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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 23, 2014
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| US 08915912 | Curley |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael G. Curley (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thermedical, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Curley (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, systems, and methods for degassing fluid prior to applying fluid to a treatment site during ablation therapy are provided. In one embodiment, an ablation system can include an elongate body, an ablation element, a heating assembly, and a fluid source. Fluid in the fluid source can be at least partially degassed prior to being provided as part of the system, or, in some embodiments, a degassing apparatus can be provided that can be configured to degas fluid within the system prior to applying the fluid to the treatment site. The degassing apparatus can include one or more gas-permeable and fluid-impermeable tubes disposed therein, which can allow gas to be removed from fluid passing through the apparatus. Other exemplary devices, systems, and methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/445040 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 18/1477 (20130101) A61B 2018/00029 (20130101) A61B 2018/046 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2018/00642 (20130101) A61B 2018/00791 (20130101) A61B 2018/00797 (20130101) A61B 2018/00809 (20130101) A61B 2018/00821 (20130101) A61B 2018/1425 (20130101) |
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| US 08916137 | Hilderbrand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott A. Hilderbrand (Swampscott, Massachusetts); Ralph Weissleder (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Fangwei Shao (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott A. Hilderbrand (Swampscott, Massachusetts); Ralph Weissleder (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Fangwei Shao (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides symmetric carbocyanine dyes and dye precursors useful for fluorescence microscopy, and methods of making and using same. |
| FILED | Monday, November 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/127894 |
| 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 49/0032 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 229/12 (20130101) C07C 229/34 (20130101) C07C 271/54 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 23/0008 (20130101) C09B 23/083 (20130101) C09B 23/086 (20130101) C09B 23/166 (20130101) |
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| US 08916149 | Kim |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Minsoo Kim (Pittsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minsoo Kim (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are polypeptides comprising a variant activated protein C comprising one or more amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of K146R, D172N, C212R, K146G, R147G, R177G and combinations thereof. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides, and cells, compositions and kits containing the polypeptides and nucleic acids. Also provided are methods of treating sepsis in a subject comprising administering to the subject one or more of the provided polypeptides or nucleic acids. Methods of screening for polypeptides with enhanced activated protein C and for an agent for treatment of sepsis are provided. Finally, provided is a method of treating sepsis in a subject comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more RGD-containing peptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/127373 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/6464 (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 1/37 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 304/21069 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/7055 (20130101) G01N 2333/70557 (20130101) G01N 2333/96461 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08916159 | Rader et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christoph Rader (Olney, Maryland); Thomas Hofer (Zurich, Switzerland); Terrence Burke, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland); Joshua Thomas (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christoph Rader (Olney, Maryland); Thomas Hofer (Zurich, Switzerland); Terrence Burke, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland); Joshua Thomas (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions employing hybrid molecules of a synthetic molecule and antibody or antibody fragment comprising a selenocysteine residue, wherein the synthetic molecule is covalently linked to the antibody or antibody fragment at the selenocysteine residue. The invention also provides a composition comprising a hybrid molecule as described above and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention further provides for methods of making the hybrid molecules, and methods of using the hybrid molecule described above to inhibit cell surface receptor binding. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/570796 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/4863 (20130101) A61K 47/48384 (20130101) A61K 47/48415 (20130101) A61K 47/48753 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08916163 | Skaar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Skaar (Brentwood, Tennessee); Brian Corbin (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Skaar (Brentwood, Tennessee); Brian Corbin (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating a microbial infection or an abscessed tissue in a subject includes administering to the subject an effective amount of a metal ion chelator. In some embodiments, the metal ion chelator can be a protein, such as a calprotectin heterodimer. In some embodiments, the metal ion chelator is a calprotectin heterodimer including an S100A8 polypeptide and an S100A9 polypeptide. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/341848 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
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| US 08916168 | Reed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Reed (Bellevue, Washington); Yasuyuki Goto (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Infectious Disease Research Institute (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Reed (Bellevue, Washington); Yasuyuki Goto (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for preventing, treating and detecting leishmaniasis are disclosed. The compositions generally comprise Leishmania sterol 24-c-methyltransferase (SMT) polypeptides, portions, variants and/or fusions, as well as polynucleotides encoding SMT polypeptides, portions, variants and/or fusions. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/171729 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/008 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) |
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| US 08916172 | Moss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bernard Moss (Bethesda, Maryland); Linda Wyatt (Rockville, Maryland); Patricia Earl (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Harriet L. Robinson (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (Bethesda, Maryland); The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard Moss (Bethesda, Maryland); Linda Wyatt (Rockville, Maryland); Patricia Earl (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Harriet L. Robinson (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides modified virus Ankara (MVA), a replication-deficient strain of vaccinia virus, expressing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) env, gag, and pol genes. |
| FILED | Monday, January 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/987791 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/525 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2710/24143 (20130101) C12N 2710/24171 (20130101) C12N 2740/15022 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2740/16222 (20130101) C12N 2830/00 (20130101) C12N 2830/15 (20130101) C12N 2830/60 (20130101) |
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| US 08916174 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yahia Chebloune (Grenoble, France); Euan Narayan (Lenexa, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institute for Agricultural Research (Paris Cedex, France); University of Kansas Medical Center (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Opendra Narayan (Lenexa, Kansas); Yahia Chebloune (Grenoble, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a DNA vaccine for immunization against HIV. The invention comprises a DNA molecule that has a sequence encoding a plurality of viral proteins capable of stimulating an immune response against HIV. The DNA molecule is rendered safe for use as a vaccine by the disruption of genes encoding reverse transcriptase, integrase, and Vif. The DNA molecule is further rendered safe by at least a partial deletion of the 3′ LTR. |
| FILED | Monday, July 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/185164 |
| 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 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) |
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| US 08916175 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey I. Cohen (Silver Spring, Maryland); Edward M. Cox, Jr. (Silver Spring, Maryland); Lesley M. Pesnicak (Stafford, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey I. Cohen (Silver Spring, Maryland); Edward M. Cox, Jr. (Silver Spring, Maryland); Lesley M. Pesnicak (Stafford, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Viruses having weakened ability to establish and/or maintain latency and their use as live vaccines are described. The vaccines have one or more alterations in genes that provide continued virus replication but that inhibit latency. The vaccine materials and methods for their construction are exemplified with the varicella zoster virus. Deletion of a significant portion from both copies of the varicella zoster gene ORF63 was shown to inhibit establishment of a latent infection from a live vaccine form of the virus. Insertion of an additional ORF62 gene which is partially truncated with the ORF63 deletion inhibited establishment of latency and allowed normal growth of the virus. Other desirable viral antigen encoding sequence(s) and/or cytokine genes advantageously may replace deleted genetic material to enhance a desired immunological response. Aspects of the discovery pertain to live vaccines of other viruses, and can provide a variety of vaccines having greater safety. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/630147 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/25 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/16734 (20130101) C12N 2710/16761 (20130101) |
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| US 08916184 | Klueh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ulrike W. Klueh (New Britain, Connecticut); David I. Dorsky (Avon, Connecticut); Donald L. Kreutzer (Avon, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ulrike W. Klueh (New Britain, Connecticut); David I. Dorsky (Avon, Connecticut); Donald L. Kreutzer (Avon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An implant system and a method for controlling the natural and artificial microenvironments surrounding an implanted device using an artificial tissue system (ATS) and includes methods of diagnostic and testing related thereto. The ATS, among other things, induce better integration, function, and extended lifespan of the devices at the site of implantation. The ATS includes cells, such as naturally occurring, engineered, and/or artificial cells; matrices such as natural, engineered, artificial and/or hybrid matrices; tissue response modifiers (TRM); and/or cell response modifiers (CRM). The specific composition of the ATS is based on the nature of the tissue in which ATS-device combination is implanted and the nature of the implant device, as well as the required function and lifespan of the implanted device. Additionally, the ATS, as well as ATSdevice combinations can be utilized in vitro to aid in the design of improved ATS, devices and ATS-device combinations for in \>ivo uses. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/578171 |
| 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 | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/14503 (20130101) A61B 5/14532 (20130101) A61B 5/14546 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (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 27/38 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0062 (20130101) |
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| US 08916340 | Sadegh-Nasseri |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scheherazade Sadegh-Nasseri (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scheherazade Sadegh-Nasseri (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Rational design of immunotherapeutics relies on clear knowledge of the immunodominant epitopes of antigens. Current methods for identifying kinetically stable peptide-MHC complexes are in many cases inadequate for a number of reasons. Disclosed herein is a reductionistic system incorporating known participants of MHC class II antigen processing in solution to generate peptide pools from antigens, including those for which no immunodominant epitope has yet been identified, that are highly enriched for proteolytic fragments containing their immunodominant epitopes. HLA-DM-mediated editing contributes significantly to immunodominance and is exploited in discovering immunodominant epitopes from novel or previously uncharacterized antigens, particularly antigens associated with pathogens, tumors or autoimmune diseases. |
| FILED | Monday, January 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/160065 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/70539 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08916373 | Workman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aron S Workman (Gainesville, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Aron S Workman (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention in the art of biochemistry claims novel and non-naturally occurring mutant human superoxide dismutase 1 (hsod1) variant polypeptides, their encoding nucleic acids, and recombinant cells thereof. The inventor rationally designed mutant hsod1 variants using structural observations and complimentary experimentation. The designed mutant hsod1 variant products claimed have multiple potential industrial applications including as novel therapeutics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/150676 |
| 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 9/0089 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 115/01001 (20130101) |
