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| US 08931490 | Ingber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Robert J. Mannix (Boston, Massachusetts); Sanjay Kumar (Moraga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Robert J. Mannix (Boston, Massachusetts); Sanjay Kumar (Moraga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to signaling mechanisms that transduce magnetic inputs into physiological cellular outputs. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for non-invasively controlling cellular signaling functions and behaviors by harnessing receptor-mediated and intracellular molecular-mediated signal transduction using nanomagnetic cellular switches. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/595306 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 41/0052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48507 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 2/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/904 (20130101) |
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| US 08932447 | Heller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Heller (San Diego, California); Benjamin Sullivan (San Diego, California); Rajaram Krishnan (La Jolla, California); Dennis Carson (La Jolla, California); Sadik C. Esener (Solana Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and techniques are described that involve a combination of multidimensional electrokinetic, dielectrophoretic, electrophoretic and fluidic forces and effects for separating cells, nanovesicles, nanoparticulates and biomarkers (DNA, RNA, antibodies, proteins) in high conductance (ionic) strength biological samples and buffers. In disclosed embodiments, a combination of continuous and/or pulsed dielectrophoretic (DEP) forces, continuous and/or pulsed field DC electrophoretic forces, microelectrophoresis and controlled fluidics are utilized with arrays of electrodes. In particular, the use of chambered DEP devices and of a properly scaled relatively larger electrode array devices that combines fluid, electrophoretic and DEP forces enables both larger and/or clinically relevant volumes of blood, serum, plasma or other samples to be more directly, rapidly and efficiently analyzed. The invention enables the creation of “seamless” sample-to-answer diagnostic systems and devices. The devices and techniques described can also carry out the assisted self-assembly of molecules, polymers, nanocomponents and mesoscale entities into three dimensional higher order structures. |
| FILED | Friday, October 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/063884 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 5/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/447 (20130101) G01N 30/0005 (20130101) G01N 33/491 (20130101) |
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| US 08932461 | Quake et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Joshua S. Marcus (Altadena, California); Carl L. Hansen (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Joshua S. Marcus (Altadena, California); Carl L. Hansen (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Sieve valves for use in microfluidic device are provided. The valves are useful for impeding the flow of particles, such as chromatography beads or cells, in a microfluidic channel while allowing liquid solution to pass through the valve. The valves find particular use in making microfluidic chromatography modules. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/171329 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — 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 20/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2220/54 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0001 (20130101) F16K 99/0026 (20130101) F16K 99/0034 (20130101) F16K 99/0059 (20130101) F16K 2099/008 (20130101) F16K 2099/0074 (20130101) F16K 2099/0084 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 30/603 (20130101) G01N 30/6004 (20130101) G01N 30/6095 (20130101) |
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| US 08932551 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dohyun Kim (Rocky Point, New York); David Alexoff (Westhampton, New York); Sung Won Kim (Port Jefferson, New York); Jacob Hooker (Belmont, Massachusetts); Richard A. Ferrieri (Patchogue, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dohyun Kim (Rocky Point, New York); David Alexoff (Westhampton, New York); Sung Won Kim (Port Jefferson, New York); Jacob Hooker (Belmont, Massachusetts); Richard A. Ferrieri (Patchogue, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for providing 11C-labeled cyanides from 11C labeled oxides in a target gas stream retrieved from an irradiated high pressure gaseous target containing O2 is provided, wherein 11C labeled oxides are reduced with H2 in the presence of a nickel catalyst under a pressure and a temperature sufficient to form a product stream comprising at least about 95% 11CH4 , the 11CH4 is then combined with an excess of NH3 in a carrier/reaction stream flowing at an accelerated velocity and the combined 11CH4 carrier/reaction stream is then contacted with a platinum (Pt) catalyst particulate supported on a substantially-chemically-nonreactive heat-stable support at a temperature of at least about 900 ° C., whereby a product stream comprising at least about 60%H11CN is provided in less than 10 minutes from retrieval of the 11C labeled oxide. |
| FILED | Monday, August 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/584033 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 3/0212 (20130101) C01C 3/0216 (20130101) C01C 3/0229 (20130101) Original (OR) Class General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08932559 | Hawiger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack J. Hawiger (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert D. Collins (Nashville, Tennessee); Daniel J. Moore (Nashville, Tennessee); Jozef Zienkiewicz (Nashville, Tennessee); Ruth Ann Veach (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Nuclear Transport Modifiers such as cSN50 and cSN50.1, afford in vivo islet protection following a 2-day course of intense treatment in autoimmune diabetes-prone, non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, a widely used model of Type 1 diabetes (T1D), which resulted in a diabetes-free state for one year without apparent toxicity and the need to use insulin. cSN50 precipitously reduces the accumulation of islet-destructive autoreactive lymphocytes while enhancing activation-induced cell death of T and B lymphocytes derived from NOD mice. cSN50 attenuated pro-inflammatory cytokine and chemokine production in immune cells in this model of human T1D. cSN50 also provides cytoprotection of beta cells, therefore preserving residual insulin-producing capacity. Because intracellular delivery of a Nuclear Transport Modifier peptide such as cSN50 and cSN50.1 can result in lowering of blood glucose levels and may reducing insulin resistance, the compositions, methods and cells described herein can also be used for treating Type 2 diabetes (T2D). |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/645754 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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08932575 — Compositions and methods for inducing migration by dendritic cells and an immune response
| US 08932575 | Stone |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geoffrey William Stone (Coral Gables, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Of Miami (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey William Stone (Coral Gables, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods of activating dendritic cells with LMP1 and LMP1-activated dendritic cell based compositions and methods are effective for dendritic cell therapy and provide an adjuvant function for vaccine administration. LMP1 or LMP1-CD40 chimeric protein may be used to activate and mature dendritic cells. LMP1 and LMP1-activated dendritic cells act as an adjuvant to enhance the cellular immune response. Also disclosed herein are kits for activating dendritic cells and for preparing a vaccine formulation. Administration of the dendritic cells transfected with LMP1 can induce an immune response against cancer or infection. The mature dendritic cells may comprise an antigen and at least one cytokine in addition to LMP1. Use of LMP1 or LMP1-CD40 provides a way to activate and mature dendritic cells that retain functional and migratory abilities without the side effects that result from maturing the dendritic cells using PGE2. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/825078 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/15 (20130101) A61K 35/15 (20130101) A61K 38/162 (20130101) A61K 38/162 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 38/204 (20130101) A61K 38/204 (20130101) A61K 38/2006 (20130101) A61K 38/2006 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 39/245 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/5154 (20130101) A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) A61K 2039/55511 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0639 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 2710/10043 (20130101) C12N 2710/10071 (20130101) |
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| US 08932576 | Mayfield |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen P. Mayfield (Cardiff, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen P. Mayfield (Cardiff, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are disclosed to engineer chloroplast comprising heterologous mammalian genes via a direct replacement of chloroplast Photosystem II (PSII) reaction center protein coding regions to achieve expression of recombinant protein above 5% of total protein. When algae is used, algal expressed protein is produced predominantly as a soluble protein where the functional activity of the peptide is intact. As the host algae is edible, production of biologics in this organism for oral delivery of proteins/peptides, especially gut active proteins, without purification is disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/695101 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
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| US 08932583 | Mooney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Mooney (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Eduardo Alexandre Barros e Silva (Somerville, Massachusetts); Elliot Earl Hill, Jr. (Ypsilanti, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Mooney (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Eduardo Alexandre Barros e Silva (Somerville, Massachusetts); Elliot Earl Hill, Jr. (Ypsilanti, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A device that includes a scaffold composition and a bioactive composition with the bioactive composition being incorporated into or coated onto the scaffold composition such that the scaffold composition and/or a bioactive composition controls egress of a resident cell or progeny thereof. The devices mediate active recruitment, modification, and release of host cells from the material. |
| FILED | Monday, November 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/305088 |
| 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 | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/38 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/3633 (20130101) A61L 2300/414 (20130101) |
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| US 08932587 | Hodin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard A. Hodin (Newton, Massachusetts); Madhu S. Malo (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Hodin (Newton, Massachusetts); Madhu S. Malo (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to a therapeutic use of alkaline phosphatase to reduce or inhibit toxic effects associated with a bacterial infection in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/578103 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/465 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 301/03001 (20130101) |
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| US 08932594 | Teyton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luc Teyton (Del Mar, California); Albert Bendelac (Chicago, Illinois); Paul B. Savage (Mapleton, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois); Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luc Teyton (Del Mar, California); Albert Bendelac (Chicago, Illinois); Paul B. Savage (Mapleton, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions comprising NKT cell agonist compounds and a physiologically acceptable vehicle are provided. Methods of stimulating an NKT cell and enhancing an immune response are also disclosed. Further provided are vaccine preparations comprising NKT cell agonist compounds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/850428 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48046 (20130101) A61K 47/48092 (20130101) |
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| US 08932595 | Iannacone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matteo Iannacone (Boston, Massachusetts); Ulrich von Andrian (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Omid C. Farokhzad (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Frank Alexis (Greenville, South Carolina); Pamela Basto (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jinjun Shi (Boston, Massachusetts); Elliott Ashley Moseman (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Elena Tonti (Riccione, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matteo Iannacone (Boston, Massachusetts); Ulrich von Andrian (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Omid C. Farokhzad (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Frank Alexis (Greenville, South Carolina); Pamela Basto (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jinjun Shi (Boston, Massachusetts); Elliott Ashley Moseman (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Elena Tonti (Riccione, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and systems for delivery of nanocarriers to cells of the immune system. The invention provides nanocarriers capable of stimulating an immune response in T cells and/or in B cells. The invention provides nanocarriers that comprise an immunofeature surface having a plurality of nicotine moieties. The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising nanocarriers. The present invention provides methods of designing, manufacturing, and using nanocarriers and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. For example, the present invention describes nanocarriers capable of eliciting an immune response and the production of anti-nicotine antibodies. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/123886 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08932598 | Song et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VaxInnate Corporation (Cranbury, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VaxInnate Corporation (Cranbury, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Langzhou Song (Cranbury, New Jersey); Ge Liu (Cranbury, New Jersey); Scott Umlauf (Cranbury, New Jersey); Uma Kavita (Cranbury, New Jersey); Hong Li (Cranbury, New Jersey); Xiangyu Liu (Cranbury, New Jersey); Bruce Weaver (Cranbury, New Jersey); Lynda Tussey (Cranbury, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions that include a fusion protein comprising flagellin and at least one antigen that has an isoelectric point greater than about 7.0 and that is fused to at least one domain 3 of the flagellin activate Toll-like Receptor 5. Methods of stimulating an immune response, in particular, a protective immune response include administering a composition that includes an antigen fused to a loop of domain 3 of flagellin. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/931028 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 2039/6068 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/195 (20130101) C07K 14/255 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) C07K 2319/74 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2760/16222 (20130101) C12N 2760/16234 (20130101) |
