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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 12, 2014
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| US 08800133 | Caprario et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph T. Caprario (Cromview, Connecticut); Daniel J. Griffin (Enfield, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph T. Caprario (Cromview, Connecticut); Daniel J. Griffin (Enfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Gas turbine engine systems involving rotor bayonet coverplates and tools for installing such coverplates are provided. In this regard, a representative turbine assembly for a gas turbine engine includes: a turbine disk operative to mount a set of turbine blades; and a coverplate having an annular main body portion and a spaced annular arrangement of tabs extending radially inwardly from the main body portion with open-ended gaps being located between the tabs, the tabs being operative to secure an inner diameter of the coverplate to the turbine disk. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/544668 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08800290 | Burd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven W. Burd (Cheshire, Connecticut); Stephen K. Kramer (Cromwell, Connecticut); John T. Ols (Coventry, Connecticut); Albert K. Cheung (East Hampton, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven W. Burd (Cheshire, Connecticut); Stephen K. Kramer (Cromwell, Connecticut); John T. Ols (Coventry, Connecticut); Albert K. Cheung (East Hampton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine combustor has inboard and outboard walls. A forward bulkhead extends between the walls and cooperates therewith to define a combustor interior volume. Bluff body fuel injectors are along the bulkhead. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/958716 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/749 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08800294 | Ress, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert A. Ress, Jr. (Carmel, Indiana); Randall E. Yount (Indianapolis, Indiana); Thomas D. Destefano (Mooresville, Indiana); Jitendra R. Patel (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Ress, Jr. (Carmel, Indiana); Randall E. Yount (Indianapolis, Indiana); Thomas D. Destefano (Mooresville, Indiana); Jitendra R. Patel (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention is an integrated aero-engine flowpath structure. Another embodiment is a method of manufacturing integrated aero-engine flowpath structure. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for aero-engine flowpath structures. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application shall become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith. |
| FILED | Monday, December 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/978954 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/770 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08800421 | Colonnello |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Colonnello (Florham Park, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Colonnello (Florham Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for rotating and locking a first longitudinal member with respect to a second longitudinal member. One end of the first longitudinal member includes a locking mechanism having a generally arcuate outer surface with a plurality of deep and shallow notches formed therein. The notches correspond to different positions of rotation of the first and second members. One end of the second longitudinal member includes a yoke rotatably connected to the locking mechanism with a pivot pin. A locking plunger in the second longitudinal member engages the notches in the locking mechanism and is translatable between fully locked and fully unlocked positions. In the fully locked position, the first and second members are not rotatable with respect to each other. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/687469 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 23/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F41A 23/24 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08800466 | Shimozono et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary Shimozono (Kapolei, Hawaii); Scott Yamashita (Honolulu, Hawaii); Steven C. H. Loui (Honolulu, Hawaii); Eric Schiff (Honolulu, Hawaii); Jeff Kline (Saverna Park, Maryland); Christopher J. Hart (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Navatek, Ltd. (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Shimozono (Kapolei, Hawaii); Scott Yamashita (Honolulu, Hawaii); Steven C. H. Loui (Honolulu, Hawaii); Eric Schiff (Honolulu, Hawaii); Jeff Kline (Saverna Park, Maryland); Christopher J. Hart (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An inflatable watercraft is provided with multiple reinforced panels that are configured to form a center hull having a V-form. The center hull supports a floor that is coupled to a U-form collar. The panels also form a pair of outer side hulls respectively disposed on opposite sides of the center hull and which define a tunnel between the center hull and each of the outer side hulls. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/166795 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08800479 | Vance et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan B. Vance (St. Charles, Missouri); Scott R. Johnston (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for in-process orientation of particles used in direct-write inks for fabricating a component may include a device for polarizing direct-write particles in an aerosol. An outlet may direct the aerosol including the polarized direct-write particles on a substrate to form a component. An apparatus may cause the polarized direct-write particles to be aligned in a selected orientation to form the component with predetermined characteristics when deposited on the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/962379 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 5/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0022 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 3/14 (20130101) H05K 3/125 (20130101) H05K 2201/026 (20130101) H05K 2201/0257 (20130101) H05K 2201/0323 (20130101) H05K 2203/105 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08800695 | Couture et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam P. Couture (Allston, Massachusetts); Richard Page (Middleton, Massachusetts); John P. O'Brien (Newton, Massachusetts); Mikhail Filippov (Arlington, Massachusetts); Andrew Shein (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic vehicle (10,100,150A,150B150C,160,1000,1000A,1000B,1000C) includes a chassis (20,106,152,162) having front and rear ends (20A,152A,20B,152B) and supported on right and left driven tracks (34,44,108,165). Right and left elongated flippers (50,60,102,154,164) are disposed on corresponding sides of the chassis and operable to pivot. A linkage (70,156,166) connects a payload deck assembly (D1,D2,D3,80,158,168,806), configured to support a removable functional payload, to the chassis. The linkage has a first end (70A) rotatably connected to the chassis at a first pivot (71), and a second end (70B) rotatably connected to the deck at a second pivot (73). Both of the first and second pivots include independently controllable pivot drivers (72,74) operable to rotatably position their corresponding pivots (71,73) to control both fore-aft position and pitch orientation of the payload deck (D1,D2,D3,80,158,168,806) with respect to the chassis (20,106,152,162). |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/709706 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08800930 | Bourakov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eugene Bourakov (Carmel, California); Oleg Yakimenko (Seaside, California); Alex Bordetsky (Carmel, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene Bourakov (Carmel, California); Oleg Yakimenko (Seaside, California); Alex Bordetsky (Carmel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments described herein provide a system and method for persistent high-accuracy payload delivery utilizing a two-phase procedure during the terminal descent phase of aerial payload delivery. In the first phase a small parafoil provides aerial delivery of a payload to within a close proximity of an intended touchdown point, e.g., a target. In the second phase a target designator acquires the target and a trajectory to the target is determined. A harpoon launcher deploys a harpoon connected to the payload by an attachment line, such as a rope. A reel mechanism reels up the attachment line causing the payload to be moved to the target thus providing high accuracy touchdown payload delivery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/053682 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801372 | Shi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Shi (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Kevin E. Green (Broad Brook, Connecticut); Shaoluo L. Butler (Manchester, Connecticut); Gajawalli V. Srinivasan (South Windsor, Connecticut); Glenn N. Levasseur (Colchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A shroud for a gas turbine engine includes a leading portion having a leading edge and a first set of circumferentially spaced slots at the leading edge that break up the leading portion into circumferentially spaced segments separated by the first set of slots, and a trailing portion adjacent to the leading portion. The trailing portion has a trailing edge. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/668733 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/173.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801831 | Snow, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald Ray Snow, Jr. (Fountain Valley, California); David Michael Smith (Santa Ana, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Ray Snow, Jr. (Fountain Valley, California); David Michael Smith (Santa Ana, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for controlling inert gas generation. An apparatus comprises an air separation module and an air flow control system. The air separation module is configured to separate an inert gas from air input into the air separation module. The air flow control system is configured to control the flow of the air into the air separation module. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/324679 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Fire-fighting A62C 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A62C 3/08 (20130101) Separation B01D 2256/10 (20130101) B01D 2257/104 (20130101) B01D 2259/4575 (20130101) B01D 2259/40003 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 37/32 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801866 | Arafat et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | El Sayed Arafat (Leonardtown, Maryland); Dane Hanson (California, Maryland); Raymond Meilunas (Lexington Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | El Sayed Arafat (Leonardtown, Maryland); Dane Hanson (California, Maryland); Raymond Meilunas (Lexington Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-aqueous solvent composition and method for cleaning and removing oleaginous materials such as hydraulic fluids from reinforced-fiber composites characterized as a cleaning composition free of ozone depletion materials, having a low vapor pressure, a flash point above 140° F., and consists essentially of cyclohexenes, isoparaffinic hydrocarbons, dearomatized hydrocarbons and corrosion inhibitors. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/895720 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning and liquid contact with solids 134/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801872 | Wright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Wright (Chicago, Illinois); Jason Sebastian (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | QuesTek Innovations, LLC (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Wright (Chicago, Illinois); Jason Sebastian (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A case hardened gear steel having enhanced core fracture toughness includes by weight percent about 16.3Co, 7.5Ni, 3.5Cr, 1.75Mo, 0.2W, 0.11C, 0.03Ti, and 0.02V and the balance Fe, characterized as a predominantly lath martensitic microstructure essentially free of topologically close-packed (TCP) phases and carburized to include fine M2C carbides to provide a case hardness of at least about 62 HRC and a core toughness of at least about 50 ksi√in. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/194964 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Modifying the Physical Structure of Ferrous Metals; General Devices for Heat Treatment of Ferrous or Non-ferrous Metals or Alloys; Making Metal Malleable, e.g by Decarburisation or Tempering C21D 1/22 (20130101) C21D 1/25 (20130101) C21D 6/02 (20130101) C21D 6/004 (20130101) C21D 6/04 (20130101) C21D 6/007 (20130101) C21D 9/32 (20130101) C21D 2211/008 (20130101) Alloys C22C 38/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C22C 38/52 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801878 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curtis E. Johnson (Ridgecrest, California); Kelvin T. Higa (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis E. Johnson (Ridgecrest, California); Kelvin T. Higa (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A lead-free pyrotechnic and primary explosive compositions including metal iodates as an oxidizer in nanocomposite energetic compositions including metal powder fuel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/227052 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/42 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801979 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chih-hung Chang (Corvallis, Oregon); Hyungdae Jin (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chih-hung Chang (Corvallis, Oregon); Hyungdae Jin (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a continuous-flow injection reactor and a method for continuous material synthesis are disclosed. The reactor includes a mixing zone unit and a residence time unit removably coupled to the mixing zone unit. The mixing zone unit includes at least one top inlet, a side inlet, and a bottom outlet. An injection tube, or plurality of injection tubes, is inserted through the top inlet and extends past the side inlet while terminating above the bottom outlet. A first reactant solution flows in through the side inlet, and a second reactant solution flows in through the injection tube(s). With reference to nanoparticle synthesis, the reactant solutions combine in a mixing zone and form nucleated nanoparticles. The nucleated nanoparticles flow through the residence time unit. The residence time unit may be a single conduit, or it may include an outer housing and a plurality of inner tubes within the outer housing. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/158142 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802287 | Holme et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy P. Holme (San Francisco, California); Friedrich B. Prinz (Woodside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy P. Holme (San Francisco, California); Friedrich B. Prinz (Woodside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a solid-state energy storage device having at least one quantum confinement species (QCS), where the QCS can include a quantum dot (QD), quantum well, or nanowire. The invention further includes at least one layer of a dielectric material with at least one QCS incorporated there to, and a first conductive electrode disposed on a top surface of the at least one layer of the dielectric material, and a second conductive electrode is disposed on a bottom surface of the at least one layer of dielectric material, where the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed to transfer a charge to the at least one QCS, where when an electrical circuit is disposed to provide an electric potential across the first electrode and the second electrode, the electric potential discharges the transferred charge from the at least one QCS to the electrical circuit. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/657198 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802447 | Swager et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Jessica H. Liao (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Jessica H. Liao (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides materials, devices, and methods related to determination of an analyte. In some embodiments, an analyte may be determined by monitoring, for example, a change in an optical signal of a luminescent material (e.g., particle) upon exposure to an analyte. The present invention may be particularly advantageous in that some embodiments may comprise an emissive species useful as an internal reference standard. Methods of the invention may also be useful in the quantitative determination of an analyte. In some cases, the present invention may allow for selective determination of an analyte. |
| FILED | Friday, November 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/595833 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) C09K 11/574 (20130101) C09K 2211/1416 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/544 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/545 (20130101) G01N 33/553 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802450 | Gaylord et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brent S. Gaylord (Santa Barbara, California); Janice W. Hong (Santa Barbara, California); Tsu-Ju Fu (Poway, California); Cheng-Jun Sun (Goleta, California); Russell Baldocchi (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sirigen, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brent S. Gaylord (Santa Barbara, California); Janice W. Hong (Santa Barbara, California); Tsu-Ju Fu (Poway, California); Cheng-Jun Sun (Goleta, California); Russell Baldocchi (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided that include a multichromophore and/or multichromophore complex for identifying a target biomolecule. A sensor biomolecule, for example, an antibody can be covalently linked to the multichromophore. Additionally, a signaling chromophore can be covalently linked to the multichromophore. The arrangement is such that the signaling chromophore is capable of receiving energy from the multichromophore upon excitation of the multichromophore. Since the sensor biomolecule is capable of interacting with the target biomolecule, the multichromophore and/or multichromophore complex can provide enhanced detection signals for a target biomolecule. |
| FILED | Monday, August 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/195747 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/02 (20130101) C08G 2261/3142 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0039 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802514 | Haensch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wilfried Ernst-August Haensch (Somers, New York); Zihong Liu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Transistor devices having a self-aligned gate structure on transparent substrates and techniques for fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a method of fabricating a transistor device includes the following steps. A channel material is formed on a transparent substrate. Source and drain electrodes are formed in contact with the channel material. A dielectric layer is deposited on the channel material. A photoresist is deposited on the dielectric layer and developed using UV light exposure through the transparent substrate. A gate metal(s) is deposited on the exposed portions of the dielectric layer and the undeveloped portions of the photoresist. The undeveloped portions of the photoresist are removed along with portions of the gate metal over the source and drain regions to form a gate of the device on the dielectric layer over the channel material which is self-aligned to the source and drain electrodes. |
| FILED | Monday, October 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/059154 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802618 | Ioannides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Constantin G. Ioannides (Houston, Texas); Martin L. Campbell (Houston, Texas); Catherine A. O'Brian (Houston, Texas); George E. Peoples (Fulton, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constantin G. Ioannides (Houston, Texas); Martin L. Campbell (Houston, Texas); Catherine A. O'Brian (Houston, Texas); George E. Peoples (Fulton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for the creation of peptide antigens comprising epitopes with at least a first modification comprising a shortened or lengthened amino acid side chain. By extension or shortening of the side chain with CH3/CH2 groups, for example, made by computer assisted modeling of the tumor antigen (peptide) bound in the MHC-I-groove, immunogenicity can be improved with minimal modification of adjacent tertiary structure, thereby avoiding cross-reactivity. Provided by the invention are methods of creating such antigens, as well as methods for therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of various conditions comprising administration of the antigens. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/507009 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802687 | Byers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen W. Byers (Tacoma Park, Maryland); Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy (Herndon, Virginia); Jaime M. Guidry Auvil (Elkridge, Maryland); Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen W. Byers (Tacoma Park, Maryland); Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy (Herndon, Virginia); Jaime M. Guidry Auvil (Elkridge, Maryland); Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Cadherin-11 inhibitors, including 4-(2-phenylpyridin-3-yl)phenol, and methods for the prevention and treatment of cadherin-11 related diseases are described herein. Cadherin-11 related diseases include cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/148579 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/277 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802733 | Ganesan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anand Ganesan (Ladera Ranch, California); Michael A. White (Dallas, Texas); Patrick J. Farmer (Waco, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anand Ganesan (Ladera Ranch, California); Michael A. White (Dallas, Texas); Patrick J. Farmer (Waco, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for reducing pigmentation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/598499 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/41 (20130101) A61K 31/16 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 19/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802822 | Matoba et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nobuyuki Matoba (Owensboro, Kentucky); Adam Husk (Owensboro, Kentucky); Sudha Sankaran (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nobuyuki Matoba (Owensboro, Kentucky); Adam Husk (Owensboro, Kentucky); Sudha Sankaran (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A polypeptide is provided that comprises an actinohivin variant polypeptide having an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS: 4-12. The polypeptide can be provided as part of a fusion protein that includes the actinohivin variant polypeptide and either a fragment crystallizable domain of an antibody (Fc), a fragment antigen-binding domain of an antibody (Fab), or a single chain variable fragment of an antibody (scFv). Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the polypeptides are also provided along with vectors and plant cells capable of expressing the polypeptides. Methods of treating an infection of a subject by an enveloped virus are further provided and include administering an effective amount of the polypeptides to a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/808444 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802983 | Clifton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher Clifton (Bloomfield, Indiana); Dean Jones (Bloomington, Indiana); Philip Mitchell (Springville, Indiana); David Myers (Bloomfield, Indiana); James Pruett (Montgomery, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Clifton (Bloomfield, Indiana); Dean Jones (Bloomington, Indiana); Philip Mitchell (Springville, Indiana); David Myers (Bloomfield, Indiana); James Pruett (Montgomery, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A signal interface includes a support structure having a pivotally supported cover and side wings. A latching mechanism is provided to secure the cover to the side wings in both stowed and deployed positions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/864583 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/1235 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 5/0004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803052 | Schorr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Schorr (Austin, Texas); James H. Steenson, Jr. (New Boston, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Schorr (Austin, Texas); James H. Steenson, Jr. (New Boston, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for controlling autopilot roll capture of a rocket comprising adapting the start time and the rate of roll capture such that regardless of the initial rocket spin rate, the roll capture process is completed at a predetermined time. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/377006 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803085 | Ouyang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Sandilya Venkata Garimella (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jason David Harper (Lafayette, Indiana); Nicholas Alan Charipar (Batavia, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to systems and methods for transferring ions for analysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample including an ionizing source for converting molecules of a sample into gas phase ions in a region at about atmospheric pressure, an ion analysis device, and an ion transfer member operably coupled to a gas flow generating device, in which the gas flow generating device produces a laminar gas flow that transfers the gas phase ions through the ion transfer member to an inlet of the ion analysis device. |