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| US 08916515 | Ghatnekar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gautam Ghatnekar (Charleston, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for use in promoting wound healing and tissue regeneration following tissue injury in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/842506 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/10 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 2319/01 (20130101) |
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| US 08916519 | Montelione et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gaetano T. Montelione (Highland Park, New Jersey); Kalyan Das (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Edward Arnold (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Li-Chung Ma (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Rong Xiao (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert M. Krug (Austin, Texas); Karen Y. Twu (Fort Worth, Texas); Rei-Lin Kuo (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions and methods related to the structure and function of the cellular polyadenylation and specificity factor 30 (CPSF30) binding site on the surface of the influenza A non-structural protein 1 (NS1). Specifically, critical biochemical reagents, conditions for crystallization and NMR analysis, assays, and general processes are described for (i) discovering, designing, and optimizing small molecule inhibitors of influenza A (avian flu) viruses and (ii) creating attenuated influenza virus strains suitable for avian and human flu vaccine development. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/313534 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08916544 | Yarema et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin J. Yarema (Woodstock, Maryland); Udayanath Aich (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Christopher Thomas Campbell (Baltimore, Maryland); Srinivasa-Gopalan Sampathkumar (New Delhi, India); Sean S. Choi (Columbia, Maryland); Michael Adam Meledeo (San Antonio, Texas); Christopher Weier (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin J. Yarema (Woodstock, Maryland); Udayanath Aich (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Christopher Thomas Campbell (Baltimore, Maryland); Srinivasa-Gopalan Sampathkumar (New Delhi, India); Sean S. Choi (Columbia, Maryland); Michael Adam Meledeo (San Antonio, Texas); Christopher Weier (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are fatty acid carbohydrate-hydroxyl-hybrid compounds and derivatives thereof, and methods of treating or preventing disease and disease symptoms using the compounds and compositions thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/671994 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 5/06 (20130101) C07H 7/027 (20130101) C07H 13/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08916556 | Longo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank M. Longo (Menlo Park, California); Stephen M. Massa (Burlingame, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America represented by the Department of Vetran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank M. Longo (Menlo Park, California); Stephen M. Massa (Burlingame, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compounds for treating neurodegenerative and other disorders. Included is the administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having binding specificity for a p75NTR receptor molecule. Enhanced survival of neural and other cells has been observed. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/762947 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/155 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/497 (20130101) A61K 31/522 (20130101) A61K 31/537 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2878 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2316/96 (20130101) |
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| US 08916570 | Jacobson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth A. Jacobson (Silver Spring, Maryland); Dilip K. Tosh (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A. Jacobson (Silver Spring, Maryland); Dilip K. Tosh (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are (N)-methanocarba adenine nucleosides of formulas (I)-(V), for example, of formula (V): as highly potent A3 adenosine receptor agonists, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such nucleosides, and a method of use of these nucleosides, wherein R1-R6 are as defined in the specification. These nucleosides exhibit similar selectivities as agonists of the A3 versus the A1 receptor for both human and mouse adenosine receptors, and are contemplated for use in the treatment a number of diseases, for example, inflammation, cardiac ischemia, stroke, asthma, diabetes, and cardiac arrhythmias. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/371081 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08916571 | Schramm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vern L. Schramm (New Rochelle, New York); Chandan Guha (Scarsdale, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vern L. Schramm (New Rochelle, New York); Chandan Guha (Scarsdale, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the treatment of cancer using an inhibitor of 5′-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP). The invention particularly relates to the treatment of prostate cancer and head and neck cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, February 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/224073 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7042 (20130101) |
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| US 08916596 | Kristie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Kristie (Silver Spring, Maryland); Yu Liang (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Kristie (Silver Spring, Maryland); Yu Liang (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the invention provides preventing or treating a viral infection of a host, comprising administering to the host an effective amount of an inhibitor of the protein LSD1 and/or a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Another embodiment of the invention provides preventing or treating reactivation of a virus after latency in a host, comprising administering to the host an effective amount of an inhibitor of the protein LSD1 and/or a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Another embodiment of the invention provides preventing or treating a viral infection in a mammal that has undergone, is undergoing, or will undergo an organ or tissue transplant, comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of an inhibitor of the protein LSD1 and/or a monoamine oxidase inhibitor before, during, and/or after the organ or tissue transplant. The viral infection may be due to a herpesvirus, such as herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2), varicella zoster virus (VZV), or cytomegalovirus (CMV). The viral infection may also be due to an adenovirus, including types 1-5. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/055587 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/15 (20130101) A61K 31/42 (20130101) A61K 31/137 (20130101) |
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| US 08916603 | Liggett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen B. Liggett (Clarksville, Maryland); Michael Bristow (Englewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen B. Liggett (Clarksville, Maryland); Michael Bristow (Englewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns the use of methods for evaluating bucindolol treatment for a patient, particularly one with heart failure. It concerns methods for determining whether to administer or prescribe bucindolol to a patient based on whether the patient is homozygous for the Arg 389 polymorphism in the β1-adrenergic receptor (AR). |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/309114 |
| 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 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/172 (20130101) |
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| US 08916604 | Kong |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ah-Ng T. Kong (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ah-Ng T. Kong (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating disorders characterized by reduced expression of anti-oxidative stress enzymes in a subject. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for inducing expression of anti-oxidative stress enzymes in a subject in need thereof. The method includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a demethylating agent. The demethylating agent includes a phytochemical that induces expression of Nrf2 and Nrf2-mediated genes expressing anti-oxidative stress. Such phytochemicals include indoles, such as 3,3′-diindolylmethane (DIM) and indole-3-carbinol (I3C), and isothiocyanates, such as phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) and sulforaphane (SFN). |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/485100 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/404 (20130101) |
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| US 08916608 | Engel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Douglas Engel (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Osamu Tanabe (Sendai, Japan); Lihong Shi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Douglas Engel (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Osamu Tanabe (Sendai, Japan); Lihong Shi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure describes methods of screening for compounds that disrupt the interaction between DNMT1 and the gamma-globin promoter or between LSD-1 and the gamma-globin promoter. This disclosure describes methods of screening for compounds that de-repress the gamma-globin gene. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/480036 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/80 (20130101) G01N 33/6854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/91017 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08916652 | Dalsin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey L. Dalsin (Verona, Wisconsin); Bruce P. Lee (Houghton, Michigan); Laura Vollenweider (Lodi, Wisconsin); Sunil Silvary (Madison, Wisconsin); John L. Murphy (Verona, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Amanda Spitz (Madison, Wisconsin); Arinne Lyman (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kensey Nash Corporation (Exton, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey L. Dalsin (Verona, Wisconsin); Bruce P. Lee (Houghton, Michigan); Laura Vollenweider (Lodi, Wisconsin); Sunil Silvary (Madison, Wisconsin); John L. Murphy (Verona, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Amanda Spitz (Madison, Wisconsin); Arinne Lyman (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes families of compounds that utilize multihydroxyl phenyl groups to provide adhesive properties. Selection of the multihydroxy phenyl group along with linkers or linking groups and the linkages between the linkers or linking groups with polyalkylene oxides, provides materials that can be engineered to afford controllable curing time, biodegradation and/or swelling. |
| FILED | Monday, February 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/400333 |
| ART UNIT | 1768 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| 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 37/38 (20130101) A01N 37/40 (20130101) A01N 37/44 (20130101) A01N 47/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 47/28 (20130101) Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/08 (20130101) A61B 17/064 (20130101) A61B 17/085 (20130101) A61B 17/06166 (20130101) A61B 2017/00951 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/0063 (20130101) A61F 2002/0086 (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 15/42 (20130101) A61L 15/44 (20130101) A61L 15/46 (20130101) A61L 15/60 (20130101) A61L 24/04 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 29/14 (20130101) A61L 29/16 (20130101) A61L 29/085 (20130101) A61L 29/085 (20130101) A61L 29/145 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/14 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 31/145 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 65/3317 (20130101) C08G 65/33396 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 7/02 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 2203/02 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/1637 (20130101) Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 171/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08916696 | Rossi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California); Maggie Bobbin (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California); Maggie Bobbin (Duarte, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An aptamer-mRNA conjugate is provided. The aptamer-mRNA conjugate may include an aptamer component that binds a membrane associated protein on a target cell and an mRNA component that is expressed by the target cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/494880 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48092 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1132 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2310/3519 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 08916697 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Thompson (West Lafayette, Indiana); Aditya Kulkarni (West Lafayette, Indiana); Wei Deng (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to nucleic acid complexes, methods of preparation thereof, and uses thereof for delivering a nucleic acid into a cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/826887 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/87 (20130101) C12N 2710/10043 (20130101) |
