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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 06, 2015
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| US 08925623 | Sauer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rohn Sauer (Encino, California); Scott Johnson (Torrance, California); Ediberto R. Garcia (Westchester, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a heat exchanger, heat sink or coldwall having a machined manifold for receiving a plurality of individual, modular micro-channel heat exchanger elements. The manifold further includes a parallel flow network or flow distribution network for distributing a cooling fluid uniformly to all micro-channel heat exchanger elements. Each micro-channel heat exchanger element is individually manufactured and tested prior to integration with the manifold. The design of the micro-channel heat exchanger elements may include a straight fin, a high density fin, lanced offset fin, and perforated offset layers fin configurations. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/660963 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 1/0012 (20130101) B23K 2201/14 (20130101) Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 15/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Steam or Vapour Condensers F28B 9/02 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 1/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08925882 | Miller |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (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) | Dennis B. Miller (Rising Sun, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A mount for a telemetry receiver having a data connector and used in conjunction with a cage for housing animals and having at least one wall. The mount includes a base plate and a pair of rails which are attached to the base plate. These rails are dimensioned to slidably receive opposed sides of the telemetry receiver. The base plate includes at least one opening aligned with the telemetry receiver data connector when the telemetry receiver is inserted between the rails. The opening is dimensioned to receive a data cable therethrough. A fastener then secures the base plate to the inside of the wall of the cage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/796516 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Frames, Casings or Beds of Engines, Machines or Apparatus, Not Specific to Engines, Machines or Apparatus Provided for Elsewhere; Stands; Supports F16M 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08926270 | Karafillis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Apostolos Pavlos Karafillis (Winchester, Massachusetts); William Hasting (Cinicinnati, Ohio); Michael Hogan (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Apostolos Pavlos Karafillis (Winchester, Massachusetts); William Hasting (Cinicinnati, Ohio); Michael Hogan (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine flowpath apparatus is provided for a gas turbine engine having a centerline axis. The apparatus includes: an annular flowpath member of low-ductility material, the flowpath member having a flowpath surface and an opposed back surface, and having a cross-sectional shape comprising a generally cylindrical forward section and an aft section that extends aft and radially outward at a non-perpendicular, non-parallel angle to the centerline axis; an annular stationary structure surrounding the flowpath member; and an annular centering spring disposed between the stationary structure and the flowpath member, the centering spring urging the flowpath member towards a centered position within the stationary structure. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/971893 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 11/08 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2250/75 (20130101) F05D 2260/38 (20130101) F05D 2300/518 (20130101) |
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| US 08926732 | Bara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason E. Bara (Denver, Colorado); Trevor K. Carlisle (Boulder, Colorado); Evan S. Hatakeyama (Boulder, Colorado); Douglas L. Gin (Longmont, Colorado); Richard D. Noble (Boulder, Colorado); Robert L. Kerr (Longmont, Colorado); Andrew L. LaFrate (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason E. Bara (Denver, Colorado); Trevor K. Carlisle (Boulder, Colorado); Evan S. Hatakeyama (Boulder, Colorado); Douglas L. Gin (Longmont, Colorado); Richard D. Noble (Boulder, Colorado); Robert L. Kerr (Longmont, Colorado); Andrew L. LaFrate (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides gels, solutions, films, membranes, compositions, and other materials containing polymerized and/or non-polymerized room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs). These materials are useful in catalysis, gas separation and as antistatic agents. The RTILs are preferably imidazolium-based RTILs which are optionally substituted, such as with one or more hydroxyl groups. Optionally, the materials of the present invention are composite materials comprising both polymerized and non-polymerized RTILs. The RTIL polymer is formed from polymerized RTIL cations typically synthesized as monomers and polymerized in the presence of the non-polymerized RTIL cations to provide a solid composite material. The non-polymerized RTIL cations are not covalently bound to the cationic polymer but remain as free cations within the composite material able to associate with charged subunits of the polymer. These composite materials are useful in catalysis, gas separation, and antistatic applications. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/386780 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/228 (20130101) B01D 67/0006 (20130101) B01D 69/10 (20130101) B01D 69/12 (20130101) B01D 71/62 (20130101) B01D 2252/30 (20130101) B01D 2256/10 (20130101) B01D 2256/16 (20130101) B01D 2256/22 (20130101) B01D 2256/245 (20130101) B01D 2257/102 (20130101) B01D 2257/108 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2257/7025 (20130101) B01D 2323/30 (20130101) B01D 2323/345 (20130101) B01D 2325/16 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/06 (20130101) B01J 31/0284 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/0616 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 5/3445 (20130101) C08K 5/3445 (20130101) C08K 5/3445 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 79/04 (20130101) C08L 79/04 (20130101) C08L 79/04 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 19/348 (20130101) C09K 19/582 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09K 19/3823 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/10 (20130101) Y02C 20/20 (20130101) |
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| US 08926933 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mei Zhang (Plano, Texas); Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Kenneth Ross Atkinson (Highton, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mei Zhang (Plano, Texas); Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Kenneth Ross Atkinson (Highton, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of making nanofiber yarns. In some embodiments, the nanotube yarns comprise carbon nanotubes. Particularly, such carbon nanotube yarns of the present invention provide unique properties and property combinations such as extreme toughness, resistance to failure at knots, high electrical and thermal conductivities, high absorption of energy that occurs reversibly, up to 13% strain-to-failure compared with the few percent strain-to-failure of other fibers with similar toughness, very high resistance to creep, retention of strength even when heated in air at 450° C. for one hour, and very high radiation and UV resistance, even when irradiated in air. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/718954 |
| 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 10/00 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses of Section D, Relating to Textiles D10B 2101/122 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 2001/1515 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/36 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/5206 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) Y10S 977/745 (20130101) Y10S 977/843 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) Y10S 977/848 (20130101) |
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| US 08926994 | Serda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Methodist Hospital Research Institute (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Methodist Hospital Research Institute (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rita Elena Serda (Pearland, Texas); Ismail Mustafa Meraz (Pearland, Texas); Jianhua Gu (Houston, Texas); Xiaojun Xia (Houston, Texas); Haifa Shen (Bellaire, Texas); Tong Sun (Houston, Texas); Mauro Ferrari (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are mesoporous silicon multi-stage vehicles that comprise liposomal-based second-stage particles, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and formulations including such vectors for use in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic indications. In particular embodiments, MSV comprising ligand decorated second-stage particles are provided for therapeutic methods including, for example, treatment of mammalian cancers, including those of the human breast. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/708888 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/143 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 47/48861 (20130101) A61K 47/48876 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) |
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| US 08927057 | Bol et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ageeth A. Bol (Yorktown Heights, New York); Roy A. Carruthers (Stormville, New York); Jack O. Chu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alfred Grill (Yorktown Heights, New York); Christian Lavoie (Yorktown Heights, New York); Katherine L. Saenger (Yorktown Heights, New York); James C. Tsang (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ageeth A. Bol (Yorktown Heights, New York); Roy A. Carruthers (Stormville, New York); Jack O. Chu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alfred Grill (Yorktown Heights, New York); Christian Lavoie (Yorktown Heights, New York); Katherine L. Saenger (Yorktown Heights, New York); James C. Tsang (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a single, few-layer, or multi-layer graphene and structure is described incorporating selecting a substrate having a buried layer of carbon underneath a metal layer, providing an ambient and providing a heat treatment to pass carbon through the metal layer to form a graphene layer on the metal layer surface or incorporating a metal-carbon layer which is heated to segregate carbon in the form of graphene to the surface or chemically reacting the metal in the metal-carbon layer with a substrate containing Si driving the carbon to the surface whereby graphene is formed. |
| FILED | Monday, February 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/710333 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — 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) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0446 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08927079 | Leventis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aerogel Technologies, LLC (Glendale, Wisconsin) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Chakkaravarthy Chidambareswarapattar (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoporous three-dimensional networks of polyurethane particles, e.g., polyurethane aerogels, and methods of preparation are presented herein. Such nanoporous networks may include polyurethane particles made up of linked polyisocyanate and polyol monomers. In some cases, greater than about 95% of the linkages between the polyisocyanate monomers and the polyol monomers are urethane linkages. To prepare such networks, a mixture including polyisocyanate monomers (e.g., diisocyanates, triisocyanates), polyol monomers (diols, triols), and a solvent is provided. The polyisocyanate and polyol monomers may be aliphatic or aromatic. A polyurethane catalyst is added to the mixture causing formation of linkages between the polyisocyanate monomers and the polyol monomers. Phase separation of particles from the reaction medium can be controlled to enable formation of polyurethane networks with desirable nanomorphologies, specific surface area, and mechanical properties. Various properties of such networks of polyurethane particles (e.g., strength, stiffness, flexibility, thermal conductivity) may be tailored depending on which monomers are provided in the reaction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/687990 |
| ART UNIT | 1782 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/02 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/06 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2201/04 (20130101) C08J 2205/026 (20130101) C08J 2205/042 (20130101) C08J 2375/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08927087 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kuan-Neng Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan); Bruce K. Furman (Plattsburgh, New York); Sampath Purushothaman (Yorktown Heights, New York); David L. Rath (Stormville, New York); Anna W. Topol (Wappingers Falls, New York); Cornelia K. Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Bonding of substrates including metal-dielectric patterns on a surface with the metal raised above the dielectric, as well as related structures, are disclosed. One structure includes: a first substrate having a metal-dielectric pattern on a surface thereof, the metal-dielectric pattern including: a metal having a concave upper surface; and a dielectric having a substantially uniform upper surface, wherein the metal on the first substrate is raised above the dielectric on the first substrate; and a second substrate bonded with the first substrate, the second substrate including: a dielectric; and a metal positioned substantially below the dielectric of the second substrate, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded only at the metal from the first substrate and the metal from the second substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/028974 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 20/023 (20130101) B23K 20/24 (20130101) B23K 20/233 (20130101) B23K 2201/42 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 24/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 24/12 (20130101) |
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| US 08927243 | Ewert |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matt Ewert (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns compositions and methods of extracting infectious pathogens from a volume of blood. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of creating a fibrin aggregate confining the pathogens and introducing a fibrin lysis reagent to expose the pathogens for analysis. The present invention also concerns materials and methods for removing aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) from a sample. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/725568 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 51/42 (20130101) C07C 65/40 (20130101) Peptides C07K 17/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 33/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/101 (20130101) C12N 15/1003 (20130101) C12N 15/1006 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/04 (20130101) C12Q 1/24 (20130101) C12Q 1/56 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 2523/113 (20130101) C12Q 2527/119 (20130101) C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) C12Q 2527/127 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/34 (20130101) G01N 33/86 (20130101) |
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| US 08927244 | Schofield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Alexander Schofield (Hollywood, South Carolina); Augustine Anthony Dinovo (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Guild Associates, Inc. (Dublin, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Alexander Schofield (Hollywood, South Carolina); Augustine Anthony Dinovo (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods, devices, systems and compositions for detecting and/or modifying chemical agents. In some embodiments, a biosensor may be configured to detect a chemical agent, modify that agent to a form with reduced toxicity, and/or detect the modified form of the chemical agent. The present disclosure also relates, in some embodiments, to variant organophosphorus hydrolase having one or more desirable amino acid substitutions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/241574 |
| 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 | 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 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/84 (20130101) G01N 2333/39 (20130101) |
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| US 08927260 | Chin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert C. Chin (Austin, Texas); Ronald E. Ham (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fabrico Technology, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Chin (Austin, Texas); Ronald E. Ham (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An analyte detection system includes a detector situated close to a well of a substrate. The well includes conjugated paramagnetic beads. The detection system also includes a magnetic field generator that provides an oscillating magnetic field in the well and the detector, an oscillator circuit coupled to the detector, and a circuit coupled to the detector that detect the conjugated paramagnetic beads. A method includes applying a magnetic field to well of a substrate with conjugated paramagnetic beads, alternating the polarity of the magnetic field, detecting a waveform associated with the alternating magnetic field, and associating the waveform with the quantity of conjugated paramagnetic beads. An analyte detection kit includes a substrate with an attached antibody that is reactive to the analyte, a conjugated paramagnetic particle, and a conjugated paramagnetic particle detector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/024227 |
| 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 | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/58 (20130101) G01N 33/54326 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08927319 | 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); Jeramy Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kyusang Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kuen-Ting Shiu (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed methods of making photosensitive devices, such as flexible photovoltaic (PV) devices, through the use of epitaxial liftoff. Also described herein are methods of preparing flexible PV devices comprising a structure having a growth substrate, wherein the selective etching of protective layers yields a smooth growth substrate that us suitable for reuse. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/750660 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/7813 (20130101) H01L 31/0735 (20130101) H01L 31/1852 (20130101) H01L 31/1892 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1896 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) |
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| US 08927354 | Chou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia); The United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of The Navy (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia); The United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of The Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yeong-Chang Chou (Irvine, California); Jay Crawford (Long Beach, California); Jane Lee (Torrance, California); Jeffrey Ming-Jer Yang (Cerritos, California); John Bradley Boos (Springfield, Virginia); Nicolas Alexandrou Papanicolaou (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus in one example comprises an antimonide-based compound semiconductor (ABCS) stack, an upper barrier layer formed on the ABCS stack, and a gate stack formed on the upper barrier layer. The upper barrier layer comprises indium, aluminum, and arsenic. The gate stack comprises a base layer of titanium and tungsten formed on the upper barrier layer. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/793251 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 29/66431 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08927509 | Shi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hua Shi (Ithaca, New York); Albert J. T. Millis (Schenectady, New York); Kimi Nishikawa (Greenwich, New York); Prabhat Kumar Mallik (Watervliet, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hua Shi (Ithaca, New York); Albert J. T. Millis (Schenectady, New York); Kimi Nishikawa (Greenwich, New York); Prabhat Kumar Mallik (Watervliet, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to nucleic acid aptamers that recognize and bind the complement protein C3 or its biologically active proteolytic products and methods of their use. Particularly preferred are bi-functional aptamer construct that binding specifically with C3b or iC3b, and another target protein. Use of these molecular constructs for commandeering the opsonization process is also described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/469483 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 41/0052 (20130101) A61K 49/1809 (20130101) A61K 49/1863 (20130101) A61K 49/1872 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) |
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| US 08927578 | Uesugi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Houston, Texas); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Qian Mao (Houston, Texas); Shinji Kamisuki (Chiba, Japan); Akira Kugimiya (Osaka, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Houston, Texas); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Qian Mao (Houston, Texas); Shinji Kamisuki (Chiba, Japan); Akira Kugimiya (Osaka, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizing fatostatin A and/or a derivative and/or analog thereof. In other aspects, the compound for treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizes an A-B-C tripartite structure, wherein A, B, and C are identical or non-identical structures and are described in detail herein. In specific aspects, the metabolic disorder includes obesity or diabetes, for example. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/484702 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4709 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/10 (20130101) C07D 277/22 (20130101) C07D 277/24 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) |
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| US 08927685 | Davis |
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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) | Matthew C. Davis (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A renewable chemical feedstock derived from the essential oils from herbs and other plants. In embodiments, trans-anethole are transformed into thermoset and thermoplastic compositions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/030179 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 263/00 (20130101) C07C 265/14 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 65/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08927734 | Caruana et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick Caruana (Waldorf, Maryland); Bradley Sleadd (La Plata, Maryland); John Fronabarger (Sun Lakes, Arizona); Michael D. Williams (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Caruana (Waldorf, Maryland); Bradley Sleadd (La Plata, Maryland); John Fronabarger (Sun Lakes, Arizona); Michael D. Williams (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A batch reactor process for the synthesis of potassium 5,7-dinitro-[2,1,3]-benzoxadiazol-4-olate-3-oxide (KDNP) from 3-bromo-2,4,6-trinitroanisole (ETNA) includes adding BTNA to a reaction vessel containing potassium azide (KN3) and water (H2O). The resulting mixture is heated to 90° C. followed by cooling to room temperature and agitating the final solution. The precipitate KDNP product is recovered by filtration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/986710 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 271/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08927910 | Wirtz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Wirtz (Reno, Nevada); Sean Penley (Reno, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on Behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Wirtz (Reno, Nevada); Sean Penley (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical heat production device comprising a thin resistive layer sandwiched between a pair of plates having high thermal and electrical conductivity, the stack of layers being insulated around the side surfaces. When a voltage potential is applied across the plates in the disclosed electrical heat production device, an electrical current flows across the resistive layer producing heat within the resistive layer that is conducted through the plates and across the outer surfaces of the plates. A guard heater can be positioned adjacent to one of the outer plate surfaces to bias the heat flow from the resistive layer toward the opposite outer plate surface, such that the apparatus can have a single planar heating surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/457282 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 3/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05B 3/26 (20130101) H05B 2203/009 (20130101) H05B 2203/013 (20130101) |
