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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 30, 2014
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| US 08919237 | Hooks |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glenn Hooks (Lawton, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn Hooks (Lawton, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A panel, a tactical maintenance curtain system, and a method includes a plurality of first panels, where each of the plurality of first panels are rectangular; a plurality of second panels, where each of the plurality of second panels are disposed between a pair of the plurality of first panels via lap joints, and where each of the plurality of second panels are rectangular; and at least two webbing straps containing each of the plurality of first panels and the plurality of second panels; where each of the plurality of first panels, the plurality of second panels, and the at least two webbing straps are constructed of a material providing suitable impact protection from bullets and blast fragments. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/986625 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/0492 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08919257 | Hooke et al. |
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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) | Ryan Hooke (Sparta, New Jersey); Tyler Myers (late of, Hopatcong, New Jersey); Christopher Stout (Hoboken, New Jersey); Michael Caulfield (Hopatcong, New Jersey); Alan Totten (Dumont, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A round for simulating an 155 mm Excalibur ammunition for testing purposes. The round can effectively simulate the flight patterns of a real Excalibur round for testing purposes though made of far less expensive reusable parts. The round is generally fired into a water trough in a long soft catch recovery device so the tested round can later be studied, or generally fired ballistically, to test obturator devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/772591 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 8/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08919274 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Y. - H. Chen (Potomac, Maryland); Stephen K. Neely (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Y. - H. Chen (Potomac, Maryland); Stephen K. Neely (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A submersible vehicle with increased payload and energy savings, more particularly, a submersible vehicle, which may be an unmanned underwater vehicle, with high maneuvering cyclic-pitch postswirl propulsors. The high maneuvering cyclic-pitch postswirl propulsor arrangements are a bow thrust vectoring arrangement and a stern thrust vectoring arrangement. The bow thrust vectoring arrangement is a two-part arrangement having a forward/reverse element and a turning element. Similarly, the stern thrust vectoring arrangement is also a two-part arrangement having a forward/reverse element and a turning element. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899011 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Offensive or Defensive Arrangements on Vessels; Mine-laying; Mine-sweeping; Submarines; Aircraft Carriers B63G 8/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B63G 8/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08919692 | Halcom |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lance Halcom (Coppell, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lance Halcom (Coppell, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A proximity sensor valve includes a housing which defines a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet in communication with a cavity. A plunger pin within the cavity for movement along an axis, the plunger pin movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The plunger pin extends at least partially outward of said housing at the fully extended position. A spool is within the cavity for movement along the same axis as the plunger pin, such that the spool and the plunger pin are movable with respect to each other to control fluid flow between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/258506 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 9/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920113 | Hudson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric A. Hudson (Harwinton, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric A. Hudson (Harwinton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary turbomachine securing apparatus includes a coupling member that couples a first component to a second component within a turbomachine. The first component and the second component are both non-rotating components during operation of the turbomachine. The coupling member limiting relative circumferential movement between the first component and the second component, and permitting relative radial movement. |
| FILED | Monday, November 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/304884 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920594 | Carstensen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Carstensen (Shelton, Connecticut); William V. Forster (Oxford, Connecticut); Christian A. Rogg (New Milford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Carstensen (Shelton, Connecticut); William V. Forster (Oxford, Connecticut); Christian A. Rogg (New Milford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermoplastic matrix airframe structure section includes a multitude of thermoplastic matrix frame members and a multitude of thermoplastic matrix beam members which form a substructure, which receives a thermoplastic matrix inner cap grid structure, a thermoplastic matrix outer cap grid structure, and a thermoplastic matrix skin which are in-situ co-bonded to the substructure to significantly strengthen and unify the substructure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/493052 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 1/06 (20130101) B64C 27/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920625 | Ferrari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mauro Ferrari (Houston, Texas); Xuewu Liu (Sugar Land, Texas); Ming-Cheng Cheng (Pearland, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mauro Ferrari (Houston, Texas); Xuewu Liu (Sugar Land, Texas); Ming-Cheng Cheng (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a particle that includes a first porous region and a second porous region that differs from the first porous region. Also provided is a particle that has a wet etched porous region and that does have a nucleation layer associated with wet etching. Methods of making porous particles are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/110515 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/25 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic Removal of Materials From Objects; Apparatus Therefor C25F 3/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920682 | Texter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Texter (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Texter (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure generally relates to a dispersion of nanoparticles in a liquid medium. The liquid medium is suitably water-based and further includes an ionic liquid-based stabilizer in the liquid medium to stabilize the dispersion of nanoparticles therein. The stabilizer can be polymeric or monomeric and generally includes a moiety with at least one quaternary ammonium cation from a corresponding ionic liquid. The dispersion suitably can be formed by shearing or otherwise mixing a mixture/combination of its components. The dispersions can be used to form nanoparticle composite films upon drying or otherwise removing the liquid medium carrier, with the stabilizer providing a nanoparticle binder in the composite film. The films can be formed on essentially any desired substrate and can impart improved electrical conductivity and/or thermal conductivity properties to the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/065272 |
| 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 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 293/005 (20130101) C08F 2438/01 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 5/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/24 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/90 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/75 (20130101) Y10S 977/752 (20130101) Y10S 977/779 (20130101) Y10S 977/842 (20130101) Y10S 977/902 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920714 | Kelley, II |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory Attn: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Kelley, II (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A corrosion prevention and control composition and method comprises combining primarily two-component polyurethane foam formed by reacting polyols with an isocyanate compound, and a 2 to 10 percent by weight of either an organic or inorganic gas-phase corrosion inhibitor. The closed cell foam provides a barrier protection for the underlying corrodible surface, while the inhibitor protects the metal from the absorbed moisture vapor, thereby preventing corrosion from occurring at the foam/metal interface. The resulting foam and inhibitor composition maintains better adhesion to the underlying corrodible structure in corrosive environments. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/668366 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/40 (20130101) C08G 2101/0025 (20130101) C08G 2150/90 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/144 (20130101) C08J 2375/04 (20130101) Non-mechanical Removal of Metallic Material From Surface; Inhibiting Corrosion of Metallic Material or Incrustation in General; Multi-step Processes for Surface Treatment of Metallic Material Involving at Least One Process Provided for in Class C23 and at Least One Process Covered by Subclass C21D or C22F or Class C25 C23F 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920729 | Rong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guoguang Rong (Shanghai, China PRC); Sharon M. Weiss (Franklin, Tennessee); Raymond L. Mernaugh (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guoguang Rong (Shanghai, China PRC); Sharon M. Weiss (Franklin, Tennessee); Raymond L. Mernaugh (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor for sensing at least one biological target or chemical target is provided. The sensor includes a membrane includes a membrane material that supports generation and propagation of at least one waveguide mode, where the membrane material includes a plurality of voids having an average size <2 microns. The sensor also includes at least one receptor having structure for binding to the target within the plurality of voids, and an optical coupler for coupling light to the membrane sufficient to generate the waveguide mode in the membrane from photons incident on the optical coupler. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920146 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/552 (20130101) G01N 21/7743 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1225 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920825 | Benaddi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, Chemical Technology Team (Natick, Massachusetts); Stedfast, Inc. (Quebec, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stedfast, Inc. (Quebec, Canada); U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, Chemical Technology Team (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hamid Benaddi (Quebec, Canada); Heidi Schreuder-Gibson (Holliston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application is directed to a novel composition which acts as a barrier to noxious agents while adding self-detoxifying catalytic treatments to neutralize the noxious and harmful warfare agents when applied for example on a fabric, or other solid support. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/146539 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920877 | Garces et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nelson Garces (Alexandria, Virginia); Virginia D. Wheeler (Alexandria, Virginia); David Kurt Gaskill (Alexandria, Virginia); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Glenn G. Jernigan (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nelson Garces (Alexandria, Virginia); Virginia D. Wheeler (Alexandria, Virginia); David Kurt Gaskill (Alexandria, Virginia); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Glenn G. Jernigan (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes for preparation of an epitaxial graphene surface to make it suitable for deposition of high-κ oxide-based dielectric compounds such as Al2O3, HfO2, TaO5, or TiO2 are provided. A first process combines ex situ wet chemistry conditioning of an epitaxially grown graphene sample with an in situ pulsing sequence in the ALD reactor. A second process combines ex situ dry chemistry conditioning of the epitaxially grown graphene sample with the in situ pulsing sequence. |
| FILED | Monday, July 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/932041 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/02 (20130101) C23C 16/403 (20130101) C23C 16/45525 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02315 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920879 | Toohey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kathleen S. Toohey (Urbana, Illinois); Nancy R. Sottos (Champaign, Illinois); Jennifer A. Lewis (Urbana, Illinois); Jeffrey S. Moore (Savoy, Illinois); Scott R. White (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathleen S. Toohey (Urbana, Illinois); Nancy R. Sottos (Champaign, Illinois); Jennifer A. Lewis (Urbana, Illinois); Jeffrey S. Moore (Savoy, Illinois); Scott R. White (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a composite material provides a composite material that includes a polymeric layer and a substrate, in contact with the polymeric layer, where the substrate includes a substrate matrix, a first microfluidic network in the substrate matrix and in fluid communication with the polymeric layer, and a polymerizer in the first microfluidic network. The method includes forming the first microfluidic network in the substrate matrix, where the first microfluidic network is in fluid communication with a surface of the substrate matrix. The method further includes contacting the surface of the substrate matrix with the polymeric layer, and placing the polymerizer in the first microfluidic network. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/760517 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 73/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 73/163 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920937 | Litton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Litton (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); Venkatarama K. Seetharaman (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); Michael J. Maloney (Marlborough, Connecticut); Benjamin J. Zimmerman (Enfield, Connecticut); Brian S. Tryon (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Litton (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); Venkatarama K. Seetharaman (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); Michael J. Maloney (Marlborough, Connecticut); Benjamin J. Zimmerman (Enfield, Connecticut); Brian S. Tryon (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A protective coating system includes a nickel-aluminum-zirconium alloy coating having beta phase nickel-aluminum and at least one phase selected from gamma phase nickel and the gamma prime phase nickel-aluminum. The nickel-aluminum-zirconium alloy coating comprises 10 vol % to 60 vol % of the beta phase nickel-aluminum or 25 vol % to 75 vol % of the beta phase nickel-aluminum. |
| FILED | Sunday, August 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/834001 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 1/00 (20130101) C09D 5/084 (20130101) Alloys C22C 19/05 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 28/321 (20130101) C23C 28/3455 (20130101) C23C 30/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/67 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921030 | Guillorn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Guillorn (Yorktown Heights, New York); Steven J. Holmes (Guilderland, New York); Chi-Chun Liu (San Jose, California); Hiroyuki Miyazoe (White Plains, New York); Hsinyu Tsai (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Guillorn (Yorktown Heights, New York); Steven J. Holmes (Guilderland, New York); Chi-Chun Liu (San Jose, California); Hiroyuki Miyazoe (White Plains, New York); Hsinyu Tsai (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A stack of an organic planarization layer (OPL) and a template layer is provided over a substrate. The template layer is patterned to induce self-assembly of a copolymer layer to be subsequently deposited. A copolymer layer is deposited and annealed to form phase-separated copolymer blocks. An original self-assembly pattern is formed by removal of a second phase separated polymer relative to a first phase separated polymer. The original pattern is transferred into the OPL by an anisotropic etch, and the first phase separated polymer and the template layer are removed. A spin-on dielectric (SOD) material layer is deposited over the patterned OPL that includes the original pattern to form SOD portions that fill trenches within the patterned OPL. The patterned OPL is removed selective to the SOD portions, which include a complementary pattern. The complementary pattern of the SOD portions is transferred into underlying layers by an anisotropic etch. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/603869 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/270.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921047 | Ecker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ibis Biosciences, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ibis Biosciences, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Ecker (Encinitas, California); Richard H. Griffey (Vista, California); Rangarajan Sampath (San Diego, California); Steven A. Hofstadler (Vista, California); John McNeil (La Jolla, California); Stanley T. Crooke (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to the field of investigational bioinformatics and more particularly to secondary structure defining databases. The present invention further relates to methods for interrogating a database as a source of molecular masses of known bioagents for comparing against the molecular mass of an unknown or selected bioagent to determine either the identity of the selected bioagent, and/or to determine the origin of the selected bioagent. The identification of the bioagent is important for determining a proper course of treatment and/or irradication of the bioagent in such cases as biological warfare. Furthermore, the determination of the geographic origin of a selected bioagent will facilitate the identification of potential criminal identity. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/663176 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/18 (20130101) G06F 19/3493 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921103 | Suggs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Laura Suggs (Austin, Texas); Shanmugasundaram Natesan (San Antonio, Texas); Ge Zhang (Hudson, Ohio); Robert J. Christy (San Antonio, Texas); Thomas Walters (Wimberly, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura Suggs (Austin, Texas); Shanmugasundaram Natesan (San Antonio, Texas); Ge Zhang (Hudson, Ohio); Robert J. Christy (San Antonio, Texas); Thomas Walters (Wimberly, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for creating a laminar construct for tissue-engineered dermal equivalent are provided. One composition provided herein comprises a hydrogel matrix comprising two or more hydrogels layers and a population of stem cells. Associated methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/870128 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0698 (20130101) C12N 2502/28 (20130101) C12N 2502/094 (20130101) C12N 2502/1323 (20130101) C12N 2506/1384 (20130101) C12N 2533/56 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921140 | Medintz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Igor L. Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); W. Russ Algar (Vancouver, Canada); Michael H. Stewart (Springfield, Virginia); Kimihiro Susumu (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor L. Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); W. Russ Algar (Vancouver, Canada); Michael H. Stewart (Springfield, Virginia); Kimihiro Susumu (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Quantum dots are modified with varying amounts of (a) a redox-active moiety effective to perform charge transfer quenching, and (b) a fluorescent dye effective to perform fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), so that the modified quantum dots have a plurality of photophysical properties. The FRET and charge transfer pathways operate independently, providing for two channels of control for varying luminescence of quantum dots having the same innate properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/174125 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/3244 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/26 (20130101) H01L 51/56 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921243 | Lombardi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John L. Lombardi (Tucson, Arizona); Changton Chuchawin (Tucson, Arizona) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Lombardi (Tucson, Arizona); Changton Chuchawin (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A fabric comprising one or more photocatalysts to produce singlet oxygen from ambient oxygen. In certain embodiments, the fabric further comprises a compound to reversibly react with singlet oxygen to form an endoperoxide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/263732 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Separation B01D 53/885 (20130101) B01D 2257/91 (20130101) B01D 2259/802 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/38 (20130101) B01J 31/183 (20130101) B01J 31/1815 (20130101) B01J 35/004 (20130101) B01J 37/0219 (20130101) B01J 2531/025 (20130101) B01J 2531/31 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/1836 (20130101) |
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| US 08921436 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Je Kyun Lee (Brookline, Massachusetts); George L Gould (Mendon, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Microporous polyolefin and microporous polydicyclopentadiene (polyDCPD) based aerogels and methods for preparing and using the same are provided. The aerogels are produced by forming a polymer gel structure within a solvent from a olefin or dicyclopentadiene monomer 5 via Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) reactions, followed by supercritical drying to remove the solvent from the aerogel. Other aerogels are prepared by sequentially (1) mixing at least one dicyclopentadiene monomer, at least one solvent at least one catalyst and at least one inorganic and/or organic reinforcing material, (2) gelling the mixture, (3) aging, and (4) supercritical drying. Aerogels provided herein are inexpensive to prepare, possess desirable 10 thermal, mechanical, acoustic, chemical, and physical properties and are hydrophobic. The aerogels provided herein are suitable for use in various applications, including but not limited to thermal and acoustic insulation, radiation shielding, and vibrational damping applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/896156 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 34/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/08 (20130101) C08G 2261/418 (20130101) C08G 2261/3325 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/28 (20130101) C08J 2201/0502 (20130101) C08J 2203/08 (20130101) C08J 2205/026 (20130101) |
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| US 08921510 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teddy M. Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teddy M. Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound having: one or more of the below repeat units, one or more terminating Ar—NH— groups bound to carbon radicals, and one or more terminating —H groups bound to nitrogen radicals. Each R is an organic group and each Ar is an aromatic group. The compound is not a thermoset. A method of: mixing an aromatic amine having the formula Ar—NH2 with a phthalonitrile compound, heating the mixture to form the compound described above, and cooling the mixture before the onset of gelation. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/497882 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 65/40 (20130101) C08G 73/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 73/024 (20130101) |
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| US 08921614 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 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) | Matthew C. Davis (Ridgecrest, California); Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for selective deoxygenation of hydroxybenzaldehydes including, condensing syringaldehyde (3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde) and a functionalized phenylacetic acid with at least one first base and at least one anhydride to produce an arylcinnamic acid, decarboxylating of said arylcinnamic acid with at least one decarboxylation catalyst at temperatures ranging from about 30° C. to 200° C. or thermally at temperatures ranging from about 100° C. to 350° C. to produce a first stilbene, hydrodeoxygenating the stilbene by conversion to a sulfonate in the presence of at least one second base in water or at least one organic solvent to yield a sulfonate reducing the sulfonate(s) with a reductive elimination catalyst to produce a second stilbene, and reacting the second stilbene with a hydrolyzing agent to generate a polyphenol. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/202094 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 37/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 39/21 (20130101) |
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| US 08921749 | Scott |
