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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 02, 2014
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| US 08899094 | Zhang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xian Jie Zhang (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xian Jie Zhang (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is typically embodied as a method for studying ballistic resistance of one or more steel materials. A projectile is caused to strike groups of steel samples made of the same steel material, and the ballistic limit V50 of each steel material is determined. Prior to the V50 testing, a sample of each steel material is metallographically imaged so as to reveal austenitic bodies therein. The austenitic volume fraction of a sample of each steel material is measured via VSM at least once prior to the V50 testing and at least once subsequent to the V50 testing. Subsequent to the V50 testing, a microhardness distribution is mapped characterizing a sample of each steel material in the vicinity of the ballistic crater. The empirical results are assessed in light of the inventively discovered mechanism of plasticity of the steel that is ballistically induced in relation to austenite-to-martensite transformation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/443413 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/12.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08899102 | Manalis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Manalis (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrea K. Bryan (Allston, Massachusetts); Philip Dextras (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sungmin Son (Boston, Massachusetts); Thomas Burg (Goettingen, Germany); William Grover (Medford, Massachusetts); Yao-Chung Weng (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Manalis (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrea K. Bryan (Allston, Massachusetts); Philip Dextras (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sungmin Son (Boston, Massachusetts); Thomas Burg (Goettingen, Germany); William Grover (Medford, Massachusetts); Yao-Chung Weng (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for improving measurements of particle or cell characteristics, such as mass, in Suspended Microchannel Resonators (SMR's). Apparatus include in particular designs for trapping particles in SMR's for extended measurement periods. Methods include techniques to provide differential measurements by varying the fluid density for repeated measurements on the same particle or cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/109766 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 9/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 15/12 (20130101) G01N 15/1056 (20130101) G01N 2015/1043 (20130101) G01N 2015/1087 (20130101) |
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| US 08899137 | Bride et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dustin T. Bride (Panama City, Florida); Daniel P. Coats (Panama City Beach, Florida); Michael Conn (Panama City Beach, Florida); Christopher J. Doyle (Panama City Beach, Florida); John M. Gwyn (Panama City, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dustin T. Bride (Panama City, Florida); Daniel P. Coats (Panama City Beach, Florida); Michael Conn (Panama City Beach, Florida); Christopher J. Doyle (Panama City Beach, Florida); John M. Gwyn (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A remote jettison system is provided to disconnect a mine roller from a tactical vehicle. The system enables personnel conducting mine roller operations to disengage the vehicle from the mine roller without leaving the vehicle. The remote jettison system has two assemblies: A mine roller assembly and a tactical vehicle assembly. The mine roller assembly, which is connected to the mine roller, can be remotely disconnected from the tactical vehicle assembly, which is mounted on the vehicle. The system utilizes one mechanized latch to release the mine roller assembly from the tactical vehicle assembly, allowing the force of gravity to cause them to separate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/888990 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Offensive or Defensive Arrangements on Vessels; Mine-laying; Mine-sweeping; Submarines; Aircraft Carriers B63G 7/02 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 11/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F41H 11/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08899227 | Billingsley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Britton G. Billingsley (St. Paul, Minnesota); David M. Blomberg (Lino Lakes, Minnesota); Joy L. Manske (Menomonie, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Britton G. Billingsley (St. Paul, Minnesota); David M. Blomberg (Lino Lakes, Minnesota); Joy L. Manske (Menomonie, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A filtering device 10 that includes a housing 12 having a plurality of subsections 32, 34, and 36 where each subsection contains a filter element 26, 28, and 30. An inlet 18 is disposed at a first location on the housing 12, and an upstream air distribution system is placed in fluid communication with the inlet 18 and with each of the subsections 32, 34, and 36. A downstream air distribution system is located in fluid communication with each subsection 32, 34, and 36, and an outlet 20 is in fluid communication with the downstream air distribution system. The subsections are fashioned such that each subsection 32, 34, and 36 is not in fluid communication with each other. Using a filtering device so constructed, airflow through the device may be better managed to enable overall product service life to be increased while minimizing pressure resistance of the total filter. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/326451 |
| ART UNIT | 3778 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/201.250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08899910 | Makulec et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey M. Makulec (Rockford, Illinois); Marc Westen (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M. Makulec (Rockford, Illinois); Marc Westen (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A clutch assembly includes a shaft, vent plug and oil guide sleeve. The shaft includes an internal cavity, first passages for allowing oil to lubricate clutch components, and second passages for allowing excess oil to drain from the internal cavity. The vent plug has a radial passage in communication with the internal cavity for venting the cavity with an external source of air. The oil guide sleeve directs oil into the internal cavity. A method for lubricating and venting an air turbine starter includes delivering lubricating oil to an internal cavity of a clutch via an oil guide sleeve. The oil guide sleeve prevents oil from exiting the cavity through excess oil drainage passages before it lubricates the clutch components. The method also includes draining excess oil from the cavity through excess oil drainage passages so that excess oil does not substantially impede air flow through a vent plug passage. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/218635 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/18 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/277 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/602 (20130101) F05D 2260/605 (20130101) F05D 2260/4023 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08899974 | Lau |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth H. Lau (La Crescenta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth H. Lau (La Crescenta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A propellant management device comprising a plurality of insert vanes with respective outwardly extending curved flanges is disposed in a propellant tank with the curved flanges having mating contact along contacting lines on the interior of the tank as the insert vanes serves to wick fuel within the tank with reduced particulate generation within the tank for improved reliability and use of the propellant tank. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/901945 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 9/605 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2250/14 (20130101) F05D 2250/71 (20130101) F05D 2300/133 (20130101) |
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| US 08900352 | Wilmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher E. Wilmer (Evanston, Illinois); Michael Leaf (Evanston, Illinois); Randall Q. Snurr (Evanston, Illinois); Omar K. Farha (Mortongrove, Illinois); Joseph T. Hupp (Northfield, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher E. Wilmer (Evanston, Illinois); Michael Leaf (Evanston, Illinois); Randall Q. Snurr (Evanston, Illinois); Omar K. Farha (Mortongrove, Illinois); Joseph T. Hupp (Northfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for systematically generating potential metal-organic framework (MOFs) structures given an input library of building blocks is provided herein. One or more material properties of the potential MOFs are evaluated using computational simulations. A range of material properties (surface area, pore volume, pore size distribution, powder x-ray diffraction pattern, methane adsorption capability, and the like) can be estimated, and in doing so, illuminate unidentified structure-property relationships that may only have been recognized by taking a global view of MOF structures. In addition to identifying structure-property relationships, this systematic approach to identify the MOFs of interest is used to identify one or more MOFs that may be useful for high pressure methane storage. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/543283 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/04 (20130101) B01D 2253/204 (20130101) B01D 2257/102 (20130101) B01D 2257/7025 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/22 (20130101) B01J 20/223 (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) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 3/00 (20130101) Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 11/00 (20130101) F17C 11/002 (20130101) F17C 11/005 (20130101) F17C 11/007 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 20/20 (20130101) |
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| US 08900562 | Mecozzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandro Mecozzi (Madison, Wisconsin); Glen S. Kwon (Waunakee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandro Mecozzi (Madison, Wisconsin); Glen S. Kwon (Waunakee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides semi-fluorinated block copolymers and related methods of synthesizing and using semi-fluorinated block copolymers for drug delivery and drug formulation applications. Semi-fluorinated block copolymers of this aspect of the invention include block copolymers having discrete hydrophilic, fluorophilic and hydrophobic structural domains that are capable of forming supramolecular structures in aqueous solutions, such as micelles, for encapsulating hydrophobic and/or fluorophilic therapeutic agents. Encapsulation by semi-fluorinated block copolymers of the present invention allows for enhanced solubilization and stabilization of hydrophobic and/or fluorophilic therapeutic agents relative to conventional drug delivery compositions and methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/972061 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/90 (20130101) A61K 9/1075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/335 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/4353 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 51/003 (20130101) C08L 51/003 (20130101) C08L 53/00 (20130101) C08L 53/00 (20130101) C08L 2666/02 (20130101) C08L 2666/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08900668 | Mannari |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vijaykumar M. Mannari (Saline, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijaykumar M. Mannari (Saline, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to curable polyureasil compounds, methods related to curing of such compounds via hydrolysis and/or condensation to form coatings on a substrate, and coated articles formed from the curable polyureasil compounds. The polyureasil compounds are generally hydrocarbon-based, including multiple urea groups and multiple hydrolysable silyl groups per molecule. The hydrolysable silyl groups can be hydrolyzed and subsequently condensed to provide a networked polymeric structure with siloxane/urea linkages between polyureasil compound precursors to form a cured polyureasil composition useful as a coating for a substrate, in particular an anti-corrosion coating for a metallic substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/439970 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/387 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08900752 | Atwater et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Terrill B. Atwater (Bel Air, Maryland); Arek Suszko (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terrill B. Atwater (Bel Air, Maryland); Arek Suszko (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A lead manganese-based cathode material is provided. Furthermore, a lithium or lithium ion rechargeable electrochemical cell is provided incorporating lead manganese-based cathode material in a positive electrode. In addition, a process for preparing a stable lead manganese-based cathode material is provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/276939 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/131 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/622 (20130101) H01M 4/623 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 4/1391 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08900756 | Atwater et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Terrill B. Atwater (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Paula C. Tavares (Tinton Falls, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terrill B. Atwater (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Paula C. Tavares (Tinton Falls, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluorine-modified lithium manganese-based AB2O4 spinel cathode material is provided. Furthermore, a lithium or lithium ion rechargeable electrochemical cell is provided incorporating fluorine-modified lithium manganese-based AB2O4 spinel cathode material in a positive electrode. In addition, a process for preparing a stable fluorine-modified lithium manganese-based AB2O4 spinel cathode material is provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/081976 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.950 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08900805 | Mufti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Naheed Mufti (San Ramon, California); Anna Erickson (Richmond, California); Anne North (Pleasant Hill, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cerus Corporation (Concord, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Naheed Mufti (San Ramon, California); Anna Erickson (Richmond, California); Anne North (Pleasant Hill, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides improved methods for treating red blood cell compositions with a pathogen-inactivating compound under conditions which provide suitable pathogen inactivation while maintaining cell vitality. Also provided methods of reducing dehydration in red blood cells, as well as treated red blood cell compositions. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/936763 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 1/02 (20130101) A01N 1/0215 (20130101) A01N 1/0215 (20130101) A01N 1/0226 (20130101) A01N 25/00 (20130101) A01N 37/44 (20130101) A01N 37/46 (20130101) A01N 43/42 (20130101) A01N 43/42 (20130101) A01N 43/42 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) A01N 2300/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/00 (20130101) A61K 35/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 2/0082 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08900818 | Ching et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei-Mei Ching (Bethesda, Maryland); Hua-Wei Chen (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Mei Ching (Bethesda, Maryland); Hua-Wei Chen (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a recombinant immunogenic composition from Rickettsia typhi. The invention also relates to a method for the use of the recombinant proteins in detection and diagnostic assays and as a component in formulations for the induction of an anti-R. typhi immune response. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/047899 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0233 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2333/29 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08900819 | Chinnaiyan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arul M. Chinnaiyan (Plymouth, Michigan); Jindan Yu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Rohit Mehra (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arul M. Chinnaiyan (Plymouth, Michigan); Jindan Yu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Rohit Mehra (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnosis, research and therapy, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention relates to ADRB2 markers for cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/286820 |
| 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 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 08900939 | Kub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Karl D. Hobart (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Michael A. Mastro (Fairfax, Virginia); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, 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); Travis Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Karl D. Hobart (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Michael A. Mastro (Fairfax, Virginia); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | High electron mobility transistors and fabrication processes are presented in which a barrier material layer of uniform thickness is provided for threshold voltage control under an enhanced channel charge inducing material layer (ECCIML) in source and drain regions with the ECCIML layer removed in the gate region. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/165602 |
| ART UNIT | 2899 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/402 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0847 (20130101) H01L 29/0891 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/4236 (20130101) H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) H01L 29/42316 (20130101) H01L 29/42368 (20130101) H01L 29/42376 (20130101) H01L 29/66431 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) |
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| US 08900979 | Sudarshan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tangali S. Sudarshan (Columbia, South Carolina); Haizheng Song (Columbia, South Carolina); Tawhid Rana (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Non-destructive pretreatment methods are generally provided for a surface of a SiC substrate with substantially no degradation of surface morphology thereon. In one particular embodiment, a molten mixture (e.g., including KOH and a buffering agent) is applied directly onto the surface of the SiC substrate to form a treated surface thereon. An epitaxial film (e.g., SiC) can then be grown on the treated surface to achieve very high (e.g., up to and including 100%) BPD to TED conversion rate close to the epilayer/substrate interface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/682240 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/14 (20130101) C30B 25/165 (20130101) C30B 29/36 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02019 (20130101) H01L 21/02082 (20130101) H01L 21/02516 (20130101) H01L 21/02529 (20130101) H01L 21/02658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/30608 (20130101) |
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| US 08901084 | Genove et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elsa Genove (Barcelona, Spain); Shuguang Zhang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Carlos Semino (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elsa Genove (Barcelona, Spain); Shuguang Zhang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Carlos Semino (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a self-assembling peptide comprising (a) a first amino acid domain that mediates self-assembly, wherein the domain comprises alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic amino acids that are complementary and structurally compatible and self-assemble into a macroscopic structure when present in unmodified form; and (b) a second amino acid domain that does not self-assemble in isolated form. In certain embodiments of the invention the second amino acid domain comprises a biologically active peptide motif, e.g., a peptide motif found in a naturally occurring protein, or a target site for an interaction with a biomolecule. In certain embodiments of the invention the naturally occurring protein is a component of the extracellular matrix, e.g., a component of the basement membrane. The invention further provides scaffolds comprising the self-assembling peptides and methods of using the scaffolds including for cell culture, tissue engineering, and tissue repair. |