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| US 08932601 | Medof et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | M. Edward Medof (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Lisa Kuttner-Kondo (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Edward Medof (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Lisa Kuttner-Kondo (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid complement-regulating protein comprises a first functional unit of a first complement regulatory protein having complement regulating properties, a first spacer sequence of at least about 200 amino acids encoding a polypeptide that does not exhibit complement regulating properties and at least a second functional unit attached to the spacer sequence. The second functional unit may be a polypeptide providing a functional unit of a second complement regulatory protein, a polypeptide derived from an immunoglobulin, or a polypeptide that enhances binding of the protein to an animal cell. The hybrid protein may also contain a second spacer sequence and a third functional unit of a complement regulatory protein, a polypeptide derived from an immunoglobulin, and a polypeptide that enhances binding of the protein to an animal cell. The optional third functional unit may be the same or different from the first or second functional units. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/306631 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/70596 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08932617 | Elford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Howard L. Elford (Richmond, Virginia); Arturo J. Cardounel (Gainesville, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Howard L. Elford (Richmond, Virginia); Arturo J. Cardounel (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is the use of ribonucleotide reductase inhibitors in the prevention or treatment of restenosis and other vascular proliferative disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/234852 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/625 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08932808 | Sarwal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Minnie M. Sarwal (Portola Valley, California); Elaine Mansfield (Sunnyvale, California); Sophie Brouard (Nantes, France); Jean-Paul Soulillou (Nantes, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minnie M. Sarwal (Portola Valley, California); Elaine Mansfield (Sunnyvale, California); Sophie Brouard (Nantes, France); Jean-Paul Soulillou (Nantes, France) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for determining whether a subject has a graft tolerant phenotype. In practicing the subject methods, the expression of at least one gene in a sample from the subject, e.g., a blood sample, is assayed to obtain an expression evaluation for the at least one gene. The obtained expression evaluation is then employed to determine whether the subject has a graft tolerant phenotype. Also provides are compositions, systems and kits that find use in practicing the subject methods. The methods and compositions find use in a variety of applications, including the determination of an immunosuppressive therapy regimen. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/585610 |
| 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 435/6.100 |
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| US 08932814 | Cong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Broad Institute Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Le Cong (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Feng Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for selecting specific cells by introducing precise mutations utilizing the CRISPR/Cas system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/258458 |
| 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 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08932828 | Rosendahl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary S. Rosendahl (Broomfield, Colorado); George N. Cox (Louisville, Colorado); Daniel H. Doherty (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bolder Biotechnology, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary S. Rosendahl (Broomfield, Colorado); George N. Cox (Louisville, Colorado); Daniel H. Doherty (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel methods for making and refolding insoluble or aggregated proteins having free cysteines in which a host cell expressing the protein is exposed to a cysteine blocking agent. The soluble, refolded proteins produced by the novel methods can then be modified to increase their effectiveness. Such modifications include attaching a PEG moiety to form PEGylated proteins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/893764 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/1133 (20130101) C07K 14/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/56 (20130101) C07K 14/61 (20130101) C07K 14/78 (20130101) C07K 14/505 (20130101) C07K 14/515 (20130101) C07K 14/535 (20130101) |
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| US 08932842 | Silverman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Silverman (Northbrook, Illinois); Fengtian Xue (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); He Huang (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor compounds comprising bi-terminal aromatic ring moieties, and related methods of NOS inhibition. |
| FILED | Monday, October 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573654 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0075 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 114/13039 (20130101) |
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| US 08932846 | Horwitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marcus A. Horwitz (Los Angeles, California); Michael V. Tullius (Encino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus A. Horwitz (Los Angeles, California); Michael V. Tullius (Encino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant immunogenic compositions, and methods for the manufacture and use, are provided for the prevention and treatment of intracellular pathogen diseases in humans and animals. The recombinant immunogenic compositions express high levels of recombinant proteins in vectors that do not harbor an antibiotic resistance marker (“unmarked”). |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/664485 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/523 (20130101) |
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| US 08932856 | 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 | 13/646444 |
| 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 08932859 | Tsien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods using somatic hypermutation (SHM) for producing polypeptide and nucleic acid variants, and nucleic acids encoding such polypeptide variants are disclosed. Such variants may have desired properties. Also disclosed are novel polypeptides, such as improved fluorescent proteins, produced by the novel methods, and nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells comprising such vectors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/124888 |
| 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 | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08932876 | Cutler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cathy Sue Cutler (Columbia, Missouri); Gary John Ehrhardt (Columbia, Missouri); Hendrik Petrus Engelbrecht (Columbia, Missouri); Delbert E. Day (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cathy Sue Cutler (Columbia, Missouri); Gary John Ehrhardt (Columbia, Missouri); Hendrik Petrus Engelbrecht (Columbia, Missouri); Delbert E. Day (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a simple and inexpensive method for removing metal and other impurities in a radioisotope solution. The invention further includes the development of a new parent/daughter generator system for collecting the daughter isotope in a concentrated solution. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/454003 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/00 (20130101) Separation B01D 15/362 (20130101) B01D 15/363 (20130101) Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 1/0005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21G 4/08 (20130101) Obtaining Energy From Radioactive Sources; Applications of Radiation From Radioactive Sources, Not Otherwise Provided For; Utilising Cosmic Radiation G21H 5/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08933032 | Whitsett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey A. Whitsett (Cincinnati, Ohio); Machiko Ikegami (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey A. Whitsett (Cincinnati, Ohio); Machiko Ikegami (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a 43-kDa member of the collectin family of collagenous lectin domain-containing proteins that is expressed in epithelial cells of the lung. Described herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of disorders associated with lung injury, including methods and compositions for the treatment of bronchopulmonary disorder (BPD) using recombinant human surfactant protein D and surfactant formulations. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/021629 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/17 (20130101) |
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| US 08933041 | Panicali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis L. Panicali (Acton, Massachusetts); Gail P. Mazzara (Winchester, Massachusetts); Linda R. Gritz (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Kwong-Yok Tsang (Bethesda, Maryland); James W. Hodge (Gaithersberg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis L. Panicali (Acton, Massachusetts); Gail P. Mazzara (Winchester, Massachusetts); Linda R. Gritz (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Kwong-Yok Tsang (Bethesda, Maryland); James W. Hodge (Gaithersberg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a system for treating individuals at risk of or suffering from breast cancer. The system comprises administering to the individual a recombinant poxvirus, where the poxvirus contains in a foreign nucleic acid encoding at least one breast cancer antigen. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/579007 |
| 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 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2710/24043 (20130101) C12N 2710/24071 (20130101) C12N 2710/24143 (20130101) C12N 2710/24171 (20130101) C12N 2799/023 (20130101) |
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| US 08933043 | Takagi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Masatoshi Takagi (Tokyo, Japan); Michael B. Kastan (Cordova, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Masatoshi Takagi (Tokyo, Japan); Michael B. Kastan (Cordova, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel methods for modulating the activity of p53 tumor suppressor protein by affecting p53 translational regulation. More specifically, the invention relates to novel methods for modulating p53 mRNA translation in a cell by affecting a function of a p53 5′-untranslated region (5′UTR), including its interaction with proteins such as Ribosomal Protein L26 (RPL26), nucleolin, and p53. The invention also relates to the use of these methods for treating cancer, neurodegenerative disorders and minimizing the negative effects of cellular stresses. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/063463 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/12 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/15 (20130101) |
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| US 08933065 | Kohn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold L. Kohn (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Christophe Salomé (Herrlisheim-prés-Colmar, France); Ki Duk Park (Cary, North Carolina); Elise Salomé-Grosjean (Herrlisheim-prés-Colmar, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold L. Kohn (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Christophe Salomé (Herrlisheim-prés-Colmar, France); Ki Duk Park (Cary, North Carolina); Elise Salomé-Grosjean (Herrlisheim-prés-Colmar, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A first aspect of the invention is a compound (sometimes also referred to herein as an “active agent” or “active compound”) of Formula I or Ia: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof. Compositions thereof and methods of using the same (e.g. for the treatment of a neurological disease) are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/884963 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 233/18 (20130101) C07C 235/08 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 213/56 (20130101) C07D 229/00 (20130101) C07D 277/30 (20130101) C07D 307/68 (20130101) |
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| US 08933075 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guoxin Wang (Shenzhen, China PRC); Ming Luo (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Zhen Yang (Shenzhen, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FUZIANS BIOMEDICALS, Inc. (George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands); The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guoxin Wang (Shenzhen, China PRC); Ming Luo (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Zhen Yang (Shenzhen, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel 3-N-cycloalkyl-5-substituted-2-thioxothiazolidin-4-one derivatives that are effective for use in treating viral infections are described. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the 3-N-cycloalkyl-5-substituted-2-thioxothiazolidin-4-one derivatives and methods for using the compounds or compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/703383 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 417/06 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08933076 | Watterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | D. Martin Watterson (Chicago, Illinois); Linda Van Eldik (Chicago, Illinois); Jacques Haiech (Strasbourg, France); Marcel Hibert (Eschau, France); Jean-Jacques Bourguignon (Illkirch, France); Anastasia Velentza (San Diego, California); Wenhui Hu (Guangzhou, China PRC); Magdalena Zasadzki (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (Paris, France); Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Universite de Strasbourg (Strasbourg, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Martin Watterson (Chicago, Illinois); Linda Van Eldik (Chicago, Illinois); Jacques Haiech (Strasbourg, France); Marcel Hibert (Eschau, France); Jean-Jacques Bourguignon (Illkirch, France); Anastasia Velentza (San Diego, California); Wenhui Hu (Guangzhou, China PRC); Magdalena Zasadzki (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel chemical compounds, compositions and methods of making and using the same. In particular, the invention provides pyridazine compounds and/or related heterocyclic derivatives, compositions comprising the same, and methods of making and using pyridazine compounds and/or related heterocyclic derivatives and compositions comprising the same, for modulation of cellular pathways (e.g., signal transduction pathways), for treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), for, research, drug screening, and therapeutic applications. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/491986 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/247 |
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| US 08933082 | Clapp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | D Wade Clapp (Indianapolis, Indiana); David Ingram (Indianapolis, Indiana); Feng-Chun Yang (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D Wade Clapp (Indianapolis, Indiana); David Ingram (Indianapolis, Indiana); Feng-Chun Yang (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Germline mutations in the NF1 tumor suppressor gene cause Von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a common genetic disorder of the nervous system characterized by plexiform neurofibroma development. Using adoptive transfer of hematopoietic cells, we establish that NF1 heterozygosity of bone marrow derived cells in the tumor microenvironment is sufficient to allow neurofibroma progression in the context of Schwann cell nullizygosity. Further, genetic or pharmacologic attenuation of the c-kit signaling pathway in hematopoietic cells greatly diminishes neurofibroma initiation and progression. These studies identify haploinsufficient hematopoietic cells and the c-kit receptor as therapeutic targets for preventing plexiform neurofibromas and implicate mast cells as critical mediators of tumor initiation. Administering therapeutically effective doses of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor such as the compound imatinib mesylate to a patient in need thereof to treat tumors in a human patient afflicted with plexiform neurofibroma. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/032994 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/255.50 |
