specific cellular target cells by attaching the NKG2D-binding portions of monovalent MICA or MICB protein, i.e. their α1-α2 platform domain, to the intended target cell specifically. The α1-α2 domain is contiguous with a heterologous α3 domain that has been genetically modified to bind directly or indirectly to the extracellular aspect of the target cell, thereby serving as the targeting domain. The genetic modification to create a non-natural and non-terminal targeting motif within the α3 domain can include a portion of an antibody, another protein molecule or portion thereof, a peptide, or a non-natural, modified α3 domain of a MIC protein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/176601 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796432 | Ju et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jingyue Ju (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Lanrong Bi (New York, New York); Dae H. Kim (New York, New York); Qinglin Meng (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingyue Ju (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Lanrong Bi (New York, New York); Dae H. Kim (New York, New York); Qinglin Meng (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a nucleotide analogue comprising (i) a base selected from the group consisting of adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and uracil, (ii) a deoxyribose, (iii) an allyl moiety bound to the 3′-oxygen of the deoxyribose and (iv) a fluorophore bound to the base via an allyl linker, and methods of nucleic acid sequencing employing the nucleotide analogue. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/084457 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/4.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796440 | Yao |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Feng Yao (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Yao (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a bidirectional human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) promoter that can be used to promote transcription on both strands of a double stranded DNA molecule. When used as part of a system that includes tet operator and the gene coding for the tet repressor, the promoter can be used to induce mammalian gene expression in a highly regulated way. |
| FILED | Friday, August 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/392954 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/24.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796441 | Drayna et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis T. Drayna (Potomac, Maryland); Un-Kyung Kim (Daegu, South Korea) |
| 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) | Dennis T. Drayna (Potomac, Maryland); Un-Kyung Kim (Daegu, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Identified herein are different forms of sweet and umami receptor encoding sequences that occur in different human populations. In particular, there are provided several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that occur within the exons/coding sequence (and are therefore coding SNPs, cSNPs) of one of the three T1R genes. Some SNPs cause amino acid substitutions, while others introduce a chain termination codon, rendering a truncated product. Differences in these genes are believed to affect the sense of taste of individuals, such that individuals with different SNPs (or different haplotypes) are believed to perceive the taste of sweet or umami (e.g., glutamate) substances differently than the rest of the population. The ability to assay this allelic information is useful in the development of flavorings and flavor enhancers, as it can be used to define groups and populations who perceive tastes differently. This in turn allows the taste preferences of these groups to be addressed at the molecular level. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/911517 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796444 | Rossi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California); Mark A. Behlke (Coralville, Iowa); Dongho Kim (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California); Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California); Mark A. Behlke (Coralville, Iowa); Dongho Kim (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to compositions and methods for selectively reducing the expression of a gene product from a desired target gene in a cell, as well as for treating diseases caused by the expression of the gene. More particularly, the invention is directed to compositions that contain double stranded RNA (“dsRNA”), and methods for preparing them, that are capable of reducing the expression of target genes in eukaryotic cells. The dsRNA has a first oligonucleotide sequence that is between 25 and about 30 nucleotides in length and a second oligonucleotide sequence that anneals to the first sequence under biological conditions. In addition, a region of one of the sequences of the dsRNA having a sequence length of at least 19 nucleotides is sufficiently complementary to a nucleotide sequence of the RNA produced from the target gene to trigger the destruction of the target RNA by the RNAi machinery. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/177051 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/33 (20130101) C12N 2320/51 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796474 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence J. Williams (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Hiyun Kim (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Kai Liu (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Rojita Sharma (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence J. Williams (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Hiyun Kim (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Kai Liu (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Rojita Sharma (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides intermediate compounds and synthetic methods that can be used to prepare complex cyclic compounds including macrolides. The invention also provides cyclic compounds that have useful biological properties such as antiinfective, antiinflammatory, or antitumor properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/215986 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/266 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08797165 — System for monitoring a physiological parameter of players engaged in a sporting activity
| US 08797165 | Greenwald et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard M. Greenwald (Norwich, Vermont); Jeffrey J. Chu (Quechee, Vermont); Joseph J. Crisco, III (Barrington, Rhode Island); Thad M. Ide (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Riddell, Inc. (Rosemount, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard M. Greenwald (Norwich, Vermont); Jeffrey J. Chu (Quechee, Vermont); Joseph J. Crisco, III (Barrington, Rhode Island); Thad M. Ide (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a system for monitoring a physiological parameter of players engaged in a sporting activity. The system includes a plurality of reporting units, a controller, and a signaling device. The reporting unit has an arrangement of sensing devices that measure the physiological parameter of an individual player and generate parameter data. The controller receives the parameter data transmitted from each reporting unit and then processes the parameter data to calculate a parameter result. When the parameter result exceeds a predetermined value, the controller communicates with a signaling device that provides an alert to sideline personnel to monitor the player(s) in question. The system also includes a remote storage device for holding historical data collected by the system which permits subsequent analysis. The system can monitor a number of player physiological parameters, including the acceleration of a player's body part that experiences an impact and the temperature of each player. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/225880 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/573.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08797530 | Saxer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher Saxer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert H. Hart (Cary, North Carolina); Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina); Pete Huening (Clayton, North Carolina); Bradley A. Bower (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Saxer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert H. Hart (Cary, North Carolina); Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina); Pete Huening (Clayton, North Carolina); Bradley A. Bower (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Wavenumber linear spectrometers are provided including an input configured to receive electromagnetic radiation from an external source; collimating optics configured to collimate the received electromagnetic radiation; a dispersive assembly including first and second diffractive gratings, wherein the first diffraction grating is configured in a first dispersive stage to receive the collimated electromagnetic radiation and wherein the dispersive assembly includes at least two dispersive stages configured to disperse the collimated input; and an imaging lens assembly configured to image the electromagnetic radiation dispersed by the at least two dispersive stages onto a linear detection array such that the variation in frequency spacing along the linear detection array is no greater than about 10%. |
| FILED | Friday, March 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/428247 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798340 | Corum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curtis A. Corum (Shoreview, Minnesota); Michael G. Garwood (Medina, Minnesota); Steen Moeller (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Djaudat S. Idiyatullin (New Brighton, Minnesota); Ryan Chamberlain (Maplewood, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis A. Corum (Shoreview, Minnesota); Michael G. Garwood (Medina, Minnesota); Steen Moeller (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Djaudat S. Idiyatullin (New Brighton, Minnesota); Ryan Chamberlain (Maplewood, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes receiving k-space data corresponding to magnetic resonance data for a subject and selecting a template for analysis. In addition, the method includes generating an image using the k-space data and using the template. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/942658 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798374 | Bartlett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marian Stewart Bartlett (San Diego, California); Gwen Littlewort-Ford (Solana Beach, California); Javier Movellan (La Jolla, California); Ian Fasel (Tucson, Arizona); Mark Frank (East Amherst, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marian Stewart Bartlett (San Diego, California); Gwen Littlewort-Ford (Solana Beach, California); Javier Movellan (La Jolla, California); Ian Fasel (Tucson, Arizona); Mark Frank (East Amherst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An automatic facial action coding system and method can include processing an image to identify a face in the image, to detect and align one or more facial features shown in the image, and to define one or more windows on the image. One or more distributions of pixels and color intensities can be quantified in each of the one or more windows to derive one or more two-dimensional intensity distributions of one or more colors within the window. The one or more two-dimensional intensity distributions can be processed to select image features appearing in the one or more windows and to classify one or more predefined facial actions on the face in the image. A facial action code score that includes a value indicating a relative amount of the predefined facial action occurring in the face in the image can be determined for the face in the image for each of the one or more predefined facial actions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/548294 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/197 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798719 | Yang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qing X. Yang (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Qing X. Yang (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Layers or coats of materials with high dielectric constant or permittivity with very low conductivity are inserted in between radiofrequency (RF) coil or coil's conductive elements and the sample to enhance the signal to noise ratio (SNR), improve image contrast, and reduce the specific absorption rate (SAR) of magnetic resonance imaging or magnetic resonance spectroscopy instruments. The embodiments of the present invention can be used as an auxiliary device to the standard pre-constructed RF coils or incorporated with RF coil constructions for enhancing RF coil performances in both transmission and reception. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/958385 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/421 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798756 | McClure et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Arup Roy (Valencia, California); Richard Agustin Castro (Pasadena, California); Sumit Yadav (Los Angles, California); Rongqing Dai (Valencia, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Da-Yu Chang (Rowland Heights, California); Xiaofan Wu (Saugus, California); Scott Loftin (Rosamond, California); Susan McCord (Santa Monica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Arup Roy (Valencia, California); Richard Agustin Castro (Pasadena, California); Sumit Yadav (Los Angles, California); Rongqing Dai (Valencia, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Da-Yu Chang (Rowland Heights, California); Xiaofan Wu (Saugus, California); Scott Loftin (Rosamond, California); Susan McCord (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A video processing unit configured to convert a video image to stimulation patterns for stimulating neural tissue in a subject's eye and comprising a power button, wherein the video processing unit is configured to be powered on after a first time interval upon activation of a power button, wherein the video processing unit is configured to be powered off after a second time interval upon activation of a power button. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/936478 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 08794107 | Rollins |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Rollins (Chula Vista, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Rollins (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A gearbox for an auxiliary power unit (APU) includes features that prevent submersion of gears in lubricant in extreme attitude orientations. The gearbox includes a plurality of gears that drive various pumps, generators and/or other aircraft systems. A shield surrounds a portion of one of the plurality of gears to prevent lubricant from submerging the gear. The shield defines at least a portion of an open chamber that is at least partially surrounded by lubricant at extreme attitude orientations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/774276 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/606.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08794156 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian J. Smith (Huntsville, Alabama); Kevin D. Kennedy (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A projectile package loaded in a firearm includes a projectile having a rod attached to its rear region. The rod is attached to a drag member or vanes having elastic properties. When fired, the projectile is expelled from the barrel of the firearm. Upon exiting the barrel and until the projectile reaches its effective range, reactionary air forces caused by the projectile traveling through the air result in the elastic vanes orienting themselves in a tight formation behind the rear region of the projectile. As a result, the vanes do not detrimentally affect the aerodynamics of the projectile's flight within the effective range of the projectile. However, once the effective range of the projectile has been exceeded, the slower velocity of the projectile causes the elastic vanes to laterally fan or spread out so as to impede the forward progress of the projectile. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/784471 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Vehicle Brake Control Systems or Parts Thereof; Brake Control Systems or Parts Thereof, in General; Arrangement of Braking Elements on Vehicles in General; Portable Devices for Preventing Unwanted Movement of Vehicles; Vehicle Modifications to Facilitate Cooling of Brakes B60T 1/16 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08794551 | Gomez |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alessandro Gomez (Orange, Connecticut) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Alessandro Gomez (Orange, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a multiplex system for electrospraying an electrosprayable fluid to produce essentially uniform droplets in the cone-jet mode from multiple cone-jets anchored at the outlet of at least one atomizer when the at least one atomizer is in the presence of an electric field. The system comprises at least one electrode spaced from the outlet of the at least one atomizer such that the electric field is between the outlet of the at least one atomizer and the at least one electrode. The at least one atomizer is shaped for intensifying the electric field at discrete points at its outlet such that the electrosprayable fluid partitions into multiple monodispersed cone-jet electrosprays that anchor to the discrete points about the outlet of the at least one atomizer when a sufficiently intense electric field is present. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/398867 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/690.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08794564 | Hutson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald B. Hutson (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neurosciences Research Foundation, Inc. (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald B. Hutson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In specific embodiments, a vehicle propellable through fluids or along surfaces, comprises a main work section and a plurality of propulsion units for propelling the main work section. The main work section supports one or more payloads. The propulsion units each include a rotor system and a ring-shaped wheel at least partially arranged about the rotor system and rotatable about the rotor system. The ring-shaped wheel is arranged at a banked angle relative to the rotor system. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/565656 |