| FILED | Monday, March 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/724153 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/735 (20130101) |
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| US 08901086 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention encompasses combination therapies including TCN, TCN-P, TCN-PM and/or related compounds and one or more additional anti-cancer agents, for example, taxanes a molecule that modulates the HER2/neu (erbB2) receptor, anthracyclin compounds, epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor compounds, one or more platinum compounds and bortezomib and derivatives thereof and compositions with reduced toxicity for the treatment and prevention of tumors, cancer, and other disorders associated with abnormal cell proliferation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/463576 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7064 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08901536 | Kub |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, 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) |
| ABSTRACT | A transistor device having a graphene base for the transport of electrons into a collector is provided. The transistor consists of a heterostructure comprising an electron emitter, an electron collector, and a graphene material base layer consisting of one or more sheets of graphene situated between the emitter and the collector. The transistor also can further include an emitter transition layer at the emitter interface with the base and/or a collector transition layer at the base interface with the collector. The electrons injected into the graphene material base layer can be “hot electrons” having an energy E substantially greater than EF, the Fermi energy in the graphene material base layer or can be “non-hot electrons” having an energy E approximately equal to than EF. The electrons can have the properties of ballistic transit through the base layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/238728 |
| 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) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1004 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/7371 (20130101) H01L 29/66037 (20130101) H01L 29/66068 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08902095 | Kanter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory S. Kanter (Chicago, Illinois); Daniel Reilly (Chicago, Illinois); Shawn X. Wang (Temple City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nucript LLC (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory S. Kanter (Chicago, Illinois); Daniel Reilly (Chicago, Illinois); Shawn X. Wang (Temple City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method are disclosed to digitize an input electrical signal. A sequence of nonuniformly spaced optical pulses impinges an optical modulator, where the pulses are modulated by the electrical input signal, the optical pulses being detected by one or more photoreceivers, the photoreceiver outputs being electrically sampled in analog-to-digital converters and then processed in a digital signal processor (DSP) in order to measure the electrical input signal. The series of nonuniform pulses are formed by interleaving L uniformly spaced pulse streams each of repetition period T and where fmax, the maximum allowable spectral frequency of the input electrical signal, is greater than 4·L·f/2, where f=1/T. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/610820 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/1265 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08902096 | Valley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George C. Valley (Los Angeles, California); George Sefler (Redondo Beach, California); Thomas Justin Shaw (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for converting wideband signals into the digital domain are provided herein. The system may include an electronic or guided-wave optic based replicator configured to obtain at least M replicas of a signal applied thereto, and an electronic or guided-wave optic based segmenter configured to segment a signal applied thereto into at least N segments based on time or wavelength. Together, the replicator and the segmenter obtain M×N segment replicas of the received signal. An electronic or guided-wave optic based mixer is configured to multiply the M×N segment replicas by a mixing matrix having dimension M×N and then to form M integrations each of N segment replicas so as to obtain a measurement vector of length M. A signal recovery processor is configured to obtain a digital representation of the received signal based on the measurement vector and the mixing matrix. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/830826 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08902121 | Locker |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sean C. Locker (Dahlgren, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean C. Locker (Dahlgren, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable field antenna platform supports an L-band antenna and communicating via a cable. The platform includes several tubes, a shock cord, and an antenna mount. Each tube has a sleeve and a ferrule inserted therein at a first end of that sleeve. The ferrule of a first tube detachably inserts into a second end of the sleeve of a second adjacent tube. The shock cord passes through each tube to connect all the tubes together by elastic tension. The antenna mount attaches to the antenna and connects a cable to the terminal. The mount includes an antenna connector for connecting the cable to the antenna. The tubes either collapse into a zig-zag bundle in a stow configuration or deploy as a mast. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/473926 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/1242 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08902232 | Debevec et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul E. Debevec (Marina del Rey, California); Wan-Chun Ma (Taipei, Taiwan); Timothy Hawkins (Marina del Rey, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Debevec (Marina del Rey, California); Wan-Chun Ma (Taipei, Taiwan); Timothy Hawkins (Marina del Rey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Acquisition, modeling, compression, and synthesis of realistic facial deformations using polynomial displacement maps are described. An analysis phase can be included where the relationship between motion capture markers and detailed facial geometry is inferred. A synthesis phase can be included where detailed animated facial geometry is driven by a sparse set of motion capture markers. For analysis, an actor can be recorded wearing facial markers while performing a set of training expression clips. Real-time high-resolution facial deformations are captured, including dynamic wrinkle and pore detail, using interleaved structured light 3D scanning and photometric stereo. Next, displacements are calculated between a neutral mesh driven by the motion capture markers and the high-resolution captured expressions. These geometric displacements are stored in one or more polynomial displacement maps parameterized according to the local deformations of the motion capture dots. For synthesis, the polynomial displacement maps can be driven with new motion capture data. |
| FILED | Monday, February 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/364284 |
| 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 13/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/30196 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08902436 | Parks |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allen D. Parks (Spotsylvania, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allen D. Parks (Spotsylvania, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for determining a thickness L of a chiral slab that refracts incident linearly polarized light into right (+) and left (−) circularly polarized beams. The method includes disposing the slab in an achiral medium, determining values of translation coefficients γ±, determining values for refraction angle differences (θ+−θ−), selecting pre- and post selection states |ψi The achiral medium has an established index of refraction n0. The translation coefficients γ± establish refraction translation differences (γ+−γ−). The pre-selection state |ψi |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/134432 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 1/00 (20130101) G01B 11/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/21 (20130101) G01N 2021/0106 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lacy G. Cook (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lacy G. Cook (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical assembly includes: a first lens comprising a crown material; a second lens comprises a primary flint material for wavelengths below about 1.0 μm; and a third lens comprising a secondary flint material for wavelengths below about 1.0 μm, wherein the first, second and third lenses together are configured to transmit light and function in the visible, mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) and long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. In some implementations, the optical assembly may be configured as an afocal Galilean telescope having an objective lens assembly and a eyepiece lens assembly. |
| FILED | Friday, December 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/635853 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 23/24 (20130101) Weapon Sights; Aiming F41G 1/393 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/02 (20130101) G02B 13/146 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08902755 | Agrawal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dakshi Agrawal (Monsey, New York); Bong Jun Ko (Harrington, New York); Mudhakar Srivatsa (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dakshi Agrawal (Monsey, New York); Bong Jun Ko (Harrington, New York); Mudhakar Srivatsa (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for inferring network link topology includes receiving an address of a seed node in a network, initializing a set of links and monitors of the network, refining, iteratively beginning at the seed node, the set of links and monitors of the network, wherein a local topology of links is inferred from routing information of a current node and a remote topology of links is inferred from routing information of the set of monitors, wherein the set of monitors is created from the local topology of links, and outputting the topology of links including the local and remote topology of links as a topology of the network. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/569854 |
| ART UNIT | 2462 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08902946 | Chua et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Song Liang Chua (Singapore, Singapore); Ling Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Song Liang Chua (Singapore, Singapore); Ling Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser (PCSEL) includes a gain medium electromagnetically coupled to a photonic crystal whose energy band structure exhibits a Dirac cone of linear dispersion at the center of the photonic crystal's Brillouin zone. This Dirac cone's vertex is called a Dirac point; because it is at the Brillouin zone center, it is called an accidental Dirac point. Tuning the photonic crystal's band structure (e.g., by changing the photonic crystal's dimensions or refractive index) to exhibit an accidental Dirac point increases the photonic crystal's mode spacing by orders of magnitudes and reduces or eliminates the photonic crystal's distributed in-plane feedback. Thus, the photonic crystal can act as a resonator that supports single-mode output from the PCSEL over a larger area than is possible with conventional PCSELs, which have quadratic band edge dispersion. Because output power generally scales with output area, this increase in output area results in higher possible output powers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/771935 |
| 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 5/18 (20130101) H01S 5/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/187 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08903641 | Schwartz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ira B Schwartz (Bethesda, Maryland); Mong-ying Ani Hsieh (Marlton, New Jersey); Eric Forgoston (Livingston, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ira B Schwartz (Bethesda, Maryland); Mong-ying Ani Hsieh (Marlton, New Jersey); Eric Forgoston (Livingston, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A collaborative control method for tracking Lagrangian coherent structures (LCSs) and manifolds on flows employs at least three autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) each equipped with a local flow sensor. A first flow sensor is a tracking sensor and the other sensors are herding sensors for controlling and determining the actions of the tracking sensor. The AUVs are deployed in a body of water whereby the tracking sensor is positioned with respect to the herding sensors such that the herding sensors maintain a straddle formation across a boundary. A local flow velocity measurement is obtained from each AUV; and based on the local flow velocity measurements a global flow structure that is useful for plotting an optimal course for a vessel between two or more locations is predicted. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/868811 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08903654 | Covello et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Covello (Tucson, Arizona); Angel D. Laracuente (Sahuarita, Arizona); Tormod Fretheim (Oro Valley, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Covello (Tucson, Arizona); Angel D. Laracuente (Sahuarita, Arizona); Tormod Fretheim (Oro Valley, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An attitude estimator provides non-causal attitude estimates for real-time motion compensation of sensed images on a moving platform. A non-causal filter processes uncompensated attitude samples received with a latency from an IMU at a high rate clock to provide an attitude estimate that is strictly non-causal but satisfies a just-in-time (JIT) criteria for real-time motion compensation of images captured at a low rate clock. On-average the error of the non-causal attitude estimate is less than the error of a causal attitude estimate. If the lag added by the non-causal filter is greater than the latency, the effective transfer function of the non-causal filter has a negative gain slope that attenuates high frequency noise of the uncompensated attitude samples. The attitude estimator may also include a causal filter to generate a causal attitude estimate for real-time active stabilization of the image sensor at the high rate clock. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/528392 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — 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 71/509 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08903669 | Holly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandor Holly (Woodland Hills, California); Donald Elliot Harrington (Moorpark, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandor Holly (Woodland Hills, California); Donald Elliot Harrington (Moorpark, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for detecting an object. A first collimated beam having a first frequency and a second collimated beam having a second frequency is transmitted. At least one of the first frequency and the second frequency is changed through a range of frequencies and a power level for at least one of the first collimated beam and the second collimated beam is changed through a range of power levels. A range of fundamental difference frequency signals for each power level in the range of power levels are monitored for, in response to transmitting the first collimated beam and the second collimated beam using the range of frequencies and the range of power levels. The range of fundamental difference frequency signals is generated by the object having non-linear electrical characteristics in response to receiving the first collimated beam and the second collimated beam. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/504293 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/75 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08903690 | Bellamy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York); University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rachel K. E. Bellamy (Bedford, New York); Myra B. Cohen (Lincoln, Nebraska); Bonnie E. John (New York City, New York); Padmanabhan Santhanam (Yorktown Heights, New York); Amanda M. Swearngin (Fargo, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of providing usability predictions are set forth herein. A method includes obtaining test cases for analyzing usability of a graphical user interface of a given software application. The method further includes automatically generating, using a processor, a human performance model based on the test cases. The method also includes generating the usability predictions based on the human performance model. At least some of the test cases are generated automatically from an analysis of the given software application. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/666189 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/3684 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08903691 | Bellamy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York); University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rachel K. E. Bellamy (Bedford, New York); Myra B. Cohen (Lincoln, Nebraska); Bonnie E. John (New York City, New York); Padmanabhan Santhanam (Yorktown Heights, New York); Amanda M. Swearngin (Fargo, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and computer program products for providing usability predictions are set forth herein. A system includes a test case collector for obtaining test cases for analyzing usability of a graphical user interface of a given software application, the test case collector having at least a memory storing the test cases. The system further includes a human performance model generator for automatically generating a human performance model based on the test cases. The system also includes a usability predictor for generating the usability predictions based on the human performance model. The test case collector automatically generates at least some of the test cases from an analysis of the given software application. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/672237 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/048 (20130101) G06F 11/3664 (20130101) G06F 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08903707 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bing Zhao (Stamford, Connecticut); Imed Zitouni (White Plains, New York); Xiaoqiang Luo (Ardsley, New York); Vittorio Castelli (Croton on Hudson, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bing Zhao (Stamford, Connecticut); Imed Zitouni (White Plains, New York); Xiaoqiang Luo (Ardsley, New York); Vittorio Castelli (Croton on Hudson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for determining a dropped pronoun from a source language. The method includes collecting parallel sentences from a source and a target language, creating at least one word alignment between the parallel sentences in the source and the target language, mapping at least one pronoun from the target language sentence onto the source language sentence, computing at least one feature from the mapping, wherein the at least one feature is extracted from both the source language and the at least one pronoun projected from the target language, and using the at least one feature to train a classifier to predict position and spelling of at least one pronoun in the target language when the at least one pronoun is dropped in the source language. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/348995 |