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| US 08916705 | Hergenrother |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illilnois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Hergenrother (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds and compositions useful for the modulation of certain enzymes. The compounds and compositions can induce of cell death, particularly cancer cell death. The invention also provides methods for the synthesis and use of the compounds and compositions, including the use of compounds and compositions in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/652164 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 295/15 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08916712 | Basnakian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anne S. Martin (Tallahassee, Florida); Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexei G. Basnakian (Little Rock, Arkansas); Richard B. Walker (Little Rock, Arkansas); John R. J. Sorenson (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for cytoprotection. In particular, it provides zinc chelate compositions comprising at least one zinc ion and at least one aminothiol ligand. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/174669 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 323/25 (20130101) C07C 323/58 (20130101) C07C 323/59 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/16 (20130101) C07D 277/06 (20130101) C07D 277/14 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08916745 | Schroeder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Julian Schroeder (La Jolla, California); Maria Israelsson-Nordstrom (Taby, Sweden); Josef M. Kuhn (Ludwigshafen, Germany); Yingzhen Yang (Geneva, New York); Honghong Hu (San Diego, California); Aurelien Boisson-Dernier (Paris, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julian Schroeder (La Jolla, California); Maria Israelsson-Nordstrom (Taby, Sweden); Josef M. Kuhn (Ludwigshafen, Germany); Yingzhen Yang (Geneva, New York); Honghong Hu (San Diego, California); Aurelien Boisson-Dernier (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for manipulating the exchange of water and/or carbon dioxide (CO2) through plant stomata by controlling CO2 sensor genes. The invention provides compositions and methods for enhancing or optimizing biomass accumulation in a plant. The invention provides compositions and methods for for opening or closing a stomatal pore on a guard cell in the epidermis of a plant. The invention provides compositions and methods for increasing or decreasing oxygenation efficiency and/or carbon fixation in a guard cell in the epidermis of a plant by manipulating expression of a ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. The invention provides promoters for regulating expression of a nucleic acid in a plant guard cell. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/597880 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8261 (20130101) |
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| US 08917346 | Geisler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wilson Geisler (Austin, Texas); Johannes Burge (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Estimating focus error in an image involves a training phase and an application phase. In the training phase, an optical system is represented by a point-spread function. An image sensor array is represented by one or more wavelength sensitivity functions, one or more noise functions, and one or more spatial sampling functions. The point-spread function is applied to image patches for each of multiple defocus levels within a specified range to produce training data. Each of the images for each defocus level (i.e. focus error) is sampled using the wavelength sensitivity and spatial sampling functions. Noise is added using the noise functions. The responses from the sensor array to the training data are used to generate defocus filters for estimating focus error within the specified range. The defocus filters are then applied to the image patches of the training data and joint probability distributions of filter responses to each defocus level are characterized. In the application phase, the filter responses to arbitrary image patches are obtained and combined to derive continuous, signed estimates of the focus error of each arbitrary image patch. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/965758 |
| ART UNIT | 2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 7/36 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/235 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/23212 (20130101) |
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| US 08918159 | Riederer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen J Riederer (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J Riederer (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for creating at least one angiographic image using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes acquiring, with the MRI system and using parallel imaging techniques, a pre-contrast image data set and a post-contrast image data set of a portion of a subject having a vascular structure extending therethrough and subtracting the pre-contrast and the post-contrast image data set to generate a difference angiogram data set. The method includes reconstructing the difference angiogram data set into at least one aliased angiogram, creating a region of interest (ROI) mask from an image of the portion of the subject, and indicating a masking border surrounding the vascular structure and substantially excluding tissues surrounding the vascular structure. The method then includes de-aliasing the at least one aliased angiogram using the ROI mask to create an angiogram of the portion of the subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/449500 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
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| US 08918160 | Penn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Penn (Rockville, Maryland) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Penn (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for generating a map of a region of a patient's body containing one or more lesions that provides information about MR diffusion properties and/or level of suspicion of malignancy. Performing at least one first scan of the region with an MRI apparatus set to a first b value to obtain a first matrix of pixel or voxel values, int(B1); performing at least one second scan of the region with the apparatus set to a second b value to obtain a second matrix of pixel or voxel intensity values, int(B2); deriving a first computed value that is a monotonic function of ln(int(B1)/int(B2); multiplying each computed value by a value proportional to int (B1) to obtain a second computed value; and producing a representation of all the second computed values that is indicative of the likelihood that one or more of the lesions are malignant. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542315 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/56341 (20130101) |
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| US 08918161 | Natan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Natan (Los Altos, California); William E. Doering (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Becton, Dickinson and Company (Franklin Lakes, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Natan (Los Altos, California); William E. Doering (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various methods of use for surface enhanced spectroscopy-active composite nanoparticles (SACN's) are provided. SACN's are submicron-sized particles or labels can be covalently or non-covalently affixed to entities of interest for the purpose of quantification, location, identification, tracking, and diagnosis. The various methods include administering a SACN nanoparticle imaging agent to a patient, scanning the patient using a system that can perform spectral imaging; and generating a spectrum or image of an internal region of the patient. A method, for diagnosing an abnormal pathology as well as a method for labeling an animal with a SACN are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/245538 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/0018 (20130101) B22F 1/0025 (20130101) B22F 1/025 (20130101) B22F 9/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22F 2001/0037 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 1/04 (20130101) C25D 1/006 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) |
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| US 08918163 | Yared et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wael I. Yared (Lexington, Massachusetts); Andrew K. Wilson (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VisEn Medical, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wael I. Yared (Lexington, Massachusetts); Andrew K. Wilson (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention facilitates transport of an immobilized, anesthetized small animal across multiple single-modality or multiple-modality imaging workstations at the same or different physical locations without loss of subject positional information. The animal holder is compatible with preclinical animal imaging stations such as micro-CT, micro-MR, micro-PET, micro-SPECT, and FMT. The animal holder is configured to be accommodated by (for example, fit within) individual imaging chambers of such instruments and is fabricated from materials that are compliant with all of the imaging modalities used. In certain embodiments, an integrated set of fiducial marker wells accommodates the dispensing of markers that are picked up by several modalities simultaneously in multiple planes. The fiducial markers then are aligned in standard image processing or image analysis software with simple image translation and rotation operations, without the need for more advanced scaling, distortion or other operations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/934246 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/7285 (20130101) A61B 6/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/0421 (20130101) A61B 6/485 (20130101) A61B 8/543 (20130101) A61B 2503/40 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bala Corattiyil (Montgomery, Ohio); Richard William Albrecht, Jr. (Fairfield, Ohio); Bradley W Fintel (West Chester, Ohio); Rebecca J. Schmidt (North Bend, Ohio); Scott Wolfer (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A sump pressurization system for a gas turbine engine comprises a first hollow shaft and a second hollow shaft disposed within the first hollow shaft and defining a cavity therebetween. Each of the first and second hollow shafts has a common axis of rotation. Also included is a source of pressurized air to pressurize the cavity and a plurality of hollow tubes disposed in the cavity. The tubes are oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation and are connected to and rotatable with the first hollow shaft. A plurality of apertures in the second hollow shaft are in fluid communication with the tubes, such that pressurized air flowing through the tubes passes through the apertures into the interior of the second hollow shaft. |
| FILED | Saturday, February 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/237384 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/082 (20130101) F01D 11/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 6/08 (20130101) F02C 7/06 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/98 (20130101) |
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| US 08915139 | McConnell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. McConnell (Clinton, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Physical Sciences Corp. (Groton, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. McConnell (Clinton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A cantilever beam accelerometer design is disclosed that obviates the need of attaching electrical leads directly to the piezoelectric plates. According to one aspect of the invention, two identical proof-masses are positioned on top of each piezoelectric plate in a symmetrical fashion. In advance of attaching the masses to the plates, electrical leads are attached to the masses by some suitable technique such as soldering. Each proof-mass is positioned on its respective piezoelectric plate as close to the free-end of the beam as practical, to keep the size of the mass reasonably small. The disclosed concept is useful for both series and parallel configurations of the piezoelectric plates, wherein the polarization vectors are in opposite directions for two plates connected in series and the polarization vectors are in the same direction for two plates connected in parallel. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/045969 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/514.340 |
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| US 08915329 | Hermiller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Michael Hermiller (Liberty Township, Ohio); Michael Maddux (Jamestown, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Tunable perforate acoustic liners are disclosed using shape memory materials, which allow the acoustic liners to tune for multiple frequencies across a wide range, unlike current designs which are limited to specific frequencies or small ranges. The liner will be initiated through a sensor and feedback loop to monitor the current acoustic environment and initiate geometry change needed to more effectively attenuate engine noise. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/770718 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Acoustics 181/293 |
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| US 08915465 | van der Westhuizen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacob Johannes van der Westhuizen (South Jordan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Johannes van der Westhuizen (South Jordan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor system is disclosed for a reactive drive rotary wing aircraft. Rigidity of the rotor is enhanced and play between flight controls and the rotor are eliminated by mounting swashplate actuators to a flange rigidly secured to the mast. Thermal management of the rotor is performed in order to avoid bearing failure or loss of bearing preload. Methods include modulating the temperature of oil pumped over one or more of the mast bearing, swashplate bearing, and spindle bearing. The temperature of air passively or actively drawn through rotor may also be modulated to maintain bearing temperature within a predetermined range. Structures for reducing pressure losses and drag on components due to air flow through the rotor are also disclosed. Thermal management of a rotor may be performed by oil and air flow. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/199721 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/17.110 |
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| US 08915743 | Meglan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dwight Meglan (Westwood, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SimQuest LLC (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dwight Meglan (Westwood, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method and device for simulating a medical procedure include a haptic mechanism controllable to provide feedback to a user manipulating a medical device. In an embodiment, a pair of three degree of freedom haptic devices are coupled to provide six degree of freedom measurement and force/moment feedback to the user. The six degree of freedom haptic device may be configured to provide different resolutions for different degrees of freedom, depending on simulation requirements. In an embodiment, a load cell is used to provide higher resolution in a dimension determined to be of greater criticality to realistic simulation. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/536839 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 2219/40619 (20130101) G05B 2219/45117 (20130101) Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 23/283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08916067 | Zaidivar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafael J. Zaidivar (Huntington Beach, California); James P. Nokes (Torrance, California); Hyun I. Kim (Yorba Linda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael J. Zaidivar (Huntington Beach, California); James P. Nokes (Torrance, California); Hyun I. Kim (Yorba Linda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and composition wherein carbonaceous nano-scaled filler material is subjected to atmospheric plasma treatment using carbon monoxide as the active gas. The treatment with carbon monoxide plasma has been found to significantly increase the incorporation of oxygen groups on the surface of the filler material without degrading the surface and thus serves to increase wettability and dispersion throughout the matrix. The composite that incorporates the treated filler material has enhanced mechanical and electrical properties. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/276942 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/847 (20130101) |
