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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 19, 2014
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| US 08807801 | Oldham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenn Oldham (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Thomas D. Wang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Zhongyao Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jing Yong Ye (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenn Oldham (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Thomas D. Wang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Zhongyao Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jing Yong Ye (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An endoscopic imaging device is described that achieves longitudinal axis (z-axis) scanning into a tissue or sample, using a piezoelectric microactuator. In some configurations, additional lateral (xy-plane) scanning is also achieved, to allow for the creation of full three-dimensional imaging, ex vivo or in vivo. The techniques may be used to image and diagnosis allergic rhinitis and eosinophilic esophagitis in tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, January 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/356286 |
| ART UNIT | 2885 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Illumination 362/319 |
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| US 08808207 | Ludlow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christy Leslie Ludlow (Bethesda, Maryland); Newlin Morgan (Bethesda, Maryland); George Dold (Boyds, Maryland); Soren Lowell (Syracuse, New York); Katie Dietrich-Burns (Fort Howard, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and methods for treating a subject with dysphagia or other neurological disease, neurological disorder, neurological injury, neurological impairment or neurodegenerative disease that affects voluntary motor control of the hyoid, pharynx, larynx, or oropharyngeal area is disclosed. A device of the invention generally comprises a vibrotactile stimulator for applying at least one stimulus to the outside surface of a subject's neck; a connector for attaching the vibrotactile stimulator to an outside surface of the subject's neck, and a switch control communicatively connected to the vibrotactile stimulator to selectively engage a manual stimulation module and/or automatic stimulation module. Stimulation of an outside surface of the throat area of a subject by a device of the invention stimulates a swallowing reflex in the subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/777907 |
| ART UNIT | 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Kinesitherapy 61/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808225 | Prausnitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark R. Prausnitz (Atlanta, Georgia); Henry F. Edelhauser (Atlanta, Georgia); Samirkumar Rajnikant Patel (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark R. Prausnitz (Atlanta, Georgia); Henry F. Edelhauser (Atlanta, Georgia); Samirkumar Rajnikant Patel (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices are provided for targeted administration of a drug to a patient's eye. In one embodiment, the method includes inserting a hollow microneedle into the sclera of the eye at an insertion site and infusing a fluid drug formulation through the inserted microneedle and into the suprachoroidal space of the eye, wherein the infused fluid drug formulation flows within the suprachoroidal space away from the insertion site during the infusion. The fluid drug formulation may flow circumferentially toward the retinochoroidal tissue, macula, and optic nerve in the posterior segment of the eye. |
| FILED | Sunday, April 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/447246 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 9/0017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808666 | Wall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Wall (Knoxville, Tennessee); Stephen J. Kennel (Kingston, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel method of detecting amyloids in a subject. The present invention provides peptides that bind selectively to amyloids and are useful for detecting amyloids and diagnosing and/or monitoring the progression of amyloid mediated conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/627138 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808671 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jue-Chen Liu (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Jeff Wu (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Allan H. Conney (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Johnson and Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. (Skillman, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jue-Chen Liu (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Jeff Wu (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Allan H. Conney (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-tumorigenic skin care composition is provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/063603 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/59 |
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| US 08808681 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Griffith Anderson (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Jason Alan Burdick (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Griffith Anderson (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Jason Alan Burdick (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Acrylate-terminated poly(beta-amino esters) are cross-linked to form materials useful in the medical as well as non-medical field. The polymeric starting material is combined with a free radical initiator, either a thermal initiator or a photoinitiator, and the mixture for cross-linking is heated or exposed to light depending on the initiator used. The resulting materials due to the hydrolysable ester bond in the polymer backbone are biodegradable under physiological conditions. These cross-linked materials are particular useful as drug delivery vehicles, tissue engineering scaffolds, and in fabricating microdevices. The materials may also be used as plastics, coating, adhesives, inks, etc. The cross-linked materials prepared exhibit a wide range of degradation times, mass loss profiles, and mechanical properties. Therefore, the properties of the material may be tuned for the desired use. The high-throughput approach to preparing a library of cross-linked poly(beta-amino esters) allows for the rapid screening and design of degradable polymers for a variety of applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/758078 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 283/00 (20130101) C08F 290/06 (20130101) C08F 290/061 (20130101) C08F 290/065 (20130101) C08F 299/024 (20130101) C08F 299/0485 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/6858 (20130101) C08G 73/02 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 79/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08808684 | Chiorini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Chiorini (Kensington, Maryland); Michael Schmidt (Kensington, Maryland); Melodie L. Weller (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Chiorini (Kensington, Maryland); Michael Schmidt (Kensington, Maryland); Melodie L. Weller (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Comparative gene analysis (CGA) was combined with pathway visualization software to identify a positive correlation between AAV6 transduction and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression. It was found that EGFR is necessary for vector internalization and functions as a co-receptor for AAV6. The identification and characterization of AAV6's requirement of EGFR expression for high transduction activity has allowed construction of recombinant AAV6 vectors which are capable of targeting and killing specific types of head and neck tumors that because of this high EGFR activity, were until now, refractory to current therapies. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/879142 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/0008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/71 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) C12N 2750/14145 (20130101) |
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| US 08808685 | Comer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allen R. Comer (Madison, Wisconsin); B. Lynn Allen-Hoffmann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stratatech Corporation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allen R. Comer (Madison, Wisconsin); B. Lynn Allen-Hoffmann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to in vitro cultured skin tissue, and in particular to cultured skin tissue comprising exogenous genes encoding angiogenic growth factors. In some embodiments, the keratinocytes express exogenous angiopoietin-1, HIF-1α, or a member of the VEGF family, preferably VEGF-A. In particularly preferred embodiments, the keratinocytes are incorporated into cultured skin tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, August 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/195614 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
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| US 08808698 | Varner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Judith Varner (Encinitas, California); Barbara Garmy-Susini (Encintas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judith Varner (Encinitas, California); Barbara Garmy-Susini (Encintas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for inhibiting the development of new lymphatic vessels, and for inhibiting tumor cell dissemination through the lymphatics. In preferred embodiments, the present invention utilizes agents that inhibit the specific binding of integrin alpha4beta1 (α4β1, VLA-4) to one or more of its ligands. The invention further relates to methods for screening test compounds for their ability to inhibit undesirable lymphangiogenesis and/or tumor metastasis. |
| FILED | Monday, February 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/223380 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/137.100 |
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| US 08808699 | Schneewind et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Olaf Schneewind (Chicago, Illinois); Alice Cheng (Chicago, Illinois); Dominique M. Missiakas (Chicago, Illinois); Hwan Keun Kim (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olaf Schneewind (Chicago, Illinois); Alice Cheng (Chicago, Illinois); Dominique M. Missiakas (Chicago, Illinois); Hwan Keun Kim (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a Staphylococcus bacterium. The invention provides methods and compositions for stimulating an immune response against the bacteria. In certain embodiments, the methods and compositions involve a non-toxigenic Protein A (SpA) variant or an antibody directed thereto. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/639465 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/139.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808704 | Hollingshead et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susan K. Hollingshead (Birmingham, Alabama); David E. Briles (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan K. Hollingshead (Birmingham, Alabama); David E. Briles (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments described herein provide for immunogenic portions of Streptococcus pneumoniae surface protein A and surface protein C lacking alpha helical structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/162566 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/190.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808710 | Randolph et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore Randolph (Niwot, Colorado); Amber Clausi (Easton, Pennsylvania); John F Carpenter (Littleton, Colorado); Daniel K. Schwartz (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a method of preparing an immunologically-active adjuvant-bound freeze dried vaccine composition. A specific embodiment provides a stable vaccine composition comprising an aluminum-salt adjuvant, a recombinant Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin protein and a glass-forming agent. These vaccine compositions are useful in the treatment of humans and other animals at risk of infection from Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/898249 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/234.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808715 | Bollag et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wendy Bollinger Bollag (Martinez, Georgia); Xiaofeng Zhong (Augusta, Georgia); Xiangjian Zheng (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Regents Research Institute, Inc (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wendy Bollinger Bollag (Martinez, Georgia); Xiaofeng Zhong (Augusta, Georgia); Xiangjian Zheng (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure is generally directed to methods and compositions for modulating keratinocyte function, more particularly, to compositions and methods for normalizing keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation, compositions and methods for modulating levels of phosphatidylglycerol (PG) in keratinocytes, and compositions and methods for treating skin conditions by modulating keratinocyte proliferation. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/164021 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808748 | Ghoroghchian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | P. Peter Ghoroghchian (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Eric Ostertag (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vindico Nanobio Technology Inc. (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | P. Peter Ghoroghchian (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Eric Ostertag (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of matter and methods for making, storing and administering artificial blood substitutes. Artificial blood substitutes may have oxygen carriers that encapsulate an oxygen-binding compound in a polymer vesicle. Oxygen-binding compounds may include hemoglobin, myoglobin, or other oxygen binding compounds having characteristics similar to hemoglobin. Oxygen carriers may include nanoparticles, polymers and/or polymersomes comprising of poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PEO-b-PCL) and related diblock copolymers of poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(γ-methyl ε-caprolactone) (PEO-b-PMCL). The oxygen carriers may have tunable oxygen-binding capacities, uniform and appropriately small size distributions, and human bloodlike viscosities and oncotic properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/090076 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808992 | Gelb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce D. Gelb (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Marco Tartaglia (Rome, Italy); Len Pennacchio (Berkeley, California); Ravi Iyengar (Mohegan Lake, New York); Avi Ma'ayan (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce D. Gelb (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Marco Tartaglia (Rome, Italy); Len Pennacchio (Berkeley, California); Ravi Iyengar (Mohegan Lake, New York); Avi Ma'ayan (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of diagnosing Noonan-like syndrome with loose anagen hair comprising detecting a mutation in SHOC2 gene. One specific diagnostic mutation disclosed is an A-to-G transition at position 4 resulting in a mutation at position 2 of SHOC2 amino acid sequence from serine to glycine. The invention also provides related sequences and kits. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/775396 |
| 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 08809001 | Lyons et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Lyons (Gainesville, Florida); Brian R. Kupchak (Gainesville, Florida); Jessica L. Smith (Frederick, Maryland); Ibon Garitaonandia (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Lyons (Gainesville, Florida); Brian R. Kupchak (Gainesville, Florida); Jessica L. Smith (Frederick, Maryland); Ibon Garitaonandia (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention provides methods of screening compounds or ligands that interact with human and/or non-human PAQR receptors or fungal osmotin receptors. These methods utilize a colorimetric assay to ascertain whether a compound binds to and activates a PAQR receptor or the osmotin receptor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/679753 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/72 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/566 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/723 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08809002 | Kufe |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald W. Kufe (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald W. Kufe (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure features a variety of compositions and methods for modulating an interaction between MUC1 and caspase-8 and/or an interaction between MUC1 and a DED-containing protein (e.g., an anti-apoptotic DED-containing protein or a pro-apoptotic DED-containing protein). Such methods and compositions are useful for the treatment or prevention of e.g., a variety of pathological disorders characterized by elevated or decreased levels of apoptosis. Moreover, the compositions and methods are also useful to identify, design, and generate compounds that modulate the interactions. The compounds and/or pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds can be used in the treatment of disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/003539 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809011 | Kaelin, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William G. Kaelin, Jr. (Boston, Massachusetts); Mircea Ivan (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. Kaelin, Jr. (Boston, Massachusetts); Mircea Ivan (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of identifying compounds that decrease proline hydroxylation of the alpha subunit of hypoxia inducible factor (HIFα). |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/066033 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809016 | Nelsestuen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary L. Nelsestuen (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary L. Nelsestuen (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides vitamin K-dependent polypeptides with enhanced membrane binding affinity. These polypeptides can be used to modulate clot formation in mammals. Methods of modulating clot formation in mammals are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/431464 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809022 | Tuschl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Tuschl (New York, New York); Janos Ludwig (New York, New York); Yi Pei (New York, New York); Carolina Lin (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a novel truncated mutated T4 RNA ligase 2. In addition, methods are provided for ligating pre-adenlylated donor molecules to the 3′ hydroxyl group of RNA in the absence of ATP using the ligase. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/750522 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.300 |
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| US 08809044 | Wilson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John R. Wilson (New Brighton, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wilson Wolf Manufacturing Corporation (New Brighton, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Wilson (New Brighton, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods and devices that improve cell culture efficiency. They include the use of gas permeable culture compartments that reduce the use of space while maintaining uniform culture conditions, and are more suitable for automated liquid handling. They include the integration of gas permeable materials into the traditional multiple shelf format to resolve the problem of non-uniform culture conditions. They include culture devices that use surfaces comprised of gas permeable, plasma charged silicone and can integrate traditional attachment surfaces, such as those comprised of traditional tissue culture treated polystyrene. They include culture devices that integrate gas permeable, liquid permeable membranes. A variety of benefits accrue, including more optimal culture conditions during scale up and more efficient use of inventory space, incubator space, and disposal space. Furthermore, labor and contamination risk are reduced. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/952848 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 23/24 (20130101) C12M 23/34 (20130101) |
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| US 08809068 | Sista et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ramakrishna Sista (Morrisville, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Allen Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramakrishna Sista (Morrisville, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Allen Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of dispersing or circulating magnetically responsive beads within a droplet in a droplet actuator. The invention, in one embodiment, makes use of a droplet actuator with a plurality of droplet operations electrodes configured to transport the droplet, and a magnetic field present at a portion of the plurality of droplet operations electrodes. A bead-containing droplet is provided on the droplet actuator in the presence of the uniform magnetic field. Beads are circulated in the droplet during incubation by conducting droplet operations on the droplet within a uniform region of the magnetic field wherein droplet operations do not allow magnetically responsive beads to be introduced into a region of the magnetic field which is sufficiently non-uniform to cause bead clumping resulting in a more homogenous distribution of the beads in the droplet. Other embodiments are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/761066 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/180 |
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| US 08809257 | Ghatnekar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gautam Ghatnekar (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for use in promoting wound healing and tissue regeneration following tissue injury in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/715626 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1 |
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| US 08809268 | Aroian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raffi V. Aroian (San Diego, California); Yan Hu (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raffi V. Aroian (San Diego, California); Yan Hu (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical compositions having at least one crystal protein and a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist in amounts effective to inhibit a parasitic worm or helminth infection in a vertebrate or mammal are described. Methods for treating a parasitic worm or helminth infection in a subject are also described. The methods include administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the at least one crystal protein and a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist. The crystal proteins can be isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis and include Cry5B, Cry21, Cry14A, Cry6A, and Cry13A. The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist can be from the levamisole family, which include levamisole, pyrantel, and tribendimidine. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/126709 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/4.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809275 | Servoss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas); University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas); University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shannon Servoss (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Melissa Moss (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are peptoids capable of inhibiting or reversing amyloid β (Aβ) fibril or plaque production. The peptoids form a helical structure with three monomers per helical turn and have at least two monomers with a side-chain having an arylalkyl group having the same chirality positioned such that the side-chains are on the same side of the peptoid. Also provided are methods of using the peptoids to inhibit or reverse aggregation of Aβ and methods of treating subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or slowing the progression of AD. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/656198 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08809278 | Aldrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jane V. Aldrich (Lawrence, Kansas); Nicolette C. Ross (Jupiter, Florida); Santosh Kulkarni (Bangalore, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jane V. Aldrich (Lawrence, Kansas); Nicolette C. Ross (Jupiter, Florida); Santosh Kulkarni (Bangalore, India) |
