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Patent Details for Tuesday, September 09, 2014
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| US 08826749 | Shih et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Anna Markidou (Souni-Limassol, Cyprus); Steven T. Szweczyk (Springfield, Pennsylvania); Hakki Yegingil (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Anna Markidou (Souni-Limassol, Cyprus); Steven T. Szweczyk (Springfield, Pennsylvania); Hakki Yegingil (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A PEFS (Piezoelectric Finger Sensor) acts as an “electronic finger” capable of accurately and non-destructively measuring both the Young's compression modulus and shear modulus of tissues with gentle touches to the surface. The PEFS measures both the Young's compression modulus and shear modulus variations in tissue generating a less than one-millimeter spatial resolution up to a depth of several centimeters. This offers great potential for in-vivo early detection of diseases. A portable hand-held device is also disclosed. The PEF offers superior sensitivity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/017508 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/862.639 |
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| US 08827943 | Angheloiu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburg Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Oliviu Angheloiu (Dubois, Pennsylvania); John A. Kellum, Jr. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William D. Anderson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Catalin Toma (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention provides a device comprising a catheter. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of removing an agent from blood. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/804989 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/008 (20130101) A61M 5/007 (20130101) A61M 25/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 25/008 (20130101) A61M 25/0021 (20130101) A61M 25/0041 (20130101) A61M 25/0054 (20130101) A61M 25/0068 (20130101) A61M 2202/0007 (20130101) A61M 2202/0014 (20130101) A61M 2202/0468 (20130101) |
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| US 08828024 | Farritor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shane M. Farritor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mark Rentschler (Boulder, Colorado); Amy Lehman (York, Nebraska); Stephen R. Platt (Urbana, Illinois); Jeff Hawks (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shane M. Farritor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mark Rentschler (Boulder, Colorado); Amy Lehman (York, Nebraska); Stephen R. Platt (Urbana, Illinois); Jeff Hawks (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments disclosed herein relate to various medical device components, including components that can be incorporated into robotic and/or in vivo medical devices. Certain embodiments include various actuation system embodiments, including fluid actuation systems, drive train actuation systems, and motorless actuation systems. Additional embodiments include a reversibly lockable tube that can provide access for a medical device to a patient's cavity and further provides a reversible rigidity or stability during operation of the device. Further embodiments include various operational components for medical devices, including medical device arm mechanisms that have both axial and rotational movement while maintaining a relatively compact structure. medical device winch components, medical device biopsy/stapler/clamp mechanisms, and medical device adjustable focus mechanisms. |
| FILED | Monday, December 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/329705 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/130 |
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| US 08828211 | Garaj et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Slaven Garaj (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Slaven Garaj (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features the use of graphene, a one atom thick planar sheet of bonded carbon atoms, in the formation of artificial lipid membranes. The invention also features the use of these membranes to detect the properties of polymers (e.g., the sequence of a nucleic acid) and identify transmembrane protein-interacting compounds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/702928 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/453 (20130101) G01N 27/44791 (20130101) G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) |
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| US 08828356 | Gordon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Progeria Research Foundation, Inc. (Peabody, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Progeria Research Foundation, Inc. (Peabody, Massachusetts); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leslie B. Gordon (Foxboro, Massachusetts); Francis S. Collins (Rockville, Maryland); Thomas Glover (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Michael W. Glynn (Darien, Connecticut); Brian C. Capell (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Adrienne D. Cox (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Channing J. Der (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Although it can be farnesylated, the mutant lamin A protein expressed in Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) cannot be defarnesylated because the characteristic mutation causes deletion of a cleavage site necessary for binding the protease ZMPSTE24 and effecting defarnesylation. The result is an aberrant farnesylated protein (called “progerin”) that alters normal lamin A function as a dominant negative, as well as assuming its own aberrant function through its association with the nuclear membrane. The retention of farnesylation, and potentially other abnormal properties of progerin and other abnormal lamin gene protein products, produces disease. Farnesyltransferase inhibitors (FTIs) (both direct effectors and indirect inhibitors) will inhibit the formation of progerin, cause a decrease in lamin A protein, and/or an increase prelamin A protein. Decreasing the amount of aberrant protein improves cellular effects caused by and progerin expression. Similarly, treatment with FTIs should improve disease status in progeria and other laminopathies. In addition, elements of atherosclerosis and aging in non-laminopathy individuals will improve after treatment with farnesyltransferase inhibitors. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/857052 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.200 |
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| US 08828380 | Moss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel Moss (Bethesda, Maryland); Linda Stevens (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Rodney L. Levine (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel Moss (Bethesda, Maryland); Linda Stevens (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Rodney L. Levine (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of treating a subject with pulmonary disease including administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a polypeptide including at least one arginine residue susceptible to ADP-ribosylation and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD). In some embodiments, the polypeptide and/or NAD is administered via inhalation. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition including at least one polypeptide (such as HNP-1) and NAD. The disclosure also provides in vitro methods of producing a polypeptide with altered activity, including contacting the polypeptide with NAD and an arginine-specific mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase (for example, ART1) to produce a polypeptide including at least one ADP-ribosylated arginine residue, incubating the ADP-ribosylated polypeptide under conditions sufficient for conversion of at least one ADP-ribosylated arginine residue to ornithine, and isolating the ornithine-containing polypeptide. Methods of treating a subject with pulmonary disease including administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a modified polypeptide (such as HNP-1) including at least one ornithine residue in place of an arginine residue are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/394393 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 38/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08828383 | Almutairi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adah Almutairi (La Jolla, California); Nadezda Fomina (San Diego, California); Jagadis Sankaranarayanan (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adah Almutairi (La Jolla, California); Nadezda Fomina (San Diego, California); Jagadis Sankaranarayanan (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions are provided in which dendrimers and/or nanoparticles are synthesized with multi-photon responsive elements and self-immolative oligomers. The compositions may be utilized to selectively deliver Payloads within tissue by irradiating the compositions. The compositions may also be used to amplify sensitivity to irradiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/496486 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/0009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 39/245 (20130101) A61K 39/385 (20130101) A61K 41/0042 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/622 (20130101) A61K 2039/5252 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/06 (20130101) C08G 63/18 (20130101) C08G 63/912 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/16634 (20130101) |
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| US 08828394 | Cerutti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrea Cerutti (Forest Hills, New York); Kang Chen (Nanjing, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea Cerutti (Forest Hills, New York); Kang Chen (Nanjing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods of treating IgE mediated disorders such as allergy and asthma based on activating surface-bound IgD molecules on basophils. The invention also relates to methods of making IgD, as well as methods of screening for antimicrobial agents from IgD-activated basophils. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/260008 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/4283 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/75 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 424/81 (20130101) Y10S 424/805 (20130101) Y10S 530/862 (20130101) Y10S 530/868 (20130101) |
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| US 08828399 | Shenk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Shenk (Princeton, New Jersey); Dai Wang (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Shenk (Princeton, New Jersey); Dai Wang (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Immunogenic compositions and prophylactic or therapeutic vaccines for use in protecting and treating against human cytomegalovirus (CMV) are disclosed. Subunit vaccines comprising a human CMV protein complex comprising pUL128 or pUL130, and nucleic acid vaccines comprising at least one nucleic acid encoding a CMV protein complex comprising pUL128 or pUL130 are described. Also disclosed are therapeutic antibodies reactive against a CMV protein complex comprising pUL128 or pUL130, as well as methods for screening compounds that inhibit CMV infection of epithelial and endothelial cells, methods for immunizing a subject against CMV infection, methods for determining the capability of neutralizing antibodies to inhibit CMV infection of cell types other than fibroblasts, and methods of diminishing an CMV infection. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/409987 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/159.100 |
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| US 08828406 | Garcia-Sastre et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Peter Palese (Leonia, New Jersey); Qinshan Gao (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Peter Palese (Leonia, New Jersey); Qinshan Gao (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are chimeric influenza virus gene segments and nucleic acid sequences encoding such chimeric influenza virus gene segments. A chimeric influenza virus gene segment described herein comprises packaging signals found in the non-coding and coding regions of one type of influenza virus gene segment and an open reading frame of a different type of influenza virus gene segment or fragment thereof. Also described herein are recombinant influenza viruses comprising two or more chimeric influenza virus gene segments and the use of such viruses in the prevention and/or treatment of influenza virus disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/387485 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/525 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16162 (20130101) C12N 2760/16222 (20130101) C12N 2760/16262 (20130101) |
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| US 08828408 | Vilalta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); Vical Incorporated (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vical Incorporated (San Diego, California); The University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adrian Vilalta (San Diego, California); Michal Margalith (Solana Beach, California); Lichun Dong (Seattle, Washington); David M. Koelle (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to therapeutic polynucleotide compositions and methods for systemic immune activation which are effective for eliciting both a systemic, non-antigen specific immune response and a strong antigen-specific immune response in mammals. The polynucleotide compositions are particularly effective for protecting mammals from herpes simplex virus (HSV), such as HSV VP13/14 polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/843176 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/16622 (20130101) C12N 2710/16634 (20130101) |
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| US 08828451 | Sebti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Most human tumors find ways to resist anticancer drug monotherapy. Akt is considered a likely peptide providing such monotherapy drug resistance. Data indicates that Akt chemoresistance is induced in a p53-dependent manner and that inhibition of Akt may be an effective means of overcoming chemoresistance in cancer cells expressing wild-type p53. Breast, ovarian, lung cancer and leukemia cells lines were treated with combinations of Akt activation inhibitor Triciribine (TCN) or Triciribine phosphate (TCNP) and chemotherapeutic drugs to determine the efficiency of combination therapy. Additionally, cells were introduced into xenograft models to determine in vivo effects of combination treatment. Combining TCN or TCNP with other anticancer drugs overcame cytotoxic or treatment resistance. Thus, TCN and TCNP are shown to broaden the spectrum of human tumors that can be effectively treated. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/867394 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/649 |
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| US 08828652 | Varki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ajit Varki (La Jolla, California); Anna Maria Hedlund (San Diego, California); Dzung Nguyen (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The application is in the field of transgenic (non-human) organisms, sialic acid chemistry, metabolism and antigenicity. More particularly, the invention is related to a method to produce Neu5Gc-free animals and products therefrom comprising disrupting the CMAH gene and thereby reducing or eliminating Neu5Gc from biological material of non-humans. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/965880 |
| 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 67/0275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01K 67/0276 (20130101) A01K 2217/075 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/01 (20130101) A01K 2267/02 (20130101) A01K 2267/03 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/983 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0018 (20130101) C12N 9/0071 (20130101) C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2800/30 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 114/18002 (20130101) |
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| US 08828655 | Pamula et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Allen E. Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina); Jeremy Rouse (Raleigh, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Allen E. Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina); Jeremy Rouse (Raleigh, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for conducting a droplet-based enzymatic assay, e.g., for diagnostic purposes. On a droplet actuator, a droplet comprising an enzyme of interest is provided along with a droplet comprising a substrate which is potentially modified in the presence of the enzyme. Droplet operations are executed to combine the enzyme and substrate droplets on the droplet actuator, thereby yielding an assay droplet on the droplet actuator. Detecting modification of the substrate by the enzyme in the assay droplet occurs on the droplet actuator. Modified substrate preparations for conducting such enzymatic assays are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, April 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/862587 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
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| US 08828658 | Voigt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher A. Voigt (Oakland, California); Anselm Levskaya (Oakland, California); Wendell Lim (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher A. Voigt (Oakland, California); Anselm Levskaya (Oakland, California); Wendell Lim (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods, materials and systems of regulating association between proteins of interest using light. In an aspect, the invention takes advantage of the ability of phytochromes to change conformation upon exposure to appropriate light conditions, and to bind in a conformation-dependent manner to cognate proteins called phytochrome-interacting factors. The invention comprises a method of regulating interaction between a first protein of interest and second protein within a cell by light. Such a method optionally comprises providing in the cell (1) a first protein construct which comprises the first protein, a phytochrome domain (PHD), and (2) providing in the cell a second protein construct which comprises the second protein and a phytochrome domain-interacting peptide (PIP) that can bind selectively to the Pfr state, but not to the Pr state, of the phytochrome domain. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/993702 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2529/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08828664 | Fekete et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Applied Biosystems, LLC (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Biosystems, LLC. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Fekete (Austin, Texas); Annalee Nguyen (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Sample preparation processes for in situ RNA or DNA analysis, methods and compositions therefor are provided. Processes provided herein allow DNA or RNA analysis to be carried out in the same tube or on an aliquot of the prepared sample without centrifugation or extraction. The preparation process can be carried out at room temperature in as little as seven minutes and is amenable to high throughput processing using manual or robotic platforms. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/136685 |
| 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 | 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 1/686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08828667 | Siegel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul D. Siegel (Morgantown, West Virginia); Tinashe Blessing Ruwona (Fairmont, West Virginia); Donald H. Beezhold (Morgantown, West Virginia); Victor Johnson (Morgantown, West Virginia); Detlef Schmechel (Laage Ot Kronskamp, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul D. Siegel (Morgantown, West Virginia); Tinashe Blessing Ruwona (Fairmont, West Virginia); Donald H. Beezhold (Morgantown, West Virginia); Victor Johnson (Morgantown, West Virginia); Detlef Schmechel (Laage Ot Kronskamp, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which include an isolated antibody or antigen binding antibody fragment characterized by binding specificity for a conjugate which is a reaction product of a protein moiety and an isocyanate moiety. Methods of detecting diisocyanate-protein conjugates in a sample are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which include contacting a sample with one or more isolated antibodies or antigen binding antibody fragments characterized by binding specificity for corresponding diisocyanate-protein conjugate antigens. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/577241 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 08828674 | Penner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Reinhold Penner (Honolulu, Hawaii); Andrea Fleig (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Queen's Medical Center (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reinhold Penner (Honolulu, Hawaii); Andrea Fleig (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for determining the identity of CRACM homologs underlying Icrac activity in cells. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/053318 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
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| US 08828685 | Schimmel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Schimmel (La Jolla, California); Xiang-Lei Yang (San Diego, California); Bonnie Slike (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Schimmel (La Jolla, California); Xiang-Lei Yang (San Diego, California); Bonnie Slike (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated monomelic aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase polypeptides and polynucleotides having non-canonical biological activities are provided, as well as compositions and methods related thereto. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/577090 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828711 | Jaron et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dov Jaron (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kenneth A. Barbee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Allison M. Andrews (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dov Jaron (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kenneth A. Barbee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Allison M. Andrews (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A flow chamber and method for detecting the presence of one more cell produced analytes under flow conditions. The flow chamber includes two compartments separated by a permeable membrane on which a plurality of cells may be positioned. The permeable membrane shields one or more analyte sensors positioned one compartment from the convective transport forces of a fluid flow within the other compartment to allow reliable and accurate detection of cell-produced analytes and determination of the concentration of cell-produced analytes. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/117473 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5302 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828715 | Pant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Madison, Alabama); Angela I. Rea-Ramsey (Madison, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Madison, Alabama); Angela I. Rea-Ramsey (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for characterizing particle adhesion in microfluidic bifurcations and junctions comprises at least one idealized bifurcation or junction. Multiple bifurcations and/or junctions can be combined on a single microfluidic chip to create microfluidic networks configured for assays specifically to characterize particle interactions at junctions or to screen particles for desired interactions with microfluidic bifurcations and/or junctions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/399606 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/086 (20130101) |
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| US 08828717 | Kashmiri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Eduardo A. Padlan (Kensington, Maryland); Rafia Mehdi Kashmiri (North 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) | Syed Kashmiri (North Potomac, Maryland); Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Eduardo A. Padlan (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides humanized COL-1 monoclonal antibodies that retain CEA binding affinity, compared to a parent antibody. Also disclosed herein are humanized COL-1 monoclonal antibodies that have reduced immunogenicity, compared to a parent antibody. The disclosed humanized COL-1 antibodies include substitution of framework residues with residues from the corresponding positions of a homologous human sequence. In several embodiments, methods are disclosed for the use of a humanized COL-1 antibody in the detection or treatment of a CEA-expressing tumor or cell in a subject. Also disclosed is a kit including the humanized COL-1 antibodies described herein. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/946381 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/3007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) |