| FILED | Friday, February 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/180915 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803094 | Leeds et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jarrett Leeds (College Park, Maryland); YuHuang Wang (Laurel, Maryland); John T. Fourkas (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jarrett Leeds (College Park, Maryland); YuHuang Wang (Laurel, Maryland); John T. Fourkas (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Carbon nanotube compositions suitable for printing, methods of making carbon nanotube compositions, and substrates having a print thereon containing carbon nanotube compositions, and uses thereof. The carbon nanotubes of the compositions are individualized. The carbon nanotube compositions can be used in applications, such as document security. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899052 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803130 | Afzali-Ardakani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ali Afzali-Ardakani (Ossining, New York); Phaedon Avouris (Yorktown Heights, New York); Damon B. Farmer (White Plains, New York); Yu-Ming Lin (West Harrison, New York); Yu Zhu (West Harrison, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Afzali-Ardakani (Ossining, New York); Phaedon Avouris (Yorktown Heights, New York); Damon B. Farmer (White Plains, New York); Yu-Ming Lin (West Harrison, New York); Yu Zhu (West Harrison, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Graphene transistor devices and methods of their fabrication are disclosed. One such graphene transistor device includes source and drain electrodes and a gate structure including a dielectric sidewall spacer that is disposed between the source and drain electrodes. The device further includes a graphene layer that is adjacent to at least one of the source and drain electrodes, where an interface between the source/drain electrode(s) and the graphene layer maintains a consistent degree of electrical conductivity throughout the interface. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/492097 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803198 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Peter Smith (Carrboro, North Carolina); Scott T. Sheppard (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Adam William Saxler (Durham, North Carolina); Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Peter Smith (Carrboro, North Carolina); Scott T. Sheppard (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Adam William Saxler (Durham, North Carolina); Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Group III Nitride based field effect transistor (FETs) are provided having a power degradation of less than about 3.0 dB when operated at a drain-to-source voltage (VDS) of about from about 28 to about 70 volts, a gate to source voltage (Vgs) of from about −3.3 to about −14 volts and a normal operating temperature for at least about 10 hours. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/483607 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803264 | Katiyar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ram S Katiyar (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico); Ashok Kumar (San Juan, Puerto Rico); James F Scott (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ram S Katiyar (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico); Ashok Kumar (San Juan, Puerto Rico); James F Scott (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a novel class of room-temperature, single-phase, magnetoelectric multiferroic (PbFe0.67W0.33O3)x (PbZr0.53Ti0.47O3)1-x (0.2≦x≦0.8) (PFWx−PZT1-x) thin films that exhibit high dielectric constants, high polarization, weak saturation magnetization, broad dielectric temperature peak, high-frequency dispersion, low dielectric loss and low leakage current. These properties render them to be suitable candidates for room-temperature multiferroic devices. Methods of preparation are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/118275 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/421 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803515 | Goldfine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil J. Goldfine (Newton, Massachusetts); David C. Grundy (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Darrell E. Schlicker (Freeland, Michigan); Andrew P. Washabaugh (Chula Vista, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | JENTEK Sensors, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil J. Goldfine (Newton, Massachusetts); David C. Grundy (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Darrell E. Schlicker (Freeland, Michigan); Andrew P. Washabaugh (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A substantially planar eddy-current sensor having durability enhancing pillars in an active region is provided. The pillars are distributed and sized so as to have limited effect on the sensor's performance. When the sensor is mounted on a component such that the sensor experiences forces on a top and bottom surface, the pillars bear the load reducing the load bore by the active elements (e.g., drive winding, sense elements). A sensor with redundant drive windings and/or redundant sense elements is disclosed. The redundant elements may be connected to separate electronics. Another aspect relates to providing a reference transformer for calibration of a sensor. The secondary windings of the reference transformer are connected in series with the sense elements of the sensor to be calibrated. Transimpedance measurements are made when the drive winding of the reference transformer is excited. The measurements are used to correct transimpedance measurements made when the drive winding of the sensor is excited. A system having an impedance analyzer and a plurality of multiplexing units is disclosed for monitoring a plurality of sensor. Each multiplexing units directs an excitation signal to the drive winding of a respective sensor and returns, serially, the sense element responses back to the impedance analyzer. The system coordinates the excitation of each sensor and return of the sensor response to share a serial network. The multiplexing units may have a reference transformer for calibration of their respective sensors. Optical communication may be used. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/024154 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803533 | Oborina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elena I. Oborina (Tampa, Florida); Andrew Hoff (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elena I. Oborina (Tampa, Florida); Andrew Hoff (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the subject method and apparatus relate to a sequence of noncontact Corona-Kelvin Metrology that allows the determination and monitoring of interface properties in dielectric/wide band gap semiconductor structures. The technique involves the incremental application of precise and measured quantities of corona charge, QC, onto the dielectric surface followed by determination of the contact potential difference, VCPD, as the material structure response. The V-Q characteristics obtained are used to extract the surface barrier, VSB, response related to the applied corona charge. An intersection of the VCPD-QC characteristic obtained in the dark with the VOX-QC characteristic representing the dielectric response is determined. The specific VSB-QC dependence surrounding the reference VFB value is obtained and the dielectric interface trap density and its spectrum is determined. A method and apparatus to quantify and separate trapped charge components is provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/345050 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/2648 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 31/2831 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 22/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803542 | McIntyre et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas J. McIntyre (Nokesville, Virginia); Charles N. Alcorn (Centreville, Virginia); Matthew A. Gregory (Woodbridge, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. McIntyre (Nokesville, Virginia); Charles N. Alcorn (Centreville, Virginia); Matthew A. Gregory (Woodbridge, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for verifying stitching accuracy of a stitched chip on a wafer is disclosed. Initially, a set of test structures are inserted within a reticle layout. An exposure program is executed to control a photolithography equipment having a stepper to perform multiple exposures of the reticle on a wafer to generate a stitched chip on the wafer. Electrical measurements are then performed on the test structures at actual stitch boundaries of the stitched chip to evaluate stitching accuracy of the stitched chip. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112745 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/70475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03F 7/70658 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803555 | Denham |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin S. Denham (Bend, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin S. Denham (Bend, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for decoding of binary addresses and scanning rows and columns of an addressable array. In one example, an address decode circuit includes a first decoder circuit configured to partition an N-bit address into a plurality of address segments, each address segment including fewer than N bits, and N being a positive integer, the first decoder circuit configured to provide a plurality of first-stage decoded address outputs, and a second orthogonal decoder circuit coupled to the first decoder circuit and configured to receive the first-stage decoded address outputs and to produce 2N unique addresses from unique combinations of the plurality of first-stage decoded address outputs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/461322 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 8/08 (20130101) G11C 8/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803579 | Moser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David D. Moser (Haymarket, Virginia); Daniel M. Pirkl (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David D. Moser (Haymarket, Virginia); Daniel M. Pirkl (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for controlling pulse width for electronic devices in real time is disclosed. The system includes a Digital Pulse Width Modulator (DPWM), a real time calibration circuit and a delay line circuit. The real time calibration circuit is configured to ensure proper fractional delay is applied to yield correct duty cycle of the DPWM. The delay line circuit comprising a multiplexer delay line with built in decoders, modulates the pulse width for fractional clock cycle delay. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/606112 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 3/017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03K 7/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803685 | Smith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fred Hewitt Smith (Old Town, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Angel Secure Networks, Inc. (Old Towne, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred Hewitt Smith (Old Town, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for scanning and securing a container including a plurality of at least partially composite panels defining an interior volume is disclosed. The method includes: storing unique identification information in an identification element within container; sealing the container; monitoring the container for intrusion; without breaching the seal of the container, remotely identifying the container based on the unique identity information without breaching the seal of the container; without breaching the seal of the container; scanning the identified container to determine the presence or absence of a nuclear weapon in the interior volume; and if the scan determines no nuclear weapon is present remotely storing certificate information associated with the identity of the container in a remote monitor unit. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/596971 |
| ART UNIT | 2682 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/541 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803731 | Turner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Damon C. Turner (Tucson, Arizona); Brett J. Young (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Damon C. Turner (Tucson, Arizona); Brett J. Young (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a target-tracking radar and methods for responding to fluctuations in target SNR are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the target-tracking radar may be configured to determine whether a target can be considered a point target based on the SNR of received signals and off-boresight error estimates. Measurement-variance estimates generated from the SNR are provided to a target-state estimator when the target is determined to be a point target. When the target is determined not to be a point target, the measurement-variance estimates generated from SNR are not used by the target-state estimator. This may allow targets to be engaged at increased range. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/075299 |
| 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 13/72 (20130101) G01S 13/685 (20130101) G01S 13/4427 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803732 | Antonik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Antonik (Utica, New York); Michael C. Wicks (Utica, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Antonik (Utica, New York); Michael C. Wicks (Utica, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for simultaneous synthetic aperture radar and moving target detection. A plurality of independent radio frequency signals are generated and applied to separate radiating, receiving antenna elements. Signals are generated as basis functions, such that moving target detection and synthetic aperture radar signals are constructed from individual waveform components in space, time, frequency, and coding. Waveform components are sorted and combined at reception. Received data is simultaneously processed to extract synthetic aperture radar images and moving target indication detections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/385468 |
| 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 7/282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 7/288 (20130101) G01S 13/28 (20130101) G01S 13/9029 (20130101) G01S 2013/0245 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803884 | Bradshaw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey M. Bradshaw (Pace, Florida); Lawrence K. Bunch (Gulf Breeze, Florida); Marco M. Carvalho (Satellite Beach, Florida); Thomas C. Eskridge (Gulf Breeze, Florida); Paul J. Feltovich (Pensacola, Florida); Matthew Johnson (Pensacola, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (Pensacola, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M. Bradshaw (Pace, Florida); Lawrence K. Bunch (Gulf Breeze, Florida); Marco M. Carvalho (Satellite Beach, Florida); Thomas C. Eskridge (Gulf Breeze, Florida); Paul J. Feltovich (Pensacola, Florida); Matthew Johnson (Pensacola, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for visually depicting complex events. Software agents are preferably employed to assist the human operator by collecting, enriching, selecting, aggregating, and analyzing data so that patterns of interest can be visually flagged or otherwise emphasized in the visual display. Events are depicted as an “event flow” from a source surface to a destination surface. Intervening surfaces may also be defined. The point of origin on the source surface reveals some information about the event flow, as does the point of impact on the destination surface. The event flow may be mapped to one or more intervening surfaces in order to visually depict other characteristics of the event. The entire depiction is rendered in a simulated three-dimensional view. The user is preferably given the ability to pan, zoom, and reorient the vantage point from which the user “views” the depiction on the computer display. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/404784 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08804132 | Saxer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher E Saxer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher E Saxer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A shearography system that operates while moving at significant speeds over a surface is disclosed. Two lasers are utilized and the distance between the two lasers is adjusted based on the altitude of the aircraft on which the shearography equipment is located, the speed of the aircraft, the distance between two lasers in the shearography equipment lasers, and the time difference between the laser pulses from each of the two lasers. The adjustment of the distance between the two lasers causes the angles of incidence and reflection to be the same for two sequential images and permits the moving shearography to work. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/357554 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/520 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08804358 | Dotsenko |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir V. Dotsenko (Mahopac, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypres Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir V. Dotsenko (Mahopac, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for electrically interconnecting two substrates, each having a corresponding set of preformed electrical contacts, the substrates comprising an electronic circuit, and the resulting module, is provided. A liquid curable adhesive is provided over the set of contacts of a first substrate, and the set of electrical contacts of the second substrate is aligned with the set of electrical contacts of the first substrate. The sets of electrical contacts of the first and second substrate are compressed to displace the liquid curable adhesive from the inter-contact region, and provide electrical communication between the respective sets of electrical contacts. The liquid curable adhesive is then cured to form a solid matrix which maintains a relative compression between the respective sets of electrical contacts. One embodiment of the module comprises a high-speed superconducting circuit which operates at cryogenic temperatures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/448436 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/760 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08804808 | Dybdal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert B. Dybdal (Palos Verdes, California); Christopher J. Clark (Hermosa Beach, California); Flavio Lorenzelli (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic equalization system and method for use with a receiver is provided. The receiver may include an antenna for receiving a signal having multipath signal components and a digitizer for obtaining and digitizing the received signal and multipath signal components. The digitized signal segment and multipath signal components may be discretized into signal segments of length n. Channel parameters of each of the discrete signal segments may be analyzed and locked to, and a time-domain representation of the analyzed channel parameters may be output. Each time-domain representation may be Fourier transformed into a frequency-domain representation, based upon which equalization parameters to equalize the multipath signal components for each of the analyzed channel parameters may be determined. The equalization parameters may be applied to corresponding signal segments of the digitized signal and multipath signal components so as to equalize the multipath signal components. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/154968 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08805033 | Miesak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Miesak (Windermere, Florida); V. Edward Gold (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Miesak (Windermere, Florida); V. Edward Gold (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This document relates to systems and method for latent fingerprint detection using specular reflection (glare). An exemplary system may include a light source alignment portion configured to align a light source at an illumination angle relative to a sample surface such that the light source illuminates a sample surface so that the surface produces specular reflection. The system may also include a specular reflection discriminator that directs the produced specular reflection to an optical detector aligned relative to said sample surface at an alignment angle that is substantially equal to an angle of reflection of the produced specular reflection. Preferably, the directed specular reflection does not saturate the optical detector; and the optical detector captures the specular reflection from the sample surface and generates image data using essentially only the specular reflection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/976177 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08805133 | Rhonehouse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NP Photonics, Inc. (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NP Photonics, Inc. (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Larry Rhonehouse (Tucson, Arizona); Arturo Chavez-Pirson (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A tellurium oxide glass that is stable, strong and chemically durable exhibits low optical loss from the UV band well into the MIR band. Unwanted absorption mechanisms in the MIR band are removed or reduced so that the glass formulation exhibits optical performance as close as possible to the theoretical limit of a tellurium oxide glass. The glass formulation only includes glass constituents that provide the intermediate, modifiers and any halides (for OH— reduction) whose inherent absorption wavelength is longer than that of Tellurium (IV) oxide. The glass formulation is substantially free of Sodium Oxide and any other passive glass constituent including hydroxyl whose inherent absorption wavelength is shorter than that of Tellurium (IV) oxide. The glass formulation preferably includes only a small residual amount of halide. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/745028 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 3/23 (20130101) C03C 3/122 (20130101) C03C 3/253 (20130101) C03C 4/0071 (20130101) C03C 13/048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08805542 | Tai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Mandheerej S. Nandra (Pasadena, California); Joel W. Burdick (Pasadena, California); Damien Craig Rodger (South Pasadena, California); Andy Fong (Los Angeles, California); Victor Reggie Edgerton (Los Angeles, California); Roland R. Roy (Playa Vista, California); Yury Gerasimenko (Los Angeles, California); Igor Lavrov (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Susan J. Harkema (Louisville, Kentucky); Claudia A. Angeli (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable electrode array assembly configured to apply electrical stimulation to the spinal cord. A substantially electrically nonconductive layer of the device has a first portion positionable alongside the spinal cord that includes a plurality of first openings and a second portion that includes a plurality of second openings. Electrodes and traces are positioned inside a peripheral portion of a body portion of the device and alongside the layer. At least one of the first openings is adjacent each of the electrodes to provide a pathway through which the electrode may provide electrical stimulation to the spinal cord. At least one of the second openings is adjacent each of the traces to provide a pathway through which the trace may receive electrical stimulation. At least one trace is connected to each electrode and configured to conduct electrical stimulation received by the trace(s) to the electrode. |