| ABSTRACT | Cyclic tetrapeptides that are kappa opioid receptor (KOR) antagonists can be used in therapeutic applications for treating, inhibiting, and/or preventing drug addiction, drug use, or drug seeking behavior in a subject. This can include subjects that have a history of drug addiction. The drug can be selected from cocaine, alcohol, amphetamines, methamphetamines, nicotine, opiate, or combinations thereof. These cyclic tetrapeptides can also be useful for treating, inhibiting, and/or preventing stress-induced drug seeking behavior. |
| FILED | Friday, July 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/003761 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.100 |
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| US 08809285 | Guo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhongwu Guo (Northville, Michigan); Qianli Wang (Chicago, Illinois); Shouchu Tang (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhongwu Guo (Northville, Michigan); Qianli Wang (Chicago, Illinois); Shouchu Tang (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for monophosphorylated lipid A derivatives and carbohydrate derivatives that are useful as agents in the treatment of diseases and conditions, including cancers. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of Formula I-IV. In addition, methods for the treatment of cancers are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/387934 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809291 | Desprez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pierre-Yves Desprez (Richmond, California); Judith Campisi (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (San Francisco, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pierre-Yves Desprez (Richmond, California); Judith Campisi (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treatment of breast cancer and other types of cancer. The method comprises targeting and modulating Id-1 gene expression, if any, for the Id-1 gene, or gene products in breast or other epithelial cancers in a patient by delivering products that modulate Id-1 gene expression. When expressed, Id-1 gene is a prognostic indicator that cancer cells are invasive and metastatic. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/252148 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5743 (20130101) G01N 33/57407 (20130101) G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 33/57434 (20130101) G01N 33/57492 (20130101) |
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| US 08809323 | Glick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary D. Glick (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anthony W. Opipari, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Benzodiazepine compounds, and methods for using those compounds are provided. Some of the benzodiazepine compounds include 1,4-benzodiazepine-2-one and 1,4-benzodiazepine-2,5-dione compounds of structures: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined. The invention also includes enantiomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs or derivatives of the benzodiazepine compounds. Any one or more of these benzodiazepine compounds can be used to treat a variety of dysregulatory disorders related to cellular death. Such disorders include autoimmune disorders, inflammatory conditions, hyperproliferative conditions, viral infections, and atherosclerosis. In addition, the above compounds can be used to prepare medicaments to treat the above-described dysregulatory disorders. The benzodiazepines can also be used in drugs screening assays and other diagnostic methods. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/896876 |
| 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 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/551 (20130101) A61K 31/5513 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 243/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 243/24 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 413/12 (20130101) |
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| US 08809368 | Hua et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duy H. Hua (Manhattan, Kansas); Dolores J. Takemoto (Manhattan, Kansas); Thu Nguyen (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duy H. Hua (Manhattan, Kansas); Dolores J. Takemoto (Manhattan, Kansas); Thu Nguyen (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to novel quinoline compounds which affect gap junction activity. Also provided are methods of using such compounds and compositions containing the compounds to treat gap junction disorders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/259437 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 215/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809381 | McCurdy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher R. McCurdy (Oxford, Mississippi); Christophe Mesangeau (Oxford, Mississippi); Sanju Narayanan (San Diego, California); Rae Reiko Matsumoto (Morgantown, West Virginia); Jacques Henri Poupaert (Brussels, Belgium) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi); L'Universite Catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher R. McCurdy (Oxford, Mississippi); Christophe Mesangeau (Oxford, Mississippi); Sanju Narayanan (San Diego, California); Rae Reiko Matsumoto (Morgantown, West Virginia); Jacques Henri Poupaert (Brussels, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound useful for treating subjects in need of therapy involving sigma receptors or for alleviation of affects resulting from drug abuse having the general formula I in which R1 can be a radical of an optionally substituted C-4 to C-7 N-containing heterocycle such as, for example, radicals of optionally substituted piperidines, optionally substituted piperazines, optionally substituted tetrahydropyridines, optionally substituted azepanes, tertiary amines (cyclic or acyclic), isoindoline-1,3-dione, or optionally substituted tetrahydroisoquinolones (aromatically substituted): R2,3,4,5,6 can each independently be any one or combinations of the following moieties, cyano, nitro, acyl, alkyl, amido, azido, isothiocyanate, isocyanate optionally substituted anilino, halogens, ethers, sulfonamides, thioacyl, nitro, aromatic, heterocyclic, olefinic, acetylene, deuterium, or tritium; Y can be either CH, CH2, O, S, OCH2, N—R, N—Ar, C—R, C—Ar; Z can be either H, O, S, S—R or NR. R groups can be either H, aryls, alkyls, or cycloalkyls; “n” can be 1 to 5 carbons in length and stereoisomers, functional analogs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and wherein the moiety bridging R1 and N can be optionally substituted alkylene, optionally substituted alkenylene or optionally substituted alkynylene and where the alkylene group can include an inserted C3-C5 cycloalkyl group, aromatic and heterocyclic group. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/673486 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809500 | Sabatini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Sabatini (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Do-Hyung Kim (Brookline, Massachusetts); Dos Sarbassov (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated raptor nucleic acid molecules of mammalian origin (e.g., human) and complements, portions and variants thereof. Another aspect of the invention are isolated raptor polypeptides of mammalian origin and portions thereof, and antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that specifically bind a raptor polypeptide. The present invention also relates to constructs and host cells comprising the nucleic acid molecules described herein. In addition, the present invention relates to uses of the nucleic acid and polypeptide molecules provided herein. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/918424 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809502 | Pastan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ira Pastan (Potomac, Maryland); Giuliana Salvatore (Naples, Italy); Richard Beers (Rockville, Maryland); Robert Kreitman (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ira Pastan (Potomac, Maryland); Giuliana Salvatore (Naples, Italy); Richard Beers (Rockville, Maryland); Robert Kreitman (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant immunotoxins are fusion proteins composed of the Fv domains of antibodies fused to bacterial or plant toxins. RFB4 (Fv)-PE38 is an immunotoxin that targets CD22 expressed on B cells and B cell malignancies. The present invention provides antibodies and antibody fragments that have improved ability to bind the CD22 antigen of B cells and B cell malignancies compared to RFB4. Immunotoxins made with the antibodies and antibody fragments of the invention have improved cytotoxicity to CD22-expressing cancer cells. Compositions that incorporate these antibodies into chimeric immunotoxin molecules that can be used in medicaments and methods for inhibiting the growth and proliferation of leukemia and lymphoma cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/438725 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809515 | Rossi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California); Mark A. Behlke (Coralville, Iowa); Dongho Kim (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California); Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California); Mark A. Behlke (Coralville, Iowa); Dongho Kim (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to compositions and methods for selectively reducing the expression of a gene product from a desired target gene in a cell, as well as for treating diseases caused by the expression of the gene. More particularly, the invention is directed to compositions that contain double stranded RNA (“dsRNA”), and methods for preparing them, that are capable of reducing the expression of target genes in eukaryotic cells. The dsRNA has a first oligonucleotide sequence that is between 25 and about 30 nucleotides in length and a second oligonucleotide sequence that anneals to the first sequence under biological conditions. In addition, a region of one of the sequences of the dsRNA having a sequence length of at least 19 nucleotides is sufficiently complementary to a nucleotide sequence of the RNA produced from the target gene to trigger the destruction of the target RNA by the RNAi machinery. |
| FILED | Friday, July 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/178806 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/33 (20130101) C12N 2320/51 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809617 | Pak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen C. Pak (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David H. Perlmutter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gary A. Silverman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen C. Pak (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David H. Perlmutter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gary A. Silverman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for high content drug screening in C. elegans which may be used to identify compounds that treat disorders associated with protein aggregation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/881976 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0336 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 2319/60 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809758 | Molnar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alyosha Molnar (Ithaca, New York); Albert Wang (Ithaca, New York); Patrick Gill (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alyosha Molnar (Ithaca, New York); Albert Wang (Ithaca, New York); Patrick Gill (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An angle-sensitive pixel (ASP) device that uses the Talbot effect to detect the local intensity and incident angle of light includes a phase grating disposed above a photodiode assembly or a phase grating disposed above an analyzer grating that is disposed above a photodiode assembly. When illuminated by a plane wave, the upper grating generates a self-image at a selected Talbot depth. Several such structures, tuned to different incident angles, are sufficient to extract local incident angle and intensity. Arrays of such structures are sufficient to localize light sources in three dimensions without any additional optics. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/282806 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809781 | Bammes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Direct Electron, LP (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Direct Electron, LP (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Eugene Bammes (Pearland, Texas); Liang Jin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of imaging of a specimen exposed to an electron beam signal includes acquiring an image sequence of sequential images of the specimen. Each subsequent image in the image sequence represents increased cumulative electron beam signal exposure on the specimen. The method includes collecting cumulative exposure data for each image of the image sequence. The method includes applying a low-pass image processing filter to the images of the image sequence using the cumulative exposure data corresponding to each image to which the filter is being applied to produce processed images. The method includes combining the processed images to produce a final image. A method of imaging is also provided that includes selectively discarding images in the image sequence. |
| FILED | Friday, February 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/193159 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/26 (20130101) H01J 37/244 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810246 | Grissom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William A. Grissom (Munich, Germany); Kim Butts Pauly (Stanford, California); Michael Lustig (Berkeley, California); Yoav Medan (Haifa, Israel); Yoav Levy (Hinanit, Israel); Viola Rieke (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Insightec Ltd. (Tirat Carmel, Israel); The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Grissom (Munich, Germany); Kim Butts Pauly (Stanford, California); Michael Lustig (Berkeley, California); Yoav Medan (Haifa, Israel); Yoav Levy (Hinanit, Israel); Viola Rieke (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Proton resonance frequency shift thermometry may be improved by combining multibaseline and referenceless thermometry. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/009209 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/315 |
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| US 08810638 | Allen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter K. Allen (Pleasantville, New York); Dennis L. Fowler (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter K. Allen (Pleasantville, New York); Dennis L. Fowler (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A body-insertable imaging device includes a first camera that comprises a first image sensor and a first lens to pass incident light onto the first image sensor, a control interface to receive a remotely generated control signal, and an actuator communicatively coupled to the control interface and configured to support the camera and manipulate the camera about a pan axis, a tilt axis, and along a zoom direction in response to the control signal while the camera and actuator are within a body cavity, wherein the zoom direction extends out from a distal end of the body-insertable camera. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/770246 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/65 |
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| US 08811694 | Mendes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason K. Mendes (Draper, Utah); Dennis L. Parker (Centerville, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason K. Mendes (Draper, Utah); Dennis L. Parker (Centerville, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-navigating technique designed to detect motion in segmented sequences is disclosed. Certain embodiments compare a plurality of segments containing adjacent sets of k-space lines and produce an aliased error function which corresponds to a correlation of the segments. A global shift of the aliased error function may indicate the presence of in-plane rigid-body translation while other types of motion are evident in the dispersion or breadth of the error function. Some embodiments may then replace motion corrupted data with reacquired data. Further, some embodiments may correct or remove corrupted data retrospectively. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/895434 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/5611 (20130101) G01R 33/56509 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08811700 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ge Wang (Blacksburg, Virginia); Hengyong Yu (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ge Wang (Blacksburg, Virginia); Hengyong Yu (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for tomographic image reconstruction using truncated projection data that allows exact interior reconstruction (interior tomography) of a region of interest (ROI) based on the known sparsity models of the ROI, thereby improving image quality while reducing radiation dosage. In addition, the method includes parallel interior tomography using multiple sources beamed at multiple angles through an ROI and that enables higher temporal resolution. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/264834 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08811706 | Jensen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jens Jensen (Scarsdale, New York); Joseph Helpern (Cornwall, New York); Ali Tabesh (New York, New York); Els Fieremans (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jens Jensen (Scarsdale, New York); Joseph Helpern (Cornwall, New York); Ali Tabesh (New York, New York); Els Fieremans (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary method, system, and computer-accessible medium can be provided for determining a measure of diffusional kurtosis by receiving data relating to at least one diffusion weighted image, and determining a measure of a diffusional kurtosis as a function of the received data using a closed form solution procedure. In accordance with certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, provided herein are computer-accessible medium, systems and methods for, e.g., imaging in an MRI system, and, more particularly for facilitating estimation of tensors and tensor-derived measures in diffusional kurtosis imaging (DKI). For example, DKI can facilitate a characterization of non-Gaussian diffusion of water molecules in biological tissues. The diffusion and kurtosis tensors parameterizing the DKI model can typically be estimated via unconstrained least squares (LS) methods. In the presence of noise, motion, and imaging artifacts, these methods can be prone to producing physically and/or biologically implausible tensor estimates. The exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can address at least this deficiency by formulating an exemplary estimation problem, e.g., as linearly constrained linear LS, where the constraints can ensure acceptable tensor estimates. |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/022488 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
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| US 08811745 | Farsiu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sina Farsiu (Durham, North Carolina); Stephanie J. Chiu (Durham, North Carolina); Cynthia A. Toth (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Joseph A. Izatt (Raleigh, North Carolina); Xiao T. Li (Cumming, Georgia); Peter Christopher Nicholas (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sina Farsiu (Durham, North Carolina); Stephanie J. Chiu (Durham, North Carolina); Cynthia A. Toth (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Joseph A. Izatt (Raleigh, North Carolina); Xiao T. Li (Cumming, Georgia); Peter Christopher Nicholas (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems and method for segmentation and identification of structured features in images. According to an aspect, a method may include representing an image as a graph of nodes connected together by edges. For example, the image may be an ocular image showing layered structures or other features of the retina. The method may also include adding, to the graph, nodes adjacent to nodes along first and second sides of the graph. The added nodes may have edge weights less than the nodes along the first and second sides of the graph. Further, the method may include assigning start and end points to any of the added nodes along the first and second sides, respectively. The method may also include graph cutting between the start and end points for identifying a feature in the image. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/010448 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0081 (20130101) G06T 7/0093 (20130101) G06T 2207/10004 (20130101) G06T 2207/30041 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812085 | Brown, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Brown, III (Honeoye Falls, New York); Xiaoxing Han (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Brown, III (Honeoye Falls, New York); Xiaoxing Han (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system that enable the measurement of a second-harmonic-generation-forward/backward (SHG F/B) ratio from an object by performing only a single image scan using via epi-imaging using an epi-detection technique. Two simultaneous SGH images (a forward propagating SHG “F” image and a back propagating SHG “B” image) are generated during the single image scan. A pinhole mirror can be used to separate the F-SHG and the B-SHG, which are detected by separate detectors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/696150 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/473 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812089 | Rollins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Rollins (Highland Heights, Ohio); Michael Jenkins (Parma, Ohio); Osman Chughtai (Canton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Rollins (Highland Heights, Ohio); Michael Jenkins (Parma, Ohio); Osman Chughtai (Canton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with gated optical coherence tomography (OCT) are described. One example method includes generating an image control signal to control an OCT apparatus to acquire an image of an embryonic heart at a specified point in time during a cardiac cycle of the embryonic heart. The method may also include controlling the OCT apparatus to acquire the image based on the image control signal. In different examples, the image may be acquired in vivo or from an excised heart that is paced. The OCT apparatus and the embryonic heart may be housed in an environmental chamber having a set of controllable environmental factors. Therefore, the method may include detecting and controlling the set of controllable environmental factors. |