| 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 244/17.170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08794566 | Hutson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald B. Hutson (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neurosciences Research Foundation, Inc. (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald B. Hutson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In specific embodiments, a vehicle propellable through fluids comprises a main work section and a plurality of propulsion units. The main work section includes a payload support hub, a payload support structure rotatable in 360° about the payload support hub in at least one axis, and a core including at least one microprocessor, the core at least partially nested within the payload support hub. The at least one microprocessor is adapted to substantially maintain an orientation of the payload support structure relative to a horizon line as the vehicle is propelled. One or more payloads are mountable on the rotatable payload support structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/565654 |
| 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 244/17.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08794580 | Koehler |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael O. Koehler (King George, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael O. Koehler (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A bracket is provided for mounting conduit clamps or pipe clamps to the face of the bracket. The height of the bracket can be adjusted by removing pins that are attached to mounting bracket feet and mounting bracket arms. Multiple holes may be formed in the mounting bracket arm and mounting bracket feet to allow for various alignments of the bracket arms, which will vary the height of the bracket. The height is adjusted through a pair of four-bar linkages that enable a linear motion of the bracket face. The bracket may have a footprint that is smaller than conventional adjustable mounting brackets. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/373745 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports 248/284.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08794892 | Doyle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher J. Doyle (Panama City, Florida); Felipe A. Garcia (Panama City, Florida); Robert C. Woodall (Panama City, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Doyle (Panama City, Florida); Felipe A. Garcia (Panama City, Florida); Robert C. Woodall (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A torque nut assembly includes a multiple-piece nut body and a cap. The nut body can be positioned to define a threaded axial passage, and can expand radially to open the threaded axial passage. The cap is shaped and sized to substantially engage the nut body when the threaded axial passage is so-defined. The cap is locked to the nut body when the cap is engaged thereon. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/135328 |
| 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 37/0821 (20130101) F16B 37/0892 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08794902 | Van Ness, II et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel K. Van Ness, II (Rockledge, Florida); Brian E. Tews (Melbourne, Florida); Christian O. Rodriguez (Melbourne, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel K. Van Ness, II (Rockledge, Florida); Brian E. Tews (Melbourne, Florida); Christian O. Rodriguez (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A secondary flow lobe mixer increases the total-to-static pressure ratio across a Ram Air Turbine (RAT) by developing a localized pressure drop near the discharge of the turbine rotor exhaust. This pressure drop allows for additional power generation for a given free-stream flight condition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/693557 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795677 | Heath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David G. Heath (Lanstuhl, Germany); Arthur M. Friedlander (Gaithersburg, Maryland); George W. Anderson, Jr. (Frederick, Maryland); Susan L. Welkos (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Heath (Lanstuhl, Germany); Arthur M. Friedlander (Gaithersburg, Maryland); George W. Anderson, Jr. (Frederick, Maryland); Susan L. Welkos (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method of inducing an immunological response in a subject which comprises administering an immunogenic amount of a purified fusion protein comprising all or part of F1 antigen of Yersinia pestis fused to the amino terminus of all of V antigen of Yersinia pestis, Yersinia enterocolitica, or Yersinia pseudotuberculosis to the subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/115891 |
| 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 08795845 | Perepezko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Harry Perepezko (Madison, Wisconsin); Ridwan Sakidja (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Harry Perepezko (Madison, Wisconsin); Ridwan Sakidja (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the low-temperature synthesis of an integrated, corrosion-resistant coating structure for metal substrates by means of multi-component pack cementation are provided. The synthesis of the integrated coating structures at low temperatures can avoid or minimize degradation of the mechanical properties of the substrates. The integrated coating structures can increase the lifetime of high temperature steels under severe steam environments and, therefore, provide a technological enabler for the high-temperature operation of steam power generation plants. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/268153 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/615 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kang Conrad Xu (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kang Conrad Xu (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A series of polar and aprotic organic molecules, which, when used as solvents or additives in nonaqueous electrolytes, afford improved performance for electrochemical cells that operate at high voltages. These polar and aprotic solvents or additives may contain at least one unsaturated functionality per molecule. The unsaturated functionality is conjugated with the polar functionality of the molecule. The unsaturated functionality that is either a double or triple bond could be between carbon-carbon, or between carbon-heteroatom, or between hetroatom-heteroatom. Nonaqueous electrolyte solutions are provided comprising one or more lithium salts dissolved in the mixture solvents, which comprises, in all possible ratios, at least one of the polar, aprotic and unsaturated solvent or additives, one or more cyclic carbonic diesters such as ethylene carbonate, and one or more acyclic carbonic diesters such as dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, and ethylmethyl carbonate. |
| FILED | Monday, January 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/987241 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795960 | Seul et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Seul (Fanwood, New Jersey); Sukanta Banerjee (Pennington, New Jersey); Jiacheng Yang (Hillsboro, New Jersey); Tatiana Vener (Stirling, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioarray Solutions, Ltd. (Warren, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Seul (Fanwood, New Jersey); Sukanta Banerjee (Pennington, New Jersey); Jiacheng Yang (Hillsboro, New Jersey); Tatiana Vener (Stirling, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of multiplexed analysis of oligonucleotides in a sample, including: methods of probe and target “engineering”, as well as methods of assay signal analysis relating to the modulation of the probe-target affinity constant, K by a variety of factors including the elastic properties of target strands and layers of immobilized (“grafted”) probes; and assay methodologies relating to: the tuning of assay signal intensities including dynamic range compression and on-chip signal amplification; the combination of hybridization-mediated and elongation-mediated detection for the quantitative determination of abundance of messages displaying a high degree of sequence similarity, including, for example, the simultaneous determination of the relative expression levels, and identification of the specific class of, untranslated AU-rich subsequences located near the 3′ terminus of mRNA; and a new method of subtractive differential gene expression analysis which requires only a single color label. |
| FILED | Monday, June 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/480215 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796025 | Emig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charlotte A Emig (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania); Catherine J Trumpower (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Vivienne S Marshall (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stemnion, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charlotte A Emig (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania); Catherine J Trumpower (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Vivienne S Marshall (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to methods for the treatment of wounds. Such methods utilize novel compositions, including but not limited to amnion-derived multipotent cells (herein referred to as AMP cells), conditioned media derived therefrom (herein referred to as amnion-derived cellular cytokine suspension or ACCS), cell lysates derived therefrom, cell products derived therefrom, each alone or in combination. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/466169 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0605 (20130101) C12N 5/0629 (20130101) C12N 2501/11 (20130101) C12N 2502/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08796082 | Shah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Scretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pankaj B. Shah (Adelphi, Maryland); H. Alfred Hung (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A preferred method of optimizing a Ga-nitride device material structure for a frequency multiplication device comprises: determining the amplitude and frequency of the input signal being multiplied in frequency; providing a Ga-nitride region on a substrate; determining the Al percentage composition and impurity doping in an AlGaN region positioned on the Ga-nitride region based upon the power level and waveform of the input signal and the desired frequency range in order to optimize power input/output efficiency; and selecting an orientation of N-face polar GaN or Ga-face polar GaN material relative to the AlGaN/GaN interface so as to orient the face of the GaN so as to optimize charge at the AlGaN/GaN interface. A preferred embodiment comprises an anti-serial Schottky varactor comprising: two Schottky diodes in anti-serial connection; each comprising at least one GaN layer designed based upon doping and thickness to improve the conversion efficiency. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/774387 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796220 | Peoples et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Peoples (San Antonio, Texas); Sathibalan Ponniah (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Peoples (San Antonio, Texas); Sathibalan Ponniah (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods to induce and maintain a protective cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response to a peptide of the HER2/neu oncogene, E75, with the effect of inducing and maintaining protective or therapeutic immunity against breast cancer in a patient in clinical remission. The methods comprise administering to the patient an effective amount of a vaccine composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, an adjuvant such as recombinant human GM-CSF, and the E75 peptide at an optimized dose and schedule. The methods further comprise administering an annual or semi-annual booster vaccine dose due to declining E75-specific T cell immunity. The invention also features vaccine compositions for use in the methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/534550 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/179 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/71 (20130101) |
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| US 08796435 | Delehanty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James B. Delehanty (Washington, District of Columbia); Igor L. Medintz (Washington, District of Columbia); Hedi M. Mattoussi (Tallahassee, Florida); Jeffrey R. Deschamps (Laurel, Maryland); Glyn Dawson (Chicago, Illinois); Philip E. Dawson (San Diego, California); Juan Bautista Blanco-Canosa (A Coruna, Spain); Kelly Boeneman (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James B. Delehanty (Washington, District of Columbia); Igor L. Medintz (Washington, District of Columbia); Hedi M. Mattoussi (Tallahassee, Florida); Jeffrey R. Deschamps (Laurel, Maryland); Glyn Dawson (Chicago, Illinois); Philip E. Dawson (San Diego, California); Juan Bautista Blanco-Canosa (A Coruna, Spain); Kelly Boeneman (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are nucleic acids encoding a polypeptide for delivery of a nanoparticle to the cytosol, the peptide comprising: (a) a nanoparticle association domain, (b) a spacer domain, (c) an uptake domain, and (d) a vesicle escape domain, wherein the domains (a) through (d) appear in the same order as listed above, and wherein the peptide, upon addition of a non-hydrolyzable lipophilic moiety to the vesicle escape domain and binding to a nanoparticle, is effective to induce uptake of a nanoparticle by a cell and delivery of the nanoparticle to the cytosol of the cell. Also described are methods of delivery of a nanoparticle to the cytosol of a cell, the method comprising providing to a cell a nanoparticle attached to such a peptide. Exemplary nanoparticles include quantum dots. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/774493 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48853 (20130101) A61K 49/0093 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/00 (20130101) C07H 21/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andreas Mershin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brian Cook (Somerville, Massachusetts); Shuguang Zhang (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andreas Mershin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brian Cook (Somerville, Massachusetts); Shuguang Zhang (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a wet or dry bio-sensitized photoelectric conversion device (photodetector or photovoltaic) comprising: a stabilized biologically-derived sensitizer, such as a stablilized photosystem I (PS-I), deposited on nanowires, semiconductor material, electrodes and a support. The nanowires provide a greater surface area of the light absorption layer for better energy conversion efficiency and are chosen such as to complement the absorption spectrum of the sensitizer and protect the sensitizer from photobleaching. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/639372 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Paul Mordarski (Colts Neck, New Jersey); Mark Allen Itzler (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton Lightwave, Inc. (Cranbury, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Paul Mordarski (Colts Neck, New Jersey); Mark Allen Itzler (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A single-photon receiver and method for detecting a single-photon are presented. The receiver comprises a SPAD that receives a gating signal having a fundamental frequency in the 100 MHz to multiple GHz range. The receiver further comprises a two-stage frequency filter for filtering the output of the SPAD, wherein the filter has: (1) a notch filter response at the fundamental frequency; and (2) a low-pass filter response whose cutoff frequency is less than the first harmonic of the fundamental frequency. As a result, the frequency filter removes substantially all the frequency components in the SPAD output without significant degradation of the signal quality but with reduced complexity, cost, and footprint requirement relative to receivers in the prior art. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/464629 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796608 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of AZ, Acting for and on behalf of ASU (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behlf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward H. Lee (Chandler, Arizona); David R. Allee (Phoenix, Arizona); George R. Kunnen (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of dual stage active pixel devices are described herein. Other examples, implementations, and related methods are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/734117 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796653 | Schulkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Schulkin (Troy, New York); Xi-Cheng Zhang (Troy, New York); Thomas Tongue (Niskayuna, New York); Jingzhou Xu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jian Chen (Troy, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Schulkin (Troy, New York); Xi-Cheng Zhang (Troy, New York); Thomas Tongue (Niskayuna, New York); Jingzhou Xu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jian Chen (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for detecting variations in electromagnetic fields, in particular, terahertz (THz) electromagnetic fields, are provided. The methods and apparatus employ polarization detection devices and controllers to maintain or vary the polarization of modulated signals as desired. The methods and apparatus are provided to characterize electromagnetic fields by directing the electromagnetic field and a probe beam upon an electro-crystal and detecting the modulation of the resulting probe beam. Detection of the modulation of the probe beam is practiced by detecting and comparing the polarization components of the modulated probe beam. Aspects of the invention may be used to analyze or detect explosives, explosive related compounds, and pharmaceuticals, among other substances. A compact apparatus, modular optical devices for use with the apparatus, sample holders, and radiation source mounts are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, September 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/886131 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/02236 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 2302/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796677 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinsong Huang (Lincoln, Nebraska); Bin Yang (Lincoln, Nebraska); Yongbo Yuan (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a substrate; and a photoactive layer disposed on the substrate. The photoactive layer includes an electron acceptor material; an electron donor material; and a material having dipoles. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/707091 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796735 | Lauer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Isaac Lauer (Mahopac, New York); Amlan Majumdar (White Plains, New York); Paul M. Solomon (Yorktown Heights, New York); Steven J. Koester (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Isaac Lauer (Mahopac, New York); Amlan Majumdar (White Plains, New York); Paul M. Solomon (Yorktown Heights, New York); Steven J. Koester (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary embodiments include a method for fabricating a heterojunction tunnel field-effect-transistor (FET), the method including forming a gate region on a silicon layer of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, forming a drain region on the silicon layer adjacent the gate region and forming a vertical heterojunction source region adjacent the gate region, wherein the vertical heterojunction source region generates a tunnel path inline with a gate field associated with the gate region. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/430041 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/7391 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796736 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David F. Brown (Woodland Hills, California); Keisuke Shinohara (Thousand Oaks, California); Miroslav Micovic (Thousand Oaks, California); Andrea Corrion (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A monolithically integrated device includes a substrate, a first set of Group III nitride epitaxial layers grown for a first HFET on a first region of the substrate, and a second set of Group III nitride epitaxial layers for a second HFET grown on a second region of the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/897038 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/192 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796811 | Shubin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ivan Shubin (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan Shubin (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In a hybrid integrated module, a semiconductor die is mechanically coupled face-to-face to an integrated device in which the substrate has been removed. For example, the integrated circuit may include an optical device fabricated on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer in which the backside silicon handler has been completely removed, thereby facilitating improved device performance and highly efficient thermal tuning of the operating wavelength of the optical device. Moreover, the semiconductor die may be a VLSI chip that provides power, and serves as a mechanical handler and/or an electrical driver. The thermal tuning efficiency of the substrateless optical device may be enhanced by over 100× relative to an optical device with an intact substrate, and by 5× relative to an optical device in which the substrate has only been removed in proximity to the optical device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/205745 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/1467 (20130101) H01L 27/14661 (20130101) H01L 27/14881 (20130101) |
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| US 08796926 | Eden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Gary Eden (Mahomet, Illinois); Ju Gao (Champaign, Illinois); Sung-o Kim (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Gary Eden (Mahomet, Illinois); Ju Gao (Champaign, Illinois); Sung-o Kim (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An AC, rf, or pulse-excited microdischarge device and array are provide by the invention. A preferred array includes a substrate. A plurality of microdischarge cavities that contain discharge medium are in the substrate. A transparent layer seals the discharge medium in the microdischarge cavites. Electrodes stimulate the discharge medium. The microdischarge cavities are physically isolated from the electrodes by dielectric and arranged relative to the electrodes such that ac, rf, or pulsed excitation applied to the electrodes stimulates plasma excitation of the discharge medium. The microdischarge cavities are sized to produce plasma within the microdischarge cavities. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/899083 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/582 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08797084 | Friedman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Friedman (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Yong Liu (Rye, New York); Jose A. Tierno (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Friedman (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Yong Liu (Rye, New York); Jose A. Tierno (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system are disclosed for calibrating a mid-voltage node in an integrated circuit including an input-output circuit having charge-recycling stacked voltage domains including at least first and second voltage domains. In one embodiment, the method comprises transmitting data through the input-output circuit, including transmitting a first portion of the data across the first voltage domain, and transmitting a second portion of the data across the second voltage domain. The method further comprises measuring a specified characteristic of the data transmitted through the input-output circuit; and based on the measured specified characteristic, adjusting a voltage of said mid-voltage node to a defined value. The voltage of the mid-voltage node may be adjusted to accomplish a number of objectives, for example, to achieve a desired trade-off between power and performance, or so that the two voltage domains have the same performance. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/601240 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08797105 | Afshari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University with its principle place of business at Cornell Center for Technology Enterprise and Comm (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ehsan Afshari (Ithaca, New York); Yahya M. Tousi (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a tunable signal source having a plurality of oscillator cores having a coupling input, a coupling output, and a power output that is common to each of the plurality of oscillator cores. Also included is a plurality of tunable phase shifters wherein corresponding ones of the plurality of tunable phase shifters are communicatively coupled between the coupling input and the coupling output of corresponding ones of the plurality of oscillator cores, thereby forming a loop of alternating ones of the plurality of oscillator cores and alternating ones of the plurality of tunable phase shifters. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573773 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bhavesh V. Patel (Bensalem, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bhavesh V. Patel (Bensalem, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is typically embodied as a portable handheld unit that generates synchro signals for input into synchro motors and other synchro devices. A primary genre of inventive application is the testing of hardware and software in synchro systems. The inventive unit typically includes a numeric keypad, an LCD display, a microcontroller, a serial-to-parallel binary data converter, and at least one digital-to-synchro converter. The keypad and display are used to enter decimal data. The microcontroller converts the decimal data to serial binary data. The serial-to-parallel binary data converter converts the serial binary data to parallel binary data. The digital-to-synchro converter(s) convert(s) the parallel binary data to synchro analog data. Some inventive embodiments implement plural digital-to-synchro converters individually corresponding to channels for independently outputting synchro signals. Each channel can represent a specific type of synchro operation, e.g., ship rudder angle, ship speed, ship engine shaft revolution, ship heading, etc. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/905208 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/00 (20130101) H03M 1/485 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 1/665 (20130101) H03M 1/747 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08797206 | Uysal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Faruk Uysal (Ridgefield Park, New Jersey); Vinay Mudinoor Murthy (Elmont, New York); Unnikrishna Sreedharan Pillai (Harrington Park, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | C and P Technologies, Inc. (Closter, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Faruk Uysal (Ridgefield Park, New Jersey); Vinay Mudinoor Murthy (Elmont, New York); Unnikrishna Sreedharan Pillai (Harrington Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses one or more methods to perform multimode processing using a single set of measured data in a multi-sensor fusion framework. In this context, various data processing methodologies are combined in parallel in a suitable manner to simultaneously image, detect, identify and track moving targets over clutter such as stationary background using data obtained from a single set of measurements. Traditionally multiple sets of data would be required to perform these tasks, furthermore the disparate datum would be processed independently of one another. By using a common data source and interconnected processors the information content of the measured data can be fully exploited and leveraged to provide actionable intelligence and aid logistics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/495639 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 13/90 (20130101) G01S 13/9029 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08797382 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jingjing Li (Palo Alto, California); Philip J. Kuekes (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingjing Li (Palo Alto, California); Philip J. Kuekes (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to negative refractive index-based holograms that can be electronically controlled and dynamically reconfigured to generate one or more color three-dimensional holographic images. In one aspect, a hologram comprises a phase-control layer having a plurality of phase modulation elements. The phase-modulation elements are configured with a negative effective refractive index and selectively transmit wavelengths associated with one of three primary color wavelength. The hologram also includes an intensity-control layer including a plurality of intensity-control elements. One or more color three-dimensional images can be produced by electronically addressing the phase-modulation elements and intensity-control elements in order to phase shift and control the intensity of light transmitted through the hologram. A method for generating a color holographic image using the hologram is also provided, as is a system for generating a color holographic image. |
| FILED | Monday, April 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/264073 |
| ART UNIT | 2482 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08797436 | Rummelt |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas I. Rummelt (Crestview, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas I. Rummelt (Crestview, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new method and apparatus for addressing hexagonally arranged data sampling elements is described. Array set addressing, or ASA, is a new method for capturing information from a hexagonal grid of image sensor pixels, or any hexagonal grid of data sampling elements, for image processing or any computational manipulation of sampling data. ASA represents the hexagonal grids as a set of two rectangular arrays which can individually indexed by integer-valued row and column indices. The two arrays are distinguished using a single binary coordinate so that a full address for any point on the hexagonal grid is uniquely represented by three coordinates representing which array and the row and column. The new addressing method supports efficient linear algebra and other image processing manipulation and can be straightforwardly implemented in conventional electronic hardware and digital processing systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/335912 |