| FILED | Friday, July 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/946338 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0551 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0553 (20130101) A61N 1/0558 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08805624 | Uluyol |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Onder Uluyol (Fridley, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Onder Uluyol (Fridley, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for characterizing and estimating the wear damage of a rolling-element bearing are provided. At least one geometric attribute, such as the length, of a damage feature (e.g., a spall cavity) on the rolling-element bearing is calculated based on a geometry of the rolling-element bearing. An accumulated mass of damage particles ejected from the rolling-element bearing during operation of the rolling-element bearing is determined. When the accumulated mass of the damage particles exceeds a predetermined threshold, an indication or a signal is generated. The predetermined threshold of the accumulated mass is based on the at least one geometric attribute of the damage feature. The calculation of the at least one geometric attribute may be based on, for example, a depth of the damage feature, a radius of the rolling elements in the bearing, a radius of an outer race of the bearing as measured from an inner surface thereof, and the number of rolling elements in the bearing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/690631 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08805770 | Narain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanjai Narain (Madison, New Jersey); Gary Levin (Bedminister, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TT Government Solutions, Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjai Narain (Madison, New Jersey); Gary Levin (Bedminister, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for solving the reconfiguration planning problem transforms the requirement that an invariant is always preserved into a constraint on the times at which the configuration parameters change. The method then solves this constraint to obtain the required reconfiguration plan. When this constraint is strengthened with a synthesis constraint, it is ensured that any final configuration that is computed is also reachable. An extension of the method allows parameters to take on multiple intermediate values. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112462 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/11 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 10/0631 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/14 (20130101) H04L 41/50 (20130101) H04L 41/145 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08805823 | Nitz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth C. Nitz (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth C. Nitz (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A content processing system may include any of a number of content processing techniques such as condensed content management, multi-content compilation management, associated content compilation management, recommended content management, and content cluster management. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/760439 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08805952 | Jea et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tsai-Yang Jea (Poughkeepsie, New York); Yuan Yuan Nie (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tsai-Yang Jea (Poughkeepsie, New York); Yuan Yuan Nie (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | In a distributed computing system that includes compute nodes that include computer memory, globally accessible memory space is administered by: for each compute node: mapping a memory region of a predefined size beginning at a predefined address; executing one or more memory management operations within the memory region, including, for each memory management operation executed within the memory region: executing the operation collectively by all compute nodes, where the operation includes a specification of one or more parameters and the parameters are the same across all compute nodes; receiving, by each compute node from a deterministic memory management module in response to the memory management operation, a return value, where the return value is the same across all compute nodes; entering, by each compute node after local completion of the memory management operation, a barrier; and when all compute nodes have entered the barrier, resuming execution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/343239 |
| ART UNIT | 2457 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08805999 | Carey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Matthew W. Markland (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Matthew W. Markland (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and products are provided for administering event reporting rules in a distributed processing system that includes identifying that one or more nodes of the distributed processing system is idle; for each identified idle node, collecting by the idle node any suppressed events and logged data from the node; sending the suppressed events and logged data to a database of events; and changing the event reporting rules for one or more components on the identified idle node in dependence upon the suppressed events and the logged data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/962217 |
| ART UNIT | 2442 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806177 | Krieger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Orran Y. Krieger (Newton, Massachusetts); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York); Robert B. Tremaine (Stormville, New York); Robert W. Wisniewski (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Orran Y. Krieger (Newton, Massachusetts); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York); Robert B. Tremaine (Stormville, New York); Robert W. Wisniewski (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for prefetching in computer system are provided. The method in one aspect includes using a prefetch engine to perform prefetch instructions and to translate unmapped data. Misses to address translations during the prefetch are handled and resolved. The method also includes storing the resolved translations in a respective cache translation table. A system for prefetching in one aspect includes a prefetch engine operable to receive instructions to prefetch data from the main memory. The prefetch engine is also operable to search cache address translation for prefetch data and perform address mapping translation, if the prefetch data is unmapped. The prefetch engine is further operable to prefetch the data and store the address mapping in one or more cache memory, if the data is unmapped. |
| FILED | Friday, July 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/482222 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806479 | Alpern et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bowen L. Alpern (Peekskill, New York); Glenn Ammons (Albany, New York); Vasanth Bala (Rye, New York); Todd W. Mummert (Danbury, Connecticut); Darrell C. Reimer (Tarrytown, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bowen L. Alpern (Peekskill, New York); Glenn Ammons (Albany, New York); Vasanth Bala (Rye, New York); Todd W. Mummert (Danbury, Connecticut); Darrell C. Reimer (Tarrytown, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method is disclosed for capturing an installed state of a conventional application and converting the captured state into a virtual application. The novel method starts with a bare machine in a known state, preferably soon after the OS was installed. Installation scripts are used to install one or more software applications along with required components and dependencies. Other artifacts can be added and configured such as files, trees, directories, entries, data, values, among others. These also may include updates to various system databases, such as the Windows registry in which certain metadata is stored. The installed applications are tested and verified to work as desired. Undesired artifacts can be deleted manually or removed by the OS. The state of the virtual machine with the installed applications is captured. The installed applications can be tested on the frozen virtual machine. If the user determines that the installed applications are working properly, a virtual machine image is prepared and then written out. The resulting output is a new populated virtual application container that encapsulates the applications installed and configured by the user. If the user determines that one or more installed applications do not work properly during testing, then the frozen virtual machine can be unfrozen and any deficiencies corrected. The virtual machine image is stored as a launch document and a set of shards. The virtual machine image represents the state of the virtual machine along with the installed applications at the time the preparation virtual machine was frozen. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/758230 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806489 | Freimuth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas M. Freimuth (New York, New York); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York); Sumedh W. Sathaye (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas M. Freimuth (New York, New York); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York); Sumedh W. Sathaye (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Virtual machine images are distributed to, and retrieved from an image distribution network. A virtual machine image is received on the image distribution network and divided into chunks with a unique resource identifier created for each of the chunks. A virtual machine image reassembly file is created. Each of the chunks is assigned a unique resource locator address. An image distribution network server maintains a mapping between unique resource identifier for each of the chunks and the unique resource locator address. When a request to download a virtual machine image is received, chunks of the virtual machine image that are locally present are identified. Chunks of the virtual machine image that are not locally present are mapped to unique resource locator addresses in the image distribution network. When a sufficient number of chunks has been retrieved to instantiate the virtual machine image, the virtual machine image is instantiated. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542421 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806510 | Andrade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kirsten Weale Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Rohit Madhukar Khandekar (Elmsford, New York); Sujay Sunil Parekh (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Deepak Rajan (Fishkill, New York); Joel Leonard Wolf (Katonah, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kirsten Weale Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Rohit Madhukar Khandekar (Elmsford, New York); Sujay Sunil Parekh (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Deepak Rajan (Fishkill, New York); Joel Leonard Wolf (Katonah, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for determining feasibility of a set of one or more operator partitioning constraints are provided. The techniques include receiving one or more sets of operator partitioning constraints, wherein each set of one or more constraints define one or more desired conditions for grouping together of operators into partitions and placing partitions on hosts, wherein each operator is embodied as software that performs a particular function, processing each set of one or more operator partitioning constraints to determine feasibility of each set of one or more operator partitioning constraints, creating and outputting one or more candidate partitions and one or more host placements for each set of feasible partitioning constraints, and creating and outputting a certificate of infeasibility for each set of infeasible partitioning constraints, wherein the certificate of infeasibility outlines one or more reasons for infeasibility. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/556931 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806619 | Lomont et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris C. Lomont (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Charles J. Jacobus (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cybernet Systems Corporation (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris C. Lomont (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Charles J. Jacobus (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method determines whether software includes malicious code. A validation machine is instrumented with tools and monitors that capture the static and dynamic behavior of software. Software under examination is executed on the validation machine, and the tools and monitors are used to log data representative of the behavior of the software to detect vulnerable or malicious code. If possible, one or more operations are automatically performed on the software to enhance the security of the software by neutralizing the vulnerable or malicious code. Activities that cannot be neutralized automatically are flagged for human inspection. The software executed on the validation machine may be source code or non-source code, with different operations being disclosed and described in each case. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/338523 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08800906 | Pasricha |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pankaj J. Pasricha (Cupertino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pankaj J. Pasricha (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods for treating pain and for reducing the excitability of nociceptors, comprising administering a TGF-β antagonist. In some embodiments, a TGF-β antagonist is a monoclonal TGF-β neutralizing antibody or a fusion product comprising a monoclonal TGF-β neutralizing antibody, a soluble receptor, an antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs), a ribozymes, a small inhibitory RNA (siRNA), Smad 6, Smad7, or a small molecule that blocks TGF-β signaling. |
| FILED | Monday, December 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/337249 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Winding, tensioning, or guiding 242/158.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801183 | Shahidi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mahnaz Shahidi (Northbrook, Illinois); Justin Wanek (Chicago, Illinois); Bruce Gaynes (Maywood, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mahnaz Shahidi (Northbrook, Illinois); Justin Wanek (Chicago, Illinois); Bruce Gaynes (Maywood, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are disclosed to quantitatively measure in vivo blood vessel diameter, blood velocity, and other flow dynamics. Such methods and compositions can optimize therapeutic interventions designed to prevent or reduce the risk of cardiovascular and blood disorders. In one aspect, the methods and apparatus involve calculating blood vessel characteristics from a two dimensional image of a blood vessel in the conjunctiva of a subject's eye. In another aspect, a series of temporal images of a blood vessel are obtained to determine blood flow properties. The apparatus can include, for example, a biomicroscope, an illuminating light source and a high speed camera to acquire the series of temporal images with the data then analyzed by a programmed processor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/512218 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801838 | Hering et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susanne V. Hering (Berkeley, California); Gregory S. Lewis (Berkeley, California); Steven R. Spielman (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerosol Dynamics Inc. (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susanne V. Hering (Berkeley, California); Gregory S. Lewis (Berkeley, California); Steven R. Spielman (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This technology relates to the enlargement by water condensation in a laminar flow of airborne particles with diameters of the order of a few nanometers to hundreds of nanometers to form droplets with diameters of the order of several micrometers. The technology presents several advanced designs, including the use of double-stage condensers. It has application to measuring the number concentration of particles suspended in air or other gas, to collecting these particles, or to focusing these particles. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/218393 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802053 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, 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 | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/847136 |
| 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 08802074 | Sessler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan L. Sessler (Austin, Texas); Christopher W. Bielawski (Austin, Texas); Abdullah Aydogan (Austin, Texas); Daniel J. Coady (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan L. Sessler (Austin, Texas); Christopher W. Bielawski (Austin, Texas); Abdullah Aydogan (Austin, Texas); Daniel J. Coady (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymeric compounds containing polymer backbones functionalized with ion-specific recognition elements and methods for the use of these compounds are described herein. The polymeric compounds may contain multiple types of ion-specific recognition elements depending on a specific application. The polymeric compounds can be used to remove ionic species from a solution, for example, in separations applications in which a single or multiple types of ionic species are desired to be removed from the solution. |
| FILED | Monday, November 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/623943 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Separation B01D 15/00 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/26 (20130101) B01J 20/261 (20130101) B01J 20/262 (20130101) B01J 20/265 (20130101) B01J 20/321 (20130101) B01J 20/3212 (20130101) B01J 20/3255 (20130101) B01J 45/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802076 | Abraham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Soman Abraham (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kam Leong (Durham, North Carolina); Herman Staats (Cedar Grove, North Carolina); Ashley St. John (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Soman Abraham (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kam Leong (Durham, North Carolina); Herman Staats (Cedar Grove, North Carolina); Ashley St. John (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are nanoparticles comprising heparin, chitosan, and at least one immunomodulatory agent, e.g. a cytokine. The cytokine can be selected from the group consisting of TNF, IL-12, IL-2, IL-23, IL-1α, IL-10, IL-18, and combinations thereof. Further provided are methods of making a nanoparticle comprising mixing a first composition comprising heparin with a second composition comprising chitosan in the presence of at least one cytokine to form a third composition. Further provided are methods of modulating an immune response comprising co-administering to a subject an antigen or vaccine with nanoparticles comprising heparin, chitosan, and at least one cytokine. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/252516 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/20 (20130101) A61K 38/21 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 38/208 (20130101) A61K 38/2006 (20130101) A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 38/2066 (20130101) A61K 39/0008 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 2039/55527 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | According to some embodiments, the present invention provides a modified silicone surface for interference to pathogen colonization comprising: an activated silicone layer; a plurality of cross-linking dendrimers adsorbed onto to the activated silicone layer; a plurality of ligand derivatives, each bound to at least one of the plurality of cross-linking dendrimers; and a benign biofilm adhered to the plurality of ligand derivatives. According to some embodiments, the present invention provides a method for making a modified silicone surface for interference to pathogen colonization comprising activating a silicone surface; adsorbing a plurality of cross-linking dendrimers to the silicone surface; binding a plurality of ligand derivatives to the plurality of cross-linking dendrimers; and adhering a benign biofilm to the plurality of ligand derivatives. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/418131 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 45/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802080 | Warrington et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth H. Warrington (Gainsville, Florida); Shaun R. Opie (Phoenix, Arizona); Nicholas Muzyczka (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth H. Warrington (Gainsville, Florida); Shaun R. Opie (Phoenix, Arizona); Nicholas Muzyczka (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are improved recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vectors having mutations in one or more capsid proteins. Exemplary vectors are provided that have altered affinity for heparin or heparin sulfate, as well as vectors, expression systems, and rAAV virions that lack functional VP2 protein expression, but are nevertheless, fully virulent. Also provided by the invention are rAAV vector-based compositions, virus particles, host cells, and pharmaceutical formulations that comprise them useful in the expression of selected therapeutic proteins, polypeptides, peptides, antisense oligonucleotides and/or ribozymes in selected mammals, including organs, tissues, and human host cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/513059 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802081 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yunfang Wang (Beijing, China PRC); Lola Cynthia McAdams Reid (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Mitsuo Yamauchi (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Cai-Bin Cui (Carrboro, North Carolina); Andrew Zhuang Wang (Durham, North Carolina); Michael Edward Werner (Lake Forest, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yunfang Wang (Beijing, China PRC); Lola Cynthia McAdams Reid (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Mitsuo Yamauchi (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Cai-Bin Cui (Carrboro, North Carolina); Andrew Zhuang Wang (Durham, North Carolina); Michael Edward Werner (Lake Forest, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides biomatrix scaffolds, a tissue extract enriched for extracellular matrix components and bound growth factors, cytokines and hormones, and methods of making and using same. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/807253 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802099 | Gelfand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erwin W. Gelfand (Englewood, Colorado); Meiqin Wang (Glendale, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erwin W. Gelfand (Englewood, Colorado); Meiqin Wang (Glendale, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods to treat allergic conditions, including pulmonary and non-pulmonary conditions, in a subject by administering a composition that inhibits Pim kinase. Also disclosed are methods to treat allergic conditions in a subject by administering a composition that induces expression of Runx3. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/293911 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/553 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4045 (20130101) A61K 31/7052 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802104 | Scadden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Scadden (Weston, Massachusetts); Laura M. Calvi (Rochester, New York); Gregor Adams (South Pasadena, California); Henry M. Kronenberg (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for manipulating hematopoietic stem or progenitor cells, mesenchymal stem cells, epithelial stem cells, neural stem cells and related products through activation of the PTH/PTHrP receptor in neighboring cells. |