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| US 08933087 | Finley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel J. Finley (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Randall W. King (Brookline, Massachusetts); Byung-Hoon Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Min J. Lee (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Timothy C. Gahman (Encinitas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Finley (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Randall W. King (Brookline, Massachusetts); Byung-Hoon Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Min J. Lee (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Timothy C. Gahman (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Proteinopathies result from the proteasome not acting efficiently enough to eliminate harmful proteins and prevent the formation of the pathogenic aggregates. As described herein, inhibition of proteasome-associated deubiquitinase Usp14 results in increased proteasome efficiency. The present invention therefore provides novel compositions and methods for inhibition of Usp14, enhancement of proteasome activity and treatment of proteinopathies. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/811129 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08933129 | Abramson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan Abramson (Portland, Oregon); Robert Strongin (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Abramson (Portland, Oregon); Robert Strongin (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present teachings provide compounds of Formulae I and II: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, complexes, esters, and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R1′, R2, R2′, R3, R3′, and X are as defined herein. The present teachings also provide methods of making the compounds of formulae I and II, and methods of treating RyR-associated conditions, disorders, and diseases that include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I or II to a subject in need thereof. In addition, the present teachings relate to methods of reducing the open probability of a ryanodine receptor, and methods of reducing Ca2+ release across a ryanodine receptor (e.g., into the cytoplasm of a cell), by contacting a compound of formula I or II with a ryanodine receptor. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/264055 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/554 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 417/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 417/14 (20130101) |
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| US 08933143 | Boydston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Boydston (Seattle, Washington); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California); Chris Daeffler (Pasadena, California); Nebojsa Momcilovic (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for adjustable lenses are provided. In some embodiments, the lenses contain a lens matrix material, a masking compound, and a prepolymer. The lens matrix material provides structure to the lens. The masking compound is capable of blocking polymerization or crosslinking of the prepolymer, until photoisomerization of the compound is triggered, and the compound is converted from a first isomer to a second isomer having a different absorption profile. The prepolymer is a composition that can undergo a polymerization or crosslinking reaction upon photoinitiation to alter one or more of the properties of the lenses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/071947 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| 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 2/14 (20130101) A61F 2/1624 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0051 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 22/14 (20130101) C08F 120/14 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/38 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/24 (20130101) C08J 3/28 (20130101) C08J 2333/00 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 33/08 (20130101) C08L 33/10 (20130101) C08L 83/04 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/043 (20130101) G02B 1/043 (20130101) G02B 1/043 (20130101) G02B 1/043 (20130101) Spectacles; Sunglasses or Goggles Insofar as They Have the Same Features as Spectacles; Contact Lenses G02C 7/022 (20130101) |
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| US 08933197 | Stemmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amunix Operating Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to biologically active polypeptides linked to one or more accessory polypeptides. The present invention also provides recombinant polypeptides including vectors encoding the subject proteinaceous entities, as well as host cells comprising the vectors. The subject compositions have a variety of utilities including a range of pharmaceutical applications. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/228859 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 08933201 | McKee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick A. McKee (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Kenneth W. Jackson (Edmond, Oklahoma); Kyung N. Lee (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Victoria J. Christiansen (Oklamhoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick A. McKee (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Kenneth W. Jackson (Edmond, Oklahoma); Kyung N. Lee (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Victoria J. Christiansen (Oklamhoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concepts include inhibitors of antiplasmin cleaving enzyme (APCE) and fibroblast activation protein alpha (FAP) which can be used in various therapies related to disorders of fibrin and α2-antiplasmin and abnormal cell proliferation. The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concepts also include substrates of APCE and FAP, which may be used, for example, in screening methods for identifying such inhibitors. The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concepts further include, but are not limited to, methods of treating or inhibiting atherosclerosis and thrombus disorders by altering the ratios of types of plasma α2-antiplasmin and to methods of treating conditions involving abnormal cell proliferation such as cancers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/969161 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/8121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08933210 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Yu Xiang (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Yu Xiang (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A general methodology to design label-free fluorescent functional nucleic acid sensors using a vacant site approach and an abasic site approach is described. In one example, a method for designing label-free fluorescent functional nucleic acid sensors (e.g., those that include a DNAzyme, aptamer or aptazyme) that have a tunable dynamic range through the introduction of an abasic site (e.g., dSpacer) or a vacant site into the functional nucleic acids. Also provided is a general method for designing label-free fluorescent aptamer sensors based on the regulation of malachite green (MG) fluorescence. A general method for designing label-free fluorescent catalytic and molecular beacons (CAMBs) is also provided. The methods demonstrated here can be used to design many other label-free fluorescent sensors to detect a wide range of analytes. Sensors and methods of using the disclosed sensors are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/267414 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 08933270 | Serhan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles N. Serhan (Needham, Massachusetts); Bruce D. Levy (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally drawn to novel isolated therapeutic agents, termed resolvins, generated from the interaction between a dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), cyclooxygenase-II (COX-2) and an analgesic, such as aspirin (ASA). Surprisingly, careful isolation of compounds generated from the combination of components in an appropriate environment provide di- and tri-hydroxy EPA or DHA compounds having unique structural and physiological properties. The present invention therefore provides for many new useful therapeutic di- or tri-hydroxy derivatives of EPA or DHA (resolvins) that diminish, prevent, or eliminate inflammation or PMN migration, for example. The present invention also provides methods of use, methods of preparation, and packaged pharmaceuticals for use as medicaments for the compounds disclosed throughout the specification. |
| FILED | Monday, October 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/064803 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/202 (20130101) A61K 31/275 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/537 (20130101) A61K 31/551 (20130101) A61K 31/655 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 59/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 59/48 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/1868 (20130101) |
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| US 08933384 | Savran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cagri A. Savran (West Lafayette, Indiana); Khalid M. Arif (Lahore, Pakistan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cagri A. Savran (West Lafayette, Indiana); Khalid M. Arif (Lahore, Pakistan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for and method of performing multi-technique imaging. Such multi-technique imaging system includes a surface for supporting a specimen and at least two illumination sources for producing light radiation. The system also includes a plurality of reflective and refractive devices arranged to direct at least part of the light radiation from each of the at least two illumination sources to the surface such that at least part of the light radiation from each of the at least two illumination sources illuminates substantially the same area on the surface. The system also includes a sensor configured to receive light radiation from the at least two illumination sources reflected by the specimen and/or that pass by the specimen. The system also includes a power source configured to power the at least two illumination sources and the sensor. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/430316 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/65 (20130101) G01N 21/553 (20130101) G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/4788 (20130101) G01N 21/6456 (20130101) G01N 2021/479 (20130101) G01N 2021/558 (20130101) G01N 2201/0221 (20130101) G01N 2201/0693 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0008 (20130101) G02B 21/18 (20130101) G02B 21/36 (20130101) |
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| US 08933698 | Corum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis A. Corum (Shoreview, Minnesota); Djaudat S. Idiyatullin (New Brighton, Minnesota); Steen Moeller (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Michael G. Garwood (Medina, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic resonance image is produced by shifting a gap during acquisition of spin data for a specimen. The spin data is generated by a gapped excitation sequence. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/961042 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/565 (20130101) G01R 33/4641 (20130101) G01R 33/4816 (20130101) G01R 33/4824 (20130101) G01R 33/56509 (20130101) |
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| US 08934698 | Wirtz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Denis Gaston Wirtz (Washington, District of Columbia); Pei-Hsun Wu (Towson, Maryland); Shyam Bharat Khatau (Baltimore, Maryland); Wei-Chiang Chen (Baltimore, Maryland); Jude Marvin George Phillip, Jr. (Washington, District of Columbia); Zev Ari Binder (Baltimore, Maryland); Yiider Tseng (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Denis Gaston Wirtz (Washington, District of Columbia); Pei-Hsun Wu (Towson, Maryland); Shyam Bharat Khatau (Baltimore, Maryland); Wei-Chiang Chen (Baltimore, Maryland); Jude Marvin George Phillip, Jr. (Washington, District of Columbia); Zev Ari Binder (Baltimore, Maryland); Yiider Tseng (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A diagnostic device includes a microscope configured to obtain image data on a plurality of cells and a computing device. The computing device is configured to receive the image data, identify at least a portion of each of the plurality of cells based on the received image data, determine at least one of a value of a morphological parameter for each identified at least a portion of the plurality of cells or a relative organization among the identified at least a portion of the plurality of cells, and calculate statistics for the plurality of cells based on the at least one of the determined values of the morphological parameter or the determined relative organization, the statistics including information suitable for distinguishing metastatic cells from non-metastatic cells. The diagnostic device further includes an output device configured to output the statistics for diagnosis. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/530772 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — 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 9/38 (20130101) G06K 9/00127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00134 (20130101) G06K 9/00147 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 2207/10056 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) |
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| US 08934965 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Brian Litt (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Jonathan Viventi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Brian Litt (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Jonathan Viventi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and devices for interfacing with brain tissue, specifically for monitoring and/or actuation of spatio-temporal electrical waveforms. The device is conformable having a high electrode density and high spatial and temporal resolution. A conformable substrate supports a conformable electronic circuit and a barrier layer. Electrodes are positioned to provide electrical contact with a brain tissue. A controller monitors or actuates the electrodes, thereby interfacing with the brain tissue. In an aspect, methods are provided to monitor or actuate spatio-temporal electrical waveform over large brain surface areas by any of the devices disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/486726 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0478 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04001 (20130101) A61B 5/4094 (20130101) A61B 5/6868 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) A61B 2562/125 (20130101) A61B 2562/164 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/72 (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 5/20 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0531 (20130101) A61N 1/3606 (20130101) A61N 1/36017 (20130101) A61N 1/36025 (20130101) A61N 5/0601 (20130101) |
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| US 08935189 | Tyson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mabry W. Tyson (Los Altos, California); Douglas E. Appelt (Palo Alto, California); Min Yin (San Jose, California); William Jarrold (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mabry W. Tyson (Los Altos, California); Douglas E. Appelt (Palo Alto, California); Min Yin (San Jose, California); William Jarrold (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions to collect explicit feedback from a user regarding user content preferences. Multiple data sources are monitored. Topics associated with the multiple data sources are classified. The importance of the topics to the user is characterized. Content is delivered to the user when a selected topic exceeds an importance threshold for the user. Implicit feedback from the user that characterizes refined user content preferences is tracked. The instructions to characterize the importance of topics evaluates the explicit feedback and the implicit feedback. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/118226 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30997 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/10 (20130101) G06Q 30/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08931114 | Martin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brett D. Martin (Washington, District of Columbia); Martin H. Moore (Woodbridge, Virginia); Banahalli R. Ratna (Alexandria, Virginia); Gusphyl Justin (St. Louis, Missouri); Jawad Naciri (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett D. Martin (Washington, District of Columbia); Martin H. Moore (Woodbridge, Virginia); Banahalli R. Ratna (Alexandria, Virginia); Gusphyl Justin (St. Louis, Missouri); Jawad Naciri (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A redox-active conductive polymer includes a charged tether. An interpenetrating network including such a conducting polymer can be switched between two states of diffusivity (porosity) by application of a voltage. Such a material can be useful in breathable protective clothing, controlled release, intelligent sensing/filtration, novel separation processes, nanomanufacturing, and other areas. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/296920 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 333/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/126 (20130101) C08G 65/3324 (20130101) C08G 65/3344 (20130101) C08G 65/3346 (20130101) C08G 65/3348 (20130101) C08G 2261/44 (20130101) C08G 2261/135 (20130101) C08G 2261/147 (20130101) C08G 2261/516 (20130101) C08G 2261/1424 (20130101) C08G 2261/1426 (20130101) C08G 2261/1432 (20130101) C08G 2261/1452 (20130101) C08G 2650/50 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/028 (20130101) |
