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Patent Details for Tuesday, October 21, 2014
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| US 08863527 | Holcomb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marcus Timothy Holcomb (Carmel, Indiana); Todd Taylor (Whiteland, Indiana); Randall E. Yount (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus Timothy Holcomb (Carmel, Indiana); Todd Taylor (Whiteland, Indiana); Randall E. Yount (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustor liner for a turbine engine is disclosed herein. The combustor liner includes an inner liner surface operable to define at least part of a combustion chamber in a turbine engine. The inner liner surface extends along a portion of a chordal arc on a first side of the chordal arc. The combustor liner also includes a bearing surface operable to support a floating dome panel. At least part of the bearing surface is spaced from the chordal arc on a second side of the chordal arc opposite the first side. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/433104 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23R 3/42 (20130101) F23R 3/283 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08863528 | Shi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jun Shi (Glastonbury, Connecticut); David J. Bombara (New Hartford, Connecticut); Jason Lawrence (East Hartford, Connecticut); Richard S. Tuthill (Bolton, Connecticut); Jeffrey D. Melman (Simsbury, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Shi (Glastonbury, Connecticut); David J. Bombara (New Hartford, Connecticut); Jason Lawrence (East Hartford, Connecticut); Richard S. Tuthill (Bolton, Connecticut); Jeffrey D. Melman (Simsbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustor assembly having a support assembly between a metal support assembly and a ceramic combustor can section that accommodates a thermal expansion difference therebetween. An air fuel mixer and an igniter are mounted to the support assembly secured to the ceramic combustion can which receives the ignition products of the ignited fuel and air mixture. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/494083 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/753 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08863556 | Bayindir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mehmet Bayindir (Somerville, Massachusetts); Fabien Sorin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dursen S. Hinczewski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shandon D. Hart (Maplewood, Minnesota); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Bayindir (Somerville, Massachusetts); Fabien Sorin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dursen S. Hinczewski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shandon D. Hart (Maplewood, Minnesota); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides techniques for drawing fibers that include conducting, semiconducting, and insulating materials in intimate contact and prescribed geometries. The resulting fiber exhibits engineered electrical and optical functionalities along extended fiber lengths. The invention provides corresponding processes for producing such fibers, including assembling a fiber preform of a plurality of distinct materials, e.g., of conducting, semiconducting, and insulating materials, and drawing the preform into a fiber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/906607 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/00663 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 37/026 (20130101) C03B 37/01222 (20130101) C03B 2201/86 (20130101) 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 13/00 (20130101) C03C 13/003 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/02 (20130101) G02B 6/02304 (20130101) G02B 6/02328 (20130101) G02B 6/02361 (20130101) G02B 6/02366 (20130101) G02B 6/02371 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/09 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08863634 | Lou |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ken-An Lou (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Armorworks Enterprises LLC (Chandler, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ken-An Lou (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Designs and methods are provided for a multi-layer panel capable of mitigating the transmission of a high energy impulse to the hull of the vehicle. In one exemplary embodiment, the blast panel comprises a first penetration resistant layer on the side facing away from the vehicle, a first core made of a crushable structural material between the first penetration resistant layer and the vehicle, and a shock dissipation layer disposed between the first penetration resistant layer and the first core. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/172754 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08863635 | Gardner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher W. Gardner (San Diego, California); Benjamin V. Stratton (San Diego, California); Aaron Robbins (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Science Applications International Corporation (McLean, Virginia); Spawar Systems Center Pacific (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher W. Gardner (San Diego, California); Benjamin V. Stratton (San Diego, California); Aaron Robbins (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems are described herein for remotely aligning and placing disruptive devices at or near suspicious targets such as suspected improvised explosive devices (IEDs). In particular, tools connected to remotely controllable robots include disruptor guns for firing disruptive materials at the targets and disruptive devices filled with explosive materials, e.g., water, for controllably detonating or disrupting the detonation of the targets when placed in close proximity thereto. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/947824 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/40.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08863773 | Khoshnevis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Behrokh Khoshnevis (Marina del Rey, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Behrokh Khoshnevis (Marina del Rey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluid metering device may meter the flow of fluid. The device may have a main chamber and a piston configured and oriented to reciprocate within the main chamber. The piston may be configured and oriented to define a first and a second sub-chamber whose volumes vary inversely as a function of the position of the piston during its reciprocation. The fluid metering device may have a first inlet valve configured to controllably regulate the flow of fluid into the first sub-chamber, a first outlet valve configured to controllably regulate the flow of fluid out of the first sub-chamber, a second inlet valve configured to controllably regulate the flow of fluid into the second sub-chamber, and a second outlet valve configured to controllably regulate the flow of fluid out of the second sub-chamber. A valve controller may be configured to control each of the values in a manner that causes fluid to flow through the each of the sub-chambers at an average rate that substantially tracks a control signal which is delivered to the valve controller. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/611744 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 3/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08863924 | Ehinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan T. Ehinger (Southlake, Texas); Eric S. Olson (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan T. Ehinger (Southlake, Texas); Eric S. Olson (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid overrunning clutch includes a metal outer race and a composite outer ring that are each sized and configured such that the metal race generates a preload on the composite outer race throughout the operational temperature of the clutch. The composite outer ring significantly reduces that total weight of the clutch, as compared to a completely metal outer race. The present application further includes a method of assembling the metal outer race and composite outer ring so that thermal expansion of the metal outer race creates the preload in the composite outer ring. The present application also includes a method of designing a hybrid overrunning clutch. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/615711 |
| ART UNIT | 3655 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Couplings for Transmitting Rotation; Clutches; Brakes F16D 1/0858 (20130101) F16D 41/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864379 | Hays et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kristina M. Hays (Rochester, Minnesota); John J. Loparco (Poughkeepsie, New York); Steven C. McIntosh (Kingston, New York); Stephen P. Mroz (Rochester, Minnesota); Kevin R. Qualters (LaGrangeville, New York); Scott A. Shurson (Mantorville, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristina M. Hays (Rochester, Minnesota); John J. Loparco (Poughkeepsie, New York); Steven C. McIntosh (Kingston, New York); Stephen P. Mroz (Rochester, Minnesota); Kevin R. Qualters (LaGrangeville, New York); Scott A. Shurson (Mantorville, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system to carry a drawer may include a fixed-length rail to be fastened to a server rack. The system may also include a roller fastened to the fixed-length rail on one side of the roller so that the roller spins freely. The system may further include a channel carried by a drawer, and the channel is sized to permit the roller to traverse a portion of the channel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/943921 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/1489 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864415 | Whiteside et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven K. Whiteside (San Diego, California); Robert M. Lee (Descano, California); Ronald A. Skala (Murrieta, California); Paul C. Wade (Chula Vista, California); Bret R. Thomson (San Diego, California); Daniel T. Bridge (La Jolla, California); Tyler J. Browe (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven K. Whiteside (San Diego, California); Robert M. Lee (Descano, California); Ronald A. Skala (Murrieta, California); Paul C. Wade (Chula Vista, California); Bret R. Thomson (San Diego, California); Daniel T. Bridge (La Jolla, California); Tyler J. Browe (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a means by which an underwater plow can avoid large obstacles that otherwise would prevent the plow from executing its desired path. The underwater plow is released into the water, drops to the sea floor, orients itself, and begins to deploy the sensor array along a pre-programmed path. If the plow encounters a sea floor obstacle, the plow 10 automatically maneuvers to overcome the obstacle and continues deployment of the sensor array. The buoyancy shifting apparatus 110 allows the plow to automatically maneuver. The present invention shifts the center of buoyancy of the underwater plow, thereby allowing the plow to float over obstructions. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/543985 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Dredging; Soil-shifting E02F 5/104 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864450 | Gasmen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eugene C. Gasmen (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); Stanley Wiecko (Newington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene C. Gasmen (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); Stanley Wiecko (Newington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine includes a synchronizing ring. A cradle includes an integrally formed anti-rotation feature. The cradle is secured to the synchronizing ring and located relative thereto with the anti-rotation feature. A bumper is slidably supported within the cradle. In one example, a bushing is provided within a hole in the bumper. A fastener is inserted into the hole and a bushing to secure the bumper to the synchronizing ring. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/018512 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 17/162 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 25/243 (20130101) F01D 25/246 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 9/20 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/50 (20130101) F05D 2270/60 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864542 | Eden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Gary Eden (Champaign, Illinois); Sung-Jin Park (Champaign, Illinois); Meng Lu (Urbana, Louisiana); Brian Cunningham (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a microplasma device places a curable polymer material between a mold having a negative volume impression of microcavities and/or microchannels and a substrate. The polymer is cured and then the mold is separated from the solid polymer. The method can form a microplasma device that includes a substrate and either or both of a microchannel or microcavity defined in a polymer layer supported by the substrate. Electrodes arranged with respect to the polymer material can excite plasma in a discharge medium contained in the microchannel or the microcavity or both. A flexible mold is preferably used to fabricate transparent polymer microcavities onto rigid substrates. A rigid mold is preferably used to fabricate transparent polymer microcavities onto flexible substrates. Having one of the mold and the substrate flexible and the other rigid aids in the separation of the mold from the cured polymer. |
| FILED | Friday, April 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/861625 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp or space discharge component or device manufacturing 445/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864613 | Morrow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oshkosh Corporation (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oshkosh Corporation (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon Morrow (Neenah, Wisconsin); Dave Steinberger (Oshkosh, Wisconsin); Eric Braun (Oshkosh, Wisconsin); Andrew Kotloski (Oshkosh, Wisconsin); Nader Nasr (Neenah, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A vehicle drive includes a first gear set and a second gear set both having a sun gear, a ring gear and planetary gears which couple the sun gear to the ring gear. The planetary gears of both sets are rotatably supported by respective planetary gear carriers which are coupled to each other. The vehicle drive also includes an engine, a first clutch which selectively engages the engine to the ring gear of the first gear set, a first motor/generator coupled to the sun gear of the first gear set and a second motor/generator coupled to the sun gear of the second gear set and electrically coupled to the first motor/generator, a second clutch which selectively engages the engine to the second motor/generator, and a third clutch and a third gear set which operate to selectively engage the ring gear of the second gear set to the planetary gear carriers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/686678 |
| ART UNIT | 3655 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Arrangement or Mounting of Propulsion Units or of Transmissions in Vehicles; Arrangement or Mounting of Plural Diverse Prime-movers in Vehicles; Auxiliary Drives for Vehicles; Instrumentation or Dashboards for Vehicles; Arrangements in Connection With Cooling, Air Intake, Gas Exhaust or Fuel Supply of Propulsion Units in Vehicles B60K 6/52 (20130101) B60K 6/365 (20130101) B60K 6/445 (20130101) Gearing F16H 3/728 (20130101) F16H 37/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16H 2037/088 (20130101) F16H 2037/102 (20130101) F16H 2037/106 (20130101) F16H 2037/0866 (20130101) F16H 2200/2007 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/6239 (20130101) Y02T 10/6265 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 903/902 (20130101) Y10S 903/911 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864845 | van der Merwe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dirk Albertus van der Merwe (Dunbarton, New Hampshire); Gregory Randall Lanier, Jr. (Manchester, New Hampshire); John Matthew Kerwin (Manchester, New Hampshire); Gerald Michael Guay (Greenville, New Hampshire); N. Christopher Perry (Manchester, New Hampshire); Susan D. Dastous (Litchfield, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DEKA Limited Partnership (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dirk Albertus van der Merwe (Dunbarton, New Hampshire); Gregory Randall Lanier, Jr. (Manchester, New Hampshire); John Matthew Kerwin (Manchester, New Hampshire); Gerald Michael Guay (Greenville, New Hampshire); N. Christopher Perry (Manchester, New Hampshire); Susan D. Dastous (Litchfield, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for control of a prosthetic device includes at least one Inertial Measurement Unit detecting orientation of a user's foot. The at least one Inertial Measurement Unit is in communication with a device module configured to command at least one actuator of a prosthetic device. The at least one Inertial Measurement unit sends output signals related to orientation of the user's foot to the device module and the device module controls the at least one actuator of the prosthetic device based on the signals from the at least one Inertial Measurement Unit. The device module controls movement of an endpoint of the device within a movement envelope. The device module commanding movement of the end point within the movement envelope through at least simultaneous and/or independent actuation of the plurality of actuators based on the at least one body input signal in accordance with a movement function to achieve the desired directional movement of the endpoint within the movement envelope. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/706575 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0488 (20130101) A61B 5/1036 (20130101) A61B 5/4528 (20130101) 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 2/54 (20130101) A61F 2/60 (20130101) A61F 2/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/72 (20130101) A61F 2/76 (20130101) A61F 2002/701 (20130101) A61F 2002/704 (20130101) A61F 2002/705 (20130101) A61F 2002/707 (20130101) A61F 2002/762 (20130101) A61F 2002/763 (20130101) A61F 2002/764 (20130101) A61F 2002/765 (20130101) A61F 2002/6827 (20130101) A61F 2002/7625 (20130101) A61F 2002/7635 (20130101) A61F 2002/7685 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864852 | Cardenas-Valencia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andres M. Cardenas-Valencia (Tampa, Florida); Jay Dlutowski (Safety Harbor, Florida); Melynda C. Calves (Riverview, Florida); John Bumgarner (Anniston, Alabama); Larry Langebrake (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andres M. Cardenas-Valencia (Tampa, Florida); Jay Dlutowski (Safety Harbor, Florida); Melynda C. Calves (Riverview, Florida); John Bumgarner (Anniston, Alabama); Larry Langebrake (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to the fabrication of thin aluminum anode batteries using a highly reproducible process that enables high volume manufacturing of the galvanic cells. A method of fabricating a thin aluminum anode galvanic cell is provided, the method including, depositing a layer of catalytic metal on a surface of a first substrate, depositing and patterning a benzocyclobutene layer to form a reservoir having four sidewalls of benzocyclobutene on the surface of the catalytic layer, depositing a layer of aluminum on a surface of a second substrate and bonding the first substrate to the second substrate to form a galvanic cell bounded by the catalytic metal layer and the aluminum layer and separated by the reservoir walls of benzocyclobutene, the second substrate positioned in overlying relation to contact the four sidewalls of the reservoir with the aluminum layer facing the catalytic layer. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/015317 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/8825 (20130101) H01M 4/8878 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 12/04 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864923 | Stiles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen N. Stiles (Port Tobacco, Maryland); Paul R. McCool (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen N. Stiles (Port Tobacco, Maryland); Paul R. McCool (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A double base propellant modifier uses a combination of a lead component, a tin component and a copper component in physical contact to effect super-rate burning of double base propellants with defined plateau and mesa burning rate characteristics. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/342941 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 25/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/222 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865031 | Owen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph M. Owen (Derry, New Hampshire); David P. Kelly (Nashua, New Hampshire); Michael E. Chadwick (Bedford, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. Owen (Derry, New Hampshire); David P. Kelly (Nashua, New Hampshire); Michael E. Chadwick (Bedford, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for applying a mid-IR graded microstructure to the end of an As2S3 optical fiber are presented herein. The method and apparatus transfer a microstructure from a negative imprint on a nickel shim to an As2S3 fiber tip with minimal shape distortion and minimal damage-threshold impact resulting in large gains in anti-reflective properties. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/094860 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/102 (20130101) G02B 6/262 (20130101) G02B 6/02052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/4207 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865055 | Sepulveda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Juan L. Sepulveda (Tucson, Arizona); Raouf O. Loutfy (Tucson, Arizona); Sekyung Chang (Tucson, Arizona); Ricardo Ramos (Ewing, New Jersey); Sharly Ibrahim (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Materials and Electrochemical Research (MER) Corporation (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan L. Sepulveda (Tucson, Arizona); Raouf O. Loutfy (Tucson, Arizona); Sekyung Chang (Tucson, Arizona); Ricardo Ramos (Ewing, New Jersey); Sharly Ibrahim (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A freeze-forging method for producing sintered three-dimensional ceramic bodies, particularly magnesium aluminate spinel domes. The method comprises forming a ceramic mix of a ready-to-sinter ceramic powder and a nonaqueous liquefied sublimable vehicle having a solidification temperature from room temperature to below 200° C.; reducing the temperature of the ceramic mix to below the vehicle's solidification temperature to freeze the mix; crushing the frozen mix into powdered form; molding the frozen powder into net shape by cold forging in a mold to form a net-shaped green body preform of the desired three-dimensional shape; and densifying the green body into a sintered three-dimensional ceramic body. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/385414 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping Clay or Other Ceramic Compositions; Shaping Slag; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g Plaster B28B 1/007 (20130101) B28B 3/025 (20130101) Preparation or Pretreatment of the Material to be Shaped; Making Granules or Preforms; Recovery of Plastics or Other Constituents of Waste Material Containing Plastics B29B 13/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/443 (20130101) C04B 35/632 (20130101) C04B 35/645 (20130101) C04B 35/6455 (20130101) C04B 35/62655 (20130101) C04B 2235/94 (20130101) C04B 2235/96 (20130101) C04B 2235/445 (20130101) C04B 2235/604 (20130101) C04B 2235/608 (20130101) C04B 2235/656 (20130101) C04B 2235/661 (20130101) C04B 2235/3203 (20130101) C04B 2235/6026 (20130101) C04B 2235/6567 (20130101) C04B 2235/6581 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865151 | Benny-Ratsaby et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ofra Benny-Ratsaby (Brookline, Massachusetts); Robert D'Amato (Lexington, Massachusetts); Judah Folkman (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ofra Benny-Ratsaby (Brookline, Massachusetts); Robert D'Amato (Lexington, Massachusetts); Judah Folkman (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are MetAP-2 inhibitors and compositions and formulations thereof, and more particularly compositions and formulations of MetAP-2 inhibitors wherein the MetAP-2 inhibitor is associated with a block copolymer comprising a hydrophilic polymer moiety and a hydrophobic polymer moiety. The present invention also relates to compositions and formulations comprising MetAP-2 inhibitors for oral administration or administration via routes such as topical or ocular administration. The present invention also provides methods to treat conditions associated with or related to the over-expression or over-activity of MetAP-2 by administering the compositions and formulations comprising MetAP-2 inhibitors as disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Monday, December 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/648078 |
| 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 47/482 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/488 (20130101) A61K 47/4883 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) |
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| US 08865171 | Broder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher C. Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland); Katharine N. Bossart (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation For the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland); Katharine N. Bossart (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. In particular, this invention relates to compositions comprising soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus and also to diagnostic and therapeutic methods using the soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. Further, the invention relates to therapeutic antibodies including neutralizing antibodies, and vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infection by Hendra and Nipah viruses. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/629682 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/07 (20130101) C07K 14/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1027 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2760/18222 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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| US 08865285 | Dagher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Habib J. Dagher (Veazie, Maine); Eric D. Cassidy (Easton, Maine); Anthony M. Viselli (Bangor, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Habib J. Dagher (Veazie, Maine); Eric D. Cassidy (Easton, Maine); Anthony M. Viselli (Bangor, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A panel having a central panel element formed of a composite material, having peripheral edges formed of a weldable material, such as steel. In one form, the panel element is rectangular, and the panel element on two of its opposite edges have a corrugated profile, while the other two of its opposite edges have a linear profile. Multiple panels may be joined together by welding at the peripheral edges, to form a secure container. The composite material of the panel element in some forms, includes intrusion sensors, for example including optical fiber pathways at electrically conductive pathways, as well as processors for effecting data transfer and analyzes and secure communications. In some embodiments, the electrically conductive pathways include one or more bypass resistors to produce a different circuit resistance upon interruption of one or more of the pathways. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/866655 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| 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 90/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65D 90/022 (20130101) B65D 90/023 (20130101) |
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| US 08865288 | Bhandari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajmohan Bhandari (Salt Lake City, Utah); Sandeep Negi (Salt Lake City, Utah); Florian Solzbacher (Salt Lake City, Utah); Richard A. Normann (Park City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajmohan Bhandari (Salt Lake City, Utah); Sandeep Negi (Salt Lake City, Utah); Florian Solzbacher (Salt Lake City, Utah); Richard A. Normann (Park City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-needle array having tips disposed along a non-planar surface is formed by shaping the wafer surface into a non-planar surface to define the tips of the micro-needles. A plurality of trenches are cut into the wafer to form a plurality of columns having tops corresponding to the non-planar surface. The columns are rounded and sharpened by etching to form the micro-needles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/807766 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 37/0015 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2037/0046 (20130101) A61M 2037/0053 (20130101) |
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| US 08865296 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cal Poly Corporation (San Luis Obispo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cal Poly Corporation (San Luis Obispo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Chen (San Luis Obispo, California); Joseph D. Mello (Atacasdero, California); Luz Elena Gomez (San Luis Obispo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel methods and kits for creating defects in composite materials, as well as an engineered part or structure with one or more designed defects, are disclosed. The disclosed inventions advantageously permit the intentional introduction of one or multiple defects of any desired size and shape, either between the same two chosen laminae or on different layers within a multi-layer composite, having mechanical and thermal properties that are akin to those found for actual defects. One disclosed method involves creating a mask having a cut-out in the size and shape of a desired defect, placing the mask at a location on a first substrate where the defect is desired, applying a release agent, removing the mask, and adding a second substrate over the first substrate with release agent. The first substrate may be a cured lamina or an uncured lamina pre-impregnated with resin having a barricade in the size and shape of the outline of the desired defect. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/830648 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 7/045 (20130101) B32B 37/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08865297 | Xiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rong Xiao (Houston, Texas); Nenad Miljkovic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ryan Enright (Whitestone, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Condensation can be an important process in both emerging and traditional power generation and water desalination technologies. Superhydrophobic nanostructures can promise enhanced condensation heat transfer by reducing the characteristic size of departing droplets via a surface-tension-driven mechanism. A superhydrophobic surface can include a heterogeneous surface. |
| FILED | Monday, June 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/908439 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cleaning in General; Prevention of Fouling in General B08B 17/065 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/00 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 15/00 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00206 (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 5/1681 (20130101) Treatment, Not Provided for Elsewhere in Class D06, of Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers or Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials D06M 2200/05 (20130101) Wind Motors F03D 11/0025 (20130101) |
