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Patent Details for Tuesday, October 14, 2014
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| US 08857308 | Kurowsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Kurowsky (Rensselaer, New York); Nicholas Morrell, III (Albany, New York); Alan Ng (Albany, New York); Adam Blot (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Kurowsky (Rensselaer, New York); Nicholas Morrell, III (Albany, New York); Alan Ng (Albany, New York); Adam Blot (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A sliding breechblock for a cannon includes a translatable, removable insert assembly that contains electrical firing pin and data link modules. The removable insert assembly is translatable in a direction normal to the central longitudinal axis of the barrel thereby enabling removal of the insert assembly without removing the breechblock from the breech ring. Mating portions formed on the breechblock and on the insert assembly prevent displacement of the insert assembly with respect to the breechblock in the direction along the central longitudinal axis of the barrel. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/772727 |
| 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 08857338 | Sawka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne N. Sawka (Reno, Nevada); Charles Grix (Citrus Heights, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Digital Solid State Propulsion LLC (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne N. Sawka (Reno, Nevada); Charles Grix (Citrus Heights, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus for providing electrically initiated and/or controlled combustion of electrically ignitable propellants is provided. In one example, the apparatus includes a volume of electrically ignitable propellant (liquid and/or gas) capable of self sustaining combustion, and electrodes operable to ignite the propellant. The apparatus may further include a power supply and controller in electrical communication with the electrodes for supplying a potential across the electrodes to initiate combustion of the propellant and/or control the rate of combustion of the propellant. Various configurations and geometries of the propellant, electrodes, and apparatus are possible. In one example, the electrodes are supplied a direct current, which causes combustion of the propellant at the positive electrode. In another example, the electrodes are supplied an alternating current, which initiates combustion of the propellant at both electrodes. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/989639 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 9/95 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 19/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08857341 | Andrews et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William J. Andrews (Tampa, Florida); Carl J. Campagnuolo (Sarasota, Florida); Vincent Gonsalves (Nazareth, Pennsylvania); Nikola Kotevski (Bloomingdale, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Andrews (Tampa, Florida); Carl J. Campagnuolo (Sarasota, Florida); Vincent Gonsalves (Nazareth, Pennsylvania); Nikola Kotevski (Bloomingdale, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A more IM compliant grenade fuze assembly includes a fuze body, an energetics train disposed in the fuze body, and a striker lever rotatably attached to the fuze body. A spring-loaded rotor assembly is rotatably fixed to the fuze body. The rotor assembly includes a primer. A firing pin is disposed in one of the rotor assembly and the fuze body. Placing the primer in the rotor assembly decreases the area of the fuze assembly that is vulnerable to initiation by impact from a bullet, fragment, or shape charge. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/014723 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 14/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08857342 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis Eugene Wilson (Austin, Texas); Kurt A. Schroder (Coupland, Texas); Darrin Lee Willauer (The Woodlands, Texas); Stephan Bless (Austin, Texas); Rodney Thompson Russell (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NCC Nano, LLC (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis Eugene Wilson (Austin, Texas); Kurt A. Schroder (Coupland, Texas); Darrin Lee Willauer (The Woodlands, Texas); Stephan Bless (Austin, Texas); Rodney Thompson Russell (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The current invention relates to the fields of ballistic and kinetic energy (KE) weapons. Specifically a novel apparatus and use of nanomaterials has been developed to make significant improvements over existing weapons. By incorporating nano-scale particles as a filler material for kinetic energy weapons several advancements are realized. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/813611 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/06 (20130101) F42B 12/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08857463 | Carruth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James B. Carruth (Panama City Beach, Florida); James I. Fulton (Panama City Beach, Florida); Christopher B. Bottomy (Panama City, Florida); Thomas M. Hosea (Lynn Haven, Florida); Marshal J. Black (Lynn Haven, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James B. Carruth (Panama City Beach, Florida); James I. Fulton (Panama City Beach, Florida); Christopher B. Bottomy (Panama City, Florida); Thomas M. Hosea (Lynn Haven, Florida); Marshal J. Black (Lynn Haven, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor system is provided for pressure vessels. In one embodiment, a compressor directs compressed air into a purification chamber for removing carbon monoxide from the air. A sensor system housing is fastened to an opening on the purification chamber. The sensor housing provides an electrochemical sensor driven by an independent power supply and an electronic processor for receiving a signal from the electrochemical sensor. If the carbon monoxide in the purification chamber reaches a predetermined level, the electronic processor is programmed to initiate a shutdown of the compressor utilizing a relay cable. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/440723 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/514.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08857501 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Yang (Morristown, New Jersey); Leonard Hilton (Morristown, New Jersey); Yuandong Gu (Morristown, New Jersey); Jong Park (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Yang (Morristown, New Jersey); Leonard Hilton (Morristown, New Jersey); Yuandong Gu (Morristown, New Jersey); Jong Park (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Entrainment heat sink devices and methods of forming entrainment heat sink devices are described herein. One or more method embodiments include forming an opening through a first material, forming a dimple having a trapezoidal-cross section in the first material such that the opening is located on a side wall of the trapezoidal cross-section, and attaching the first material to a second material, wherein the first material or the second material has a trench formed therein and the first material is attached to the second material such that the trench is in fluidic communication with the dimple. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/954406 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 3/12 (20130101) F28F 3/044 (20130101) F28F 13/02 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20563 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08857681 | Burnett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory M. Burnett (Dayton, Ohio); Michael R. Sedillo (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A load carriage connector and system for rapid mounting and demounting of a user-carried load. The connector utilizes two mating halves comprising a male connector half and a female connector half. The connector is configured to allow mating under various angles of approach, allowing the user to reliably couple the system even under conditions in which the user is unable to view the orientation of the connectors. Additionally, the configuration of the connector system allows the user to quickly and efficiently decouple the connector halves, even while under tensile or shear load. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790247 |
| ART UNIT | 3782 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Outerwear; Protective Garments; Accessories A41D 2400/48 (20130101) Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, or the Like A44B 11/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Travelling or Camp Equipment: Sacks or Packs Carried on the Body A45F 3/06 (20130101) A45F 3/14 (20130101) A45F 2003/025 (20130101) A45F 2005/026 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08857733 | Galbraith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen L. Galbraith (Butte, Montana); Lawrence C. Farrar (Butte, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Resodyn Corporation (Butte, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen L. Galbraith (Butte, Montana); Lawrence C. Farrar (Butte, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for forming a fusible coating or structure comprising a combustor that is operative to combust a fuel and contain the resulting flame to produce combustion products; means for cooling the combustion products to produce a hot carrier gas stream; and means for introducing fusible material into the hot carrier gas stream. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/657211 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858070 | Zaldivar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafael J. Zaldivar (Huntington Beach, California); James P. Nokes (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael J. Zaldivar (Huntington Beach, California); James P. Nokes (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for measuring a glass transition temperature of a hydrophobic polymer having a surface tagged with an atmospheric plasma. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/153168 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 25/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2013/0208 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858165 | Peck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Peck (Plainfield, Indiana); Burke Snyder (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Peck (Plainfield, Indiana); Burke Snyder (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable vane assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. The variable vane assembly includes a vane operable to pivot about a pivot axis. The vane includes a flap portion positionable in a fluid stream for controlling a flow of fluid. The vane also includes a stem portion for mounting the flap portion. The vane also includes a button portion positioned between the flap portion and the stem portion along the pivot axis. The button portion is wider than the stem portion in at least one plane containing the pivot axis. The variable vane assembly also includes a bushing encircling the stem portion and abutting the button portion. The variable vane assembly also includes a labyrinth seal positioned between the bushing and the button portion. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894780 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 29/083 (20130101) F04D 29/563 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858183 | Simkulak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Joseph Simkulak (Meriden, Connecticut); Kevin P. Leahy (Naugatuck, Connecticut); Frank Caputo (Cheshire, Connecticut); Daniel Ciesielski (Mukilteo, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Joseph Simkulak (Meriden, Connecticut); Kevin P. Leahy (Naugatuck, Connecticut); Frank Caputo (Cheshire, Connecticut); Daniel Ciesielski (Mukilteo, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor blade for a rotary-wing aircraft includes a core member having a first end that extends to a second end, and a spar member positioned about the core member. The spar member includes a first end section that extends to a second end section. A tip core assembly is mounted at the second end section of the spar member. The tip core assembly is formed from a honeycombed material. The rotor blade also includes a rotor blade skin mounted about the spar member and the tip core assembly. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/959959 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/463 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 27/473 (20130101) B64C 2027/4736 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858184 | Nissen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey P. Nissen (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey P. Nissen (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application includes a rotor blade having an erosion protective coating, the coating being a cermet material configured to protect against erosion during the operation of the rotor blade. Further, the present application includes a method of selectively applying the erosion protective coating, a method of selectively repairing/reapplying the erosion protective coating, and a process of developing an erosion surface model map of an optimized erosion protective coating pattern and thickness. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/238873 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 11/205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 2045/0085 (20130101) 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 4/04 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/288 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/90 (20130101) F05D 2240/303 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858222 | Adams |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven F. Adams (New Carlisle, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven F. Adams (New Carlisle, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A new approach for igniting an air-fuel mixture in a turbine or other engine is disclosed. Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) is used to generate volume ionization within an air-fuel flow and induce an ignition arc. The output of a relatively low energy single pulsed ultraviolet laser is aimed across an electric field inside a volume of air to create a pre-ionized channel so that a smaller voltage electric field is sufficient to create an electrical arc that follows the pre-ionized channel and will ignite an air-fuel mixture. Because the arc follows the pre-ionized channel, it can be directed to an optimal location inside an ignition volume for igniting the air-fuel mixture. A specific example embodiment is described using a 287.5 nm wavelength pulsed ultraviolet laser to excite ground state oxygen molecules to a specific excited state having a coincident term energy with a specific nitrogen molecule excited state. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/780324 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Combustion 431/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858639 | Tigno, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teodoro Aclan Tigno, Jr. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teodoro Aclan Tigno, Jr. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments relate to systems and methods for a cranial implant assembly adapted for insertion during a craniectomy procedure. In aspects, the inventive cranial implant assembly can contain a peripheral attachment member for attachment to the edge of a skull opening, as well as an articulated spanning member that over-arches and holds a cover in place over the opening. The articulated spanning member contains a central implant fastened or connected to a swollen dura in the skull opening. As swelling of the dura subsides, tension is exerted on guidewires in both the spanning member and cover to draw those constructs into a rigid state. The tips of the spanning member can gradually approach the peripheral attachment member, and register into place using a locking mechanism, such as a pair of opposing magnets. As a result, only one surgical operation or procedure Is required to both perform a craniectomy and implant a supporting assembly for eventual skull regeneration. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/812274 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — 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 2/2875 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/30942 (20130101) A61F 2002/305 (20130101) A61F 2002/30079 (20130101) A61F 2002/30179 (20130101) A61F 2002/30462 (20130101) A61F 2002/30909 (20130101) A61F 2310/0097 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858708 | Callahan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Callahan (Hanson, Massachusetts); Buguo Wang (Burlington, Massachusetts); John S. Bailey (Temple, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America As represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Callahan (Hanson, Massachusetts); Buguo Wang (Burlington, Massachusetts); John S. Bailey (Temple, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a process for producing high-purity dense polycrystalline III-nitride slabs. A vessel which contains a group III-metal such as gallium or an alloy of group III-metals of shallow depth is placed in a reactor. The group III-metal or alloy is heated until a molten state is reached after which a halide-containing source mixed with a carrier gas and a nitrogen-containing source is flowed through the reactor vessel. An initial porous crust of III-nitride forms on the surface of the molten III-metal or alloy which reacts with the nitrogen-containing source and the halide-containing source. The flow rate of the nitrogen-containing source is then increased and flowed into contact with the molten metal to produce a dense polycrystalline III-nitride. The products produced from the inventive process can be used as source material for III-nitride single crystal growth which material is not available naturally. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/817548 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858789 | Pappafotis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason M. Pappafotis (Panama City, Florida); Daniel J. Flisek (Panama City, Florida); David M. Robinson (Panama City, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represeted by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason M. Pappafotis (Panama City, Florida); Daniel J. Flisek (Panama City, Florida); David M. Robinson (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for cleaning up an oil spill and recovering the spilled oil includes frames supporting superhydrophobic oil-absorbing nanowires. A first container supports the frames with the nanowires. A mixture of oil and water is pumped into the first container where the oil from the mixture is absorbed by the nanowires as water is separated from the mixture and deposited in the first container where it is then pumped therefrom. A second container supports the frames with the oil so-absorbed by the nanowires. The frames with the oil so-absorbed by the nanowires are heated whereby the oil so-absorbed separates from the nanowires and is deposited in the second container. The oil so-deposited in the second container is then pumped therefrom. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/065357 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/3204 (20130101) B01J 20/3242 (20130101) B01J 20/3483 (20130101) B01J 20/28007 (20130101) B01J 20/28038 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/288 (20130101) C02F 2101/32 (20130101) C02F 2103/007 (20130101) Hydraulic Engineering E02B 15/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E02B 15/045 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 210/923 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858832 | Newkome et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to quantum dot nanoparticles and methods of preparation. Using regioselective dendritic functionalized cellulose, quantum dots may be embedded in the modified cellulosic material. The quantum dot nanoparticles provide use for biotechnology or biomedicinal applications. Photooptical properties and morphology for use in as well as its biocompatibility were investigated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/301245 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/588 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/127 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/774 (20130101) |
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| US 08858938 | Dimitrov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The Henry M. Jackson Foundation of the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Rockville, Maryland); Zhongyu Zhu (Frederick, Maryland); Christopher C. Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies that bind or neutralize Hendra or Nipah virus. The invention provides such antibodies, fragments of such antibodies retaining Hendra or Nipah virus-binding ability, fully human antibodies retaining Hendra or Nipah virus-binding ability, and pharmaceutical compositions including such antibodies. The invention further provides for isolated nucleic acids encoding the antibodies of the invention and host cells transformed therewith. Additionally, the invention provides for prophylactic, therapeutic, and diagnostic methods employing the antibodies and nucleic acids of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/026142 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/1027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2316/96 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08859105 | Day et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donna C. Day (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Melvin C. Sykes (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Charles A. Weiss, Jr. (Clinton, Mississippi); Philip G. Malone (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Earl H. Baugher, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of The Army (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donna C. Day (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Melvin C. Sykes (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Charles A. Weiss, Jr. (Clinton, Mississippi); Philip G. Malone (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Earl H. Baugher, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A coating for a reinforcing material, such as metal rebar, that increases the adhesion between the reinforcing material and a matrix, such as a cement-based mortar or concrete, in which the reinforcing material is embedded. The coating may comprise a glass frit mixed with a refractory material, such as dry Type I-II portland cement. The coating is bonded, typically by heat, to the surface of the reinforcing material. The reaction of the refractory component, e.g., portland cement, when the reinforcement, e.g., metal re-bar, is embedded in a matrix, e.g., fresh mortar or concrete, prevents the formation of soft precipitates at the interface of the matrix and its reinforcement. One coating comprises portland cement Type I-II combined with a commercial alkali-resistant glass frit. This coating is applied to a steel rebar and fired to bond to the rebar. The frit-refractory coating produces a strong bond between the metal rebar and concrete and may eliminate or significantly reduce the potential for corrosion of the rebar. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/178067 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 8/14 (20130101) C03C 14/00 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 14/38 (20130101) C04B 14/48 (20130101) C04B 20/0068 (20130101) C04B 35/18 (20130101) C04B 35/76 (20130101) 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 26/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Structural Elements; Building Materials E04C 5/015 (20130101) E04C 5/017 (20130101) |
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| US 08859151 | Minteer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shelley D. Minteer (Pacific, Missouri); Sabina Topcagic (St. Louis, Missouri); Becky Treu (St. Peters, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shelley D. Minteer (Pacific, Missouri); Sabina Topcagic (St. Louis, Missouri); Becky Treu (St. Peters, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an improved biofuel cell having a cathode comprising a dual function membrane, which contains an oxygen oxidoreductase enzyme immobilized within a buffered compartment of the membrane and an electron transport mediator which transfers electrons from an electron conducting electrode to the redox reaction catalyzed by the oxygen oxidoreductase enzyme. The improved biofuel cell also has an anode that contains an oxidoreductase enzyme that uses an organic fuel, such as alcohol, as a substrate. An electric current can flow between the anode and the cathode. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 31, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/931147 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/8605 (20130101) H01M 8/16 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/527 (20130101) |
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| US 08859153 | Cady et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edwin C. Cady (Tustin, California); Daniel A. Watts (Surfside, California); Gary D. Grayson (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin C. Cady (Tustin, California); Daniel A. Watts (Surfside, California); Gary D. Grayson (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies are described herein for conditioning fluids stored in an underwater cryogenic storage vessel designed for use in a fuel system of an underwater vehicle. According to one aspect of the disclosure, a fuel system includes a fuel cell and a storage vessel, which stores a first fluid that is supplied to the fuel cell and a second fluid that is produced by the fuel cell. The fuel system also includes a thermal conditioning module that receives the first fluid from the storage vessel and receives the second fluid from the fuel cell. The first fluid stored in the storage vessel is conditioned by absorbing heat from the second fluid, such that the fuel cell receives the conditioned first fluid. The second fluid received from the fuel cell is in gaseous state and is converted to a liquid. The liquid second fluid is stored in the storage vessel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/552136 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/408 |
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| US 08859278 | Trakht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ilya Trakht (Bronx, New York); Gavreel Kalantarov (Fort Lee, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilya Trakht (Bronx, New York); Gavreel Kalantarov (Fort Lee, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain aspects of the present invention are directed to new fully human fusion partner cell lines called human Karyochi cells, and to methods for making them. Human Karyochi cells are then fused with human antibody-secreting lymphoid cells to make fully human hybridomas called Karyochi-based hybridomas, which likewise secrete fully human monoclonal antibodies. Human Karyochi cells are made by isolating a donor nucleus that is substantially free of cytoplasm from either a first malignant B-lymphocyte cell line or a normal B-lymphocyte, and transferring the donor nucleus into the cytoplasm of a recipient cell from a second T- or B-lymphoid cell line. With time the nuclei synchronize and fuse to form the chimeric Karyochi fusion partner cell line. Nuclear transfer can be accomplished using intra-cytosolic nucleus injection or by impact-induced nucleus administration. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/510490 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/00 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/163 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859284 | Delehanty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James B. Delehanty (Washington, District of Columbia); Igor L. Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); Hedi M. Mattoussi (Tallahassee, Florida); Jeffrey R. Deschamps (Laurel, Maryland); Glyn Dawson (Chicago, Illinois); Philip E. Dawson (San Diego, California); Juan Bautista Blanco-Canosa (A Coruna, Spain); Kelly Boeneman (Arlington, Virginia); Kimihiro Susumu (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael H. Stewart (Springfield, Virginia); Ryan Walters (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James B. Delehanty (Washington, District of Columbia); Igor L. Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); Hedi M. Mattoussi (Tallahassee, Florida); Jeffrey R. Deschamps (Laurel, Maryland); Glyn Dawson (Chicago, Illinois); Philip E. Dawson (San Diego, California); Juan Bautista Blanco-Canosa (A Coruna, Spain); Kelly Boeneman (Arlington, Virginia); Kimihiro Susumu (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael H. Stewart (Springfield, Virginia); Ryan Walters (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A peptide attached to a nanoparticles (such as quantum dots) selectively directs the nanoparticles to neurons in a tissue or organism. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679335 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/4823 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48238 (20130101) A61K 47/48861 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) A61K 49/0067 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5058 (20130101) |
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| US 08859366 | Das et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mrinal K. Das (Durham, North Carolina); Michael Laughner (Clayton, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mrinal K. Das (Durham, North Carolina); Michael Laughner (Clayton, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming silicon carbide power devices are provided. An n− silicon carbide layer is provided on a silicon carbide substrate. A p-type silicon carbide well region is provided on the n− silicon carbide layer. A buried region of p+ silicon carbide is provided on the p-type silicon carbide well region. An n+ region of silicon carbide is provided on the buried region of p+ silicon carbide. A channel region of the power device is adjacent the buried region of p+ silicon carbide and the n+ region of silicon carbide. An n− region is provided on the channel region and a portion of the n− region is removed from the channel region so that a portion of the n− region remains on the channel region to provide a reduction in a surface roughness of the channel region. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/470600 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/0873 (20130101) H01L 29/0886 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/7802 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66068 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 438/931 (20130101) |
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| US 08859423 | Thomas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jayan Thomas (Orlando, Florida); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Robert A. Norwood (Tucson, Arizona); Palash Gangopadhyay (Tucson, Arizona); Akram A. Khosroabadi (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jayan Thomas (Orlando, Florida); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Robert A. Norwood (Tucson, Arizona); Palash Gangopadhyay (Tucson, Arizona); Akram A. Khosroabadi (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of methods for fabricating polymer nanostructures and nanostructured electrodes are disclosed. Material layers are deposited onto polymer nanostructures to form nanostructured electrodes and devices including the nanostructured electrodes, such as photovoltaic cells, light-emitting diodes, and field-effect transistors. Embodiments of the disclosed methods are suitable for commercial-scale production of large-area nanostructured polymer scaffolds and large-area nanostructured electrodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/816480 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 13/0036 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0392 (20130101) H01L 31/02366 (20130101) H01L 31/022466 (20130101) H01L 33/08 (20130101) H01L 33/18 (20130101) H01L 33/24 (20130101) H01L 33/28 (20130101) H01L 33/38 (20130101) H01L 33/0087 (20130101) H01L 51/0021 (20130101) H01L 2933/0016 (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 977/89 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