| FILED | Friday, November 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/667361 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2217/05 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 38/17 (20130101) A61K 38/29 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/72 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0602 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0623 (20130101) C12N 5/0647 (20130101) C12N 5/0675 (20130101) C12N 2501/37 (20130101) C12N 2502/1311 (20130101) C12N 2502/1394 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6809 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/74 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802109 | Davido et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Davido (Lawrence, Kansas); William Halford (Springfield, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas); Southern Illinois University (Springfield, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Davido (Lawrence, Kansas); William Halford (Springfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A mutant herpesvirus that has a mutated gene that encodes a mutant infected cell protein 0 (ICP0) can be used in therapeutic methods as well as in diagnostics and research experiments. The encoded mutant ICP0 protein can be altered in one or more regions of ICP0 that are substantially conserved between two or more herpesviruses and/or within a phosphorylation region. The mutant herpesvirus can be substantially avirulent and immunogenic. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/749415 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/205.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802110 | Raman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rahul Raman (Waltham, Massachusetts); Xiaoying Koh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Karthik Viswanathan (Waltham, Massachusetts); Ram Sasisekharan (Bedford, Massachusetts); Aarthi Chandrasekaran (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rahul Raman (Waltham, Massachusetts); Xiaoying Koh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Karthik Viswanathan (Waltham, Massachusetts); Ram Sasisekharan (Bedford, Massachusetts); Aarthi Chandrasekaran (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides, among other things, methods, reagents, and systems for the treatment, detection, analysis, and/or characterization of influenza infections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/239376 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802112 | Ratner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam J. Ratner (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam J. Ratner (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is drawn to the nucleic and amino acid sequences encoding vaginolysin (VLY) toxin from Gardnerella vaginalis, and biologically active fragments and variants thereof. The invention is also directed to anti-VLY antibodies and to their use therapeutically and in a new ELISA assay of VLY toxin. Other embodiments of the invention are directed to VLY toxoids and to vaccines that use the new VLY toxoids as immunogens. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/922837 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/236.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802138 | Au et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jessie L.-S. Au (San Diego, California); M. Guillaume Wientjes (San Diego, California); Ze Lu (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Jie Wang (Columbus, Ohio) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jessie L.-S. Au (San Diego, California); M. Guillaume Wientjes (San Diego, California); Ze Lu (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Jie Wang (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for enhanced delivery of siRNA or miRNA, into the interior of multilayered tissues, and into the cytoplasm or nucleus of cells of a tissue. Such methods and compositions yield tumor-selective and intracellular delivery of RNAi agents and allow for RNAi-mediated activity such as knock-down of the target genes and associated products. The current disclosure further provides methods and compositions for improving the intracellular bioavailability of nucleotide agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/444798 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802144 | Schmuck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric G. Schmuck (Deforest, Wisconsin); Nancy Sweitzer (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric G. Schmuck (Deforest, Wisconsin); Kurt W. Saupe (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioscaffold made from an isolated cardiac fibroblast-derived 3-dimensional extracellular matrix (ECM) is disclosed. The bioscaffold can be used as an epicardial patch for the delivery of therapeutic cells into myocardial tissue. Methods of making the 3-dimensional extracellular matrix using cultured cardiac fibroblasts are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/593969 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/484 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802153 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianjun Cheng (Champaign, Illinois); Omid C. Farokhzad (Waban, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Benjamin A. Teply (Omaha, Nebraska); Stephen E. Zale (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a drug delivery system for targeted delivery of therapeutic agent-containing particles to tissues, cells, and intracellular compartments. The invention provides targeted particles comprising a particle, one or more targeting moieties, and one or more therapeutic agents to be delivered and pharmaceutical compositions comprising inventive targeted particles. The present invention provides methods of designing, manufacturing, and using inventive targeted particles and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/950804 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802161 | Mazzio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elizabeth Anne Mazzio (Tallahassee, Florida); Karam F Soliman (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth Anne Mazzio (Tallahassee, Florida); Karam F Soliman (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes a nutraceutical composition and method for preventing/treating cancer or augmenting chemotherapy in advanced stage malignancies; comprised of [1] tumoricidal herbs; beth root, galbanum, gromwell root, wild yam, balm of gilead bud, frankincense, [2] an antiproliferative herb; speranskia [3] a natural lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH) inhibitor, 2′,3,4′5,7-pentahydroxyflavone or cinnamon, [4] alkalizing agents: calcium, magnesium, potassium or bicarbonate salts, barley grass, chlorella and spirulina [5] at least one quinone and [6] at least one agent capable of maximizing oxidative mitochondrial function preferably riboflavin, 6,7-Dimethyl-8-(1-D-ribityl)lumazine, ribitol, 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole, tetrahydrobiopterin and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| FILED | Saturday, January 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/657903 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 36/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 36/28 (20130101) A61K 36/54 (20130101) A61K 36/71 (20130101) A61K 36/236 (20130101) A61K 36/324 (20130101) A61K 36/328 (20130101) A61K 36/484 (20130101) A61K 36/537 (20130101) A61K 36/704 (20130101) A61K 36/8945 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802365 | Reddien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Reddien (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Christian Petersen (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Reddien (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Christian Petersen (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods of use for identifying modulators of NOTUM, e.g., NOTUM inhibitors. In some aspects, identified compounds are useful for modulating Wnt signaling at sites of tissue damage. The invention further provides methods of promoting regeneration by inhibiting NOTUM. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/427660 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802373 | Barany et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Matthew Lubin (Rye Brook, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert Hammer (Acton, Massachusetts); Phillip Belgrader (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligation detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligation product in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) mixture, detecting the amplified ligation product, and identifying the target nucleotide sequence. Such coupling of the ligase detection reaction and the polymerase chain reaction permits multiplex detection of nucleic acid sequence difference. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/874697 |
| 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 08802375 | Sampson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hugh A. Sampson (Greenwich, Connecticut); Jing Lin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ludmilla Bardina (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugh A. Sampson (Greenwich, Connecticut); Jing Lin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ludmilla Bardina (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for performing epitope mapping, and for characterizing the antibody binding affinity and epitope diversity of antibodies in a sample using peptide microarray are provided. In some aspects, methods are provided for the specific characterization of IgE and IgG4. Also disclosed are methods for diagnosing whether a milk-allergic individual will outgrow his or her allergy based on the characterization of the individual's milk allergen-specific IgE antibodies. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/880841 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802381 | O'Connor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John O'Connor (New Rochelle, New York); Steven Birken (Damascus, Maryland); Galina Kovalevskaya (Bronx, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John O'Connor (New Rochelle, New York); Steven Birken (Damascus, Maryland); Galina Kovalevskaya (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of predicting pregnancy outcome in a subject by determining the amount of an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of hCG in a sample. The present invention further provides a method for determining the amount of early pregnancy associated molecular isoforms of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in a sample. The present invention also provides a diagnostic kit for determining the amount of early pregnancy associated hCG in a sample. The present invention additionally provides an antibody which specifically binds to an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of human chorionic gonadotropin. Finally, the present invention provides methods for detecting trophoblast or non-trophoblast malignancy in a sample. |
| FILED | Monday, March 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/846172 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802401 | Arnold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frances H. Arnold (La Canada, California); Chi-Huey Wong (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Yuuichi Mitsuda (Ikeda, Japan); Michael M. Chen (Pasadena, California); Clay Bennett (Medford, Massachusetts); William Greenberg (San Diego, California); Jared Crawford Lewis (Pasadena, California); Sabine Bastian (Saarbruecken, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frances H. Arnold (La Canada, California); Chi-Huey Wong (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Yuuichi Mitsuda (Ikeda, Japan); Michael M. Chen (Pasadena, California); Clay Bennett (Medford, Massachusetts); William Greenberg (San Diego, California); Jared Crawford Lewis (Pasadena, California); Sabine Bastian (Saarbruecken, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to engineered P450 polypeptides and use of such polypeptides in chemoenzymatic methods to construct selectively protected carbohydrates, which are useful as building blocks for preparation of carbohydrate derivatives and oligosaccharides |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/141348 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/132 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802413 | Raines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald T. Raines (Madison, Wisconsin); Julie C. Mitchell (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas J. Rutkoski (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to altered forms of members of the RNase A superfamily. An RNase A can be modified to be cytotoxic by altering its amino acid sequence so that it is not bound easily by the ribonuclease inhibitor while still retaining catalytic properties. While earlier work had identified some modifications to RNase A that would result in cytotoxicity, the use of the FADE algorithm for molecular interaction analysis has led to several other locations that were candidates for modification. Some of those modifications did result in RNase A variants with increase cytotoxicity. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/014952 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/196 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802418 | Rao |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Venigalla B. Rao (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Catholic University of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venigalla B. Rao (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Complex viruses are assembled from simple protein subunits by sequential and irreversible assembly. During genome packaging in bacteriophages, a powerful molecular motor assembles at the special portal vertex of an empty prohead to initiate packaging. An aspect of the invention relates to the phage T4 packaging machine being highly promiscuous, translocating DNA into finished phage heads as well as into proheads. Single motors can force exogenous DNA into phage heads at the same rate as into proheads and phage heads undergo repeated initiations, packaging multiple DNA molecules into the same head. This shows that the phage DNA packaging machine has unusual conformational plasticity, powering DNA into an apparently passive capsid receptacle, including the highly stable virus shell, until it is full. These features allow for the design of a novel class of nanocapsid delivery vehicles. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/082466 |
| 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 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802419 | Lien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Egil Lien (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jon D. Goguen (Holden, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Egil Lien (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jon D. Goguen (Holden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are microorganisms that are modified so that they have an increased ability to be recognized by the innate immune system of a eukaryote, relative to an unmodified microorganism. A microorganism may be a gram-negative bacterium that has been modified to produce high potency lipopolysaccharide, e.g., Yersinia pestis expressing LpxL. Such modified microorganisms may be used as vaccines for protection against an infection by the unmodified microorganism. They may also be used as delivery vehicles of one or more heterologous antigens, e.g., antigens from pathogens or those associated with a hyperproliferative eukaryotic cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/281276 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802432 | Zaret et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth S. Zaret (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania); Kunio Matsumoto (Ibaraka, Japan); Hideyuki Yoshitomi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth S. Zaret (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania); Kunio Matsumoto (Ibaraka, Japan); Hideyuki Yoshitomi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of promoting liver morphogenesis prior to the functioning of blood vessels by culturing liver cells with endothelial cells is provided. Also provided are cell cultures and method of promoting vasculogenesis of liver tissue by contacting liver cells with endothelial cells. |
| FILED | Friday, September 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/487878 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — 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 5/069 (20130101) C12N 5/0671 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0672 (20130101) C12N 2502/28 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802439 | Saphire |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Saphire (Solana Beach, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Saphire (Solana Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for producing retroviruses or viral vectors with enhanced infectivity. The methods entail transfecting a retroviral vector into a packaging cell that has suppressed expression or inhibited enzymatic activity of a parvulin prolyl peptidyl isomerase (parvulin PPIase), and culturing the transfected packaging cell to allow production of viral particles. The invention also provides methods for enhancing efficiency of gene transfer with a recombinant retrovirus. These methods involve constructing a recombinant retroviral vector expressing a target gene, transfecting into a packaging cell that has suppressed expression or inhibited enzymatic activity of a parvulin prolyl peptidyl isomerase (parvulin PPIase), culturing the transfected packaging cell to allow production of recombinant retroviral particles, harvesting recombinant retroviral particles from supernatant of the cultured cell, and transducing the recombinant retroviral particles into a target cell. Kits for carrying out these methods are also provided in the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/321509 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802440 | Zhong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li Zhong (Gainesville, Florida); Sergei Zolotukhin (Gainesville, Florida); Lakshmanan Govindasamy (Gainesville, Florida); Mavis Agbandje-McKenna (Gainesville, Florida); Arun Srivastava (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are tyrosine-modified rAAV vectors, as well as infectious virions, compositions, and pharmaceutical formulations that comprise them. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and methods for using the disclosed tyrosine-phosphorylated capsid protein mutant rAAV vectors in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications including in vivo and ex vivo gene therapy, and large-scale production of rAAV vectors. |
| FILED | Friday, March 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/854011 |
| 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 435/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802600 | Rank et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Rank (Palo Alto, California); Jeffery Wegener (Cupertino, California); Jonas Korlach (Castro Valley, California); Daniel Roitman (Menlo Park, California); Yue Xu (Fremont, California); John Lyle (Redwood Shores, California); Stephen Turner (Menlo Park, California); Paul Peluso (Hayward, California); Geoff Otto (Santa Clara, California); Ron Cicero (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Rank (Palo Alto, California); Jeffery Wegener (Cupertino, California); Jonas Korlach (Castro Valley, California); Daniel Roitman (Menlo Park, California); Yue Xu (Fremont, California); John Lyle (Redwood Shores, California); Stephen Turner (Menlo Park, California); Paul Peluso (Hayward, California); Geoff Otto (Santa Clara, California); Ron Cicero (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of producing substrates having selected active chemical regions by employing elements of the substrates in assisting the localization of active chemical groups in desired regions of the substrate. The methods may include optical, chemical and/or mechanical processes for the deposition, removal, activation and/or deactivation of chemical groups in selected regions of the substrate to provide selective active regions of the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/731748 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802633 | Levine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Dallas, Texas); Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beth C. Levine (Dallas, Texas); Sanae Shoji-Kawata (Dallas, Texas); Olivier Lichtarge (Dallas, Texas); Angela D. Wilkins (Houston, Texas); Nick V. Grishin (Dallas, Texas); Lisa N. Kinch (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An autophagy-inducing compound comprises an autophagy-inducing peptide comprising Beclin 1 residues 269-279 immediately N- and C-terminally flanked by moieties R1 and R2, respectively, wherein up to six of said residues may be substituted, R1 and R2 do not naturally flank the Belclin 1 residues, and F270 and F274 are optionally substituted and optionally linked. The compounds may be used to induce autophagy. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/076159 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802642 | Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravindra Singh (Ames, Iowa); Natalia Singh (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravindra Singh (Ames, Iowa); Natalia Singh (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for blocking the effect of the intronic inhibitory splicing region of intron 7 of the SMN2 gene. The compositions and methods of the instant invention include short oligonucleotide reagents (e.g., oligoribonucleotides) that effectively target sites in the SMN2 pre-mRNA, thereby modulating the splicing of SMN2 pre-mRNA to include exon 7 in the processed transcript. The short target regions are 8-mers and 5-mers and also include the identification of a single nucleotide base that is essential for initiating a long distance stearic inhibitory interactions as well as novel targets distant from intron 7 which block the intronic inhibitory splicing of the same. These short target regions and concomitant inhibitory blocking oligonucleotides are less expensive and easier to manufacture and are small enough to cross the blood brain barrier. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/093958 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802646 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ta-Yuan Chang (Etna, New Hampshire); Catherine C. Y. Chang (Etna, New Hampshire); Elena Bryleva (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Stephanie Murphy (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Maximillian A. Rogers (White River Junction, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ta-Yuan Chang (Etna, New Hampshire); Catherine C. Y. Chang (Etna, New Hampshire); Elena Bryleva (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Stephanie Murphy (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Maximillian A. Rogers (White River Junction, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features methods for decreasing the size and density of amyloid plaques, decreasing cognitive decline associated with amyloid pathology, and treating Alzheimer's disease by selectively inhibiting the activity of Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase 1, but not Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase 2. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/605206 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802656 | Lichtenberger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lenard Lichtenberger (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lenard Lichtenberger (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A new pharmaceutical composition is disclosed comprising a purified phospholipid-selective and/for nonselective non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug associated complex and methods for making and using same. A screening method for identifying compounds that form phospholipid associated complexes is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/249051 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/60 (20130101) A61K 31/616 (20130101) A61K 31/683 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/685 (20130101) A61K 31/688 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802687 | Byers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen W. Byers (Tacoma Park, Maryland); Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy (Herndon, Virginia); Jaime M. Guidry Auvil (Elkridge, Maryland); Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen W. Byers (Tacoma Park, Maryland); Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy (Herndon, Virginia); Jaime M. Guidry Auvil (Elkridge, Maryland); Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Cadherin-11 inhibitors, including 4-(2-phenylpyridin-3-yl)phenol, and methods for the prevention and treatment of cadherin-11 related diseases are described herein. Cadherin-11 related diseases include cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/148579 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/277 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802689 | Jung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Charles L. Sawyers (New York, New York); Samedy Ouk (Los Angeles, California); Chris Tran (New York, New York); John Wongvipat (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Charles L. Sawyers (New York, New York); Samedy Ouk (Los Angeles, California); Chris Tran (New York, New York); John Wongvipat (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein, inter alia, are compounds useful for the prevention or treatment of hyperproliferative diseases or disorders. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/615085 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802714 | Jordan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siga Technologies, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siga Technologies, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Jordan (Corvallis, Oregon); Thomas R. Bailey (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania); Susan R. Rippin (Wilmington, Delaware); Dongcheng Dai (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of using di, tri, and tetracyclic acylhydrazide derivatives and analogs, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, for the treatment or prophylaxis of viral infections and diseases associated therewith, particularly those viral infections and associated diseases caused by the orthopoxvirus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/966392 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802722 | Orlow |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seth J. Orlow (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth J. Orlow (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are benzopyran compounds of formula I, for example, pomiferin-3′,4′-dimethyl ether, and the use of such compounds and compositions thereof to modulate (e.g., inhibit) melanogenesis and pigmentation. wherein R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are described herein. Also provided are plant extracts containing a compound of formula I, and the use of such a plant extract to modulate (e.g., inhibit) melanogenesis and pigmentation. The compound or plant extract may be prepared as pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of conditions that are related to aberrant melanogenesis activity. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/360624 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/452 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802724 | Ghosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana); Cuthbert D Martyr (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana); Cuthbert D Martyr (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein pertains to processes and compounds useful in the preparation of bis-tetrahydrofurans. The invention described herein also pertains to compounds useful for treating HIV infections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/990558 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 317/20 (20130101) C07D 317/22 (20130101) C07D 317/30 (20130303) C07D 493/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802733 | Ganesan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anand Ganesan (Ladera Ranch, California); Michael A. White (Dallas, Texas); Patrick J. Farmer (Waco, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anand Ganesan (Ladera Ranch, California); Michael A. White (Dallas, Texas); Patrick J. Farmer (Waco, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for reducing pigmentation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/598499 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/41 (20130101) A61K 31/16 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 19/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802821 | Fischer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Fischer (El Cerrito, California); Jon Penterman (Berkeley, California); Jin Hoe Huh (Davis, California); Tzung-Fu Hsieh (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Fischer (El Cerrito, California); Jon Penterman (Berkeley, California); Jin Hoe Huh (Davis, California); Tzung-Fu Hsieh (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptides with DNA demethylase activity as well as methods of their use are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/006779 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802822 | Matoba et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nobuyuki Matoba (Owensboro, Kentucky); Adam Husk (Owensboro, Kentucky); Sudha Sankaran (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nobuyuki Matoba (Owensboro, Kentucky); Adam Husk (Owensboro, Kentucky); Sudha Sankaran (Newburgh, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A polypeptide is provided that comprises an actinohivin variant polypeptide having an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS: 4-12. The polypeptide can be provided as part of a fusion protein that includes the actinohivin variant polypeptide and either a fragment crystallizable domain of an antibody (Fc), a fragment antigen-binding domain of an antibody (Fab), or a single chain variable fragment of an antibody (scFv). Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the polypeptides are also provided along with vectors and plant cells capable of expressing the polypeptides. Methods of treating an infection of a subject by an enveloped virus are further provided and include administering an effective amount of the polypeptides to a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/808444 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802833 | Gelb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael H. Gelb (Seattle, Washington); Sophie Blanchard (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael H. Gelb (Seattle, Washington); Sophie Blanchard (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for selective 2-sulfation of glycosides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/144048 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/17.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802835 | Ko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of Americas as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert I. Ko (Salvador, Brazil); Mitermayer Galvão Reis (Salvador, Brazil); Julio Henrique Rosa Croda (Salvador, Brazil); Isadora Cristina Siqueira (Salvador, Brazil); David A. Haake (Los Angeles, California); James Matsunaga (Los Angeles, California); Lee W. Riley (Berkeley, California); Michele Barocchi (Los Angeles, California); Tracy Ann Young (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to three isolated DNA molecules that encode for proteins, BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3, in the Leptospira sp bacterium which have repetitive Bacterial-Ig-like (Big) domains and their use in diagnostic, therapeutic and vaccine applications. According to the present invention, the isolated molecules encoding for BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3 proteins are used for the diagnosis and prevention of infection with Leptospira species that are capable of producing disease in humans and other mammals, including those of veterinary importance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/869660 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802838 | Meller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit Meller (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jerome Mathe (Somerville, Massachusetts); John S. Eid (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Meller (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jerome Mathe (Somerville, Massachusetts); John S. Eid (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods for analyzing polymer molecules. These methods are employed for the high throughput readout of DNA and RNA molecules with single molecule sensitivity. The method of the present invention comprises (1) the electrically controlled unzipping of DNA (or RNA) double strands, and (2) the readout of the molecule's identity (or code) using one or more molecule signal detection. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/173247 |
| 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 08802874 | Petasis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicos A. Petasis (Hacienda Heights, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods for the preparation of naturally occurring trihydroxy polyunsaturated eicosanoids and their structural analogs. The invention further provides new derivatives and analogs of trihydroxy polyunsaturated eicosanoids that can be prepared according to these methods. The invention also provides compositions and methods using trihydroxy polyunsaturated eicosanoid derivatives for the prevention, amelioration and treatment of a variety of diseases or conditions associated with inflammation or inflammatory response, autoimmune diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, or abnormal cell proliferation or cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, July 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/936242 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802881 | Petasis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicos A. Petasis (Hacienda Heights, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicos A. Petasis (Hacienda Heights, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Benzolipoxin analogs, methods of their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are provided. The compounds and compositions are useful in methods for treatment of various diseases, including, inflammation, autoimmune disease and abnormal cell proliferation. |
| FILED | Monday, February 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/372029 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/218 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08804115 | Yu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bing Yu (Cary, North Carolina); Nirmala Ramanujam (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bing Yu (Cary, North Carolina); Nirmala Ramanujam (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for performing optical spectroscopy using a self-calibrating fiber optic probe are disclosed. One self-calibrating fiber optic probe includes a sensing channel for transmitting illumination light to a specimen and for collecting spectral data of the specimen. The spectral data includes the illumination light diffusely reflected from the specimen at one or more wavelengths. The self-calibrating fiber optic probe may also include a calibration channel for transmitting calibration light. The calibration light and the illumination light are generated simultaneously from a common light source. The calibration channel collects calibration spectral data associated with the calibration light contemporaneously with the collection of the spectral data of the specimen. |
| FILED | Monday, April 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/989591 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/28 (20130101) G01J 3/0218 (20130101) G01J 2003/2866 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/49 (20130101) G01N 21/274 (20130101) G01N 21/474 (20130101) G01N 2201/082 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08804975 — Digital sound leveling device and method to reduce the risk of noise induced hearing loss
| US 08804975 | Harris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John G. Harris (Gainesville, Florida); Colleen Garbe Le Prell (Gainesville, Florida); Qing Yang (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. Harris (Gainesville, Florida); Colleen Garbe Le Prell (Gainesville, Florida); Qing Yang (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods for digital sound leveling are disclosed. The subject devices and methods can be used to reduce the risk of noise induced hearing loss. According to an embodiment, an audio file can be parsed into frames that are filtered using an A-weighted digital filter and scaled to a desired power level. Accordingly, the dynamic range of an audio output at a particular volume level can be controlled. |
| FILED | Friday, February 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/148534 |
| ART UNIT | 2654 — Audio Signals |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08805475 | Kurpad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krishna N. Kurpad (Madison, Wisconsin); Madhav Venkateswaran (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method includes a medical device configured to be inserted into a subject having an imaging coil coupled thereto and configured to be inserted into the subject during a medical procedure to provide tracking information regarding a position of the medical device. A circuit is connected to the imaging coil to switch the circuit between an energy harvesting configuration and an image data acquisition configuration. The circuit includes an energy harvesting path and an imaging data path connected to the imaging coil that are electrically distinct. An energy storage device is connected to receive power delivered along the energy harvesting path when the circuit is in the energy harvesting configuration. An amplifier is connected to receive power from the energy storage device and receive imaging data signals from the imaging coil over the imaging data path to thereby amplify the imaging data signals. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/708281 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08805510 | Chancellor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael B. Chancellor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Changfeng Tai (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael B. Chancellor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Changfeng Tai (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are therefore provided herein for stimulating a desired physiological effect. The methods and apparatus can be used to control micturition, defecation and/or ejaculation. The methods and apparatus also can be used to control pain in the lower pelvic region, for example and without limitation, interstitial cystitis. The methods and apparatus also can be used to increase sexual sensation. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/184518 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08805533 — Systems and methods of neuromodulation stimulation for the restoration of sexual function
| US 08805533 | Boggs, II et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph W. Boggs, II (Carrboro, North Carolina); Geoffrey B. Thrope (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Robert B. Strother (Willoughby Hills, Ohio); Joseph J. Mrva (Euclid, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medtronic, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph W. Boggs, II (Carrboro, North Carolina); Geoffrey B. Thrope (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Robert B. Strother (Willoughby Hills, Ohio); Joseph J. Mrva (Euclid, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods use an external and/or implantable pulse generator system for neuromodulation stimulation to treat sexual dysfunction by the unilateral or bilateral stimulation of a target nerve A and/or a target nerve B using one or more leads and electrodes implanted in tissue in the pelvic region. The electrical stimulation waveform may be conveyed to the target nerve A electrode for a first predetermined amount of time, and conveyed to the target nerve B electrode for a second predetermined amount of time. |
| FILED | Monday, February 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/031482 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/116 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08805542 | Tai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Mandheerej S. Nandra (Pasadena, California); Joel W. Burdick (Pasadena, California); Damien Craig Rodger (South Pasadena, California); Andy Fong (Los Angeles, California); Victor Reggie Edgerton (Los Angeles, California); Roland R. Roy (Playa Vista, California); Yury Gerasimenko (Los Angeles, California); Igor Lavrov (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Susan J. Harkema (Louisville, Kentucky); Claudia A. Angeli (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable electrode array assembly configured to apply electrical stimulation to the spinal cord. A substantially electrically nonconductive layer of the device has a first portion positionable alongside the spinal cord that includes a plurality of first openings and a second portion that includes a plurality of second openings. Electrodes and traces are positioned inside a peripheral portion of a body portion of the device and alongside the layer. At least one of the first openings is adjacent each of the electrodes to provide a pathway through which the electrode may provide electrical stimulation to the spinal cord. At least one of the second openings is adjacent each of the traces to provide a pathway through which the trace may receive electrical stimulation. At least one trace is connected to each electrode and configured to conduct electrical stimulation received by the trace(s) to the electrode. |
| FILED | Friday, July 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/946338 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0551 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0553 (20130101) A61N 1/0558 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan L. Browne (Grosse Pointe, Michigan); Nancy L. Johnson (Northville, Michigan); Nilesh D. Mankame (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Paul W. Alexander (Ypsilanti, Michigan); John Andrew Shaw (Dexter, Michigan); Christopher Burton Churchill (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Andrew C. Keefe (Encino, California); Guillermo A. Herrera (Winnetka, California); Jeffrey W Brown (Los Gatos, California); Richard J. Skurkis (Lake Orion, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); Dynalloy Inc. (Tustin, California); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan L. Browne (Grosse Pointe, Michigan); Nancy L. Johnson (Northville, Michigan); Nilesh D. Mankame (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Paul W. Alexander (Ypsilanti, Michigan); John Andrew Shaw (Dexter, Michigan); Christopher Burton Churchill (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Andrew C. Keefe (Encino, California); Guillermo A. Herrera (Winnetka, California); Jeffrey W Brown (Los Gatos, California); Richard J. Skurkis (Lake Orion, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A shape memory alloy (SMA) heat engine includes a first rotatable pulley, a second rotatable pulley, and an SMA material disposed about the first and second rotatable pulleys and between a hot region and a cold region. A method of starting and operating the SMA heat engine includes detecting a thermal energy gradient between the hot region and the cold region using a controller, decoupling an electrical generator from one of the first and second rotatable pulleys, monitoring a speed of the SMA material about the first and second rotatable pulleys, and re-engaging the driven component if the monitored speed of the SMA material exceeds a threshold. The SMA material may selectively change crystallographic phase between martensite and austenite and between the hot region and the cold region to convert the thermal gradient into mechanical energy. |
| FILED | Friday, December 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/340897 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/527 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08800285 | Ernst et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy C. Ernst (Columbus, Indiana); Christopher R. Nelson (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cummins Intellectual Property, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy C. Ernst (Columbus, Indiana); Christopher R. Nelson (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to a waste heat recovery (WHR) system and to a system and method for regulation of a fluid inventory in a condenser and a receiver of a Rankine cycle WHR system. Such regulation includes the ability to regulate the pressure in a WHR system to control cavitation and energy conversion. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/344261 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/618 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08800289 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Greenville, South Carolina); Jonathan Dwight Berry (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Greenville, South Carolina); Jonathan Dwight Berry (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A nozzle includes a fuel plenum and an air plenum downstream of the fuel plenum. A primary fuel channel includes an inlet in fluid communication with the fuel plenum and a primary air port in fluid communication with the air plenum. Secondary fuel channels radially outward of the primary fuel channel include a secondary fuel port in fluid communication with the fuel plenum. A shroud circumferentially surrounds the secondary fuel channels. A method for mixing fuel and air in a nozzle prior to combustion includes flowing fuel to a fuel plenum and flowing air to an air plenum downstream of the fuel plenum. The method further includes injecting fuel from the fuel plenum through a primary fuel passage, injecting fuel from the fuel plenum through secondary fuel passages, and injecting air from the air plenum through the primary fuel passage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/877385 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/023 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/005 (20130101) F23R 3/54 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23R 2900/00002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08800650 | Spray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffery A. Spray (Houston, Texas); Steven Svedeman (San Antonio, Texas); David Walter (San Antonio, Texas); Peter Mckeighan (San Antonio, Texas); Shane Siebanaler (San Antonio, Texas); Peter Dewhurst (Kingston, Rhode Island); Steven Hobson (Brookline, Massachusetts); Doug Foss (Brookline, Massachusetts); Holger Wirz (Brookline, Massachusetts); Aaron Sharpe (Brookline, Massachusetts); Michael Apostal (North Kingston, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dynamic Tubular Systems, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery A. Spray (Houston, Texas); Steven Svedeman (San Antonio, Texas); David Walter (San Antonio, Texas); Peter Mckeighan (San Antonio, Texas); Shane Siebanaler (San Antonio, Texas); Peter Dewhurst (Kingston, Rhode Island); Steven Hobson (Brookline, Massachusetts); Doug Foss (Brookline, Massachusetts); Holger Wirz (Brookline, Massachusetts); Aaron Sharpe (Brookline, Massachusetts); Michael Apostal (North Kingston, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An expandable tubular includes a plurality of leaves formed from sheet material that have curved surfaces. The leaves extend around a portion or fully around the diameter of the tubular structure. Some of the adjacent leaves of the tubular are coupled together. The tubular is compressed to a smaller diameter so that it can be inserted through previously deployed tubular assemblies. Once the tubular is properly positioned, it is deployed and coupled or not coupled to a previously deployed tubular assembly. The tubular is useful for all types of wells and boreholes. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/162374 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801567 | Demirovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Besim Demirovic (Troy, Michigan); Pinaki Gupta (Wixom, Michigan); Lawrence A. Kaminsky (White Lake, Michigan); Ali K. Naqvi (White Lake, Michigan); Anthony H. Heap (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jy-Jen F. Sah (West Bloomfield, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Besim Demirovic (Troy, Michigan); Pinaki Gupta (Wixom, Michigan); Lawrence A. Kaminsky (White Lake, Michigan); Ali K. Naqvi (White Lake, Michigan); Anthony H. Heap (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jy-Jen F. Sah (West Bloomfield, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid transmission includes first and second electric machines. A method for operating the hybrid transmission in response to a command to execute a shift from an initial continuously variable mode to a target continuously variable mode includes increasing torque of an oncoming clutch associated with operating in the target continuously variable mode and correspondingly decreasing a torque of an off-going clutch associated with operating in the initial continuously variable mode. Upon deactivation of the off-going clutch, torque outputs of the first and second electric machines and the torque of the oncoming clutch are controlled to synchronize the oncoming clutch. Upon synchronization of the oncoming clutch, the torque for the oncoming clutch is increased and the transmission is operated in the target continuously variable mode. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/398993 |