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| US 08865301 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Andrew Saab (Washington, District of Columbia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia); Syed B Qadri (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 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); Andrew Saab (Washington, District of Columbia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia); Syed B Qadri (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition having nanoparticles of a refractory-metal boride and a carbonaceous matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition comprising a metal component, boron, and an organic component. The metal component is nanoparticles or particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of decomposing into refractory metal nanoparticles. The organic component is an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of reacting or decomposing into refractory-metal nanoparticles, boron, and an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight to form a precursor mixture. A composition having nanoparticles of a refractory-metal boride that is not in the form of a powder. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768219 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/52 (20130101) C04B 35/65 (20130101) C04B 35/76 (20130101) C04B 35/83 (20130101) C04B 35/522 (20130101) C04B 35/524 (20130101) C04B 35/58064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 35/58071 (20130101) C04B 35/58078 (20130101) C04B 2235/77 (20130101) C04B 2235/95 (20130101) C04B 2235/404 (20130101) C04B 2235/421 (20130101) C04B 2235/526 (20130101) C04B 2235/781 (20130101) C04B 2235/3813 (20130101) C04B 2235/3843 (20130101) C04B 2235/3886 (20130101) C04B 2235/5216 (20130101) C04B 2235/5248 (20130101) C04B 2235/5288 (20130101) C04B 2235/6562 (20130101) |
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| US 08865464 | Takayama et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shuichi Takayama (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lourdes Marcella Cabrera (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yun Seok Heo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gary Daniel Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuichi Takayama (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lourdes Marcella Cabrera (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yun Seok Heo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gary Daniel Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic devices for cell culturing and methods for using the same are disclosed. One device includes a substrate and membrane. The substrate includes a reservoir in fluid communication with a passage. A bio-compatible fluid may be added to the reservoir and passage. The reservoir is configured to receive and retain at least a portion of a cell mass. The membrane acts as a barrier to evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid from the passage. A cover fluid may be added to cover the bio-compatible fluid to prevent evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/854465 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/5085 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) C12M 23/34 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08865466 | Borenstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Holliston, Massachusetts); David Carter (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joseph P. Vacanti (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Holliston, Massachusetts); David Carter (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joseph P. Vacanti (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to tissue engineered compositions and methods comprising nanotopographic surface topography (“nanotopography”) for use in modulating the organization and/or function of multiple cell types. |
| FILED | Saturday, January 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/350749 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| 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 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/3886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/067 (20130101) C12N 5/0075 (20130101) C12N 2535/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08865537 | Abraham 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) | David W. Abraham (Croton, New York); Jay M. Gambetta (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A differential port and a method of arranging the differential port are described. The method includes arranging a first electrode to receive a drive signal, and arranging a second electrode to receive a guard signal, the guard signal having a different phase than the drive signal and the first electrode and the second electrode having a gap therebetween. The method also includes disposing a signal line from the first electrode to drive a radio frequency (RF) device. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827977 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/568 (20130101) H01L 23/564 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 24/80 (20130101) H01L 2224/0231 (20130101) |
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| US 08865636 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Patuxent River, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young Han (Kathleen, Georgia); Dane Hanson (California, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An environmental safety paint stripping composition comprising dichloroethylene, aromatic alcohols and ethers, surfactants, corrosion inhibitors, thickeners, wax solvents and water. This paint stripping composition is particularly useful in stripping paint and other polymeric coatings from metal substrates such as aluminum and it alloys. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/744960 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning in General; Prevention of Fouling in General B08B 3/04 (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 9/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Detergent Compositions; Use of Single Substances as Detergents; Soap or Soap-making; Resin Soaps; Recovery of Glycerol C11D 1/22 (20130101) C11D 3/24 (20130101) C11D 3/181 (20130101) C11D 3/185 (20130101) C11D 3/201 (20130101) C11D 3/2034 (20130101) C11D 3/2068 (20130101) |
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| US 08865876 | Mayo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen L. Mayo (Pasadena, California); Jennifer Keeffe (Monrovia, California); Alex L. Perryman (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen L. Mayo (Pasadena, California); Jennifer Keeffe (Monrovia, California); Alex L. Perryman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Engineered lectins and methods of using such reagents for both preventing and treating a broad array of viral infections are provided. The lectins of the invention are engineered in two ways, first through the enhancement of the natural mode of action of lectins against viruses through linked multimerization, and second through the creation of a new class of reagents, hereinafter referred to as a “lectibody” or “lectibodies”, that engage host immune function in addition to simply binding glycosylated viral proteins via the combination of a lectin and the Fc region of an antibody in order to drive Fc-mediated effector functions including ADCC (antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity), increased half-life, complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC), and antibody-dependent cell-mediated phagocytosis (ADCP) in response to a lectin-mediated carbohydrate-binding event. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/476660 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4726 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/30 (20130101) |
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| US 08866001 | Ziegler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Paul Ziegler (San Diego, California); Howard Walter Walker (San Diego, California); Richard Holmes Griffey (Vista, California); Newell Convers Wyeth (Oakton, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Paul Ziegler (San Diego, California); Howard Walter Walker (San Diego, California); Richard Holmes Griffey (Vista, California); Newell Convers Wyeth (Oakton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A stacked luminescent solar concentrator includes two separate absorption/emission cells, each having a layer of luminophore-type material, wherein a top layer is a high band gap layer comprised of quantum dots in polymer, wherein the quantum dots are engineered so as to absorb a significant percentage of photons above bandgap. The bottom layer is a lower band gap layer comprised of quantum dots in polymer, wherein the quantum dots in the second layer are engineered so as to absorb photons not absorbed in the top layer, thus increasing total percentage of absorbed photons. Photovoltaic cells are located below the layers at the bottom of the cells or at the edges of the cells. The sides and lower surfaces of the cells may include reflective surfaces as discussed further herein. Reflection losses from the top surface thereof may be minimized using a broadband anti-reflective coating (AR) on the surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/468474 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/055 (20130101) H01L 31/0232 (20130101) H01L 31/0525 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/035218 (20130101) |
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| US 08866007 | Atwater |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harry A. Atwater (South Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry A. Atwater (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A surface plasmon polariton photovoltaic absorber. A plasmonic photovoltaic device is provided that has a periodic subwavelength aperture array, for example a thin metal film coated with an array of semiconductor quantum dots. The plasmonic photovoltaic device generates an electrical potential when illuminated by electromagnetic radiation. In some embodiments, the absorber can contain both quantum dots of semiconductors and metal nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/759752 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1226 (20130101) G02B 6/4295 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/078 (20130101) H01L 31/0392 (20130101) H01L 31/02168 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/035236 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 08866009 | Kim |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oh-Kil Kim (Burke, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oh-Kil Kim (Burke, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure having: a molecule of carboxymethyl amylose (CMA) in a super-helical conformation; cyanine molecules on the exterior surface of the CMA arranged in a J-aggregate formation; and a chromophore molecule in the interior space of the CMA. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/357470 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/42 (20130101) H01L 51/0064 (20130101) H01L 51/0067 (20130101) H01L 51/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 08866039 | Haycraft et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Joseph Haycraft (Ridgecrest, California); Kevin Paul Ford (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Joseph Haycraft (Ridgecrest, California); Kevin Paul Ford (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser system simulates heat flux levels of rocket motor output. A laser is mechanically associated with a platform. The laser is configured to emit an electromagnetic beam. A plurality of positions are associated with the platform. Optical elements are associated with the platform. Each optical element is positionable in a plurality of positions without changing a location of the corresponding positioner. The optical elements are arrangeable into a plurality of combinations corresponding to at least one optical path beginning at the laser and terminating at a sample. Each combination corresponds to one of a plurality of distinct permutations of operatively positioned optical elements that reducingly interact with an emitted electromagnetic beam, yielding one of many versions of the emitted electromagnetic beam that is incidented upon the sample. Each version of the emitted electromagnetic beam that is incidented upon the sample has a lower power than the emitted electromagnetic beam. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/174230 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.610 |
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| US 08866063 | Ozcan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aydogan Ozcan (Los Angeles, California); Waheb Bishara (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aydogan Ozcan (Los Angeles, California); Waheb Bishara (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for imaging objects within a sample includes an image sensor and a sample holder configured to hold the sample, the sample holder disposed adjacent to the image sensor. The system further includes an illumination source configured to scan in two or three dimensions relative to the sensor array and illuminate the sample at a plurality of different locations. The illumination source may include, by way of example, LEDs, laser diodes, or even a screen or display from a portable electronic device. The system includes least one processor configured to reconstruct an image of the sample based on the images obtained from illumination source at the plurality of different scan positions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/436664 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 21/002 (20130101) G02B 21/0004 (20130101) Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/0443 (20130101) G03H 1/0866 (20130101) G03H 2001/005 (20130101) G03H 2001/045 (20130101) G03H 2001/0212 (20130101) G03H 2001/0447 (20130101) G03H 2222/24 (20130101) G03H 2240/56 (20130101) |
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| US 08866079 | Floyd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian A. Floyd (Raleigh, North Carolina); Vipul Jain (Irvine, California); Arun S. Natarajan (Yorktown Heights, New York); Scott K. Reynolds (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian A. Floyd (Raleigh, North Carolina); Vipul Jain (Irvine, California); Arun S. Natarajan (Yorktown Heights, New York); Scott K. Reynolds (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is shown for receiving microwave/millimeter-wave signals. The system and method are balanced and can be effectively implemented on a silicon substrate using single pole double throw switches. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/700397 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 13/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08866150 — Silicon carbide power devices including P-type epitaxial layers and direct ohmic contacts
| US 08866150 | Das et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mrinal Kanti Das (Durham, North Carolina); Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina); John M. Clayton, Jr. (Apex, North Carolina); Matthew Donofrio (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mrinal Kanti Das (Durham, North Carolina); Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina); John M. Clayton, Jr. (Apex, North Carolina); Matthew Donofrio (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicon carbide power device is fabricated by forming a p-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer on an n-type silicon carbide substrate, and forming a silicon carbide power device structure on the p-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer. The n-type silicon carbide substrate is at least partially removed, so as to expose the p-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer. An ohmic contact is formed on at least some of the p-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer that is exposed. By at least partially removing the n-type silicon carbide substrate and forming an ohmic contact on the p-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer, the disadvantages of using a p-type substrate may be reduced or eliminated. Related structures are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/756020 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/268 (20130101) H01L 21/0475 (20130101) H01L 21/0485 (20130101) H01L 23/4827 (20130101) H01L 29/1095 (20130101) H01L 29/7395 (20130101) H01L 29/66068 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2224/04026 (20130101) H01L 2924/01005 (20130101) H01L 2924/01006 (20130101) H01L 2924/01013 (20130101) H01L 2924/01014 (20130101) H01L 2924/01022 (20130101) H01L 2924/01033 (20130101) H01L 2924/01078 (20130101) H01L 2924/01079 (20130101) H01L 2924/10271 (20130101) H01L 2924/13055 (20130101) H01L 2924/13091 (20130101) |
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| US 08866152 | Lal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit Lal (Ithaca, New York); Steven Tin (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Lal (Ithaca, New York); Steven Tin (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary thinned-down betavoltaic device includes an N+ doped silicon carbide (SiC) substrate having a thickness between about 3 to 50 microns, an electrically conductive layer disposed immediately adjacent the bottom surface of the SiC substrate; an N− doped SiC epitaxial layer disposed immediately adjacent the top surface of the SiC substrate, a P+ doped SiC epitaxial layer disposed immediately adjacent the top surface of the N− doped SiC epitaxial layer, an ohmic conductive layer disposed immediately adjacent the top surface of the P+ doped SiC epitaxial layer, and a radioisotope layer disposed immediately adjacent the top surface of the ohmic conductive layer. The radioisotope layer can be 63Ni, 147Pm, or 3H. Devices can be stacked in parallel or series. Methods of making the devices are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/510641 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Obtaining Energy From Radioactive Sources; Applications of Radiation From Radioactive Sources, Not Otherwise Provided For; Utilising Cosmic Radiation G21H 1/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866154 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Jung-Hun Seo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor heterojunction structures comprising lattice mismatched, single-crystalline semiconductor materials and methods of fabricating the heterojunction structures are provided. The heterojunction structures comprise at least one three-layer junction comprising two layers of single-crystalline semiconductor and a current tunneling layer sandwiched between and separating the two layers of single-crystalline semiconductor material. Also provided are devices incorporating the heterojunction structures, methods of making the devices and method of using the devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/831449 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1602 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866159 | Powell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adrian Powell (Cary, North Carolina); Mark Brady (Carrboro, North Carolina); Robert Tyler Leonard (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A high quality single crystal wafer of SiC is disclosed having a diameter of at least about 100 mm and a micropipe density of less than about 25 cm−2. |
| FILED | Friday, November 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/087215 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/04 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866240 | Abraham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Margaret H. Abraham (Portola Valley, California); David P. Taylor (Hawthorne, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret H. Abraham (Portola Valley, California); David P. Taylor (Hawthorne, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for preparing freestanding films using laser-assisted chemical etch (LACE), and freestanding films formed using same, are provided. In accordance with one aspect a substrate has a surface and a portion defining an isotropically defined cavity; and a substantially continuous film is disposed at the substrate surface and spans the isotropically defined cavity. In accordance with another aspect, a substrate has a surface and a portion defining an isotropically defined cavity; and a film is disposed at the substrate surface and spans the isotropically defined cavity, the film including at least one of hafnium oxide (HfO2), diamond-like carbon, graphene, and silicon carbide (SiC) of a predetermined phase. In accordance with still another aspect, a substrate has a surface and a portion defining an isotropically defined cavity; and a multi-layer film is disposed at the substrate surface and spans the isotropically defined cavity. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/655198 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00047 (20130101) B81C 1/00547 (20130101) B81C 2201/0143 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/30604 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866265 | Bao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhenan Bao (Stanford, California); Marc Ramuz (La Bouilladisse, France); Michael Vosgueritchian (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | All-carbon-based semiconductor devices are provided. In accordance with an example embodiment, an apparatus includes n-type and p-type carbon-based semiconductor material that form a p-n junction, which are respectively coupled to electrodes having a carbon allotrope. A first one of electrodes is connected to the n-type material and a second one of the electrodes is connected to the p-type material, and collect charge presented at the p-n junction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573726 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/424 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/444 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866319 | Wiedemeier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brandon J. Wiedemeier (San Diego, California); Jeffrey M. Lloyd (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A pair of reverse-scissoring arms are configured to be rotatable and reverse-scissorable about a common central axis point. A volume expandable and volume contractible truck is operably disposed at each of the distal ends of the reverse-scissoring arms. Actuation of the arms simultaneously expands one of the trucks, increasing its volume, while contracting the other of the trucks, decreasing its volume. Operably coupled to each of the reverse-scissoring arms is an energy-supplied electric motor-generator. Energization of the motors actuates the arms, whereas actuation of the arms without energization of the motors generates electrical power in the motors. When submersed in liquid, the simultaneous expansion and contraction of the volume in the trucks generates positive and negative buoyancy, respectively, enhancing the dynamics of the truck expansion/contraction motion and the reverse scissorable arm actuation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/916474 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines or Engines for Liquids F03B 17/04 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 7/1853 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866328 | Hench et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven C. Hench (Annapolis, Maryland); Charles R. Fralick (Ashburn, Virginia); Christopher J. Eckert (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven C. Hench (Annapolis, Maryland); Charles R. Fralick (Ashburn, Virginia); Christopher J. Eckert (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Wave energy conversion systems are provided utilizing a mass of water entrained in a collapsible water mass enclosure that is suspended beneath a float (e.g., a vehicle, buoy, platform, etc.) to provide an inertial force in opposition to the rising heave-induced acceleration of the float. The water mass enclosure is in communication with a generator, such as by tethering one end of a tethering component to the generator and the other to the enclosure. The enclosure may be placed in communication with an intermediary hydraulic system, which is also in communication with the generator. In certain embodiments, the system will include a reel system for deploying and retrieving the water masse enclosure. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/453761 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866367 | Fox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glen R. Fox (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Ronald G. Polcawich (Derwood, Maryland); Daniel M. Potrepka (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen R. Fox (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Ronald G. Polcawich (Derwood, Maryland); Daniel M. Potrepka (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming an electrical device having a {100}-textured platinum electrode comprising: depositing a textured metal thin film onto a substrate; thermally oxidizing the metal thin film by annealing to convert it to a rocksalt structure oxide with a {100}-texture; depositing a platinum film layer; depositing a ferroelectric film. An electrical device comprising a substrate; a textured layer formed on the substrate comprising metal oxide having a rocksalt structure; a first electrode film layer having a crystallographic texture acting as a template; and at least one ferroelectric material layer exhibiting spontaneous polarization epitaxially deposited on the first electrode film layer whereby the rocksalt structure of the textured layer facilitates the growth of the first electrode film layer with a {100} orientation which forms a template for the epitaxial deposition of the ferroelectric layer such that the ferroelectric layer is formed with an {001} orientation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/488925 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 23/02 (20130101) C30B 29/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/32 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/081 (20130101) H01L 41/318 (20130101) H01L 41/319 (20130101) H01L 41/0815 (20130101) H01L 41/1876 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866465 | Simburger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward J. Simburger (Agoura, California); Daniel L. Rumsey (Inglewood, California); Peter J. Carian (Inglewood, California); James S. Swenson, Jr. (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Simburger (Agoura, California); Daniel L. Rumsey (Inglewood, California); Peter J. Carian (Inglewood, California); James S. Swenson, Jr. (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar cell regulator in a nanosatellite includes a pulse width modulated DC-DC boost converter and a peak power tracking controller for converting solar cell power to bus power for charging of system batteries and powering loads while the controller controls the pulse width modulation operation of the converter for sensing solar cell currents and voltages along a power characteristic curve of the solar cell for peak power tracking, for determining any power data point, including a peak power point, an open circuit voltage point, and a short circuit current point along the power characteristic curve of the solar cell, and for communicating the power data to a satellite processor for monitoring the performance of the solar cell during operational use of the satellite. |
| FILED | Saturday, February 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/714490 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/443 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/35 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 323/906 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866531 | Gupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dev V. Gupta (Concord, Massachusetts); Zhiguo Lai (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Newlans, Inc. (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dev V. Gupta (Concord, Massachusetts); Zhiguo Lai (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Broadband analog radio-frequency devices can be used to create building blocks for scalable analog signal processors that operate over bandwidths of 50 MHz to 20 GHz or more. Example devices include integrators (transconductors), digitally controlled attenuators, buffers, and scalable summers implemented using deep sub-micron CMOS technology. Because the devices are implemented in CMOS, the ratio of trace/component size to signal wavelength is about the same as that of low-frequency devices implemented in printed circuit boards. Combining this scaling with high gain/high bandwidth enables implementation of feedback and programmability for broadband analog signal processing. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/576635 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 1/223 (20130101) H03F 3/19 (20130101) H03F 3/45183 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03F 3/45201 (20130101) H03F 2200/36 (20130101) H03F 2200/264 (20130101) H03F 2203/45318 (20130101) H03F 2203/45374 (20130101) H03F 2203/45644 (20130101) H03F 2203/45686 (20130101) H03F 2203/45702 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 3/45188 (20130101) H03H 3/45197 (20130101) H03H 7/24 (20130101) H03H 11/53 (20130101) H03H 11/1256 (20130101) H03H 2210/04 (20130101) H03H 2210/017 (20130101) H03H 2210/021 (20130101) H03H 2210/028 (20130101) H03H 2210/036 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866997 | Pau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stanley Pau (Tucson, Arizona); Arshad S. Sayyad (Tucson, Arizona); Graham B. Myhre (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley Pau (Tucson, Arizona); Arshad S. Sayyad (Tucson, Arizona); Graham B. Myhre (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Linear photo-oriented polymer (LPP) layers are situated to align liquid crystals in a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) layer situated at or on the LPP layers. The LCP layer can include a guest such as a fluorophore that aligns with the liquid crystal so as to emit polarized fluorescence in response to an excitation beam. Layer LPP/LCP structures can be provided as light emitters, patterned polarizers, patterned retarders and other devices based on selection of one or more guest materials included in the LCP and alignable with the liquid crystal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/287910 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 19/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09K 19/56 (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 1/133703 (20130101) G02F 1/133788 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08867037 | Slocum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander H. Slocum (Bow, New Hampshire); Melanie Margarete Hoehl (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peter James Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are provided for detecting contaminants, such as ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, in various materials, including household products, and medicines. The contaminants can be detected using enzyme assays that produce measurable changes in light absorption and/or light fluorescence. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/766269 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/432 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08867046 | Jeys et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas H. Jeys (Lexington, Massachusetts); Antonio Sanchez-Rubio (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ronald H. Hoffeld (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan Z. Lin (Winchester, Massachusetts); Nicholas M. F. Judson (Baltimore, Maryland); George S. Haldeman (Melrose, Massachusetts); Vincenzo Daneu (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and an apparatus of measuring a position of a particle in a flow are disclosed. An embodiment of the method comprises temporally modulating and spatially pattering an illumination beam propagating along a first dimension, passing a particle across the modulated illumination beam, detecting a temporal profile of scattered light produced by the particle's passing through the modulated illumination beam, and determining the position of the particle based, in part, on the temporal profile of the detected scattered light. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/662197 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/002 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1459 (20130101) G01N 21/53 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2015/145 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08867121 | Lavrentovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oleg D. Lavrentovich (Kent, Ohio); Andrii B. Golovin (Kent, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oleg D. Lavrentovich (Kent, Ohio); Andrii B. Golovin (Kent, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrically reconfigurable metamaterial with spatially varied refractive index is proposed for applications such as optical devices and lenses. The apparatus and method comprises a metamaterial in which the refractive indices are modified in space and time by applying one or more electric fields. The metamaterials are electrically controllable and reconfigurable, and consist of metal (gold, silver, etc.) particles of different shapes, such as rods, with dimension much smaller than the wavelength of light, dispersed in a dielectric medium. The metamaterial is controlled by applying a non-uniform electric field that causes two effects: (1) It aligns the metallic anisometric particles with respect to the direction of the applied electric field and (2) It redistributes particles in space, making their local concentration position dependent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/587731 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/315 |