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| US 08931225 | Fifield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Fifield (Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom); Leonard Browning (Aurora, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oldcastle APG, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Fifield (Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom); Leonard Browning (Aurora, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A cladding system for cladding a supporting wall is disclosed. The cladding system includes a plurality of building blocks, each having a body and a facing; and a plurality of support brackets for mounting the blocks on the supporting wall in a plurality of adjoining horizontal rows. The body of each block includes engagement means for engaging at least one of the support brackets such that, in use, at least a part of the body of each block abuts at least a part of the body of a neighbouring block in an adjoining row so as to guard against water penetration between the rows. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/321671 |
| ART UNIT | 3638 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Finishing Work on Buildings, e.g Stairs, Floors E04F 13/0803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E04F 13/0826 (20130101) E04F 2201/035 (20130101) |
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| US 08931281 | Ruberte Sanchez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jose E. Ruberte Sanchez (Jupiter, Florida); David C. Schuppert (Tequesta, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose E. Ruberte Sanchez (Jupiter, Florida); David C. Schuppert (Tequesta, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An external flap connection assembly for a turbine engine nozzle has a track frame, a slider track, and an external flap. The external flap is removably connected to the slider track via a retaining member which has a slider block. |
| FILED | Monday, June 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/794816 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2250/40 (20130101) F05D 2260/50 (20130101) |
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| US 08931414 | Boswell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher Boswell (Hayattesville, Maryland); Carl Gotzmer (Accokeek, Maryland); Steven Kim (Crofton, Maryland); Steve Dunham (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael Dunn (La Plata, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Boswell (Hayattesville, Maryland); Carl Gotzmer (Accokeek, Maryland); Steven Kim (Crofton, Maryland); Steve Dunham (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael Dunn (La Plata, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A reaction container has contains an amount of a water reactive material and a volume of water within the confined space of its interior. The water reactive material, which contains aluminum, is formed as two separate and spaced apart portions. The water is located between the two portions of the water reactive material. A detonation mechanism, which is configured to mix the amount of water reactive material and the volume of water, is provided in communication with each portion of the water reactive material. The volume of water and the aluminum in the water reactive material are stoichiometrically balanced. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/815380 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 12/02 (20130101) F42B 12/20 (20130101) F42B 12/36 (20130101) F42B 22/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08931416 | Schneider et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn P. Schneider (King George, Virginia); Steven C. Tebrich (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Marin A. Kobin (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Seth L. Williamson (King George, Virginia); Bradford Scott Smith (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Stephen Dix (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn P. Schneider (King George, Virginia); Steven C. Tebrich (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Marin A. Kobin (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Seth L. Williamson (King George, Virginia); Bradford Scott Smith (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Stephen Dix (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An inert axisymmetric projectile is provided for launching from a shipboard gun and dispersing submunitions at a target. The projectile includes a base plug, a sabot housing, a submunitions package, and a retainer ring. The sabot housing includes a plurality of sabot petals angularly arranged and attached to the plug. The housing includes a payload portion and a nose portion, with a passage corridor between these portions. The submunitions package is contained within the payload portion and constrained radially by the housing. The retainer ring constrains the petals for joining together. Upon launch aerodynamic pressure fractures the ring and causes the petals to unfurl, thereby releasing the submunitions package for dispersal. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/788436 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08931490 | Ingber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Robert J. Mannix (Boston, Massachusetts); Sanjay Kumar (Moraga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Robert J. Mannix (Boston, Massachusetts); Sanjay Kumar (Moraga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to signaling mechanisms that transduce magnetic inputs into physiological cellular outputs. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for non-invasively controlling cellular signaling functions and behaviors by harnessing receptor-mediated and intracellular molecular-mediated signal transduction using nanomagnetic cellular switches. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/595306 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 41/0052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48507 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 2/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/904 (20130101) |
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| US 08931601 | Burt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan P. Burt (Sturbridge, Massachusetts); James Jones (Palm City, Florida); Steven J. Bauer (East Haddam, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan P. Burt (Sturbridge, Massachusetts); James Jones (Palm City, Florida); Steven J. Bauer (East Haddam, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly for dampening vibration movement between a cylinder and a concentric duct, where the cylinder is positioned radially inside the duct, includes a damper attached to the duct. The damper includes a housing attached to the duct, a contact member positioned at least partially inside the housing and having a contact surface adjacent an outer surface of the cylinder, and a cap threadedly engaged with the housing for applying a load on the contact member in a direction toward the cylinder. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/940744 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 9/34 (20130101) F16F 15/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08931606 | Hawkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary F. Hawkins (Torrance, California); Ching-Yao Tang (Alhambra, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary F. Hawkins (Torrance, California); Ching-Yao Tang (Alhambra, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Force diversion apparatus, methods and devices including the same result in rotational motion being imparted to an impacting object. |
| FILED | Saturday, November 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/325171 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Outerwear; Protective Garments; Accessories A41D 13/0518 (20130101) Hats; Head Coverings A42B 3/064 (20130101) Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 1/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16F 1/428 (20130101) F16F 3/0876 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/023 (20130101) |
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| US 08931738 | White et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Phillip Craige White (Tucson, Arizona); Robert L. Sisk, III (Sahuarita, Arizona); Brian S. Scott (Vail, Arizona); Larry A. Coleman (Tucson, Arizona); Gary H. Johnson (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip Craige White (Tucson, Arizona); Robert L. Sisk, III (Sahuarita, Arizona); Brian S. Scott (Vail, Arizona); Larry A. Coleman (Tucson, Arizona); Gary H. Johnson (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A protective cover (10) for an instrument dome (12) extending from a body (20) of a vehicle, such as a missile. The cover (10) includes multiple segments (14 and 16) having trailing ends (18) connectable to the body (20) at joints (22) that allow for rotational movement. The cover (10) further includes a releasable holder (26) that includes a retention device (28) that holds leading ends (24) of the segments (14 and 16) together, and a release mechanism (30) for causing the retention device (28) to release the leading ends (24). The joints (22) hold the trailing ends (18) of the segments (14 and 16) to the body (20) through a predetermined range of motion beyond which the segments (14 and 16) will be released to separate from the body (20) when the segments (14 and 16) rotate beyond the predetermined range. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/401768 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/121 |
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| US 08931961 | Owen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. Owen (Derry, New Hampshire); David P. Kelly (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber-optic connector for connecting an optical fiber to other optical assemblies is disclosed. The fiber-optic connector includes a top plate having a window of similar refractive index and transmission index as the material of an optic fiber to be contained within the fiber-optic connector. The fiber-optic connector also includes a ferrule connected to the top plate via multiple spring-loaded screws. The ferrule includes an interface and an insert. The insert is capable of firmly gripping an optical fiber. In order to reduce Fresnel reflection losses of the fiber-optic connector, the window is pre-coated with an anti-reflective surface on the side opposite an optic fiber to be contained within the fiber-optic connector. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/038034 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/3818 (20130101) G02B 6/3849 (20130101) G02B 6/3855 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/3861 (20130101) |
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| US 08932092 | Sadowski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thaddeus J. Sadowski (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thaddeus J. Sadowski (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a waterjet propulsor. The propulsor includes a structure covering an impeller shaft. The implementation of the elongated structure results in reduced drag, increased thrust and increased craft speed. The elongated structure may be a sleeve that is mounted in a free-floating arrangement over the impeller shaft that self-aligns, the sleeve having an airfoil cross section for optimizing the flow of water over the shaft. The elongated structure may also be a fixed housing arrangement that includes an airfoil cross section for optimizing the flow of water over the shaft. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920214 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Marine Propulsion or Steering B63H 11/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B63H 2011/081 (20130101) |
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| US 08932199 | Berka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Brain Monitoring, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Brain Monitoring, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine Berka (Carlsbad, California); Djordje Popovic (Carlsbad, California); Dan Levendowski (Carlsbad, California); Gene Davis (Carlsbad, California); Catherine McConnell (Carlsbad, California); Matthew A. Yanagi (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Sleep mask for reducing sleep inertia. In an embodiment, the sleep mask comprises a foam layer having a shape that covers both of a human subject's eyes so as to attenuate ambient light. Visual stimulation element(s), configured to emit light, are positioned between the foam layer and the subject's eyes. In addition, a plurality of sensors positioned on the forehead of the subject collect electroencephalogram (EEG), electrooculogram (EOG), and electromyogram (EMG) signals. A soft exterior cover houses the foam layer, the visual stimulation element(s), and the sensors. The sleep mask further comprises processor(s) that determine and record each sleep stage of the subject, determine when to wake the subject, and, when it is determined to wake the subject, control the visual stimulation element(s) to wake the subject using emitted light. |
| FILED | Monday, June 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/312345 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0476 (20130101) A61B 5/0488 (20130101) A61B 5/0496 (20130101) A61B 5/4812 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 5/6803 (20130101) A61B 5/7475 (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 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2021/0022 (20130101) A61M 2021/0027 (20130101) A61M 2021/0044 (20130101) |
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| US 08932294 | Fleischmann |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Fleischmann (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Fleischmann (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method for providing antimicrobial activity around a surgical implant. Antimicrobial activity is provided by the inclusion of a highly conductive material to a surgical implant and providing a low electrical charge to the implant. Electrical charge is provided by a static generator or battery attached to the implant or attached via electrical leads. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/597576 |
| ART UNIT | 3775 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/68 (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 31/14 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 31/088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 2300/102 (20130101) A61L 2300/104 (20130101) A61L 2300/404 (20130101) |
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| US 08932468 | Favreau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicole Favreau (Waltham, Massachusetts); Ferdinando F. Bruno (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicole Favreau (Waltham, Massachusetts); Ferdinando F. Bruno (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a process for the separation of one or more fractions from a resulting reaction mixture of an enzymatically catalyzed polymerization of flavonoid using HPLC with a varying concentration of organic solvent in the mobile phase. The isolated fractions can be used in numerous applications including as an antioxidant. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/635729 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/166 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08932494 | Liao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Liao (Orlando, Florida); Zheng Shi (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Liao (Orlando, Florida); Zheng Shi (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming electrically conductive polyaniline (PANI)-based composites includes mixing a base form of PANI, a photo acid generator (PAG), and when the PAG does not hydrogen bond to the base form of PANI an additive which can form hydrogen bonds with the base form of PANI or PAG, together with at least one solvent to form a mixture. The solvent is removed from the mixture. After the removing, the mixture is photo-irradiated with a wavelength within an absorption band of the PAG for converting the base form of PANI to a salt form of PANI to form a polymer composite that includes the salt form of PANI. The polymer composite has a 25° C. electrical conductivity that is at least 3 orders of magnitude higher than a 25° C. electrical conductivity of the base form of PANI, such as a 25° C. electrical conductivity of ≧0.01 S/cm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/099971 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/128 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08932828 | Rosendahl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary S. Rosendahl (Broomfield, Colorado); George N. Cox (Louisville, Colorado); Daniel H. Doherty (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bolder Biotechnology, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary S. Rosendahl (Broomfield, Colorado); George N. Cox (Louisville, Colorado); Daniel H. Doherty (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel methods for making and refolding insoluble or aggregated proteins having free cysteines in which a host cell expressing the protein is exposed to a cysteine blocking agent. The soluble, refolded proteins produced by the novel methods can then be modified to increase their effectiveness. Such modifications include attaching a PEG moiety to form PEGylated proteins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/893764 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/1133 (20130101) C07K 14/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/56 (20130101) C07K 14/61 (20130101) C07K 14/78 (20130101) C07K 14/505 (20130101) C07K 14/515 (20130101) C07K 14/535 (20130101) |