| FILED | Monday, May 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/481936 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812120 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Sanjay Gaikwad (Valencia, California); Kelly H McClure (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a visual prosthesis including a visor with an embedded camera and an optical filter to limit light entering the lens of the camera. This invention will allow use of custom filters to limit light intensity or certain light frequencies sent to the camera of the visual prosthesis in a variety of brightness conditions which will remove glare. It will allow modification of the color of the light sent to camera of the visual prosthesis to respond to different environments. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/918777 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812126 | Butson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher R. Butson (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method that includes storing a volume of tissue activation (VTA) data structure that is derived from analysis of a plurality of patients. Patient data is received for a given patient, the patient data representing an assessment of a patient condition. The VTA data structure is evaluated relative to the patient data to determine a target VTA for achieving a desired therapeutic effect for the given patient. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/765306 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/08 (20130101) A61N 1/0534 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08807039 | Carpenter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Carpenter (Clarksville, Maryland); William Henry Engel, IV (Cockeysville, Maryland); Brandon S. Recchia (Parkville, Maryland); Paul Andrew Shipley (Millers, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AAI Corporation (Hunt Valley, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Carpenter (Clarksville, Maryland); William Henry Engel, IV (Cockeysville, Maryland); Brandon S. Recchia (Parkville, Maryland); Paul Andrew Shipley (Millers, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A telescoped ammunition cartridge assembly including a case having a front end and a base end positioned along a longitudinal axis. A projectile is positioned along the longitudinal axis towards the front end of the case. An endcap is coupled to the front end of the case and is adapted to retain the projectile entirely within the case. A primer is positioned along the longitudinal axis towards the base end of the case. A primer support is coupled to the base end of the case and is adapted to support the primer within the case. The cartridge assembly includes at least one obturating lip seal to seal at least one of the endcap or the primer support to the case. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/534246 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/434 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08807061 | Caccamo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew P. Caccamo (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Steve A Brandis (Virginia Beach, Virginia); James V Harwell (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew P. Caccamo (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Steve A Brandis (Virginia Beach, Virginia); James V Harwell (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | One of more safety catches attachable to water vessels for preventing rollback during launch and recovery operations. Each safety catch includes a pivotally attached catch arm for mating with a notched groove in an inclined surface to prevent the rollback. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/086742 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/258 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08807203 | MacDonald et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Noel C. MacDonald (Santa Barbara, California); Carl D. Meinhart (Santa Barbara, California); Changsong Ding (Goleta, California); Payam Bozorgi (Goleta, California); Gaurav Soni (Pasadena, California); Brian D. Piorek (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Noel C. MacDonald (Santa Barbara, California); Carl D. Meinhart (Santa Barbara, California); Changsong Ding (Goleta, California); Payam Bozorgi (Goleta, California); Gaurav Soni (Pasadena, California); Brian D. Piorek (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Titanium-based thermal ground planes are described. A thermal ground plane in accordance with the present invention comprises a titanium substrate comprising a plurality of pillars, wherein the plurality of Ti pillars can be optionally oxidized to form nanostructured titania coated pillars, and a vapor cavity, in communication with the plurality of titanium pillars, for transporting thermal energy from one region of the thermal ground plane to another region of the thermal ground plane. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/055111 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat exchange 165/104.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08807382 | Haberbusch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark S. Haberbusch (Amherst, Ohio); Brad Stoops (Bay Village, Ohio); Chinh T. Nguyen (Port Clinton, Ohio); Robert J. Stochl (Middleburg Heights, Ohio); Martin E. Roth (Norwalk, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sierra Lobo, Inc. (Fremont, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. Haberbusch (Amherst, Ohio); Brad Stoops (Bay Village, Ohio); Chinh T. Nguyen (Port Clinton, Ohio); Robert J. Stochl (Middleburg Heights, Ohio); Martin E. Roth (Norwalk, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A storage system useful for storing cryogenic liquids is disclosed. The storage system includes a storage vessel, insulation surrounding the storage vessel and a flexible vacuum jacket enclosing them both. The flexible vacuum jacket can be made from a flexible plastic film such as polyimide. Polyimide is preferred due to its ability to remain flexible at cryogenic temperatures. The inner volume of the flexible vacuum jacket is placed under vacuum such that the insulation is maintained under vacuum. The flexible vacuum jacket can collapse against and conform to the insulation when it is evacuated, saving substantially on volume. A fitting for combining multiple passageways is also disclosed, so that multiple passageways can proceed through the vacuum jacket through a single penetration. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/752543 |
| ART UNIT | 3781 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Receptacles 220/560.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808471 | Wright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Wright (Wilmette, Illinois); Gregory B. Olson (Riverwoods, Illinois); Weijia Tang (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | QuesTek Innovations LLC (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Wright (Wilmette, Illinois); Gregory B. Olson (Riverwoods, Illinois); Weijia Tang (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A martensitic stainless steel alloy is strengthened by copper-nucleated nitride precipitates. The alloy includes, in combination by weight percent, about 10.0 to about 12.5 Cr, about 2.0 to about 7.5 Ni, up to about 17.0 Co, about 0.6 to about 1.5 Mo, about 0.5 to about 2.3 Cu, up to about 0.6 Mn, up to about 0.4 Si, about 0.05 to about 0.15 V, up to about 0.10 N, up to about 0.035 C, up to about 0.01 W, and the balance Fe and incidental elements and impurities. The nitride precipitates may be enriched by one or more transition metals. |
| FILED | Monday, April 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/937348 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 38/20 (20130101) C22C 38/42 (20130101) C22C 38/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C22C 38/46 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808568 | Shen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rui Shen (Rochester, New York); Hong Yang (Rochester, New York); Shai N. Shafrir (Rochester, New York); Chunlin Miao (Rochester, New York); Mimi Wang (San Marino, California); Joni Mici (Worcester, Massachusetts); John C. Lambropoulos (Pittsford, New York); Stephen D. Jacobs (Pittsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rui Shen (Rochester, New York); Hong Yang (Rochester, New York); Shai N. Shafrir (Rochester, New York); Chunlin Miao (Rochester, New York); Mimi Wang (San Marino, California); Joni Mici (Worcester, Massachusetts); John C. Lambropoulos (Pittsford, New York); Stephen D. Jacobs (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetorheological material comprises a magnetic particle and a ceramic material, wherein the magnetorheological material is in a dried form and further wherein a portion of the ceramic material is in the form of a nanocrystalline coating over the entire exterior surface of the magnetic particle and another portion of the ceramic material is in the form of a free nanocrystal. A magnetorheological material comprises a magnetic particle having a ceramic material coating over an external surface thereof as a result of a coating process, and a free nanocrystal of the ceramic material in the form of a residual by-product of the coating process. A sol-gel process for making a magnetorheological product comprises providing a sol of a desired ceramic coating material; combining a desired quantity of carbonyl iron (CI) particles with the sol to coat the CI particles with the ceramic coating material; creating a resulting quantity of nanocrystalline ceramic material-coated CI particles and a quantity of free nanocrystals of the ceramic material; and, drying the resulting quantity of coated CI particles and free nanocrystals to a moisture content equal to or less than 2 wt %. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/575770 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/62.590 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808612 | Alms et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin B. Alms (Newark, Delaware); James L. Glancey (Blackbird, Delaware); Suresh G. Advani (Newark, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin B. Alms (Newark, Delaware); James L. Glancey (Blackbird, Delaware); Suresh G. Advani (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for vacuum infusing resin into a fabric preform within a mold. The methods comprise increasing permeability in a selected region, such as by deploying a VIPR chamber in a location corresponding to the resin injection port corresponding to the resin flow front furthest from the mold vent or a location identified by predictive modeling as best to achieve a desired flow front geometry. Suitable apparatus comprise a VIPR chamber, an image detector for detecting resin flow fronts, a processor programmed to identify a desired location to deploy the VIPR chamber, and an automatic positioner for moving the VIPR chamber to the identified location. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/858948 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/571 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808703 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tom Yao-Hsiang Wu (San Diego, California); Yefen Zou (San Diego, California); Timothy Z. Hoffman (San Diego, California); Jianfeng Pan (San Diego, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Tom Yao-Hsiang Wu (San Diego, California); Yefen Zou (San Diego, California); Timothy Z. Hoffman (San Diego, California); Jianfeng Pan (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a novel class of compounds viz. generally lipopeptides like Pam3CSK4, immunogenic compositions and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with Toll-Like Receptors 2. In one aspect, the compounds are useful as adjuvants for enhancing the effectiveness a vaccine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/636328 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808807 | Chmelka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bradley F. Chmelka (Goleta, California); George L. Athens (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley F. Chmelka (Goleta, California); George L. Athens (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel membranes based on functionalized porous inorganic materials for ion exchange and conduction have been synthesized and characterized. The preparation procedure of these new membranes involves the synthesis of porous inorganic films, into which hydrophilic moieties are incorporated along the interior pore surfaces of the inorganic framework. Ion-conducting species are grafted into the pores via reactions with surface groups of the inorganic framework to allow for ion transport through the pore network. |
| FILED | Friday, December 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/566104 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808851 | Purdy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sean Purdy (Cincinnati, Ohio); Michael A. Zalich (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean Purdy (Cincinnati, Ohio); Michael A. Zalich (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layered composite material is disclosed, which includes an ordered periodic array of particles held in a matrix composition. The composite material further includes inorganic nanosized particles infused into the array of particles. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/142880 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809042 | Harvey |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven P. Harvey (Lutherville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven P. Harvey (Lutherville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally related to systems and methods to permit the growth of anaerobic, ethanol-producing bacteria using pretreated biomass such as cellulose in a manner to facilitate the efficient conversion of cellulose to ethanol. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/276658 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 29/04 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809057 | Adler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron Daniel Adler (Sharon, Massachusetts); Jacob Stuart Michael Beal (Somerville, Massachusetts); Fusun Yaman-Sirin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Ron Weiss (Newton, Massachusetts); Noah Justin Davidsohn (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Daniel Adler (Sharon, Massachusetts); Jacob Stuart Michael Beal (Somerville, Massachusetts); Fusun Yaman-Sirin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Ron Weiss (Newton, Massachusetts); Noah Justin Davidsohn (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods of evaluating the expression levels of DNA parts encoding proteins in test circuits. In particular, the methods disclosed herein are useful to evaluate the expression of an output protein regulated by a regulatory protein-genetic element pair. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/343504 |
| 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 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809093 | Homyk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew P. Homyk (South Pasadena, California); Michael D. Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Axel Scherer (Woodstock, Vermont); Sameer Walavalkar (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew P. Homyk (South Pasadena, California); Michael D. Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Axel Scherer (Woodstock, Vermont); Sameer Walavalkar (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for fabricating self-aligned heterostructures and semiconductor arrangements using silicon nanowires are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/949758 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/0665 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) H01L 29/66439 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/762 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809132 | Ye |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yan Ye (Saratoga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yan Ye (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A capping layer may be deposited over the active channel of a thin film transistor (TFT) in order to protect the active channel from contamination. The capping layer may affect the performance of the TFT. If the capping layer contains too much hydrogen, nitrogen, or oxygen, the threshold voltage, sub threshold slope, and mobility of the TFT may be negatively impacted. By controlling the ratio of the flow rates of the nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen containing gases, the performance of the TFT may be optimized. Additionally, the power density, capping layer deposition pressure, and the temperature may also be controlled to optimize the TFT performance. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/215013 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02521 (20130101) H01L 21/02554 (20130101) H01L 21/02565 (20130101) H01L 21/02631 (20130101) H01L 29/7869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809153 | 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. In accordance with one method, a resist is deposited to pattern a gate structure area over a graphene channel on a substrate. In addition, gate dielectric material and gate electrode material are deposited over the graphene channel and the resist. Further, the resist and the electrode and dielectric materials that are disposed above the resist are lifted-off to form a gate structure including a gate electrode and a gate dielectric spacer and to expose portions of the graphene channel that are adjacent to the gate structure. Additionally, source and drain electrodes are formed over the exposed portions of the graphene channel. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/468092 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809387 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd A. Thompson (Madison, Wisconsin); George Wilding (Verona, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the prevention and/or alleviation of androgen-mediated disorders treatable by administering a chroman-derived anti-androgen compound are provided by the present invention. The invention further provides pharmaceutical and nutraceutical compositions containing chroman-derived anti-androgen compounds useful in the prevention and/or alleviation of androgen-mediated disorders, particularly prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/966775 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809435 | Stokes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristoffer K Stokes (Charlotte, North Carolina); Michael C Berg (Baltimore, Maryland); Joseph L Lenhart (Port Deposit, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristoffer K Stokes (Charlotte, North Carolina); Michael C Berg (Baltimore, Maryland); Joseph L Lenhart (Port Deposit, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for enhancing the processing of a polymer composite are provided herein. in some embodiments, a method for enhancing the processing of a polymer composite may include masking a at least one functional group on a surface of a particle by using a at least one protective group; mixing the particles into a polymer to form a composite; processing the composite; and applying a at least one stimulus to the composite during the processing of the composite or after processing of the composite is complete in order to remove the at least one protective group from the functional group. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/472562 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/430 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809445 | Bulluck |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A polysilazane composition, formulated from a vinyl silazane and an organometallic accelerator, and associated methods thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/530211 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/16 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 183/04 (20130101) C09D 183/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809672 | Chuang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chih-Wei Chuang (Albany, California); Connie Chang-Hasnain (Palo Alto, California); Forrest Grant Sedgwick (Berkeley, California); Wai Son Ko (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chih-Wei Chuang (Albany, California); Connie Chang-Hasnain (Palo Alto, California); Forrest Grant Sedgwick (Berkeley, California); Wai Son Ko (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a catalyst-free growth mode of defect-free Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)-based nanoneedles on silicon (Si) substrates with a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible growth temperature of around 400° C. Each nanoneedle has a sharp 2 to 5 nanometer (nm) tip, a 600 nm wide base and a 4 micrometer (μm) length. Thus, the disclosed nanoneedles are substantially hexagonal needle-like crystal structures that assume a 6° to 9° tapered shape. The 600 nm wide base allows the typical micro-fabrication processes, such as optical lithography, to be applied. Therefore, nanoneedles are an ideal platform for the integration of optoelectronic devices on Si substrates. A nanoneedle avalanche photodiode (APD) grown on silicon is presented in this disclosure as a device application example. The APD attains a high current gain of 265 with only 8V bias. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/789026 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809679 | Crook et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Flordia State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Danny G. Crook (Tallahassee, Florida); Lukas Graber (Tallahassee, Florida); Sastry Pamidi (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A heat sink and method for gaseous cooling of superconducting power devices. Heat sink is formed of a solid material of high thermal conductivity and attached to the area needed to be cooled. Two channels are connected to the heat sink to allow an inlet and an outlet for cryogenic gaseous coolant. Inside the hollow heat sink are fins to increase metal surface in contact with the coolant. The coolant enters through the inlet tube, passes through the finned area inside the heat sink and exits through the outlet tube. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/041573 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/15.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809755 | Patel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mehul Patel (Chandler, Arizona); T. Terry Ng (Sylvania, Ohio); Paul Suchy (Parma, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehul Patel (Chandler, Arizona); T. Terry Ng (Sylvania, Ohio); Paul Suchy (Parma, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an aircraft, missile, projectile or underwater vehicle with an improved control system, an improved control system and a method of maneuvering an aircraft, missile, projectile or underwater vehicle. More particularly, the present invention relates to an aircraft, missile, projectile or underwater vehicle with control surfaces that are movable along a track. The present invention further relates to a method of controlling a aircraft, missile, projectile or underwater vehicle using such a control system. One of the technical advantages of the control system on a track (or “tracked control surface”) over other aircraft, missile, projectile or underwater vehicle control systems is that the tracked control surface system enables the aircraft, missile, projectile or underwater vehicle to have an unlimited number of configurations, each configuration being tailored to the specific stability or maneuverability requirements during a specific portion of the flight. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/292533 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809780 | Wollenhaupt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sciaky, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sciaky, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip E. Wollenhaupt (Crown Point, Indiana); Scott Stecker (Willow Springs, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A process (and apparatus for performing the process) for layer manufacturing a three-dimensional work piece comprising the steps of: feeding raw material in a solid state to a first predetermined location; exposing the raw material to an electron beam to liquefy the raw material; depositing the raw material onto a substrate as a molten pool deposit, the deposit having a forward edge region in an x-y plane with a forward edge region width and a trailing edge region in the x-y plane with a trailing edge region width, under at least one first processing condition; monitoring the molten pool deposit for at least one preselected condition using detecting of scatter from a scanning electron beam contemporaneously with the depositing step; solidifying the molten pool deposit; automatically altering the first processing condition to a different processing condition based upon information obtained from the comparing step; and repeating steps at one or more second locations for building up layer by layer, generally along a z-axis that is orthogonal to the x-y plane, a three-dimensional work piece. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/078910 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 15/0086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/304 (20130101) H01J 37/305 (20130101) H01J 37/3005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809876 | Bradley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Scott Bradley (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jonathan R. Tischler (Sharon, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Scott Bradley (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jonathan R. Tischler (Sharon, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials can be prepared in a layer-by-layer fashion on a patterned first substrate and subsequently transferred to a second substrate. The transfer step can preserve the pattern of the first substrate, such that the second substrate will bear a pattern of the transferred material. The material can be an electrostatic multilayer including a light absorbing dye, such as a J-aggregating cyanine dye. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/162838 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809904 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina); Anant Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina); Anant Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Electronic device structures including semiconductor ledge layers for surface passivation and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the electronic device includes a number of semiconductor layers of a desired semiconductor material having alternating doping types. The semiconductor layers include a base layer of a first doping type that includes a highly doped well forming a first contact region of the electronic device and one or more contact layers of a second doping type on the base layer that have been etched to form a second contact region of the electronic device. The etching of the one or more contact layers causes substantial crystalline damage, and thus interface charge, on the surface of the base layer. In order to passivate the surface of the base layer, a semiconductor ledge layer of the semiconductor material is epitaxially grown on at least the surface of the base layer. |