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| US 08867226 | Tyhach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew C. Tyhach (Watertown, Massachusetts); Francois Y. Colomb (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew C. Tyhach (Watertown, Massachusetts); Francois Y. Colomb (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A MMIC having: a substrate; a plurality of active and passive electrical elements disposed on a top surface of the substrate; a plurality of coplanar waveguide transmission line sections disposed on the top surface of the substrate for electrically interconnecting the active and passive electrical elements; an electrical conductor disposed on a bottom surface of the substrate under the coplanar waveguide section. Edges of ground plane conductors of the coplanar waveguide (CPW) sections have slots therein in regions thereof connected to the active and passive devices. The design of such circuit includes mathematical models of the CPW with the pair of local ground planes and the strip conductor thereof have relatively narrow connectable ports. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/169521 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/0605 (20130101) H01L 27/0629 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 5/0058 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08867312 | Straw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy B. Straw (Narragansett, Rhode Island); Michael J. O'Bara (North Kingstown, Rhode Island); Stephen A. Caldwell (Warren, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy B. Straw (Narragansett, Rhode Island); Michael J. O'Bara (North Kingstown, Rhode Island); Stephen A. Caldwell (Warren, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A sonar system is provided with the system having comparatively reduced power consumption, data bandwidth and data storage requirements. A sensor array of the system is configured to a sleep mode, low-resolution mode and high-resolution mode. In the sleep mode, all sonar sensors are configured in the mode and no acoustic signals are detected or processed. In the low-resolution mode, a limited number of sonar sensors are powered and acoustic signals received by the sensors are processed with reduced bandwidth and dynamic range, and then stored on a data storage device. In the high-resolution mode, the acoustic signals detected by the sonar sensors are processed with full signal bandwidth and dynamic range and then stored on the data storage device. A 10 bit mu-Law encoding scheme is used to reduce the amplitude scale of measurement or dynamic range of the digitized acoustic signals. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/172092 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08867510 | Seferoglu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hulya Seferoglu (Irvine, California); Athina Markopoulou (Irvine, California); Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AT and T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, Georgia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hulya Seferoglu (Irvine, California); Athina Markopoulou (Irvine, California); Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus to utilize network coding in a wireless network are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a first packet flow at a first node from a second node that is one-hop away from the first node, the first packet flow originating at a first source, receiving a second packet flow at the first node from a third node that is one-hop away from the first node, the second packet flow originating at a second source, generating, for the first packet flow, first intra-session parity packets using intra-session network coding and generating, for the second packet flow, second intra-session parity packets using intra-session network coding, the first and second intra-session parity packets being generated based on loss rates of links between the first and second nodes and the first and third nodes, and between the first node and a fourth node and between the first node and a fifth node, the fourth and fifth nodes being one-hop away from the first node, and combining at the first node the first and second packet flows and the first and second intra-session parity packets into a combined packet flow using inter-session network coding. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/219323 |
| ART UNIT | 2467 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0077 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 2001/0097 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 28/0236 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08867645 | Vaman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Digital Compression Technology, LLC (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Digital Compression Technology, LLC (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dhadesugoor Vaman (Frederick, Maryland); Siew T. Koav (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The proposed invention teaches basic principles of “orthonormal transform” to be used to convert a set of discrete samples into a set of coefficient real samples that is contained in a finite field. The number of real values in each coefficient samples is finite and coded for transmission using digital modulation. It also teaches that handling of multi-path fading of Doppler effects implies that the Bit Error Rate (BER) performance as a function of Bit Energy/Noise (Eb/N0) is close to the performance of Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) channel. The effect of impairments is minimized and only the effect of thermal noise (AWGN) is maintained. The inventive apparatus is simple and maintains constant end-to-end response time, sustainable effective data rate and bounded error performance which is conducive to specify a Quality of Service (QoS) which is useful for service provisioning. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/705817 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/3405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08867687 | Bertozzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Passport Systems, Inc. (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Passport Systems, Inc. (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Bertozzi (Lexington, Massachusetts); Robert J. Ledoux (Harvard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for non-intrusively detecting the existence of fissile materials in a container via the measurement of energetic prompt neutrons are disclosed. The methods and systems use the unique nature of the prompt neutron energy spectrum from neutron-induced fission arising from the emission of neutrons from almost fully accelerated fragments to unambiguously identify fissile material. These signals from neutron-induced fission are unique and allow the detection of any material in the actinide region of the nuclear periodic table. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/746869 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 5/0091 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08867862 | Baggenstoss |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul M. Baggenstoss (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul M. Baggenstoss (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of selecting an optimal window length in a digital processing system includes receiving a digital signal and analyzing the signal with a group of Hanning windows having different sizes. The windows being arranged so that they can be scaled to be comparable. The digital signal is windowed with each selected window and a transform is computed. The transformed signal is scaled and corrected. A metric is computed from the resulting signal for each window. The metrics are compared and the window size is selected based on agreement with a user defined metric. The specific window function, shift and scaling are such that the resulting analysis is mathematically equivalent across different window sizes. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/724120 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08867921 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David F. Smith (Ellicott City, Maryland); Anis Husan (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ziva Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David F. Smith (Ellicott City, Maryland); Anis Husan (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques, apparatus and systems to provide carrier signal transmission in reciprocal transmission architecture networks for optical communications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/119902 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/2935 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868238 | Gray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeremy P. Gray (Southfield, Michigan); James R. Mason (Livonia, Michigan); Michael S. Patterson (Macomb, Michigan); Matthew W. Skalny (Shelby Township, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy P. Gray (Southfield, Michigan); James R. Mason (Livonia, Michigan); Michael S. Patterson (Macomb, Michigan); Matthew W. Skalny (Shelby Township, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system control apparatus and method for systematic control of (i) extraction of a vehicle from an environment, (ii) stowage of the vehicle in a modular handling and stowage system, the system having a primary module and zero or more secondary modules, wherein the secondary modules are serially, mechanically coupled to the primary module and together, and (iii) deployment of the vehicle from the module group in response to command signals, sensor signals, and status signals. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/738791 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 19/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0225 (20130101) G05D 2201/0209 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868258 | Papadopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George B. Papadopoulos (Nesconset, New York); Derek R. DeVries (Farr West, Utah); Steven W. Thomas (Excellsior, Minnesota); Timothy J. Van Dixhorn (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Charles L Weigel (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Charles L. Dedon (Elk River, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George B. Papadopoulos (Nesconset, New York); Derek R. DeVries (Farr West, Utah); Steven W. Thomas (Excellsior, Minnesota); Timothy J. Van Dixhorn (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Charles L Weigel (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Charles L. Dedon (Elk River, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A flight safety assembly onboard an aerial vehicle includes a first sensor configured to sense first information related to flight of the aerial vehicle and a second sensor configured to sense second information related to the flight of the aerial vehicle. A sensor input is adapted to receive third information related to the flight of the aerial vehicle. A processor is operably coupled to the first sensor, the second sensor, and the sensor input. The processor is configured to determine three independent instantaneous impact points for the aerial vehicle by independently analyzing each of the first information, the second information and the third information. The processor is also configured to generate three independent onboard flight termination indicators for each of the three independent instantaneous impact points that intersects with a region to be protected. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/567794 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868268 | Sanders |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William M Sanders (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William M Sanders (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for navigating an unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) using three-dimensional acoustic reflectivity data sets and a beam steered downward looking sonar capturing sub-bottom features and creating three-dimensional representations to compare with the reflectivity data sets to general navigation corrections. Acoustically senses and exploits sub-bottom features for navigation of UUVs that can provide more reliable navigation than using surface features alone, since much of the sea floor is flat (e.g. on continental shelves and abyssal plains). |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/032337 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0692 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868355 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Haiying Huang (Arlington, Texas); Jung-Chih Chiao (Grand Prairie, Texas); Ronald L. Carter (Arlington, Texas); Uday Shankar Tata (Arlington, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haiying Huang (Arlington, Texas); Jung-Chih Chiao (Grand Prairie, Texas); Ronald L. Carter (Arlington, Texas); Uday Shankar Tata (Arlington, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method is provided for monitoring a condition of a structure using a passive wireless antenna sensor having a known resonant frequency when mounted on the structure. A series of radio frequency signals are transmitted with sweeping frequencies around the known resonant frequency to the passive wireless antenna sensor. The passive wireless antenna sensor includes a dielectric substrate disposed between an antenna pattern and a ground plane such that a change in the condition of the structure will cause a change in one or more characteristics of the passive wireless sensor. A signal is received from the passive wireless antenna sensor and a resonant frequency of the passive wireless antenna sensor is determined based on the received signal. The determined resonant frequency is then compared to the known resonant frequency, whereby a change in the resonant frequency indicates a change in the condition of the structure. |
| FILED | Sunday, February 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/867801 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 7/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01B 15/06 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/2225 (20130101) H01Q 21/065 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868477 | Esser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Coproration (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide a neural core circuit comprising a synaptic interconnect network including plural electronic synapses for interconnecting one or more source electronic neurons with one or more target electronic neurons. The interconnect network further includes multiple axon paths and multiple dendrite paths. Each synapse is at a cross-point junction of the interconnect network between a dendrite path and an axon path. The core circuit further comprises a routing module maintaining routing information. The routing module routes output from a source electronic neuron to one or more selected axon paths. Each synapse provides a configurable level of signal conduction from an axon path of a source electronic neuron to a dendrite path of a target electronic neuron. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/434733 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/049 (20130101) G06N 3/063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868590 | Donneau-Golencer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thierry D. Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thierry D. Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for developing a computer-executable query relating to a search request issued by a user includes determining whether a search term of the search request has a user-specific meaning, connotation, context, or association based on an analysis of electronic content associated with the user and/or an analysis of interactions of the user with electronic content that is accessible to the user through one or more computing devices. If the search term has a user-specific meaning, connotation, context, or association, the method and system can incorporate the user-specific meaning, connotation, context, or association into the search request and/or the computer-executable query. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/298374 |
| ART UNIT | 2164 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/765 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868984 | Carey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Matthew W. Markland (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Matthew W. Markland (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Relevant alert delivery including determining, by an events listener associated with an event queue, whether one or more events in an events queue have not been assigned to any events pool by any event analyzer; and if one or more events in the events queue have not been assigned to any events pool, identifying by the events listener in dependence upon the event analysis rules one or more alerts; sending by the event listener to an alerts queue all the alerts identified by the event listener; the alerts queue having an associated alerts listener; determining whether one or more alerts in the alerts queue have not been assigned to any alert pool; if one or more alerts in the alerts queue have not been assigned to any alerts pool, and determining in dependence upon alert analysis rules whether to suppress the alerts; and transmitting the unsuppressed alerts. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/962265 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/0709 (20130101) G06F 11/0781 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868986 | Carey 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) | James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Matthew W. Markland (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Relevant alert delivery including determining, by an events listener associated with an event queue, whether one or more events in an events queue have not been assigned to any events pool by any event analyzer; and if one or more events in the events queue have not been assigned to any events pool, identifying by the events listener in dependence upon the event analysis rules one or more alerts; sending by the event listener to an alerts queue all the alerts identified by the event listener; the alerts queue having an associated alerts listener; determining whether one or more alerts in the alerts queue have not been assigned to any alert pool; if one or more alerts in the alerts queue have not been assigned to any alerts pool, and determining in dependence upon alert analysis rules whether to suppress the alerts; and transmitting the unsuppressed alerts. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/663031 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/0709 (20130101) G06F 11/0781 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08869035 | Banerjee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dipyaman Banerjee (New Delhi, India); Venkateswara R Madduri (New Delhi, India); Mudhakar Srivatsa (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dipyaman Banerjee (New Delhi, India); Venkateswara R Madduri (New Delhi, India); Mudhakar Srivatsa (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A set of data is obtained, representing a graph of a computer network having a set of hardware nodes and a set of hardware links between the hardware nodes. The hardware links are represented as edges in the graph. A first subset (for example, a vertex cut set) of the set of hardware nodes is found, such that those of the hardware nodes in the first subset are able to withstand a maximum number of failures before the graph disconnects. The failures include node failures and/or edge failures. The hardware nodes in the first subset are ranked based on expected resiliency, to obtain a ranked list. Optionally, in case of a tie between two or more of the hardware nodes in the ranked list, the tie is broken using a sum of shortest path metric. |
| FILED | Monday, June 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/493806 |
| ART UNIT | 2172 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 41/22 (20130101) H04L 43/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08869153 | Krieger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Orran Y. Krieger (Newton, Massachusetts); Bryan S. Rosenburg (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Robert B. Tremaine (Stormville, New York); Robert W. Wisniewski (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Orran Y. Krieger (Newton, Massachusetts); Bryan S. Rosenburg (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Robert B. Tremaine (Stormville, New York); Robert W. Wisniewski (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for providing quality of service guarantees for simultaneous multithreaded processors are disclosed. Hardware and operating system communicate with one another providing information relating to thread attributes for threads executing on processing elements. The operating system controls scheduling of the threads based at least partly on the information communicated and provides quality of service guarantees. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/130612 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/505 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/3851 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08869155 | Almasi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Almasi (Ardsley, New York); Guojing Cong (Yorktown Heights, New York); David J. Klepacki (New Paltz, New York); Vijay A. Saraswat (Mahopac, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Almasi (Ardsley, New York); Guojing Cong (Yorktown Heights, New York); David J. Klepacki (New Paltz, New York); Vijay A. Saraswat (Mahopac, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for increasing performance of an operation on a distributed memory machine is provided. Asynchronous parallel steps in the operation are transformed into synchronous parallel steps. The synchronous parallel steps of the operation are rearranged to generate an altered operation that schedules memory accesses for increasing locality of reference. The altered operation that schedules memory accesses for increasing locality of reference is mapped onto the distributed memory machine. Then, the altered operation is executed on the distributed memory machine to simulate local memory accesses with virtual threads to check cache performance within each node of the distributed memory machine. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945488 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/522 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US D715887 | Friedman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason Friedman (Randolph, New Jersey); John Labar (Bangor, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Friedman (Randolph, New Jersey); John Labar (Bangor, Pennsylvania) |
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| FILED | Monday, April 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 29/451734 |
| ART UNIT | 2914 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Arms, pyrotechnics, hunting and fishing equipment D22/109 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chantal Lau (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Chantal Lau (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Feeding bottle (10) comprising a neck to which a teat (14) is attached, characterized in that it comprises at least two visual marks (20, 22) located on one and the same circumference near the neck or near the teat and separated from one another about the axis of the feeding bottle, one of these marks (20) defining an angular position of the feeding bottle (10) about its axis for which the other mark (22) indicates a point through which the free surface (24) of the liquid contained in the feeding bottle needs to pass in order for the hydrostatic pressure of the liquid at an outlet orifice (16) of the teat (14) to be substantially zero. |
| FILED | Monday, November 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/674751 |
| ART UNIT | 3781 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers Specially Adapted for Medical or Pharmaceutical Purposes; Devices or Methods Specially Adapted for Bringing Pharmaceutical Products into Particular Physical or Administering Forms; Devices for Administering Food or Medicines Orally; Baby Comforters; Devices for Receiving Spittle A61J 9/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61J 2200/76 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864045 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xingmao Jiang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xingmao Jiang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary embodiments provide materials and methods for forming monodisperse particles. In one embodiment, the monodisperse particles can be formed by first spraying a nanoparticle-containing dispersion into aerosol droplets and then heating the aerosol droplets in the presence of a shell precursor to form core-shell particles. By removing either the shell layer or the nanoparticle core of the core-shell particles, monodisperse nanoparticles can be formed. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/300069 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864309 | Buckland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina); Andrew Murnan (Saratoga Springs, New York); Christopher Saxer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert H. Hart (Cary, North Carolina); Nestor O. Farmiga (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Scanning optical beam imaging systems for imaging a surface with convex curvature are provided. The systems include a sphero-telecentric objective, wherein a scanning radius of curvature of the sphero-telecentric objective is greater than an apical radius of curvature of the surface and less than or equal to four times an apical radius of curvature of the surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/705867 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0066 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 13/22 (20130101) G02B 26/101 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864843 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Helen H. Lu (New York, New York); Kristen L. Moffat (Oakmont, Pennsylvania); William N. Levine (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helen H. Lu (New York, New York); Kristen L. Moffat (Oakmont, Pennsylvania); William N. Levine (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable device is provided for soft-tissue or soft tissue-to-bone repair, fixation, augmentation, or replacement that includes a biomimetic and biodegradable nanofiber scaffold. Also provided is a fully synthetic implantable multiphased scaffold which includes, in a single continuous construct, a plurality of phases to mimic the natural anatomy of a tendon or ligament and their insertion sites. Also provided are scaffold apparatuses for musculoskeletal tissue engineering. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/806912 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/32 (20130101) A61K 35/32 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (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 67/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865130 | Marnett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence J. Marnett (Nashville, Tennessee); Md. Jashim Uddin (Nashville, Tennessee); Brenda C. Crews (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence J. Marnett (Nashville, Tennessee); Md. Jashim Uddin (Nashville, Tennessee); Brenda C. Crews (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed subject matter provides compositions that selectively bind cyclooxygenase-2 and comprise a therapeutic and/or diagnostic moiety. Also provided are methods for using the disclosed compositions for diagnosing (i.e., by imaging) a target cell and/or treating a disorder associated with a cyclooxygenase-2 biological activity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/431205 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/416 (20130101) A61K 31/655 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/5383 (20130101) A61K 47/481 (20130101) A61K 49/003 (20130101) A61K 49/0017 (20130101) A61K 49/0021 (20130101) A61K 49/0028 (20130101) A61K 49/0032 (20130101) A61K 49/0041 (20130101) A61K 49/0052 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865154 | Fay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip J. Fay (Pittsford, New York); Hironao Wakabayashi (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip J. Fay (Pittsford, New York); Hironao Wakabayashi (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a recombinant factor VIII that includes one or more mutations at an interface of A1 and C2 domains of recombinant factor VIII. The one or more mutations include substitution of one or more amino acid residues with either a cysteine or an amino acid residue having a higher hydrophobicity. This results in enhanced stability of factor VIII. Methods for making the recombinant factor VIII, pharmaceutical compositions containing the recombinant factor VIII, and use of the recombinant factor VIII for treating hemophilia A are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, December 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/141983 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/755 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08865159 | Mittal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vivek Mittal (Greenlawn, New York); Daniel J. Nolan (Franklin Square, New York); Dingcheng Gao (Rego Park, New York); Albert S. Mellick (Huntington, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vivek Mittal (Greenlawn, New York); Daniel J. Nolan (Franklin Square, New York); Dingcheng Gao (Rego Park, New York); Albert S. Mellick (Huntington, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods of treating tumors and other conditions characterized by abnormal neoangiogenesis by inhibiting bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/522093 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/005 (20130101) A61K 48/0058 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2896 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1136 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2740/15043 (20130101) C12N 2830/008 (20130101) |