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| US 08916184 | Klueh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ulrike W. Klueh (New Britain, Connecticut); David I. Dorsky (Avon, Connecticut); Donald L. Kreutzer (Avon, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ulrike W. Klueh (New Britain, Connecticut); David I. Dorsky (Avon, Connecticut); Donald L. Kreutzer (Avon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An implant system and a method for controlling the natural and artificial microenvironments surrounding an implanted device using an artificial tissue system (ATS) and includes methods of diagnostic and testing related thereto. The ATS, among other things, induce better integration, function, and extended lifespan of the devices at the site of implantation. The ATS includes cells, such as naturally occurring, engineered, and/or artificial cells; matrices such as natural, engineered, artificial and/or hybrid matrices; tissue response modifiers (TRM); and/or cell response modifiers (CRM). The specific composition of the ATS is based on the nature of the tissue in which ATS-device combination is implanted and the nature of the implant device, as well as the required function and lifespan of the implanted device. Additionally, the ATS, as well as ATSdevice combinations can be utilized in vitro to aid in the design of improved ATS, devices and ATS-device combinations for in \>ivo uses. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/578171 |
| 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 | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/14503 (20130101) A61B 5/14532 (20130101) A61B 5/14546 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (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 27/38 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0062 (20130101) |
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| US 08916198 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington); Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington); Weichang Xue (Suzhou, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington); Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington); Weichang Xue (Suzhou, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Mesoporous calcium silicate compositions for controlled release of bioactive agents and methods for producing such compositions are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, mesoporous calcium silicate is synthesized by acid modification of wollastonite particles using hydrochloric acid. A hydrated silica gel layer having abundant Si—OH functional groups can be formed on the surface of wollastonite after acid modification. Bruhauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area increased significantly due to acid modification and, in one arrangement, reached over 350 m2/g. Acid modified mesoporous calcium silicate compositions show a higher ability to adsorb protein compared to unmodified particles and demonstrate controlled release kinetics of these proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/211005 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48861 (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 27/025 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/306 (20130101) A61L 2300/45 (20130101) A61L 2300/252 (20130101) A61L 2300/414 (20130101) A61L 2300/428 (20130101) A61L 2300/602 (20130101) |
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| US 08916299 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne P. Liu (San Diego, California); Adriane Q. Wotawa-Bergen (San Diego, California); David B. Chadwick (San Diego, California); Ken E. Richter (San Diego, California); Yolanda M. Arias-Thode (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne P. Liu (San Diego, California); Adriane Q. Wotawa-Bergen (San Diego, California); David B. Chadwick (San Diego, California); Ken E. Richter (San Diego, California); Yolanda M. Arias-Thode (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-propelled microbial fuel cell apparatus includes a microbial fuel cell with a cathode electrode and an anode electrode wherein the anode electrode is enclosed within an enclosure that has an opening in it. The microbial fuel cell is positioned within a self-propelled delivery vehicle so that the electrodes of the fuel cell are exposed to interface with a microbial environment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/172770 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/401 |
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| US 08916606 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jacob Berlin (Monrovia, California); Tam Pham (Renton, Washington); Jeffrey N. Myers (Bellaire, Texas); Daisuke Sano (Yokohama, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jacob Berlin (Monrovia, California); Tam Pham (Renton, Washington); Jeffrey N. Myers (Bellaire, Texas); Daisuke Sano (Yokohama, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention pertains to therapeutic compositions that comprise: (1) a nanovector, (2) an active agent; and (3) a targeting agent, wherein the active agent and the targeting agent are non-covalently associated with the nanovector. The present invention also pertains to methods of treating various conditions in a subject by utilizing the above-described therapeutic compositions. Methods of making the therapeutic compositions are also a subject matter the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/504716 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48884 (20130101) A61K 47/48961 (20130101) A61K 51/1268 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/75 (20130101) Y10S 977/746 (20130101) Y10S 977/842 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) |
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| US 08916645 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Hu (Hudson, Ohio); Claire Hartmann-Thompson (Midland, Michigan); Dale J. Meier (Midland, Michigan); Petar R. Dvornic (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan Molecular Institute (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Hu (Hudson, Ohio); Claire Hartmann-Thompson (Midland, Michigan); Dale J. Meier (Midland, Michigan); Petar R. Dvornic (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The HBP Free-POSS compounds of Formula I are superior to prior HB polymers and linear polymers in space and electronic applications because they have better resistance to electrons, protons and atomic oxygen, have superior out-gassing performance, and are transparent. They are used as coatings, films, adhesives, sealants and elastomers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/521582 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 5/549 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 77/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08916651 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qunfeng Cheng (Beijing, China PRC); Richard Liang (Tallahassee, Florida); Ben Wang (Tallahassee, Florida); Chuck Zhang (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qunfeng Cheng (Beijing, China PRC); Richard Liang (Tallahassee, Florida); Ben Wang (Tallahassee, Florida); Chuck Zhang (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanocomposite materials and methods of making composite materials reinforced with carbon nanotubes are disclosed. The composite material includes an array of functionalized and aligned carbon nanotubes having a degree of functionalization of about 1% to about 10%; and a polymeric matrix material bonded to the array of functionalized and aligned carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/090576 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 2202/08 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 122/40 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/04 (20130101) C08K 3/04 (20130101) C08K 9/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 63/00 (20130101) C08L 63/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/783 (20130101) |
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| US 08916683 | Olsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bradley D. Olsen (Arlington, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Glassman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jacqueline Chan (Arcadia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley D. Olsen (Arlington, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Glassman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jacqueline Chan (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are block copolymer conjugates that form double-network hydrogels under appropriate conditions. The conjugates comprise a block of polymer end-group, a block of self-associating peptide or protein, and flexible linkers between the two. Hydrogels comprising the conjugates have the mechanical properties, including elastic modulus and fracture toughness, required for load-bearing applications, while maintaining desirable shear-thinning properties, for example, for injectability. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/253485 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/42 (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 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/227 (20130101) |
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| US 08916698 | Ewert |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matt Ewert (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns compositions and methods of extracting infectious pathogens from a volume of blood. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of creating a fibrin aggregate confining the pathogens and introducing a fibrin lysis reagent to expose the pathogens for analysis. The present invention also concerns materials and methods for removing aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) from a sample. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/725113 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 51/42 (20130101) C07C 65/40 (20130101) Peptides C07K 17/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 33/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/101 (20130101) C12N 15/1003 (20130101) C12N 15/1006 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/04 (20130101) C12Q 1/24 (20130101) C12Q 1/56 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 2523/113 (20130101) C12Q 2527/119 (20130101) C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) C12Q 2527/127 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/34 (20130101) G01N 33/86 (20130101) |
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| US 08916722 | Yaghi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Omar M. Yaghi (Los Angeles, California); Christian J. Doonan (Los Angeles, California); Hexiang Deng (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Omar M. Yaghi (Los Angeles, California); Christian J. Doonan (Los Angeles, California); Hexiang Deng (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides multivariate metal organic frameworks comprising different functional ligands. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/378300 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 2253/204 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/226 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 3/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08916890 | Chakraborty |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arpan Chakraborty (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arpan Chakraborty (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | LED chips including an LED layer or layers capable of emitting light of a first wavelength, a light conversion layer on the LED capable of converting at least a portion of the light of a first wavelength to light of a second wavelength, and a filter layer therebetween that is transmissive to light of a first wavelength and reflective to light of a second wavelength. The filter layer may prevent at least some of the light of a second wavelength from entering the LED layer or layers, where it may be subject to various optical losses, such as internal reflection and absorption. LED chips may also include multiple filter and light conversion layers. Methods of fabrication are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/051212 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/44 (20130101) H01L 33/46 (20130101) H01L 33/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/508 (20130101) |
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| US 08916910 | Geer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert E. Geer (Niskayuna, New York); Wei Wang (Niskayuna, New York); Tong Jing (Guilderland Center, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Geer (Niskayuna, New York); Wei Wang (Niskayuna, New York); Tong Jing (Guilderland Center, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Reconfigurable 3D interconnect is provided that can be used for digital and RF signals. The reconfigurable 3D interconnect can include an array of vertical interconnect vias (or TSVs) providing a signal path between a first core element of a 3D IC and a second core element of the 3D IC stacked above the first core element. A routing circuit can be used to route a signal from the first core element to the second core element through selected TSVs of the array of TSVs providing the signal path between the first core element and the second core element. The routing circuit allows re-routing of the signal through different selected TSVs during operation, which can provide real time adjustments and capacity optimization of the TSVs passing the particular signal between the elements. |