| ART UNIT | 2657 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08904366 | Andrade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Hua Yong Wang (Beijing, China PRC); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Hua Yong Wang (Beijing, China PRC); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for use of vectorization instruction sets. One embodiment of a method for generating vector instructions includes receiving source code written in a high-level programming language, wherein the source code includes at least one high-level instruction that performs multiple operations on a plurality of vector operands, and compiling the high-level instruction(s) into one or more low-level instructions, wherein the low-level instructions are in an instruction set of a specific computer architecture. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/466980 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08898971 | West et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Raymond West (San Rafael, California); Brian Atchley (San Rafael, California); Tyrus Hawkes Hudson (San Rafael, California); Emil Johansen (San Rafael, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zep Solar, LLC (San Rafael, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Raymond West (San Rafael, California); Brian Atchley (San Rafael, California); Tyrus Hawkes Hudson (San Rafael, California); Emil Johansen (San Rafael, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for mounting a photovoltaic (PV) module on a surface, including a support with an upper surface, a lower surface, tabs, one or more openings, and a clip comprising an arm and a notch, where the apparatus resists wind forces and seismic forces and creates a grounding electrical bond between the PV module, support, and clip. The invention further includes a method for installing PV modules on a surface that includes arranging supports in rows along an X axis and in columns along a Y axis on a surface such that in each row the distance between two neighboring supports does not exceed the length of the longest side of a PV module and in each column the distance between two neighboring supports does not exceed the length of the shortest side of a PV module. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/137989 |
| ART UNIT | 3638 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/0422 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08899044 | Okawa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Okawa (Berkeley, California); Stefan J. Pastine (San Francisco, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California); Jean M. J. Frechet (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Okawa (Berkeley, California); Stefan J. Pastine (San Francisco, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California); Jean M. J. Frechet (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are a method and apparatus for converting light energy to mechanical energy by modification of surface tension on a supporting fluid. The apparatus comprises an object which may be formed as a composite object comprising a support matrix and a highly light absorptive material. The support matrix may comprise a silicon polymer. The highly light absorptive material may comprise vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VANTs) embedded in the support matrix. The composite object is supported on a fluid. By exposing the highly light absorptive material to light, heat is generated, which changes the surface tension of the composite object, causing it to move physically within the fluid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/069131 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| 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 30/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08899054 | Jankowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd A. Jankowski (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Dallas D. Hill (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Cooling devices for use with electric submersible pump motors include a refrigerator attached to the end of the electric submersible pump motor with the evaporator heat exchanger accepting all or a portion of the heat load from the motor. The cooling device can be a self-contained bolt-on unit, so that minimal design changes to existing motors are required. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/655328 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 1/053 (20130101) F25B 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F25B 2339/047 (20130101) F25B 2400/71 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08899060 | Hall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn Anthony Hall (Pleasantville, New York); Gerard Vincent Kopcsay (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn Anthony Hall (Pleasantville, New York); Gerard Vincent Kopcsay (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for choosing an energy-efficient coolant temperature for electronics by considering the temperature dependence of the electronics' power dissipation. This dependence is explicitly considered in selecting the coolant temperature T0 that is sent to the equipment. To minimize power consumption PTotal for the entire system, where PTotal=P0+PCool is the sum of the electronic equipment's power consumption P0 plus the cooling equipment's power consumption PCool, PTotal is obtained experimentally, by measuring P0 and PCool, as a function of three parameters: coolant temperature T0; weather-related temperature T3 that affects the performance of free-cooling equipment; and computational state C of the electronic equipment, which affects the temperature dependence of its power consumption. This experiment provides, for each possible combination of T3 and C, the value T0* of T0 that minimizes PTotal. During operation, for any combination of T3 and C that occurs, the corresponding optimal coolant temperature T0* is selected, and the cooling equipment is commanded to produce it. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/173082 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 23/1919 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/206 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/1275 (20130101) |
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| US 08899074 | Wilding et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce M. Wilding (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Terry D. Turner (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce M. Wilding (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Terry D. Turner (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of natural gas liquefaction may include cooling a gaseous NG process stream to form a liquid NG process stream. The method may further include directing the first tail gas stream out of a plant at a first pressure and directing a second tail gas stream out of the plant at a second pressure. An additional method of natural gas liquefaction may include separating CO2 from a liquid NG process stream and processing the CO2 to provide a CO2 product stream. Another method of natural gas liquefaction may include combining a marginal gaseous NG process stream with a secondary substantially pure NG stream to provide an improved gaseous NG process stream. Additionally, a NG liquefaction plant may include a first tail gas outlet, and at least a second tail gas outlet, the at least a second tail gas outlet separate from the first tail gas outlet. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/604194 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/637 |
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| US 08899222 | DeFoort et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Morgan W. DeFoort (Fort Collins, Colorado); Bryan D. Willson (Fort Collins, Colorado); Nathan Lorenz (Fort Collins, Colorado); Michael P. Brady (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Anthony Marchese (Fort Collins, Colorado); Daniel D. Miller-Lionberg (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado); UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Morgan W. DeFoort (Fort Collins, Colorado); Bryan D. Willson (Fort Collins, Colorado); Nathan Lorenz (Fort Collins, Colorado); Michael P. Brady (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Anthony Marchese (Fort Collins, Colorado); Daniel D. Miller-Lionberg (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustion chamber, having an upper part and a lower part, may include an annular constriction, in combination with the combustion chamber, to aid in directing partially combusted gases such as carbon monoxide away from the periphery of the combustion chamber back toward its center, and into the flame front. The annular constriction may also impede the flow of partially combusted gases located at the periphery, thus increasing the time these gases spend within the combustion chamber and increasing the likelihood that any products of incomplete combustion will undergo combustion. The combustion chamber may further comprise a dual burner cooktop for directing combustion gases and exhaust to multiple cooking vessels. In further embodiments, the combustion chamber may be made of, lined, or clad with a metal alloy comprising iron, chromium, and aluminum. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/756386 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Domestic Stoves or Ranges for Solid Fuels; Implements for Use in Connection With Stoves or Ranges F24B 1/003 (20130101) Domestic Stoves or Ranges; Details of Domestic Stoves or Ranges, of General Application F24C 1/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08899331 | Burnham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan K. Burnham (Livermore, California); Susan A. Carroll (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | American Shale Oil, LLC (Newark, New Jersey); Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan K. Burnham (Livermore, California); Susan A. Carroll (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are described for sequestering carbon dioxide underground by mineralizing the carbon dioxide with coinjected fluids and minerals remaining from the extraction shale oil. In one embodiment, the oil shale of an illite-rich oil shale is heated to pyrolyze the shale underground, and carbon dioxide is provided to the remaining depleted oil shale while at an elevated temperature. Conditions are sufficient to mineralize the carbon dioxide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/121550 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 41/0064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/14 (20130101) |
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| US 08899556 | Love et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam H. Love (Berkeley, California); Joel Del Eckels (Livermore, California); Alexander K. Vu (Dublin, California); Armando Alcaraz (Livermore, California); John G. Reynolds (San Ramon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam H. Love (Berkeley, California); Joel Del Eckels (Livermore, California); Alexander K. Vu (Dublin, California); Armando Alcaraz (Livermore, California); John G. Reynolds (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system according to one embodiment includes a moisture trap for drying air; at least one of a first container and a second container; and a mechanism for at least one of: bubbling dried air from the moisture trap through a hydrogen peroxide solution in the first container for producing a hydrogen peroxide vapor, and passing dried air from the moisture trap into a headspace above a hydrogen peroxide solution in the second container for producing a hydrogen peroxide vapor. A method according one embodiment includes at least one of bubbling dried air through a hydrogen peroxide solution in a container for producing a first hydrogen peroxide vapor, and passing dried air from the moisture trap into a headspace above the hydrogen peroxide solution in a container for producing a second hydrogen peroxide vapor. Additional systems and methods are also presented. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/271163 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 15/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 15/013 (20130101) |
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| US 08899969 | Gard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vincent Gard (Streamwood, Illinois); Dennis A. Chojnacki (Roselle, Illinois); Ioseph K. Rabovitser (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Gard (Streamwood, Illinois); Dennis A. Chojnacki (Roselle, Illinois); Ioseph K. Rabovitser (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for combustion in which a pressurized preheated liquid fuel is atomized and a portion thereof flash vaporized, creating a mixture of fuel vapor and liquid droplets. The mixture is mixed with primary combustion oxidant, producing a fuel/primary oxidant mixture which is then injected into a primary combustion chamber in which the fuel/primary oxidant mixture is partially combusted, producing a secondary gaseous fuel containing hydrogen and carbon oxides. The secondary gaseous fuel is mixed with a secondary combustion oxidant and injected into the second combustion chamber wherein complete combustion of the secondary gaseous fuel is carried out. The resulting second stage flue gas containing very low amounts of NOx is then vented from the second combustion chamber. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/156396 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air F23C 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23C 6/04 (20130101) F23C 9/06 (20130101) F23C 2201/401 (20130101) F23C 2900/06041 (20130101) Burners F23D 11/10 (20130101) F23D 11/38 (20130101) F23D 11/44 (20130101) F23D 14/58 (20130101) F23D 17/002 (20130101) F23D 2204/10 (20130101) Feeding Fuel to Combustion Apparatus F23K 5/22 (20130101) Regulating or Controlling Combustion F23N 1/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08900352 | Wilmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher E. Wilmer (Evanston, Illinois); Michael Leaf (Evanston, Illinois); Randall Q. Snurr (Evanston, Illinois); Omar K. Farha (Mortongrove, Illinois); Joseph T. Hupp (Northfield, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher E. Wilmer (Evanston, Illinois); Michael Leaf (Evanston, Illinois); Randall Q. Snurr (Evanston, Illinois); Omar K. Farha (Mortongrove, Illinois); Joseph T. Hupp (Northfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for systematically generating potential metal-organic framework (MOFs) structures given an input library of building blocks is provided herein. One or more material properties of the potential MOFs are evaluated using computational simulations. A range of material properties (surface area, pore volume, pore size distribution, powder x-ray diffraction pattern, methane adsorption capability, and the like) can be estimated, and in doing so, illuminate unidentified structure-property relationships that may only have been recognized by taking a global view of MOF structures. In addition to identifying structure-property relationships, this systematic approach to identify the MOFs of interest is used to identify one or more MOFs that may be useful for high pressure methane storage. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/543283 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/04 (20130101) B01D 2253/204 (20130101) B01D 2257/102 (20130101) B01D 2257/7025 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/22 (20130101) B01J 20/223 (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) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 3/00 (20130101) Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 11/00 (20130101) F17C 11/002 (20130101) F17C 11/005 (20130101) F17C 11/007 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 20/20 (20130101) |
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| US 08900416 | Hilten et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger Norris Hilten (Winterville, Georgia); Keshav Das (Athens, Georgia); James R. Kastner (Athens, Georgia); Brian P. Bibens (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Norris Hilten (Winterville, Georgia); Keshav Das (Athens, Georgia); James R. Kastner (Athens, Georgia); Brian P. Bibens (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure encompasses in-line reactive condensation processes via vapor phase esterification of bio-oil to decease reactive species concentration and water content in the oily phase of a two-phase oil, thereby increasing storage stability and heating value. Esterification of the bio-oil vapor occurs via the vapor phase contact and subsequent reaction of organic acids with ethanol during condensation results in the production of water and esters. The pyrolysis oil product can have an increased ester content and an increased stability when compared to a condensed pyrolysis oil product not treated with an atomized alcohol. |
| FILED | Monday, February 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/139383 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 67/08 (20130101) C07C 67/08 (20130101) C07C 67/08 (20130101) C07C 69/24 (20130101) C07C 69/52 (20130101) Destructive Distillation of Carbonageous Materials for Production of Gas, Coke, Tar, or Similar Materials C10B 47/44 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/02 (20130101) C10G 3/00 (20130101) C10G 2300/1011 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10L 1/19 (20130101) C10L 1/224 (20130101) C10L 2200/0469 (20130101) C10L 2290/02 (20130101) C10L 2290/18 (20130101) C10L 2290/141 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/14 (20130101) |
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| US 08900434 | Dehlinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livewrmore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dietrich A. Dehlinger (Dublin, California); Klint A. Rose (Alviso, California); Maxim Shusteff (Oakland, California); Christopher G. Bailey (Pleasanton, California); Raymond P. Mariella, Jr. (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dielectrophoresis method for separating particles from a sample, including a dielectrophoresis channel, the dielectrophoresis channel having a central axis, a bottom, a top, a first side, and a second side; a first mesa projecting into the dielectrophoresis channel from the bottom and extending from the first side across the dielectrophoresis channel to the second side, the first mesa extending at an angle to the central axis of the dielectrophoresis channel; a second mesa projecting into the dielectrophoresis channel from the bottom and extending from the first side across the dielectrophoresis channel to the second side, the second mesa parallel to said first mesa; a space between at least one of the first electrode and the second side or the second electrode and the second side; and a gap between the first electrode and the second electrode, and pumping a recovery fluid through said gap between said first electrode and into said space between at least one of said first mesa and said second side or said second mesa and said second side. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/945768 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 2400/0424 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 5/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B03C 5/026 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/447 (20130101) |
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| US 08900439 | Wiedmeyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stanley G. Wiedmeyer (Glen Ellyn, Illinois); Laurel A. Barnes (Chicago, Illinois); Mark A. Williamson (Naperville, Illinois); James L. Willit (Batavia, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley G. Wiedmeyer (Glen Ellyn, Illinois); Laurel A. Barnes (Chicago, Illinois); Mark A. Williamson (Naperville, Illinois); James L. Willit (Batavia, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Modular cathode assemblies are useable in electrolytic reduction systems and include a basket through which fluid electrolyte may pass and exchange charge with a material to be reduced in the basket. The basket can be divided into upper and lower sections to provide entry for the material. Example embodiment cathode assemblies may have any shape to permit modular placement at any position in reduction systems. Modular cathode assemblies include a cathode plate in the basket, to which unique and opposite electrical power may be supplied. Example embodiment modular cathode assemblies may have standardized electrical connectors. Modular cathode assemblies may be supported by a top plate of an electrolytic reduction system. Electrolytic oxide reduction systems are operated by positioning modular cathode and anode assemblies at desired positions, placing a material in the basket, and charging the modular assemblies to reduce the metal oxide. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/978005 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic Production, Recovery or Refining of Metals; Apparatus Therefor C25C 3/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25C 7/005 (20130101) C25C 7/025 (20130101) Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 9/30 (20130101) |