| ART UNIT | 3655 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control 477/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801589 | Peterchev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angel Vladimirov Peterchev (New York, New York); Sarah Hollingsworth Lisanby (New York, New York); Zhi-De Deng (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angel Vladimirov Peterchev (New York, New York); Sarah Hollingsworth Lisanby (New York, New York); Zhi-De Deng (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A coil suitable for tissue stimulation and especially for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) may be used in conjunction with a pulse generator to induce electric field in the brain with less attenuation in depth compared to existing TMS coils. In an example, a coil winding is formed in a solenoid configuration around the head. Various related features, methods, and embodiments are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/056914 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801838 | Hering et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susanne V. Hering (Berkeley, California); Gregory S. Lewis (Berkeley, California); Steven R. Spielman (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerosol Dynamics Inc. (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susanne V. Hering (Berkeley, California); Gregory S. Lewis (Berkeley, California); Steven R. Spielman (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This technology relates to the enlargement by water condensation in a laminar flow of airborne particles with diameters of the order of a few nanometers to hundreds of nanometers to form droplets with diameters of the order of several micrometers. The technology presents several advanced designs, including the use of double-stage condensers. It has application to measuring the number concentration of particles suspended in air or other gas, to collecting these particles, or to focusing these particles. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/218393 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801934 | Achilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrea Achilli (Reno, Nevada); Amy E. Childress (Reno, Nevada); Tzahi Y. Cath (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the Univeristy of Nevada, Reno (Reno, Nevada); Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea Achilli (Reno, Nevada); Amy E. Childress (Reno, Nevada); Tzahi Y. Cath (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for osmotically assisted desalination include using a pressurized concentrate from a pressure desalination process to pressurize a feed to the desalination process. The depressurized concentrate thereby produced is used as a draw solution for a pressure-retarded osmosis process. The pressure-retarded osmosis unit produces a pressurized draw solution stream that is used to pressurize another feed to the desalination process. In one example, the feed to the pressure-retarded osmosis process is impaired water. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/211204 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/652 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801957 | Fox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elise B. Fox (Aiken, South Carolina); Ann E. Visser (Aiken, South Carolina); Nicholas J. Bridges (Aiken, South Carolina); Joshua R. Gray (Aiken, South Carolina); Brenda L. Garcia-Diaz (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elise B. Fox (Aiken, South Carolina); Ann E. Visser (Aiken, South Carolina); Nicholas J. Bridges (Aiken, South Carolina); Joshua R. Gray (Aiken, South Carolina); Brenda L. Garcia-Diaz (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A heat transfer fluid created from nanoparticles that are dispersed into an ionic liquid is provided. Small volumes of nanoparticles are created from e.g., metals or metal oxides and/or alloys of such materials are dispersed into ionic liquids to create a heat transfer fluid. The nanoparticles can be dispersed directly into the ionic liquid during nanoparticle formation or the nanoparticles can be formed and then, in a subsequent step, dispersed into the ionic liquid using e.g., agitation. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/234284 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801979 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chih-hung Chang (Corvallis, Oregon); Hyungdae Jin (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chih-hung Chang (Corvallis, Oregon); Hyungdae Jin (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a continuous-flow injection reactor and a method for continuous material synthesis are disclosed. The reactor includes a mixing zone unit and a residence time unit removably coupled to the mixing zone unit. The mixing zone unit includes at least one top inlet, a side inlet, and a bottom outlet. An injection tube, or plurality of injection tubes, is inserted through the top inlet and extends past the side inlet while terminating above the bottom outlet. A first reactant solution flows in through the side inlet, and a second reactant solution flows in through the injection tube(s). With reference to nanoparticle synthesis, the reactant solutions combine in a mixing zone and form nucleated nanoparticles. The nucleated nanoparticles flow through the residence time unit. The residence time unit may be a single conduit, or it may include an outer housing and a plurality of inner tubes within the outer housing. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/158142 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802051 | Allen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathan Tait Allen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Robert Butterick, III (Swedesboro, New Jersey); Arthur Achhing Chin (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Dean Michael Millar (Midland, Michigan); David Craig Molzahn (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rohm and Haas Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan Tait Allen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Robert Butterick, III (Swedesboro, New Jersey); Arthur Achhing Chin (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Dean Michael Millar (Midland, Michigan); David Craig Molzahn (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for production of a metal hydride compound MHx, wherein x is one or two and M is an alkali metal, Be or Mg. The process comprises combining a compound of formula (R1O)xM with aluminum, hydrogen and at least one metal selected from among titanium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, vanadium, tantalum and iron to produce a compound of formula MHx. R1 is phenyl or phenyl substituted by at least one alkyl or alkoxy group. A mole ratio of aluminum to (R1O)xM is from 0.1:1 to 1:1. The catalyst is present at a level of at least 200 ppm based on weight of aluminum. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/053350 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 6/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802053 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, 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 | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/847136 |
| 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 08802316 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Meilin Liu (Alpharetta, Georgia); Ze Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Mingfei Liu (Atlanta, Georgia); Lifang Nie (Atlanta, Georgia); David Spencer Mebane (Morgantown, West Virginia); Lane Curtis Wilson (Bruceton Mills, West Virginia); Wayne Surdoval (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meilin Liu (Alpharetta, Georgia); Ze Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Mingfei Liu (Atlanta, Georgia); Lifang Nie (Atlanta, Georgia); David Spencer Mebane (Morgantown, West Virginia); Lane Curtis Wilson (Bruceton Mills, West Virginia); Wayne Surdoval (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Solid-oxide fuel cells include an electrolyte and an anode electrically coupled to a first surface of the electrolyte. A cathode is provided, which is electrically coupled to a second surface of the electrolyte. The cathode includes a porous backbone having a porosity in a range from about 20% to about 70%. The porous backbone contains a mixed ionic-electronic conductor (MIEC) of a first material infiltrated with an oxygen-reducing catalyst of a second material different from the first material. |
| FILED | Friday, July 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/837757 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802444 | McElhanon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. McElhanon (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Timothy J. Shepodd (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. McElhanon (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Timothy J. Shepodd (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A “real time” method for detecting chemical agents generally and particularly electrophilic and nucleophilic species by employing tunable, precursor sensor materials that mimic the physiological interaction of these agents to form highly florescent berberine-type alkaloids that can be easily and rapidly detected. These novel precursor sensor materials can be tuned for reaction with both electrophilic (chemical species, toxins) and nucleophilic (proteins and other biological molecules) species. By bonding or otherwise attaching these precursor molecules to a surface or substrate they can be used in numerous applications. |
| FILED | Friday, July 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/553959 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802486 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bo Li (San Jose, California); Peter J. Cousins (Menlo Park, California); David D. Smith (Campbell, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bo Li (San Jose, California); Peter J. Cousins (Menlo Park, California); David D. Smith (Campbell, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming emitters for back-contact solar cells are described. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a first solid-state dopant source above a substrate. The first solid-state dopant source includes a plurality of regions separated by gaps. Regions of a second solid-state dopant source are formed above the substrate by printing. |
| FILED | Monday, February 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/372235 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802595 | Unkefer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pat J. Unkefer (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Rodolfo A. Martinez (Sante Fe, New Mexico); Thomas J. Knight (Raymond, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes a composition including a mixture of L- and D-pyroglutamate stereoisomers in a ratio of L to D of from about 80:20 to about 97:3 , and, a carrier medium for application of the L- and D-pyroglutamate stereoisomers to a target plant. The composition can also be used as a germination medium and may be incorporated into a seed coat for assisting in germination. The present invention further describes a method of increasing the agronomic performance of a target plant by treating a target plant with a composition including a mixture of L- and D-pyroglutamate stereoisomers in a ratio of L to D of from about 80:20 to about 97:3 and a carrier medium for said L- and D-pyroglutamate stereoisomers. |
| FILED | Monday, October 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/047366 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Plant protecting and regulating compositions 54/138 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803195 | Lagally et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Shelley A. Scott (Madison, Wisconsin); Donald E. Savage (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Shelley A. Scott (Madison, Wisconsin); Donald E. Savage (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present nanomembrane structures include a multilayer film comprising a single-crystalline layer of semiconductor material disposed between two other single-crystalline layers of semiconductor material. A plurality of holes extending through the nanomembrane are at least partially, and preferably entirely, filled with a filler material which is also a semiconductor, but which differs from the nanomembrane semiconductor materials in composition, crystal orientation, or both. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/045263 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803264 | Katiyar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ram S Katiyar (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico); Ashok Kumar (San Juan, Puerto Rico); James F Scott (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ram S Katiyar (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico); Ashok Kumar (San Juan, Puerto Rico); James F Scott (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a novel class of room-temperature, single-phase, magnetoelectric multiferroic (PbFe0.67W0.33O3)x (PbZr0.53Ti0.47O3)1-x (0.2≦x≦0.8) (PFWx−PZT1-x) thin films that exhibit high dielectric constants, high polarization, weak saturation magnetization, broad dielectric temperature peak, high-frequency dispersion, low dielectric loss and low leakage current. These properties render them to be suitable candidates for room-temperature multiferroic devices. Methods of preparation are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/118275 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/421 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803384 | Hull et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John R. Hull (Sammamish, Washington); John F. Gonder (Mountlake Terrace, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Hull (Sammamish, Washington); John F. Gonder (Mountlake Terrace, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A device includes a rotor and a stator with coils arranged to form a phase element. The phase element includes a first coil group including a first coil and a second coil and a second coil group including a third coil and a fourth coil, where the rotor is positioned between the first coil group and the second coil group. The device also includes one or more switches that enable reconfiguration of the phase element by switching an electrical configuration of the coils. In a first mode, the coils are arranged with the first coil in a first coil path and the second coil in a second coil path that is coupled in parallel with the first coil path. The coils are arranged such that a voltage generated across the first coil path is substantially equal to a voltage generated across the second coil path. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/104456 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/68.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803637 | Peralta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xomalin Guaiuli Peralta (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Igal Brener (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John O'Hara (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Abul Azad (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Evgenya Smirnova (Los Alamos, New Mexico); John D. Williams (Decatur, Alabama); Richard D. Averitt (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xomalin Guaiuli Peralta (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Igal Brener (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John O'Hara (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Abul Azad (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Evgenya Smirnova (Los Alamos, New Mexico); John D. Williams (Decatur, Alabama); Richard D. Averitt (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Terahertz metamaterials comprise a periodic array of resonator elements disposed on a dielectric substrate or thin membrane, wherein the resonator elements have a structure that provides a tunable magnetic permeability or a tunable electric permittivity for incident electromagnetic radiation at a frequency greater than about 100 GHz and the periodic array has a lattice constant that is smaller than the wavelength of the incident electromagnetic radiation. Microfabricated metamaterials exhibit lower losses and can be assembled into three-dimensional structures that enable full coupling of incident electromagnetic terahertz radiation in two or three orthogonal directions. Furthermore, polarization sensitive and insensitive metamaterials at terahertz frequencies can enable new devices and applications. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/262422 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 7/10 (20130101) H01P 7/082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08804488 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Seattle, Washington); Brian E. Smith (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Endpoint-based parallel data processing in a parallel active messaging interface (‘PAMI’) of a parallel computer, the PAMI composed of data communications endpoints, each endpoint including a specification of data communications parameters for a thread of execution on a compute node, including specifications of a client, a context, and a task, the compute nodes coupled for data communications through the PAMI, including establishing a data communications geometry, the geometry specifying, for tasks representing processes of execution of the parallel application, a set of endpoints that are used in collective operations of the PAMI including a plurality of endpoints for one of the tasks; receiving in endpoints of the geometry an instruction for a collective operation; and executing the instruction for a collective operation through the endpoints in dependence upon the geometry, including dividing data communications operations among the plurality of endpoints for one of the tasks. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/673188 |
| ART UNIT | 2462 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/217 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08804898 | Leckey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John H. Leckey (Knoxville, Tennessee); Amy DeMint (Kingston, Tennessee); Jack Gooch (Seymour, Tennessee); Todd Hawk (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chris A. Pickett (Clinton, Tennessee); Chris Blessinger (Knoxville, Tennessee); Robbie L. York (Kingston, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Leckey (Knoxville, Tennessee); Amy DeMint (Kingston, Tennessee); Jack Gooch (Seymour, Tennessee); Todd Hawk (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chris A. Pickett (Clinton, Tennessee); Chris Blessinger (Knoxville, Tennessee); Robbie L. York (Kingston, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for simulating special nuclear material is provided. The apparatus typically contains a small quantity of special nuclear material (SNM) in a configuration that simulates a much larger quantity of SNM. Generally the apparatus includes a spherical shell that is formed from an alloy containing a small quantity of highly enriched uranium. Also typically provided is a core of depleted uranium. A spacer, typically aluminum, may be used to separate the depleted uranium from the shell of uranium alloy. A cladding, typically made of titanium, is provided to seal the source. Methods are provided to simulate SNM for testing radiation monitoring portals. Typically the methods use at least one primary SNM spectral line and exclude at least one secondary SNM spectral line. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/835123 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Nuclear Reactors G21C 3/12 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 30/38 (20130101) Y02E 30/40 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806141 | Boyle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Boyle (Edinburgh, United Kingdom); Norman Christ (Irvington, New York); Alan Gara (Yorktown Heights, New York); Changhoan Kim (San Jose, California); Robert Mawhinney (New York, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York); Krishnan Sugavanam (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Boyle (Edinburgh, United Kingdom); Norman Christ (Irvington, New York); Alan Gara (Yorktown Heights, New York); Changhoan Kim (San Jose, California); Robert Mawhinney (New York, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York); Krishnan Sugavanam (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A list prefetch engine improves a performance of a parallel computing system. The list prefetch engine receives a current cache miss address. The list prefetch engine evaluates whether the current cache miss address is valid. If the current cache miss address is valid, the list prefetch engine compares the current cache miss address and a list address. A list address represents an address in a list. A list describes an arbitrary sequence of prior cache miss addresses. The prefetch engine prefetches data according to the list, if there is a match between the current cache miss address and the list address. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/593838 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/137 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 08800370 | Schofield 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) | Adam Schofield (Irvine, California); Alexander Trusov (Irvine, California); Andrei Shkel (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A z-axis gyroscope design is presented with a 2-degree of freedom (DOF) sense mode allowing interchangeable operation in either precision (mode-matched) or robust (wide-bandwidth) modes. This is accomplished using a complete 2-DOF coupled system which allows for the specification of the sense mode resonant frequencies and coupling independent of frequency. By decoupling the frame connecting the sense system to a central anchor, x-y symmetry is preserved while enabling a fully coupled 2-DOF sense mode providing control over both the bandwidth and the amount of coupling independent of operational frequency. The robust mode corresponds to operation between the 2-DOF sense mode resonant frequencies providing a response gain and bandwidth controlled by frequency spacing. Precision mode of operation, however, relies on mode-matching the drive to the second, anti-phase sense mode resonant frequency which can be designed to provide a gain advantage over a similar 1-DOF system. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/866399 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 19/5733 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802027 | Abate et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam R. Abate (San Francisco, California); Amber T. Krummel (Somerville, Massachusetts); Christian Holtze (Frankfurt, Germany); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam R. Abate (San Francisco, California); Amber T. Krummel (Somerville, Massachusetts); Christian Holtze (Frankfurt, Germany); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to coating materials, including photoactive coating materials. In some aspects of the invention, a sol-gel is provided that can be formed as a coating on a microfluidic channel. One or more portions of the sol-gel can be reacted to alter its hydrophobicity, in some cases. For instance, in one set of embodiments, a portion of the sol-gel may be exposed to light, such as ultraviolet light, which can be used to induce a chemical reaction in the sol-gel that alters its hydrophobicity. In one set of embodiments, the sol-gel can include a photoinitiator, that upon exposure to light, produces radicals. Optionally, the photoinitiator may be conjugated to a silane or other material within the sol-gel. The radicals so produced may be used to cause a polymerization reaction to occur on the surface of the sol-gel, thus altering the hydrophobicity of the surface. In some cases, various portions may be reacted or left unreacted, e.g., by controlling exposure to light (for instance, using a mask). Such treated surfaces within a microfluidic channel may be useful in a wide variety of applications, for instance, in the creation of emulsions such as multiple emulsions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/935203 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802074 | Sessler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan L. Sessler (Austin, Texas); Christopher W. Bielawski (Austin, Texas); Abdullah Aydogan (Austin, Texas); Daniel J. Coady (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan L. Sessler (Austin, Texas); Christopher W. Bielawski (Austin, Texas); Abdullah Aydogan (Austin, Texas); Daniel J. Coady (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymeric compounds containing polymer backbones functionalized with ion-specific recognition elements and methods for the use of these compounds are described herein. The polymeric compounds may contain multiple types of ion-specific recognition elements depending on a specific application. The polymeric compounds can be used to remove ionic species from a solution, for example, in separations applications in which a single or multiple types of ionic species are desired to be removed from the solution. |