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| US 08865169 | Shoemaker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles B. Shoemaker (North Grafton, Massachusetts); Jorge A. Sepulveda Toepfer (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Jean Mukherjee (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles B. Shoemaker (North Grafton, Massachusetts); Jorge A. Sepulveda Toepfer (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Jean Mukherjee (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and systems for administering antibody therapeutic agents. The methods include administering one or more (e.g., two or three) binding agents, wherein each of the binding agents has a binding region that is specific to a portion of a disease agent and one or more copies of a tag. The binding agents can be specific to one or more portions of the same or different disease agents. The tag is the same for each of the binding agents. The methods include administering an anti-tag antibody, wherein the anti-tag antibody has an anti-tag region that is specific to the tag, and can have an immunoglobulin (e.g., IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG, and IgM.). Disease agents include bacterial proteins, viral proteins, cancer cells, and proteins or toxins produced therefrom. In particular, the present invention includes methods and systems for binding agents that are specific to neurotoxins that cause botulism. |
| FILED | Monday, February 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/032744 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/39591 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 16/1282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2316/96 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) |
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| US 08865171 | Broder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher C. Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland); Katharine N. Bossart (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation For the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland); Katharine N. Bossart (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. In particular, this invention relates to compositions comprising soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus and also to diagnostic and therapeutic methods using the soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. Further, the invention relates to therapeutic antibodies including neutralizing antibodies, and vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infection by Hendra and Nipah viruses. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/629682 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/07 (20130101) C07K 14/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1027 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2760/18222 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865185 | Friedman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harvey Friedman (Merion, Pennsylvania); Elizabeth E. Zumbrun (Middletown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harvey Friedman (Merion, Pennsylvania); Elizabeth E. Zumbrun (Middletown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods of treating, suppressing, inhibiting, reducing an incidence, reducing the pathogenesis of, ameliorating the symptoms of, or ameliorating the secondary symptoms of a primary or recurring Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) infection, or prolonging the latency to a relapse of an HSV infection, and disorders and symptoms associated with same and inducing an anti-HSV immune response in a subject comprising the step of contacting the subject with a composition comprising a mutant HSV strain comprising an inactivating mutation in a Us8 gene, followed by a second contacting with the composition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/415152 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/16622 (20130101) C12N 2710/16634 (20130101) C12N 2710/16661 (20130101) |
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| US 08865206 | Sachdeva et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida A and M University (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida A and M University (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mandip Sachdeva (Tallahassee, Florida); Punit Shah (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Dermal delivery is best suited for the various skin diseases or disorders. However, the stratum corneum limits the permeation of number of suitable pharmaceutical agents for dermal delivery. Certain embodiments of the present invention include surface modified multilayered nanostructures. The modification was completed by using fatty acids enabling delivery of a significant amount of one or more pharmaceutical agent(s) into deeper layers of the epidermis and dermis to treat skin diseases or disorders. Each active pharmaceutical agent can be encapsulated into the separate layers of the nanostructures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/102027 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 9/5161 (20130101) A61K 31/192 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/74 (20130101) Y10S 977/706 (20130101) Y10S 977/737 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) |
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| US 08865216 | Labhasetwar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vinod Labhasetwar (Solon, Ohio); Jaspreet Vasir (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Bethesda, Maryland); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vinod Labhasetwar (Solon, Ohio); Jaspreet Vasir (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Surface-modified polymeric nanoparticles (NPs), compositions for making them, and their use in drug delivery are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/184715 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865288 | Bhandari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajmohan Bhandari (Salt Lake City, Utah); Sandeep Negi (Salt Lake City, Utah); Florian Solzbacher (Salt Lake City, Utah); Richard A. Normann (Park City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajmohan Bhandari (Salt Lake City, Utah); Sandeep Negi (Salt Lake City, Utah); Florian Solzbacher (Salt Lake City, Utah); Richard A. Normann (Park City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-needle array having tips disposed along a non-planar surface is formed by shaping the wafer surface into a non-planar surface to define the tips of the micro-needles. A plurality of trenches are cut into the wafer to form a plurality of columns having tops corresponding to the non-planar surface. The columns are rounded and sharpened by etching to form the micro-needles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/807766 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 37/0015 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2037/0046 (20130101) A61M 2037/0053 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865399 | Schofield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Schofield (Hollywood, South Carolina); Ian J. Molineux (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Guild Associates, Inc. (Dublin, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Schofield (Hollywood, South Carolina); Ian J. Molineux (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to compositions, methods, systems and kits for the detection of microorganisms of the Yersinia species including Yersinia pestis. The disclosure relates to recombinant phage operable to infect a Yersinia microorganism, the phage comprising a detectable reporter. Detection systems of the disclosure may comprise a phage operable to infect a Yersinia microorganism, and may comprise a reporter nucleic acid expressible upon infection of a Yersinia microorganism by the phage. The system may be operable to detect the expression of the reporter. A detectable reporter may comprise any gene having bioluminescent, colorimetric and/or visual detectability. For example, a detectable reporter may comprise one or more luxAB genes detectable by emission, enhancement and/or change in spectrum of bioluminescent light. Live and infectious Yersinia microbes may be detected by the compositions, methods, systems and kits described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/992488 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6888 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/24 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865404 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chao-ting Wu (Brookline, Massachusetts); George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chao-ting Wu (Brookline, Massachusetts); George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for determining the nucleic acid sequence of polynucleotides that are at least 1500 nucleotides in length are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/289521 |
| 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 1/6874 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 2521/301 (20130101) C12Q 2523/107 (20130101) C12Q 2523/319 (20130101) C12Q 2535/113 (20130101) |
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| US 08865406 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Broad Institute Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fei Ran (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for engineering and optimization of systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are compositions and methods related to components of a CRISPR complex particularly comprising a Cas ortholog enzyme. |
| FILED | Monday, March 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/222930 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865411 | Gitler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron D. Gitler (Foster City, California); Andrew Elden (Hialeah, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Washington, District of Columbia); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (Washington, District of Columbia); NIH Division of Extramural Inventions and Technology Resources (DEITR) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron D. Gitler (Foster City, California); Andrew Elden (Hialeah, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are disclosed for identifying agents useful for the treatment of proteinopathies. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/260492 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.160 |
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| US 08865415 | Montgomery |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Blood Center Research Foundation (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Blood Center Research Foundation (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Montgomery (Cedarburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and kits for measuring levels of von Willebrand factor function in a sample without using a platelet aggregation agonist, such as ristocetin, comprising recombinant glycoprotein Ibα having at least two of a G233V, D235Y and M239V mutations and an agent to detect a complex between the recombinant glycoprotein Ibα and von Willebrand factor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/669866 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) G01N 2333/755 (20130101) |
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| US 08865431 | Dooley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Helen Dooley (Baltimore, Maryland); Andrew Porter (Aberdeen, United Kingdom); Martin Flajnik (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland); Aberdeen University (Aberdeen, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helen Dooley (Baltimore, Maryland); Andrew Porter (Aberdeen, United Kingdom); Martin Flajnik (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for the production of an antigen specific antigen binding domain using a transformed host containing an expressible DNA sequence encoding the antigen specific antigen binding domain, wherein the antigen specific antigen binding domain is derived from a variable region of the immunoglobulin isotype NAR found in fish. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/280837 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 2317/20 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) |
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| US 08865461 | Rupprecht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles E. Rupprecht (Lawrenceville, Georgia); Xianfu Wu (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represtented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles E. Rupprecht (Lawrenceville, Georgia); Xianfu Wu (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Rabies Virus compositions and methods are provided. The full-length sequence of Rabies Virus strain Evelyn-Rokitnicki-Abelseth (ERA) is disclosed. A reverse genetics system for producing recombinant ERA virus and derivatives thereof is provided, along with compositions including ERA and/or ERA derivative strain viruses, nucleic acids and/or proteins. In some instances, the compositions are immunogenic compositions useful for the pre- or post-exposure treatment of Rabies Virus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/956949 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/205 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2760/20134 (20130101) C12N 2760/20143 (20130101) C12N 2760/20161 (20130101) |
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| US 08865464 | Takayama et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shuichi Takayama (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lourdes Marcella Cabrera (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yun Seok Heo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gary Daniel Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuichi Takayama (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lourdes Marcella Cabrera (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yun Seok Heo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gary Daniel Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic devices for cell culturing and methods for using the same are disclosed. One device includes a substrate and membrane. The substrate includes a reservoir in fluid communication with a passage. A bio-compatible fluid may be added to the reservoir and passage. The reservoir is configured to receive and retain at least a portion of a cell mass. The membrane acts as a barrier to evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid from the passage. A cover fluid may be added to cover the bio-compatible fluid to prevent evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/854465 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/5085 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) C12M 23/34 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08865469 | Portnoy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel A. Portnoy (Albany, California); Richard Lane Calendar (Berkeley, California); Peter M. Lauer (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Portnoy (Albany, California); Richard Lane Calendar (Berkeley, California); Peter M. Lauer (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Site-specific Listeria integration vectors and methods for their use are provided. The subject vectors include a bacteriophage integrase gene and a bacteriophage attachment site, where in many embodiments the bacteriophage that is the source of these elements is a listeriophage. In certain embodiments, the subject vectors further include a multiple cloning site, where the multiple cloning site may further include a polypeptide coding sequence, e.g., for a heterologous antigen. The subject vectors and methods find use in a variety of different applications, including the study of Listeria species and the preparation of Listeria vaccines. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/461408 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0208 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08865477 | Shih et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Hui Li (Newark, Delaware); Ian McDonald (Weatherly, Pennsylvania); Andrew Kopek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); Ryan O'Malley (Norristown, Pennsylvania); Yu-Chieh Lu (Hsinchu, Taiwan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Hui Li (Newark, Delaware); Ian McDonald (Weatherly, Pennsylvania); Andrew Kopek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); Ryan O'Malley (Norristown, Pennsylvania); Yu-Chieh Lu (Hsinchu, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel quantum dot capable of near infrared emissions at wavelengths of 750-1100 is made by forming solid solutions of metal sulfide, metal selenide or metal sulfide selenide by incorporating a suitable amount of an additional metallic element or elements to provide an emission wavelength in the range of 750 nm to 1100 nm. The quantum dots may be enabled for bioconjugation and may be used in a method for tissue imaging and analyte detection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/428000 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/532 (20130101) G01N 33/588 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/774 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865479 | Love et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Christopher Love (Somerville, Massachusetts); Hidde L. Ploegh (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jehnna Ronan (Chester, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Christopher Love (Somerville, Massachusetts); Hidde L. Ploegh (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jehnna Ronan (Chester, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Screening assays and methods of performing such assays are provided. In certain examples, the assays and methods may be designed to determine whether or not two or more species can associate with each other. In some examples, the assays and methods may be used to determine if a known antigen binds to an unknown monoclonal antibody. |
| FILED | Monday, August 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/857510 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/025 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 33/505 (20130101) G01N 33/531 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/543 (20130101) G01N 33/543 (20130101) G01N 33/577 (20130101) G01N 33/577 (20130101) G01N 33/5052 (20130101) G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/54366 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 436/809 (20130101) |
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| US 08865630 | Yanik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mehmet F. Yanik (Watertown, Massachusetts); Steven C. Wasserman (Concord, Massachusetts); Carlos Pardo (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Cody L. Gilleland (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tsung-Yao Chang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet F. Yanik (Watertown, Massachusetts); Steven C. Wasserman (Concord, Massachusetts); Carlos Pardo (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Cody L. Gilleland (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tsung-Yao Chang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | High throughput system for in vivo screens on vertebrate larvae. The system includes a source of vertebrate larvae in a liquid medium and loading tube means for aspirating a larva. A detector assembly is provided to differentiate passage of a larva from bubbles and/or debris. An imaging means is provided for both confocal imaging and wide-field fluorescence imaging of the larva. A laser is provided for optical manipulation of the larva. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/713263 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 30/06 (20130101) C40B 60/10 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/14 (20130101) G01N 1/28 (20130101) G01N 15/1475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/05 (20130101) G01N 35/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08865641 | Pavlov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Valentin A. Pavlov (Bayside, New York); Kevin J. Tracey (Old Greenwich, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valentin A. Pavlov (Bayside, New York); Kevin J. Tracey (Old Greenwich, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating a fatty liver disease in a subject. The method comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of a cholinergic pathway stimulating agent, wherein the fatty liver disease is selected from non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL), alcoholic fatty liver (AFL), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH), NASH-associated liver fibrosis, ASH-associated liver fibrosis, non-alcoholic cirrhosis, and alcoholic cirrhosis. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/523519 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/27 (20130101) A61K 31/46 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/341 (20130101) A61K 31/439 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/4545 (20130101) A61K 31/5513 (20130101) |
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| US 08865642 | Fulton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amy Fulton (Baltimore, Maryland); Namita Kundu (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amy Fulton (Baltimore, Maryland); Namita Kundu (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions comprising soluble extracts or isolated polypeptides from the edible roots of the plant Colocasia, such as Colocasia esculenta, commonly known as Taro, and from Xanthosoma, such as Xanthosoma sagittifolium, commonly known as Malanga Blanca or Yautia. The compositions exhibit inhibitory effects on metastasis of cancer cells in particular breast and prostate cancer cells and have therapeutic pharmacological activity, Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of cancer by inhibiting metastasis which comprises an effective amount of the described extract or isolated polypeptide thereof and optionally a pharmaceutical acceptable carrier are described. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/635095 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 36/888 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/56 (20130101) A61K 38/168 (20130101) |
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| US 08865646 | Longo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Valter Longo (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valter Longo (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to dietary compositions comprising reduced level of methionine, tryptophan, all amino acids, or protein, dietary compositions comprising glycerol as a substitute for monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides, and hypocaloric or calorie free diets with reduced level of energy, carbohydrates, or protein. Also disclosed are methods of using these compositions and diets, as well as fasting, to protect subjects against chemotherapy, radiotherapy, oxidative stress, or aging. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/430058 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0053 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/183 (20130101) |
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| US 08865657 | Frevert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ute Frevert (Warwick, New York); Ivan Usynin (Bronx, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ute Frevert (Warwick, New York); Ivan Usynin (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for reducing the activity or function of an inflammatory cell by contacting a cell with, or administering to a subject in need thereof, an effective amount of a circumsporozoite protein or homolog thereof, or a fragment thereof. Methods of treating an inflammatory disease, or an autoimmune disease or for inducing tolerance are also disclosed as are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a circumsporozoite protein or homolog thereof, or a fragment thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| FILED | Friday, August 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/506611 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/015 (20130101) A61K 39/015 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08865667 | Smolke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christina D. Smolke (Pasadena, California); Maung Nyan Win (San Gabriel, California); Chase Beisel (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina D. Smolke (Pasadena, California); Maung Nyan Win (San Gabriel, California); Chase Beisel (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides various signal processing devices for integrating two or more biological signals (e.g., the presence, absence or concentration of specific ligands, etc.) to generate a status output, or a response that modulates one or more biological activities based on the status of the biological signals. The various described signal processing/integration mechanisms may be combined with one another to provide the device with more flexibility in integrating high-order cellular information. The signal processing devices of the invention have many uses in various biological systems, including gene expression control or ligand-concentration sensing. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/283614 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08865672 | Isenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey S. Isenberg (Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania); David D. Roberts (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Isenberg (Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania); David D. Roberts (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods for preventing, ameliorating, and/or reducing tissue ischemia and/or tissue damage due to ischemia, increasing blood vessel diameter, blood flow and tissue perfusion in the presence of vascular disease including peripheral vascular disease, atherosclerotic vascular disease, coronary artery disease, stroke and influencing other conditions, by suppressing CD47 and/or blocking TSP1 and/or CD47 activity or interaction. Influencing the interaction of CD47-TSP1 in blood vessels allows for control of blood vessel diameter and blood flow, and permits modification of blood pressure and cardiac function. Under conditions of decreased blood flow, for instance through injury or atherosclerosis, blocking TSP1-CD47 interaction allows blood vessels to dilate and increases blood flow, tissue perfusion and tissue survival. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/546931 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6887 (20130101) G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) |
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| US 08865673 | Detmar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Detmar (Boppelsen, Switzerland); Kentaro Kajiya (Yokohama, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Detmar (Boppelsen, Switzerland); Kentaro Kajiya (Yokohama, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and compositions for the modulation of hepatocyte growth factor activity to regulate lymphatic vessel development and function. Methods and composition for the monitoring and treatment of skin disorders, lymphedema, and metastatic cancers are disclosed. Also described are methods of identifying inhibitors of hepatocyte growth factor dependent lymphangiogenesis. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/606490 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1833 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5064 (20130101) G01N 2333/4753 (20130101) |
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| US 08865676 | Rossi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Rossi (Rancho Cucamonga, California); Daniela Castanotto (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Amplification-based methods and kits for rapidly producing siRNA expression cassettes are provided. Also provided are methods for expressing amplified siRNA expression cassettes in cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/755796 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/1132 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/53 (20130101) C12N 2310/111 (20130101) C12N 2330/30 (20130101) |
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| US 08865686 | Pommier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yves Pommier (Bethesda, Maryland); Laurent Thibaut (Yerres, France); Christophe Marchand (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yves Pommier (Bethesda, Maryland); Laurent Thibaut (Yerres, France); Christophe Marchand (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention is directed towards tetracycline compositions, and methods of inhibiting Tdp1 activity, and methods of treating Tdp1-associated disorders. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/241011 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/65 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 237/26 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 295/13 (20130101) C07D 499/21 (20130101) |
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| US 08865696 | Stefano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George B. Stefano (Melville, New York); Patrick Cadet (Elmont, New York); Kirk J. Mantione (Patchogue, New York); Wei Zhu (West Babylon, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and materials related to the use of morphine, morphine precursors (e.g., reticuline), and inhibitors of morphine synthesis or activity to treat diseases, to reduce inflammation, or to restore normal function are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, June 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/924211 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/187 |
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| US 08865708 | Deshaies et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond J. Deshaies (Claremont, California); Tsui-Fen Chou (Pasadena, California); Frank J. Schoenen (Lawrence, Kansas); Kelin Li (Lawrence, Kansas); Kevin J. Frankowski (Lawrence, Kansas); Jeffrey Aube (Lawrence, Kansas); Samuel W. Gerritz (Guilford, Connecticut); Han-Jie Zhou (Foster City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas); Cleave Biosciences, Inc. (Burlingame, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond J. Deshaies (Claremont, California); Tsui-Fen Chou (Pasadena, California); Frank J. Schoenen (Lawrence, Kansas); Kelin Li (Lawrence, Kansas); Kevin J. Frankowski (Lawrence, Kansas); Jeffrey Aube (Lawrence, Kansas); Samuel W. Gerritz (Guilford, Connecticut); Han-Jie Zhou (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of Formulas I-XLIII are identified as direct inhibitors of p97 ATPase or of the degradation of a p97-dependent ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) substrate. Methods and compositions are disclosed for inhibiting p97 ATPase and the degradation of a p97-dependent UPS substrate, and for identifying inhibitors thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/103003 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/538 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (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 1/42 (20130101) C12Q 1/485 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2500/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08865723 | Gurney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tetra Discovery Partners LLC (Grand Rapids, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tetra Discovery Partners LLC (Grand Rapids, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Gurney (Grand Rapids, Michigan); Coleen M. Atkins (Miami, Florida); David J. Adaikkalasamy (Miami, Florida); W. Dalton Dietrich (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of improving cognitive ability or memory in a subject that has suffered a brain injury or spinal cord injury by administering a selective PDE4 B inhibitor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/799505 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08865725 | Conn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Nashville, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Shaun R. Stauffer (Brentwood, Tennessee); Jose Manuel Bartolome-Nebreda (Toledo, Spain); Gregor James MacDonald (Beerse, Belgium); Susana Conde-Ceide (Toledo, Spain); Carrie K. Jones (Nashville, Tennessee); Maria Luz Martin-Martin (Toledo, Spain); Han Min Tong (Toledo, Spain) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Nashville, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Shaun R. Stauffer (Brentwood, Tennessee); Jose Manuel Bartolome-Nebreda (Toledo, Spain); Gregor James MacDonald (Beerse, Belgium); Susana Conde-Ceide (Toledo, Spain); Carrie K. Jones (Nashville, Tennessee); Maria Luz Martin-Martin (Toledo, Spain); Han Min Tong (Toledo, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to imidazopyrimidin-5(6H)-one analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/420333 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/259.100 |
