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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 11, 2014
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| US 08881997 | Yi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jinghai Yi (Morgantown, West Virginia); Timothy Robert Nurkiewicz (Morgantown, West Virginia); Jinghai Yi (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinghai Yi (Morgantown, West Virginia); Timothy Robert Nurkiewicz (Morgantown, West Virginia); Jinghai Yi (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoparticle aerosol generator, comprised of a vibrating fluidized bed with a baffle, a vibrating Venturi disperser and a cyclone separator. To generate nanoparticle aerosols, the nanoparticle aerosol generator uses the multiple impaction, vibrating air flow and vibrating high speed air flow to break up larger agglomerates, and multiple dilution to minimize the re-agglomeration of the particles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/317472 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/004 (20130101) B01J 8/006 (20130101) B01J 8/40 (20130101) B01J 8/0055 (20130101) B01J 2208/0084 (20130101) B01J 2208/00681 (20130101) B01J 2208/00902 (20130101) Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 17/0043 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 23/047 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/52 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/10 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 239/23 (20130101) |
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| US 08882696 | Tamari |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yehuda Tamari (Oyster Bay, New York) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yehuda Tamari (Oyster Bay, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention consists of a venous blood reservoir that has a separate blood chamber to filter vent blood and a separate chamber to filter sucker blood. The two blood chambers are separated by a common wall and are in fluid communication along their top assuring that vacuum applied to the top of either is equally applied to the other. A mean to form communication across the wall allows the user to either accumulate sucker blood in its chamber while letting vent blood to flow freely to the venous blood chamber. Alternately, user can let the blood in the sucker chamber to combine with the venous blood freely too. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506204 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/3627 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 1/3632 (20140101) A61M 1/3638 (20140101) A61M 1/3667 (20140101) |
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| US 08882762 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul J Wang (Saratoga, California); Amin Al-Ahmad (Cupertino, California); William Francis Johnston (Sunnyvale, California); Kai Ihnken (Arlington, Virginia); Kaartiga Sivanesan (Winter Springs, Florida); Morgan Clyburn (Menlo Park, California); Kathleen Lee Kang (Sunnyvale, California); Lauren Shui Sum Chan (San Francisco, California); Robert C Robbins (Stanford, California); Friedrich B. Prinz (Woodside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J Wang (Saratoga, California); Amin Al-Ahmad (Cupertino, California); William Francis Johnston (Sunnyvale, California); Kai Ihnken (Arlington, Virginia); Kaartiga Sivanesan (Winter Springs, Florida); Morgan Clyburn (Menlo Park, California); Kathleen Lee Kang (Sunnyvale, California); Lauren Shui Sum Chan (San Francisco, California); Robert C Robbins (Stanford, California); Friedrich B. Prinz (Woodside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A transmural ablation device is provided to achieve endocardial and epicardial ablation at the same site but directed from the inner and outer surfaces of the heart to create a transmural lesion. By ablating from both sides of the heart tissue, it is possible to increase the depth of the lesion created and to increase the likelihood of a transmural lesion. Embodiments pertain to techniques to align the endocardial and epicardial ablation elements and techniques to position and move the endocardial and epicardial ablation elements along a predefined linear, curvilinear, or circular path. The ability to bring the epicardial and endocardial elements more closely or firmly with the underlying tissue is important in creating optimal lesions. Magnetic force attracts the epicardial and endocardial elements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/512493 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/14 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2017/00876 (20130101) A61B 2018/00005 (20130101) A61B 2018/00291 (20130101) A61B 2018/00363 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2019/2253 (20130101) |
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| US 08882815 | Bottlang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Bottlang (Portland, Oregon); Steven M. Madey (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zimmer, Inc. (Warsaw, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Bottlang (Portland, Oregon); Steven M. Madey (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for fixation of a fractured bone. In various embodiments, the systems and plates may provide elastic suspension of the receiving holes relative to the osteosynthesis plate. This elastic suspension may promote load distribution between the screws that connect a bone segment to the plate, thereby reducing stress risers and load shielding effect. In addition, stress at the screw holes, and within the construct as a whole, is reduced by incorporation of these elastic elements in the plate. Additionally, in some embodiments, for instance if fracture healing by callus formation is desired, elastic suspension of the receiving holes relative to the osteosynthesis plate may enable small, controlled amounts of relative motion between bone fragments connected by the plate, which may promote fracture healing by callus formation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/166539 |
| ART UNIT | 3775 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/863 (20130101) A61B 17/8004 (20130101) A61B 17/8047 (20130101) A61B 17/8085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08883008 | Mishkin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary Mishkin (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mirimedical, LLC (Potomac, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Mishkin (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A dialyzer composed of: first and second dialyzation chambers, and an intermediate chamber interposed between the first and second dialyzation chambers. Each dialyzation chamber has opposed first and second ends and contains a filter member that separates the chamber into a blood compartment and a dialysate compartment. Each of the compartments extends between first and second ends. Each of the chambers has a respective one of a blood inlet or outlet and a dialysate inlet or outlet arranged so that blood and dialysate flow in counter-current to one another in both chambers. The intermediate chamber is connected to form a dialysate-free blood flow passage between the blood compartments. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/054306 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/16 (20130101) A61M 1/1633 (20140204) Original (OR) Class A61M 1/3417 (20140204) Separation B01D 63/043 (20130101) B01D 69/084 (20130101) B01D 2313/20 (20130101) B01D 2319/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08883144 | Dempsey |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward C. Dempsey (Aurora, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward C. Dempsey (Aurora, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to agonists of Neprilysin and their use in preventing and treating pulmonary vascular remodeling. Also described are diagnostic and screening applications stemming from the inventor's discovery that Neprilysin is expressed at reduced levels in disease tissues. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/224126 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/4886 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (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 1/37 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/96419 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) G01N 2800/7014 (20130101) |
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| US 08883149 | Sela et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Sela (Rehovot, Israel); Yosef Yarden (Rehovot, Israel); Bilha Schechter (Rehovot, Israel); Tsipi Ben-Kasus (Beer-Sheva, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Sela (Rehovot, Israel); Yosef Yarden (Rehovot, Israel); Bilha Schechter (Rehovot, Israel); Tsipi Ben-Kasus (Beer-Sheva, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of identifying a combination of antibodies with a combined improved anti-tumor activity is provided. The method comprising: (a) identifying binding epitopes of anti ErbB-2 antibodies; and (b) selecting a combination of at least two antibodies of the anti ErbB-2 antibodies exhibiting binding to different epitopes on the ErbB-2, at least one of the different epitopes being localized to a dimerization site of the ErbB-2, the combination of antibodies being with the combined improved anti-tumor activity. Also provided are novel antibody combinations uncovered according to the present teachings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/063940 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/565 (20130101) |
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| US 08883153 | Ghebrehiwet |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Berhane Ghebrehiwet (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Berhane Ghebrehiwet (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention provides a method of treating or preventing angioedema in a patient in need thereof comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that is capable of inhibiting the interaction of HK with gC1q-R. One aspect of the present invention provides a method of treating or preventing vascular permeability in a patient in need thereof comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that is capable of inhibiting the interaction of HK with gC1q-R. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/260664 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 7/18 (20130101) C07K 16/00 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 08883154 | Goldblum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randall M. Goldblum (Dickinson, Texas); Terumi Midoro-Horiuti (Galveston, Texas); Bo Ning (Galveston, Texas); Ruby Tiwari (Palmerston North, New Zealand) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas Systems (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall M. Goldblum (Dickinson, Texas); Terumi Midoro-Horiuti (Galveston, Texas); Bo Ning (Galveston, Texas); Ruby Tiwari (Palmerston North, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is drawn to antibody-mediated modulation of allergy. In this regard, the present invention discloses a monoclonal antibody, antigen-binding fragment or mimic thereof directed against Group 1 pollen allergens or homologues thereof. Also disclosed herein is the mechanism by which the disclosed monoclonal antibody, antigen binding fragment or mimic thereof will improve immunotherapy of allergic reactions in an individual. It is contemplated that herein that such a monoclonal antibody, antigen binding fragment or mimic thereof may also be useful in treatment of several microbial infections. |
| FILED | Monday, December 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/653443 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
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| US 08883155 | David et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael David (San Diego, California); Irene Munk Pedersen (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael David (San Diego, California); Irene Munk Pedersen (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for treating neoplasias in a mammalian subject. In particular, the invention provides methods for treating lymphomas, including forms of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In one embodiment, these methods involve reducing tumor necrosis factor signaling. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/919708 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1793 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39558 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/241 (20130101) C07K 16/3061 (20130101) |
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| US 08883214 | Wildsoet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christine F. Wildsoet (Berkeley, California); James Su (Berkeley, California); Kevin E. Healy (Moraga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine F. Wildsoet (Berkeley, California); James Su (Berkeley, California); Kevin E. Healy (Moraga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating ocular disorders such as myopia. |
| FILED | Monday, January 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/144065 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/0051 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/32 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 2300/432 (20130101) A61L 2300/622 (20130101) A61L 2300/624 (20130101) A61L 2430/16 (20130101) |
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| US 08883218 | Radominska-Pandya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anna Radominska-Pandya (Little Rock, Arkansas); Alexandru S. Biris (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna Radominska-Pandya (Little Rock, Arkansas); Alexandru S. Biris (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses a composition capable of delivering and expressing a nucleic acid encoding UDP-Glucuronosyltransferases, p53 or a combination thereof into a cell, and methods for treating tumors. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/073270 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/493 |
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| US 08883413 | Lambris |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John D. Lambris (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Lambris (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds comprising peptides and peptidomimetics capable of binding the C3 protein and inhibiting complement activation are disclosed. These compounds display improved complement activation-inhibitory activity as compared with currently available compounds. Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the peptides are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/177140 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/10 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/472 (20130101) |
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| US 08883428 | Witztum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph L. Witztum (San Diego, California); Sotirios Tsimikas (San Diego, California); Elizabeth Miller (Laguna Woods, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph L. Witztum (San Diego, California); Sotirios Tsimikas (San Diego, California); Elizabeth Miller (Laguna Woods, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for examining the progression, regression or risk of individuals at risk for developing coronary artery disease (CAD). |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/262597 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/92 (20130101) G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2405/00 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/323 (20130101) |
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| US 08883448 | Schlom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Scott Abrams (Amherst, New York) |
| 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 Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Scott Abrams (Amherst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Mutant ras oncogene peptides may induce specific anti-ras cellular immune responses in vaccinated patients. Moreover, a human CD8+ CTL epitope(s) reflecting a specific point mutation in the K-ras oncogene at codon 12 was identified. The mutant ras peptide has implications for both active and passive immunotherapies in selected carcinoma patients. A nested 10-mer peptide was identified [i.e., ras5-14(Asp12)], which was shown to bind to HLA-A2 and display specific functional capacity for expansion of the in vivo-primed CD8+ CTL precursors. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/623062 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/82 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08883452 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhenyu Wang (Hamilton, Ohio); Robert J. Linhardt (Albany, New York); Jonathan S. Dordick (Schenectady, New York); Ujjwal Bhaskar (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhenyu Wang (Hamilton, Ohio); Robert J. Linhardt (Albany, New York); Jonathan S. Dordick (Schenectady, New York); Ujjwal Bhaskar (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the production of heparosan from fermentation culture of E. coli K5 suitable for industrial production, exhibiting superior yield and purity, smaller culture volumes, faster growth, and lower costs. |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/261193 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/0003 (20130101) C08B 37/0063 (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 19/26 (20130101) |
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| US 08883483 | Gerngross et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tillman U. Gerngross (Hanover, New Hampshire); Stefan Wildt (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Byung-kwon Choi (Hanover, New Hampshire); Juergen Nett (Enfield, New Hampshire); Piotr Bobrowicz (Hanover, New Hampshire); Stephen Hamilton (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Robert Davidson (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GlycoFi, Inc. (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tillman U. Gerngross (Hanover, New Hampshire); Stefan Wildt (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Byung-kwon Choi (Hanover, New Hampshire); Juergen Nett (Enfield, New Hampshire); Piotr Bobrowicz (Hanover, New Hampshire); Stephen Hamilton (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Robert Davidson (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to eukaryotic host cells having modified oligosaccharides which may be modified further by heterologous expression of a set of glycosyltransferases, sugar transporters and mannosidases to become host-strains for the production of mammalian, e.g., human therapeutic glycoproteins. The invention provides nucleic acid molecules and combinatorial libraries which can be used to successfully target and express mammalian enzymatic activities such as those involved in glycosylation to intracellular compartments in a eukaryotic host cell. The process provides an engineered host cell which can be used to express and target any desirable gene(s) involved in glycosylation. Host cells with modified oligosaccharides are created or selected. N-glycans made in the engineered host cells have a Man5GlcNAc2 core structure which may then be modified further by heterologous expression of one or more enzymes, e.g., glycosyltransferases, sugar transporters and mannosidases, to yield human-like glycoproteins. For the production of therapeutic proteins, this method may be adapted to engineer cell lines in which any desired glycosylation structure may be obtained. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/156804 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1051 (20130101) C12N 15/79 (20130101) C12N 15/1082 (20130101) |
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| US 08883488 | Abdela et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Woubit Salah Abdela (Auburn, Alabama); Temesgen Samuel-Tulore (Auburn, Alabama); Teshome Yehualaeshet (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Woubit Salah Abdela (Auburn, Alabama); Temesgen Samuel-Tulore (Auburn, Alabama); Teshome Yehualaeshet (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are novel primers for use in the molecular detection of food-threat agents and food-borne pathogens. The primers may be used in combination for the rapid, high-throughput screening PCR-based techniques to simultaneously detect multiple food safety biothreat agents. The multiplex-detection methods have improved sensitivity and specificity for the detection of multiple high-impact food-borne pathogens simultaneously. Real-time PCR assaying techniques using such primers include microarrays and multiplex single-tube arrays, the latter optionally simultaneously with TaqMan probes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/297003 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) |
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| US 08883500 | Sitkovsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michail V. Sitkovsky (Boston, Massachusetts); Akio Ohta (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michail V. Sitkovsky (Boston, Massachusetts); Akio Ohta (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In the past, adoptive immunotherapy often failed because the transferred immune cells were inactive in vivo. This disclosure provides a method of producing immune cells that are highly active in vivo. The immune cells may be expanded in vitro in the presence of an adenosine receptor agonist or an antisense nucleic acid that downregulates expression of an adenosine receptor, for example. The immune cells may be tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), natural killer (NK) cells, or lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells, for example. The methods described herein may be used to treat a number of diseases including cancer, infectious diseases, and immunodeficiencies. |
| FILED | Monday, December 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/133121 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2035/124 (20130101) A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 2501/01 (20130101) |
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| US 08883507 | Cambier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John C. Cambier (Denver, Colorado); Yosef Refaeli (Denver, Colorado); Sara Ann Johnson (Denver, Colorado); Brian Curtis Turner (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado); National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Cambier (Denver, Colorado); Yosef Refaeli (Denver, Colorado); Sara Ann Johnson (Denver, Colorado); Brian Curtis Turner (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods for conditionally immortalizing stem cells, including adult and embryonic stem cells, the cells produced by such methods, therapeutic and laboratory or research methods of using such cells, and methods to identify compounds related to cell differentiation and development or to treat diseases, using such cells. A mouse model of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and cells and methods related to such mouse model are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/583970 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2510/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08883519 | Perez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida); Atul Asati (Orlando, Florida); Santimukul Santra (Orlando, Florida); Charalambos Kaittanis (Oviedo, Florida); Sudip Nath (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida); Atul Asati (Orlando, Florida); Santimukul Santra (Orlando, Florida); Charalambos Kaittanis (Oviedo, Florida); Sudip Nath (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, compositions include biocompatible polymer coated nanoceria that function as aqueous redox catalyst with enhanced activity at an acidic to moderately alkaline pH value between 1 and 8. The compositions are used as oxidizing agents for decomposition, decontamination or inactivation of organic contaminants, such as, pesticides and chemical warfare agents. Another use includes nanoceria as targetable nanocatalyst prepared by conjugating various targeting ligands to the nanoparticle coating to form a colorimetric or fluorescent probe in immunoassays and other molecule binding assays that involve the use of a molecule in solution that changes the color of the solution or emits a fluorescent signal, where localization of nanoceria to organs or tissue is assessed by treatment with an oxidation sensitive dye or other detection devices. Versatility and uses of the nanoceria compositions are controlled by pH value, choice of dye substrate and thickness of the polymer coating on the ceria nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Friday, February 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/704678 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/525 |