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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) | Aaron M. Scott (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A perpendicular drive mechanism for a missile control actuation system employs an electric motor and power shaft operatively coupled to a first spur gear. A lead screw is coupled to a second spur gear. The lead screw is oriented parallel to the motor and perpendicular to a central longitudinal axis. The first and second spur gears meshingly engage such that the second spur gear rotates in the opposite direction as the first spur gear. A lead nut threadingly engages with and is configured to move linearly along the central axis of the lead screw. A crank arm is coupled on one end to the lead nut and on the other end to the canard shaft of a canard assembly. As the lead nut moves linearly along the central axis of the lead screw, the crank arm follows the lead nut and causes the canard assembly to actuate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/938377 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08921757 | Madison |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary M Madison (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An input clamping circuit of a photo detector preamplifier is activated when an input transistor is turned off by an input overload, and the drain voltage of the input transistor is pulled toward ground by a current source. Even with extreme overloads, the operating conditions (Vgs and Id) of the input transistor remain within normal range. During normal operation, the clamping circuit is biased completely off, and has essentially no effect on circuit performance. Since the input FET itself, rather than a separate device, detects the onset of an overload, significantly improved clamping performance is realized without adding additional circuit complexity. The input transistor can be a FET. The preamplifier can be a cascode preamplifier. The clamping circuit can include a clamping FET or other clamping transistor gated by the input transistor drain. In embodiments, the clamping circuit increases current requirements of the preamplifier by no more than 25%. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/804994 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 3/082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08921764 | Loftus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas H. Loftus (Los Gatos, California); Artyom Vitouchkine (Redwood City, California); Michael R. Matthews (Mountain View, California); Adam T. Black (Mountain View, California); Igor Teper (Redwood City, California); Leo W. Hollberg (Portola Valley, California); Todd L. Gustavson (Sunnyvale, California); Brent C. Young (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AOSense, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas H. Loftus (Los Gatos, California); Artyom Vitouchkine (Redwood City, California); Michael R. Matthews (Mountain View, California); Adam T. Black (Mountain View, California); Igor Teper (Redwood City, California); Leo W. Hollberg (Portola Valley, California); Todd L. Gustavson (Sunnyvale, California); Brent C. Young (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The device for producing laser-cooled atoms comprises a two dimensional trap or a three-dimensional trap, or a combination of two- and three-dimensional traps. The two-dimensional trap comprises: three or more permanent magnets arranged around a perimeter of a loop, wherein a plane of the loop is perpendicular to a free axis of the two-dimensional atom trap, and the three or more permanent magnets bracket an internal volume of the two-dimensional atom trap; and one or more laser beam input ports enabling access for one or more laser beams to the internal volume of the two-dimensional atom trap. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/603287 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/251 |
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| US 08921789 | Pryce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Imogen Pryce (Santa Monica, California); Koray Aydin (Skokie, Illinois); Ryan Briggs (Pasadena, California); Harry A. Atwater (South Pasadena, California); Yousif Kelaita (Cupertino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Imogen Pryce (Santa Monica, California); Koray Aydin (Skokie, Illinois); Ryan Briggs (Pasadena, California); Harry A. Atwater (South Pasadena, California); Yousif Kelaita (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable metamaterial structure, comprises a flexible substrate capable of being strained, a metamaterial pattern on a surface of the flexible substrate, and a metal layer on the metamaterial pattern. The flexible substrate of the tunable metamaterial structure is a strained and relaxed substrate which has been strained to a degree sufficient to register a resonant response upon relaxation that is shifted relative to the resonant response of the flexible substrate prior to being strained. The application of strain to the flexible substrate of the metamaterial structure enables tuning of the resonant frequency. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/200273 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/41 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/3563 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) |
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| US 08921892 | Palacios et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tomas Apostol Palacios (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jinwook Chung (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tomas Apostol Palacios (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jinwook Chung (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a transistor over a nitride semiconductor layer includes surface-treating a first region of a nitride semiconductor layer and forming a gate over the first region. Surface-treating the first region can cause the transistor to have a higher intrinsic small signal transconductance than a similar transistor formed without the surface treatment. A portion of the bottom of the gate can be selectively etched. A resulting transistor can include a nitride semiconductor layer having a surface-treated region and a gate formed over or adjacent to the surface-treated region. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/167236 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/194 |
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| US 08922065 | Sun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mingui Sun (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Steven Hackworth (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert Sclabassi (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania); Fei Zhang (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Xiaoyu Liu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless energy transfer system includes a first energy transfer unit having at least one resonant frequency, a second energy transfer unit having the at least one resonant frequency, and a load. The first wireless energy transfer unit includes a first coil magnetically coupled to a first wireless energy transfer cell, and the second wireless energy transfer unit includes a second coil magnetically coupled to a second wireless energy transfer cell. The first coil receives first energy and through the magnetic coupling between the first coil and the first wireless energy transfer cell, the first wireless energy transfer cell is caused to generate second energy, wherein the second wireless energy transfer cell receives the second energy and through the magnetic coupling between the second wireless energy transfer cell and the second coil, the second coil is caused to provide third electromagnetic wave energy to the load. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/772918 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 38/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 5/005 (20130101) Transmission H04B 5/0037 (20130101) H04B 5/0093 (20130101) |
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| US 08922113 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Slootsky (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An OLED device includes an OLED structure having a curved shape and/or a concave surface. The OLED structure may function both as light source and as a reflector configured to concentrate light produced by the structure. An OLED may be formed in the shape of a reflector so that light is provided at the concave surface and so that light is reflected from the concave surface at the same location along the surface. The OLED structure can include a flexible substrate formed to shape, along with an organic layer and electrode layers coated over a substrate surface either before or after the substrate is formed. The OLED structure may also include a microcavity OLED, a grating layer, and/or one or more optical elements that alter the characteristics of the light emitted at an aperture of the structure. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/757213 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/5265 (20130101) H01L 51/5271 (20130101) H01L 2251/5338 (20130101) H01L 2251/5361 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/10 (20130101) H05B 33/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05B 33/26 (20130101) |
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| US 08922150 | Eaton |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harry A. Eaton (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry A. Eaton (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A microcontroller chip includes a serial data transmitter having a serial data output pin and an inverter having an input pin and an output pin, the input pin connected to the serial data output pin of the serial data transmitter, the output pin of the inverter and the output pin of the serial data transmitter forming a differential serial data transmission line. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/551781 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/601 |
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| US 08922435 | Fontecchio et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam K. Fontecchio (Exton, Pennsylvania); Kapil R. Dandekar (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Timothy Kurzweg (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam K. Fontecchio (Exton, Pennsylvania); Kapil R. Dandekar (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Timothy Kurzweg (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An optically transparent conformal polymer antenna and a method for producing the antenna from optically transparent conductive polymers. The method includes selecting an antenna design; providing an optically transparent conductive polymer material capable of being printed using an ink jet printer device; and printing layers of the polymer in the desired antenna design pattern onto a substrate. The surface tension of the polymer solution is adjusted to allow the material to pass through a printer head for printing on a flexible substrate. The material is modified to have a higher conductivity than regular conductive polymer materials so that a suitable antenna may be formed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/266303 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 1/2208 (20130101) H01Q 1/2225 (20130101) |
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| US 08922560 | Majors et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua Le'Roy Majors (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Jeffrey Victor Kouri (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Exelis Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua Le'Roy Majors (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Jeffrey Victor Kouri (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, program product, and apparatus are provided to correlate operation of a first system and a second system. A first set of metrics are generated for a first set of data produced during operation of the first system. A second set of metrics are generated that correspond to each of metrics in the first set of metrics from a second set of data produced during operation of the second system. A correlation score is computed for the first and second systems based on differences between the first set of metrics and the second set of metrics. The first set of metrics, the second set of metrics, and the correlation score are presented on the display to indicate a similarity of operation of the first and second systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/826745 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2217/16 (20130101) |
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| US 08922562 | Dykes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James D. Dykes (Slidell, Louisiana); Philip J. Fanguy (Picayune, Mississippi); Thomas Gray (Gulfport, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Dykes (Slidell, Louisiana); Philip J. Fanguy (Picayune, Mississippi); Thomas Gray (Gulfport, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for providing access to ArcMap netCDF utilities and adding support for observational data to ArcMap including, but not limited to, comparing observational data to model data in a graphical manner, and maintaining the security classifications for each layer in ArcMap so that the highest security classification of the data being viewed is known at all times. |
| FILED | Monday, October 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/047367 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/60 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 11/206 (20130101) |
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| US 08922587 | Smyth |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Smyth (Fallston, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual-image display for at least two crewmembers who may interact independently with the display using touch screen buttons, switches, or hand controllers. The display enables the simultaneous display of different information and visual content depending on the viewing angle or direction. In one embodiment, a video display system for use by crewmembers in vehicles may include: a computer processor; a display monitor comprising a common display driver configured to provide separate virtual displays to at least two crewmember users, the virtual displays being visible to a respective user based on the an angle of view of the respective user; and one or more activators operatively associated with the users, wherein said display monitor is configured to be activated by said one or more activators of said users according to a user priority determination algorithm executed by said computer processor. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/803611 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/014 (20130101) G06F 3/017 (20130101) G06F 3/043 (20130101) G06F 3/0425 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 5/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08922636 | Belden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jesse L. Belden (Providence, Rhode Island); Tadd T. Truscott (Provo, Utah); Alexandra H. Techet (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse L. Belden (Providence, Rhode Island); Tadd T. Truscott (Provo, Utah); Alexandra H. Techet (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthetic aperture three-dimensional fluid flow imaging apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of cameras. At least two of the cameras are oriented to view a volume along mutually non-parallel directions. The cameras are connected to a programmable computer. The computer captures images from the cameras to generate three dimensional intensity fields. The computer can refocus the images on at least one refocus plane to generate reconstructed three dimensional intensity fields on a plane within the volume. Intensity field cross-correlation is performed on the reconstructed three dimensional intensity fields to extract velocity fields within the volume. The velocity fields represent velocities of objects or fluid phases within the volume. These velocity fields can be recorded for later use. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/213866 |
| ART UNIT | 2481 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/77 |
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| US 08922688 | Bridge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert F. Bridge (Austin, Texas); James M. Tidman (Round Rock, Texas); Lenore McMackin (Austin, Texas); Donna E. Hewitt (Austin, Texas); Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | InView Technology Corporation (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Bridge (Austin, Texas); James M. Tidman (Round Rock, Texas); Lenore McMackin (Austin, Texas); Donna E. Hewitt (Austin, Texas); Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A compressive imaging system for optimizing dynamic range during the acquisition of compressed images. A light modulator modulates incident light with spatial patterns to produced modulated light. A light sensing device generates an electrical signal representing intensity of the modulated light over time. The system amplifies a difference between the electrical signal and an adjustable baseline voltage and captures samples of the amplified signal. The adjustable baseline voltage is set to be approximately equal to the average value of the electrical signal. A compressive imaging system for identifying and correcting hot spot(s) in the incident light field. Search patterns are sent to the light modulator and the corresponding samples of the electrical signal are analyzed. Once the hot spot is located, the light modulating elements corresponding to the hot spot may be turned off or their duty cycle may be reduced. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/461179 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/0833 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/238 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/335 (20130101) H04N 5/2351 (20130101) |
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| US 08922783 | Bodkin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Bodkin (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bodkin Design and Engineering LLC (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Bodkin (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiband spatial heterodyne spectrometer for determining spectra in first and second wavelength bands has a beamsplitter configured to split incident light and to direct the incident light upon a first and a second diffraction grating. The gratings are configured for Littrow reflection of incident light of the first wavelength band at a first order and Littrow reflection of incident light of the second wavelength band at a second order. Light reflected by the first and the second diffraction grating forms diffraction patterns imaged by an electronic camera. A dispersive device separates the imaged interference patterns onto separate groups of pixel sensors corresponding to the wavelength bands. A processing device receives information from the detector and computes spectra therefrom. The second diffraction grating is split spatially or temporally to provide two different responses, so the system can disambiguate spectra. In embodiments, the spectrometer computes hyperspectral images of a target. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/442574 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/02 (20130101) G01J 3/021 (20130101) G01J 3/22 (20130101) G01J 3/36 (20130101) G01J 3/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/453 (20130101) G01J 3/2823 (20130101) |
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| US 08922877 | Goodno et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory D. Goodno (Los Angeles, California); Stuart McNaught (Redondo Beach, California); Peter Thielen (Long Beach, California); Joshua Rothenberg (Los Angeles, California); Marty Wacks (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for controlling polarization in a fiber amplifier is disclosed. A polarization dither waveform is applied to a polarization controller so that dithering does not trigger PI-HOMI (Polarization-Induced High Order Mode Instability). The dither waveform may have a period that is much less than the thermal diffusion time across the fiber amplifier core. The dither waveform may also have a slew rate (defined in degrees/second on the Poincaré sphere) that is much slower than the thermal diffusion time across the fiber amplifier core. |
| FILED | Monday, August 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/958777 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/337 |
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| US 08923349 | Huber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachuetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusettes Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Huber (Schnaitsee, Germany); James G. Fujimoto (Medford, Massachusetts); Desmond C. Adler (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system for improving and stabilizing Fourier domain mode locking (FDML) operation. The control system may also provide regulation of FDML operational parameters such as filter tuning, laser gain, polarization, polarization chromaticity, elliptical polarization retardance, and/or dispersion. The control system may be located internal to or external from the FDML laser cavity. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/860995 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2021/653 (20130101) G01N 2021/1787 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/07 (20130101) H01S 3/106 (20130101) H01S 3/137 (20130101) H01S 3/0675 (20130101) H01S 3/1062 (20130101) H01S 3/1106 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/1109 (20130101) H01S 3/1305 (20130101) H01S 3/06712 (20130101) H01S 3/06725 (20130101) H01S 3/06791 (20130101) H01S 3/08027 (20130101) H01S 2301/04 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Dally (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An equalizer provided in a digital transmitter compensates for attenuation in a signal channel to a digital receiver. The equalizer generates signal levels as a logical function of bit history to emphasize transition signal levels relative to repeated signal levels. The preferred equalizer includes an FIR transition filter using a look-up table. Parallel circuits including FIR filters and digital-to-analog converters provide a high speed equalizer with lower speed circuitry. The equalizer is particularly suited to in-cabinet and local area network transmissions where feedback circuitry facilitates adaptive training of the equalizer. |
| FILED | Monday, February 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/170685 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/1081 (20130101) H04B 3/04 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0042 (20130101) H04L 25/0272 (20130101) H04L 25/0282 (20130101) H04L 25/03025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 25/03343 (20130101) H04L 25/03878 (20130101) H04L 25/03885 (20130101) H04L 27/01 (20130101) |
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| US 08923577 | Mendonca et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paulo Ricardo Mendonca (Clifton Park, New York); Rahul Bhotika (Albany, New York); Wesley David Turner (Rexford, New York); Jingbin Wang (Allston, Massachusetts); Saad Ahmed Sirohey (Pewaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paulo Ricardo Mendonca (Clifton Park, New York); Rahul Bhotika (Albany, New York); Wesley David Turner (Rexford, New York); Jingbin Wang (Allston, Massachusetts); Saad Ahmed Sirohey (Pewaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for visualizing regions in an image is provided. The method comprises computing a regional response around a region in the image, deriving a region score based on from the regional response for the region and labeling the region in the image by comparing the region score to a plurality of probabilistic models. |
| FILED | Friday, November 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/558715 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 7/0081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0087 (20130101) G06T 2207/10081 (20130101) G06T 2207/30028 (20130101) G06T 2207/30061 (20130101) |
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| US 08923632 | Sample et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John T. Sample (Pearl River, Louisiana); Elias Z K Ioup (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. Sample (Pearl River, Louisiana); Elias Z K Ioup (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for encoding standard-formatted images with information including, but not limited to, geospatial information. This information, possibly in mark-up language format, can be quickly accessed and this enables the standard-formatted images to be shown in geospatial information systems as map images, while preserving their compatibility with other systems like web browsers and mobile phones. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/657092 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/232 |
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| US 08923661 | Jia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lin Jia (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Edwin Lorimer Thomas (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lin Jia (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Edwin Lorimer Thomas (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | 2-pattern photonic crystal and the associated photonic devices are described here. A 2-pattern photonic crystal has a large, complete photonic band gap. It includes a TM sub-structure providing a large TM photonic band gap superimposed on a TE sub-structure providing a large TE photonic band gap. The resulting 2-pattern photonic crystals have complete photonic band gaps larger than 15%. By altering the respective sub-structures, optical devices for different polarizations (TE, TM or both) can be readily designed, and those optical devices can be integrated on the same plane. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/524455 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08923830 | Davitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Davitz (Danville, California); Sugato Basu (Redwood City, California); Jiye Yu (Menlo Park, California); David Gutelius (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for knowledge generation and deployment in a distributed network. In one embodiment, a method for processing messages in a social network includes receiving a new message from a first node in the network, the new message including a query, providing the first node with an answer to the query, if the answer is located in a repository, and initiating generation of the answer, if the answer is not located in the repository. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/150980 |