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| US 08900457 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yoon Y. Lee (Auburn, Alabama); Wei Wang (Auburn, Alabama); Li Kang (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoon Y. Lee (Auburn, Alabama); Wei Wang (Auburn, Alabama); Li Kang (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of chemically treating partially de-ashed pulp and/or paper mill sludge to obtain products of value comprising taking a sample of primary sludge from a Kraft paper mill process, partially de-ashing the primary sludge by physical means, and further treating the primary sludge to obtain the products of value, including further treating the resulting sludge and using the resulting sludge as a substrate to produce cellulase in an efficient manner using the resulting sludge as the only carbon source and mixtures of inorganic salts as the primary nitrogen source, and including further treating the resulting sludge and using the resulting sludge to produce ethanol. |
| FILED | Friday, August 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/391549 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 2103/28 (20130101) Production of Cellulose by Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing Materials; Regeneration of Pulping Liquors; Apparatus Therefor D21C 3/02 (20130101) D21C 11/0007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) |
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| US 08900523 | Balachandran |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of converting C2 and/or higher alkanes to olefins by contacting a feedstock containing C2 and/or higher alkanes with a first surface of a metal composite membrane of a sintered homogenous mixture of an Al oxide or stabilized or partially stabilized Zr oxide ceramic powder and a metal powder of one or more of Pd, Nb, V, Zr, Ta and/or alloys or mixtures thereof. The alkanes dehydrogenate to olefins by contact with the first surface with substantially only atomic hydrogen from the dehydrogenation of the alkanes passing through the metal composite membrane. Apparatus for effecting the conversion and separation is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/009969 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 4/04 (20130101) B01J 8/009 (20130101) B01J 19/2475 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 5/3337 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 5/3337 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 2523/50 (20130101) C07C 2523/66 (20130101) |
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| US 08900835 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qingzhao Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Keelnatham T. Shanmugam (Gainesville, Florida); Lonnie O. Ingram (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingzhao Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Keelnatham T. Shanmugam (Gainesville, Florida); Lonnie O. Ingram (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Genetically modified microorganisms having the ability to produce D(−)-lactic acid at temperatures between 30° C. and 55° C. are provided. In various embodiments, the microorganisms may have the chromosomal lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) gene and/or the chromosomal acetolactate synthase (alsS) gene inactivated. Exemplary microorganisms for use in the disclosed methods are Bacillus spp., such as Bacillus coagulans. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/301836 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0006 (20130101) C12N 9/1022 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08901371 | Shen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hui Shen (Ardmore, Oklahoma); Fang Chen (Ardmore, Oklahoma); Richard A. Dixon (Sulphur, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Shen (Ardmore, Oklahoma); Fang Chen (Ardmore, Oklahoma); Richard A. Dixon (Sulphur, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for modifying lignin content and composition in plants and achieving associated benefits therefrom involving altered expression of newly discovered MYB4 transcription factors. Nucleic acid constructs for modifying MYB4 transcription factor expression are described. By over-expressing the identified MYB4 transcription factors, for example, an accompanying decrease in lignin content may be achieved. Plants are provided by the invention comprising such modifications, as are methods for their preparation and use. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/462583 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/21 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8243 (20130101) C12N 15/8255 (20130101) C12N 15/8261 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/343 (20130101) |
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| US 08901487 | Vertes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Akos Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Jessica A. Stolee (Washington, District of Columbia); Bindesh Shrestha (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akos Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Jessica A. Stolee (Washington, District of Columbia); Bindesh Shrestha (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, a method of laser ablation electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LAESI-MS) may generally comprise micro-dissecting a cell comprising at least one of a cell wall and a cell membrane to expose at least one subcellular component therein, ablating the at least one subcellular component by an infrared laser pulse to form an ablation plume, intercepting the ablation plume by an electrospray plume to form ions, and detecting the ions by mass spectrometry. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/045277 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 3/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08901490 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tsung-Chi Chen (Richland, Washington); Keqi Tang (Richland, Washington); Yehia M. Ibrahim (Richland, Washington); Richard D. Smith (Richland, Washington); Gordon A. Anderson (Benton City, Washington); Erin M. Baker (West Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tsung-Chi Chen (Richland, Washington); Keqi Tang (Richland, Washington); Yehia M. Ibrahim (Richland, Washington); Richard D. Smith (Richland, Washington); Gordon A. Anderson (Benton City, Washington); Erin M. Baker (West Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion manipulation method and device is disclosed. The device includes a pair of substantially parallel surfaces. An array of inner electrodes is contained within, and extends substantially along the length of, each parallel surface. The device includes a first outer array of electrodes and a second outer array of electrodes. Each outer array of electrodes is positioned on either side of the inner electrodes, and is contained within and extends substantially along the length of each parallel surface. A DC voltage is applied to the first and second outer array of electrodes. A RF voltage, with a superimposed electric field, is applied to the inner electrodes by applying the DC voltages to each electrode. Ions either move between the parallel surfaces within an ion confinement area or along paths in the direction of the electric field, or can be trapped in the ion confinement area. The surfaces are housed in a chamber, and at least one electrically insulative shield is coupled to an inner surface of the chamber for increasing a mean-free-path between two adjacent electrodes in the chamber. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/292448 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/290 |
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| US 08901495 | Stevens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles G. Stevens (Danville, California); Joseph W. Tringe (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles G. Stevens (Danville, California); Joseph W. Tringe (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a heterodyne detection system for detecting light includes a first input aperture adapted for receiving a first light from a scene input, a second input aperture adapted for receiving a second light from a local oscillator input, a broadband local oscillator adapted for providing the second light to the second input aperture, a dispersive element adapted for dispersing the first light and the second light, and a final condensing lens coupled to an infrared detector. The final condensing lens is adapted for concentrating incident light from a primary condensing lens onto the detector, and the detector is a square-law detector capable of sensing the frequency difference between the first light and the second light. More systems and methods for detecting light are disclosed according to more embodiments. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/076107 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/10 (20130101) G01J 3/453 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08901507 | Kotter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale K. Kotter (Shelley, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Radiation sensitive devices include a substrate comprising a radiation sensitive material and a plurality of resonance elements coupled to the substrate. Each resonance element is configured to resonate responsive to non-ionizing incident radiation. Systems for detecting radiation from a special nuclear material include a radiation sensitive device and a sensor located remotely from the radiation sensitive device and configured to measure an output signal from the radiation sensitive device. In such systems, the radiation sensitive device includes a radiation sensitive material and a plurality of resonance elements positioned on the radiation sensitive material. Methods for detecting a presence of a special nuclear material include positioning a radiation sensitive device in a location where special nuclear materials are to be detected and remotely interrogating the radiation sensitive device with a sensor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/771905 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/16 (20130101) G01T 1/26 (20130101) G01T 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 5/0091 (20130101) |
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| US 08901892 | Yazami et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rachid Yazami (Singapore, Singapore); Joseph McMenamin (Glendale, California); Yvan Reynier (Grenoble, France); Brent T. Fultz (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are systems and methods for accurately characterizing thermodynamic and materials properties of electrodes and battery systems and for characterizing the state of health of electrodes and battery systems. Measurement of physical attributes of electrodes and batteries corresponding to thermodynamically stabilized electrode conditions permit determination of thermodynamic parameters, including state functions such as the Gibbs free energy, enthalpy and entropy of electrode/electrochemical cell reactions, that enable prediction of important performance attributes of electrode materials and battery systems, such as energy, power density, current rate, cycle life and state of health. Also provided are systems and methods for charging a battery according to its state of health. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/866985 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/3606 (20130101) G01R 31/3679 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/48 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/443 (20130101) H01M 10/486 (20130101) H01M 10/5081 (20130101) H01M 10/5083 (20130101) H01M 10/5085 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/12 (20130101) |
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| US 08902115 | Loui et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hung Loui (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James Carroll (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul G. Clem (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael B. Sinclair (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hung Loui (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James Carroll (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul G. Clem (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael B. Sinclair (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A resonant dielectric metamaterial comprises a first and a second set of dielectric scattering particles (e.g., spheres) having different permittivities arranged in a cubic array. The array can be an ordered or randomized array of particles. The resonant dielectric metamaterials are low-loss 3D isotropic materials with negative permittivity and permeability. Such isotropic double negative materials offer polarization and direction independent electromagnetic wave propagation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/191176 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/785 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08902497 | Erlandson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alvin Charles Erlandson (Livermore, California); Andrew James Bayramian (Manteca, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alvin Charles Erlandson (Livermore, California); Andrew James Bayramian (Manteca, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A spatial filter includes a first filter element and a second filter element overlapping with the first filter element. The first filter element includes a first pair of cylindrical lenses separated by a first distance. Each of the first pair of cylindrical lenses has a first focal length. The first filter element also includes a first longitudinal slit filter positioned between the first pair of cylindrical lenses. The second filter element includes a second pair of cylindrical lenses separated by a second distance. Each of the second pair of cylindrical lenses has a second focal length. The second filter element also includes a second longitudinal slit filter positioned between the second pair of cylindrical lenses. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/227378 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/347 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08902712 | Radtke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert P. Radtke (Kingwood, Texas); Robert H. Stokes (Austin, Texas); David A. Glowka (Red Rock, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Technology International, Inc. (Kingwood, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert P. Radtke (Kingwood, Texas); Robert H. Stokes (Austin, Texas); David A. Glowka (Red Rock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for operating an impulsive type seismic energy source in a firing sequence having at least two actuations for each seismic impulse to be generated by the source. The actuations have a time delay between them related to a selected energy frequency peak of the source output. One example of the method is used for generating seismic signals in a wellbore and includes discharging electric current through a spark gap disposed in the wellbore in at least one firing sequence. The sequence includes at least two actuations of the spark gap separated by an amount of time selected to cause acoustic energy resulting from the actuations to have peak amplitude at a selected frequency. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/337406 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01V 1/157 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08902892 | Hoenicke |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dirk Hoenicke (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dirk Hoenicke (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are a unified method and apparatus to classify, route, and process injected data packets into a network so as to belong to a plurality of logical networks, each implementing a specific flow of data on top of a common physical network. The method allows to locally identify collectives of packets for local processing, such as the computation of the sum, difference, maximum, minimum, or other logical operations among the identified packet collective. Packets are injected together with a class-attribute and an opcode attribute. Network routers, employing the described method, use the packet attributes to look-up the class-specific route information from a local route table, which contains the local incoming and outgoing directions as part of the specifically implemented global data flow of the particular virtual network. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/173073 |
| ART UNIT | 2466 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/00 (20130101) H04L 45/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 45/302 (20130101) |
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| US 08902920 | Vokkarane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vinod Vokkarane (Acton, Massachusetts); Arun Somani (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vinod Vokkarane (Acton, Massachusetts); Arun Somani (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of scheduling data transmissions from a source to a destination, includes the steps of: providing a communication system having a number of channels and a number of paths, each of the channels having a plurality of designated time slots; receiving two or more data transmission requests; provisioning the transmission of the data; receiving data corresponding to at least one of the two or more data transmission requests; waiting until an earliest requested start time Ts; allocating at the current time each of the two or more data transmission requests; transmitting the data; and repeating the steps of waiting, allocating, and transmitting until each of the two or more data transmission requests that have been provisioned for a transmission of data is satisfied. A system to perform the method of scheduling data transmissions is also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/533355 |
| ART UNIT | 2463 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex Communication H04J 14/0238 (20130101) H04J 14/0241 (20130101) H04J 14/0257 (20130101) H04J 14/0267 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08902946 | Chua et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Song Liang Chua (Singapore, Singapore); Ling Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Song Liang Chua (Singapore, Singapore); Ling Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser (PCSEL) includes a gain medium electromagnetically coupled to a photonic crystal whose energy band structure exhibits a Dirac cone of linear dispersion at the center of the photonic crystal's Brillouin zone. This Dirac cone's vertex is called a Dirac point; because it is at the Brillouin zone center, it is called an accidental Dirac point. Tuning the photonic crystal's band structure (e.g., by changing the photonic crystal's dimensions or refractive index) to exhibit an accidental Dirac point increases the photonic crystal's mode spacing by orders of magnitudes and reduces or eliminates the photonic crystal's distributed in-plane feedback. Thus, the photonic crystal can act as a resonator that supports single-mode output from the PCSEL over a larger area than is possible with conventional PCSELs, which have quadratic band edge dispersion. Because output power generally scales with output area, this increase in output area results in higher possible output powers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/771935 |
| 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 5/18 (20130101) H01S 5/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/187 (20130101) |