| FILED | Monday, July 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/843113 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/147 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810121 | Maier, II et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Bryan Maier, II (Marina, California); Eugene Ellis Nolting (Columbia, Maryland); Donald D. Snyder (Monterey, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Bryan Maier, II (Marina, California); Eugene Ellis Nolting (Columbia, Maryland); Donald D. Snyder (Monterey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method to produce a hot, dense, long-lived plasma. In one embodiment, a large electric current is passed through an outer tube enclosing in part a piston, a notched conducting rod and central electrode. Electromagnetic forces accelerate the piston to a point high enough to mechanically separate the conducting rod at the location of the notch before the conducting rod is melted. On separation, a plasma is generated by the passage of electric current though a gas produced by vaporization of the conducting rod and nearby materials. An insulator enclosed within the tube prevents the plasma from shorting to the outer tube until the current flow has produced a sufficient magnetic field to contain the plasma. The piston is then accelerated by a combination of electromagnetic forces and mechanical pressure from the hot gas through which the electric current is passing. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/656384 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810404 | Bertoncini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Crystal A. Bertoncini (Alexandria, Virginia); Kevin E. Rudd (Springfield, Virginia); Bryan D. Nousain (Greenbelt, Maryland); Mark K. Hinders (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Crystal A. Bertoncini (Alexandria, Virginia); Kevin E. Rudd (Springfield, Virginia); Bryan D. Nousain (Greenbelt, Maryland); Mark K. Hinders (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for authenticating a radio-frequency identification tags based on the features of the modulation features of the RFID signal. Dynamic wavelet fingerprint features are extracted from the signal by applying a wavelet transform to the signal to determine wavelet coefficients at a plurality of times and frequency scale values, creating a binary image from the wavelet coefficients, and measuring image features of at least one fingerprint object in the binary image. The measured features of the binary image fingerprint objects are compared to a database of features for the signal's EPC to authenticate the RFID tag. |
| FILED | Friday, April 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/078125 |
| ART UNIT | 2682 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 19/07354 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/3226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 2209/805 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810448 | Ellsworth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph R. Ellsworth (Worcester, Massachusetts); Michael P. Martinez (Worcester, Massachusetts); Craig H. McCordic (Medfield, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Paquette (Wakefield, Massachusetts); Scott R. Cheyne (Brookline, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph R. Ellsworth (Worcester, Massachusetts); Michael P. Martinez (Worcester, Massachusetts); Craig H. McCordic (Medfield, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Paquette (Wakefield, Massachusetts); Scott R. Cheyne (Brookline, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a radar array assembly includes two or more vertical stiffeners each having bores with threads and a first radar module. The first radar module includes radar transmit and receive (T/R) modules and a chassis having channels configured to receive a coolant. The chassis includes shelves having ribs. The ribs have channels configured to receive the coolant and the ribs form slots to receive circuit cards disposed in parallel. The circuit cards include the T/R modules. The chassis also includes set screws attached to opposing sides of the chassis. The set screws have bores to accept fasteners to engage the threads on a corresponding one of the two or more vertical stiffeners. The first radar module is configured to operate as a stand-alone radar array. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/230271 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/175 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810466 | Sciré-Scappuzzo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francesca Sciré-Scappuzzo (Lexington, Massachusetts); Sergey N. Makarov (Holden, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francesca Sciré-Scappuzzo (Lexington, Massachusetts); Sergey N. Makarov (Holden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A wide-bandwidth antenna (e.g., a rib-dipole antenna) includes a first pole formed by a first conductive member and/or a second pole formed by a second conductive member. The antenna also includes an antenna feed between the first conductive member and the second conductive member. The antenna also includes at least one electrically conductive element including a surface. A portion of the surface is electrically connected to, and extends from, the first conductive member or the second conductive member. The at least one electrically conductive element is capable of conducting a current that generates a magnetic field. The magnetic field lowers a total reactance of the antenna, thereby resulting in enhanced performance of the antenna and more efficient use of volume. |
| FILED | Monday, July 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/501973 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/802 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810650 | Neumann |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan Neumann (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Neumann (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A scene is imaged onto a spatial light modulator. The scene is captured by collecting a pan-chromatic image using a pan-chromatic camera. An object in the scene is detected based on one of physical motion or hyperspectral detection. A spectral measurement of the scene is performed using a hyperspectral image spectrometer. A current position, a current positional velocity, and a current positional acceleration of the object is tracked. An estimated position, an estimated positional velocity, and an estimated positional acceleration of the object for a future time is estimated. A current spectrum, a current effective spectral velocity, and a current effective spectral acceleration of the object is tracked. An estimated spectrum, an estimated effective spectral velocity, and an estimated effective spectral acceleration of the object for a future time are estimated. An orientation of the spatial light modulator is controlled based on at least one of the estimated position, the estimated positional velocity, the estimated positional acceleration, the current spectrum, the current effective spectral velocity, and the current effective spectral acceleration of the object. Optionally, the spatial light modulator is a digital micromirror device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/763263 |
| ART UNIT | 2481 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810779 | Hilde |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Jay Hilde (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for automatic target recognition. A hypothesis about a target's classification, position and orientation relative to a LADAR sensor that generates range image data of a scene including the target is simulated and a synthetic range image is generated. The range image and synthetic range image are then electronically processed to determine whether the hypothesized model and position and orientation are correct. If the score is sufficiently high then the hypothesis is declared correct, otherwise a new hypothesis is formed according to a search strategy. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/974195 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/4.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810788 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhiyong Li (Redwood City, California); Min Hu (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiyong Li (Redwood City, California); Min Hu (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Broad band structures for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy are disclosed herein. Each embodiment of the structure is made up of a metal layer, and a dielectric layer established on at least a portion of the metal layer. The dielectric layer has a controlled thickness that varies from at least one portion of the dielectric layer to at least another portion of the dielectric layer. Nanostructures are established on the dielectric layer at least at the portion and the other portion, the nanostructures thus being configured to exhibit variable plasmon resonances. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/254897 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/553 (20130101) G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810996 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Woo Young Lee (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Linh Le (New York, New York); De Kong (Hoboken, New Jersey); Matthew Henderson Ervin (Clarksville, Maryland); James L. Zunino, III (Boonton Township, New Jersey); Brian E. Fuchs (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Woo Young Lee (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Linh Le (New York, New York); De Kong (Hoboken, New Jersey); Matthew Henderson Ervin (Clarksville, Maryland); James L. Zunino, III (Boonton Township, New Jersey); Brian E. Fuchs (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical component includes an inkjet-printed graphene electrode. Graphene oxide flakes are deposited on a substrate in a graphene oxide ink using an inkjet printer. The deposited graphene oxide is thermally reduced to graphene. The electrical properties of the electrode are comparable to those of electrodes made using activated carbon, carbon nanotubes or graphene made by other methods. The electrical properties of the graphene electrodes may be tailored by adding nanoparticles of other materials to the ink to serve as conductivity enhancers, spacers, or to confer pseudocapacitance. Inkjet-printing can be used to make graphene electrodes of a desired thickness in preselected patterns. Inkjet printing can be used to make highly-transparent graphene electrodes. Inkjet-printed graphene electrodes may be used to fabricate double-layer capacitors that store energy by nanoscale charge separation at the electrode-electrolyte interface (i.e., “supercapacitors”). |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/301124 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/86 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/092 (20130101) H05K 1/162 (20130101) H05K 1/0393 (20130101) H05K 3/125 (20130101) H05K 2201/0323 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08811378 | Benner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Benner (Poughkeepsie, New York); Ramakrishnan Rajamony (Austin, Texas); Eugen Schenfeld (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Craig Brian Stunkel (Somers, New York); Peter A. Walker (Cedar Park, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Benner (Poughkeepsie, New York); Ramakrishnan Rajamony (Austin, Texas); Eugen Schenfeld (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Craig Brian Stunkel (Somers, New York); Peter A. Walker (Cedar Park, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A computing system includes: a plurality of tightly coupled processing nodes; a plurality of circuit switched networks using a circuit switching mode, interconnecting the processing nodes, and handling data transfers that meet one or more criteria; and a plurality of electronic packet switched networks, also interconnecting the processing nodes, handling data transfers that do meet the at least one criteria. The circuit switched networks and the electronic packet switched networks operate simultaneously. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/444762 |
| ART UNIT | 2475 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/28 (20130101) H04L 12/66 (20130101) H04L 12/4641 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08811758 | Paffenroth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randy C. Paffenroth (Loveland, Colorado); Ryan Nong (Monterey Park, California); Woody D. Leed (Loveland, Colorado); Scott M. Lundberg (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Numerica Corporation (Loveland, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy C. Paffenroth (Loveland, Colorado); Ryan Nong (Monterey Park, California); Woody D. Leed (Loveland, Colorado); Scott M. Lundberg (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for compressing a cloud of points with imposed error constraints at each point is disclosed. Surfaces are constructed that approach each point to within the constraint specified at that point, and from the plurality of surfaces that satisfy the constraints at all points, a surface is chosen which minimizes the amount of memory required to store the surface on a digital computer. |
| FILED | Sunday, December 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/329290 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/237 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08811763 | Meyers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald Everett Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); Keith Scott Deacon (Coumbia, Maryland); Arnold Tunick (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Everett Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); Keith Scott Deacon (Coumbia, Maryland); Arnold Tunick (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for generating a series of frames of a subject comprising measuring light reflected from the subject into at least one first receiver at first points in time; receiving spatial information relating to the light source illumination independent of interaction with the subject at second points in time into at least one second receiver, at least some of second points occurring before or after the first points in time; transmitting a measured value from the at least one first receiver to a processor; transmitting the spatial information relating to the light source illumination from a second receiver to a processor; correlating the measured values from the at least one first receiver at the first points in time with the spatial information derived from the at least one second receiver at the corresponding second points in time; and creating frames of a subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/585056 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08811768 | Meyers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald Everett Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); Keith Scott Deacon (Coumbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Everett Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); Keith Scott Deacon (Coumbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for imaging information comprising at least one processor for processing information; a light source for illuminating first and second locations; a spatial receiver located at the second location for receiving the illuminating light comprising an array of pixel locations for detecting high resolution spatial information concerning the illuminating light; the spatial receiver being operatively connected, to the at least one processor and operating to transmit high resolution spatial information correlated to specific intervals of time to the processor; the at least one receiver operatively connected to the processor(s) and operative to receive light reflected from a subject and operating to transmit low resolution spatial information to the processor correlated to specific intervals of time; the processor operating to correlate a response by the at least one receiver with spatial information derived from the spatial receiver at correlating time intervals to create a high resolution image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/477890 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/274 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812083 | Papazoglou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elisabeth S. Papazoglou (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Leonid Zubkov (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael T. Neidrauer (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Linda Zhu (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Kambiz Pourrezaei (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania); Michael S. Weingarten (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elisabeth S. Papazoglou (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Leonid Zubkov (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael T. Neidrauer (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Linda Zhu (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Kambiz Pourrezaei (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania); Michael S. Weingarten (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical changes of tissue during wound healing measured by Near Infrared and Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy are shown to correlate with histologic changes. Near Infrared absorption coefficient correlated with blood vessel in-growth over time, while Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS) data correlated with collagen concentration. Changes of optical properties of wound tissue at greater depths are also quantified by Diffuse Photon Density Wave (DPDW) methodology at near infrared wavelengths. The diffusion equation for semi-infinite media is used to calculate the absorption and scattering coefficients based on measurements of phase and amplitude with a frequency domain or time domain device. An increase in the absorption and scattering coefficients and a decrease in blood saturation of the wounds compared to the non wounded sites was observed. The changes correlated with the healing stage of the wound. The methodologies used to collect information regarding the healing state of a wound may be used to clinically assess the efficacy of wound healing agents in a patient (e.g., a diabetic) and as a non-invasive method to detect the progress of wound healing, particularly chronic wounds due to diabetes. The methodology applies to ischemic environments, impaired healing states, and emerging subsurface tissue deterioration, such as in pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, and ubiquitous ulcers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/937590 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/473 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812085 | Brown, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Brown, III (Honeoye Falls, New York); Xiaoxing Han (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Brown, III (Honeoye Falls, New York); Xiaoxing Han (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system that enable the measurement of a second-harmonic-generation-forward/backward (SHG F/B) ratio from an object by performing only a single image scan using via epi-imaging using an epi-detection technique. Two simultaneous SGH images (a forward propagating SHG “F” image and a back propagating SHG “B” image) are generated during the single image scan. A pinhole mirror can be used to separate the F-SHG and the B-SHG, which are detected by separate detectors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/696150 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/473 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812252 | Parilov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Evgueni Parilov (Brooklyn, New York); Mary J. Potasek (Princeton, New Jersey); Karl W. Beeson (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Simphotek, Inc. (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evgueni Parilov (Brooklyn, New York); Mary J. Potasek (Princeton, New Jersey); Karl W. Beeson (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method, a system and a software arrangement that can be used to determine the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and a material. The invention simplifies the process of determining the interaction by separating the complex process into a plurality of simple transition modules. Each transition module is associated with at least one parameter and represents an electronic transition in the material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/386652 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) G06F 2217/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812414 | Arthur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A neural network includes an electronic synapse array of multiple digital synapses interconnecting a plurality of digital electronic neurons. Each synapse interconnects an axon of a pre-synaptic neuron with a dendrite of a post-synaptic neuron. Each neuron integrates input spikes and generates a spike event in response to the integrated input spikes exceeding a threshold. A decoder receives spike events sequentially and transmits the spike events to selected axons in the synapse array. An encoder transmits spike events corresponding to spiking neurons. A controller coordinates events from the synapse array to the neurons, and signals when neurons may compute their spike events within each time step, ensuring one-to-one correspondence with an equivalent software model. The synapse array includes an interconnecting crossbar that sequentially receives spike events from axons, wherein one axon at a time drives the crossbar, and the crossbar transmits synaptic events in parallel to multiple neurons. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/149754 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812415 | Modha |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide neuromorphic-synaptronic systems, including neuromorphic-synaptronic circuit chips implementing spiking neural network with synaptic weights learned using simulation. One embodiment includes simulating a spiking neural network to generate synaptic weights learned via the simulation while maintaining one-to-one correspondence between the simulation and a digital circuit chip. The learned synaptic weights are loaded into the digital circuit chip implementing a spiking neural network, the digital circuit chip comprising a neuromorphic-synaptronic spiking neural network including plural synapse devices interconnecting multiple digital neurons. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/931676 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812535 | Bent et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Graham A. Bent (Southampton, United Kingdom); Patrick Dantressangle (Chandlers Ford, United Kingdom); John B. Ibbotson (Salisbury, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Graham A. Bent (Southampton, United Kingdom); Patrick Dantressangle (Chandlers Ford, United Kingdom); John B. Ibbotson (Salisbury, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for propagating a query in a system made up of a number connectable database management system nodes, where each node is associated at least one database, includes: selecting a first node from the number of nodes; generating at least one connection operable to propagate a query from the first node to a first subset of the number of nodes; generating at least one connection operable to propagate a query from a second node in the first subset to a second subset of the plurality of nodes; where at least one node in the second subset is different from nodes in the first subset. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/203719 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/769 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812578 | Druyan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander Druyan (Brooklyn, New York); David P. Brelsford (Hyde Park, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Druyan (Brooklyn, New York); David P. Brelsford (Hyde Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Start times are determined for jobs to be executed in the future in a multi-cluster environment. The start times are, for instance, the earliest start times in which the jobs may be executed. The start times are computed in logarithmic time, providing processing efficiencies for the multi-cluster environment. Processing efficiencies are further realized by employing parallel processing in determining the start times. |