| ART UNIT | 2645 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30545 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/588 (20130101) H04L 51/32 (20130101) H04L 67/104 (20130101) H04L 67/303 (20130101) H04L 67/1072 (20130101) |
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| US 08924189 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kay S. Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia); Eric P. Bouillet (Jersey City, New Jersey); Parijat Dube (Hicksville, New York); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kay S. Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia); Eric P. Bouillet (Jersey City, New Jersey); Parijat Dube (Hicksville, New York); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for workload generation include a processor for identifying a workload model by determining each of a hierarchy for workload generation, time scales for workload generation, and states and transitions at each of the time scales, and defining a parameter by determining each of fields for user specific attributes, application specific attributes, network specific attributes, content specific attributes, and a probability distribution function for each of the attributes; a user level template unit corresponding to a relatively slow time scale in signal communication with the processor; an application level template corresponding to a relatively faster time scale in signal communication with the processor; a stream level template corresponding to a relatively fastest time scale in signal communication with the processor; and a communications adapter in signal communication with the processor for defining a workload generating unit responsive to the template units. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/128959 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/3414 (20130101) 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 10/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 10/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08924214 | Willey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jefferson M Willey (Columbia, Maryland); Todd Stephenson (Washington, District of Columbia); Hugh Faust (Huntingtown, Maryland); James P. Hansen (Fairfax, Virginia); George J Linde (Accokeek, Maryland); Carol Chang (Falls Church, Virginia); Justin Nevitt (Bristow, Virginia); James A Ballas (Arlington, Virginia); Thomas Herne Crystal (Arlington, Virginia); Vincent Michael Stanford (North Potomac, Maryland); Jean W. De Graaf (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jefferson M Willey (Columbia, Maryland); Todd Stephenson (Washington, District of Columbia); Hugh Faust (Huntingtown, Maryland); James P. Hansen (Fairfax, Virginia); George J Linde (Accokeek, Maryland); Carol Chang (Falls Church, Virginia); Justin Nevitt (Bristow, Virginia); James A Ballas (Arlington, Virginia); Thomas Herne Crystal (Arlington, Virginia); Vincent Michael Stanford (North Potomac, Maryland); Jean W. De Graaf (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting and recognizing speech is provided that remotely detects body motions from a speaker during vocalization with one or more radar sensors. Specifically, the radar sensors include a transmit aperture that transmits one or more waveforms towards the speaker, and each of the waveforms has a distinct wavelength. A receiver aperture is configured to receive the scattered radio frequency energy from the speaker. Doppler signals correlated with the speaker vocalization are extracted with a receiver. Digital signal processors are configured to develop feature vectors utilizing the vocalization Doppler signals, and words associated with the feature vectors are recognized with a word classifier. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/155218 |
| ART UNIT | 2658 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/415 (20130101) G01S 13/50 (20130101) G01S 13/88 (20130101) Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08924322 | Datta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pallab Datta (San Jose, California); Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pallab Datta (San Jose, California); Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to distributed simulation frameworks that provide reciprocal communication. One embodiment comprises interconnecting neuron groups on different processors via a plurality of reciprocal communication pathways, and facilitating the exchange of reciprocal spiking communication between two different processors using at least one Ineuron module. Each processor includes at least one neuron group. Each neuron group includes at least one electronic neuron. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/524798 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 3/06 (20130101) |
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| US 08924782 | Locasto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael E. Locasto (Springfield, Virginia); Angelos D. Keromytis (New York, New York); Angelos Stavrou (Springfield, Virginia); Gabriela F. Ciocarlie (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Locasto (Springfield, Virginia); Angelos D. Keromytis (New York, New York); Angelos Stavrou (Springfield, Virginia); Gabriela F. Ciocarlie (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and media for recovering an application from a fault or an attack are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method is provided for enabling a software application to recover from a fault condition. The method includes specifying constrained data items and assigning a set of repair procedures to the constrained data items. The method further includes detecting a fault condition on the constrained data items during execution of the software application, which triggers at least one repair procedure. The triggered repair procedures are executed and the execution of the software application is restored. In some embodiments, the restoring comprises providing memory rollback to a point of execution of the software application before the fault condition was detected. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/523989 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/3672 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08925064 | Bressler |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Dennis Bressler (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Dennis Bressler (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer comprising: a first virtual machine (VM1) that is minimally configured to host a first firewall, a first network address translator (NAT), and a network interface card (NIC) which is operatively connected a low domain wide area network (WAN); a first virtual switch (VSW1) operatively coupled to the VM1; a second virtual machine (VM2) operatively coupled to the VSW1, wherein the VM2 is configured to process all low domain information; a third virtual machine (VM3) operatively coupled to the VSW1, wherein the VM3 is minimally configured to host a second firewall and a second NAT; a second virtual switch (VSW2) operatively coupled to the VM3; and a fourth virtual machine (VM4) operatively coupled to the VSW2, wherein the VM4 is configured to process all high domain information, such that the computer can operate in both high and low security levels and connect to the WAN with a single NIC. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/535488 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/0685 (20130101) H04L 63/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cagri Savran (West Lafayette, Indiana); Farrukh Mateen (Islamabad, Pakistan); Bin-Da Chan (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for the micromanipulation of micro-sized objects includes a micromanipulation device in the form of a hollow frame having a base, resiliently deflectable arms projecting from the base and defining a gap for receiving a micro-sized object, and a saddle connected to the tips of the arms between the base and the tips. A force generating device applies a force to the saddle to deflect the tips inwards to close the gap about the micro-sized object. A fixture is provided for supporting the micromanipulation device and force generating device. The force generating device can be a micrometer. The micromanipulation device is configured for production using micro-fabrication techniques. The micromanipulation device may include a piercing element for piercing an object positioned between the arms of the device, and may further include a notch aligned with the piercing element for retaining the object. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/682922 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 15/12 (20130101) B25J 15/0071 (20130101) B25J 15/0616 (20130101) |
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| US 08920323 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jingfeng Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Timothy J. Hall (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingfeng Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Timothy J. Hall (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The determination of axial and lateral displacement in a material subject to compression is determined by fitting a multi-dimensional model function to the match between corresponding portions of the material in two states of compression. In one embodiment, iso-contour lines in a correlation between a reference kernel and a target kernel are fit to an ellipse whose center defines the maximum correlation and hence the displacement. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/903748 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0053 (20130101) A61B 8/485 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 8/5207 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/52042 (20130101) G01S 15/8993 (20130101) |
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| US 08920764 | Star et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander Star (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Narasimha Harindra Vedala (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gregg Peter Kotchey (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Star (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Narasimha Harindra Vedala (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gregg Peter Kotchey (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a composition includes oxidation of graphene oxide to form holey graphene oxide having defects therein and reduction of the holey graphene oxide. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/370076 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0476 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 3/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08920804 | Raychaudhuri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Inbios International, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | InBios International, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Syamal Raychaudhuri (Seattle, Washington); Raymond L. Houghton (Bothell, Washington); Stanislaw Morkowski (Seattle, Washington); Yvonne Stevens (Bellevue, Washington); Mohua Bose (Redmond, Washington); James William Needham (Seattle, Washington); Hongjing Chen (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies that are specific for the Dengue non-structural glycoprotein NS1 in monomeric and/or oligomeric (primarily dimeric) form, together with methods, including ELISA and lateral flow assays, that employ the disclosed antibodies for the early detection of Dengue virus infection. Diagnostic kits for the detection of Dengue infection are also provided, such kits including the disclosed monoclonal and/or polyclonal antibodies. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/629445 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/159.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920807 | Rome et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonard H. Rome (Los Angeles, California); Valerie A. Kickhoefer (Los Angeles, California); Steven M. Dubinett (Los Angeles, California); Sherven Sharma (Culver City, California); Upendra K. Kar (Dhenkanal, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard H. Rome (Los Angeles, California); Valerie A. Kickhoefer (Los Angeles, California); Steven M. Dubinett (Los Angeles, California); Sherven Sharma (Culver City, California); Upendra K. Kar (Dhenkanal, India) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions of vault complexes containing recombinant cytokine fusion proteins that include a cytokine and a vault targeting domain, and methods of using the vault complexes to deliver the cytokines to a cell or subject, and methods for using the compositions to treat cancer, such as lung cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/505420 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/00 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 9/96 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/535 (20130101) |
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| US 08920813 | Bruder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph T. Bruder (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Duncan McVey (Derwood, Maryland); Douglas E. Brough (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GenVec, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph T. Bruder (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Duncan McVey (Derwood, Maryland); Douglas E. Brough (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a replication-deficient adenoviral vector comprising two or more nucleic acid sequences encoding Dengue virus antigens and a chimeric hexon protein. The chimeric hexon protein comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises at least 10 contiguous amino acid residues from a first adenovirus serotype (e.g., serotype 5 adenovirus hexon protein), optionally with one amino acid substitution. The second portion comprises (a) at least one hypervariable region (HVR) of a hexon protein of an adenovirus of a second adenovirus serotype, or (b) at least one synthetic hypervariable region (HVR) that is not present in the hexon protein of the wild-type adenovirus of the first adenovirus serotype. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/993210 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2710/10322 (20130101) C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) C12N 2710/10345 (20130101) C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) C12N 2810/6018 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen D. Hsu (Evans, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Regents Research Institute (Augusta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen D. Hsu (Evans, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are oral care compositions for promoting salivary flow. Thus, also disclosed are methods of treating and preventing xerostomia. The oral care compositions can contain all-natural ingredients, including, for example, green tea polyphenols and jaborandi extract. |
| FILED | Monday, February 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/739340 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 43/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/35 (20130101) |
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| US 08921042 | Dawson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Valted, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Valted LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ted M. Dawson (Baltimore, Maryland); Valina L. Dawson (Baltimore, Maryland); Han Seok Ko (Lutherville Timonium, Maryland); Jooho Shin (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Parkinson's disease is caused by the preferential loss of substantia nigra dopamine neurons. A Parkin Interacting Substrate, PARIS (ZNF746) is identified. The levels of PARIS are regulated by the ubiquitin proteasome system via binding to and ubiquitination by the E3 ubiquitin ligase, parkin. PARIS is a KRAB and zinc finger protein that accumulates in models of parkin inactivation and in human brain Parkinson's disease patients. PARIS represses the expression of the transcriptional co-activator, PGC-1α and the PGC-1α target gene, NRF-1 by binding to insulin response sequences in the PGC-1α promoter. Conditional knockout of parkin in adult animals leads to progressive loss of dopamine (DA) neurons that is PARIS dependent. Overexpression of PARIS causes selective loss of DA neurons in the substantia nigra, which is reversed by either parkin or PGC-1α co-expression. The identification of PARIS provides a molecular mechanism for neurodegeneration due to parkin inactivation. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/056409 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921045 | Dean |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neta Dean (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neta Dean (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a yeast-enhanced red fluorescent protein. In an embodiment of the invention, the yeast-enhanced red fluorescent protein is monomeric and is expressible in Candida albicans. The invention also provides a novel visible color marker for plasmid expression in yeast, particularly Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/393983 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/43595 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/81 (20130101) C12N 15/815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5023 (20130101) |
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| US 08921050 | Childs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard William Wyatt Childs (Rockville, Maryland); Yoshiyuki Takahashi (Nagoya, Japan); Sachiko Kajigaya (Rockville, Maryland); Nanae Harashima (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) | Richard William Wyatt Childs (Rockville, Maryland); Yoshiyuki Takahashi (Nagoya, Japan); Sachiko Kajigaya (Rockville, Maryland); Nanae Harashima (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for preventing or treating neoplastic disease in a mammalian subject. A composition is provided which comprises an enriched immune cell population reactive to a human endogenous retrovirus type E antigen on a tumor cell. A method of treating a neoplastic disease in a mammalian subject is provided which comprises administering to a mammalian subject a composition comprising an enriched immune cell population reactive to a human endogenous retrovirus type E antigen, in an amount effective to reduce or eliminate the neoplastic disease or to prevent its occurrence or recurrence. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/293180 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/585 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/10022 (20130101) C12N 2740/10034 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921071 | Otto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Wasington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Otto (Washington, District of Columbia); Stanislava Kocianova (Wuppertal, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Immunogenic compositions and methods for eliciting an immune response against S. epidermidis and other related staphylococci are provided. The immunogenic compositions can include immunogenic conjugates of poly-γ-glutamic acid (such as γDLPGA) polypeptides of S. epidermidis, or related staphylococci that express a γPGA polypeptide. The γPGA conjugates elicit an effective immune response against S. epidermidis, or other staphylococci, in subjects to which the conjugates are administered. A method of treating an infection caused by a Staphylococcus organism that expresses cap genes is also disclosed. The method can include selecting a subject who is at risk of or has been diagnosed with the infection by the Staphylococcus organism which expresses γPGA from the cap genes. Further, the expression of a γPGA polypeptide by the organism can then be altered. |
| FILED | Monday, October 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/058610 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/085 (20130101) A61K 2039/6037 (20130101) A61K 2039/6056 (20130101) A61K 2039/6081 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1271 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08921086 | Hanzel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David K. Hanzel (Palo Alto, California); Geoff Otto (Santa Clara, California); Paul Peluso (Hayward, California); Thang Pham (Mountain View, California); David R. Rank (Palo Alto, California); Paul Mitsis (Trenton, New Jersey); Fred Christians (Los Altos Hills, California); Arek Bibillo (Cupertino, California); Insil Park (Fremont, California); Sonya Clark (Oakland, California); John Lyle (Redwood Shores, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David K. Hanzel (Palo Alto, California); Geoff Otto (Santa Clara, California); Paul Peluso (Hayward, California); Thang Pham (Mountain View, California); David R. Rank (Palo Alto, California); Paul Mitsis (Trenton, New Jersey); Fred Christians (Los Altos Hills, California); Arek Bibillo (Cupertino, California); Insil Park (Fremont, California); Sonya Clark (Oakland, California); John Lyle (Redwood Shores, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions that include polymerases with features for improving entry of nucleotide analogues into active site regions and for coordinating with the nucleotide analogues in the active site region are provided. Methods of making the polymerases and of using the polymerases in sequencing and DNA replication and amplification as well as kinetic models of polymerase activity and computer-implemented methods of using the models are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/645223 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 2319/20 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1252 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (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 1/6827 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 207/07007 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921097 | Neville, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Neville, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland); Jung-Hee Woo (Temple, Texas); Yuan-Yi Liu (Potomac, 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) | David M. Neville, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland); Jung-Hee Woo (Temple, Texas); Yuan-Yi Liu (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of expressing an immunotoxin in Pichia pastoris strain mutated to toxin resistance comprising a) growing the Pichia pastoris in a growth medium comprising an enzymatic digest of protein and yeast extract and maintaining a dissolved oxygen concentration at 40% and above; and b) performing methanol induction with a limited methanol feed of 0.5-0.75 ml/min/IO L of initial volume during induction along with a continuous infusion of yeast extract at a temperature below 17.5° C., antifoaming agent supplied up to 0.07%, agitation reduced to 400 RPM, and the induction phase extended out to 163 h. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/957165 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/288.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921101 | Wimmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eckard Wimmer (E. Setauket, New York); Jeronimo Cello (Port Jefferson, New York); Aniko Paul (Setauket, New York); Hidemi Toyoda (E. Setauket, New York); Jiang Yin (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eckard Wimmer (E. Setauket, New York); Jeronimo Cello (Port Jefferson, New York); Aniko Paul (Setauket, New York); Hidemi Toyoda (E. Setauket, New York); Jiang Yin (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel and stable attenuated poliovirus, which replicates in neuroblastoma cells, is produced by engineering an indigenous replication element (cre), into the 5′ non-translated genomic region and inactivating the native cre element located in the coding region of 2C (mono-crePV). The stably attenuated poliovirus replicates in a neuroblastoma model (Neuro-2aCD155 tumors) expressing CD155, the poliovirus receptor, and is effective for oncolytic treatment and cure of solid tumors, such as neuroblastoma. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/269213 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/768 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2770/32332 (20130101) C12N 2770/32361 (20130101) C12N 2800/30 (20130101) C12N 2840/203 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921122 | Irimia |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Irimia (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Irimia (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems and methods for assessing migration behavior of biological particles, such as neutrophils, under the effect of a gradient. The systems can include one or more migration chambers, one or more gradient sources configured to generate particular gradients, e.g., of chemokines or the like across the width of the migration chamber, and a detection arrangement that is configured to determine spatial profiles across the migration chamber that indicate the extent of migration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/867160 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502776 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2400/043 (20130101) B01L 2400/0421 (20130101) B01L 2400/0442 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/491 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5029 (20130101) G01N 33/54366 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 436/805 (20130101) Y10S 436/807 (20130101) |