| FILED | Monday, December 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/966128 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/481 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angel Secure Networks Inc. (Orono, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Angel Secure Networks, Inc. (Old Town, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred Hewitt Smith (Old Town, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus is disclosed including one or more security structures. The one or more security structures includes: a weldable frame; a plurality of composite panels, each panel securable to the weldable frame, each composite panel configured to form at least one joint with at least one adjoining composite panel; and a respective security element embedded within each of the composite panels. The security element is configured to detect a breach in the composite panel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/710634 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 25/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65D 90/00 (20130101) B65D 90/22 (20130101) B65D 90/026 (20130101) |
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| US 08917395 | Dalgleish et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fraser Dalgleish (Vero Beach, Florida); Anni Dalgleish (Vero Beach, Florida); Bing Ouyang (Vero Beach, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fraser Dalgleish (Vero Beach, Florida); Anni Dalgleish (Vero Beach, Florida); Bing Ouyang (Vero Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging or sensor system comprises a transmitter assembly, a receiver assembly and a control unit. The transmitter assembly defines an outgoing optical beam transmission path with respect to a target surface and the receiver assembly defines a return optical signal transmission path from the target surface. Each of the paths includes transmission through or reflection from at least one microdisplay device comprising a plurality of controllable elements for selective placement in a transmit mode for transmission of light along the transmission paths. A control unit selectively places the microdisplay device elements in the transmission mode. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/089715 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/1793 (20130101) G01N 2201/0675 (20130101) |
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| US 08917444 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jiang Li (Pasadena, California); Hansuek Lee (Pasadena, California); Tong Chen (Pasadena, California); Kerry Vahala (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiang Li (Pasadena, California); Hansuek Lee (Pasadena, California); Tong Chen (Pasadena, California); Kerry Vahala (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A frequency comb generator fabricated on a chip with elimination of a disadvantageous reflow process, includes an ultra-high Q disk resonator having a waveguide that is a part of a wedge structure fabricated from a silicon dioxide layer of the chip. The disk resonator allows generation of a frequency comb with a mode spacing as low as 2.6 GHz and up to 220 GHz. A surface-loss-limited behavior of the disk resonator decouples a strong dependence of pumping threshold on repetition rate. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/525189 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/2257 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 2201/17 (20130101) G02F 2201/58 (20130101) G02F 2201/063 (20130101) G02F 2202/09 (20130101) G02F 2202/105 (20130101) G02F 2203/15 (20130101) G02F 2203/56 (20130101) G02F 2203/69 (20130101) |
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| US 08917562 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kang-Lung Wang (Santa Monica, California); Chih-Kong K. Yang (Pacific Palisades, California); Dejan Markovic (Los Angeles, California); Fengbo Ren (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | As memory geometries continue to scale down, current density of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) make conventional low current reading scheme problematic with regard to performance and reliability. A body-voltage sense circuit (BVSC) short pulse reading (SPR) circuit is described using body connected load transistors and a novel sensing circuit with second stage amplifier which allows for very short read pulses providing much higher read margins, less sensing time, and shorter sensing current pulses. Simulation results (using 65-nm CMOS model SPICE simulations) show that our technique can achieve 550 mV of read margin at 1 ns performance under a 1 V supply voltage, which is greater than reference designs achieve at 5 ns performance. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/088635 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 7/062 (20130101) G11C 11/16 (20130101) G11C 11/1673 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 13/0004 (20130101) G11C 13/004 (20130101) G11C 13/0007 (20130101) G11C 2013/0054 (20130101) G11C 2207/063 (20130101) |
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| US 08917802 | Su |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Su (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments associated with multiple signal editions is described. A plurality of sensors can be deployed in an environment. These sensors can be used to capture a signal of interest (SOI). However, when the signal is weak or difficult to sense, what an individual sensor captures may be of little value. Therefore, multiple sensors can be used together to capture the signal (e.g., different editions of the SOI). Further, it is possible that the demodulation scheme of the signal is not known, such as when the signal is from an unknown network (e.g., a network of an enemy). A mathematical operation can be performed upon signal editions such that a result does not include noise. This result can be used in determining the demodulation scheme of the signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/771869 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08918230 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter David Chen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Dennis Bushmitch (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mitre Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter David Chen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Dennis Bushmitch (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are systems and methods, including computer program products for controlling an unmanned vehicle. A user controls one or more unmanned vehicles with a smart phone. The smart phone receives video stream from the unmanned vehicles, and the smart phone displays the controls from the unmanned vehicle over the video. The smart phone and the unmanned vehicle communicate wirelessly. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/011178 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05D 1/0038 (20130101) G05D 2201/0209 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) Y10S 901/47 (20130101) |
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| US 08918307 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron Ches Brown (Austin, Texas); Jeff Jerome Frankeny (Austin, Texas); James Kai Hsu (Austin, Texas); Glenn Owen Kincaid (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Ches Brown (Austin, Texas); Jeff Jerome Frankeny (Austin, Texas); James Kai Hsu (Austin, Texas); Glenn Owen Kincaid (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A configuration manager identifies a first device and a second device within a simulated system. Each device within the simulated system includes an inbound port and an outbound port. Next, the configuration manager injects a simulation only packet, at an “outbound time,” on the first device's outbound port and detects that the second device's inbound port receives the simulation only packet at an “inbound time.” As such, the configuration manager identifies a direct connection between the first device and the second device and computes a latency time for the connection. In turn, the configuration manager configures one or more first device configuration registers and one or more second device configuration registers based upon the computed latency time. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/402588 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/604 (20130101) G06F 2217/84 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 43/50 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 24/06 (20130101) H04W 24/08 (20130101) |
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| US 08918351 | Arthur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); John E. Barth, Jr. (Williston, Vermont); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); John E. Barth, Jr. (Williston, Vermont); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to providing transposable access to a synapse array using column aggregation. One embodiment comprises a neural network including a plurality of electronic axons, a plurality of electronic neurons, and a crossbar for interconnecting the axons with the neurons. The crossbar comprises a plurality of electronic synapses. Each synapse interconnects an axon with a neuron. The neural network further comprises a column aggregation module for transposable access to one or more synapses of the crossbar using column aggregation. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562203 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/18 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08918353 | Nugent |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alex Nugent (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KnowmTech, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Nugent (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for extracting feature utilizing an AHaH module (Anti-Hebbian and Hebbian). A sparse input data stream can be presented to a synaptic matrix of a collection of AHaH nodes associated with the AHaH module. The AHaH module operates an AHaH plasticity rule via an evaluate phase and a feedback phase cycle. A bias input line can be modulated such that a bias weight do not receive a Hebbian portion of the weight update during the feedback phase in order to prevent occupation of a null state. The input space can be bifurcated when the AHaH nodes fall randomly into an attractor state. The output of the AHaH module that forms a stable bit pattern can then be provided as an input to a content-addressable memory for generating a maximally efficient binary label. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/595158 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/025 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08918423 | Fernandez |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Fernandez (Kailua, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for determining object access to a resource by comparing reference inputs from an object profile, an object selection profile, an environmental status, and/or a complex outcome to one or more resource profile reference conditions contained in one or more resource profiles. The object profile reference input comparison to the resource profile reference conditions is based on a plurality of object profile categories each including a plurality of hierarchically linked object profile values. The object profile represents no more than one object profile value for each object profile category. The object selection profile reference input comparison to the resource profile reference conditions is based on a plurality of object selection profile categories each including a plurality of hierarchically linked object selection profile values. The object selection profile includes one or more object selection profile values for a particular object selection profile category. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/633994 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/782 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 08914976 | Campbell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christian X. Campbell (Oviedo, Florida); Anand A. Kulkarni (Oviedo, Florida); Allister W. James (Chuluota, Florida); Brian J. Wessell (Orlando, Florida); Paul J. Gear (Longwood, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian X. Campbell (Oviedo, Florida); Anand A. Kulkarni (Oviedo, Florida); Allister W. James (Chuluota, Florida); Brian J. Wessell (Orlando, Florida); Paul J. Gear (Longwood, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Bi-casting a platform (50) onto an end portion (42) of a turbine airfoil (31) after forming a coating of a fugitive material (56) on the end portion. After bi-casting the platform, the coating is dissolved and removed to relieve differential thermal shrinkage stress between the airfoil and platform. The thickness of the coating is varied around the end portion in proportion to varying amounts of local differential process shrinkage. The coating may be sprayed (76A, 76B) onto the end portion in opposite directions parallel to a chord line (41) of the airfoil or parallel to a mid-platform length (80) of the platform to form respective layers tapering in thickness from the leading (32) and trailing (34) edges along the suction side (36) of the airfoil. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/195959 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 19/00 (20130101) B22D 19/0081 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/044 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 11/005 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors, to Machines or Engines for Liquids Covered by Subclasses F03B, F03D and F03G F05B 2230/21 (20130101) F05B 2240/80 (20130101) |
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| US 08915030 | Boven et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michelle L. Boven (Midland, Michigan); James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Stan Lickly (Midland, Michigan); Claude Brown, Jr. (Saginaw, Michigan); Robert J. Cleereman (Midland, Michigan); Timothy C. Plum (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michelle L. Boven (Midland, Michigan); James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Stan Lickly (Midland, Michigan); Claude Brown, Jr. (Saginaw, Michigan); Robert J. Cleereman (Midland, Michigan); Timothy C. Plum (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is premised upon a photovoltaic device suitable for directly mounting on a structure. The device includes an active portion including a photovoltaic cell assembly having a top surface portion that allows transmission of light energy to a photoactive portion of the photovoltaic device for conversion into electrical energy and a bottom surface having a bottom bonding zone; and an inactive portion immediately adjacent to and connected to the active portion, the inactive portion having a region for receiving a fastener to connect the device to the structure and having on a top surface, a top bonding zone; wherein one of the top and bottom bonding zones comprises a first bonding element and the other comprises a second bonding element, the second bonding element designed to interact with the first bonding element on a vertically overlapped adjacent photovoltaic device to bond the device to such adjacent device or to the structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/908055 |
| ART UNIT | 3635 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0483 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 10/12 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 52/13 (20130101) Y10S 52/16 (20130101) |