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| US 08883739 | Karsenty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerard Karsenty (New York, New York); Patricia F. Ducy (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard Karsenty (New York, New York); Patricia F. Ducy (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for treating, preventing, or diagnosing disorders related to reproduction in male mammals, preferably humans, are provided. The methods generally involve modulation of the OST-PTP signaling pathway or the PTP-IB signaling pathway involving gamma-carboxylase and osteocalcin. Disorders amenable to treatment by the methods include, but are not limited to, male infertility, low sperm count, impaired sperm motility, impaired sperm viability, low testosterone levels, reduced libido, erectile dysfunction, underdevelopment of testes, and excess apoptosis in testes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/574196 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/39 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08883744 | Linask |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kersti K. Linask (Clearwater, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kersti K. Linask (Clearwater, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The canonical Wnt signaling pathway is implicated in many disorders including neural tube defects, limb malformations, and heart defects, developmental disorders associated with alcohol exposure (fetal alcohol syndrome) or exposure to bipolar medications (i.e. lithium), wound healing, and Alzheimer's disease. Elevated plasma homocysteine (HCy), which results from folate (folic acid, FA) deficiency, the mood-stabilizing drug lithium (Li), and alcohol (ethanol) are linked to the induction of human congenital heart and neural tube defects. FA supplementation ameliorates the observed developmental errors in the Li-HCy, or alcohol-exposed mouse embryos and normalized heart function. Li, HCy or Wnt3A suppress Wnt-modulated Hex and Islet-1 expression. FA protects from the gene misexpression that is induced by all three factors. Administration of myo-inositol with FA synergistically enhances the protective effect. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/048824 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/08 (20130101) A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 31/047 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/70 (20130101) A61K 31/70 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08883749 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pui-Kai Li (Galloway, Ohio); Chenglong Li (Dublin, Ohio); Jiayuh Lin (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio); Nationwide Children's Hospital, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pui-Kai Li (Galloway, Ohio); Chenglong Li (Dublin, Ohio); Jiayuh Lin (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides small molecules useful to affect cancer cells, along with related methods. The present compounds, formulations, kits and methods are useful for a variety of research, diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. STAT3 inhibitors, particularly LLL12, are disclosed. The STAT3 inhibitors are useful to treat breast cancer in general and breast cancer initiating cells in particular. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/954038 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 311/29 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08883752 | Swayze et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric E. Swayze (Encinitas, California); Thazha P. Prakash (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric E. Swayze (Encinitas, California); Thazha P. Prakash (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides modified nucleosides and oligomeric compounds prepared therefrom. More particularly, the present invention provides modified nucleosides having at least one 5′-substituent and a 2′-O-substituent, oligomeric compounds comprising at least one of these modified nucleosides and methods of using the oligomeric compounds. In some embodiments, the oligomeric compounds provided herein are expected to hybridize to a portion of a target RNA resulting in loss of normal function of the target RNA. |
| FILED | Friday, October 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/125557 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08883755 | Palladino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Palladino (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alicia M. Palladino (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a mitochondrial-targeted RNA expression system (mtTRES) for delivery of RNA molecules to mitochondria. mtTRES vectors generate RNAs in vivo that are un-capped, non-polyadenylated, and actively directed to mitochondria. The disclosed vectors are capable of delivering either non-coding RNA molecules or RNA molecules encoding a protein of interest to the mitochondria. In particular, the disclosed vectors include (1) an RNAPIII initiation (promoter) sequence, (2) a non-coding leader sequence (NCL), (3) a mitochondrial translation initiation sequence and an ORF encoding a protein of interest, or a sequence encoding a non-coding RNA, and (4) an RNAPIII termination sequence. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/860156 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0339 (20130101) A01K 2227/706 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/46 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) Peptides C07K 2319/07 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2840/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 306/03014 (20130101) |
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| US 08883760 | Ross |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trunetta Jo Dockter Ross (Prospect, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon D. Ross (Prospect, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of using neutral soluble glucan and monoclonal antibodies for antitumor therapy. Neutral soluble Beta (1,3; 1,6) glucan (NSG) enhances the tumoricidal activity of the innate immune system by binding to the C3 complement protein receptor CR3. The glucan does not stimulate the induction of inflammatory cytokines. Also described are methods of using whole glucan particles (WGP) as an immunomodulator by inducing a shift from a Th2 response to the Th1 response, leading to an enhanced antitumor cytotoxic T-cell response. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/526185 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/47 (20130101) A61K 31/715 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08883765 | Arav-Boger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravit Arav-Boger (Baltimore, Maryland); Gary Posner (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravit Arav-Boger (Baltimore, Maryland); Gary Posner (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Artemisinin-derived monomers and artemisinin dimers are shown to exhibit in-vitro anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) activity. Artemisinin dimers effectively inhibited CMV replication in human foreskin fibroblasts and human embryonic lung fibroblasts with no cytotoxicity at concentrations required for complete CMV inhibition. Artemisinin dimers were found to be potent and non-cytotoxic inhibitors of CMV replication, which indicates their use as therapeutic agents for the treatment of CMV infection in humans. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/514645 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/357 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/683 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/18 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/6561 (20130101) |
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| US 08883771 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shaomeng Wang (Saline, Michigan); Rong Sheng (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Haiying Sun (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Liu Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jianfeng Lu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Donna McEachern (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibitors of IAP proteins and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of using the IAP protein inhibitors in the treatment of diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of IAP proteins provides a benefit, like cancers, also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/969030 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/407 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 519/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08883841 | Fang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bingliang Fang (Pearland, Texas); Jinsong Liu (Houston, Texas); Wei Guo (Houston, Texas); Shuhong Wu (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bingliang Fang (Pearland, Texas); Jinsong Liu (Houston, Texas); Wei Guo (Houston, Texas); Shuhong Wu (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provide for methods and compositions comprising an Oncorasin, such as 1-[(4-chlorophenyl)methyl]-1H-Indole-3-carboxaldehyde (oncrasin-1) and/or its analogs or derivatives. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/094739 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08883852 | Epperly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Epperly (McCandless, Pennsylvania); Joel Greenberger (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Jianfei Jiang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Valerian Kagan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); John Lazo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Peter McDonald (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Epperly (McCandless, Pennsylvania); Joel Greenberger (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Jianfei Jiang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Valerian Kagan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); John Lazo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Peter McDonald (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods, for reducing, preventing, mitigating and treating damage caused by radiation. The methods comprise delivering a compound, as described herein, to a patient in an amount and dosage regimen effective to prevent, mitigate or treat damage caused by radiation or to mitigate apoptosis. The compounds comprise glyburide or other sulfonylurea hypoglycemic compounds or potassium channel inhibitors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/124924 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08883871 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas S. Wilson (San Leandro, California); Michael Keith Hearon (College Station, Texas); Jane P. Bearinger (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas S. Wilson (San Leandro, California); Michael Keith Hearon (College Station, Texas); Jane P. Bearinger (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to chemical polymer compositions, methods of synthesis, and fabrication methods for devices regarding polymers capable of displaying shape memory behavior (SMPs) and which can first be polymerized to a linear or branched polymeric structure, having thermoplastic properties, subsequently processed into a device through processes typical of polymer melts, solutions, and dispersions and then crossed linked to a shape memory thermoset polymer retaining the processed shape. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/099146 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 47/00 (20130101) B29C 47/0009 (20130101) B29C 51/00 (20130101) B29C 51/002 (20130101) B29C 67/20 (20130101) B29C 71/02 (20130101) B29C 71/04 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/73 (20130101) C08G 18/83 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 18/673 (20130101) C08G 18/675 (20130101) C08G 18/722 (20130101) C08G 18/758 (20130101) C08G 18/3206 (20130101) C08G 63/52 (20130101) C08G 2101/00 (20130101) C08G 2280/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08883948 | Stansbury et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey W. Stansbury (Aurora, Colorado); Dongkwan Kim (Broomfield, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey W. Stansbury (Aurora, Colorado); Dongkwan Kim (Broomfield, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Optimized methods to achieve extensive dark curing from a three-component visible light-initiated system though controlled radical polymerization and compositions useful in these optimized methods are provided. These compositions and methods are particularly suited for use in certain dental applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/001535 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Dentistry; Apparatus or Methods for Oral or Dental Hygiene A61C 5/04 (20130101) A61C 13/0003 (20130101) A61C 13/08 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 6/0017 (20130101) A61K 6/0017 (20130101) A61K 6/0017 (20130101) A61K 6/0023 (20130101) A61K 6/0023 (20130101) A61K 6/0023 (20130101) A61K 6/083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 6/083 (20130101) A61K 6/083 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 25/04 (20130101) C08L 25/04 (20130101) C08L 25/04 (20130101) C08L 33/00 (20130101) C08L 33/00 (20130101) C08L 33/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08883962 | Lippard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Lippard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert J. Radford (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compounds and methods useful in the detection of, e.g., Zn2+, in vitro and in vivo. The compounds include amino acids and peptides functionalized with a moiety that binds, e.g., Zn2+. The peptides may be further functionalized with a detectable moiety. The peptides may also comprise amino acid sequences known to localize extracellularly or in specific areas within a cell. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/740604 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0041 (20130101) A61K 49/0043 (20130101) A61K 49/0052 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 215/40 (20130101) C07D 311/82 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 409/14 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/10 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 14/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/84 (20130101) G01N 33/5005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08883964 | Yu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Yu (Timonium, Maryland); Jennifer H. Elisseeff (Baltimore, Maryland); Allen Yi-Lan Wang (Vienna, Virginia); Hyeseung Janice Lee (Washington, District of Columbia); Xiao Mo (Lutherville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Yu (Timonium, Maryland); Jennifer H. Elisseeff (Baltimore, Maryland); Allen Yi-Lan Wang (Vienna, Virginia); Hyeseung Janice Lee (Washington, District of Columbia); Xiao Mo (Lutherville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides modified collagen and related therapeutic and diagnostic methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/605534 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/16 (20130101) |
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| US 08883978 | Borghaei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hossein Borghaei (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania); Louis M. Weiner (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Institute for Cancer Research (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hossein Borghaei (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania); Louis M. Weiner (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Antibodies that specifically bind to an epitope on the extracellular domain of TEM7R are provided. Nucleic acids encoding such antibodies and cells capable of expressing such antibodies are also provided. The antibodies may be used in methods for treating tumors and for inhibiting angiogenesis in tumors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/697024 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/1027 (20130101) A61K 51/1063 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/3046 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
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| US 08883996 | Rossi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California); Mark A. Behlke (Coralville, Iowa); Dongho Kim (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California); Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California); Mark A. Behlke (Coralville, Iowa); Dongho Kim (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to compositions and methods for selectively reducing the expression of a gene product from a desired target gene in a cell, as well as for treating diseases caused by the expression of the gene. More particularly, the invention is directed to compositions that contain double stranded RNA (“dsRNA”), and methods for preparing them, that are capable of reducing the expression of target genes in eukaryotic cells. The dsRNA has a first oligonucleotide sequence that is between 25 and about 30 nucleotides in length and a second oligonucleotide sequence that anneals to the first sequence under biological conditions. In addition, a region of one of the sequences of the dsRNA having a sequence length of at least 19 nucleotides is sufficiently complementary to a nucleotide sequence of the RNA produced from the target gene to trigger the destruction of the target RNA by the RNAi machinery. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/491937 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/33 (20130101) C12N 2320/51 (20130101) |
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| US 08884000 | Schramm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vern L. Schramm (New Rochelle, New York); Gary Brian Evans (Lower Hutt, New Zealand); Peter Charles Tyler (Wellington, New Zealand); Jennifer Mary Mason (Petone, New Zealand) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York); Industrial Research Limited (Lower Hutt, New Zealand) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vern L. Schramm (New Rochelle, New York); Gary Brian Evans (Lower Hutt, New Zealand); Peter Charles Tyler (Wellington, New Zealand); Jennifer Mary Mason (Petone, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibitors of saporin-L1 are disclosed, as are related compositions and uses thereof, in particular in cancer therapy that employs saporin-L1-linked immunotoxins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/932051 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/25.600 |
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| US 08884006 | Hernandez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eliud Hernandez (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Cornelis Vlaar (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Suranganie Dharmawardhane (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel inhibitor of Rac activity based on the structure of the established Rac/Rac-GEF inhibitor NSC23766 is discloses. The compound EHop-016, with an IC50 of 1.1 μM, is a 100-fold more efficient inhibitor of Rac activity than NSC23766. EHop-016 is specific for Rac1 and Rac3 at concentrations ≦5 mM. At higher concentrations, EHop-016 inhibits the close homolog Cdc42. In MDA-MB-435 cells, EHop-016 (≦5 mM) inhibits the association of the Rac-GEF Vav2 with a nucleotide-free Rac1(G15A), which has a high affinity for activated GEFs. EHop-016 does not affect the association of the Rac-GEF Tiam-1 with Rac1(G15A) at similar concentrations. EHop-016 also inhibits the Rac activity of MDA-MB-231 metastatic breast cancer cells and reduces Rac-directed lamellipodia formation in both cell lines. EHop-016 decreases Rac-downstream effects of p21-activated kinase (PAK)1 activity and directed migration of metastatic cancer cells. At low concentrations (<5 μM), EHop-016 does not affect cell viability. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/622303 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 413/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884032 | Posner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary H. Posner (Baltimore, Maryland); Lauren E. Woodard (Baltimore, Maryland); David R. Levine (Baltimore, Maryland); Deuk Kyu Moon (Baltimore, Maryland); Bryan T. Mott (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary H. Posner (Baltimore, Maryland); Lauren E. Woodard (Baltimore, Maryland); David R. Levine (Baltimore, Maryland); Deuk Kyu Moon (Baltimore, Maryland); Bryan T. Mott (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Monomeric and dimeric trioxane fluoroaryl amides, 5-carbon-linked, C-10 non-acetal trioxane dimer esters; trioxane silylamides; and trioxane dimer orthoesters and methods of their use for treating subjects infected with malaria or other parasitic infectious diseases including, but not limited to, toxoplasmic infection; subjects afflicted with psychiatric conditions associated with toxoplasmic infection; and subjects afflicted with cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/321343 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884039 | DeLuca et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hector F. DeLuca (Deerfield, Wisconsin); Agnieszka Flores (Madison, Wisconsin); James B. Thoden (Madison, Wisconsin); Hazel M. Holden (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of purifying (20R) and (20S) analogs of 2-methylene-19-nor-22-dimethyl-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 to obtain the (20R) and (20S) analogs in crystalline form. The method includes the steps of preparing a solvent of either diethyl ether or a mixture of 2-propanol and hexane, dissolving a product containing the (20R) and (20S) analog to be purified in the solvent, cooling the solvent and dissolved product below ambient temperature for a sufficient amount of time to form a precipitate of crystals, and recovering the crystals. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/828120 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/13 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 401/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884061 | Kurosu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michio Kurosu (Windsor, Colorado); Dean Calvin Crick (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michio Kurosu (Windsor, Colorado); Dean Calvin Crick (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where m, n, R1, R2, R3 R4, R5, R6, R7 are those defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention, methods for using compounds and/or pharmaceutical compositions of the invention, and methods for synthesizing compounds of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/281364 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 217/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884214 | Mirzaei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hamid Mirzaei (Seattle, Washington); Rudolf Aebersold (Zurich, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of using halogenated peptides as internal standards for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, and novel halogenated peptides useful for the same, are disclosed. In particular, methods of using halogenated peptides as internal standards in proteomic analyzes, as well as methods of using halogenated peptides to conduct quality control assessments of and/or to calibrate liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry systems are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/705069 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 5/1016 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6848 (20130101) G01N 2496/00 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0036 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884240 | Shah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kanai S. Shah (Newton, Massachusetts); James Christian (Waltham, Massachusetts); Christopher Stapels (Millis, Massachusetts); Purushottam Dokhale (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mickel McClish (Salem, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kanai S. Shah (Newton, Massachusetts); James Christian (Waltham, Massachusetts); Christopher Stapels (Millis, Massachusetts); Purushottam Dokhale (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mickel McClish (Salem, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated silicon solid state photomultiplier (SSPM) device includes a pixel unit including an array of more than 2×2 p-n photodiodes on a common substrate, a signal division network electrically connected to each photodiode, where the signal division network includes four output connections, a signal output measurement unit, a processing unit configured to identify the photodiode generating a signal or a center of mass of photodiodes generating a signal, and a global receiving unit. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/580172 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885464 | Micu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anderson Micu (Somerset, New Jersey); James G. Donnett (St. Albans, United Kingdom); Paul A. Chudy (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bio-Signal Group Corp. (Brooklyn, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anderson Micu (Somerset, New Jersey); James G. Donnett (St. Albans, United Kingdom); Paul A. Chudy (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method can have an electroencephalographic (EEG) recording module and a host device. The EEG recording can have a memory module configured to record EEG signals from a patient and a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit the EEG signals as packets. The host device can have a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly receive at least some of the packets transmitted by the recording module wireless transceiver and a processor configured to identify one or more missing packets. Upon a completion of transmission of the packets, the host device is configured to wirelessly transmit an identity of missing packets to the recording module wireless transceiver. Upon receiving the identity of the missing packets, the recording module wireless transceiver is configured to wirelessly transmit packets including the EEG signals corresponding to the missing packets to the host device. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/458106 |