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| US 08932869 | Walt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Walt (Boston, Massachusetts); Sandra Bencic-Nagale (Lowell, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Walt (Boston, Massachusetts); Sandra Bencic-Nagale (Lowell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to the preparation of microbeads that exhibit a “turn on” fluorescence response within seconds of exposure to an analyte vapor (e.g., a chemical warfare agent or a reactive stimulant). This sensing approach is modeled after the mechanism for inhibition of acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity, and utilizes a specific and irreversible reaction between phosphonyl halides and a fluorescent indicator. The present invention also relates to a sensor and a method for sensing an analyte through detection of changes in the fluorescing properties of the inventive microbeads. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/279899 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 219/06 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/643 (20130101) G01N 33/0057 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08932894 | Christophersen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marc Christophersen (Berwyn Heights, Maryland); Bernard F. Phlips (Great Falls, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secratary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc Christophersen (Berwyn Heights, Maryland); Bernard F. Phlips (Great Falls, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Gray tone lithography is used to form curved silicon topographies for semiconductor based solid-state imaging devices. The imagers are curved to a specific curvature and shaped directly for the specific application; such as curved focal planes. The curvature of the backside is independent from the front surface, which allows thinning of the detector using standard semiconductor processing. |
| FILED | Monday, October 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/581469 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/115 (20130101) H01L 31/1804 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/022408 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/547 (20130101) |
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| US 08932974 | Garcia-Martinez |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Javier Garcia-Martinez (Alicante, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention relates to mesostructured zeolites. The invention also relates to a method of preparing mesostructured zeolites, as well as using them as cracking catalysts for organic compounds and degradation catalysts for polymers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/944694 |
| 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 20/18 (20130101) B01J 20/186 (20130101) B01J 29/005 (20130101) B01J 29/18 (20130101) B01J 29/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 29/041 (20130101) B01J 29/80 (20130101) B01J 29/084 (20130101) B01J 29/106 (20130101) B01J 29/0308 (20130101) B01J 2229/62 (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 39/02 (20130101) C01B 39/04 (20130101) C01B 39/023 (20130101) C01B 39/026 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/086 (20130101) C10G 11/02 (20130101) C10G 11/05 (20130101) C10G 11/18 (20130101) C10G 45/04 (20130101) C10G 47/02 (20130101) C10G 2300/1033 (20130101) C10G 2300/1074 (20130101) C10G 2300/1096 (20130101) C10G 2400/02 (20130101) C10G 2400/20 (20130101) |
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| US 08932977 | Dismukes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | G. Charles Dismukes (Princeton, New Jersey); Martha Greenblatt (Highland Park, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | G. Charles Dismukes (Princeton, New Jersey); Martha Greenblatt (Highland Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst for the electrolysis of water molecules and hydrocarbons, the catalyst including catalytic groups comprising A1-xB2-yB′yO4 spinels having a cubical M4O4 core, wherein A is Li or Na, B and B′ are independently any transition metal or main group metal, M is B, B′, or both, x is a number from 0 to 1, and y is a number from 0 to 2. In photo-electrolytic applications, a plurality of catalytic groups are supported on a conductive support substrate capable of incorporating water molecules. At least some of the catalytic groups, supported by the support substrate, are able to catalytically interact with water molecules incorporated into the support substrate. The catalyst can also be used as part of a photo-electrochemical cell for the generation of electrical energy. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/643439 |
| 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 35/004 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 3/02 (20130101) 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 502/524 (20130101) |
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| US 08933082 | Clapp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | D Wade Clapp (Indianapolis, Indiana); David Ingram (Indianapolis, Indiana); Feng-Chun Yang (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D Wade Clapp (Indianapolis, Indiana); David Ingram (Indianapolis, Indiana); Feng-Chun Yang (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Germline mutations in the NF1 tumor suppressor gene cause Von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a common genetic disorder of the nervous system characterized by plexiform neurofibroma development. Using adoptive transfer of hematopoietic cells, we establish that NF1 heterozygosity of bone marrow derived cells in the tumor microenvironment is sufficient to allow neurofibroma progression in the context of Schwann cell nullizygosity. Further, genetic or pharmacologic attenuation of the c-kit signaling pathway in hematopoietic cells greatly diminishes neurofibroma initiation and progression. These studies identify haploinsufficient hematopoietic cells and the c-kit receptor as therapeutic targets for preventing plexiform neurofibromas and implicate mast cells as critical mediators of tumor initiation. Administering therapeutically effective doses of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor such as the compound imatinib mesylate to a patient in need thereof to treat tumors in a human patient afflicted with plexiform neurofibroma. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/032994 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/255.50 |
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| US 08933301 | Hurst et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susan R. Hurst (Seattle, Washington); Dayna L. Loeffler (Seattle, Washington); Michael N. Steine (Kent, Washington); Anna Amen (Redmond, Washington); Dionne Vafeados (Snohomish, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan R. Hurst (Seattle, Washington); Dayna L. Loeffler (Seattle, Washington); Michael N. Steine (Kent, Washington); Anna Amen (Redmond, Washington); Dionne Vafeados (Snohomish, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a series of independent human-induced, non-transgenic mutations found in at least one tomato β-galactosidase 4 gene, tomato plants having these mutations in at least one of their tomato β-galactosidase 4 genes, and a method of creating and identifying similar and/or additional mutations in the tomato β-galactosidase 4 gene by screening pooled and/or individual tomato plants. Tomato plants identified and produced in accordance with the present invention have fruit that are firmer when ripe with reduced post-harvest softening compared to fruit from wild type tomato plants as a result of non-transgenic mutations in at least one of their tomato β-galactosidase 4 genes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/976995 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 1/06 (20130101) A01H 5/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08933383 | Celmins |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ilmars Celmins (Whiteford, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilmars Celmins (Whiteford, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of trajectory correction includes a voice coil coupled to the projectile and providing a linear force; a linkage assembly coupled to the voice coil and comprising: a linkage shaft; a slot coupled to the linkage shaft; and a pin loosely coupled to the slot to form a first pivot point, wherein the linkage assembly converts the linear force to a torque force through the first pivot point; and a canard assembly coupled to the linkage assembly and including a canard shaft coupled to the linkage shaft to form a second pivot point; and at least one canard coupled to the canard shaft, wherein the torque force is transmitted to canard shaft by the linkage shaft, and wherein the canard shaft transmits the torque force to the canard to correct the trajectory of the projectile. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/924035 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.240 |
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| US 08933425 | Bevis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher F. Bevis (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KLA-Tencor Corporation (Milpitas, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher F. Bevis (Los Gatos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment relates to an apparatus for aberration correction in an electron beam lithography system. An inner electrode surrounds a pattern generating device, and there is at least one outer electrode around the inner electrode. Each of the inner and outer electrodes has a planar surface in a plane of the pattern generating device. Circuitry is configured to apply an inner voltage level to the inner electrode and at least one outer voltage level to the at least one outer electrode. The voltage levels may be set to correct a curvature of field in the electron beam lithography system. Another embodiment relates to an apparatus for aberration correction used in an electron based system, such as an electron beam inspection, or review, or metrology system. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/287682 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/3174 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 2237/1534 (20130101) H01J 2237/31788 (20130101) H01J 2237/31789 (20130101) |
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| US 08933486 | Wu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A transistor with source and drain electrodes formed in contact with an active region and a gate between the source and drain electrodes and in contact with the active region. A first spacer layer is on at least part of the active region surface between the gate and drain electrodes and between the gate and source electrodes. The gate comprises a generally t-shaped top portion that extends toward the source and drain electrodes. A field plate is on the spacer layer and under the overhang of at least one section of the gate top portion. The field plate is at least partially covered by a second spacer layer that is on at least part of the first active layer surface and between the gate and drain and between the gate and source. At least one conductive path electrically connects the field plate to the source electrode or the gate. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/245579 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/402 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/8128 (20130101) H01L 29/42316 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) |
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| US 08933695 | Kornev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Victor K. Kornev (Moscow, Russian Federation); Igor I. Soloviev (Moscow, Russian Federation); Nikolai V. Klenov (Troitsk, Russian Federation); Oleg A. Mukhanov (Putnam Valley, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor K. Kornev (Moscow, Russian Federation); Igor I. Soloviev (Moscow, Russian Federation); Nikolai V. Klenov (Troitsk, Russian Federation); Oleg A. Mukhanov (Putnam Valley, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUID) comprises a superconducting inductive loop with at least two Josephson junction, whereby a magnetic flux coupled into the inductive loop produces a modulated response up through radio frequencies. Series and parallel arrays of SQUIDs can increase the dynamic range, output, and linearity, while maintaining bandwidth. Several approaches to achieving a linear triangle-wave transfer function are presented, including harmonic superposition of SQUID cells, differential serial arrays with magnetic frustration, and a novel bi-SQUID cell comprised of a nonlinear Josephson inductance shunting the linear coupling inductance. Total harmonic distortion of less than −120 dB can be achieved in optimum cases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/471674 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/248 |
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| US 08933759 | Kubena et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy L. Kubena (Oak Park, California); Deborah J. Kirby (Calabasas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A shear-mode quartz resonator designed to mechanically oscillate at a predetermined frequency and electronic circuits for inhibiting oscillation of the shear-mode quartz resonator in response to externally applied mechanical forces which otherwise induce mechanical vibration of the shear-mode quartz resonator at frequencies significantly less than the predetermined frequency. The shear-mode quartz resonator includes a cantilevered quartz beam having relatively large metallic electrodes attached on opposite sides thereof, the relatively large metallic electrodes, in use, being coupled to an external oscillator circuit. The beam also has relatively smaller sense and rebalance electrodes attached on the same opposite sides of said quartz beam as said relatively large metallic electrodes. The relatively smaller sense and rebalance electrodes being coupled, in use, with said electronic circuits for inhibiting oscillation of the shear-mode quartz resonator in response to externally applied mechanical forces. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/931321 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08933769 | Houck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William D. Houck (Blacksburg, Virginia); David W. Sherrer (Radford, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nuvotronics, LLC (Radford, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William D. Houck (Blacksburg, Virginia); David W. Sherrer (Radford, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are three-dimensional microstructures and their methods of formation. The microstructures are formed by a sequential build process and include microstructural elements which are affixed to one another. The microstructures find use, for example, in coaxial transmission lines for electromagnetic energy. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/219736 |
| ART UNIT | 2843 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0059 (20130101) B81B 2203/0109 (20130101) B81B 2203/0307 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 3/06 (20130101) H01P 11/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08933832 | Kelly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Kelly (North Reading, Massachusetts); Daniel Mooney (Dracut, Massachusetts); Curtis Colonero (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Robert Berger (Lexington, Massachusetts); Lawrence Candell (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Kelly (North Reading, Massachusetts); Daniel Mooney (Dracut, Massachusetts); Curtis Colonero (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Robert Berger (Lexington, Massachusetts); Lawrence Candell (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Autonomously operating analog to digital converters are formed into a two dimensional array. The array may incorporate digital signal processing functionality. Such an array is particularly well-suited for operation as a readout integrated circuit and, in combination with a sensor array, forms a digital focal plane array. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/445433 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/60 (20130101) H03M 1/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08934096 | Herzinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mathias M. Schubert (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tino Hofmann (Lincoln, Nebraska); Martin M. Liphardt (Lincoln, Nebraska); John A. Woollam (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Nebraska Board of Regents (Lincoln, Nebraska); J.A. Woollam Co., Inc. (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mathias M. Schubert (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tino Hofmann (Lincoln, Nebraska); Martin M. Liphardt (Lincoln, Nebraska); John A. Woollam (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to ellipsometer and polarimeter systems, and more particularly is an ellipsometer or polarimeter or the like system which operates in a frequency range between 300 GHz or lower and extending to higher than at least 1 Tera-hertz (THz), and preferably through the Infra-red (IR) range up to, and higher than 100 THz, including: a source such as a backward wave oscillator; a Smith-Purcell cell; a free electron laser, or an FTIR source and a solid state device; and a detector such as a Golay cell; a bolometer or a solid state detector; and preferably including at least one odd-bounce polarization state image rotating system, and optionally including a polarizer, at least one compensator and/or modulator, in addition to an analyzer. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506707 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 4/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 5/20 (20130101) G01J 5/42 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/211 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) G01N 2021/3595 (20130101) |