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| US 08865750 | Neubig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Neubig (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Levi Blazer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Stephen Husbands (Somerset, United Kingdom); Scott Larsen (South Lyon, Michigan); John Traynor (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The University of Bath (Bath, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Neubig (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Levi Blazer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Stephen Husbands (Somerset, United Kingdom); Scott Larsen (South Lyon, Michigan); John Traynor (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions having RGS (regulator of G-protein Signaling) inhibiting activity, and methods of use thereof. In some embodiments, RGS-inhibiting compositions find use in research on or treatment of disease states (e.g., diabetes, epilepsy, neuropathic pain, depression and other diseases). |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/458233 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/433 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 285/08 (20130101) C07D 417/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08865752 | Panicker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bijoy Panicker (Holbrook, New York); Dong Sung Lim (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Rama K. Mishra (Chicago, Illinois); Lambertus J. W. M. Oehlen (Westbury, New York); James G. Tarrant (Lindenhurst, New York); Xiaokang Zhu (Oakland Gardens, New York); Dawoon Jung (Tenafly, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Angion Biomedica Corp. (Uniondale, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bijoy Panicker (Holbrook, New York); Dong Sung Lim (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Rama K. Mishra (Chicago, Illinois); Lambertus J. W. M. Oehlen (Westbury, New York); James G. Tarrant (Lindenhurst, New York); Xiaokang Zhu (Oakland Gardens, New York); Dawoon Jung (Tenafly, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds having the general structural formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein, and additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for the use thereof for the treatment of any of a number of conditions or diseases involving fibrosis and proliferation, and where anti-fibrotic or anti-proliferative activity is beneficial. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/935517 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 417/12 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) |
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| US 08865867 | Markovitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Markovitz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Swanson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Irwin Goldstein (East Ann Arbor, Michigan); Harry Winter (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Markovitz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Swanson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Irwin Goldstein (East Ann Arbor, Michigan); Harry Winter (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic and research use. In particular, the present invention provides antiviral and antimicrobial lectin compounds (BanLec) isolated from bananas. These compounds have low mitogenicity and pro-inflammatory activity while maintaining anti-HIV-1 activity. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/640498 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08865873 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bin Liu (Hercules, California); James D. Marks (Kensington, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Liu (Hercules, California); James D. Marks (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method that allows selection of antibodies against cells (e.g., tumor cells) in situ using laser capture microdissection. By restricting antibody selection to binders of internalizing epitopes, a panel of phage antibodies was generated that targets clinically represented prostate cancer antigens. |
| FILED | Monday, March 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/724282 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/1072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 16/3069 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
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| US 08865877 | Gross |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adrian Gross (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adrian Gross (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for isolating proteins from lipids. The isolation methods may utilize derivatives of apolipoprotein A1 for isolating membrane proteins from membranes without the use of detergent. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/052876 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/412 |
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| US 08865880 | Schmidt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Laura S. Schmidt (Mt. Airy, Maryland); Michelle Warren (New Market, Maryland); Jorge R. Toro (Washington, District of Columbia); Berton Zbar (Garrett Park, Maryland); Michael L. Nickerson (Shepherdston, West Virginia); Marston W. Linehan (North Bethesda, Maryland); Maria L. Turner (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) | Laura S. Schmidt (Mt. Airy, Maryland); Michelle Warren (New Market, Maryland); Jorge R. Toro (Washington, District of Columbia); Berton Zbar (Garrett Park, Maryland); Michael L. Nickerson (Shepherdston, West Virginia); Marston W. Linehan (North Bethesda, Maryland); Maria L. Turner (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome, nucleic acids encoding the BHD gene, and methods of using the nucleic acids and proteins encoded thereby. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods of diagnosing BHD disease and related conditions, such as spontaneous pneumothorax and kidney cancer, and methods of treating BHD skin lesions. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/179853 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) |
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| US 08865881 | Balazs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alejandro Benjamin Balazs (Berkeley, California); David Baltimore (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alejandro Benjamin Balazs (Berkeley, California); David Baltimore (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions, systems and methods for delivery of proteins of interest using adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/400945 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/1045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| US 08865885 | Croce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Ramiro Garzon (Columbus, Ohio); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a pharmaceutical composition for treating a subject having a cancer and/or myeloproliferative disorder associated with overexpression of a HOXA1 gene product where an effective amount of at least one miR-10a gene product or an isolated variant or biologically-active fragment thereof is administered to the subject sufficient to decrease expression of the HOXA1 gene product in the subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/925954 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2525/207 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 08865930 | Noel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph P. Noel (San Diego, California); Justin Ramsey (Vista, California); Thomas J. Baiga (Escondido, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Noel (San Diego, California); Justin Ramsey (Vista, California); Thomas J. Baiga (Escondido, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method for synthesizing terpenoid compounds, as well as compositions comprising terpenoids and methods for their use. In one aspect the process is represented by the scheme wherein G is X is and R1, R2 and R3 independently are selected from H, acyl, lower alkyl and aralkyl; and Y is —O—, —S— or —NH—, and R4 is selected from H, acyl, lower alkyl and aralkyl. |
| FILED | Monday, August 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/737739 |
| 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 | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 67/00 (20130101) C07C 67/00 (20130101) C07C 69/013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 69/78 (20130101) C07C 69/78 (20130101) C07C 69/608 (20130101) C07C 201/10 (20130101) C07C 201/10 (20130101) C07C 205/03 (20130101) C07C 205/03 (20130101) C07C 315/04 (20130101) C07C 315/04 (20130101) C07C 315/04 (20130101) C07C 317/14 (20130101) C07C 317/28 (20130101) C07C 2102/28 (20130101) |
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| US 08866063 | Ozcan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aydogan Ozcan (Los Angeles, California); Waheb Bishara (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aydogan Ozcan (Los Angeles, California); Waheb Bishara (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for imaging objects within a sample includes an image sensor and a sample holder configured to hold the sample, the sample holder disposed adjacent to the image sensor. The system further includes an illumination source configured to scan in two or three dimensions relative to the sensor array and illuminate the sample at a plurality of different locations. The illumination source may include, by way of example, LEDs, laser diodes, or even a screen or display from a portable electronic device. The system includes least one processor configured to reconstruct an image of the sample based on the images obtained from illumination source at the plurality of different scan positions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/436664 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 21/002 (20130101) G02B 21/0004 (20130101) Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/0443 (20130101) G03H 1/0866 (20130101) G03H 2001/005 (20130101) G03H 2001/045 (20130101) G03H 2001/0212 (20130101) G03H 2001/0447 (20130101) G03H 2222/24 (20130101) G03H 2240/56 (20130101) |
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| US 08866076 | Krutchinsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew N. Krutchinsky (New York, New York); Vadim Sherman (Brooklyn, New York); Herbert Cohen (New York, New York); Brian T. Chait (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion trap includes a containment region for containing ions, and a plurality of electrodes positioned on a regular polyhedral structure encompassing the containment region. An electrode is positioned on each vertex of the encompassing structure and at least one of the polygonal surfaces includes additional electrodes configured to form a plurality of quadrupoles on the surface. Alternating RF voltage is applied to the plurality of electrodes, so that directly neighboring electrodes are of equal amplitude and opposite polarity at any point in time. This configuration on the polyhedral structure forms a potential barrier for repelling the ions from each of the regular polygonal surfaces and containing them in the trap. Mass selective filters can be formed from the quadrupoles for parallel mass analysis in different m/z windows. Application of a small DC potential to a plate electrode outside the quadrupoles preferentially depletes single charged ions for enhanced signal-to-noise analysis. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/136132 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/02 (20130101) H01J 49/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08866097 | Meng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ling-Jian Meng (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A gamma ray detector apparatus comprises a solid state detector that includes a plurality of anode pixels and at least one cathode. The solid state detector is configured for receiving gamma rays during an interaction and inducing a signal in an anode pixel and in a cathode. An anode pixel readout circuit is coupled to the plurality of anode pixels and is configured to read out and process the induced signal in the anode pixel and provide triggering and addressing information. A waveform sampling circuit is coupled to the at least one cathode and configured to read out and process the induced signal in the cathode and determine energy of the interaction, timing of the interaction, and depth of interaction. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/781223 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/24 (20130101) G01T 1/247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08866478 | Adalsteinsson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elfar Adalsteinsson (Belmontt, Massachusetts); Hans-Peter Fautz (Forchheim, Germany); Kawin Setsompop (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Lawrence Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, Germany); The General Hospital Corp. (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elfar Adalsteinsson (Belmontt, Massachusetts); Hans-Peter Fautz (Forchheim, Germany); Kawin Setsompop (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Lawrence Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In a magnetic resonance apparatus and operating method therefor, and in a processor that is programmed to design RF pulses for operating such a magnetic resonance apparatus, the RF pulses are designed to mitigate off-resonance effects caused by inhomogeneity of the basic (B0) magnetic field in the magnetic resonance apparatus. The RF pulses of a parallel transmit array are designed with different spatial phase distributions, that deviate from a constant phase from pulse-to-pulse, with the absolute value of the difference between respective spatial phase distributions of any two successively radiated RF pulses corresponding to the off-resonance that is caused by B0-inhomogeneity during the time between the radiation of the successive pulses. Additionally, or separately, currents supplied to the shim coils can be taken into account in the design of the RF pulses as an additional degree of freedom, with the shimming of the basic magnetic field produced by the shim currents deviating from shim currents designed to ideally produce a homogenous B0 field. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/181868 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/446 (20130101) G01R 33/5607 (20130101) G01R 33/5612 (20130101) G01R 33/5614 (20130101) G01R 33/56563 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08866618 | Cotten et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven A. Cotten (Dumfries, Virginia); Aaron A. Renner (Washington, District of Columbia); Luis B. Giraldo (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Cotten (Dumfries, Virginia); Aaron A. Renner (Washington, District of Columbia); Luis B. Giraldo (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | In certain embodiments, a mine personnel carrier includes an integrated information display and one or more processing units. The processing units may access life support data from devices associated with a life support subsystem of a mine personnel carrier. The life support subsystem provides breathable air to passengers of the mine personnel carrier, and the life support data indicates a remaining level of air available via at least a portion of the life support subsystem. The processing units access guidance data from guidance devices associated with a guidance subsystem of the mine personnel carrier. Each guidance device can detect entities within a detection range of the guidance device. The processing units initiate display in the integrated information display of at least a portion of the life support data and the guidance data. The integrated information display comprises a unified electronic display of the mine personnel carrier. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/152047 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/573.100 |
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| US 08867831 | Mel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bartlett W. Mel (Manhattan Beach, California); Chaithanya A. Ramachandra (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bartlett W. Mel (Manhattan Beach, California); Chaithanya A. Ramachandra (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An image enhancement system may generate a net signed fractional modulation value at each location in an image using a modulation strength map (MSM) in combination with a modulation kernel F(θ). The system may scale an image value at each location using the net signed fractional modulation value at each location. Application of the algorithm may not result in systematic clipping of peri-edge locations to maximum or minimum brightness values, or any other form of systematic homogenization of values at peri-edge locations. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/891007 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 5/003 (20130101) G06T 5/20 (20130101) G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) G06T 2207/20012 (20130101) G06T 2207/20028 (20130101) G06T 2207/20192 (20130101) |
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| US 08868169 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Ruchir Sehra (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Ruchir Sehra (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | System, assembly and method are provided to facilitate reconstruction of cardiac information representing a complex rhythm disorder associated with a patient's heart to indicate a source of the heart rhythm disorder. The complex rhythm disorder can be treated by application of energy to modify the source of the rhythm disorder. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/137929 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0456 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/0472 (20130101) A61B 5/726 (20130101) |
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| US 08868202 | Della Santina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles Coleman Della Santina (Towson, Maryland); Gene Yevgeny Fridman (Baltimore, Maryland); Bryce Chiang (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Coleman Della Santina (Towson, Maryland); Gene Yevgeny Fridman (Baltimore, Maryland); Bryce Chiang (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable nerve stimulation device has a sensor system, a data processor in communication with the sensor system, and a nerve stimulation system in communication with the data processor and constructed to provide electrical stimulation to at least one branch of at least one vestibulocochlear nerve. The nerve stimulation system includes an electrode array that has a first plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a superior branch of the vestibular nerve, a second plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a horizontal branch of the vestibular nerve, a third plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a posterior branch of the vestibular nerve, and a common erus reference electrode structured to be surgically implanted into a common eras of the vestibular labyrinth. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/517224 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/11 (20130101) A61B 5/6847 (20130101) A61B 2562/0219 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0526 (20130101) A61N 1/0541 (20130101) A61N 1/36032 (20130101) |
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| US 08868351 | McIntyre et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio); Thomas J. Foutz (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for estimating a volume of tissue directly influenced (VTDI) by optogenetic stimulation. The systems and methods can also enable a user to quantitatively predict the spread of stimulation (e.g., action potential) resulting from optical stimulation in a patient's tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/650533 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/10 (20130101) G06F 19/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08868599 | Woodruff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David P. Woodruff (Mountain View, California); Srikanta N. Tirthapura (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Woodruff (Mountain View, California); Srikanta N. Tirthapura (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are approaches for computing correlated aggregates. An aspect provides for receiving a stream of data elements at a device, each data element having at least one numerical attribute; maintaining in memory plurality of tree structures comprising a plurality of separate nodes for summarizing numerical attributes of the data elements with respect to a predicate value of a correlated aggregation query, said maintaining comprising: creating the plurality of tree structures in which each node implements one of: a probabilistic counter and a sketch, wherein said probabilistic counter and said sketch each act to estimate aggregated data element numerical attributes to form a summary of said numerical attributes; and responsive to a correlated aggregation query specifying said predicate value, using said plurality of tree structures as a summary of said data element numerical attributes to compute a response to said correlated aggregate query. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/596514 |
| ART UNIT | 2155 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08863556 | Bayindir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mehmet Bayindir (Somerville, Massachusetts); Fabien Sorin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dursen S. Hinczewski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shandon D. Hart (Maplewood, Minnesota); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Bayindir (Somerville, Massachusetts); Fabien Sorin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dursen S. Hinczewski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shandon D. Hart (Maplewood, Minnesota); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides techniques for drawing fibers that include conducting, semiconducting, and insulating materials in intimate contact and prescribed geometries. The resulting fiber exhibits engineered electrical and optical functionalities along extended fiber lengths. The invention provides corresponding processes for producing such fibers, including assembling a fiber preform of a plurality of distinct materials, e.g., of conducting, semiconducting, and insulating materials, and drawing the preform into a fiber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/906607 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/00663 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 37/026 (20130101) C03B 37/01222 (20130101) C03B 2201/86 (20130101) 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 13/00 (20130101) C03C 13/003 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/02 (20130101) G02B 6/02304 (20130101) G02B 6/02328 (20130101) G02B 6/02361 (20130101) G02B 6/02366 (20130101) G02B 6/02371 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/09 (20130101) |
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| US 08863568 | Mestayer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mac Mestayer (Williamsburg, Virginia); Steve Christo (Gloucester, Virginia); Mark Taylor (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mac Mestayer (Williamsburg, Virginia); Steve Christo (Gloucester, Virginia); Mark Taylor (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method for characterizing quality of a conducting surface. The device including a gaseous ionizing chamber having centrally located inside the chamber a conducting sample to be tested to which a negative potential is applied, a plurality of anode or “sense” wires spaced regularly about the central test wire, a plurality of “field wires” at a negative potential are spaced regularly around the sense, and a plurality of “guard wires” at a positive potential are spaced regularly around the field wires in the chamber. The method utilizing the device to measure emission currents from the conductor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/374752 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/105 |
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| US 08863585 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jy-An John Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Hong Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Ting Tan (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jy-An John Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Hong Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Ting Tan (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments for apparatuses for testing reversal bending fatigue in an elongated beam are disclosed. Embodiments are configured to be coupled to first and second end portions of the beam and to apply a bending moment to the beam and create a pure bending condition in an intermediate portion of the beam. Embodiments are further configured to cyclically alternate the direction of the bending moment applied to the beam such that the intermediate portion of the beam cyclically bends in opposite directions in a pure bending condition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/396413 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/812 |
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| US 08863958 | Kaduchak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Kaduchak (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Michael D. Ward (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Kaduchak (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Michael D. Ward (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for separating particles from a medium includes a capillary defining a flow path therein that is in fluid communication with a medium source. The medium source includes engineered acoustic contrast capture particle having a predetermined acoustic contrast. The apparatus includes a vibration generator that is operable to produce at least one acoustic field within the flow path. The acoustic field produces a force potential minima for positive acoustic contrast particles and a force potential minima for negative acoustic contrast particles in the flow path and drives the engineered acoustic contrast capture particles to either the force potential minima for positive acoustic contrast particles or the force potential minima for negative acoustic contrast particles. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/295934 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 21/283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08864045 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xingmao Jiang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xingmao Jiang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary embodiments provide materials and methods for forming monodisperse particles. In one embodiment, the monodisperse particles can be formed by first spraying a nanoparticle-containing dispersion into aerosol droplets and then heating the aerosol droplets in the presence of a shell precursor to form core-shell particles. By removing either the shell layer or the nanoparticle core of the core-shell particles, monodisperse nanoparticles can be formed. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/300069 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/13 |
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| US 08864251 | Kuehl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven John Kuehl (Stevensville, Michigan); John J. Vonderhaar (St. Joseph, Michigan); Guolian Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan); Mianxue Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven John Kuehl (Stevensville, Michigan); John J. Vonderhaar (St. Joseph, Michigan); Guolian Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan); Mianxue Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A refrigerator appliance that includes a freezer compartment having a freezer compartment door, and a refrigeration compartment having at least one refrigeration compartment door. The appliance further includes a mullion with an exterior surface. The mullion divides the compartments and the exterior surface directs condensation toward a transfer point. The appliance may also include a cabinet that houses the compartments and has two sides, each with an exterior surface. Further, at least one exterior surface directs condensation toward a transfer point. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562628 |