| ART UNIT | 2475 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0476 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/1812 (20130101) H04L 43/0829 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 128/903 (20130101) Y10S 128/904 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885901 | Solanki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eyenuk, Inc. (Woodland Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eyenuk, Inc. (Woodland Hills, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kaushal Mohanlal Solanki (Woodland Hills, California); Chaithanya Amai Ramachandra (Woodland Hills, California); Sandeep Bhat Krupakar (Woodland Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments disclose systems and methods that aid in screening, diagnosis and/or monitoring of medical conditions. The systems and methods may allow, for example, for automated identification and localization of lesions and other anatomical structures from medical data obtained from medical imaging devices, computation of image-based biomarkers including quantification of dynamics of lesions, and/or integration with telemedicine services, programs, or software. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/266688 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/14 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0012 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886283 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zikuan Chen (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Vince D. Calhoun (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zikuan Chen (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Vince D. Calhoun (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic susceptibility is the physical property for T2*-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (T2*MRI). The invention relates to methods for reconstructing an internal distribution (3D map) of magnetic susceptibility values, χ (x,y,z), of an object, from 3D T2*MRI phase images, by using Computed Inverse Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CIMRI) tomography. The CIMRI technique solves the inverse problem of the 3D convolution by executing a 3D Total Variation (TV) regularized iterative convolution scheme, using a split Bregman iteration algorithm. The reconstruction of χ (x,y,z) can be designed for low-pass, band-pass, and high-pass features by using a convolution kernel that is modified from the standard dipole kernel. Multiple reconstructions can be implemented in parallel, and averaging the reconstructions can suppress noise. 4D dynamic magnetic susceptibility tomography can be implemented by reconstructing a 3D susceptibility volume from a 3D phase volume by performing 3D CIMRI magnetic susceptibility tomography at each snapshot time. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/526210 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886284 | Pogue et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian William Pogue (Hanover, New Hampshire); Colin Morehouse Carpenter (Norwich, Vermont); Scott Christian Davis (Woodsville, New Hampshire); Keith Douglas Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire); Phaneendra K. Yalavarthy (Hanover, New Hampshire); Hamid Dehghani (Exeter, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian William Pogue (Hanover, New Hampshire); Colin Morehouse Carpenter (Norwich, Vermont); Scott Christian Davis (Woodsville, New Hampshire); Keith Douglas Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire); Phaneendra K. Yalavarthy (Hanover, New Hampshire); Hamid Dehghani (Exeter, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical devices for use with a magnetic resonance imaging breast compression system include light wands and optical adapters that can releasably mate with grids. These devices, and their associated methods, may reduce or eliminate the need for biopsy by allowing for the differentiation of cancerous tumors, non-cancerous tumors, calcifications and cysts. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/831514 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/0091 (20130101) A61B 5/4312 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/0414 (20130101) A61B 6/502 (20130101) A61B 6/5247 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/28 (20130101) G01R 33/341 (20130101) G01R 33/4808 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886291 | Hartov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alex Hartov (Enfield, New Hampshire); Keith D. Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Hartov (Enfield, New Hampshire); Keith D. Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual imaging probe 300 for obtaining both ultrasound and electrical impedance data is disclosed along with methods of using the dual imaging probe 300 to interrogate tissue. An electrical impedance imaging overlay 330 is adapted to be positioned on a transducer window 304 of an ultrasound probe 320, and may be integrally formed as part of the ultrasound probe 320 or as a modular adapter for coupling with, and optionally uncoupling from, an ultrasound probe 320 to form the dual imaging probe 300. A method (FIG. 6) of reconstructing composite images using both ultrasound and electrical impedance data is described. Applications for medical diagnosis are described. A particular use for prostate imaging is described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/812407 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0536 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 8/08 (20130101) A61B 8/12 (20130101) A61B 8/483 (20130101) A61B 8/4411 (20130101) A61B 8/4416 (20130101) A61B 8/4472 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886329 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Jay Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Jay Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The artificial percept of light may be created by electrically stimulating the neurons of the retina. While a photolithographed array internal to the retina provides superior resolution, an array external to the retina provides easier implantation and improved manufacturability. Therefore it is advantageous to supply a high-resolution electrode array internal to the sclera, near the fovea and a lower-resolution electrode array external to the sclera near the periphery of the retina. It is advantageous to encourage current to flow through the retina by providing a physically separate and distinct electrode array and return electrode. The high-resolution electrode array and lower-resolution electrode array may be return electrodes for the other, or completely separate return electrodes may be provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/227132 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 9/08 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0543 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36046 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886331 | Labadie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert F. Labadie (Nashville, Tennessee); J. Michael Fitzpatrick (Nashville, Tennessee); Jason E. Mitchell (Greenbrier, Tennessee); Gregoire S. Blachon (Nashville, Tennessee); Jenna Toennies (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert J. Webster, III (Nashville, Tennessee); Thomas J. Withrow (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Labadie (Nashville, Tennessee); J. Michael Fitzpatrick (Nashville, Tennessee); Jason E. Mitchell (Greenbrier, Tennessee); Gregoire S. Blachon (Nashville, Tennessee); Jenna Toennies (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert J. Webster, III (Nashville, Tennessee); Thomas J. Withrow (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus of percutaneous cochlear implantation (PCI). In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of (a) implanting a plurality of anchor members in a skull of a patient surrounding an ear of the patient, (b) attaching a docking frame to the plurality of anchor members, wherein the docking frame has a docking platform and a plurality of fiducial members, (c) acquiring a computed-tomography (CT) image of an area of the patient's head including the ear and the plurality of fiducial members, (d) determining a centroid of each of the plurality of fiducial members and a trajectory for a PCI according to the CT image, (e) configuring a parallel robot by a computer processor according to the CT image such that a top platform of the parallel robot is aligned with the trajectory with respect to the centroids of the plurality of fiducial members, (f) attaching the configured parallel robot to the docking frame, and (g) performing the PCI using one or more surgical tools received by the top platform of the parallel robot. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/167964 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/3403 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 17/3468 (20130101) A61B 19/201 (20130101) A61B 19/2203 (20130101) A61B 2017/3407 (20130101) A61B 2019/2226 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0541 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886464 | Geddes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris D. Geddes (Bel-Air, Maryland); Kadir Aslan (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris D. Geddes (Bel-Air, Maryland); Kadir Aslan (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems and methods using microwave accelerated surface plasmonics for the detection of target species. The system has a metallic surface and the system is exposed to microwave energy for increasing detection time and/or the reaction kinetics of the target species and other interacting participants in the system so that plasmonic emissions from the metallic surface alone or coupled with emissions from a luminescing entity are detected. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695397 |
| 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 | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/54 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/78 (20130101) G01N 21/648 (20130101) G01N 21/6489 (20130101) G01N 33/66 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) G01N 2021/1731 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brandon Charles Kirby (LaVale, Maryland); Kristin Marie Cable (Monroe, Ohio); Teresa Ellen Havens (Bellbrook, Ohio); Jason Michael Hermiller (Liberty Township, Ohio) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Brandon Charles Kirby (LaVale, Maryland); Kristin Marie Cable (Monroe, Ohio); Teresa Ellen Havens (Bellbrook, Ohio); Jason Michael Hermiller (Liberty Township, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for using a reusable quick release fastener system include engaging and disengaging fastening devices composed of elastomers or shape memory polymers and their composites wherein the fastening devices may be of any number of geometrical shapes such that the mating geometries of each device are compatible with one another. The fastening devices provide an easy and near silent closure mechanism for a container, for example. Thus, the methods for using reusable quick release fastener systems including the fastening devices made of elastomers or shape memory polymers can be used to attach one part to another or to quietly close a pocket, box, or other container, for example. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/002466 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, or the Like A44B 18/0053 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A44B 18/0096 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 2201/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08881694 | Gillett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel D. Gillett (Mounds View, Minnesota); Shawn J. Kipka (Saint Francis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cummins Power Generation IP, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel D. Gillett (Mounds View, Minnesota); Shawn J. Kipka (Saint Francis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a housing having a ventilation opening. A component such as a generator set can be disposed within an interior space of the housing. A baffle can be disposed within the interior space of the housing at a location that obstructs an acoustic line of sight between the ventilation opening and the component to eliminate or otherwise reduce a sound signature of the component. The baffle can also be configured to accumulate water from the ventilation opening. A drain can also be provided to aid in the removal of water accumulated by the baffle and route the water outside the housing. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/323415 |
| ART UNIT | 3783 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Cooling of Machines or Engines in General; Cooling of Internal-combustion Engines F01P 7/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01P 2025/62 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08881764 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Smith (West Haven, Connecticut); Joe James Burg (West Palm Beach, Florida); Robert R. Rogstad (Woodstock, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Smith (West Haven, Connecticut); Joe James Burg (West Palm Beach, Florida); Robert R. Rogstad (Woodstock, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel system for an aircraft includes a fuel collector downstream of a boost pump and upstream of an engine fuel pump. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/991946 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 37/00 (20130101) B64D 37/04 (20130101) B64D 37/14 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/236 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/329 (20130101) |
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| US 08882085 | Horsmon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael S. Horsmon (Joppa, Maryland); Charles L. Crouse (North East, Maryland); Richard J. Kreis (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Horsmon (Joppa, Maryland); Charles L. Crouse (North East, Maryland); Richard J. Kreis (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro atomizer to produce stable aerosol concentrations having an aerosol mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD) of less than 10 microns with liquid flow rates in the microliter per minute range is provided. The micro atomizer includes a liquid channel in the shape of a thick-wall tube and a cap having an aerosol outlet orifice whereby a liquid-gas contact space is formed by the internal surface of the cap and the substantially flat end of the liquid channel. Pressurized carrier gas and the liquid to be aerosolized are allowed to come into contact within a precisely formed liquid-gas contact space. The desired aerosol characteristics are accurately established, stable, and reproducible. In an exemplary embodiment, the micro atomizer is used with a syringe and syringe drive to provide a continuous liquid source for aerosol generation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/557897 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 7/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B05B 7/0075 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08882165 | Lipson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hod Lipson (Ithaca, New York); John R. Amend, Jr. (Ithaca, New York); Heinrich Jaeger (Chicago, Illinois); Eric Brown (Merced, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hod Lipson (Ithaca, New York); John R. Amend, Jr. (Ithaca, New York); Heinrich Jaeger (Chicago, Illinois); Eric Brown (Merced, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive universal gripper includes a mass of granular material encased in an elastic membrane. Using a combination of positive and negative pressure, the gripper can rapidly grip and release a wide range of objects that are typically challenging for conventional universal grippers, such as flat objects, soft objects, or objects with complex geometries. The gripper passively conforms to the shape of a target object, then vacuum-hardens to grip it rigidly; later using positive pressure to reverse this transition—releasing the object and returning to a deformable state. The apparatus and method enable the fast ejection of objects from the gripper, as well as essentially instantaneous reset time between releasing and gripping. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/641230 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 15/12 (20130101) B25J 15/0023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08882274 | Otten, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonard John Otten, III (Placitas, New Mexico); Paul Harrison (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Desirae L. Cuevas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul Fournier (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard John Otten, III (Placitas, New Mexico); Paul Harrison (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Desirae L. Cuevas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul Fournier (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The device and method of the present invention are useful for determining the characteristics of an infrared wavefront. The present invention involves positioning a beam of light containing the infrared wavefront to be characterized onto a distorted grating, using the grating to produce a plurality of images, determining the infrared wavefront from the plurality of images and analyzing the infrared wavefront for features that characterize the infrared wavefront. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/536333 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/0008 (20130101) A61B 3/1015 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08882461 | Morris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark C. Morris (Phoenix, Arizona); Jon Kettinger (Litchfield Park, Arizona); Yong-Qing Yang (Chandler, Arizona); Daniel Cregg Crites (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Morris (Phoenix, Arizona); Jon Kettinger (Litchfield Park, Arizona); Yong-Qing Yang (Chandler, Arizona); Daniel Cregg Crites (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An airfoil is provided for a gas turbine engine. The airfoil includes a pressure side wall; a suction side wall; an internal cavity defined between the pressure side wall and the suction side wall for receiving cooling air; and a cooling arrangement within the internal cavity. The cooling arrangement includes a first land extending to a first downstream end aft of the pressure side trailing edge, a second land extending to a second downstream end aft of the pressure side trailing edge, the first land and second land defining a first slot, a first divider positioned radially in between the first land and the second land to define a first passageway of the first slot and a second passageway of the first slot, a first pin positioned upstream and indexed to the first passageway, and a second pin positioned upstream and indexed to the second passageway. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/230553 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/187 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/304 (20130101) F05D 2250/185 (20130101) F05D 2260/202 (20130101) F05D 2260/22141 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/673 (20130101) Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 08882511 | McKenzie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederic D. McKenzie (Norfolk, Virginia); Hector M. Garcia (Norfolk, Virginia); Reynel J. Castelino (Norfolk, Virginia); Thomas W. Hubbard (Norfolk, Virginia); John A. Ullian (Norfolk, Virginia); Gayle A. Gliva-McConvey (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Robert J. Alpino (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eastern Virginia Medical School (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederic D. McKenzie (Norfolk, Virginia); Hector M. Garcia (Norfolk, Virginia); Reynel J. Castelino (Norfolk, Virginia); Thomas W. Hubbard (Norfolk, Virginia); John A. Ullian (Norfolk, Virginia); Gayle A. Gliva-McConvey (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Robert J. Alpino (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a system, method and medium for simulating medical conditions to facilitate medical training, that utilizes a roaming device configured to be mobile; a positioning device configured to determine location information of the roaming device; and a computing device configured to receive the location information, compare the location information with a predetermined set of regions, and transmit information indicative of a medical condition when the location information coincides with the predetermined set of regions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/666244 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/3437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 23/28 (20130101) |