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| US 08859436 | Im et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James S. Im (New York, New York); Robert S. Sposili (New York, New York); Mark A. Crowder (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James S. Im (New York, New York); Robert S. Sposili (New York, New York); Mark A. Crowder (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for processing an amorphous silicon thin film sample into a polycrystalline silicon thin film are disclosed. In one preferred arrangement, a method includes the steps of generating a sequence of excimer laser pulses, controllably modulating each excimer laser pulse in the sequence to a predetermined fluence, masking portions of each fluence controlled laser pulse in the sequence with a two dimensional pattern of slits to generate a sequence of fluence controlled pulses of line patterned beamlets, irradiating an amorphous silicon thin film sample with the sequence of fluence controlled slit patterned beamlets to effect melting of portions thereof, and controllably sequentially translating a relative position of the sample with respect to each of the fluence controlled pulse of slit patterned beamlets to thereby process the amorphous silicon thin film sample into a single or polycrystalline silicon thin film. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/402208 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 26/0626 (20130101) B23K 26/0656 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/70041 (20130101) G03F 7/70725 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0268 (20130101) H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 21/02686 (20130101) H01L 21/02691 (20130101) H01L 27/1285 (20130101) H01L 27/1296 (20130101) H01L 29/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08859456 | Belcher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angela M. Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts); Beau R. Peelle (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ki Tae Nam (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela M. Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts); Beau R. Peelle (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ki Tae Nam (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One-dimensional ring structures from M13 viruses were constructed by two genetic modifications encoding binding peptides and synthesis of a heterobifunctional linker molecule. The bifunctional viruses displayed an anti-streptavidin peptide and hexahistidine (SEQ ID NO:4) peptide at opposite ends of the virus as pIII and pIX fusions. Stoichiometric addition of the streptavidin-NiNTA linker molecule led to the reversible formation of virus-based nanorings with circumferences corresponding to lengths of the packagable DNAs. These virus-based ring structures can be further engineered to nucleate inorganic materials and form metallic, magnetic, or semiconductor nanorings using trifunctionalized viruses. |
| FILED | Friday, December 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/341010 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/1037 (20130101) C12N 2795/14011 (20130101) C12N 2795/14051 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0508 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/81 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/775 (20130101) |
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| US 08859499 | Acharya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seetharama A. Acharya (Cresskill, New Jersey); Marcos Intaglietta (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seetharama A. Acharya (Cresskill, New Jersey); Marcos Intaglietta (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of improving the efficacy of a blood transfusion into a subject is provided comprising administering a composition comprising an EAF PEGylated-blood protein into the subject, prior to, during, or subsequent to the blood transfusion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/794978 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) A61K 35/14 (20130101) A61K 35/18 (20130101) A61K 38/42 (20130101) A61K 38/385 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/765 (20130101) C07K 14/805 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08859503 | Monroe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John G Monroe (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Elad Katz (Manchester, United Kingdom); Ramachandran Murali (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G Monroe (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Elad Katz (Manchester, United Kingdom); Ramachandran Murali (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, and inhibiting metastasis formation of carcinomas, sarcomas, Epstein-Barr virus-induced malignancies, B cell proliferative disorders, and mast cell activation disorders, comprising administering to a subject a compound that inhibits an interaction of a first protein and an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) of a second protein, and screening methods for identifying ITAM-inhibitory compounds and peptides. This invention also provides peptides that inhibit signaling by ITAMs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/332183 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859712 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teddy M. Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia); Andrew Saab (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teddy M. Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia); Andrew Saab (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of: providing a solution of a dichloroaromatic compound having an electron-withdrawing group bound to each aromatic ring containing one of the chloride groups; a dihydroxyaromatic compound; an organic transition metal complex or a transition metal salt; a base; and a solvent; and heating the solution to a temperature at which the dichloroaromatic compound and the dihydroxyaromatic compound react to form a dimetallic salt of an aromatic ether oligomer. The molar ratio of the dihydroxyaromatic compound to the dichloroaromatic compound is greater than 2:1. Water formed during the heating is concurrently distilled from the solution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/287316 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859714 | Marks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are new organic semiconductor materials prepared from polymers based on N-alkyl-2,2′-bithiophene-3,3′-dicarboximide (BTI) repeating units. Such polymers can exhibit desirable electronic properties and can possess processing advantages including solution-processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/827146 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/321 |
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| US 08859727 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacki Lin (Boston, Massachusetts); Ralph Arlinghaus (Bellaire, Texas); Tong Sun (Pearland, Texas); Lin Ji (Sugar Land, Texas); Bulent Ozpolat (Houston, Texas); Gabriel Lopez-Berestein (Bellaire, Texas); Jack A. Roth (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoparticle-polypeptide complex comprising a bioactive polypeptide in association with a nanoparticle, wherein the bioactive polypeptide is modified by the addition of a chemical moiety that facilitates cellular uptake of the protein. The polypeptide can be a protein or a peptide. In some embodiments, the amino acid sequence of the protein or peptide is derived from the amino acid sequence of a tumor suppressor gene product. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/720621 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1272 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/17 (20130101) A61K 38/162 (20130101) A61K 47/48815 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) A61K 47/48892 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4703 (20130101) |
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| US 08859950 | Pascoguin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bienvenido Melvin L. Pascoguin (La Mesa, California); Ryan P. Lu (San Diego, California); Ayax D. Ramirez (Chula Vista, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bienvenido Melvin L. Pascoguin (La Mesa, California); Ryan P. Lu (San Diego, California); Ayax D. Ramirez (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods enable the capture and manipulation of minute particles. One method includes locating a particle on a specimen stage; generating a finite-length open-ended hollow tube laser output around the particle; generating opposing end-cap laser outputs at either end of the hollow tube laser output to enclose the particle; and moving at least one of the specimen stage, hollow tube laser output and end cap laser outputs to re-position the particle. Another method includes locating a particle on a specimen stage; generating a first finite-length open-ended hollow tube laser output around the particle; generating a second finite-length open-ended hollow tube laser output around the particle, whereby the particle becomes enclosed at the intersection of the first and second hollow tube laser outputs; and pivoting at least one of the first and second hollow tube laser outputs such that the particle is re-positioned. |
| FILED | Monday, June 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/532372 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/0005 (20130101) G03H 2001/0077 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08860040 | Loboda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dow Corning Corporation (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Corning Corporation (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Loboda (Bay City, Michigan); Gilyong Chung (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | 4H SiC epiwafers with thickness of 50-100 μm are grown on 4° off-axis substrates. Surface morphological defect density in the range of 2-6 cm−2 is obtained from inspection of the epiwafers. Consistent carrier lifetime in the range of 2-3 μs has been obtained on these epiwafers. Very low BPD density has been confirmed in the epiwafers with BPD density down to below 10 cm−2. Epitaxial wafers with thickness of 50-100 μm have been used to fabricate diodes. High voltage testing has demonstrated blocking voltages near the theoretical values for 4H-SiC. Blocking voltage as high as 8 kV has been achieved in devices fabricated on 50 μm thick epitaxial films, and blocking voltage as high as 10 kV has been obtained in devices fabricated on 80 μm thick films. Failure analysis confirmed triangle defects, which form from surface damage or particles present during epitaxy, are killer defects and cause the device to fail in reverse bias operation. In addition, the leakage current at the high blocking voltages of the JBS diodes showed no correlation with the screw dislocation density. It is also observed that the main source of basal plane dislocations in the epilayer originates in the crystal growth process. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/959855 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02378 (20130101) H01L 21/02433 (20130101) H01L 21/02447 (20130101) H01L 21/02529 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08860092 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Chingwei Li (Simi Valley, California); Donald A. Hitko (Grover Beach, California); Yakov Royter (Santa Monica, California); Pamela R. Patterson (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Chingwei Li (Simi Valley, California); Donald A. Hitko (Grover Beach, California); Yakov Royter (Santa Monica, California); Pamela R. Patterson (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A heterojunction bipolar transistor having an emitter, a base, and a collector, the heterojunction bipolar transistor including a metallic sub-collector electrically and thermally coupled to the collector wherein the metallic sub-collector comprises a metallic thin film, and a collector contact electrically connected to the metallic sub-collector. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/234911 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/7371 (20130101) H01L 29/66242 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08860159 | Meitzler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas J. Meitzler (Troy, Michigan); Elena N. Bankowski (Royal Oak, Michigan); Michael Nranian (South Lyon, Michigan); Ilya N. Krivorotov (Irvine, California); Andrei N. Slavin (Rochester Hills, Michigan); Vasyl S. Tyberkevych (Rochester Hills, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Meitzler (Troy, Michigan); Elena N. Bankowski (Royal Oak, Michigan); Michael Nranian (South Lyon, Michigan); Ilya N. Krivorotov (Irvine, California); Andrei N. Slavin (Rochester Hills, Michigan); Vasyl S. Tyberkevych (Rochester Hills, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A spintronic electronic apparatus having a multilayer structure. The apparatus includes a substrate, having disposed in succession upon the substrate; a bottom interface layer; a pinned layer; a tunneling barrier; a free layer; and a top interface layer, wherein the apparatus operates as a non-resonant magnetic tunnel junction in a large amplitude, out-of-plane magnetization precession regime having weakly current dependent, large diode volt-watt sensitivity when external microwave signals that exceed a predetermined threshold current and have a frequency that is lower than a predetermined level excite the magnetization precession. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/278020 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/09 (20130101) G01R 33/098 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 10/329 (20130101) H01F 10/3254 (20130101) H01F 10/3268 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 43/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/933 (20130101) Y10S 977/934 (20130101) Y10S 977/935 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08860197 | Clark et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence T. Clark (Phoenix, Arizona); David R. Allee (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) | Lawrence T. Clark (Phoenix, Arizona); David R. Allee (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated circuit device that is secure from invasion and related methods are disclosed herein. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/139955 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/79 (20130101) G06F 21/87 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/56 (20130101) H01L 23/13 (20130101) H01L 23/57 (20130101) H01L 23/3121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/49833 (20130101) H01L 24/17 (20130101) H01L 24/48 (20130101) H01L 29/0657 (20130101) H01L 2224/16 (20130101) H01L 2224/13099 (20130101) H01L 2224/48091 (20130101) H01L 2224/48091 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/014 (20130101) H01L 2924/14 (20130101) H01L 2924/0103 (20130101) H01L 2924/01005 (20130101) H01L 2924/01006 (20130101) H01L 2924/01029 (20130101) H01L 2924/01033 (20130101) H01L 2924/01049 (20130101) H01L 2924/01087 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08860429 | Froman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary S. Froman (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary S. Froman (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A test system for testing a sensor system includes a high-impedance resistor for forming a voltage divider with any corrosion or foreign substance that might be present between a signal conductor and a ground conductor. While a voltage is applied across the voltage divider, the voltage can be measured across the high-impedance resistor for determining whether an undesirable amount of conductance exists between the signal wire and ground. The test system also includes switching means for switching between any number of signal wires of a system undergoing testing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/266605 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/008 (20130101) G01R 31/025 (20130101) G01R 31/2829 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08860490 | Friddell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas H. Friddell (Kent, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor devices, systems, and methods are disclosed to facilitate power management. A method includes operating a first voltage range island of a semiconductor device within a first voltage range. The first voltage range includes a first midpoint. The first voltage range is provided in part by a voltage source that includes a tracking voltage regulator. The method also includes operating a second voltage range island of the semiconductor device within a second voltage range. The second voltage range includes a second midpoint. The first voltage range is different than the second voltage range. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/931483 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/3203 (20130101) G06F 1/3287 (20130101) G06F 1/3296 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/017509 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/1278 (20130101) Y02B 60/1282 (20130101) Y02B 60/1285 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08860553 | Lal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit Lal (Ithaca, New York); Steven Tin (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Lal (Ithaca, New York); Steven Tin (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An autonomous, self-powered device includes a radioisotope-powered current impulse generator including a spring assembly comprising a cantilever, and a piezoelectric-surface acoustic wave (P-SAW) structure connected in parallel to the current impulse generator. Positive charges are accumulated on an electrically isolated 63Ni thin film due to the continuous emission of β-particles (electrons), which are collected on the cantilever. The accumulated charge eventually pulls the cantilever into the radioisotope thin-film until electrical discharge occurs. The electrical discharge generates a transient magnetic and electrical field that can excite the RF modes of a cavity in which the electrical discharge occurs. A piezoelectric-SAW resonator is connected to the discharge assembly to control the RF frequency output. A method for generating a tuned RF signal includes inputting an energy pulse to a P-SAW resonator, exciting the resonant frequency thereof, and outputting an RF signal having a frequency tuned to the resonator frequency. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/128684 |
| ART UNIT | 2689 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Obtaining Energy From Radioactive Sources; Applications of Radiation From Radioactive Sources, Not Otherwise Provided For; Utilising Cosmic Radiation G21H 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 5/326 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 9/145 (20130101) H03H 9/0542 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08860575 | Allee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Allee (Phoenix, Arizona); Lawrence T. Clark (Phoenix, Arizona); Terry L. Alford (Phoenix, Arizona); Constantine A. Balanis (Mesa, Arizona); James T. Aberle (Tempe, Arizona); Kevin Baugh (Reston, Virginia) |
| 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) | David R. Allee (Phoenix, Arizona); Lawrence T. Clark (Phoenix, Arizona); Terry L. Alford (Phoenix, Arizona); Constantine A. Balanis (Mesa, Arizona); James T. Aberle (Tempe, Arizona); Kevin Baugh (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of flexible identification systems are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/306750 |
| ART UNIT | 2687 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 19/025 (20130101) G06K 19/027 (20130101) G06K 19/07766 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 52/0235 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08860611 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger J. Anderson (Panama City, Florida); Jeremy E Hatcher (Panama City, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger J. Anderson (Panama City, Florida); Jeremy E Hatcher (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An RFID localization system includes RFID tags positioned at known locations in a local frame of reference. Each RFID tag generates an RF signal indicative of its unique identity. RF antennas are mounted on a mobile vehicle at known positions/orientations relative to a reference point thereon. Each antenna has a range-bounded field-of-view associated therewith and detects each RF signal generated by any of the RFID tags within its range-bounded field-of-view. A processor coupled to the antennas stores information to include (i) each of the known locations of the RFID tags along with their unique identification, (ii) each known position and orientation of the antennas, and (iii) each range-bounded field-of-view associated with each antenna. The processor implements an evolutionary optimization scheme using the stored information based on each RF signal so-detected in order to determine a position and orientation of the mobile vehicle in the local frame of reference. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/472048 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/457 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08860813 | Jung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sang-Hack Jung (Jersey City, New Jersey); Ajay Divakaran (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Harpreet Singh Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method for matching objects is disclosed. At least two images where one of the at least two images has a first target object and a second of the at least two images has a second target object are received. At least one first patch from the first target object and at least one second patch from the second target object are extracted. A distance-based part encoding between each of the at least one first patch and the at least one second patch based upon a corresponding codebook of image parts including at least one of part type and pose is constructed. A viewpoint of one of the at least one first patch is warped to a viewpoint of the at least one second patch. A parts level similarity measure based on the view-invarient distance measure for each of the at least one first patch and the at least one second patch is applied to determine whether the first target object and the second target object are the same or different objects. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/711220 |
| ART UNIT | 2446 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/161 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08860824 | Jelinek |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jan Jelinek (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jan Jelinek (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure includes motion blur modeling methods and systems for image formation. One motion blur modeling method for image formation includes obtaining image data utilized to form a particular image taken by a camera of a subject, obtaining velocity vector data for the subject at the time the image was taken, defining a convolution kernel for use formation of the particular image and based upon the velocity vector data, and applying the convolution kernel to the image data to produce a de-blurred set of image data utilized to form the particular image. |
| FILED | Friday, August 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/852299 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/20201 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08860940 | Bell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cynthia Bell (Chandler, Arizona); John Stowell (Tempe, Arizona); Donald E. Adams (Gilbert, 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) | Cynthia Bell (Chandler, Arizona); John Stowell (Tempe, Arizona); Donald E. Adams (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of aligning color filter array are disclosed. Other embodiments are disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/396074 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/201 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/62 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/1333 (20130101) G02F 1/133514 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08860942 | Ewing et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William S. Ewing (Stow, Massachusetts); Mohammad I. Vakil (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Ewing (Stow, Massachusetts); Mohammad I. Vakil (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-spectral system characterizes point events and other rapidly-occurring events by filtering spectral bands from a point event to form spectral diagrams of the event. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/097646 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/419 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08861086 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhiwen Liu (State College, Pennsylvania); Chuan Yang (State College, Pennsylvania); Kebin Shi (Beijing, China PRC); Perry Edwards (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiwen Liu (State College, Pennsylvania); Chuan Yang (State College, Pennsylvania); Kebin Shi (Beijing, China PRC); Perry Edwards (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide a device called a “G-Fresnel” device that performs the functions of both a linear grating and a Fresnel lens. We have fabricated the G-Fresnel device by using PDMS based soft lithography. Three-dimensional surface profilometry has been performed to examine the device quality. We have also conducted optical characterizations to confirm its dual focusing and dispersing properties. The G-Fresnel device can be useful for the development of miniature optical spectrometers as well as emerging optofluidic applications. Embodiments of compact spectrometers using diffractive optical elements are also provided. Theoretical simulation shows that a spectral resolution of approximately 1 nm can be potentially achieved with a millimeter-sized G-Fresnel. A proof-of-concept G-Fresnel-based spectrometer with subnanometer spectral resolution is experimentally demonstrated. |
| FILED | Friday, August 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/208922 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/00269 (20130101) B29D 11/00769 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/18 (20130101) G01J 3/0208 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/06 (20130101) G02B 3/08 (20130101) G02B 5/1814 (20130101) G02B 27/4244 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08861567 | Li et al. |
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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) | Ming-Chiang Li (Mitchellville, Maryland); Weimin Zhou (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprising a fiber optical loop for conducting a first and a second pulse having a corresponding first and second wavelength, a first splitter for separating the first and second light pulses in the optical loop into a first and second light path to introduce a predetermined time delay between the first and second light pulses, a coupler for tapping a replica of the pair of light pulses from the loop, an auto-correlation module, coupled to the coupler, for correlating the replica of the pair of light pulses with each other to produce a set of data points comprising a plurality of multiplied and correlated pair of pulses and a transform module, coupled to the auto-correlation module, for transforming the data points into a channelized frequency spectrum. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/677659 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/7156 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08861588 | Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lam Huy Nguyen (Laurel, Maryland); Trac D Tran (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lam Huy Nguyen (Laurel, Maryland); Trac D Tran (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of reconstructing data signals from one of incomplete measurements comprising a receiver for receiving data signals, an ADC system operatively connected to the receiver that digitizes the received data signal at a slower rate than the Nyquist rate to obtain sparse measurements; first and second dictionaries comprising a plurality of time shifted responses recovered from the data signal; the first dictionary comprising time shifted versions of the previously observed data signals which are sampled at or above the Nyquist minimum sample rate; the second dictionary comprising time shifted versions are sampled below the Nyquist minimum, and at least one processor for reconstruction of the waveform signals by transforming the sub-Nyquist digitized output using the first and second dictionaries to produce the data signal. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/416062 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08861619 | McDermott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Francis McDermott (Madison, Wisconsin); David Hover (Madison, Wisconsin); Guilhem Jean-Antoine Ribeill (Madison, Wisconsin); Yung-Fu Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Francis McDermott (Madison, Wisconsin); David Hover (Madison, Wisconsin); Guilhem Jean-Antoine Ribeill (Madison, Wisconsin); Yung-Fu Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for operating an amplifier system is provided. The amplifier system includes an input providing a direct coupling configured to receive a high-frequency input signal having a frequency in at least one of a radiofrequency (RF) and microwave range. The amplifier system also includes an amplifier including a dielectric material separating at least two superconducting layers forming an amplifier loop configured to receive the high-frequency input signal and deliver an amplified signal. The amplifier system includes an output providing a direct coupling configured to deliver the amplified signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/210874 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 3/195 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03F 2200/534 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08861802 | Bedros et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Saad J. Bedros (West St. Paul, Minnesota); Pedro Davalos (Plymouth, Minnesota); Ben Miller (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saad J. Bedros (West St. Paul, Minnesota); Pedro Davalos (Plymouth, Minnesota); Ben Miller (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, machine-readable media, and devices for face image prioritization based on face quality analysis are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include detecting a facial image in an image that has been acquired by a camera that monitors a scene, passing the facial image through a number of quality analysis filters that include a number of quality analysis factors, wherein processing complexity associated with the number of quality analysis factors increases consecutively, and submitting the facial image to a facial recognition program upon a determination that the facial image has passed the number of quality analysis filters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/419142 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08861855 | Pellegrini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Pellegrini (Bedford, Massachusetts); Steven DiSalvo (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Luigi Spagnuolo (Andover, Massachusetts); Mark Gill (Everett, Massachusetts); Michael J Noyola (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Pellegrini (Bedford, Massachusetts); Steven DiSalvo (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Luigi Spagnuolo (Andover, Massachusetts); Mark Gill (Everett, Massachusetts); Michael J Noyola (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus and program product are provided for simplifying electro-optical imaging data. Spectral/temporal data is received. The spectral/temporal data is formulated into a vector/matrix. Feature extraction analysis is performed. At least two largest principal components are determined from the feature extraction analysis. A cluster diagram is created from the at least two largest principal components. A distance metric is evaluated from the cluster diagram. And, a largest metric is selected based on the distance metric. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/743377 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — 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 9/0063 (20130101) G06K 9/6201 (20130101) G06K 9/6247 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08861983 | Dickerson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Dickerson (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3 Phoenix, Inc. (Chantilly, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Dickerson (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Analog transport of a wideband RF signal is effectively and efficiently provided using a coherent, narrowband optical carrier. The wideband RF signal is phase modulated onto the carrier at a first location. Non-coherent discrimination is applied to the modulated carrier at a second, different location to generate an amplitude modulated optical signal where the amplitude modulation represents the original wideband RF signal. A photo-detector is then used to regenerate a representation of the original wideband RF signal. The method and apparatus of the invention can be applied in systems dedicated to the analog RF transport or in wavelength division multiplexed systems which also provide transport for other analog or digital data. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/028804 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862364 | Kim |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyusung Kim (Plymouth, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for isolating a performance anomaly within one or more line replaceable units (LRUs) on a gas turbine engine by monitoring the start up transient are presented. The system comprises a set of sensors, an anomaly detector and a fault isolation reasoner. Each sensor of the set monitors at least one operating parameter of at least one engine component. The anomaly detector is configured to detect an anomaly in a component by comparing a particular value of an operating parameter to a base line value of that parameter. The specific cause of the startup anomaly is isolated utilizing a set of component reasoners that is based on the nature of the detected anomaly. The key events during the engine startup are identified by the combination of monitoring physically relevant phases of a startup and monitoring the engine control schedule. The values at these key events are used for comparing at the anomaly detector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/787687 |