| ART UNIT | 3637 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports: Cabinet structure 312/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864491 | Pfefferle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William C. Pfefferle (Madison, Connecticut); Benjamin D. Baird (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); Shahrokh Etemad (Trumbull, Connecticut); Sandeep K. Alavandi (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Precision Combustion, Inc. (North Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Pfefferle (Madison, Connecticut); Benjamin D. Baird (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); Shahrokh Etemad (Trumbull, Connecticut); Sandeep K. Alavandi (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for low NOx combustion, without premixing of fuel and air prior to passage to a combustor, is provided wherein a fuel is injected into a reaction zone via an eductor thereby inducing an air flow and producing a fuel-rich mixture. The fuel-rich mixture is reacted and produces partial reaction products plus heat. A portion of the heat is to transferred to a cooling air stream and the cooled partial reaction products are brought into contact with the heated cooling air stream for combustion. Increased injection of the fuel results in an increased induction of the air flow. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/001931 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Combustion 431/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864870 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iver E. Anderson (Ames, Iowa); Robert L. Terpstra (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Iver E. Anderson (Ames, Iowa); Robert L. Terpstra (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making dispersion-strengthened alloy particles involves melting an alloy having a corrosion and/or oxidation resistance-imparting alloying element, a dispersoid-forming element, and a matrix metal wherein the dispersoid-forming element exhibits a greater tendency to react with a reactive species acquired from an atomizing gas than does the alloying element. The melted alloy is atomized with the atomizing gas including the reactive species to form atomized particles so that the reactive species is (a) dissolved in solid solution to a depth below the surface of atomized particles and/or (b) reacted with the dispersoid-forming element to form dispersoids in the atomized particles to a depth below the surface of said atomized particles. Bodies made from the dispersion strengthened solidified particles exhibit enhanced fatigue and creep resistance and reduced wear as well as enhanced corrosion and/or oxidation resistance at high temperatures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506683 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 1/1042 (20130101) C22C 19/03 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08864963 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | YuPo J. Lin (Naperville, Illinois); Seth W. Snyder (Lincolnwood, Illinois); Michael C. Trachtenberg (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Robert M. Cowan (Dayton, New Jersey); Saurav Datta (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a resin-wafer electrodeionization (RW-EDI) apparatus including cathode and anode electrodes separated by a plurality of porous solid ion exchange resin wafers, which when in use are filled with an aqueous fluid. The apparatus includes one or more wafers comprising a basic ion exchange medium, and preferably includes one or more wafers comprising an acidic ion exchange medium. The wafers are separated from one another by ion exchange membranes. The fluid within the acidic and/or basic ion exchange wafers preferably includes, or is in contact with, a carbonic anhydrase (CA) enzyme to facilitate conversion of bicarbonate ion to carbon dioxide within the acidic medium. A pH suitable for exchange of CO2 is electrochemically maintained within the basic and acidic ion exchange wafers by applying an electric potential across the cathode and anode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/938745 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/62 (20130101) B01D 53/1425 (20130101) B01D 61/44 (20130101) B01D 61/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 61/50 (20130101) B01D 61/422 (20130101) B01D 61/445 (20130101) B01D 61/485 (20130101) B01D 2251/404 (20130101) B01D 2251/606 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/20 (20130101) C01B 31/24 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/04 (20130101) Y02C 10/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865040 | Jang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Lulu Song (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Lulu Song (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a fuel cell flow field plate or bipolar plate having flow channels on faces of the plate, comprising an electrically conductive polymer composite. The composite is composed of (A) at least 50% by weight of a conductive filler, comprising at least 5% by weight reinforcement fibers, expanded graphite platelets, graphitic nano-fibers, and/or carbon nano-tubes; (B) polymer matrix material at 1 to 49.9% by weight; and (C) a polymer binder at 0.1 to 10% by weight; wherein the sum of the conductive filler weight %, polymer matrix weight % and polymer binder weight % equals 100% and the bulk electrical conductivity of the flow field or bipolar plate is at least 100 S/cm. The invention also provides a continuous process for cost-effective mass production of the conductive composite-based flow field or bipolar plate. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021041 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/04 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/24 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/0213 (20130101) H01M 8/0221 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/0226 (20130101) H01M 8/0228 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865058 | Seals et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roland D. Seals (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Jeffrey G. Parrott (Clinton, Tennessee); Paul D. DeMint (Kingston, Tennessee); Kevin R. Finney (Knoxville, Tennessee); Charles T. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roland D. Seals (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Jeffrey G. Parrott (Clinton, Tennessee); Paul D. DeMint (Kingston, Tennessee); Kevin R. Finney (Knoxville, Tennessee); Charles T. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A furnace heats through both infrared radiation and convective air utilizing an infrared/purge gas design that enables improved temperature control to enable more uniform treatment of workpieces. The furnace utilizes lamps, the electrical end connections of which are located in an enclosure outside the furnace chamber, with the lamps extending into the furnace chamber through openings in the wall of the chamber. The enclosure is purged with gas, which gas flows from the enclosure into the furnace chamber via the openings in the wall of the chamber so that the gas flows above and around the lamps and is heated to form a convective mechanism in heating parts. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/086840 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens, or Retorts in General; Open Sintering or Like Apparatus F27B 9/028 (20130101) F27B 9/045 (20130101) F27B 9/063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F27B 9/066 (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 7/06 (20130101) F27D 11/12 (20130101) F27D 99/0006 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865094 | Luo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Huimin Luo (Knoxville, Tennessee); Rose Ann Boll (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jason Richard Bell (Midlothian, Virginia); Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huimin Luo (Knoxville, Tennessee); Rose Ann Boll (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jason Richard Bell (Midlothian, Virginia); Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for extracting a radioisotope from an aqueous solution, the method comprising: a) intimately mixing a non-chelating ionic liquid with the aqueous solution to transfer at least a portion of said radioisotope to said non-chelating ionic liquid; and b) separating the non-chelating ionic liquid from the aqueous solution. In preferred embodiments, the method achieves an extraction efficiency of at least 80%, or a separation factor of at least 1×104 when more than one radioisotope is included in the aqueous solution. In particular embodiments, the method is applied to the separation of medical isotopes pairs, such as Th from Ac (Th-229/Ac-225, Ac-227/Th-227), or Ra from Ac (Ac-225 and Ra-225, Ac-227 and Ra-223), or Ra from Th (Th-227 and Ra-223, Th-229 and Ra-225). |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/614757 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865351 | Mayes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard T. Mayes (Knoxville, Tennessee); Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard T. Mayes (Knoxville, Tennessee); Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating a porous carbon material possessing a hierarchical porosity, the method comprising subjecting a precursor composition to a curing step followed by a carbonization step, the precursor composition comprising: (i) a templating component comprised of a block copolymer, (ii) a phenolic component, (iii) a dione component in which carbonyl groups are adjacent, and (iv) an acidic component, wherein said carbonization step comprises heating the precursor composition at a carbonizing temperature for sufficient time to convert the precursor composition to a carbon material possessing a hierarchical porosity comprised of mesopores and macropores. Also described are the resulting hierarchical porous carbon material, a capacitive deionization device in which the porous carbon material is incorporated, as well as methods for desalinating water by use of said capacitive deionization device. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/046836 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/02 (20130101) C01B 31/04 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/60 (20130101) C01P 2004/61 (20130101) C01P 2004/62 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/16 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/4604 (20130101) C02F 1/4691 (20130101) C02F 2001/46138 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/42 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/625 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865440 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Batelle, LLC (Oakridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven D. Brown (Knoxville, Tennessee); Shihui Yang (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated or genetically modified strains of microorganisms that display enhanced resistance to acetate as a result of increased expression of a sodium proton antiporter. The present invention also provides methods for producing such microbial strains, as well as related promoter sequences and expression vectors. Further, the present invention provides methods of producing alcohol from biomass materials by using microorganisms with enhanced resistance to acetate. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/688636 |
| 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 | Peptides C07K 14/39 (20130101) C07K 14/395 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/04 (20130101) C12P 7/10 (20130101) C12P 7/16 (20130101) C12P 7/065 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/10 (20130101) Y02E 50/16 (20130101) Y02E 50/17 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865445 | Maiyuran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suchindra Maiyuran (Gold River, California); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California); Paul Harris (Carnation, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing 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 | Friday, October 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/052176 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Detergent Compositions; Use of Single Substances as Detergents; Soap or Soap-making; Resin Soaps; Recovery of Glycerol C11D 3/386 (20130101) C11D 3/3869 (20130101) C11D 3/38645 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865446 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lan Tang (Beijing, China PRC); Ye Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Junxin Duan (Beijing, China PRC); Wenping Wu (Beijing, China PRC); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing 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, November 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/080642 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/37 (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) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865447 | Spodsberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase 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 | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/136796 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/248 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1137 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/14 (20130101) C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865451 | Unkefer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pat J. Unkefer (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Penelope S. Anderson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Thomas J. Knight (Raymond, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico); University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pat J. Unkefer (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Penelope S. Anderson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Thomas J. Knight (Raymond, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to transgenic algae having increased growth characteristics, and methods of increasing growth characteristics of algae. In particular, the disclosure relates to transgenic algae comprising a glutamine phenylpyruvate transaminase transgene and to transgenic algae comprising a glutamine phenylpyruvate transaminase transgene and a glutamine synthetase. |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/037149 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/93 (20130101) C12N 9/1096 (20130101) C12N 15/8261 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 206/01064 (20130101) C12Y 603/01002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865489 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Ralph Nuzzo (Champaign, Illinois); Hoon-sik Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Eric Brueckner (Champaign, Illinois); Sang Il Park (Savoy, Illinois); Rak Hwan Kim (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Ralph Nuzzo (Champaign, Illinois); Hoon-sik Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Eric Brueckner (Champaign, Illinois); Sang Il Park (Savoy, Illinois); Rak Hwan Kim (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are printable structures and methods for making, assembling and arranging electronic devices. A number of the methods described herein are useful for assembling electronic devices where one or more device components are embedded in a polymer which is patterned during the embedding process with trenches for electrical interconnects between device components. Some methods described herein are useful for assembling electronic devices by printing methods, such as by dry transfer contact printing methods. Also described herein are GaN light emitting diodes and methods for making and arranging GaN light emitting diodes, for example for display or lighting systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/778588 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 24/95 (20130101) H01L 25/0753 (20130101) H01L 33/62 (20130101) H01L 33/0079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2224/95085 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/13091 (20130101) H01L 2924/13091 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 438/977 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866080 | Bower et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher A. Bower (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kristin Hedgepath Gilchrist (Durham, North Carolina); Brian R. Stoner (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Dorota Temple (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher A. Bower (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kristin Hedgepath Gilchrist (Durham, North Carolina); Brian R. Stoner (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Dorota Temple (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A detector array and method for making the detector array. The array includes a substrate including a plurality of trenches formed therein, and includes a plurality of collectors electrically isolated from each other, formed on the walls of the trenches, and configured to collect charge particles incident on respective ones of the collectors and to output from said collectors signals indicative of charged particle collection. The array includes a plurality of readout circuits disposed on a side of the substrate opposite openings to the collectors. The readout circuits are configured to read charge collection signals from respective ones of the plurality of collectors. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/921508 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/244 (20130101) H01J 49/0018 (20130101) H01J 49/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 2237/24405 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866081 | Bower et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher A. Bower (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kristin Hedgepath Gilchrist (Durham, North Carolina); Brian R. Stoner (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher A. Bower (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kristin Hedgepath Gilchrist (Durham, North Carolina); Brian R. Stoner (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A detector array and method for making the detector array. The detector array includes a substrate including a plurality of trenches formed therein, and a plurality of collectors electrically isolated from each other, formed on the walls of the trenches, and configured to collect charged particles incident on respective ones of the collectors and to output from the collectors signals indicative of charged particle collection. In the detector array, adjacent ones of the plurality of trenches are disposed in a staggered configuration relative to one another. The method forms in a substrate a plurality of trenches across a surface of the substrate such that adjacent ones of the trenches are in a staggered sequence relative to one another, forms in the plurality of trenches a plurality of collectors, and connects a plurality of electrodes respectively to the collectors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/921525 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866084 | Baleine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erwan Baleine (Orlando, Florida); James F. Landy (Cape Canaveral, Florida); Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Stephanie Stinelli (Edgewater, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erwan Baleine (Orlando, Florida); James F. Landy (Cape Canaveral, Florida); Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Stephanie Stinelli (Edgewater, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of nondestructive evaluation and related system. The method includes arranging a test piece (14) having an internal passage (18) and an external surface (15) and a thermal calibrator (12) within a field of view (42) of an infrared sensor (44); generating a flow (16) of fluid characterized by a fluid temperature; exposing the test piece internal passage (18) and the thermal calibrator (12) to fluid from the flow (16); capturing infrared emission information of the test piece external surface (15) and of the thermal calibrator (12) simultaneously using the infrared sensor (44), wherein the test piece infrared emission information includes emission intensity information, and wherein the thermal calibrator infrared emission information includes a reference emission intensity associated with the fluid temperature; and normalizing the test piece emission intensity information against the reference emission intensity. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/604668 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866097 | Meng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ling-Jian Meng (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A gamma ray detector apparatus comprises a solid state detector that includes a plurality of anode pixels and at least one cathode. The solid state detector is configured for receiving gamma rays during an interaction and inducing a signal in an anode pixel and in a cathode. An anode pixel readout circuit is coupled to the plurality of anode pixels and is configured to read out and process the induced signal in the anode pixel and provide triggering and addressing information. A waveform sampling circuit is coupled to the at least one cathode and configured to read out and process the induced signal in the cathode and determine energy of the interaction, timing of the interaction, and depth of interaction. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/781223 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/24 (20130101) G01T 1/247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866100 | Marleau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Marleau (Dublin, California); Erik Brubaker (Oakland, California); Scott Kiff (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The various technologies presented herein relate to detecting nuclear material at a large stand-off distance. An imaging system is presented which can detect nuclear material by utilizing time encoded imaging relating to maximum and minimum radiation particle counts rates. The imaging system is integrated with a data acquisition system that can utilize variations in photon pulse shape to discriminate between neutron and gamma-ray interactions. Modulation in the detected neutron count rates as a function of the angular orientation of the detector due to attenuation of neighboring detectors is utilized to reconstruct the neutron source distribution over 360 degrees around the imaging system. Neutrons (e.g., fast neutrons) and/or gamma-rays are incident upon scintillation material in the imager, the photons generated by the scintillation material are converted to electrical energy from which the respective neutrons/gamma rays can be determined and, accordingly, a direction to, and the location of, a radiation source identified. |
| FILED | Monday, August 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/010352 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/2907 (20130101) G01T 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866146 | Mascarenhas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angelo Mascarenhas (Golden, Colorado); Myles A. Steiner (Golden, Colorado); Lekhnath Bhusal (Golden, Colorado); Yong Zhang (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angelo Mascarenhas (Golden, Colorado); Myles A. Steiner (Golden, Colorado); Lekhnath Bhusal (Golden, Colorado); Yong Zhang (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method (100) of fabricating an LED or the active regions of an LED and an LED (200). The method includes growing, depositing or otherwise providing a bottom cladding layer (208) of a selected semiconductor alloy with an adjusted bandgap provided by intentionally disordering the structure of the cladding layer (208). A first active layer (202) may be grown above the bottom cladding layer (208) wherein the first active layer (202) is fabricated of the same semiconductor alloy, with however, a partially ordered structure. The first active layer (202) will also be fabricated to include a selected n or p type doping. The method further includes growing a second active layer (204) above the first active layer (202) where the second active layer (204) Is fabricated from the same semiconductor alloy. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/262509 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/0075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866915 | Bower et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan E. Bower (Fremont, California); David A. Bloom (Lawndale, California); James R. Curry (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan E. Bower (Fremont, California); David A. Bloom (Lawndale, California); James R. Curry (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Image data from a CMOS sensor with 10 bit resolution is reformatted in real time to allow the data to stream through communications equipment that is designed to transport data with 8 bit resolution. The incoming image data has 10 bit resolution. The communication equipment can transport image data with 8 bit resolution. Image data with 10 bit resolution is transmitted in real-time, without a frame delay, through the communication equipment by reformatting the image data. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/490438 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 7/3064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08867121 | Lavrentovich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oleg D. Lavrentovich (Kent, Ohio); Andrii B. Golovin (Kent, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oleg D. Lavrentovich (Kent, Ohio); Andrii B. Golovin (Kent, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrically reconfigurable metamaterial with spatially varied refractive index is proposed for applications such as optical devices and lenses. The apparatus and method comprises a metamaterial in which the refractive indices are modified in space and time by applying one or more electric fields. The metamaterials are electrically controllable and reconfigurable, and consist of metal (gold, silver, etc.) particles of different shapes, such as rods, with dimension much smaller than the wavelength of light, dispersed in a dielectric medium. The metamaterial is controlled by applying a non-uniform electric field that causes two effects: (1) It aligns the metallic anisometric particles with respect to the direction of the applied electric field and (2) It redistributes particles in space, making their local concentration position dependent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/587731 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/315 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08867692 | Scheele et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randall D. Scheele (Richland, Washington); Bruce K. McNamara (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall D. Scheele (Richland, Washington); Bruce K. McNamara (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems for treating material are provided that can include a vessel defining a volume, at least one conduit coupled to the vessel and in fluid communication with the vessel, material within the vessel, and NF3 material within the conduit. Methods for fluorinating material are provided that can include exposing the material to NF3 to fluorinate at least a portion of the material. Methods for separating components of material are also provided that can include exposing the material to NF3 to at least partially fluorinate a portion of the material, and separating at least one fluorinated component of the fluorinated portion from the material. The materials exposed to the NF3 material can include but are not limited to one or more of U, Ru, Rh, Mo, Tc, Np, Pu, Sb, Ag, Am, Sn, Zr, Cs, Th, and/or Rb. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/511573 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 1/06 (20130101) C01G 39/04 (20130101) C01G 43/066 (20130101) C01G 55/005 (20130101) C01G 56/007 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2006/34 (20130101) C01P 2006/35 (20130101) Production and Refining of Metals; Pretreatment of Raw Materials C22B 60/0208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868363 | Morrison et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John L. Morrison (Butte, Montana); William H. Morrison (Manchester, Connecticut); Jon P. Christophersen (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Chester G. Motloch (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Qualtech Systems, Inc. (East Hartford, Connecticut); Montana Tech of the University of Montana (Butte, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Morrison (Butte, Montana); William H. Morrison (Manchester, Connecticut); Jon P. Christophersen (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Chester G. Motloch (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrochemical Impedance Spectrum data are used to predict pulse performance of an energy storage device. The impedance spectrum may be obtained in-situ. A simulation waveform includes a pulse wave with a period greater than or equal to the lowest frequency used in the impedance measurement. Fourier series coefficients of the pulse train can be obtained. The number of harmonic constituents in the Fourier series are selected so as to appropriately resolve the response, but the maximum frequency should be less than or equal to the highest frequency used in the impedance measurement. Using a current pulse as an example, the Fourier coefficients of the pulse are multiplied by the impedance spectrum at corresponding frequencies to obtain Fourier coefficients of the voltage response to the desired pulse. The Fourier coefficients of the response are then summed and reassembled to obtain the overall time domain estimate of the voltage using the Fourier series analysis. |
| FILED | Friday, June 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/813750 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/3662 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/0525 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868576 | Faibish et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sorin Faibish (Newton, Massachusetts); John M. Bent (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Percy Tzelnic (Concord, Massachusetts); Gary Grider (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Adam Manzanares (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Aaron Torres (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sorin Faibish (Newton, Massachusetts); John M. Bent (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Percy Tzelnic (Concord, Massachusetts); Gary Grider (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Adam Manzanares (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Aaron Torres (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are provided for storing files in a parallel computing system based on a user-specified parser function. A plurality of files generated by a distributed application in a parallel computing system are stored by obtaining a parser from the distributed application for processing the plurality of files prior to storage; and storing one or more of the plurality of files in one or more storage nodes of the parallel computing system based on the processing by the parser. The plurality of files comprise one or more of a plurality of complete files and a plurality of sub-files. The parser can optionally store only those files that satisfy one or more semantic requirements of the parser. The parser can also extract metadata from one or more of the files and the extracted metadata can be stored with one or more of the plurality of files and used for searching for files. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/536369 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3056 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868673 | Faraj |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A parallel computer includes nodes that include a network adapter that couples the node in a point-to-point network and supports communications in opposite directions of each dimension. Optimized communications include: receiving, by a network adapter of a receiving compute node, a packet—from a source direction—that specifies a destination node and deposit hints. Each hint is associated with a direction within which the packet is to be deposited. If a hint indicates the packet to be deposited in the opposite direction: the adapter delivers the packet to an application on the receiving node; forwards the packet to a next node in the opposite direction if the receiving node is not the destination; and forwards the packet to a node in a direction of a subsequent dimension if the hints indicate that the packet is to be deposited in the direction of the subsequent dimension. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/742344 |
| ART UNIT | 2441 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/167 (20130101) G06F 15/1735 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 15/17387 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868837 | Gara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a multiprocessor system, with conflict checking implemented in a directory lookup of a shared cache memory, a reader set encoding permits dynamic recordation of read accesses. The reader set encoding includes an indication of a portion of a line read, for instance by indicating boundaries of read accesses. Different encodings may apply to different types of speculative execution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/008602 |