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| US 08882852 | Altobelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David E. Altobelli (Hollis, New Hampshire); N. Christopher Perry (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DEKA Products Limited Partnership (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Altobelli (Hollis, New Hampshire); N. Christopher Perry (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic support apparatus having a frame, a dynamic interface, a temperature control mechanism, and a control system. The dynamic interface is capable of changing its geometry and is disposed on the top surface of the frame. The control system is operably connected to the dynamic interface and controls the changing geometry of the dynamic interface. There is also a temperature control mechanism disposed on the top surface of the frame for maintaining a comfortable temperature and moisture environment between the apparatus and the user's body. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/323094 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 5/012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2007/006 (20130101) |
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| US 08883164 | Ponniah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sathibalan Ponniah (Columbia, Maryland); George E. Peoples (Fulton, Maryland); Catherine E. Storrer (Columbia, Maryland); Michael Flora (Mt. Airy, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sathibalan Ponniah (Columbia, Maryland); George E. Peoples (Fulton, Maryland); Catherine E. Storrer (Columbia, Maryland); Michael Flora (Mt. Airy, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to identifying peptide sequences involved in antibody binding to any protein for synthesis of vaccine treatments. This novel method allows for a more manageable vaccine peptide discovery and specific generation of unique immunogenic peptides from self-tumor associated proteins and/or foreign proteins from infectious organisms for specific and/or enhanced expression only in the presence of the antibody. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/336068 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
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| US 08883266 | Holme et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); Honda Patents and Technologies North America, LLC (Raymond, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); Honda Patents and Technologies North America, LLC (Raymond, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy P. Holme (Menlo Park, California); Andrei Iancu (Stanford, California); Hee Joon Jung (Palo Alto, California); Michael C Langston (Los Altos Hills, California); Munekazu Motoyama (Kumamoto, Japan); Friedrich B. Prinz (Woodside, California); Takane Usui (Palo Alto, California); Hitoshi Iwadate (Palo Alto, California); Neil Dasgupta (San Francisco, California); Cheng-Chieh Chao (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating quantum confinements is provided. The method includes depositing, using a deposition apparatus, a material layer on a substrate, where the depositing includes irradiating the layer, before a cycle, during a cycle, and/or after a cycle of the deposition to alter nucleation of quantum confinements in the material layer to control a size and/or a shape of the quantum confinements. The quantum confinements can include quantum wells, nanowires, or quantum dots. The irradiation can be in-situ or ex-situ with respect to the deposition apparatus. The irradiation can include irradiation by photons, electrons, or ions. The deposition is can include atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, MOCVD, molecular beam epitaxy, evaporation, sputtering, or pulsed-laser deposition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/915468 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/48 (20130101) C23C 16/482 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 16/483 (20130101) C23C 16/486 (20130101) C23C 16/487 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 21/02568 (20130101) H01L 21/02601 (20130101) H01L 21/02603 (20130101) H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/035209 (20130101) H01L 31/035218 (20130101) H01L 31/035227 (20130101) H01L 31/035236 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/762 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/774 (20130101) |
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| US 08883287 | Boyce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary C. Boyce (Winchester, Massachusetts); Simona Socrate (Winchester, Massachusetts); Christopher M. Boyce (Winchester, Massachusetts); Brian P. Greviskes (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Infinite Corridor Technology, LLC (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary C. Boyce (Winchester, Massachusetts); Simona Socrate (Winchester, Massachusetts); Christopher M. Boyce (Winchester, Massachusetts); Brian P. Greviskes (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible and stretchable patterned substrate is provided having a strain-permitting material comprising a patterned conformation that allows the flexible patterned substrate to experience local strain or local strain domains lower than the macroscopic strain of the flexible and stretchable patterned substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/822609 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 59/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 59/16 (20130101) B29C 2791/009 (20130101) B29C 2793/00 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 3/266 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/4985 (20130101) H01L 2924/3011 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/0283 (20130101) H05K 2201/0133 (20130101) H05K 2201/09063 (20130101) |
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| US 08883326 | Qadri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Syed B Qadri (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Guillermo R. Villalobos (Springfield, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Syed B Qadri (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Guillermo R. Villalobos (Springfield, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition comprising india stabilized gadolinia wherein the india stabilized gadolinia is an oxide with a direct substitution of the indium ion for the gadolinia ion resulting in a compound with the formula InxGd2-xO3. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/800479 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| 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 35/01 (20130101) C04B 35/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 35/64 (20130101) C04B 35/622 (20130101) C04B 35/645 (20130101) C04B 35/6455 (20130101) C04B 35/62222 (20130101) C04B 35/62655 (20130101) C04B 35/62805 (20130101) C04B 35/62884 (20130101) C04B 35/62886 (20130101) C04B 2235/76 (20130101) C04B 2235/77 (20130101) C04B 2235/444 (20130101) C04B 2235/445 (20130101) C04B 2235/604 (20130101) C04B 2235/762 (20130101) C04B 2235/767 (20130101) C04B 2235/785 (20130101) C04B 2235/786 (20130101) C04B 2235/3203 (20130101) C04B 2235/3224 (20130101) C04B 2235/3286 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 428/917 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nikolai Lebedev (Springfield, Virginia); Scott A Trammell (Springfield, Virginia); Stanislav Tsoi (Alexandria, Virginia); Mark E Twigg (Falls Church, Virginia); Joel M Schnur (Burke, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolai Lebedev (Springfield, Virginia); Scott A Trammell (Springfield, Virginia); Stanislav Tsoi (Alexandria, Virginia); Mark E Twigg (Falls Church, Virginia); Joel M Schnur (Burke, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A high power density photo-electronic and photo-voltaic material comprising a bio-inorganic nanophotoelectronic material with a photosynthetic reaction center protein encapsulated inside a multi-wall carbon nanotube or nanotube array. The array can be on an electrode. The photosynthetic reaction center protein can be immobilized on the electrode surface and the protein molecules can have the same orientation. A method of making a high power density photo-electronic and photo-voltaic material comprising the steps of immobilizing a bio-inorganic nanophotoelectronic material with a photosynthetic reaction center protein inside a carbon nanotube, wherein the immobilizing is by passive diffusion, wherein the immobilizing can include using an organic linker. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/610416 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/842 (20130101) |
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| US 08883676 | Peterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (APG, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory W Peterson (Belcamp, Maryland); Jared B. DeCoste (Baltimore, Maryland); Martin W. Smith (Salisbury, United Kingdom); Corinne A. Stone (Salisbury, United Kingdom); Colin R. Willis (Salisbury, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of filtering comprising adsorbing a toxic chemical using a metal-organic framework (MOF) compound that has been post-treated with fluorocarbons using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). The toxic chemical may comprise any of ammonia and cyanogen chloride. Furthermore, the toxic chemical may comprise any of an acidic/acid-forming gas, basic/base-forming gas, oxidizer, reducer, and organic gas/vapor. The toxic chemical is physically adsorbed by the MOF compound. Moreover, the toxic chemical interacts with unsaturated metal sites within the MOF. Additionally, the MOF compound may comprise any of Cu-BTC, MOF-177, and an isoreticular metal-organic framework (IRMOF) compound. The MOF compound may comprise a metal-carboxylate bond. Additionally, the MOF compound may be unstable in the presence of moisture. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/736313 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08883719 | Birge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Rekha Rangarajan (Fort Worth, Texas); Kristina Nicole McCleary (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Rekha Rangarajan (Fort Worth, Texas); Kristina Nicole McCleary (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Bacteriorhodopsin protein variants and methods using the bacteriorhodopsin variants for performance in holographic and three-dimensional (3D) memory storage devices are described. The amino acid and chemical modifications of bacteriorhodopsin provided herein achieve greatly enhanced protein performance. The memory storage devices write, read and erase data proficiently. The bacteriorhodopsin protein variants are useful in optical memory storage and associative processor systems. Irradiation of the light-sensitive protein with light of known wavelength causes the protein to switch between different states. The variants enter the branched photocycle via a single or a two photon process and form the permanent ‘Q’ state more efficiently than the wild-type bacteriorhodopsin protein. This branching photocycle of the variants is exploited in the fabrication of 3D memory storage devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/353282 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/195 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 13/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 13/0014 (20130101) G11C 13/0019 (20130101) G11C 13/044 (20130101) G11C 13/047 (20130101) |
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| US 08883760 | Ross |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trunetta Jo Dockter Ross (Prospect, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon D. Ross (Prospect, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of using neutral soluble glucan and monoclonal antibodies for antitumor therapy. Neutral soluble Beta (1,3; 1,6) glucan (NSG) enhances the tumoricidal activity of the innate immune system by binding to the C3 complement protein receptor CR3. The glucan does not stimulate the induction of inflammatory cytokines. Also described are methods of using whole glucan particles (WGP) as an immunomodulator by inducing a shift from a Th2 response to the Th1 response, leading to an enhanced antitumor cytotoxic T-cell response. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/526185 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/47 (20130101) A61K 31/715 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08883995 | tenOever |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin tenOever (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin tenOever (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to novel live attenuated influenza virus (LAIV) vaccines comprising one or more microRNA (miRNA) Response Element(s) (MRE) within an influenza virus genome. The MREs useful for the present invention can be derived from any miRNA which is highly expressed in influenza-targeted cells of an animal in need of vaccination but are not expressed or are expressed at very low levels in species (e.g., embryonated chicken eggs) or cell lines used for a large-scale vaccine production. This allows efficient vaccine production but renders the vaccine virus susceptible to attenuation in the influenza-targeted cells of vaccinated animals expressing a cognate miRNA. |
| FILED | Monday, March 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/255040 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/1131 (20130101) C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16161 (20130101) C12N 2760/16234 (20130101) C12N 2760/16261 (20130101) C12N 2760/16334 (20130101) C12N 2760/16361 (20130101) |
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| US 08884006 | Hernandez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eliud Hernandez (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Cornelis Vlaar (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Suranganie Dharmawardhane (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel inhibitor of Rac activity based on the structure of the established Rac/Rac-GEF inhibitor NSC23766 is discloses. The compound EHop-016, with an IC50 of 1.1 μM, is a 100-fold more efficient inhibitor of Rac activity than NSC23766. EHop-016 is specific for Rac1 and Rac3 at concentrations ≦5 mM. At higher concentrations, EHop-016 inhibits the close homolog Cdc42. In MDA-MB-435 cells, EHop-016 (≦5 mM) inhibits the association of the Rac-GEF Vav2 with a nucleotide-free Rac1(G15A), which has a high affinity for activated GEFs. EHop-016 does not affect the association of the Rac-GEF Tiam-1 with Rac1(G15A) at similar concentrations. EHop-016 also inhibits the Rac activity of MDA-MB-231 metastatic breast cancer cells and reduces Rac-directed lamellipodia formation in both cell lines. EHop-016 decreases Rac-downstream effects of p21-activated kinase (PAK)1 activity and directed migration of metastatic cancer cells. At low concentrations (<5 μM), EHop-016 does not affect cell viability. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/622303 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 413/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08884027 | Crooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter A. Crooks (Nicholasville, Kentucky); Craig T. Jordan (Webster, New York); Shanshan Pei (Rochester, New York); Shama Nasim (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York); University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter A. Crooks (Nicholasville, Kentucky); Craig T. Jordan (Webster, New York); Shanshan Pei (Rochester, New York); Shama Nasim (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Melampomagnolide B is disclosed as a new antileukemic sesquiterpene. A biotin-conjugated derivative of melampomagnolide B was prepared to elucidate its mechanism of action. Prodrugs of Melampomagnolide B are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, October 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/279038 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08884265 | Bennett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian R. Bennett (Arlington, Virginia); John Bradley Boos (Springfield, Virginia); Theresa F. Chick (Alexandria, Virginia); James G. Champlain (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian R. Bennett (Arlington, Virginia); John Bradley Boos (Springfield, Virginia); Theresa F. Chick (Alexandria, Virginia); James G. Champlain (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An InGaAs n-channel quantum well heterostructure for use in a complementary transistor having a Sb-based p-channel. The heterostructure includes a buffer layer having a lattice constant intermediate that of the n- and p-channel materials and which is configured to accommodate the strain produced by a lattice-constant mismatch between the n-channel and p-channel materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/156592 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/151 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/778 (20130101) |
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| US 08884285 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yicheng Lu (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Yang Zhang (Piscataway, New Jersey); Chieh-Jen Ku (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yicheng Lu (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Yang Zhang (Piscataway, New Jersey); Chieh-Jen Ku (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertically integrated reconfigurable and programmable diode/memory resistor (1D1R) and thin film transistor/memory resistor (1T1R) structures built on substrates are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/781915 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/24 (20130101) H01L 27/2481 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 45/00 (20130101) H01L 45/146 (20130101) H01L 45/1233 (20130101) |
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| US 08884519 | Dayton, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Dayton, Jr. (Cleveland, Ohio); Carol L. Kory (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Manhattan Technologies Ltd. (Richmond Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Dayton, Jr. (Cleveland, Ohio); Carol L. Kory (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a class of mm and sub mm wavelength amplifiers and oscillators operating with miniature helical slow wave circuits manufactured using micro fabrication technology. The helices are supported by diamond dielectric support rods. Diamond is the best possible thermal conductor, and it can be bonded to the helix. The electron beam is transmitted, not through the center of the helix, but around the outside. In some configurations the RF power produced may be radiated directly from the slow wave circuit. The method of fabrication, which is applicable above 60 GHz, is compatible with mass production. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/427283 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 23/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 25/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884562 | Cameron, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas Conrad Cameron, Jr. (Ladera Ranch, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Conrad Cameron, Jr. (Ladera Ranch, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for controlling a brushless direct current motor. An H-bridge is configured to couple a direct current power source to windings of the brushless direct current motor. The H-bridge comprises a plurality of switches. A motor controller is configured to close one of the plurality of switches to put the H-bridge in a coast configuration, wherein the windings of the motor are short circuited. A desired direction for a current impulse to the windings is identified. The one of the plurality of switches is opened in response to identifying a first desired direction for the current impulse to provide the current impulse in the first desired direction to the windings. Another of the plurality of switches is closed in response to identifying a second desired direction for the current impulse to provide the current impulse in the second desired direction to the windings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/303673 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/400.290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884641 | Bawolek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward J. Bawolek (Chandler, Arizona); Curtis D. Moyer (Phoenix, Arizona); Sameer M. Venugopal (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporated of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Bawolek (Chandler, Arizona); Curtis D. Moyer (Phoenix, Arizona); Sameer M. Venugopal (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides devices and methods for testing the electrical performance of thin-film transistor backplane arrays and protecting thin-films during testing and handling. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/259821 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/26 (20130101) G01R 31/2607 (20130101) G01R 31/2621 (20130101) G01R 31/2642 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 3/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G09G 2320/0295 (20130101) G09G 2330/04 (20130101) G09G 2330/10 (20130101) G09G 2330/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884954 | Michopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John G. Michopoulos (Washington, District of Columbia); Athanasios Iliopoulos (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. Michopoulos (Washington, District of Columbia); Athanasios Iliopoulos (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method for directly determining parameters defining a Weierstrass-Mandelbrot (W-M) analytical representation of a rough surface scalar field with fractal character, embedded in a three dimensional space, utilizing pre-existing measured elevation data of a rough surface in the form of a discrete collection of data describing a scalar field at distinct spatial coordinates, is carried out by applying an inverse algorithm to the elevation data to thereby determine the parameters that define the analytical and continuous W-M representation of the rough surface. The invention provides a comprehensive approach for identifying all parameters of the W-M function including the phases and the density of the frequencies that must greater than 1. This enables the infinite-resolution analytical representation of any surface or density array through the W-M fractal function. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/507968 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 17/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885315 | Harke |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael C. Harke (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. Harke (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-actuator motion control system includes a control methodology that coordinates the motion of multiple actuators while limiting the force-fight between the actuators. Control logic is provided in a relative coordinate system that allows control of the mean actuator position. Force-fight between the actuators is decoupled from the actuator position by estimating load forces on the actuator using reduced-order observers. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/579592 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 19/404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05B 2219/43162 (20130101) G05B 2219/43171 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885357 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hyunjun Kim (Mercer Island, Washington); Jeffrey S. Conger (Eau Claire, Wisconsin); Gregory E. Scott (Snohomish, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cray Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hyunjun Kim (Mercer Island, Washington); Jeffrey S. Conger (Eau Claire, Wisconsin); Gregory E. Scott (Snohomish, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layer printed circuit board has a number of landing pads that are configured to engage a connector secured thereto. Between the landing pads associated with different signals is at least one micro via that is electrically connected to a ground plane on an outer surface of the multi-layer printed circuit board, and a ground plane on an inner layer of the multi-layer printed circuit board. |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/345247 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/792 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885631 | Mo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shaomin Mo (Montville, New Jersey); John A. Gu (Rockaway, New Jersey); Ming Luo (Fairfax, Virginia); Reza Ghanadan (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Joseph Farkas (Merrimack, New Hampshire); John A. Tranquilli, Jr. (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Collison Communications, Inc. (Peterborough, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shaomin Mo (Montville, New Jersey); John A. Gu (Rockaway, New Jersey); Ming Luo (Fairfax, Virginia); Reza Ghanadan (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Joseph Farkas (Merrimack, New Hampshire); John A. Tranquilli, Jr. (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of providing medium access control for a wireless mobile ad hoc network includes defining a TDMA network timing frame including a data (DATA) zone having one or more time slots structured to support multiuser detection (MUD) of concurrent transmissions during each slot, a negative acknowledgment (NACK) zone during which nodes transmit requests for retransmission of packets destined to but not successfully received by the nodes, a broadcast (BC) zone during which network management messages are broadcast to the nodes, and a control (CTRL) zone. A primary master (PM) node is selected and operates as a source of network time for all the nodes. Each node synchronizes its time to that of the PM node during the CTRL zone in a distributed manner, by exchanging control messages with the PM node or other nodes located one or more hops from the PM node. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/017819 |