| ART UNIT | 3669 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/26 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/80 (20130101) F05D 2260/85 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 15/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 23/0235 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862394 | Taylor, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. A. Taylor, Jr. (Greensboro, North Carolina); Bradley David Farnsworth (Alexandria, Virginia); William Todd Faulkner (Sylva, North Carolina); Christopher Matthew Foster (Fairfax, Virginia); Robert Barlow Alwood (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ensco, Inc. (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. A. Taylor, Jr. (Greensboro, North Carolina); Bradley David Farnsworth (Alexandria, Virginia); William Todd Faulkner (Sylva, North Carolina); Christopher Matthew Foster (Fairfax, Virginia); Robert Barlow Alwood (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for estimating the position of an object, such as a person, animal, or machine. The system includes first and second inertial measurement units, a first and second originator antennas, and a first and second transponder antennas. The system uses data from the inertial measurement units to estimate a position of the object. The system also calculates a range measurement between the first originator antenna and first transponder antenna. The system calculates a first CPD measurement between the second transponder antenna and the first originator antenna, and a second CPD measurement between the second originator antenna and the first transponder antenna. The range measurement and at least one CPD measurement are used to update a Kalman filter for estimating the position of the object. The system determines also updates the Kalman filter when one of the inertial measurement units is in a zero-velocity condition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/746833 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862440 | Avera |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Avera (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Avera (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of ocean property forecasting. The method includes generating one of a magnetic field prediction and an electric field prediction between a first observation point and a plurality of uniform ocean cells by generating a vector sum of magnetic field contributions from a plurality of magnetic field vectors and a vector sum of electric field contributions from a plurality of electric field vectors, respectively. The method further includes generating one of a magnetic field forecast and an electric field forecast of the ocean volume at a second observation point in the ocean volume by re-using the magnetic field vectors and electric field vectors and scaling one of the plurality of magnetic field vectors and the plurality of electric field vectors by a plurality of tri-axial equivalent electrical currents with identical geometry to the first observation point. |
| FILED | Monday, January 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/346107 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862454 | Braman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (Northfield, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (Northfield, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric W. Braman (Northfield, Vermont); Andrew W. Cutts (Henniker, New Hampshire); Michael Geilich (Cornish, New Hampshire); Dennis McGrath (Hartland, Vermont); Eric Richardson (Norwich, Vermont); Jeffrey A. Schmidt (Chicago, Illinois); Robert Schmidt (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for simulating risk tolerance and associated adversary costs in a distributed business process are disclosed. The methods and apparatus simulate an interdependent business process, such as a financial transaction system, in a secure distributed manner. Each business entity that is part of the interdependent business process models itself on a local client device at any chosen level of detail. A simulation server connects the separate client based simulations into one large simulation. Details of each local simulation may be hidden from other simulation participants. However, interruptions in business flow caused by simulated disruptions introduced at the simulation server and/or a client device are propagated to all of the effected simulation participants via the simulation server. In addition, the simulation server receives inputs from users indicative of risk tolerance levels and associated response actions. If the operational costs imposed by a selected response action are greater than a deterrence threshold associated with a particular adversary, the adversary is not deterred from causing a certain disruption to the simulated competitive market environment. If the operational costs imposed by a selected response action are greater than the deterrence threshold the adversary is deterred. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679302 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862531 | Schneider et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John C. Schneider (Bellevue, Washington); Richard A. Rollman (Sammamish, Washington); Milen Nankov (Sammamish, Washington); Ethan Hugg (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AgileDelta, Inc. (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Schneider (Bellevue, Washington); Richard A. Rollman (Sammamish, Washington); Milen Nankov (Sammamish, Washington); Ethan Hugg (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for receiving data from one or more processes, receiving or deriving a knowledge representation describing the data, which may include one or more finite automata, determining a plurality of values for encoding the data, said determining based at least in part on the knowledge representation of the data, which may include one or more finite automata, and generating the plurality of encoding values to encode the data, are described herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/506955 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 5/022 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/28 (20130101) H04L 9/34 (20130101) H04L 9/0894 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862621 | Rubin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stuart H Rubin (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart H Rubin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A relational database is used to determine a possibility of events, such as terrorist threats. A database is populated or updated in an automated fashion by using appropriate sensor sources. Whenever a field is augmented or updated, an event is defined. Events trigger intelligent data collection agents using a push technology. A list of events is defined over a relative time interval. A selection of lists of events is made in response to events. The defined database is updated according to an iterative architecture for the defined database. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/323919 |
| ART UNIT | 2167 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30539 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862627 | Ferringer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Phillip Ferringer (Round Hill, Virginia); Timothy Guy Thompson (Purcellville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Phillip Ferringer (Round Hill, Virginia); Timothy Guy Thompson (Purcellville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods may include identifying an input population of parent epsilon chromosome data structures; combining genes of each selected pair of parent epsilon chromosome data structures according to at least one evolutionary operator to generate a plurality of child epsilon chromosome data structures, each child epsilon chromosome data structure providing one or more genes each having a respective candidate epsilon value representing a respective step size or spacing for the respective problem objective; and evaluating each of the plurality of child epsilon chromosome data structures according to one or more epsilon objective functions to generate respective epsilon objective function values for each child epsilon chromosome data structure, where each epsilon objective function is associated with a respective goal associated with at least one a priori criterion, where each respective epsilon objective function value indicates an extent to which each respective goal can be achieved. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/194424 |
| ART UNIT | 2156 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30286 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/126 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862662 | Kao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anne Kao (Bellevue, Washington); William R. Ferng (Sammamish, Washington); Stephen R. Poteet (Bellevue, Washington); Lesley Quach (Seattle, Washington); Rodney Allen Tjoelker (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method including processing social network data to establish a tensor model of the social network data, the tensor model having at least an order of four. The tensor model is decomposed into a plurality of principal factors. A summary tensor is synthesized from a subset of the plurality of principal factors. The summary tensor represents a plurality of relationships among a plurality of entities in the tensor model. A synthesis of relationships is formed and stored. At least one parameter is identified using one of the summary tensor and a single principal factor in the subset. The at least one parameter is selected from the group consisting of: a correlation among the plurality of entities, a similarity between two of the plurality of entities, and a time-based trend of changes in the synthesis of relationships. The at least one parameter is communicated. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/663312 |
| ART UNIT | 2457 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862703 | Quintard |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christophe Quintard (Toulouse, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christophe Quintard (Toulouse, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism is provided for attributing network addresses to virtual machines. A request for a number of addresses is received from a requesting entity, thereby forming a requested number of addresses. A length of continuous ranges of available addresses is compared to the requested number of addresses. A range of available addresses comprising a number of addresses greater than the requested number of addresses is selected from a memory, thereby forming a selected range of available addresses. A first new range comprising the requested number of addresses excised from the selected range of available addresses is defined and one or more further new ranges are defined comprising the remainder of the selected range of available addresses not belonging to the first new range. The first new range is attributed for the use of the requesting entity. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/613883 |
| ART UNIT | 2449 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/61 (20130101) G06F 12/0653 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2009/45595 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/12216 (20130101) H04L 61/2007 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862759 | Schneider et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John C. Schneider (Bellevue, Washington); Richard A. Rollman (Sammamish, Washington); Milen Nankov (Sammamish, Washington); Ethan Hugg (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AgileDelta, Inc. (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Schneider (Bellevue, Washington); Richard A. Rollman (Sammamish, Washington); Milen Nankov (Sammamish, Washington); Ethan Hugg (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for receiving a stream of data, splitting the stream of data into a plurality of substreams based on one or more criteria, and selectively recombining the substreams based on one or more additional criteria, to improve overall effectiveness in compressing the stream of data, are described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/398112 |
| ART UNIT | 2478 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 7/30 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 65/601 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 19/00078 (20130101) H04N 19/00545 (20130101) H04N 21/235 (20130101) H04N 21/435 (20130101) H04N 21/2353 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862803 | Powers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Judson Powers (Ithaca, New York); Matthew P. Donovan (Trumansburg, New York); Frank N. Adelstein (Ithaca, New York); Michael Kentley (Bend, Oregon); Stephen K. Brueckner (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Architecture Technology Corporation (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judson Powers (Ithaca, New York); Matthew P. Donovan (Trumansburg, New York); Frank N. Adelstein (Ithaca, New York); Michael Kentley (Bend, Oregon); Stephen K. Brueckner (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for mediating communication between a universal serial bus (USB) device and a host computing device is described. In an example, the apparatus includes a USB host interface configured to be connected to a downstream USB device, and a USB device interface configured to be connected to an upstream host computing device. The apparatus also includes a mediation module positioned between the USB host interface and the USB device interface and configured to determine whether the USB device is authorized to communicate with the host computing device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/149634 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 13/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08863068 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pradip Bose (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alper Buyuktosunoglu (White Plains, New York); John A. Darringer (Mahopac, New York); Moinuddin K. Qureshi (White Plains, New York); Jeonghee Shin (Millwood, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pradip Bose (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alper Buyuktosunoglu (White Plains, New York); John A. Darringer (Mahopac, New York); Moinuddin K. Qureshi (White Plains, New York); Jeonghee Shin (Millwood, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic system coupled with “pre-Silicon” design methodologies and “post-Silicon” current optimizing programming methodologies to improve and optimize current delivery into a chip, which is limited by the physical properties of the connections (e.g., Controlled Collapse Chip Connection or C4s). The mechanism consists of measuring or estimating power consumption at a certain granularity within a chip, converting the power information into C4 current information using a method, and triggering throttling mechanisms (including token based throttling) where applicable to limit the current delivery per C4 beyond pre-established limits or periods. Design aids are used to allocate C4s throughout the chip based on the current delivery requirements. The system coupled with design and programming methodologies improve and optimize current delivery is extendable to connections across layers in a multilayer 3D chip stack. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/526194 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/50 (20130101) G06F 17/5072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08863102 | Feblowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (White Plains, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (White Plains, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for assembling an information processing application, includes: inputting a plurality of component descriptions, wherein each of the component descriptions includes a graph pattern that semantically describes an applicability condition of a component and a graph pattern that semantically describes an inclusion effect of the component; inputting a processing request, wherein the processing request includes a goal that is represented by a graph pattern that semantically describes a desired processing outcome; assembling a processing graph, wherein the processing graph includes at least one component that satisfies the desired processing outcome; and outputting the processing graph. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695238 |
| ART UNIT | 2197 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/10 (20130101) G06F 8/41 (20130101) G06F 8/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Zuyan Shen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Qing Zhu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Zuyan Shen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Qing Zhu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is direct to a piezoelectric microcantilever for static contact and dynamic noncontact atomic force microscopy which may be carried out in solution. The piezoelectric microcantilever, which includes a piezoelectric layer and a non-piezoelectric layer is capable of self actuation and detection. The piezoelectric layer may be constructed from a lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3)0.65—(PbTiO3)0.35(PMN0.65-PT0.35) (PMN-PT), zirconate titanate (PZT)/SiO2 or from any lead-free piezoelectric materials such as doped sodium-potassium niobate-lithium niobate. The piezoelectric layers of the microcantilevers may have dielectric constants of from 1600-3000 and thicknesses below 10 μm. Also disclosed are methods for fabricating microcantilever sensors and methods for atomic force microscopy employing the microcantilevers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/160304 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/04 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 10/045 (20130101) G01Q 20/04 (20130101) G01Q 60/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858419 | Puria et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sunil Puria (Sunnyvale, California); Micha Rosen (Mountain View, California); Jonathan P. Fay (San Mateo, California); Paul Rucker (San Francisco, California); James Stone (Saratoga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EarLens Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sunil Puria (Sunnyvale, California); Micha Rosen (Mountain View, California); Jonathan P. Fay (San Mateo, California); Paul Rucker (San Francisco, California); James Stone (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device to transmit an audio signal to a user comprises a transducer and a support. The support is configured for placement on the eardrum to drive the eardrum. The transducer is coupled to the support at a first outer location to decrease occlusion and a second inner location to drive the eardrum. The transducer may comprise one or more of an electromagnetic balanced armature transducer, a piezoelectric transducer, a magnetostrictive transducer, a photostrictive transducer, or a coil and magnet. The device may find use with open canal hearing aids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/069262 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 25/606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858450 | Chon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ki H. Chon (Mount Sinai, New York); Kilwan Ju (Whitestone, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A photoplethysmography apparatus and method is provided for high resolution estimating of Time-Frequency Spectra (TFS) and associated amplitudes using Variable Frequency Complex Demodulation (VFCDM), in a two-step procedure using a Time-Varying Optimal Parameter Search (TVOPS) technique to obtain TFS, followed by VFCDM to obtain even greater TFS resolution and instantaneous amplitudes associated with only specific frequencies of interest, via the combined TVOPS and VFCDM. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/778884 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/726 (20130101) A61B 5/0806 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 5/14551 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/14 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00503 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nikolaos Chronis (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaos Chronis (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for internally monitoring pressure of a patient by transmitting an external light source to an implantable microsensor device. The implantable microsensor device has a microlens, a deflectable membrane responsive to a change in pressure of a surrounding environment within the patient, and an array structure disposed between the microlens and the membrane. The array structure includes a first layer that emits a first wavelength of light and a second layer that emits a second wavelength of light responsive to an external light source, where the first and second wavelengths of light are respectively transmissive through the surrounding environment and distinct from one another. Either the array structure or the microlens translates with the membrane in response to the change in pressure of the surrounding environment. The implantable microsensor is compatible with medical imaging devices and does not require an internal or external power supply. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/577517 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2562/0247 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 9/0076 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858930 | Zhu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chengru Zhu (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Edgar Boedeker (Placitas, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chengru Zhu (Cartonsville, Maryland); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chengru Zhu (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Edgar Boedeker (Placitas, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides live, attenuated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) bacteria in which the Shiga toxin coding sequences are deleted to abolish Shiga toxin production and one or more of the nucleotide sequences for the bacterial adhesin protein intimin, the locus of enterocyte effacement encoded regulator, and the translocated intimin receptor are mutated to inactivate the activity of the encoded protein(s). This live, attenuated E. coli bacteria is used in a vaccine for reducing or inhibiting carriage and shedding of EHEC in cattle. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/666251 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0258 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/54 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/245 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/36 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 424/823 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858938 | Dimitrov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The Henry M. Jackson Foundation of the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Rockville, Maryland); Zhongyu Zhu (Frederick, Maryland); Christopher C. Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies that bind or neutralize Hendra or Nipah virus. The invention provides such antibodies, fragments of such antibodies retaining Hendra or Nipah virus-binding ability, fully human antibodies retaining Hendra or Nipah virus-binding ability, and pharmaceutical compositions including such antibodies. The invention further provides for isolated nucleic acids encoding the antibodies of the invention and host cells transformed therewith. Additionally, the invention provides for prophylactic, therapeutic, and diagnostic methods employing the antibodies and nucleic acids of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/026142 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/1027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2316/96 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858945 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaojiang Chen (Denver, Colorado); V. Michael Holers (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a crystalline human CR2 protein in complex with C3d, and the three dimensional structure of the crystalline complex. Also disclosed are methods of use of the structure, particularly for structure-based identification of compounds that bind to CR2 and inhibit or enhance the binding of CR2 to a natural ligand, that bind to CR2 and agonize or antagonize the receptor, that bind to CR2 and inhibit or enhance CR2 dimerization, or that use the C3-binding ability of CR2 as a drug delivery vehicle. Also disclosed are therapeutic compounds obtained by such methods and uses for such compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/917278 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/70596 (20130101) C07K 16/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/2896 (20130101) C07K 2299/00 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/16 (20130101) |
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| US 08858946 | Stapleton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack T. Stapleton (Iowa City, Iowa); Jinhua Xiang (Iowa City, Iowa); Donna Klinzman (Coralville, Iowa); James H. McLinden (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack T. Stapleton (Iowa City, Iowa); Jinhua Xiang (Iowa City, Iowa); Donna Klinzman (Coralville, Iowa); James H. McLinden (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | GB virus C (GBV-C or hepatitis G virus) is a flavivirus that frequently leads to chronic viremia in humans. The invention provides compositions and methods involving an anti-GBV-C antibody or other GBV-C binding agent, or a GBV-C antigen, for inhibiting and treating HIV infections. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/179399 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/109 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/34 (20130101) |
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| US 08858947 | Foung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Foung (Stanford, California); Zhen-yong Keck (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Foung (Stanford, California); Zhen-yong Keck (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides identification and characterization of conformational epitopes of the envelope protein E2 of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). The present invention provides a panel of human monoclonal antibodies that recognize conformational epitopes of E2. The antibodies are derived from patients infected with HCV. The present invention provides methods for utilizing HCV antibodies as therapeutic, diagnostic, and/or prophylactic agents. The present invention provides mimotopes with conformational epitopes intact and methods of using mimotopes. The present invention provides methods of stratifying patients based on their response to HCV. The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions for prevention and treatment of HCV comprising one or more HCV antibodies. |
| FILED | Sunday, October 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 13/122598 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/149.100 |
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| US 08858952 | Knutson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keith L. Knutson (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith L. Knutson (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The document provides to methods and materials for generating T cells (e.g., antigen-specific CD4+ T cells). For example, methods and materials for using nested MHC class II epitopes as vaccines to generate activated CD4+ T cells in vivo or as reagents to generate activated CD4+ T cells ex vivo are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/202263 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/385 (20130101) A61K 2039/64 (20130101) A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) A61K 2039/6031 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/101 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/70539 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/01 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) C07K 2319/50 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 2501/998 (20130101) |