| FILED | Friday, November 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/266670 |
| ART UNIT | 2456 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/08945 (20130101) H04L 29/08963 (20130101) H04L 67/32 (20130101) H04L 67/325 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812654 | Gelvin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David C. Gelvin (Escondido, California); Lewis D. Girod (Los Angeles, California); William J. Kaiser (Los Angeles, California); William M. Merrill (Los Angeles, California); Frederic Newberg (San Diego, California); Gregory J. Pottie (Los Angeles, California); Anton I. Sipos (Los Angeles, California); Sandeep Vardhan (Walnut, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Borgia/Cummins, LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Gelvin (Escondido, California); Lewis D. Girod (Los Angeles, California); William J. Kaiser (Los Angeles, California); William M. Merrill (Los Angeles, California); Frederic Newberg (San Diego, California); Gregory J. Pottie (Los Angeles, California); Anton I. Sipos (Los Angeles, California); Sandeep Vardhan (Walnut, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The Wireless Integrated Network Sensor Next Generation (WINS NG) nodes provide distributed network and Internet access to sensors, controls, and processors that are deeply embedded in equipment, facilities, and the environment. The WINS NG network is a new monitoring and control capability for applications in transportation, manufacturing, health care, environmental monitoring, and safety and security. The WINS NG nodes combine microsensor technology, low power distributed signal processing, low power computation, and low power, low cost wireless and/or wired networking capability in a compact system. The WINS NG networks provide sensing, local control, remote reconfigurability, and embedded intelligent systems in structures, materials, and environments. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/909308 |
| ART UNIT | 2453 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/173 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/08351 (20130101) H04L 67/1051 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08813091 | Maessen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jan-Willem Maessen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jaão P. Dias (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jan-Willem Maessen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jaão P. Dias (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A data structure, the distribution, may be provided to track the desired and/or actual location of computations and data that range over a multidimensional rectangular index space in a parallel computing system. Examples of such iteration spaces include multidimensional arrays and counted loop nests. These distribution data structures may be used in conjunction with locality-guided work stealing and may provide a structured way to track load balancing decisions so they can be reproduced in related computations, thus maintaining locality of reference. They may allow computations to be tied to array layout, and may allow iteration over subspaces of an index space in a manner consistent with the layout of the space itself. Distributions may provide a mechanism to describe computations in a manner that is oblivious to precise machine size or structure. Programming language constructs and/or library functions may support the implementation and use of these distribution data structures. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/185619 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SustainX, Inc. (Seabrook, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SustainX, Inc. (Seabrook, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Benjamin R. Bollinger (Topsfield, Massachusetts); Jon Bessette (Tewksbury, Massachusetts); Alexander Bell (Kensington, New Hampshire); Dax Kepshire (Amesbury, Massachusetts); Arne LaVen (Hampton, New Hampshire); Adam Rauwerdink (West Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, foam is compressed to store energy and/or expanded to recover energy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/012236 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/509 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806868 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ko-Jen Wu (Troy, Michigan); Darrell J. Walter (Romeo, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ko-Jen Wu (Troy, Michigan); Darrell J. Walter (Romeo, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment of the invention, a secondary air injection system includes a first conduit in fluid communication with at least one first exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and a second conduit in fluid communication with at least one second exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, wherein the at least one first and second exhaust passages are in fluid communication with a turbocharger. The system also includes an air supply in fluid communication with the first and second conduits and a flow control device that controls fluid communication between the air supply and the first conduit and the second conduit and thereby controls fluid communication to the first and second exhaust passages of the internal combustion engine. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/029818 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Machines or Engines in General; Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines F01N 3/30 (20130101) Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 37/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 25/0707 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/20 (20130101) Y02T 10/121 (20130101) Y02T 10/144 (20130101) Y02T 10/146 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806882 | Bennion et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin Bennion (Littleton, Colorado); Matthew Thornton (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Substainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Bennion (Littleton, Colorado); Matthew Thornton (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments discussed herein are directed to managing the heat content of two vehicle subsystems through a single coolant loop having parallel branches for each subsystem. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/035082 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Arrangements of Heating, Cooling, Ventilating or Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted for Passenger or Goods Spaces of Vehicles B60H 1/00907 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60H 2001/00949 (20130101) Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 1/02 (20130101) B60L 2260/56 (20130101) Conjoint Control of Vehicle Sub-units of Different Type or Different Function; Control Systems Specially Adapted for Hybrid Vehicles; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems for Purposes Not Related to the Control of a Particular Sub-unit B60W 30/194 (20130101) Cooling of Machines or Engines in General; Cooling of Internal-combustion Engines F01P 7/165 (20130101) F01P 2050/24 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel M. Hubbell (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel M. Hubbell (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a new laboratory apparatus for measuring the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity at a single water potential. One or more embodiments of the invented apparatus can be used over a wide range of water potential values within the tensiometric range, requires minimal laboratory preparation, and operates unattended for extended periods with minimal supervision. The present invention relates to a new laboratory apparatus for measuring the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity at a single water potential. One or more embodiments of the invented apparatus can be used over a wide range of water potential values within the tensiometric range, requires minimal laboratory preparation, and operates unattended for extended periods with minimal supervision. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/297333 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/861 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806995 | Kapoor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shiv G. Kapoor (Champaign, Illinois); Keith Allen Bourne (Urbana, Illinois); Richard E. DeVor (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shiv G. Kapoor (Champaign, Illinois); Keith Allen Bourne (Urbana, Illinois); Richard E. DeVor (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A high precision micro/nanoscale machining system. A multi-axis movement machine provides relative movement along multiple axes between a workpiece and a tool holder. A cutting tool is disposed on a flexible cantilever held by the tool holder, the tool holder being movable to provide at least two of the axes to set the angle and distance of the cutting tool relative to the workpiece. A feedback control system uses measurement of deflection of the cantilever during cutting to maintain a desired cantilever deflection and hence a desired load on the cutting tool. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/877863 |
| ART UNIT | 3722 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Turning 082/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08807005 | Moss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Moss (San Mateo, California); Andrew T. Anderson (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A suppressor is disclosed for use with a weapon having a barrel through which a bullet is fired. The suppressor has an inner portion having a bore extending coaxially therethrough. The inner portion is adapted to be secured to a distal end of the barrel. A plurality of axial flow segments project radially from the inner portion and form axial flow paths through which expanding propellant gasses discharged from the barrel flow through. The axial flow segments have radially extending wall portions that define sections which may be filled with thermally conductive material, which in one example is a thermally conductive foam. The conductive foam helps to dissipate heat deposited within the suppressor during firing of the weapon. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/738608 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/14.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08807012 | Bennett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Bennett (Livermore, California); Noel Sewall (Livermore, California); Carl Boroa (Milpitas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Bennett (Livermore, California); Noel Sewall (Livermore, California); Carl Boroa (Milpitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An engine based on a reciprocating piston engine that extracts work from pressurized working fluid. The engine includes a harmonic oscillator inlet valve capable of oscillating at a resonant frequency for controlling the flow of working fluid into of the engine. In particular, the inlet valve includes an inlet valve head and a spring arranged together as a harmonic oscillator so that the inlet valve head is moveable from an unbiased equilibrium position to a biased closed position occluding an inlet. Upon releasing the inlet valve the inlet valve head undergoes a single oscillation past the equilibrium positio to a maximum open position and returns to a biased return position close to the closed position to choke the flow and produce a pressure drop across the inlet valve causing the inlet valve to close. Protrusions carried either by the inlet valve head or piston head are used to bump open the inlet valve from the closed position and initiate the single oscillation of the inlet valve head, and protrusions carried either by the outlet valve head or piston head are used to close the outlet valve ahead of the bump opening of the inlet valve. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/221783 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Motors: Expansible chamber type 091/273 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08807266 | Gomez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonio Gomez (Kansas City, Missouri); Paul Jeffrey DeRego (Kansas City, Missouri); Patrick Andrew Ferrel (Kansas City, Missouri); Robert Anthony Thom (Kansas City, Missouri); Joshua J. Trujillo (Kansas City, Missouri); Brian Herridge (Chaska, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for generating seismic waves includes a housing, a strike surface within the housing, and a hammer movably disposed within the housing. An actuator induces a striking motion in the hammer such that the hammer impacts the strike surface as part of the striking motion. The actuator is selectively adjustable to change characteristics of the striking motion and characteristics of seismic waves generated by the impact. The hammer may be modified to change the physical characteristics of the hammer, thereby changing characteristics of seismic waves generated by the hammer. The hammer may be disposed within a removable shock cavity, and the apparatus may include two hammers and two shock cavities positioned symmetrically about a center of the apparatus. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/829730 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Acoustics 181/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08807988 | Siriwardane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ranjani V. Siriwardane (Morgantown, West Virginia); Duane D. Miller (Fairmont, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department Of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ranjani V. Siriwardane (Morgantown, West Virginia); Duane D. Miller (Fairmont, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides an oxygen carrier comprised of a plurality of metal oxide particles in contact with a plurality of MgO promoter particles. The MgO promoter particles increase the reaction rate and oxygen utilization of the metal oxide when contacting with a gaseous hydrocarbon at a temperature greater than about 725° C. The promoted oxide solid is generally comprised of less than about 25 wt. % MgO, and may be prepared by physical mixing, incipient wetness impregnation, or other methods known in the art. The oxygen carrier exhibits a crystalline structure of the metal oxide and a crystalline structure of MgO under XRD crystallography, and retains these crystalline structures over subsequent redox cycles. In an embodiment, the metal oxide is Fe2O3, and the gaseous hydrocarbon is comprised of methane. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/477274 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Combustion 431/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808433 | Aines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger D. Aines (Livermore, California); William L. Bourcier (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger D. Aines (Livermore, California); William L. Bourcier (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method and system of separating carbon dioxide from flue gas is introduced. Instead of relying on large temperature or pressure changes to remove carbon dioxide from a solvent used to absorb it from flue gas, the ion pump method, as disclosed herein, dramatically increases the concentration of dissolved carbonate ion in solution. This increases the overlying vapor pressure of carbon dioxide gas, permitting carbon dioxide to be removed from the downstream side of the ion pump as a pure gas. The ion pumping may be obtained from reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, thermal desalination methods, or an ion pump system having an oscillating flow in synchronization with an induced electric field. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/896621 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808568 | Shen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rui Shen (Rochester, New York); Hong Yang (Rochester, New York); Shai N. Shafrir (Rochester, New York); Chunlin Miao (Rochester, New York); Mimi Wang (San Marino, California); Joni Mici (Worcester, Massachusetts); John C. Lambropoulos (Pittsford, New York); Stephen D. Jacobs (Pittsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rui Shen (Rochester, New York); Hong Yang (Rochester, New York); Shai N. Shafrir (Rochester, New York); Chunlin Miao (Rochester, New York); Mimi Wang (San Marino, California); Joni Mici (Worcester, Massachusetts); John C. Lambropoulos (Pittsford, New York); Stephen D. Jacobs (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetorheological material comprises a magnetic particle and a ceramic material, wherein the magnetorheological material is in a dried form and further wherein a portion of the ceramic material is in the form of a nanocrystalline coating over the entire exterior surface of the magnetic particle and another portion of the ceramic material is in the form of a free nanocrystal. A magnetorheological material comprises a magnetic particle having a ceramic material coating over an external surface thereof as a result of a coating process, and a free nanocrystal of the ceramic material in the form of a residual by-product of the coating process. A sol-gel process for making a magnetorheological product comprises providing a sol of a desired ceramic coating material; combining a desired quantity of carbonyl iron (CI) particles with the sol to coat the CI particles with the ceramic coating material; creating a resulting quantity of nanocrystalline ceramic material-coated CI particles and a quantity of free nanocrystals of the ceramic material; and, drying the resulting quantity of coated CI particles and free nanocrystals to a moisture content equal to or less than 2 wt %. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/575770 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/62.590 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808588 | Simmons et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Blake Simmons (San Francisco, California); Linda Domeier (Danville, California); Noble Woo (El Monte, California); Timothy Shepodd (Livermore, California); Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blake Simmons (San Francisco, California); Linda Domeier (Danville, California); Noble Woo (El Monte, California); Timothy Shepodd (Livermore, California); Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Injection molding is used to form microfluidic devices with integrated functional components. One or more functional components are placed in a mold cavity, which is then closed. Molten thermoplastic resin is injected into the mold and then cooled, thereby forming a solid substrate including the functional component(s). The solid substrate including the functional component(s) is then bonded to a second substrate, which may include microchannels or other features. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/012653 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808643 | Benner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | W. Henry Benner (Danville, California); John M. Dzenitis (Danville, California); William J Benett (Livermore, California); Brian R. Baker (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Henry Benner (Danville, California); John M. Dzenitis (Danville, California); William J Benett (Livermore, California); Brian R. Baker (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein provided are fluidics platform and method for sample preparation and analysis. The fluidics platform is capable of analyzing DNA from blood samples using amplification assays such as polymerase-chain-reaction assays and loop-mediated-isothermal-amplification assays. The fluidics platform can also be used for other types of assays and analyzes. In some embodiments, a sample in a sealed tube can be inserted directly. The following isolation, detection, and analyzes can be performed without a user's intervention. The disclosed platform may also comprises a sample preparation system with a magnetic actuator, a heater, and an air-drying mechanism, and fluid manipulation processes for extraction, washing, elution, assay assembly, assay detection, and cleaning after reactions and between samples. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/228391 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/509 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808662 | 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 borohydride compound M(BH4)y. The process has three steps. The first step combines a compound of formula (R1O)yM with aluminum, hydrogen and a metallic catalyst containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, vanadium, tantalum and iron to produce a compound of formula M(AlH3OR1)y, wherein R1 is phenyl or phenyl substituted by at least one alkyl or alkoxy group; M is an alkali metal, Be or Mg; and y is one or two; wherein the catalyst is present at a level of at least 200 ppm based on weight of aluminum. The second step combines the compound of formula M(AlH3OR1)y with a borate, boroxine or borazine compound to produce M(BH4)y and a byproduct mixture containing alkali metal and aluminum aryloxides. The third step separates M(BH4)y from the byproduct mixture. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/053355 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 6/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808912 | Thackeray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); Sun-Ho Kang (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Uchicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); Sun-Ho Kang (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithium-metal-oxide positive electrode having a layered or spinel structure for a non-aqueous lithium electrochemical cell and battery is disclosed comprising electrode particles that are protected at the surface from undesirable effects, such as electrolyte oxidation, oxygen loss or dissolution by one or more lithium-metal-polyanionic compounds, such as a lithium-metal-phosphate or a lithium-metal-silicate material that can act as a solid electrolyte at or above the operating potential of the lithium-metal-oxide electrode. The surface protection significantly enhances the surface stability, rate capability and cycling stability of the lithium-metal-oxide electrodes, particularly when charged to high potentials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/694422 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130110) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808929 | Friesen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cody A. Friesen (Fort McDowell, Arizona); Ramkumar Krishnan (Gilbert, Arizona); Toni Tang (Gilbert, Arizona); Derek Wolfe (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Cody A. Friesen (Fort McDowell, Arizona); Ramkumar Krishnan (Gilbert, Arizona); Toni Tang (Gilbert, Arizona); Derek Wolfe (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical cell comprising an electrolyte comprising water and a hydrophobic ionic liquid comprising positive ions and negative ions. The electrochemical cell also includes an air electrode configured to absorb and reduce oxygen. A hydrophilic or hygroscopic additive modulates the hydrophobicity of the ionic liquid to maintain a concentration of the water in the electrolyte is between 0.001 mol % and 25 mol %. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/085714 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/0567 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) H01M 12/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/128 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808933 | Kelzenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael D. Kelzenberg (Pasadena, California); Harry A. Atwater (South Pasadena, California); Ryan M. Briggs (Pasadena, California); Shannon W. Boettcher (Eugene, Oregon); Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada, California); Jan A. Petykiewicz (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Kelzenberg (Pasadena, California); Harry A. Atwater (South Pasadena, California); Ryan M. Briggs (Pasadena, California); Shannon W. Boettcher (Eugene, Oregon); Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada, California); Jan A. Petykiewicz (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure comprising an array of semiconductor structures, an infill material between the semiconductor materials, and one or more light-trapping elements is described. Photoconverters and photoelectrochemical devices based on such structure also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/957065 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/068 (20130101) H01L 31/0522 (20130101) H01L 31/0527 (20130101) H01L 31/1804 (20130101) H01L 31/022425 (20130101) H01L 31/035281 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Y02E 10/547 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809110 | Daniel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Claus Daniel (Knoxville, Tennessee); Craig A. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ronald D. Ott (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Claus Daniel (Knoxville, Tennessee); Craig A. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ronald D. Ott (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are configurations of long-range ordered features of solar cell materials, and methods for forming same. Some features include electrical access openings through a backing layer to a photovoltaic material in the solar cell. Some features include textured features disposed adjacent a surface of a solar cell material. Typically the long-range ordered features are formed by ablating the solar cell material with a laser interference pattern from at least two laser beams. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/981899 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02363 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809230 | Worsley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California); Theodore F. Baumann (Discovery Bay, California); Joe H. Satcher, Jr. (Patterson, California); Michael Stadermann (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California); Theodore F. Baumann (Discovery Bay, California); Joe H. Satcher, Jr. (Patterson, California); Michael Stadermann (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition comprising: at least one porous carbon monolith, such as a carbon aerogel, comprising internal pores, and at least one nanomaterial, such as carbon nanotubes, disposed uniformly throughout the internal pores. The nanomaterial can be disposed in the middle of the monolith. In addition, a method for making a monolithic solid with both high surface area and good bulk electrical conductivity is provided. A porous substrate having a thickness of 100 microns or more and comprising macropores throughout its thickness is prepared. At least one catalyst is deposited inside the porous substrate. Subsequently, chemical vapor deposition is used to uniformly deposit a nanomaterial in the macropores throughout the thickness of the porous substrate. Applications include electrical energy storage, such as batteries and capacitors, and hydrogen storage. |