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| US 08921277 | Kiesel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Kiesel (Palo Alto, California); Joerg Martini (San Francisco, California); Michael I. Recht (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Analysis of a system and/or sample involves the use of absorption-encoded micro beads. Each type of micro bead is encoded with amounts of the k dyes in a proportional relationship that is different from proportional relationships of the k dyes of others of the n types of absorption-encoded micro beads. A system and/or a sample can be analyzed using information obtained from detecting the one or more types of absorption-encoded micro beads. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/627739 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921283 | Bridgman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Bridgman (Clayton, Missouri); Stephen Turney (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Bridgman (Clayton, Missouri); Stephen Turney (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for generating microscopic patterns of macromolecules such as proteins on a solid surface are described. Pulsed laser light is used to alter surface portions of a solid surface substrate in a predetermined pattern, by removing macromolecules from surface portions of the substrate where the light is focused. The same wavelength light at lower intensity can be used to visualize the removal by its reflection from the specimen surface along the path to the detector. Select macromolecules introduced to the substrate selectively adhere to select surface portions, thereby depositing macromolecules in the predetermined pattern on the solid surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/930063 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) B01J 2219/00441 (20130101) B01J 2219/00605 (20130101) B01J 2219/00612 (20130101) B01J 2219/00637 (20130101) B01J 2219/00725 (20130101) B01J 2219/00743 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 50/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/09 (20130101) G03F 7/085 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921312 | Musselmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kurt Musselmann (Tampa, Florida); John R. Hassell (Tampa, Florida); Brad Kane (Lakeland, Florida); Bridgette Alexandrou (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kurt Musselmann (Tampa, Florida); John R. Hassell (Tampa, Florida); Brad Kane (Lakeland, Florida); Bridgette Alexandrou (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method of stimulating collagen synthesis and proteoglycan (lumican and keratocan) accumulation. Collagenase isolated keratocytes were cultured with or without insulin with or without ascorbate. Insulin stimulates the synthesis of collagen but does not affect the accumulation of lumican and keratocan. Insulin plus ascorbate, however, stimulates the synthesis of collagen and increased the accumulation of these proteoglycans. The accumulation of PGDS, a KSPG that does not interact with collagen, is not affected by ascorbate. Only the collagen made in the presence of ascorbate was pepsin resistant. EDB overrode the effects of ascorbate on pepsin resistance and proteoglycan accumulation. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/904489 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/375 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/665 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) |
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| US 08921313 | Weiss |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Weiss (Moreland Hills, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Weiss (Moreland Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An insulin analogue comprises a B-chain polypeptide incorporating a halogenated phenylalanine at position B24, B25 or B26. The halogenated phenylalanine may be ortho-monofluoro-phenylalanine, ortho-monobromo-phenylalanine, ortho-monochloro-phenylalanine, or para-monochloro-phenylalanine. The analogue may be of a mammalian insulin, such as human insulin. A nucleic acid encodes such an insulin analogue. The halogenated insulin analogues retain significant activity. A method of treating a patient comprises administering a physiologically effective amount of the insulin analogue or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof to a patient. Halogen substitution-based stabilization of insulin may enhance the treatment of diabetes mellitus in regions of the developing world lacking refrigeration. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/018011 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921315 | Basile |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lena A. Basile (Tujunga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neumedicines, Inc. (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lena A. Basile (Tujunga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for increasing survival in a subject, and/or preserving bone marrow function, and/or promoting hematopoietic recovery or restoration. The methods include administering a dose of IL-12 to the subject following an acute exposure to non-therapeutic whole body ionizing radiation. Formulations and kits are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/430016 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/7.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921323 | Walensky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Loren D. Walensky (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Nico Tjandra (Rockville, Maryland); Evripidis Gavathiotis (Boston, Massachusetts); Motoshi Suzuki (Rockville, Maryland); Gregory Bird (Pelham, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Loren D. Walensky (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Nico Tjandra (Rockville, Maryland); Evripidis Gavathiotis (Boston, Massachusetts); Motoshi Suzuki (Rockville, Maryland); Gregory Bird (Pelham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is based, at least in part, on the identification of a novel active site on BCL-2 family polypeptide such as BAX, which when bound by a compound, modifies the activity of the BCL-2 family polypeptide. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/680098 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/4747 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/5035 (20130101) G01N 33/5079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2510/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08921335 | Gong 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) | Hao Gong (El Cerrito, California); Yong Bai (Albany, California); Sangwei Lu (Kensington, California); Fenyong Liu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | the Present Invention Provides Vectors, Including a Novel Attenuated Strain of Salmonella, for Efficient Gene Transfer into an Animal, e.g. a Mammalian Host. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/753331 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08921340 | Sporn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael B. Sporn (Tunbridge, Vermont); Karen T. Liby (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Gordon W. Gribble (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Nanjoo Suh (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Damian Medici (Boston, Massachusetts); Pamela Gehron Robey (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire); Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael B. Sporn (Tunbridge, Vermont); Karen T. Liby (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Gordon W. Gribble (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Nanjoo Suh (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Damian Medici (Boston, Massachusetts); Pamela Gehron Robey (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features the use of a synthetic triterpenoid to induce gene expression and differentiation of stem or progenitor cells in the treatment of bone/cartilage diseases or conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/466473 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/26 (20130101) A61K 31/122 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/32 (20130101) A61K 35/32 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 38/20 (20130101) A61K 38/20 (20130101) A61K 38/22 (20130101) A61K 38/22 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0655 (20130101) C12N 5/0662 (20130101) C12N 5/0673 (20130101) C12N 2501/999 (20130101) |
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| US 08921349 | Ghosh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Macrocycle containing carbamate compounds that inhibit HIV proteolytic enzymes and processes for preparing them are described. Compositions and methods for treating a patient infected with HIV are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/319973 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/04 (20130101) C07D 515/04 (20130101) C07D 519/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08921381 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaodong Xu (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Andrea Cuconati (Oreland, Pennsylvania); Timothy M. Block (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Tong Xiao (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baruch S. Blumberg Institute (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Enantigen Therapeutics, Inc. (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaodong Xu (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Andrea Cuconati (Oreland, Pennsylvania); Timothy M. Block (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Tong Xiao (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise triazolopyrimidines useful for the treatment of hepatitis virus in a patient. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/877870 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08921384 | Chu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Unversity of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chung K. Chu (Statham, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, methods, and compositions for the treatment of infections in or exposure to humans and other host animals of Flaviviridae viruses, including HCV, that includes the administration of an effective amount of a spiro[2.4]heptane as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, are provided. The spiro[2.4]heptane compounds either possess antiviral activity, or are metabolized to a compound that exhibits such activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/162618 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/7056 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 38/06 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/212 (20130101) A61K 39/42 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/2458 (20130101) C07F 9/65125 (20130101) C07F 9/65586 (20130101) C07F 9/65616 (20130101) C07F 9/65744 (20130101) |
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| US 08921429 | Akala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emmanuel Akala (Mitchellville, Maryland); Simeon Adesina (Lanham, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Howard University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emmanuel Akala (Mitchellville, Maryland); Simeon Adesina (Lanham, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a crosslinked or non-crosslinked polymer particle, wherein the crosslinked polymer particle comprises a copolymer of poly(alklyene glycol-graft-lactate) that is crosslinked by at least one hydrolysable monmer. Another embodiment of the present invention is a polymer particle comprising a crosslinked polymer particle that is a product of starting materials comprising (a) a hydrophilic monomer, (b) a hydrophobic monomer, and (c) a hydrolysable crosslinking agent. Another embodiment of the present invention is a polymer particle comprising, a crosslinked copolymer comprises structures represented by Formulas (I), (II), and (III), where Formulas (I), (II) and (III) are defined in the specification. Yet other embodiments of the present invention include a method of preparing a methacrylate terminated macromonomer, a method of preparing a crosslinking agent, and a method of preparing a therapeutic agent loaded nanosphere by dispersion polymerization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/952843 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
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| US 08921569 | Timmins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Graham Timmins (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sharon Master (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Vojo P Deretic (Placitas, New Mexico); William Bishai (Towson, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of isotopically labeled derivatives of isoniazid, ethionamide and related compounds as effective therapy for the treatment of mycobacterial diseases, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/760605 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0073 (20130101) A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/4409 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/81 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 213/83 (20130101) C07D 213/86 (20130101) |
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| US 08921595 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul R. Thompson (Jupiter, Florida); Corey P. Causey (Jacksonville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Thompson (Jupiter, Florida); Corey P. Causey (Jacksonville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a self-assembling biodegradable nanoparticle is provided. The nanoparticle includes Cys-Val-Val-Val-Val-Val-Val-Lys-Lys conjugated with a synthetic polymer and has a diameter of from about 50 nm to about 150 nm. |
| FILED | Monday, October 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/503446 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/166 (20130101) A61K 31/166 (20130101) A61K 38/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08921599 | Liebeskind et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lanny S. Liebeskind (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenting Wu (Decatur, Georgia); Zhihui Zhang (Downers Grove, Illinois); Hao Li (Decatur, Georgia); Angus A. Lamar (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lanny S. Liebeskind (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenting Wu (Decatur, Georgia); Zhihui Zhang (Downers Grove, Illinois); Hao Li (Decatur, Georgia); Angus A. Lamar (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to methods for producing amide bonds and reagents related thereto. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of producing an amide comprising mixing an O-silylated thionoester and an amine under conditions such that an amide is formed. In another embodiment, the disclosure relates to mixing a thiolacid, a silylating agent, and an amine under conditions such that an amide is formed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/280991 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/82 (20130101) C07D 233/90 (20130101) C07D 295/192 (20130101) C07D 307/52 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/1852 (20130101) C07F 7/1856 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07H 21/02 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/02 (20130101) C07K 1/003 (20130101) C07K 5/0606 (20130101) C07K 5/0812 (20130101) C07K 5/06026 (20130101) C07K 5/06034 (20130101) C07K 5/06078 (20130101) C07K 5/06086 (20130101) C07K 5/06104 (20130101) |
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| US 08921767 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Kang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Marcin Arkadiusz Balicki (Baltimore, Maryland); Xuan Liu (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Kang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Marcin Arkadiusz Balicki (Baltimore, Maryland); Xuan Liu (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for calibrating a Fourier domain optical coherence tomography system includes receiving spectral data from an optical detector comprising a linear array of detector elements, each detector element having a position labeled n, wherein detected light was wavelength-dispersed across the linear array of detector elements; determining parameters of a preselected functional relationship between wave number, kn, corresponding to detector element n as a function of optical detector element n based on the spectral data; further receiving subsequent spectral data subsequent to the first-mentioned receiving, wherein detected light was wavelength-dispersed across the linear array of detector elements; converting the subsequent spectral data using the preselected functional relationship between wave number kn and optical detector element n to obtain converted spectral data; and performing an inverse Fourier transform of the converted spectral data to obtain a depth profile. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/813611 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02044 (20130101) G01B 9/02074 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) |
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| US 08922440 | Schantz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hans Gregory Schantz (Hampton Cove, Alabama); Robert Edward DePierre (Huntsville, Alabama); James David Fluhler (Madison, Alabama); Kazimierz Siwiak (Coral Springs, Florida); Glenn Wolenec (Madison, Alabama); Jerome Sylvester Gabig (Brownsboro, Alabama); James Matthew Barron (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Q-Track Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hans Gregory Schantz (Hampton Cove, Alabama); Robert Edward DePierre (Huntsville, Alabama); James David Fluhler (Madison, Alabama); Kazimierz Siwiak (Coral Springs, Florida); Glenn Wolenec (Madison, Alabama); Jerome Sylvester Gabig (Brownsboro, Alabama); James Matthew Barron (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A space efficient magnetic antenna is disclosed for use in tracking, positioning and other applications. In a preferred embodiment, a space efficient magnetic antenna system comprises a first magnetic antenna with a first null axis aligned within a predetermined plane and a second magnetic antenna having a second null axis aligned substantially orthogonal to a first null axis. A second magnetic antenna system lies in a minimal coupling orientation with respect to a first magnetic antenna system. Additionally, a first magnetic antenna may further comprise a plurality of interconnected magnetic antenna elements. A space efficient magnetic antenna system may include an RF module. In further embodiments, the antenna system may enclose a substantial majority of the device including the RF module; the RF module may be enclosed substantially or wholly within one or more antennas of the antenna system. |
| FILED | Monday, July 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/834821 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 5/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 5/0252 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/273 (20130101) H01Q 1/276 (20130101) H01Q 7/00 (20130101) H01Q 7/08 (20130101) H01Q 21/24 (20130101) |
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| US 08923349 | Huber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachuetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusettes Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Huber (Schnaitsee, Germany); James G. Fujimoto (Medford, Massachusetts); Desmond C. Adler (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system for improving and stabilizing Fourier domain mode locking (FDML) operation. The control system may also provide regulation of FDML operational parameters such as filter tuning, laser gain, polarization, polarization chromaticity, elliptical polarization retardance, and/or dispersion. The control system may be located internal to or external from the FDML laser cavity. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/860995 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2021/653 (20130101) G01N 2021/1787 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/07 (20130101) H01S 3/106 (20130101) H01S 3/137 (20130101) H01S 3/0675 (20130101) H01S 3/1062 (20130101) H01S 3/1106 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/1109 (20130101) H01S 3/1305 (20130101) H01S 3/06712 (20130101) H01S 3/06725 (20130101) H01S 3/06791 (20130101) H01S 3/08027 (20130101) H01S 2301/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08923587 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaochuan M. Pan (Chicago, Illinois); Emil Sidky (Chicago, Illinois); Chien-min Kao (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for reconstructing images from limited or incomplete data, such as few view data or limited angle data or truncated data generated from divergent beams. The method and apparatus may iteratively constrain the variation of an estimated image in order to reconstruct the image. To reconstruct an image, a first estimated image may be generated. Estimated data may be generated from the first estimated image, and compared with the actual data. The comparison of the estimated data with the actual data may include determining a difference between the estimated and actual data. The comparison may then be used to generate a new estimated image. For example, the first estimated image may be combined with an image generated from the difference data to generate a new estimated image. To generate the image for the next iteration, the variation of the new estimated image may be constrained. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/095562 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2211/424 (20130101) G06T 2211/432 (20130101) G06T 2211/436 (20130101) |
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| US 08923830 | Davitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Davitz (Danville, California); Sugato Basu (Redwood City, California); Jiye Yu (Menlo Park, California); David Gutelius (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for knowledge generation and deployment in a distributed network. In one embodiment, a method for processing messages in a social network includes receiving a new message from a first node in the network, the new message including a query, providing the first node with an answer to the query, if the answer is located in a repository, and initiating generation of the answer, if the answer is not located in the repository. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/150980 |
| ART UNIT | 2645 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30545 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/588 (20130101) H04L 51/32 (20130101) H04L 67/104 (20130101) H04L 67/303 (20130101) H04L 67/1072 (20130101) |
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| US 08923943 | Benni |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CAS Medical Systems, Inc. (Branford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CAS Medical Systems, Inc. (Branford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul B. Benni (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | According to the present invention, a method and apparatus for non-invasively determining the blood oxygen saturation level within a subject's tissue is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) providing a spectrophotometric sensor operable to transmit light into the subject's tissue, and to sense the light; b) detecting light after passage through the subject's tissue using the sensor, and producing initial signal data from the light sensed; c) calibrating the sensor to that particular subject using the initial signal data, thereby accounting for the specific physical characteristics of the particular subject's tissue being sensed; and d) using the calibrated sensor to determine the blood oxygen parameter value within the subject's tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/793964 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/323 |
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| US 08923948 | Does et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Does (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert Adam Horch (Nashville, Tennessee); Jeffrey S. Nyman (Nashville, Tennessee); Daniel Frank Gochberg (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Does (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert Adam Horch (Nashville, Tennessee); Jeffrey S. Nyman (Nashville, Tennessee); Daniel Frank Gochberg (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for characterizing bone structures are provided for characterizing bone structures. In the system and method, one or more 1H NMR or MRI signals associated with a bone structure are obtained. Thereafter one or more signal parameters are computed from the obtained signals, where each of the signal parameters comprising at least one of a relaxation rate constant or a corresponding signal amplitude associated with a component of the obtained signals defined by a T2 value or a range of T2 values. Finally, the mechanical properties or fracture risk for the bone structure are determined based on the computed signal parameters and stored correlation data. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/151556 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/448 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4816 (20130101) |
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| US 08923952 | O'Connor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael K. O'Connor (Rochester, Minnesota); Carrie B. Hruska (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael K. O'Connor (Rochester, Minnesota); Carrie B. Hruska (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for performing quantitative lesion analysis in molecular breast imaging (MBI) using the opposing images of a slightly compressed breast that are obtained from the dual-head gamma camera. The method uses the shape of the pixel intensity profiles through each tumor to determine tumor diameter. Also, the method uses a thickness of the compressed breast and the attenuation of gamma rays in soft tissue to determine the depth of the tumor from the collimator face of the detector head. Further still, the method uses the measured tumor diameter and measurements of counts in the tumor and background breast region to determine relative radiotracer uptake or tumor-to-background ratio (T/B ratio). |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/515369 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/1644 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08923978 | Hartman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric C. Hartman (Lexington, Kentucky); L. Gentry Barnett (Lexington, Kentucky); Tarik S. Aweimrin (Lexington, Kentucky); John D. Alton (Versailles, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Customkynetics, Inc. (Versailles, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric C. Hartman (Lexington, Kentucky); L. Gentry Barnett (Lexington, Kentucky); Tarik S. Aweimrin (Lexington, Kentucky); John D. Alton (Versailles, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided for use in performing an exercise involving at least one lower extremity of a human subject. The device may include a base including at least one moveable receiver adapted for engaging the at least one lower extremity. At least one stimulator is provided for applying electrical stimulation at a first level to at least one muscle for causing movement of the at least one lower extremity. A controller is also provided for adjusting the stimulator to apply stimulation to the at least one muscle at a second level based on a volitional movement by the human subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/450558 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/48 |