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| US 08858965 | Kwon |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen S. Kwon (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides active agents, such as paclitaxel, rapamycin, or 17-DMAG, encapsulated by safe poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(lactic acid) (“PEG-b-PLA”) micelles. The compositions provide effective solubilization of drug combinations, such as paclitaxel, rapamycin, and 17-DMAG, as well as others described herein. A significant advantage of PEG-b-PLA as a carrier is that it is less toxic than Cremophor® EL or DMSO, which are used in currently known compositions. Additionally, PEG-b-PLA micelles are easier to handle than DMSO and they do not possess a foul odor, which is a problem with formulations currently in clinical trials. Accordingly, the invention provides stable and biocompatible drug formulations that improve bioavailability without causing toxicity. It was also found that larger doses of individual drugs in micelle formulations can be administered compared to non-micelle formulations. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/015817 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/400 |
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| US 08858991 | McKearn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John McKearn (Saint Louis, Missouri); Jeremy Blitzer (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pathologica LLC (Burlingame, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John McKearn (Saint Louis, Missouri); Jeremy Blitzer (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are controlled-release oral pharmaceutical dosage forms comprising MGBG, and their application for the improved treatment of diseases with reduced side effects and/or longer time at maximum concentration. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/354076 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/2054 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/2846 (20130101) A61K 9/4808 (20130101) A61K 9/5026 (20130101) A61K 9/5047 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 211/13 (20130101) C07C 243/16 (20130101) C07C 251/12 (20130101) C07C 251/78 (20130101) |
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| US 08858995 | Gupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ramesh C. Gupta (Louisville, Kentucky); Manicka V. Vadhanam (Louisville, Kentucky); Farrukh Aqil (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramesh C. Gupta (Louisville, Kentucky); Manicka V. Vadhanam (Louisville, Kentucky); Farrukh Aqil (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions are provided that comprises a biocompatible polymeric matrix incorporating an effective amount of a phytochemical agent, a combination of phytochemical agents, or a phytochemical agent and one or more additional therapeutic agents. Methods of treating a cancer using the compositions are further provided. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/429601 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 9/0036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/01 (20130101) A61K 31/01 (20130101) A61K 31/05 (20130101) A61K 31/05 (20130101) A61K 31/121 (20130101) A61K 31/121 (20130101) A61K 31/366 (20130101) A61K 31/366 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/497 (20130101) A61K 31/497 (20130101) A61K 36/82 (20130101) A61K 36/82 (20130101) A61K 36/235 (20130101) A61K 36/235 (20130101) A61K 36/9066 (20130101) A61K 36/9066 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/10 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) A61K 47/40 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08858998 | Chu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chih-Chang Chu (Ithaca, New York); Hua Song (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chih-Chang Chu (Ithaca, New York); Hua Song (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Cationic poly(ester amide) (PEA)-based hydrogels are provided. The hydrogels are fabricated from unsaturated L-arginine base poly(ester-amide) (UArg-PEA) precursors, pluronicDA precursors, or a combination of UArg-PEA and pluronicDA precursors at predetermined precursor composition ratios. PluronicDA/UArg-PEA hybrid hydrogels and pure pluronicDA based hydrogels are thermoresponsive and biodegradable, while pure UArg-PEA base hydrogels are biodegradable but not thermoresponsive. UArg-PEA based, pluronicDA based and hybrid hydrogels can be synthesized from unsaturated arginine-based PEA salts and/or unsaturated pluronic acid polymers. Unsaturated pluronic acid polymers can be synthesized by reacting pluronic acid with acryloylchloride to provided functional vinyl groups at the two chain ends of pluronic acid. The hydrogels can be used to carry and/or release molecules or compounds such as bioactive compounds, and can function as biologic carriers for a variety of biomedical applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/744882 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 69/10 (20130101) C08G 69/44 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/28 (20130101) C08J 3/075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 3/246 (20130101) C08J 2377/12 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 77/12 (20130101) |
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| US 08859202 | Croce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Stefano Volinia (Ferrara, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | MicroRNA profiles transition from normal breast to ductal carcinoma in situ and transition to invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) and methods of use thereof are described. Methods of diagnosis and prognosis using microRNA signatures to differentiate invasive from in situ carcinoma are described. Also described is the use of microRNA expression for predicting overall survival and time to metastasis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/746589 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| 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 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30542 (20130101) |
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| US 08859204 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James F. Brown (Clifton, Virginia); Jonathan E. Silver (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Biosystems, LLC (Carlsbad, California); The United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James F. Brown (Clifton, Virginia); Jonathan E. Silver (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method comprises loading a sample portion into a sample chamber which comprises means for minimizing diffusion of the sample portion, subjecting the sample portion to an amplification step, and determining whether the sample portion contains at least one molecule of a target nucleic acid. If the sample portion contains a single molecule of the target nucleic acid, the sample portion would attain a detectable concentration of the target nucleic acid after a single round of amplification. Also, a microfluidic device comprising a sample portion and a sample chamber comprising means for minimizing diffusion of the sample portion. Also, a microfluidic device comprising a sample chamber and an amplification targeting reagent positioned in the first sample chamber. |
| FILED | Monday, August 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/837565 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00621 (20130101) B01J 2219/00637 (20130101) B01J 2219/00644 (20130101) B01J 2219/00659 (20130101) B01J 2219/00677 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/5085 (20130101) B01L 3/5088 (20130101) B01L 3/50851 (20130101) B01L 2200/0642 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2400/0409 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 60/14 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 436/805 (20130101) Y10S 436/809 (20130101) |
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| US 08859206 | Vogelstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The identification of pre-defined mutations expected to be present in a minor fraction of a cell population is important for a variety of basic research and clinical applications. The exponential, analog nature of the polymerase chain reaction is transformed into a linear, digital signal suitable for this purpose. Single molecules can be isolated by dilution and individually amplified; each product is then separately analyzed for the presence of pre-defined mutations. The process provides a reliable and quantitative measure of the proportion of variant sequences within a DNA sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/071105 |
| 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) C12Q 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 1/6851 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859207 | Neckers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonard M. Neckers (Bethesda, Maryland); Marc B. Cox (El Paso, Texas); Jane B. Neckers (Bethesda, Maryland); Yeong Sang Kim (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Aki Iwai (Toride, Japan); Yangmin Ning (Silver Spring, Maryland); Johanny Tonos de Leon (Frederick, Maryland); Heather Balsiger (El Paso, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Texas at El Paso (El Paso, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard M. Neckers (Bethesda, Maryland); Marc B. Cox (El Paso, Texas); Jane B. Neckers (Bethesda, Maryland); Yeong Sang Kim (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Aki Iwai (Toride, Japan); Yangmin Ning (Silver Spring, Maryland); Johanny Tonos de Leon (Frederick, Maryland); Heather Balsiger (El Paso, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical compositions that bind to a predicted FK506 Binding Protein 52 (FKBP52) interaction surface on the androgen receptor hormone binding domain, otherwise known as FKBP52 Targeting Agents (FTAs) are provided. These compositions of the present invention are found to specifically recognize the FKBP52 regulatory surface on the androgen receptor and inhibit FKBP52 from functionally interacting with the androgen receptor. Compositions comprising the pharmaceutical composition, as well as methods of use, treatment and screening are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/395976 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/192 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/192 (20130101) A61K 31/4355 (20130101) A61K 31/4355 (20130101) A61K 31/4741 (20130101) A61K 31/4741 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08859208 | Kawaoka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Gabriele Neumann (Nanuet, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Gabriele Neumann (Nanuet, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods useful to prepare segmented, negative strand RNA viruses, e.g., orthomyxoviruses such as influenza A viruses, entirely from cloned cDNAs and in the absence of helper virus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/110117 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 08859223 | Franz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katherine J. Franz (Durham, North Carolina); Drew Folk (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Molecular probes are provided for use in fluorescence microscopy procedures for monitoring beta-secretase enzyme (BACE) activity in living cells and organisms. The probes may be useful for monitoring Alzheimer's Disease-associated BACE in living cells. By fluorescing when hydrolyzed by BACE, the probes can allow for real-time spatial and temporal assessment of enzymatic activity without the need for mutated cell lines or antibodies. The molecular probes may also be used to screen libraries of potential BACE inhibitors or evaluate how external stimuli affect BACE activity. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/833277 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859229 | Rabinovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter M. Rabinovich (Madison, Connecticut); Sherman M. Weissman (Milford, Connecticut); Marina E. Komarovskaya (Milford, Connecticut); Erkut Bahceci (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter M. Rabinovich (Madison, Connecticut); Sherman M. Weissman (Milford, Connecticut); Marina E. Komarovskaya (Milford, Connecticut); Erkut Bahceci (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of mRNA production for use in transfection is provided, that involves in vitro transcription of PCR generated templates. This RNA can efficiently transfect different kinds of cells. This approach results in increased efficiency (fidelity and productivity) of mRNA synthesis and is less time consuming because it does not require cloning, and also consequently eliminates the unwanted errors and effects related to RNA made on DNA templates obtained with cloning techniques. The results of transfection of RNAs demonstrate that RNA transfection can be very effective in cells that are exceedingly difficult to transfect efficiently with DNA constructs. The method can be used to deliver genes into cells not- or only poorly transfectable for DNA, in vitro and in vivo. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/025700 |
| 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 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859232 | Hahn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Klaus Hahn (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Yi Wu (Farmington, Connecticut); Brian Kuhlman (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Klaus Hahn (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Yi Wu (Farmington, Connecticut); Brian Kuhlman (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to fusion proteins comprising protein light switches and methods of photomanipulating the activity of the proteins. The invention further relates to polynucleotides and vectors encoding the fusion proteins, cells comprising the fusion proteins, and methods of using the fusion proteins to study protein function and analyze subcellular activity, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/381383 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 2319/73 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/542 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859266 | Gerasimova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuliva V. Gerasimova (Orlando, Florida); Dmitry M. Kolpashchikov (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuliva V. Gerasimova (Orlando, Florida); Dmitry M. Kolpashchikov (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure encompasses systems, and their methods of use, for detecting a target analyte. The systems include a first and second oligonucleotide probe that associate together to form a complex that binds to a target analyte; a cleavable reporter molecule that binds to the complex; and cleaving agent. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/096027 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/6823 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6823 (20130101) C12Q 2525/131 (20130101) C12Q 2525/161 (20130101) C12Q 2565/101 (20130101) |
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| US 08859277 | Court et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald L. Court (Frederick, Maryland); Simanti Datta (Kolkata, India); Nina Costantino (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Lambda phages that can be used to introduce recombineering functions into host cells are disclosed. Also disclosed are plasmids that can be used to confer recombineering functions to a variety of strains of E. coli and to other bacteria, including Salmonella, Pseudomonas, Cyanobacteria, Spirochaetes. These plasmids and phages can be isolated in vitro and can be used to transform bacterial cells, such as gram negative bacteria. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/928237 |
| 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 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) C12N 15/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2795/10321 (20130101) C12N 2795/10343 (20130101) |
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| US 08859287 | Rodriguez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald Rodriguez (Glenwood, Maryland); Naser Uddin Hoti (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Rodriguez (Glenwood, Maryland); Naser Uddin Hoti (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes the use of a nucleic acid sequence encoding an shRNA to target RNA interference against a cellular factor where such use can enhance oncolytic adenovius replication. The nucleic acid sequence encoding an shRNA can be introduced into an oncolytic adenovius construct via a recombination event, and such nucleic acid sequence encoding an shRNA can reside in either the E1 region or Fiber region of the oncolytic adenovius construct. In particular, the oncolytic adenovius construct optionally include a prostate specific promoter or prostate specific enhancer for issue specific expression in prostate cancer cells. The oncolytic adenovius constructs of the invention provides utility for the treatment of cancers, in particular prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/511878 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/761 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2710/10332 (20130101) |
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| US 08859468 | Guerrero-Preston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafael Enrique Guerrero-Preston (Baltimore, Maryland); David Sidransky (Baltimore, Maryland); Priscilla Brebi-Mieville (Pitrufquen, Chile) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael Enrique Guerrero-Preston (Baltimore, Maryland); David Sidransky (Baltimore, Maryland); Priscilla Brebi-Mieville (Pitrufquen, Chile) |
| ABSTRACT | Pap smears and HPV infection tests do not distinguish between lesions that will progress to an invasive carcinoma and those that will not. We aimed to identify epigenetic biomarkers for diagnosis and progression monitoring of premalignant lesions in cervical cancer. Hypermethylated genes were identified as potential biomarkers after validation by MSP, including GGTLA4 and ZNF516. The methylation frequency for these two genes was higher in tumor: GGTLA4 (100%) and ZNF516 (96%); than in normal samples: GGTLA4 (12%) and ZNF516 (16%). The methylation status of GGTLA4 showed a progression in methylation frequency from normal samples to invasive carcinoma. The immunohistochemical expression was lower in tumor for both: GGTLA4 (50.8%) and ZNF516 (66.2%); than in normal samples: GGTLA4 (71.2%) and ZNF516 (88.1%) (p<0.05). In conclusion, we identified methylation biomarkers for the molecular screening and characterization of cervical cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/634318 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2523/125 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 08859488 | Okada et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hideho Okada (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Walter J. Storkus (Glenshaw, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hideho Okada (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Walter J. Storkus (Glenshaw, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a peptide derived from the interleukin-13 receptor α2, which serves as a HLA-A2-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitope. The invention can be used as a vaccine for glioma and can be formulated into compositions for medical or veterinary use. In addition, the invention provides the use of a peptide derived from the Eph family of tyrosine kinase receptors which can be also used as a vaccine for glioma and can be formulated into compositions for medical or veterinary use. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/561973 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/7155 (20130101) |
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| US 08859497 | Cox |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bolder BioTechnology Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bolder BioTechnology, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George N. Cox (Louisville, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The growth hormone supergene family comprises greater than 20 structurally related cytokines and growth factors. A general method is provided for creating site-specific, biologically active conjugates of these proteins. The method involves adding cysteine residues to non-essential regions of the proteins or substituting cysteine residues for non-essential amino acids in the proteins using site-directed mutagenesis and then covalently coupling a cysteine-reactive polymer or other type of cysteine-reactive moiety to the proteins via the added cysteine residue. Disclosed herein are preferred sites for adding cysteine residues or introducing cysteine substitutions into the proteins, and the proteins and protein derivatives produced thereby. Also disclosed are therapeutic methods for using the cysteine variants of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, May 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/886427 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/535 (20130101) C07K 14/565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859499 | Acharya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seetharama A. Acharya (Cresskill, New Jersey); Marcos Intaglietta (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seetharama A. Acharya (Cresskill, New Jersey); Marcos Intaglietta (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of improving the efficacy of a blood transfusion into a subject is provided comprising administering a composition comprising an EAF PEGylated-blood protein into the subject, prior to, during, or subsequent to the blood transfusion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/794978 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) A61K 35/14 (20130101) A61K 35/18 (20130101) A61K 38/42 (20130101) A61K 38/385 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/765 (20130101) C07K 14/805 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08859503 | Monroe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John G Monroe (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Elad Katz (Manchester, United Kingdom); Ramachandran Murali (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G Monroe (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Elad Katz (Manchester, United Kingdom); Ramachandran Murali (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, and inhibiting metastasis formation of carcinomas, sarcomas, Epstein-Barr virus-induced malignancies, B cell proliferative disorders, and mast cell activation disorders, comprising administering to a subject a compound that inhibits an interaction of a first protein and an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) of a second protein, and screening methods for identifying ITAM-inhibitory compounds and peptides. This invention also provides peptides that inhibit signaling by ITAMs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/332183 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859509 | Spiegel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Spiegel (New Haven, Connecticut); Ryan Murelli (Torrington, Connecticut); Andrew Zhang (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Spiegel (New Haven, Connecticut); Ryan Murelli (Torrington, Connecticut); Andrew Zhang (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to chimeric chemical compounds which are used to recruit antibodies to cancer cells, in particular, prostate cancer cells or metastasized prostate cancer cells. The compounds according to the present invention comprise an antibody binding terminus (ABT) moiety covalently bonded to a cell binding terminus (CBT) through a linker and optionally, a connector molecule. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/991926 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/481 (20130101) A61K 47/4833 (20130101) A61K 47/48023 (20130101) A61K 47/48092 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859519 | Naar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anders M. Naar (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anders M. Naar (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions comprising nucleic acid sequences that target MiR-33a/b microRNAs are described, together with uses of the same in the treatment of certain disorders related to elevated serum triglyceride levels and obesity. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/818590 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) |
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| US 08859523 | Prestwich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glenn D. Prestwich (Salt Lake City, Utah); Xiao Zheng Shu (Salt Lake City, Utah); Yi Luo (Harriman, New York); Kelly R. Kirker (Salt Lake City, Utah); Yanchun Liu (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn D. Prestwich (Salt Lake City, Utah); Xiao Zheng Shu (Salt Lake City, Utah); Yi Luo (Harriman, New York); Kelly R. Kirker (Salt Lake City, Utah); Yanchun Liu (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are crosslinked compounds useful in numerous treatments. Described herein are methods of making crosslinked compounds via (1) the oxidative coupling of two or more thiol compounds or (2) by the reaction between at least one thiol compound with at least one thiol-reactive compound. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/234445 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/735 (20130101) A61K 47/4823 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48784 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/1072 (20130101) C07K 14/78 (20130101) |
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| US 08859532 | Turchi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Turchi (Indianapolis, Indiana); Sarah Shuck (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Turchi (Indianapolis, Indiana); Sarah Shuck (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Targeting uncontrolled cell proliferation and resistance to DNA damaging chemotherapeutics with at least one reagent has significant potential in cancer treatment. Replication Protein A, the eukaryotic single-strand (ss) DNA binding protein, is essential for genomic maintenance and stability via roles in both DNA replication and repair. Reported herein are small molecules that inhibits the in vitro, in vivo, and cellular ssDNA binding activity of RPA, thereby disrupting the eukaryotic cell cycle, inducing cytotoxicity and increasing the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents damage DNA, and/or disrupt its replication and/or function. These results provide new insights into the mechanism of RPA-ssDNA interactions in chromosome maintenance and stability. This represents a molecularly targeted eukaryotic DNA binding inhibitor and demonstrates the utility of targeting a protein-DNA interaction as a means of studying the cell cycle and providing a therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment. |
| FILED | Saturday, February 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/576023 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
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| US 08859533 | Barton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacqueline K. Barton (San Marino, California); Alexis Komor (Pasadena, California); Curtis J. Schneider (Pasadena, California); Alyson Weidmann (Pasadena, California); Russell Ernst (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacqueline K. Barton (San Marino, California); Alexis Komor (Pasadena, California); Curtis J. Schneider (Pasadena, California); Alyson Weidmann (Pasadena, California); Russell Ernst (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition including a Rh or Ru metalloinsertor complex specifically targets mismatch repair (MMR)-deficient cells. Selective cytotoxicity is induced in MMR-deficient cells upon uptake of the inventive metalloinsertor complexes. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/511642 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/185 |
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| US 08859560 | Faraone |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Syracuse, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Syracuse, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen V. Faraone (Sanibel, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a subject. This method includes selecting a subject with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and administering to the selected subject a sodium/hydrogen exchanger inhibitor under conditions effective to treat the subject for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Methods of identifying compounds suitable to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768989 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/49 (20130101) A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/166 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/4965 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/94 (20130101) G01N 2800/305 (20130101) |
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| US 08859578 | Zhu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shuren Zhu (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Radix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Potomac, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuren Zhu (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides new chemical compositions with desirable biological activity and toxicity profiles for the enhanced treatment of malaria. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573730 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4741 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 491/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859585 | Furey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maura L. Furey (Silver Spring, Maryland); Wayne C. Drevets (Gaithersburg, 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) | Maura L. Furey (Silver Spring, Maryland); Wayne C. Drevets (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and compositions for the treatment of depression and anxiety. The compositions contain scopolamine, or an analog thereof, and can optionally include one or more psychoactive agents. Further provided is an inhaler containing scopolamine, or an analog thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/137114 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0073 (20130101) A61K 31/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859589 | Secrist, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Secrist, III (Birmingham, Alabama); Kamal N. Tiwari (Birmingham, Alabama); Joseph A. Maddry (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Secrist, III (Birmingham, Alabama); Kamal N. Tiwari (Birmingham, Alabama); Joseph A. Maddry (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Compound represented by the formulae: wherein each R individually is H or aliphatic acyl or aromatic acyl group; X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano, aryl and nitro; pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, prodrugs thereof and mixtures thereof are used as inhibitors of orthopoxviruses and for treating patients suffering from an orthopoxvirus infection such as, but not limited to, smallpox, cowpox, monkeypox and camelpox. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/047197 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/2054 (20130101) A61K 9/4858 (20130101) A61K 9/4866 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08859590 | Ghosh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibitors of BACE1 and compositions containing them are described. Use of the inhibitors and compositions containing them to treat Alzheimer's disease are described. |