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| US 08828721 | Hickman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Hickman (Orlando, Florida); John Rumsey (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Hickman (Orlando, Florida); John Rumsey (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of inducing myelination of isolated motoneurons by preparing a non-biological substrate having thereon a covalently attached monolayer of DETA; depositing isolated motoneurons on the substrate in a defined serum-free medium; plating isolated Schwann cells cultured in the defined serum-free medium onto the motoneurons, thereby initiating a co-culture; and passaging the co-culture as necessary into fresh, defined serum-free medium supplemented with L-ascorbic acid at least until the motoneurons form Nodes of Ranvier indicative of myelination. The invention also includes a method of testing for new drugs effective in demyelinating diseases. Additionally, cellular products provided by the invention include an isolated motoneurons myelinated or remyelinated in vitro according to the methods disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/788732 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — 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 5/0619 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0622 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828726 | Kay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Kay (Los Altos, California); Zhi-Ying Chen (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Kay (Los Altos, California); Zhi-Ying Chen (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Circular nucleic acid vectors that provide for persistently high levels of protein expression are provided. The circular vectors of the subject invention are characterized by being devoid of expression-silencing bacterial sequences, where in many embodiments the subject vectors include a unidirectional site-specific recombination product hybrid sequence in addition to an expression cassette. Also provided are methods of using the subject vectors for introduction of a nucleic acid, e.g., an expression cassette, into a target cell, as well as preparations for use in practicing such methods. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications, including both research and therapeutic applications. Also provided is a highly efficient and readily scalable method for producing the vectors employed in the subject methods, as well as reagents and kits/systems for practicing the same. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/398490 |
| 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 08828924 | Reece et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | E. Albert Reece (Baltimore, Maryland); Zhiyong Zhao (Ellicott City, Maryland); Peixin Yang (Woodstock, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | E. Albert Reece (Baltimore, Maryland); Zhiyong Zhao (Ellicott City, Maryland); Peixin Yang (Woodstock, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Maternal diabetes can lead to a developmental malformation of an embryo. A developmental malformation caused by maternal diabetes is commonly referred to as a diabetic embryopathy. There is currently no effective treatment for reducing or inhibiting a diabetic embryopathy. To this end, the present invention is drawn to novel methods of treating a diabetic embryopathy. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/779935 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/415 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/4545 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 38/44 (20130101) A61K 38/1808 (20130101) A61K 38/1825 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 103/01024 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828928 | Dittrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christian Dittrich (Winterthur, Switzerland); Gaudenz Danuser (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian Dittrich (Winterthur, Switzerland); Gaudenz Danuser (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventions provided herein relate to amphiphilic peptides and particles comprising the amphiphilic peptides. Such amphiphilic peptides and particles described herein can be used as a delivery system, e.g., for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes, or as cell penetration vehicles or cell transfection agents. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/592733 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/4825 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/001 (20130101) C07K 19/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828936 | Kimura et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shioko Kimura (Bethesda, Maryland); Reiko Kurotani (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is generally related to methods of using the secretory protein SCGB3A2 for promoting lung development and treating lung disease. Some embodiments are, for example, methods for treating and inhibiting the development of neonatal respiratory distress. Other embodiments are methods of promoting lung development in damaged or diseased lungs. Also disclosed are methods for inhibiting lung damage due to anti-cancer agents. |
| FILED | Monday, August 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/959628 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828950 | Equils et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ozlem Equils (Sherman Oaks, California); Calvin Hobel (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Charles F. Simmons (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ozlem Equils (Sherman Oaks, California); Calvin Hobel (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Charles F. Simmons (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apoptotic processes induced by infection of, or injury to, fetal and placental tissues have been implicated in preterm delivery. Thus, modulation of apoptotis constitutes a strategy for improving pregnancy outcome in women with intrauterine infections. Caspase inhibitors, including the pancaspase inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK, can be used to prevent apoptosis and, thus, prevent preterm delivery. Accordingly, compositions and methods comprising caspase inhibitors for prevention of preterm delivery are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/598259 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — 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 1/37 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/96466 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828957 | Deisseroth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Albert Deisseroth (San Diego, California); Yucheng Tang (San Diego, California); Wei-Wei Zhang (San Diego, California); Xiang-Ming Fang (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroVAX, LLC (Manassas, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert Deisseroth (San Diego, California); Yucheng Tang (San Diego, California); Wei-Wei Zhang (San Diego, California); Xiang-Ming Fang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of generating an immune response to an antigen. The method comprises priming an individual by administering an expression vector encoding the antigen. The vectors comprises a transcription unit encoding a secretable fusion protein, the fusion protein containing an antigen and CD40 ligand. Administration of a fusion protein containing the antigen and CD40 ligand is used to enhance the immune response above that obtained by vector administration alone. The invention methods may be used to generate an immune response against cancer expressing a tumor antigen such as a mucin or human papilloma viral tumor antigen and to generate an immune response against an infectious agent. Also provided is a method for simultaneously producing the expression vector and the fusion protein. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/009533 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828965 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Lu (North Haven, Connecticut); Shangqin Guo (North Haven, Connecticut); Benjamin Ebert (Brookline, Massachusetts); David Scadden (Weston, Massachusetts); Todd Golub (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of treating certain blood related disorders, in particular, thrombocytopenia and anemia comprising increasing miR-150 expression or inhibiting miR-150 in progenitor cells respectively. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/971926 |
| 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 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828966 | Mitchell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Claire Mitchell (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Alan Laties (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Claire Mitchell (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Alan Laties (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method of treating or preventing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a patient subject to, or symptomatic of the disease, wherein the method comprises restoring normal lysosomal pH (pHL), or acidifying an abnormally elevated pHL, thus decreasing or preventing a damaging accumulation of lipofuscin or waste products in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells of the eye of the patient. Further, this method is achieved by modulating the action of the P2X7 and/or P2Y12 receptors of the RPE cells, specifically decreasing the acidity (pHL) of the RPE lysosomes by administering selected receptor antagonists affecting the action of the P2X7 and/or P2Y12 receptors of the RPE. Methods for selecting and quantifying the effectiveness of drugs to restore pHL and determine outer segment clearance rates is also provided using a high through-put screening protocol. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/457749 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/84 (20130101) G01N 33/5044 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828976 | Lorsch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jon R. Lorsch (Towson, Maryland); Julie Ellen Takacs (Baltimore, Maryland); Timothy Brian Neary (Baldwin, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon R. Lorsch (Towson, Maryland); Julie Ellen Takacs (Baltimore, Maryland); Timothy Brian Neary (Baldwin, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A screening method for identifying compounds that alter the fidelity with which the initiation codon in mRNAs is recognized by the translational apparatus in eukaryotes is disclosed. This screening method was used to identify compounds having such activity. Methods of altering the fidelity of initiation codon selection are also disclosed. Methods of treating disorders characterized by single nucleotide mutations in initiation codons using compounds identified by the screening method, as well as methods of treating fungal and parasitic infections and hyperproliferative disorders using compounds identified by the screening method are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/051610 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829008 | Li |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peng Li (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Osaka, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Li (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | 1- or 2-substituted (6aR,9aS)-3-(phenylamino)-5-6a,7,8,9,9a-hexahydro-5-methyl-cyclopent[4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazolo[4,3-e]pyrimidin-4(1H or, 2H)-one compounds of Formula (I), processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/486264 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829012 | Tavares et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis X. Tavares (Durham, North Carolina); Jay C. Strum (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of formulae I, II or III, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as CDK inhibitors. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/162637 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829022 | Cushman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark S. Cushman (West Lafayette, Indiana); Andrew E. Morrell (Vienna, Virginia); Muthukaman Nagarajan (Hyderabad, India); Yves G. Pommier (Bethesda, Maryland); Keli K. Agama (Germantown, Maryland); Smitha Antony (Silver Springs, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. Cushman (West Lafayette, Indiana); Andrew E. Morrell (Vienna, Virginia); Muthukaman Nagarajan (Hyderabad, India); Yves G. Pommier (Bethesda, Maryland); Keli K. Agama (Germantown, Maryland); Smitha Antony (Silver Springs, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | N-Substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds, and pharmaceutical formulations of N-substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds are described. Also described are processes for preparing N-substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds. Also described are methods for treating cancer in mammals using the described N-substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds or pharmaceutical formulations thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/317153 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/473 (20130101) A61K 31/4741 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 221/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08829033 | Kohn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold L. Kohn (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Christophe Salomé (Herrlisheim-prés-Colmar, France); Elise Salomé-Grosjean (Herrlisheim-prés-Colmar, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold L. Kohn (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Christophe Salomé (Herrlisheim-prés-Colmar, France); Elise Salomé-Grosjean (Herrlisheim-prés-Colmar, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A first aspect of the invention is a compound (sometimes also referred to herein as an “active agent” or “active compound”) of Formula Ia, or more particularly Formula Ib, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof. Compositions thereof and methods of using the same (e.g. for the treatment of a neurological disease) are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/395588 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 233/18 (20130101) C07C 235/08 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 213/56 (20130101) C07D 229/00 (20130101) C07D 277/30 (20130101) C07D 307/68 (20130101) |
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| US 08829109 | Yockman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James W. Yockman (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jonathan Brumbach (Salt Lake City, Utah); Lane V. Christensen (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Sung Wan Kim (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James W. Yockman (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jonathan Brumbach (Salt Lake City, Utah); Lane V. Christensen (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Sung Wan Kim (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved poly(amido ethylenimine) copolymers for gene delivery are disclosed. One illustrative embodiment includes polyethylene glycol (PEG) covalently bonded to a branched poly(triethyenetetramine/cystamine bisacrylamide) copolymer (poly(TETA/CBA)). The polyethylene glycol can be linear or branched. Another illustrative embodiment includes an RGD peptide covalently bonded to the poly(TETA/CBA)-PEG conjugate. Still another illustrative embodiment includes a method of using these compositions for transfecting a cell with a nucleic acid. |
| FILED | Friday, November 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/266980 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 65/3322 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 65/3342 (20130101) C08G 65/3346 (20130101) C08G 65/3348 (20130101) C08G 65/33306 (20130101) C08G 65/33324 (20130101) C08G 73/028 (20130101) C08G 73/0253 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 2205/05 (20130101) |
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| US 08829154 | Messersmith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Haeshin Lee (Daejeon, South Korea); Yuhan Lee (Daejeon, South Korea); Zhongqiang Liu (Evanston, Illinois); Lesley Hamming (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Haeshin Lee (Daejeon, South Korea); Yuhan Lee (Daejeon, South Korea); Zhongqiang Liu (Evanston, Illinois); Lesley Hamming (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a simple, non-destructive and versatile method that enables layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly to be performed on virtually any substrate. A novel catechol-functionalized polymer which adsorbs to virtually all surfaces and can serve as a platform for LbL assembly in a surface-independent fashion is also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/017844 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 7/52 (20130101) Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/0072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 126/02 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 69/48 (20130101) C08G 83/00 (20130101) C08G 85/004 (20130101) |
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08829159 — Plectin-1 targeted agents for detection and treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
| US 08829159 | Kelly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kimberly Kelly (Crozet, Virginia); Ralph Weissleder (Peabody, Massachusetts); Nabeel Bardeesy (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kimberly Kelly (Crozet, Virginia); Ralph Weissleder (Peabody, Massachusetts); Nabeel Bardeesy (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compositions and methods for cancer cell biomarkers, such as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cell biomarkers, and binding molecules for diagnosis and treatment of cancer, e.g., PDAC. Methods of identifying “accessible” proteomes are disclosed for identifying cancer biomarkers, such as plectin-1, a PDAC biomarker. Additionally, imaging compositions are provided comprising magnetofluorescent nanoparticles conjugated to peptide ligands for identifying PDACs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/937777 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) A61K 49/0032 (20130101) A61K 49/0056 (20130101) A61K 49/1818 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/531 (20130101) G01N 33/533 (20130101) G01N 33/57438 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08829187 | Silverman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Silverman (Winnetka, Illinois); Fengtian Xue (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Diastereomeric pyrrolidine compounds and methods of preparation, as can be used en route to the preparation of a range of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/783829 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08829219 | Hock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam S. Hock (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Richard R. Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for the synthesis of catalysts and precursors thereof. Methods of the invention may comprise combining a catalyst precursor and at least one ligand to generate a catalytically active species, often under mild conditions and in high yields. In some cases, a wide variety of catalysts may be synthesized from a single catalyst precursor. Methods of the invention may also include the preparation of catalysts which, under reaction conditions known in the art, may have been difficult or impossible to prepare and/or isolate due to, for example, steric crowding at the metal center. The present invention also provides catalyst compositions, and precursors thereof, which may be useful in various chemical reactions including olefin metathesis. In some cases, methods of the invention may reduce the number of synthetic and purification steps required to produce catalysts and/or other reaction products, as well as reducing time, cost, and waste production. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/735635 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/58 |
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| US 08829264 | Hannon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory J. Hannon (Huntington, New York); Patrick Paddison (Seattle, Washington); Emily Bernstein (New York, New York); Amy Caudy (Toronto, Canada); Douglas Conklin (Niskayuna, New York); Scott Hammond (Pittsboro, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory J. Hannon (Huntington, New York); Patrick Paddison (Seattle, Washington); Emily Bernstein (New York, New York); Amy Caudy (Toronto, Canada); Douglas Conklin (Niskayuna, New York); Scott Hammond (Pittsboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for attenuating gene expression in a cell, especially in a mammalian cell, using gene-targeted double stranded RNA (dsRNA), such as a hairpin RNA. The dsRNA contains a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes under physiologic conditions of the cell to the nucleotide sequence of at least a portion of the gene to be inhibited (the “target” gene). |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/526335 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/18 |
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| US 08829444 | Sarin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vinod K. Sarin (Boston, Massachusetts); Stephen Gibson Topping (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Transparent optical ceramic coating materials have been fabricated from europium-doped lutetium oxide (Lu2O3:Eu) using physical vapor deposition and chemical vapor deposition techniques. The non-pixilated film coatings have columnar microcrystalline structure and excellent properties for use as radiological scintillators, namely very high density, high effective atomic number, and light output and emission wavelength suitable for use with silicon-based detectors having a very high quantum efficiency. The materials can be used in a multitude of high speed and high resolution imaging applications, including x-ray imaging in medicine. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/014561 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/42 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/7787 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/08 (20130101) C23C 14/35 (20130101) C23C 16/40 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 4/00 (20130101) G21K 2004/06 (20130101) |
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| US 08831304 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Juan Xu (Monroeville, Pennsylvania); David Tolliver (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Hiroshi Ishikawa (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Chaim Gad Wollstein (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joel S. Schuman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan Xu (Monroeville, Pennsylvania); David Tolliver (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Hiroshi Ishikawa (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Chaim Gad Wollstein (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joel S. Schuman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In the context of the early detection and monitoring of eye diseases, such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, the use of optical coherence tomography presents the difficulty, with respect to blood vessel segmentation, of weak visibility of vessel pattern in the OCT fundus image. To address this problem, a boosting learning approach uses three-dimensional (3D) information to effect automated segmentation of retinal blood vessels. The automated blood vessel segmentation technique described herein is based on 3D spectral domain OCT and provides accurate vessel pattern for clinical analysis, for retinal image registration, and for early diagnosis and monitoring of the progression of glaucoma and other retinal diseases. The technique employs a machine learning algorithm to identify blood vessel automatically in 3D OCT image, in a manner that does not rely on retinal layer segmentation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/321301 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0073 (20130101) A61B 5/02007 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02044 (20130101) G01B 9/02083 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0061 (20130101) G06K 9/4609 (20130101) G06K 2009/00932 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0081 (20130101) G06T 7/0087 (20130101) G06T 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10101 (20130101) G06T 2207/30101 (20130101) G06T 2210/41 (20130101) |
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| US 08831733 | Wilke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Melanie Wilke (Goettingen, Germany); Igor Kagan (Goettingen, Germany); Richard A. Andersen (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of compensating for a damaged brain node is disclosed. The damaged node is determined by techniques such as fMRI or neural recording. A healthy node that can compensate for the function of the damaged node is determined. A stimulating electrode is placed on at least one functioning node to bypass the activity from the damaged node to compensate for a missing node. The functioning node is then stimulated to compensate for the damaged node. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/943227 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08831745 | Hung 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) | Andy Hung (Irvine, California); Robert J Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); David Daomin Zhou (Saugus, California); Jack Judy (Vienna, Virginia); Neil H Talbot (La Crescenta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a micro-machined electrode for neural-electronic interfaces which can achieve a ten times lower impedance and higher charge injection limit for a given material and planar area. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/078350 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0526 (20130101) A61N 1/0541 (20130101) A61N 1/0543 (20130101) A61N 1/0551 (20130101) |