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| US 08934741 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Baoquan Chen (Bothell, Washington); Hui Chen (Kirkland, Washington); Raluca Dinu (Redmond, Washington); Diyun Huang (Watertown, Massachusetts); Bing Li (Bothell, Washington); Eric Miller (Seattle, Washington); Danliang Jin (Bothell, Washington); Christopher A. Wiklof (Everett, Washington); Guomin Yu (Bothell, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brphotonics Produtos Optoelectronicos LTDA (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baoquan Chen (Bothell, Washington); Hui Chen (Kirkland, Washington); Raluca Dinu (Redmond, Washington); Diyun Huang (Watertown, Massachusetts); Bing Li (Bothell, Washington); Eric Miller (Seattle, Washington); Danliang Jin (Bothell, Washington); Christopher A. Wiklof (Everett, Washington); Guomin Yu (Bothell, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated circuit is configured for optical communication via an optical polymer stack located on top of the integrated circuit. The optical polymer stack may include one or more electro-optic polymer devices including an electro-optic polymer. The electro-optic polymer may include a host polymer and a second order nonlinear chromomophore, the host polymer and the chromophore both including aryl groups configured to interact with one another to provide enhanced thermal and/or temporal stability. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/963479 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1221 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/12004 (20130101) |
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| US 08935035 | Bogdanowicz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zbigniew Bogdanowicz (Morganville, New Jersey); George Herc (Randolph, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zbigniew Bogdanowicz (Morganville, New Jersey); George Herc (Randolph, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An optimization framework for air and ground based persistent surveillance using unmanned vehicles. The objective of the optimization framework is to maximize the coverage of a target area for given UVs, skeleton, and maintenance sites. The optimization framework is based on the generation of mini-cycles, and assigning them in a fractional manner to the given UVs. Subsequently, the optimization framework based on UV-Cross and UV-k-Swap transformations, followed by the cycle of fusion, integerization, and schedule synchronization. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/332493 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Traffic Control Systems G08G 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08G 5/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08935098 | Di Carlo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dino Di Carlo (Los Angeles, California); Daniel R. Gossett (Los Angeles, California); Henry T. K. Tse (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dino Di Carlo (Los Angeles, California); Daniel R. Gossett (Los Angeles, California); Henry T. K. Tse (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is disclosed that enables the automated measurement of cellular mechanical parameters at high throughputs. The microfluidic device uses intersecting flows to create an extensional flow region where the cells undergo controlled stretching. Cells are focused into streamlines prior to entering the extensional flow region. In the extensional region, each cell's deformation is measured with an imaging device. Automated image analysis extracts a range of independent biomechanical parameters from the images. These may include cell size, deformability, and circularity. The single cell data that is obtained may then be used to in a variety of ways. Scatter density plots of deformability and circularity may be developed and displayed for the user. Mechanical parameters such as deformability and circularity may be gated or thresholded to identify certain cells of interest or sub-populations of interest. Similarly, the mechanical data obtained using the device may be used as cell signatures. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/823109 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1459 (20130101) G01N 15/1484 (20130101) G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 2015/1495 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08935189 | Tyson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mabry W. Tyson (Los Altos, California); Douglas E. Appelt (Palo Alto, California); Min Yin (San Jose, California); William Jarrold (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mabry W. Tyson (Los Altos, California); Douglas E. Appelt (Palo Alto, California); Min Yin (San Jose, California); William Jarrold (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions to collect explicit feedback from a user regarding user content preferences. Multiple data sources are monitored. Topics associated with the multiple data sources are classified. The importance of the topics to the user is characterized. Content is delivered to the user when a selected topic exceeds an importance threshold for the user. Implicit feedback from the user that characterizes refined user content preferences is tracked. The instructions to characterize the importance of topics evaluates the explicit feedback and the implicit feedback. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/118226 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30997 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/10 (20130101) G06Q 30/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08935319 | Calo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seraphin Bernard Calo (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Raheleh B. Dilmaghani (Elmsford, New York); Douglas M. Freimuth (New York, New York); Raghu K. Ganti (Elmsford, New York); Keith William Grueneberg (Stewart Manor, New York); Fan Ye (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seraphin Bernard Calo (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Raheleh B. Dilmaghani (Elmsford, New York); Douglas M. Freimuth (New York, New York); Raghu K. Ganti (Elmsford, New York); Keith William Grueneberg (Stewart Manor, New York); Fan Ye (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A common infrastructure collects diverse data and information from large numbers of mobile devices and traditional sensors at Internet scale to support multiple different applications simultaneously. The infrastructure includes a backend phenomenon layer that provides high level abstractions to applications such that they can express their data and information needs in a declarative fashion and coordinate the data collection and processing activities for all applications. An edge layer that manages devices, receives collection requirements from the backend layer, configures and instructs devices for data collection, and conducts aggregation and primitive processing of the data. This layer contains network edge nodes, such as base stations in a cellular network. Each node manages a set of local data generating networked devices. The device agent data layer using common agents on the data generating networked devices receives data collection instructions from the edge layer, performs data collection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/472098 |
| ART UNIT | 2442 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/08072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08935368 | Calo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seraphin Bernard Calo (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Raheleh B Dilmaghani (Elmsford, New York); Douglas M Freimuth (New York, New York); Raghu Kiran Ganti (Elmsford, New York); Keith William Grueneberg (Stewart Manor, New York); Fan Ye (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seraphin Bernard Calo (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Raheleh B Dilmaghani (Elmsford, New York); Douglas M Freimuth (New York, New York); Raghu Kiran Ganti (Elmsford, New York); Keith William Grueneberg (Stewart Manor, New York); Fan Ye (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A common infrastructure collects diverse data and information from large numbers of mobile devices and traditional sensors at Internet scale to support multiple different applications simultaneously. The infrastructure includes a backend phenomenon layer that provides high level abstractions to applications such that they can express their data and information needs in a declarative fashion and coordinate the data collection and processing activities for all applications. An edge layer that manages devices, receives collection requirements from the backend layer, configures and instructs devices for data collection, and conducts aggregation and primitive processing of the data. This layer contains network edge nodes, such as base stations in a cellular network. Each node manages a set of local data generating networked devices. The device agent data layer using common agents on the data generating networked devices receives data collection instructions from the edge layer, performs data collection. |
| FILED | Monday, April 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/447936 |
| ART UNIT | 2442 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08935773 | Stavrou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angelos Stavrou (Springfield, Virginia); Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia); Anup Ghosh (Centreville, Virginia); Rhandi Martin (St. James, Barbados); Charalampos Andrianakis (Crete, Greece) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Research Foundation, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angelos Stavrou (Springfield, Virginia); Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia); Anup Ghosh (Centreville, Virginia); Rhandi Martin (St. James, Barbados); Charalampos Andrianakis (Crete, Greece) |
| ABSTRACT | A transparent proxy for malware detection includes a monitor module, a protocol determination module, a challenge generation module, a response determination module, and a data control module. The monitor module examines data originating from an application towards a remote server. The protocol determination module identifies the protocol type used for the data. The challenge generation module produces a challenge for the application based upon the protocol type, sends the challenge to the application, and maintains a state related to the data and the challenge. The response determination module makes a determination if an automatic non-interactive application response is received in response to the challenge from the application. The data control module allows the first data to continue to the remote server when the determination is valid. The data control module reports malware detection and blocks the data to continue to the remote server when the determination is invalid. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/757675 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/566 (20130101) G06F 2221/2103 (20130101) G06F 2221/2119 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/08 (20130101) H04L 63/145 (20130101) H04L 63/0884 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 67/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08935775 | Fryman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua Fryman (Corvallis, Oregon); Nicholas Carter (Hillsboro, Oregon); Robert Knauerhase (Portland, Oregon); Sebastian Schoenberg (Hillsboro, Oregon); Aditya Agrawal (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua Fryman (Corvallis, Oregon); Nicholas Carter (Hillsboro, Oregon); Robert Knauerhase (Portland, Oregon); Sebastian Schoenberg (Hillsboro, Oregon); Aditya Agrawal (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system implements dishonest policies for managing unauthorized access requests. The system includes memory management hardware to store a set of dishonest policy bits, each dishonest policy bit that is configured to a predetermined value indicating disallowed access for one of a set of memory ranges. When a processor receives an access request for a location in a memory range to which access is not allowed as indicated by a set dishonest policy bit, the processor returns a false indication according to a dishonest policy that the requested access has been performed. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/630592 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/00 (20130101) G06F 12/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 13/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08931431 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Harbor, Michigan); Gregory McGraw (Ann Harbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Harbor, Michigan); Gregory McGraw (Ann Harbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A first device is provided. The device includes a print head. The print head further includes a first nozzle hermetically sealed to a first source of gas. The first nozzle has an aperture having a smallest dimension of 0.5 to 500 microns in a direction perpendicular to a flow direction of the first nozzle. At a distance from the aperture into the first nozzle that is 5 times the smallest dimension of the aperture of the first nozzle, the smallest dimension perpendicular to the flow direction is at least twice the smallest dimension of the aperture of the first nozzle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/729448 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Typewriters; Selective Printing Mechanisms,, i.e Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From a Forme; Correction of Typographical Errors B41J 2/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/04 (20130101) C23C 14/12 (20130101) C23C 14/228 (20130101) |
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| US 08931553 | Cannan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carbo Ceramics Inc. (Houston, Texas); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CARBO Ceramics Inc. (Houston, Texas); Sandia Coporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad Cannan (Cypress, Texas); Lewis Bartel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Terrence Palisch (Richardson, Texas); David Aldridge (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrically conductive proppants and methods for detecting, locating, and characterizing same are provided. The electrically conductive proppant can include a substantially uniform coating of an electrically conductive material having a thickness of at least 500 nm. The method can include injecting a hydraulic fluid into a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation at a rate and pressure sufficient to open a fracture therein, injecting into the fracture a fluid containing the electrically conductive proppant, electrically energizing the earth at or near the fracture, and measuring three dimensional (x, y, and z) components of electric and magnetic field responses at a surface of the earth or in an adjacent wellbore. |
| FILED | Friday, January 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/147372 |