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| US 08927915 | Clark |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank O. Clark (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank O. Clark (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and a method for intercepting a rocket body during boost phase. A sensor is arranged to detect thermal emission in a range that is characteristic of a firing rocket body. The image detected by the sensor is applied to an analog-to-digital converter for digitization and application to a computer that includes a routine for separating the modulated photon energy of the detected image from the substantially unmodulated photon energy that characterizes rocket body emissions. The unmodulated photon energy, signature of the rocket body, may be utilized by a fire control system for tracking, targeting and aiming munitions at the firing rocket body. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/531286 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Weapon Sights; Aiming F41G 7/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08927933 | Feng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Simin Feng (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simin Feng (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual-band wide-angle absorber/thermal emitter includes at least one primary layer having a permittivity described by the Drude-Lorentz model. At least one reflective secondary layer is associated with the primary layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/398579 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08928161 | Loverich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacob J. Loverich (State College, Pennsylvania); David R. Kraige (State College, Pennsylvania); Jeremy E. Frank (Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania); Richard T. Geiger (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KCF Technologies, Inc. (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob J. Loverich (State College, Pennsylvania); David R. Kraige (State College, Pennsylvania); Jeremy E. Frank (Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania); Richard T. Geiger (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for harvesting energy from motion of a prosthetic limb, wherein the prosthetic limb has motion in at least one degree of freedom, may include a hydraulic amplifier mechanically coupled with a generator. The hydraulic amplifier may include an input member configured to receive an input motion when a first motion in a degree of freedom of the prosthetic limb causes pressure and motion of hydraulic fluid. The hydraulic amplifier is configured to amplify the input motion of the input member to a greater output motion. The generator is configured to convert mechanical energy of the output motion into corresponding electrical energy delivered to one of an electrical load and an electrical storage reservoir. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/481769 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/708 (20130101) A61F 2002/745 (20130101) A61F 2002/5006 (20130101) Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 5/06 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 7/1853 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert A. Hickman (Palos Verdes Estates, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Hickman (Palos Verdes Estates, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy generation apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base, a sidewall enclosing a perimeter of the base to define a first volume, and a tube having a first end and a second end. The base includes a solar energy collection surface. The first end of the tube is disposed in the first volume adjacent the base, and the second end of the tube is disposed in a second volume outside of the first volume. The apparatus also includes a fluid flow initiator to initiate a flow of a fluid from the first volume to the second volume through the tube when the fluid in the first volume has been heated by the solar energy collection surface to generate a super-adiabatic lapse rate. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/807606 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Wind Motors F03D 9/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors, to Machines or Engines for Liquids Covered by Subclasses F03B, F03D and F03G F05B 2240/131 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/72 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. Cripe (Mount Vernon, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Cripe (Mount Vernon, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, device and system is disclosed for high efficiency power amplification of a signal over a broad range of output power. Two broad-banded, parallel-tuned class E power amplifiers are combined through a lossless half wave transmission line combiner and configured to operate in an outphased arrangement to permit amplitude modulation. Asymmetrical shunt tuned switches are tuned for efficient amplitude modulation while asymmetrical drain inductors provide enhanced efficiency at outphased conditions over that of a symmetrical circuit. The drain source inductors and transmission components are tuned for maximum efficiency at full power output and for minimum dissipation a zero power output. At zero degrees outphasing, the circuit operates as a conventional Class-E power amplifier. However, at 180 degrees outphasing, each quarterwave line in the combiner reflects back all incident power, permitting the circuit to operate as an unloaded resonant switching circuit. |
| FILED | Monday, November 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/674203 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 3/2176 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08928456 | St. George et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul St. George (Vadnais Heights, Minnesota); Patrick Vue (Champlin, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | APG Cash Drawer, LLC (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul St. George (Vadnais Heights, Minnesota); Patrick Vue (Champlin, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Cash drawers that are operated by wireless devices are disclosed. A cash drawer illustratively includes a communication interface that receives commands from a wireless device, and a controller that process the command received from the wireless device. The cash drawer may optionally include a reader that reads an identifier associated with the wireless device. The reader is illustratively an RFID reader and the identifier is an RFID tag associated with the wireless device. Alternatively, the reader is an NFC reader and the identifier is an NFC chip associated with the wireless device. In another embodiment, the cash drawer includes an identifier that is configured to be read by a wireless device. The identifier is illustratively either barcode, an RFID tag, or an NFC chip. The cash drawer may also include an indicator that identifies when the wireless device is authorized to operate the cash drawer. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/299744 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Registering the Receipt of Cash, Valuables, or Tokens G07G 1/14 (20130101) G07G 1/0018 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G07G 1/0027 (20130101) |
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| US 08928543 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zheng Wang (Austin, Texas); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); Zhiyu Wang (Jinan, China PRC); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Lixin Ran (Hangzhou, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Wang (Austin, Texas); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); Zhiyu Wang (Jinan, China PRC); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Lixin Ran (Hangzhou, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A gyrotropic metamaterial structure that include a plurality of chiral metamaterials forming one or more pairs of dipole structures. A plurality of lumped circuits are positioned between the one or more pairs of dipole structures. The lumped circuits have a plurality of subwavelengths antennas that are combined to change the polarization states of an incident polarized wave by producing Faraday-like rotation allowing for nomeciprocal propagation of the incident polarized wave. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/548572 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/002 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 15/12 (20130101) H01Q 15/0086 (20130101) H01Q 15/246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08928581 | Braun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam C. Braun (Portland, Oregon); Jonathan L. Beamer (Hanover, New Hampshire); Dean C. Chang (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Immersion Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam C. Braun (Portland, Oregon); Jonathan L. Beamer (Hanover, New Hampshire); Dean C. Chang (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A force feedback system provides components for use in a force feedback system including a host computer and a force feedback interface device. An architecture for a host computer allows multi-tasking application programs to interface with the force feedback device without conflicts. One embodiment of a force feedback device provides both relative position reporting and absolute position reporting to allow great flexibility. A different device embodiment provides relative position reporting device allowing maximum compatibility with existing software. Information such as ballistic parameters and screen size sent from the host to the force feedback device allow accurate mouse positions and graphical object positions to be determined in the force feedback environment. Force feedback effects and structures are further described, such as events and enclosures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/225899 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2203/014 (20130101) |
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| US 08928665 | Fonseca Da Trindade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joana M. Fonseca Da Trindade (Champaign, Illinois); Anastasios Kementsietsidis (New York, New York); Mudhakar Srivatsa (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joana M. Fonseca Da Trindade (Champaign, Illinois); Anastasios Kementsietsidis (New York, New York); Mudhakar Srivatsa (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for supporting dynamic provenance annotations over data graphs. A method includes receiving a plurality of dynamic graphs representing dynamic provenance data. The method further includes evaluating a provenance query over the plurality of dynamic graphs to obtain an answer to the provenance query. The method additionally includes providing the answer to the provenance query to a user, using at least a display device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/164914 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08928988 | Ford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph E. Ford (Solana Beach, California); Eric Tremblay (Fruitvale, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph E. Ford (Solana Beach, California); Eric Tremblay (Fruitvale, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided to enable the capture of large (e.g., Gigapixel) images with high image quality using optical imaging systems that have a small form factor. The disclosed systems can be manufactured in a cost effective fashion, and can be readily assembled, aligned, tested and utilized. One such system comprises a monocentric primary optics section that includes one or more surfaces adapted to form a symmetrical arrangement around a common point of origin. The system also includes a secondary optics section that includes a plurality of secondary optics subsections, where each secondary optics subsection can intercept at least a portion of the light collected by the monocentric primary optics section. The combination of the primary optics section and the secondary optics section is adapted to form an image. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/437907 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/08 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 7/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08929415 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seheon Kim (Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Barnard, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | Photonic crystal cavities and related devices and methods are described. The described cavities can be used as lasers, photovoltaic sources, and single photon sources. The cavities can be both optically and electrically pumped. A fabrication process of the cavities is also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/095372 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0352 (20130101) H01L 31/035281 (20130101) H01L 33/0045 (20130101) H01L 2933/0083 (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 5/34 (20130101) H01S 5/041 (20130101) H01S 5/105 (20130101) H01S 5/183 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/3412 (20130101) H01S 5/18319 (20130101) H01S 5/18327 (20130101) H01S 5/18352 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 08929589 | Publicover et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nelson G. Publicover (Reno, Nevada); William C. Torch (Reno, Nevada); Christopher N. Spitler (Fernley, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eyefluence, Inc. (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nelson G. Publicover (Reno, Nevada); William C. Torch (Reno, Nevada); Christopher N. Spitler (Fernley, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is mounted within eyewear or headwear to unobtrusively produce and track reference locations on the surface of one or both eyes of an observer. The system utilizes multiple illumination sources and/or multiple cameras to generate and observe glints from multiple directions. The use of multiple illumination sources and cameras can compensate for the complex, three-dimensional geometry of the head and anatomical variations of the head and eye region that occurs among individuals. The system continuously tracks the initial placement and any slippage of eyewear or headwear. In addition, the use of multiple illumination sources and cameras can maintain high-precision, dynamic eye tracking as an eye moves through its full physiological range. Furthermore, illumination sources placed in the normal line-of-sight of the device wearer increase the accuracy of gaze tracking by producing reference vectors that are close to the visual axis of the device wearer. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/290948 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00604 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Caulfield (Santa Barbara, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John Caulfield (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Detection of a target object or a characteristic of that object, e.g. temperature or movement in an image of a scene at a focal plane of the image and with processing of signals representative of the image occurring at that focal plane with a sensor and an integrated circuit processor on an imaging circuit chip used to record the scene. Moreover, processing of the signals representative of the image and the object or characteristic of the object can all be processed in parallel. This arrangement allows for filtering of objects with the ability to distinguish the object generating signals from background clutter. The incorporation of the entire circuit in this integrated circuit chip increases the compactness and efficiency. Moreover, all signal processing will occur at the focal plane eliminates the need for external processing electronics thereby increasing compactness and efficiency while reducing spatial noise. |
| FILED | Sunday, January 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/740227 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/217 (20130101) H04N 5/335 (20130101) H04N 5/378 (20130101) H04N 5/23245 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 21 CT, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 21 CT, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thayne R. Coffman (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A stochastic method and system for fast stereoscopic ranging includes selecting a pair of images for stereo processing, in which the pair of images are a frame pair and one of the image is a reference frame, seeding estimated values for a range metric at each pixel of the reference frame, initializing one or more search stage constraints, stochastically computing local influence for each valid pixel in the reference frame, aggregating local influences for each valid pixel in the reference frame, refining the estimated values for the range metric at each valid pixel in the reference frame based on the aggregated local influence, and post-processing range metric data. A valid pixel is a pixel in the reference frame that has a corresponding pixel in the other frame of the frame pair. The method repeats n iterations of the stochastically computing through the post-processing. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/739208 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00201 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08929690 | Doering et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy J. Doering (Anoka, Minnesota); Aaron Ephraim Bard (Columbia, Maryland) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Doering (Anoka, Minnesota); Aaron Ephraim Bard (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuse state indicator for a cascading fuse multiple discharge device including a fiber optic cable having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate segment. The intermediate segment is configured for attachment to a fuse assembly of a fuse panel where the fuse panel is arranged for physically severing the intermediate segment of the fiber optic cable in response to discharge of the fuse assembly. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/222420 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 37/767 (20130101) H01H 85/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01H 85/042 (20130101) |
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| US 08929695 | Gattass et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafael Gattass (Washington, District of Columbia); Frederic H. Kung (Alexandria, Virginia); Leslie Brandon Shaw (Woodbridge, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Lynda E Busse (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael Gattass (Washington, District of Columbia); Frederic H. Kung (Alexandria, Virginia); Leslie Brandon Shaw (Woodbridge, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Lynda E Busse (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An N port fiber optical switch includes a movable housing having a perimeter and N corners; a plurality N of optical fibers positioned within the housing and inside the perimeter; and a plurality N of actuators, wherein each actuator is positioned on a corresponding corner such that when selectively activated one or more of the actuators urges the movable housing and the plurality of optical fibers to a selected switch position. The switch provides short switching times and high power handling while allowing for a large number of ports and provides the capability of interfacing with and switching between a variable number of ports. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/672473 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/35 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08929936 | Mody et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Apurva N. Mody (Lowell, Massachusetts); Stephen R. Blatt (Bedford, New Hampshire); Diane G. Mills (Wilmington, Massachusetts); Thomas P. McElwain (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Ned B. Thammakhoune (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Apurva N. Mody (Lowell, Massachusetts); Stephen R. Blatt (Bedford, New Hampshire); Diane G. Mills (Wilmington, Massachusetts); Thomas P. McElwain (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Ned B. Thammakhoune (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of cognitive communication for generating non-interfering transmission, includes conducting radio scene analysis to find grey spaces using external signal parameters for incoming signal analysis without having to decode incoming signals. The disclosed cognitive communications system combines the areas of communications, signal processing, pattern classification and machine learning to detect the signals in the given spectrum of interests, extracts their features, classifies the signals in types, learns the salient characteristics and patterns of the signal and predicts their future behaviors. In the process of signal analysis, a classifier is employed for classifying the signals. The designing of such a classifier is initially performed based on selection of features of a signal detected and by selecting a model of the classifier. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/930184 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Secret Communication; Jamming of Communication H04K 3/44 (20130101) H04K 3/45 (20130101) H04K 3/94 (20130101) H04K 3/226 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 48/02 (20130101) H04W 72/082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930047 | Robinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brendan H. Robinson (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); John H. Steele, II (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Clifton Quan (Arcadia, California); Leo H. Hui (Alhambra, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brendan H. Robinson (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); John H. Steele, II (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Clifton Quan (Arcadia, California); Leo H. Hui (Alhambra, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for determining a positional state of an airborne array antenna using distributed accelerometers are described. One such method includes receiving and formatting acceleration data from each of a plurality of accelerometers mounted at different locations along the array antenna, receiving position and orientation data from an inertial navigation service (INS) mounted on the array antenna, generating an INS estimated position for each accelerometer based on the position and orientation data from the INS, generating an accelerometer estimated position for each accelerometer based on the acceleration data, determining a position and orientation of each accelerometer based on the respective INS estimated position and the respective accelerometer estimated position, determining an estimated position of a center and an orientation of the array antenna based on the determined position and orientation of each accelerometer, and adjusting a direction of the array antenna based on the estimated position of the array antenna. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/177802 |
| ART UNIT | 3668 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/28 (20130101) H01Q 1/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 3/00 (20130101) H01Q 21/06 (20130101) H01Q 23/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930058 | Quist et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald G. Quist (Ridgecrest, California); David Reed Robinson (Ridgecrest, California); Carl M. Zorzi (Ridgecrest, California); Brian J. Wolfe (Ridgecrest, California); William S. Wight (Ridgecrest, California); Joseph R. Hansen (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald G. Quist (Ridgecrest, California); David Reed Robinson (Ridgecrest, California); Carl M. Zorzi (Ridgecrest, California); Brian J. Wolfe (Ridgecrest, California); William S. Wight (Ridgecrest, California); Joseph R. Hansen (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an unmanned fully autonomous threat representative mobile land target for testing modern weapon systems and training personnel. The invention implements novel navigation and vehicle control algorithms which allow any predefined course to be represented spatially and temporally with continuously and smoothly varying curvatures having no discontinuities of curvature, direction, or acceleration that enable the target vehicle to traverse a predefined course with unprecedented speed, accuracy, and maneuverability without the need for communication with any remotely located station. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of the claims. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/254514 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0212 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05D 1/0221 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930163 | Kordari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TRX Systems, Inc. (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRX Systems, Inc. (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kamiar Kordari (McLean, Virginia); Benjamin Funk (Hanover, Maryland); Jared Napora (Severn, Maryland); Ruchika Verma (Bethesda, Maryland); Carole Teolis (Glenn Dale, Maryland); Travis Young (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting a human's steps and estimating the horizontal translation direction and scaling of the resulting motion relative to an inertial sensor is described. When a pedestrian takes a sequence of steps the displacement can be decomposed into a sequence of rotations and translations over each step. A translation is the change in the location of pedestrian's center of mass and a rotation is the change along z-axis of the pedestrian's orientation. A translation can be described by a vector and a rotation by an angle. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827506 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 22/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930291 | Srinivasa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Narayan Srinivasa (Oak Park, California); Jose Cruz-Albrecht (Oak Park, California); Youngkwon Cho (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cortical neuromorphic network, system and method employ a plurality of neuromorphic nodes arranged in a network layer. The cortical neuromorphic network includes a neuromorphic node of the network layer in which the neuromorphic node includes a spike timing dependent plasticity (STDP) synapse and a neuromorphic neuron. The neuromorphic node is configured to receive a feedforward spike signal from selected ones of a plurality of input neurons of an input layer and to provide an output spike signal as a recurrent spike signal to the neuromorphic nodes of the network layer. A combination of the recurrent and feedforward spike signals is an excitatory spike signal of the neuromorphic node. The cortical neuromorphic system includes the neuromorphic nodes configured to operate according to a cycle and time slots of synaptic time multiplexing. The method includes receiving and weighting the excitatory spike signal using the STDP synapse and producing the output spike signal. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/708823 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/02 (20130101) G06N 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 3/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward W. Large (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Circular Logic, LLC (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward W. Large (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for learning connections between nonlinear oscillators in a neural network comprising the steps of providing a plurality of nonlinear oscillators, with each respective oscillator producing an oscillation distinct from the others in response to an input and detecting an input at an at least first oscillator of the plurality of nonlinear oscillators. Detecting an input at an at least a second oscillator of the plurality of nonlinear oscillators, comparing the oscillation of the at least first oscillator to the oscillation of the at least second oscillator at a point in time, and determining whether there is coherency between the oscillation of the at least first oscillator and the oscillation of the at least second oscillator. Changing at least one of the amplitude and phase of a connection between the at least first oscillator and the at least second least oscillator as a function coherency between the at least first oscillator and the oscillation of the at least second oscillator. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/016741 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930582 | Ebergen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Josephus C. Ebergen (San Francisco, California); Danny Cohen (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Josephus C. Ebergen (San Francisco, California); Danny Cohen (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that regulates communications between a plurality of transmitters and a receiver. The system comprises a plurality of cells, wherein each cell controls communications from a transmitter in the plurality of transmitters to the receiver. A single token flows through a ring which passes through the plurality of cells, wherein the presence of the token within a cell indicates that the corresponding transmitter may communicate with the receiver. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/699412 |