| ART UNIT | 2186 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868923 | Hamlet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason R. Hamlet (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lyndon G. Pierson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason R. Hamlet (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lyndon G. Pierson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Detection and deterrence of spoofing of user authentication may be achieved by including a cryptographic fingerprint unit within a hardware device for authenticating a user of the hardware device. The cryptographic fingerprint unit includes an internal physically unclonable function (“PUF”) circuit disposed in or on the hardware device, which generates a PUF value. Combining logic is coupled to receive the PUF value, combines the PUF value with one or more other authentication factors to generate a multi-factor authentication value. A key generator is coupled to generate a private key and a public key based on the multi-factor authentication value while a decryptor is coupled to receive an authentication challenge posed to the hardware device and encrypted with the public key and coupled to output a response to the authentication challenge decrypted with the private key. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/908414 |
| ART UNIT | 2453 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 19/00 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/32 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/003 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/00 (20130101) H04L 9/3231 (20130101) H04L 9/3278 (20130101) H04L 29/06809 (20130101) H04L 63/0861 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 1/442 (20130101) H04N 21/4415 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868975 | Bellofatto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ralph E. Bellofatto (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Steven M. Douskey (Rochester, Minnesota); Rudolf A. Haring (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Moyra K. McManus (Peekskill, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York); Dietmar Schmunkamp (Schoenaich, Germany); Krishnan Sugavanam (Elmsford, New York); Bryan J. Weatherford (Essex Junction, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph E. Bellofatto (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Steven M. Douskey (Rochester, Minnesota); Rudolf A. Haring (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Moyra K. McManus (Peekskill, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York); Dietmar Schmunkamp (Schoenaich, Germany); Krishnan Sugavanam (Elmsford, New York); Bryan J. Weatherford (Essex Junction, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for improving the yield rate of a multiprocessor semiconductor chip that includes primary processor cores and one or more redundant processor cores. A first tester conducts a first test on one or more processor cores, and encodes results of the first test in an on-chip non-volatile memory. A second tester conducts a second test on the processor cores, and encodes results of the second test in an external non-volatile storage device. An override bit of a multiplexer is set if a processor core fails the second test. In response to the override bit, the multiplexer selects a physical-to-logical mapping of processor IDs according to one of: the encoded results in the memory device or the encoded results in the external storage device. On-chip logic configures the processor cores according to the selected physical-to-logical mapping. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/196459 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/202 (20130101) G06F 11/2242 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08863556 | Bayindir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mehmet Bayindir (Somerville, Massachusetts); Fabien Sorin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dursen S. Hinczewski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shandon D. Hart (Maplewood, Minnesota); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Bayindir (Somerville, Massachusetts); Fabien Sorin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dursen S. Hinczewski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shandon D. Hart (Maplewood, Minnesota); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides techniques for drawing fibers that include conducting, semiconducting, and insulating materials in intimate contact and prescribed geometries. The resulting fiber exhibits engineered electrical and optical functionalities along extended fiber lengths. The invention provides corresponding processes for producing such fibers, including assembling a fiber preform of a plurality of distinct materials, e.g., of conducting, semiconducting, and insulating materials, and drawing the preform into a fiber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/906607 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/00663 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 37/026 (20130101) C03B 37/01222 (20130101) C03B 2201/86 (20130101) 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 13/00 (20130101) C03C 13/003 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/02 (20130101) G02B 6/02304 (20130101) G02B 6/02328 (20130101) G02B 6/02361 (20130101) G02B 6/02366 (20130101) G02B 6/02371 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/09 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864843 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Helen H. Lu (New York, New York); Kristen L. Moffat (Oakmont, Pennsylvania); William N. Levine (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helen H. Lu (New York, New York); Kristen L. Moffat (Oakmont, Pennsylvania); William N. Levine (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable device is provided for soft-tissue or soft tissue-to-bone repair, fixation, augmentation, or replacement that includes a biomimetic and biodegradable nanofiber scaffold. Also provided is a fully synthetic implantable multiphased scaffold which includes, in a single continuous construct, a plurality of phases to mimic the natural anatomy of a tendon or ligament and their insertion sites. Also provided are scaffold apparatuses for musculoskeletal tissue engineering. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/806912 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/32 (20130101) A61K 35/32 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (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 67/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08864957 | Ramanathan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shriram Ramanathan (Acton, Massachusetts); Dmitry Ruzmetov (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Venkatesh Narayanamurti (Boston, Massachusetts); Changhyun Ko (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shriram Ramanathan (Acton, Massachusetts); Dmitry Ruzmetov (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Venkatesh Narayanamurti (Boston, Massachusetts); Changhyun Ko (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Thin films of vanadium oxide having exceptionally high metal-insulator transition properties are synthesized by RF sputtering. An Al2O3 substrate is placed in a sputtering chamber and heated to a temperature up to about 550 degrees Celsius. Ar and O2 gases are introduced into the sputtering chamber at the flow values of about 92.2 sccm and about 7.8 sccm respectively. A voltage is applied to create a plasma in the chamber. A sputtering gun with vanadium target material is ignited and kept at a power of about 250 W. The phase transition parameters of vanadium dioxide thin films, synthesized by RF sputtering, are modulated by exposing the vanadium dioxide thin film to UV (ultraviolet) radiation so as to induce a change in oxygen incorporation of the vanadium dioxide thin film. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/990196 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/0036 (20130101) C23C 14/58 (20130101) C23C 14/083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 14/541 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 49/003 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08864984 — Catalytic pyrolysis of solid biomass and related biofuels, aromatic, and olefin compounds
| US 08864984 | Huber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George W. Huber (Amherst, Massachusetts); Yu-Ting Cheng (Amherst, Massachusetts); Torren Carlson (Hadley, Massachusetts); Tushar Vispute (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jungho Jae (Amherst, Massachusetts); Geoff Tompsett (Shewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George W. Huber (Amherst, Massachusetts); Yu-Ting Cheng (Amherst, Massachusetts); Torren Carlson (Hadley, Massachusetts); Tushar Vispute (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jungho Jae (Amherst, Massachusetts); Geoff Tompsett (Shewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to compositions comprising fluid hydrocarbon products, and to methods for making fluid hydrocarbon products via catalytic pyrolysis. Some embodiments relate to methods for the production of specific aromatic products (e.g., benzene, toluene, naphthalene, xylene, etc.) via catalytic pyrolysis. Some such methods involve the use of a composition comprising a mixture of a solid hydrocarbonaceous material and a heterogeneous pyrolytic catalyst component. The methods described herein may also involve the use of specialized catalysts. For example, in some cases, zeolite catalysts may be used. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/598703 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 1/08 (20130101) C10G 2300/305 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) C10G 2300/1018 (20130101) C10G 2400/02 (20130101) C10G 2400/20 (20130101) C10G 2400/30 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865107 | Hersam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois); Jung-Woo T. Seo (Evanston, Illinois); Surendra P. Shah (Evanston, Illinois); Maria S. Konsta-Gdoutos (Wilmette, Illinois); Zoi S. Metaxa (Kavala, Greece) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois); Jung-Woo T. Seo (Evanston, Illinois); Surendra P. Shah (Evanston, Illinois); Maria S. Konsta-Gdoutos (Wilmette, Illinois); Zoi S. Metaxa (Kavala, Greece) |
| ABSTRACT | Highly concentrated carbon nanotube or other nano-reinforcement suspensions and/or masses are prepared for use as admixtures in cement base materials to make cementitious composite materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/135004 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/02 (20130101) C01B 2202/06 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 14/024 (20130101) C04B 14/026 (20130101) C04B 14/026 (20130101) C04B 14/026 (20130101) C04B 14/026 (20130101) C04B 14/026 (20130101) C04B 20/026 (20130101) C04B 24/2647 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 28/02 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) C04B 40/0028 (20130101) C04B 40/0028 (20130101) C04B 40/0039 (20130101) C04B 40/0039 (20130101) C04B 2103/32 (20130101) C04B 2103/40 (20130101) C04B 2111/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865296 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cal Poly Corporation (San Luis Obispo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cal Poly Corporation (San Luis Obispo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Chen (San Luis Obispo, California); Joseph D. Mello (Atacasdero, California); Luz Elena Gomez (San Luis Obispo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel methods and kits for creating defects in composite materials, as well as an engineered part or structure with one or more designed defects, are disclosed. The disclosed inventions advantageously permit the intentional introduction of one or multiple defects of any desired size and shape, either between the same two chosen laminae or on different layers within a multi-layer composite, having mechanical and thermal properties that are akin to those found for actual defects. One disclosed method involves creating a mask having a cut-out in the size and shape of a desired defect, placing the mask at a location on a first substrate where the defect is desired, applying a release agent, removing the mask, and adding a second substrate over the first substrate with release agent. The first substrate may be a cured lamina or an uncured lamina pre-impregnated with resin having a barricade in the size and shape of the outline of the desired defect. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/830648 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 7/045 (20130101) B32B 37/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865460 | Orr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David E. Orr (Lafayette, Indiana); Karen J. L. Burg (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University Research Foundation (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Orr (Lafayette, Indiana); Karen J. L. Burg (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are multi-chambered cell co-culture systems. The systems can be utilized to encourage the growth and development of isolated cells in a dynamic three-dimensional in vitro environment. The cell chambers (10) of the system can be in biochemical communication with adjacent chambers containing cells of different types, but the different cell types are maintained physically separated from one another. In addition, the local environment of each cell chamber can be independently controlled. For example, fluid flow characteristics through a single cell chamber can be independently controlled and maintained for each separate chamber of the system. |
| FILED | Friday, August 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/996610 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/34 (20130101) C12M 25/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 29/04 (20130101) C12M 35/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865464 | Takayama et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shuichi Takayama (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lourdes Marcella Cabrera (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yun Seok Heo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gary Daniel Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuichi Takayama (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lourdes Marcella Cabrera (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yun Seok Heo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gary Daniel Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic devices for cell culturing and methods for using the same are disclosed. One device includes a substrate and membrane. The substrate includes a reservoir in fluid communication with a passage. A bio-compatible fluid may be added to the reservoir and passage. The reservoir is configured to receive and retain at least a portion of a cell mass. The membrane acts as a barrier to evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid from the passage. A cover fluid may be added to cover the bio-compatible fluid to prevent evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/854465 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/5085 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) C12M 23/34 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865489 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Ralph Nuzzo (Champaign, Illinois); Hoon-sik Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Eric Brueckner (Champaign, Illinois); Sang Il Park (Savoy, Illinois); Rak Hwan Kim (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Ralph Nuzzo (Champaign, Illinois); Hoon-sik Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Eric Brueckner (Champaign, Illinois); Sang Il Park (Savoy, Illinois); Rak Hwan Kim (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are printable structures and methods for making, assembling and arranging electronic devices. A number of the methods described herein are useful for assembling electronic devices where one or more device components are embedded in a polymer which is patterned during the embedding process with trenches for electrical interconnects between device components. Some methods described herein are useful for assembling electronic devices by printing methods, such as by dry transfer contact printing methods. Also described herein are GaN light emitting diodes and methods for making and arranging GaN light emitting diodes, for example for display or lighting systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/778588 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 24/95 (20130101) H01L 25/0753 (20130101) H01L 33/62 (20130101) H01L 33/0079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2224/95085 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/13091 (20130101) H01L 2924/13091 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 438/977 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865630 | Yanik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mehmet F. Yanik (Watertown, Massachusetts); Steven C. Wasserman (Concord, Massachusetts); Carlos Pardo (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Cody L. Gilleland (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tsung-Yao Chang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet F. Yanik (Watertown, Massachusetts); Steven C. Wasserman (Concord, Massachusetts); Carlos Pardo (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Cody L. Gilleland (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tsung-Yao Chang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | High throughput system for in vivo screens on vertebrate larvae. The system includes a source of vertebrate larvae in a liquid medium and loading tube means for aspirating a larva. A detector assembly is provided to differentiate passage of a larva from bubbles and/or debris. An imaging means is provided for both confocal imaging and wide-field fluorescence imaging of the larva. A laser is provided for optical manipulation of the larva. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/713263 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 30/06 (20130101) C40B 60/10 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/14 (20130101) G01N 1/28 (20130101) G01N 15/1475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/05 (20130101) G01N 35/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865667 | Smolke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christina D. Smolke (Pasadena, California); Maung Nyan Win (San Gabriel, California); Chase Beisel (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina D. Smolke (Pasadena, California); Maung Nyan Win (San Gabriel, California); Chase Beisel (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides various signal processing devices for integrating two or more biological signals (e.g., the presence, absence or concentration of specific ligands, etc.) to generate a status output, or a response that modulates one or more biological activities based on the status of the biological signals. The various described signal processing/integration mechanisms may be combined with one another to provide the device with more flexibility in integrating high-order cellular information. The signal processing devices of the invention have many uses in various biological systems, including gene expression control or ligand-concentration sensing. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/283614 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865797 | Matyjaszewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Lindsay Bombalski (Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania); Michael R. Bockstaller (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Lindsay Bombalski (Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania); Michael R. Bockstaller (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A core-shell composite particle for incorporation into a composite wherein the composite has improved transparency is disclosed. The core-shell composite particle includes a core material having a first refractive index and a shell material having a second refractive index where the core-shell particle has an effective refractive index determined by the first refractive index and the second refractive index. The effective refractive index is substantially equal to the refractive index of the envisioned embedding medium. Methods of forming the core-shell particles are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/451575 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 265/04 (20130101) C08F 291/00 (20130101) C08F 292/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 293/00 (20130101) C08F 293/005 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 51/003 (20130101) C08L 51/003 (20130101) C08L 51/10 (20130101) C08L 51/10 (20130101) C08L 2666/02 (20130101) C08L 2666/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865995 | Ren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Bed Poudel (Brighton, Massachusetts); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Yucheng Lan (Newton, Massachusetts); Dezhi Wang (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Qing Hao (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mildred Dresselhaus (Arlington, Massachusetts); Yi Ma (Somerville, Massachusetts); Xiao Yan (Brighton, Massachusetts); Xiaoyuan Chen (Acton, Massachusetts); Xiaowei Wang (Newton, Massachusetts); Joshi R. Giri (Allston, Massachusetts); Bo Yu (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Bed Poudel (Brighton, Massachusetts); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Yucheng Lan (Newton, Massachusetts); Dezhi Wang (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Qing Hao (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mildred Dresselhaus (Arlington, Massachusetts); Yi Ma (Somerville, Massachusetts); Xiao Yan (Brighton, Massachusetts); Xiaoyuan Chen (Acton, Massachusetts); Xiaowei Wang (Newton, Massachusetts); Joshi R. Giri (Allston, Massachusetts); Bo Yu (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermoelectric materials with high figures of merit, ZT values, are disclosed. In many instances, such materials include nano-sized domains (e.g., nanocrystalline), which are hypothesized to help increase the ZT value of the material (e.g., by increasing phonon scattering due to interfaces at grain boundaries or grain/inclusion boundaries). The ZT value of such materials can be greater than about 1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 2 and even higher. Such materials can be manufactured from a thermoelectric starting material by generating nanoparticles therefrom, or mechanically alloyed nanoparticles from elements which can be subsequently consolidated (e.g., via direct current induced hot press) into a new bulk material. Non-limiting examples of starting materials include bismuth, lead, and/or silicon-based materials, which can be alloyed, elemental, and/or doped. Various compositions and methods relating to aspects of nanostructured thermoelectric materials (e.g., modulation doping) are further disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, December 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/949353 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/22 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866125 | Hersee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen D. Hersee (Cudjoe, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen D. Hersee (Cudjoe, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments provide materials and methods for integrating exemplary heterostructure field-effect transistor (HFET) driver circuit or thyristor driver circuit with LED structures to reduce or eliminate resistance and/or inductance associated with their conventional connections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/875264 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 25/167 (20130101) H01L 27/15 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 33/0041 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866957 | Ng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi-Ren Ng (Mountain View, California); Partrick M. Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California); Marc A. Levoy (Stanford, California); Mark A. Horowitz (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Image data is processed to facilitate focusing and/or optical correction. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, an imaging arrangement collects light data corresponding to light passing through a particular focal plane. The light data is collected using an approach that facilitates the determination of the direction from which various portions of the light incident upon a portion of the focal plane emanate from. Using this directional information in connection with value of the light as detected by photosensors, an image represented by the light is selectively focused and/or corrected. |
| FILED | Monday, August 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/975752 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/0056 (20130101) G02B 27/0075 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14627 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/23212 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/23232 (20130101) H04N 5/23293 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08867510 | Seferoglu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hulya Seferoglu (Irvine, California); Athina Markopoulou (Irvine, California); Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AT and T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, Georgia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hulya Seferoglu (Irvine, California); Athina Markopoulou (Irvine, California); Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus to utilize network coding in a wireless network are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a first packet flow at a first node from a second node that is one-hop away from the first node, the first packet flow originating at a first source, receiving a second packet flow at the first node from a third node that is one-hop away from the first node, the second packet flow originating at a second source, generating, for the first packet flow, first intra-session parity packets using intra-session network coding and generating, for the second packet flow, second intra-session parity packets using intra-session network coding, the first and second intra-session parity packets being generated based on loss rates of links between the first and second nodes and the first and third nodes, and between the first node and a fourth node and between the first node and a fifth node, the fourth and fifth nodes being one-hop away from the first node, and combining at the first node the first and second packet flows and the first and second intra-session parity packets into a combined packet flow using inter-session network coding. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/219323 |
| ART UNIT | 2467 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0077 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 2001/0097 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 28/0236 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868599 | Woodruff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David P. Woodruff (Mountain View, California); Srikanta N. Tirthapura (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Woodruff (Mountain View, California); Srikanta N. Tirthapura (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are approaches for computing correlated aggregates. An aspect provides for receiving a stream of data elements at a device, each data element having at least one numerical attribute; maintaining in memory plurality of tree structures comprising a plurality of separate nodes for summarizing numerical attributes of the data elements with respect to a predicate value of a correlated aggregation query, said maintaining comprising: creating the plurality of tree structures in which each node implements one of: a probabilistic counter and a sketch, wherein said probabilistic counter and said sketch each act to estimate aggregated data element numerical attributes to form a summary of said numerical attributes; and responsive to a correlated aggregation query specifying said predicate value, using said plurality of tree structures as a summary of said data element numerical attributes to compute a response to said correlated aggregate query. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/596514 |
| ART UNIT | 2155 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868867 | Swanson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Swanson (San Diego, California); Adrian Caulfield (Oceanside, California); Todor Mollov (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Swanson (San Diego, California); Adrian Caulfield (Oceanside, California); Todor Mollov (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods of storage device access are provided, where the operating system copies permission and mapping information to the storage array and/or to the application program's memory. The application program can then access the storage device without the operating system's intervention and the storage device will check whether the application has permission to access the data. As a result, in most cases, neither the operating system nor the file system needs to be invoked, and since both of them increase the amount of time required to access the data in the file system, considerable performance improvements are possible. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/619303 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/061 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 3/0689 (20130101) G06F 21/79 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert K Vander Meer (Gainesville, Florida); Richard J Brenner (Washington, District of Columbia); Domonic A Cataldo (Kennewick, Washington); Peter Van Voris (Kennewick, Washington); Edward S Lipinsky (Worthington, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Bioguard Research and Development, Inc. (Kennewick, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert K Vander Meer (Gainesville, Florida); Richard J Brenner (Washington, District of Columbia); Domonic A Cataldo (Kennewick, Washington); Peter Van Voris (Kennewick, Washington); Edward S Lipinsky (Worthington, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for attracting cockroaches to an object or area, involving treating said object or area with a cockroach attracting composition containing a cockroach attractant effective amount of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, or butyl esters of C3-7 saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acids and mixtures thereof, and optionally a carrier material or carrier. A method for repelling cockroaches from ah object or area, involving treating said object or area with a cockroach repelling composition containing a cockroach repelling effective amount of at least one compound selected from methyl, ethyl, propyl, or butyl esters of C3-7 saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acids or mixtures thereof, and optionally a carrier material or carrier. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/529569 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 25/10 (20130101) A01N 25/10 (20130101) A01N 37/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 37/02 (20130101) A01N 37/06 (20130101) A01N 37/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865214 | Imam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Syed H. Imam (Walnut Creek, California); Gregory M. Glenn (American Canyon, California); Farooqe Azam (Peshawar, Pakistan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Syed H. Imam (Walnut Creek, California); Gregory M. Glenn (American Canyon, California); Farooqe Azam (Peshawar, Pakistan) |