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| US RE45123 | Whitehead et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Government of The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen S. Whitehead (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Kathryn A. Hanley (Bethesda, Maryland); Joseph E. Blaney (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania); Ching-Juh Lai (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions featuring an attenuated dengue virus mutant or an attenuated chimeric dengue virus mutant. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/896409 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/218.100 |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy C. Ernst (Columbus, Indiana); Christopher R. Nelson (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cummins Intellectual Property, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy C. Ernst (Columbus, Indiana); Christopher R. Nelson (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A Rankine cycle waste heat recovery system uses a receiver with a maximum liquid working fluid level lower than the minimum liquid working fluid level of a sub-cooler of the waste heat recovery system. The receiver may have a position that is physically lower than the sub-cooler's position. A valve controls transfer of fluid between several of the components in the waste heat recovery system, especially from the receiver to the sub-cooler. The system may also have an associated control module. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/335620 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Steam Engine Plants; Steam Accumulators; Engine Plants Not Otherwise Provided For; Engines Using Special Working Fluids or Cycles F01K 9/003 (20130101) F01K 11/02 (20130101) F01K 23/065 (20130101) Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Machines or Engines in General; Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines F01N 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01N 2240/02 (20130101) Hot Gas or Combustion-product Positive-displacement Engine Plants; Use of Waste Heat of Combustion Engines; Not Otherwise Provided for F02G 5/02 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/16 (20130101) Y02T 10/166 (20130101) |
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| US 08826668 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Jay A. Morrison (Titusville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Jay A. Morrison (Titusville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for cooling a wall (24) of a component having an outer surface with raised ribs (12) defining a structural pocket (10), including: an inner wall (26) within the structural pocket and separating the wall outer surface within the pocket into a first region (28) outside of the inner wall and a second region (40) enclosed by the inner wall; a plate (14) disposed atop the raised ribs and enclosing the structural pocket, the plate having a plate impingement hole (16) to direct cooling air onto an impingement cooled area (38) of the first region; a cap having a skirt (50) in contact with the inner wall, the cap having a cap impingement hole (20) configured to direct the cooling air onto an impingement cooled area (44) of the second region, and; a film cooling hole (22) formed through the wall in the second region. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/195947 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/186 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 9/023 (20130101) F01D 25/12 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/202 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 165/908 (20130101) |
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| US 08826726 | Schmid et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andreas K. Schmid (Berkeley, California); Arantzazu Mascaraque (Madrid, Spain); Benito Santos (Madrid, Spain); Juan de la Figuera (Colmenar Viejo, Spain) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andreas K. Schmid (Berkeley, California); Arantzazu Mascaraque (Madrid, Spain); Benito Santos (Madrid, Spain); Juan de la Figuera (Colmenar Viejo, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas sensor is described which incorporates a sensor stack comprising a first film layer of a ferromagnetic material, a spacer layer, and a second film layer of the ferromagnetic material. The first film layer is fabricated so that it exhibits a dependence of its magnetic anisotropy direction on the presence of a gas, That is, the orientation of the easy axis of magnetization will flip from out-of-plane to in-plane when the gas to be detected is present in sufficient concentration. By monitoring the change in resistance of the sensor stack when the orientation of the first layer's magnetization changes, and correlating that change with temperature one can determine both the identity and relative concentration of the detected gas. In one embodiment the stack sensor comprises a top ferromagnetic layer two mono layers thick of cobalt deposited upon a spacer layer of ruthenium, which in turn has a second layer of cobalt disposed on its other side, this second cobalt layer in contact with a programmable heater chip. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/318522 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08826966 | Rieken et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel R. Rieken (Nevada, Iowa); Andrew J. Heidloff (West Des Moines, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel R. Rieken (Nevada, Iowa); Andrew J. Heidloff (West Des Moines, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A tubular melt containment member for transient containment of molten metals and alloys, especially reactive metals and alloys, includes a melt-contacting layer or region that comprises an oxygen-deficient rare earth oxide material that is less reactive as compared to the counterpart stoichiometric rare earth oxide. The oxygen-deficient (sub-stoichiometric) rare earth oxide can comprise oxygen-deficient yttria represented by Y2O3-x wherein x is from 0.01 to 0.1. Use of the oxygen-deficient rare earth oxide as the melt-contacting layer or region material reduces reaction with the melt for a given melt temperature and melt contact time. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573211 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 11/00 (20130101) B22D 25/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22D 25/02 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 67/0014 (20130101) |
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| US 08826973 | Moxley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel F. Moxley (Denver, Colorado); Mark S. Land (Denver, Colorado); Charles C. Rinzler (Denver, Colorado); Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); Mark S. Zediker (Weldon Spring, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Foro Energy, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel F. Moxley (Denver, Colorado); Mark S. Land (Denver, Colorado); Charles C. Rinzler (Denver, Colorado); Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); Mark S. Zediker (Weldon Spring, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a system, apparatus and methods for the laser drilling of a borehole in the earth. There is further provided with in the systems a means for delivering high power laser energy down a deep borehole, while maintaining the high power to advance such boreholes deep into the earth and at highly efficient advancement rates, a laser bottom hole assembly, and fluid directing techniques and assemblies for removing the displaced material from the borehole. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/543986 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 7/14 (20130101) E21B 7/15 (20130101) E21B 10/60 (20130101) E21B 21/103 (20130101) E21B 29/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E21B 43/11 (20130101) |
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| US 08827714 | Goforth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John W. Goforth (San Francisco, California); Michael B. Mercer (Manteca, California); Zach Heath (Livermore, California); Lynn I. Yang (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Secuity, LLC. (Livermore, California); Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Goforth (San Francisco, California); Michael B. Mercer (Manteca, California); Zach Heath (Livermore, California); Lynn I. Yang (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, a method for simulating portions of an emergency response exercise includes generating situational awareness outputs associated with a simulated emergency and sending the situational awareness outputs to a plurality of output devices. Also, the method includes outputting to a user device a plurality of decisions associated with the situational awareness outputs at a decision point, receiving a selection of one of the decisions from the user device, generating new situational awareness outputs based on the selected decision, and repeating the sending, outputting and receiving steps based on the new situational awareness outputs. Other methods, systems, and computer program products are included according to other embodiments of the invention. |
| FILED | Monday, June 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/488806 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/219 |
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| US 08827865 | Naqvi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ali K. Naqvi (White Lake, Michigan); Besim Demirovic (Troy, Michigan); Pinaki Gupta (Wixom, Michigan); Lawrence A. Kaminsky (White Lake, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali K. Naqvi (White Lake, Michigan); Besim Demirovic (Troy, Michigan); Pinaki Gupta (Wixom, Michigan); Lawrence A. Kaminsky (White Lake, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A vehicle includes a powertrain with an engine, first and second torque machines, and a hybrid transmission. A method for operating the vehicle includes operating the engine in an unfueled state, releasing an off-going clutch which when engaged effects operation of the hybrid transmission in a first continuously variable mode, and applying a friction braking torque to a wheel of the vehicle to compensate for an increase in an output torque of the hybrid transmission resulting from releasing the off-going clutch. Subsequent to releasing the off-going clutch, an oncoming clutch which when engaged effects operation of the hybrid transmission in a second continuously variable mode is synchronized. Subsequent to synchronization of the oncoming clutch, the oncoming clutch is engaged. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/223052 |
| ART UNIT | 3655 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Arrangement or Mounting of Propulsion Units or of Transmissions in Vehicles; Arrangement or Mounting of Plural Diverse Prime-movers in Vehicles; Auxiliary Drives for Vehicles; Instrumentation or Dashboards for Vehicles; Arrangements in Connection With Cooling, Air Intake, Gas Exhaust or Fuel Supply of Propulsion Units in Vehicles B60K 6/365 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60K 6/445 (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 10/02 (20130101) B60W 20/00 (20130101) B60W 30/19 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Howard Gordon (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceramatec, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Howard Gordon (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of upgrading an oil feedstock by removing heteroatoms and/or one or more heavy metals from the oil feedstock composition. This method reacts the oil feedstock with an alkali metal and an upgradant hydrocarbon. The alkali metal reacts with a portion of the heteroatoms and/or one or more heavy metals to form an inorganic phase separable from the organic oil feedstock material. The upgradant hydrocarbon bonds to the oil feedstock material and increases the number of carbon atoms in the product. This increase in the number of carbon atoms of the product increases the energy value of the resulting oil feedstock. |
| FILED | Monday, November 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/916984 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 2300/1088 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 29/04 (20130101) C10G 50/00 (20130101) C10G 2300/202 (20130101) C10G 2300/205 (20130101) C10G 2300/1025 (20130101) C10G 2300/1081 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic Production, Recovery or Refining of Metals; Apparatus Therefor C25C 1/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08828221 | Gordon |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Howard Gordon (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceramatec, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Howard Gordon (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for removing sulfur, nitrogen or metals from an oil feedstock (such as heavy oil, bitumen, shale oil, etc.) The method involves reacting the oil feedstock with an alkali metal and a radical capping substance. The alkali metal reacts with the metal, sulfur or nitrogen content to form one or more inorganic products and the radical capping substance reacts with the carbon and hydrogen content to form a hydrocarbon phase. The inorganic products may then be separated out from the hydrocarbon phase. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/550313 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 29/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 29/20 (20130101) C10G 50/00 (20130101) C10G 2300/202 (20130101) C10G 2300/205 (20130101) C10G 2300/207 (20130101) C10G 2300/308 (20130101) C10G 2300/1025 (20130101) C10G 2300/1037 (20130101) |
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| US 08828262 | Menapace et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Arthur Menapace (Livermore, California); Paul Richard Ehrmann (Hughson, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livemore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Arthur Menapace (Livermore, California); Paul Richard Ehrmann (Hughson, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A nonaqueous magnetorheological fluid includes a primarily organic carrier liquid and magnetizable particles. The magnetorheological fluid also includes a buffer, a stabilizer, and water. A pH of the magnetorheological fluid is between 6.5 and 9.0. |
| FILED | Friday, January 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/986906 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines, Devices, or Processes for Grinding or Polishing; Dressing or Conditioning of Abrading Surfaces; Feeding of Grinding, Polishing, or Lapping Agents B24B 1/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/442 (20130101) H01F 1/447 (20130101) |
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| US 08828533 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Pasquale Fernando Fulvio (Knoxville, Tennessee); Richard T. Mayes (Knoxville, Tennessee); Xiqing Wang (Mason, Ohio); Xiao-Guang Sun (Knoxville, Tennessee); Bingkun Guo (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Pasquale Fernando Fulvio (Knoxville, Tennessee); Richard T. Mayes (Knoxville, Tennessee); Xiqing Wang (Mason, Ohio); Xiao-Guang Sun (Knoxville, Tennessee); Bingkun Guo (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductive mesoporous carbon composite comprising conductive carbon nanoparticles contained within a mesoporous carbon matrix, wherein the conductive mesoporous carbon composite possesses at least a portion of mesopores having a pore size of at least 10 nm and up to 50 nm, and wherein the mesopores are either within the mesoporous carbon matrix, or are spacings delineated by surfaces of said conductive carbon nanoparticles when said conductive carbon nanoparticles are fused with each other, or both. Methods for producing the above-described composite, devices incorporating them (e.g., lithium batteries), and methods of using them, are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/349162 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/317.900 |
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| US 08828701 | Wogulis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Wogulis (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Wogulis (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to variants of a parent cellobiohydrolase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the cellobiohydrolase variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the cellobiohydrolase variants. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/636994 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01091 (20130101) |
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| US 08828702 | Goedegebuur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Danisco US Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Danisco US Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaardingen, Netherlands); Peter Gualfetti (San Francisco, California); Colin Mitchinson (Half Moon Bay, California); Edmund Larenas (Moss Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are variants of Humicola grisea Cel7A (CBH1.1), H. jecorina CBH1 variant or S. thermophilium CBH1, nucleic acids encoding the same and methods for producing the same. The variant cellulases have the amino acid sequence of a glycosyl hydrolase of family 7A wherein one or more amino acid residues are substituted. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/744316 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 302/01091 (20130101) |
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| US 08828705 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian G. Trewyn (Ames, Iowa); Kapil Kandel (Ames, Iowa); Igor Ivan Slowing (Ames, Iowa); Show-Ling Lee (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor Shang-Yi Lin (Ames, Iowa); Brian G. Trewyn (Ames, Iowa); Kapil Kandel (Ames, Iowa); Igor Ivan Slowing (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a magnetic mesoporous nanoparticle that includes a mesoporous silicate nanoparticle and iron oxide. The present invention also provides a method of using magnetic mesoporous nanoparticles to sequester microorganisms from a media. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/300343 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/243 |
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| US 08828706 | Rau |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Hudson Rau (Castro Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of using carbonates, especially water-insoluble or sparing soluble mineral carbonates, for maintaining or increasing dissolved inorganic carbon concentrations in aqueous media. In particular, the system generates concentrated dissolve inorganic carbon substrates for photosynthetic, chemosynthetic, or abiotic chemical production of carbonaceous or other compounds in solution. In some embodiments, the invention can also enhance the dissolution and retention of carbon dioxide in aqueous media, and can produce pH buffering capacity, metal ions, and heat, which can be beneficial to the preceding syntheses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/797434 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 41/32 (20130101) C12M 41/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08828707 | Van Hoek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pim Van Hoek (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Aristos Aristidou (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Brian Rush (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cargill, Incorporated (Wayzata, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pim Van Hoek (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Aristos Aristidou (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Brian Rush (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Specific oxygen uptake (OUR) is used as a process control parameter in fermentation processes. OUR is determined during at least the production phase of a fermentation process, and process parameters are adjusted to maintain the OUR within desired ranges. The invention is particularly applicable when the fermentation is conducted using a microorganism having a natural PDC pathway that has been disrupted so that it no longer functions. Microorganisms of this sort often produce poorly under strictly anaerobic conditions. Microaeration controlled by monitoring OUR allows the performance of the microorganism to be optimized. |
| FILED | Friday, April 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/078128 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/16 (20130101) C12N 9/0006 (20130101) C12N 15/815 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/625 (20130101) |
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| US 08828716 | Regan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Frederick Regan (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Frederick Regan (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Removable cartridges are used on automated flow-through systems for the purpose of extracting and purifying genetic material from complex matrices. Different types of cartridges are paired with specific automated protocols to concentrate, extract, and purifying pathogenic or human genetic material. Their flow-through nature allows large quantities sample to be processed. Matrices may be filtered using size exclusion and/or affinity filters to concentrate the pathogen of interest. Lysed material is ultimately passed through a filter to remove the insoluble material before the soluble genetic material is delivered past a silica-like membrane that binds the genetic material, where it is washed, dried, and eluted. Cartridges are inserted into the housing areas of flow-through automated instruments, which are equipped with sensors to ensure proper placement and usage of the cartridges. Properly inserted cartridges create fluid- and air-tight seals with the flow lines of an automated instrument. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/038981 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5023 (20130101) B01L 9/50 (20130101) B01L 2200/04 (20130101) B01L 2200/0631 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 35/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 35/1097 (20130101) |
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| US 08828736 | Perroud et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas D. Perroud (San Jose, California); Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California); Oscar Negrete (Livermore, California); Mark R. Claudnic (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas D. Perroud (San Jose, California); Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California); Oscar Negrete (Livermore, California); Mark R. Claudnic (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | We have developed an microelectroporation device that combines microarrays of oligonucleotides, microfluidic channels, and electroporation for cell transfection and high-throughput screening applications (e.g. RNA interference screens). Microarrays allow the deposition of thousands of different oligonucleotides in microscopic spots. Microfluidic channels and microwells enable efficient loading of cells into the device and prevent cross-contamination between different oligonucleotides spots. Electroporation allows optimal transfection of nucleic acids into cells (especially hard-to-transfect cells such as primary cells) by minimizing cell death while maximizing transfection efficiency. This invention has the advantage of a higher throughput and lower cost, while preventing cross-contamination compared to conventional screening technologies. Moreover, this device does not require bulky robotic liquid handling equipment and is inherently safer given that it is a closed system. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/173180 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/0668 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 35/02 (20130101) |
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08828765 — Forming high efficiency silicon solar cells using density-graded anti-reflection surfaces
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hao-Chih Yuan (Lakewood, Colorado); Howard M. Branz (Boulder, Colorado); Matthew R. Page (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hao-Chih Yuan (Lakewood, Colorado); Howard M. Branz (Boulder, Colorado); Matthew R. Page (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method (50) is provided for processing a graded-density AR silicon surface (14) to provide effective surface passivation. The method (50) includes positioning a substrate or wafer (12) with a silicon surface (14) in a reaction or processing chamber (42). The silicon surface (14) has been processed (52) to be an AR surface with a density gradient or region of black silicon. The method (50) continues with heating (54) the chamber (42) to a high temperature for both doping and surface passivation. The method (50) includes forming (58), with a dopant-containing precursor in contact with the silicon surface (14) of the substrate (12), an emitter junction (16) proximate to the silicon surface (14) by doping the substrate (12). The method (50) further includes, while the chamber is maintained at the high or raised temperature, forming (62) a passivation layer (19) on the graded-density silicon anti-reflection surface (14). |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/797590 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/068 (20130101) H01L 31/1804 (20130101) H01L 31/02167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/02168 (20130101) H01L 31/02363 (20130101) |
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| US 08829183 | Shelnutt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Shelnutt (Tijeras, New Mexico); Kathleen E. Martin (Tijeras, New Mexico); Zhongchun Wang (Sunnyvale, California); Craig J. Medforth (Oporto, Portugal) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanostructured molecular unit and method for forming is described where a cationic porphyrin having an ethanolic substituent species and a metal in the porphyrin cavity is combined with an anionic porphyrin having a sulfonate substituent species and a metal in the porphyrin cavity to form by self-assembly a nanostructured molecular unit with a morphology comprising four dendritic elements connected at a central node. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/758469 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