| ART UNIT | 2443 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 12/433 (20130101) H04L 41/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fred Hewitt Smith (Old Town, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Angel Secure Networks, Inc. (Old Town, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred Hewitt Smith (Old Town, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are devices and techniques related to implementation of a trustworthy electronic processing module. During fabrication, a manufacturer is provided with partial technical specifications that intentionally exclude at least one critical design feature. Fabrication of the electronic processing module is monitored from a trusted remote location; wherefrom, the intentionally excluded at least one critical design feature is implemented, thereby completing manufacture of the trustworthy electronic processing module. At least one of the acts of monitoring and implementing can be accomplished by instantiating executable software remotely from a trusted remote location and immediately prior to execution. It is the executable software that enables at least one of the acts of monitoring and implementing. Further, the instantiated executable software is removed or otherwise rendered inoperable immediately subsequent to execution. In some embodiments the critical design feature can be implemented within a configurable element, such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA). |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/410204 |
| ART UNIT | 2496 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/56 (20130101) G06F 21/57 (20130101) G06F 21/76 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/305 (20130101) G06F 2221/2115 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 22/20 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/126 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron E. Cohen (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron E. Cohen (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable data rate error protection transcoder includes an input mapper receiving an input transcodeable codeword and outputting an input intermediate codeword. The input transcodeable codeword includes at least one input transcodeable information bit and at least one input transcodeable parity bit. The variable data rate error protection transcoder also includes an intermediate codeword transcoder receiving the input intermediate codeword and outputting an output intermediate codeword. The variable data rate error protection codeword also includes an output mapper receiving the output intermediate codeword and outputting an output transcoded codeword. The output transcoded codeword includes at least one output transcoded information bit and at least one output transcoded parity bit. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680196 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 13/116 (20130101) H03M 13/611 (20130101) H03M 13/618 (20130101) H03M 13/1102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 13/6362 (20130101) H03M 13/6561 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Kirby, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Kirby, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for modeling a software application includes an environmental model that includes a first set of attributes. The first set of attributes includes a value attribute, a declaration, and a set of meta-attributes. A behavioral model includes a second set of attributes, including a portion of the first set of attributes, wherein the environmental and behavioral models share the portion. The second set of attributes includes a value attribute and set of meta-attributes, each having at least one of a declaration and function. Changes to an attribute in the behavioral model reflect in all models that share the attribute. A design model includes a first decomposition of the second set of attributes into a first plurality of groups. A run-time model includes a second decomposition of the second set of attributes into a second plurality of groups, and records the decomposition of the behavioral model into run-time components. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/766024 |
| ART UNIT | 2198 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/10 (20130101) G06F 8/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930914 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitchell A. Cohen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Andrew Lawrence Frenkiel (Irvington, New York); Bugra Gedik (Ankara, Turkey) |
| ABSTRACT | An information processing system, computer readable storage medium, and method for documenting the execution of long running applications. A processor of the information processing system operates to continuously collect snapshots monitored from an executing application on a runtime system. The processor selects, based at least on user specified policies, collected snapshots that indicate a significant change in runtime behavior of the executing application on the runtime system. The processor annotates each of the selected snapshots with description of the significant change in runtime behavior of the executing application. The processor operates to store and update documentation of an execution history of the executing application from the annotated snapshots. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/761602 |
| ART UNIT | 2198 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/73 (20130101) G06F 11/3476 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930926 | Bastoul et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cedric Bastoul (Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France); Richard A. Lethin (New York, New York); Allen K. Leung (New York, New York); Benoit J. Meister (New York, New York); Peter Szilagyi (Medina, New York); Nicolas T. Vasilache (New York, New York); David E. Wohlford (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Reservoir Labs, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cedric Bastoul (Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France); Richard A. Lethin (New York, New York); Allen K. Leung (New York, New York); Benoit J. Meister (New York, New York); Peter Szilagyi (Medina, New York); Nicolas T. Vasilache (New York, New York); David E. Wohlford (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus and computer software product for source code optimization are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a first custom computing apparatus is used to optimize the execution of source code on a second computing apparatus. In this embodiment, the first custom computing apparatus contains a memory, a storage medium and at least one processor with at least one multi-stage execution unit. The second computing apparatus contains at least two multi-stage execution units that allow for parallel execution of tasks. The first custom computing apparatus optimizes the code for parallelism, locality of operations and contiguity of memory accesses on the second computing apparatus. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/762281 |
| ART UNIT | 2199 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08931092 | Wyschogrod et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Wyschogrod (Newton, Massachusetts); Steven W. Jilcott (Foxboro, Massachusetts); Jonathan Aron Rubin (Bedford, Massachusetts); John O. Everett (Great Falls, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Wyschogrod (Newton, Massachusetts); Steven W. Jilcott (Foxboro, Massachusetts); Jonathan Aron Rubin (Bedford, Massachusetts); John O. Everett (Great Falls, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a system and method for computer inspection of information objects, for example, executable software applications for common components that may include elements of computer viruses, items from hacker exploit libraries, or other malware components. Information objects may contain identified sequences of instructions, each of which may be identified and hierarchically grouped based on their structural relationship(s). In the software context, programming languages may include multiple components that include functional code; these components are often shared between programmers. In some embodiments, an inspection of the hierarchical relationship of components (e.g., constituent functions) in the information objects may allow for identification of common components shared between programs. In some embodiments, authorship of objects or components in the objects may be identified by comparisons between component samples. In some embodiments, inspection of the relationship between components is limited to component groups having a specified structural size, complexity, or eccentricity. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/592596 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08931094 | Stolfo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 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) | Salvatore J. Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Eleazar Eskin (Santa Monica, California); Shlomo Herskop (Brooklyn, New York); Manasi Bhattacharyya (Flushing, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and methods of detecting an occurrence of a violation of an email security policy of a computer system. A model relating to the transmission of prior emails through the computer system is defined which is derived from statistics relating to the prior emails. For selected emails to be analyzed, statistics concerning the selected email are gathered. Such statistics may refer to the behavior or other features of the selected emails, attachments to emails, or email accounts. The determination of whether a violation of an email security policy has occurred is performed by applying the model of prior email transmission to the statistics relating to the selected email. The model may be statistical or probabilistic. A model of prior email transmission may include grouping email recipients into cliques. A determination of a violation of a security policy may occur if email recipients for a particular email are in more than one clique. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/848529 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/585 (20130101) H04L 51/12 (20130101) H04L 63/145 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin Culjat (Los Angeles, California); Rahul Singh (Palo Alto, California); Mijin Choi (Jersey City, New Jersey); Shane White (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Farus, LLC (Vista, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Culjat (Los Angeles, California); Rahul Singh (Palo Alto, California); Mijin Choi (Jersey City, New Jersey); Shane White (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dental ultrasonography probe includes a probe tip having a scanning ultrasonography transducer that generates a narrow beam ultrasonic transmission signal over a sequence of beam angles, that receives an ultrasonic return signal, and that generates an ultrasonic receive signal in response to the ultrasonic return signal to identify and measure dental and craniofacial objects and features. A probe body has a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the probe tip. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/224729 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/12 (20130101) A61B 8/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 8/0875 (20130101) A61B 17/1642 (20130101) A61B 17/1697 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | S. Bahram Bahrami (Emeryville, California); Mandana Veiseh (Emeryville, California); James Olson (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Bahram Bahrami (Emeryville, California); Mandana Veiseh (Emeryville, California); James Olson (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluid delivery device includes an array of needles, each in fluid communication with a respective reservoir. Respective actuators are coupled so as to be operable to drive fluid from the reservoirs via needle ports. Each needle can have a plurality of ports, and the ports can be arranged to deliver a substantially equal amount of fluid at any given location along its length. A driver is coupled to the actuators to selectively control the rate, volume, and direction of flow of fluid through the needles. The device can simultaneously deliver a plurality of fluid agents along respective axes in solid tissue in vivo. If thereafter resected, the tissue can be sectioned for evaluation of an effect of each agent on the tissue, and based on the evaluation, candidate agents selected or deselected for clinical trials or therapy, and subjects selected or deselected for clinical trials or therapeutic treatment. |
| FILED | Monday, December 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/330124 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/508 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/1452 (20130101) A61M 5/3287 (20130101) A61M 5/3291 (20130101) A61M 5/3298 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 5/14526 (20130101) A61M 5/16827 (20130101) A61M 2205/50 (20130101) A61M 2205/52 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Silvia Muro Galindo (Silver Spring, Maryland); Ming Meng (Baoding, China PRC); Carmen Garnacho Montero (Sevilla, Spain) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Silvia Muro Galindo (Silver Spring, Maryland); Ming Meng (Baoding, China PRC); Carmen Garnacho Montero (Sevilla, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for targeted delivery of agents (e.g., molecular probes, diagnostic agents, therapeutic agents, imaging agents, research or analytical compounds, enzymes, peptides, proteins, lipids, lipoproteins, sugars, hormones, vitamins, nucleic acids, viruses, bacteria, and/or cells) including use of a composition containing the agent and a targeting moiety, specific for a determinant at the target location. An exemplary composition of the system includes a targeting moiety of one of peptides γ3, 2γ3, 3γ3, A1, B7, B8, B9, B1O, and D6, specific for targeting ICAM-I. The system enables effective, versatile, and safe targeting and transport of agents. The system is useful in research applications, as well as in the context of translational science and clinical interventions. |
| FILED | Friday, June 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/376362 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1273 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/1605 (20130101) A61K 9/5094 (20130101) A61K 9/5107 (20130101) A61K 38/47 (20130101) A61K 47/482 (20130101) A61K 47/48176 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 47/48561 (20130101) A61K 51/1203 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2821 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08926958 | Shah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Prediman K. Shah (Los Angeles, California); Saswati Chatterjee (Sierra Madre, California); Kamehameha Kay-Min Wong, Jr. (Sierra Madre, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California); City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prediman K. Shah (Los Angeles, California); Saswati Chatterjee (Sierra Madre, California); Kamehameha Kay-Min Wong, Jr. (Sierra Madre, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a gene therapeutic approach to the prevention and treatment of vascular disease and coronary heart disease; in particular, atherosclerosis. The inventive methods may be used in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis, as well as any disease or physiological condition in which atherosclerosis plays a role. The inventive methods involve the gene delivery of ApoA-I or ApoA-IMilano. This may be accomplished by the use of rAAV technology. rAAV virions may be delivered to a mammalian subject by various methodologies, including transplantation of transduced bone marrow cells, direct intramuscular injection, intravenous or portal vein injection or stent delivery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/599692 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2510/02 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| US 08926961 | Nakagawa |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mayumi Nakagawa (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board Of Trustees of The University Of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mayumi Nakagawa (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to the examination of the pattern of immunodominant T cell epitopes in the E6 protein of Human Papilloma virus and its further characterization in terms of its amino acid sequence and Human Leukocyte Antigen restriction. These epitopes are identified based on their ability to induce specific T cell responses and therefore, are important as sources of antigens for immunotherapies to treat cervical and other cancers. The present invention contemplates identifying a number of similar epitopes restricted by a wide variety of Human Leukocyte Antigen types so that they can be used together to develop preventative or therapeutic vaccines, which can be used for the general human population. The present invention also contemplates using E6 peptides of Human Papilloma virus as a diagnosis method to predict the probability of developing persistent cervical neoplasia in an individual. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/136557 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/55511 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/20022 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/025 (20130101) |
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| US 08926966 | Tobin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allan J. Tobin (Los Angeles, California); Mark G. Erlander (Tarzana, California); Daniel L. Kaufman (Santa Monica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allan J. Tobin (Los Angeles, California); Mark G. Erlander (Tarzana, California); Daniel L. Kaufman (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated polypeptides useful in ameliorating GAD-associated autoimmune disease as well as diagnostic and therapeutic methods of using the peptides are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 07, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/485725 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/51 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08926986 | Kubler-Kielb 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 (Bethesda, Maryland); National Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, ON, Canada); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joanna Kubler-Kielb (Bethesda, Maryland); Evguenii Vinogradov (Ottawa, Canada); Rachel Schneerson (Bethesda, Maryland); Haijing Hu (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Stephen H. Leppla (Bethesda, Maryland); John B. Robbins (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are immunogenic compositions and methods for eliciting an immune response against B. anthracis and other bacteria that contain 3-methyl-3-hydroxybutyrate- or 3-hydroxybutryate-substituted saccharides. Conjugates of 3-methyl-3-hydroxybutyrate- or 3-hydroxybutryate-substituted saccharides elicit an effective immune response against B. anthracis spores in mammalian hosts to which the conjugates are administered. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/909992 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/104 (20130101) A61K 39/0208 (20130101) A61K 47/4833 (20130101) A61K 47/48284 (20130101) A61K 203/6081 (20130101) A61K 2039/521 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08926987 | Peng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bo Peng (Rockville, Maryland); Rebecca Voltan (Ferrara, Italy); Barbara Ensoli (Rome, Italy); Marjorie Robert-Guroff (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Istituto Superiore di Sanita (Rome, Italy) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bo Peng (Rockville, Maryland); Rebecca Voltan (Ferrara, Italy); Barbara Ensoli (Rome, Italy); Marjorie Robert-Guroff (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides improved replication-competent adenoviral vectors. The improved vectors have both a hybrid regulatory unit that provides for high level transgene expression. The vectors can be use, e.g., for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/282319 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2740/16334 (20130101) |
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| US 08926989 | Burbelo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter D. Burbelo (Washington, District of Columbia); Adriana Marques (Potomac, Maryland); Michael J. Iadarola (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter D. Burbelo (Washington, District of Columbia); Adriana Marques (Potomac, Maryland); Michael J. Iadarola (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for the diagnosis or detection of infection by a pathogen that causes Lyme disease in a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/583472 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/56911 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/20 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 435/975 (20130101) Y10S 530/825 (20130101) |
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| US 08926990 | Kachlany |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott C. Kachlany (Bridgewater, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott C. Kachlany (Bridgewater, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention concerns compositions and methods of treating or diagnosing inflammatory disorders and other disorders, as well as compositions and methods of treating HIV. |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/446949 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/164 (20130101) A61K 38/164 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 33/56988 (20130101) G01N 2800/26 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/709 (20130101) G01N 2800/7095 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 530/825 (20130101) |
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| US 08926993 | Dubensky, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas W. Dubensky, Jr. (Piedmont, California); Dirk G. Brockstedt (Richmond, California); Meredith Leong (Oakland, California); Keith S. Bahjat (Concord, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aduro Biotech (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Dubensky, Jr. (Piedmont, California); Dirk G. Brockstedt (Richmond, California); Meredith Leong (Oakland, California); Keith S. Bahjat (Concord, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are prime-boost regimens and materials used therein. The prime-boost regimens enhance the immune response to a target antigen. The vaccines used for boost are comprised of recombinant attenuated metabolically active Listeria that encodes an expressible antigen that is cross-reactive with the target antigen. In some examples, the immune response is a cellular immune response. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/374288 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/5152 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2799/022 (20130101) C12N 2799/023 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08926995 | Haynes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barton F. Haynes (Durham, North Carolina); Laurent Verkoczy (Durham, North Carolina); M. Anthony Moody (Durham, North Carolina); Matt T. Holl (Durham, North Carolina); Masayuki Kuraoka (Durham, North Carolina); Garnett Kelsoe (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barton F. Haynes (Durham, North Carolina); Laurent Verkoczy (Durham, North Carolina); M. Anthony Moody (Durham, North Carolina); Matt T. Holl (Durham, North Carolina); Masayuki Kuraoka (Durham, North Carolina); Garnett Kelsoe (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, in general, to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) and, in particular, to a method of enhancing an immune response to an HIV-1 immunogen, and to compounds and compositions suitable for use in such a method. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/989176 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) A61K 2039/55527 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1045 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) |
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| US 08927003 | Badylak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen F. Badylak (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Thomas W. Gilbert (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alejandro Nieponice (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen F. Badylak (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Thomas W. Gilbert (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alejandro Nieponice (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are medical devices for implantation in patients having suffered the loss of or damage to at least part of their esophagus. The medical device connects the esophagus or remaining part thereof with the stomach to form a gastro-esophageal junction that promotes healing and encourages new host tissue growth while distributing the load and decreasing tension at the anastomotic site. The medical device comprises extracellular matrix shaped into a conformation that more closely approximates the geometry of the native gastro-esophageal junction than does direct attachment of the stomach to the shortened esophagus. Molds useful in manufacturing the medical device and methods of use of the device are also described herein. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/108074 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/38 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/3633 (20130101) A61L 27/3679 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/3882 (20130101) A61L 2430/22 (20130101) |