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| US 08915158 | Stalford |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold L. Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroZeus, LLC (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold L. Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for micro transmissions for a micro machine may comprise an input shaft assembly coupled to a micro actuator, an output shaft assembly coupled to a micro shaft, and one or more power conversion elements operable to convert a first type of movement from the micro actuator into a second, disparate type of movement for the micro shaft. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/757321 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0062 (20130101) B81B 2201/033 (20130101) B81B 2201/037 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/0833 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08916281 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | On Kok Chang (San Jose, California); Ai Quoc Pham (Milpitas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Enervault Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | On Kok Chang (San Jose, California); Ai Quoc Pham (Milpitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of redox flow battery rebalancing systems include a system for reacting an unbalanced flow battery electrolyte with a rebalance electrolyte in a first reaction cell. In some embodiments, the rebalance electrolyte may contain ferrous iron (Fe2+) which may be oxidized to ferric iron (Fe3+) in the first reaction cell. The reducing ability of the rebalance reactant may be restored in a second rebalance cell that is configured to reduce the ferric iron in the rebalance electrolyte back into ferrous iron through a reaction with metallic iron. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/433189 |
| 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 8/188 (20130101) H01M 10/4242 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08916311 | Yates et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Yates (Fairport, New York); Wei Xue (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Yates (Fairport, New York); Wei Xue (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A c-axis-oriented HAP thin film synthesized by seeded growth on a palladium hydrogen membrane substrate. An exemplary synthetic process includes electrochemical seeding on the substrate, and secondary and tertiary hydrothermal treatments under conditions that favor growth along c-axes and a-axes in sequence. By adjusting corresponding synthetic conditions, an HAP this film can be grown to a controllable thickness with a dense coverage on the underlying substrate. The thin films have relatively high proton conductivity under hydrogen atmosphere and high temperature conditions. The c-axis oriented films may be integrated into fuel cells for application in the intermediate temperature range of 200-600° C. The electrochemical-hydrothermal deposition technique may be applied to create other oriented crystal materials having optimized properties, useful for separations and catalysis as well as electronic and electrochemical applications, electrochemical membrane reactors, and in chemical sensors. Additional high-density and gas-tight HAP film compositions may be deposited using a two-step deposition method that includes an electrochemical deposition method followed by a hydrothermal deposition method. The two-step method uses a single hydrothermal deposition solution composition. The method may be used to deposit HAP films including but not limited to at least doped HAP films, and more particularly including carbonated HAP films. In addition, the high-density and gas-tight HAP films may be used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/213566 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| 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 29/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/1004 (20130101) H01M 8/1016 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) H01M 2300/0068 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/521 (20130101) Y02E 60/525 (20130101) |
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| US 08916813 | Nejadmalayeri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amir Hossein Nejadmalayeri (Toronto, Canada); Franz X. Kaertner (Hamburg, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir Hossein Nejadmalayeri (Toronto, Canada); Franz X. Kaertner (Hamburg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A balanced optical cross correlator includes an optical waveguide, a first photodiode including a first n-type semiconductor and a first p-type semiconductor positioned about the optical waveguide on a first side of the optical waveguide's point of symmetry, and a second photodiode including a second n-type semiconductor and a second p-type semiconductor positioned about the optical waveguide on a second side of the optical waveguide's point of symmetry. A balanced receiver including first and second inputs is configured to produce an output current or voltage that reflects a difference in currents or voltages, originating from the first and the second photodiodes of the balanced cross correlator and fed to the first input and to the second input of the balanced receiver. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/613257 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/0425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 11/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08916829 | Cadieux et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. Cadieux (Aiken, South Carolina); George S. King, III (Aiken, South Carolina); Glenn A. Fugate (Graniteville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Cadieux (Aiken, South Carolina); George S. King, III (Aiken, South Carolina); Glenn A. Fugate (Graniteville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for assaying a radionuclide includes a liquid scintillation detector, an analyzer connected to the liquid scintillation detector, and a delay circuit connected to the analyzer. A gamma detector and a multi-channel analyzer are connected to the delay circuit and the gamma detector. The multi-channel analyzer produces a signal reflective of the radionuclide in the sample. A method for assaying a radionuclide includes selecting a sample, detecting alpha or beta emissions from the sample with a liquid scintillation detector, producing a first signal reflective of the alpha or beta emissions, and delaying the first signal a predetermined time. The method further includes detecting gamma emissions from the sample, producing a second signal reflective of the gamma emissions, and combining the delayed first signal with the second signal to produce a third signal reflective of the radionuclide. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/558464 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/24 (20130101) G01T 1/204 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08917086 | Post |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Freeman Post (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Freeman Post (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A position sensor suitable for use in linear synchronous motor (LSM) drive systems employing Halbach arrays to create their magnetic fields is described. The system has several advantages over previously employed ones, especially in its simplicity and its freedom from being affected by weather conditions, accumulated dirt, or electrical interference from the LSM system itself. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/186271 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 13/06 (20130101) B60L 2220/14 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 7/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 11/0021 (20130101) H02K 41/031 (20130101) |
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| US 08917810 | Marquino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne Marquino (Wilmington, North Carolina); Stephan C. Moen (Wilmington, North Carolina); Richard M. Wachowiak (Wilmington, North Carolina); John L. Gels (Wilmington, North Carolina); Jesus Diaz-Quiroz (Wilmington, North Carolina); John C. Burns, Jr. (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne Marquino (Wilmington, North Carolina); Stephan C. Moen (Wilmington, North Carolina); Richard M. Wachowiak (Wilmington, North Carolina); John L. Gels (Wilmington, North Carolina); Jesus Diaz-Quiroz (Wilmington, North Carolina); John C. Burns, Jr. (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems passively eliminate noncondensable gasses from facilities susceptible to damage from combustion of built-up noncondensable gasses, such as H2 and O2 in nuclear power plants, without the need for external power and/or moving parts. Systems include catalyst plates installed in a lower header of the Passive Containment Cooling System (PCCS) condenser, a catalyst packing member, and/or a catalyst coating on an interior surface of a condensation tube of the PCCS condenser or an annular outlet of the PCCS condenser. Structures may have surfaces or hydrophobic elements that inhibit water formation and promote contact with the noncondensable gas. Noncondensable gasses in a nuclear power plant are eliminated by installing and using the systems individually or in combination. An operating pressure of the PCCS condenser may be increased to facilitate recombination of noncondensable gasses therein. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/879067 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/8671 (20130101) B01D 2255/1023 (20130101) B01D 2255/1025 (20130101) B01D 2257/108 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 12/007 (20130101) B01J 23/40 (20130101) B01J 35/04 (20130101) Nuclear Reactors G21C 9/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21C 19/317 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 30/40 (20130101) |
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| US 08917914 | Zheng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yufeng Zheng (Clinton, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcorn State University (Alcorn State, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yufeng Zheng (Clinton, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel system and method for identifying individuals and for face recognition utilizing facial features for face identification. The system and method of the invention comprise creating facial features or face patterns called face pattern words and face pattern bytes for face identification. The invention also provides for pattern recognitions for identification other than face recognition. The invention further provides a means for identifying individuals based on visible and/or thermal images of those individuals by utilizing computer software implemented by instructions on a computer or computer system and a computer readable medium containing instructions on a computer system for face recognition and identification. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506224 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/527 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08918346 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bin Lu (Shanghai, China PRC); Yi Yang (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Santosh K. Sharma (Maharashtra, India); Prachi Zambare (Maharashtra, India); Mayura A. Madane (Maharashtra, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Lu (Shanghai, China PRC); Yi Yang (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Santosh K. Sharma (Maharashtra, India); Prachi Zambare (Maharashtra, India); Mayura A. Madane (Maharashtra, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A method identifies electric load types of a plurality of different electric loads. The method includes providing a load feature database of a plurality of different electric load types, each of the different electric load types including a first load feature vector having at least four different load features; sensing a voltage signal and a current signal for each of the different electric loads; determining a second load feature vector comprising at least four different load features from the sensed voltage signal and the sensed current signal for a corresponding one of the different electric loads; and identifying by a processor one of the different electric load types by determining a minimum distance of the second load feature vector to the first load feature vector of the different electric load types of the load feature database. |
| FILED | Monday, November 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/304834 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 08916143 | Putnam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Putnam (Ithaca, New York); Peter Zaweneh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jason Spector (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Putnam (Ithaca, New York); Peter Zaweneh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jason Spector (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides injectable synthetic and biodegradable polymeric biomaterials that effectively prevent seroma, a common postoperative complication following ablative and reconstructive surgeries. Provided biomaterials include physically crosslinked hydrogels that are thixotropic, display rapid chain relaxation, are easily extruded through narrow gauge needles, biodegrade into inert products, are well tolerated by soft tissues, and effectively prevent seroma in a radical breast mastectomy animal model. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/127464 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 26/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 26/0019 (20130101) A61L 26/0019 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 61/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08916198 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington); Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington); Weichang Xue (Suzhou, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington); Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington); Weichang Xue (Suzhou, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Mesoporous calcium silicate compositions for controlled release of bioactive agents and methods for producing such compositions are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, mesoporous calcium silicate is synthesized by acid modification of wollastonite particles using hydrochloric acid. A hydrated silica gel layer having abundant Si—OH functional groups can be formed on the surface of wollastonite after acid modification. Bruhauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area increased significantly due to acid modification and, in one arrangement, reached over 350 m2/g. Acid modified mesoporous calcium silicate compositions show a higher ability to adsorb protein compared to unmodified particles and demonstrate controlled release kinetics of these proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/211005 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48861 (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 27/025 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/306 (20130101) A61L 2300/45 (20130101) A61L 2300/252 (20130101) A61L 2300/414 (20130101) A61L 2300/428 (20130101) A61L 2300/602 (20130101) |