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| US 08829217 | Fox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert V. Fox (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Rene G. Rodriguez (Pocatello, Idaho); Joshua J. Pak (Pocatello, Idaho); Chivin Sun (Pocatello, Idaho); Kelsey R. Margulieux (Pocatello, Idaho); Andrew W. Holland (Pocatello, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming single source precursors (SSPs) include forming intermediate products having the empirical formula ½{L2N(μ-X)2M′X2}2, and reacting MER with the intermediate products to form SSPs of the formula L2N(μ-ER)2M′(ER)2, wherein L is a Lewis base, M is a Group IA atom, N is a Group IB atom, M′ is a Group IIIB atom, each E is a Group VIB atom, each X is a Group VIIA atom or a nitrate group, and each R group is an alkyl, aryl, vinyl, (per)fluoro alkyl, (per)fluoro aryl, silane, or carbamato group. Methods of forming polymeric or copolymeric SSPs include reacting at least one of HE1R1E1H and MER with one or more substances having the empirical formula L2N(μ-ER)2M′(ER)2 or L2N(μ-X)2M′(X)2 to form a polymeric or copolymeric SSP. New SSPs and intermediate products are formed by such methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/659620 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 19/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08829237 | Hanchar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Hanchar (Charlotte, Michigan); Susanne Kleff (Okemos, Michigan); Michael V. Guettler (Holt, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Michigan Biotechnology Institute (Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Hanchar (Charlotte, Michigan); Susanne Kleff (Okemos, Michigan); Michael V. Guettler (Holt, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provide processes for producing carboxylic acid product, along with useful salts. The carboxylic acid product that is produced according to this invention is preferably a C2-C12 carboxylic acid. Among the salts produced in the process of the invention are ammonium salts. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/039913 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compounds of Alkali Metals, i.e Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, or Francium C01D 1/04 (20130101) Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 5/14 (20130101) C01F 11/02 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 51/02 (20130101) C07C 51/02 (20130101) C07C 51/02 (20130101) C07C 51/02 (20130101) C07C 51/02 (20130101) C07C 51/02 (20130101) C07C 51/02 (20130101) C07C 55/02 (20130101) C07C 55/06 (20130101) C07C 55/10 (20130101) C07C 55/22 (20130101) C07C 57/13 (20130101) C07C 57/15 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/46 (20130101) C12P 7/48 (20130101) |
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| US 08829238 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jun Yang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Peter V. Bonnesen (Knoxville, Tennessee); Kunlun Hong (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Yang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Peter V. Bonnesen (Knoxville, Tennessee); Kunlun Hong (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for synthesizing a deuterated acrylate of the Formula (1), the method comprising: (i) deuterating a propiolate compound of Formula (2) to a methyne-deuterated propiolate compound of Formula (3) in the presence of a base and D2O: and (ii) reductively deuterating the methyne-deuterated propiolate compound of Formula (3) in a reaction solvent in the presence of deuterium gas and a palladium-containing catalyst to afford the deuterated acrylate of the Formula (1). The resulting deuterated acrylate compounds, derivatives thereof, and polymers derived therefrom are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/611927 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/05 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 51/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 51/36 (20130101) C07C 57/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08829342 | Compaan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alvin D. Compaan (Holland, Ohio); Victor V. Plotnikov (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alvin D. Compaan (Holland, Ohio); Victor V. Plotnikov (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A photovoltaic cell structure is disclosed that includes a buffer/passivation layer at a CdTe/Back contact interface. The buffer/passivation layer is formed from the same material that forms the n-type semiconductor active layer. In one embodiment, the buffer layer and the n-type semiconductor active layer are formed from cadmium sulfide (CdS). A method of forming a photovoltaic cell includes the step of forming the semiconductor active layers and the buffer/passivation layer within the same deposition chamber and using the same material source. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/515686 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/073 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/075 (20130101) H01L 31/1828 (20130101) H01L 31/02167 (20130101) H01L 31/022425 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/543 (20130101) Y02E 10/548 (20130101) |
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| US 08829426 | Vertes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Akos Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Jessica A. Stolee (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akos Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Jessica A. Stolee (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, a device may generally comprise a capillary having a first end and a second end; a laser to emit energy at a sample in the capillary to ablate the sample and generate an ablation plume in the capillary; an electrospray apparatus to generate an electrospray plume to intercept the ablation plume to produce ions; and a mass spectrometer having an ion transfer inlet to capture the ions. The ablation plume may comprise a collimated ablation plume. The device may comprise a flow cytometer. Methods of making and using the same are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/549988 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/282 |
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| US 08829443 | Ryan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Ryan (Lee, New Hampshire); John R. Macri (Durham, New Hampshire); Mark L. McConnell (Newmarket, New Hampshire); Ulisse Bravar (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Ryan (Lee, New Hampshire); John R. Macri (Durham, New Hampshire); Mark L. McConnell (Newmarket, New Hampshire); Ulisse Bravar (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a radially symmetric imaging detector that measures an incident neutron's or gamma-ray's energy and identifies its source on an event-by-event basis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/313237 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/20 (20130101) G01T 1/2907 (20130101) G01T 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08829457 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig F. Smith (Incline Village, Nevada); Vladimir Ryzhikov (Kharkov, Ukraine); Sergei Naydenov (Kharkov, Ukraine); Dennis Wood (Los Altos, California); Volodymyr Perevertailo (Kiev, Ukraine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California); Vladimir Ryzhiko (Kharkov, Ukraine); Dennis Wood (Los Altos, California); Sergei Naydenov (Kharkov, Ukraine); Volodymyr Perevertailo (Kiev, Ukraine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig F. Smith (Incline Village, Nevada); Vladimir Ryzhikov (Kharkov, Ukraine); Sergei Naydenov (Kharkov, Ukraine); Dennis Wood (Los Altos, California); Volodymyr Perevertailo (Kiev, Ukraine) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultraviolet radiation dosimeter apparatus for measuring an individual's ultraviolet radiation exposure from incoming ultraviolet rays, including an ultraviolet radiation dosimeter body; an ultraviolet filter in the ultraviolet radiation dosimeter body; a detector semiconductor substrate in the ultraviolet radiation dosimeter body connected to the ultraviolet filter for detecting the incoming ultraviolet rays and producing a signal, the semiconductor substrate made of ZnSe(Te), and a chip in the ultraviolet radiation dosimeter body for receiving the signal and measuring the individual's ultraviolet radiation exposure from the incoming ultraviolet rays. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/418178 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — 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 1/429 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/108 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/02162 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829460 | Nikolic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rebecca J. Nikolic (Oakland, California); Adam M. Conway (Livermore, California); Robert T. Graff (Modesto, California); Joshua D. Kuntz (Livermore, California); Catherine Reinhardt (Livermore, California); Lars F. Voss (Livermore, California); Chin Li Cheung (Lincoln, Nebraska); Daniel Heineck (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rebecca J. Nikolic (Oakland, California); Adam M. Conway (Livermore, California); Robert T. Graff (Modesto, California); Joshua D. Kuntz (Livermore, California); Catherine Reinhardt (Livermore, California); Lars F. Voss (Livermore, California); Chin Li Cheung (Lincoln, Nebraska); Daniel Heineck (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Three-dimensional boron particle loaded thermal neutron detectors utilize neutron sensitive conversion materials in the form of nano-powders and micro-sized particles, as opposed to thin films, suspensions, paraffin, etc. More specifically, methods to infiltrate, intersperse and embed the neutron nano-powders to form two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional charge sensitive platforms are specified. The use of nano-powders enables conformal contact with the entire charge-collecting structure regardless of its shape or configuration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/552307 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/08 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829634 | Bonekamp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey E. Bonekamp (Midland, Michigan); Michelle L. Boven (Midland, Michigan); Ryan S. Gaston (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey E. Bonekamp (Midland, Michigan); Michelle L. Boven (Midland, Michigan); Ryan S. Gaston (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is an optoelectronic device comprising an active portion which converts light to electricity or converts electricity to light, the active portion having a front side for the transmittal of the light and a back side opposite from the front side, at least two electrical leads to the active portion to convey electricity to or from the active portion, an enclosure surrounding the active portion and through which the at least two electrical leads pass wherein the hermetically sealed enclosure comprises at the front side of the active portion a barrier material which allows for transmittal of light, one or more getter materials disposed so as to not impede the transmission of light to or from the active portion, and a contiguous gap pathway to the getter material which pathway is disposed between the active portion and the barrier material. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/727224 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/048 (20130101) H01L 51/5203 (20130101) H01L 51/5237 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2251/5338 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 08829715 | Agamy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mohammed Agamy (Niskayuna, New York); Ahmed Elasser (Latham, New York); Juan Antonio Sabate (Ganesvoort, New York); Anthony William Galbraith (Wirtz, Virginia); Maja Harfman Todorovic (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammed Agamy (Niskayuna, New York); Ahmed Elasser (Latham, New York); Juan Antonio Sabate (Ganesvoort, New York); Anthony William Galbraith (Wirtz, Virginia); Maja Harfman Todorovic (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A distributed photovoltaic (PV) power plant includes a plurality of distributed dc-dc converters. The dc-dc converters are configured to switch in coordination with one another such that at least one dc-dc converter transfers power to a common dc-bus based upon the total system power available from one or more corresponding strings of PV modules. Due to the coordinated switching of the dc-dc converters, each dc-dc converter transferring power to the common dc-bus continues to operate within its optimal efficiency range as well as to optimize the maximum power point tracking in order to increase the energy yield of the PV power plant. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/097196 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/385 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 3/1584 (20130101) H02M 2001/0032 (20130101) H02M 2001/0067 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 70/16 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/58 (20130101) |
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| US 08829767 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhong Lin Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yan Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia); Chen Xu (Atlanta, Georgia); Guang Zhu (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong Lin Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Youfan Hu (Atlanta, Georgia); Yan Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia); Chen Xu (Atlanta, Georgia); Guang Zhu (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A generator includes a substrate, a first electrode layer, a dense plurality of vertically-aligned piezoelectric elongated nanostructures, an insulating layer and a second electrode layer. The substrate has a top surface and the first electrode layer is disposed on the top surface of the substrate. The dense plurality of vertically-aligned piezoelectric elongated nanostructures extends from the first electrode layer. Each of the nanostructures has a top end. The insulating layer is disposed on the top ends of the nanostructures. The second electrode layer is disposed on the non-conductive layer and is spaced apart from the nanostructures. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/473867 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/20 (20130101) H01L 41/113 (20130101) H01L 41/319 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 2/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02N 2/181 (20130101) H02N 2/186 (20130101) |
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| US 08829827 | Kinoshita et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael H. Kinoshita (Redondo Beach, California); Milun Perisic (Torrance, California); Gabriel Gallegos-Lopez (Lomita, California); Ray M. Ransom (Big Bear City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations, LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael H. Kinoshita (Redondo Beach, California); Milun Perisic (Torrance, California); Gabriel Gallegos-Lopez (Lomita, California); Ray M. Ransom (Big Bear City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, systems and apparatus for controlling operation of an electric machine in a vector controlled motor drive system when the electric machine operates in an overmodulation region. The disclosed embodiments can reduce variations/errors in the phase voltage command signals applied to the multi-phase machine so that phase current may be properly regulated thus reducing current/torque oscillation, which can in turn improve machine efficiency and performance, as well as utilization of the DC voltage source. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/339256 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulation of Electric Motors, Electric Generators or Dynamo-electric Converters; Controlling Transformers, Reactors or Choke Coils H02P 27/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829858 | Ransom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ray M. Ransom (Big Bear City, California); Milun Perisic (Torrance, California); Lateef A. Kajouke (San Pedro, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray M. Ransom (Big Bear City, California); Milun Perisic (Torrance, California); Lateef A. Kajouke (San Pedro, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for initiating a charging system. The method, for example, may include, but is not limited to, providing, by the charging system, an incrementally increasing voltage to a battery up to a first predetermined threshold while the energy conversion module has a zero-percent duty cycle, providing, by the charging system, an incrementally increasing voltage to the battery from an initial voltage level of the battery up to a peak voltage of a voltage source while the energy conversion module has a zero-percent duty cycle, and providing, by the charging system, an incrementally increasing voltage to the battery by incrementally increasing the duty cycle of the energy conversion module. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/149484 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Battery or capacitor charging or discharging 320/138 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829930 | List, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick Alyious List, III (Andersonville, Tennessee); Enis Tuncer (Menands, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick Alyious List, III (Andersonville, Tennessee); Enis Tuncer (Menands, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method of testing electrical impedance of a multiplicity of regions of a photovoltaic surface includes providing a multi-tipped impedance sensor with a multiplicity of spaced apart impedance probes separated by an insulating material, wherein each impedance probe includes a first end adapted for contact with a photovoltaic surface and a second end in operable communication with an impedance measuring device. The multi-tipped impedance sensor is used to contact the photovoltaic surface and electrical impedance of the photovoltaic material is measured between individual first ends of the probes to characterize the quality of the photovoltaic surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/019024 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 1/07314 (20130101) G01R 27/02 (20130101) G01R 31/2648 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08830125 | Strassner, II |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bernd H. Strassner, II (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernd H. Strassner, II (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Highly efficient, low cost, easily manufactured SAR antenna arrays with lightweight low profiles, large instantaneous bandwidths and low SLL are disclosed. The array topology provides all necessary circuitry within the available antenna aperture space and between the layers of material that comprise the aperture. Bandwidths of 15.2 GHz to 18.2 GHz, with 30 dB SLLs azimuthally and elevationally, and radiation efficiencies above 40% may be achieved. Operation over much larger bandwidths is possible as well. |
| FILED | Monday, March 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/728735 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08830267 | Brackney |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Larry J. Brackney (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry J. Brackney (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method (700) for providing an augmented reality operations tool to a mobile client (642) positioned in a building (604). The method (700) includes, with a server (660), receiving (720) from the client (642) an augmented reality request for building system equipment (612) managed by an energy management system (EMS) (620). The method (700) includes transmitting (740) a data request for the equipment (612) to the EMS (620) and receiving (750) building management data (634) for the equipment (612). The method (700) includes generating (760) an overlay (656) with an object created based on the building management data (634), which may be sensor data, diagnostic procedures, or the like. The overlay (656) is configured for concurrent display on a display screen (652) of the client (642) with a real-time image of the building equipment (612). The method (700) includes transmitting (770) the overlay (656) to the client (642). |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/946455 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/633 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08830450 | Bond et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tiziana C. Bond (Livermore, California); Sonia E. Letant (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tiziana C. Bond (Livermore, California); Sonia E. Letant (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Cross-interrogating photonic detection systems and methods are shown. A flow through photonic crystal membrane with a surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate is provided with pores which are distributed along multiple regions. The pores of one region have walls to which a first type of target specific anchor can be attached, while pores of another region have walls to which a second type of target specific anchor can be attached. An optical arrangement out-of-plane to the SERS substrate is also provided for enhanced sensitivity and identification of target organisms. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/958302 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/774 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/107 (20130101) G02B 6/1225 (20130101) G02B 2006/12061 (20130101) G02B 2006/12176 (20130101) |
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| US 08830556 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Smith (La Jolla, California); David Schurig (San Diego, California); Anthony F. Starr (San Diego, California); Jack J. Mock (Cardiff by the Sea, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Smith (La Jolla, California); David Schurig (San Diego, California); Anthony F. Starr (San Diego, California); Jack J. Mock (Cardiff by the Sea, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One exemplary metamaterial is formed from a plurality of individual unit cells, at least a portion of which have a different permeability than others. The plurality of individual unit cells are arranged to provide a metamaterial having a gradient index along at least one axis. Such metamaterials can be used to form lenses, for example. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/229092 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08830711 | Lai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jih-Sheng Lai (Blacksburg, Virginia); Wensong Yu (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jih-Sheng Lai (Blacksburg, Virginia); Wensong Yu (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid switch comprising two semiconductor switches connected in parallel but having different voltage drop characteristics as a function of current facilitates attainment of zero voltage switching and reduces conduction losses to complement reduction of switching losses achieved through zero voltage switching in power converters such as high-current inverters. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/206846 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 7/797 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 2001/0048 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 17/06 (20130101) H03K 17/567 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 70/1441 (20130101) Y02B 70/1491 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08831166 | Mariani |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Dominick Mariani (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Dominick Mariani (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Zirconium-based metal alloy compositions comprise zirconium, a first additive in which the permeability of hydrogen decreases with increasing temperatures at least over a temperature range extending from 350° C. to 750° C., and a second additive having a solubility in zirconium over the temperature range extending from 350° C. to 750° C. At least one of a solubility of the first additive in the second additive over the temperature range extending from 350° C. to 750° C. and a solubility of the second additive in the first additive over the temperature range extending from 350° C. to 750° C. is higher than the solubility of the second additive in zirconium over the temperature range extending from 350° C. to 750° C. Nuclear fuel rods include a cladding material comprising such metal alloy compositions, and nuclear reactors include such fuel rods. Methods are used to fabricate such zirconium-based metal alloy compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021480 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 3/12 (20130101) Alloys C22C 1/0458 (20130101) C22C 16/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Nuclear Reactors G21C 3/07 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 30/40 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08831220 | McCown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Harvey McCown (Rigby, Idaho); Kurt W. Derr (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Troy Moore (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Harvey McCown (Rigby, Idaho); Kurt W. Derr (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Troy Moore (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A processing module operating method includes using a processing module physically connected to a wireless communications device, requesting that the wireless communications device retrieve encrypted code from a web site and receiving the encrypted code from the wireless communications device. The wireless communications device is unable to decrypt the encrypted code. The method further includes using the processing module, decrypting the encrypted code, executing the decrypted code, and preventing the wireless communications device from accessing the decrypted code. Another processing module operating method includes using a processing module physically connected to a host device, executing an application within the processing module, allowing the application to exchange user interaction data communicated using a user interface of the host device with the host device, and allowing the application to use the host device as a communications device for exchanging information with a remote device distinct from the host device. |