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| US 08903035 | Guillen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donna P. Guillen (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Douglas L. Porter (Idaho Falls, Idaho); W. David Swank (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Arnold W. Erickson (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donna P. Guillen (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Douglas L. Porter (Idaho Falls, Idaho); W. David Swank (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Arnold W. Erickson (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming at least a portion of a neutron absorber include combining a first material and a second material to form a compound, reducing the compound into a plurality of particles, mixing the plurality of particles with a third material, and pressing the mixture of the plurality of particles and the third material. One or more components of neutron absorbers may be formed by such methods. Neutron absorbers may include a composite material including an intermetallic compound comprising hafnium aluminide and a matrix material comprising pure aluminum. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/159545 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0003 (20130101) B22F 9/04 (20130101) B22F 2003/145 (20130101) B22F 2003/242 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) Alloys C22C 1/0416 (20130101) C22C 1/0491 (20130101) Nuclear Reactors G21C 17/00 (20130101) Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 1/08 (20130101) Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 4/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08903464 | Myneni et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ganapati Rao Myneni (Yorktown, Virginia); John P. Wallace (Weyers Cave, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ganapati Rao Myneni (Yorktown, Virginia); John P. Wallace (Weyers Cave, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and process for the production of a niobium cavity exhibiting high quality factors at high gradients is provided. The apparatus comprises a first chamber positioned within a second chamber, an RF generator and vacuum pumping systems. The process comprises placing the niobium cavity in a first chamber of the apparatus; thermally treating the cavity by high temperature in the first chamber while maintaining high vacuum in the first and second chambers; and applying a passivating thin film layer to a surface of the cavity in the presence of a gaseous mixture and an RF field. Further a niobium cavity exhibiting high quality factors at high gradients produced by the method of the invention is provided. |
| FILED | Saturday, October 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/925503 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08903825 | Parker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles T. Parker (East Lansing, Michigan); George M. Garrity (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NamesforLife LLC (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles T. Parker (East Lansing, Michigan); George M. Garrity (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of classifying a plurality of documents. The method includes steps of providing a first set of classification terms and a second set of classification terms, the second set of classification terms being different from the first set of classification terms; generating a first frequency array of a number of occurrences of each term from the first set of classification terms in each document; generating a second frequency array of a number of occurrences of each term from the second set of classification terms in each document; generating a first similarity matrix from the first frequency array; generating a second similarity matrix from the second frequency array; determining an entrywise combination of the first similarity matrix and the second similarity matrix; and clustering the plurality of documents based on the result of the entrywise combination. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/478973 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3071 (20130101) G06F 17/30707 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08903935 | Grant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan Eric Grant (Kingston, Canada); Mohammad Javad Rashti (Miamisburg, Ohio); Pavan Balaji (Chicago, Illinois); Ahmad Afsahi (Kingston, Canada) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Eric Grant (Kingston, Canada); Mohammad Javad Rashti (Miamisburg, Ohio); Pavan Balaji (Chicago, Illinois); Ahmad Afsahi (Kingston, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A communication stack for providing remote direct memory access (RDMA) over a datagram network is disclosed. The communication stack has a user level interface configured to accept datagram related input and communicate with an RDMA enabled network interface card (NIC) via an NIC driver. The communication stack also has an RDMA protocol layer configured to supply one or more data transfer primitives for the datagram related input of the user level. The communication stack further has a direct data placement (DDP) layer configured to transfer the datagram related input from a user storage to a transport layer based on the one or more data transfer primitives by way of a lower layer protocol (LLP) over the datagram network. |
| FILED | Monday, December 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/330423 |
| ART UNIT | 2448 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08904392 | Chiu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Chiu (Cross River, New York); Alan G. Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Valentina Salapura (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Chiu (Cross River, New York); Alan G. Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Valentina Salapura (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A performance monitoring unit (PMU) and method for monitoring performance of events occurring in a multiprocessor system. The multiprocessor system comprises a plurality of processor devices units, each processor device for generating signals representing occurrences of events in the processor device, and, a single shared counter resource for performance monitoring. The performance monitor unit is shared by all processor cores in the multiprocessor system. The PMU is further programmed to monitor event signals issued from non-processor devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/484797 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/348 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/3409 (20130101) G06F 2201/86 (20130101) G06F 2201/88 (20130101) |
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| US 08899102 | Manalis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Manalis (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrea K. Bryan (Allston, Massachusetts); Philip Dextras (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sungmin Son (Boston, Massachusetts); Thomas Burg (Goettingen, Germany); William Grover (Medford, Massachusetts); Yao-Chung Weng (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Manalis (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrea K. Bryan (Allston, Massachusetts); Philip Dextras (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sungmin Son (Boston, Massachusetts); Thomas Burg (Goettingen, Germany); William Grover (Medford, Massachusetts); Yao-Chung Weng (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for improving measurements of particle or cell characteristics, such as mass, in Suspended Microchannel Resonators (SMR's). Apparatus include in particular designs for trapping particles in SMR's for extended measurement periods. Methods include techniques to provide differential measurements by varying the fluid density for repeated measurements on the same particle or cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/109766 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 9/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 15/12 (20130101) G01N 15/1056 (20130101) G01N 2015/1043 (20130101) G01N 2015/1087 (20130101) |
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| US 08900133 | Morgan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas R. Morgan (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); P. Kay Lund (Carrboro, North Carolina); Howard H. Zhang (Hudson, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas R. Morgan (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); P. Kay Lund (Carrboro, North Carolina); Howard H. Zhang (Hudson, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel capsule imaging devices, systems and methods are provided for in vivo imaging applications, such as for gastrointestinal applications. A swallowable video imaging device, such as a capsule, can be used with a light filter for in vivo illumination of a target tissue that has absorbed a previously administered biological probe. The target tissue can be distinguished in images transmitted from the video imaging device. Quantification of the signal intensity of fluorescence can be used to assess how progressed the target tissue may be. The target tissue can be therapeutically treated to shrink or kill the target tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, May 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/920314 |
| ART UNIT | 3779 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/041 (20130101) A61B 1/043 (20130101) A61B 1/00186 (20130101) A61B 1/0646 (20130101) A61B 1/0676 (20130101) A61B 1/0684 (20130101) A61B 5/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0071 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) |
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| US 08900145 | Curra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francesco P. Curra (Brier, Washington); Neil R. Owen (Bothell, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francesco P. Curra (Brier, Washington); Neil R. Owen (Bothell, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Ultrasound systems and methods for real-time noninvasive spatial temperature estimation are disclosed herein. A method for noninvasive temperature estimation in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology can include, for example, propagating ultrasound waves into tissue and detecting echoes of the ultrasound waves. The ultrasound waves can become nonlinear as they propagate into the tissue. The method can further include monitoring changes in tissue temperature in real-time using a spectral-based temperature estimation approach, which correlates nonlinear acoustic effects with changes in tissue temperature. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/418203 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/466 (20130101) A61B 8/485 (20130101) A61B 8/587 (20130101) A61B 8/5223 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2018/00791 (20130101) A61B 2019/5276 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 7/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08900167 | Agrawal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sunil Agrawal (Newark, Delaware); Kalyan K. Mankala (Wallingford, Connecticut); Sai Banala (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sunil Agrawal (Newark, Delaware); Kalyan K. Mankala (Wallingford, Connecticut); Sai Banala (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Gait training apparatus and method for use thereof for providing leg swing assistance to a patient. The apparatus comprises a support structure and one or more leg orthoses attached to the support structure, each leg orthosis comprising a thigh member attached to the support structure at a hip joint, and a shank member attached to the thigh member at a knee joint. Both members have respective connectors for securing them to the corresponding body parts of the patient. The hip joint and knee joint are each biased by biasing members. The support structure may comprise a frame defining a patient activity region, including a base, a back support, a pair of support handles, and a weight support member mounted above the activity region. A method of using the device comprises selecting parameters for the biasing members using information about the patient. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/062885 |
| ART UNIT | 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 1/0237 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61H 1/0262 (20130101) A61H 3/00 (20130101) A61H 3/008 (20130101) A61H 2001/0211 (20130101) A61H 2201/163 (20130101) A61H 2201/165 (20130101) A61H 2201/1207 (20130101) A61H 2201/1623 (20130101) A61H 2201/1635 (20130101) A61H 2201/1642 (20130101) A61H 2201/1676 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/0006 (20130101) |
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| US 08900293 | Forbes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zachary Graham Forbes (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Benjamin Biron Yellen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kenneth Andrew Barbee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Gennady Friedman (Richboro, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zachary Graham Forbes (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Benjamin Biron Yellen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kenneth Andrew Barbee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Gennady Friedman (Richboro, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic delivery system for delivering a magnetizable particle to a location in a body, the device includes a magnetizable object implanted in the body, wherein the magnetizable object includes a plurality of segments distributed throughout the magnetizable object and wherein the segments are configured to provide a magnetic gradient for attracting the magnetizable particle and an external source of a magnetic field capable of (i) magnetizing the magnetizable particle and (ii) increasing a degree of magnetization of the magnetizable object and thereby creating the magnetic gradient. A drug delivery system including the magnetic delivery system and a magnetizable particle associated with a therapeutic agent and/or a cell. A cell delivery system based on the magnetic delivery system and a magnetizable particle associated with a cell. A method of using the magnetic delivery system for delivery of a therapeutic agent and/or a cell to a targeted location in a body. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/763925 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/82 (20130101) A61F 2210/009 (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 27/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 37/00 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/30 (20130101) A61N 2/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08900549 | Hilderbrand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott A. Hilderbrand (Swampscott, Massachusetts); Neal K. Devaraj (Boston, Massachusetts); Ralph Weissleder (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott A. Hilderbrand (Swampscott, Massachusetts); Neal K. Devaraj (Boston, Massachusetts); Ralph Weissleder (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides compositions and methods using bioorthogonal inverse electron demand Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction for rapid and specific covalent delivery of a “payload” to a ligand bound to a biological target. |
| FILED | Monday, November 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/126660 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/4813 (20130101) A61K 47/48746 (20130101) A61K 49/0019 (20130101) A61K 49/0041 (20130101) A61K 51/0474 (20130101) A61K 51/0495 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/532 (20130101) G01N 33/5306 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08900567 | Friedlander et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin Friedlander (Del Mar, California); Atsushi Otani (Otsu, Japan); Karen Da Silva (Irvine, California); Stacey (Hanekamp) Moreno (Spring Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Friedlander (Del Mar, California); Atsushi Otani (Otsu, Japan); Karen Da Silva (Irvine, California); Stacey (Hanekamp) Moreno (Spring Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preserving cone cells in the eye of a mammal suffering from a retinal degenerative disease comprises isolating from the bone marrow of the mammal a lineage negative hematopoietic stem cell population that includes endothelial progenitor cells, transfecting cells from the stem cell population with a gene that operably encodes an antiangiogenic fragment of human tryptophanyl tRNA synthetase (TrpRS), and subsequently intravitreally injecting the transfected cells into the eye of the mammal in an amount sufficient to inhibit the degeneration of cone cells in the retina of the eye. The treatment may be enhanced by stimulating proliferation of activated astrocytes in the retina using a laser. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/788973 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0647 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0692 (20130101) |
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| US 08900595 | Kawaoka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Luke D. Jasenosky (Madison, Wisconsin); Gabriele Neumann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Luke D. Jasenosky (Madison, Wisconsin); Gabriele Neumann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Cloned filovirus genomic cDNA and methods of using the cDNA are provided. Further provided are noninfectious lipid encapsulated filovirus-based particles. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/245296 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/525 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2760/14122 (20130101) C12N 2760/14123 (20130101) C12N 2760/14143 (20130101) C12N 2760/14145 (20130101) C12N 2810/6072 (20130101) |
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| US 08900596 | Schein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Catherine H. Schein (Friendswood, Texas); Petr Danecek (Prague, Czech Republic) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Catherine H. Schein (Friendswood, Texas); Petr Danecek (Prague, Czech Republic) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a computational method for designing a PCP-consensus protein for a family of related proteins. The method uses a consensus alignment of a protein domain common to all the related proteins, which may or may not be substantially biased, from which an average value of p, e.g., 5, physicochemical properties are calculated for each amino acid in the alignment. The PCP-consensus protein has a sequence derived from an alignment of protein domains from a family of related proteins, said sequence containing one or more motifs common to all of the proteins. Also provided are the PCP-consensus proteins, kits comprising the same, datasets of aligned consensus sequences used to derive the PCP-consensus proteins and methods of eliciting an immune response, diagnosing or treating an infectious disease using the same. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/510684 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/1825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1081 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2770/24122 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/185 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/16 (20130101) G06F 19/22 (20130101) |
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| US 08900599 | Schneerson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rachel Schneerson (Bethesda, Maryland); Joanna Kubler-Kielb (Bethesda, Maryland); Yimin Wu (Frederick, Maryland); Louis Miller (Cabin John, Maryland); Fathy Majadly (Frederick, Maryland); John B. Robbins (New York City, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Conjugates of ookinete surface protein Pfs25 are provided that are efficacious as vaccines against Plasmodium falciparum, the most severe form of malaria. Conjugates of ookinete surface protein Pvs25 for use as a vaccine against Plasmodium vivax are also provided. Methods for preparing the conjugates, which comprise the ookinete surface protein bound onto itself or onto another protein by a linking group, are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/750495 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/015 (20130101) A61K 2039/6068 (20130101) A61K 2039/6081 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/21 (20130101) C07K 14/445 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/40 (20130101) |
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| US 08900807 | Owen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | S. Michele Owen (Douglasville, Georgia); Kelly Curtis (Atlanta, Georgia); Donna Rudolph (Lilburn, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Michele Owen (Douglasville, Georgia); Kelly Curtis (Atlanta, Georgia); Donna Rudolph (Lilburn, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for detection of HIV nucleic acids in a sample, such as a biological sample obtained from a human subject, are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which include providing a reaction mixture including at least one LAMP, accelerated LAMP, RT-LAMP or RT-accelerated LAMP assay primer set specific for HIV-I or HIV-2 nucleic acids and the biological sample to be tested for presence of HIV-I and/or HIV-2 nucleic acids; incubating the reaction mixture under conditions suitable to produce a LAMP assay reaction product; and detecting the reaction product. Primers and primer sets for use in LAMP assays of HIV-I or HIV-2 nucleic acids are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/918536 |