| FILED | Monday, November 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/623943 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Separation B01D 15/00 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/26 (20130101) B01J 20/261 (20130101) B01J 20/262 (20130101) B01J 20/265 (20130101) B01J 20/321 (20130101) B01J 20/3212 (20130101) B01J 20/3255 (20130101) B01J 45/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | According to some embodiments, the present invention provides a modified silicone surface for interference to pathogen colonization comprising: an activated silicone layer; a plurality of cross-linking dendrimers adsorbed onto to the activated silicone layer; a plurality of ligand derivatives, each bound to at least one of the plurality of cross-linking dendrimers; and a benign biofilm adhered to the plurality of ligand derivatives. According to some embodiments, the present invention provides a method for making a modified silicone surface for interference to pathogen colonization comprising activating a silicone surface; adsorbing a plurality of cross-linking dendrimers to the silicone surface; binding a plurality of ligand derivatives to the plurality of cross-linking dendrimers; and adhering a benign biofilm to the plurality of ligand derivatives. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/418131 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 45/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802418 | Rao |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Venigalla B. Rao (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Catholic University of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venigalla B. Rao (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Complex viruses are assembled from simple protein subunits by sequential and irreversible assembly. During genome packaging in bacteriophages, a powerful molecular motor assembles at the special portal vertex of an empty prohead to initiate packaging. An aspect of the invention relates to the phage T4 packaging machine being highly promiscuous, translocating DNA into finished phage heads as well as into proheads. Single motors can force exogenous DNA into phage heads at the same rate as into proheads and phage heads undergo repeated initiations, packaging multiple DNA molecules into the same head. This shows that the phage DNA packaging machine has unusual conformational plasticity, powering DNA into an apparently passive capsid receptacle, including the highly stable virus shell, until it is full. These features allow for the design of a novel class of nanocapsid delivery vehicles. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/082466 |
| 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 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802738 | Emrick |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Todd Emrick (South Deerfield, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd Emrick (South Deerfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to polymers, such as aliphatic polyesters, with grafted zwitterions. More particularly, the invention relates to polyester-graft-phosphorylcholine polymers prepared by ring-opening polymerization and click chemistry, compositions and products comprising same, and related methods and uses, for example, in drug delivery. |
| FILED | Friday, December 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/131662 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/772.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802926 | Hannah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | L. Curtis Hannah (Gainesville, Florida); Thomas W. Greene (Zionsville, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | L. Curtis Hannah (Gainesville, Florida); Thomas W. Greene (Zionsville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to novel mutant polynucleotide molecules that encode enzymes that have increased heat stability. These polynucleotides, when expressed in plants, result in increased yield in plants grown under conditions of heat stress. The polynucleotide molecules of the subject invention encode maize endosperm ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGP) and soluble starch synthase (SSS) enzyme activities. Plants and plant tissue bred to contain, or transformed with, the mutant polynucleotides, and expressing the polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides, are also contemplated by the present invention. The subject invention also concerns methods for isolating polynucleotides and polypeptides contemplated within the scope of the invention. Methods for increasing yield in plants grown under conditions of heat stress are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/004248 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/284 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803094 | Leeds et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jarrett Leeds (College Park, Maryland); YuHuang Wang (Laurel, Maryland); John T. Fourkas (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jarrett Leeds (College Park, Maryland); YuHuang Wang (Laurel, Maryland); John T. Fourkas (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Carbon nanotube compositions suitable for printing, methods of making carbon nanotube compositions, and substrates having a print thereon containing carbon nanotube compositions, and uses thereof. The carbon nanotubes of the compositions are individualized. The carbon nanotube compositions can be used in applications, such as document security. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899052 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803194 | Kouvetakis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Kouvetakis (Mesa, Arizona); Radek Roucka (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Kouvetakis (Mesa, Arizona); Radek Roucka (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor structures are provided comprising a substrate and a epitaxial layer formed over the substrate, wherein the epitaxial layer comprises B; and one or more element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf and Al and has a thickness greater than 50 nm. Further, methods for integrating Group III nitrides onto a substrate comprising, forming an epitaxial buffer layer of a diboride of Zr, Hf, Al, or mixtures thereof, over a substrate; and forming a Group III nitride layer over the buffer layer, are provided which serve to thermally decouple the buffer layer from the underlying substrate, thereby greatly reducing the strain induced in the semiconductor structures upon fabrication and/or operation. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/969689 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803643 | Mahoney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur W. Mahoney (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jacob J. Abbott (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur W. Mahoney (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jacob J. Abbott (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods utilize a rotating magnetic field to drive a magnetically actuated device where the source of the rotating magnetic field is not constrained to a particular orientation with respect to the device. In one embodiment a rotating permanent magnet is utilized to actuate a magnetically actuated device where the magnet is not constrained to any position relative to the magnetically actuated device, such as the radial or axial position. Accordingly, the rotating permanent magnet may be directed in a manner to avoid collisions or other obstacles in a workspace while still effectively driving the magnetically actuated device. |
| FILED | Monday, December 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/330300 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/041 (20130101) A61B 1/00158 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 7/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08805130 | Lipson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York); Sasikanth Manipatruni (Hillsboro, Oregon); Kyle Preston (Ithaca, New York); Bradley Schmidt (Toronto, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York); Sasikanth Manipatruni (Hillsboro, Oregon); Kyle Preston (Ithaca, New York); Bradley Schmidt (Toronto, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel integrated electro-optic structures such as modulators and switches and methods for fabrication of the same are disclosed in a variety of embodiments. In an illustrative embodiment, a device includes a substrate with a waveguide and an optical resonator comprising polycrystalline silicon positioned on the substrate. First and second doped semiconducting regions also comprise polycrystalline silicon and are positioned proximate to the first optical resonator. The first optical resonator is communicatively coupled to the waveguide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/049400 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/12 (20130101) G02B 6/43 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/122 (20130101) G02B 6/2938 (20130101) G02B 6/12004 (20130101) G02B 6/12007 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/3132 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806018 | Harchol-Balter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mor Harchol-Balter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anshul Gandhi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Varun Gupta (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael Kozuch (Export, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mor Harchol-Balter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anshul Gandhi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Varun Gupta (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael Kozuch (Export, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic capacity management policy for multi-paralleled computing resources (e.g., application servers, virtual application servers, etc.) that includes one or more of a state-change component, a load-balancing component, and a robustness-control component. The state-change component delays the release (e.g., powering down of a physical server, removal from a virtual-server lease, etc.) of each computing resource for a set amount of time. The load-balancing component can work in conjunction with the state-change component to reduce the number of idle computing resources by distributing incoming requests in a manner that keeps the already-processing computing resources as full of requests as possible. The robustness-control component scales capacity as a function of the current number of requests within the system of computing resources to account for variations other than request rate, such as request size, reduced processor frequency, network slowdowns, etc., that affect processing capacity. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/436271 |
| ART UNIT | 2449 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806171 | Seong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nak Hee Seong (Dunwoody, Georgia); Dong Hyuk Woo (San Jose, California); Hsien-Hsin S Lee (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nak Hee Seong (Dunwoody, Georgia); Dong Hyuk Woo (San Jose, California); Hsien-Hsin S Lee (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for dynamically remapping elements of a set to another set based on random keys. Application of said systems and methods to dynamically mapping regions of memory space of non-volatile memory, e.g., phase-change memory, can provide a wear-leveling technique. The wear leveling technique can be effective under normal execution of typical applications, and in worst-case scenarios including the presence of malicious exploits and/or compromised operating systems, wherein constantly migrating the physical location of data inside the PCM avoids information leakage and increases security; wherein random relocation of data results in the distribution of memory requests across the physical memory space increases durability; and wherein such wear leveling schemes can be implemented to provide fine-grained wear leveling without overly-burdensome hardware overhead e.g., a look-up table. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/480413 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0238 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 12/1408 (20130101) G06F 21/554 (20130101) G06F 2212/2024 (20130101) G06F 2212/7211 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806456 | Gazzillo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Gazzillo (Titusville, New Jersey); Robert Grimm (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Gazzillo (Titusville, New Jersey); Robert Grimm (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer readable media, for generating a plurality of tokens from one or more source files that include source code in a first programming language. The source code includes one or more static conditionals that include a conditional expression and branch code that is operative when the conditional expression is true. Various configurations are possible based upon the conditionals. A first static conditional includes one or more nested static conditionals within the branch code associated with the first static conditional. Each of the one or more nested static conditionals is hoisted to a beginning of the branch code associated with the first static conditional. Each innermost branch code does not contain a static conditional and each possible configuration is preserved. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/485410 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806640 | Wang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xinyuan Wang (Clifton, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xinyuan Wang (Clifton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer system may be employed to verify program execution integrity by receiving a request to launch a program that has been instrumented to include at least one integrity marker, instantiating the program with an integrity marker value, and verifying the execution integrity of the program based on the integrity marker value and information received from the program during execution. A computer system may also be employed for program instrumentation by modifying the program to include at least one instruction for passing an integrity marker value to an operating system kernel during execution of the instruction. |
| FILED | Friday, October 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/278814 |
| ART UNIT | 2491 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ezekiel S. Holliday (Belpre, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sunpower, Inc. (Athens, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ezekiel S. Holliday (Belpre, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Vibrations of a principal machine are reduced at the fundamental and harmonic frequencies by driving the drive motor of an active balancer with balancing signals at the fundamental and selected harmonics. Vibrations are sensed to provide a signal representing the mechanical vibrations. A balancing signal generator for the fundamental and for each selected harmonic processes the sensed vibration signal with adaptive filter algorithms of adaptive filters for each frequency to generate a balancing signal for each frequency. Reference inputs for each frequency are applied to the adaptive filter algorithms of each balancing signal generator at the frequency assigned to the generator. The harmonic balancing signals for all of the frequencies are summed and applied to drive the drive motor. The harmonic balancing signals drive the drive motor with a drive voltage component in opposition to the vibration at each frequency. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/549712 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801953 | Snyder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | G. Jeffrey Snyder (Pasadena, California); Eric Toberer (Pasadena, California); Alex Zevalkink (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | G. Jeffrey Snyder (Pasadena, California); Eric Toberer (Pasadena, California); Alex Zevalkink (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventors demonstrate herein that various Zintl compounds can be useful as thermoelectric materials for a variety of applications. Specifically, the utility of Ca3AlSb3, Ca5Al2Sb6, Ca5In2Sb6, Ca5Ga2Sb6, is described herein. Carrier concentration control via doping has also been demonstrated, resulting in considerably improved thermoelectric performance in the various systems described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/277099 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/62.3T0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802436 | Kentner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kimberly A. Kentner (Columbia, Maryland); Katherine A. Stuart (Columbia, Maryland); Abram D. Janis (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ACell, Inc. (Columbia, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kimberly A. Kentner (Columbia, Maryland); Katherine A. Stuart (Columbia, Maryland); Abram D. Janis (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of manufacturing bioactive gels from ECM material, i.e., gels which retain bioactivity, and can serve as scaffolds for preclinical and clinical tissue engineering and regenerative medicine approaches to tissue reconstruction. The manufacturing methods take advantage of a new recognition that bioactive gels from ECM material can be created by digesting particularized ECM material in an alkaline environment and neutralizing to provide bioactive gels. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/174980 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803467 | Sun |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiuhong Sun (Windham, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Keyw Corporation (Hanover, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiuhong Sun (Windham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A partial arc servomotor assembly having a curvilinear U-channel with two parallel rare earth permanent magnet plates facing each other and a pivoted ironless three phase coil armature winding moves between the plates. An encoder read head is fixed to a mounting plate above the coil armature winding and a curvilinear encoder scale is curved to be co-axis with the curvilinear U-channel permanent magnet track formed by the permanent magnet plates. Driven by a set of miniaturized power electronics devices closely looped with a positioning feedback encoder, the angular position and velocity of the pivoted payload is programmable and precisely controlled. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/273373 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission Systems for Measured Values, Control or Similar Signals G08C 19/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08804309 | Brandon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erik J. Brandon (Pasadena, California); Marshall C. Smart (Studio City, California); William C. West (South Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik J. Brandon (Pasadena, California); Marshall C. Smart (Studio City, California); William C. West (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Double-layer capacitors capable of operating at extremely low temperatures (e.g., as low as −80° C.) are disclosed. Electrolyte solutions combining a base solvent (e.g., acetonitrile) and a cosolvent are employed to lower the melting point of the base electrolyte. Example cosolvents include methyl formate, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, propionitrile, butyronitrile, and 1,3-dioxolane. A quaternary ammonium salt including at least one of triethylmethylammonium tetrafluoroborate (TEMATFB) and spiro-(1,1′)-bipyrrolidium tetrafluoroborate (SBPBF4), is used in an optimized concentration (e.g., 0.10 M to 0.75 M), dissolved into the electrolyte solution. Conventional device form factors and structural elements (e.g., porous carbon electrodes and a polyethylene separator) may be employed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/006385 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08804337 | Zaffetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Zaffetti (Suffield, Connecticut); Edmund P. Taddey (West Springfield, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Zaffetti (Suffield, Connecticut); Edmund P. Taddey (West Springfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A device including a structural member having a heat spreader and an electronic device mounted directly to a first surface of the heat spreader of the structural member. The device also includes a cold plate mounted directly to the first surface of the heat spreader of the structural member. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/429691 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/702 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08802420 | Handelsman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jo Emily Handelsman (North Branford, Connecticut); Amy Klimowicz (Madison, Wisconsin); Changhui Guan (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jo Emily Handelsman (North Branford, Connecticut); Amy Klimowicz (Madison, Wisconsin); Changhui Guan (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Some HBL and NHE enterotoxins are known to cause food-borne diseases in humans. Enterotoxin-deficient mutants of member strains of the Bacillus cereus group that do not produce HBL, HBLa1, HBLa2, or NHE enterotoxins are disclosed. Enterotoxin-deficient mutants are suitable for use as biocontrol agents. Methods for making the mutants and for using the mutants are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/154857 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802680 | Prabhu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kumble Sandeep Prabhu (State College, Pennsylvania); Robert Frank Paulson (State College, Pennsylvania); Shailaja Hegde (State College, Pennsylvania); Naveen Kaushal (State College, Pennsylvania); Ujjawal Hitendra Gandhi (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kumble Sandeep Prabhu (State College, Pennsylvania); Robert Frank Paulson (State College, Pennsylvania); Shailaja Hegde (State College, Pennsylvania); Naveen Kaushal (State College, Pennsylvania); Ujjawal Hitendra Gandhi (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, kits and methods for treating leukemia in a subject (e.g., human) include a first anti-cancer drug consisting of: Δ12-prostaglandin J3 or a derivative thereof, or a prostaglandin D receptor (DP) agonist. The compositions may further include a second anti-cancer drug. Δ12-prostaglandin J3 is a stable metabolite of omega-3 fatty acid, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and was discovered to have anti-leukemic properties. Δ12-prostaglandin J3 was shown to be highly effective in eradicating the leukemia stem cells (LSC) in two murine models of leukemia, thus increasing the survival of the mice. DP agonists were shown to induce apoptosis of human primary Acute Myelogenous Leukemia cells and may be used in compositions, kits and methods for treating leukemia in a subject. The compositions, kits and methods may be particularly useful for treating human subjects who are resistant to one or more anti-cancer drugs. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/538297 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/252.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802821 | Fischer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Fischer (El Cerrito, California); Jon Penterman (Berkeley, California); Jin Hoe Huh (Davis, California); Tzung-Fu Hsieh (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Fischer (El Cerrito, California); Jon Penterman (Berkeley, California); Jin Hoe Huh (Davis, California); Tzung-Fu Hsieh (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptides with DNA demethylase activity as well as methods of their use are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/006779 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08804124 | Morris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig F. Morris (Pullman, Washington); Brian Axness (Fall City, Washington); Brandon DeCook (Pullman, Washington); Arthur D. Bettge (Moscow, Idaho); Stephen R. Delwiche (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig F. Morris (Pullman, Washington); Brian Axness (Fall City, Washington); Brandon DeCook (Pullman, Washington); Arthur D. Bettge (Moscow, Idaho); Stephen R. Delwiche (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An array of light sources (lasers) is positioned so that each of the light sources emits a beam that is directed through a sedimenting column of ground grain. Photodetectors (photodiodes) positioned opposite the light sources receive the light beams emerging from the sedimenting column and convert the beams into electronic signals. A computer processor processes the electronic signals and generates values for protein quality. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/792865 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/442 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08801922 | Wrazel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Julie S. Wrazel (Corvallis, Oregon); James R. Curtis (Portland, Oregon); Ladislaus Nonn (Portland, Oregon); Richard B. Peterson (Corvallis, Oregon); Hailei Wang (Corvallis, Oregon); Robbie Ingram-Goble (Corvallis, Oregon); Luke W. Fisher (Denver, Colorado); Anna E. Garrison (Philomath, Oregon); M. Kevin Drost (Corvallis, Oregon); Goran Jovanovic (Corvallis, Oregon); Richard Todd Miller (Corvallis, Oregon); Bruce W. Johnson (Corvallis, Oregon); Alana Warner-Tuhy (Corvallis, Oregon); Eric K. Anderson (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon); Home Dialysis Plus, ltd. (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julie S. Wrazel (Corvallis, Oregon); James R. Curtis (Portland, Oregon); Ladislaus Nonn (Portland, Oregon); Richard B. Peterson (Corvallis, Oregon); Hailei Wang (Corvallis, Oregon); Robbie Ingram-Goble (Corvallis, Oregon); Luke W. Fisher (Denver, Colorado); Anna E. Garrison (Philomath, Oregon); M. Kevin Drost (Corvallis, Oregon); Goran Jovanovic (Corvallis, Oregon); Richard Todd Miller (Corvallis, Oregon); Bruce W. Johnson (Corvallis, Oregon); Alana Warner-Tuhy (Corvallis, Oregon); Eric K. Anderson (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A dialysis system includes a filtration system capable of filtering a water stream, a water purification system capable of purifying said water stream in a non-batch process, a mixing system capable of producing a stream of dialysate from mixing one or more dialysate components with the water stream in a non-batch process, and a dialyzer system. The dialyzer may be a microfluidic dialyzer capable of being fluidly coupled to the stream of dialysate and a blood stream. |