| FILED | Friday, November 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/948272 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 20/385 (20130101) G06Q 20/3223 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 20/3226 (20130101) G06Q 20/3278 (20130101) G06Q 20/3821 (20130101) G06Q 20/3823 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/3226 (20130101) H04L 63/0428 (20130101) H04L 2209/80 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08831287 | Dasu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aravind Dasu (Herndon, Virginia); Dean Mathias (North Logan, Utah); Chenguang Liu (Logan, Utah); Randy Christensen (Cove, Utah); Bruce Christensen (Derby, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Utah State University (Logan, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aravind Dasu (Herndon, Virginia); Dean Mathias (North Logan, Utah); Chenguang Liu (Logan, Utah); Randy Christensen (Cove, Utah); Bruce Christensen (Derby, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method for sensing occupancy of a workspace includes creating a difference image that represents luminance differences of pixels in past and current images of the workspace resulting from motion in the workspace, determining motion occurring in regions of the workspace based on the difference image, and altering a workspace environment based at least in part on the determined motion. The method also includes determining which pixels in the difference image represent persistent motion that can be ignored and determining which pixels representing motion in the difference image are invalid because the pixels are isolated from other pixels representing motion. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/124998 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — 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 9/00771 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0008 (20130101) G06T 7/2053 (20130101) G06T 2207/30232 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/19606 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08832403 | Ohmacht |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a multiprocessor system, a central memory synchronization module coordinates memory synchronization requests responsive to memory access requests in flight, a generation counter, and a reclaim pointer. The central module communicates via point-to-point communication. The module includes a global OR reduce tree for each memory access requesting device, for detecting memory access requests in flight. An interface unit is implemented associated with each processor requesting synchronization. The interface unit includes multiple generation completion detectors. The generation count and reclaim pointer do not pass one another. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/796411 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 13/1689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Static Stores G11C 7/22 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08832415 | Gala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Gala (Mount Kisco, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Gala (Mount Kisco, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiprocessor system includes nodes. Each node includes a data path that includes a core, a TLB, and a first level cache implementing disambiguation. The system also includes at least one second level cache and a main memory. For thread memory access requests, the core uses an address associated with an instruction format of the core. The first level cache uses an address format related to the size of the main memory plus an offset corresponding to hardware thread meta data. The second level cache uses a physical main memory address plus software thread meta data to store the memory access request. The second level cache accesses the main memory using the physical address with neither the offset nor the thread meta data after resolving speculation. In short, this system includes mapping of a virtual address to a different physical addresses for value disambiguation for different threads. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/984329 |
| ART UNIT | 2188 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08826777 | Shieh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roung-Min David Shieh (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roung-Min David Shieh (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fastening tools for connectors and methods for fastening connectors are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an input shaft coupled to a gear train, a first output shaft coupled to the gear train and including a first screwdriver head, and a second output shaft coupled to the gear train and including a second screwdriver head. The gear train is to rotate the first and second output shafts simultaneously in response to a rotation of the input shaft. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/438776 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Tools or Bench Devices Not Otherwise Provided For, for Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging or Holding B25B 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08826795 | Capouellez |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Capouellez (Lake Orion, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Capouellez (Lake Orion, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure for protecting vehicle occupants from blasts beneath a vehicle, the structure having a mechanism for mitigating vehicle hop caused by the blasts. The structure comprises a rigid V shaped hull section of the vehicle located on an underside thereof. The V shaped hull section has an oblique body panel facing outboard and downward relative to the vehicle. The structure also has a wall panel disposed adjacently above and along the oblique body panel and a border defined by a juncture of the oblique body panel and the wall panel. A flat, blade-like blast deflector vane is located proximally along the border and is positioned outboard of both the oblique body panel and the wall panel. The vane is disposed at an acute angle with the oblique body panel and is solidly attached to the V shaped hull section. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/483534 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 7/044 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08826796 | Gonzalez |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rene′ G. Gonzalez (Southfield, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rene′ G. Gonzalez (Southfield, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system reducing blast induced vehicle floor oscillation has a hull with brackets whose shoulders face edges of the vehicle sidewalls. The hull has a first position where the shoulders form a vertical gap with these edges and a second, risen position where the shoulders hit the edges. The brackets are connected to the sidewalls so as to permit rise of the brackets and V hull when a blast occurs but hold the V hull in the first position during normal vehicle use. Mounts on the vehicle frame are compressible by a vertical distance and support the cab. Rods of the hull are at another vertical distance from the frame. The sum of the vertical distances is equal to the vertical gap. When a blast occurs, the V hull's rise creates separate force paths from the hull to the floor to reduce floor oscillation. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/756025 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08827548 | Roukes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael L. Roukes (Pasadena, California); Chung-Wah Fon (Camarillo, California); Wonhee Lee (Pasadena, California); Hongxing Tang (Pasadena, California); Blake Waters Axelrod (Sierra Madre, California); John Liang Tan (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Roukes (Pasadena, California); Chung-Wah Fon (Camarillo, California); Wonhee Lee (Pasadena, California); Hongxing Tang (Pasadena, California); Blake Waters Axelrod (Sierra Madre, California); John Liang Tan (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic embedded nanoelectromechanical system (NEMs) force sensor provides an electrical readout. The force sensor contains a deformable member that is integrated with a strain sensor. The strain sensor converts a deformation of the deformable member into an electrical signal. A microfluidic channel encapsulates the force sensor, controls a fluidic environment around the force sensor, and improves the read out. In addition, a microfluidic embedded vacuum insulated biocalorimeter is provided. A calorimeter chamber contains a parylene membrane. Both sides of the chamber are under vacuum during measurement of a sample. A microfluidic cannel (built from parylene) is used to deliver a sample to the chamber. A thermopile, used as a thermometer is located between two layers of parylene. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/110684 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08827586 | White |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward V. White (St. Charles, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward V. White (St. Charles, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanical linkage includes first and second end members and a pair of generally parallel arcuate beams, interconnecting the end members and defining a lateral space therebetween. A plurality of alternating fingers extend from each beam into the lateral space, and a damping member is attached between each adjacent pair of fingers within the lateral space. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/534938 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Joints and connections 43/220 |
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| US 08827720 | Lazarus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Todd Lazarus (Orlando, Florida); Glenn A. Martin (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CHI Systems, Inc. (Orlando, Florida); University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd Lazarus (Orlando, Florida); Glenn A. Martin (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods and devices for trauma assessment and tourniquet, cricoids cartilage and tension pneumothorax training including use of modular arms, legs and torso parts, that each include self-contained simulators having realistic symptoms of bleeding, pulse rates, smells and the like so that students can be trained to both assess patient trauma and train students to control bleeding through tourniquets. Also the use of digital communication devices for presenting educational content and controlling the operations of the modular system parts for training purposes. Devices and methods of teaching cricothyrotomy techniques through reusable neck collars having segmented fluid filled chambers, adjustable trachea tools with moveable parts, as well as enhanced teaching and recording the teaching results from multiple students. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/422502 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/262 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828050 | Gregory et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenton W. Gregory (Portland, Oregon); Lauryn L. Baranowski (Selah, Washington); Arjun Kalyanpur (Edison, New Jersey); Seanna Vine (Newburyport, Massachusetts); Grant Blackwell (Bristol, United Kingdom); Benjamin Margolis (San Bruno, California); Steven Dell (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Biomedical Engineering Institute (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenton W. Gregory (Portland, Oregon); Lauryn L. Baranowski (Selah, Washington); Arjun Kalyanpur (Edison, New Jersey); Seanna Vine (Newburyport, Massachusetts); Grant Blackwell (Bristol, United Kingdom); Benjamin Margolis (San Bruno, California); Steven Dell (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments herein comprise a hemostatic composition comprising a plurality of liquid expandable articles capable of expanding upon contact with a liquid. A suitable composition comprises a plurality of liquid-expandable articles that may be mechanically uncoupled from one another and therefore may be capable of moving independently from one another. The plurality of liquid-expandable articles may comprise a compressed material capable of a high-degree of expansion upon liquid contact. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/773680 |
| ART UNIT | 3773 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 13/00008 (20130101) A61F 13/00025 (20130101) A61F 13/00034 (20130101) A61F 13/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 13/44 (20130101) A61F 13/00063 (20130101) A61F 2013/00106 (20130101) A61F 2013/00472 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 15/44 (20130101) A61L 24/0015 (20130101) A61L 2300/44 (20130101) A61L 2300/418 (20130101) A61L 2400/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828161 | Stiles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen N. Stiles (Port Tobacco, Maryland); Paul R. McCool (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen N. Stiles (Port Tobacco, Maryland); Paul R. McCool (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A double base propellant modifier uses a lead-tin component with a defined amount of lead and a copper component with a defined surface area to effect super-rate burning of double base propellants with defined plateau and mesa burning rate characteristics. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/345682 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/19.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828207 | Brown |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory C. Brown (Chanhassen, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory C. Brown (Chanhassen, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for a deep sea pH sensor. In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a pH sensor comprises forming a sensor electrode in a working surface of a die wherein the sensor electrode is able to sense the pH of a liquid and forming at least one isolation groove around the sensor electrode on the working surface of the die, wherein the die has a wide street around the sensor electrode and the at least one isolation groove. The method further comprises mounting the die onto a base and securing a seal on the working surface in the wide street, wherein the seal surrounds the isolation groove, the seal sealing the liquid within the portion of the working surface of the die containing the sensor electrode and the isolation groove, when the pH sensor is subjected to high pressure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/495613 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/433 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828494 | Bierwagen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gordon P. Bierwagen (Fargo, North Dakota); Dante Battocchi (Fargo, North Dakota); Neena Ravindran (Fargo, North Dakota); Duhua Wang (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU Research Foundation (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon P. Bierwagen (Fargo, North Dakota); Dante Battocchi (Fargo, North Dakota); Neena Ravindran (Fargo, North Dakota); Duhua Wang (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of treating a metal to improve the metal's corrosion resistance. In one such method, the method is carried out by applying, to the surface of the metal, a coating which includes magnesium powder and a UV-curable or other radiation-curable binder. In another such method, the method is carried out by applying, to the surface of the metal, a coating which includes magnesium powder and an inorganic binder. In another such method, a coating that includes a magnesium alloy powder and a binder is applied to the surface of the metal. The magnesium alloy powder is selected such that it has a corrosion potential that is from about 0.01 volt to about 1.5 volt more negative than the metal's corrosion potential. Also disclosed are methods of treating a ferrous metals and magnesium alloys to improve the corrosion resistance of these materials. |
| FILED | Friday, September 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/992112 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/372.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828513 | Tiwari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chandrashekhar Tiwari (State College, Pennsylvania); Edward C. Smith (Lemont, Pennsylvania); Charles E. Bakis (State College, Pennsylvania); Michael A. Yukish (State College, Pennsylvania); William Kong (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chandrashekhar Tiwari (State College, Pennsylvania); Edward C. Smith (Lemont, Pennsylvania); Charles E. Bakis (State College, Pennsylvania); Michael A. Yukish (State College, Pennsylvania); William Kong (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy absorbing system has an inner tube and an outer tube that are stitched together. The inner tube contains a set of fibers oriented in a first direction and the outer tube has a second set of fibers oriented in a direction different from the first direction. Preferably these orientations are equal and opposite to each other. The inner tube may be hollow, but preferably has a cellular core. The outer tube may be spaced apart from the inner tube to create an annular cavity that is filled with a cellular material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/538978 |
| ART UNIT | 1789 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 5/12 (20130101) B32B 5/18 (20130101) B32B 5/26 (20130101) B32B 5/28 (20130101) B32B 5/32 (20130101) B32B 7/08 (20130101) Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 7/006 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828762 | Chu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack O. Chu (Manhasset Hills, New York); Christos D. DiMitrakopoulos (Baldwin Place, New York); Alfred Grill (White Plains, New York); Timothy J. McArdle (Mahopac, New York); Dirk Pfeiffer (Croton on Hudson, New York); Katherine L. Saenger (Ossining, New York); Robert L. Wisnieff (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Hall effect devices and field effect transistors are formed incorporating a carbon-based nanostructure layer such as carbon nanotubes and/or graphene with a sacrificial metal layer formed there over to protect the carbon-based nanostructure layer during processing. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/654416 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828792 | Drndic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marija Drndic (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael D. Fischbein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marija Drndic (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael D. Fischbein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods for assembling nanostructures. The assembling methods include contacting the plurality of nanostructures to a substrate having one or more discontinuities. At least a portion of the plurality of nanostructures assemble adjacent to the discontinuity, the assembled nanostructures including at least one nanostructure having a bridging, molecule. Devices, such as field-effect transistors, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/597069 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanostructures Formed by Manipulation of Individual Atoms, Molecules, or Limited Collections of Atoms or Molecules as Discrete Units; Manufacture or Treatment Thereof B82B 3/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/7613 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0052 (20130101) H01L 51/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0595 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828957 | Deisseroth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Albert Deisseroth (San Diego, California); Yucheng Tang (San Diego, California); Wei-Wei Zhang (San Diego, California); Xiang-Ming Fang (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroVAX, LLC (Manassas, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert Deisseroth (San Diego, California); Yucheng Tang (San Diego, California); Wei-Wei Zhang (San Diego, California); Xiang-Ming Fang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of generating an immune response to an antigen. The method comprises priming an individual by administering an expression vector encoding the antigen. The vectors comprises a transcription unit encoding a secretable fusion protein, the fusion protein containing an antigen and CD40 ligand. Administration of a fusion protein containing the antigen and CD40 ligand is used to enhance the immune response above that obtained by vector administration alone. The invention methods may be used to generate an immune response against cancer expressing a tumor antigen such as a mucin or human papilloma viral tumor antigen and to generate an immune response against an infectious agent. Also provided is a method for simultaneously producing the expression vector and the fusion protein. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/009533 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829062 | Minko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Serigy Minko (Potsdam, New York); Maxim Orlov (Potsdam, New York); Ihor Tokarev (Potsdam, New York); Evengy Katz (Potsdam, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clarkson University (Potsdam, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Serigy Minko (Potsdam, New York); Maxim Orlov (Potsdam, New York); Ihor Tokarev (Potsdam, New York); Evengy Katz (Potsdam, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The object of the present invention is concerned with a stimuli-responsive polymer membrane and method of making the same. The method and making the membrane is a new one The entire body of the responsive membrane is a gel. Gels are used as membranes because they are permeable-swollen network. This disclosure discusses a new combination of cylindrical pores in a swollen network. When the network swells or shrinks the cylindrical pores open or close. Thus, inside the network, one can introduce ligands, function groups which due to specific interaction with some signaling molecules in the surrounding environment can cause swelling or shrinking the membrane and this way they open or close pores. With cylindrical pores in a gel there is the ability to regulate pore size in a broad range and an ability to arrange response by adding some functional groups inside the gel body. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/784764 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829324 | Grayson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Grayson (Evanston, Illinois); Chaunle Zhou (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A transverse thermoelectric device includes a superlattice body, electrically conductive first and second contacts, and first and second thermal contacts. The superlattice body extends between opposite first and second ends along a first direction and between opposite first and second sides along a different, second direction. The superlattice body includes alternating first and second layers of crystalline materials oriented at an oblique angle relative to the first direction. The electrically conductive first contact is coupled with the first end of the superlattice and the electrically conductive second contact is coupled with the second end of the superlattice. The first thermal contact is thermally coupled to the first side of the superlattice and the second thermal contact is thermally coupled to the second side of the superlattice. A Seebeck tensor of the superlattice body is ambipolar. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/735373 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/18 (20130101) H01L 35/18 (20130101) H01L 35/26 (20130101) H01L 35/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829334 | Janson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siegfried W. Janson (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Siegfried W. Janson (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermo-photovoltaic power generator for efficiently converting thermal energy into electric energy including a selective thermal emitter for receiving thermal energy and emitting thermal radiation with black body emissivity over a range of wavelengths, low-bandgap photovoltaic cells responsive to thermal radiation at wavelengths within a particular band of said range of wavelengths and operative to convert such thermal radiation to electric energy, and a band pass filter disposed between the thermal emitter and the photovoltaic cells for transmitting thermal radiation from the emitter at wavelengths within the particular band to the photovoltaic cells, and for reflecting thermal radiation from the emitter at wavelengths outside the particular band back to the emitter. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/978556 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 13/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Incandescent Lamps H01K 1/14 (20130101) H01K 1/26 (20130101) H01K 1/32 (20130101) H01K 1/325 (20130101) H01K 3/005 (20130101) H01K 7/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08829373 | Currano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luke J. Currano (Columbia, Maryland); Larry D. Thomas, Jr. (Leander, Texas); Collin R. Becker (Beltsville, Maryland); Gabriel L. Smith (Odenton, Maryland); Brian Isaacson (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luke J. Currano (Columbia, Maryland); Larry D. Thomas, Jr. (Leander, Texas); Collin R. Becker (Beltsville, Maryland); Gabriel L. Smith (Odenton, Maryland); Brian Isaacson (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An acceleration switch array having at least two acceleration switches. Each acceleration switch includes a substrate, an anchor attached to the substrate, an electrically conductive mass disposed around the anchor and secured to the anchor by a spring assembly which permits movement of the mass relative to the anchor, and a plurality of electrical contacts positioned at circumferentially spaced positions around and outwardly from the mass. These electrical contacts are aligned along at least one orthogonal axis. A resistor array is electrically connected between the electric contacts of each acceleration switch for each orthogonal axis so that, upon contact between the mass and any of the electrical contacts, an electrical resistance is presented at an output terminal that is unique for each electrical contact for each acceleration switch. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/622588 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 35/14 (20130101) H01H 35/141 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829415 | Simon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Simon (Lynnfield, Massachusetts); Alexander Sergienko (Boston, Massachusetts); Lee Edwin Goldstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Robert H. Webb (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Simon (Lynnfield, Massachusetts); Alexander Sergienko (Boston, Massachusetts); Lee Edwin Goldstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Robert H. Webb (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A correlation confocal microscope uses correlated photon pairs to improve resolution. It employs a source of a light beam converging to a point location on a sample, and an objective that gathers light from the point location and generates an image beam. A modulator applies a spatial pattern of modulation to the source light beam to define spatially correlated photons whose spatial correlations are preserved in modulated light gathered from the sample. A filter applies a modulation-selective filter function to the image light beam to generate a filtered light beam of like-modulated photons. A coincidence detector detects temporally coincident photon pairs in the filtered light beam, generating a pulse output that indicates the magnitude of a light-detectable property (such as transmissivity or reflectivity) of the sample at the point location. The modulator may apply phase modulation and the filter may be a phase-sensitive component such as an interferometer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/534600 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 21/0056 (20130101) G02B 21/0084 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829439 | Damarla |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thyagaraju Damarla (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting targets comprising at least one first receiver for receiving radiation, the radiation comprises beams of radiation spaced horizontally; at least one second receiver for receiving radiation, the radiation comprises beams of radiation spaced horizontally and vertically such that the beams of radiation received by the second receiver travel through different predetermined heights from the horizontal plane; at least one processor for receiving data from the first and second receivers, the at least one receiver operating to locate a target passing in the vicinity of the first and second receivers and determine the height of the target based upon the recordation of certain of the beams at a predetermined heights relative to the horizontal plane and the width of a target based upon the horizontal spacing of the beams. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/652570 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829471 | Merkel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristian D. Merkel (Bozeman, Montana); Colton Richard Stiffler (Bozeman, Montana); Alex Woidtke (Bozeman, Montana); Aaron Traxinger (Bozeman, Montana); Randy W. Equall (Bozeman, Montana); Zeb Barber (Bozeman, Montana); Calvin Harrington (Bozemen, Montana); Krishna Mohan Rupavatharam (Bozeman, Montana); Charles W. Thiel (Bozeman, Montana); Rufus Cone (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana); S2 Corporation (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristian D. Merkel (Bozeman, Montana); Colton Richard Stiffler (Bozeman, Montana); Alex Woidtke (Bozeman, Montana); Aaron Traxinger (Bozeman, Montana); Randy W. Equall (Bozeman, Montana); Zeb Barber (Bozeman, Montana); Calvin Harrington (Bozemen, Montana); Krishna Mohan Rupavatharam (Bozeman, Montana); Charles W. Thiel (Bozeman, Montana); Rufus Cone (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for spatial spectral holography include a doped crystal comprising Thulium doped into a host crystal of Yttrium Lutetium Aluminum Garnet wherein a concentration of Thulium atoms is less than 3 atomic percent. Techniques further include an apparatus with a source for optical electromagnetic radiation and a cryocooler configured to maintain an operating temperature in a range from about 3 Kelvin to about 6 Kelvin. The cryocooler includes a first optical window. The apparatus also includes a doped crystal comprising Thulium doped into a host crystal of Yttrium Lutetium Aluminum Garnet disposed inside the cryocooler in a position to be illuminated by incident optical electromagnetic radiation derived from the source. The apparatus also includes a detector configured to detect optical electromagnetic radiation emitted from the doped crystal. Techniques include a method for using at least one of the above doped crystals. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/487577 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829633 | Balram et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krishna Coimbatore Balram (Stanford, California); David A. B. Miller (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photodetector having a ridge-in-slit geometry is provided, where a semiconductor ridge is laterally sandwiched in a metallic slit. This assembly is disposed on a layer of semiconducting material, which in turn is disposed on an insulating substrate. These structures can provide efficient resonant detectors having the wavelength of peak response set by the ridge width. Thus a lateral feature defines the wavelength of peak responsivity, as opposed to a vertical feature. |
| FILED | Friday, May 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/886998 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/432 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829638 | Shambat et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trutees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Shambat (Menlo Park, California); Bryan Ellis (Sunyvale, California); Jelena Vuckovic (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrical pumping of photonic crystal (PC) nanocavities using a lateral p-i-n junction is described. Ion implantation doping can be used to form the junction, which under forward bias pumps a gallium arsenide photonic crystal nanocavity with indium arsenide quantum dots. Efficient cavity-coupled electroluminescence is demonstrated in a first experimental device. Electrically pumped lasing is demonstrated in a second experimental device. High speed modulation of a single mode LED is demonstrated in a third experimental device. This approach provides several significant advantages. Ease of fabrication is improved because difficult timed etch steps are not required. Any kind of PC design can be employed. Current flow can be lithographically controlled to focus current flow to the active region of the device, thereby improving efficiency, reducing resistance, improving speed, and reducing threshold. Insulating substrates can be employed, which facilitates inclusion of these devices in photonic integrated circuits. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/678393 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/458 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829789 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daihua Zhang (Palo Alto, California); Koungmin Ryu (Los Angeles, California); Xiaolei Liu (Los Angeles, California); Evgueni Polikarpov (Los Angeles, California); James Ly (Los Angeles, California); Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Chongwu Zhou (Rowland Heights, California); Cody Schlenker (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrode for use in an organic optoelectronic device is provided. The electrode includes a thin film of single-wall carbon nanotubes. The film may be deposited on a substrate of the device by using an elastomeric stamp. The film may be enhanced by spin-coating a smoothing layer on the film and/or doping the film to enhance conductivity. Electrodes according to the present invention may have conductivities, transparencies, and other features comparable to other materials typically used as electrodes in optoelectronic devices. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/657354 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/006 (20130101) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0081 (20130101) H01L 51/444 (20130101) H01L 51/5088 (20130101) H01L 51/5206 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08829999 — Low noise amplifiers including group III nitride based high electron mobility transistors
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeremy Fisher (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy Fisher (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A low noise amplifier includes a first Group III-nitride based transistor and a second Group III-nitride based transistor coupled to the first Group III-nitride based transistor. The first Group III-nitride based transistor is configured to provide a first stage of amplification to an input signal, and the second Group III-nitride based transistor is configured to provide a second stage of amplification to the input signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/110584 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/085 (20130101) H01L 27/0605 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/402 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) H01L 29/42316 (20130101) Amplifiers H03F 3/195 (20130101) H03F 2200/54 (20130101) H03F 2200/108 (20130101) H03F 2200/318 (20130101) H03F 2200/411 (20130101) H03F 2200/492 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08830120 | Selesnick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ivan William Selesnick (Maplewood, New Jersey); Unnikrishna Sreedharan Pillai (Harrington Park, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | C and P Technologies, Inc. (Closter, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan William Selesnick (Maplewood, New Jersey); Unnikrishna Sreedharan Pillai (Harrington Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An iterative method for modifying an initial time signal to form a created signal having a prescribed envelope, and frequency notches at prescribed frequency values, wherein the created signal closely resembles the initial time signal, the envelope of the created time signal is the prescribed envelope, and the Fourier magnitude of the created time signal at the prescribed frequency values is nearly zero. The created time signal may be a real-valued signal as well as a complex-valued time signal which closely resembles an arbitrary initial time signal, including initial time signals which are standard transmit signals for radar systems, and which have Fourier transform magnitudes with notches and stop-bands at prescribed frequency values. These notches and stop bands are created by enforcing nulls of prescribed order at the prescribed frequency values within the modified time signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/307468 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 7/288 (20130101) G01S 13/282 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08830137 | Sengupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kaushik Sengupta (Pasadena, California); Seyed Ali Hajimiri (La Canada, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kaushik Sengupta (Pasadena, California); Seyed Ali Hajimiri (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated distributed active radiator (DAR) device includes first and second conductors disposed adjacent to each other. The conductors define curves which close on themselves to within a distance of a gap. The first conductor first end is electrically coupled to the second conductor second end across the gap. The second conductor first end is electrically coupled to the first conductor second end across the gap. At least one active element is configured to produce a self-oscillation current at a frequency f0. The self-oscillation current has a first direction in the first conductor and a second direction in the second conductor. The DAR device is configured to generate a harmonic current which has the same direction in both conductors. The DAR device is configured to efficiently radiate electromagnetic energy at a harmonic frequency and to substantially inhibit the radiation of electromagnetic energy at the frequency f0. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/282193 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/866 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08830240 | Amis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan D. Amis (Plano, Texas); George A. Deprez (Parker, Texas); Terry J. Hammer (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Michael D. Dzado (Marion, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan D. Amis (Plano, Texas); George A. Deprez (Parker, Texas); Terry J. Hammer (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Michael D. Dzado (Marion, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a universal stack analyzer which is configured for collecting data at (ex.—from) all layers of a stack and filtering the collected data to isolate selected data included in the collected data. The selected data is selected via user inputs provided to a user interface of the universal stack analyzer and filtering of the collected data to isolate the selected data from the collected data is performed based upon filters generated in response to the received user inputs. The selected data is then displayed via a graphical viewer of the stack analyzer in a user-friendly graphical format. The universal stack analyzer is waveform-agnostic. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/250341 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08830476 | Berg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew J. Berg (Mississippi State, Mississippi); Gorden Videen (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew J. Berg (Mississippi State, Mississippi); Gorden Videen (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses provide holographic contact-free imaging of aerosol particles in an efficient manner. One apparatus for holographic imaging of an aerosol particle may include: a delivery device configured to deliver the particle into a region; a light source for outputting a first beam of light and a second beam of light, wherein the first beam travels into the region producing a first light wave which is un-scattered by the particle and a second light wave that is scattered by the particle, and the second beam does not travel into the region; a beam splitter for combining the second beam with the scattered light of the first beam into combined interference light; an image sensor for sensing an interference pattern created by the combined interference light; and an image processor configured to generate an image of the aerosol particle based on the sensed interference pattern. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/423825 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/0227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08830571 | Vizgaitis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay N. Vizgaitis (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An all-reflective afocal lens is comprised of eight-reflective mirrors which can fold the light path into a very compact and thin configuration while maintaining diffraction limited performance. Such an afocal arrangement is usable with a traditional optical imager of an appropriate aperture dimension and FOV range, or with an annular aperture optical system with the appropriately scaled aperture and acceptable FOV angles. When combined the resulting FOV is scaled by the magnification produced by the afocal. The afocal arrangement can be used in either a magnification mode or a demagnification mode. Such an afocal arrangement can be used as either a focal length extender or as a FOV switch enabling a very short length two FOV multi-spectral system with a length that can be an order of magnitude shorter than a known optical system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/059494 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/365 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08831386 | Ratna et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Banahalli R. Ratna (Alexandria, Virginia); Amy S. Blum (Montreal, Canada); Carissa M. Soto (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael A. Bruckman (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Jinny Lin Liu (Ellicott, Maryland); Ronald W. Rendell (Washington, District of Columbia); James Peter Long (Accokeek, Maryland); Ronald J. Tonucci (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Banahalli R. Ratna (Alexandria, Virginia); Amy S. Blum (Montreal, Canada); Carissa M. Soto (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael A. Bruckman (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Jinny Lin Liu (Ellicott, Maryland); Ronald W. Rendell (Washington, District of Columbia); James Peter Long (Accokeek, Maryland); Ronald J. Tonucci (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein scaffolds from tobacco mosaic virus coat protein modified to incorporate polyhistidine can bind to a metal or a dye while having improved self-assembly characteristics. The scaffold can take the form of tubes or disks, and can further be formed into dual plasmonic ring resonators. Such self-assembled structures provide useful optical properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/349189 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08831426 | Etemad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shahab Etemad (Warren, New Jersey); Janet Jackel (Holmdel, New Jersey); Sarry Habiby (Middletown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shahab Etemad (Warren, New Jersey); Janet Jackel (Holmdel, New Jersey); Sarry Habiby (Middletown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A high data rate optical signal is inverse multiplexed into a multitude of lower-rate tributaries, each of which is coded by its unique OCDM code, and the combined coded tributaries are injected into a common phase scrambler. Coherent summation of these optically encoded tributaries pass through a shared phase or phase and frequency scrambler before exiting the secure location. The setting of the scrambler acts as the key. The authorized recipient with the correct key retrieves the ones and zeros of the several decoded signals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/611480 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex Communication H04J 13/10 (20130101) H04J 14/02 (20130101) H04J 14/005 (20130101) Secret Communication; Jamming of Communication H04K 1/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08831524 | Milner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stuart D. Milner (Potomac, Maryland); Christopher C. Davis (Bowie, Maryland); Jaime Llorca (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart D. Milner (Potomac, Maryland); Christopher C. Davis (Bowie, Maryland); Jaime Llorca (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are directed to mobility control and performance prediction in directional wireless networks. Network coverage and connectivity are optimized. Convex and non-convex network modeling is implemented to provide adaptive topology control and mobility control within the network, whereby communication links are retained, released, or reconfigured based on their communication role within the network architecture. Optionally or alternatively, network health is monitored, future network failure or degradation conditions are predicted, and the network reconfigures responsive to the predictions to avoid the failure or degradation conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/443725 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 16/22 (20130101) H04W 24/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 24/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08831733 | Wilke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Melanie Wilke (Goettingen, Germany); Igor Kagan (Goettingen, Germany); Richard A. Andersen (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of compensating for a damaged brain node is disclosed. The damaged node is determined by techniques such as fMRI or neural recording. A healthy node that can compensate for the function of the damaged node is determined. A stimulating electrode is placed on at least one functioning node to bypass the activity from the damaged node to compensate for a missing node. The functioning node is then stimulated to compensate for the damaged node. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/943227 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08831901 | Lechtenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kelly Jean Lechtenberg (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Qingqiu Ginger Shao (Oro Valley, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelly Jean Lechtenberg (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Qingqiu Ginger Shao (Oro Valley, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for ranking tests of interest. A set of failure modes of interest and a set of tests of interest are determined. A differentiation factor is then computed for each of the tests of interest, and each of the tests of interest can then be ranked based on their respective differentiation factors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/161262 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08832009 | Rose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Garrett S. Rose (Clinton, New York); Robinson E. Pino (Potomac, Maryland); Qing Wu (Manlius, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garrett S. Rose (Clinton, New York); Robinson E. Pino (Potomac, Maryland); Qing Wu (Manlius, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | CMOS-memristor circuit is constructed to behave as a trainable artificial synapse for neuromorphic hardware systems. The invention relies on the memristance of a memristor at the input side of the device to act as a reconfigurable weight that is adjusted to realize a desired function. The invention relies on charge sharing at the output to enable the summation of signals from multiple synapses at the input node of a neuron circuit, implemented using a CMOS amplifier circuit. The combination of several memristive synapses and a neuron circuit constitute a neuromorphic circuit capable of learning and implementing a multitude of possible functionalities. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506856 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08832244 | 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); Fredric Newberg (San Diego, California); Gregory J. Pottie (Los Angeles, California); Anton I. Sipos (Los Angeles, California); Sandeep Vardhan (Walnut, California); William M. Merrill (Los Angeles, 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); Fredric Newberg (San Diego, California); Gregory J. Pottie (Los Angeles, California); Anton I. Sipos (Los Angeles, California); Sandeep Vardhan (Walnut, California); William M. Merrill (Los Angeles, 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 | Monday, February 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/710218 |