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| US 08924005 | Kern |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Edward Kern (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of sampling includes receiving, by a portable bio-fluid sampling apparatus, a bio-fluid sample on a sample collection receptacle. The bio-fluid sample is associated with a timestamp that is indicative of a time at which the bio-fluid sample is received. The bio-fluid sample is stored in a bio-fluid chamber of the portable bio-fluid sampling apparatus. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/656266 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/053 (20130101) A61B 5/145 (20130101) A61B 5/6887 (20130101) A61B 5/7289 (20130101) A61B 2560/0431 (20130101) A61B 2562/0295 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Min Sun (Troy, Michigan); Kevin L. Perry (Fraser, Michigan); Chang H. Kim (Rochester, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Min Sun (Troy, Michigan); Kevin L. Perry (Fraser, Michigan); Chang H. Kim (Rochester, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a rate determination module, a storage level determination module, and an air/fuel ratio control module. The rate determination module determines an ammonia generation rate in a three-way catalyst based on a reaction efficiency and a reactant level. The storage level determination module determines an ammonia storage level in a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst positioned downstream from the three-way catalyst based on the ammonia generation rate. The air/fuel ratio control module controls an air/fuel ratio of an engine based on the ammonia storage level. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/157669 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Machines or Engines in General; Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines F01N 3/2073 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 41/0235 (20130101) F02D 41/1446 (20130101) F02D 2041/1433 (20130101) F02D 2041/1469 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/22 (20130101) |
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| US 08919119 | Sun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold Huimin Sun (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Jizhong Zhang (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Liangjun Hu (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Dave R. Hanna (Troy, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold Huimin Sun (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Jizhong Zhang (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Liangjun Hu (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Dave R. Hanna (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Various systems and methods are described for a variable geometry turbine. In one example, a turbine nozzle comprises a central axis and a nozzle vane. The nozzle vane includes a stationary vane and a sliding vane. The sliding vane is positioned to slide in a direction substantially tangent to an inner circumference of the turbine nozzle and in contact with the stationary vane. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/210907 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 17/167 (20130101) Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 37/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/40 (20130101) F05D 2230/90 (20130101) F05D 2240/12 (20130101) F05D 2300/20 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/144 (20130101) |
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| US 08920122 | Lee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine airfoil usable in a turbine engine and having at least one cooling system is disclosed. At least a portion of the cooling system may include one or more cooling channels having a plurality of turbulators protruding from an inner surface and positioned generally nonorthogonal and nonparallel to a longitudinal axis of the airfoil cooling channel. The configuration of turbulators may create a higher internal convective cooling potential for the blade cooling passage, thereby generating a high rate of internal convective heat transfer and attendant improvement in overall cooling performance. This translates into a reduction in cooling fluid demand and better turbine performance. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/417714 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
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| US 08920124 | Lee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A squealer tip formed from a pressure side tip wall and a suction side tip wall extending radially outward from a tip of the turbine blade is disclosed. The pressure and suction side tip walls may be positioned along the pressure sidewall and the suction sidewall of the turbine blade, respectively. The pressure side tip wall may include a chamfered leading edge with film cooling holes having exhaust outlets positioned therein. An axially extending tip wall may be formed from at least two outer linear surfaces joined together at an intersection forming a concave axially extending tip wall. The axially extending tip wall may include a convex inner surface forming a radially outer end to an inner cavity forming a cooling system. The cooling system may include one or more film cooling holes in the axially extending tip wall proximate to the suction sidewall, which promotes increased cooling at the pressure and suction sidewalls. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/767019 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/20 (20130101) |
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| US 08920526 | Siefert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas S. Siefert (Homestead, Pennsylvania); Dushyant Shekhawat (Morgantown, West Virginia); David A. Berry (Morgantown, West Virginia); Wayne A. Surdoval (Monroeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department Of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas S. Siefert (Homestead, Pennsylvania); Dushyant Shekhawat (Morgantown, West Virginia); David A. Berry (Morgantown, West Virginia); Wayne A. Surdoval (Monroeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a gasification process for the production of a methane-rich syngas at temperatures exceeding 700° C. through the use of an alkali hydroxide MOH, using a gasification mixture comprised of at least 0.25 moles and less than 2 moles of water for each mole of carbon, and at least 0.15 moles and less than 2 moles of alkali hydroxide MOH for each mole of carbon. These relative amounts allow the production of a methane-rich syngas at temperatures exceeding 700° C. by enabling a series of reactions which generate H2 and CH4, and mitigate the reforming of methane. The process provides a methane-rich syngas comprised of roughly 20% (dry molar percentage) CH4 at temperatures above 700° C., and may effectively operate within an IGFC cycle at reactor temperatures between 700-900° C. and pressures in excess of 10 atmospheres. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/232018 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas: Heating and illuminating 048/197.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920609 | Steele et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip H. Steele (Starkville, Mississippi); Fei Yu (Starkville, Mississippi); Qi Li (Starkville, Mississippi); Brian Mitchell (Starkville, Mississippi) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Philip H. Steele (Starkville, Mississippi); Fei Yu (Starkville, Mississippi); Qi Li (Starkville, Mississippi); Brian Mitchell (Starkville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | The device and method are provided to increase anhydrosugars yield during pyrolysis of biomass. This increase is achieved by injection of a liquid or gas into the vapor stream of any pyrolysis reactor prior to the reactor condensers. A second feature of our technology is the utilization of sonication, microwave excitation, or shear mixing of the biomass to increase the acid catalyst rate for demineralization or removal of hemicellulose prior to pyrolysis. The increased reactivity of these treatments reduces reaction time as well as the required amount of catalyst to less than half of that otherwise required. A fractional condensation system employed by our pyrolysis reactor is another feature of our technology. This system condenses bio-oil pyrolysis vapors to various desired fractions by differential temperature manipulation of individual condensers comprising a condenser chain. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/896797 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/12 (20130101) B01J 23/755 (20130101) Working-up Pitch, Asphalt, Bitumen, Tar; Pyroligneous Acid C10C 5/00 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 2300/1011 (20130101) Purifying or Modifying the Chemical Composition of Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide C10K 1/04 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/13 (20130101) Y02E 50/14 (20130101) Y02E 50/32 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920622 | DePaoli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David William DePaoli (Knoxville, Tennessee); James O. Kiggans, Jr. (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Costas Tsouris (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); William Bourcier (Livermore, California); Robert Campbell (Rancho Murieta, California); Richard T. Mayes (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David William DePaoli (Knoxville, Tennessee); James O. Kiggans, Jr. (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Costas Tsouris (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); William Bourcier (Livermore, California); Robert Campbell (Rancho Murieta, California); Richard T. Mayes (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrolyte system includes a reactor having a pair of electrodes that may sorb ions from an electrolyte. The electrolyte system also includes at least one power supply in electrical communication with the reactor. The at least one power supply may supply a DC signal and an AC signal to the pair of electrodes during sorption of the ions. In addition, the power supply may supply only the AC signal to the pair of electrodes during desorption of the ions. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/234641 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/4604 (20130101) C02F 1/4691 (20130101) C02F 2201/4613 (20130101) C02F 2201/4616 (20130101) C02F 2201/46135 (20130101) C02F 2209/005 (20130101) C02F 2209/05 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920673 | Del Sesto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rico E. Del Sesto (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Andrew T. Koppisch (Flagstaff, Arizona); Katherine S. Lovejoy (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Geraldine M. Purdy (Chamita, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rico E. Del Sesto (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Andrew T. Koppisch (Flagstaff, Arizona); Katherine S. Lovejoy (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Geraldine M. Purdy (Chamita, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Phosphonium-based room temperature ionic liquids (“RTILs”) were prepared. They were used as matrices for Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry and also for preparing samples of dyes for analysis. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/958693 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 59/64 (20130101) C07C 65/05 (20130101) C07C 255/41 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/10 (20130101) C07D 209/60 (20130101) C07D 277/66 (20130101) C07D 311/82 (20130101) C07D 491/22 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 69/02 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/164 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920688 | Viswanathan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tito Viswanathan (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tito Viswanathan (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing transition metal phosphide. In one embodiment, the method has the steps of preparing a transition metal lignosulfonate, mixing the transition metal lignosulfonate with phosphoric acid to form a mixture, and subjecting the mixture to a microwave radiation for a duration of time effective to obtain a transition metal phosphide. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/754336 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 25/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/81 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/813 (20130101) Y10S 977/901 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920700 | Popescu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adrian Popescu (Tampa, Florida); Lilia M. Woods (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adrian Popescu (Tampa, Florida); Lilia M. Woods (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for maintaining a constant tip-surface distance for producing nanolithography patterns on a surface using a telescopic nanotube for hot nanolithography. An outer nanotube is attached to an AFM cantilever opposite a support end. An inner nanotube is telescopically disposed within the outer nanotube. The tip of the inner nanotube is heated to a sufficiently high temperature and brought in the vicinity of the surface. Heat is transmitted to the surface for thermal imprinting. Because the inner tube moves telescopically along the outer nanotube axis, a tip-surface distance is maintained constant due to the vdW force interaction, which in turn eliminates the need of an active feedback loop. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/023782 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Cutting; Details Common to Machines for Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out or Severing B26D 3/065 (20130101) B26D 3/085 (20130101) B26D 7/10 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 60/24 (20130101) G01Q 70/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920767 | Qiu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaofeng Qiu (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Mariappan Parans Paranthaman (Knoxville, Tennessee); Miaofang Chi (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee); Zhenyu Zhang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaofeng Qiu (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Mariappan Parans Paranthaman (Knoxville, Tennessee); Miaofang Chi (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee); Zhenyu Zhang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An array of titanium dioxide nanostructures for solar energy utilization includes a plurality of nanotubes, each nanotube including an outer layer coaxial with an inner layer, where the inner layer comprises p-type titanium dioxide and the outer layer comprises n-type titanium dioxide. An interface between the inner layer and the outer layer defines a p-n junction. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/213923 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/035218 (20130101) H01L 31/035281 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920871 | Youchison et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis L. Youchison (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Brian E. Williams (Pacoima, California); Robert E. Benander (Pacoima, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous nuclear fuel elements for use in advanced high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors (HTGR's), and to processes for fabricating them. Advanced uranium bi-carbide, uranium tri-carbide and uranium carbonitride nuclear fuels can be used. These fuels have high melting temperatures, high thermal conductivity, and high resistance to erosion by hot hydrogen gas. Tri-carbide fuels, such as (U,Zr,Nb)C, can be fabricated using chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) to simultaneously deposit each of the three separate carbides, e.g., UC, ZrC, and NbC in a single CVI step. By using CVI, the nuclear fuel may be deposited inside of a highly porous skeletal structure made of, for example, reticulated vitreous carbon foam. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/011726 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Nuclear Reactors G21C 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920970 | Sunkara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mahendra Kumar Sunkara (Louisville, Kentucky); Praveen Meduri (Louisville, Kentucky); Gamini Sumanasekera (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mahendra Kumar Sunkara (Louisville, Kentucky); Praveen Meduri (Louisville, Kentucky); Gamini Sumanasekera (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | An anode material for lithium-ion batteries is provided that comprises an elongated core structure capable of forming an alloy with lithium; and a plurality of nanostructures placed on a surface of the core structure, with each nanostructure being capable of forming an alloy with lithium and spaced at a predetermined distance from adjacent nanostructures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/650081 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/581 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/1395 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920993 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bob X. Li (Grand Blanc, Michigan); Malcolm J. Grieves (Fairport, New York); Sean M. Kelly (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An Anode Protection Systems for a SOFC system, having a Reductant Supply and safety subsystem, a SOFC anode protection subsystem, and a Post Combustion and slip stream control subsystem. The Reductant Supply and safety subsystem includes means for generating a reducing gas or vapor to prevent re-oxidation of the Ni in the anode layer during the course of shut down of the SOFC stack. The underlying ammonia or hydrogen based material used to generate a reducing gas or vapor to prevent the re-oxidation of the Ni can be in either a solid or liquid stored inside a portable container. The SOFC anode protection subsystem provides an internal pressure of 0.2 to 10 kPa to prevent air from entering into the SOFC system. The Post Combustion and slip stream control subsystem provides a catalyst converter configured to treat any residual reducing gas in the slip stream gas exiting from SOFC stack. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/714664 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921554 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shih-Yuan Liu (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ashley Lamm (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shih-Yuan Liu (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ashley Lamm (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Aromatic heterocycles incorporating boron and nitrogen atoms, in particular, 1,2-azaborine compounds having the formula and their use as synthetic intermediates. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/844790 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/364 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921580 | Hatton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Trevor Alan Hatton (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Timothy F. Jamison (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jennifer Aiden Kozak (San Francisco, California); Fritz Simeon (Quincy, Massachusetts); Jie Wu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are inventive methods for synthesis of cyclic carbonates from CO2 and epoxide. In some embodiments, the methods are carried out in the presence of a catalyst comprising an electrophilic halogen. In some embodiments, the methods are carried out in a flow reactor. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/826539 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 317/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921581 | Coates et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey W. Coates (Ithaca, New York); John M. Rowley (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Catalysts and methods for the double carbonylation of epoxides are disclosed. Each epoxide molecule reacts with two molecules of carbon monoxide to produce a succinic anhydride. The reaction is facilitated by catalysts combining a Lewis acidic species with a transition metal carbonyl complex. The double carbonylation is achieved in single process by using reaction conditions under which both carbonylation reactions occur without the necessity of isolating or purifying the product of the first carbonylation. |
| FILED | Monday, June 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/914592 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921611 | Pupek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Krzysztof Z. Pupek (Plainfield, Illinois); Trevor L. Dzwiniel (Carol Stream, Illinois); Gregory K. Krumdick (Homer Glen, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Uchicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krzysztof Z. Pupek (Plainfield, Illinois); Trevor L. Dzwiniel (Carol Stream, Illinois); Gregory K. Krumdick (Homer Glen, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for preparing 1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-bis(2-methoxyethoxy)benzene, the method comprising reacting 2,5-di-tert-butylbenzene-1,4-diol with cesium carbonate and halogenated ether in dimethyl formamide. The method yields 500 gram batches at a time, or multiples thereof. The method enables the industrial production of redox shuttles for use in lithium ion battery systems. |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/446072 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/648 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921648 | Vermerris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Willem Evert Vermerris (Gainesville, Florida); Michael R. Ladisch (Lafayette, Indiana); Nathan S. Mosier (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Willem Evert Vermerris (Gainesville, Florida); Michael R. Ladisch (Lafayette, Indiana); Nathan S. Mosier (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for increasing yield of fermentable sugars from plant stover are provided. The methods include using plants homozygous for two brown midrib mutations, bm1 and bm3. The methods also include using plants homozygous for a mutation in a gene that results in reduced cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase activity, and a mutation in a gene that results in reduced 5-hydroxyconiferaldehyde/5-hydroxyconiferyl alcohol O-methyltransferase activity. The methods also include using transgenic plants that have reduced cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase activity and reduced 5-hydroxyconiferaldehyde/5-hydroxyconiferyl alcohol O-methyltransferase activity in comparison with wild-type plants. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/158558 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 19/02 (20130101) Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources or by Hydrolysis of Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides or Polysaccharides C13K 1/02 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921783 | Billinge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon Billinge (Brooklyn, New York); Christopher Farrow (Austin, Texas); Tatiana E. Gorelik (Mainz, Germany); Mercouri Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Martin U. Schmidt (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of using electron diffraction to obtain PDFs from crystalline, nanocrystalline, and amorphous inorganic, organic, and organometallic compound. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/160185 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/261 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921799 | Elam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Illinois); Anil U. Mane (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Illinois); Anil U. Mane (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and article of manufacture of intermixed tunable resistance composite materials. A conducting material and an insulating material are deposited by such methods as ALD or CVD to construct composites with intermixed materials which do not have structure or properties like their bulk counterparts. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/525067 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/390.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921801 | Dioszegi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Istvan Dioszegi (Middle Island, New York); Cynthia Salwen (Center Moriches, New York); Peter Vanier (Setauket, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Istvan Dioszegi (Middle Island, New York); Cynthia Salwen (Center Moriches, New York); Peter Vanier (Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A γ-radiation detection system that includes at least one semiconductor detector such as HPGe-Detector, a position-sensitive α-Detector, a TOF Controller, and a Digitizer/Integrator. The Digitizer/Integrator starts to process the energy signals of a γ-radiation sent from the HPGe-Detector instantly when the HPGe-Detector detects the γ-radiation. Subsequently, it is determined whether a coincidence exists between the α-particles and γ-radiation signal, based on a determination of the time-of-flight of neutrons obtained from the α-Detector and the HPGe-Detector. If it is determined that the time-of-flight falls within a predetermined coincidence window, the Digitizer/Integrator is allowed to continue and complete the energy signal processing. If, however, there is no coincidence, the Digitizer/Integrator is instructed to be clear and reset its operation instantly. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/343294 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/2985 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921875 | LeToquin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronan P. LeToquin (Fremont, California); Tao Tong (Oxnard, California); Robert C. Glass (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronan P. LeToquin (Fremont, California); Tao Tong (Oxnard, California); Robert C. Glass (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Light emitting devices include a light emitting diode (“LED”) and a recipient luminophoric medium that is configured to down-convert at least some of the light emitted by the LED. In some embodiments, the recipient luminophoric medium includes a first broad-spectrum luminescent material and a narrow-spectrum luminescent material. The broad-spectrum luminescent material may down-convert radiation emitted by the LED to radiation having a peak wavelength in the red color range. The narrow-spectrum luminescent material may also down-convert radiation emitted by the LED into the cyan, green or red color range. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/104238 |