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| US 08927030 | Gladwin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark T. Gladwin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alan N. Schechter (Bethesda, Maryland); David J. Lefer (Atlanta, Georgia); Rakesh P. Patel (Hoover, Alabama); Christian J. Hunter (Boston, Massachusetts); Gordon G. Power (Redlands, California); Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Ryszard Marek Pluta (Bethesda, Maryland); Edward H. Oldfield (Philomont, Virginia); Richard O. Cannon, III (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark T. Gladwin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alan N. Schechter (Bethesda, Maryland); David J. Lefer (Atlanta, Georgia); Rakesh P. Patel (Hoover, Alabama); Christian J. Hunter (Boston, Massachusetts); Gordon G. Power (Redlands, California); Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Ryszard Marek Pluta (Bethesda, Maryland); Edward H. Oldfield (Philomont, Virginia); Richard O. Cannon, III (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | It has been surprisingly discovered that administration of nitrite to subjects causes a reduction in blood pressure and an increase in blood flow to tissues. The effect is particularly beneficial, for example, to tissues in regions of low oxygen tension. This discovery provides useful treatments to regulate a subject's blood pressure and blood flow, for example, by the administration of nitrite salts. Provided herein are methods of administering a pharmaceutically-acceptable nitrite salt to a subject, for treating, preventing or ameliorating a condition selected from: (a) ischemia-reperfusion injury (e.g., hepatic or cardiac or brain ischemia-reperfusion injury); (b) pulmonary hypertension (e.g., neonatal pulmonary hypertension); or (c) cerebral artery vasospasm. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/748184 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08927215 | Bastian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Boris C. Bastian (Mill Valley, California); Catherine D. Van Raamsdonk (Vancouver, Canada); Gregory S. Barsh (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, Canada); The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boris C. Bastian (Mill Valley, California); Catherine D. Van Raamsdonk (Vancouver, Canada); Gregory S. Barsh (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of detecting mutations in a GNA11 gene in a melanocytic neoplasm for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. The invention further provides methods of treating such melanocytic neoplasm by modulating the activity of the mutated GNA11 gene. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/504928 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 08927241 | Ajikumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Parayil K. Ajikumar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Too Heng Phon (Kent Vale, Singapore) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); National University of Singapore (Singapore, Singapore) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Parayil K. Ajikumar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Too Heng Phon (Kent Vale, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the production of one or more terpenoids through microbial engineering, and relates to the manufacture of products comprising terpenoids. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/249388 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| 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 5/007 (20130101) C12P 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 17/02 (20130101) C12P 23/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08927251 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guoying Zhou (Madison, Illinois); Bernard Roizman (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guoying Zhou (Madison, Illinois); Bernard Roizman (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to engineered Herpes simplex virus (HSV) particles that are targeted to one or more specific binding pair members, such as receptors. Also, recombinant vectors for producing such HSV particles are provided. By reducing the affinity of HSV for its natural receptor(s) and increasing the affinity for a selected receptor, the HSV particles of the invention are useful for targeting cells that express the selected receptor, which itself may be a product of genetic engineering. The ability to selectively target cells render the HSV particles. particularly useful in selectively diagnosing, treating, and imaging cells bearing the selected binding pair member, such as a receptor. The invention also provides for polynucleotide-based therapy to cells bearing the selected binding pair member such as a receptor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/065455 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/2086 (20130101) A61K 47/48269 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48776 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8695 (20130101) C12N 2710/16643 (20130101) C12N 2710/16645 (20130101) C12N 2810/50 (20130101) C12N 2810/852 (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 1/705 (20130101) |
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| US 08927255 | Calvo-Byrd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University (Dekalb, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Northern Illnois University (DeKalk, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ana M. Calvo-Byrd (Dekalb, Illinois); Vellaisamy Ramamoorthy (Dekalb, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Many fungal secondary metabolites are of industrial interest, such as antibiotics, while others are undesirable compounds such as mycotoxins. Overexpression of mtfA enhances production of fungal compounds with applications in the medical field, and overexpression or impaired mtfA expression decreases the production of compounds that negatively affect health/agriculture/economy such as mycotoxins. |
| FILED | Friday, November 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/070094 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/37 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 37/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08927259 | Shih et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Zuyan Shen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); John-Paul Mcgovern (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Qing Zhu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joseph Capobianco (Marlton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Zuyan Shen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); John-Paul Mcgovern (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Qing Zhu (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joseph Capobianco (Marlton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A piezoelectric microcantilever for sensing compounds or molecules. The piezoelectric microcantilever, may include at least one electrode, an insulation layer, a receptor, an immobilization layer, a non-piezoelectric layer and a piezoelectric layer. The sensor is capable of self actuation and detection. The piezoelectric layer may be constructed from a highly piezoelectric thin lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate film, a highly piezoelectric thin zirconate titanate film, a highly piezoelectric lead-free film. Methods of using the sensors and flow cells and arrays including the sensors are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/514941 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.200 |
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| US 08927269 | Bossis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ioannis Bossis (Columbia, Maryland); John A. Chiorini (Silver Spring, 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) | Ioannis Bossis (Columbia, Maryland); John A. Chiorini (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an Avian adeno-associated virus (AAAV) virus and vectors and particles derived therefrom. In addition, the present invention provides methods of delivering a nucleic acid to a cell using the AAAV vectors and particles. Methods of isolating the AAAV are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/557662 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/0091 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2750/14121 (20130101) C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| US 08927279 | Jaenisch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rudolf Jaenisch (Brookline, Massachusetts); Konrad Hochedlinger (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for reprogramming somatic cells to generate multipotent or pluripotent cells. Such methods are useful for a variety of purposes, including treating or preventing a medical condition in an individual. The invention further provides methods for identifying an agent that reprograms somatic cells to a less differentiated state. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/646420 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0273 (20130101) A01K 67/0275 (20130101) A01K 2217/05 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4702 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0696 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 15/8775 (20130101) C12N 2830/003 (20130101) C12N 2830/006 (20130101) |
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| US 08927280 | Melton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas A. Melton (Lexington, Massachusetts); Malgorzata Borowiak (Somerville, Massachusetts); Rene Maehr (Somerville, Massachusetts); Shuibing C. Chen (Arlington, Massachusetts); Weiping Tang (Madison, Wisconsin); Julia L. Fox (Arlington, Massachusetts); Stuart L. Schreiber (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a method of producing endoderm cells, such as definitive endoderm cells by exposing stem cells such as embryonic stem cells or induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to an effective amount of at least one compound described herein to differentiate the stem cells into the endoderm cells such as definitive endoderm cells. Differentiated endoderm cells produced by the methods disclosed herein can be differentiated into pancreatic epithelium, and other endoderm derivatives such as thymus, liver, stomach, intestine and lung. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of producing pancreatic progenitor cells, such as Pdx1-positive pancreatic progenitor cells by exposing endoderm cells, such as definitive endoderm cells to an effective amount of at least one compound described herein to differentiate the definitive endoderm cells into Pdx1-positive pancreatic progenitor cells. Kits and compositions comprising Pdx1-positive pancreatic progenitor produced using the methods are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/964944 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0603 (20130101) C12N 5/0606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/999 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08927288 | Hallahan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis E. Hallahan (St. Louis, Missouri); Raymond Mernaugh (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for identifying a molecule that binds an irradiated tumor in a subject and molecules identified thereby. The method includes the steps of: (a) exposing a tumor to ionizing radiation; (b) administering to a subject a library of diverse molecules; and (c) isolating from the tumor one or more molecules of the library of diverse molecules, whereby a molecule that binds an irradiated tumor is identified. Also provided are therapeutic and diagnostic methods using targeting ligands that bind an irradiated tumor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/092412 |
| 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 | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0071 (20130101) A61B 6/481 (20130101) A61B 8/481 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 41/00 (20130101) A61K 41/0038 (20130101) A61K 51/1203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/1255 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/2848 (20130101) C07K 16/2854 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (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 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2523/313 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/281 (20130101) |
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| US 08927300 | Hsieh-Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linda Hsieh-Wilson (San Marino, California); Nelly Khidekel (Pasadena, California); Hwan-Ching Tai (Pasadena, California); Sabine Arndt (Dortmund, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for the rapid and sensitive detection of post-translationally modified proteins, and particularly of those with posttranslational glycosylations. The methods can be used to detect O-GlcNAc posttranslational modifications on proteins on which such modifications were undetectable using other techniques. In one embodiment, the method exploits the ability of an engine˜red mutant of β-1,4-galactosyltransferase to selectively transfer an unnatural ketone functionality onto O-GlcNAc glycosylated proteins. Once transferred, the ketone moiety serves as a versatile handle for the attachment of biotin, thereby enabling detection of the modified protein. The approach permits the rapid visualization of proteins that are at the limits of detection using traditional methods. Further, the preferred embodiments can be used for detection of certain disease states, such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/773966 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/10 (20130101) Peptides C07K 19/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/96 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/6842 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08927463 | Laskin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey D. Laskin (Piscataway, New Jersey); Diane E. Heck (Rumson, New Jersey); Karma C. Fussell (Garland, Texas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey D. Laskin (Piscataway, New Jersey); Diane E. Heck (Rumson, New Jersey); Karma C. Fussell (Garland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A high throughput method and apparatus for rapidly screening a plurality of genotoxicants to determine the degree and type of genotoxicity are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/860790 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/52 (20130101) G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/5014 (20130101) G01N 33/5017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5308 (20130101) |
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| US 08927483 | Ford |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Byron D. Ford (Duluth, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brain-Gen Biotech (Duluth, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Byron D. Ford (Duluth, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Neuregulin, a known neuroprotein, has been found to ameliorate or prevent damage caused by mechanical or chemical assault to blood vessels and, when administered into the cerebral spinal fluid, can ameliorate damage to neuronal tissue caused by stroke or inflammation. Additionally, neuregulin has been found to be useful for enhancement of stem cell migration from the ventricle to the site of injury to the brain. |
| FILED | Monday, January 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/359851 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/915 (20130101) |
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| US 08927498 | Huentelman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Huentelman (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Translational Genomics Research Institute (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Huentelman (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds derived from a transduction complex that enhance memory in mammals and methods of enhancing memory using said compounds are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/809348 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/162 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08927502 | Bieker |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James J. Bieker (Bronx, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ICahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Bieker (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an ecPNA having the general structure: H2N—X—B—Y—COOH and uses thereof, wherein X is A or C and Y is A or C with the proviso that when X is A, Y is C, and when X is C, Y is A; A represents an oligopeptide structure, the sequence of which comprises a sequence which renders the compound able to enter the nucleus of a cell; B represents a peptide nucleic acid (PNA) structure at least 12 nucleotides in length, the sequence of which is capable of hybridizing with a DNA within the nucleus of the cell, which DNA is within a promoter region of a gene; C represents an oligopeptide structure; and each — represents a chemical linkage between the structures at each side thereof, which may be the same as or different from each other such linkage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/585554 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 47/48238 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) A61K 47/48338 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/003 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0696 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/26 (20130101) C12N 2501/125 (20130101) C12N 2501/602 (20130101) C12N 2501/603 (20130101) C12N 2506/11 (20130101) |
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| US 08927516 | Bellacosa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Institute for Cancer Research (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Institute for Cancer Research (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfonso Bellacosa (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Timothy Yen (Haverford, Pennsylvania); Neil Beeharry (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Mitchell Smith (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for enhancing the cytotoxicity of DNA damage in cancer cells that express thymine DNA glycosylase, and treating tumors accordingly. The methods comprise inhibiting the expression or biologic activity of thymine DNA glycosylase, and inducing DNA damage in the cancer cells. DNA damage may be induced by administration of bendamustine or gemcitabine to the cancer cells. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/836414 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (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 15/1137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/02029 (20130101) |
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| US 08927519 | Rossi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California); Nan-Sook Lee (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing interfering RNA molecules in mammalian cells are provided. Therapeutic uses for the expressed molecules, including inhibiting expression of HIV, are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, January 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/164625 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1132 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/53 (20130101) C12N 2310/111 (20130101) C12N 2330/30 (20130101) |
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| US 08927528 | Miller 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) | Josef Miller (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Colleen LePrell (Gainesville, Florida); Jochen Schact (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Diane Prieskorn (Livonia, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition to be administered to a mammal for treating hearing loss is disclosed herein. The composition consists essentially of a biologically effective amount of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, and a vasodilator comprising magnesium. The composition optionally includes a withanolide and/or resveratrol. The vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, and the vasodilator comprising magnesium provides an additive effect that is equal to or greater than a sum of the effects of the individual components. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679224 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/05 (20130101) A61K 31/05 (20130101) A61K 31/015 (20130101) A61K 31/355 (20130101) A61K 31/355 (20130101) A61K 31/375 (20130101) A61K 31/375 (20130101) A61K 31/7036 (20130101) A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 33/06 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08927545 | Qiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lixin Qiao (Tewksbury, Massachusetts); Marcie Glicksman (Winchester, Massachusetts); Thomas Gainer (Swampscott, Massachusetts); Donald C. Lo (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Ross L. Stein (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sungwoon Choi (Sharon, Massachusetts); Gregory D. Cuny (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lixin Qiao (Tewksbury, Massachusetts); Marcie Glicksman (Winchester, Massachusetts); Thomas Gainer (Swampscott, Massachusetts); Donald C. Lo (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Ross L. Stein (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sungwoon Choi (Sharon, Massachusetts); Gregory D. Cuny (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | EphB3 kinase inhibitor compounds, including certain pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine and imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine compounds, inhibit EphB3 kinase. The EphB3 kinase inhibitor compounds can have greater potency for the inhibition of EphB3 kinase than general kinase inhibitors. Pharmaceutical compositions, such as neuroprotective agents, comprising the EphB3 kinase inhibitor compounds are also provided. The EphB3 kinase inhibitor compounds and pharmaceutical compositions are useful, for example, to provide neuroprotection and/or repair of neuronal tissue damaged during an ischemic event, such as a stroke. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/260990 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130110) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08927561 | Iadonato et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn P. Iadonato (Seattle, Washington); Kristin Bedard (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kineta, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn P. Iadonato (Seattle, Washington); Kristin Bedard (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compounds and related compositions for the treatment of viral infection, including RNA viral infection, and compounds that can modulate the RIG-I pathway in vertebrate cells, including compounds that can activate the RIG-I pathway. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/642818 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08927570 | Buolamwini |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John K. Buolamwini (Cordova, Tennessee) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Buolamwini (Cordova, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are 1-aryl or 1-heteroaryl substituted beta-carboline compounds or indole analogs thereof having the structure: where X is NH, N—C1-C4 alkyl, S, or O; R1 is 1-naphthyl or 1-dihydroacenaphthenyl, each optionally substituted with a halogen; and R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are independently H H, OH, halogen, CN, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 haloalkoxy, —C(O)OC1-C4 ester, —C1-C4—SO2—NH—C1-C4 sulfonamide, or phenyl with the proviso that X is NH, R1 is 1-naphthyl or 1-naphthyl substituted with a halogen and one of R5, R6, or R7 is C1-C4 alkoxy, then R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are independently H, OH, halogen, CN, C1-C4 haloalkoxy, —C(O)OC1-C4 ester, —C1-C4—SO2—NH—C1-C4 sulfonamide, or phenyl such that at least two of R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are other than H. Also provided are methods for inhibiting proliferation of cells associated with a cell proliferative disease by contacting the cell with the compounds provided herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/664089 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 491/048 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08927576 | Gu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhengxian Gu (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PTC Therpeutics, Inc. (South Plainfield, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhengxian Gu (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a combination product for treating or ameliorating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection or disorders or symptoms associated therewith in a subject in need thereof comprising, a HCV inhibitor and one or more therapeutic agents selected from either or both a HCV protease inhibitor and one or more different therapeutic agents administered in combination in an effective amount to the subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/259627 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/5728 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08927578 | Uesugi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Houston, Texas); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Qian Mao (Houston, Texas); Shinji Kamisuki (Chiba, Japan); Akira Kugimiya (Osaka, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Houston, Texas); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Qian Mao (Houston, Texas); Shinji Kamisuki (Chiba, Japan); Akira Kugimiya (Osaka, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizing fatostatin A and/or a derivative and/or analog thereof. In other aspects, the compound for treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizes an A-B-C tripartite structure, wherein A, B, and C are identical or non-identical structures and are described in detail herein. In specific aspects, the metabolic disorder includes obesity or diabetes, for example. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/484702 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4709 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/10 (20130101) C07D 277/22 (20130101) C07D 277/24 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) |
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| US 08927586 | Trojanowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Q. Trojanowski (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Virginia M. Y. Lee (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kurt R. Brunden (Media, Pennsylvania); Amos B. Smith (Merion, Pennsylvania); Donna M. Huym (Allentown, New Jersey); Carlo Ballatore (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Anne-Marie Hogan (Mount Merrion, Ireland); Francesco Piscitelli (Marina di Strongoll, Italy); Sugiyama Shimpei (Shizuoka, Japan); Xiaozhao Wang (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel TP receptor antagonists, which optionally cross the blood-brain barrier of a mammal. The invention also provides methods for treating a disorder related to activation of TP receptor utilizing the compounds of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/780458 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/41 (20130101) A61K 31/196 (20130101) A61K 31/216 (20130101) A61K 31/357 (20130101) A61K 31/421 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/4174 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 311/20 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/64 (20130101) C07D 257/04 (20130101) C07D 263/32 (20130101) C07D 277/28 (20130101) C07D 317/28 (20130101) |