| FILED | Friday, December 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/132665 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 311/08 (20130101) C07C 2102/08 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859614 | Berkowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David B. Berkowitz (Lincoln, Nebraska); Sylvain Broussy (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Nebraska Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Berkowitz (Lincoln, Nebraska); Sylvain Broussy (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Analogs of (−)-Picropodophyllin, synthesis thereof, and uses in pharmaceuticals as inhibitors of IGF1RK. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/367946 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/357 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 317/70 (20130101) C07D 493/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859615 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Ting-Chao Chou (Paramus, New Jersey); Xiaoguang Lei (Chao Yang, China PRC); Heedong Yun (Tenafly, New Jersey); Fay Ng (New York, New York); John Hartung (New York, New York); Dalibor Sames (New York, New York) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Ting-Chao Chou (Paramus, New Jersey); Xiaoguang Lei (Chao Yang, China PRC); Heedong Yun (Tenafly, New Jersey); Fay Ng (New York, New York); John Hartung (New York, New York); Dalibor Sames (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), compositions comprising an effective amount of a compound of Formula (I), optionally with chemotherapeutic drugs such as a tubulin-binding drug, and methods of their use for reducing the toxicity of cytotoxic agents, treating or preventing cancer or a neuropathic disorder, inducing a chemoprotective phase II enzyme, DNA, or protein synthesis, enhancing the immune system, treating inflammation, improving and enhancing general health or well-being, and methods for making compounds of Formula (I). |
| FILED | Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/061508 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/047 (20130101) A61K 31/047 (20130101) A61K 31/075 (20130101) A61K 31/075 (20130101) A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/196 (20130101) A61K 31/196 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/343 (20130101) A61K 31/343 (20130101) A61K 31/357 (20130101) A61K 31/357 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/661 (20130101) A61K 31/661 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/4192 (20130101) A61K 31/4192 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/07 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 33/05 (20130101) C07C 33/14 (20130101) C07C 33/30 (20130101) C07C 33/048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 43/315 (20130101) C07C 49/24 (20130101) C07C 2101/02 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/04 (20130101) C07D 317/16 (20130101) C07D 317/18 (20130101) C07D 317/20 (20130101) C07D 317/22 (20130101) C07D 317/24 (20130101) C07D 317/26 (20130101) C07D 317/28 (20130101) C07D 317/30 (20130101) |
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| US 08859620 | Mobashery et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shahriar Mobashery (Granger, Indiana); Dusan Hesek (Mishawaka, Indiana); Mayland Chang (Granger, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shahriar Mobashery (Granger, Indiana); Dusan Hesek (Mishawaka, Indiana); Mayland Chang (Granger, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides antimicrobial compounds and compositions, and methods of using them. The compounds and compositions include, for example, a compound of any one of Formulas I-X. The invention further provides methods of preparing the compounds, and useful intermediates for their preparation. The compounds can possess highly specific and selective activity, such as antibacterial activity and/or enzymatic inhibitory activity. Accordingly, the compounds and compositions can be used to treat bacterial infections, or to inhibit or kill bacteria, either in vitro or in vivo. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/393436 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 233/15 (20130101) C07C 233/26 (20130101) C07C 233/59 (20130101) C07C 233/60 (20130101) C07C 233/66 (20130101) C07C 233/73 (20130101) C07C 233/75 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 233/81 (20130101) C07C 235/16 (20130101) C07C 271/58 (20130101) C07C 307/52 (20130101) C07C 327/48 (20130101) C07C 333/08 (20130101) C07C 2101/02 (20130101) C07C 2101/08 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/46 (20130101) C07D 213/75 (20130101) C07D 295/108 (20130101) C07D 295/135 (20130101) C07D 339/08 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) C07D 501/34 (20130101) |
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| US 08859727 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacki Lin (Boston, Massachusetts); Ralph Arlinghaus (Bellaire, Texas); Tong Sun (Pearland, Texas); Lin Ji (Sugar Land, Texas); Bulent Ozpolat (Houston, Texas); Gabriel Lopez-Berestein (Bellaire, Texas); Jack A. Roth (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoparticle-polypeptide complex comprising a bioactive polypeptide in association with a nanoparticle, wherein the bioactive polypeptide is modified by the addition of a chemical moiety that facilitates cellular uptake of the protein. The polypeptide can be a protein or a peptide. In some embodiments, the amino acid sequence of the protein or peptide is derived from the amino acid sequence of a tumor suppressor gene product. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/720621 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1272 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/17 (20130101) A61K 38/162 (20130101) A61K 47/48815 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) A61K 47/48892 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4703 (20130101) |
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| US 08859728 | Chan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Chan (Houston, Texas); Hideto Kojima (Otsu Shiga, Japan); Tomoya Terashima (Otsu, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence Chan (Houston, Texas); Hideto Kojima (Otsu Shiga, Japan); Tomoya Terashima (Otsu, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions that employ peptides that target dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. In particular, the peptides are used to target therapeutic agents, such as proteins, liposomes, or viral particles comprising therapeutic polynucleotides, to one or more peripheral neuropathies or neuropathic pain, for example. In particular cases, the peripheral neuropathies or neuropathic pain is caused directly or indirectly by DRG neuronopathy. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/175471 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/761 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 38/185 (20130101) A61K 38/1808 (20130101) A61K 38/1816 (20130101) A61K 38/1825 (20130101) A61K 38/1883 (20130101) A61K 38/2066 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859733 | Ghatnekar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gautam Ghatnekar (Charleston, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for use in promoting wound healing and tissue regeneration following tissue injury in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/842529 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/10 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 2319/01 (20130101) |
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| US 08859736 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jian-Xing Ma (Edmond, Oklahoma); Kyungwon Lee (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Ying Chen (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian-Xing Ma (Edmond, Oklahoma); Kyungwon Lee (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Ying Chen (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Monoclonal antibodies against LRP6 and that block the Wnt signaling pathway are disclosed. Methods of production and use thereof are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/031010 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
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| US 08859740 | Kaufmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gunnar F. Kaufmann (San Diego, California); Heyue Zhou (San Diego, California); Guodi Lu (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sorrento Therapeutics Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gunnar F. Kaufmann (San Diego, California); Heyue Zhou (San Diego, California); Guodi Lu (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-AIP2 antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind AIP2, AIP2-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and AIP2-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having AIP2 related disorders or conditions. There is also disclosed a method to treat S. aureus infections by administering an anti-AIP2 antibody described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/062774 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 08859742 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yu Li (Duluth, Georgia); Inger K. Damon (Decatur, Georgia); Hui Zhao (Lilburn, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Li (Duluth, Georgia); Inger K. Damon (Decatur, Georgia); Hui Zhao (Lilburn, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to compositions and methods of their use in detection and identification of a chordopoxvirus in a sample, such as diagnosis of an infection in a subject. The compositions and methods allow for detection and identification of all non-avian low-GC content chordopoxviruses, identification of most known high-GC content chordopoxvirus, and species-specific detection of Canarypox virus, Fowlpox virus, and Sealpox virus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/505719 |
| 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 1/701 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859753 | Salic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adrian Salic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Timothy J. Mitchison (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adrian Salic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Timothy J. Mitchison (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for the labeling of nucleic acid polymers in vitro and in vivo. In particular, the methods include a [3+2] cycloaddition between a nucleotide analog incorporated into a nucleic acid polymer and a reagent attached to a label. Such methods do not require fixation and denaturation and therefore can be applied to the labeling of nucleic acid polymers in living cells and in organisms. Also provided are methods for measuring cellular proliferation. In these methods, the amount of label incorporated into the DNA is measured as an indication of cellular proliferation. The methods of the invention can be used in a wide variety of applications including clinical diagnosis of diseases and disorders in which cellular proliferation is involved, toxicity assays, and as a tool for the study of chromosomes' ultrastructures. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/914338 |
| 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 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6841 (20130101) C12Q 1/6841 (20130101) C12Q 2525/101 (20130101) C12Q 2563/107 (20130101) C12Q 2563/107 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/5011 (20130101) |
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| US 08859812 | Jacobsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric N. Jacobsen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Stephan J. Zuend (Mannheim, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric N. Jacobsen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Stephan J. Zuend (Mannheim, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compounds of formula (I), related compositions, and their use, for example in the formation of α-amino acids or a precursor thereof such as an α-aminonitrile. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/394693 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 227/26 (20130101) C07C 227/26 (20130101) C07C 227/26 (20130101) C07C 229/10 (20130101) C07C 229/14 (20130101) C07C 253/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 253/08 (20130101) C07C 253/08 (20130101) C07C 253/08 (20130101) C07C 253/08 (20130101) C07C 253/08 (20130101) C07C 253/08 (20130101) C07C 253/08 (20130101) C07C 255/25 (20130101) C07C 255/26 (20130101) C07C 255/30 (20130101) C07C 255/31 (20130101) C07C 255/42 (20130101) C07C 255/43 (20130101) C07C 255/58 (20130101) C07C 335/16 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) C07C 2101/16 (20130101) C07C 2103/74 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/52 (20130101) C07D 333/20 (20130101) |
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| US 08860796 | Buckland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina); Robert H. Hart (Cary, North Carolina); Glenn A. Myers (Durham, North Carolina); Joseph A. Izatt (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging systems for imaging an eye are provided including a source having an associated source arm path and a reference arm having an associated reference arm path coupled to the source path, the reference arm path having an associated reference arm path length. A sample having an associated sample arm path coupled to the source arm and reference arm paths is provided. A reference arm path length adjustment module is coupled to the reference arm. The reference arm path length adjustment module is configured to automatically adjust the reference arm path length such that the reference arm path length is based on an eye length of the subject. Related methods and computer program products are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/154782 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0073 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02054 (20130101) G01B 9/02063 (20130101) G01B 9/02064 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) |
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| US 08860945 | Wax et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Wax (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John W. Pyhtila (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Fourier domain a/LCI (faLCI) system and method which enables in vivo data acquisition at rapid rates using a single scan. Angle-resolved and depth resolved spectra information is obtained with one scan. The reference arm can remain fixed with respect to the sample due to only one scan required. A reference signal and a reflected sample signal are cross-correlated and dispersed at a multitude of reflected angles off of the sample, thereby representing reflections from a multitude of points on the sample at the same time in parallel. Information about all depths of the sample at each of the multitude of different points on the sample can be obtained with one scan on the order of approximately 40 milliseconds. From the spatial, cross-correlated reference signal, structural (size) information can also be obtained using techniques that allow size information of scatterers to be obtained from angle-resolved data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/868215 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/0209 (20130101) G01B 9/02044 (20130101) G01B 9/02084 (20130101) G01B 9/02087 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/31 (20130101) G01N 21/4795 (20130101) G01N 2021/4704 (20130101) G01N 2021/4709 (20130101) G01N 2021/4735 (20130101) G01N 2201/08 (20130101) |
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| US 08861414 | Shin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kang G. Shin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xinyu Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kang G. Shin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xinyu Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are provided for reducing power consumption in wireless communication devices. During an idle listening period, the clock rate of the receiver in the device is reduced. Data packets received by the receiver are then sampled at the reduced clock rate. A determination is made as to whether the data packet is intended for the device. The clock rate is restored to the full clock rate when the data packet is intended for the device. On the other hand, the receiver continues to operate at the reduced clock rate when the data packet is not intended for the device. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/439900 |
| ART UNIT | 2477 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 52/029 (20130101) H04W 52/0229 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 08861810 | Ingermanson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randall S. Ingermanson (Battleground, Washington); Jeffrey M. Hilton (San Diego, California); Casey A. Laris (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vala Sciences, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall S. Ingermanson (Battleground, Washington); Jeffrey M. Hilton (San Diego, California); Casey A. Laris (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Automated image screening operations of pipelined image processing systems and methods are controlled with a graphical user interface enabling user control of screening analysis process setup and execution and user viewing of results. A gating interface is provided to include and/or exclude cells in an aggregation of individual cell data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/655644 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/321 (20130101) G06F 19/327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08862202 | Alexander et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eugene J. Alexander (San Clemente, California); Thomas P. Andriacchi (Los Altos Hills, California); Philipp Lang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Sandy A. Napel (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene J. Alexander (San Clemente, California); Thomas P. Andriacchi (Los Altos Hills, California); Philipp Lang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Sandy A. Napel (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for assessing the condition of a cartilage in a joint, particularly a human knee. The methods include converting an image such as an MRI to a three dimensional map of the cartilage. The cartilage map can be correlated to a movement pattern of the joint to assess the affect of movement on cartilage wear. Changes in the thickness of cartilage over time can be determined so that therapies can be provided. Information on thickness of cartilage and curvature of cartilage or subchondral bone can be used to plan therapy. Information on movement pattern can be used to plan therapy. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/608766 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/112 (20130101) A61B 5/1114 (20130101) A61B 5/1121 (20130101) A61B 5/1127 (20130101) A61B 5/4514 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4528 (20130101) |
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| US 08862206 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ge Wang (Blacksburg, Virginia); Yong Xu (Blacksburg, Virginia); Alexander Cong (Blacksburg, Virginia); Haiou Shen (Blacksburg, Virginia); Wenxiang Cong (Christiansburg, Virginia); Lin Yang (Ithaca, New York); Yang Lu (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ge Wang (Blacksburg, Virginia); Yong Xu (Blacksburg, Virginia); Alexander Cong (Blacksburg, Virginia); Haiou Shen (Blacksburg, Virginia); Wenxiang Cong (Christiansburg, Virginia); Lin Yang (Ithaca, New York); Yang Lu (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the field of medical imaging. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to methods, systems, and devices for imaging, including for tomography-based applications. Embodiments of the invention include, for example, a computed tomography based imaging system comprising: (a) at least one wide-beam gray-scale imaging chain capable of performing a global scan of an object and acquiring projection data relating to the object; (b) at least one narrow-beam true-color imaging chain capable of performing a spectral interior scan of a region of interest (ROI) of and acquiring projection data relating to the object; (c) a processing module operably configured for: (1) receiving the projection data; (2) reconstructing the ROI into an image by analyzing the data with a color interior tomography algorithm, aided by an individualized gray-scale reconstruction of an entire field of view (FOV), including the ROI; and (d) a processor for executing the processing module. The extended interior methods and systems for spectral, optical, and photoacoustic imaging presented in this application can lead to better medical diagnoses by providing images with higher resolution or quality, and can lead to safer procedures by providing systems capable of reducing a patient's exposure time to, and thus quantity of, potentially harmful x-rays. Embodiments of the invention also provide tools for real-time tomography-based analyses. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945733 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0095 (20130101) A61B 5/7232 (20130101) A61B 6/032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/4007 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/046 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/006 (20130101) G06T 2211/424 (20130101) G06T 2211/432 (20130101) G06T 2211/436 (20130101) |
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| US 08862236 | Wolpaw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Menands, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Menands, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan R. Wolpaw (Delmar, New York); Gerwin Schalk (Glenmont, New York); Aiko K. Thompson (Garnerville, New York); Peter Brunner (Albany, New York); Xiang Yang Chen (Albany, New York); Dennis J. McFarland (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for restoring or improving nervous system function of a subject. Provided is a method involving: (i) providing an operant conditioning protocol effective to produce targeted neural plasticity (TNP) in a primary targeted central nervous system (CNS) pathway of a subject; and (ii) administering the operant conditioning protocol to the subject to elicit TNP in the primary targeted CNS pathway and to elicit generalized neural plasticity (GNP) in one or more other CNS pathway. The elicitation of the GNP in the one or more other CNS pathway serves to restore or improve a nervous system function of the subject. Provided is a device comprising a nerve stimulation-electromyographic recording component and a controller for operating the nerve stimulation-electromyographic recording component in accordance with an operant conditioning protocol. |
| FILED | Friday, August 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/958181 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36003 (20130101) A61N 1/36082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36103 (20130101) |
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| US RE45195 | Annapragada et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marval Pharma, Inc. (Netanya, Illinois); Cleveland State University (Cleveland, Ohio); Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marval Pharma, Inc. (New York, New York); Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio); Cleveland State University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ananth Annapragada (Manvel, Texas); Ravi V. Bellamkonda (Marietta, Georgia); Eric Hoffman (Iowa City, Iowa); Chandra Vijayalakshmi (Manvel, Texas); Chen-Yu Kao (Hsinchu, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | Example compositions of liposomes with hydrophilic polymers on their surface, and containing relatively high concentrations of contrast-enhancing agents for computed tomography are provided. Example pharmaceutical compositions of such liposomes, when administered to a subject, provide for increased contrast of extended duration, as measured by computed tomography, in the bloodstream and other tissues of the subject. Also provided are example methods for making the liposomes containing high concentrations of contrast-enhancing agents, and example methods for using the compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768484 |
| 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 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 49/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/0438 (20130101) |
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
08857234 — Continuous microscale forming of metal-based microchannels and other microchannel devices
| US 08857234 | Meng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wen Jin Meng (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Fanghua Mei (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wen Jin Meng (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Fanghua Mei (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A process is disclosed for producing metal-based, high-aspect-ratio microscale structures (HARMs), for example microchannels in a heat exchanger. The preferred manufacturing method operates in a continuous mode, and employs low-temperature rolling of metals. A process is disclosed for bonding metal microchannel sheets or plates to flat metal sheets or plates to form single-, double-, and multiple-layered microchannel structures. The process can operate at much lower temperatures than prior methods of compression microscale molding of metals, at room temperature or even lower. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/006951 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81C 2201/034 (20130101) |
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| US 08857275 | Axelrod et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Blake Waters Axelrod (Sierra Madre, California); Paula Popescu (Pasadena, California); Michael L. Roukes (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blake Waters Axelrod (Sierra Madre, California); Paula Popescu (Pasadena, California); Michael L. Roukes (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus, system, device, and method provide the ability to measure forces a cell exerts on its surroundings. A platform is suspended across an opening using support legs. The platform is able to move horizontally in a plane of the opening. A piezoresistive strain sensor is integrated into the platform and measures strain induced in the support legs when the platform moves horizontally thereby measuring displacement of the platform. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/460969 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/502 (20130101) G01N 33/5073 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/724 (20130101) Y10S 977/956 (20130101) Y10S 977/958 (20130101) |
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| US 08858772 | Crane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathan B. Crane (Lutz, Florida); Pradeep Mishra (Santa Clara, California); Alex Volinsky (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan B. Crane (Lutz, Florida); Pradeep Mishra (Santa Clara, California); Alex Volinsky (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel electrowetting system for the smooth continuous movement of a droplet across a single circuit using a continuous applied voltage regardless of polarity. The actuation of the droplet is achieved by introducing a diode into the idealized electrical circuit of the electrowetting system. The diode is in parallel with a capacitor (dielectric) and effectively shorts the droplet on the side of a lower potential electrode so that the entire voltage drop is across the dielectric over the opposite electrode. This creates an energy imbalance that moves the droplet towards the higher potential. If the voltage polarity is reversed, the direction of actuation will reverse as well. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/525806 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858815 | Craighead et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Jun Kameoka (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanofibers are formed using electrospray deposition from microfluidic source. The source is brought close to a surface, and scanned in one embodiment to form oriented or patterned fibers. In one embodiment, the surface has features, such as trenches on a silicon wafer. In further embodiments, the surface is rotated to form patterned nanofibers, such as polymer nanofibers. The nanofibers may be used as a mask to create features, and as a sacrificial layer to create nanochannels. |
| FILED | Monday, April 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/858643 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-mechanical Removal of Metallic Material From Surface; Inhibiting Corrosion of Metallic Material or Incrustation in General; Multi-step Processes for Surface Treatment of Metallic Material Involving at Least One Process Provided for in Class C23 and at Least One Process Covered by Subclass C21D or C22F or Class C25 C23F 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/0069 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/64 (20130101) D01F 6/66 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/856 (20130101) Y10S 977/888 (20130101) |
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| US 08858832 | Newkome et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to quantum dot nanoparticles and methods of preparation. Using regioselective dendritic functionalized cellulose, quantum dots may be embedded in the modified cellulosic material. The quantum dot nanoparticles provide use for biotechnology or biomedicinal applications. Photooptical properties and morphology for use in as well as its biocompatibility were investigated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/301245 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/588 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/127 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/774 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858883 | Dowling et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Dowling (Washington, District of Columbia); Srinivasa R. Raghavan (Silver Spring, Maryland); Neeraja Dashaputre (College Park, Maryland); Douglas Stephen English (Derby, Kansas); Vishal Javvaji (Chantilly, Virginia); Gregory F. Payne (Hunt Valley, Maryland); Philip R. DeShong (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland); Wichita State University (Wichita, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Dowling (Washington, District of Columbia); Srinivasa R. Raghavan (Silver Spring, Maryland); Neeraja Dashaputre (College Park, Maryland); Douglas Stephen English (Derby, Kansas); Vishal Javvaji (Chantilly, Virginia); Gregory F. Payne (Hunt Valley, Maryland); Philip R. DeShong (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A biosensor comprising an electrically conductive substrate coated with a modified chitosan biopolymer that has been electrodeposited on the substrate, wherein said modified chitosan biopolymer comprises at least one vesicle binding molecule. The biosensor is manufactured by a method where a modified chitosan biopolymer is electrodeposited on a substrate. The method is also used to manufacture a modified chitosan biopolymer film by electrodeposition of the chitosan on the substrate and later removing the film from the substrate after electrodeposition. The resulting film can be used in bandages to treat various types of wounds. The biosensor can also be used to detect various analytes in samples. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/310579 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| 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 13/00017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 13/00063 (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 15/28 (20130101) A61L 15/28 (20130101) A61L 15/44 (20130101) A61L 2300/104 (20130101) A61L 2300/404 (20130101) A61L 2300/406 (20130101) A61L 2300/414 (20130101) A61L 2300/626 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/08 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/548 (20130101) G01N 33/5432 (20130101) G01N 33/5436 (20130101) G01N 33/5438 (20130101) |