| 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 1/703 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2531/119 (20130101) |
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| US 08900819 | Chinnaiyan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arul M. Chinnaiyan (Plymouth, Michigan); Jindan Yu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Rohit Mehra (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arul M. Chinnaiyan (Plymouth, Michigan); Jindan Yu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Rohit Mehra (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnosis, research and therapy, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention relates to ADRB2 markers for cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/286820 |
| 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 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 08900826 | Wang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lai-Xi Wang (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lai-Xi Wang (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemoenzymatic method for the preparation of a homogeneous glycoprotein or glycopeptide, including (a) providing an acceptor selected from the group consisting of GlcNAc-protein and GlcNAc-peptide; and (b) reacting the acceptor with a donor substrate including an activated oligosaccharide moiety, in the presence of a catalyst comprising endoglycosidase (ENGase), to transfer the oligosaccharide moiety to the acceptor and yield the homogeneous glycoprotein or glycopeptide. The donor substrate includes, in a specific implementation, a synthetic oligosaccharide oxazoline. A related method of glycoprotein or glycopeptide remodeling with a predetermined natural N-glycan or a tailor-made oligosaccharide moiety, and a method of remodeling an antibody including a heterogeneous sugar chain, are also described. The disclosed methodology enables glycoprotein drugs to be modified for prolonged half-life in vivo, reduced immunogenicity, and enhanced in vivo activity, and for targeting and drug delivery. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/737090 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 17/10 (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 21/005 (20130101) |
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| US 08900850 | Lane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Lane (Baldwinsville, New York); Brian D. Faldasz (Littleton, Massachusetts); Jerrie Gavalchin (Groton, New York) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Lane (Baldwinsville, New York); Brian D. Faldasz (Littleton, Massachusetts); Jerrie Gavalchin (Groton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides reagents and methods for lateral flow assays and quantitative capture or determination of components, including cells, in a sample. In one aspect, reagents and methods for diagnostic assay are provided. In one embodiment an assay for determining T cell numbers, particularly a CD2+ CD4+ T cell assay is provided. A manufacturing method for producing rapid diagnostic assays in a decentralized manner is also described. The method generates net economic advantages over conventional diagnostic manufacturing practices. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/807978 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/56972 (20130101) |
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| US 08901042 | Ingolfsson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Helgi I. Ingolfsson (Groningen, Netherlands); Olaf S. Andersen (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helgi I. Ingolfsson (Groningen, Netherlands); Olaf S. Andersen (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to assays for measuring the effect of a inactive test substance on a lipid bilayer, kits for measuring the effects of test substances on lipid bilayers and an apparatus for performing a high through-put assay that measures the effect of test substances on a lipid bilayer. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/389147 |
| 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 | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/92 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5076 (20130101) G01N 2333/32 (20130101) |
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| US 08901043 | Eckhardt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allen E. Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina); Jonathan Benton (Apex, North Carolina); Deborah Boles (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allen E. Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina); Jonathan Benton (Apex, North Carolina); Deborah Boles (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The systems and methods of the invention provide a guided approach to pyrosequencing (i.e., hybrid pyrosequencing). A de novo nucleic acid sequence may compared to a library of possible results and the next nucleotide to be dispensed is selected based on the comparison of the de novo sequence and the library of possible results. In another example, at least the first nucleotide to be dispensed is selected based on a query of a database(s) of non-sequence parameters (e.g., incidence of infection, diagnostic symptoms, sample source) and subsequent dispensations determined based on a comparison of the de novo sequence and the library of possible results (e.g., candidate sequences). The systems and methods of the invention may be performed using a droplet actuator. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542721 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1089 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2537/165 (20130101) C12Q 2565/301 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/22 (20130101) G06F 19/24 (20130101) |
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| US 08901079 | Lowenstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pedro Lowenstein (Los Angeles, California); Maria Castro (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pedro Lowenstein (Los Angeles, California); Maria Castro (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) and/or to protect dopaminergic nigrostriatal neuronal cell bodies from 6-OHDA-induced neurotoxicity in a mammal. In various embodiments of the invention, the dopaminergic neuron differentiation factor sonic hedgehog (Shh) and/or its downstream transcription factor target Gli-1 are used in connection with gene therapeutic techniques or direct peptide injection for the aforementioned indications. Kits useful in practicing the inventive method are also disclosed, as are animal models useful for studying various neurodegenerative conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/949636 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/46 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) |
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| US 08901083 | Tuszynski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George P. Tuszynski (Pittsgrove, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George P. Tuszynski (Pittsgrove, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are presented for the therapeutic administration of angiocidin in the treatment of cancers such as glioma, breast cancer, and leukemia. Methods are also presented for inducing growth arrest and/or apoptosis of tumor cells, as well as inducing differentiation of tumor cells to inhibit tumorigenicity and to confer a non-tumor or healthy phenotype. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/130898 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08901086 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention encompasses combination therapies including TCN, TCN-P, TCN-PM and/or related compounds and one or more additional anti-cancer agents, for example, taxanes a molecule that modulates the HER2/neu (erbB2) receptor, anthracyclin compounds, epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor compounds, one or more platinum compounds and bortezomib and derivatives thereof and compositions with reduced toxicity for the treatment and prevention of tumors, cancer, and other disorders associated with abnormal cell proliferation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/463576 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7064 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08901093 | Panicali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis L. Panicali (Acton, Massachusetts); Gail P. Mazzara (Winchester, Massachusetts); Linda R. Gritz (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Kwong-Yok Tsang (Bethesda, Maryland); James W. Hodge (Gaithersberg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis L. Panicali (Acton, Massachusetts); Gail P. Mazzara (Winchester, Massachusetts); Linda R. Gritz (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Kwong-Yok Tsang (Bethesda, Maryland); James W. Hodge (Gaithersberg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a system for treating individuals at risk of developing or suffering from pancreatic cancer. The system comprises administering to the individual a recombinant poxvirus, where the poxvirus contains a foreign nucleic acid encoding at least one pancreatic tumor associated antigen (PTAA). |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/579025 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2710/24043 (20130101) C12N 2710/24071 (20130101) C12N 2710/24143 (20130101) C12N 2710/24171 (20130101) |
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| US 08901095 | Corey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Corey (Dallas, Texas); Jiaxin Hu (Coppell, Texas); Masayuki Matsui (Irving, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Corey (Dallas, Texas); Jiaxin Hu (Coppell, Texas); Masayuki Matsui (Irving, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the selective inhibition of protein expression of CAG repeat-related disease proteins such as Huntingtin using nucleic acid analogs. Peptide nucleic acids and locked nucleic acids are particularly useful analogs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/056556 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 08901100 | Cheong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ian Cheong (Singapore, Singapore); Shibin Zhou (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Clostridium novyi is an obligate anaerobe that can infect hypoxic regions within experimental tumors. We found that mice bearing large, established tumors were often cured when treated with C. novyi plus a single dose of liposomal doxorubicin. The secreted factor responsible for this phenomenon was identified and, surprisingly, proved to be a member of the lipase family. The gene encoding this protein, called liposomase, has the potential to be incorporated into diverse therapeutic methods to deliver specifically a variety of chemotherapeutic agents to tumors. |
| FILED | Friday, August 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/963387 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/4545 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 35/742 (20130101) A61K 35/742 (20130101) A61K 38/465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/20 (20130101) |
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08901125 — Substituted bicyclic alkoxy pyrazole analogs as allosteric modulators of mGluR5 receptors
| US 08901125 | Conn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Shaun R. Stauffer (Brentwood, Tennessee); José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda (Toledo, Spain); Susana Conde-Ceide (Toledo, Spain); Gregor James Macdonald (Beerse, Belgium); Han Min Tong (Toledo, Spain); Miguel Angel Pena-Piñón (Toledo, Spain); Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca (Toledo, Spain); José Ignacio Andrés-Gil (Toledo, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted bicyclic alkoxy pyrazole analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/922230 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/249 |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark P. Wentland (Watervliet, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | 8-Substituted-2,6-methano-3-benzazocines of general structure are useful as analgesics, anti-diarrheal agents, anticonvulsants, antitussives and anti-addiction medications. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/974216 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 221/22 (20130101) C07D 221/26 (20130101) C07D 221/28 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 489/00 (20130101) C07D 489/08 (20130101) C07D 489/09 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 489/12 (20130101) |
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| US 08901167 | Nick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry A. Nick (Denver, Colorado); Travis S. Walker (Denver, Colorado); G. Scott Worthen (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for the inhibition of biofilm formation or reduction of existing or developing biofilms in a patient. These methods also inhibit the aggregation of bacteria that form biofilms in the airways. The methods include administering to a subject that has or is at risk of developing biofilms a compound or formulation that inhibits the formation or polymerization of actin microfilaments or depolymerizes actin microfilaments at or proximal to the site of biofilm formation. Such a compound can be administered in combination with a compound or formulation that inhibits the accumulation or activity of cells that are likely to undergo necrosis at or proximal to the site of biofilm formation (i.e., neutrophils). The methods and compositions can further include the use of anti-DNA and/or anti-mucin compounds, as well as other therapeutic compounds and compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/650525 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/007 (20130101) A61K 31/522 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/395 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 15/44 (20130101) A61L 29/16 (20130101) A61L 2300/432 (20130101) |
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| US 08901276 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas D. Wang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sharon Miller (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Bishnu Joshi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas D. Wang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sharon Miller (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Bishnu Joshi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to peptide reagents, methods for detecting colon pre-cancer (dysplasia with non-polypoid or polypoid morphology) or cancer using the peptide reagents, and methods for targeting pre-cancerous or cancerous colon cells using the peptide reagents. |
| FILED | Monday, December 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/329741 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) A61K 49/0032 (20130101) A61K 49/0039 (20130101) A61K 49/0041 (20130101) A61K 49/0043 (20130101) A61K 49/0056 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 7/08 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57419 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 08901286 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Zhang (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Qin Feng (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Zhang (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Qin Feng (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides polypeptides with histone H3 lysine 79 methyltransferase activity as well as nucleic acids encoding the same. Also provided are methods of using the polypeptides and nucleic acids of the invention in screening assays to identify compounds of interest. Further provided are diagnostic methods for leukemia and prognostic methods to predict the course of the disease in a subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/251037 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1007 (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 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) |
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| US 08901288 | Fellmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christof Fellmann (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Scott W. Lowe (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Gregory J. Hannon (Huntington, New York); Johannes E. Zuber (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christof Fellmann (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Scott W. Lowe (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Gregory J. Hannon (Huntington, New York); Johannes E. Zuber (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a single construct combining a sequence encoding an RNAi molecule, a sequence encoding a reporter, and a target sequence specific for the RNAi molecule. The construct can be used to determine the potency of the encoded RNAi molecule in a direct and unbiased way. These results can be used to inform the design of potent RNAi molecules of various types and can be extended to several other applications, including: (1) generation of tiled libraries comprising every possible RNAi molecule-encoding sequence for a given gene target; (2) large-scale parallel validation of RNAi molecules targeting many genes to generate validated RNAi molecule-encoding libraries; (3) experimental comparison of design algorithms and strategies; and (4) investigation of RNAi biology in target site mutagenesis assays by screening pools containing single nucleotide changes in target sites and/or in the RNAi molecule to identify the most relevant sequence characteristics of potent RNAi-target site predictions. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/739382 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6897 (20130101) |
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| US 08901914 | Fraikin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jean-Luc Fraikin (Boulder, Colorado); Andrew N. Cleland (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean-Luc Fraikin (Boulder, Colorado); Andrew N. Cleland (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention reports a novel microfluidic analyzer for the high-throughput, label-free measurement of particles suspended in a fluid. The present invention employs the resistive pulse technique (RPT) which affords very high electrical bandwidth for the device, which surpasses that of currently available systems and devices. Further, devices in accordance with the present invention are fabricated with very simple microfabrication technologies, making the present invention more cost efficient and easier to manufacture than currently available devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/362220 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1209 (20130101) G01N 27/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2015/0038 (20130101) G01N 2015/0092 (20130101) G01N 2015/1062 (20130101) G01N 2015/1087 (20130101) G01N 2015/1236 (20130101) |
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| US 08903495 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Matthew J McMahon (Washington, District of Columbia); Jordan Matthew Neysmith (Pasadena, California); James S Little (Newhall, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Kelly H McClure (Simi Valley, California); Brian V Mech (Santa Clarita, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymer materials are useful as electrode array bodies for neural stimulation. They are particularly useful for retinal stimulation to create artificial vision, cochlear stimulation to create artificial hearing, and cortical stimulation, and many related purposes. The pressure applied against the retina, or other neural tissue, by an electrode array is critical. Too little pressure causes increased electrical resistance, along with electric field dispersion. Too much pressure may block blood flow. Common flexible circuit fabrication techniques generally require that a flexible circuit electrode array be made flat. Since neural tissue is almost never flat, a flat array will necessarily apply uneven pressure. Further, the edges of a flexible circuit polymer array may be sharp and cut the delicate neural tissue. It is advantageous that the array edges not contact tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/923277 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0543 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/028 (20130101) H05K 1/118 (20130101) H05K 1/0281 (20130101) H05K 3/0014 (20130101) H05K 3/28 (20130101) H05K 2201/0133 (20130101) H05K 2201/2009 (20130101) H05K 2201/09018 (20130101) H05K 2201/09145 (20130101) H05K 2201/09909 (20130101) H05K 2203/302 (20130101) H05K 2203/1105 (20130101) H05K 2203/1476 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. Kumar Wickramasinghe (Irvine, California) |