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| US 08927598 | Counter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher M. Counter (Durham, North Carolina); Kian-Huat Lim (Valley Park, Missouri); Brooke B. Ancrile (Annville, Pennsylvania); David F. Kashatus (Carboro, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Counter (Durham, North Carolina); Kian-Huat Lim (Valley Park, Missouri); Brooke B. Ancrile (Annville, Pennsylvania); David F. Kashatus (Carboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Oncogenic Ras-driven cancer is treated with agent by interrupting pathway comprising activation of Akt by oncogenic Ras, activated Akt causing phosphorylation of eNOS at S1177 site of eNOS to provide activated eNOS in cancer cells and activated eNOS causing activation of wildtype Ras by nitrosylation thereof at C118 to provide GTP-bound activated wildtype H and N Ras. L-NAME can be orally administered to interrupt this pathway. Wortmannin can be administered intravenously to interrupt this pathway. Novel siRNAs are disclosed useful to interrupt said pathway. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/863600 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/198 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 114/13039 (20130101) |
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| US 08927691 | Khan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shaharyar Khan (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gencia Corporation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shaharyar Khan (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for modifying the metabolism of a subject are provided. One embodiment provides a recombinant polypeptide having a polynucleotide-binding domain, a protein transduction domain, and a targeting domain. In a preferred embodiment, the polynucleotide-binding domain includes one or more HMG box domains. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/419189 |
| 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: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 08927695 | Jardetzky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Theodore S Jardetzky (Palo Alto, California); Beomkyu Kim (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore S Jardetzky (Palo Alto, California); Beomkyu Kim (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention are related to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of a human IgE-Fc Cε3-Cε4, wherein said Cε3-Cε4 starts at amino acid 328 and ends at amino acid 547 of said IgE-Fc, and wherein C 328 is A and K 367 is C. Other embodiments concern a second polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of a human FcεRIα extracellular region, wherein said extracellular region starts at amino acid 1 and ends at amino acid 176 of said FcεRIα. Still other embodiments are related to a method of identifying a compound that inhibits the binding of an IgE-Fc to a FcεRIα, said method comprising: contacting the polypeptide, wherein said IgE-Fc Cε3-Cε4 sequence is labeled with a fluorophore, and the second polypeptide, with a test compound; and determining whether binding of said polypeptide to said second polypeptide is decreased in the presence of said test compound. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/074543 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/00 (20130101) C07K 16/4291 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/526 (20130101) C07K 2317/528 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2500/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 530/862 (20130101) Y10S 530/866 (20130101) |
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| US 08927725 | Greig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nigel H. Greig (Phoenix, Maryland); Weiming Luo (Lutherville, Maryland); David Tweedie (Baltimore, Maryland); Harold W. Holloway (Middle River, Maryland); Qian-Sheng Yu (Lutherville, Maryland); Edward J. Goetzl (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel H. Greig (Phoenix, Maryland); Weiming Luo (Lutherville, Maryland); David Tweedie (Baltimore, Maryland); Harold W. Holloway (Middle River, Maryland); Qian-Sheng Yu (Lutherville, Maryland); Edward J. Goetzl (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, having a structure of: wherein A, B and D are each oxygen or sulfur, provided that least one of A, B and D is sulfur; and R1-R8 are each independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, acyl, substituted acyl, acyloxy, substituted acyloxy, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, aryl, substituted aryl, amino, substituted amino, halogen, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, or a thio-containing group. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/310242 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/200 |
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| US 08927727 | Strongin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Michael Strongin (Portland, Oregon); Martha Sibrian-Vazquez (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Michael Strongin (Portland, Oregon); Martha Sibrian-Vazquez (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of compounds for selectively detecting a thiol are disclosed. In some embodiments, the compounds are bridged viologens, and the compounds are capable of reacting with homocysteine and/or glutathione in a buffered solution to produce a change in the solution's absorbance spectrum and/or emission spectrum. Also disclosed are embodiments of methods and kits for detecting homocysteine and/or glutathione with the disclosed bridged viologens. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/539191 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/22 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 493/10 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 31/22 (20130101) |
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| US 08927730 | Silverman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard B. Silverman (Northbrook, Illinois); Fengtlan Xue (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Silverman (Northbrook, Illinois); Fengtlan Xue (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and related compositions and methods as can be used to selectively inhibit neuronal nitric oxide synthase and as can be employed in the treatment of various neurodegenerative diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/250554 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 405/14 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/99 (20130101) |
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| US 08927736 | Hein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason E. Hein (La Jolla, California); Jonathan C. Tripp (Westfield, New Jersey); Larissa Krasnova (San Diego, California); K. Barry Sharpless (La Jolla, California); Valery V. Fokin (Oceanside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason E. Hein (La Jolla, California); Jonathan C. Tripp (Westfield, New Jersey); Larissa Krasnova (San Diego, California); K. Barry Sharpless (La Jolla, California); Valery V. Fokin (Oceanside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method for preparing a 1,2,3-triazole compound comprising contacting an organic azide with a 2-substituted-1-haloalkyne, in the presence of a copper catalyst and a copper-coordinating ligand (preferably a tertiary amine) in a liquid reaction medium, thereby forming a 1,4,5-substituted-1,2,3-triazole compound including a halo substituent at the 5-position of the triazole, the organic portion of the organic azide at the 1-position of the triazole, and the substituent of the 1-iodoalkyne at the 4-position of the triazole. A method for preparing 1-iodoalkynes is also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/389987 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/72 (20130101) B01J 31/181 (20130101) B01J 31/1805 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2531/16 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/06 (20130101) C07D 311/12 (20130101) C07D 405/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08927747 | Serhan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles N. Serhan (Neddham, Massachusetts); Rong Yang (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles N. Serhan (Neddham, Massachusetts); Rong Yang (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes novel 14-hydroxy docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) analogs, their preparation, isolation, identification, purification and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/119096 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Fodder A23K 1/164 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 59/42 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 303/12 (20130101) |
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| US 08927807 | Crawford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nigel Crawford (San Diego, California); Rongchen Wang (San Diego, California); Peizhu Guan (San Diego, California); Mingsheng Chen (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel Crawford (San Diego, California); Rongchen Wang (San Diego, California); Peizhu Guan (San Diego, California); Mingsheng Chen (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for screening for nitrate-regulated promoter and enhancer elements in plant cells. The present invention also provides expression cassettes that contain nitrate-regulated promoters operably linked to heterologous polynucleotide sequences. The expression cassettes of the present invention are useful for expressing polypeptides, proteins and nucleic acid molecules in plant cells treated with nitrates and nitrites. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/392496 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8238 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhe Phillip Sun (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhe Phillip Sun (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for imaging includes applying an RF excitation pulse to a region-of-interest (ROI) in the presence of a first slice selective gradient and applying a readout gradient to acquire a echo signal from the ROI, wherein a time between the RF excitation pulse and the echo signal define an echo time (TE). A saturation module is applied to the ROI including an RF pulse configured to provide a TE-independent steady state and enforcing a predetermined time period (TR0) selected to elapse between the RF pulse of the saturation module and a subsequent application of the RF excitation pulse during repetitions of the above-described portions of the process. An image of the ROI is reconstructed using the acquired echo signals, for example, a T2-weighted image having reduced underestimations of T2 that plague traditional T2-weighted imaging processes using a short TR with a spin-echo (SE) pulse sequence. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/363526 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4838 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/5616 (20130101) G01R 33/5617 (20130101) |
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| US 08928887 | Popescu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel Popescu (Champaign, Illinois); Huafeng Ding (Henrico, Virginia); Zhuo Wang (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods mapping a characteristic parameter of a specimen, such as a scattering mean free path and a scattering anisotropy factor, based on a quantitative phase shift measurement. The methods have steps of using spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM) to determine a quantitative phase shift as a function of position in a sample, and applying a generalized scatter-phase transformation to derive at least one of a scattering mean free path (MFP), a scattering anisotropy factor, and a thickness-independent parameter as a function of position in the sample. In some cases, the sample may be a slice of tissue or a cell. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/775788 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1434 (20130101) G01N 21/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2015/1006 (20130101) G01N 2015/1445 (20130101) G01N 2015/1454 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0004 (20130101) G02B 21/18 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongrui Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Daming Cheng (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongrui Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Daming Cheng (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensing device and method are provided for sensing a target. The sensing device includes a body having a first inner surface at least partially defining a channel network for receiving the target therein. A liquid crystal is anchored to the first inner surface of the body and includes a plurality of mesogens. Each mesogen is movable between a first orientation and a second orientation in response to communication with the target. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/428145 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/05 (20130101) G01N 21/23 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/0303 (20130101) G01N 2021/058 (20130101) G01N 2021/0346 (20130101) |
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| US 08926606 | Davalos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafael Davalos (Blacksburg, Virginia); Christopher B. Arena (Denver, North Carolina); John Caldwell (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael Davalos (Blacksburg, Virginia); Christopher B. Arena (Denver, North Carolina); John Caldwell (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for in vivo treatment of cell proliferative disorders. The invention can be used to treat solid tumors, such as brain tumors. The methods rely on non-thermal irreversible electroporation (IRE) or supra-poration to cause cell death in treated tumors. In embodiments, the methods comprise the integration of ultra-short electric pulses, both temporally and spatially, to achieve the desired modality of cell death. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/757901 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/1477 (20130101) A61B 2018/0016 (20130101) A61B 2018/00613 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0412 (20130101) A61N 1/0424 (20130101) |
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| US 08926932 | Pfeifer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Pfeifer (Columbia, Missouri); Galen J. Suppes (Columbia, Missouri); Parag Shah (Ames, Iowa); Jacob W. Burress (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Pfeifer (Columbia, Missouri); Galen J. Suppes (Columbia, Missouri); Parag Shah (Ames, Iowa); Jacob W. Burress (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a high surface area porous carbon material and a process for making this material. In particular, the carbon material is derived from biomass and has large mesopore and micropore surfaces that promote improved adsorption of materials and gas storage capabilities. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/937150 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/00 (20130101) B01J 20/20 (20130101) B01J 20/3064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/28057 (20130101) B01J 20/28083 (20130101) B01J 20/28085 (20130101) B01J 21/18 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0021 (20130101) C01B 31/08 (20130101) C01B 31/12 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/52 (20130101) C04B 38/0022 (20130101) C04B 38/0022 (20130101) C04B 38/0054 (20130101) C04B 2111/00853 (20130101) C04B 2111/00948 (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 3/10 (20130101) Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 11/005 (20130101) F17C 11/007 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/34 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/926 (20130101) H01M 8/04216 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 20/20 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/50 (20130101) Y02E 60/321 (20130101) Y02E 60/325 (20130101) Y02E 60/327 (20130101) Y02E 60/328 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) |
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| US 08927079 | Leventis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aerogel Technologies, LLC (Glendale, Wisconsin) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Chakkaravarthy Chidambareswarapattar (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoporous three-dimensional networks of polyurethane particles, e.g., polyurethane aerogels, and methods of preparation are presented herein. Such nanoporous networks may include polyurethane particles made up of linked polyisocyanate and polyol monomers. In some cases, greater than about 95% of the linkages between the polyisocyanate monomers and the polyol monomers are urethane linkages. To prepare such networks, a mixture including polyisocyanate monomers (e.g., diisocyanates, triisocyanates), polyol monomers (diols, triols), and a solvent is provided. The polyisocyanate and polyol monomers may be aliphatic or aromatic. A polyurethane catalyst is added to the mixture causing formation of linkages between the polyisocyanate monomers and the polyol monomers. Phase separation of particles from the reaction medium can be controlled to enable formation of polyurethane networks with desirable nanomorphologies, specific surface area, and mechanical properties. Various properties of such networks of polyurethane particles (e.g., strength, stiffness, flexibility, thermal conductivity) may be tailored depending on which monomers are provided in the reaction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/687990 |
| ART UNIT | 1782 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/02 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/06 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2201/04 (20130101) C08J 2205/026 (20130101) C08J 2205/042 (20130101) C08J 2375/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08927231 | Brune et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas); University of Pittsburgh Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Alaska); University of Pittsburgh Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ellen M. Brune (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Robert R. Beitle, Jr. (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Mohammad M. Ataai (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Patrick R. Bartlow (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ralph L. Henry (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a separatome-based recombinant peptide, polypeptide, and protein expression and purification platform based on the juxtaposition of the binding properties of host cell genomic peptides, polypeptides, and proteins with the characteristics and location of the corresponding genes on the host cell chromosome, such as that of E. coli, yeast, Bacillus subtilis or other prokaryotes, insect cells, mammalian cells, etc. This platform quantitatively describes and identifies priority deletions, modifications, or inhibitions of certain gene products to increase chromatographic separation efficiency, defined as an increase in column capacity, column selectivity, or both, with emphasis on the former. Moreover, the platform provides a computerized knowledge tool that, given separatome data and a target recombinant peptide, polypeptide, or protein, intuitively suggests strategies leading to efficient product purification. The separatome-based protein expression and purification platform is an efficient bioseparation system that intertwines host cell expression systems and chromatography. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/056747 |
| 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 1/20 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) C12N 15/74 (20130101) C12N 15/79 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 21/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08927283 | Komvopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kyriakos Komvopoulos (Orinda, California); Satomi Tajima (Beachwood, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyriakos Komvopoulos (Orinda, California); Satomi Tajima (Beachwood, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for treating surfaces of polymeric substrates (as used in medical implants) with inert plasmas to promote the growth of bioentities (such as cells) on these surfaces is disclosed. The treated surfaces are subsequently exposed to an environment to form functionalities associated with enhanced growth of the bioentity on the surface. For example, the substrate may be exposed to the ambient environment. The bioentity may then be deposited on the modified surface. This inert plasma treatment and exposure to a suitable environment does not degrade the implants, and thus improved implants are created. Also, due to the specific functional groups at the modified surface, high cell densities are achieved. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/942909 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 7/123 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2323/06 (20130101) |
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| US 08927300 | Hsieh-Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linda Hsieh-Wilson (San Marino, California); Nelly Khidekel (Pasadena, California); Hwan-Ching Tai (Pasadena, California); Sabine Arndt (Dortmund, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for the rapid and sensitive detection of post-translationally modified proteins, and particularly of those with posttranslational glycosylations. The methods can be used to detect O-GlcNAc posttranslational modifications on proteins on which such modifications were undetectable using other techniques. In one embodiment, the method exploits the ability of an engine˜red mutant of β-1,4-galactosyltransferase to selectively transfer an unnatural ketone functionality onto O-GlcNAc glycosylated proteins. Once transferred, the ketone moiety serves as a versatile handle for the attachment of biotin, thereby enabling detection of the modified protein. The approach permits the rapid visualization of proteins that are at the limits of detection using traditional methods. Further, the preferred embodiments can be used for detection of certain disease states, such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/773966 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/10 (20130101) Peptides C07K 19/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/96 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/6842 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Byron D. Ford (Duluth, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brain-Gen Biotech (Duluth, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Byron D. Ford (Duluth, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Neuregulin, a known neuroprotein, has been found to ameliorate or prevent damage caused by mechanical or chemical assault to blood vessels and, when administered into the cerebral spinal fluid, can ameliorate damage to neuronal tissue caused by stroke or inflammation. Additionally, neuregulin has been found to be useful for enhancement of stem cell migration from the ventricle to the site of injury to the brain. |
| FILED | Monday, January 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/359851 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/915 (20130101) |
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| US 08927728 | Alabugin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Igor Alabugin (Tallahassee, Florida); Wang-Yong Yang (Tallahassee, Florida); Saumya Roy (Tallahassee, Florida); Kemal Kaya (Tallahassee, Florida); Qing-Xiang Sang (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Alabugin (Tallahassee, Florida); Wang-Yong Yang (Tallahassee, Florida); Saumya Roy (Tallahassee, Florida); Kemal Kaya (Tallahassee, Florida); Qing-Xiang Sang (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Photoreactive DNA cleaving conjugate compounds are provided comprising a DNA cleaving moiety which comprises an aryl alkyne group and a polyfunctional pH-regulated DNA-binding moiety which comprises at least one or two amino groups. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/465529 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/61 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 5/06026 (20130101) C07K 5/06078 (20130101) C07K 5/06086 (20130101) |
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| US 08927733 | Cai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas); Chi Ming Yam (Stafford, Texas); Jianhua Gu (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chengzhi Cai (Houston, Texas); Chi Ming Yam (Stafford, Texas); Jianhua Gu (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor that includes a) a silicon (Si) substrate having a surface; and b) a monolayer of oligoethylene glycol (OEG) bonded to the surface via silicon-carbon bonds. Regions of the OEG monolayer distal to the surface are functionalized with a molecular probe serving as a recognition element for a bioanalyte. A method of making a silicon surface that recognizes a biological specimen includes 1) hydrosilylating with a mixture that includes an oligoethylene glycol (OEG) substituted with an alkene at one end of the OEG and capped at the opposing end of the OEG and an oligoethylene glycol (OEG) substituted with an alkene at one end of the OEG and an alkyne having a protecting group at the opposing end of the OEG and 2) removing the protecting group from the alkyne; and 3) reacting the alkyne with a reagent in a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. |
| FILED | Monday, March 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/850210 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00351 (20130101) B01J 2219/00612 (20130101) B01J 2219/00617 (20130101) B01J 2219/00621 (20130101) B01J 2219/00637 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) B01J 2219/00725 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/04 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 33/50 (20130101) G01N 33/552 (20130101) G01N 33/54353 (20130101) G01N 33/54393 (20130101) |
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| US 08927778 | Alabugin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Alabugin (Tallahassee, Florida); Philip M. Byers (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the synthesis of carbon-based structures, particularly graphene substructures and ribbons, from oligo- and poly-alkyne starting materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/658886 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 43/225 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/79 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 311/94 (20130101) |