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| US 08859456 | Belcher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angela M. Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts); Beau R. Peelle (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ki Tae Nam (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela M. Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts); Beau R. Peelle (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ki Tae Nam (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One-dimensional ring structures from M13 viruses were constructed by two genetic modifications encoding binding peptides and synthesis of a heterobifunctional linker molecule. The bifunctional viruses displayed an anti-streptavidin peptide and hexahistidine (SEQ ID NO:4) peptide at opposite ends of the virus as pIII and pIX fusions. Stoichiometric addition of the streptavidin-NiNTA linker molecule led to the reversible formation of virus-based nanorings with circumferences corresponding to lengths of the packagable DNAs. These virus-based ring structures can be further engineered to nucleate inorganic materials and form metallic, magnetic, or semiconductor nanorings using trifunctionalized viruses. |
| FILED | Friday, December 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/341010 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/1037 (20130101) C12N 2795/14011 (20130101) C12N 2795/14051 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0508 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/81 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/775 (20130101) |
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| US 08859714 | Marks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are new organic semiconductor materials prepared from polymers based on N-alkyl-2,2′-bithiophene-3,3′-dicarboximide (BTI) repeating units. Such polymers can exhibit desirable electronic properties and can possess processing advantages including solution-processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/827146 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/321 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08859716 | Bowman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Bowman (Boulder, Colorado); Kristi Anseth (Boulder, Colorado); Bilge Hacioglu (Boulder, Colorado); Charlie Nuttelman (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A thiol-ene polymeric material is disclosed. The material is produced by the photopolymerization of reactants having thiol and olefin moieties. The material can incorporate encapsulated components, including cells. Additionally, the material can be derivatized by reacting the polymeric material with components such as proteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/951268 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/16 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/52 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 75/045 (20130101) C08G 81/00 (20130101) C08G 2261/126 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 81/02 (20130101) C08L 81/02 (20130101) C08L 83/00 (20130101) C08L 2205/05 (20130101) C08L 2666/22 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 524/916 (20130101) Y10S 525/936 (20130101) |
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| US 08859779 | Nolan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Materia, Inc. (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Materia, Inc. (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven P. Nolan (St. Andrews, United Kingdom); Jinkun Huang (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Catalytic complexes including a metal atom having anionic ligands, at least one nucleophilic carbene ligand, and an alkylidene, vinylidene, or allenylidene ligand. The complexes are highly stable to air, moisture and thermal degradation. The complexes are designed to efficiently carry out a variety of olefin metathesis reactions. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/750265 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — 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 Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2265 (20130101) B01J 31/2273 (20130101) B01J 31/2278 (20130101) B01J 31/2295 (20130101) B01J 31/2404 (20130101) B01J 2231/54 (20130101) B01J 2231/543 (20130101) B01J 2531/821 (20130101) B01J 2531/825 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 67/30 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/46 (20130101) C07D 223/04 (20130101) C07D 225/02 (20130101) C07D 313/00 (20130101) C07D 498/04 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07F 15/002 (20130101) C07F 15/0046 (20130101) |
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| US 08860137 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chongwu Zhou (Arcadia, California); Koungmin Ryu (Los Angeles, California); Alexander Badmaev (Hillsboro, Oregon); Chuan Wang (Albany, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chongwu Zhou (Arcadia, California); Koungmin Ryu (Los Angeles, California); Alexander Badmaev (Hillsboro, Oregon); Chuan Wang (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | RF transistors are fabricated at complete wafer scale using a nanotube deposition technique capable of forming high-density, uniform semiconducting nanotube thin films at complete wafer scale, and electrical characterization reveals that such devices exhibit gigahertz operation, linearity, and large transconductance and current drive. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/492547 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/775 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66477 (20130101) H01L 51/0003 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0541 (20130101) |
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08860236 — Wind energy power conversion system reducing gearbox stress and improving power stability
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adel Nasiri (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UWM Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adel Nasiri (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A wind energy power conversion system includes a gearbox, a generator, an AC to DC power converter, a DC link, and a DC to AC power converter, and at least one ultracapacitor module connected in parallel on the DC link. A method of reducing stress on a wind turbine gearbox can be performed by obtaining an unwanted frequency of the wind energy power conversion system gearbox; determining an input torque value on the input shaft of the gearbox as a function of time; determining a frequency of the input torque value; and adjusting a torque on the output shaft of the gearbox based on the unwanted frequency. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/907651 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/44 |
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| US 08860532 | Gong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xun Gong (Oviedo, Florida); Yazid Yusuf (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xun Gong (Oviedo, Florida); Yazid Yusuf (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated cavity filter/antenna system includes a substrate, a cavity filter formed in or on the substrate. A first cavity resonator is in or on the substrate that is enclosed by metal walls. At least a second cavity resonator is formed in or on the substrate that is enclosed by metal walls. An inter-resonator coupling structure couples energy between the first cavity resonator and the second cavity resonator. An antenna is integrated with one of the cavity resonators so that the antenna acts as both a port of the cavity filter and as a radiating element for the filter/antenna system. A connector is coupled to one of the cavity resonators for coupling energy into the filter/antenna system. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112389 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/208 (20130101) H01P 1/2084 (20130101) H01P 1/2088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 3/121 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 9/32 (20130101) H01Q 9/0407 (20130101) |
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| US 08860945 | Wax et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Wax (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John W. Pyhtila (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Fourier domain a/LCI (faLCI) system and method which enables in vivo data acquisition at rapid rates using a single scan. Angle-resolved and depth resolved spectra information is obtained with one scan. The reference arm can remain fixed with respect to the sample due to only one scan required. A reference signal and a reflected sample signal are cross-correlated and dispersed at a multitude of reflected angles off of the sample, thereby representing reflections from a multitude of points on the sample at the same time in parallel. Information about all depths of the sample at each of the multitude of different points on the sample can be obtained with one scan on the order of approximately 40 milliseconds. From the spatial, cross-correlated reference signal, structural (size) information can also be obtained using techniques that allow size information of scatterers to be obtained from angle-resolved data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/868215 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/0209 (20130101) G01B 9/02044 (20130101) G01B 9/02084 (20130101) G01B 9/02087 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/31 (20130101) G01N 21/4795 (20130101) G01N 2021/4704 (20130101) G01N 2021/4709 (20130101) G01N 2021/4735 (20130101) G01N 2201/08 (20130101) |
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| US 08861086 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhiwen Liu (State College, Pennsylvania); Chuan Yang (State College, Pennsylvania); Kebin Shi (Beijing, China PRC); Perry Edwards (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiwen Liu (State College, Pennsylvania); Chuan Yang (State College, Pennsylvania); Kebin Shi (Beijing, China PRC); Perry Edwards (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide a device called a “G-Fresnel” device that performs the functions of both a linear grating and a Fresnel lens. We have fabricated the G-Fresnel device by using PDMS based soft lithography. Three-dimensional surface profilometry has been performed to examine the device quality. We have also conducted optical characterizations to confirm its dual focusing and dispersing properties. The G-Fresnel device can be useful for the development of miniature optical spectrometers as well as emerging optofluidic applications. Embodiments of compact spectrometers using diffractive optical elements are also provided. Theoretical simulation shows that a spectral resolution of approximately 1 nm can be potentially achieved with a millimeter-sized G-Fresnel. A proof-of-concept G-Fresnel-based spectrometer with subnanometer spectral resolution is experimentally demonstrated. |
| FILED | Friday, August 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/208922 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/00269 (20130101) B29D 11/00769 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/18 (20130101) G01J 3/0208 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/06 (20130101) G02B 3/08 (20130101) G02B 5/1814 (20130101) G02B 27/4244 (20130101) |
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| US 08861238 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qin Huang (Cary, North Carolina); Yu Du (Raleigh, North Carolina); Wenxi Yao (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qin Huang (Cary, North Carolina); Yu Du (Raleigh, North Carolina); Wenxi Yao (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An alternating current-to-direct current (AC-DC) converter is provided. The converter may include a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side. A first bi-directional switch and a first inductor may be connected in series between a positive terminal of an AC source and a first terminal of the primary side of the transformer. A second bi-directional switch and a second inductor may be connected between the positive terminal of the AC source and a second terminal of the primary side of the transformer and connected in parallel with the first bi-directional switch. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/595883 |
| 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 7/217 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08861414 | Shin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kang G. Shin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xinyu Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kang G. Shin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xinyu Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are provided for reducing power consumption in wireless communication devices. During an idle listening period, the clock rate of the receiver in the device is reduced. Data packets received by the receiver are then sampled at the reduced clock rate. A determination is made as to whether the data packet is intended for the device. The clock rate is restored to the full clock rate when the data packet is intended for the device. On the other hand, the receiver continues to operate at the reduced clock rate when the data packet is not intended for the device. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/439900 |
| ART UNIT | 2477 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 52/029 (20130101) H04W 52/0229 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 08861539 | Dong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ziqian Dong (Kearny, New Jersey); Roberto Rojas-Cessa (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ziqian Dong (Kearny, New Jersey); Roberto Rojas-Cessa (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Multicast traffic is expected to increase in packet networks, and therefore in switches and routers, by including broadcast and multimedia-on-demand services. Combined input-crosspoint buffered (CICB) switches can provide high performance under uniform multicast traffic. However this is often at the expense of N2 crosspoint buffers. An output-based shared-memory crosspoint-buffered (O-SMCB) packet switch is used where the crosspoint buffers are shared by two outputs and use no speedup. An embodiment of the proposed switch provides high performance under admissible uniform and non-uniform multicast traffic models while using 50% of the memory used in CICB switches that has dedicated buffers. Furthermore, the O-SMCB switch provides higher throughput than an existing SMCB switch where the buffers are shared by inputs. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/201604 |
| ART UNIT | 2466 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 49/90 (20130101) H04L 49/101 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 49/201 (20130101) |
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| US 08861675 | Sommer, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward J. Sommer, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee); Charles E. Roos (Nashville, Tennessee); David B. Spencer (Bedford, Massachusetts); R. Lynn Conley (Antioch, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spectramet, LLC (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Sommer, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee); Charles E. Roos (Nashville, Tennessee); David B. Spencer (Bedford, Massachusetts); R. Lynn Conley (Antioch, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a metal sorting device including an X-ray tube, a dual energy detector array, a microprocessor, and an air ejector array. The device senses the presence of samples in the x-ray sensing region and initiates identifying and sorting the samples. After identifying and classifying the category of a sample, at a specific time, the device activates an array of air ejectors located at specific positions in order to place the sample in the proper collection bin. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/397173 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Postal Sorting; Sorting Individual Articles, or Bulk Material Fit to be Sorted Piece-meal, e.g by Picking B07C 5/368 (20130101) B07C 5/3416 (20130101) B07C 5/3422 (20130101) B07C 2501/0009 (20130101) B07C 2501/0036 (20130101) B07C 2501/0054 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 23/12 (20130101) G01N 23/087 (20130101) G01N 2223/64 (20130101) G01N 2223/643 (20130101) |
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| US 08861869 | Shechtman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adobe Systems Incorporated (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Adobe Systems Incorporated (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elya Shechtman (Seattle, Washington); Daniel R. Goldman (Seattle, Washington); Connelly Barnes (Corvallis, Oregon); Adam Finkelstein (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for determining correspondence between image regions are described. A computing system stores images that are comparable to determine corresponding image patches of the images. An approximation algorithm is implemented, and for multiple image patches in a region in a first image, corresponding image patches are determined in a second image. The approximation algorithm performs iterations utilizing a nearby-pixel mapping evaluation and a random-perturbation mapping evaluation to determine and select the corresponding image patches in the second image. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/056696 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — 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 9/6211 (20130101) G06K 2009/6213 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/003 (20130101) G06T 7/0081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0097 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862520 | Agarwal |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shivani Agarwal (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shivani Agarwal (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and media are taught utilizing ranking techniques in machine learning to learn a ranking function. Specifically, ranking algorithms are applied to learn a ranking function that advantageously minimizes ranking error as a function of targeted ranking order discrepancies between a predetermined first ranking of a training plurality of data elements and a second ranking of the training plurality of data elements by the ranking function. The ranking algorithms taught may be applied to ranking representations of chemical structures and may be particularly advantageous in the field of drug discovery, e.g., for prioritizing chemical structures for drug screenings. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/968195 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862594 | Papakonstantinou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yannis Papakonstantinou (La Jolla, California); Andrey Balmin (San Jose, California); Evangelos Christidis (North Bay Village, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yannis Papakonstantinou (La Jolla, California); Andrey Balmin (San Jose, California); Evangelos Christidis (North Bay Village, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This application describes methods for searching digital information such as digital documents (e.g., web pages) and computer databases, and specific search techniques such as authority ranking and information retrieval (IR) relevance ranking in keyword searches. In some implementations, the technique includes analyzing digital information viewed as a labeled graph, including nodes and edges, based on a flow of authority among the nodes along the edges, the flow of authority being derived at least in part from different authority transfer rates assigned to the edges based on edge type schema information. In some implementations, the system includes an object rank module configured to generate multiple initial rankings corresponding to multiple query keywords, each of the multiple initial rankings indicating authority of nodes in a graph with respect to each respective query keyword individually; and a query module configured to combine the multiple initial rankings in response to a query. |
| FILED | Friday, February 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/709219 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30864 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862614 | Pradhan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anu Raj Pradhan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Burcu Akinci (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anu Raj Pradhan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Burcu Akinci (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and software for automatedly answering dynamic queries requiring fusing of data from various ones of multiple available heterogeneous data sources. The data sources are characterized and interrelated using a suitable ontology. In one implementation, each dynamic query is analyzed to determine the data items required to answer that query, along with their levels of detail. The data items and levels of detail are used to determine which ones of the multiple data sources are needed to answer the query. The data items, levels of detail, and the ontology of the data sources are then used to automatedly develop a data-fusing plan for fusing data from the needed data sources in a manner that answers the query. The data-fusing plan is executed, and the query is answered. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/808691 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30424 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30557 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862653 | Bakos |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason D. Bakos (Chapin, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason D. Bakos (Chapin, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for sparse matrix vector multiplication (SpMV) are disclosed. The systems and methods include a novel streaming reduction architecture for floating point accumulation and a novel on-chip cache design optimized for streaming compressed sparse row (CSR) matrices. The present disclosure is also directed to implementation of the reduction circuit and/or processing elements for SpMV processing into a personality for the Convey HC-1 computing device. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/456657 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08862842 — Method and apparatus for maximizing data recoverability using coupling updates by parties
| US 08862842 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qing K. Yang (Wakefield, Rhode Island); Weijun Xiao (Kingston, Rhode Island); Jin Ren (Kingston, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rhode Island Board of Education , State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Plantation, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing K. Yang (Wakefield, Rhode Island); Weijun Xiao (Kingston, Rhode Island); Jin Ren (Kingston, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A data recovery system is disclosed that permits recovery of data in a computer memory. The system includes an update storage system, a long-term storage system, a coupling functional circuit, and a parity register. The update storage system is for providing backup storage of recently updated data. The long-term storage system is for providing backup storage of data that has not been recently updated. The coupling functional circuit is for providing a bit-wise commutative binary operation of data from the update storage system and from the long term storage system. The parity register is for maintaining parity snapshots of the output of the coupling functional circuit. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/580757 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/1451 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/1453 (20130101) G06F 11/1456 (20130101) G06F 11/1464 (20130101) G06F 11/1469 (20130101) G06F 11/3428 (20130101) G06F 2201/84 (20130101) G06F 2201/86 (20130101) G06F 2201/87 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08862854 | Vaidyanathan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ramachandran Vaidyanathan (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Matthew Jordan (Huntsville, Alabama) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ramachandran Vaidyanathan (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Matthew Jordan (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to hardware decoders that efficiently expand a small number of input bits to a large number of output bits, while providing considerable flexibility in selecting the output instances. One main area of application of the invention is in pin-limited environments, such as field programmable gates array (FPGA) used with dynamic reconfiguration. The invention includes a mapping unit that is a circuit, possibly in combination with a reconfigurable memory device. The circuit has as input a z-bit source word having a value at each bit position and it outputs an n-bit output word, where n>z, where the value of each bit position of the n-bit output word is based upon the value of a pre-selected hardwired one of the bit positions in the x-bit word, where the said pre-selected hardwired bit positions is selected by a selector address. The invention may include a second reconfigurable memory device that outputs the z-bit source word, based upon an x-bit source address input to the second memory device, where x<z. The invention may produce the output n-bit, α bits at a time. |
| FILED | Monday, August 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/310217 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/1732 (20130101) H03K 19/17744 (20130101) H03K 19/17752 (20130101) H03K 19/17756 (20130101) H03K 19/17776 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08863104 | Pingali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keshav Kumar Pingali (Austin, Texas); Milind Vidyadhar Kulkarni (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keshav Kumar Pingali (Austin, Texas); Milind Vidyadhar Kulkarni (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for parallelizing applications that operate on irregular data structures. In an embodiment, the methods and systems enable programmers to use set iterators to express algorithms containing amorphous data parallelism. Parallelization can be achieved by speculatively executing multiple iterations of the iterator in parallel. Conflicts between speculatively executing iterations can be detected and handled using information in class libraries. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/482118 |
| ART UNIT | 2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/45 (20130101) G06F 8/456 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/44 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE45195 | Annapragada et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marval Pharma, Inc. (Netanya, Illinois); Cleveland State University (Cleveland, Ohio); Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marval Pharma, Inc. (New York, New York); Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio); Cleveland State University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ananth Annapragada (Manvel, Texas); Ravi V. Bellamkonda (Marietta, Georgia); Eric Hoffman (Iowa City, Iowa); Chandra Vijayalakshmi (Manvel, Texas); Chen-Yu Kao (Hsinchu, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | Example compositions of liposomes with hydrophilic polymers on their surface, and containing relatively high concentrations of contrast-enhancing agents for computed tomography are provided. Example pharmaceutical compositions of such liposomes, when administered to a subject, provide for increased contrast of extended duration, as measured by computed tomography, in the bloodstream and other tissues of the subject. Also provided are example methods for making the liposomes containing high concentrations of contrast-enhancing agents, and example methods for using the compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768484 |
| 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 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 49/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/0438 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08857185 | Mahmoud et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ahmad M. Mahmoud (Bolton, Connecticut); Jaeseon Lee (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Thomas D. Radcliff (Vernon, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmad M. Mahmoud (Bolton, Connecticut); Jaeseon Lee (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Thomas D. Radcliff (Vernon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An example power generation system includes a vapor generator, a turbine, a separator and a pump. In the separator, the multiple components of the working fluid are separated from each other and sent to separate condensers. Each of the separate condensers is configured for condensing a single component of the working fluid. Once each of the components condense back into a liquid form they are recombined and exhausted to a pump that in turn drives the working fluid back to the vapor generator. |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/345096 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/649 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08857480 | Sullivan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott C. Sullivan (Clinton Township, Michigan); Douglas Fansler (St. Clair, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott C. Sullivan (Clinton Township, Michigan); Douglas Fansler (St. Clair, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A vehicle having multiple isolated fluid circuits configured to be filled through a common fill port includes a first fluid circuit disposed within the vehicle, the first fluid circuit having a first fill port, a second fluid circuit disposed within the vehicle, and a conduit defining a fluid passageway between the first fluid circuit and second fluid circuit, the conduit including a valve. The valve is configured such that the first and second fluid circuits are fluidly coupled via the passageway when the valve is open, and are fluidly isolated when the valve is closed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/005759 |