| ABSTRACT | Bioactive formulations and methods of use comprising a gypsum biopolymer matrix and soil beneficial microorganisms are described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/485877 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 63/00 (20130101) A01N 63/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Inorganic Fertilisers Not Covered by Subclasses C05B, C05C; Fertilisers Producing Carbon Dioxide C05D 3/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865464 | Takayama et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shuichi Takayama (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lourdes Marcella Cabrera (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yun Seok Heo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gary Daniel Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuichi Takayama (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lourdes Marcella Cabrera (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yun Seok Heo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gary Daniel Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic devices for cell culturing and methods for using the same are disclosed. One device includes a substrate and membrane. The substrate includes a reservoir in fluid communication with a passage. A bio-compatible fluid may be added to the reservoir and passage. The reservoir is configured to receive and retain at least a portion of a cell mass. The membrane acts as a barrier to evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid from the passage. A cover fluid may be added to cover the bio-compatible fluid to prevent evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/854465 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/5085 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) C12M 23/34 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP24972 | Mehlenbacher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn A. Mehlenbacher (Corvallis, Oregon); David C. Smith (Corvallis, Oregon); Rebecca L. McCluskey (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Corylus plant named ‘York’ characterized by globose plant habit and moderate vigor, green developing and fully expanded leaves during the spring and summer, resistance to eastern filbert blight caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Müller, presence of random amplified polymorphic DNA markers 152-800 and AA12-850, expression of incompatibility alleles S2 and S21 in the styles, and DNA fingerprints at 10 of 23 microsatellite marker loci that differ from both parents OSU 479.027 and OSU 504.065, and from one parent at an additional 11 marker loci. |
| FILED | Monday, December 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/694677 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP24973 | Mehlenbacher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn A. Mehlenbacher (Corvallis, Oregon); David C. Smith (Corvallis, Oregon); Rebecca L. McCluskey (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Corylus plant named ‘Felix’ characterized by an upright plant habit and high vigor, green developing and fully expanded leaves during the spring and summer, resistance to eastern filbert blight caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Wüller, presence of random amplified polymorphic DNA markers 152-800 and AA12-850, expression of incompatibility alleles S15 and S21 in the styles, and DNA fingerprints at 14 of 24 microsatellite marker loci differ from both parents OSU 384.095 and ‘Delta’, and from one parent at an additional 6 marker loci. |
| FILED | Monday, December 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/694676 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP24977 | Knight et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patricia R. Knight (Biloxi, Mississippi); Wayne J. McLaurin (Poplarville, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patricia R. Knight (Biloxi, Mississippi); Wayne J. McLaurin (Poplarville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Lagerstroemia crapemyrtle plant named ‘CREC-0052’, characterized by its light pink color flowers and large growth habit. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573606 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP24978 | Knight et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patricia R. Knight (Biloxi, Mississippi); Wayne J. McLaurin (Poplarville, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patricia R. Knight (Biloxi, Mississippi); Wayne J. McLaurin (Poplarville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Lagerstroemia crapemyrtle plant named ‘CREC-0077’, characterized by its clear red color flowers and medium to large growth habit. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573605 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP24979 | Knight et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patricia R. Knight (Biloxi, Mississippi); Wayne J. McLaurin (Poplarville, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patricia R. Knight (Biloxi, Mississippi); Wayne J. McLaurin (Poplarville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Lagerstroemia crapemyrtle plant named ‘CREC-0030’, characterized by its deep purple color flowers and small to medium growth habit. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573604 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP24980 | Knight et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patricia R. Knight (Biloxi, Mississippi); Wayne J. McLaurin (Poplarville, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patricia R. Knight (Biloxi, Mississippi); Wayne J. McLaurin (Poplarville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Lagerstroemia crapemyrtle plant named ‘CREC-0060’, characterized by its deep purple color flowers and small to medium growth habit. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573607 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08865464 | Takayama et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shuichi Takayama (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lourdes Marcella Cabrera (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yun Seok Heo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gary Daniel Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuichi Takayama (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lourdes Marcella Cabrera (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yun Seok Heo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gary Daniel Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic devices for cell culturing and methods for using the same are disclosed. One device includes a substrate and membrane. The substrate includes a reservoir in fluid communication with a passage. A bio-compatible fluid may be added to the reservoir and passage. The reservoir is configured to receive and retain at least a portion of a cell mass. The membrane acts as a barrier to evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid from the passage. A cover fluid may be added to cover the bio-compatible fluid to prevent evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/854465 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/5085 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) C12M 23/34 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866005 | Welser |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger E. Welser (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kopin Corporation (Taunton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger E. Welser (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A new solar cell structure called a heterojunction barrier solar cell is described. As with previously reported quantum-well and quantum-dot solar cell structures, a layer of narrow band-gap material, such as GaAs or indium-rich InGaP, is inserted into the depletion region of a wide band-gap PN junction. Rather than being thin, however, the layer of narrow band-gap material is about 400-430 nm wide and forms a single, ultrawide well in the depletion region. Thin (e.g., 20-50 nm), wide band-gap InGaP barrier layers in the depletion region reduce the diode dark current. Engineering the electric field and barrier profile of the absorber layer, barrier layer, and p-type layer of the PN junction maximizes photogenerated carrier escape. This new twist on nanostructured solar cell design allows the separate optimization of current and voltage to maximize conversion efficiency. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/579465 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0336 (20130101) H01L 31/03042 (20130101) H01L 31/035209 (20130101) H01L 31/035236 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/755 (20130101) Y10S 977/774 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866080 | Bower et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher A. Bower (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kristin Hedgepath Gilchrist (Durham, North Carolina); Brian R. Stoner (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Dorota Temple (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher A. Bower (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kristin Hedgepath Gilchrist (Durham, North Carolina); Brian R. Stoner (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Dorota Temple (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A detector array and method for making the detector array. The array includes a substrate including a plurality of trenches formed therein, and includes a plurality of collectors electrically isolated from each other, formed on the walls of the trenches, and configured to collect charge particles incident on respective ones of the collectors and to output from said collectors signals indicative of charged particle collection. The array includes a plurality of readout circuits disposed on a side of the substrate opposite openings to the collectors. The readout circuits are configured to read charge collection signals from respective ones of the plurality of collectors. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/921508 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/244 (20130101) H01J 49/0018 (20130101) H01J 49/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 2237/24405 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866081 | Bower et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher A. Bower (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kristin Hedgepath Gilchrist (Durham, North Carolina); Brian R. Stoner (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher A. Bower (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kristin Hedgepath Gilchrist (Durham, North Carolina); Brian R. Stoner (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A detector array and method for making the detector array. The detector array includes a substrate including a plurality of trenches formed therein, and a plurality of collectors electrically isolated from each other, formed on the walls of the trenches, and configured to collect charged particles incident on respective ones of the collectors and to output from the collectors signals indicative of charged particle collection. In the detector array, adjacent ones of the plurality of trenches are disposed in a staggered configuration relative to one another. The method forms in a substrate a plurality of trenches across a surface of the substrate such that adjacent ones of the trenches are in a staggered sequence relative to one another, forms in the plurality of trenches a plurality of collectors, and connects a plurality of electrodes respectively to the collectors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/921525 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868234 | Sanders et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam M. Sanders (Huntersville, North Carolina); Philip A. Strawser (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam M. Sanders (Huntersville, North Carolina); Philip A. Strawser (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A communication system for communicating over high-latency, low bandwidth networks includes a communications processor configured to receive a collection of data from a local system, and a transceiver in communication with the communications processor. The transceiver is configured to transmit and receive data over a network according to a plurality of communication parameters. The communications processor is configured to divide the collection of data into a plurality of data streams; assign a priority level to each of the respective data streams, where the priority level reflects the criticality of the respective data stream; and modify a communication parameter of at least one of the plurality of data streams according to the priority of the at least one data stream. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/459557 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 47/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 47/2433 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/06 (20130101) Y10S 901/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868241 | Hart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen W Hart (Houston, Texas); John D. Yamokoski (Houston, Texas); Brian J Wightman (Seabrook, Texas); Duy Paul Dinh (Houston, Texas); Dustin R Gooding (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for developing distributed robot application-level software includes a robot having an associated control module which controls motion of the robot in response to a commanded task, and a robot task commander (RTC) in networked communication with the control module over a network transport layer (NTL). The RTC includes a script engine(s) and a GUI, with a processor and a centralized library of library blocks constructed from an interpretive computer programming code and having input and output connections. The GUI provides access to a Visual Programming Language (VPL) environment and a text editor. In executing a method, the VPL is opened, a task for the robot is built from the code library blocks, and data is assigned to input and output connections identifying input and output data for each block. A task sequence(s) is sent to the control module(s) over the NTL to command execution of the task. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/803017 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/1661 (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 2219/40099 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08865057 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaochun Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Noe Gaudencio Alba-Baena (El Paso, Texas); Daniel Earl Hoefert (Manitowoc, Wisconsin); David Weiss (Manitowoc, Wisconsin); Woo-hyun Cho (Madison, Wisconsin); Ben Peter Slater (Madison, Wisconsin); Hongseok Choi (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaochun Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Noe Gaudencio Alba-Baena (El Paso, Texas); Daniel Earl Hoefert (Manitowoc, Wisconsin); David Weiss (Manitowoc, Wisconsin); Woo-hyun Cho (Madison, Wisconsin); Ben Peter Slater (Madison, Wisconsin); Hongseok Choi (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for industrial-scale production of metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs) are provided. The apparatus and methods can be used for the batch production of an MMNC in a volume of molten metal housed within the cavity of a production chamber. Within the volume of molten metal, a flow is created which continuously carries agglomerates of nanoparticles, which have been introduced into the molten metal, through a cavitation zone formed in a cavitation cell housed within the production chamber. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/366655 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/1221 (20130101) Production and Refining of Metals; Pretreatment of Raw Materials C22B 9/103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865405 | Bost et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Applied Biosystems, LLC (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied BioSystems LLC (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Bost (Foster City, California); Lawrence Greenfield (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for isolating and/or identifying nucleic acids. The invention also provides kits for isolating and/or identifying nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Monday, August 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/959725 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/101 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1006 (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 1/6806 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08867340 | Zriny et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald P. Zriny (Lucas, Texas); Frederick Skoog (Colleyville, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald P. Zriny (Lucas, Texas); Frederick Skoog (Colleyville, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A source device (10) sends information to a destination device (12) through intermediary network elements (14). If an intermediary network element (14) needs to discard one or more packets of information, it sends a smaller informational packet to the destination device (12). Upon receiving the informational packet, the destination device can immediately begin correctional procedures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/314455 |
| ART UNIT | 2464 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/005 (20130101) H04L 1/08 (20130101) H04L 1/20 (20130101) H04L 1/0066 (20130101) H04L 29/06027 (20130101) H04L 47/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 47/30 (20130101) H04L 47/31 (20130101) H04L 47/33 (20130101) H04L 47/326 (20130101) H04L 65/80 (20130101) H04L 65/4076 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08865040 | Jang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Lulu Song (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Lulu Song (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a fuel cell flow field plate or bipolar plate having flow channels on faces of the plate, comprising an electrically conductive polymer composite. The composite is composed of (A) at least 50% by weight of a conductive filler, comprising at least 5% by weight reinforcement fibers, expanded graphite platelets, graphitic nano-fibers, and/or carbon nano-tubes; (B) polymer matrix material at 1 to 49.9% by weight; and (C) a polymer binder at 0.1 to 10% by weight; wherein the sum of the conductive filler weight %, polymer matrix weight % and polymer binder weight % equals 100% and the bulk electrical conductivity of the flow field or bipolar plate is at least 100 S/cm. The invention also provides a continuous process for cost-effective mass production of the conductive composite-based flow field or bipolar plate. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021041 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/04 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/24 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/0213 (20130101) H01M 8/0221 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/0226 (20130101) H01M 8/0228 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08865399 | Schofield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Schofield (Hollywood, South Carolina); Ian J. Molineux (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Guild Associates, Inc. (Dublin, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Schofield (Hollywood, South Carolina); Ian J. Molineux (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to compositions, methods, systems and kits for the detection of microorganisms of the Yersinia species including Yersinia pestis. The disclosure relates to recombinant phage operable to infect a Yersinia microorganism, the phage comprising a detectable reporter. Detection systems of the disclosure may comprise a phage operable to infect a Yersinia microorganism, and may comprise a reporter nucleic acid expressible upon infection of a Yersinia microorganism by the phage. The system may be operable to detect the expression of the reporter. A detectable reporter may comprise any gene having bioluminescent, colorimetric and/or visual detectability. For example, a detectable reporter may comprise one or more luxAB genes detectable by emission, enhancement and/or change in spectrum of bioluminescent light. Live and infectious Yersinia microbes may be detected by the compositions, methods, systems and kits described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/992488 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6888 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/24 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08866005 | Welser |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger E. Welser (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kopin Corporation (Taunton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger E. Welser (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A new solar cell structure called a heterojunction barrier solar cell is described. As with previously reported quantum-well and quantum-dot solar cell structures, a layer of narrow band-gap material, such as GaAs or indium-rich InGaP, is inserted into the depletion region of a wide band-gap PN junction. Rather than being thin, however, the layer of narrow band-gap material is about 400-430 nm wide and forms a single, ultrawide well in the depletion region. Thin (e.g., 20-50 nm), wide band-gap InGaP barrier layers in the depletion region reduce the diode dark current. Engineering the electric field and barrier profile of the absorber layer, barrier layer, and p-type layer of the PN junction maximizes photogenerated carrier escape. This new twist on nanostructured solar cell design allows the separate optimization of current and voltage to maximize conversion efficiency. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/579465 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0336 (20130101) H01L 31/03042 (20130101) H01L 31/035209 (20130101) H01L 31/035236 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/755 (20130101) Y10S 977/774 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08864846 | Herr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hugh M. Herr (Somerville, Massachusetts); Hartmut Geyer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael Frederick Eilenberg (Port Washington, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugh M. Herr (Somerville, Massachusetts); Hartmut Geyer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael Frederick Eilenberg (Port Washington, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A model-based neuromechanical controller for a robotic limb having at least one joint includes a finite state machine configured to receive feedback data relating to the state of the robotic limb and to determine the state of the robotic limb, a muscle model processor configured to receive state information from the finite state machine and, using muscle tendon lever arm and muscle tendon length equations and reflex control equations in a neuromuscular model, to determine at least one desired joint torque or stiffness command to be sent to the robotic limb, and a joint command processor configured to command the biomimetic torques and stiffnesses determined by the muscle model processor at the robotic limb joint. The feedback data is preferably provided by at least one sensor mounted at each joint of the robotic limb. In a preferred embodiment, the robotic limb is a leg and the finite state machine is synchronized to the leg gait cycle. |
| FILED | Monday, February 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/698128 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — 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 2/66 (20130101) A61F 2/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 5/0127 (20130101) A61F 2002/701 (20130101) A61F 2002/704 (20130101) A61F 2002/705 (20130101) A61F 2002/7625 (20130101) A61F 2002/7635 (20130101) A61F 2002/7645 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08868169 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Ruchir Sehra (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Ruchir Sehra (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | System, assembly and method are provided to facilitate reconstruction of cardiac information representing a complex rhythm disorder associated with a patient's heart to indicate a source of the heart rhythm disorder. The complex rhythm disorder can be treated by application of energy to modify the source of the rhythm disorder. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/137929 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0456 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/0472 (20130101) A61B 5/726 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US PP24972 | Mehlenbacher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn A. Mehlenbacher (Corvallis, Oregon); David C. Smith (Corvallis, Oregon); Rebecca L. McCluskey (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Corylus plant named ‘York’ characterized by globose plant habit and moderate vigor, green developing and fully expanded leaves during the spring and summer, resistance to eastern filbert blight caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Müller, presence of random amplified polymorphic DNA markers 152-800 and AA12-850, expression of incompatibility alleles S2 and S21 in the styles, and DNA fingerprints at 10 of 23 microsatellite marker loci that differ from both parents OSU 479.027 and OSU 504.065, and from one parent at an additional 11 marker loci. |
| FILED | Monday, December 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/694677 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP24973 | Mehlenbacher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn A. Mehlenbacher (Corvallis, Oregon); David C. Smith (Corvallis, Oregon); Rebecca L. McCluskey (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Corylus plant named ‘Felix’ characterized by an upright plant habit and high vigor, green developing and fully expanded leaves during the spring and summer, resistance to eastern filbert blight caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Wüller, presence of random amplified polymorphic DNA markers 152-800 and AA12-850, expression of incompatibility alleles S15 and S21 in the styles, and DNA fingerprints at 14 of 24 microsatellite marker loci differ from both parents OSU 384.095 and ‘Delta’, and from one parent at an additional 6 marker loci. |
| FILED | Monday, December 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/694676 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08865401 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles C. Young (Mount Airy, Maryland); Alex J. Proescher (Perry Hall, Maryland); Emily E. Smith (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles C. Young (Mount Airy, Maryland); Alex J. Proescher (Perry Hall, Maryland); Emily E. Smith (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of simultaneously co-purifying and concentrating nucleic acid and protein targets is described. The method includes automation of the entire sample preparation process, performed by having an analyst add a sample into a device that performs all of the steps necessary to prepare a sample for analysis. The method provides for samples that are not split during the sample preparation process and where common purification methods can be used for purifying multiple analytes. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/817288 |
| 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 | Peptides C07K 1/26 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/559 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 435/973 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08868907 | Graham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James H. Graham (Sellersburg, Indiana); Jeffrey L. Hieb (Shelbyville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A device, method, and system for processing communications for secure operation of industrial control system field devices, includes: a processing device to be placed in-line between a Master Telemetry Unit (MTU) and a field device. A software verified microkernel includes instructions for the processing device to provide a secure partitioning of memory between a communication network interface address space, a security cell address space, and a field device interface address space. The security cell address space includes instructions to: receive communication messages from the MTU via the communication network interface address space; authenticate a user identification of each communication message; verify that an operation requested in each message is authorized for the user identification; and send each communication message having an authenticated user identification and a verified operation to the field network interface address space for communication with the field device. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/758548 |
| ART UNIT | 2491 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/00 (20130101) G06F 21/31 (20130101) G06F 21/85 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08868291 | Mian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Electronic Machines Corporation (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Electronics Machines Corp. (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zahid F. Mian (Loudonville, New York); Robert W. Foss (Cohoes, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A solution for evaluating an object using infrared data is provided. In particular, infrared data corresponding to the object is processed to enhance a set of signal features. The infrared data is analyzed to determine whether one or more anomalies are present. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/161126 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 17/007 (20130101) G01M 17/013 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/88 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/4604 (20130101) Time or Attendance Registers; Registering or Indicating the Working of Machines; Generating Random Numbers; Voting or Lottery Apparatus; Arrangements, Systems or Apparatus for Checking Not Provided for Elsewhere G07C 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 08867046 | Jeys et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas H. Jeys (Lexington, Massachusetts); Antonio Sanchez-Rubio (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ronald H. Hoffeld (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan Z. Lin (Winchester, Massachusetts); Nicholas M. F. Judson (Baltimore, Maryland); George S. Haldeman (Melrose, Massachusetts); Vincenzo Daneu (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and an apparatus of measuring a position of a particle in a flow are disclosed. An embodiment of the method comprises temporally modulating and spatially pattering an illumination beam propagating along a first dimension, passing a particle across the modulated illumination beam, detecting a temporal profile of scattered light produced by the particle's passing through the modulated illumination beam, and determining the position of the particle based, in part, on the temporal profile of the detected scattered light. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/662197 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/002 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1459 (20130101) G01N 21/53 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2015/145 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08865479 | Love et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Christopher Love (Somerville, Massachusetts); Hidde L. Ploegh (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jehnna Ronan (Chester, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Christopher Love (Somerville, Massachusetts); Hidde L. Ploegh (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jehnna Ronan (Chester, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Screening assays and methods of performing such assays are provided. In certain examples, the assays and methods may be designed to determine whether or not two or more species can associate with each other. In some examples, the assays and methods may be used to determine if a known antigen binds to an unknown monoclonal antibody. |
| FILED | Monday, August 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/857510 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/025 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 33/505 (20130101) G01N 33/531 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/543 (20130101) G01N 33/543 (20130101) G01N 33/577 (20130101) G01N 33/577 (20130101) G01N 33/5052 (20130101) G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/54366 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 436/809 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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