| ART UNIT | 2899 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08922094 | Lopez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Omar Daniel Lopez (Chicago, Illinois); Gary Wiederrecht (Elmhurst, Illinois); David J. Gosztola (Naperville, Illinois); Derrick C. Mancini (Riverside, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Omar Daniel Lopez (Chicago, Illinois); Gary Wiederrecht (Elmhurst, Illinois); David J. Gosztola (Naperville, Illinois); Derrick C. Mancini (Riverside, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanopositioning system for producing a coupling interaction between a first nanoparticle and a second nanoparticle. A first MEMS positioning assembly includes an electro-static comb drive actuator configured to selectively displace a first nanoparticle in a first dimension and an electrode configured to selectively displace the first nanoparticle in a second dimensions. Accordingly, the first nanoparticle may be selectively positioned in two dimensions to modulate the distance between the first nanoparticle and a second nanoparticle that may be coupled to a second MEMS positioning assembly. Modulating the distance between the first and second nanoparticles obtains a coupling interaction between the nanoparticles that alters at least one material property of the nanoparticles applicable to a variety of sensing and control applications. |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/022353 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 1/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08922107 | Rao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Triveni Rao (Shoreham, New York); John Walsh (Sound Beach, New York); Elizabeth Gangone (New Hyde Park, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Triveni Rao (Shoreham, New York); John Walsh (Sound Beach, New York); Elizabeth Gangone (New Hyde Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A vacuum encapsulated, hermetically sealed cathode capsule for generating an electron beam of secondary electrons, which generally includes a cathode element having a primary emission surface adapted to emit primary electrons, an annular insulating spacer, a diamond window element comprising a diamond material and having a secondary emission surface adapted to emit secondary electrons in response to primary electrons impinging on the diamond window element, a first cold-weld ring disposed between the cathode element and the annular insulating spacer and a second cold-weld ring disposed between the annular insulating spacer and the diamond window element. The cathode capsule is formed by a vacuum cold-weld process such that the first cold-weld ring forms a hermetical seal between the cathode element and the annular insulating spacer and the second cold-weld ring forms a hermetical seal between the annular spacer and the diamond window element whereby a vacuum encapsulated chamber is formed within the capsule. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/115534 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 3/021 (20130101) H01J 9/18 (20130101) H01J 9/125 (20130101) H01J 23/04 (20130101) H01J 25/10 (20130101) H01J 29/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08922973 | Elizondo-Decanini |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan M. Elizondo-Decanini (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Detonators are described herein. In a general embodiment, the detonator includes a nonlinear transmission line that has a variable capacitance. Capacitance of the nonlinear transmission line is a function of voltage on the nonlinear transmission line. The nonlinear transmission line receives a voltage pulse from a voltage source and compresses the voltage pulse to generate a trigger signal. Compressing the voltage pulse includes increasing amplitude of the voltage pulse and decreasing length of the voltage pulse in time. An igniter receives the trigger signal and detonates an explosive responsive to receipt of the trigger signal. |
| FILED | Monday, August 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/010157 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Blasting F42D 1/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08923092 | Vu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cung Khac Vu (Houston, Texas); Kurt Nihei (Oakland, California); Paul A. Johnson (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Robert Guyer (Reno, Nevada); James A. Ten Cate (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pierre-Yves Le Bas (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Carène S. Larmat (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, California); Los Alamos National Security LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cung Khac Vu (Houston, Texas); Kurt Nihei (Oakland, California); Paul A. Johnson (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Robert Guyer (Reno, Nevada); James A. Ten Cate (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pierre-Yves Le Bas (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Carène S. Larmat (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a method for investigating rock formations includes generating, by a first acoustic source, a first acoustic signal comprising a first plurality of pulses, each pulse including a first modulated signal at a central frequency; and generating, by a second acoustic source, a second acoustic signal comprising a second plurality of pulses. A receiver arranged within the borehole receives a detected signal including a signal being generated by a non-linear mixing process from the first-and-second acoustic signal in a non-linear mixing zone within the intersection volume. The method also includes-processing the received signal to extract the signal generated by the non-linear mixing process over noise or over signals generated by a linear interaction process, or both. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/292915 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01V 1/44 (20130101) G01V 1/46 (20130101) G01V 1/52 (20130101) G01V 2210/125 (20130101) G01V 2210/127 (20130101) G01V 2210/588 (20130101) Sound-producing Devices; Methods or Devices for Protecting Against, or for Damping, Noise or Other Acoustic Waves in General; Acoustics Not Otherwise Provided for G10K 15/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08924009 | Salisbury et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curt Salisbury (Albuquerque, New Mexico); J. Kenneth Salisbury, Jr. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curt Salisbury (Albuquerque, New Mexico); J. Kenneth Salisbury, Jr. (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A haptic device for telerobotic surgery, including a base; a linkage system having first and second linkage members coupled to the base; a motor that provides a motor force; a transmission including first and second driving pulleys arranged such that their faces form an angle and their axes form a plane, first and second idler pulleys offset from the plane and arranged between the first and second driving pulleys such that their axes divide the angle between the first and second driving pulleys, and a cable that traverses the first and second driving pulleys and the set of idler pulleys and transfers the motor force to the linkage system; an end effector coupled to distal ends of the first and second linkage members and maneuverable relative to the base; and a controller that modulates the motor force to simulate a body part at a point portion of the end effector. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/722332 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08924125 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Li Jiang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Donghoon Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hakan Yilmaz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Stefanopoulou (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li Jiang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Donghoon Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hakan Yilmaz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Stefanopoulou (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for optimizing a performance of a vehicle engine are provided. The method includes determining an initial value for a first engine control parameter based on one or more detected operating conditions of the vehicle engine, determining a value of an engine performance variable, and artificially perturbing the determined value of the engine performance variable. The initial value for the first engine control parameter is then adjusted based on the perturbed engine performance variable causing the engine performance variable to approach a target engine performance variable. Operation of the vehicle engine is controlled based on the adjusted initial value for the first engine control parameter. These acts are repeated until the engine performance variable approaches the target engine performance variable. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/435551 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 13/0215 (20130101) F02D 19/084 (20130101) F02D 37/02 (20130101) F02D 41/08 (20130101) F02D 41/248 (20130101) F02D 41/1406 (20130101) F02D 41/1408 (20130101) F02D 41/2432 (20130101) F02D 41/2438 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02D 41/2445 (20130101) F02D 2041/001 (20130101) F02D 2041/1419 (20130101) F02D 2041/1432 (20130101) Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, for Internal-combustion Engines; Testing of Ignition Timing in Compression-ignition Engines F02P 5/153 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/18 (20130101) Y02T 10/36 (20130101) Y02T 10/46 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08924332 | Maciejewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ross Maciejewski (Phoenix, Arizona); Ryan Hafen (West Richland, Washington); Stephen Rudolph (Tempe, Arizona); William Cleveland (Lafayette, Indiana); David Ebert (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ross Maciejewski (Phoenix, Arizona); Ryan Hafen (West Richland, Washington); Stephen Rudolph (Tempe, Arizona); William Cleveland (Lafayette, Indiana); David Ebert (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forecasting hotspots is provided. The method may include the steps of receiving input data at an input of the computational device, generating a temporal prediction based on the input data, generating a geospatial prediction based on the input data, and generating output data based on the time series and geospatial predictions. The output data may be configured to display at least one user interface at an output of the computational device. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/322626 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08924763 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dong Chen (Croton on Hudson, New York); Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota); Thomas M. Gooding (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Chen (Croton on Hudson, New York); Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota); Thomas M. Gooding (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Synchronizing time bases in a parallel computer that includes compute nodes organized for data communications in a tree network, where one compute node is designated as a root, and, for each compute node: calculating data transmission latency from the root to the compute node; configuring a thread as a pulse waiter; initializing a wakeup unit; and performing a local barrier operation; upon each node completing the local barrier operation, entering, by all compute nodes, a global barrier operation; upon all nodes entering the global barrier operation, sending, to all the compute nodes, a pulse signal; and for each compute node upon receiving the pulse signal: waking, by the wakeup unit, the pulse waiter; setting a time base for the compute node equal to the data transmission latency between the root node and the compute node; and exiting the global barrier operation. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/327107 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suresh Dhaniyala (Potsdam, New York); Praney Dubey (Karnatka, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clarkson University (Potsoam, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suresh Dhaniyala (Potsdam, New York); Praney Dubey (Karnatka, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A new instrument for electrical-mobility based size segregation of particles at high resolution is described. The instrument called the high-flow dual-channel differential mobility analyzer (HD-DMA) comprises of five flows: a polydisperse aerosol flow, a clean sheath flow, two monodisperse sample flows and a residual excess flow. High resolution measurements are possible because of the large sheath flowrates that are permissible in this instrument. |
| FILED | Monday, November 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/590063 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/28.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920654 | Revanur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravindra Revanur (Freemont, California); Iljuhn Roh (San Ramon, California); Jennifer E. Klare (Berkeley, California); Aleksandr Noy (San Carlos, California); Olgica Bakajin (San Leandro, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Porifera, Inc. (Hayward, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravindra Revanur (Freemont, California); Iljuhn Roh (San Ramon, California); Jennifer E. Klare (Berkeley, California); Aleksandr Noy (San Carlos, California); Olgica Bakajin (San Leandro, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Forward osmosis membranes having a hydrophilic support layer and a polyamide rejection layer in a thin film composite membrane are considered. Preferred support layer materials include aramid polymers and PVDF. A woven or non-woven mesh can be incorporated into the support layer to improve handling properties of the membrane. Flat sheet and hollow fiber configurations are possible. Antifouling techniques are provided. The polyamide layer can be formed on the hydrophilic support layer by interfacial polymerization. Applications include forward osmosis and pressure retarded osmosis applications, such as industrial product and/or waste concentration, hydration bags, energy/pressure generation, and controlled delivery of chemicals (e.g., for pharmaceutical applications). |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/200780 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 61/002 (20130101) B01D 61/025 (20130101) B01D 67/0006 (20130101) B01D 67/0079 (20130101) B01D 67/0093 (20130101) B01D 69/06 (20130101) B01D 69/08 (20130101) B01D 69/12 (20130101) B01D 69/105 (20130101) B01D 69/125 (20130101) B01D 69/148 (20130101) B01D 71/021 (20130101) B01D 71/34 (20130101) B01D 71/44 (20130101) B01D 71/56 (20130101) B01D 2323/38 (20130101) B01D 2323/40 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/445 (20130101) Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps F04B 17/00 (20130101) F04B 19/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920675 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Jun Xu (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pixelligent Technologies, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Jun Xu (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/881891 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/10 (20130101) C30B 7/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/16 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920688 | Viswanathan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tito Viswanathan (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tito Viswanathan (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing transition metal phosphide. In one embodiment, the method has the steps of preparing a transition metal lignosulfonate, mixing the transition metal lignosulfonate with phosphoric acid to form a mixture, and subjecting the mixture to a microwave radiation for a duration of time effective to obtain a transition metal phosphide. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/754336 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 25/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/81 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/813 (20130101) Y10S 977/901 (20130101) |
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| US 08920729 | Rong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guoguang Rong (Shanghai, China PRC); Sharon M. Weiss (Franklin, Tennessee); Raymond L. Mernaugh (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guoguang Rong (Shanghai, China PRC); Sharon M. Weiss (Franklin, Tennessee); Raymond L. Mernaugh (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor for sensing at least one biological target or chemical target is provided. The sensor includes a membrane includes a membrane material that supports generation and propagation of at least one waveguide mode, where the membrane material includes a plurality of voids having an average size <2 microns. The sensor also includes at least one receptor having structure for binding to the target within the plurality of voids, and an optical coupler for coupling light to the membrane sufficient to generate the waveguide mode in the membrane from photons incident on the optical coupler. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920146 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/552 (20130101) G01N 21/7743 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1225 (20130101) |
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| US 08920766 | Krauss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd D. Krauss (Pittsford, New York); Christopher M. Evans (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for making quantum nanostructures based on use of a combination of nucleation and growth precursors. The methods can be used to provide quantum nanostructures of a selected size. Also provided are quantum nanostructures, compositions comprising the quantum nanostructures, and uses of the quantum nanostructures. The quantum nanostructures can be used, for example, in imaging applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/972485 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/70 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/774 (20130101) Y10S 977/775 (20130101) Y10S 977/813 (20130101) Y10S 977/824 (20130101) Y10S 977/825 (20130101) Y10S 977/927 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hanbae Yang (Wooster, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ABS Materials Inc. (Wooster, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hanbae Yang (Wooster, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for removing an ionic species contained in an aqueous phase. The method includes contacting an aqueous phase containing the ionic species with a sol gel-derived composite material, where the sol gel-derived composite material is a sol gel-derived composition having a porous matrix and containing a reactive metal incorporated into at least a portion of the porous matrix, under conditions sufficient to remove the ionic species contained in the aqueous phase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570184 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/02 (20130101) B01J 20/103 (20130101) B01J 20/0225 (20130101) B01J 20/0229 (20130101) B01J 20/0244 (20130101) B01J 20/3227 (20130101) B01J 20/3236 (20130101) B01J 20/3272 (20130101) B01J 20/28011 (20130101) B01J 20/28026 (20130101) B01J 20/28047 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/281 (20130101) C02F 1/288 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/681 (20130101) C02F 1/705 (20130101) C02F 2101/12 (20130101) C02F 2101/32 (20130101) C02F 2101/36 (20130101) C02F 2101/105 (20130101) C02F 2101/163 (20130101) C02F 2103/001 (20130101) C02F 2305/08 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/50 (20130101) C08G 77/52 (20130101) C08G 77/70 (20130101) |
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| US 08921578 | Haley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | State of Oregon, acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregan Acting by and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregan (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Haley (Eugene, Oregon); Daniel T. Chase (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound having a structure of: wherein X is S, SO, SO2, NR10, O, or Se; R1-R8 are each individually H, amino, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, halogen, alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, nitro, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, cyano, thiol, substituted thiol, thioether, hydroxyl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or substituted cycloalkyl, or R1 and R2 together form an aromatic ring and R5 and R6 together form an aromatic ring; and R10 is selected from H, amino, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, halogen, alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, nitro, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, cyano, thiol, substituted thiol, thioether, hydroxyl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or substituted cycloalkyl. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/712589 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/04 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0074 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0094 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 08921581 | Coates et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey W. Coates (Ithaca, New York); John M. Rowley (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Catalysts and methods for the double carbonylation of epoxides are disclosed. Each epoxide molecule reacts with two molecules of carbon monoxide to produce a succinic anhydride. The reaction is facilitated by catalysts combining a Lewis acidic species with a transition metal carbonyl complex. The double carbonylation is achieved in single process by using reaction conditions under which both carbonylation reactions occur without the necessity of isolating or purifying the product of the first carbonylation. |
| FILED | Monday, June 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/914592 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08921763 | Grier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David G. Grier (New York, New York); Elisabeth R. Shanblatt (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Grier (New York, New York); Elisabeth R. Shanblatt (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward a system and method for projecting holographic optical traps whose intensity maxima are extended along specified paths in three dimensions with specified amplitude and phase profiles along those paths. Specifying paths that constitute knotted loops and phase profiles that direct radiation pressure along the knotted paths yields optical traps that exert knotted force fields. Knotted optical force fields have uses for inducing motion along knotted paths, with applications including the generation of knotted electric current loops in plasmas. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/411142 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/32 (20130101) Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/0005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03H 1/0808 (20130101) G03H 1/2294 (20130101) G03H 2001/0077 (20130101) G03H 2001/2255 (20130101) G03H 2210/11 (20130101) G03H 2210/12 (20130101) |
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| US 08921767 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Kang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Marcin Arkadiusz Balicki (Baltimore, Maryland); Xuan Liu (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Kang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Marcin Arkadiusz Balicki (Baltimore, Maryland); Xuan Liu (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for calibrating a Fourier domain optical coherence tomography system includes receiving spectral data from an optical detector comprising a linear array of detector elements, each detector element having a position labeled n, wherein detected light was wavelength-dispersed across the linear array of detector elements; determining parameters of a preselected functional relationship between wave number, kn, corresponding to detector element n as a function of optical detector element n based on the spectral data; further receiving subsequent spectral data subsequent to the first-mentioned receiving, wherein detected light was wavelength-dispersed across the linear array of detector elements; converting the subsequent spectral data using the preselected functional relationship between wave number kn and optical detector element n to obtain converted spectral data; and performing an inverse Fourier transform of the converted spectral data to obtain a depth profile. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/813611 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02044 (20130101) G01B 9/02074 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) |