| ART UNIT | 3751 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Cooling of Machines or Engines in General; Cooling of Internal-combustion Engines F01P 11/0204 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08857506 | Stone, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Marion Stone, Jr. (Cut-N-Shoot, Texas); Charles R. Goodwin (League City, Texas); James E. Richard, Jr. (Kingwood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and heaters for treating a subsurface formation are described herein. At least one method for providing power to one or more subsurface heaters is described herein. The method may include monitoring one or more operating parameters of the heaters, the intermittent power source, and a transformer coupled to the intermittent power source that transforms power from the intermittent power source to power with appropriate operating parameters for the heaters; and controlling the power output of the transformer so that a constant voltage is provided to the heaters regardless of the load of the heaters and the power output provided by the intermittent power source. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/902129 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — 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 36/04 (20130101) E21B 43/2401 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Systems for Regulating Electric or Magnetic Variables G05F 1/10 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 166/902 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858076 | Quintana et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Enrico C. Quintana (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kyle R. Thompson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David G. Moore (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jack D. Heister (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard W. Poland (Aiken, South Carolina); John P. Ellegood (Aurora, Colorado); George K. Hodges (Arab, Alabama); James E. Prindville (Lincoln, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enrico C. Quintana (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kyle R. Thompson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David G. Moore (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jack D. Heister (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard W. Poland (Aiken, South Carolina); John P. Ellegood (Aurora, Colorado); George K. Hodges (Arab, Alabama); James E. Prindville (Lincoln, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An X-ray contrast sensitivity gauge is described herein. The contrast sensitivity gauge comprises a plurality of steps of varying thicknesses. Each step in the gauge includes a plurality of recesses of differing depths, wherein the depths are a function of the thickness of their respective step. An X-ray image of the gauge is analyzed to determine a contrast-to-noise ratio of a detector employed to generate the image. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/241569 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858657 | Deng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shuguang Deng (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Prafulla D. Patil (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Veera Gnaneswar Gude (Klamath Falls, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuguang Deng (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Prafulla D. Patil (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Veera Gnaneswar Gude (Klamath Falls, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for providing direct conversion of algal biomass. Optionally, the method and system can be used to directly convert dry algal biomass to biodiesels under microwave irradiation by combining the reaction and combining steps. Alternatively, wet algae can be directly processed and converted to fatty acid methyl esters, which have the major components of biodiesels, by reacting with methanol at predetermined pressure and temperature ranges. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/333479 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Fuel and related compositions 044/388 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858678 | Kiesel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard F. Kiesel (Hibbing, Minnesota); David J. Englund (Bovey, Minnesota); Mark Schlichting (Crawfordsville, Indiana); John Meehan (Conway, Arkansas); Jeremiah Crouch (Conway, Arkansas); Logan Wilson (Hot Springs, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nu-Iron Technology, LLC (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F. Kiesel (Hibbing, Minnesota); David J. Englund (Bovey, Minnesota); Mark Schlichting (Crawfordsville, Indiana); John Meehan (Conway, Arkansas); Jeremiah Crouch (Conway, Arkansas); Logan Wilson (Hot Springs, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for making metallic iron nodules with reduced CO2 emissions is disclosed. The method includes: assembling a linear hearth furnace having entry and exit portions, at least a conversion zone and a fusion zone, and a moving hearth adapted to move reducible iron bearing material through the furnace on contiguous hearth sections; assembling a shrouded return substantially free of air ingress extending adjacent at least the conversion and fusion zones of the furnace through which hearth sections can move from adjacent the exit portion to adjacent the entry portion of the furnace; transferring the hearth sections from the furnace to the shrouded return adjacent the exit portion; reducing reducible material in the linear hearth furnace to metallic iron nodules; and transporting gases from at least the fusion zone to the shrouded return to heat the hearth sections while in the shrouded return. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/499021 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacture of Iron or Steel C21B 13/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C21B 13/0046 (20130101) C21B 2100/02 (20130101) C21B 2100/04 (20130101) Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens, or Retorts in General; Open Sintering or Like Apparatus F27B 9/021 (20130101) F27B 9/3005 (20130101) Details or Accessories of Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens, or Retorts, in so Far as They Are of Kinds Occurring in More Than One Kind of Furnace F27D 17/004 (20130101) F27D 17/008 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858742 | Spicer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Patrick Spicer (Plymouth, Michigan); Debejyo Chakraborty (Novi, Michigan); Michael Anthony Wincek (Rochester, Michigan); Hui Wang (Highland, Michigan); Jeffrey A. Abell (Rochester Hills, Michigan); Jennifer Bracey (Holly, Michigan); Wayne W. Cai (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A vibration welding system includes vibration welding equipment having a welding horn and anvil, a host device, a check station, and a robot. The robot moves the horn and anvil via an arm to the check station. Sensors, e.g., temperature sensors, are positioned with respect to the welding equipment. Additional sensors are positioned with respect to the check station, including a pressure-sensitive array. The host device, which monitors a condition of the welding equipment, measures signals via the sensors positioned with respect to the welding equipment when the horn is actively forming a weld. The robot moves the horn and anvil to the check station, activates the check station sensors at the check station, and determines a condition of the welding equipment by processing the received signals. Acoustic, force, temperature, displacement, amplitude, and/or attitude/gyroscopic sensors may be used. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/065801 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Generating or Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations of Infrasonic, Sonic, or Ultrasonic Frequency, for Performing Mechanical Work in General B06B 3/00 (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 65/08 (20130101) B29C 66/90 (20130101) B29C 66/9121 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08859190 | Dirk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn M. Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ross Stefan Johnson (Wilmington, Delaware); Robert Boye (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael R. Descour (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William C. Sweatt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Wheeler (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bryan James Kaehr (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel photo-writable and thermally switchable polymeric materials exhibit a refractive index change of Δn≧1.0 when exposed to UV light or heat. For example, lithography can be used to convert a non-conjugated precursor polymer to a conjugated polymer having a higher index-of-refraction. Further, two-photon lithography can be used to pattern high-spatial frequency structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/018058 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08859227 | Spodsberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/122431 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — 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 9/248 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/2482 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01008 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08859253 | Wogulis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (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 II. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. |
| FILED | Monday, September 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/034209 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — 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) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08859254 | Morant |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California); Novoyzmes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California); Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc Dominique Morant (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity, beta-xylosidase activity, or beta-glucosidase and beta-xylosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/104655 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — 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 9/248 (20130101) C12N 9/2402 (20130101) C12N 9/2445 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 15/8245 (20130101) C12N 15/8246 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) C12P 21/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01021 (20130101) |
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| US 08859268 | Mukundan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harshini Mukundan (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Hongzhi Xie (Portland, Maine); Basil I. Swanson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jennifer Martinez (Dixon, New Mexico); Wynne K. Grace (Taos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harshini Mukundan (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Hongzhi Xie (Portland, Maine); Basil I. Swanson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jennifer Martinez (Dixon, New Mexico); Wynne K. Grace (Taos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention addresses the simultaneous detection and quantitative measurement of multiple biomolecules, e.g., pathogen biomarkers through either a sandwich assay approach or a lipid insertion approach. The invention can further employ a multichannel, structure with multi-sensor elements per channel. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/924929 |
| 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 | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/553 (20130101) G01N 21/774 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859455 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peidong Yang (Kensington, California); Gabor Somorjai (Berkeley, California); Yusuke Yamada (Osaka, Japan); Chia-Kuang Tsung (Allston, Massachusetts); Wenyu Huang (Albany, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peidong Yang (Kensington, California); Gabor Somorjai (Berkeley, California); Yusuke Yamada (Osaka, Japan); Chia-Kuang Tsung (Allston, Massachusetts); Wenyu Huang (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a nanocrystal tandem catalyst comprising at least two metal-metal oxide interfaces for the catalysis of sequential reactions. One embodiment utilizes a nanocrystal bilayer structure formed by assembling sub-10 nm platinum and cerium oxide nanocube monolayers on a silica substrate. The two distinct metal-metal oxide interfaces, CeO2—Pt and Pt—SiO2, can be used to catalyze two distinct sequential reactions. The CeO2—Pt interface catalyzed methanol decomposition to produce CO and H2, which were then subsequently used for ethylene hydroformylation catalyzed by the nearby Pt—SiO2 interface. Consequently, propanal was selectively produced on this nanocrystal bilayer tandem catalyst. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441240 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/42 (20130101) B01J 23/63 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/0013 (20130101) B01J 37/0244 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/22 (20130101) C01B 2203/107 (20130101) C01B 2203/0277 (20130101) C01B 2203/1082 (20130101) C01B 2203/1223 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 45/49 (20130101) C07C 45/50 (20130101) C07C 47/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08859744 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qing Xu (North Potomac, Maryland); Hamilton O. Smith (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Xu (North Potomac, Maryland); Hamilton O. Smith (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A recombinant cyanobacterium comprising an oxygen-tolerant, hydrogen-evolving hydrogenase, kit, and methods of use. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/445929 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — 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 9/0067 (20130101) C12N 13/00 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08859831 | Marker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Terry L. Marker (Palos Heights, Illinois); Larry G. Felix (Pelham, Alabama); Martin B. Linck (Oak Park, Illinois); Michael J. Roberts (Itasca, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry L. Marker (Palos Heights, Illinois); Larry G. Felix (Pelham, Alabama); Martin B. Linck (Oak Park, Illinois); Michael J. Roberts (Itasca, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for processing biomass into hydrocarbon fuels that includes processing a biomass in a hydropyrolysis reactor resulting in hydrocarbon fuels and a process vapor stream and cooling the process vapor stream to a condensation temperature resulting in an aqueous stream. The aqueous stream is sent to a catalytic reactor where it is oxidized to obtain a product stream containing ammonia and ammonium sulfate. A resulting cooled product vapor stream includes non-condensable process vapors comprising H2, CH4, CO, CO2, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/196645 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/52 (20130101) B01D 53/75 (20130101) B01D 2255/705 (20130101) B01D 2257/304 (20130101) Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 1/026 (20130101) C01C 1/247 (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 1/06 (20130101) C10G 3/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 2300/207 (20130101) C10G 2300/1011 (20130101) C10G 2400/02 (20130101) C10G 2400/04 (20130101) C10G 2400/08 (20130101) Production of Producer Gas, Water-gas, Synthesis Gas From Solid Carbonaceous Material, or Mixtures Containing These Gases; Carburetting Air or Other Gases C10J 2300/0966 (20130101) Purifying or Modifying the Chemical Composition of Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide C10K 1/004 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08859933 | Harley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabriel Harley (Mountain View, California); Thomas Pass (San Jose, California); Peter John Cousins (Menlo Park, California); John Viatella (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel Harley (Mountain View, California); Thomas Pass (San Jose, California); Peter John Cousins (Menlo Park, California); John Viatella (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar cell is formed using a solar cell ablation system. The ablation system includes a single laser source and several laser scanners. The laser scanners include a master laser scanner, with the rest of the laser scanners being slaved to the master laser scanner. A laser beam from the laser source is split into several laser beams, with the laser beams being scanned onto corresponding wafers using the laser scanners in accordance with one or more patterns. The laser beams may be scanned on the wafers using the same or different power levels of the laser source. |
| FILED | Monday, August 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/584613 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/0807 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/202 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0682 (20130101) H01L 31/02168 (20130101) H01L 31/022441 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Y02E 10/547 (20130101) |
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08860236 — Wind energy power conversion system reducing gearbox stress and improving power stability
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adel Nasiri (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UWM Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adel Nasiri (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A wind energy power conversion system includes a gearbox, a generator, an AC to DC power converter, a DC link, and a DC to AC power converter, and at least one ultracapacitor module connected in parallel on the DC link. A method of reducing stress on a wind turbine gearbox can be performed by obtaining an unwanted frequency of the wind energy power conversion system gearbox; determining an input torque value on the input shaft of the gearbox as a function of time; determining a frequency of the input torque value; and adjusting a torque on the output shaft of the gearbox based on the unwanted frequency. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/907651 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/44 |
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| US 08860379 | Kajouke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lateef A. Kajouke (San Pedro, California); Milun Perisic (Torrance, California); Ray M. Ransom (Big Bear City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lateef A. Kajouke (San Pedro, California); Milun Perisic (Torrance, California); Ray M. Ransom (Big Bear City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of discharging a bus capacitor of a bidirectional matrix converter of a vehicle are presented here. The method begins by electrically shorting the AC interface of the converter after an AC energy source is disconnected from the AC interface. The method continues by arranging a plurality of switching elements of a second energy conversion module into a discharge configuration to establish an electrical current path from a first terminal of an isolation module, through an inductive element, and to a second terminal of the isolation module. The method also modulates a plurality of switching elements of a first energy conversion module, while maintaining the discharge configuration of the second energy conversion module, to at least partially discharge a DC bus capacitor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/090911 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Battery or capacitor charging or discharging 320/166 |
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| US 08860424 | Lamarche et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul F. Lamarche (Morgan Hill, California); Brett Julian Chicotka (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Solar Junction Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul F. Lamarche (Morgan Hill, California); Brett Julian Chicotka (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus is provided for highly accelerated life testing (HALT) of multi-junction solar cells according to a method that utilizes a high vacuum chamber, as well as lenses and windows transparent to broad spectrum solar radiation from typically a single source to house packaged solar chips and temperature monitoring and control means during testing, thereby allowing substantially greater control of environmental variables such as temperature, atmospheric composition, and light spectrum than is currently available. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/407446 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/501 |
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| US 08861290 | Zimmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Matthew Zimmer (Berkeley, California); Mahmut Ersin Sinangil (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a system are provided for performing write assist. Write assist circuitry is initialized and voltage collapse is initiated to reduce a column supply voltage provided to a storage cell. A bitline of the storage cell is boosted to a boosted voltage level that is below a low supply voltage provided to the storage cell and data encoded by the bitline is written to the storage cell. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/710314 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 7/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08861517 | Baker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zachary Kent Baker (Los Alamos, New Mexico); John Fredrick Power (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Justin Leonard Tripp (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Mark Edward Dunham (White Rock, New Mexico); Matthew W. Stettler (Los Alamos, New Mexico); John Alexander Jones (Bath, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zachary Kent Baker (Los Alamos, New Mexico); John Fredrick Power (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Justin Leonard Tripp (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Mark Edward Dunham (White Rock, New Mexico); Matthew W. Stettler (Los Alamos, New Mexico); John Alexander Jones (Bath, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method and system for performing operations on at least one input data vector in order to produce at least one output vector to permit easy, scalable and fast programming of a petascale equivalent supercomputer. A PetaFlops Router may comprise one or more PetaFlops Nodes, which may be connected to each other and/or external data provider/consumers via a programmable crossbar switch external to the PetaFlops Node. Each PetaFlops Node has a FPGA and a programmable intra-FPGA crossbar switch that permits input and output variables to be configurably connected to various physical operators contained in the FPGA as desired by a user. This allows a user to specify the instruction set of the system on a per-application basis. Further, the intra-FPGA crossbar switch permits the output of one operation to be delivered as an input to a second operation. By configuring the external crossbar switch, the output of a first operation on a first PetaFlops Node may be used as the input for a second operation on a second PetaFlops Node. An embodiment may provide an ability for the system to recognize and generate pipelined functions. Streaming operators may be connected together at run-time and appropriately staged to allow data to flow through a series of functions. This allows the system to provide high throughput and parallelism when possible. The PetaFlops Router may implement the user desired instructions by appropriately configuring the intra-FPGA crossbar switch on each PetaFlops Node and the external crossbar switch. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/763840 |
| ART UNIT | 2475 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/17343 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08861571 | Moradi 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) | Hussein Moradi (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Behrouz Farhang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Carl A. Kutsche (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A transmitter includes a synthesis filter bank to spread a data symbol to a plurality of frequencies by encoding the data symbol on each frequency, apply a common pulse-shaping filter, and apply gains to the frequencies such that a power level of each frequency is less than a noise level of other communication signals within the spectrum. Each frequency is modulated onto a different evenly spaced subcarrier. A demodulator in a receiver converts a radio frequency input to a spread-spectrum signal in a baseband. A matched filter filters the spread-spectrum signal with a common filter having characteristics matched to the synthesis filter bank in the transmitter by filtering each frequency to generate a sequence of narrow pulses. A carrier recovery unit generates control signals responsive to the sequence of narrow pulses suitable for generating a phase-locked loop between the demodulator, the matched filter, and the carrier recovery unit. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/051274 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/707 (20130101) H04B 1/709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 1/7093 (20130101) |
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| US 08862398 | De Vries et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Willem H. De Vries (Livermore, California); Scot S. Olivier (Livermore, California); Alexander J. Pertica (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for tracking objects that are in earth orbit via a constellation or network of satellites having imaging devices is provided. An object tracking system includes a ground controller and, for each satellite in the constellation, an onboard controller. The ground controller receives ephemeris information for a target object and directs that ephemeris information be transmitted to the satellites. Each onboard controller receives ephemeris information for a target object, collects images of the target object based on the expected location of the target object at an expected time, identifies actual locations of the target object from the collected images, and identifies a next expected location at a next expected time based on the identified actual locations of the target object. The onboard controller processes the collected image to identify the actual location of the target object and transmits the actual location information to the ground controller. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/801898 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08857581 | Stamps et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank B. Stamps (Colleyville, Texas); Michael R. Smith (Colleyville, Texas); Christopher M. Bothwell (Grapevine, Texas); Lawrence M. Corso (Keller, Texas); James L. Braswell, Jr. (Colleyville, Texas); David A. Popelka (Colleyville, Texas); Ernst C. Schellhase (Fort Worth, Texas); Charles L. Hollimon (North Richland Hills, Texas); Thomas J. Newman (Maypearl, Texas); Bryan Baskin (Arlington, Texas); Thomas C. Campbell (Keller, Texas); Daniel B. Robertson (Southlake, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank B. Stamps (Colleyville, Texas); Michael R. Smith (Colleyville, Texas); Christopher M. Bothwell (Grapevine, Texas); Lawrence M. Corso (Keller, Texas); James L. Braswell, Jr. (Colleyville, Texas); David A. Popelka (Colleyville, Texas); Ernst C. Schellhase (Fort Worth, Texas); Charles L. Hollimon (North Richland Hills, Texas); Thomas J. Newman (Maypearl, Texas); Bryan Baskin (Arlington, Texas); Thomas C. Campbell (Keller, Texas); Daniel B. Robertson (Southlake, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor hub and method to dampen a force exerted on a rotor hub by a rotor blade during flight. The rotor hub including a central member rotatably coupled to a rotor mast, a blade grip rigidly attached to a blade and movably coupled to the central member, and an adjustable damper operably associated with the blade grip. The method includes damping the force exerted on the rotor hub with the adjustable damper and selectively adjusting the adjustable damper between a first spring rate and a second spring rate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/461414 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/35 (20130101) B64C 27/39 (20130101) B64C 27/51 (20130101) Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 13/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16F 13/24 (20130101) F16F 13/26 (20130101) F16F 2230/30 (20130101) |
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| US 08857761 | Shah |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Parthiv N. Shah (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ATA Engineering, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Parthiv N. Shah (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An aircraft control structure can be utilized for purposes of drag management, noise control, or aircraft flight maneuvering. The control structure includes a high pressure engine nozzle, such as a bypass nozzle or a core nozzle of a turbofan engine. The nozzle exhausts a high pressure fluid stream, which can be swirled using a deployable swirl vane architecture. The control structure also includes a variable geometry pylon configured to be coupled between the nozzle and the aircraft. The variable geometry pylon has a moveable pylon section that can be deployed into a deflected state to maintain or alter a swirling fluid stream (when the swirl vane architecture is deployed) for drag management purposes, or to assist in the performance of aircraft flight maneuvers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/211171 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/54 |
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| US 08857874 | Ihrke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America as Represented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Lyndon Bridgwater (Houston, Texas); Myron A. Diftler (Houston, Texas); Douglas Martin Linn (White Lake, Michigan); Robert J. Platt, Jr. (Houston, Texas); Brian Hargrave (Dickenson, Texas); Scott R. Askew (Houston, Texas); Michael C. Valvo (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic hand includes a finger with first, second, and third phalanges. A first joint rotatably connects the first phalange to a base structure. A second joint rotatably connects the first phalange to the second phalange. A third joint rotatably connects the third phalange to the second phalange. The second joint and the third joint are kinematically linked such that the position of the third phalange with respect to the second phalange is determined by the position of the second phalange with respect to the first phalange. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/826206 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Handling: Hand and hoist-line implements 294/106 |
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| US 08858325 | Pope et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan T. Pope (Poquoson, Virginia); Olafur S. Palsson (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| 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); Olafur S. Palsson (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and apparatuses provided for modifying the effect of an operator controlled input device on an interactive device to encourage the self-regulation of at least one physiological activity by a person different than the operator. The interactive device comprises a display area which depicts images and apparatus for receiving at least one input from the operator controlled input device to thus permit the operator to control and interact with at least some of the depicted images. One effect modification comprises measurement of the physiological activity of a person different from the operator, while modifying the ability of the operator to control and interact with at least some of the depicted images by modifying the input from the operator controlled input device in response to changes in the measured physiological signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/166226 |
| ART UNIT | 3714 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Card, Board, or Roulette Games; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing Bodies; Video Games; Games Not Otherwise Provided for A63F 13/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A63F 13/10 (20130101) A63F 2300/1012 (20130101) A63F 2300/6045 (20130101) |
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| US 08858889 | Howe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert H. Howe (West Suffield, Connecticut); Kenneth P. Flynn (Enfield, Connecticut); Thomas J. Stapleton (Southwick, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Howe (West Suffield, Connecticut); Kenneth P. Flynn (Enfield, Connecticut); Thomas J. Stapleton (Southwick, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A contaminate control device for filtering contaminates from a gas such as air is provided. The device includes a housing having a first inlet and a first outlet. An axial flow filter is fluidly coupled between the first inlet and the first outlet, the axial flow filter has a second inlet and a second outlet. A second filter disposed about the axial flow filter and is fluidly coupled between the first inlet and the first outlet, the second filter having a third inlet on an inner diameter and a third outlet disposed on an outer diameter. A flow restrictor is fluidly coupled between the second inlet and the first inlet. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/083649 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/122 |