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| US 08927807 | Crawford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nigel Crawford (San Diego, California); Rongchen Wang (San Diego, California); Peizhu Guan (San Diego, California); Mingsheng Chen (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel Crawford (San Diego, California); Rongchen Wang (San Diego, California); Peizhu Guan (San Diego, California); Mingsheng Chen (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for screening for nitrate-regulated promoter and enhancer elements in plant cells. The present invention also provides expression cassettes that contain nitrate-regulated promoters operably linked to heterologous polynucleotide sequences. The expression cassettes of the present invention are useful for expressing polypeptides, proteins and nucleic acid molecules in plant cells treated with nitrates and nitrites. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/392496 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8238 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08927876 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angelique Johnson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kensall Wise (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angelique Johnson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kensall Wise (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrode array, having application as a cochlear implant, includes a tube formed of Parylene defining a hollow channel. A substrate formed primarily of Parylene is supported by the tube. In turn, a plurality of metallic electrodes and feed lines are supported by the substrate. Numerous voids are defined by the tube which opens into the hollow channel. The size and spacing of the voids regulate stiffness and curl of the tube to provide excellent fit within the cochlea. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/597970 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0541 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08927959 | Gaska et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina); Maxim S Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Alexander Dobrinsky (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting diode is provided, which includes an n-type contact layer and a light generating structure adjacent to the n-type contact layer. The light generating structure includes a set of quantum wells. The contact layer and light generating structure can be configured so that a difference between an energy of the n-type contact layer and an electron ground state energy of a quantum well is greater than an energy of a polar optical phonon in a material of the light generating structure. Additionally, the light generating structure can be configured so that its width is comparable to a mean free path for emission of a polar optical phonon by an electron injected into the light generating structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/803681 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/04 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 33/10 (20130101) H01L 33/22 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/385 (20130101) H01L 33/405 (20130101) |
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| US 08927971 | Watson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark D. Watson (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Watson (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are semiconducting compounds having one or more phthalimide units and/or one or more head-to-head (H-H) substituted biheteroaryl units. Such compounds can be monomeric, oligomeric, or polymeric, and can exhibit desirable electronic properties and possess processing advantages including solution−processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/755308 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/123 (20130101) C08G 61/126 (20130101) C08G 73/10 (20130101) C08G 73/0672 (20130101) C08G 2261/92 (20130101) C08G 2261/344 (20130101) C08G 2261/414 (20130101) C08G 2261/3223 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 57/00 (20130101) C09B 57/08 (20130101) C09B 69/109 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0043 (20130101) H01L 51/0053 (20130101) H01L 51/0545 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 08928521 | Venkatachalam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chandrasekaran Venkatachalam (Fort Collins, Colorado); Yanting Wang (Aurora, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chandrasekaran Venkatachalam (Fort Collins, Colorado); Yanting Wang (Aurora, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention can predict the ground location and intensity of storm cells for a future time using radar reflectivity data. In some embodiments, a Sinc approximation of the general flow equation can be solved to predict the ground location and intensity of a storm cell. In some embodiments, to solve the Sinc approximation the velocity of a storm cell can be estimated using various techniques including solving the flow equation in the frequency domain. The results can provide efficient prediction of storm cell position in nowcasting applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/000600 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| 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 13/951 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 13/953 (20130101) |
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| US 08928543 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zheng Wang (Austin, Texas); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); Zhiyu Wang (Jinan, China PRC); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Lixin Ran (Hangzhou, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Wang (Austin, Texas); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); Zhiyu Wang (Jinan, China PRC); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Lixin Ran (Hangzhou, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A gyrotropic metamaterial structure that include a plurality of chiral metamaterials forming one or more pairs of dipole structures. A plurality of lumped circuits are positioned between the one or more pairs of dipole structures. The lumped circuits have a plurality of subwavelengths antennas that are combined to change the polarization states of an incident polarized wave by producing Faraday-like rotation allowing for nomeciprocal propagation of the incident polarized wave. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/548572 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/002 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 15/12 (20130101) H01Q 15/0086 (20130101) H01Q 15/246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08928881 | Swalwell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jarred E. Swalwell (Shoreline, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jarred E. Swalwell (Shoreline, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for performing flow cytometry is disclosed wherein the alignment of the light source with respect to the sensing region of the fluid stream is continuously controlled using a feedback control loop. An imaging apparatus is provided that images the system along the optical axis, between the field stop and the sensing region. In an embodiment, the cytometer includes a field stop having an H-shaped aperture and light diverters over the ends of the aperture that divert a portion of the light to peripheral detectors. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/144689 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 15/1429 (20130101) G01N 15/1434 (20130101) G01N 15/1459 (20130101) G01N 21/49 (20130101) G01N 2015/1402 (20130101) G01N 2015/1452 (20130101) |
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| US 08928887 | Popescu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel Popescu (Champaign, Illinois); Huafeng Ding (Henrico, Virginia); Zhuo Wang (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods mapping a characteristic parameter of a specimen, such as a scattering mean free path and a scattering anisotropy factor, based on a quantitative phase shift measurement. The methods have steps of using spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM) to determine a quantitative phase shift as a function of position in a sample, and applying a generalized scatter-phase transformation to derive at least one of a scattering mean free path (MFP), a scattering anisotropy factor, and a thickness-independent parameter as a function of position in the sample. In some cases, the sample may be a slice of tissue or a cell. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/775788 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1434 (20130101) G01N 21/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2015/1006 (20130101) G01N 2015/1445 (20130101) G01N 2015/1454 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0004 (20130101) G02B 21/18 (20130101) |
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| US 08929408 | Diels et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean-Claude Diels (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ladan Arissian (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Koji Masuda (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus, systems, and methods of generating multi combs can be used in a variety of applications. In various embodiments, an etalon can be disposed in the laser cavity of a mode-locked laser to adjust frequency combs. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/747316 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/1062 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08929417 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rui Q. Yang (Norman, Oklahoma); Tetsuya Mishima (Norman, Oklahoma); Michael B. Santos (Norman, Oklahoma); Zhaobing Tian (Norman, Oklahoma); Matthew B. Johnson (Norman, Oklahoma); Robert T. Hinkey (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rui Q. Yang (Norman, Oklahoma); Tetsuya Mishima (Norman, Oklahoma); Michael B. Santos (Norman, Oklahoma); Zhaobing Tian (Norman, Oklahoma); Matthew B. Johnson (Norman, Oklahoma); Robert T. Hinkey (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor interband laser that includes a first cladding layer formed using a first high-doped semiconductor material having a first refractive index/permittivity and a second cladding layer formed using a second high-doped semiconductor material having a second refractive index/permittivity. The laser also includes a waveguide core having a waveguide core refractive index/permittivity, the waveguide core is positioned between the first and the second cladding layers. The waveguide core including an active region adapted to generate light based on interband transitions. The light being generated defines the lasing wavelength or the lasing frequency. The first refractive index and the second refractive index are lower than the waveguide core refractive index. The first cladding layer and/or the second cladding layers can also be formed using a metal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/975008 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (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 5/0014 (20130101) H01S 5/22 (20130101) H01S 5/1046 (20130101) H01S 5/2031 (20130101) H01S 5/3216 (20130101) H01S 5/3401 (20130101) H01S 5/3402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/3422 (20130101) |
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| US 08929637 | Katsevich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida); iTomography Corporation (Barker, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida); iTomography Corporation (Barker, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Katsevich (Oviedo, Florida); Michael Frenkel (Barker, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, processes and systems of image reconstruction using variable filter length local tomography, for reconstructing internal body images in medical applications, and the like. The system and method of the present invention utilizes less radiation and less computer power than the prior art, without using iteration algorithms so that all target sizes from large to small can be reconstructed. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/080099 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/10 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08929644 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Song Zhang (Ames, Iowa); Yajun Wang (Ames, Iowa); William F. Lohry (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Song Zhang (Ames, Iowa); Yajun Wang (Ames, Iowa); William F. Lohry (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for three-dimensional (3D) shape measurement includes generating fringe patterns using a dithering technique, projecting the fringe patterns onto an object using a projector, capturing the fringe patterns distorted by surface geometry of the object using an imaging device, and performing a fringe analysis to reconstruct a 3D shape of the object using the fringe patterns and the fringe patterns distorted by the surface geometry of the object. The step of generating the fringe patterns using the dithering technique may include binarizing sinuisoidal fringe patterns with the dithering technique. The step of generating the fringe patterns using the dithering technique may include applying an optimization algorithm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/732548 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/2513 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08929828 | Hochwald |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bertrand Martyn Hochwald (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bertrand M. Hochwald (South Bend, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bertrand Martyn Hochwald (South Bend, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for transmission from an electromagnetic signal transmitting device utilizing a plurality of transmit chains based on a code that reduces exposure to electromagnetic radiation. One method is utilizing a plurality of chains, adjusting at least one of a phase or an amplitude of at least one of the transmit chains based on a code, wherein the codebook of code words is generated using at least one parameter that characterizes the electromagnetic radiation intensity, and wherein the number of code words satisfies a criterion for quality of reception at an intended receiver, and wherein the code words are selected, during operation of the transmitting device, in response to data that are to be transmitted. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/173849 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/0465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 7/0617 (20130101) |
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| US 08930304 | Guo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The 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 (Warrington, Pennsylvania); Mark Zhang (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a corpus of scientific articles such as a digital library, documents are connected by citations and one document plays two different roles in the corpus: document itself and a citation of other documents. A Bernoulli Process Topic (BPT) model is provided which models the corpus at two levels: document level and citation level. In the BPT model, each document has two different representations in the latent topic space associated with its roles. Moreover, the multi-level hierarchical structure of the citation network is captured by a generative process involving a Bernoulli process. The distribution parameters of the BPT model are estimated by a variational approximation approach. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/154236 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 7/005 (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 RE45317 | Weimer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan W. Weimer (Niwot, Colorado); Christopher Perkins (Boulder, Colorado); Dragan Mejic (Brighton, Colorado); Paul Lichty (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for carrying out high temperature reactions such as biomass pyrolysis or gasification using solar energy. The biomass particles are rapidly heated in a solar thermal entrainment reactor. The residence time of the particles in the reactor can be 5 seconds or less. The biomass particles may be directly or indirectly heated depending on the reactor design. Metal oxide particles can be fed into the reactor concurrently with the biomass particles, allowing carbothermic reduction of the metal oxide particles by biomass pyrolysis products. The reduced metal oxide particles can be reacted with steam to produce hydrogen in a subsequent process step. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/855617 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas: Heating and illuminating 048/197.R00 |
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| US 08925497 | Besmann |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore M. Besmann (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A waste gas combustion method that includes providing a combustible fuel source, in which the combustible fuel source is composed of at least methane and siloxane gas. A sodium source or magnesium source is mixed with the combustible fuel source. Combustion of the siloxane gas of the combustible fuel source produces a silicon containing product. The sodium source or magnesium source reacts with the silicon containing product to provide a sodium containing glass or sodium containing silicate, or a magnesium containing silicate. By producing the sodium containing glass or sodium containing silicate, or the magnesium containing silicate, or magnesium source for precipitating particulate silica instead of hard coating, the method may reduce or eliminate the formation of silica deposits within the combustion chamber and the exhaust components of the internal combustion engine. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/100341 |
| ART UNIT | 3783 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 47/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 21/0209 (20130101) Cremation Furnaces; Consuming Waste Products by Combustion F23G 7/065 (20130101) F23G 2206/202 (20130101) F23G 2209/142 (20130101) |
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| US 08925648 | Lucon |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter A. Lucon (Butte, Montana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Peter A. Lucon (Butte, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for controlling an oscillatory penetration apparatus. An embodiment is a system and method for controlling a sonic drill having a displacement and an operating range and operating at a phase difference, said sonic drill comprising a push-pull piston and eccentrics, said method comprising: operating the push-pull piston at an initial push-pull force while the eccentrics are operated at a plurality of different operating frequencies within the operating range of the sonic drill and measuring the displacement at each operating frequency; determining an efficient operating frequency for the material being drilled and operating the eccentrics at said efficient operating frequency; determining the phase difference at which the sonic drill is operating; and if the phase difference is not substantially equal to minus ninety degrees, operating the push-pull piston at another push-pull force. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/736742 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 7/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E21B 44/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08925791 | Abell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey A Abell (Rochester Hills, Michigan); John Patrick Spicer (Plymouth, Michigan); Michael Anthony Wincek (Rochester, Michigan); Hui Wang (Highland, Michigan); Debejyo Chakraborty (Sterling Heights, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes host and learning machines. Each machine has a processor in electrical communication with at least one sensor. Instructions for predicting a binary quality status of an item of interest during a repeatable process are recorded in memory. The binary quality status includes passing and failing binary classes. The learning machine receives signals from the at least one sensor and identifies candidate features. Features are extracted from the candidate features, each more predictive of the binary quality status. The extracted features are mapped to a dimensional space having a number of dimensions proportional to the number of extracted features. The dimensional space includes most of the passing class and excludes at least 90 percent of the failing class. Received signals are compared to the boundaries of the recorded dimensional space to predict, in real time, the binary quality status of a subsequent item of interest. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/264113 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 20/12 (20130101) B23K 20/106 (20130101) Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 1/00 (20130101) G05B 1/01 (20130101) G05B 1/04 (20130101) G05B 11/00 (20130101) G05B 11/01 (20130101) G05B 11/011 (20130101) G05B 19/00 (20130101) G05B 19/02 (20130101) G05B 19/04 (20130101) G05B 19/18 (20130101) G05B 23/0221 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08926032 | Kuehl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven John Kuehl (Stevensville, Michigan); John J. Vonderhaar (St. Joseph, Michigan); Guolian Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan); Mianxue Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven John Kuehl (Stevensville, Michigan); John J. Vonderhaar (St. Joseph, Michigan); Guolian Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan); Mianxue Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A refrigerator appliance that includes a freezer compartment, a refrigeration compartment having two doors, and a mullion having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The mullion is movably coupled to, and configured to swing behind, at least one of the doors when the two doors are moved to a closed position. The exterior surface of the mullion directs condensation toward a transfer point. The exterior surface may be configured with a hydrophilic surface to direct and control the condensation. The condensation may also be directed into a receptacle or a wicking structure arranged to facilitate evaporation of the unwanted condensate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562577 |
| ART UNIT | 3637 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports: Cabinet structure 312/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08926267 — Ambient air cooling arrangement having a pre-swirler for gas turbine engine blade cooling
| US 08926267 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Kok-Mun Tham (Oviedo, Florida); Eric Schroeder (Loveland, Ohio); Jamie Meeroff (Cincinnati, Ohio); Samuel R. Miller, Jr. (Port St. Lucie, Florida); John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Kok-Mun Tham (Oviedo, Florida); Eric Schroeder (Loveland, Ohio); Jamie Meeroff (Cincinnati, Ohio); Samuel R. Miller, Jr. (Port St. Lucie, Florida); John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine including: an ambient-air cooling circuit (10) having a cooling channel (26) disposed in a turbine blade (22) and in fluid communication with a source (12) of ambient air: and an pre-swirler (18), the pre-swirler having: an inner shroud (38); an outer shroud (56); and a plurality of guide vanes (42), each spanning from the inner shroud to the outer shroud. Circumferentially adjacent guide vanes (46, 48) define respective nozzles (44) there between. Forces created by a rotation of the turbine blade motivate ambient air through the cooling circuit. The pre-swirler is configured to impart swirl to ambient air drawn through the nozzles and to direct the swirled ambient air toward a base of the turbine blade. The end walls (50, 54) of the pre-swirler may be contoured. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/766909 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/082 (20130101) F01D 5/143 (20130101) F01D 5/187 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 9/065 (20130101) F01D 11/001 (20130101) F01D 25/12 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/12 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/127 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08926870 | Krumhansl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Krumhansl (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Tina M. Nenoff (Sandia Park, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and methods of synthesizing mixed-layered bismuth oxy-iodine materials, which can be synthesized in the presence of aqueous radioactive iodine species found in caustic solutions (e.g. NaOH or KOH). This technology provides a one-step process for both iodine sequestration and storage from nuclear fuel cycles. It results in materials that will be durable for repository conditions much like those found in Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and estimated for Yucca Mountain (YMP). By controlled reactant concentrations, optimized compositions of these mixed-layered bismuth oxy-iodine inorganic materials are produced that have both a high iodine weight percentage and a low solubility in groundwater environments. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/752600 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 9/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08927068 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl M. Brown (Santa Clara, California); Hooman Bolandi (San Jose, California); Victor Pebenito (San Jose, California); Josef Thomas Hoog (Novato, California); Connie P. Wang (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl M. Brown (Santa Clara, California); Hooman Bolandi (San Jose, California); Victor Pebenito (San Jose, California); Josef Thomas Hoog (Novato, California); Connie P. Wang (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for forming lithium-ion batteries and battery cell components, and more specifically, to a system and method for fabricating such batteries and battery cell components using deposition processes that form three-dimensional porous structures are provided. One method comprises texturing a conductive substrate by calendering the conductive substrate between opposing wire mesh structures, forming a first layer of cathodically active material having a first porosity on the surface of the textured conductive substrate, and forming a second layer of cathodically active material having a second porosity on the first layer, wherein the second porosity is greater than the first porosity. |