| FILED | Monday, August 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/195752 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809237 | Bhattacharya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raghu N. Bhattacharya (Littleton, Colorado); Xun Zhang (Schenectady, New York); Venkat Selvamanickam (Wynantskill, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SuperPower, Inc. (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raghu N. Bhattacharya (Littleton, Colorado); Xun Zhang (Schenectady, New York); Venkat Selvamanickam (Wynantskill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a superconducting article includes providing a substrate tape, forming a superconducting layer overlying the substrate tape, and depositing a capping layer overlying the superconducting layer. The capping layer includes a noble metal and has a thickness not greater than about 1.0 micron. The method further includes electrodepositing a stabilizer layer overlying the capping layer using a solution that is non-reactive to the superconducting layer. The superconducting layer has an as-formed critical current IC(AF) and a post-stabilized critical current IC(PS). The IC(PS) is at least about 95% of the IC(AF). |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/033660 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/434 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809291 | Desprez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pierre-Yves Desprez (Richmond, California); Judith Campisi (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (San Francisco, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pierre-Yves Desprez (Richmond, California); Judith Campisi (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treatment of breast cancer and other types of cancer. The method comprises targeting and modulating Id-1 gene expression, if any, for the Id-1 gene, or gene products in breast or other epithelial cancers in a patient by delivering products that modulate Id-1 gene expression. When expressed, Id-1 gene is a prognostic indicator that cancer cells are invasive and metastatic. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/252148 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5743 (20130101) G01N 33/57407 (20130101) G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 33/57434 (20130101) G01N 33/57492 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809483 | Hibbs |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Hibbs (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition and an anion exchange membranes including a composition and a method of forming a composition including a compound including a poly(phenylene) backbone represented by the following formula: wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 may be the same or different and is H or an unsubstituted or inertly-substituted aromatic moiety; wherein each of Ar1 and Ar2 may be the same or different and is an unsubstituted or inertly-substituted aromatic moiety; wherein each of R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 is H or a monovalent hydrocarbon group including two to 18 carbon atoms, with the proviso that each R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 cannot be H; and wherein each of Y6, Y7, Y8, Y9, Y10 and Y11 may be the same or different and is H or a functional group. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/627098 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809546 | Yaghi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Omar M. Yaghi (Los Angeles, California); Hideki Hayashi (Los Angeles, California); Rahul Banerjee (Los Angeles, California); Kyo Sung Park (Los Angeles, California); Bo Wang (Los Angeles, California); Adrien P. Cote (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides zeolitic frameworks for gas separation, gas storage, catalysis and sensors. More particularly the disclosure provides zeolitic frameworks (ZIFs). The ZIF of the disclosure comprises any number of transition metals or a homogenous transition metal composition. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/630554 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 31/183 (20130101) B01J 31/1691 (20130101) B01J 31/1815 (20130101) B01J 2531/26 (20130101) B01J 2531/0216 (20130101) B01J 2531/845 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 3/003 (20130101) C07F 3/06 (20130101) C07F 15/00 (20130101) C07F 15/065 (20130101) C07F 19/005 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809627 | Broeckling et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bettina E. Broeckling (Fort Collins, Colorado); Chang-Jun Liu (Rocky Point, New York); Richard A. Dixon (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bettina E. Broeckling (Fort Collins, Colorado); Chang-Jun Liu (Rocky Point, New York); Richard A. Dixon (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides enzymes that encode O-methyltransferases (OMTs) from Medicago truncatula that allow modification to plant (iso)flavonoid biosynthetic pathways. In certain aspects of the invention, the genes encoding these enzymes are provided. The invention therefore allows the modification of plants for isoflavonoid content. Transgenic plants comprising such enzymes are also provided, as well as methods for improving disease resistance in plants. Methods for producing food and nutraceuticals, and the resulting compositions, are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/840032 |
| 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 8/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809774 | Vertes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akos Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Peter Nemes (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The field of the invention is atmospheric pressure mass spectrometry (MS), and more specifically a process and apparatus which combine infrared laser ablation with electrospray ionization (ESI). |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/794851 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810640 | Baba et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin S. Baba (Knoxville, Tennessee); James Samuel Goddard, Jr. (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin S. Baba (Knoxville, Tennessee); James Samuel Goddard, Jr. (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for generating motion corrected tomographic images are provided. A method includes obtaining first images of a region of interest (ROI) to be imaged and associated with a first time, where the first images are associated with different positions and orientations with respect to the ROI. The method also includes defining an active region in the each of the first images and selecting intrinsic features in each of the first images based on the active region. Second, identifying a portion of the intrinsic features temporally and spatially matching intrinsic features in corresponding ones of second images of the ROI associated with a second time prior to the first time and computing three-dimensional (3D) coordinates for the portion of the intrinsic features. Finally, the method includes computing a relative pose for the first images based on the 3D coordinates. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/108395 |
| ART UNIT | 2485 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 7/01 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810904 | Jacobsen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven D. Jacobsen (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven D. Jacobsen (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain examples provide optical contact micrometers and methods of use. An example optical contact micrometer includes a pair of opposable lenses to receive an object and immobilize the object in a position. The example optical contact micrometer includes a pair of opposable mirrors positioned with respect to the pair of lenses to facilitate viewing of the object through the lenses. The example optical contact micrometer includes a microscope to facilitate viewing of the object through the lenses via the mirrors; and an interferometer to obtain one or more measurements of the object. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/369851 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 9/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08811445 | Deri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Deri (Pleasanton, California); Diana Chen (Fremont, California); Andy Bayramian (Manteca, California); Barry Freitas (Livermore, California); Jack Kotovsky (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Deri (Pleasanton, California); Diana Chen (Fremont, California); Andy Bayramian (Manteca, California); Barry Freitas (Livermore, California); Jack Kotovsky (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface is provided. The substrate includes a plurality of v-grooves formed in the upper surface. Each v-groove includes a first side and a second side perpendicular to the first side. A laser diode bar assembly is disposed within each of the v-grooves and attached to the first side. The laser diode bar assembly includes a first adhesion layer disposed on the first side of the v-groove, a metal plate attached to the first adhesion layer, a second adhesion layer disposed over the metal plate, and a laser diode bar attached to the second adhesion layer. The laser diode bar has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) substantially similar to that of the metal plate. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/748724 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/50.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08811754 | Conger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Lynn Conger (San Ramon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Lynn Conger (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for clustering the pixels of a multispectral image is provided. A clustering system computes a maximum spectral similarity score for each pixel that indicates the similarity between that pixel and the most similar neighboring. To determine the maximum similarity score for a pixel, the clustering system generates a similarity score between that pixel and each of its neighboring pixels and then selects the similarity score that represents the highest similarity as the maximum similarity score. The clustering system may apply a filtering criterion based on the maximum similarity score so that pixels with similarity scores below a minimum threshold are not clustered. The clustering system changes the current pixel values of the pixels in a cluster based on an averaging of the original pixel values of the pixels in the cluster. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/353728 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812068 | Kelley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC. (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Kelley (Newport News, Virginia); John Michael Klopf (Hampton, Virginia); Senthilaraja Singaravelu (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a delta niobium nitride δ-NbN layer on the surface of a niobium object including cleaning the surface of the niobium object; providing a treatment chamber; placing the niobium object in the treatment chamber; evacuating the chamber; passing pure nitrogen into the treatment chamber; focusing a laser spot on the niobium object; delivering laser fluences at the laser spot until the surface of the niobium object reaches above its boiling temperature; and rastering the laser spot over the surface of the niobium object. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/651619 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812239 | Greenbaum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elias Greenbaum (Knoxville, Tennessee); Miguel Rodriguez, Jr. (Oakridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elias Greenbaum (Knoxville, Tennessee); Miguel Rodriguez, Jr. (Oakridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of biosensor-based detection of toxins includes the steps of providing a fluid to be analyzed having a plurality of photosynthetic organisms therein, wherein chemical, biological or radiological agents alter a nominal photosynthetic activity of the photosynthetic organisms. At a first time a measured photosynthetic activity curve is obtained from the photosynthetic organisms. The measured curve is automatically compared to a reference photosynthetic activity curve to determine differences therebetween. The presence of the chemical, biological or radiological agents, or precursors thereof, are then identified if present in the fluid using the differences. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/302844 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812271 | Brady et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick V. Brady (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James L. Krumhansl (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick V. Brady (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James L. Krumhansl (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of designing an injectate to be used in a waterflooding operation is disclosed. One aspect includes specifying data representative of chemical characteristics of a liquid hydrocarbon, a connate, and a reservoir rock, of a subterranean reservoir. Charged species at an interface of the liquid hydrocarbon are determined based on the specified data by evaluating at least one chemical reaction. Charged species at an interface of the reservoir rock are determined based on the specified data by evaluating at least one chemical reaction. An extent of surface complexation between the charged species at the interfaces of the liquid hydrocarbon and the reservoir rock is determined by evaluating at least one surface complexation reaction. The injectate is designed and is operable to decrease the extent of surface complexation between the charged species at interfaces of the liquid hydrocarbon and the reservoir rock. Other methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/226276 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812610 | Faraj |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A parallel computer includes nodes that include a network adapter that couples the node in a point-to-point network and supports communications in opposite directions of each dimension. Optimized communications include: receiving, by a network adapter of a receiving compute node, a packet—from a source direction—that specifies a destination node and deposit hints. Each hint is associated with a direction within which the packet is to be deposited. If a hint indicates the packet to be deposited in the opposite direction: the adapter delivers the packet to an application on the receiving node; forwards the packet to a next node in the opposite direction if the receiving node is not the destination; and forwards the packet to a node in a direction of a subsequent dimension if the hints indicate that the packet is to be deposited in the direction of the subsequent dimension. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/325440 |
| ART UNIT | 2441 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08813037 | Gooding |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Gooding (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are disclosed for debugging a high performance computing program by gathering lists of addresses of calling instructions for a plurality of threads of execution of the program, assigning the threads to groups in dependence upon the addresses, and displaying the groups to identify defective threads. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/780215 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SustainX, Inc. (Seabrook, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SustainX, Inc. (Seabrook, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Benjamin R. Bollinger (Topsfield, Massachusetts); Jon Bessette (Tewksbury, Massachusetts); Alexander Bell (Kensington, New Hampshire); Dax Kepshire (Amesbury, Massachusetts); Arne LaVen (Hampton, New Hampshire); Adam Rauwerdink (West Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, foam is compressed to store energy and/or expanded to recover energy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/012236 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/509 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08806995 | Kapoor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shiv G. Kapoor (Champaign, Illinois); Keith Allen Bourne (Urbana, Illinois); Richard E. DeVor (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shiv G. Kapoor (Champaign, Illinois); Keith Allen Bourne (Urbana, Illinois); Richard E. DeVor (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A high precision micro/nanoscale machining system. A multi-axis movement machine provides relative movement along multiple axes between a workpiece and a tool holder. A cutting tool is disposed on a flexible cantilever held by the tool holder, the tool holder being movable to provide at least two of the axes to set the angle and distance of the cutting tool relative to the workpiece. A feedback control system uses measurement of deflection of the cantilever during cutting to maintain a desired cantilever deflection and hence a desired load on the cutting tool. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/877863 |
| ART UNIT | 3722 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Turning 082/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808195 | Tseng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Po-He Tseng (Los Angeles, California); Ian G. M. Cameron (Kingston, Canada); Douglas P. Munoz (Kingston, Canada); Laurent Itti (Los Angeles, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Po-He Tseng (Los Angeles, California); Ian G. M. Cameron (Kingston, Canada); Douglas P. Munoz (Kingston, Canada); Laurent Itti (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods, system, and apparatus for assessing and/or diagnosing a neurobehavioural disorder in a subject. The methods, systems, and apparatus include the subject freely observing a visual scene, without having to carry out a task or follow specific instructions. In one embodiment, a computational model is used to select one or more feature in a visual scene and generate a spatial map having first map values that are predictive of eye movement end points of a hypothetical observer relative to the one or more feature. A subject's eye movements are recorded while the subject freely observes the visual scene, and a difference between second map values that correspond to the subject's eye movement endpoints and a set of map values selected randomly from the first map values is quantified, wherein the difference is indicative of a neurobehavioural disorder in the subject. Neurobehavioural disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, autism, Tourette syndrome, and progressive supranuclear palsy may be assessed and/or diagnosed. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/656109 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808516 | Melosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas Alexander Melosh (Menlo Park, California); Piyush Verma (Mountain View, California); Benjamin David Almquist (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Alexander Melosh (Menlo Park, California); Piyush Verma (Mountain View, California); Benjamin David Almquist (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoscale probes for forming stable, non-destructive seals with cell membranes. The probes, systems including these probes, and methods of fabricating and using the probes described herein may be used to sense from, stimulate, modify, or otherwise effect individual cells or groups of cells. In particular, described herein are nanoscale cellular probes that may be used to span the lipid membrane of a cell to provide stable and long lasting access to the internal cellular structures. Thus, the probes described herein may be used as part of a system, method or device that would benefit from stable, non-destructive access across a cell membrane. In some variations the nanoscale probe devices or systems described herein may be used as part of a drug screening procedure. |