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| US 08916311 | Yates et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Yates (Fairport, New York); Wei Xue (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Yates (Fairport, New York); Wei Xue (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A c-axis-oriented HAP thin film synthesized by seeded growth on a palladium hydrogen membrane substrate. An exemplary synthetic process includes electrochemical seeding on the substrate, and secondary and tertiary hydrothermal treatments under conditions that favor growth along c-axes and a-axes in sequence. By adjusting corresponding synthetic conditions, an HAP this film can be grown to a controllable thickness with a dense coverage on the underlying substrate. The thin films have relatively high proton conductivity under hydrogen atmosphere and high temperature conditions. The c-axis oriented films may be integrated into fuel cells for application in the intermediate temperature range of 200-600° C. The electrochemical-hydrothermal deposition technique may be applied to create other oriented crystal materials having optimized properties, useful for separations and catalysis as well as electronic and electrochemical applications, electrochemical membrane reactors, and in chemical sensors. Additional high-density and gas-tight HAP film compositions may be deposited using a two-step deposition method that includes an electrochemical deposition method followed by a hydrothermal deposition method. The two-step method uses a single hydrothermal deposition solution composition. The method may be used to deposit HAP films including but not limited to at least doped HAP films, and more particularly including carbonated HAP films. In addition, the high-density and gas-tight HAP films may be used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/213566 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| 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 29/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/1004 (20130101) H01M 8/1016 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) H01M 2300/0068 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/521 (20130101) Y02E 60/525 (20130101) |
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| US 08916606 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jacob Berlin (Monrovia, California); Tam Pham (Renton, Washington); Jeffrey N. Myers (Bellaire, Texas); Daisuke Sano (Yokohama, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jacob Berlin (Monrovia, California); Tam Pham (Renton, Washington); Jeffrey N. Myers (Bellaire, Texas); Daisuke Sano (Yokohama, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention pertains to therapeutic compositions that comprise: (1) a nanovector, (2) an active agent; and (3) a targeting agent, wherein the active agent and the targeting agent are non-covalently associated with the nanovector. The present invention also pertains to methods of treating various conditions in a subject by utilizing the above-described therapeutic compositions. Methods of making the therapeutic compositions are also a subject matter the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/504716 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48884 (20130101) A61K 47/48961 (20130101) A61K 51/1268 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/75 (20130101) Y10S 977/746 (20130101) Y10S 977/842 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08916652 | Dalsin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey L. Dalsin (Verona, Wisconsin); Bruce P. Lee (Houghton, Michigan); Laura Vollenweider (Lodi, Wisconsin); Sunil Silvary (Madison, Wisconsin); John L. Murphy (Verona, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Amanda Spitz (Madison, Wisconsin); Arinne Lyman (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kensey Nash Corporation (Exton, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey L. Dalsin (Verona, Wisconsin); Bruce P. Lee (Houghton, Michigan); Laura Vollenweider (Lodi, Wisconsin); Sunil Silvary (Madison, Wisconsin); John L. Murphy (Verona, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Amanda Spitz (Madison, Wisconsin); Arinne Lyman (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes families of compounds that utilize multihydroxyl phenyl groups to provide adhesive properties. Selection of the multihydroxy phenyl group along with linkers or linking groups and the linkages between the linkers or linking groups with polyalkylene oxides, provides materials that can be engineered to afford controllable curing time, biodegradation and/or swelling. |
| FILED | Monday, February 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/400333 |
| ART UNIT | 1768 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| 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 37/38 (20130101) A01N 37/40 (20130101) A01N 37/44 (20130101) A01N 47/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 47/28 (20130101) Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/08 (20130101) A61B 17/064 (20130101) A61B 17/085 (20130101) A61B 17/06166 (20130101) A61B 2017/00951 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/0063 (20130101) A61F 2002/0086 (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 15/42 (20130101) A61L 15/44 (20130101) A61L 15/46 (20130101) A61L 15/60 (20130101) A61L 24/04 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 29/14 (20130101) A61L 29/16 (20130101) A61L 29/085 (20130101) A61L 29/085 (20130101) A61L 29/145 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/14 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 31/145 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 65/3317 (20130101) C08G 65/33396 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 7/02 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 2203/02 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/1637 (20130101) Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 171/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08916745 | Schroeder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Julian Schroeder (La Jolla, California); Maria Israelsson-Nordstrom (Taby, Sweden); Josef M. Kuhn (Ludwigshafen, Germany); Yingzhen Yang (Geneva, New York); Honghong Hu (San Diego, California); Aurelien Boisson-Dernier (Paris, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julian Schroeder (La Jolla, California); Maria Israelsson-Nordstrom (Taby, Sweden); Josef M. Kuhn (Ludwigshafen, Germany); Yingzhen Yang (Geneva, New York); Honghong Hu (San Diego, California); Aurelien Boisson-Dernier (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for manipulating the exchange of water and/or carbon dioxide (CO2) through plant stomata by controlling CO2 sensor genes. The invention provides compositions and methods for enhancing or optimizing biomass accumulation in a plant. The invention provides compositions and methods for for opening or closing a stomatal pore on a guard cell in the epidermis of a plant. The invention provides compositions and methods for increasing or decreasing oxygenation efficiency and/or carbon fixation in a guard cell in the epidermis of a plant by manipulating expression of a ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. The invention provides promoters for regulating expression of a nucleic acid in a plant guard cell. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/597880 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8261 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08918152 | Strachan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas R. Strachan (Lexington, Kentucky); Danvers E. Johnston (Berwyn, Pennsylvania); Beth S. Guiton (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Peter K. Davies (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Dawn A. Bonnell (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Alan T. Johnson, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas R. Strachan (Lexington, Kentucky); Danvers E. Johnston (Berwyn, Pennsylvania); Beth S. Guiton (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Peter K. Davies (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Dawn A. Bonnell (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Alan T. Johnson, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are devices comprising multiple nanogaps having a separation of less than about 5 nm. Also disclosed are methods for fabricating these devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/526710 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00126 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/554 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/2467 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 43/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08914962 | Rozzi-Ochs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jessica Rozzi-Ochs (Old Mystic, Connecticut); Bret Jacobson (New London, Connecticut); Khiem Nagy (Tariffville, Connecticut); Erin Nolan (Lafayette, Indiana); Evan Rice (Seattle, Washington); Sarah Troch (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A buoy split key (“BSD”) removal apparatus, system, and method are disclosed. The BSD utilizes a power screw to apply a steady and controllable compressive load onto the split key. The BSD applies a compressive force or load to the bitter ends of the split key in order to maximize the use of the moment on the split key. The spread and/or twisted split key is compressed by a compression assembly and compression power screw as supported by a compression frame. The compression assembly provides steady and controllable compression on a buoy split key. A compression power screw and extrusion power screw should be threaded in the opposite direction for maximum torque to remove the buoy split key. Once the split key is fully compressed by the compression assembly, the compressive load from the power screw and split key are then removed. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/246182 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 22/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08916832 | Albert |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Albert (Ozona, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for detecting a moving radiation source, the method comprising placing a plurality of radiation detectors at one or more locations; collecting information of counting rate as a function of time for each detector, computing the Fourier transform of the counting rate function for each detector and extracting from the computed Fourier transform the dynamic component of the detector response for each detector, and computing the convolution of the counting rate functions for combinations of detectors at different locations, then extracting therefrom information concerning the presence of radiation sources moving with respect to the radiation detectors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/972170 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08917203 | Ingvalson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan Ingvalson (Saint Michael, Minnesota); Robert C. McCroskey (Burnsville, Minnesota); Wesley J. Hawkinson (Chanhassen, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Ingvalson (Saint Michael, Minnesota); Robert C. McCroskey (Burnsville, Minnesota); Wesley J. Hawkinson (Chanhassen, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for motion-based adaptive frequency estimation of a Doppler sensor is provided. The system comprises a Doppler sensor configured to output a digitized Doppler data signal, and a Doppler velocity estimation module operatively coupled to the Doppler sensor to receive the Doppler data signal. An inertial navigation system is operatively coupled to the Doppler velocity estimation module, and one or more inertial sensors is operatively coupled to the inertial navigation system. The inertial sensors are configured to transmit inertial navigation data to the inertial navigation system. The Doppler velocity estimation module calculates a speed or velocity estimate based on the Doppler data signal and the inertial navigation data. The speed or velocity estimate is then transmitted to the inertial navigation system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/164889 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 21/165 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08917914 | Zheng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yufeng Zheng (Clinton, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcorn State University (Alcorn State, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yufeng Zheng (Clinton, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel system and method for identifying individuals and for face recognition utilizing facial features for face identification. The system and method of the invention comprise creating facial features or face patterns called face pattern words and face pattern bytes for face identification. The invention also provides for pattern recognitions for identification other than face recognition. The invention further provides a means for identifying individuals based on visible and/or thermal images of those individuals by utilizing computer software implemented by instructions on a computer or computer system and a computer readable medium containing instructions on a computer system for face recognition and identification. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506224 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/527 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
08916367 — Sugar transport sequences, yeast strains having improved sugar uptake, and methods of use