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| US 08859288 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wenyan Li (Orlando, Florida); Jerry W. Buhrow (Viera, Florida); Scott T. Jolley (Titusville, Florida); Luz M. Calle (Merritt Island, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenyan Li (Orlando, Florida); Jerry W. Buhrow (Viera, Florida); Scott T. Jolley (Titusville, Florida); Luz M. Calle (Merritt Island, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods to produce pH-sensitive microparticles that have an active agent dispersed in a polymer matrix have certain advantages over microcapsules with an active agent encapsulated in an interior compartment/core inside of a polymer wall. The current invention relates to pH-sensitive microparticles that have a corrosion-detecting or corrosion-inhibiting active agent or active agents dispersed within a polymer matrix of the microparticles. The pH-sensitive microparticles can be used in various coating compositions on metal objects for corrosion detecting and/or inhibiting. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542155 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 9/10 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/08 (20130101) C09D 5/082 (20130101) C09D 7/1291 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/80 (20130101) G01N 21/643 (20130101) G01N 2021/6439 (20130101) |
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| US 08860381 | Holliday |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ezekiel S. Holliday (Belpre, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sunpower, Inc. (Athens, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ezekiel S. Holliday (Belpre, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Vibrations at harmonic frequencies are reduced by injecting harmonic balancing signals into the armature of a linear motor/alternator coupled to a Stirling machine. The vibrations are sensed to provide a signal representing the mechanical vibrations. A harmonic balancing signal is generated for selected harmonics of the operating frequency by processing the sensed vibration signal with adaptive filter algorithms of adaptive filters for each harmonic. Reference inputs for each harmonic are applied to the adaptive filter algorithms at the frequency of the selected harmonic. The harmonic balancing signals for all of the harmonics are summed with a principal control signal. The harmonic balancing signals modify the principal electrical drive voltage and drive the motor/alternator with a drive voltage component in opposition to the vibration at each harmonic. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/549741 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Single generator systems 322/32 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08861552 | Malekpour |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mahyar R. Malekpour (Hampton, 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) | Mahyar R. Malekpour (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-stabilizing network in the form of an arbitrary, non-partitioned digraph includes K nodes having a synchronizer executing a protocol. K−1 monitors of each node may receive a Sync message transmitted from a directly connected node. When the Sync message is received, the logical clock value for the receiving node is set to between 0 and a communication latency value (γ) if the clock value is less than a minimum event-response delay (D). A new Sync message is also transmitted to any directly connected nodes if the clock value is greater than or equal to both D and a graph threshold (TS). When the Sync message is not received the synchronizer increments the clock value if the clock value is less than a resynchronization period (P), and resets the clock value and transmits a new Sync message to all directly connected nodes when the clock value equals or exceeds P. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/364814 |
| ART UNIT | 2467 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08857117 | Pantelides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris P. Pantelides (Salt Lake City, Utah); Lawrence D. Reaveley (Draper, Utah); Clayton A. Burningham (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris P. Pantelides (Salt Lake City, Utah); Lawrence D. Reaveley (Draper, Utah); Clayton A. Burningham (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Anchoring devices and systems are disclosed for use with elongated reinforcement members such as FRP, SRP, metallic bars, or cables. Such devices and systems impart a compressive stress into a static structure having the elongated reinforcement member running therethrough or therealong. An anchoring system can include an anchor block that includes a front end surface for contacting the static structure, an axial bore for receiving the elongated reinforcement member, and clamping members that, when closed, exert a radial clamping force on a reinforcement member in the axial bore. A tensioning and anchoring system may include one or more tensioners integrally connected to an anchor block. At least one sleeve may be secured to the anchor block and cooperate with a bolt that displaces the anchor block to place a tensile force on the elongated reinforcement member and impart a compressive force on the static structure. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/896335 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Construction of Bridges, or Viaducts; Assembly of Bridges E01D 19/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E01D 2101/28 (20130101) Structural Elements; Building Materials E04C 5/085 (20130101) E04C 5/127 (20130101) Scaffolding; Forms; Shuttering; Building Implements or Aids, or Their Use; Handling Building Materials on the Site; Repairing, Breaking-up or Other Work on Existing Buildings E04G 21/121 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08860197 | Clark et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence T. Clark (Phoenix, Arizona); David R. Allee (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) | Lawrence T. Clark (Phoenix, Arizona); David R. Allee (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated circuit device that is secure from invasion and related methods are disclosed herein. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/139955 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/79 (20130101) G06F 21/87 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/56 (20130101) H01L 23/13 (20130101) H01L 23/57 (20130101) H01L 23/3121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/49833 (20130101) H01L 24/17 (20130101) H01L 24/48 (20130101) H01L 29/0657 (20130101) H01L 2224/16 (20130101) H01L 2224/13099 (20130101) H01L 2224/48091 (20130101) H01L 2224/48091 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/014 (20130101) H01L 2924/14 (20130101) H01L 2924/0103 (20130101) H01L 2924/01005 (20130101) H01L 2924/01006 (20130101) H01L 2924/01029 (20130101) H01L 2924/01033 (20130101) H01L 2924/01049 (20130101) H01L 2924/01087 (20130101) |
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| US 08860575 | Allee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Allee (Phoenix, Arizona); Lawrence T. Clark (Phoenix, Arizona); Terry L. Alford (Phoenix, Arizona); Constantine A. Balanis (Mesa, Arizona); James T. Aberle (Tempe, Arizona); Kevin Baugh (Reston, Virginia) |
| 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) | David R. Allee (Phoenix, Arizona); Lawrence T. Clark (Phoenix, Arizona); Terry L. Alford (Phoenix, Arizona); Constantine A. Balanis (Mesa, Arizona); James T. Aberle (Tempe, Arizona); Kevin Baugh (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of flexible identification systems are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/306750 |
| ART UNIT | 2687 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 19/025 (20130101) G06K 19/027 (20130101) G06K 19/07766 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 52/0235 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08860940 | Bell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cynthia Bell (Chandler, Arizona); John Stowell (Tempe, Arizona); Donald E. Adams (Gilbert, 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) | Cynthia Bell (Chandler, Arizona); John Stowell (Tempe, Arizona); Donald E. Adams (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of aligning color filter array are disclosed. Other embodiments are disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/396074 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/201 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/62 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/1333 (20130101) G02F 1/133514 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08858930 | Zhu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chengru Zhu (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Edgar Boedeker (Placitas, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chengru Zhu (Cartonsville, Maryland); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chengru Zhu (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Edgar Boedeker (Placitas, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides live, attenuated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) bacteria in which the Shiga toxin coding sequences are deleted to abolish Shiga toxin production and one or more of the nucleotide sequences for the bacterial adhesin protein intimin, the locus of enterocyte effacement encoded regulator, and the translocated intimin receptor are mutated to inactivate the activity of the encoded protein(s). This live, attenuated E. coli bacteria is used in a vaccine for reducing or inhibiting carriage and shedding of EHEC in cattle. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/666251 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0258 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/54 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/245 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/36 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 424/823 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858959 | Jenkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark C. Jenkins (Davidsonville, Maryland); Raymond H. Fetterer (College Park, Maryland); Joseph T. Persyn (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Jenkins (Davidsonville, Maryland); Raymond H. Fetterer (College Park, Maryland); Joseph T. Persyn (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Safe and effective gel-bead vaccines for treating domesticated birds for diseases caused by cyst-forming protozoa, especially for coccidiosis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/546455 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0056 (20130101) A61K 9/1658 (20130101) A61K 39/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/012 (20130101) A61K 2039/54 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08857266 | Chiang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin Chiang (Olney, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Chiang (Olney, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to apparatus and method for evaluating the development of PS during polymerization of dental restorative composites, which includes using a tensometer for measuring deflection of a calibrated cantilever beam induced by PS and calculating PS from the measured deflection. A tensometer according to an embodiment of the present invention can be used to quantify PS at varying beam locations and heights, and determine trend in PS development as a function of beam length. More importantly, in the present invention, the development of polymerization shrinkage and the elastic modulus can be simultaneously obtained in real time. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/282600 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2203/0092 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08861346 | Skoog et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick Skoog (Colleyville, Texas); John Blanton (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick Skoog (Colleyville, Texas); John Blanton (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A IP video delivery system (10) includes a multiplexer (30) for transmitting multiple data streams of packets over link (31) to a site having one or more receivers (22). During times of congestion, the multiplexer will discard packets from its internal queues. Packets are intelligently chosen to minimize the effects on the output from the receivers (22) by taking into account timing information related to the packets and priority. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112753 |
| ART UNIT | 2462 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 47/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 47/11 (20130101) H04L 47/12 (20130101) H04L 47/19 (20130101) H04L 47/32 (20130101) H04L 47/283 (20130101) H04L 47/286 (20130101) H04L 47/2416 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08857117 | Pantelides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris P. Pantelides (Salt Lake City, Utah); Lawrence D. Reaveley (Draper, Utah); Clayton A. Burningham (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris P. Pantelides (Salt Lake City, Utah); Lawrence D. Reaveley (Draper, Utah); Clayton A. Burningham (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Anchoring devices and systems are disclosed for use with elongated reinforcement members such as FRP, SRP, metallic bars, or cables. Such devices and systems impart a compressive stress into a static structure having the elongated reinforcement member running therethrough or therealong. An anchoring system can include an anchor block that includes a front end surface for contacting the static structure, an axial bore for receiving the elongated reinforcement member, and clamping members that, when closed, exert a radial clamping force on a reinforcement member in the axial bore. A tensioning and anchoring system may include one or more tensioners integrally connected to an anchor block. At least one sleeve may be secured to the anchor block and cooperate with a bolt that displaces the anchor block to place a tensile force on the elongated reinforcement member and impart a compressive force on the static structure. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/896335 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Construction of Bridges, or Viaducts; Assembly of Bridges E01D 19/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E01D 2101/28 (20130101) Structural Elements; Building Materials E04C 5/085 (20130101) E04C 5/127 (20130101) Scaffolding; Forms; Shuttering; Building Implements or Aids, or Their Use; Handling Building Materials on the Site; Repairing, Breaking-up or Other Work on Existing Buildings E04G 21/121 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08861842 | Jung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sang-Hack Jung (Jersey City, New Jersey); Mayank Bansal (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Bogdan Calin Mihai Matei (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Jayan Eledath (Princeton, New Jersey); Harpreet Singh Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey); Rakesh Kumar (West Windsor, New Jersey); Raia Hadsell (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sang-Hack Jung (Jersey City, New Jersey); Mayank Bansal (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Bogdan Calin Mihai Matei (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Jayan Eledath (Princeton, New Jersey); Harpreet Singh Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey); Rakesh Kumar (West Windsor, New Jersey); Raia Hadsell (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method for detecting the presence of one or more pedestrians in the vicinity of the vehicle is disclosed. Imagery of a scene is received from at least one image capturing device. A depth map is derived from the imagery. A plurality of pedestrian candidate regions of interest (ROIs) is detected from the depth map by matching each of the plurality of ROIs with a 3D human shape model. At least a portion of the candidate ROIs is classified by employing a cascade of classifiers tuned for a plurality of depth bands and trained on a filtered representation of data within the portion of candidate ROIs to determine whether at least one pedestrian is proximal to the vehicle. |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/022118 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — 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 9/00369 (20130101) G06K 9/00805 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08858930 | Zhu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chengru Zhu (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Edgar Boedeker (Placitas, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chengru Zhu (Cartonsville, Maryland); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chengru Zhu (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Edgar Boedeker (Placitas, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides live, attenuated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) bacteria in which the Shiga toxin coding sequences are deleted to abolish Shiga toxin production and one or more of the nucleotide sequences for the bacterial adhesin protein intimin, the locus of enterocyte effacement encoded regulator, and the translocated intimin receptor are mutated to inactivate the activity of the encoded protein(s). This live, attenuated E. coli bacteria is used in a vaccine for reducing or inhibiting carriage and shedding of EHEC in cattle. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/666251 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0258 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/54 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/245 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/36 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 424/823 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08858946 | Stapleton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack T. Stapleton (Iowa City, Iowa); Jinhua Xiang (Iowa City, Iowa); Donna Klinzman (Coralville, Iowa); James H. McLinden (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack T. Stapleton (Iowa City, Iowa); Jinhua Xiang (Iowa City, Iowa); Donna Klinzman (Coralville, Iowa); James H. McLinden (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | GB virus C (GBV-C or hepatitis G virus) is a flavivirus that frequently leads to chronic viremia in humans. The invention provides compositions and methods involving an anti-GBV-C antibody or other GBV-C binding agent, or a GBV-C antigen, for inhibiting and treating HIV infections. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/179399 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/109 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08861513 | Dickson 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) | Timothy O. Dickson (Danbury, Connecticut); Daniel M. Dreps (Georgetown, Texas); Frank D. Ferraiolo (Naples, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A communications parallel bus receiver interface having N+1 data lines and method of operation. The parallel bus interface employs receiver redundancy at the bus level such that there are N+1 receiver devices. One of the N+1 data signals comprising a spare data signal when a failure occurs in a corresponding channel transmitting one of N parallel data signals. An input switching network is configured to receive and couple N+1 parallel data signals along respective paths to corresponding parallel-configured bit receiver devices, and adapted to couple one received data signal to two or three adjacent bit receivers. A calibration device calibrates one of the two or three adjacent bit receivers, and a qualification device qualifies data decisions made during calibration processes performed by the calibration device. The method cycles through N+1 receivers for periodic recalibration of each receiver (one at a time) while N+1 inputs are processed continuously and uninterrupted. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/736353 |
| ART UNIT | 2471 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 13/00 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 49/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08863102 | Feblowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (White Plains, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (White Plains, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for assembling an information processing application, includes: inputting a plurality of component descriptions, wherein each of the component descriptions includes a graph pattern that semantically describes an applicability condition of a component and a graph pattern that semantically describes an inclusion effect of the component; inputting a processing request, wherein the processing request includes a goal that is represented by a graph pattern that semantically describes a desired processing outcome; assembling a processing graph, wherein the processing graph includes at least one component that satisfies the desired processing outcome; and outputting the processing graph. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695238 |
| ART UNIT | 2197 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/10 (20130101) G06F 8/41 (20130101) G06F 8/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 08860835 | Kelly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin F. Kelly (Houston, Texas); Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas); Lenore McMackin (Austin, Texas); Robert F. Bridge (Austin, Texas); Sujoy Chatterjee (Austin, Texas); Tyler H. Weston (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | InView Technology Corporation (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin F. Kelly (Houston, Texas); Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas); Lenore McMackin (Austin, Texas); Robert F. Bridge (Austin, Texas); Sujoy Chatterjee (Austin, Texas); Tyler H. Weston (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Mechanisms for increasing the rate of acquisition of compressed/encoded image representations are disclosed. An imaging system may deliver subsets of a modulated light stream onto respective light sensing devices. The light sensing devices may be sampled in parallel. Samples from each light sensing device may be used to construct a respective sub-image of a final image. The parallelism allows compressed images to be acquired at a higher rate. The number of light sensing devices and/or the number of pixels per image may be selected to achieve a target image acquisition rate. In another embodiment, spatial portions of the incident light stream are separated and delivered to separate light modulators. In yet another embodiment, the incident light stream is split into a plurality of beams, each of which retains the image present in the incident light stream and is delivered to a separate light modulator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/197304 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/0833 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/335 (20130101) H04N 5/3415 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08859297 | Alocilja et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Evangelyn C. Alocilja (East Lansing, Michigan); Emma Setterington (Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evangelyn C. Alocilja (East Lansing, Michigan); Emma Setterington (Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to the detection of analytes (e.g., biological pathogens such as bacteria or viruses) using a conductive polymer label. The disclosed detection system utilizing the conductive polymer label generally involves the formation of an analyte conjugate between the target analyte and a conductive polymer moiety conjugated to the target analyte. The conductive polymer portion of the analyte conjugate is electrically activated to form an electrically activated analyte conjugate having an increased electrical conductivity relative to the analyte conjugate as originally formed. The electrically activated analyte conjugate can then be detected by any suitable means, such as by conductimetric or electrochemical detection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/477205 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/745 (20130101) G01N 33/54326 (20130101) G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 33/56916 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/245 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0054 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 08859423 | Thomas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jayan Thomas (Orlando, Florida); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Robert A. Norwood (Tucson, Arizona); Palash Gangopadhyay (Tucson, Arizona); Akram A. Khosroabadi (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jayan Thomas (Orlando, Florida); Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Robert A. Norwood (Tucson, Arizona); Palash Gangopadhyay (Tucson, Arizona); Akram A. Khosroabadi (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of methods for fabricating polymer nanostructures and nanostructured electrodes are disclosed. Material layers are deposited onto polymer nanostructures to form nanostructured electrodes and devices including the nanostructured electrodes, such as photovoltaic cells, light-emitting diodes, and field-effect transistors. Embodiments of the disclosed methods are suitable for commercial-scale production of large-area nanostructured polymer scaffolds and large-area nanostructured electrodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/816480 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 13/0036 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0392 (20130101) H01L 31/02366 (20130101) H01L 31/022466 (20130101) H01L 33/08 (20130101) H01L 33/18 (20130101) H01L 33/24 (20130101) H01L 33/28 (20130101) H01L 33/38 (20130101) H01L 33/0087 (20130101) H01L 51/0021 (20130101) H01L 2933/0016 (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 977/89 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08861675 | Sommer, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward J. Sommer, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee); Charles E. Roos (Nashville, Tennessee); David B. Spencer (Bedford, Massachusetts); R. Lynn Conley (Antioch, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spectramet, LLC (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Sommer, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee); Charles E. Roos (Nashville, Tennessee); David B. Spencer (Bedford, Massachusetts); R. Lynn Conley (Antioch, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a metal sorting device including an X-ray tube, a dual energy detector array, a microprocessor, and an air ejector array. The device senses the presence of samples in the x-ray sensing region and initiates identifying and sorting the samples. After identifying and classifying the category of a sample, at a specific time, the device activates an array of air ejectors located at specific positions in order to place the sample in the proper collection bin. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/397173 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Postal Sorting; Sorting Individual Articles, or Bulk Material Fit to be Sorted Piece-meal, e.g by Picking B07C 5/368 (20130101) B07C 5/3416 (20130101) B07C 5/3422 (20130101) B07C 2501/0009 (20130101) B07C 2501/0036 (20130101) B07C 2501/0054 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 23/12 (20130101) G01N 23/087 (20130101) G01N 2223/64 (20130101) G01N 2223/643 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08860576 | Weller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Charles Weller (Clear Brook, Virginia); Clayton Craig Bonnell (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Charles Weller (Clear Brook, Virginia); Clayton Craig Bonnell (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated document holder and RFID tag device is disclosed herein. The document holder may take the form of a shipping envelope which is affixed to an item and carries documents related to the item such as a packing list or shipping manifest. The device includes an RFID tag integrated into the shipping envelope which allows both the RFID tag and the shipping envelope to be affixed to the item in a single labor effort. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/615397 |
| ART UNIT | 2684 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65D 2203/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08857262 | Turner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph A. Turner (Lincoln, Nebraska); Christopher M. Kube (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Turner (Lincoln, Nebraska); Christopher M. Kube (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for ultrasonically evaluating one or more microstructural material properties of a structural specimen are disclosed. An example system comprises an ultrasonic sensor unit including a plurality of ultrasonic transducers that generate ultrasonic backscatter within the specimen, and an evaluation module that performs an autocorrelation function on the ultrasonic backscatter data. An autocorrelation algorithm is configured to execute a single scattering response (SSR) model that computes second order grain statistics of the structural specimen. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/305888 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted for Railways, Not Otherwise Provided for B61K 9/10 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/043 (20130101) G01N 29/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/069 (20130101) G01N 29/4472 (20130101) G01N 2291/044 (20130101) G01N 2291/105 (20130101) G01N 2291/0258 (20130101) G01N 2291/0289 (20130101) G01N 2291/2632 (20130101) G01N 2291/2634 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08863270 | Masiyowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Masiyowski (Oak Hill, Virginia); Raymond A. Magon (Fairfax, Virginia); Michael O. Tierney (Ashburn, Virginia); Robert L. Marchant (Severn, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Masiyowski (Oak Hill, Virginia); Raymond A. Magon (Fairfax, Virginia); Michael O. Tierney (Ashburn, Virginia); Robert L. Marchant (Severn, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, a computer system executing a computer program is coupled to multiple secure network domains configured in a multi-level security architecture. The computer program simultaneously establishes a voice connection with a first terminal configured on a first secure network domain and a second terminal configured on a second secure network domain. The computer program may then selectively couple an electroacoustical transducer to the first terminal or the second terminal, and generate an indicator on a user interface indicating the security level of the selected terminal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/686946 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/30 (20130101) H04L 63/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 65/103 (20130101) H04L 65/1076 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, October 14, 2014.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
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FUNDED BY
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APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
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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)
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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