| FILED | Monday, March 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/412543 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/18 (20130101) G01N 33/1826 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808530 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongjun Zhou (Austin, Texas); Allen J. Bard (Austin, Texas); Fu-Ren F. Fan (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongjun Zhou (Austin, Texas); Allen J. Bard (Austin, Texas); Fu-Ren F. Fan (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes methods and compositions having at least one nanoparticle for analyzing a chemical analyte. The device includes an electrochemical cell connected to a measuring apparatus, wherein the electrochemical cell comprises a container and at least one electrode comprising a surface modification; a solution within the container comprising one or more chemical analytes and one or more metal nanoparticles in the solution, wherein one or more electrocatalytic properties are generated by the one or more metal nanoparticles at the at least one electrode and the contact of individual nanoparticles can be measured. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/212022 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/416 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808658 | Kaner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard B. Kaner (Pacific Palisades, California); Sabah K. Bux (Chino Hills, California); Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Altadena, California); Marc Rodriguez (Granada Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Kaner (Pacific Palisades, California); Sabah K. Bux (Chino Hills, California); Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Altadena, California); Marc Rodriguez (Granada Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing nanostructured silicon and silicon-germanium via solid state metathesis (SSM). The method of forming nanostructured silicon comprises the steps of combining a stoichiometric mixture of silicon tetraiodide (SiI4) and an alkaline earth metal silicide into a homogeneous powder, and initating the reaction between the silicon tetraiodide (SiI4) with the alkaline earth metal silicide. The method of forming nanostructured silicon-germanium comprises the steps of combining a stoichiometric mixture of silicon tetraiodide (SiI4) and a germanium based precursor into a homogeneous powder, and initiating the reaction between the silicon tetraiodide (SiI4) with the germanium based precursors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/155853 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/349 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808681 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Griffith Anderson (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Jason Alan Burdick (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Griffith Anderson (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Jason Alan Burdick (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Acrylate-terminated poly(beta-amino esters) are cross-linked to form materials useful in the medical as well as non-medical field. The polymeric starting material is combined with a free radical initiator, either a thermal initiator or a photoinitiator, and the mixture for cross-linking is heated or exposed to light depending on the initiator used. The resulting materials due to the hydrolysable ester bond in the polymer backbone are biodegradable under physiological conditions. These cross-linked materials are particular useful as drug delivery vehicles, tissue engineering scaffolds, and in fabricating microdevices. The materials may also be used as plastics, coating, adhesives, inks, etc. The cross-linked materials prepared exhibit a wide range of degradation times, mass loss profiles, and mechanical properties. Therefore, the properties of the material may be tuned for the desired use. The high-throughput approach to preparing a library of cross-linked poly(beta-amino esters) allows for the rapid screening and design of degradable polymers for a variety of applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/758078 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 283/00 (20130101) C08F 290/06 (20130101) C08F 290/061 (20130101) C08F 290/065 (20130101) C08F 299/024 (20130101) C08F 299/0485 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/6858 (20130101) C08G 73/02 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 79/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bradley F. Chmelka (Goleta, California); George L. Athens (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley F. Chmelka (Goleta, California); George L. Athens (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel membranes based on functionalized porous inorganic materials for ion exchange and conduction have been synthesized and characterized. The preparation procedure of these new membranes involves the synthesis of porous inorganic films, into which hydrophilic moieties are incorporated along the interior pore surfaces of the inorganic framework. Ion-conducting species are grafted into the pores via reactions with surface groups of the inorganic framework to allow for ion transport through the pore network. |
| FILED | Friday, December 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/566104 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809063 | Zang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ling Zang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Yanke Che (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ling Zang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Yanke Che (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluorescence based sensor (10) is disclosed and described. The sensor (10) can include nanofibril materials (12) fabricated from a linear carbazole oligomer and a fluorescence detector (14). The linear carbazole oligomer can have the formula (I) wherein n is 3 to 9, R are independently selected amine sidegroups, and at least one, but not all, R is a C1 to C14 alkyl. The carbazole-based fluorescence based sensors (10) can be particularly suitable for detection of explosives and volatile nitro compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/806538 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) C09K 2211/1029 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 21/643 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0057 (20130101) G01N 2021/7786 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809111 | Ober et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher Ober (Ithaca, New York); George Malliaras (Batiment Aramis I, France); Jin-Kyun Lee (Incheon, South Korea); Hon Hang Fong (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Ober (Ithaca, New York); George Malliaras (Batiment Aramis I, France); Jin-Kyun Lee (Incheon, South Korea); Hon Hang Fong (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for obtaining patterned structures comprising fluorine-containing polymeric materials. The fluorine-containing polymeric materials have sufficient fluorine content such that the materials can be patterned using conventional photolithographic/pattern transfer methods and maintain desirable mechanical and physical properties. The patterned structures can be used, for example, in light-emitting devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/502584 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809210 | Howland |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles A Howland (Temple, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Warwick Mills, Inc. (New Ipswich, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A Howland (Temple, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-decontaminating fabric is manufactured from fibers such as Tencel having high surface energy and low surface roughness. Novel scouring methods eliminate substantially all contaminants from the fibers, and a novel coating process applies an anti-pathogen coating such as a halogen compound to the fabric so as to provide rapid deactivation of pathogens on contact. Novel charging methods activate or reactivate the coating, typically by exposure to chlorine. The coating is substantially free of gap regions where pathogens can survive. The high surface energy of the fibers allows a high coating concentration and provides close contact between attached pathogens and the coating. The low surface roughness reduces the pickup of pathogens by the fibers. Multi-layer embodiments include an outer layer configured for maximum anti-pathogen coating concentration, and an inner layer configured for a reduced coating concentration that is compatible with skin contact. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/507432 |
| ART UNIT | 1789 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Fabric 442/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809357 | Huang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhen Huang (Marietta, Georgia) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Zhen Huang (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), a derivative, or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said compound or said tautomer; methods of preparation of the same; and methods of counducting drug discovery and research by applying the same in an investigation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/321544 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/274 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809546 | Yaghi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Omar M. Yaghi (Los Angeles, California); Hideki Hayashi (Los Angeles, California); Rahul Banerjee (Los Angeles, California); Kyo Sung Park (Los Angeles, California); Bo Wang (Los Angeles, California); Adrien P. Cote (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides zeolitic frameworks for gas separation, gas storage, catalysis and sensors. More particularly the disclosure provides zeolitic frameworks (ZIFs). The ZIF of the disclosure comprises any number of transition metals or a homogenous transition metal composition. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/630554 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 31/183 (20130101) B01J 31/1691 (20130101) B01J 31/1815 (20130101) B01J 2531/26 (20130101) B01J 2531/0216 (20130101) B01J 2531/845 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 3/003 (20130101) C07F 3/06 (20130101) C07F 15/00 (20130101) C07F 15/065 (20130101) C07F 19/005 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809558 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence J. Williams (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Michael Drahl (New Brunsiwck, New Jersey); Madhuri Manpadi (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence J. Williams (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Michael Drahl (New Brunsiwck, New Jersey); Madhuri Manpadi (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel synthetic intermediates and synthetic methods that are useful for preparing compounds of the xenicane family. Certain compounds of the invention may also possess anti-cancer properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/215931 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 303/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809627 | Broeckling et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bettina E. Broeckling (Fort Collins, Colorado); Chang-Jun Liu (Rocky Point, New York); Richard A. Dixon (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bettina E. Broeckling (Fort Collins, Colorado); Chang-Jun Liu (Rocky Point, New York); Richard A. Dixon (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides enzymes that encode O-methyltransferases (OMTs) from Medicago truncatula that allow modification to plant (iso)flavonoid biosynthetic pathways. In certain aspects of the invention, the genes encoding these enzymes are provided. The invention therefore allows the modification of plants for isoflavonoid content. Transgenic plants comprising such enzymes are also provided, as well as methods for improving disease resistance in plants. Methods for producing food and nutraceuticals, and the resulting compositions, are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/840032 |
| 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 8/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809774 | Vertes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akos Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Peter Nemes (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The field of the invention is atmospheric pressure mass spectrometry (MS), and more specifically a process and apparatus which combine infrared laser ablation with electrospray ionization (ESI). |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/794851 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809843 | McKone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. McKone (Pasadena, California); Harry B. Gray (Pasadena, California); Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada, California); Bruce Brunschwig (Pasadena, California); Emily L. Warren (Pasadena, California); Shannon W. Boettcher (Eugene, Oregon); Matthew J. Bierman (Bay City, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. McKone (Pasadena, California); Harry B. Gray (Pasadena, California); Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada, California); Bruce Brunschwig (Pasadena, California); Emily L. Warren (Pasadena, California); Shannon W. Boettcher (Eugene, Oregon); Matthew J. Bierman (Bay City, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A photoelectrode, methods of making and using, including systems for water-splitting are provided. The photoelectrode can be a semiconductive material having a photocatalyst such as nickel or nickel-molybdenum coated on the material. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/491253 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810882 | Heikenfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason Heikenfeld (Cincinnati, Ohio); Eric Kreit (Cincinnati, Ohio); Shu Yang (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Heikenfeld (Cincinnati, Ohio); Eric Kreit (Cincinnati, Ohio); Shu Yang (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrofluidic and electrowetting display pixels, electrofluidic and electrowetting displays, and methods of operating electrofluidic and electrowetting display pixels. The pixel includes a hydrophobic channel formed between first and second substrates and containing a polar fluid and a non-polar fluid, of which at least one is visible through at least one substrate. An electrode with a dielectric is electrically connected to a voltage source. A Laplace barrier defines a fluid pathway for fluid movement in the channel. The polar fluid moves a first position when the voltage source is biased at a first voltage of less than or equal to a threshold voltage to provide a first display state. The polar fluid moves to a second position when the voltage source is biased with a second voltage, greater than the first voltage, to provide a second display state. |
| FILED | Friday, August 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/389730 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810904 | Jacobsen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven D. Jacobsen (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven D. Jacobsen (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain examples provide optical contact micrometers and methods of use. An example optical contact micrometer includes a pair of opposable lenses to receive an object and immobilize the object in a position. The example optical contact micrometer includes a pair of opposable mirrors positioned with respect to the pair of lenses to facilitate viewing of the object through the lenses. The example optical contact micrometer includes a microscope to facilitate viewing of the object through the lenses via the mirrors; and an interferometer to obtain one or more measurements of the object. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/369851 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 9/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08811188 | Bagchi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Saurabh Bagchi (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ness B. Shroff (West Dublin, Ohio); Issa M. I. Khalil (Al Ain, Arab Emirates); Rajesh K. Panta (West Lafayette, Indiana); Mark D. Krasniewski (Austin, Texas); James V. Krogmeier (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saurabh Bagchi (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ness B. Shroff (West Dublin, Ohio); Issa M. I. Khalil (Al Ain, Arab Emirates); Rajesh K. Panta (West Lafayette, Indiana); Mark D. Krasniewski (Austin, Texas); James V. Krogmeier (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A protocol for optimizing the energy for code upload to sensors in a wireless sensor network and speeding up the dissemination if multiple sources of code are available. Energy optimization is achieved by equipping each node with limited non-local topology information, which it uses to determine the time when it can sleep since code is not being distributed in its vicinity. Another aspect of the invention is a protocol that facilitates secure upload of code in the wireless sensor network. The secure communication protocol divides the sensor field into control groups each with a control node, and manages data exchange between nodes within a control group through the mediation of a control head which provides the common key. The keys are refreshed periodically and the control nodes are changed periodically to enhance security. The protocol facilitates secure communication between sensor nodes despite the compromise of other nodes in the network. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/361639 |
| ART UNIT | 2462 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/65 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/02 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 52/02 (20130101) H04W 84/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08811511 | Sayeed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Akbar M. Sayeed (Madison, Wisconsin); Nader Behdad (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akbar M. Sayeed (Madison, Wisconsin); Nader Behdad (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A transmitter supporting multiple-input, multiple-output communications is provided. The transmitter includes a signal processor, a plurality of feed elements, and an aperture. The signal processor is configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of digital data streams and to transform the received plurality of digital data streams into a plurality of analog signals. The number of the plurality of digital data streams is selected for transmission to a single receive antenna based on a determined transmission environment. The plurality of feed elements are configured to receive the plurality of analog signals, and in response, to radiate a plurality of radio waves toward the aperture. The aperture is configured to receive the radiated plurality of radio waves, and in response, to radiate a second plurality of radio waves toward the single receive antenna. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/891887 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/267 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812250 | Hill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Herbert H. Hill (Pullman, Washington); Eric J. Davis (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert H. Hill (Pullman, Washington); Eric J. Davis (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Ion mobility spectrometry systems, devices, and associated methods of operation are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for performing ion mobility spectrometry includes ionizing a sample in gas phase and applying an electric field to the ionized sample in the gas phase, thereby moving the ionized sample along a drift region. The applied electric field has a plurality of strength values with respect to time, and the individual strength values being generally constant during a corresponding period of time. The method further includes detecting an ion intensity and a drift time of the ionized sample moving through the drift region under the applied electric field with the plurality of strength values. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/163568 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08813001 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hai Zhou (Glenview, Illinois); Jia Wang (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hai Zhou (Glenview, Illinois); Jia Wang (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for use in electronic design software efficiently and optimally produces minimized or reduced register flip flop area or number of registers/flip flops in a VLSI circuit design without changing circuit timing or functionality. The method dynamically generates constraints; maintains the generated constraints as a regular tree; and incrementally relocates registers/flip flops and/or the number of registers/flip flops in the circuit design. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/361845 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08808479 | Hood |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick J. Hood (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick J. Hood (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of repairing a composite component having a damaged area including: laying a composite patch over the damaged area; activating the shape memory polymer resin to easily and quickly mold said patch to said damaged area; deactivating said shape memory polymer so that said composite patch retains the molded shape; and bonding said composite patch to said damaged part. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/183508 |
| ART UNIT | 1747 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08808658 | Kaner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard B. Kaner (Pacific Palisades, California); Sabah K. Bux (Chino Hills, California); Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Altadena, California); Marc Rodriguez (Granada Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Kaner (Pacific Palisades, California); Sabah K. Bux (Chino Hills, California); Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Altadena, California); Marc Rodriguez (Granada Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing nanostructured silicon and silicon-germanium via solid state metathesis (SSM). The method of forming nanostructured silicon comprises the steps of combining a stoichiometric mixture of silicon tetraiodide (SiI4) and an alkaline earth metal silicide into a homogeneous powder, and initating the reaction between the silicon tetraiodide (SiI4) with the alkaline earth metal silicide. The method of forming nanostructured silicon-germanium comprises the steps of combining a stoichiometric mixture of silicon tetraiodide (SiI4) and a germanium based precursor into a homogeneous powder, and initiating the reaction between the silicon tetraiodide (SiI4) with the germanium based precursors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/155853 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/349 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809979 | Barrera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas); Richard Wilkins (College Station, Texas); Meisha Shofner (Watervliet, New York); Merlyn X. Pulikkathara (Houston, Texas); Ranjii Vaidyanathan (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas); The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas); Richard Wilkins (College Station, Texas); Meisha Shofner (Watervliet, New York); Merlyn X. Pulikkathara (Houston, Texas); Ranjii Vaidyanathan (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves the interaction of radiation with functionalized carbon nanotubes that have been incorporated into various host materials, particularly polymeric ones. The present invention is directed to chemistries, methods, and apparatuses which exploit this type of radiation interaction, and to the materials which result from such interactions. The present invention is also directed toward the time dependent behavior of functionalized carbon nanotubes in such composite systems. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/163768 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/428 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810255 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida); Luke B. Roberson (Titusville, Florida); Lanetra C. Tate (Oviedo, Florida); Trent M. Smith (Melbourne, Florida); Tracy L. Gibson (Melbourne, Florida); Scott T. Jolley (Titusville, Florida); Pedro J. Medelius (Merritt Island, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida); Luke B. Roberson (Titusville, Florida); Lanetra C. Tate (Oviedo, Florida); Trent M. Smith (Melbourne, Florida); Tracy L. Gibson (Melbourne, Florida); Scott T. Jolley (Titusville, Florida); Pedro J. Medelius (Merritt Island, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An in-situ system for detecting damage in an electrically conductive wire. The system includes a substrate at least partially covered by a layer of electrically conductive material forming a continuous or non-continuous electrically conductive layer connected to an electrical signal generator adapted to delivering electrical signals to the electrically conductive layer. Data is received and processed to identify damage to the substrate or electrically conductive layer. The electrically conductive material may include metalized carbon fibers, a thin metal coating, a conductive polymer, carbon nanotubes, metal nanoparticles or a combination thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, July 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/843353 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/543 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08812179 | Ward |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Douglas Ward (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Douglas Ward (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The different advantageous embodiments provide for identifying gas leakage in a platform. A processor unit identifies a rate of the gas of the substance leaking from a container in a first compartment for a platform. The processor unit also identifies an amount of gas that has leaked from the container at a selected time based on the rate of the gas of the substance leaking from the container and a total time. The processor unit identifies an amount of the gas of the substance present in a number of compartments associated with the first compartment using the amount of gas leaked from the container in the first compartment and a pressure for each compartment in the number of compartments. The processor unit determines whether the amount of gas in at least one of the first compartment and the number of compartments is outside of a desired amount for the gas. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/898505 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08808685 | Comer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allen R. Comer (Madison, Wisconsin); B. Lynn Allen-Hoffmann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stratatech Corporation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allen R. Comer (Madison, Wisconsin); B. Lynn Allen-Hoffmann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to in vitro cultured skin tissue, and in particular to cultured skin tissue comprising exogenous genes encoding angiogenic growth factors. In some embodiments, the keratinocytes express exogenous angiopoietin-1, HIF-1α, or a member of the VEGF family, preferably VEGF-A. In particularly preferred embodiments, the keratinocytes are incorporated into cultured skin tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, August 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/195614 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809445 | Bulluck |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A polysilazane composition, formulated from a vinyl silazane and an organometallic accelerator, and associated methods thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/530211 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/16 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 183/04 (20130101) C09D 183/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809780 | Wollenhaupt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sciaky, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sciaky, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip E. Wollenhaupt (Crown Point, Indiana); Scott Stecker (Willow Springs, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A process (and apparatus for performing the process) for layer manufacturing a three-dimensional work piece comprising the steps of: feeding raw material in a solid state to a first predetermined location; exposing the raw material to an electron beam to liquefy the raw material; depositing the raw material onto a substrate as a molten pool deposit, the deposit having a forward edge region in an x-y plane with a forward edge region width and a trailing edge region in the x-y plane with a trailing edge region width, under at least one first processing condition; monitoring the molten pool deposit for at least one preselected condition using detecting of scatter from a scanning electron beam contemporaneously with the depositing step; solidifying the molten pool deposit; automatically altering the first processing condition to a different processing condition based upon information obtained from the comparing step; and repeating steps at one or more second locations for building up layer by layer, generally along a z-axis that is orthogonal to the x-y plane, a three-dimensional work piece. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/078910 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 15/0086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/304 (20130101) H01J 37/305 (20130101) H01J 37/3005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809979 | Barrera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas); Richard Wilkins (College Station, Texas); Meisha Shofner (Watervliet, New York); Merlyn X. Pulikkathara (Houston, Texas); Ranjii Vaidyanathan (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas); The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas); Richard Wilkins (College Station, Texas); Meisha Shofner (Watervliet, New York); Merlyn X. Pulikkathara (Houston, Texas); Ranjii Vaidyanathan (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves the interaction of radiation with functionalized carbon nanotubes that have been incorporated into various host materials, particularly polymeric ones. The present invention is directed to chemistries, methods, and apparatuses which exploit this type of radiation interaction, and to the materials which result from such interactions. The present invention is also directed toward the time dependent behavior of functionalized carbon nanotubes in such composite systems. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/163768 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/428 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810466 | Sciré-Scappuzzo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francesca Sciré-Scappuzzo (Lexington, Massachusetts); Sergey N. Makarov (Holden, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francesca Sciré-Scappuzzo (Lexington, Massachusetts); Sergey N. Makarov (Holden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A wide-bandwidth antenna (e.g., a rib-dipole antenna) includes a first pole formed by a first conductive member and/or a second pole formed by a second conductive member. The antenna also includes an antenna feed between the first conductive member and the second conductive member. The antenna also includes at least one electrically conductive element including a surface. A portion of the surface is electrically connected to, and extends from, the first conductive member or the second conductive member. The at least one electrically conductive element is capable of conducting a current that generates a magnetic field. The magnetic field lowers a total reactance of the antenna, thereby resulting in enhanced performance of the antenna and more efficient use of volume. |
| FILED | Monday, July 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/501973 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/802 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08809400 | Joseph et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Joseph (Plymouth, Massachusetts); Agnes M. Rimando (Oxford, Mississippi); Barbara Shukitt-Hale (Milford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Joseph (Plymouth, Massachusetts); Agnes M. Rimando (Oxford, Mississippi); Barbara Shukitt-Hale (Milford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for treating oxidative stress comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a substantially pure compound of pterostilbene and a physiologically acceptable carrier. Pterostilbene is administered in an amount between about 2.5 mg to about 10 mg per kilogram of subject body weight. Also disclosed is a method for increasing a working memory of a subject, the method comprising administrating an effective amount of a substantially pure compound of pterostilbene, wherein the working memory for a subject increase and the therapeutic effectiveness is about 10 mg of pterostilbene per kilogram of subject body weight. |
| FILED | Monday, August 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/204891 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809560 | Proctor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Proctor (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Reddy Yettella Yenkata Ramesh (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Latha Devareddy (Battle Creek, Michigan); Robert R. Beitle (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Proctor (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Reddy Yettella Yenkata Ramesh (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Latha Devareddy (Battle Creek, Michigan); Robert R. Beitle (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to trans-,trans-conjugated linoleic acid compositions and use thereof, and in particular to trans-,trans-conjugated linoleic acid produced from photoisomerization of soy oil in the presence of an antioxidant, and used in pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and human and animal food compositions for improved health. The invention also relates generally to a method for treatment and prevention of health-related disorders of obesity by administration of pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and/or food compositions containing and/or prepared from trans-,trans-conjugated linoleic acid-rich soy oil. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/471624 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Edible Oils or Fats, e.g Margarines, Shortenings, Cooking Oils A23D 9/04 (20130101) A23D 9/007 (20130101) Fodder A23K 1/164 (20130101) Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/293 (20130101) A23L 1/3006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2200/332 (20130101) A23V 2250/1882 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/201 (20130101) A61K 31/201 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/127 (20130101) B01J 2219/00006 (20130101) B01J 2219/0011 (20130101) B01J 2219/00103 (20130101) B01J 2219/0877 (20130101) B01J 2219/0892 (20130101) Producing, e.g by Pressing Raw Materials or by Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining or Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g Lanolin, Fatty Oils or Waxes; Essential Oils; Perfumes C11B 5/0035 (20130101) Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils or Waxes; Candles; Fats, Oils or Fatty Acids by Chemical Modification of Fats, Oils, or Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom C11C 3/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08810789 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiping Zhao (Statham, Georgia); Justin L. Abell (Athens, Georgia); Jing Chen (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure includes methods of simultaneous analyte separation and detection using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)-active ultra thin layer chromatography (UTLC) chips. The SERS-active UTLC chips of the present disclosure are used to physically separate compounds within a mixture, which are then identified based on their unique SERS spectra. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/670682 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/44 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/65 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08808986 | Jacobson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Jacobson (Newton, Massachusetts); George Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Larry Li-Yang Chu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gen9, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Jacobson (Newton, Massachusetts); George Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Larry Li-Yang Chu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods for synthesizing and/or assembling at least one polynucleotide product having a predefined sequence from a plurality of different oligonucleotides. In exemplary embodiments, the methods involve synthesis and/or amplification of different oligonucleotides immobilized on a solid support, release of synthesized/amplified oligonucleotides in solution to form droplets, recognition and removal of error-containing oligonucleotides, moving or combining two droplets to allow hybridization and/or ligation between two different oligonucleotides, and further chain extension reaction following hybridization and/or ligation to hierarchically generate desired length of polynucleotide products. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/060178 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809783 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaowei Wu (Troy, New York); Robert Hull (Ballston Spa, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for temperature measurement of a sample, using new temperature measurement and mapping techniques, are provided. The technique employs a temperature sensitive electron signal in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and provides both high spatial resolution and non-contact temperature measurement capabilities. An electron beam of the SEM can be initiated to interact with a sample, and a temperature sensitive signal can be collected from the sample and analyzed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920868 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 9/00 (20130101) G01K 11/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 08807056 | Holmes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Holmes (Thompson, North Dakota); John H. Pavlish (East Grand Forks, Minnesota); Edwin S. Olson (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Holmes (Thompson, North Dakota); John H. Pavlish (East Grand Forks, Minnesota); Edwin S. Olson (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is provided for the removal of mercury from flue gas. Effective removal of mercury is obtained by oxidation of elemental mercury, with highly reactive halogen species derived from dissociation of halogen compounds at moderate temperatures brought into contact with the flue gas with or without the addition of carbon. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/544971 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2251/404 (20130101) B01D 2257/602 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08809065 | Mutharasan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajakkannu Mutharasan (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Sen Xu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Blake N. Johnson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Harsh Sharma (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ramji S. Lakshmanan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajakkannu Mutharasan (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Sen Xu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Blake N. Johnson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Harsh Sharma (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ramji S. Lakshmanan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A change in impedance of a electromechanical resonating sensor is utilized to detect and/or measure a change in mass accumulated on the sensor. The impedance is monitored at a fixed frequency. The fixed frequency may be at or near the resonance frequency of the sensor. In various configurations, the sensor comprises a quartz crystal microbalance sensor or a piezoelectric cantilever sensor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/783373 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08809995 | Duan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaomin Duan (Hamburg, Germany); Xiaoxiong Gu (White Plains, New York); Yong Liu (Rye, New York); Joel A. Silberman (Somers, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaomin Duan (Hamburg, Germany); Xiaoxiong Gu (White Plains, New York); Yong Liu (Rye, New York); Joel A. Silberman (Somers, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Circuits for shielding devices from electromagnetic coupling with through-silicon vias are shown that include a substrate having a through via, which provides access to a device layer on a first surface of the circuit to a device layer on a second surface of the circuit; a conductive layer on the first side of the substrate; a contact point on one of the device layers; and a grounded buried interface tie on the conductive layer, adjacent to the contact point, to isolate the contact point from coupling noise. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/408300 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/508 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE45084 | Fitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John L. Fitz (Windsor Mill, Maryland); Daniel S. Hinkel (Sykesville, Maryland); Scott C. Horst (Sykesville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Security Agency (Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Fitz (Windsor Mill, Maryland); Daniel S. Hinkel (Sykesville, Maryland); Scott C. Horst (Sykesville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method of fabricating an optical device using multiple sacrificial spacer layers. The first step in this process is to fabricate the underlying base structure and deposit an optical structure thereon. A facet is then created at the ends of the optical structure and alternating sacrificial and intermediate layers are fabricated on the device. A mask layer is deposited on the structure, with openings created in the layers to allow use of an etchant. User-defined portions of the spacer layers are subsequently removed with the etchant to create air gaps between the intermediate layers. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/450760 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 08811726 | Belhumeur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter N. Belhumeur (New York, New York); David W. Jacobs (Bethesda, Maryland); David J. Kriegman (San Diego, California); Neeraj Kumar (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kriegman-Belhumeur Vision Technologies, LLC (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter N. Belhumeur (New York, New York); David W. Jacobs (Bethesda, Maryland); David J. Kriegman (San Diego, California); Neeraj Kumar (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for localizing parts of an object in an image by training local detectors using labeled image exemplars with fiducial points corresponding to parts within the image. Each local detector generates a detector score corresponding to the likelihood that a desired part is located at a given location within the image exemplar. A non-parametric global model of the locations of the fiducial points is generated for each of at least a portion of the image exemplars. An input image is analyzed using the trained local detectors, and a Bayesian objective function is derived for the input image from the non-parametric model and detector scores. The Bayesian objective function is optimized using a consensus of global models, and an output is generated with locations of the fiducial points labeled within the object in the image. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/488415 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/62 (20130101) G06K 9/00281 (20130101) G06K 9/6278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08809063 | Zang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ling Zang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Yanke Che (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ling Zang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Yanke Che (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluorescence based sensor (10) is disclosed and described. The sensor (10) can include nanofibril materials (12) fabricated from a linear carbazole oligomer and a fluorescence detector (14). The linear carbazole oligomer can have the formula (I) wherein n is 3 to 9, R are independently selected amine sidegroups, and at least one, but not all, R is a C1 to C14 alkyl. The carbazole-based fluorescence based sensors (10) can be particularly suitable for detection of explosives and volatile nitro compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/806538 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) C09K 2211/1029 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 21/643 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0057 (20130101) G01N 2021/7786 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08808195 | Tseng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Po-He Tseng (Los Angeles, California); Ian G. M. Cameron (Kingston, Canada); Douglas P. Munoz (Kingston, Canada); Laurent Itti (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Po-He Tseng (Los Angeles, California); Ian G. M. Cameron (Kingston, Canada); Douglas P. Munoz (Kingston, Canada); Laurent Itti (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods, system, and apparatus for assessing and/or diagnosing a neurobehavioural disorder in a subject. The methods, systems, and apparatus include the subject freely observing a visual scene, without having to carry out a task or follow specific instructions. In one embodiment, a computational model is used to select one or more feature in a visual scene and generate a spatial map having first map values that are predictive of eye movement end points of a hypothetical observer relative to the one or more feature. A subject's eye movements are recorded while the subject freely observes the visual scene, and a difference between second map values that correspond to the subject's eye movement endpoints and a set of map values selected randomly from the first map values is quantified, wherein the difference is indicative of a neurobehavioural disorder in the subject. Neurobehavioural disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, autism, Tourette syndrome, and progressive supranuclear palsy may be assessed and/or diagnosed. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/656109 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08809357 | Huang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhen Huang (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhen Huang (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), a derivative, or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said compound or said tautomer; methods of preparation of the same; and methods of counducting drug discovery and research by applying the same in an investigation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/321544 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/274 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08809158 | Pickett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew D. Pickett (Palo Alto, California); Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Gilberto Medeiros Ribeiro (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew D. Pickett (Palo Alto, California); Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Gilberto Medeiros Ribeiro (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device (10) may include a semiconductor layer section (25) and a memory layer section (45) disposed above the semiconductor layer section (25). The semiconductor layer section (25) may include a processor (12; 412) and input/output block (16; 416), and the memory layer section (45) may include memristive memory (14; 300). A method of forming such device (10), and an apparatus (600) including such device (10) are also disclosed. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/384000 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/382 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08811789 | Reith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leslie A. Reith (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Eva M. Vogel (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leslie A. Reith (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Eva M. Vogel (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical transmission fiber including a core having a first index of refraction, a cladding material located around the core and having a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction, a first coating material located around a first portion of the cladding material and having a third index of refraction greater than the second index of refraction, and a second coating material located around a second portion of the cladding material and having a fourth index of refraction less than the second index of refraction. |
| FILED | Monday, October 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/250374 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, August 19, 2014.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
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THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
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APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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ABSTRACT
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FILED
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APPL NO
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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CURRENT CPC
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
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