| ART UNIT | 2473 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/2656 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0079 (20130101) H04L 1/1607 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 28/04 (20130101) H04W 56/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 56/0015 (20130101) H04W 72/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885676 | Kub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Marc Currie (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Marc Currie (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Laser devices are presented in which a graphene saturable absorber and an optical amplifier are disposed in a resonant optical cavity with an optical or electrical pump providing energy to the optical amplifier. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/676608 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/06 (20130101) H01S 3/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/083 (20130101) H01S 3/091 (20130101) H01S 3/113 (20130101) H01S 3/0906 (20130101) H01S 3/1118 (20130101) H01S 5/14 (20130101) H01S 5/028 (20130101) H01S 5/50 (20130101) H01S 5/0601 (20130101) H01S 5/1032 (20130101) H01S 5/1838 (20130101) H01S 5/3401 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885773 | Cha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Choong Yul Cha (Richardson, Texas); Kenneth K. O (Plano, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Choong Yul Cha (Richardson, Texas); Kenneth K. O (Plano, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra low power radio receiver architecture based on phase locked loop is provided. Embodiments of an ultra low power radio receiver architecture based on phase locked loop can detect a complex modulated MSK signal with only a single path receiver chain. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the overall power consumption of the radio receiver in the present invention can be reduced by almost fifty percent compared to that of the conventional complex path radio receiver architecture. The radio receiver architecture of the invention is suitable for the ultra low power radio application such as wireless sensor networks (WSN). |
| FILED | Friday, April 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/092880 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/2272 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 2027/0028 (20130101) H04L 2027/0055 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885830 | Tahan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Tahan (San Diego, California); Steven Leonard Cox (Warrenton, Virginia); Weilin Wang (San Diego, California); Martin Woscek (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mitre Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Tahan (San Diego, California); Steven Leonard Cox (Warrenton, Virginia); Weilin Wang (San Diego, California); Martin Woscek (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for establishing an encrypted multicast communication session over a communications network can include a client means (e.g., a radio, laptop, workstation, phone, PDA) and a server means. The client means can transmit a request for a first user to join a pre-defined collaborative group, including at least the first user and a second user. The client means can transmit a request for a first user to create or select a collaborative group based on specified criteria. The system can also include a server means that can retrieve, select or generate an encryption key for the collaborative group and transmit the encryption key to the first user via the client means. The server can transmit the encryption key to the second user via a second client means. The client means can communicate via multicast, encrypting end-to-end above the network layer using the encryption key received from the server means. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/434918 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/606 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0833 (20130101) H04L 9/3242 (20130101) H04L 63/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 2209/60 (20130101) H04L 2209/80 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/08 (20130101) H04W 12/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885877 | Publicover et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nelson G. Publicover (Reno, Nevada); William C. Torch (Reno, Nevada); Gholamreza Amayeh (Reno, Nevada); David Leblanc (Reno, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eyefluence, Inc. (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nelson G. Publicover (Reno, Nevada); William C. Torch (Reno, Nevada); Gholamreza Amayeh (Reno, Nevada); David Leblanc (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for identifying reference locations within the environment of a device wearer. The system includes a scene camera mounted on eyewear or headwear coupled to a processing unit. The system may recognize objects with known geometries that occur naturally within the wearer's environment or objects that have been intentionally placed at known locations within the wearer's environment. One or more light sources may be mounted on the headwear that illuminate reflective surfaces at selected times and wavelengths to help identify scene reference locations and glints projected from known locations onto the surface of the eye. The processing unit may control light sources to adjust illumination levels in order to help identify reference locations within the environment and corresponding glints on the surface of the eye. Objects may be identified substantially continuously within video images from scene cameras to provide a continuous data stream of reference locations. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/113003 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885882 | Yin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lijun Yin (Vestal, New York); Michael Reale (Vestal, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lijun Yin (Vestal, New York); Michael Reale (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A gaze direction determining system and method is provided. A two-camera system may detect the face from a fixed, wide-angle camera, estimates a rough location for the eye region using an eye detector based on topographic features, and directs another active pan-tilt-zoom camera to focus in on this eye region. A eye gaze estimation approach employs point-of-regard (PoG) tracking on a large viewing screen. To allow for greater head pose freedom, a calibration approach is provided to find the 3D eyeball location, eyeball radius, and fovea position. Both the iris center and iris contour points are mapped to the eyeball sphere (creating a 3D iris disk) to get the optical axis; then the fovea rotated accordingly and the final, visual axis gaze direction computed. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/549730 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885887 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Chen (Westlake Village, California); Kyungnam Kim (Oak Park, California); Deepak Khosla (Camarillo, California); Shinko Y. Cheng (Campbell, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system for stabilizing, detecting, and recognizing objects in video captured from a mobile platform. The system first receives a video (with a plurality of image frames) captured from a mobile platform. The video is stabilized by registering the image frames to a global coordinate system to generate stabilized image frames. A bio-inspired attention algorithm is applied to the stabilized image frames to produce a set of locations in the stabilized image frames that are salient points representative of an object of interest. An image chip is generated that surrounds each salient point. High-dimensional feature vectors are extracted from the image chip. The feature vectors are then classified as an object class. Thus, through classifying the feature vectors, an object of interest can be identified in the video as captured from the mobile platform. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/748522 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885893 | Estabridis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Secretary of the Navy (China Lake, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katia N. Estabridis (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for adaptive face recognition includes at least one electronic processor having a central processing unit. At least one database having a plurality of pixilated face images of known subjects of interest is associated with the processor. At least one test image of a new subject of interest is configured for input into the electronic processor. A classification processing tool is associated with the electronic processor. The classification processing tool is configured to build a dictionary and provide a classification match of the test image with one of the plurality of pixilated face images of known subjects of interest. At least one device is associated with the processor and configured to output the classification match in a tangible medium. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679488 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00288 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885980 | Sample et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John T. Sample (Pearl River, Louisiana); Elias Z K Ioup (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. Sample (Pearl River, Louisiana); Elias Z K Ioup (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | System for storing and retrieving tiled image data. System and method store a record in an image file for each tile at a zoom level, create a lookup table for the record, store a null value in the lookup table when there are no tile records at the row and the column of the lookup table, omit a row from the lookup table when there are no tile records in the table row, create an index file having a null value for each omitted rows, and retrieve an address for a specific tile by seeking the row associated with the record in the index file, reading a value, positioning the lookup table according to the index value if the value is non-null, seeking the column associated with the record, reading an address associated with the record, and retrieving the tile associated with the record at the address. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/545064 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 1/60 (20130101) G06T 3/40 (20130101) G06T 17/05 (20130101) Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 29/003 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885996 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guoliang Li (San Diego, California); Ying L. Luo (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guoliang Li (San Diego, California); Ying L. Luo (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical multiplexer/de-multiplexer (MUX/de-MUX) includes a two-dimensional pattern of features in a propagation region that conveys an optical signal having wavelengths. A given feature in this pattern has a characteristic length and the features have an average pitch, both of which are less than fundamental smallest of the wavelengths divided by an effective index of refraction of the propagation region. Moreover, an optical device in the optical MUX/de-MUX images and diffracts the optical signal using a reflective geometry, and provides the imaged and diffracted optical signal to output ports. For example, the optical device may include an echelle grating. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/551432 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1225 (20130101) G02B 6/2938 (20130101) G02B 6/29308 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 14/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08886049 | Caplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David O. Caplan (Westford, Massachusetts); Mark L. Stevens (Pepperell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A filter-based method of demodulating differentially encoded phase shift keyed (DPSK) optical signals, such as commonly used binary-DPSK (DBDPSK) and quadrature DPSK (DQPSK) signals, that can achieve optimal receiver sensitivity is described. This approach, which combines filtering and differential phase comparison, can reduce the complexity and cost of DPSK receivers by obviating delay-line interferometer-based demodulation. This can improve receiver stability and reduce size, weight, and power, while maintaining the ability to achieve optimal communications performance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/934097 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/677 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08886284 | Pogue et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian William Pogue (Hanover, New Hampshire); Colin Morehouse Carpenter (Norwich, Vermont); Scott Christian Davis (Woodsville, New Hampshire); Keith Douglas Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire); Phaneendra K. Yalavarthy (Hanover, New Hampshire); Hamid Dehghani (Exeter, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian William Pogue (Hanover, New Hampshire); Colin Morehouse Carpenter (Norwich, Vermont); Scott Christian Davis (Woodsville, New Hampshire); Keith Douglas Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire); Phaneendra K. Yalavarthy (Hanover, New Hampshire); Hamid Dehghani (Exeter, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical devices for use with a magnetic resonance imaging breast compression system include light wands and optical adapters that can releasably mate with grids. These devices, and their associated methods, may reduce or eliminate the need for biopsy by allowing for the differentiation of cancerous tumors, non-cancerous tumors, calcifications and cysts. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/831514 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/0091 (20130101) A61B 5/4312 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/0414 (20130101) A61B 6/502 (20130101) A61B 6/5247 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/28 (20130101) G01R 33/341 (20130101) G01R 33/4808 (20130101) |
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| US 08886287 | Larson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Blake Timothy Larson (Saint Paul, Minnesota); Arthur Guy Erdman (New Brighton, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MRI Robotics LLC (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blake Timothy Larson (Saint Paul, Minnesota); Arthur Guy Erdman (New Brighton, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for designing and fabricating a pantomesh. The pantomesh includes a plurality of pantomesh elements each including a pairs of links connected to one another by a revolute joint at points between their ends. Each of a plurality of the pantomesh elements is connected using spherical joints to a plurality of neighboring pantomesh elements, wherein a first line that extends along one side of a first pantomesh element forms a first variable angle with a second line that extends along an opposite side of the first pantomesh element. In some embodiments, at least some of the pantomesh elements of the pantomesh are not isosceles trapezoidal elements. In some embodiments, the pantomesh is used to compress breast tissue during an MRI procedure. In some embodiments, the pantomesh is connected to one or more actuators that facilitate remote control of the amount of compression provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/423798 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0555 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/0435 (20130101) A61B 8/406 (20130101) A61B 10/0233 (20130101) A61B 19/201 (20130101) A61B 2017/3409 (20130101) A61B 2019/205 (20130101) Details, Components, or Accessories for Machine Tools, e.g Arrangements for Copying or Controlling; Machine Tools in General Characterised by the Construction of Particular Details or Components; Combinations or Associations of Metal-working Machines, Not Directed to a Particular Result B23Q 39/00 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 65/7802 (20130101) 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 2519/00059 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886402 | 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 | Methods and apparatus are provided for an actively variable shock absorbing system for actively controlling the load response characteristics of a shock absorbing strut. In one embodiment the shock absorbing system comprises a controllable valve adapted for actively varying a load response characteristic of the shock absorbing strut. The shock absorbing system further comprises an electronic control system comprising an input for receiving a signal from a sensor, an algorithm adapted to determine an optimal position for the controllable valve in view of the sensor signal, and an output for sending a control signal to the controllable valve to place the valve in the optimal position. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/091854 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — 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 71/37 |
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| US 08886498 | Badiey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mohsen Badiey (Newark, Delaware); Boris G. Katsnelson (Voronezh, Russian Federation) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohsen Badiey (Newark, Delaware); Boris G. Katsnelson (Voronezh, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | Simulators and methods for simulating an acoustic field of an acoustic waveguide are provided. A sound speed profile of the acoustic waveguide is generated, where the acoustic waveguide has a region of a first fluid within a second fluid, and the first fluid has a different acoustic index of refraction than the second fluid. The sound speed profile and predetermined parameters of a sound source and a receiver are applied to a parabolic equation (PE) model of sound propagation in the acoustic waveguide. The acoustic field of the acoustic waveguide is determined from the PE model. The acoustic field includes an interference pattern from interference between an acoustic signal of the acoustic source and at least one signal refracted by the region of the second fluid. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/310095 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/02 (20130101) G01N 29/024 (20130101) G01N 29/4472 (20130101) 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 15/89 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/282 (20130101) G01V 1/303 (20130101) G01V 2210/671 (20130101) G01V 2210/675 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2217/16 (20130101) |
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| US 08886919 | Arimilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Satya P. Sharma (Austin, Texas); Randal C. Swanberg (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Satya P. Sharma (Austin, Texas); Randal C. Swanberg (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A data processing system comprises at least one processing unit, a virtualization layer, and a remote update programming idiom accelerator. The remote update programming idiom accelerator is configured to receive a complex remote update programming idiom from a remote node. Responsive to a determination that the sequence of instructions in the complex remote update programming idiom is longer than a dedicated processor threshold, the remote update programming idiom accelerator is configured to request a processing unit from the virtualization layer in the data processing system, and receive an allocation of a processing unit from the virtualization layer. The allocated processing unit is configured to read the data from the storage location local to the data processing system, execute the sequence of instructions to perform the update operation on the data to form result data, and write the result data to the storage location local to the data processing system. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/424952 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/00 (20130101) G06F 9/52 (20130101) G06F 9/461 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/485 (20130101) |
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| US 08887175 | Carey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Administering incident pools including assigning an incident received from one or more components of the distributed processing system to a pool of incidents; assigning to each incident a particular combined minimum time for inclusion of the incident in the pool; in response to the pool closing, determining for each incident in the pool whether the incident has met its combined minimum time for inclusion in the pool; if the incident has been in the pool for its combined minimum time, including the incident in the closed pool; if the incident has not been in the pool for its combined minimum time, moving the incident from the closed pool to a next pool; applying incident suppression rules using the incidents assigned to the next pool; and applying incident creation rules to the incidents that were assigned to the next pool, while omitting any duplicate incidents caused by the assignment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/275487 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/542 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08887281 | Honig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Honig (East Windsor, New Jersey); Andrew Howard (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Eleazar Eskin (Santa Monica, California); Salvatore J. Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Honig (East Windsor, New Jersey); Andrew Howard (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Eleazar Eskin (Santa Monica, California); Salvatore J. Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and methods for detecting intrusions in the operation of a computer system comprising a sensor configured to gather information regarding the operation of the computer system, to format the information in a data record, and to transmit the data record. A database is configured to receive the data record from the sensor and to store the data record. A detection model generator is configured to request data records from the database, to generate an intrusion detection model, and to transmit the intrusion detection model to the database. A detector is configured to receive a data record from the sensor and to classify the data record in real-time as one of normal operation and an attack. A data analysis engine is configured to request data records from the database and to perform a data processing function on the data records. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573314 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/554 (20130101) G06F 21/566 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/14 (20130101) H04L 63/1416 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1425 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Procter and Gamble Company (Cincinnati, Ohio); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Procter and Gamble Company (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Carvell Lamartine (Los Alamos, New Mexico); E. Bruce Orler (Blacksburg, Virginia); Richard Matthew Charles Sutton (Cincinnati, Ohio); Shuangqi Song (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Hair was coated with polymer-containing fluid and then hot pressed to form a composite of hair and a polymer film imprinted with a nanopattern. Polychromatic light incident on the nanopattern is diffracted into dispersed colored light. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/081625 |