| FILED | Monday, June 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/795444 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/14 (20130101) A61M 1/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 1/1656 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/02 (20130101) C02F 1/44 (20130101) C02F 2103/026 (20130101) C02F 2303/04 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 2021/005 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 2260/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08801979 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chih-hung Chang (Corvallis, Oregon); Hyungdae Jin (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chih-hung Chang (Corvallis, Oregon); Hyungdae Jin (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a continuous-flow injection reactor and a method for continuous material synthesis are disclosed. The reactor includes a mixing zone unit and a residence time unit removably coupled to the mixing zone unit. The mixing zone unit includes at least one top inlet, a side inlet, and a bottom outlet. An injection tube, or plurality of injection tubes, is inserted through the top inlet and extends past the side inlet while terminating above the bottom outlet. A first reactant solution flows in through the side inlet, and a second reactant solution flows in through the injection tube(s). With reference to nanoparticle synthesis, the reactant solutions combine in a mixing zone and form nucleated nanoparticles. The nucleated nanoparticles flow through the residence time unit. The residence time unit may be a single conduit, or it may include an outer housing and a plurality of inner tubes within the outer housing. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/158142 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08802106 | Melnik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lilia I. Melnik (New Orleans, Louisiana); Robert F. Garry (New Orleans, Louisiana); Cindy A. Morris (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lilia I. Melnik (New Orleans, Louisiana); Robert F. Garry (New Orleans, Louisiana); Cindy A. Morris (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an isolated peptide having an amino acid residue sequence that comprises at least one human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B (HCMV-gB) sequence segment, each HCMV-gB sequence segment consisting of at least 8 and not more than 60 consecutive amino acid residues from residues 146 to 315, residues 476 to 494 of SEQ ID NO: 1, or from a sequence variant of residues 146 to 315 or 476 to 494 of SEQ ID NO: 1 that has at least 70% sequence identity thereto. The peptides of the invention are useful for treating, preventing, or inhibiting a herpesvirus (e.g., Herpes Simplex Virus-1, Human Cytomegalovirus, and the like) infection in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/505099 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/245 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803194 | Kouvetakis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Kouvetakis (Mesa, Arizona); Radek Roucka (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Kouvetakis (Mesa, Arizona); Radek Roucka (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor structures are provided comprising a substrate and a epitaxial layer formed over the substrate, wherein the epitaxial layer comprises B; and one or more element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf and Al and has a thickness greater than 50 nm. Further, methods for integrating Group III nitrides onto a substrate comprising, forming an epitaxial buffer layer of a diboride of Zr, Hf, Al, or mixtures thereof, over a substrate; and forming a Group III nitride layer over the buffer layer, are provided which serve to thermally decouple the buffer layer from the underlying substrate, thereby greatly reducing the strain induced in the semiconductor structures upon fabrication and/or operation. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/969689 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08800797 | Fingerhut et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard L. Fingerhut (Tarzana, California); Robert C. Fu (San Pedro, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Fingerhut (Tarzana, California); Robert C. Fu (San Pedro, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a blast resistant cargo container sufficiently lightweight to be practical for aircraft transport. The container includes a frame assembly and a plurality of panels. Innovative panel connections between side panels and a unique door latching system improve the weakest links of the container. The plurality of panels includes a top panel, a bottom panel, a plurality of side panels and a flexible door. The side panels and the flexible door are formed of at least one explosion resistant sheet of a flexible, high tensile strength material. Edges of the sheets are wrapped around and secured to a rod. An edge capturing rail is wrapped around the sheets over each rod. The latching mechanism involves retaining a locking rail extending from the door panel in a groove of a doorpost or door sill with a detent bar. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542481 |
| ART UNIT | 3781 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Receptacles 220/88.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803085 | Ouyang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Sandilya Venkata Garimella (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jason David Harper (Lafayette, Indiana); Nicholas Alan Charipar (Batavia, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to systems and methods for transferring ions for analysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample including an ionizing source for converting molecules of a sample into gas phase ions in a region at about atmospheric pressure, an ion analysis device, and an ion transfer member operably coupled to a gas flow generating device, in which the gas flow generating device produces a laminar gas flow that transfers the gas phase ions through the ion transfer member to an inlet of the ion analysis device. |
| FILED | Friday, February 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/180915 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08803884 | Bradshaw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey M. Bradshaw (Pace, Florida); Lawrence K. Bunch (Gulf Breeze, Florida); Marco M. Carvalho (Satellite Beach, Florida); Thomas C. Eskridge (Gulf Breeze, Florida); Paul J. Feltovich (Pensacola, Florida); Matthew Johnson (Pensacola, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (Pensacola, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M. Bradshaw (Pace, Florida); Lawrence K. Bunch (Gulf Breeze, Florida); Marco M. Carvalho (Satellite Beach, Florida); Thomas C. Eskridge (Gulf Breeze, Florida); Paul J. Feltovich (Pensacola, Florida); Matthew Johnson (Pensacola, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for visually depicting complex events. Software agents are preferably employed to assist the human operator by collecting, enriching, selecting, aggregating, and analyzing data so that patterns of interest can be visually flagged or otherwise emphasized in the visual display. Events are depicted as an “event flow” from a source surface to a destination surface. Intervening surfaces may also be defined. The point of origin on the source surface reveals some information about the event flow, as does the point of impact on the destination surface. The event flow may be mapped to one or more intervening surfaces in order to visually depict other characteristics of the event. The entire depiction is rendered in a simulated three-dimensional view. The user is preferably given the ability to pan, zoom, and reorient the vantage point from which the user “views” the depiction on the computer display. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/404784 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806510 | Andrade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kirsten Weale Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Rohit Madhukar Khandekar (Elmsford, New York); Sujay Sunil Parekh (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Deepak Rajan (Fishkill, New York); Joel Leonard Wolf (Katonah, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kirsten Weale Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Rohit Madhukar Khandekar (Elmsford, New York); Sujay Sunil Parekh (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Deepak Rajan (Fishkill, New York); Joel Leonard Wolf (Katonah, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for determining feasibility of a set of one or more operator partitioning constraints are provided. The techniques include receiving one or more sets of operator partitioning constraints, wherein each set of one or more constraints define one or more desired conditions for grouping together of operators into partitions and placing partitions on hosts, wherein each operator is embodied as software that performs a particular function, processing each set of one or more operator partitioning constraints to determine feasibility of each set of one or more operator partitioning constraints, creating and outputting one or more candidate partitions and one or more host placements for each set of feasible partitioning constraints, and creating and outputting a certificate of infeasibility for each set of infeasible partitioning constraints, wherein the certificate of infeasibility outlines one or more reasons for infeasibility. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/556931 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08803467 | Sun |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiuhong Sun (Windham, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Keyw Corporation (Hanover, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiuhong Sun (Windham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A partial arc servomotor assembly having a curvilinear U-channel with two parallel rare earth permanent magnet plates facing each other and a pivoted ironless three phase coil armature winding moves between the plates. An encoder read head is fixed to a mounting plate above the coil armature winding and a curvilinear encoder scale is curved to be co-axis with the curvilinear U-channel permanent magnet track formed by the permanent magnet plates. Driven by a set of miniaturized power electronics devices closely looped with a positioning feedback encoder, the angular position and velocity of the pivoted payload is programmable and precisely controlled. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/273373 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission Systems for Measured Values, Control or Similar Signals G08C 19/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08804358 | Dotsenko |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir V. Dotsenko (Mahopac, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypres Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir V. Dotsenko (Mahopac, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for electrically interconnecting two substrates, each having a corresponding set of preformed electrical contacts, the substrates comprising an electronic circuit, and the resulting module, is provided. A liquid curable adhesive is provided over the set of contacts of a first substrate, and the set of electrical contacts of the second substrate is aligned with the set of electrical contacts of the first substrate. The sets of electrical contacts of the first and second substrate are compressed to displace the liquid curable adhesive from the inter-contact region, and provide electrical communication between the respective sets of electrical contacts. The liquid curable adhesive is then cured to form a solid matrix which maintains a relative compression between the respective sets of electrical contacts. One embodiment of the module comprises a high-speed superconducting circuit which operates at cryogenic temperatures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/448436 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/760 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08801969 | Thomas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Thomas (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Yuanqiang Li (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Yongchi Tian (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lightscape Materials, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Thomas (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Yuanqiang Li (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Yongchi Tian (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a novel group of carbonitride and carbidonitride phosphors and light emitting devices which utilize these phosphors. In certain embodiments, the inventive phosphors are expressed as follows: Cam/2Si12-(m+n)−xCxAlm+nN16-nOnEu2+ (1) M(II)m/2Si12-(m+n)−xCxM(III)m+nN16-nOn-y/2Hy:A (2) Mm/vSi12-(m+n)−xCxM(III)m+nN16-nOn-y/2Hy:A (3) Cam/2Si12-(m+n)+xAlm+n−xN16-n−xCxOn:Eu2+ (4) M(II)m/2Si12-(m+n)+xM(III)m+n−xN16-n−xCxOn-y/2Hy:A (5) Mm/vSi12-(m+n)+xM(III)m+n−xN16-n−xCxOn-y/2Hy:A (6) wherein v is the valence number of M, 0≦m<5, 0≦n≦3, 0≦x<4, and 0≦y<1, M is at least one cation, M(II) is at least one divalent cation, M(III) is at least one trivalent cation, H is at least one monovalent anion, and A is a luminescence activator. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/350383 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/0883 (20130101) C09K 11/7734 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/502 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08802835 | Ko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of Americas as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert I. Ko (Salvador, Brazil); Mitermayer Galvão Reis (Salvador, Brazil); Julio Henrique Rosa Croda (Salvador, Brazil); Isadora Cristina Siqueira (Salvador, Brazil); David A. Haake (Los Angeles, California); James Matsunaga (Los Angeles, California); Lee W. Riley (Berkeley, California); Michele Barocchi (Los Angeles, California); Tracy Ann Young (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to three isolated DNA molecules that encode for proteins, BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3, in the Leptospira sp bacterium which have repetitive Bacterial-Ig-like (Big) domains and their use in diagnostic, therapeutic and vaccine applications. According to the present invention, the isolated molecules encoding for BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3 proteins are used for the diagnosis and prevention of infection with Leptospira species that are capable of producing disease in humans and other mammals, including those of veterinary importance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/869660 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 08803579 | Moser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David D. Moser (Haymarket, Virginia); Daniel M. Pirkl (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David D. Moser (Haymarket, Virginia); Daniel M. Pirkl (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for controlling pulse width for electronic devices in real time is disclosed. The system includes a Digital Pulse Width Modulator (DPWM), a real time calibration circuit and a delay line circuit. The real time calibration circuit is configured to ensure proper fractional delay is applied to yield correct duty cycle of the DPWM. The delay line circuit comprising a multiplexer delay line with built in decoders, modulates the pulse width for fractional clock cycle delay. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/606112 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 3/017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03K 7/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08800343 | Wettlaufer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Wettlaufer (St. Clair Shores, Michigan); James Trumble (Royal Oak, Michigan); Timothy R. Smith (Commerce Township, Michigan); Shaun C. Muston (Brownstown, Michigan); Dragi Gasevski (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Craig Mackiewicz (Clawson, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Altair Engineering, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Wettlaufer (St. Clair Shores, Michigan); James Trumble (Royal Oak, Michigan); Timothy R. Smith (Commerce Township, Michigan); Shaun C. Muston (Brownstown, Michigan); Dragi Gasevski (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Craig Mackiewicz (Clawson, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable, hand-operated rescue tool is provided for rescue and extreme duty operations where an object needs to be cut, crushed, pierced and separated, or lifted. The rescue tool includes a body, a support handle and articulating jaw force members used to impart high forces on an object. The tool includes a manually-operated, pivoting actuation handle connected to a high pressure fluid displacement system to pivotally rotate the jaw force arms in a selected direction or mode of operation to suit the situation. |
| FILED | Monday, February 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/026510 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal deforming 072/453.160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08800375 | Voskoboinik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Asher Voskoboinik (Los Angeles, California); Alan E. Willner (Los Angeles, California); Moshe Tur (Tel Aviv, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Asher Voskoboinik (Los Angeles, California); Alan E. Willner (Los Angeles, California); Moshe Tur (Tel Aviv, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems used to perform sweep-free stimulated Brillouin scattering-based fiber optical sensing are described. In one aspect, a method includes interrogating different parts of a Brillouin gain spectrum using multiple optical tones in an optical fiber. The interrogating includes sending at least two pump tones into the optical fiber from one end of the optical fiber, such that a frequency spacing between the pump tones is larger than a width of the Brillouin gain spectrum. The interrogating also includes sending at least two probe tones into the optical fiber from another end of the optical fiber, such that a frequency spacing between the probe tones is different from the frequency spacing between the pump tones. The method further includes generating a sensing output based on the interrogating. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/411390 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/655 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803465 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Smith (Rochester, New York); Patrick J. Argento (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Exelis Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Smith (Rochester, New York); Patrick J. Argento (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A motion command is constructed based on an optimized acceleration pulse designed to control the spectral content of the commanded acceleration. By way of judicious design of the pulse shape, the majority of the energy in the command is contained in a narrow baseband and rolls off rapidly in frequencies outside that band. Additionally, the command can be constructed to suppress selected frequency content in one or more attenuation bands outside the baseband. The resulting motion command permits rapid motion control, while avoiding the excitation of unwanted resonant response in the system while remaining tolerant of system uncertainty. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441450 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/570 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08803666 | Cochran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward L. Cochran (Morristown, New Jersey); Bruce W. Anderson (Morristown, New Jersey); David T. Spoor (Morristown, New Jersey); Thomas R. Markham (Morristown, New Jersey); Robert C. Becker (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward L. Cochran (Morristown, New Jersey); Bruce W. Anderson (Morristown, New Jersey); David T. Spoor (Morristown, New Jersey); Thomas R. Markham (Morristown, New Jersey); Robert C. Becker (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for providing a universal access device. Providing a universal access device can include storing access data for each of a number RFID readers, wherein each of the RFID readers accepts a particular RFID protocol. Providing a universal access device can also include selecting a particular RFID protocol for one of the number of RFID readers while the universal access device is within an activation zone of the RFID reader. Furthermore, providing a universal access device can include providing the access data for the particular RFID reader via the particular RFID protocol. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/545631 |
| ART UNIT | 2689 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/13.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08804123 | Osten et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wolfgang Max Adolf Bernhard Osten (Stuttgart, Germany); Karsten Frenner (Leonberg, Germany); Bartosz Jan Bilski (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ASML Netherlands B.V. (Veldhoven, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wolfgang Max Adolf Bernhard Osten (Stuttgart, Germany); Karsten Frenner (Leonberg, Germany); Bartosz Jan Bilski (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Determining line edge roughness comprises reflecting at least one radiation beam off the object, observing a first optical response signature from a beam reflected from the object, or a component thereof, being polarized with an electrical vector in a first orientation relative to the object; and observing a second optical response signature from a beam reflected from the object, or a component thereof, being polarized with an electrical vector in a second orientation relative to the object. Line edge roughness can then be determined from the two optical response signatures. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/458116 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/369 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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