| ART UNIT | 2663 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/302 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08797642 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xin Chen (Corning, New York); Joohyun Koh (Painted Post, New York); Ming-Jun Li (Horseheads, New York); Anping Liu (Big Flats, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Corning Incorporated (Corning, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xin Chen (Corning, New York); Joohyun Koh (Painted Post, New York); Ming-Jun Li (Horseheads, New York); Anping Liu (Big Flats, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A large-mode-area (LMA) optical fiber (10) that operates as a single-mode optical fiber. The optical fiber includes a core region (20) surrounded by an inner cladding (32), which in turn is surrounded by an outer cladding (40). The inner cladding includes at least one up-doped ring region (32R1). The ring region is configured to form a large attenuation differential between the higher-order modes and the fundamental mode so only that the fundamental mode remains traveling in the optical fiber. If necessary, the optical fiber can include a bend (10B) having a select “resonant” bend diameter (DB) that increases the relative attenuation of the fundamental and higher-order modes. The optical fiber supports an effective mode field diameter (MFD) of up to 40 μm to 50 μm. As a result, detrimental non-linear effects are suppressed, which allows the optical fiber to carry substantially more optical power than conventional LMA optical fibers. The LMA optical fiber is thus eminently suited for a number of optical-fiber-based applications calling for high optical power, such as fiber lasers and pump sources for wavelength conversion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/669664 |
| 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 359/341.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798106 | Kaertner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Franz X. Kaertner (Newtown, Massachusetts); Li-Jin Chen (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Franz X. Kaertner (Newtown, Massachusetts); Li-Jin Chen (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser cavity includes a gain medium for amplifying a light pulse in a light path, wherein the gain medium has a gain profile for amplifying the light pulse as a function of wavelength; at least one mirror on one side of the gain medium; and an output coupler. The output coupler has an output coupling profile for inducing loss in the light pulse as a function of wavelength that substantially matches the saturated gain profile of the gain medium across a range of lasing wavelengths. The purpose of this device is to achieve a flattened net-gain profile to substantially improve mode-locking performance with respect to self-starting, beam-quality, and broadband operation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/084808 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798111 | Vurgaftman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Igor Vurgaftman (Odenton, Maryland); Jerry R. Meyer (Catonsville, Maryland); Chadwick Lawrence Canedy (Washington, District of Columbia); William W. Bewley (Falls Church, Virginia); ChulSoo Kim (Springfield, Virginia); Mijin Kim (Springfield, Virginia); Charles D. Merritt (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Vurgaftman (Odenton, Maryland); Jerry R. Meyer (Catonsville, Maryland); Chadwick Lawrence Canedy (Washington, District of Columbia); William W. Bewley (Falls Church, Virginia); ChulSoo Kim (Springfield, Virginia); Mijin Kim (Springfield, Virginia); Charles D. Merritt (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for improving the performance of type-II and type-I ICLs, particularly in the mid-IR wavelength range, are provided. The electron injector of a type-II or a type-I ICL can be heavily n-doped to increase the ratio of electrons to holes in the active quantum wells, thereby increasing the probability of radiative recombination in the active quantum wells and reducing the threshold current density Jth needed to achieve lasing. For both type-II and type-I ICLs, the doping should have a sheet density in the low-1012 range. In either the type-II or the type-I case, in some embodiments, heavy doping can be concentrated in the middle quantum wells of the electron injector, while in other embodiments, doping with silicon can be shifted towards the active quantum wells. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/422309 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/305 (20130101) H01S 5/3086 (20130101) H01S 5/3401 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/3422 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798148 | Kostrzewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Kostrzewski (Garden Grove, California); Tomasz Jannson (Torrance, California); Wenjian Wang (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Optics Corporation (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Kostrzewski (Garden Grove, California); Tomasz Jannson (Torrance, California); Wenjian Wang (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One subject of this invention is the development of a novel region of interest (ROI) method, or Frame Segmentation Method that can be provided within a video stream, in real-time, or more precisely within a few milliseconds of video frame duration of 30 msec, or even in the sub-millisecond range. This video frame segmentation is the basis of Pre-ATR-based Ultra-Real-Time (PATURT) video compression. Still other subjects of this invention are morphing compression, and watermarking, also based on the PATURT. The applications of the PATURT innovation include ROI-based real-time video recording that has special applications for aircraft pilot/cockpit video recording in “black-box” devices, recording aircraft accidents, or catastrophes. Such black-box devices usually need to pass high impact (3400 g), high temperature (1100° C., in 1 h), and other harsh environmental tests. In this invention, they also have the capability of reporting the last cockpit events up to 0.5 seconds before an accident, including all cockpit sensor readings, as well as pilots' behavior, the latter with fully scrambled and non-recoverable facial information. Further applications include video surveillance. The latter can be also applied to missile defense (recognizing real target or real missile, from false targets (decoys)), or to other Ultra-Real-Time (URT) civilian and military scenarios. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/818847 |
| ART UNIT | 2492 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/240.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798383 | Yadegar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacob Yadegar (Los Angeles, California); Hai Wei (Los Angeles, California); Joseph Yadegar (Los Angeles, California); Karthik M. Varadarajana (Los Angeles, California); Sakina Zabuawala (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UtopiaCompression Corp. (Los Angles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Yadegar (Los Angeles, California); Hai Wei (Los Angeles, California); Joseph Yadegar (Los Angeles, California); Karthik M. Varadarajana (Los Angeles, California); Sakina Zabuawala (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The communications system comprises an encoder for encoding an input image. The salient features of the image prioritized and encoded accordingly. A low bandwidth media for transmitting the encoded input image is used. A decoder is coupled to the encoder for receiving encoded information. The decoder is non-symmetrical to the encoder for decoding merely a part of the encoded input image with improved subjective/perception quality. Whereby a human operator can reach a determination via visual inspection regarding the input image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/431920 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798385 | Jennings et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William T. Jennings (Plano, Texas); José M. Gutiérrez (Rowlett, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William T. Jennings (Plano, Texas); José M. Gutiérrez (Rowlett, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, an imaging system includes an interface, a plurality of filters, and a processor. The interface receives data blocks. The processor associates each data block with a processing step list that represents a filter chain that has at least a subset of the filters coupled in sequence. The processor filters each data block according to the filter chain represented by the associated processing step list. |
| FILED | Monday, February 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/371661 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798397 | Sample et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John T. Sample (Pearl River, Louisiana); Elias Z. K. Ioup (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. Sample (Pearl River, Louisiana); Elias Z. K. Ioup (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for converting source image data to tile data including (a) selecting a source image set; (b) computing a scaling value for the source image set; (c) establishing tile set geographic bounds of a tile set that is created based on the scaling value; (d) converting the tile set geographic bounds to discrete tile bounds; (e) for each source image (i) determining source image geographic bounds; (ii) if there is an intersection between the source image geographic bounds and the tile set geographic bounds, (1) extracting image data from the source image at the intersection; (2) scaling the image data based on a pre-selected scale; (3) storing the scaled image data to a tile storage mechanism; and (f) repeating steps (a) through (e) for each of the source image sets. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/100094 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 1/60 (20130101) G06T 3/40 (20130101) G06T 17/05 (20130101) Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 29/003 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798546 | Banwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Banwell (Howell, New Jersey); James L. Dixon (Bridgewater, New Jersey); John C. Koshy (Jackson, New Jersey); David L. Waring (Randolph, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Banwell (Howell, New Jersey); James L. Dixon (Bridgewater, New Jersey); John C. Koshy (Jackson, New Jersey); David L. Waring (Randolph, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods of simultaneous transmission and reception in a single-antenna radio transceiver. The transceiver may be used, for instance, for communication between at least two terminals, by use of multiple intermediate recruited transceiver nodes. The recruited transceiver nodes receive a signal from a master mode, and then retransmit the signal to a receiver. The recruited transceiver nodes are designed to have reduced interference between the transmit channel and the received channel. In accordance with one aspect of the present application, embodiments can achieve more robust wireless communication between a transmitter and an over-the-horizon receiver. The robust wireless communication will have improved resistance to interference, including self-interference, and improved communication range. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/017482 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/63.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08799199 | Modha |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for interconnecting neurons in a neural network. At least one node among a first set of nodes is interconnected to at least one node among a second set of nodes, and nodes of the first and second set are arranged in a lattice. At least one node of the first set represents a sensory-motor modality of the neural network. At least one node of the second set is a union of at least two nodes of the first set. Each node in the lattice has an acyclic digraph comprising multiple vertices and directed edges. Each vertex represents a neuron population. Each directed edge comprises multiple synaptic connections. Vertices in different acyclic digraphs are interconnected using an acyclic bottom-up digraph. The bottom-up digraph has a corresponding acyclic top-down digraph. Vertices in the bottom-up digraph are interconnected to vertices in the top-down digraph. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/325316 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08799345 | Liou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lihyeh Liou (Centerville, Ohio); David M. Lin (Beavercreek, Ohio); James B. Tsui (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lihyeh Liou (Centerville, Ohio); David M. Lin (Beavercreek, Ohio); James B. Tsui (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A new approach for applying the multiple signal classification (MUSIC) method for high spectral resolution signal detection is described. The new approach uses a lower order covariance matrix, or, alternately, an autocorrelation matrix, to calculate only the number of eigenvalues and associated eigenvectors actually needed to solve for the number of signals sought. |
| FILED | Monday, August 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/546134 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08799346 | Reynolds et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Reynolds (Scarborough, Maine); Benjamin Vigoda (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Reynolds (Scarborough, Maine); Benjamin Vigoda (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A processor includes a first memory module for storing a first set of storage values each representing a respective input, and a second memory module for storing a second set of storage values in analog form. An analog module is coupled to the first and the second memory modules. The analog module is configured to, in each operation cycle of at least one iteration, update at least some of the second set of storage values based on the first and the second sets of storage values. An output module is for generating a set of outputs from at least some of the second set of storage values. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/079204 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/801 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08799581 | Shen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaowei Shen (Hopewell Junction, New York); David F. Bacon (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Robert W. Wisniewski (Ossining, New York); Orran Krieger (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaowei Shen (Hopewell Junction, New York); David F. Bacon (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Robert W. Wisniewski (Ossining, New York); Orran Krieger (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Color-based caching allows each cache line to be distinguished by a specific color, and enables the manipulation of cache behavior based upon the colors of the cache lines. When multiple threads are able to share a cache, effective cache management is critical to overall performance. Color-based caching provides an effective method to better utilize caches and avoid unnecessary cache thrashing and pollution. Hardware maintains color-based counters relative to the cache lines to monitor and obtain feedback on cache line events. These counters are utilized for cache coherence transactions in multiple processor systems. |
| FILED | Friday, January 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/620323 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08793942 | Almy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Almy (Berkeley, California); Matt Campbell (Berkeley, California); Reuben Sandler (Berkeley, California); Brian Wares (Sacramento, California); Elizabeth Wayman (Emeryville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A PV assembly including framework, PV laminate(s), and a stiffening device. The framework includes a perimeter frame at least 10 feet in length and at least 5 feet in width. The PV laminate(s) are assembled to the perimeter frame to define a receiving zone having a depth of not more than 8 inches. The stiffening device is associated with the framework and is configured to provide a first state and a second state. In the first state, an entirety of the stiffening device is maintained within the receiving zone. In the second state, at least a portion of the stiffening device projects from the receiving zone. The stiffening device enhances a stiffness of the PV assembly in a plane of the perimeter frame, and can include rods defining truss structures. |
| FILED | Monday, June 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/908336 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/173.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08794545 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Benjamin Lacy (Greer, South Carolina); Christian Stevenson (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Benjamin Lacy (Greer, South Carolina); Christian Stevenson (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel injector includes a fuel delivery tube; a plurality of pre-mixing tubes, each pre-mixing tube comprising at least one fuel injection hole; an upstream tube support plate that supports upstream ends of the plurality of pre-mixing tubes; a downstream tube support plate that supports downstream ends of the plurality of pre-mixing tubes; an outer wall connecting the upstream tube support plate and the downstream tube support plate and defining a plenum therewith; and a baffle provided in the plenum. The baffle includes a radial portion. A fuel delivered in the upstream direction by the fuel delivery tube is directed radially outwardly in the plenum between the radial portion of the baffle and the downstream tube support plate, then in the downstream direction around an outer edge portion of the radial portion, and then radially inwardly between the radial portion and the upstream tube support plate. |