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| US 08921783 | Billinge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon Billinge (Brooklyn, New York); Christopher Farrow (Austin, Texas); Tatiana E. Gorelik (Mainz, Germany); Mercouri Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Martin U. Schmidt (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of using electron diffraction to obtain PDFs from crystalline, nanocrystalline, and amorphous inorganic, organic, and organometallic compound. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/160185 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/261 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08922440 | Schantz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hans Gregory Schantz (Hampton Cove, Alabama); Robert Edward DePierre (Huntsville, Alabama); James David Fluhler (Madison, Alabama); Kazimierz Siwiak (Coral Springs, Florida); Glenn Wolenec (Madison, Alabama); Jerome Sylvester Gabig (Brownsboro, Alabama); James Matthew Barron (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Q-Track Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hans Gregory Schantz (Hampton Cove, Alabama); Robert Edward DePierre (Huntsville, Alabama); James David Fluhler (Madison, Alabama); Kazimierz Siwiak (Coral Springs, Florida); Glenn Wolenec (Madison, Alabama); Jerome Sylvester Gabig (Brownsboro, Alabama); James Matthew Barron (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A space efficient magnetic antenna is disclosed for use in tracking, positioning and other applications. In a preferred embodiment, a space efficient magnetic antenna system comprises a first magnetic antenna with a first null axis aligned within a predetermined plane and a second magnetic antenna having a second null axis aligned substantially orthogonal to a first null axis. A second magnetic antenna system lies in a minimal coupling orientation with respect to a first magnetic antenna system. Additionally, a first magnetic antenna may further comprise a plurality of interconnected magnetic antenna elements. A space efficient magnetic antenna system may include an RF module. In further embodiments, the antenna system may enclose a substantial majority of the device including the RF module; the RF module may be enclosed substantially or wholly within one or more antennas of the antenna system. |
| FILED | Monday, July 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/834821 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 5/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 5/0252 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/273 (20130101) H01Q 1/276 (20130101) H01Q 7/00 (20130101) H01Q 7/08 (20130101) H01Q 21/24 (20130101) |
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| US 08922857 | Grier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David G. Grier (New York, New York); Sang-Hyuk Lee (Rego Park, New York); Yohai Roichman (Tel Aviv, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Grier (New York, New York); Sang-Hyuk Lee (Rego Park, New York); Yohai Roichman (Tel Aviv, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical solenoid beams, diffractionless solutions of the Helmholtz equation whose diffraction -limited in-plane intensity peak spirals around the optical axis, and whose wavefronts carry an independent helical pitch. The solenoid beams have the noteworthy property of being able to exert forces on illuminated objects that are directed opposite to the direction of the light's propagation. Optical solenoid beams therefore act as true tractor beams that are capable of transporting material back toward their source. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/424203 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/0808 (20130101) G03H 1/2294 (20130101) G03H 2001/0077 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08922898 | Legerton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerome Legerton (Hansville, Washington); William Meyers (Hansville, Washington); Hermann Neidlinger (Hansville, Washington); Randall B. Sprague (Hansville, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Innovega Inc. (Hansville, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome Legerton (Hansville, Washington); William Meyers (Hansville, Washington); Hermann Neidlinger (Hansville, Washington); Randall B. Sprague (Hansville, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes molding a lens, the lens including a front portion and a rear portion and an intermediate portion therebetween, the rear portion adapted to be disposed in the direction of the back of the eye, the front portion adapted to be disposed in the direction of the front of an eye, wherein molding the lens includes disposing conductive parallel nanofilaments on or within the lens. A molded contact lens includes a rear portion adapted to be disposed in the direction of the back of the eye, and a front portion that is adapted to be disposed in the direction of the front of the eye. The molded lens includes conductive parallel nanofilaments located on or within a central region of the molded lens. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/354102 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/20 (20130101) G02B 5/30 (20130101) G02B 5/1876 (20130101) G02B 27/0172 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2027/015 (20130101) G02B 2027/0123 (20130101) Spectacles; Sunglasses or Goggles Insofar as They Have the Same Features as Spectacles; Contact Lenses G02C 7/04 (20130101) G02C 7/083 (20130101) G02C 7/101 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08923349 | Huber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachuetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusettes Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Huber (Schnaitsee, Germany); James G. Fujimoto (Medford, Massachusetts); Desmond C. Adler (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system for improving and stabilizing Fourier domain mode locking (FDML) operation. The control system may also provide regulation of FDML operational parameters such as filter tuning, laser gain, polarization, polarization chromaticity, elliptical polarization retardance, and/or dispersion. The control system may be located internal to or external from the FDML laser cavity. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/860995 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2021/653 (20130101) G01N 2021/1787 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/07 (20130101) H01S 3/106 (20130101) H01S 3/137 (20130101) H01S 3/0675 (20130101) H01S 3/1062 (20130101) H01S 3/1106 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/1109 (20130101) H01S 3/1305 (20130101) H01S 3/06712 (20130101) H01S 3/06725 (20130101) H01S 3/06791 (20130101) H01S 3/08027 (20130101) H01S 2301/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08923630 | Guo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhen Guo (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania); Zhongfei Zhang (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Multimodal data mining in a multimedia database is addressed as a structured prediction problem, wherein mapping from input to the structured and interdependent output variables is learned. A system and method for multimodal data mining is provided, comprising defining a multimodal data set comprising image information; representing image information of a data object as a set of feature vectors in a feature space; clustering in the feature space to group similar features; associating a non-image representation with a respective image data object based on the clustering; determining a joint feature representation of a respective data object as a mathematical weighted combination of a set of components of the joint feature representation; optimizing a weighting for a plurality of components of the mathematical weighted combination with respect to a prediction error between a predicted classification and a training classification; and employing the mathematical weighted combination for automatically classifying a new data object. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/903018 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/62 (20130101) G06K 9/629 (20130101) G06K 9/6269 (20130101) |
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| US 08923773 | Gitlin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard D. Gitlin (Tampa, Florida); Gabriel E. Arrobo (Tampa, Florida); Thomas P. Ketterl (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard D. Gitlin (Tampa, Florida); Gabriel E. Arrobo (Tampa, Florida); Thomas P. Ketterl (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for performing non-invasive networked medical procedures including a number of in vivo medical devices, a communication path between at least two of the devices, an ex vivo control unit to control the behavior of the devices, and a wireless communication path between the control unit and at least one of the devices. An associated method for performing non-invasive networked medical procedures is also provided. Further included is a simulation method that utilizes accurate electromagnetic field simulations, using a software based test bench, to determine the maximum allowable transmitted power levels from in vivo devices to achieve a required bit error rates (BER) at an in vivo or ex vivo node (receiver) while maintaining the specific absorption rate (SAR) under a required threshold. |
| FILED | Friday, December 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/099428 |
| ART UNIT | 2647 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/00006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0024 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 40/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08923948 | Does et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Does (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert Adam Horch (Nashville, Tennessee); Jeffrey S. Nyman (Nashville, Tennessee); Daniel Frank Gochberg (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Does (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert Adam Horch (Nashville, Tennessee); Jeffrey S. Nyman (Nashville, Tennessee); Daniel Frank Gochberg (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for characterizing bone structures are provided for characterizing bone structures. In the system and method, one or more 1H NMR or MRI signals associated with a bone structure are obtained. Thereafter one or more signal parameters are computed from the obtained signals, where each of the signal parameters comprising at least one of a relaxation rate constant or a corresponding signal amplitude associated with a component of the obtained signals defined by a T2 value or a range of T2 values. Finally, the mechanical properties or fracture risk for the bone structure are determined based on the computed signal parameters and stored correlation data. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/151556 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/448 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4816 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08924909 | Clark |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason V. Clark (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing layout data for devices are described. One method includes using a genetic algorithm to determine a structure of a thermally-operated actuator. Another method includes receiving a three-dimensional model of a device, a design-rule set, and parameter ranges. Layout data are produced for devices having various combinations of parameter values in the parameter ranges. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/906974 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5036 (20130101) G06F 17/5068 (20130101) G06F 17/5072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/5081 (20130101) G06F 17/5086 (20130101) G06F 19/00 (20130101) G06F 2217/08 (20130101) G06F 2217/12 (20130101) G06F 2217/64 (20130101) G06F 2217/66 (20130101) Analogue Computers G06G 7/48 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/62 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/82 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE45314 | Toscano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Toscano (Glen Arm, Maryland); Frederick Arthur Brookfield (Abingdon, United Kingdom); Andrew D. Cohen (Mamaroneck, New York); Stephen Martin Courtney (Abingdon, United Kingdom); Lisa Marie Frost (Abingdon, United Kingdom); Vincent Jacob Kalish (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives that donate nitroxyl (HNO) under physiological conditions and are useful in treating and/or preventing the onset and/or development of diseases or conditions that are responsive to nitroxyl therapy, including heart failure and ischemia/reperfusion injury. Novel N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives release NHO at a controlled rate under physiological conditions, and the rate of HNO release is modulated by varying the nature and location of functional groups on the N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/045404 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/604 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08919842 | Ihrke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America As Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Myron A. Diftler (Houston, Texas); Lyndon Bridgwater (Houston, Texas); Vienny Nguyen (Columbus, Ohio); Alexander Millerman (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic system includes a tendon-driven end effector, a linear actuator, a flexible tendon, and a plate assembly. The linear actuator assembly has a servo motor and a drive mechanism, the latter of which translates linearly with respect to a drive axis of the servo motor in response to output torque from the servo motor. The tendon connects to the end effector and drive mechanism. The plate assembly is disposed between the linear actuator assembly and the tendon-driven end effector and includes first and second plates. The first plate has a first side that defines a boss with a center opening. The second plate defines an arcuate through-slot having tendon guide channels. The first plate defines a through passage for the tendon between the center opening and a second side of the first plate. A looped end of the flexible tendon is received within the tendon guide channels. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/175095 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 15/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/29 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08920625 | Ferrari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mauro Ferrari (Houston, Texas); Xuewu Liu (Sugar Land, Texas); Ming-Cheng Cheng (Pearland, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mauro Ferrari (Houston, Texas); Xuewu Liu (Sugar Land, Texas); Ming-Cheng Cheng (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a particle that includes a first porous region and a second porous region that differs from the first porous region. Also provided is a particle that has a wet etched porous region and that does have a nucleation layer associated with wet etching. Methods of making porous particles are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/110515 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/25 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic Removal of Materials From Objects; Apparatus Therefor C25F 3/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08920730 | Roberson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luke B. Roberson (Titusville, Florida); Janine E. Captain (Titusville, Florida); Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida); Trent M. Smith (Melbourne, Florida); LaNetra Clayton Tate (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luke B. Roberson (Titusville, Florida); Janine E. Captain (Titusville, Florida); Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida); Trent M. Smith (Melbourne, Florida); LaNetra Clayton Tate (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemochromic sensor for detecting a combustible gas, such as hydrogen, includes a chemochromic pigment mechanically mixed with a polymer and molded into a rigid or pliable shape. In a preferred embodiment, the chemochromic detector is within the material which is molded into a manufactured part, said part becoming the detector itself. The detector is robust and easily modifiable for a variety of applications and environmental conditions, such as atmospheres of inert gas, hydrogen gas, or mixtures of gases, or in environments that have variable temperature, including high temperatures such as above 100° C. and low temperatures such as below −196° C. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/611856 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class D01F 1/10 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/783 (20130101) |
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| US 08920981 | Smart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marshall C. Smart (Studio City, California); Ratnakumar V. Bugga (Arcadia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marshall C. Smart (Studio City, California); Ratnakumar V. Bugga (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided in one embodiment of the invention an electrolyte for use in a lithium ion electrochemical cell. The electrolyte comprises a mixture of an ethylene carbonate (EC), an ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), an ester cosolvent, and a lithium salt. The ester cosolvent comprises methyl propionate (MP), ethyl propionate (EP), methyl butyrate (MB), ethyl butyrate (EB), propyl butyrate (PB), or butyl butyrate (BB). The electrochemical cell operates in a temperature range of from about −60 degrees Celsius to about 60 degrees Celsius. In another embodiment there is provided a lithium ion electrochemical cell using the electrolyte of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/419473 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 6/164 (20130101) H01M 6/166 (20130101) H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2004/027 (20130101) H01M 2004/028 (20130101) H01M 2300/004 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 08921687 | Welser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger E. Welser (Providence, Rhode Island); Ashok K. Sood (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Magnolia Solar, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger E. Welser (Providence, Rhode Island); Ashok K. Sood (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Photon absorption, and thus current generation, is hindered in conventional thin-film solar cell designs, including quantum well structures, by the limited path length of incident light passing vertically through the device. Optical scattering into lateral waveguide structures provides a physical mechanism to increase photocurrent generation through in-plane light trapping. However, the insertion of wells of high refractive index material with lower energy gap into the device structure often results in lower voltage operation, and hence lower photovoltaic power conversion efficiency. The voltage output of an InGaAs quantum well waveguide photovoltaic device can be increased by employing a III-V material structure with an extended wide band gap emitter heterojunction. Analysis of the light IV characteristics reveals that non-radiative recombination components of the underlying dark diode current have been reduced, exposing the limiting radiative recombination component and providing a pathway for realizing solar-electric conversion efficiency of 30% or more in single junction cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/587530 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/255 |
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| US 08922041 | North et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David D. North (Williamsburg, Virginia); Mark J. Aull (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A kite system includes a kite and a ground station. The ground station includes a sensor that can be utilized to determine an angular position and velocity of the kite relative to the ground station. A controller utilizes a fuzzy logic control system to autonomously fly the kite. The system may include a ground station having powered winding units that generate power as the lines to the kite are unreeled. The control system may be configured to fly the kite in a crosswind trajectory to increase line tension for power generation. The sensors for determining the position of the kite are preferably ground-based. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/765714 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wind Motors F03D 7/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08923269 | Pozhidaev |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aleksey Pozhidaev (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lexycom Technologies Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleksey Pozhidaev (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A precise digital fractional interval timer for software defined radios which vary their waveform on a packet-by-packet basis. The timer allows for variable length in the preamble of the RF packet and allows to adjust boundaries of the TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) Slots of the receiver of an SDR based on the reception of the RF packet of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/535047 |
| ART UNIT | 2472 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/00 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04J 3/0694 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 7/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08924069 | Kaneshige et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John T. Kaneshige (Fremont, California); Kalmanje S. Krishnakumar (Cupertino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. Kaneshige (Fremont, California); Kalmanje S. Krishnakumar (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for control of a first aircraft relative to a second aircraft. A desired location and desired orientation are estimated for the first aircraft, relative to the second aircraft, at a subsequent time, t=t2, subsequent to the present time, t=t1, where the second aircraft continues its present velocity during a subsequent time interval, t1≦t≦t2, or takes evasive action. Action command sequences are examined, and an optimal sequence is chosen to bring the first aircraft to the desired location and desired orientation relative to the second aircraft at time t=t2. The method applies to control of combat aircraft and/or of aircraft in a congested airspace. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/100378 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/27 |
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| US 08924736 | Dusan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sorin V. Dusan (San Jose, California); Charles C. Jorgensen (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of authenticating or declining to authenticate an asserted identity of a candidate-person. In an enrollment phase, a reference PQRST heart action graph is provided or constructed from information obtained from a plurality of graphs that resemble each other for a known reference person, using a first graph comparison metric. In a verification phase, a candidate-person asserts his/her identity and presents a plurality of his/her heart cycle graphs. If a sufficient number of the candidate-person's measured graphs resemble each other, a representative composite graph is constructed from the candidate-person's graphs and is compared with a composite reference graph, for the person whose identity is asserted, using a second graph comparison metric. When the second metric value lies in a selected range, the candidate-person's assertion of identity is accepted. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/793998 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 2009/00939 (20130101) |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08919280 | Haff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald P. Haff (Davis, California); Eric S. Jackson (Lafayette, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald P. Haff (Davis, California); Eric S. Jackson (Lafayette, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for sterile insect technique comprising a plurality of x-ray sources surrounding a container containing insects targeted for reproductive sterilization, wherein the container is at an optimized distance from the x-ray sources, moves at a fixed rate along a direction perpendicular to a plane intersecting the x-ray sources, and rotates about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axes of said x-ray sources. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/242776 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal husbandry 119/6.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08919744 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Travis W. Brown (Leland, Mississippi); Eugene L. Torrans (Leland, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis W. Brown (Leland, Mississippi); Eugene L. Torrans (Leland, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | The aquaculture pond aeration system is essentially comprised of a “u” shaped conduit that extends below the pond bottom. A sparger assembly is positioned below the pond bottom in the outlet side of the conduit. The sparger emits air into the outlet side of the conduit thereby aerating the water and causing a hydrostatic pressure imbalance between the inlet side and the outlet side of the conduit. The pressure imbalance causes the pond water to circulate through the conduit and thereby aerate the aquaculture pond. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/206984 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 61/00 (20130101) A01K 63/04 (20130101) Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/0446 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01F 3/04496 (20130101) |