| ART UNIT | 3776 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Hairdressing or Shaving Equipment; Equipment for Cosmetics or Cosmetic Treatments, e.g for Manicuring or Pedicuring A45D 1/06 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 8/85 (20130101) A61K 8/87 (20130101) A61K 8/8129 (20130101) A61K 8/8152 (20130101) A61K 2800/80 (20130101) A61K 2800/437 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 5/065 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weiju Ren (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weiju Ren (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of welding including forming a filler material of a first oxide dispersoid metal, the first oxide dispersoid material having first strengthening particles that compensate for decreases in weld strength of friction stir welded oxide dispersoid metals; positioning the filler material between a first metal structure and a second metal structure each being comprised of at least a second oxide dispersoid metal; and friction welding the filler material, the first metal structure and the second metal structure to provide a weld. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/887056 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 20/1275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 35/286 (20130101) B23K 35/308 (20130101) B23K 35/325 (20130101) B23K 35/327 (20130101) B23K 35/3033 (20130101) B23K 35/3046 (20130101) B23K 35/3053 (20130101) Alloys C22C 38/002 (20130101) C22C 38/06 (20130101) C22C 38/28 (20130101) |
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| US 08882284 | Tong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tao Tong (Oxnard, California); Ronan Le Toquin (Fremont, California); Bernd Keller (Santa Barbara, California); Eric Tarsa (Goleta, California); Mark Youmans (Goleta, California); Theodore Lowes (Lompoc, California); Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr. (Raleigh, North Carolina); Antony Van De Ven (Sai Kung, China Hong Kong); Gerald Negley (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tao Tong (Oxnard, California); Ronan Le Toquin (Fremont, California); Bernd Keller (Santa Barbara, California); Eric Tarsa (Goleta, California); Mark Youmans (Goleta, California); Theodore Lowes (Lompoc, California); Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr. (Raleigh, North Carolina); Antony Van De Ven (Sai Kung, China Hong Kong); Gerald Negley (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An LED lamp or bulb is disclosed that comprises a light source, a heat sink structure and an optical cavity. The optical cavity comprises a phosphor carrier having a conversions material and arranged over an opening to the cavity. The phosphor carrier comprises a thermally conductive transparent material and is thermally coupled to the heat sink structure. An LED based light source is mounted in the optical cavity remote to the phosphor carrier with light from the light source passing through the phosphor carrier. A diffuser dome is included that is mounted over the optical cavity, with light from the optical cavity passing through the diffuser dome. The properties of the diffuser, such as geometry, scattering properties of the scattering layer, surface roughness or smoothness, and spatial distribution of the scattering layer properties may be used to control various lamp properties such as color uniformity and light intensity distribution as a function of viewing angle. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/018291 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence; Light Sources Using Electrochemiluminescence; Light Sources Using Charges of Combustible Material; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices as Light-generating Elements; Light Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F21K 9/56 (20130101) F21K 9/135 (20130101) Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 3/00 (20130101) F21V 3/02 (20130101) F21V 7/20 (20130101) F21V 9/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F21V 29/2231 (20130101) F21V 29/2256 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, Relating to the Form or the Kind of the Light Sources or of the Colour of the Light Emitted F21Y 2101/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08882786 | Bearinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jane P. Bearinger (Livermore, California); Duncan J. Maitland (Pleasant Hill, California); Daniel L. Schumann (Concord, California); Thomas S. Wilson (Castro Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jane P. Bearinger (Livermore, California); Duncan J. Maitland (Pleasant Hill, California); Daniel L. Schumann (Concord, California); Thomas S. Wilson (Castro Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems for closure of a physical anomaly. Closure is accomplished by a closure body with an exterior surface. The exterior surface contacts the opening of the anomaly and closes the anomaly. The closure body has a primary shape for closing the anomaly and a secondary shape for being positioned in the physical anomaly. The closure body preferably comprises a shape memory polymer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/781582 |
| ART UNIT | 3773 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/0057 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2017/00637 (20130101) A61B 2017/00654 (20130101) A61B 2017/00672 (20130101) A61B 2017/00867 (20130101) |
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| US 08882926 | Almlie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jay C. Almlie (East Grand Forks, Minnesota); Stanley J. Miller (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay C. Almlie (East Grand Forks, Minnesota); Stanley J. Miller (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for removing residual filter cakes that remain adhered to a filter after typical particulate removal methodologies have been employed, such as pulse-jet filter element cleaning, for all cleanable filters used for air pollution control, dust control, or powder control. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112430 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 46/04 (20130101) B01D 46/42 (20130101) B01D 46/0068 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cleaning in General; Prevention of Fouling in General B08B 7/02 (20130101) B08B 7/0028 (20130101) |
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| US 08882973 | Williamson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Williamson (Naperville, Illinois); Stanley G. Wiedmeyer (Glen Ellyn, Illinois); Eugene R. Koehl (Joliet, Illinois); James L. Bailey (Hinsdale, Illinois); James L. Willit (Batavia, Illinois); Laurel A. Barnes (Chicago, Illinois); Robert J. Blaskovitz (Lockport, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Williamson (Naperville, Illinois); Stanley G. Wiedmeyer (Glen Ellyn, Illinois); Eugene R. Koehl (Joliet, Illinois); James L. Bailey (Hinsdale, Illinois); James L. Willit (Batavia, Illinois); Laurel A. Barnes (Chicago, Illinois); Robert J. Blaskovitz (Lockport, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments include a cathode power distribution system and/or method of using the same for power distribution. The cathode power distribution system includes a plurality of cathode assemblies. Each cathode assembly of the plurality of cathode assemblies includes a plurality of cathode rods. The system also includes a plurality of bus bars configured to distribute current to each of the plurality of cathode assemblies. The plurality of bus bars include a first bus bar configured to distribute the current to first ends of the plurality of cathode assemblies and a second bus bar configured to distribute the current to second ends of the plurality of cathode assemblies. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/335121 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/270 |
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| US 08883047 | Ren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Jian Yang (Brookline, Massachusetts); Xiao Yan (Brighton, Massachusetts); Qinyu He (Guangzhou, China PRC); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Qing Hao (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Jian Yang (Brookline, Massachusetts); Xiao Yan (Brighton, Massachusetts); Qinyu He (Guangzhou, China PRC); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Qing Hao (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions related to skutterudite-based thermoelectric materials are disclosed. Such compositions can result in materials that have enhanced ZT values relative to one or more bulk materials from which the compositions are derived. Thermoelectric materials such as n-type and p-type skutterudites with high thermoelectric figures-of-merit can include materials with filler atoms and/or materials formed by compacting particles (e.g., nanoparticles) into a material with a plurality of grains each having a portion having a skutterudite-based structure. Methods of forming thermoelectric skutterudites, which can include the use of hot press processes to consolidate particles, are also disclosed. The particles to be consolidated can be derived from (e.g., grinded from), skutterudite-based bulk materials, elemental materials, other non-Skutterudite-based materials, or combinations of such materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/990268 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0018 (20130101) B22F 9/04 (20130101) B22F 9/14 (20130101) B22F 2009/043 (20130101) B22F 2203/11 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 49/009 (20130101) C01G 51/006 (20130101) C01G 53/006 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/52 (20130101) C01P 2002/54 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/10 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Alloys C22C 1/0433 (20130101) C22C 1/0466 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/26 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
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| US 08883109 | Zidan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ragaiy Zidan (Aiken, South Carolina); Rana F. Mohtadi (Northville, Michigan); Christopher Fewox (Pasadena, Texas); Premkumar Sivasubramanian (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Erlanger, Kentucky); Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (SRNS) (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ragaiy Zidan (Aiken, South Carolina); Rana F. Mohtadi (Northville, Michigan); Christopher Fewox (Pasadena, Texas); Premkumar Sivasubramanian (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Complex hydrides based on Al(BH4)3 are stabilized by the presence of one or more additional metal elements or organic adducts to provide high capacity hydrogen storage material. |
| FILED | Friday, July 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/382751 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 6/23 (20130101) C01B 6/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/327 (20130101) Y02E 60/328 (20130101) Y02E 60/364 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 420/90 (20130101) |
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| US 08883114 | Zhamu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing nano-scaled graphene platelets (NGPs) having an average thickness no greater than 50 nm, typically less than 2 nm, and, in many cases, no greater than 1 nm. The method comprises (a) intercalating a supply of meso-carbon microbeads (MCMBs) to produce intercalated MCMBs; and (b) exfoliating the intercalated MCMBs at a temperature and a pressure for a sufficient period of time to produce the desired NGPs. Optionally, the exfoliated product may be subjected to a mechanical shearing treatment, such as air milling, air jet milling, ball milling, pressurized fluid milling, rotating-blade grinding, or ultrasonicating. The NGPs are excellent reinforcement fillers for a range of matrix materials to produce nanocomposites. Nano-scaled graphene platelets are much lower-cost alternatives to carbon nano-tubes or carbon nano-fibers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/005015 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0415 (20130101) C01B 31/0469 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2204/04 (20130101) C01B 2204/32 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/32 (20130101) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/44 (20130101) C09C 1/46 (20130101) C09C 1/565 (20130101) |
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| US 08883354 | Carlson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Allen Carlson (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ifenna Kingsley Anakor (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Optodot Corporation (Woburr, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Allen Carlson (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ifenna Kingsley Anakor (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are separators for use in an electrochemical cell comprising (a) an inorganic oxide and (b) an organic polymer, wherein the inorganic oxide comprises organic substituents. Preferably, the inorganic oxide comprises an hydrated aluminum oxide of the formula Al2O3.xH2O, wherein x is less than 1.0, and wherein the hydrated aluminum oxide comprises organic substituents, preferably comprising a reaction product of a multifunctional monomer and/or organic carbonate with an aluminum oxide, such as pseudo-boehmite and an aluminum oxide. Also provided are electrochemical cells comprising such separators. |
| FILED | Friday, January 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/652948 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| 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 14/303 (20130101) C04B 24/00 (20130101) C04B 24/023 (20130101) C04B 26/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 26/06 (20130101) C04B 38/0074 (20130101) C04B 2111/00612 (20130101) C04B 2111/00801 (20130101) C04B 2111/00853 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/166 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/12 (20130101) |
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| US 08883548 | Sherohman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John W. Sherohman (Livermore, California); Jick Hong Yee (Livermore, California); Arthur W. Combs, III (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Sherohman (Livermore, California); Jick Hong Yee (Livermore, California); Arthur W. Combs, III (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electronic device quality Aluminum Antimonide (AlSb)-based single crystals produced by controlled atmospheric annealing are utilized in various configurations for solar cell applications. Like that of a GaAs-based solar cell devices, the AlSb-based solar cell devices as disclosed herein provides direct conversion of solar energy to electrical power. |
| FILED | Monday, October 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/280164 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02398 (20130101) H01L 21/02549 (20130101) H01L 21/02562 (20130101) H01L 31/036 (20130101) H01L 31/073 (20130101) H01L 31/075 (20130101) H01L 31/184 (20130101) H01L 31/0296 (20130101) H01L 31/0304 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0735 (20130101) H01L 31/1844 (20130101) H01L 31/1864 (20130101) H01L 31/02966 (20130101) H01L 31/03046 (20130101) H01L 31/035209 (20130101) H01L 31/035218 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/543 (20130101) Y02E 10/544 (20130101) Y02E 10/548 (20130101) |
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| US 08883729 | Hoeprich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul D. Hoeprich (Pleasanton, California); Nicholas O. Fischer (Livermore, California); Peter W. Mason (Somerville, Massachusetts); Craig D. Blanchette (Moraga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul D. Hoeprich (Pleasanton, California); Nicholas O. Fischer (Livermore, California); Peter W. Mason (Somerville, Massachusetts); Craig D. Blanchette (Moraga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Functionalized nanolipoprotein particle presenting an anchor substrate compound for binding with a corresponding anchor compound presented on a target molecule, and related compositions methods and systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/469533 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/4833 (20130101) A61K 47/48853 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/799 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883871 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas S. Wilson (San Leandro, California); Michael Keith Hearon (College Station, Texas); Jane P. Bearinger (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas S. Wilson (San Leandro, California); Michael Keith Hearon (College Station, Texas); Jane P. Bearinger (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to chemical polymer compositions, methods of synthesis, and fabrication methods for devices regarding polymers capable of displaying shape memory behavior (SMPs) and which can first be polymerized to a linear or branched polymeric structure, having thermoplastic properties, subsequently processed into a device through processes typical of polymer melts, solutions, and dispersions and then crossed linked to a shape memory thermoset polymer retaining the processed shape. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/099146 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 47/00 (20130101) B29C 47/0009 (20130101) B29C 51/00 (20130101) B29C 51/002 (20130101) B29C 67/20 (20130101) B29C 71/02 (20130101) B29C 71/04 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/73 (20130101) C08G 18/83 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 18/673 (20130101) C08G 18/675 (20130101) C08G 18/722 (20130101) C08G 18/758 (20130101) C08G 18/3206 (20130101) C08G 63/52 (20130101) C08G 2101/00 (20130101) C08G 2280/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883895 | Bowen, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Bowen, III (Olathe, Kansas); Eric A. Eastwood (Raymore, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions comprising a polymer-containing matrix and a filler comprising a cage compound selected from borane cage compounds, carborane cage compounds, metal complexes thereof, residues thereof, mixtures thereof, and/or agglomerations thereof, where the cage compound is not covalently bound to the matrix polymer. Methods of making and applications for using such compositions are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/665640 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884087 | Koh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kyoung Moo Koh (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Antek G. Wong-Foy (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Adam J. Matzger (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Annabelle I. Benin (Des Plaines, Illinois); Richard R. Willis (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyoung Moo Koh (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Antek G. Wong-Foy (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Adam J. Matzger (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Annabelle I. Benin (Des Plaines, Illinois); Richard R. Willis (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions of crystalline coordination copolymers wherein multiple organic molecules are assembled to produce porous framework materials with layered or core-shell structures. These materials are synthesized by sequential growth techniques such as the seed growth technique. In addition, the invention provides a simple procedure for controlling functionality. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/478034 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/0445 (20130101) C07C 2/58 (20130101) C07C 2/66 (20130101) C07C 4/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 5/02 (20130101) C07C 5/22 (20130101) C07C 5/32 (20130101) C07C 5/42 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 1/08 (20130101) C07F 3/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884228 | Washington, II et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron L. Washington, II (Aiken, South Carolina); Martine C. Duff (Aiken, South Carolina); Lucile C. Teague (Aiken, South Carolina); Arnold Burger (Nashville, Tennessee); Michael Groza (Hendersonville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina); Fisk University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron L. Washington, II (Aiken, South Carolina); Martine C. Duff (Aiken, South Carolina); Lucile C. Teague (Aiken, South Carolina); Arnold Burger (Nashville, Tennessee); Michael Groza (Hendersonville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and process is provided to illustrate the manipulation of the internal electric field of CZT using multiple wavelength light illumination on the crystal surface at RT. The control of the internal electric field is shown through the polarization in the IR transmission image under illumination as a result of the Pockels effect. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/359730 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884233 | Cherepy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nerine Jane Cherepy (Oakland, California); Stephen Anthony Payne (Castro Valley, California); Owen B. Drury (Rio Vista, California); Benjamin W. Sturm (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nerine Jane Cherepy (Oakland, California); Stephen Anthony Payne (Castro Valley, California); Owen B. Drury (Rio Vista, California); Benjamin W. Sturm (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A scintillator radiation detector system according to one embodiment includes a scintillator; and a processing device for processing pulse traces corresponding to light pulses from the scintillator, wherein pulse digitization is used to improve energy resolution of the system. A scintillator radiation detector system according to another embodiment includes a processing device for fitting digitized scintillation waveforms to an algorithm based on identifying rise and decay times and performing a direct integration of fit parameters. A method according to yet another embodiment includes processing pulse traces corresponding to light pulses from a scintillator, wherein pulse digitization is used to improve energy resolution of the system. A method in a further embodiment includes fitting digitized scintillation waveforms to an algorithm based on identifying rise and decay times; and performing a direct integration of fit parameters. Additional systems and methods are also presented. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/940486 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884240 | Shah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kanai S. Shah (Newton, Massachusetts); James Christian (Waltham, Massachusetts); Christopher Stapels (Millis, Massachusetts); Purushottam Dokhale (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mickel McClish (Salem, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kanai S. Shah (Newton, Massachusetts); James Christian (Waltham, Massachusetts); Christopher Stapels (Millis, Massachusetts); Purushottam Dokhale (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mickel McClish (Salem, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated silicon solid state photomultiplier (SSPM) device includes a pixel unit including an array of more than 2×2 p-n photodiodes on a common substrate, a signal division network electrically connected to each photodiode, where the signal division network includes four output connections, a signal output measurement unit, a processing unit configured to identify the photodiode generating a signal or a center of mass of photodiodes generating a signal, and a global receiving unit. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/580172 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884474 | Stalford |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold L. Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroZeus, LLC (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold L. Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro machine may be in or less than the micrometer domain. The micro machine may include a micro actuator and a micro shaft coupled to the micro actuator. The micro shaft is operable to be driven by the micro actuator. A tool is coupled to the micro shaft and is operable to perform work in response to at least motion of the micro shaft. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/757313 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886283 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zikuan Chen (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Vince D. Calhoun (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zikuan Chen (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Vince D. Calhoun (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic susceptibility is the physical property for T2*-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (T2*MRI). The invention relates to methods for reconstructing an internal distribution (3D map) of magnetic susceptibility values, χ (x,y,z), of an object, from 3D T2*MRI phase images, by using Computed Inverse Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CIMRI) tomography. The CIMRI technique solves the inverse problem of the 3D convolution by executing a 3D Total Variation (TV) regularized iterative convolution scheme, using a split Bregman iteration algorithm. The reconstruction of χ (x,y,z) can be designed for low-pass, band-pass, and high-pass features by using a convolution kernel that is modified from the standard dipole kernel. Multiple reconstructions can be implemented in parallel, and averaging the reconstructions can suppress noise. 4D dynamic magnetic susceptibility tomography can be implemented by reconstructing a 3D susceptibility volume from a 3D phase volume by performing 3D CIMRI magnetic susceptibility tomography at each snapshot time. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/526210 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886422 | Sujan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vivek A. Sujan (Columbus, Indiana); Timothy R. Frazier (Columbus, Indiana); Kenneth Follen (Greenwood, Indiana); Suk-Min Moon (Greenwood, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cummins Iintellectual Property, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Paccar, Inc. (Bellevue, Washington); Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vivek A. Sujan (Columbus, Indiana); Timothy R. Frazier (Columbus, Indiana); Kenneth Follen (Greenwood, Indiana); Suk-Min Moon (Greenwood, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides a system and method for determining cylinder deactivation in a vehicle engine to optimize fuel consumption while providing the desired or demanded power. In one aspect, data indicative of terrain variation is utilized in determining a vehicle target operating state. An optimal active cylinder distribution and corresponding fueling is determined from a recommendation from a supervisory agent monitoring the operating state of the vehicle of a subset of the total number of cylinders, and a determination as to which number of cylinders provides the optimal fuel consumption. Once the optimal cylinder number is determined, a transmission gear shift recommendation is provided in view of the determined active cylinder distribution and target operating state. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/407715 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Conjoint Control of Vehicle Sub-units of Different Type or Different Function; Control Systems Specially Adapted for Hybrid Vehicles; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems for Purposes Not Related to the Control of a Particular Sub-unit B60W 10/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60W 30/1882 (20130101) B60W 2550/14 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology B60Y 2300/435 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 41/021 (20130101) F02D 41/0087 (20130101) F02D 41/0225 (20130101) F02D 2200/701 (20130101) Gearing F16H 2063/426 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886916 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Bob R. Cernohous (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Seattle, Washington); Brian E. Smith (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Endpoint-based parallel data processing with non-blocking collective instructions in a PAMI of a parallel computer is disclosed. The PAMI is composed of data communications endpoints, each including a specification of data communications parameters for a thread of execution on a compute node, including specifications of a client, a context, and a task. The compute nodes are coupled for data communications through the PAMI. The parallel application establishes a data communications geometry specifying a set of endpoints that are used in collective operations of the PAMI by associating with the geometry a list of collective algorithms valid for use with the endpoints of the geometry; registering in each endpoint in the geometry a dispatch callback function for a collective operation; and executing without blocking, through a single one of the endpoints in the geometry, an instruction for the collective operation. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/671762 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Denis Aleksandrovich Sokolov (Atlanta, Georgia); Kristin Rene Shepperd (Conyers, Georgia); Thomas Michael Orlando (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Denis Aleksandrovich Sokolov (Atlanta, Georgia); Kristin Rene Shepperd (Conyers, Georgia); Thomas Michael Orlando (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Graphene production using a continuous or pulsed laser beam focused on a substrate of graphite oxide in a significantly inert environment is disclosed. Laser-induced graphene features are characterized by a 2D-band in the Raman spectra. When the photons of the laser at a various frequencies and power levels beam impinge a graphite oxide foil for various amounts of time, a strip, divet, trench, or hole, having graphene at the bottom or sides is produced. The concentration of the graphite oxide and the laser beam may be adjusted so that the depth of the trench created is a certain depth less than the thickness of the foil. Additionally, in some embodiments, the evaporation of the water during the Hummers method is adjusted so that there remains interlaminar water in the graphite oxide foil. The presently disclosed subject matter may also be used in patterning using rastering or substrate motion. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/970750 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0476 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883047 | Ren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Jian Yang (Brookline, Massachusetts); Xiao Yan (Brighton, Massachusetts); Qinyu He (Guangzhou, China PRC); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Qing Hao (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Jian Yang (Brookline, Massachusetts); Xiao Yan (Brighton, Massachusetts); Qinyu He (Guangzhou, China PRC); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Qing Hao (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions related to skutterudite-based thermoelectric materials are disclosed. Such compositions can result in materials that have enhanced ZT values relative to one or more bulk materials from which the compositions are derived. Thermoelectric materials such as n-type and p-type skutterudites with high thermoelectric figures-of-merit can include materials with filler atoms and/or materials formed by compacting particles (e.g., nanoparticles) into a material with a plurality of grains each having a portion having a skutterudite-based structure. Methods of forming thermoelectric skutterudites, which can include the use of hot press processes to consolidate particles, are also disclosed. The particles to be consolidated can be derived from (e.g., grinded from), skutterudite-based bulk materials, elemental materials, other non-Skutterudite-based materials, or combinations of such materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/990268 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0018 (20130101) B22F 9/04 (20130101) B22F 9/14 (20130101) B22F 2009/043 (20130101) B22F 2203/11 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 49/009 (20130101) C01G 51/006 (20130101) C01G 53/006 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/52 (20130101) C01P 2002/54 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/10 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Alloys C22C 1/0433 (20130101) C22C 1/0466 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/26 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883094 | Huo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qun Huo (Orlando, Florida); Xiong Liu (Oviedo, Florida); Qiu Dai (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qun Huo (Orlando, Florida); Xiong Liu (Oviedo, Florida); Qiu Dai (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems and methods for detecting Chemical Species, Biomolecules and Biotargets (Analytes) using receptor functionalized metal nanoparticles and Dynamic Light Scattering. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/810876 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/682 (20130101) C12Q 1/682 (20130101) C12Q 2563/137 (20130101) C12Q 2563/155 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 60/12 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/4412 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/0205 (20130101) G01N 33/542 (20130101) G01N 33/585 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883124 | Krishna et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vijay Krishna (Gainesville, Florida); Brij M. Moudgil (Gainesville, Florida); Benjamin L. Koopman (Gainesville, Florida); Stephen Grobmyer (Gainesville, Florida); Iwakuma Nobutaka (Gainesville, Florida); Qiang Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Qizhi Zhang (Gainesville, Florida); Huabei Jiang (Gainesville, Florida); Parvesh Sharma (Gainesville, Florida); Amit Kumar Singh (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijay Krishna (Gainesville, Florida); Brij M. Moudgil (Gainesville, Florida); Benjamin L. Koopman (Gainesville, Florida); Stephen Grobmyer (Gainesville, Florida); Iwakuma Nobutaka (Gainesville, Florida); Qiang Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Qizhi Zhang (Gainesville, Florida); Huabei Jiang (Gainesville, Florida); Parvesh Sharma (Gainesville, Florida); Amit Kumar Singh (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Fullerenes, when irradiated with electromagnetic radiation, generate acoustic waves. A photoacoustic tomography method using a material comprising fullerenes is disclosed that includes irradiating the material with a radiation beam such as a laser. The resultant photoacoustic effect produced by the material is detected by at least one detector. A photoacoustic tomography system using a material comprising fullerenes is also described. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/740884 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0095 (20130101) A61B 8/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/1702 (20130101) G01N 2021/1787 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/842 (20130101) Y10S 977/927 (20130101) Y10S 977/953 (20130101) |
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| US 08883568 | Dehon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andre Dehon (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); John E. Savage (Providence, Rhode Island); Eric Rachlin (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University Research Foundation (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andre Dehon (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); John E. Savage (Providence, Rhode Island); Eric Rachlin (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method to construct a device that includes a plurality of nanowires (NWs) each having a core and at least one shell. The method includes providing a plurality of radially encoded NWs where each shell contains one of a plurality of different shell materials; and differentiating individual ones of the NWs from one another by selectively removing or not removing shell material within areas to be electrically coupled to individual ones of a plurality of mesowires (MWs). Also disclosed is a nanowire array that contains radially encoded NWs, and a computer program product useful in forming a nanowire array. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/301235 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/10 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08883697 | Sawyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wallace Gregory Sawyer (Gainesville, Florida); Ben Peter Boesl (Gainesville, Florida); Nicole Lee McCook (Gainesville, Florida); David L. Burris (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wallace Gregory Sawyer (Gainesville, Florida); Ben Peter Boesl (Gainesville, Florida); Nicole Lee McCook (Gainesville, Florida); David L. Burris (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A wear resistant lubricious composite includes a synthetic resin binder, a plurality of transfer film forming particles, and a plurality of hard nanoparticles. The hard nanoparticles are selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, metal carbides and metal nitride nanoparticles. A method of forming wear resistant lubricious composite articles includes the steps of providing a liquid phase synthetic resin precursor, adding a plurality of transfer film forming particles and a plurality of hard nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of metal oxide, metal carbide and metal nitride nanoparticles to the resin precursor to form a mixture, adding a hardener to the mixture, and curing the mixture. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/017570 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 2201/061 (20130101) C10M 2201/062 (20130101) C10M 2201/065 (20130101) C10M 2201/066 (20130101) C10M 2213/02 (20130101) C10M 2213/062 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10M Relating to Lubricating Compositions C10N 2210/02 (20130101) C10N 2210/06 (20130101) C10N 2220/082 (20130101) C10N 2230/06 (20130101) C10N 2250/18 (20130101) Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 33/201 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883719 | Birge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Rekha Rangarajan (Fort Worth, Texas); Kristina Nicole McCleary (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Rekha Rangarajan (Fort Worth, Texas); Kristina Nicole McCleary (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Bacteriorhodopsin protein variants and methods using the bacteriorhodopsin variants for performance in holographic and three-dimensional (3D) memory storage devices are described. The amino acid and chemical modifications of bacteriorhodopsin provided herein achieve greatly enhanced protein performance. The memory storage devices write, read and erase data proficiently. The bacteriorhodopsin protein variants are useful in optical memory storage and associative processor systems. Irradiation of the light-sensitive protein with light of known wavelength causes the protein to switch between different states. The variants enter the branched photocycle via a single or a two photon process and form the permanent ‘Q’ state more efficiently than the wild-type bacteriorhodopsin protein. This branching photocycle of the variants is exploited in the fabrication of 3D memory storage devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/353282 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/195 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 13/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 13/0014 (20130101) G11C 13/0019 (20130101) G11C 13/044 (20130101) G11C 13/047 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883903 | Gonen Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Jun Xu (Frederick, Maryland); Rakesh Patel (Lawrencevile, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pixelligent Technologies, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Jun Xu (Frederick, Maryland); Rakesh Patel (Lawrencevile, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/055277 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) 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 7/14 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02565 (20130101) H01L 21/02601 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02628 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/774 (20130101) Y10S 977/896 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883912 | Puskas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Judit Eva Puskas (Akron, Ohio); Andrew John Heidenreich (Akron, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judit Eva Puskas (Akron, Ohio); Andrew John Heidenreich (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Randomly branched polymers, such as homopolymers, copolymers, block copolymers and functionalized polymers are disclosed which may be formed by polymerizing a polymerizable monomer, such as styrene with a dithioester chain transfer agent which includes a polymerizable group. The reaction may be performed in one pot. The randomly branched polymer can have high molecular weight and broad molecular weight distribution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/058570 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 2/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 4/04 (20130101) C08F 4/28 (20130101) C08F 8/12 (20130101) C08F 8/12 (20130101) C08F 12/30 (20130101) C08F 12/32 (20130101) C08F 212/08 (20130101) C08F 212/32 (20130101) C08F 293/005 (20130101) C08F 293/005 (20130101) C08F 2220/1825 (20130101) C08F 2220/1825 (20130101) C08F 2220/1825 (20130101) C08F 2438/03 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 83/002 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 51/003 (20130101) C08L 51/003 (20130101) C08L 53/00 (20130101) C08L 53/00 (20130101) C08L 53/005 (20130101) C08L 53/005 (20130101) C08L 2666/02 (20130101) C08L 2666/02 (20130101) C08L 2666/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883964 | Yu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Yu (Timonium, Maryland); Jennifer H. Elisseeff (Baltimore, Maryland); Allen Yi-Lan Wang (Vienna, Virginia); Hyeseung Janice Lee (Washington, District of Columbia); Xiao Mo (Lutherville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Yu (Timonium, Maryland); Jennifer H. Elisseeff (Baltimore, Maryland); Allen Yi-Lan Wang (Vienna, Virginia); Hyeseung Janice Lee (Washington, District of Columbia); Xiao Mo (Lutherville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides modified collagen and related therapeutic and diagnostic methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/605534 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883989 | Kokkoli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Efrosini Kokkoli (Edina, Minnesota); Brett M. Waybrant (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Srinand Sreevatsan (Roseville, Minnesota); Ping Wang (Shoreview, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of The University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Efrosini Kokkoli (Edina, Minnesota); Brett M. Waybrant (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Srinand Sreevatsan (Roseville, Minnesota); Ping Wang (Shoreview, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are polynucleotides that bind to fractalkine. In one embodiment, a polynucleotide includes the polynucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:1 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO:1. Also provided herein are structures that include such a polynucleotide present on its surface, including 2-dimentional and 3-dimentional structures. Also provided are compositions that include such a polynucleotide, and methods for using the polynucleotides. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/655155 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2310/351 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08885514 | Cui et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shengshan Cui (San Diego, California); Alexander Mircea Haimovich (North Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shengshan Cui (San Diego, California); Alexander Mircea Haimovich (North Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Implementations and techniques for assigning source nodes to a select group in a wireless communication network are generally disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/512792 |