| 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 43/25 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E21B 47/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08931950 | King et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William P. King (Champaign, Illinois); Jungchul Lee (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William P. King (Champaign, Illinois); Jungchul Lee (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, provided herein is a single crystal silicon microcalorimeter, for example useful for high temperature operation and long-term stability of calorimetric measurements. Microcalorimeters described herein include microcalorimeter embodiments having a suspended structure and comprising single crystal silicon. Also provided herein are methods for making calorimetric measurements, for example, on small quantities of materials or for determining the energy content of combustible material having an unknown composition. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/059812 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 17/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 25/4813 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/902 (20130101) |
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| US 08932400 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Calera Corporation (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calera Corporation (Los Gatos, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irvin Chen (Santa Clara, California); Miguel Fernandez (San Jose, California); Joshua Patterson (Watsonville, California); Martin Devenney (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods including hydraulic cement, supplementary cementitious material, and/or self-cementing material. Methods for making the compositions and using the compositions are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/155700 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/62 (20130101) B01D 2251/404 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2258/0233 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 14/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 14/28 (20130101) C04B 14/28 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 264/43 (20130101) |
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| US 08932403 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qiming Li (Albuquerque, New Mexico); George T. Wang (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiming Li (Albuquerque, New Mexico); George T. Wang (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a surface-textured single-crystal film layer by growing the film atop a layer of microparticles on a substrate and subsequently selectively etching away the microparticles to release the surface-textured single-crystal film layer from the substrate. This method is applicable to a very wide variety of substrates and films. In some embodiments, the film is an epitaxial film that has been grown in crystallographic alignment with respect to a crystalline substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/113123 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/89 |
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| US 08932446 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shelly X Li (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jan-fong Jue (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Ronald Scott Herbst (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Steven Douglas Herrmann (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shelly X Li (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jan-fong Jue (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Ronald Scott Herbst (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Steven Douglas Herrmann (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for the real-time, in-situ monitoring of actinide-ion concentrations. A working electrolyte is positioned within the interior of a container. The working electrolyte is separated from a reference electrolyte by a separator. A working electrode is at least partially in contact with the working electrolyte. A reference electrode is at least partially in contact with the reference electrolyte. A voltmeter is electrically connected to the working electrode and the reference electrode. The working electrolyte comprises an actinide-ion of interest. The separator is ionically conductive to the actinide-ion of interest. The separator comprises an actinide, Zr, and Nb. Preferably, the actinide of the separator is Am or Np, more preferably Pu. In one embodiment, the actinide of the separator is the actinide of interest. In another embodiment, the separator further comprises P and O. |
| FILED | Friday, May 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/891308 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08932461 | Quake et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Joshua S. Marcus (Altadena, California); Carl L. Hansen (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Joshua S. Marcus (Altadena, California); Carl L. Hansen (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Sieve valves for use in microfluidic device are provided. The valves are useful for impeding the flow of particles, such as chromatography beads or cells, in a microfluidic channel while allowing liquid solution to pass through the valve. The valves find particular use in making microfluidic chromatography modules. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/171329 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — 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 20/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2220/54 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0001 (20130101) F16K 99/0026 (20130101) F16K 99/0034 (20130101) F16K 99/0059 (20130101) F16K 2099/008 (20130101) F16K 2099/0074 (20130101) F16K 2099/0084 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 30/603 (20130101) G01N 30/6004 (20130101) G01N 30/6095 (20130101) |
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| US 08932513 | Fong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hao Fong (Rapid City, South Dakota); Lifeng Zhang (Greensboro, North Carolina); Yong Zhao (Rapid City, South Dakota); Zhengtao Zhu (Rapid City, South Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | South Dakota Board of Regents (Rapid City, South Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hao Fong (Rapid City, South Dakota); Lifeng Zhang (Greensboro, North Carolina); Yong Zhao (Rapid City, South Dakota); Zhengtao Zhu (Rapid City, South Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing mechanically resilient titanium carbide (TiC) nanofibrous felts comprising continuous nanofibers or nano-ribbons with TiC crystallites embedded in carbon matrix, comprising: (a) electrospinning a spin dope for making precursor nanofibers with diameters less than 0.5 J.Lm; (b) overlaying the nanofibers to produce a nanofibrous mat (felt); and then (c) heating the nano-felts first at a low temperature, and then at a high temperature for making electrospun continuous nanofibers or nano-ribbons with TiC crystallites embedded in carbon matrix; and (d) chlorinating the above electrospun nano-felts at an elevated temperature to remove titanium for producing carbide derived carbon (CDC) nano-fibrous felt with high specific surface areas. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/482981 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| 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) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/0023 (20130101) Making Textile Fabrics, e.g From Fibres or Filamentary Material; Fabrics Made by Such Processes or Apparatus, e.g Felts, Non-woven Fabrics; Cotton-wool; Wadding D04H 1/728 (20130101) Original (OR) Class D04H 1/4209 (20130101) D04H 1/4382 (20130101) |
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| US 08932520 | Goddard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory R Goddard (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Gregory Kaduchak (Eugene, Oregon); James H Jett (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven W Graves (San Jan Pueblo, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory R Goddard (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Gregory Kaduchak (Eugene, Oregon); James H Jett (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven W Graves (San Jan Pueblo, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for uniformly spacing particles in a flowing system comprising suspending particles in an elongated fluid filled cavity; exposing said cavity to an axial acoustic standing wave field, wherein said axial acoustic standing wave field drives said particles to nodal and anti-nodal positions along the center axis of said cavity to result in uniformly spaced particles; and focusing said particles to the center axis of said cavity. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570605 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 15/1484 (20130101) G01N 2015/142 (20130101) G01N 2015/149 (20130101) |
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| US 08932551 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dohyun Kim (Rocky Point, New York); David Alexoff (Westhampton, New York); Sung Won Kim (Port Jefferson, New York); Jacob Hooker (Belmont, Massachusetts); Richard A. Ferrieri (Patchogue, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dohyun Kim (Rocky Point, New York); David Alexoff (Westhampton, New York); Sung Won Kim (Port Jefferson, New York); Jacob Hooker (Belmont, Massachusetts); Richard A. Ferrieri (Patchogue, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for providing 11C-labeled cyanides from 11C labeled oxides in a target gas stream retrieved from an irradiated high pressure gaseous target containing O2 is provided, wherein 11C labeled oxides are reduced with H2 in the presence of a nickel catalyst under a pressure and a temperature sufficient to form a product stream comprising at least about 95% 11CH4 , the 11CH4 is then combined with an excess of NH3 in a carrier/reaction stream flowing at an accelerated velocity and the combined 11CH4 carrier/reaction stream is then contacted with a platinum (Pt) catalyst particulate supported on a substantially-chemically-nonreactive heat-stable support at a temperature of at least about 900 ° C., whereby a product stream comprising at least about 60%H11CN is provided in less than 10 minutes from retrieval of the 11C labeled oxide. |
| FILED | Monday, August 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/584033 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 3/0212 (20130101) C01C 3/0216 (20130101) C01C 3/0229 (20130101) Original (OR) Class General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08932576 | Mayfield |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen P. Mayfield (Cardiff, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen P. Mayfield (Cardiff, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are disclosed to engineer chloroplast comprising heterologous mammalian genes via a direct replacement of chloroplast Photosystem II (PSII) reaction center protein coding regions to achieve expression of recombinant protein above 5% of total protein. When algae is used, algal expressed protein is produced predominantly as a soluble protein where the functional activity of the peptide is intact. As the host algae is edible, production of biologics in this organism for oral delivery of proteins/peptides, especially gut active proteins, without purification is disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/695101 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
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| US 08932768 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sang-Ho Park (Woodridge, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacture an article of a cathode (positive electrode) material for lithium batteries. The cathode material is a lithium molybdenum composite transition metal oxide material and is prepared by mixing in a solid state an intermediate molybdenum composite transition metal oxide and a lithium source. The mixture is thermally treated to obtain the lithium molybdenum composite transition metal oxide cathode material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/863955 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 45/006 (20130101) C01G 45/1228 (20130101) C01G 51/006 (20130101) C01G 51/50 (20130101) C01G 53/006 (20130101) C01G 53/50 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/52 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/32 (20130101) C01P 2004/61 (20130101) C01P 2006/11 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/131 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/056 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
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| US 08932771 | Visco et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven J. Visco (Berkeley, California); Vitaliy Nimon (San Francisco, California); Lutgard C. De Jonghe (Lafayette, California); Yury Volfkovich (Moscow, Russian Federation); Daniil Bograchev (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PolyPlus Battery Company (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Visco (Berkeley, California); Vitaliy Nimon (San Francisco, California); Lutgard C. De Jonghe (Lafayette, California); Yury Volfkovich (Moscow, Russian Federation); Daniil Bograchev (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrochemical energy storage devices, such as alkali metal-oxygen battery cells (e.g., non-aqueous lithium-air cells), have a cathode architecture with a porous structure and pore composition that is tailored to improve cell performance, especially as it pertains to one or more of the discharge/charge rate, cycle life, and delivered ampere-hour capacity. A porous cathode architecture having a pore volume that is derived from pores of varying radii wherein the pore size distribution is tailored as a function of the architecture thickness is one way to achieve one or more of the aforementioned cell performance improvements. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/525128 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/404 |
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| US 08932781 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lei Yang (Atlanta, Georgia); Zhe Cheng (Wilmington, Delaware); Ze Liu (Atlanta, Georgia); Meilin Liu (Alpharetta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lei Yang (Atlanta, Georgia); Zhe Cheng (Wilmington, Delaware); Ze Liu (Atlanta, Georgia); Meilin Liu (Alpharetta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure include chemical compositions, structures, anodes, cathodes, electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cells, fuel cells, fuel cell membranes, separation membranes, catalytic membranes, sensors, coatings for electrolytes, electrodes, membranes, and catalysts, and the like, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, October 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/609179 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 25/006 (20130101) C01G 53/006 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/34 (20130101) C01P 2002/52 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/82 (20130101) C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/50 (20130101) C04B 35/6262 (20130101) C04B 2235/3201 (20130101) C04B 2235/3215 (20130101) C04B 2235/3224 (20130101) C04B 2235/3225 (20130101) C04B 2235/3229 (20130101) C04B 2235/3244 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/9008 (20130101) H01M 4/9033 (20130101) H01M 8/1246 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/522 (20130101) Y02E 60/525 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08932859 | Tsien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods using somatic hypermutation (SHM) for producing polypeptide and nucleic acid variants, and nucleic acids encoding such polypeptide variants are disclosed. Such variants may have desired properties. Also disclosed are novel polypeptides, such as improved fluorescent proteins, produced by the novel methods, and nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells comprising such vectors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/124888 |