| FILED | Monday, June 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/532616 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/0404 (20130101) H01M 4/0419 (20130101) H01M 4/0435 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/1391 (20130101) H01M 4/5825 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08927254 | Lipscomb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gina L. Lipscomb (Athens, Georgia); Joel Andrew Farkas (Athens, Georgia); Michael W. W. Adams (Athens, Georgia); Janet Westpheling (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gina L. Lipscomb (Athens, Georgia); Joel Andrew Farkas (Athens, Georgia); Michael W. W. Adams (Athens, Georgia); Janet Westpheling (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods for transforming a Pyrococcus furiosus with a polynucleotide. In one embodiment, the method includes contacting a P. furiosus with a polynucleotide under conditions suitable for uptake of the polynucleotide by the P. furiosus, and identifying transformants at a frequency of, for instance, at least 103 transformants per microgram DNA. Also provided are isolated Pyrococcus furiosus having the characteristics of Pyrococcus furiosus COM1, and plasmids that include an origin of replication that functions in a Pyrococcus furiosus. The plasmid is stable in a recipient P. furiosus without selection for more than 100 generations and is structurally unchanged after replication in P. furiosus for more than 100 generations. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/248377 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08927319 | 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); Jeramy Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kyusang Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kuen-Ting Shiu (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed methods of making photosensitive devices, such as flexible photovoltaic (PV) devices, through the use of epitaxial liftoff. Also described herein are methods of preparing flexible PV devices comprising a structure having a growth substrate, wherein the selective etching of protective layers yields a smooth growth substrate that us suitable for reuse. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/750660 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/7813 (20130101) H01L 31/0735 (20130101) H01L 31/1852 (20130101) H01L 31/1892 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1896 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08927453 | Kotaro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sasaki Kotaro (Hauppauge, New York); Wei-Fu Chen (Ridge, New York); James T. Muckerman (Port Jefferson, New York); Radoslav R. Adzic (East Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides molybdenum and tungsten nanostructures, for example, nanosheets and nanoparticles, and methods of making and using same, including using such nanostructures as catlysts for hydrogen evolution reactions. |
| FILED | Monday, April 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/868030 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — 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) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/04 (20130101) C25B 11/12 (20130101) C25B 11/0478 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/8652 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/366 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/755 (20130101) Y10S 977/896 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08927793 | Kocal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Anthony Kocal (Glenview, Illinois); Timothy A. Brandvold (Arlington Heights, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Anthony Kocal (Glenview, Illinois); Timothy A. Brandvold (Arlington Heights, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes for producing reduced acid lignocellulosic-derived pyrolysis oil are provided. In a process, lignocellulosic material is fed to a heating zone. A basic solid catalyst is delivered to the heating zone. The lignocellulosic material is pyrolyzed in the presence of the basic solid catalyst in the heating zone to create pyrolysis gases. The oxygen in the pyrolysis gases is catalytically converted to separable species in the heating zone. The pyrolysis gases are removed from the heating zone and are liquefied to form the reduced acid lignocellulosic-derived pyrolysis oil. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/194718 |
| 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 23/02 (20130101) B01J 23/007 (20130101) B01J 29/082 (20130101) Destructive Distillation of Carbonageous Materials for Production of Gas, Coke, Tar, or Similar Materials C10B 49/22 (20130101) C10B 53/02 (20130101) C10B 57/06 (20130101) C10B 57/18 (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 2300/1014 (20130101) Purifying or Modifying the Chemical Composition of Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide C10K 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10K 1/34 (20130101) C10K 3/026 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis G. Jackson (Augusta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis G. Jackson (Augusta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and process is provided for detecting elemental mercury in soil. A sacrificial electrode of aluminum is inserted below ground to a desired location using direct-push/cone-penetrometer based equipment. The insertion process removes any oxides or previously found mercury from the electrode surface. Any mercury present adjacent the electrode can be detected using a voltmeter which indicates the presence or absence of mercury. Upon repositioning the electrode within the soil, a fresh surface of the aluminum electrode is created allowing additional new measurements. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/314348 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/376 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08928546 | Eubanks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Travis Wayne Eubanks (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christopher Lawrence Gibson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis Wayne Eubanks (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christopher Lawrence Gibson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna for producing an omni-directional pattern, and using all frequencies of a frequency range simultaneously, is provided with first and second electrically conductive elements disposed coaxially relative to a central axis. The first element has a first surface of revolution about the axis, the first surface of revolution tapering radially outwardly while extending axially away from the second element to terminate at a first axial end of the first element. The second element has a second surface of revolution about the axis, the second surface of revolution tapering radially outwardly while extending axially toward the first element to terminate at a first axial end of the second element. The first and second surfaces of revolution overlap one another radially and axially, and are mutually non-conformal. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/464056 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/773 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08929554 | Hughes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard John Hughes (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jane Elizabeth Nordholt (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Charles Glen Peterson (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques and tools for implementing protocols for secure multi-party communication after quantum key distribution (“QKD”) are described herein. In example implementations, a trusted authority facilitates secure communication between multiple user devices. The trusted authority distributes different quantum keys by QKD under trust relationships with different users. The trusted authority determines combination keys using the quantum keys and makes the combination keys available for distribution (e.g., for non-secret distribution over a public channel). The combination keys facilitate secure communication between two user devices even in the absence of QKD between the two user devices. With the protocols, benefits of QKD are extended to multi-party communication scenarios. In addition, the protocols can retain benefit of QKD even when a trusted authority is offline or a large group seeks to establish secure communication within the group. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/912010 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/083 (20130101) H04L 9/0852 (20130101) H04L 9/0883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/062 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/04 (20130101) H04W 88/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08929701 | Lowell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Draka Comteq, B.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Draka Comteq, B.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Edmund Lowell (Berkley, Massachusetts); Tyler Louis Angers (Barrington, Rhode Island); Jan Wigger Jonker (Appingedam, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to loose-tube optical-fiber cables that are capable of operating in high-temperature environments. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768280 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/443 (20130101) G02B 6/4436 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930034 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David G. Wilson (Tijeras, New Mexico); Rush D. Robinett, III (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Wilson (Tijeras, New Mexico); Rush D. Robinett, III (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A Unified Power Flow Controller described herein comprises a sensor that outputs at least one sensed condition, a processor that receives the at least one sensed condition, a memory that comprises control logic that is executable by the processor; and power electronics that comprise power storage, wherein the processor causes the power electronics to selectively cause the power storage to act as one of a power generator or a load based at least in part upon the at least one sensed condition output by the sensor and the control logic, and wherein at least one operating parameter of the power electronics is designed to facilitate maximal transmittal of electrical power generated at a variable power generation system to a grid system while meeting power constraints set forth by the electrical power grid. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/159303 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930165 | Vilim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard B. Vilim (Sugar Grove, Illinois); Raymond T. Klann (Channahon, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Vilim (Sugar Grove, Illinois); Raymond T. Klann (Channahon, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for determining a probability of the location of an illicit radiation source within an environment based on directional detectors. An embodiment includes a plurality of directional radiation detectors distributed about the environment and integrated with a processing unit adapted to determine the probability of the source location based on the radiation count data received from the plurality of detectors. The processing unit is further adapted to output information indicative of the location of the radiation source within the environment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/881943 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/2907 (20130101) G01T 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930418 | Chao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tian-Jy Chao (Bedford, New York); Younghun Kim (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Automatically translating a building architecture file format (Industry Foundation Class) to a simulation file, in one aspect, may extract data and metadata used by a target simulation tool from a building architecture file. Interoperability data objects may be created and the extracted data is stored in the interoperability data objects. A model translation procedure may be prepared to identify a mapping from a Model View Definition to a translation and transformation function. The extracted data may be transformed using the data stored in the interoperability data objects, an input Model View Definition template, and the translation and transformation function to convert the extracted data to correct geometric values needed for a target simulation file format used by the target simulation tool. The simulation file in the target simulation file format may be generated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/676264 |
| ART UNIT | 2169 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5004 (20130101) G06F 17/5009 (20130101) G06F 17/30569 (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 10/0637 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 707/94 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930596 | Heidelberger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Esslingen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, a method for implementing an array-based queue in memory of a memory system that includes a controller includes configuring, in the memory, metadata of the array-based queue. The configuring comprises defining, in metadata, an array start location in the memory for the array-based queue, defining, in the metadata, an array size for the array-based queue, defining, in the metadata, a queue top for the array-based queue and defining, in the metadata, a queue bottom for the array-based queue. The method also includes the controller serving a request for an operation on the queue, the request providing the location in the memory of the metadata of the queue. |
| FILED | Friday, November 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/690028 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 12/0646 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930752 | Gara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Michael Karl Gschwind (Chappaqua, New York); Valentina Salapura (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Michael Karl Gschwind (Chappaqua, New York); Valentina Salapura (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | System, method and computer program product for scheduling threads in a multiprocessing system with selective pairing of processor cores for increased processing reliability. A selective pairing facility is provided that selectively connects, i.e., pairs, multiple microprocessor or processor cores to provide one highly reliable thread (or thread group). The method configures the selective pairing facility to use checking provide one highly reliable thread for high-reliability and allocate threads to corresponding processor cores indicating need for hardware checking. The method configures the selective pairing facility to provide multiple independent cores and allocate threads to corresponding processor cores indicating inherent resilience. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/027960 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/165 (20130101) G06F 11/1641 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2201/845 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930926 | Bastoul et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cedric Bastoul (Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France); Richard A. Lethin (New York, New York); Allen K. Leung (New York, New York); Benoit J. Meister (New York, New York); Peter Szilagyi (Medina, New York); Nicolas T. Vasilache (New York, New York); David E. Wohlford (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Reservoir Labs, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cedric Bastoul (Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France); Richard A. Lethin (New York, New York); Allen K. Leung (New York, New York); Benoit J. Meister (New York, New York); Peter Szilagyi (Medina, New York); Nicolas T. Vasilache (New York, New York); David E. Wohlford (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus and computer software product for source code optimization are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a first custom computing apparatus is used to optimize the execution of source code on a second computing apparatus. In this embodiment, the first custom computing apparatus contains a memory, a storage medium and at least one processor with at least one multi-stage execution unit. The second computing apparatus contains at least two multi-stage execution units that allow for parallel execution of tasks. The first custom computing apparatus optimizes the code for parallelism, locality of operations and contiguity of memory accesses on the second computing apparatus. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/762281 |
| ART UNIT | 2199 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08928029 | Ting et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Z. Ting (Arcadia, California); Sarath D. Gunapala (Stevenson Ranch, California); Alexander Soibel (South Pasadena, California); Jean Nguyen (Los Angeles, California); Arezou Khoshakhlagh (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Bias-switchable dual-band infrared detectors and methods of manufacturing such detectors are provided. The infrared detectors are based on a back-to-back heterojunction diode design, where the detector structure consists of, sequentially, a top contact layer, a unipolar hole barrier layer, an absorber layer, a unipolar electron barrier, a second absorber, a second unipolar hole barrier, and a bottom contact layer. In addition, by substantially reducing the width of one of the absorber layers, a single-band infrared detector can also be formed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/712122 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/109 (20130101) H01L 31/02016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08928036 | Ting et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Z. Ting (Arcadia, California); Cory J. Hill (Pasadena, California); Alexander Seibel (South Pasadena, California); Sumith Y. Bandara (Burke, Virginia); Sarath D. Gunapala (Stevenson Ranch, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Z. Ting (Arcadia, California); Cory J. Hill (Pasadena, California); Alexander Seibel (South Pasadena, California); Sumith Y. Bandara (Burke, Virginia); Sarath D. Gunapala (Stevenson Ranch, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A barrier infrared detector with absorber materials having selectable cutoff wavelengths and its method of manufacture is described. A GaInAsSb absorber layer may be grown on a GaSb substrate layer formed by mixing GaSb and InAsSb by an absorber mixing ratio. A GaAlAsSb barrier layer may then be grown on the barrier layer formed by mixing GaSb and AlSbAs by a barrier mixing ratio. The absorber mixing ratio may be selected to adjust a band gap of the absorber layer and thereby determine a cutoff wavelength for the barrier infrared detector. The absorber mixing ratio may vary along an absorber layer growth direction. Various contact layer architectures may be used. In addition, a top contact layer may be isolated into an array of elements electrically isolated as individual functional detectors that may be used in a detector array, imaging array, or focal plane array. |
| FILED | Friday, September 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/567635 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02398 (20130101) H01L 21/02463 (20130101) H01L 21/02466 (20130101) H01L 21/02546 (20130101) H01L 21/02549 (20130101) H01L 31/109 (20130101) H01L 31/0304 (20130101) H01L 31/0352 (20130101) H01L 31/1844 (20130101) H01L 31/03046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08928316 | Goldfine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil J. Goldfine (Newton, Massachusetts); Andrew P. Washabaugh (Chula Vista, California); Robert Lyons (Pelham, Massachusetts); Zachary Thomas (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David A. Jablonski (Whitman, Massachusetts); Christopher Martin (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | JENTEK Sensors, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil J. Goldfine (Newton, Massachusetts); Andrew P. Washabaugh (Chula Vista, California); Robert Lyons (Pelham, Massachusetts); Zachary Thomas (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David A. Jablonski (Whitman, Massachusetts); Christopher Martin (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for characterizing composite materials for manufacturing quality assurance (QA), periodic inspection during the useful life, or for forensic analysis/material testing. System are provided that relate eddy-current sensor responses to the fiber layup of a composite structure, the presence of impact damage on a composite structure with or without a metal liner, volumetric stress within the composite, fiber tow density, and other NDE inspection requirements. Also provided are systems that determine electromagnetic material properties and material dimensions of composite materials from capacitive sensor inspection measurements. These properties are related to the presence of buried defects in non-conductive composite materials, moisture ingress, aging of the material due to service or environmental/thermal exposure, or changes in manufacturing quality. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/297933 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/0064 (20130101) G01R 33/0094 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08928379 | Hancock |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce R. Hancock (Altadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce R. Hancock (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A latch circuit that uses two interoperating latches. The latch circuit has the beneficial feature that it switches only a single time during a measurement that uses a stair step or ramp function as an input signal in an analog to digital converter. This feature minimizes the amount of power that is consumed in the latch and also minimizes the amount of high frequency noise that is generated by the latch. An application using a plurality of such latch circuits in a parallel decoding ADC for use in an image sensor is given as an example. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768027 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 29/00 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 3/012 (20130101) H03K 3/0375 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03K 3/356104 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/002 (20130101) H03M 1/56 (20130101) H03M 1/123 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Caulfield (Santa Barbara, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John Caulfield (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Detection of a target object or a characteristic of that object, e.g. temperature or movement in an image of a scene at a focal plane of the image and with processing of signals representative of the image occurring at that focal plane with a sensor and an integrated circuit processor on an imaging circuit chip used to record the scene. Moreover, processing of the signals representative of the image and the object or characteristic of the object can all be processed in parallel. This arrangement allows for filtering of objects with the ability to distinguish the object generating signals from background clutter. The incorporation of the entire circuit in this integrated circuit chip increases the compactness and efficiency. Moreover, all signal processing will occur at the focal plane eliminates the need for external processing electronics thereby increasing compactness and efficiency while reducing spatial noise. |
| FILED | Sunday, January 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/740227 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/217 (20130101) H04N 5/335 (20130101) H04N 5/378 (20130101) H04N 5/23245 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08925451 | Lanning et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher J. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A baler for making compacted bales of a cellulosic biomass material, the baler comprising: a housing defining a compaction chamber therein, wherein the housing comprises a top wall, an infeed opening defined in the top wall for introducing the material into the compaction chamber, and wherein a cutting device is mounted on the housing alongside the infeed opening. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/533586 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Presses in General B30B 9/301 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B30B 9/3032 (20130101) B30B 9/3078 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08927495 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lowell A. Miller (Greeley, Colorado); Robert A. Wagner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Robert A. Wagner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lowell A. Miller (Greeley, Colorado); Robert A. Wagner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Adrenocortical disease (ACD) in ferrets develops as a result of the effect of increased concentration of Luteinizing Hormone (LH) on adrenal LH receptors. This increase in LH often results from the neutering of male or female ferrets. Neutered ferrets have no negative feedback of the ovarian or testicular hormone and as a result LH is elevated 3 to 10 times normal. Elevated LH may be prevented and/or treated by injection of GnRH vaccine. Administration of GnRH produces antibodies to endogenous GnRH. The GnRH-anti-GnRH immune-complex is ineffective in stimulating the release of LH and FSH in the anterior pituitary resulting drop in concentration of LH in the systemic circulation. This reduction in LH significantly reduces the occurrence or clinical symptoms of ACD therein. Moreover, treatment of ferrets with the GnRH provides long term relief from ACD for a period of a year or more. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479577 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/10.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08927702 | 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 (San Leandro, 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 (San Leandro, California); Kent F. McCue (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated Solanum Bulbocastanum Bul409 promoter sequences and uses thereof. An exemplary embodiment provides an isolated plant Bul409 promoter comprising a nucleic acid sequence that is at least about 90% identical to nucleotides 1-771 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 Bul409 promoter operably linked to a heterologous nucleic acid sequence, wherein the isolated plant Bul409 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 | Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/820543 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| 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 08927834 | Kidwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kimberlee Kae Kidwell (Pullman, Washington); Camille Marie Steber (Pullman, Washington); Victor Louis Demacon (Pullman, Washington); Gary Bruce Shelton (Albion, Washington); Adrienne Bryan Burke (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for producing glyphosate-tolerant wheat genotypes by mutagenesis, glyphosate wheat plants produced by such methods, and related compositions and methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/134642 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 1/02 (20130101) A01H 1/06 (20130101) A01H 5/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08928384 | Rylov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergey V. Rylov (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A programmable delay generator and a cascaded interpolator are provided. The cascaded interpolator includes a set of interpolator stages, each having two signal inputs and two signal outputs, configured to receive two input signals having two different phases and to generate two output signals that have a phase separation equal to a fraction of a phase separation of the two input signals; and a phase converter connected to a last stage of the plurality of single-bit interpolator stages, configured to convert the two output signals into a single final output signal of a given phase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/018034 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/276 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08929694 | Beausoleil et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond G Beausoleil (Redmond, Washington); Marco Fiorentino (Mountain View, California); Moray McLaren (Bristol, United Kingdom); Greg Astfalk (Parker, Texas); Nathan Lorenzo Binkert (Redwood City, California); David A. Fattal (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond G Beausoleil (Redmond, Washington); Marco Fiorentino (Mountain View, California); Moray McLaren (Bristol, United Kingdom); Greg Astfalk (Parker, Texas); Nathan Lorenzo Binkert (Redwood City, California); David A. Fattal (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one example, a composite processor includes a circuit board, a first processor element package, and a second processor element package. The circuit board has an optical link and an electrical link. The first processor element package includes a substrate with an integrated circuit, a sub-wavelength grating optical coupler, and an electrical coupler coupled to the electrical link of the circuit board. The second processor element package includes a substrate with an integrated circuit, a sub-wavelength grating optical coupler, and an electrical coupler coupled to the electrical link of the circuit board. The sub-wavelength grating optical coupler of the first processor element package, the optical link of the circuit board, and the sub-wavelength grating optical coupler of the second processor element package collectively define an optical communications path between the substrate of the first processor element package and the substrate of the second processor element package. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/978039 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/00 (20130101) G06F 15/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930914 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitchell A. Cohen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Andrew Lawrence Frenkiel (Irvington, New York); Bugra Gedik (Ankara, Turkey) |