| US 08916367 | Jeffries et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas William Jeffries (Madison, Wisconsin); JuYun Bae (Madison, Wisconsin); Bernice Chin-yun Lin (Cupertino, California); Jennifer Rebecca Headman Van Vleet (Visalia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas William Jeffries (Madison, Wisconsin); JuYun Bae (Madison, Wisconsin); Bernice Chin-yun Lin (Cupertino, California); Jennifer Rebecca Headman Van Vleet (Visalia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are nucleic acid constructs comprising coding sequences operably linked to a promoter not natively associated with the coding sequence. The coding sequences encode Pichia stipitis proteins that allow recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the protein to grow on xylose, and allow or increase uptake of xylose by Pichia stipitis or Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the coding sequences. Expression of the coding sequences enhances uptake of xylose and/or glucose, allowing increased ethanol or xylitol production. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/335647 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/39 (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 7/06 (20130101) C12P 7/18 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/17 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08916652 | Dalsin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey L. Dalsin (Verona, Wisconsin); Bruce P. Lee (Houghton, Michigan); Laura Vollenweider (Lodi, Wisconsin); Sunil Silvary (Madison, Wisconsin); John L. Murphy (Verona, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Amanda Spitz (Madison, Wisconsin); Arinne Lyman (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kensey Nash Corporation (Exton, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey L. Dalsin (Verona, Wisconsin); Bruce P. Lee (Houghton, Michigan); Laura Vollenweider (Lodi, Wisconsin); Sunil Silvary (Madison, Wisconsin); John L. Murphy (Verona, Wisconsin); Fangmin Xu (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Amanda Spitz (Madison, Wisconsin); Arinne Lyman (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes families of compounds that utilize multihydroxyl phenyl groups to provide adhesive properties. Selection of the multihydroxy phenyl group along with linkers or linking groups and the linkages between the linkers or linking groups with polyalkylene oxides, provides materials that can be engineered to afford controllable curing time, biodegradation and/or swelling. |
| FILED | Monday, February 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/400333 |
| ART UNIT | 1768 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| 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 37/38 (20130101) A01N 37/40 (20130101) A01N 37/44 (20130101) A01N 47/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 47/28 (20130101) Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/08 (20130101) A61B 17/064 (20130101) A61B 17/085 (20130101) A61B 17/06166 (20130101) A61B 2017/00951 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/0063 (20130101) A61F 2002/0086 (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 15/42 (20130101) A61L 15/44 (20130101) A61L 15/46 (20130101) A61L 15/60 (20130101) A61L 24/04 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 29/14 (20130101) A61L 29/16 (20130101) A61L 29/085 (20130101) A61L 29/085 (20130101) A61L 29/145 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/14 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 31/145 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 65/3317 (20130101) C08G 65/33396 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 7/02 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 2203/02 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/1637 (20130101) Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 171/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08916750 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gongshe Hu (Pocatello, Idaho); Victor Raboy (American Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gongshe Hu (Pocatello, Idaho); Victor Raboy (American Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a seed-enhancing gene promoter in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/249192 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/298 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08916075 | Oehler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William F. Oehler (Coventry, Connecticut); Wayne J. Caillouette (Longmeadow, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Oehler (Coventry, Connecticut); Wayne J. Caillouette (Longmeadow, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a reinforced resin structure is disclosed. A volume of uncured resin compound is placed on a first outer surface of a carrier structure comprising a plurality of fibers. The uncured resin compound and the carrier structure are pressed between two cooperating plates to disperse the resin compound into and through a plurality of passages between the plurality of fibers. The dispersed resin compound is cured to fix the resin within the plurality of passages and around the plurality of fibers. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/914289 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/467 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2083/005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08916394 | Toda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Risaku Toda (Pasadena, California); Michael J. Bronikowski (Altadena, California); Edward M. Luong (Pasadena, California); Harish Manohara (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A carbon nanotube field emission device with overhanging gate fabricated by a double silicon-on-insulator process. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| FILED | Monday, June 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/919842 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/3042 (20130101) H01J 1/3044 (20130101) H01J 3/021 (20130101) H01J 3/022 (20130101) H01J 9/025 (20130101) H01J 2203/0224 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/302 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/842 (20130101) Y10S 977/939 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08917385 | Lietzke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Exelis Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Excelis Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher E. Lietzke (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Ronald J. Glumb (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Volcanic ash is identified within a field of regard (FOR) by obtaining spectral radiance data comprising brightness temperature values over a specified spectral range for each field of view (FOV) within the FOR, determining a baseline brightness temperature value over the specified spectral range that is identified as representing no volcanic ash, and assigning one or more FOVs having brightness temperature values that deviate from the baseline brightness temperature value by a predetermined amount with an indication of containing volcanic ash. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/633370 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08918161 | Natan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Natan (Los Altos, California); William E. Doering (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Becton, Dickinson and Company (Franklin Lakes, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Natan (Los Altos, California); William E. Doering (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various methods of use for surface enhanced spectroscopy-active composite nanoparticles (SACN's) are provided. SACN's are submicron-sized particles or labels can be covalently or non-covalently affixed to entities of interest for the purpose of quantification, location, identification, tracking, and diagnosis. The various methods include administering a SACN nanoparticle imaging agent to a patient, scanning the patient using a system that can perform spectral imaging; and generating a spectrum or image of an internal region of the patient. A method, for diagnosing an abnormal pathology as well as a method for labeling an animal with a SACN are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/245538 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 1/0018 (20130101) B22F 1/0025 (20130101) B22F 1/025 (20130101) B22F 9/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22F 2001/0037 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) B22F 2998/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 1/04 (20130101) C25D 1/006 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08918884 | Jajodia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia); Lingyu Wang (Montreal, Canada); Steven Noel (Woodbridge, Virginia); Anoop Singhal (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia); The National Institute of Standards and Technology (Fairfax, Virginia); George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia); Lingyu Wang (Montreal, Canada); Steven Noel (Woodbridge, Virginia); Anoop Singhal (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for determining a safety level of a network vulnerable to attack from at least one origin to at least one target are described. Machines, components, and vulnerabilities in a network may be associated to one another. Degrees of similarity among the vulnerabilities may be determined and subsets of vulnerabilities may be grouped based on their determined degrees of similarity to one another. This data may be used to generate an attack graph describing exploitation of vulnerabilities and grouped vulnerabilities and defining vulnerability exploit condition relationships between at least one origin and at least one target. The attack graph may be analyzed using a k-zero day metric function to determine a safety level. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/348457 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/577 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1433 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08918341 | Felix et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shea R. Felix (Washington, District of Columbia); Kate A. Sobel (Washington, District of Columbia); Rachel E. Clausen (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for generating a return label for merchandise being returned from a buyer or consumer in a first country to a merchant in a second country. A name and address of a consumer in the first country desiring to return merchandise and merchant or seller information including a merchant identifier is received. An address for receiving returns for the merchant or seller in the second country is accessed based on the merchant information. One or more machine readable identifiers for use by a first country carrier and for use by a second country carrier based at least on the consumer information, and information for routing the return merchandise are generated. A return label for merchandise being returned from the consumer to the merchant is generated. The return label can include the machine readable identifiers and a customs declaration for the merchandise. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/787668 |
| ART UNIT | 3692 — Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance |
| 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 10/00 (20130101) G06Q 10/0831 (20130101) G06Q 10/0832 (20130101) G06Q 10/0833 (20130101) G06Q 10/0837 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 20/00 (20130101) G06Q 30/00 (20130101) G06Q 40/00 (20130101) G06Q 40/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08916199 | Seal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sudipta Seal (Oviedo, Florida); Ajay Karakoti (Richland, Washington); Vijayalakshmi Shridhar (Rochester, Minnesota); Shailendra Giri (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Ind. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sudipta Seal (Oviedo, Florida); Ajay Karakoti (Richland, Washington); Vijayalakshmi Shridhar (Rochester, Minnesota); Shailendra Giri (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of treating ovarian cancer in a mammal, the method inhibits angiogenesis associated with the cancer and comprises the parenteral administration to the mammal of an effective amount of cerium oxide nanoparticles having a predominance of Ce+3. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/182522 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08916615 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Research and Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University (Suwon-si, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research and Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University (Suwon-si, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Doo Sung Lee (Gwacheon-si, South Korea); Bong Sup Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea); Cong Truc Huynh (Suwon-si, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a dual-transition polymeric hydrogel. Also, provided is the use of the dual-transition polymeric hydrogel as a carrier for drug delivery and disease diagnosis, or in the preparation of a polymeric hydrogel-type pharmaceutical composition comprising the physiologically active agent loadable into the block copolymer. Being sensitive to pH as well as temperature, the block copolymer can form a more stable hydrogel at suitable temperatures and pH values. In addition, the block copolymer exhibits a dual transition behavior with pH values so that it can carry ionic drugs, proteins, DNA, and markers, whether positively or negatively charged, simultaneously. Therefore, it can be applied to a sustained drug delivery system for sparingly soluble, hydrophobic drugs, and hydrophilic drugs. Further, it is safe to and stable within the body, and is expected to find various applications in the medical field. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/761419 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/73 (20130101) C08G 18/3831 (20130101) C08G 18/4269 (20130101) C08G 71/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 2130/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08917996 | Belansky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard H. Belansky (Yorba Linda, California); Harold A. Pratt (Los Angeles, California); Cecil Vergel De Dios (Torrance, California); Richard P. Hsia (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Belansky (Yorba Linda, California); Harold A. Pratt (Los Angeles, California); Cecil Vergel De Dios (Torrance, California); Richard P. Hsia (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the concepts, systems, and techniques disclosed herein are directed to an optically powered, direct-sampling, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that provides fully formatted, serialized data for transmission over optical fiber from a remote location. Such a system and method of use thereof requires less electrical power, fewer components, and less complexity than previous systems and methods and achieves an all-optical-fiber implementation that provides complete electrical and electromagnetic interference (EMI) isolation for the remote ADC. These concepts, systems, and techniques simplify the overall remote sensing architecture by locating the ADC near the sensor and transferring pure digitized signals back to the processor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/495514 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/141 |
| 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 23, 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.
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FUNDED BY
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Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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