| ART UNIT | 2479 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/155 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886053 | Lupton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elmer Lupton (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Mes Peterson (Briarcliff Manor, New York); John Rodriguez (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Gary Livshin (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Al-Thaddeus Avestruz (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Roderick Hinman (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Steven B. Leeb (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elmer Lupton (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Mes Peterson (Briarcliff Manor, New York); John Rodriguez (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Gary Livshin (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Al-Thaddeus Avestruz (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Roderick Hinman (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Steven B. Leeb (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the dual-use of radiation, for example, but not limited to, visible or infrared light, for both a conventional application, e.g., illumination, combined with the additional or “dual-use” application of transmitting information without wires. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/415955 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/116 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886270 | Arnold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Arnold (New York, New York); Siyka Shopova (Staten Island, New York); Ying Chen (Brooklyn, New York); William Chin (Rego Park, New York); Guyu Liu (Brooklyn, New York); Raaj Haresh Rajmangal (South Ozone Park, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Polytechnic Institute of New York University (Brooklyn, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Arnold (New York, New York); Siyka Shopova (Staten Island, New York); Ying Chen (Brooklyn, New York); William Chin (Rego Park, New York); Guyu Liu (Brooklyn, New York); Raaj Haresh Rajmangal (South Ozone Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A syringe-based whispering gallery mode sensor includes a syringe including an assembly provided its needle, the assembly including (1) an optical carrier having a reflective distal end, and (2) at least one resonator coupled with the optical carrier. This sensor may be provided in a system including a light source, a light detector, and a data analysis component. A method for determining the presence or concentration of a target substance in body fluid may be performed using such a system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/090836 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1459 (20130101) A61B 5/1473 (20130101) A61B 5/6848 (20130101) 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 5/178 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/77 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54366 (20130101) G01N 2021/7789 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/29341 (20130101) G02B 6/29356 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886295 | Nolte et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David D. Nolte (Lafayette, Indiana); John J. Turek (West Lafayette, Indiana); Kwan Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David D. Nolte (Lafayette, Indiana); John J. Turek (West Lafayette, Indiana); Kwan Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for motility contrast imaging a biological target within tissue comprising a CCD array; an illumination source for generating an incoming beam; a first beam splitter for receiving the incoming beam and producing an object beam and a reference beam; a second beam splitter for illuminating a multitude of biological targets with the object beam and for directing backscattered object beams towards the CCD array; a computer-controlled delay stage for zero-path-matching the reference beam to the backscattered object beams; a reference beam that intersects the backscattered object beams at an angle to produce a series of interference fringes that modulate Fourier-domain information; and a computer for receiving a time series of Fourier-domain information. The interference fringes between the backscattered object beam and the reference beam are recorded by the CCD array and passed to the computer which constructs a digital hologram at successive times. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/874855 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03H 1/0443 (20130101) G03H 2001/045 (20130101) G03H 2001/0445 (20130101) G03H 2001/0467 (20130101) G03H 2210/62 (20130101) G03H 2222/33 (20130101) G03H 2223/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08882049 | Shams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qamar A. Shams (Yorktown, Virginia); Tianshu Liu (Portage, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qamar A. Shams (Yorktown, Virginia); Tianshu Liu (Portage, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An airfoil system includes an airfoil body and at least one flexible strip. The airfoil body has a top surface and a bottom surface, a chord length, a span, and a maximum thickness. Each flexible strip is attached along at least one edge thereof to either the top or bottom surface of the airfoil body. The flexible strip has a spanwise length that is a function of the airfoil body's span, a chordwise width that is a function of the airfoil body's chord length, and a thickness that is a function of the airfoil body's maximum thickness. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/138709 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 21/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 23/06 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/162 (20130101) Y02T 50/166 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883047 | Ren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Jian Yang (Brookline, Massachusetts); Xiao Yan (Brighton, Massachusetts); Qinyu He (Guangzhou, China PRC); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Qing Hao (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Jian Yang (Brookline, Massachusetts); Xiao Yan (Brighton, Massachusetts); Qinyu He (Guangzhou, China PRC); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Qing Hao (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions related to skutterudite-based thermoelectric materials are disclosed. Such compositions can result in materials that have enhanced ZT values relative to one or more bulk materials from which the compositions are derived. Thermoelectric materials such as n-type and p-type skutterudites with high thermoelectric figures-of-merit can include materials with filler atoms and/or materials formed by compacting particles (e.g., nanoparticles) into a material with a plurality of grains each having a portion having a skutterudite-based structure. Methods of forming thermoelectric skutterudites, which can include the use of hot press processes to consolidate particles, are also disclosed. The particles to be consolidated can be derived from (e.g., grinded from), skutterudite-based bulk materials, elemental materials, other non-Skutterudite-based materials, or combinations of such materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/990268 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0018 (20130101) B22F 9/04 (20130101) B22F 9/14 (20130101) B22F 2009/043 (20130101) B22F 2203/11 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 49/009 (20130101) C01G 51/006 (20130101) C01G 53/006 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/52 (20130101) C01P 2002/54 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/10 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Alloys C22C 1/0433 (20130101) C22C 1/0466 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/26 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883368 | Jaworowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark R. Jaworowski (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Jean Yamanis (South Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Burnaby, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark R. Jaworowski (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Jean Yamanis (South Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell includes a separator sheet and a perforated support sheet connected to the separator sheet. The perforated support sheet and separator sheet are comprised of a nickel-based alloy. A porous layer is located between the separator sheet and the support sheet and provides an electrical connection between the separator sheet and the support sheet. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 13/127297 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — 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 8/021 (20130101) H01M 8/0208 (20130101) H01M 8/0232 (20130101) H01M 8/1206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/521 (20130101) Y02E 60/525 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884382 | Stetter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | KWJ Engineering Inc. (Newark, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KWJ Engineering, Inc. (Newark, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph R. Stetter (Hayward, California); Amol G. Shirke (Newark, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A universal microelectromechanical (MEMS) nano-sensor platform having a substrate and conductive layer deposited in a pattern on the surface to make several devices at the same time, a patterned insulation layer, wherein the insulation layer is configured to expose one or more portions of the conductive layer, and one or more functionalization layers deposited on the exposed portions of the conductive layer to make multiple sensing capability on a single MEMS fabricated device. The functionalization layers are adapted to provide one or more transducer sensor classes selected from the group consisting of: radiant, electrochemical, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, and thermal sensors for chemical and physical variables and producing more than one type of sensor for one or more significant parameters that need to be monitored. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/868583 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/021 (20130101) A61B 5/024 (20130101) A61B 5/0205 (20130101) A61B 5/0816 (20130101) A61B 5/14551 (20130101) A61B 2560/0242 (20130101) A61B 2562/028 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08886445 | Skoog et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Skoog (Palmdale, California); Loyd Hook (Valencia, California); Shaun McWherter (Lancaster, California); Jaimie Willhite (California City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Skoog (Palmdale, California); Loyd Hook (Valencia, California); Shaun McWherter (Lancaster, California); Jaimie Willhite (California City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a system and method of compressing a DTM to be used in an Auto-GCAS system using a semi-regular geometric compression algorithm. In general, the invention operates by first selecting the boundaries of the three dimensional map to be compressed and dividing the three dimensional map data into regular areas. Next, a type of free-edged, flat geometric surface is selected which will be used to approximate terrain data of the three dimensional map data. The flat geometric surface is used to approximate terrain data for each regular area. The approximations are checked to determine if they fall within selected tolerances. If the approximation for a specific regular area is within specified tolerance, the data is saved for that specific regular area. If the approximation for a specific area falls outside the specified tolerances, the regular area is divided and a flat geometric surface approximation is made for each of the divided areas. This process is recursively repeated until all of the regular areas are approximated by flat geometric surfaces. Finally, the compressed three dimensional map data is provided to the automatic ground collision system for an aircraft. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718034 |
| ART UNIT | 3627 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08882664 | Ebert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David S. Ebert (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ross Larry Maciejewski (Phoenix, Arizona); Benjamin N. Tyner (Charlotte, North Carolina); Yun Jang (West Lafayette, Indiana); William Cleveland (Lafayette, Indiana); Sandra Amass (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Ebert (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ross Larry Maciejewski (Phoenix, Arizona); Benjamin N. Tyner (Charlotte, North Carolina); Yun Jang (West Lafayette, Indiana); William Cleveland (Lafayette, Indiana); Sandra Amass (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for visually displaying and analyzing public health data for geospatial and/or time variations, including the collection of symptom data coupled with geographic and time data, filtering the symptom data based upon a selected time period and geographic range, and creating a visual result based upon statistical modeling including power transform and/or data normalization. According to at least one embodiment, the system for visually displaying and analyzing includes selecting and performing at least one aberration detection method such as applying CUSUM analysis, quantile measures, and/or bootstrapping analysis, and displaying the result to a user via a visual analytics arrangement. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/190748 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/24 (20130101) G06F 19/26 (20130101) G06F 19/3487 (20130101) G06F 19/3493 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08884097 | Olson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dawn M. Olson (Tifton, Georgia); Felix Wackers (Wray, United Kingdom); John-Erik Haugen (Aas, Norway) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dawn M. Olson (Tifton, Georgia); Felix Wackers (Wray, United Kingdom); John-Erik Haugen (Aas, Norway) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a method of conditioning an invertebrate to detect a compound at and beyond a threshold range. In one embodiment the conditioned invertebrate is Microplitis croceipes. Compounds the invertebrate can detect include skatole and androstenone. An additional step includes selecting a compound and negatively conditioning the invertebrate at a concentration wherein the invertebrate will not respond to negatively conditioned compound concentration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/590272 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08883483 | Gerngross et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tillman U. Gerngross (Hanover, New Hampshire); Stefan Wildt (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Byung-kwon Choi (Hanover, New Hampshire); Juergen Nett (Enfield, New Hampshire); Piotr Bobrowicz (Hanover, New Hampshire); Stephen Hamilton (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Robert Davidson (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GlycoFi, Inc. (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tillman U. Gerngross (Hanover, New Hampshire); Stefan Wildt (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Byung-kwon Choi (Hanover, New Hampshire); Juergen Nett (Enfield, New Hampshire); Piotr Bobrowicz (Hanover, New Hampshire); Stephen Hamilton (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Robert Davidson (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to eukaryotic host cells having modified oligosaccharides which may be modified further by heterologous expression of a set of glycosyltransferases, sugar transporters and mannosidases to become host-strains for the production of mammalian, e.g., human therapeutic glycoproteins. The invention provides nucleic acid molecules and combinatorial libraries which can be used to successfully target and express mammalian enzymatic activities such as those involved in glycosylation to intracellular compartments in a eukaryotic host cell. The process provides an engineered host cell which can be used to express and target any desirable gene(s) involved in glycosylation. Host cells with modified oligosaccharides are created or selected. N-glycans made in the engineered host cells have a Man5GlcNAc2 core structure which may then be modified further by heterologous expression of one or more enzymes, e.g., glycosyltransferases, sugar transporters and mannosidases, to yield human-like glycoproteins. For the production of therapeutic proteins, this method may be adapted to engineer cell lines in which any desired glycosylation structure may be obtained. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/156804 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1051 (20130101) C12N 15/79 (20130101) C12N 15/1082 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883903 | Gonen Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Jun Xu (Frederick, Maryland); Rakesh Patel (Lawrencevile, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pixelligent Technologies, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Jun Xu (Frederick, Maryland); Rakesh Patel (Lawrencevile, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/055277 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) 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 7/14 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02565 (20130101) H01L 21/02601 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02628 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/774 (20130101) Y10S 977/896 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08882696 | Tamari |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yehuda Tamari (Oyster Bay, New York) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yehuda Tamari (Oyster Bay, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention consists of a venous blood reservoir that has a separate blood chamber to filter vent blood and a separate chamber to filter sucker blood. The two blood chambers are separated by a common wall and are in fluid communication along their top assuring that vacuum applied to the top of either is equally applied to the other. A mean to form communication across the wall allows the user to either accumulate sucker blood in its chamber while letting vent blood to flow freely to the venous blood chamber. Alternately, user can let the blood in the sucker chamber to combine with the venous blood freely too. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506204 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/3627 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 1/3632 (20140101) A61M 1/3638 (20140101) A61M 1/3667 (20140101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08883114 | Zhamu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing nano-scaled graphene platelets (NGPs) having an average thickness no greater than 50 nm, typically less than 2 nm, and, in many cases, no greater than 1 nm. The method comprises (a) intercalating a supply of meso-carbon microbeads (MCMBs) to produce intercalated MCMBs; and (b) exfoliating the intercalated MCMBs at a temperature and a pressure for a sufficient period of time to produce the desired NGPs. Optionally, the exfoliated product may be subjected to a mechanical shearing treatment, such as air milling, air jet milling, ball milling, pressurized fluid milling, rotating-blade grinding, or ultrasonicating. The NGPs are excellent reinforcement fillers for a range of matrix materials to produce nanocomposites. Nano-scaled graphene platelets are much lower-cost alternatives to carbon nano-tubes or carbon nano-fibers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/005015 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0415 (20130101) C01B 31/0469 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2204/04 (20130101) C01B 2204/32 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/32 (20130101) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/44 (20130101) C09C 1/46 (20130101) C09C 1/565 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08883488 | Abdela et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Woubit Salah Abdela (Auburn, Alabama); Temesgen Samuel-Tulore (Auburn, Alabama); Teshome Yehualaeshet (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Woubit Salah Abdela (Auburn, Alabama); Temesgen Samuel-Tulore (Auburn, Alabama); Teshome Yehualaeshet (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are novel primers for use in the molecular detection of food-threat agents and food-borne pathogens. The primers may be used in combination for the rapid, high-throughput screening PCR-based techniques to simultaneously detect multiple food safety biothreat agents. The multiplex-detection methods have improved sensitivity and specificity for the detection of multiple high-impact food-borne pathogens simultaneously. Real-time PCR assaying techniques using such primers include microarrays and multiplex single-tube arrays, the latter optionally simultaneously with TaqMan probes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/297003 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08885877 | Publicover et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nelson G. Publicover (Reno, Nevada); William C. Torch (Reno, Nevada); Gholamreza Amayeh (Reno, Nevada); David Leblanc (Reno, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eyefluence, Inc. (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nelson G. Publicover (Reno, Nevada); William C. Torch (Reno, Nevada); Gholamreza Amayeh (Reno, Nevada); David Leblanc (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for identifying reference locations within the environment of a device wearer. The system includes a scene camera mounted on eyewear or headwear coupled to a processing unit. The system may recognize objects with known geometries that occur naturally within the wearer's environment or objects that have been intentionally placed at known locations within the wearer's environment. One or more light sources may be mounted on the headwear that illuminate reflective surfaces at selected times and wavelengths to help identify scene reference locations and glints projected from known locations onto the surface of the eye. The processing unit may control light sources to adjust illumination levels in order to help identify reference locations within the environment and corresponding glints on the surface of the eye. Objects may be identified substantially continuously within video images from scene cameras to provide a continuous data stream of reference locations. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/113003 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08886952 | Olthoff |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth George Olthoff (Linthicum, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director of The National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth George Olthoff (Linthicum, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of securely authenticating a user's response to a challenge request before completing a transaction is disclosed. When a user wishes to complete a transaction, an image is projected onto the user's face. The user reads the image in a mirror and responds accordingly. If the user identifies the correct image, the transaction is allowed to proceed. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/001597 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08884641 | Bawolek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward J. Bawolek (Chandler, Arizona); Curtis D. Moyer (Phoenix, Arizona); Sameer M. Venugopal (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporated of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Bawolek (Chandler, Arizona); Curtis D. Moyer (Phoenix, Arizona); Sameer M. Venugopal (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides devices and methods for testing the electrical performance of thin-film transistor backplane arrays and protecting thin-films during testing and handling. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/259821 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/26 (20130101) G01R 31/2607 (20130101) G01R 31/2621 (20130101) G01R 31/2642 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 3/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G09G 2320/0295 (20130101) G09G 2330/04 (20130101) G09G 2330/10 (20130101) G09G 2330/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08882917 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeremy Cheng (Cupertino, California); Ho Yin Owen Fong (San Jose, California); Dan Wang (Saratoga, California); Zhendong Hong (San Jose, California); Indranil De (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intermolecular, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy Cheng (Cupertino, California); Ho Yin Owen Fong (San Jose, California); Dan Wang (Saratoga, California); Zhendong Hong (San Jose, California); Indranil De (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Substrate processing including correction for deposition location is described, including a combinatorial processing chamber that incorporates the correction. The combinatorial processing chamber can be used to process multiple regions of a substrate using different processing parameters on different regions. For example, one region can have one material deposited on it and another region can have a different material deposited on it, although other combinations and variations are possible. The combinatorial processing chamber uses a rotating and revolving substrate pedestal to be able to deposit on all locations or positions on a substrate. The combinatorial processing chamber uses a correction factor that accounts for variations in alignment and/or configuration of the processing chamber so that the actual location of deposition of a region is approximately the same as a desired location of deposition. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/651172 |
| ART UNIT | 1718 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 14/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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