| ART UNIT | 2478 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 19/04 (20130101) G06K 19/0717 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/22 (20130101) H01Q 1/125 (20130101) H01Q 9/0407 (20130101) H01Q 9/0414 (20130101) H01Q 9/0464 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 2012/40273 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 40/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08832375 | Agrawal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dakshi Agrawal (Monsey, New York); Thai V. Le (White Plains, New York); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York); Mudhakar Srivatsa (White Plains, New York); Dinesh Verma (New Castle, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dakshi Agrawal (Monsey, New York); Thai V. Le (White Plains, New York); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York); Mudhakar Srivatsa (White Plains, New York); Dinesh Verma (New Castle, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | One or more embodiments perform byte caching. At least one data packet is received from at least one network node. At least one data object is received from the at least one data packet. An object type associated with the at least one data object is identified. The at least one data object is divided into a plurality of byte sequences based on the object type that is associated with the at least one data object. At least one byte sequence in the plurality of byte sequences is stored into a byte cache. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479689 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0875 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 69/04 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08832774 | Nestler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger H. Nestler (Clay, New York); Daniel T. Dang (Jamesville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Exelis Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger H. Nestler (Clay, New York); Daniel T. Dang (Jamesville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for dynamically managing entity membership in a role, using role configurations that comprise one or more dynamic role filters, which are linked to data sources such as databases or web services. The role filters are dynamic because, each time a role membership is queried, the role configuration and its component role filters must be evaluated with respect to the current information in the linked data sources. The roles may be used in role-based access control systems or entity identification systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/821758 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/604 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/6218 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08832778 | McCune et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan M. McCune (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Adrian M. Perrig (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anupam Datta (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Virgil D. Gligor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ning Qu (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan M. McCune (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Adrian M. Perrig (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anupam Datta (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Virgil D. Gligor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ning Qu (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for establishing a trusted path between a user interface and a trusted executable, wherein the trusted path includes a hypervisor and a driver shim. The method includes measuring an identity of the hypervisor; comparing the measurement of the identity of the hypervisor with a policy for the hypervisor; measuring an identity of the driver shim; comparing the measurement of the identity of the driver shim with a policy for the driver shim; measuring an identity of the user interface; comparing the measurement of the identity of the user interface with a policy for the user interface; and providing a human-perceptible indication of whether the identity of the hypervisor, the identity of the driver shim, and the identity of the user interface correspond with the policy for the hypervisor, the policy for the driver shim, and the policy for the user interface, respectively. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/389212 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/57 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08826940 | Barth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric J. Barth (Nashville, Tennessee); Alexander V. Pedchenko (Nolensville, Tennessee); Karl Brandt (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida); Oliver E. Tan (Anaheim Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric J. Barth (Nashville, Tennessee); Alexander V. Pedchenko (Nolensville, Tennessee); Karl Brandt (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida); Oliver E. Tan (Anaheim Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is an accumulator which stores energy by deforming from its original shape in response to the flow of a pressurized fluid. The stored energy is returned when the fluid flow is reversed and the accumulator returns to its original shape. At least one feature of the accumulator is that it captures elastic strain energy of a stretched bladder, as opposed to relying on gases and metals for energy storage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/262712 |
| ART UNIT | 3754 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F15B 2201/22 (20130101) F15B 2201/3152 (20130101) F15B 2201/3158 (20130101) F15B 2201/4053 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/15 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 303/11 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828335 | Prakash et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Manu Prakash (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manu Prakash (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluid-based no-moving part logic devices are constructed from complex sequences of micro- and nanofluidic channels, on-demand bubble/droplet modulators and generators for programming the devices, and micro- and nanofluidic droplet/bubble memory elements for storage and retrieval of biological or chemical elements. The input sequence of bubbles/droplets encodes information, with the output being another sequence of bubbles/droplets or on-chip chemical synthesis. For performing a set of reactions/tasks or process control, the modulators can be used to program the device by producing a precisely timed sequence of bubbles/droplets, resulting in a cascade of logic operations within the micro- or nanofluidic channel sequence, utilizing the generated droplets/bubbles as a control. The devices are based on the principle of minimum energy interfaces formed between the two fluid phases enclosed inside precise channel geometries. Various devices, including logic gates, non-volatile bistable memory, ring oscillators, bubble synchronizers, analysis chips, and printers have been designed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/778103 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828478 | Bawendi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Klavs F. Jensen (Lexington, Massachusetts); Bashir O. Dabbousi (Dharan, Saudi Arabia); Javier Rodriguez-Viejo (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain); Frederic Victor Mikulec (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocrystal capable of light emission includes a nanoparticle having photoluminescence having quantum yields of greater than 30%. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/890754 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828658 | Voigt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher A. Voigt (Oakland, California); Anselm Levskaya (Oakland, California); Wendell Lim (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher A. Voigt (Oakland, California); Anselm Levskaya (Oakland, California); Wendell Lim (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods, materials and systems of regulating association between proteins of interest using light. In an aspect, the invention takes advantage of the ability of phytochromes to change conformation upon exposure to appropriate light conditions, and to bind in a conformation-dependent manner to cognate proteins called phytochrome-interacting factors. The invention comprises a method of regulating interaction between a first protein of interest and second protein within a cell by light. Such a method optionally comprises providing in the cell (1) a first protein construct which comprises the first protein, a phytochrome domain (PHD), and (2) providing in the cell a second protein construct which comprises the second protein and a phytochrome domain-interacting peptide (PIP) that can bind selectively to the Pfr state, but not to the Pr state, of the phytochrome domain. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/993702 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2529/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828711 | Jaron et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dov Jaron (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kenneth A. Barbee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Allison M. Andrews (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dov Jaron (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kenneth A. Barbee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Allison M. Andrews (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A flow chamber and method for detecting the presence of one more cell produced analytes under flow conditions. The flow chamber includes two compartments separated by a permeable membrane on which a plurality of cells may be positioned. The permeable membrane shields one or more analyte sensors positioned one compartment from the convective transport forces of a fluid flow within the other compartment to allow reliable and accurate detection of cell-produced analytes and determination of the concentration of cell-produced analytes. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/117473 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5302 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828792 | Drndic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marija Drndic (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael D. Fischbein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marija Drndic (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael D. Fischbein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods for assembling nanostructures. The assembling methods include contacting the plurality of nanostructures to a substrate having one or more discontinuities. At least a portion of the plurality of nanostructures assemble adjacent to the discontinuity, the assembled nanostructures including at least one nanostructure having a bridging, molecule. Devices, such as field-effect transistors, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/597069 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanostructures Formed by Manipulation of Individual Atoms, Molecules, or Limited Collections of Atoms or Molecules as Discrete Units; Manufacture or Treatment Thereof B82B 3/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/7613 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0052 (20130101) H01L 51/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0595 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829065 | Lavigne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Lavigne (Columbia, South Carolina); R. William Tilford (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Lavigne (Columbia, South Carolina); R. William Tilford (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous networks are described linked by boronates. Also described are processes for producing the porous networks. The porous networks are formed by reacting a polyboronic acid with itself or with a polydiol, a polydiamine, or a polyamino alcohol. The resulting boronate linkage is covalently bonded. The characteristics and properties of the resulting porous material can be varied and altered by changing the reactants and by incorporating functional groups into the reactants. Of particular advantage, the porous materials can be formed at or near atmospheric pressure and at low temperature in the presence of one or more solvents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562697 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829219 | Hock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam S. Hock (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Richard R. Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for the synthesis of catalysts and precursors thereof. Methods of the invention may comprise combining a catalyst precursor and at least one ligand to generate a catalytically active species, often under mild conditions and in high yields. In some cases, a wide variety of catalysts may be synthesized from a single catalyst precursor. Methods of the invention may also include the preparation of catalysts which, under reaction conditions known in the art, may have been difficult or impossible to prepare and/or isolate due to, for example, steric crowding at the metal center. The present invention also provides catalyst compositions, and precursors thereof, which may be useful in various chemical reactions including olefin metathesis. In some cases, methods of the invention may reduce the number of synthetic and purification steps required to produce catalysts and/or other reaction products, as well as reducing time, cost, and waste production. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/735635 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829324 | Grayson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Grayson (Evanston, Illinois); Chaunle Zhou (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A transverse thermoelectric device includes a superlattice body, electrically conductive first and second contacts, and first and second thermal contacts. The superlattice body extends between opposite first and second ends along a first direction and between opposite first and second sides along a different, second direction. The superlattice body includes alternating first and second layers of crystalline materials oriented at an oblique angle relative to the first direction. The electrically conductive first contact is coupled with the first end of the superlattice and the electrically conductive second contact is coupled with the second end of the superlattice. The first thermal contact is thermally coupled to the first side of the superlattice and the second thermal contact is thermally coupled to the second side of the superlattice. A Seebeck tensor of the superlattice body is ambipolar. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/735373 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/18 (20130101) H01L 35/18 (20130101) H01L 35/26 (20130101) H01L 35/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829426 | Vertes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Akos Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Jessica A. Stolee (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akos Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Jessica A. Stolee (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, a device may generally comprise a capillary having a first end and a second end; a laser to emit energy at a sample in the capillary to ablate the sample and generate an ablation plume in the capillary; an electrospray apparatus to generate an electrospray plume to intercept the ablation plume to produce ions; and a mass spectrometer having an ion transfer inlet to capture the ions. The ablation plume may comprise a collimated ablation plume. The device may comprise a flow cytometer. Methods of making and using the same are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/549988 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829428 | Schultz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Albert Schultz (Houston, Texas); Thomas F. Egan (Houston, Texas); Steven Ulrich (Houston, Texas); Kelley L. Waters (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ionwerks, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Albert Schultz (Houston, Texas); Thomas F. Egan (Houston, Texas); Steven Ulrich (Houston, Texas); Kelley L. Waters (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is an analytical method and apparatus for counting and measuring the flight time of secondary electrons, secondary ions and neutrals, scattered ions and/or neutrals and for correlating coincidences between these while maintaining a continuous un-pulsed, micro-focused, primary particle beam for impinging a surface for purposes of microprobe imaging and microanalysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/956665 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/2258 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0004 (20130101) H01J 49/0095 (20130101) H01J 49/142 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08830235 | Guskov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Igor V. Guskov (Pasadena, California); Peter Schröder (Pasadena, California); Wim Sweldens (New Providence, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billancourt, France); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor V. Guskov (Pasadena, California); Peter Schröder (Pasadena, California); Wim Sweldens (New Providence, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An irregular connectivity mesh representative of a surface having an arbitrary topology is processed using a non-uniform relaxation procedure. The non-uniform relaxation procedure minimizes differences between vectors normal to faces of pairs of triangles having a common edge and located within a designated neighborhood of a given vertex. The relaxation procedure may be used to construct subdivision and pyramid algorithms for performing processing operations such as upsampling, downsampling and filtering on irregular connectivity meshes. The signal processing algorithms may be utilized in applications such as smoothing, enhancement, editing, texture mapping and compression. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/395246 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/420 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08830556 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Smith (La Jolla, California); David Schurig (San Diego, California); Anthony F. Starr (San Diego, California); Jack J. Mock (Cardiff by the Sea, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Smith (La Jolla, California); David Schurig (San Diego, California); Anthony F. Starr (San Diego, California); Jack J. Mock (Cardiff by the Sea, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One exemplary metamaterial is formed from a plurality of individual unit cells, at least a portion of which have a different permeability than others. The plurality of individual unit cells are arranged to provide a metamaterial having a gradient index along at least one axis. Such metamaterials can be used to form lenses, for example. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/229092 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08831524 | Milner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stuart D. Milner (Potomac, Maryland); Christopher C. Davis (Bowie, Maryland); Jaime Llorca (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart D. Milner (Potomac, Maryland); Christopher C. Davis (Bowie, Maryland); Jaime Llorca (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are directed to mobility control and performance prediction in directional wireless networks. Network coverage and connectivity are optimized. Convex and non-convex network modeling is implemented to provide adaptive topology control and mobility control within the network, whereby communication links are retained, released, or reconfigured based on their communication role within the network architecture. Optionally or alternatively, network health is monitored, future network failure or degradation conditions are predicted, and the network reconfigures responsive to the predictions to avoid the failure or degradation conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/443725 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 16/22 (20130101) H04W 24/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 24/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08831997 | Kortemeyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerd Kortemeyer (East Lansing, Michigan); Wolfgang Bauer (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The computer-implemented system to facilitate creation of educational information employs a networked computer system that stores at least one resource in association with a first electronic file, storing metadata information about usage of the resource. A resource assembly tool implemented by a computer is programmed to access the networked computer system to display information to an instructor about at least one resource, including the metadata information. This aids the instructor in selecting resources for inclusion in educational information being created. The resource assembly tool is configured to assemble the educational information to include resources selected for inclusion being created for dissemination to learners via said networked computer system. The networked computer system is further configured to capture information about usage of the resource and to update the stored metadata information to reflect said captured information. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/743840 |
| ART UNIT | 3685 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 20/1235 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 7/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08832558 | Cardarelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marcelo G. Cardarelli (Lutherville, Maryland); Vinay Vaidya (Scottsdale, Arizona); Yan Xiao (Plano, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcelo G. Cardarelli (Lutherville, Maryland); Vinay Vaidya (Scottsdale, Arizona); Yan Xiao (Plano, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for presenting patient data at the patient's bedside include receiving predetermined presentation style data that indicates a subset of fewer than all parameters available from an electronic medical records (EMR) system and a first arrangement on a display device of related parameters in the subset. Without human intervention, the most recent values from the EMR system are received. The most recent values are associated in the EMR system with the particular patient for corresponding parameters of the subset. A first most recent value is presented according to the first arrangement at the particular bedside display device without human intervention. In some embodiments, the most recent values are also received or presented in response to a single stroke from a human user at an input for the particular display device. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/120921 |
| ART UNIT | 2171 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 50/24 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/22 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08832608 | Chakrabarty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krishnendu Chakrabarty (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Brandon Noia (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A three dimensional (3D) stacked integrated circuit (IC) design-for-Testing (DfT) die-level wrapper boundary register having a bypass mode and design-level DfT delay recovery techniques are provided. Die wrappers that contain boundary registers at the interface between dies can be inserted into 3D ICs where the boundary registers include a gated scan flop with a bypass line passing the functional input to a through-silicon-via (TSV) in a manner avoiding the clocked stages of the gated scan flop during functional operation. A retiming process can be applied during design layout using a simulation/routing tool or standalone program to recover the additional delay added to the TSV paths by the DfT insertion. Retiming can be performed at both die and stack level, and in further embodiments, logic redistribution across adjacent dies of the stack can be performed for further delay optimization. |
| FILED | Monday, June 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/919022 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08832614 | Vrudhula et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarma Vrudhula (Chandler, Arizona); Niranjan Kulkarni (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarma Vrudhula (Chandler, Arizona); Niranjan Kulkarni (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of mapping threshold gate cells into a Boolean network is disclosed. In one embodiment, cuts are enumerated within the Boolean network. Next, a subset of the cuts within the Boolean network that are threshold is identified. To minimize power, cuts in the subset of the cuts are selected. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/903424 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/10 (20130101) G06F 17/505 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/5022 (20130101) G06F 17/5068 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08832659 | Ceze et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luis Ceze (Seattle, Washington); Brandon Lucia (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luis Ceze (Seattle, Washington); Brandon Lucia (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for detecting concurrency bugs are provided. In some embodiments, context-aware communication graphs that represent inter-thread communication are collected during test runs, and may be labeled according to whether the test run was correct or failed. Graph edges that are likely to be associated with failed behavior are determined, and probable reconstructions of failed behavior are constructed to assist in debugging. In some embodiments, software instrumentation is used to collect the communication graphs. In some embodiments, hardware configured to collect the communication graphs is provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/312844 |