| ABSTRACT | An information processing system, computer readable storage medium, and method for documenting the execution of long running applications. A processor of the information processing system operates to continuously collect snapshots monitored from an executing application on a runtime system. The processor selects, based at least on user specified policies, collected snapshots that indicate a significant change in runtime behavior of the executing application on the runtime system. The processor annotates each of the selected snapshots with description of the significant change in runtime behavior of the executing application. The processor operates to store and update documentation of an execution history of the executing application from the annotated snapshots. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/761602 |
| ART UNIT | 2198 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/73 (20130101) G06F 11/3476 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930954 | Hildrum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Rohit M. Khandekar (Hawthorne, New York); Vibhore Kumar (Hawthorne, New York); Sujay S. Parekh (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak Rajan (Hawthorne, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Hawthorne, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Rohit M. Khandekar (Hawthorne, New York); Vibhore Kumar (Hawthorne, New York); Sujay S. Parekh (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak Rajan (Hawthorne, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Hawthorne, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Hawthorne, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for allocating parallel, independent, data tasks includes receiving data tasks, each of the data tasks having a penalty function, determining a generic ordering of the data tasks according to the penalty functions, wherein the generic ordering includes solving an aggregate objective function of the penalty functions, the method further including determining a schedule of the data tasks given the generic ordering, which packs the data tasks to be performed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/853925 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/4881 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08925451 | Lanning et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher J. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington); David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A baler for making compacted bales of a cellulosic biomass material, the baler comprising: a housing defining a compaction chamber therein, wherein the housing comprises a top wall, an infeed opening defined in the top wall for introducing the material into the compaction chamber, and wherein a cutting device is mounted on the housing alongside the infeed opening. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/533586 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Presses in General B30B 9/301 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B30B 9/3032 (20130101) B30B 9/3078 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08927959 | Gaska et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina); Maxim S Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Alexander Dobrinsky (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting diode is provided, which includes an n-type contact layer and a light generating structure adjacent to the n-type contact layer. The light generating structure includes a set of quantum wells. The contact layer and light generating structure can be configured so that a difference between an energy of the n-type contact layer and an electron ground state energy of a quantum well is greater than an energy of a polar optical phonon in a material of the light generating structure. Additionally, the light generating structure can be configured so that its width is comparable to a mean free path for emission of a polar optical phonon by an electron injected into the light generating structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/803681 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/04 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 33/10 (20130101) H01L 33/22 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/385 (20130101) H01L 33/405 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08930163 | Kordari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TRX Systems, Inc. (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRX Systems, Inc. (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kamiar Kordari (McLean, Virginia); Benjamin Funk (Hanover, Maryland); Jared Napora (Severn, Maryland); Ruchika Verma (Bethesda, Maryland); Carole Teolis (Glenn Dale, Maryland); Travis Young (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting a human's steps and estimating the horizontal translation direction and scaling of the resulting motion relative to an inertial sensor is described. When a pedestrian takes a sequence of steps the displacement can be decomposed into a sequence of rotations and translations over each step. A translation is the change in the location of pedestrian's center of mass and a rotation is the change along z-axis of the pedestrian's orientation. A translation can be described by a vector and a rotation by an angle. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827506 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 22/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08925279 | Pantelides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris P. Pantelides (Salt Lake City, Utah); Lawrence D. Reaveley (Draper, Utah); Clayton A. Burningham (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris P. Pantelides (Salt Lake City, Utah); Lawrence D. Reaveley (Draper, Utah); Clayton A. Burningham (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Anchoring devices and systems are disclosed for use with elongated reinforcement members such as FRP, SRP, metallic bars, or cables. Such devices and systems impart a compressive stress into a static structure having the elongated reinforcement member running there through or there along. An anchoring system can include an anchor block that includes a front end surface for contacting the static structure, an axial bore for receiving the elongated reinforcement member, and clamping members that work with fasteners to provide a clamping force. The bore may be tapered and the fasteners optionally provide different clamping levels to reduce the stress on the elongated reinforcement member near the front end surface. The disclosed systems also include pre-stressing devices that can be used with the disclosed anchor systems, and that can place a tensile force on the elongated reinforcement members to also impart a compressive force on the static structure. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/996759 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Construction of Bridges, or Viaducts; Assembly of Bridges E01D 19/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E01D 2101/28 (20130101) Structural Elements; Building Materials E04C 5/085 (20130101) E04C 5/127 (20130101) Scaffolding; Forms; Shuttering; Building Implements or Aids, or Their Use; Handling Building Materials on the Site; Repairing, Breaking-up or Other Work on Existing Buildings E04G 21/121 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08929589 | Publicover et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nelson G. Publicover (Reno, Nevada); William C. Torch (Reno, Nevada); Christopher N. Spitler (Fernley, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eyefluence, Inc. (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nelson G. Publicover (Reno, Nevada); William C. Torch (Reno, Nevada); Christopher N. Spitler (Fernley, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is mounted within eyewear or headwear to unobtrusively produce and track reference locations on the surface of one or both eyes of an observer. The system utilizes multiple illumination sources and/or multiple cameras to generate and observe glints from multiple directions. The use of multiple illumination sources and cameras can compensate for the complex, three-dimensional geometry of the head and anatomical variations of the head and eye region that occurs among individuals. The system continuously tracks the initial placement and any slippage of eyewear or headwear. In addition, the use of multiple illumination sources and cameras can maintain high-precision, dynamic eye tracking as an eye moves through its full physiological range. Furthermore, illumination sources placed in the normal line-of-sight of the device wearer increase the accuracy of gaze tracking by producing reference vectors that are close to the visual axis of the device wearer. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/290948 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00604 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08925279 | Pantelides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris P. Pantelides (Salt Lake City, Utah); Lawrence D. Reaveley (Draper, Utah); Clayton A. Burningham (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris P. Pantelides (Salt Lake City, Utah); Lawrence D. Reaveley (Draper, Utah); Clayton A. Burningham (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Anchoring devices and systems are disclosed for use with elongated reinforcement members such as FRP, SRP, metallic bars, or cables. Such devices and systems impart a compressive stress into a static structure having the elongated reinforcement member running there through or there along. An anchoring system can include an anchor block that includes a front end surface for contacting the static structure, an axial bore for receiving the elongated reinforcement member, and clamping members that work with fasteners to provide a clamping force. The bore may be tapered and the fasteners optionally provide different clamping levels to reduce the stress on the elongated reinforcement member near the front end surface. The disclosed systems also include pre-stressing devices that can be used with the disclosed anchor systems, and that can place a tensile force on the elongated reinforcement members to also impart a compressive force on the static structure. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/996759 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Construction of Bridges, or Viaducts; Assembly of Bridges E01D 19/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E01D 2101/28 (20130101) Structural Elements; Building Materials E04C 5/085 (20130101) E04C 5/127 (20130101) Scaffolding; Forms; Shuttering; Building Implements or Aids, or Their Use; Handling Building Materials on the Site; Repairing, Breaking-up or Other Work on Existing Buildings E04G 21/121 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08927727 | Strongin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Michael Strongin (Portland, Oregon); Martha Sibrian-Vazquez (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Michael Strongin (Portland, Oregon); Martha Sibrian-Vazquez (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of compounds for selectively detecting a thiol are disclosed. In some embodiments, the compounds are bridged viologens, and the compounds are capable of reacting with homocysteine and/or glutathione in a buffered solution to produce a change in the solution's absorbance spectrum and/or emission spectrum. Also disclosed are embodiments of methods and kits for detecting homocysteine and/or glutathione with the disclosed bridged viologens. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/539191 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/22 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 493/10 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 31/22 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08926933 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mei Zhang (Plano, Texas); Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Kenneth Ross Atkinson (Highton, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mei Zhang (Plano, Texas); Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Kenneth Ross Atkinson (Highton, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of making nanofiber yarns. In some embodiments, the nanotube yarns comprise carbon nanotubes. Particularly, such carbon nanotube yarns of the present invention provide unique properties and property combinations such as extreme toughness, resistance to failure at knots, high electrical and thermal conductivities, high absorption of energy that occurs reversibly, up to 13% strain-to-failure compared with the few percent strain-to-failure of other fibers with similar toughness, very high resistance to creep, retention of strength even when heated in air at 450° C. for one hour, and very high radiation and UV resistance, even when irradiated in air. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/718954 |
| 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 10/00 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses of Section D, Relating to Textiles D10B 2101/122 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 2001/1515 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/36 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/5206 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) Y10S 977/745 (20130101) Y10S 977/843 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) Y10S 977/848 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08927218 | Forsyth |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger Allyn Forsyth (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Flir Systems, Inc. (Wilsonville, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Allyn Forsyth (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods, compositions and kits for segregating a target nucleic acid from a mixed nucleic acid sample. The methods, compositions and kits comprise a non-processive endonuclease (e.g., a restriction enzyme) or an antibody that binds the target nucleic acid (e.g., has methylation specificity). The mixed nucleic acid sample can comprise prokaryotic and eukaryotic nucleic acid and/or nucleic acid from more than one prokaryotic or eukaryotic organisms. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/533489 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1003 (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 1/34 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 2521/301 (20130101) C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08928459 | Cyganski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Cyganski (Holden, Massachusetts); R. James Duckworth (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); John A. Orr (Holden, Massachusetts); William R. Michalson (Douglas, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Cyganski (Holden, Massachusetts); R. James Duckworth (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); John A. Orr (Holden, Massachusetts); William R. Michalson (Douglas, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are described herein for determining the location of a transmitter by jointly and collectively processing the full sampled signal data from a plurality of receivers to form a single solution. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/664844 |
| ART UNIT | 2682 — Selective Communication |
| 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 1/026 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 5/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
European Union (EU)
| US 08926219 | Andritsos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fivos Andritsos (Gavirate, Italy); Panagiotis Sotiropoulos (Patras, Greece) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The European Union, Represented by the European Commission (Brussels, Belgium) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fivos Andritsos (Gavirate, Italy); Panagiotis Sotiropoulos (Patras, Greece) |
| ABSTRACT | A device (10) for collecting and temporarily storing fluids (16) escaping from an underwater source (12, 64) and having lower density than surrounding water includes a collector (18) placed over the underwater source for collecting the escaping fluids, a riser tube (20) for transferring the collected fluids together towards the surface; and a buoyant buffer reservoir (22) maintained submerged under the surface and having an open-bottom chamber (30) for storage of the fluids. The riser tube has flow restrictors has flow restrictors comprising choke disks (58, 58′) arranged in its interior for restricting the flow of the fluids. The flow restrictors are arranged along the length of the riser tube. The buffer reservoir has arranged in its chamber a separator vessel (32) for separating gas from the fluids. The riser tube opens into the interior of the separator for discharging the fluids. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/344653 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic Engineering E02B 1/00 (20130101) E02B 2201/00 (20130101) Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/0122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 210/923 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08926933 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mei Zhang (Plano, Texas); Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Kenneth Ross Atkinson (Highton, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mei Zhang (Plano, Texas); Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Kenneth Ross Atkinson (Highton, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of making nanofiber yarns. In some embodiments, the nanotube yarns comprise carbon nanotubes. Particularly, such carbon nanotube yarns of the present invention provide unique properties and property combinations such as extreme toughness, resistance to failure at knots, high electrical and thermal conductivities, high absorption of energy that occurs reversibly, up to 13% strain-to-failure compared with the few percent strain-to-failure of other fibers with similar toughness, very high resistance to creep, retention of strength even when heated in air at 450° C. for one hour, and very high radiation and UV resistance, even when irradiated in air. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/718954 |
| 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 10/00 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses of Section D, Relating to Textiles D10B 2101/122 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 2001/1515 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/36 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/5206 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) Y10S 977/745 (20130101) Y10S 977/843 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) Y10S 977/848 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08925810 | Reblin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary C. Reblin (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary C. Reblin (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An interrogating and processing system and method is described. A wireless communication device interrogates an information source, having a barcode or tag, and wirelessly transmits data indicative of the information source. The interrogator can be built into or adjunct to the wireless communication device. An automated processing subsystem receives the transmitted data and identifies an item corresponding to the data. A fulfillment subsystem effects delivery of the item to a destination. There can be a coupon code scanning and processing system and method. A wireless computing device having an interrogator reads a coupon code. An automated processing subsystem receives the corresponding data and provides a benefit associated with the coupon. The benefit can be a discount on a product or service. Alternatively, at least a portion of the coupon including a code is displayed on a screen of the computing device for processing at a point of sale terminal. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/607507 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/08 (20130101) G06Q 10/087 (20130101) G06Q 20/327 (20130101) G06Q 20/3278 (20130101) G06Q 30/02 (20130101) G06Q 30/06 (20130101) Registering the Receipt of Cash, Valuables, or Tokens G07G 1/009 (20130101) G07G 1/0045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08927240 | Maddi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Balakrishna Maddi (Toledo, Ohio); Sridhar Viamajala (Toledo, Ohio); Sasidhar Varanasi (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Balakrishna Maddi (Toledo, Ohio); Sridhar Viamajala (Toledo, Ohio); Sasidhar Varanasi (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for production of multiple biofuels through thermal fractionation of biomass feedstocks are described. |
| FILED | Friday, November 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/294510 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/161 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08928333 | Atkinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darren E. Atkinson (La Habra, California); Scott A. Avent (Fountain Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darren E. Atkinson (La Habra, California); Scott A. Avent (Fountain Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for measuring s-parameters of an N-port device under test (DUT), using an N-port test fixture and a network analyzer. The method includes: measuring calibration errors of the N-port test fixture using a reduced set of N/2 calibration standards; measuring calibration errors due to the network analyzer by calibrating only the network analyzer using analyzer-only calibration standards; isolating test fixture s-parameters errors using results of the analyzer-only calibration standards measurement and the N-port test fixture calibration standard measurement; measuring the s-parameters errors of the DUT; and correcting the s-parameters errors of the DUT corresponding to the isolated test fixture s-parameters errors and the calibration errors of the network analyzer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/308342 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 35/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08928815 | Mundhenk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terrell N. Mundhenk (Calabasas, California); A. Arturo Flores (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system for scene change detection. The system receives an input image (current frame) from a video stream. The input image is color conditioned to generate a color conditioned image. A sliding window is used to segment the input image into a plurality boxes. Descriptors are extracted from each box of the color conditioned image. Thereafter, differences in the descriptors are identified between a current frame and past frames. The differences are attenuated to generate a descriptor attenuation factor αi. Initial scores are generated for each box based on the descriptor attenuation factor αi. The initial scores are filtered to generate a set of conspicuity scores for each box, the set of conspicuity scores being reflective of the conspicuity of each box in the image. Finally, the conspicuity scores are presented to the user or provided to other systems for further processing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/205362 |
| ART UNIT | 2422 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/147 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 11/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08929246 | Berenberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cubic Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cubic Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Berenberg (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods that enable scalable, cost-effective payment reconciliation between owners of devices at least temporarily connected in or to a particular low-power, ad hoc mesh network. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/256501 |
| ART UNIT | 2477 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/14 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 24/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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