| FILED | Friday, September 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/567022 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/423 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08794634 | Wright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven A. Wright (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Robert L. Fuller (Conifer, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Wright (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Robert L. Fuller (Conifer, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A seal assembly for sealing a machine with a first chamber and a second chamber is provided. A rotating shaft extends through the first and second chambers, and rotates therein. The seal assembly has a seal housing, a seal ring and a seal pin. The seal housing is positionable in the machine housing. The seal housing has a seal pocket extending into a fluid side thereof, and a housing receptacle extending into an inner diameter thereof at the seal pocket. The seal ring is positionable in the seal pocket of the seal housing for forming a seal therewith. The seal ring has a ring receptacle extending into an outer diameter thereof. The ring receptacle is positionable adjacent to the housing receptacle for defining a pin hole therebetween. The seal pin is loosely positionable in the pin hole whereby movement about the seal ring is accommodated while preventing rotation thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/882492 |
| ART UNIT | 3675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Seal for a joint or juncture 277/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795412 | McGrail et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | B. Peter McGrail (Richland, Washington); Daryl R. Brown (Richland, Washington); Praveen K. Thallapally (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | B. Peter McGrail (Richland, Washington); Daryl R. Brown (Richland, Washington); Praveen K. Thallapally (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for releasing associated guest materials from a metal organic framework are provided. Methods for associating guest materials with a metal organic framework are also provided. Methods are provided for selectively associating or dissociating guest materials with a metal organic framework. Systems for associating or dissociating guest materials within a series of metal organic frameworks are provided. Thermal energy transfer assemblies are provided. Methods for transferring thermal energy are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/410804 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795417 | Christie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Praxair Technology, Inc. (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Praxair Technology, Inc. (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gervase Maxwell Christie (Buffalo, New York); Jonathan A. Lane (Amherst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing a composite oxygen ion membrane and a composite oxygen ion membrane in which a porous fuel oxidation layer and a dense separation layer and optionally, a porous surface exchange layer are formed on a porous support from mixtures of (Ln1-xAx)wCr1-yByO3-δ and a doped zirconia. In the porous fuel oxidation layer and the optional porous surface exchange layer, A is Calcium and in the dense separation layer A is not Calcium and, preferably is Strontium. Preferred materials are (La0.8Ca0.2)0.95Cr0.5Mn0.5O3-δ for the porous fuel oxidation and optional porous surface exchange layers and (La0.8Sr0.2)0.95Cr0.5Fe0.5O3-δ for the dense separation layer. The use of such materials allows the membrane to sintered in air and without the use of pore formers to reduce membrane manufacturing costs. The use of materials, as described herein, for forming the porous layers have application for forming any type of porous structure, such as a catalyst support. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/644666 |
| 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 08795444 | Kisner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger A. Kisner (Knoxville, Tennessee); Orlando Rios (Knoxville, Tennessee); John B. Wilgen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Gerard M. Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Gail M. Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of thermomagnetically processing a material includes disposing a workpiece within a bore of a magnet; exposing the workpiece to a magnetic field of at least about 1 Tesla generated by the magnet; and, while exposing the workpiece to the magnetic field, applying heat energy to the workpiece at a plurality of frequencies to achieve spatially-controlled heating of the workpiece. An apparatus for thermomagnetically processing a material comprises: a high field strength magnet having a bore extending therethrough for insertion of a workpiece therein; and an energy source disposed adjacent to an entrance to the bore. The energy source is an emitter of variable frequency heat energy, and the bore comprises a waveguide for propagation of the variable frequency heat energy from the energy source to the workpiece. |
| FILED | Friday, February 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/186385 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795519 | Warner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arden Ayube Warner (Oswego, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (Batavia, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arden Ayube Warner (Oswego, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for efficient oil spill cleanup are disclosed. Inserting magnetic filings in the oil magnetizes the spilled oil. An electromagnetic boom associated with an oil spill cleanup apparatus are used to create a magnetic field proximate to the electromagnetic boom. The magnetic field draws the magnetized oil toward the boom. The magnetic field is periodically switched on and off to create a pumping effect and draws the magnetized oil to a collection apparatus. The electromagnetic boom is directed through the effected environment using a thruster on the distal end of the boom. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112251 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/170.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795545 | Heremans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph P. Heremans (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Christopher M. Jaworski (Columbus, Ohio); Vladimir Jovovic (Pasadena, California); Fred Harris (Duncanville, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ZT Plus (Azusa, California); The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Heremans (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Christopher M. Jaworski (Columbus, Ohio); Vladimir Jovovic (Pasadena, California); Fred Harris (Duncanville, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermoelectric material and a method of making a thermoelectric material are provided. In certain embodiments, the thermoelectric material comprises at least 10 volume percent porosity. In some embodiments, the thermoelectric material has a zT greater than about 1.2 at a temperature of about 375 K. In some embodiments, the thermoelectric material comprises a topological thermoelectric material. In some embodiments, the thermoelectric material comprises a general composition of (Bi1-xSbx)u(Te1-ySey)w, wherein 0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, 1.8≦u≦2.2, 2.8≦w≦3.2. In further embodiments, the thermoelectric material includes a compound having at least one group IV element and at least one group VI element. In certain embodiments, the method includes providing a powder comprising a thermoelectric composition, pressing the powder, and sintering the powder to form the thermoelectric material. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/436521 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/62.3T0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795629 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sung Won Kim (Port Jefferson, New York); Anat Biegon (Port Jefferson, New York); Joanna S. Fowler (Bellport, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sung Won Kim (Port Jefferson, New York); Anat Biegon (Port Jefferson, New York); Joanna S. Fowler (Bellport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Radiotracer vorozole compounds for in vivo and in vitro assaying, studying and imaging cytochrome P450 aromatase enzymes in humans, animals, and tissues and methods for making and using the same are provided. [N-radio-methyl] vorozole substantially separated from an N-3 radio-methyl isomer of vorozole is provided. Separation is accomplished through use of chromatography resins providing multiple mechanisms of selectivity. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/704114 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795760 | Lawton, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Lawton, Jr. (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Poet Research, Inc. (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Lawton, Jr. (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A high cysteine content zein composition is provided. A method and system for the manufacture of the bioproduct is likewise disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/965255 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 426/656 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795854 | Goyal |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit Goyal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Goyal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel articles and methods to fabricate the same resulting in flexible, oriented, semiconductor-based, electronic devices on {110}<100> textured substrates are disclosed. Potential applications of resulting articles are in areas of photovoltaic devices, flat-panel displays, thermophotovoltaic devices, ferroelectric devices, light emitting diode devices, computer hard disc drive devices, magnetoresistance based devices, photoluminescence based devices, non-volatile memory devices, dielectric devices, thermoelectric devices and quantum dot laser devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/079068 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0251 (20130101) H01L 21/02425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02433 (20130101) H01L 21/02439 (20130101) H01L 21/02488 (20130101) H01L 21/02491 (20130101) H01L 21/02521 (20130101) H01L 21/02524 (20130101) H01L 21/02538 (20130101) H01L 29/7869 (20130101) H01L 29/78603 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) H01L 31/036 (20130101) H01L 31/0392 (20130101) H01L 31/0687 (20130101) H01L 31/1872 (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 08795905 | Vaughey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Vaughey (Elmhurst, Illinois); Andrew N. Jansen (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Dennis W. Dees (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Uchicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Vaughey (Elmhurst, Illinois); Andrew N. Jansen (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Dennis W. Dees (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A family of electrolytes for use in a lithium ion battery. The genus of electrolytes includes ketone-based solvents, such as, 2,4-dimethyl-3-pentanone; 3,3-dimethyl 2-butanone(pinacolone) and 2-butanone. These solvents can be used in combination with non-Lewis Acid salts, such as Li2[B12F12] and LiBOB. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/495489 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/341 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795996 | Wohlbach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dana J. Wohlbach (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Audrey P. Gasch (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dana J. Wohlbach (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Audrey P. Gasch (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated gene sequences involved in xylose fermentation and related recombinant yeast which are useful in methods of enhanced biofuel production, particularly ethanol production. Methods of bioengineering recombinant yeast useful for biofuel production are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441381 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/39 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0006 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/10 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) Y02E 50/17 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796160 | Sopori |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bhushan L. Sopori (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bhushan L. Sopori (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical cavity furnace 10 having multiple optical energy sources 12 associated with an optical cavity 18 of the furnace. The multiple optical energy sources 12 may be lamps or other devices suitable for producing an appropriate level of optical energy. The optical cavity furnace 10 may also include one or more reflectors 14 and one or more walls 16 associated with the optical energy sources 12 such that the reflectors 14 and walls 16 define the optical cavity 18. The walls 16 may have any desired configuration or shape to enhance operation of the furnace as an optical cavity 18. The optical energy sources 12 may be positioned at any location with respect to the reflectors 14 and walls defining the optical cavity. The optical cavity furnace 10 may further include a semiconductor wafer transport system 22 for transporting one or more semiconductor wafers 20 through the optical cavity. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/919433 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/795 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796346 | Celina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mathias C. Celina (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Nicholas Henry Giron (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mathias C. Celina (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Nicholas Henry Giron (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A cyanate ester resin mixture with at least one cyanate ester resin, an isocyanate foaming resin, other co-curatives such as polyol or epoxy compounds, a surfactant, and a catalyst/water can react to form a foaming resin that can be cured at a temperature greater than 50° C. to form a cyanate ester foam. The cyanate ester foam can be heated to a temperature greater than 400° C. in a non-oxidative atmosphere to provide a carbonaceous char foam. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/409410 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/137 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796442 | Shanklin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Shanklin (Shoreham, New York); Tam Nguyen (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC. (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Shanklin (Shoreham, New York); Tam Nguyen (Upton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A nucleotide construct comprising a nucleotide sequence that forms a stem and a loop, wherein the loop comprises a nucleotide sequence that modulates expression of a target, wherein the stem comprises a nucleotide sequence that modulates expression of a target, and wherein the target modulated by the nucleotide sequence in the loop and the target modulated by the nucleotide sequence in the stem may be the same or different. Vectors, methods of regulating target expression, methods of providing a cell, and methods of treating conditions comprising the nucleotide sequence are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/052658 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796462 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jing Li (Cranbury, New Jersey); Kunhao Li (Princeton, New Jersey); David H. Olson (Pennington, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jing Li (Cranbury, New Jersey); Kunhao Li (Princeton, New Jersey); David H. Olson (Pennington, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) characterized by organic ligands consisting of imidazole ligands that are either essentially all 2-chloroimidazole ligands or essentially all 2-bromoimidazole ligands are disclosed. Methods for separating propane and propene with the ZIFs of the present invention, as well as other ZIFs, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/109614 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 7/12 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07F 15/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796509 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qiao Zhao (Ardmore, Oklahoma); Fang Chen (Ardmore, Oklahoma); Richard A. Dixon (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiao Zhao (Ardmore, Oklahoma); Fang Chen (Ardmore, Oklahoma); Richard A. Dixon (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for decreasing lignin content and for increasing the level of fermentable carbohydrates in plants by down-regulation of the NST transcription factor. Nucleic acid constructs for down-regulation of NST are described. Transgenic plants are provided that comprise reduced lignin content. Plants described herein may be used, for example, as improved biofuel feedstock and as highly digestible forage crops. Methods for processing plant tissue and for producing ethanol by utilizing such plants are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, July 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/834581 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796634 | Kisner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger Allen Kisner (Knoxville, Tennessee); David Eugene Holcomb (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Gilbert M. Brown (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Allen Kisner (Knoxville, Tennessee); David Eugene Holcomb (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Gilbert M. Brown (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A tube-style neutron detector, a panel-style neutron detector incorporating a plurality of tube-style neutron detectors, and a panel-style neutron detector including a plurality of anode wires are provided. A plurality of channels is provided in a neutron detector such that each channel has an inner surface of a coating layer including a neutron-absorbing material. A wire anode is provided at end of each channel so that electrons generated by a charged daughter particle generated by a neutron are collected to detect a neutron-matter interaction. Moderator units can be incorporated into a neutron detector to provide improved detection efficiencies and/or to determine neutron energy spectrum. Gas-based proportional response from the neutron detectors can be employed for special nuclear material (SNM) detection. This neutron detector can provide similar performance to 3He-based detectors without requiring 3He and without containing toxic, flammable, or high-pressure materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/408343 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796738 | Briere |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Briere (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Rectifier Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Briere (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | There are disclosed herein various implementations of a semiconductor structure and method. The semiconductor structure comprises a substrate, a transition body over the substrate, and a group III-V intermediate body having a bottom surface over the transition body. The semiconductor structure also includes a group III-V device layer over a top surface of the group III-V intermediate body. The group III-V intermediate body has a continuously reduced impurity concentration wherein a higher impurity concentration at the bottom surface is continuously reduced to a lower impurity concentration at the top surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/604517 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798422 | Messerly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Joseph Messerly (Danville, California); Raymond John Beach (Livermore, California); John Edward Heebner (Livermore, California); Jay Walter Dawson (Livermore, California); Paul Henry Pax (Haward, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Joseph Messerly (Danville, California); Raymond John Beach (Livermore, California); John Edward Heebner (Livermore, California); Jay Walter Dawson (Livermore, California); Paul Henry Pax (Haward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A deterministic methodology is provided for designing optical fibers that support field-flattened, ring-like higher order modes. The effective and group indices of its modes can be tuned by adjusting the widths of the guide's field-flattened layers or the average index of certain groups of layers. The approach outlined here provides a path to designing fibers that simultaneously have large mode areas and large separations between the propagation constants of its modes. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/162351 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08795504 | Petrossians et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Artin Petrossians (Glendale, California); Artak Arakelian (Los Angeles, California); James D. Weiland (Valencia, California); Florian B. Mansfeld (Los Angeles, California); John J. Whalen, III (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Artin Petrossians (Glendale, California); Artak Arakelian (Los Angeles, California); James D. Weiland (Valencia, California); Florian B. Mansfeld (Los Angeles, California); John J. Whalen, III (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to electrochemical approaches for synthesis of platinum-iridium alloys with selected platinum-iridium ratio content and subsequently predetermined mechanical properties and electrochemical impedance properties. Such can provide a simple and cost-effective process for preparing these electrodes, as compared to conventional thin film processing techniques. A three-electrode electrochemical electrodeposition system is described including an electrochemical cell with a working electrode on which the electrodeposited film is deposited, a counter electrode to complete the electrochemical circuit and a reference electrode to measure and control surface potential. Mixed layers of platinum atoms and iridium atoms can be deposited from electrolyte solution onto the working electrode surface to create an electrically conductive surface with material properties related to the composition of the as-deposited film. The mechanical properties and electrochemical properties of the film can be tuned by adjusting the electrodeposition parameters. |
| FILED | Friday, August 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/870702 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/257 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795647 | Sampson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicole Sampson (Setauket, New York); Kathlyn Parker (Setauket, New York); Airong Song (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicole Sampson (Setauket, New York); Kathlyn Parker (Setauket, New York); Airong Song (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the field of polymers and olefin polymerization, and more specifically olefin metathesis polymerization. The invention provides regioregular alternating polymers and methods of synthesizing such polymers. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/059707 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48176 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795734 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongjie Dai (Cupertino, California); Nadine Wong Shi Kam (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Paul A. Wender (Menlo Park, California); Zhuang Liu (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongjie Dai (Cupertino, California); Nadine Wong Shi Kam (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Paul A. Wender (Menlo Park, California); Zhuang Liu (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and materials for delivering biologically active molecules to cells in vitro or in vivo are provided. The methods and materials use carbon nanotubes or other hydrophobic particles, tubes and wires, functionalized with a linking group that is covalently bound to the nanotubes, or, alternatively, to the biologically active molecule, such as a protein. The biologically active molecule is preferably released from the nanotube when the complex has been taken up in an endosome. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/566740 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/491 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795737 | Seal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sudipta Seal (Oviedo, Florida); Swanand D. Patil (Orlando, Florida); Manas K. Haldar (Fargo, North Dakota); Sanku Malik (West Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sudipta Seal (Oviedo, Florida); Swanand D. Patil (Orlando, Florida); Manas K. Haldar (Fargo, North Dakota); Sanku Malik (West Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a composition comprising a plurality of nanoceria particles, a sufficient amount of at least one inhibitor of human carbonic anhydrase II associated with said plurality of nanoceria particles, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier containing said plurality of nanoceria particles with associated inhibitor. One preferred inhibitor of human carbonic anhydrase II comprises 4-carboxybenzene sulfonamide. The disclosed composition is useful in treatment of glaucoma. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/724750 |
| 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 424/617 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795885 | Prieto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amy L. Prieto (Fort Collins, Colorado); James M. Mosby (Fort Collins, Colorado); Timothy S. Arthur (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amy L. Prieto (Fort Collins, Colorado); James M. Mosby (Fort Collins, Colorado); Timothy S. Arthur (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithium-ion battery having an anode including an array of nanowires electrochemically coated with a polymer electrolyte, and surrounded by a cathode matrix, forming thereby interpenetrating electrodes, wherein the diffusion length of the Li+ ions is significantly decreased, leading to faster charging/discharging, greater reversibility, and longer battery lifetime, is described. The battery design is applicable to a variety of battery materials. Methods for directly electrodepositing Cu2Sb from aqueous solutions at room temperature using citric acid as a complexing agent to form an array of nanowires for the anode, are also described. Conformal coating of poly-[Zn(4-vinyl-4′methyl-2,2′-bipyridine)3](PF6)2 by electroreductive polymerization onto films and high-aspect ratio nanowire arrays for a solid-state electrolyte is also described, as is reductive electropolymerization of a variety of vinyl monomers, such as those containing the acrylate functional group. Such materials display limited electronic conductivity but significant lithium ion conductivity. Cathode materials may include oxides, such as lithium cobalt oxide, lithium magnesium oxide, or lithium tin oxide, as examples, or phosphates, such as LiFePO4, as an example. |
| FILED | Monday, February 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/391197 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/0404 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) H01M 2004/024 (20130101) H01M 2004/025 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/762 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795906 | Chaieb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sahraoui Chaieb (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia); Christopher Holt (Roslindale, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sahraoui Chaieb (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia); Christopher Holt (Roslindale, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present methods may be used to produce energy in the form of an electrical current from water without the use of fossil fuel. Silicon hydride is very easy to make. This procedure in conjunction with an enzyme to produce hydrogen gas for fuel cells and other small devices. In fuel cells the production of protons may be bypassed, and an oxidant such as permanganate or oxygen from air may be used to drive the fuel cells. In such an embodiment, an intermediate reaction may not be needed to produce protons. In one embodiment, membrane-less laminar flow fuel cells with an external grid for oxygen supply from the air may be used. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/404847 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/08 (20130101) H01M 8/16 (20130101) H01M 8/04186 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/04276 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795958 | Collins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Collins (Newton, Massachusetts); Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are methods and compositions for the detection of target genes. The inventors have developed a synthetic nucleic acid sensor-effector gene circuit. In cells without a target gene, the circuit suppresses e.g., effector production, but in the presence of the target gene the suppression is subject to competition, such that the synthetic sensor is de-repressed and permits expression of the effector gene. The methods and compositions described further permit the selective expression of an effector gene in those cells expressing the target gene. In this manner, cells expressing a target gene can be selectively targeted for treatment or elimination. In certain aspects, the methods and compositions described permit the selective expression of an agent such as a therapeutic gene product, in a specifically targeted population of cells in an organism. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/661169 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795989 | Hutcheson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven W. Hutcheson (Columbia, Maryland); Ronald M. Weiner (Potomac, Maryland); Nathan A. Ekborg (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven W. Hutcheson (Columbia, Maryland); Ronald M. Weiner (Potomac, Maryland); Nathan A. Ekborg (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods and systems of producing neoagarobiose, useful in whitening melanoma cells and in cosmetics, using polypeptides having neoagarobiosebiohydralase activity, including Aga86E from Saccharophagus degradans. The reaction can be enhanced by including other agarases, including Aga16B, also from S. degradans. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/112912 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795991 | San et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ka-Yiu San (Houston, Texas); George Bennett (Houston, Texas); Grant Balzer (Houston, Texas); Jiangfeng Zhu (Houston, Texas); Chandresh Thakker (Houston, Texas); Ailen Sanchez (Foster City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ka-Yiu San (Houston, Texas); George Bennett (Houston, Texas); Grant Balzer (Houston, Texas); Jiangfeng Zhu (Houston, Texas); Chandresh Thakker (Houston, Texas); Ailen Sanchez (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved bacteria for making succinate and other 4 carbon dicarboxylates from the Krebs cycle have modifications to reduce acetate, lactate, EtOH and formate, as well as turn on the glyoxylate shunt, produce more NADH and overexpress In one embodiment, the bacteria are ΔadhEΔldhAΔiclRΔack-pta plus PYC+ and NAD+-dependant FDH+. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/696268 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796405 | Mahanthappa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Mahesh Kalyana Mahanthappa (Madison, Wisconsin); Glen Bradley Thomas (Madison, Wisconsin); Corinne Elizabeth Lipscomb (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are the synthesis and polymerization of a series of N-Boc-protected amino acid vinyl ester (BAAVE) monomers. Homopolymers and heteropolymers containing the monomers are described, particularly heteropolymers with vinyl ester monomers such as vinyl acetate. Deprotection can be used to produce hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymers that are particular useful in biological applications such as cellular delivery of biological materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/738303 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796494 | Matson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Theodore D. Matson (Goleta, California); Peter C. Ford (Santa Barbara, California); Gerald Macala (Santa Barbara, California); Alexei Iretski (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore D. Matson (Goleta, California); Peter C. Ford (Santa Barbara, California); Gerald Macala (Santa Barbara, California); Alexei Iretski (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of catalytically preparing a fluid product from solid carbonaceous material is described. In the method, at least one of the following equilibria is established by one or more catalysts: a) CH3OH=CO+2H2, b) CO+H2O=CO2+H2. In some versions, the solid carbonaceous material is woody biomass. Components of the fluid product can include one or a combination of C5-C9 alcohols. In certain versions, the method can be practiced with substantially all of the carbon in the carbonaceous material being converted to the fluid product. Also, in some versions, the fluid product can be prepared with substantially no char formation. The fluid product of various versions can be used directly as fuel or as a reagent for preparing commodity chemicals without the need for separating the fluid product components. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/885397 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796631 | Penumadu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dayakar Penumadu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Indraneel Sen (Kolkata, India); Rohit Uppal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymer composite neutron detector materials are described. The composite materials include an aromatic polymer matrix, such as an aromatic polyester. Distributed within the polymer matrix are neutron capture agents, such as 6LiF nanoparticles, and organic or inorganic luminescent fluors. The composite materials can be formed into stretched or unstretched thin films, fibers or fiber mats. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/828855 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796653 | Schulkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Schulkin (Troy, New York); Xi-Cheng Zhang (Troy, New York); Thomas Tongue (Niskayuna, New York); Jingzhou Xu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jian Chen (Troy, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Schulkin (Troy, New York); Xi-Cheng Zhang (Troy, New York); Thomas Tongue (Niskayuna, New York); Jingzhou Xu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jian Chen (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for detecting variations in electromagnetic fields, in particular, terahertz (THz) electromagnetic fields, are provided. The methods and apparatus employ polarization detection devices and controllers to maintain or vary the polarization of modulated signals as desired. The methods and apparatus are provided to characterize electromagnetic fields by directing the electromagnetic field and a probe beam upon an electro-crystal and detecting the modulation of the resulting probe beam. Detection of the modulation of the probe beam is practiced by detecting and comparing the polarization components of the modulated probe beam. Aspects of the invention may be used to analyze or detect explosives, explosive related compounds, and pharmaceuticals, among other substances. A compact apparatus, modular optical devices for use with the apparatus, sample holders, and radiation source mounts are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, September 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/886131 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/02236 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 2302/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796677 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinsong Huang (Lincoln, Nebraska); Bin Yang (Lincoln, Nebraska); Yongbo Yuan (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a substrate; and a photoactive layer disposed on the substrate. The photoactive layer includes an electron acceptor material; an electron donor material; and a material having dipoles. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/707091 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796728 | Mazumder |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sudip K. Mazumder (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sudip K. Mazumder (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Preferred embodiments of the invention include a thyristor core that is single biased by a source, such as a power source (or a portion thereof) that is being switched through the thyristors. An optically activated transistor that is preferably a minority carrier device is in series with the thyristor core. The thyristor core has an optically activated gate. The turn-off of the thyristor can be accelerated by the turn-on (conduction state) of a gate switch, which ensures a unity gain turn-off of the core thyristor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/281207 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/113 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796907 | Galchev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tzeno Galchev (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hanseup Kim (Salt Lake City, Utah); Khalil Najafi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tzeno Galchev (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hanseup Kim (Salt Lake City, Utah); Khalil Najafi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An increased frequency power generator that includes a pair of transducers located on opposite sides of a suspended inertial mass. Magnetic attraction is used to couple the mass to each of the two transducers in alternating fashion in response to vibration and other movement externally imparted on the generator. Each transducer includes a suspended magnetic element that couples and decouples to the inertial mass as it reciprocates in the housing due to the applied external moving force. As the inertial mass decouples from one transducer on its way to magnetically connecting to the other transducer, the decoupled suspended magnetic element oscillates at a frequency greater than the imparting force, thereby generating electrical power. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/818716 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/339 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08797204 | Yoon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Euisik Yoon (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Sun-Il Chang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Euisik Yoon (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Sun-Il Chang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An analog to digital converter that comprises a successive approximation register (SAR) having an n bit binary output, a first capacitor array connected to receive some of the bits of the binary output, a second capacitor array connected to receive the remaining bits of the binary output, and a comparator including an output connected to the SAR. The first and second capacitor arrays each have an analog output indicative of the charge stored by capacitors of that array. The comparator includes a pair of inputs, one of which is connected to the analog output of the first capacitor array and the other of which is connected to the analog output of the second capacitor array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/393685 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/442 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 1/466 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798106 | Kaertner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Franz X. Kaertner (Newtown, Massachusetts); Li-Jin Chen (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Franz X. Kaertner (Newtown, Massachusetts); Li-Jin Chen (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser cavity includes a gain medium for amplifying a light pulse in a light path, wherein the gain medium has a gain profile for amplifying the light pulse as a function of wavelength; at least one mirror on one side of the gain medium; and an output coupler. The output coupler has an output coupling profile for inducing loss in the light pulse as a function of wavelength that substantially matches the saturated gain profile of the gain medium across a range of lasing wavelengths. The purpose of this device is to achieve a flattened net-gain profile to substantially improve mode-locking performance with respect to self-starting, beam-quality, and broadband operation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/084808 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798374 | Bartlett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marian Stewart Bartlett (San Diego, California); Gwen Littlewort-Ford (Solana Beach, California); Javier Movellan (La Jolla, California); Ian Fasel (Tucson, Arizona); Mark Frank (East Amherst, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marian Stewart Bartlett (San Diego, California); Gwen Littlewort-Ford (Solana Beach, California); Javier Movellan (La Jolla, California); Ian Fasel (Tucson, Arizona); Mark Frank (East Amherst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An automatic facial action coding system and method can include processing an image to identify a face in the image, to detect and align one or more facial features shown in the image, and to define one or more windows on the image. One or more distributions of pixels and color intensities can be quantified in each of the one or more windows to derive one or more two-dimensional intensity distributions of one or more colors within the window. The one or more two-dimensional intensity distributions can be processed to select image features appearing in the one or more windows and to classify one or more predefined facial actions on the face in the image. A facial action code score that includes a value indicating a relative amount of the predefined facial action occurring in the face in the image can be determined for the face in the image for each of the one or more predefined facial actions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/548294 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/197 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798414 | Quan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qimin Quan (Somerville, Massachusetts); Marko Loncar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qimin Quan (Somerville, Massachusetts); Marko Loncar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A deterministic design and manufacturing of an ultrahigh Q-factor, wavelength-scale optical cavity is invented and experimentally demonstrated. The design can be implemented on photonic crystal nanobeam cavities, which are based on 1D optical waveguides. The waveguide has dielectric index alternations that provide constructive interference and produces optical resonance. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/249135 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08799247 | Prabhakar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sunil Prabhakar (West Lafayette, Indiana); Rohit Jain (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sunil Prabhakar (West Lafayette, Indiana); Rohit Jain (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and methods for providing guarantees about faithful execution of databases that run under the control of an untrusted entity—such as a cloud computing service provider—that is different than the owner of the data and applications being outsourced; or runs on a server that may be compromised by unauthorized users. Specifically, the system and methods establishes that an untrusted database is being faithfully hosted and provides indemnity for the service provider from false claims, enabling the server to prove its innocence against untrue claims of faulty operation. The invention also provides assured provenance for all changes made to the database. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/370519 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/703 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08796292 | Wright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George E. Wright (Worcester, Massachusetts); Wei-Chu Xu (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GLSynthesis Inc. (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George E. Wright (Worcester, Massachusetts); Wei-Chu Xu (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features compounds of formula (I): The compounds are useful as antibacterial agents, especially again Clostridium difficile-associated diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/395296 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/263.370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796420 | Martin, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. Martin, Jr. (Mill Valley, California); Steven R. Williams (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AvidBiotics Corp. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Martin, Jr. (Mill Valley, California); Steven R. Williams (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention describes soluble, monovalent, non-natural protein molecules that can activate NK cells and certain T-cells to attack specific cellular target cells by attaching the NKG2D-binding portions of monovalent MICA or MICB protein, i.e. their α1-α2 platform domain, to the intended target cell specifically. The α1-α2 domain is contiguous with a heterologous α3 domain that has been genetically modified to bind directly or indirectly to the extracellular aspect of the target cell, thereby serving as the targeting domain. The genetic modification to create a non-natural and non-terminal targeting motif within the α3 domain can include a portion of an antibody, another protein molecule or portion thereof, a peptide, or a non-natural, modified α3 domain of a MIC protein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/176601 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08797206 | Uysal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Faruk Uysal (Ridgefield Park, New Jersey); Vinay Mudinoor Murthy (Elmont, New York); Unnikrishna Sreedharan Pillai (Harrington Park, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | C and P Technologies, Inc. (Closter, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Faruk Uysal (Ridgefield Park, New Jersey); Vinay Mudinoor Murthy (Elmont, New York); Unnikrishna Sreedharan Pillai (Harrington Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses one or more methods to perform multimode processing using a single set of measured data in a multi-sensor fusion framework. In this context, various data processing methodologies are combined in parallel in a suitable manner to simultaneously image, detect, identify and track moving targets over clutter such as stationary background using data obtained from a single set of measurements. Traditionally multiple sets of data would be required to perform these tasks, furthermore the disparate datum would be processed independently of one another. By using a common data source and interconnected processors the information content of the measured data can be fully exploited and leveraged to provide actionable intelligence and aid logistics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/495639 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 13/90 (20130101) G01S 13/9029 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08798383 | Yadegar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacob Yadegar (Los Angeles, California); Hai Wei (Los Angeles, California); Joseph Yadegar (Los Angeles, California); Karthik M. Varadarajana (Los Angeles, California); Sakina Zabuawala (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UtopiaCompression Corp. (Los Angles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Yadegar (Los Angeles, California); Hai Wei (Los Angeles, California); Joseph Yadegar (Los Angeles, California); Karthik M. Varadarajana (Los Angeles, California); Sakina Zabuawala (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The communications system comprises an encoder for encoding an input image. The salient features of the image prioritized and encoded accordingly. A low bandwidth media for transmitting the encoded input image is used. A decoder is coupled to the encoder for receiving encoded information. The decoder is non-symmetrical to the encoder for decoding merely a part of the encoded input image with improved subjective/perception quality. Whereby a human operator can reach a determination via visual inspection regarding the input image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/431920 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08795147 | Goodwin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas J. Goodwin (Houston, Texas); Linda C. Shackelford (Webster, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Goodwin (Houston, Texas); Linda C. Shackelford (Webster, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method to modify the genetic regulation of mammalian tissue, bone, or any combination. The method may be comprised of the steps of tuning at least one predetermined profile associated with at least one time-varying stimulation field thereby resulting in at least one tuned time-varying stimulation field comprised of at least one tuned predetermined profile, wherein said at least one tuned predetermined profile is comprised of a plurality of tuned predetermined figures of merit and is controllable through at least one of said plurality of tuned predetermined figures of merit, wherein said plurality of predetermined tuned figures of merit is comprised of a tuned B-Field magnitude, tuned rising slew rate, tuned rise time, tuned falling slew rate, tuned fall time, tuned frequency, tuned wavelength, and tuned duty cycle; and exposing mammalian chondrocytes, osteoblasts, osteocytes, osteoclasts, nucleus pulposus, associated tissue, or any combination to said at least one tuned time-varying stimulation field comprised of said at least one tuned predetermined profile for a predetermined tuned exposure time or plurality of tuned exposure time sequences. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/899815 |