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| ABSTRACT | An atomic force microscope based apparatus and method for detecting Raman effect on a sample of interest utilizes first and second electromagnetic sources to emit first electromagnetic radiation of frequency Vi and second electromagnetic radiation of frequency V2 onto a probe tip, which is coupled to a structure that can oscillate the probe tip. The frequency Vi and the frequency v2 are selected to induce Raman effect on a sample engaged by the probe tip that results in Raman force interactions between the probe tip and the sample. Oscillations of the probe tip due to the Raman force interactions are then measured. |
| FILED | Monday, July 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/129291 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/65 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 60/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zachary Graham Forbes (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Benjamin Biron Yellen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kenneth Andrew Barbee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Gennady Friedman (Richboro, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zachary Graham Forbes (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Benjamin Biron Yellen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kenneth Andrew Barbee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Gennady Friedman (Richboro, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic delivery system for delivering a magnetizable particle to a location in a body, the device includes a magnetizable object implanted in the body, wherein the magnetizable object includes a plurality of segments distributed throughout the magnetizable object and wherein the segments are configured to provide a magnetic gradient for attracting the magnetizable particle and an external source of a magnetic field capable of (i) magnetizing the magnetizable particle and (ii) increasing a degree of magnetization of the magnetizable object and thereby creating the magnetic gradient. A drug delivery system including the magnetic delivery system and a magnetizable particle associated with a therapeutic agent and/or a cell. A cell delivery system based on the magnetic delivery system and a magnetizable particle associated with a cell. A method of using the magnetic delivery system for delivery of a therapeutic agent and/or a cell to a targeted location in a body. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/763925 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/82 (20130101) A61F 2210/009 (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 27/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 37/00 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/30 (20130101) A61N 2/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08900344 | Tsai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chung Yi A. Tsai (Blaine, Minnesota); Siu-Yue Tam (Blaine, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | T3 Scientific LLC (Blaine, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chung Yi A. Tsai (Blaine, Minnesota); Siu-Yue Tam (Blaine, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Hydrogen selective coatings, coated articles and methods for their formation and for hydrogen separation or purification. The coatings are formed by atomic layer deposition of suitable metal oxides with desirable hydrogen activation energy or hydrogen flux, e.g., silicon dioxide, and can be borne on a nonporous, thin-film metal or cermet substrate, e.g., a palladium sheet or layer. The coated substrate may include a porous support for the sheet or layer. The coated article may be used as a purification membrane and the coating can protect the metal layer from contaminants in the gas or process stream from which hydrogen is being purified. In some embodiments, the coated article can provide such protection at elevated temperatures in excess of 300° C.; and in other embodiments, can provide protection at temperatures in excess of 600° C. and even in excess of 800° C. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/581587 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 67/0088 (20130101) B01D 71/022 (20130101) B01D 2239/0478 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/503 (20130101) C01B 3/505 (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 16/402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 16/45542 (20130101) C23C 16/45555 (20130101) |
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| US 08900481 | Peng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaogang Peng (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Jianqing Li (Los Angeles, California); David Battaglia (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Y. Andrew Wang (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Yunjun Wang (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of The University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaogang Peng (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Jianqing Li (Los Angeles, California); David Battaglia (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Y. Andrew Wang (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Yunjun Wang (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides new compositions containing nearly monodisperse colloidal core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals with high photoluminescence quantum yields (PL QY), as well as other complex structured semiconductor nanocrystals. This invention also provides new synthetic methods for preparing these nanocrystals, and new devices comprising these compositions. In addition to core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals, this patent application also provides complex semiconductor nanostructures, quantum shells, quantum wells, doped nanocrystals, and other multiple-shelled semiconductor nanocrystals. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/722005 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/02 (20130101) C09K 11/565 (20130101) C09K 11/703 (20130101) C09K 11/883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09K 11/7414 (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 7/00 (20130101) C30B 29/605 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/588 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/036 (20130101) H01L 31/0352 (20130101) H01L 33/18 (20130101) H01L 33/28 (20130101) 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 3/169 (20130101) H01S 5/30 (20130101) |
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| US 08900562 | Mecozzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandro Mecozzi (Madison, Wisconsin); Glen S. Kwon (Waunakee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandro Mecozzi (Madison, Wisconsin); Glen S. Kwon (Waunakee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides semi-fluorinated block copolymers and related methods of synthesizing and using semi-fluorinated block copolymers for drug delivery and drug formulation applications. Semi-fluorinated block copolymers of this aspect of the invention include block copolymers having discrete hydrophilic, fluorophilic and hydrophobic structural domains that are capable of forming supramolecular structures in aqueous solutions, such as micelles, for encapsulating hydrophobic and/or fluorophilic therapeutic agents. Encapsulation by semi-fluorinated block copolymers of the present invention allows for enhanced solubilization and stabilization of hydrophobic and/or fluorophilic therapeutic agents relative to conventional drug delivery compositions and methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/972061 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/90 (20130101) A61K 9/1075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/335 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/4353 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 51/003 (20130101) C08L 51/003 (20130101) C08L 53/00 (20130101) C08L 53/00 (20130101) C08L 2666/02 (20130101) C08L 2666/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08901024 | Trancik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jessika E. Trancik (Santa Fe, New Mexico); James C. Hone (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jessika E. Trancik (Santa Fe, New Mexico); James C. Hone (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Ozone treated carbon electrodes can provide increased catalytic activity, such as in a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) or other electrochemical device or other device that could benefit from an increased catalytic activity, such as lithium ion or other batteries, hydrogen fuel cells, or electroanalytical instruments. Devices, methods of making, and methods of using are discussed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/221462 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/2022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 9/2031 (20130101) H01G 9/2059 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/444 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/587 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/542 (20130101) |
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| US 08901069 | Koder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald Lee Koder (Brooklyn, New York); Andrew Colin Mutter (Bronx, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of The City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Lee Koder (Brooklyn, New York); Andrew Colin Mutter (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides selective modification of polypeptide sequences with electron transfer moieties. The resulting polypeptide assemblies represent a novel class of electron transfer complexes that are capable of transferring electrons over very long distances at fast rates. These complexes possess unique structural features which enable the production of bioconductors and photoactive probes. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/262085 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/795 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08901084 | Genove et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elsa Genove (Barcelona, Spain); Shuguang Zhang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Carlos Semino (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elsa Genove (Barcelona, Spain); Shuguang Zhang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Carlos Semino (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a self-assembling peptide comprising (a) a first amino acid domain that mediates self-assembly, wherein the domain comprises alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic amino acids that are complementary and structurally compatible and self-assemble into a macroscopic structure when present in unmodified form; and (b) a second amino acid domain that does not self-assemble in isolated form. In certain embodiments of the invention the second amino acid domain comprises a biologically active peptide motif, e.g., a peptide motif found in a naturally occurring protein, or a target site for an interaction with a biomolecule. In certain embodiments of the invention the naturally occurring protein is a component of the extracellular matrix, e.g., a component of the basement membrane. The invention further provides scaffolds comprising the self-assembling peptides and methods of using the scaffolds including for cell culture, tissue engineering, and tissue repair. |
| FILED | Monday, March 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/724153 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/735 (20130101) |
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| US 08901487 | Vertes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Akos Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Jessica A. Stolee (Washington, District of Columbia); Bindesh Shrestha (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akos Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Jessica A. Stolee (Washington, District of Columbia); Bindesh Shrestha (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, a method of laser ablation electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LAESI-MS) may generally comprise micro-dissecting a cell comprising at least one of a cell wall and a cell membrane to expose at least one subcellular component therein, ablating the at least one subcellular component by an infrared laser pulse to form an ablation plume, intercepting the ablation plume by an electrospray plume to form ions, and detecting the ions by mass spectrometry. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/045277 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 3/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08902423 | Myrick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Myrick (Columbia, South Carolina); Timothy J. Shaw (Columbia, South Carolina); Tammi L. Richardson (Columbia, South Carolina); Laura S. Bruckman (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Megan R. Pearl (Columbia, South Carolina); Joseph A. Swanstrom (Lexington, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for in situ detection and classification of analyte within a fluid sample are provided. In one embodiment, the method can include: (a) continuously flowing the fluid sample through a multivariate optical computing device, wherein the multivariate optical computing device illuminates an area of the fluid sample as it flows through the multivariate optical computing device to elicit a continuous series of spectral responses; (b) continuously measuring the series of multivariate spectral responses as the fluid sample flows through the multivariate optical computing device; (c) detecting an analyte (e.g., phytoplankton) in the sample based on an multivariate spectral response of the plurality of spectral responses; and (d) classifying the analyte based on the multivariate spectral response generated by the analyte. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/683589 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/28 (20130101) G01J 3/4406 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/31 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) |
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| US 08902946 | Chua et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Song Liang Chua (Singapore, Singapore); Ling Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Song Liang Chua (Singapore, Singapore); Ling Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser (PCSEL) includes a gain medium electromagnetically coupled to a photonic crystal whose energy band structure exhibits a Dirac cone of linear dispersion at the center of the photonic crystal's Brillouin zone. This Dirac cone's vertex is called a Dirac point; because it is at the Brillouin zone center, it is called an accidental Dirac point. Tuning the photonic crystal's band structure (e.g., by changing the photonic crystal's dimensions or refractive index) to exhibit an accidental Dirac point increases the photonic crystal's mode spacing by orders of magnitudes and reduces or eliminates the photonic crystal's distributed in-plane feedback. Thus, the photonic crystal can act as a resonator that supports single-mode output from the PCSEL over a larger area than is possible with conventional PCSELs, which have quadratic band edge dispersion. Because output power generally scales with output area, this increase in output area results in higher possible output powers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/771935 |
| 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 5/18 (20130101) H01S 5/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/187 (20130101) |
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| US 08903690 | Bellamy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York); University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rachel K. E. Bellamy (Bedford, New York); Myra B. Cohen (Lincoln, Nebraska); Bonnie E. John (New York City, New York); Padmanabhan Santhanam (Yorktown Heights, New York); Amanda M. Swearngin (Fargo, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of providing usability predictions are set forth herein. A method includes obtaining test cases for analyzing usability of a graphical user interface of a given software application. The method further includes automatically generating, using a processor, a human performance model based on the test cases. The method also includes generating the usability predictions based on the human performance model. At least some of the test cases are generated automatically from an analysis of the given software application. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/666189 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/3684 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08903691 | Bellamy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York); University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rachel K. E. Bellamy (Bedford, New York); Myra B. Cohen (Lincoln, Nebraska); Bonnie E. John (New York City, New York); Padmanabhan Santhanam (Yorktown Heights, New York); Amanda M. Swearngin (Fargo, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and computer program products for providing usability predictions are set forth herein. A system includes a test case collector for obtaining test cases for analyzing usability of a graphical user interface of a given software application, the test case collector having at least a memory storing the test cases. The system further includes a human performance model generator for automatically generating a human performance model based on the test cases. The system also includes a usability predictor for generating the usability predictions based on the human performance model. The test case collector automatically generates at least some of the test cases from an analysis of the given software application. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/672237 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/048 (20130101) G06F 11/3664 (20130101) G06F 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08903935 | Grant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan Eric Grant (Kingston, Canada); Mohammad Javad Rashti (Miamisburg, Ohio); Pavan Balaji (Chicago, Illinois); Ahmad Afsahi (Kingston, Canada) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Eric Grant (Kingston, Canada); Mohammad Javad Rashti (Miamisburg, Ohio); Pavan Balaji (Chicago, Illinois); Ahmad Afsahi (Kingston, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A communication stack for providing remote direct memory access (RDMA) over a datagram network is disclosed. The communication stack has a user level interface configured to accept datagram related input and communicate with an RDMA enabled network interface card (NIC) via an NIC driver. The communication stack also has an RDMA protocol layer configured to supply one or more data transfer primitives for the datagram related input of the user level. The communication stack further has a direct data placement (DDP) layer configured to transfer the datagram related input from a user storage to a transport layer based on the one or more data transfer primitives by way of a lower layer protocol (LLP) over the datagram network. |
| FILED | Monday, December 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/330423 |