| ART UNIT | 2198 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/75 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 8/314 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08827717 | Pope et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan T. Pope (Poquoson, Virginia); Chad L. Stephens (Poquoson, Virginia); Nina Marie Blanson (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan T. Pope (Poquoson, Virginia); Chad L. Stephens (Poquoson, Virginia); Nina Marie Blanson (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | New types of controllers allow players to make inputs to a video game or simulation by moving the entire controller itself. This capability is typically accomplished using a wireless input device having accelerometers, gyroscopes, and an infrared LED tracking camera. The present invention exploits these wireless motion-sensing technologies to modulate the player's movement inputs to the videogame based upon physiological signals. Such biofeedback-modulated video games train valuable mental skills beyond eye-hand coordination. These psychophysiological training technologies enhance personal improvement, not just the diversion, of the user. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/166166 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/247 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828852 | Hoenk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael E. Hoenk (Valencia, California); Shoulch Nikzad (Valencia, California); Todd J. Jones (Altadena, California); Frank Greer (Pasadena, California); Alexander G. Carver (North Hollywood, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Hoenk (Valencia, California); Shoulch Nikzad (Valencia, California); Todd J. Jones (Altadena, California); Frank Greer (Pasadena, California); Alexander G. Carver (North Hollywood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for producing high quantum efficiency silicon devices. A silicon MBE has a preparation chamber that provides for cleaning silicon surfaces using an oxygen plasma to remove impurities and a gaseous (dry) NH3+NF3 room temperature oxide removal process that leaves the silicon surface hydrogen terminated. Silicon wafers up to 8 inches in diameter have devices that can be fabricated using the cleaning procedures and MBE processing, including delta doping. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/965790 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/481 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829336 | Raffaelle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryne P. Raffaelle (Honeoye Falls, New York); David M. Wilt (Bay Village, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryne P. Raffaelle (Honeoye Falls, New York); David M. Wilt (Bay Village, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A photovoltaic device includes one or more structures, an array of at least one of quantum dots and quantum dashes, at least one groove, and at least one conductor. Each of the structures comprises an intrinsic layer on one of an n type layer and a p type layer and the other one of the n type layer and the p type layer on the intrinsic layer. The array of at least one of quantum dots and quantum dashes is located in the intrinsic layer in at least one of the structures. The groove extends into at least one of the structures and the conductor is located along at least a portion of the groove. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/744010 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1423 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0352 (20130101) H01L 31/035236 (20130101) H01L 31/035263 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829443 | Ryan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Ryan (Lee, New Hampshire); John R. Macri (Durham, New Hampshire); Mark L. McConnell (Newmarket, New Hampshire); Ulisse Bravar (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Ryan (Lee, New Hampshire); John R. Macri (Durham, New Hampshire); Mark L. McConnell (Newmarket, New Hampshire); Ulisse Bravar (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a radially symmetric imaging detector that measures an incident neutron's or gamma-ray's energy and identifies its source on an event-by-event basis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/313237 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/20 (20130101) G01T 1/2907 (20130101) G01T 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08832520 | Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thuy V. Nguyen (Dallas, Texas); Aria Nosratinia (Plano, Texas); Dariush Divsalar (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thuy V. Nguyen (Dallas, Texas); Aria Nosratinia (Plano, Texas); Dariush Divsalar (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Digital communication coding methods for designing protograph-based bit-interleaved code modulation that is general and applies to any modulation. The general coding framework can support not only multiple rates but also adaptive modulation. The method is a two stage lifting approach. In the first stage, an original protograph is lifted to a slightly larger intermediate protograph. The intermediate protograph is then lifted via a circulant matrix to the expected codeword length to form a protograph-based low-density parity-check code. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/306316 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/10 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 13/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 13/116 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0057 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08827720 | Lazarus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Todd Lazarus (Orlando, Florida); Glenn A. Martin (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CHI Systems, Inc. (Orlando, Florida); University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd Lazarus (Orlando, Florida); Glenn A. Martin (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods and devices for trauma assessment and tourniquet, cricoids cartilage and tension pneumothorax training including use of modular arms, legs and torso parts, that each include self-contained simulators having realistic symptoms of bleeding, pulse rates, smells and the like so that students can be trained to both assess patient trauma and train students to control bleeding through tourniquets. Also the use of digital communication devices for presenting educational content and controlling the operations of the modular system parts for training purposes. Devices and methods of teaching cricothyrotomy techniques through reusable neck collars having segmented fluid filled chambers, adjustable trachea tools with moveable parts, as well as enhanced teaching and recording the teaching results from multiple students. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/422502 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/262 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828715 | Pant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Madison, Alabama); Angela I. Rea-Ramsey (Madison, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian (Madison, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Madison, Alabama); Angela I. Rea-Ramsey (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for characterizing particle adhesion in microfluidic bifurcations and junctions comprises at least one idealized bifurcation or junction. Multiple bifurcations and/or junctions can be combined on a single microfluidic chip to create microfluidic networks configured for assays specifically to characterize particle interactions at junctions or to screen particles for desired interactions with microfluidic bifurcations and/or junctions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/399606 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/086 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08828961 | Loy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Dustin Loy (Ames, Iowa); Lyric Colleen Bartholomay (Ames, Iowa); Delbert Linn Harris (Ames, Iowa); Ed Scura (Potomac, Maryland); Kurt Iver Kamrud (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harrisvaccines (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Dustin Loy (Ames, Iowa); Lyric Colleen Bartholomay (Ames, Iowa); Delbert Linn Harris (Ames, Iowa); Ed Scura (Potomac, Maryland); Kurt Iver Kamrud (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods of protecting aquatic invertebrates from disease is shown. In one embodiment, dsRNA or antisense RNA to a nucleic acid molecule of the disease-causing microorganism is prepared and delivered to the animal. In another embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule of the disease-causing microorganism is delivered to the animal. In another embodiment, the RNA or nucleic acid molecule is delivered to the animal by replicon particle. In a further embodiment, the protective molecule is delivered to the digestive tract of the animal. Protection from disease is obtained. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/277066 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/135 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/1131 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/111 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2710/18022 (20130101) C12N 2710/18034 (20130101) C12N 2720/00022 (20130101) C12N 2720/00034 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2770/10022 (20130101) C12N 2770/32122 (20130101) C12N 2770/32134 (20130101) C12N 2770/36143 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08829428 | Schultz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Albert Schultz (Houston, Texas); Thomas F. Egan (Houston, Texas); Steven Ulrich (Houston, Texas); Kelley L. Waters (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ionwerks, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Albert Schultz (Houston, Texas); Thomas F. Egan (Houston, Texas); Steven Ulrich (Houston, Texas); Kelley L. Waters (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is an analytical method and apparatus for counting and measuring the flight time of secondary electrons, secondary ions and neutrals, scattered ions and/or neutrals and for correlating coincidences between these while maintaining a continuous un-pulsed, micro-focused, primary particle beam for impinging a surface for purposes of microprobe imaging and microanalysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/956665 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/2258 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0004 (20130101) H01J 49/0095 (20130101) H01J 49/142 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08830120 | Selesnick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ivan William Selesnick (Maplewood, New Jersey); Unnikrishna Sreedharan Pillai (Harrington Park, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | C and P Technologies, Inc. (Closter, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan William Selesnick (Maplewood, New Jersey); Unnikrishna Sreedharan Pillai (Harrington Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An iterative method for modifying an initial time signal to form a created signal having a prescribed envelope, and frequency notches at prescribed frequency values, wherein the created signal closely resembles the initial time signal, the envelope of the created time signal is the prescribed envelope, and the Fourier magnitude of the created time signal at the prescribed frequency values is nearly zero. The created time signal may be a real-valued signal as well as a complex-valued time signal which closely resembles an arbitrary initial time signal, including initial time signals which are standard transmit signals for radar systems, and which have Fourier transform magnitudes with notches and stop-bands at prescribed frequency values. These notches and stop bands are created by enforcing nulls of prescribed order at the prescribed frequency values within the modified time signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/307468 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 7/288 (20130101) G01S 13/282 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08828961 | Loy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Dustin Loy (Ames, Iowa); Lyric Colleen Bartholomay (Ames, Iowa); Delbert Linn Harris (Ames, Iowa); Ed Scura (Potomac, Maryland); Kurt Iver Kamrud (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harrisvaccines (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Dustin Loy (Ames, Iowa); Lyric Colleen Bartholomay (Ames, Iowa); Delbert Linn Harris (Ames, Iowa); Ed Scura (Potomac, Maryland); Kurt Iver Kamrud (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods of protecting aquatic invertebrates from disease is shown. In one embodiment, dsRNA or antisense RNA to a nucleic acid molecule of the disease-causing microorganism is prepared and delivered to the animal. In another embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule of the disease-causing microorganism is delivered to the animal. In another embodiment, the RNA or nucleic acid molecule is delivered to the animal by replicon particle. In a further embodiment, the protective molecule is delivered to the digestive tract of the animal. Protection from disease is obtained. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/277066 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/135 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/1131 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/111 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2710/18022 (20130101) C12N 2710/18034 (20130101) C12N 2720/00022 (20130101) C12N 2720/00034 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2770/10022 (20130101) C12N 2770/32122 (20130101) C12N 2770/32134 (20130101) C12N 2770/36143 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08830629 | Hohlfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Cupertino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Cupertino, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julius Kurt Hohlfeld (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Bin Lu (San Ramon, California); Ganping Ju (Pleasanton, California); Amit V. Itagi (Hugo, Minnesota); Timothy Klemmer (Fremont, California); Yingguo Peng (San Ramon, California); Yukiko Kubota (Campbell, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a non-metallic interlayer between a magnetic data storage layer and a heat sink layer, wherein interface thermal resistance between the interlayer and the heat sink layer is capable of reducing heat flow between the heat sink layer and the magnetic data storage layer. The apparatus may be configured as a thin film structure arranged for data storage. The apparatus may also include thermal resistor layer positioned between the interlayer and the heat sink layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/060187 |
| ART UNIT | 2686 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 5/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11B 5/3133 (20130101) G11B 5/7325 (20130101) G11B 11/10584 (20130101) G11B 11/10586 (20130101) G11B 2005/0005 (20130101) G11B 2005/0021 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08832774 | Nestler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger H. Nestler (Clay, New York); Daniel T. Dang (Jamesville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Exelis Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger H. Nestler (Clay, New York); Daniel T. Dang (Jamesville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for dynamically managing entity membership in a role, using role configurations that comprise one or more dynamic role filters, which are linked to data sources such as databases or web services. The role filters are dynamic because, each time a role membership is queried, the role configuration and its component role filters must be evaluated with respect to the current information in the linked data sources. The roles may be used in role-based access control systems or entity identification systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/821758 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/604 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/6218 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08829853 | Hill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Proterra Inc. (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Proterra Inc. (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale Hill (Dillon, Colorado); Michael Walker (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Joshua Goldman (San Diego, California); John Horth (Evergreen, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems and methods for charging a vehicle. A vehicle and charging station can be designed such that an electric or hybrid vehicle can operate in a fashion similar to a conventional vehicle by being opportunity charged throughout a known route. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/678493 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 5/42 (20130101) B60L 11/185 (20130101) B60L 11/1816 (20130101) B60L 11/1825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60L 11/1837 (20130101) B60L 2200/18 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 10/7088 (20130101) Y02T 90/14 (20130101) Y02T 90/121 (20130101) Y02T 90/128 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08829065 | Lavigne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Lavigne (Columbia, South Carolina); R. William Tilford (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Lavigne (Columbia, South Carolina); R. William Tilford (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous networks are described linked by boronates. Also described are processes for producing the porous networks. The porous networks are formed by reacting a polyboronic acid with itself or with a polydiol, a polydiamine, or a polyamino alcohol. The resulting boronate linkage is covalently bonded. The characteristics and properties of the resulting porous material can be varied and altered by changing the reactants and by incorporating functional groups into the reactants. Of particular advantage, the porous materials can be formed at or near atmospheric pressure and at low temperature in the presence of one or more solvents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562697 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08832614 | Vrudhula et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarma Vrudhula (Chandler, Arizona); Niranjan Kulkarni (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarma Vrudhula (Chandler, Arizona); Niranjan Kulkarni (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of mapping threshold gate cells into a Boolean network is disclosed. In one embodiment, cuts are enumerated within the Boolean network. Next, a subset of the cuts within the Boolean network that are threshold is identified. To minimize power, cuts in the subset of the cuts are selected. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/903424 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/10 (20130101) G06F 17/505 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/5022 (20130101) G06F 17/5068 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08829379 | Bonnell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clayton Bonnell (Fairfax, Virginia); Jeffrey L. Freeman (Purcellville, Virginia); Michael Lyons (Port Saint Lucie, Florida); Stephen M. Dearing (Herndon, Virginia); Margaret L. Choiniere (Gainesville, Virginia); Daryl S. Hamilton (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Himesh Patel (Centerville, Virginia); Carla Fern Sherry (Annandale, Virginia); David James Payne (Collierville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clayton Bonnell (Fairfax, Virginia); Jeffrey L. Freeman (Purcellville, Virginia); Michael Lyons (Port Saint Lucie, Florida); Stephen M. Dearing (Herndon, Virginia); Margaret L. Choiniere (Gainesville, Virginia); Daryl S. Hamilton (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Himesh Patel (Centerville, Virginia); Carla Fern Sherry (Annandale, Virginia); David James Payne (Collierville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods using intelligent barcodes for processing mail, packages, or other items in transport are provided. Systems and methods allowing end-to-end visibility of a mail stream by uniquely identifying and tracking mail pieces are also provided. Systems and methods include the use of standardized intelligent barcodes on mail pieces, a seamless process for mail acceptance, continuous mail piece tracking, and feedback on mail quality in real time. In one embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow a mailing service to provide enhanced acceptance, sorting, tracking, address correction, forwarding, and delivery services. In another embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow a mailing service to identify a mail piece as undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) and determine a final disposition for the mail piece. In yet another embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow mailers more visibility into the mail stream and information on the quality of their mailings. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/620314 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Postal Sorting; Sorting Individual Articles, or Bulk Material Fit to be Sorted Piece-meal, e.g by Picking B07C 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B07C 3/18 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 209/90 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08826534 | Cappelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marcus D. Cappelli (Shelton, Connecticut); Wonsub Kim (Orange, Connecticut); Joshua Mancher (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus D. Cappelli (Shelton, Connecticut); Wonsub Kim (Orange, Connecticut); Joshua Mancher (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of repairing a damaged portion of a rotor blade includes filling the damaged portion with a filler material. A pre-cured patch assembly is applied over the damaged portion, the patch assembly including one or more laminate packs positionable at at least one of an upper rotor blade surface and a lower rotor blade surface and one or more overwrap plies positionable over the upper rotor blade surface and the lower blade surface. A repair structure for a damaged portion of a rotor blade includes a volume of fill material disposed at the damaged portion. |
| FILED | Friday, December 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/328361 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/889.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08826794 | Marshall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Marshall (Albany, New York); Adam Blot (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Marshall (Albany, New York); Adam Blot (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A breech mechanism sliding contact assembly that allows for ignition, gun ground, and ammunition data link circuits to be broken while the breechblock is open. The sliding contact assembly further allows these circuits to be reconnected when the breechblock is closed. The breech mechanism sliding contact assembly comprises two separate connectors: a block slide connector that assembles to the breechblock and a ring slide connector that assembles to the breech ring. The two connectors operate in compact, pre-existing headspaces between the breechblock and the breech ring. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790190 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 3/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08827383 | Simula |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glen Raymond Simula (Hancock, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GSE Technologies, LLC (Houghton, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen Raymond Simula (Hancock, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A road wheel for a tracked vehicle is provided with a circular mounting flange having a dished wall extending radially outwards and circumferentially therefrom, a peripheral rim having a first edge and a second edge with the rim connected to an outer edge of the dished wall at an intermediate region of the rim, and a first lip extending from the first edge. Another road wheel for a tracked vehicle is provided with a mounting flange, a peripheral rim, at least one inner dished wall, at least one outer dished wall offset from the inner dished wall along the flange, and at least two connector walls with each connector wall extending between the inner dished wall, outer dished wall, and the peripheral rim. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/964214 |
| ART UNIT | 3612 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Vehicle Tyres Tyre Inflation; Tyre Changing or Repairing; Repairing, or Connecting Valves To, Inflatable Elastic Bodies in General; Devices or Arrangements Related to Tyres B60C 7/102 (20130401) Original (OR) Class Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 55/145 (20130101) B62D 55/0966 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08831008 | Gostev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cubic Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cubic Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anatoli Gostev (San Jose, California); Paul Berenberg (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of transmitting a packet in a low-power, ad-hoc, wireless mesh network may include receiving the packet at a first node. The network may include a plurality of nodes, and the plurality of nodes may include the first node. The method may also include transmitting, at a first time, the packet from the first node to a second node in the plurality of nodes. The method may additionally include receiving, at a second time, an indication from the second node that the second node successfully transmitted the packet to a third node. The method may further include maintaining a stored copy of the packet at the first node between the first time and the second time for retransmission. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/062689 |
| ART UNIT | 2469 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/396 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08832684 | Thober et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Thober (Columbia, Maryland); J. Aaron Pendergrass (Silver Spring, Maryland); C. Durward McDonell, III (Olney, Maryland); Michael D. DiRossi (Ellicott, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Thober (Columbia, Maryland); J. Aaron Pendergrass (Silver Spring, Maryland); C. Durward McDonell, III (Olney, Maryland); Michael D. DiRossi (Ellicott, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for achieving atomicity while inspecting a running computer process using a copy-on-write process in a supervisor to generate a copy of a target's memory page being written to, prior to executing the write, the copy along with any unwritten to memory pages in the target being mapped to a measurement agent (MA) and used to reflect the state of the target at a particular moment in time which state when observed by the MA provides an atomic runtime inspection. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/818317 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/45537 (20130101) G06F 11/3612 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2014/fedinvent-patents-20140909.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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