| 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 | Surgery 6/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08795903 | Smart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marshall C. Smart (Studio City, California); Kiah A. Smith (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Ratnakumar V. Bugga (Arcadia, California); Surya G. Prakash (Hacienda Heights, California); Frederick Charles Krause (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marshall C. Smart (Studio City, California); Kiah A. Smith (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Ratnakumar V. Bugga (Arcadia, California); Surya G. Prakash (Hacienda Heights, California); Frederick Charles Krause (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention discloses various embodiments of Li-ion electrolytes containing flame retardant additives that have delivered good performance over a wide temperature range, good cycle life characteristics, and improved safety characteristics, namely, reduced flammability. In one embodiment of the invention there is provided an electrolyte for use in a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, the electrolyte comprising a mixture of an ethylene carbonate (EC), an ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), a fluorinated co-solvent, a flame retardant additive, and a lithium salt. In another embodiment of the invention there is provided an electrolyte for use in a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, the electrolyte comprising a mixture of an ethylene carbonate (EC), an ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), a flame retardant additive, a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) film forming agent, and a lithium salt. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/543495 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796932 | Manohara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harish Manohara (Arcadia, California); Mohammed M. Mojarradi (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement microscale digital vacuum electronic gates. In one embodiment, a microscale digital vacuum electronic gate includes: a microscale field emitter that can emit electrons and that is a microscale cathode; and a microscale anode; where the microscale field emitter and the microscale anode are disposed within at least a partial vacuum; where the microscale field emitter and the microscale anode are separated by a gap; and where the potential difference between the microscale field emitter and the microscale anode is controllable such that the flow of electrons between the microscale field emitter and the microscale anode is thereby controllable; where when the microscale anode receives a flow of electrons, a first logic state is defined; and where when the microscale anode does not receive a flow of electrons, a second logic state is defined. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/796943 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/0676 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08795899 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chenguang Liu (Fairborn, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); David Neff (Fairborn, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chenguang Liu (Fairborn, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); David Neff (Fairborn, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical energy storage device, lithium super-battery, comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a porous separator disposed between the two electrodes, and a lithium-containing electrolyte in physical contact with the two electrodes, wherein the positive electrode comprises a plurality of chemically functionalized nano graphene platelets (f-NGP) or exfoliated graphite having a functional group that reversibly reacts with a lithium atom or ion. In a preferred embodiment, a lithium super-battery having a f-NGP positive electrode and Li4Ti5O12 negative electrode exhibits a gravimetric energy ˜5 times higher than conventional supercapacitors and a power density ˜10 times higher than conventional lithium-ion batteries. This device has the best properties of both the lithium ion battery and the supercapacitor. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/806679 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/06 (20130101) H01G 11/38 (20130101) H01G 11/50 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/587 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08796733 | Seabaugh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan C. Seabaugh (South Bend, Indiana); Patrick Fay (Granger, Indiana); Huili (Grace) Xing (South Bend, Indiana); Guangle Zhou (South Bend, Indiana); Yeqing Lu (Notre Dame, Indiana); Mark A. Wistey (South Bend, Indiana); Siyuranga Koswatta (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana); International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan C. Seabaugh (South Bend, Indiana); Patrick Fay (Granger, Indiana); Huili (Grace) Xing (South Bend, Indiana); Guangle Zhou (South Bend, Indiana); Yeqing Lu (Notre Dame, Indiana); Mark A. Wistey (South Bend, Indiana); Siyuranga Koswatta (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A low voltage tunnel field effect transistor includes a p-n tunnel junction, a gate-dielectric, a gate, a source-contact, and a drain-contact. The p-n tunnel junction includes a depletion region interfacing together a source-layer and a drain-layer. The depletion region includes a source-tunneling-region of the source-layer and a drain-tunneling-region of the drain-layer. When no external electric field is imposed, the depletion region of the p-n tunnel junction has an internal electric field that substantially points towards the source-tunneling-region and the drain-tunneling-region. The gate-dielectric is interfaced directly onto the drain-tunneling-region such that the drain-tunneling-region is between the source-tunneling-region and the gate-dielectric. The gate is interfaced onto the gate-dielectric such that the gate is configured to impose an external electric field which is oriented substantially in parallel to the internal electric field of the depletion region. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/206187 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08799294 | Bouillet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Bouillet (Englewood, New Jersey); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (Stamford, Connecticut); Anton Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Bouillet (Englewood, New Jersey); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (Stamford, Connecticut); Anton Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A number of Web 2.0 sites support collaborative tagging systems, which allow users to tag resources with keywords. The tags enable search and retrieval of resources both for the user and for other users, using interfaces like a conventional search form or a tag cloud. A tag hierarchy-based search and retrieval system is provided that enhances the existing interfaces by improving search recall and allowing the discovery of even poorly annotated resources. The system uses tag co-occurrence information to automatically learn tag hierarchies. The learned hierarchies are used for automatically inferring additional tags to resources. These inferences are used to improve the recall of queries issued from a search form or via a tag cloud. The learned hierarchies can be viewed as an emergent ontology that is built up through the collaborative wisdom of a large number of users. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/120663 |
| ART UNIT | 2156 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/748 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08799339 | Knox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven W. Knox (Woodbine, Maryland); Richard M. Bates (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director of the National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven W. Knox (Woodbine, Maryland); Richard M. Bates (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a device for and method of measuring similarity between sets using a union block, three function blocks, an adder, a subtractor, and a divider. The first set is fed into the first function block and the first input of the union block. The second set is fed into the second function block and the second input of the union block. The output of the union block is fed into the input of the third function block. The outputs of the first and second function block feed into the adder. The output of the adder and the output of the third function block feed into the subtractor. The output of the subtractor feeds into the input of the divider. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/803032 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08799179 | Amato |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Amato (Reston, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Amato (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for filtering of a mail item addressed to a recipient. In accordance with an embodiment, preference information about mail items from the recipient is obtained. The preference information is compared with information on the mail item and based on the comparison, it is determined whether the mail item should be delivered. The preference information may include at least one of a size of the mail items, a type of the mail items, a classification of the mail items, a weight of the mail items, and preference information abut senders. In accordance with another embodiment, the preference information of a recipient may be provided to a sender so that the sender can determine whether the recipient wants mail items from the sender. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/474251 |
| ART UNIT | 3628 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08799183 | Amato |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Amato (Reston, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Amato (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for filtering of a mail item addressed to a recipient. In accordance with an embodiment, preference information about mail items form the recipient is obtained. The preference information is compared with information on the mail item and based on the comparison, it is determined whether the mail item should be delivered. The preference information may include at least one of a size of the mail items, a type of the mail items, a classification of the mail items, a weight of the mail items, and preference information about senders. In accordance with another embodiment, the preference information of a recipient may be provided to a sender so that the sender can determine whether the recipient wants mail items from the sender. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/426373 |
| ART UNIT | 3628 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08796631 | Penumadu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dayakar Penumadu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Indraneel Sen (Kolkata, India); Rohit Uppal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymer composite neutron detector materials are described. The composite materials include an aromatic polymer matrix, such as an aromatic polyester. Distributed within the polymer matrix are neutron capture agents, such as 6LiF nanoparticles, and organic or inorganic luminescent fluors. The composite materials can be formed into stretched or unstretched thin films, fibers or fiber mats. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/828855 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08797221 | Cetiner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Utah State University (North Logan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Utah State University (Logan, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bedri A. Cetiner (Logan, Utah); Yasin Damgaci (Ithaca, New York); Luis Jofre (Barcelona, Spain); Daniel Rodrigo (Barcelona, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | A reconfigurable antenna that utilizes liquid metal to achieve dynamic antenna performance is disclosed. The reconfigurable antenna may utilize one or more liquid metal sections that can be variably displaced. Utilizing liquid metal may reduce certain undesirable effects associated with more conventional mechanical reconfigurable antennas including mechanical failure due to material fatigue, creep, and/or wear. Precise microfluidic techniques may be utilized in the design of a reconfigurable antenna that utilizes liquid metal. The reconfigurable antenna may utilize a circular Yagi-Uda array design and include movable parasitic director and reflector elements implemented using liquid metal (e.g., mercury (Hg)). The parasitic elements may be placed and rotated in a circular microfluidic channel around a driven antenna element utilizing a flow generated and controlled by a piezoelectric micropump. The reconfigurable antenna may operate at 1800 MHz with 4% bandwidth and be capable of performing beam steering over 360° with fine tuning. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/708747 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08797184 | Tate et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip Tate (Boise, Idaho); Richard Wall (Moscow, Idaho); Craig Cravioto (Moscow, Idaho); Cody Browne (Moscow, Idaho); Zane Sapp (Moscow, Idaho); Gabriel Deruwe (Moscow, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Idaho (Moscow, Idaho); Campbell Company (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Tate (Boise, Idaho); Richard Wall (Moscow, Idaho); Craig Cravioto (Moscow, Idaho); Cody Browne (Moscow, Idaho); Zane Sapp (Moscow, Idaho); Gabriel Deruwe (Moscow, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Pedestrian call systems with bidirectional communication between pedestrian call stations and traffic controllers are arranged so as to detect system errors. Communications can be provided over power conductors, and systems can be configured and monitored using a web browser. In one example, traffic systems are provided with Ethernet interfaces that can be used for bidirectional communication over power lines. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/059635 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 1/005 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 1/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08796233 | Goddard, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William A. Goddard, III (Pasadena, California); Mark Menna (Los Angeles, California); Stephen Pandol (Los Angeles, California); Ravinder Abrol (Arcadia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Goddard, III (Pasadena, California); Mark Menna (Los Angeles, California); Stephen Pandol (Los Angeles, California); Ravinder Abrol (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are bitter taste receptor ligands, related agents, combinations, compositions, methods and systems for modulating release of a metabolic hormone in vitro or in vivo from cells of the GI tract of an individual. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/163638 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/12 (20130101) A61K 31/122 (20130101) A61K 47/4823 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08796608 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of AZ, Acting for and on behalf of ASU (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behlf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward H. Lee (Chandler, Arizona); David R. Allee (Phoenix, Arizona); George R. Kunnen (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of dual stage active pixel devices are described herein. Other examples, implementations, and related methods are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/734117 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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