| ART UNIT | 2448 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08904535 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peng Liu (State College, Pennsylvania); Yoon-Chan Jhi (State College, Pennsylvania); Lunquan Li (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Liu (State College, Pennsylvania); Yoon-Chan Jhi (State College, Pennsylvania); Lunquan Li (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A proactive worm containment (PWC) solution for enterprises uses a sustained faster-than-normal outgoing connection rate to determine if a host is infected. Two novel white detection techniques are used to reduce false positives, including a vulnerability time window lemma to avoid false initial containment, and a relaxation analysis to uncontain (or unblock) those mistakenly contained (or blocked) hosts, if there are any. The system integrates seamlessly with existing signature-based or filter-based worm scan filtering solutions. Nevertheless, the invention is signature free and does not rely on worm signatures. Nor is it protocol specific, as the approach performs containment consistently over a large range of worm scan rates. It is not sensitive to worm scan rate and, being a network-level approach deployed on a host, the system requires no changes to the host's OS, applications, or hardware. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/961062 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/10 (20130101) H04L 63/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1408 (20130101) H04L 63/1491 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE45266 | Adelson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Adelson (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Adelson (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A tactile sensor includes a photosensing structure, a volume of elastomer capable of transmitting an image, and a reflective skin covering the volume of elastomer. The reflective skin is illuminated through the volume of elastomer by one or more light sources, and has particles that reflect light incident on the reflective skin from within the volume of elastomer. The reflective skin is geometrically altered in response to pressure applied by an entity touching the reflective skin, the geometrical alteration causing localized changes in the surface normal of the skin and associated localized changes in the amount of light reflected from the reflective skin in the direction of the photosensing structure. The photosensing structure receives a portion of the reflected light in the form of an image, the image indicating one or more features of the entity producing the pressure. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/045647 |
| ART UNIT | 2482 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/135 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08900809 | Bono et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James L. Bono (Fairfield, Nebraska); Keri N. Norman (Laredo, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Bono (Fairfield, Nebraska); Keri N. Norman (Laredo, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are oligonucleotides and methods related to identifying Escherichia coli serotypes by gene sequence polymorphisms. More specifically disclosed is oligonucleotides and methods to detecting a genotype of a single-nucleotide polymorphism in the O-antigen operon to identify Shiga toxin-producing serotypes O26, O111, O103, O145, O45, and O121. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/604922 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08900824 | Stanker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Larry H. Stanker (Livermore, California); Miles C. Scotcher (Castro Valley, California); Luisa W. Cheng (San Francisco, California); Robert M. Hnasko (Port Costa, California); Jeffery A. McGarvey (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry H. Stanker (Livermore, California); Miles C. Scotcher (Castro Valley, California); Luisa W. Cheng (San Francisco, California); Robert M. Hnasko (Port Costa, California); Jeffery A. McGarvey (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | High affinity antibodies for binding epitopes of BoNT/B and hybridomas that produce such antibodies are described. The antibodies may be used in a kit for detecting BoNT/B in a sample. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/243835 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08901372 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Hu (Honolulu, Hawaii); Wayne Borth (Honolulu, Hawaii); Eden A. Perez (Honolulu, Hawaii); Kheng Cheah (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Hu (Honolulu, Hawaii); Wayne Borth (Honolulu, Hawaii); Eden A. Perez (Honolulu, Hawaii); Kheng Cheah (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a nucleic acid construct. The construct includes a nucleic acid molecule configured to silence Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), a 5′ DNA promoter sequence, and a 3′ terminator sequence. The nucleic acid molecule, the promoter, and the terminator are operatively coupled to permit transcription of the nucleic acid molecule. The present invention also relates to expression vectors, host cells, and transgenic plants containing the nucleic acid construct of the present invention. Also disclosed are methods of imparting BBTV resistance to plants. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/712893 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08899467 | Ding |
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| APPLICANT(S) | R. Jeffrey Ding (Athens, Alabama) |
| 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) | R. Jeffrey Ding (Athens, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A welding head assembly has a work piece disposed between its containment plates' opposing surfaces with the work piece being maintained in a plastic state thereof at least in a vicinity of the welding head assembly's stir rod as the rod is rotated about its longitudinal axis. The welding head assembly and the work piece experience relative movement therebetween in a direction perpendicular to the rod's longitudinal axis as the work piece is subjected to a compressive force applied by the containment plates. A first source coupled to the first containment plate applies a first ultrasonic wave thereto such that the first ultrasonic wave propagates parallel to the direction of relative movement. A second source coupled to the second containment plate applies a second ultrasonic wave thereto such that the second ultrasonic wave propagates parallel to the direction of relative movement. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/242734 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/2.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08899563 | Cagle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher M. Cagle (Yorktown, Virginia); Robin W. Schlecht (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Cagle (Yorktown, Virginia); Robin W. Schlecht (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible volumetric structure has a first spring that defines a three-dimensional volume and includes a serpentine structure elongatable and compressible along a length thereof. A second spring is coupled to at least one outboard edge region of the first spring. The second spring is a sheet-like structure capable of elongation along an in-plane dimension thereof. The second spring is oriented such that its in-plane dimension is aligned with the length of the first spring's serpentine structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/482503 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08902015 | Srinivasan, V et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karthik Srinivasan, V (Madison, Alabama); Todd M. Freestone (Madison, Alabama); William Herbert Sims, III (New Market, Alabama) |
| 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) | Karthik Srinivasan, V (Madison, Alabama); Todd M. Freestone (Madison, Alabama); William Herbert Sims, III (New Market, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency power load and associated method. A radio frequency power load apparatus may include a container with an ionized fluid therein. The apparatus may include one conductor immersed in a fluid and another conductor electrically connected to the container. A radio frequency transmission system may include a radio frequency transmitter, a radio frequency amplifier connected to the transmitter and a radio frequency power load apparatus connected to the amplifier. The apparatus may include a fluid having an ion source therein, one conductor immersed in a fluid, and another conductor electrically connected to the container. A method of dissipating power generated by a radio frequency transmission system may include constructing a waveguide with ionized fluid in a container and connecting the waveguide to an amplifier of the transmission system. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/299930 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/262 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08900755 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chenguang Liu (Fairborn, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); David Neff (Fairborn, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chenguang Liu (Fairborn, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); David Neff (Fairborn, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical energy storage device, lithium super-battery, comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a porous separator disposed between the two electrodes, and a lithium-containing electrolyte in physical contact with the two electrodes, wherein the positive electrode comprises a disordered carbon material having a functional group that reversibly reacts with a lithium atom or ion. The disordered carbon material is selected from a soft carbon, hard carbon, polymeric carbon or carbonized resin, meso-phase carbon, coke, carbonized pitch, carbon black, activated carbon, or partially graphitized carbon. In a preferred embodiment, a lithium super-battery having a functionalized disordered carbon cathode and a Li4Ti5O12 anode exhibits a gravimetric energy ˜5-10 times higher than those of conventional supercapacitors and a power density ˜10-30 times higher than those of conventional lithium-ion batteries. This device has the best properties of both the lithium ion battery and the supercapacitor. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/924211 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/06 (20130101) H01G 11/38 (20130101) H01G 11/50 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/5825 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 08904560 | Shi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jian Shi (Goleta, California); Chanmin Su (Ventura, California); Craig Prater (Goleta, California); Ji Ma (Ventura, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bruker Nano, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Shi (Goleta, California); Chanmin Su (Ventura, California); Craig Prater (Goleta, California); Ji Ma (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of operating a metrology instrument includes generating relative motion between a probe and a sample at a scan frequency using an actuator. The method also includes detecting motion of the actuator using a position sensor that exhibits noise in the detected motion, and controlling the position of the actuator using a feedback loop and a feed forward algorithm. In this embodiment, the controlling step attenuates noise in the actuator position compared to noise exhibited by the position sensor over the scan bandwidth. Scan frequencies up to a third of the first scanner resonance frequency or greater than 300 Hz are possible. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/800679 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 10/04 (20130101) G01Q 10/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 08900167 | Agrawal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sunil Agrawal (Newark, Delaware); Kalyan K. Mankala (Wallingford, Connecticut); Sai Banala (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sunil Agrawal (Newark, Delaware); Kalyan K. Mankala (Wallingford, Connecticut); Sai Banala (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Gait training apparatus and method for use thereof for providing leg swing assistance to a patient. The apparatus comprises a support structure and one or more leg orthoses attached to the support structure, each leg orthosis comprising a thigh member attached to the support structure at a hip joint, and a shank member attached to the thigh member at a knee joint. Both members have respective connectors for securing them to the corresponding body parts of the patient. The hip joint and knee joint are each biased by biasing members. The support structure may comprise a frame defining a patient activity region, including a base, a back support, a pair of support handles, and a weight support member mounted above the activity region. A method of using the device comprises selecting parameters for the biasing members using information about the patient. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/062885 |
| ART UNIT | 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 1/0237 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61H 1/0262 (20130101) A61H 3/00 (20130101) A61H 3/008 (20130101) A61H 2001/0211 (20130101) A61H 2201/163 (20130101) A61H 2201/165 (20130101) A61H 2201/1207 (20130101) A61H 2201/1623 (20130101) A61H 2201/1635 (20130101) A61H 2201/1642 (20130101) A61H 2201/1676 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/0006 (20130101) |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08904535 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peng Liu (State College, Pennsylvania); Yoon-Chan Jhi (State College, Pennsylvania); Lunquan Li (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Liu (State College, Pennsylvania); Yoon-Chan Jhi (State College, Pennsylvania); Lunquan Li (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A proactive worm containment (PWC) solution for enterprises uses a sustained faster-than-normal outgoing connection rate to determine if a host is infected. Two novel white detection techniques are used to reduce false positives, including a vulnerability time window lemma to avoid false initial containment, and a relaxation analysis to uncontain (or unblock) those mistakenly contained (or blocked) hosts, if there are any. The system integrates seamlessly with existing signature-based or filter-based worm scan filtering solutions. Nevertheless, the invention is signature free and does not rely on worm signatures. Nor is it protocol specific, as the approach performs containment consistently over a large range of worm scan rates. It is not sensitive to worm scan rate and, being a network-level approach deployed on a host, the system requires no changes to the host's OS, applications, or hardware. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/961062 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/10 (20130101) H04L 63/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1408 (20130101) H04L 63/1491 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08904366 | Andrade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Hua Yong Wang (Beijing, China PRC); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Hua Yong Wang (Beijing, China PRC); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for use of vectorization instruction sets. One embodiment of a method for generating vector instructions includes receiving source code written in a high-level programming language, wherein the source code includes at least one high-level instruction that performs multiple operations on a plurality of vector operands, and compiling the high-level instruction(s) into one or more low-level instructions, wherein the low-level instructions are in an instruction set of a specific computer architecture. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/466980 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08900167 | Agrawal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sunil Agrawal (Newark, Delaware); Kalyan K. Mankala (Wallingford, Connecticut); Sai Banala (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sunil Agrawal (Newark, Delaware); Kalyan K. Mankala (Wallingford, Connecticut); Sai Banala (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Gait training apparatus and method for use thereof for providing leg swing assistance to a patient. The apparatus comprises a support structure and one or more leg orthoses attached to the support structure, each leg orthosis comprising a thigh member attached to the support structure at a hip joint, and a shank member attached to the thigh member at a knee joint. Both members have respective connectors for securing them to the corresponding body parts of the patient. The hip joint and knee joint are each biased by biasing members. The support structure may comprise a frame defining a patient activity region, including a base, a back support, a pair of support handles, and a weight support member mounted above the activity region. A method of using the device comprises selecting parameters for the biasing members using information about the patient. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/062885 |
| ART UNIT | 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 1/0237 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61H 1/0262 (20130101) A61H 3/00 (20130101) A61H 3/008 (20130101) A61H 2001/0211 (20130101) A61H 2201/163 (20130101) A61H 2201/165 (20130101) A61H 2201/1207 (20130101) A61H 2201/1623 (20130101) A61H 2201/1635 (20130101) A61H 2201/1642 (20130101) A61H 2201/1676 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/0006 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08901499 | Vachon, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth J. Vachon, Jr. (Holliston, Massachusetts); Walter J. Doherty, III (Sharon, Massachusetts); Leonid Y. Krasnobaev (Framingham, Massachusetts); Scott E. Miller (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth J. Vachon, Jr. (Holliston, Massachusetts); Walter J. Doherty, III (Sharon, Massachusetts); Leonid Y. Krasnobaev (Framingham, Massachusetts); Scott E. Miller (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a module assembly and a main assembly. The module assembly includes a module assembly housing, a first faceplate and an analysis unit attached to the first faceplate. The main assembly includes a main assembly housing, a second faceplate and an engine unit rigidly attached to the second faceplate. The engine unit generates a light that passes to the analysis unit via a first lens assembly and a second lens assembly. The first lens assembly is attached to the first faceplate and the second lens assembly is attached to the second faceplate. The module assembly when attached to the main assembly causes the first and second faceplates to act as a single mechanical unit that moves independent of movement of the module assembly housing and/or the main assembly housing. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/474206 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/359 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/3595 (20130101) G01N 2201/0221 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08901612 | Gray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allen L. Gray (Holly Springs, North Carolina); Robert Joseph Therrien (Cary, North Carolina); Patrick John McCann (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Phononic Devices, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina); The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allen L. Gray (Holly Springs, North Carolina); Robert Joseph Therrien (Cary, North Carolina); Patrick John McCann (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a thin-film heterostructure thermoelectric material and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. In general, the thermoelectric material is formed in a Group IIa and IV-VI materials system. The thermoelectric material includes an epitaxial heterostructure and exhibits high heat pumping and figure-of-merit performance in terms of Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity over broad temperature ranges through appropriate engineering and judicious optimization of the epitaxial heterostructure. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/404548 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/26 (20130101) H01L 29/155 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08904338 | Erickson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cheryl R. Erickson (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Paula C. Moss (Fort Wayne, Indiana); John J. Lipasek (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Roger L. Branson (Oviedo, Florida); Timothy N. Jahren (Orlando, Florida); John C. Bodenschatz (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheryl R. Erickson (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Paula C. Moss (Fort Wayne, Indiana); John J. Lipasek (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Roger L. Branson (Oviedo, Florida); Timothy N. Jahren (Orlando, Florida); John C. Bodenschatz (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a method to predict performance of a software project includes determining, using a computer, performance estimates associated with at least one design count, the design count comprising at least one function point count, collecting actual performance data, comparing the performance estimates with the actual performance data, determining, using the computer, new performance estimates for a remainder of the software project in response to the actual performance data collected and refining a design of the software project based on the new performance estimates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/156030 |
| ART UNIT | 2197 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/0639 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, December 02, 2014.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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