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| US 08920717 | Nelson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip E. Nelson (West Layfette, Indiana); Richard H. Linton (West Layfayette, Indiana); Yingchang Han (West Layfayette, Indiana); Travis L. Selby (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip E. Nelson (West Layfette, Indiana); Richard H. Linton (West Layfayette, Indiana); Yingchang Han (West Layfayette, Indiana); Travis L. Selby (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method for processing produce to reduce microorganisms thereon by treating the produce in a treatment chamber. The method comprises exposing the produce to an atmosphere comprising gaseous chlorine dioxide and a carrier gas in a treatment chamber and can comprise controlling the concentration of chlorine dioxide in the treatment chamber, moving the produce in the treatment chamber during exposure to the gaseous chlorine dioxide, spraying water to remove the gaseous chlorine dioxide, and purging the treatment chamber to remove any residual chlorine dioxide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/459759 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Preserving, e.g by Canning, Meat, Fish, Eggs, Fruit, Vegetables, Edible Seeds; Chemical Ripening of Fruit or Vegetables; the Preserved, Ripened, or Canned Products A23B 7/152 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08921656 | Belknap et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William R. Belknap (Albany, California); Sophie S. Chang (Oakland, California); David R. Rockhold (El Cerrito, California); Nathaniel T. Taylor (Hayward, California); Kent F. McCue (El Cerrito, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R. Belknap (Albany, California); Sophie S. Chang (Oakland, California); David R. Rockhold (El Cerrito, California); Nathaniel T. Taylor (Hayward, California); Kent F. McCue (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated Solanum Bulbocastanum Bul427 promoter sequences and uses thereof. An exemplary embodiment provides an isolated plant Bul427 promoter comprising a nucleic acid sequence that is at least about 90% identical to nucleotides 1-1154 of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the promoter sequence is capable of controlling transcription in a plant. Other exemplary embodiments provide a method for making a transgenic plant, wherein the method comprises transforming a plant, plant part, or plant cell with an expression vector comprising isolated plant Bul427 promoter operably linked to a heterologous nucleic acid sequence, wherein the isolated plant Bul427 promoter is capable of controlling transcription of the heterologous nucleic acid in a plant, and a transgenic plant made by the method and decendants thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/825500 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8216 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08924031 | Evett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven R. Evett (Amarillo, Texas); Susan A. O'Shaughnessy (Amarillo, Texas); Robert Troy Peters (Prosser, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. Evett (Amarillo, Texas); Susan A. O'Shaughnessy (Amarillo, Texas); Robert Troy Peters (Prosser, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Irrigation of plants or crops is effected using plant canopy temperature measurements. The process and device include an irrigation scheduling algorithm based on an integrated water stress index (WSI) and an integrated WSI set-point. A WSI is calculated at repeated time intervals and compared to an encoded threshold WSI value that is crop and region specific. If the calculated WSI is greater than the encoded WSI value, a unit of integrated WSI (IWSI) is accumulated. If the time integral exceeds the encoded value for a 24 hour period, an irrigation signal is produced, directing the irrigation system where, when and how much to irrigate. The process and device will automatically schedule crop irrigations when the crop is water stressed and may control a moving or static irrigation system to apply the irrigation. Moreover, irrigation applications can be selectively varied over specified control areas or management zones. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/403091 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/284 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08921554 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shih-Yuan Liu (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ashley Lamm (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shih-Yuan Liu (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ashley Lamm (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Aromatic heterocycles incorporating boron and nitrogen atoms, in particular, 1,2-azaborine compounds having the formula and their use as synthetic intermediates. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/844790 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/364 (20130101) |
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| US 08921578 | Haley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | State of Oregon, acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregan Acting by and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregan (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Haley (Eugene, Oregon); Daniel T. Chase (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound having a structure of: wherein X is S, SO, SO2, NR10, O, or Se; R1-R8 are each individually H, amino, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, halogen, alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, nitro, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, cyano, thiol, substituted thiol, thioether, hydroxyl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or substituted cycloalkyl, or R1 and R2 together form an aromatic ring and R5 and R6 together form an aromatic ring; and R10 is selected from H, amino, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, halogen, alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, nitro, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, cyano, thiol, substituted thiol, thioether, hydroxyl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or substituted cycloalkyl. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/712589 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/04 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0074 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0094 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08923978 | Hartman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric C. Hartman (Lexington, Kentucky); L. Gentry Barnett (Lexington, Kentucky); Tarik S. Aweimrin (Lexington, Kentucky); John D. Alton (Versailles, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Customkynetics, Inc. (Versailles, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric C. Hartman (Lexington, Kentucky); L. Gentry Barnett (Lexington, Kentucky); Tarik S. Aweimrin (Lexington, Kentucky); John D. Alton (Versailles, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided for use in performing an exercise involving at least one lower extremity of a human subject. The device may include a base including at least one moveable receiver adapted for engaging the at least one lower extremity. At least one stimulator is provided for applying electrical stimulation at a first level to at least one muscle for causing movement of the at least one lower extremity. A controller is also provided for adjusting the stimulator to apply stimulation to the at least one muscle at a second level based on a volitional movement by the human subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/450558 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/48 |
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| US 08925098 | Hyde et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elwha LLC, a limited liability corporation of the State of Delaware (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elwha LLC (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, Washington); Nicholas F. Pasch (Bellevue, Washington); Clarence T. Tegreene (Mercer Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory device includes but is not limited to a substrate, a non-volatile memory array integrated on the substrate, and data security logic integrated with the non-volatile memory array on the substrate. The data security logic is operable to perform at least one data security function associated with the non-volatile memory array. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/738747 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0238 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 12/1408 (20130101) G06F 12/1425 (20130101) G06F 21/00 (20130101) G06F 2212/202 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 16/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08920789 | Goldberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel S. Goldberg (Durham, North Carolina); Joe Brice Weinberg (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel S. Goldberg (Durham, North Carolina); Joe Brice Weinberg (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides method for sequestering or trapping L-lactate in or near a tumor cell comprising contacting an isolated polymer of D-lactic acid (PDLA) or an equivalent, derivative or analog thereof with the tumor cell so that the PDLA binds L-lactate in or near the cell and thereby sequestering or trapping L-lactate in or near the tumor cells. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/360567 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/765 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0693 (20130101) C12N 2533/40 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/57407 (20130101) |
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| US 08920807 | Rome et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonard H. Rome (Los Angeles, California); Valerie A. Kickhoefer (Los Angeles, California); Steven M. Dubinett (Los Angeles, California); Sherven Sharma (Culver City, California); Upendra K. Kar (Dhenkanal, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard H. Rome (Los Angeles, California); Valerie A. Kickhoefer (Los Angeles, California); Steven M. Dubinett (Los Angeles, California); Sherven Sharma (Culver City, California); Upendra K. Kar (Dhenkanal, India) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions of vault complexes containing recombinant cytokine fusion proteins that include a cytokine and a vault targeting domain, and methods of using the vault complexes to deliver the cytokines to a cell or subject, and methods for using the compositions to treat cancer, such as lung cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/505420 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/00 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 9/96 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/535 (20130101) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08921243 | Lombardi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John L. Lombardi (Tucson, Arizona); Changton Chuchawin (Tucson, Arizona) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Lombardi (Tucson, Arizona); Changton Chuchawin (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A fabric comprising one or more photocatalysts to produce singlet oxygen from ambient oxygen. In certain embodiments, the fabric further comprises a compound to reversibly react with singlet oxygen to form an endoperoxide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/263732 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Separation B01D 53/885 (20130101) B01D 2257/91 (20130101) B01D 2259/802 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/38 (20130101) B01J 31/183 (20130101) B01J 31/1815 (20130101) B01J 35/004 (20130101) B01J 37/0219 (20130101) B01J 2531/025 (20130101) B01J 2531/31 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/1836 (20130101) |
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| US 08922898 | Legerton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerome Legerton (Hansville, Washington); William Meyers (Hansville, Washington); Hermann Neidlinger (Hansville, Washington); Randall B. Sprague (Hansville, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Innovega Inc. (Hansville, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome Legerton (Hansville, Washington); William Meyers (Hansville, Washington); Hermann Neidlinger (Hansville, Washington); Randall B. Sprague (Hansville, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes molding a lens, the lens including a front portion and a rear portion and an intermediate portion therebetween, the rear portion adapted to be disposed in the direction of the back of the eye, the front portion adapted to be disposed in the direction of the front of an eye, wherein molding the lens includes disposing conductive parallel nanofilaments on or within the lens. A molded contact lens includes a rear portion adapted to be disposed in the direction of the back of the eye, and a front portion that is adapted to be disposed in the direction of the front of the eye. The molded lens includes conductive parallel nanofilaments located on or within a central region of the molded lens. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/354102 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/20 (20130101) G02B 5/30 (20130101) G02B 5/1876 (20130101) G02B 27/0172 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2027/015 (20130101) G02B 2027/0123 (20130101) Spectacles; Sunglasses or Goggles Insofar as They Have the Same Features as Spectacles; Contact Lenses G02C 7/04 (20130101) G02C 7/083 (20130101) G02C 7/101 (20130101) |
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 08921774 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 908 Devices Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 908 Devices Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher D. Brown (Los Gatos, California); Glenn A. Harris (Boston, Massachusetts); Evgeny Krylov (Franklin, Massachusetts); Scott Miller (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Mass spectrometers and methods for measuring information about samples using mass spectrometry are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/268288 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Incandescent Lamps H01K 49/0031 (20130101) |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08920675 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Jun Xu (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pixelligent Technologies, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Xu (Greenbelt, Maryland); Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams (Lanham, Maryland); Yijun Wang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Robert J. Wiacek (Silver Spring, Maryland); Xia Bai (Olney, Maryland); Linfeng Gou (Greenbelt, Maryland); Selina I. Thomas (Hyattsville, Maryland); Jun Xu (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/881891 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/10 (20130101) C30B 7/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/16 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/00 (20130101) |
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Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08920128 | Matwey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Matwey (Phoenix, Arizona); David K. Jan (Fountain Hills, Arizona); Srinivas Jaya Chunduru (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Matwey (Phoenix, Arizona); David K. Jan (Fountain Hills, Arizona); Srinivas Jaya Chunduru (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a gas turbine engine cooling system for deployment within a gas turbine engine are provided, as are embodiment of a method for producing a gas turbine engine cooling system. In one embodiment, the gas turbine engine cooling system includes an impeller having a hub, a plurality of hub bleed air passages, and a central bleed air conduit. The plurality of hub bleed air passages each have an inlet formed in an outer circumferential surface of the hub and an outlet formed in an inner circumferential surface of the hub. The central bleed air conduit is fluidly coupled to the outlets of the plurality of hub bleed air passages and is configured to conduct bleed air discharged by the plurality of hub bleed air passages to a section of the gas turbine engine downstream of the impeller to provide cooling air thereto. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/277034 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/085 (20130101) |
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Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 08923830 | Davitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Davitz (Danville, California); Sugato Basu (Redwood City, California); Jiye Yu (Menlo Park, California); David Gutelius (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for knowledge generation and deployment in a distributed network. In one embodiment, a method for processing messages in a social network includes receiving a new message from a first node in the network, the new message including a query, providing the first node with an answer to the query, if the answer is located in a repository, and initiating generation of the answer, if the answer is not located in the repository. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/150980 |
| ART UNIT | 2645 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30545 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/588 (20130101) H04L 51/32 (20130101) H04L 67/104 (20130101) H04L 67/303 (20130101) H04L 67/1072 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 08923433 | Dally |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Dally (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An equalizer provided in a digital transmitter compensates for attenuation in a signal channel to a digital receiver. The equalizer generates signal levels as a logical function of bit history to emphasize transition signal levels relative to repeated signal levels. The preferred equalizer includes an FIR transition filter using a look-up table. Parallel circuits including FIR filters and digital-to-analog converters provide a high speed equalizer with lower speed circuitry. The equalizer is particularly suited to in-cabinet and local area network transmissions where feedback circuitry facilitates adaptive training of the equalizer. |
| FILED | Monday, February 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/170685 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/1081 (20130101) H04B 3/04 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0042 (20130101) H04L 25/0272 (20130101) H04L 25/0282 (20130101) H04L 25/03025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 25/03343 (20130101) H04L 25/03878 (20130101) H04L 25/03885 (20130101) H04L 27/01 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08924189 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kay S. Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia); Eric P. Bouillet (Jersey City, New Jersey); Parijat Dube (Hicksville, New York); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kay S. Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia); Eric P. Bouillet (Jersey City, New Jersey); Parijat Dube (Hicksville, New York); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for workload generation include a processor for identifying a workload model by determining each of a hierarchy for workload generation, time scales for workload generation, and states and transitions at each of the time scales, and defining a parameter by determining each of fields for user specific attributes, application specific attributes, network specific attributes, content specific attributes, and a probability distribution function for each of the attributes; a user level template unit corresponding to a relatively slow time scale in signal communication with the processor; an application level template corresponding to a relatively faster time scale in signal communication with the processor; a stream level template corresponding to a relatively fastest time scale in signal communication with the processor; and a communications adapter in signal communication with the processor for defining a workload generating unit responsive to the template units. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/128959 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/3414 (20130101) 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 10/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 10/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08923978 | Hartman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric C. Hartman (Lexington, Kentucky); L. Gentry Barnett (Lexington, Kentucky); Tarik S. Aweimrin (Lexington, Kentucky); John D. Alton (Versailles, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Customkynetics, Inc. (Versailles, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric C. Hartman (Lexington, Kentucky); L. Gentry Barnett (Lexington, Kentucky); Tarik S. Aweimrin (Lexington, Kentucky); John D. Alton (Versailles, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided for use in performing an exercise involving at least one lower extremity of a human subject. The device may include a base including at least one moveable receiver adapted for engaging the at least one lower extremity. At least one stimulator is provided for applying electrical stimulation at a first level to at least one muscle for causing movement of the at least one lower extremity. A controller is also provided for adjusting the stimulator to apply stimulation to the at least one muscle at a second level based on a volitional movement by the human subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/450558 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08919134 | Tatman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil L. Tatman (Brentwood, New Hampshire); Christopher J. Larson (Newfield, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil L. Tatman (Brentwood, New Hampshire); Christopher J. Larson (Newfield, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly for gas turbine engine includes a cross-over housing, an inter-shaft seal housing, and a linkage. The inter-shaft seal housing is disposed within the cross-over housing. The linkage is connected to the inter-shaft seal housing and extends through a slot in the cross-over housing. The linkage is removable from both the inner radial housing and the outer radial housing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/013885 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 25/162 (20130101) F01D 25/183 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/28 (20130101) F02C 7/36 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/55 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08919724 | Rangaswamy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anjali Rangaswamy (Redondo Beach, California); Geoffrey A. Long (Torrance, California); Kelly L. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Gregory L. Klotz (La Verne, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anjali Rangaswamy (Redondo Beach, California); Geoffrey A. Long (Torrance, California); Kelly L. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Gregory L. Klotz (La Verne, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mount for a mountable element includes a frame, and a plurality of flexures supported by the frame. The plurality of flexures are configured to be outwardly extended against a restorative bias, so that the element can be inserted therebetween. The mount further includes a plurality of intermediate bonds that may be inserted between the plurality of flexures and the element while the plurality of flexures are outwardly extended. Among other things, a system and method mounting the element are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/862596 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 7/028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921064 | Sherman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Merry R. Sherman (San Carlos, California); Mark G. P. Saifer (San Carlos, California); L. David Williams (Fremont, California); Michael S. Hershfield (Durham, North Carolina); Susan J. Kelly (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mountain View Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Merry R. Sherman (San Carlos, California); Mark G. P. Saifer (San Carlos, California); L. David Williams (Fremont, California); Michael S. Hershfield (Durham, North Carolina); Susan J. Kelly (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A naturally occurring or recombinant protein, especially a mutein of porcine urate oxidase (uricase), that is essentially free of large aggregates can be rendered substantially non-immunogenic by conjugation with a sufficiently small number of strands of polymer such that the bioactivity of the protein is essentially retained in the conjugate. Such conjugates are unusually well suited for treatment of chronic conditions because they are less likely to induce the formation of antibodies and/or accelerated clearance than are similar conjugates prepared from protein preparations containing traces of large aggregates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/085793 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0046 (20130101) C12N 9/96 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08921443 | Herr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald E. Herr (Lancaster, Pennsylvania); Shengqian Kong (Hillsborough, New Jersey); Sharon Chaplinsky (Ringoes, New Jersey); Allison Yue Xiao (Belle Mead, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Henkel IP and Holding GmbH (Duesseldorf, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Herr (Lancaster, Pennsylvania); Shengqian Kong (Hillsborough, New Jersey); Sharon Chaplinsky (Ringoes, New Jersey); Allison Yue Xiao (Belle Mead, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation curable temporary laminating adhesive composition for use in temperature applications at 150° C. or greater, and typically at 200° C. or greater, comprises (A) a hydrogenated polybutadiene diacrylate; (B) a radical photoinitiator; and (C) a diluent. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/618203 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 9/00 (20130101) C08L 33/04 (20130101) C08L 2312/06 (20130101) Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 4/06 (20130101) C09J 115/00 (20130101) C09J 115/00 (20130101) C09J 133/04 (20130101) C09J 133/04 (20130101) C09J 147/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, December 30, 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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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 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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