| 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 | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08932875 | Cooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Guangtao Li (Carmel, Indiana); Xin Li (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Guangtao Li (Carmel, Indiana); Xin Li (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to systems and methods for sample analysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample that includes a probe including a material connected to a high voltage source, a device for generating a heated gas, and a mass analyzer. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/977758 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0431 (20130101) H01J 49/0459 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08932898 | Christoforo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Greyson Christoforo (Stanford, California); Saahil Mehra (Saratoga, California); Alberto Salleo (San Francisco, California); Peter Peumans (Leuven, Belgium) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Univerity (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Greyson Christoforo (Stanford, California); Saahil Mehra (Saratoga, California); Alberto Salleo (San Francisco, California); Peter Peumans (Leuven, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a method is provided for fabrication of a semitransparent conductive mesh. A first solution having conductive nanowires suspended therein and a second solution having nanoparticles suspended therein are sprayed toward a substrate, the spraying forming a mist. The mist is processed, while on the substrate, to provide a semitransparent conductive material in the form of a mesh having the conductive nanowires and nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are configured and arranged to direct light passing through the mesh. Connections between the nanowires provide conductivity through the mesh. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/350511 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0025 (20130101) B22F 1/0025 (20130101) B22F 1/0059 (20130101) B22F 3/002 (20130101) B22F 3/002 (20130101) B22F 3/24 (20130101) B22F 7/004 (20130101) B22F 7/004 (20130101) B22F 2003/248 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Alloys C22C 32/0021 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 4/121 (20130101) C23C 24/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/1884 (20130101) H01L 31/022466 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 08932940 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Deli Wang (San Diego, California); Cesare Soci (Singapore, Singapore); Xinyu Bao (Mountain View, California); Wei Wei (Pasadena, California); Yi Jing (La Jolla, California); Ke Sun (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deli Wang (San Diego, California); Cesare Soci (Singapore, Singapore); Xinyu Bao (Mountain View, California); Wei Wei (Pasadena, California); Yi Jing (La Jolla, California); Ke Sun (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide a method for direct heteroepitaxial growth of vertical III-V semiconductor nanowires on a silicon substrate. The silicon substrate is etched to substantially completely remove native oxide. It is promptly placed in a reaction chamber. The substrate is heated and maintained at a growth temperature. Group III-V precursors are flowed for a growth time. Preferred embodiment vertical Group III-V nanowires on silicon have a core-shell structure, which provides a radial homojunction or heterojunction. A doped nanowire core is surrounded by a shell with complementary doping. Such can provide high optical absorption due to the long optical path in the axial direction of the vertical nanowires, while reducing considerably the distance over which carriers must diffuse before being collected in the radial direction. Alloy composition can also be varied. Radial and axial homojunctions and heterojunctions can be realized. Embodiments provide for flexible Group III-V nanowire structures. An array of Group III-V nanowire structures is embedded in polymer. A fabrication method forms the vertical nanowires on a substrate, e.g., a silicon substrate. Preferably, the nanowires are formed by the preferred methods for fabrication of Group III-V nanowires on silicon. Devices can be formed with core/shell and core/multi-shell nanowires and the devices are released from the substrate upon which the nanowires were formed to create a flexible structure that includes an array of vertical nanowires embedded in polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/126381 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0262 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02543 (20130101) H01L 21/02546 (20130101) H01L 21/02549 (20130101) H01L 21/02573 (20130101) H01L 21/02603 (20130101) H01L 21/02636 (20130101) H01L 27/0605 (20130101) H01L 29/20 (20130101) H01L 29/068 (20130101) H01L 29/88 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/267 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/7784 (20130101) H01L 31/074 (20130101) H01L 31/03529 (20130101) H01L 31/035281 (20130101) H01L 33/08 (20130101) H01L 33/20 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 438/938 (20130101) Y10S 438/967 (20130101) Y10S 438/974 (20130101) Y10S 977/762 (20130101) Y10S 977/763 (20130101) Y10S 977/764 (20130101) Y10S 977/765 (20130101) Y10S 977/813 (20130101) Y10S 977/815 (20130101) Y10S 977/819 (20130101) Y10S 977/825 (20130101) |
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| US 08933143 | Boydston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Boydston (Seattle, Washington); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California); Chris Daeffler (Pasadena, California); Nebojsa Momcilovic (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for adjustable lenses are provided. In some embodiments, the lenses contain a lens matrix material, a masking compound, and a prepolymer. The lens matrix material provides structure to the lens. The masking compound is capable of blocking polymerization or crosslinking of the prepolymer, until photoisomerization of the compound is triggered, and the compound is converted from a first isomer to a second isomer having a different absorption profile. The prepolymer is a composition that can undergo a polymerization or crosslinking reaction upon photoinitiation to alter one or more of the properties of the lenses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/071947 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| 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 2/14 (20130101) A61F 2/1624 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0051 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 22/14 (20130101) C08F 120/14 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/38 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/24 (20130101) C08J 3/28 (20130101) C08J 2333/00 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 33/08 (20130101) C08L 33/10 (20130101) C08L 83/04 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/043 (20130101) G02B 1/043 (20130101) G02B 1/043 (20130101) G02B 1/043 (20130101) Spectacles; Sunglasses or Goggles Insofar as They Have the Same Features as Spectacles; Contact Lenses G02C 7/022 (20130101) |
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| US 08933210 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Yu Xiang (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Yu Xiang (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A general methodology to design label-free fluorescent functional nucleic acid sensors using a vacant site approach and an abasic site approach is described. In one example, a method for designing label-free fluorescent functional nucleic acid sensors (e.g., those that include a DNAzyme, aptamer or aptazyme) that have a tunable dynamic range through the introduction of an abasic site (e.g., dSpacer) or a vacant site into the functional nucleic acids. Also provided is a general method for designing label-free fluorescent aptamer sensors based on the regulation of malachite green (MG) fluorescence. A general method for designing label-free fluorescent catalytic and molecular beacons (CAMBs) is also provided. The methods demonstrated here can be used to design many other label-free fluorescent sensors to detect a wide range of analytes. Sensors and methods of using the disclosed sensors are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/267414 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08933237 | Hong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kunlun Hong (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jun Yang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Peter V. Bonnesen (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for synthesizing deuterated vinylpyridine compounds of the Formula (1), wherein the method includes: (i) deuterating an acyl pyridine of the Formula (2) in the presence of a metal catalyst and D2O, wherein the metal catalyst is active for hydrogen exchange in water, to produce a deuterated acyl compound of Formula (3); (ii) reducing the compound of Formula (3) with a deuterated reducing agent to convert the acyl group to an alcohol group, and (iii) dehydrating the compound produced in step (ii) with a dehydrating agent to afford the vinylpyridine compound of Formula (1). The resulting deuterated vinylpyridine compounds are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/156916 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 213/127 (20130101) |
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| US 08933401 | Reed |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan W. Reed (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) system is disclosed. The system may make use of an electron beam scanning system configured to generate a plurality of electron beam scans over substantially an entire sample, with each scan varying in electron-illumination intensity over a course of the scan. A signal acquisition system may be used for obtaining at least one of an image, a diffraction pattern, or a spectrum from the scans, the image, diffraction pattern, or spectrum representing only information from at least one of a select subplurality or linear combination of all pixel locations comprising the image. A dataset may be produced from the information. A subsystem may be used for mathematically analyzing the dataset to predict actual information that would have been produced by each pixel location of the image. |
| FILED | Friday, October 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/063319 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 2237/2802 (20130101) |
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| US 08933436 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Richard R. Lunt (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Richard R. Lunt (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An ordered multilayer crystalline organic thin film structure is formed by depositing at least two layers of thin film crystalline organic materials successively wherein the at least two thin film layers are selected to have their surface energies within ±50% of each other, and preferably within ±15% of each other, whereby every thin film layer within the multilayer crystalline organic thin film structure exhibit a quasi-epitaxial relationship with the adjacent crystalline organic thin film. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/084233 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 23/02 (20130101) C30B 29/54 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0008 (20130101) H01L 51/0053 (20130101) H01L 51/56 (20130101) H01L 51/4246 (20130101) H01L 51/5004 (20130101) H01L 51/5012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2227/326 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 08933596 | Stalford |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroZeus, LLC (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro rotary machine may include a micro actuator and a micro shaft coupled to the micro actuator. The micro shaft comprises a horizontal shaft and is operable to be rotated by the micro actuator. A micro tool is coupled to the micro shaft and is operable to perform work in response to motion of the micro shaft. |
| FILED | Monday, April 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/448039 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0024 (20130101) B81B 2201/031 (20130101) B81B 2201/034 (20130101) B81B 2201/037 (20130101) B81B 2201/051 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 7/00 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 1/002 (20130101) H02N 10/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02N 11/006 (20130101) |
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| US 08934058 | Chou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason Chou (Walnut Creek, California); Corey V. Bennett (Livermore, California); Vince Hernandez (Brisbane, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Chou (Walnut Creek, California); Corey V. Bennett (Livermore, California); Vince Hernandez (Brisbane, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A signal digitizing system and method based on analog-to-time optical mapping, optically maps amplitude information of an analog signal of interest first into wavelength information using an amplitude tunable filter (ATF) to impress spectral changes induced by the amplitude of the analog signal onto a carrier signal, i.e. a train of optical pulses, and next from wavelength information to temporal information using a dispersive element so that temporal information representing the amplitude information is encoded in the time domain in the carrier signal. Optical-to-electrical conversion of the optical pulses into voltage waveforms and subsequently digitizing the voltage waveforms into a digital image enables the temporal information to be resolved and quantized in the time domain. The digital image may them be digital signal processed to digitally reconstruct the analog signal based on the temporal information with high fidelity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/092763 |
| ART UNIT | 2422 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/67 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 10/69 (20130101) |
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| US 08934097 | Rushford |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Charles Rushford (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Charles Rushford (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical instrument aligns an optical beam without the need for physical intervention of the instrument within the apparatus or platforms from which the trajectory of the beam to be ascertained. The alignment apparatus and method enable the desired function to be realized without the placement of physical apertures or sensors directly in the path of the beam through the system whose spatial position and slope is to be sought. An image plane provides the observer with a pair of well-defined images that are indicative of the beam centering and pointing alignment parameters. The optical alignment can be realized without the need for referencing to an external or fixed set of coordinates or fiducials. The instrument can therefore service situations where adverse environments would otherwise prohibit the use of such instruments, including regions of high radiation, high temperature, vacuum and/or cryogenic atmospheres. |
| FILED | Friday, January 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/696777 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/272 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08934210 | Denis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald J. Denis (Camas, Washington); Nathanael J. Makowski (Vancouver, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald J. Denis (Camas, Washington); Nathanael J. Makowski (Vancouver, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for demagnetizing comprising positioning a core within the electromagnetic field generated by a first winding until the generated first electrical current is not substantially increasing, thereby determining a saturation current. A second voltage, having the opposite polarity, is then applied across the first winding until the generated second electrical current is approximately equal to the magnitude of the determined saturation current. The maximum magnetic flux within the core is then determined using the voltage across said first winding and the second current. A third voltage, having the opposite polarity, is then applied across the first winding until the core has a magnetic flux equal to approximately half of the determined maximum magnetic flux within the core. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/535637 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/149 |
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| US 08934511 | Woodruff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven D. Woodruff (Morgantown, West Virginia); Dustin L. Mcintyre (Washington, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven D. Woodruff (Morgantown, West Virginia); Dustin L. Mcintyre (Washington, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device for providing a laser interlock having a first optical source, a first beam splitter, a second optical source, a detector, an interlock control system, and a means for producing dangerous optical energy. The first beam splitter is optically connected to the first optical source, the first detector and the second optical source. The detector is connected to the interlock control system. The interlock control system is connected to the means for producing dangerous optical energy and configured to terminate its optical energy production upon the detection of optical energy at the detector from the second optical source below a predetermined detector threshold. The second optical source produces an optical energy in response to optical energy from the first optical source. The optical energy from the second optical source has a different wavelength, polarization, modulation or combination thereof from the optical energy of the first optical source. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/023822 |
| 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 3/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08934608 | Barty |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher P. Barty (Hayward, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher P. Barty (Hayward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | New configurations of lasers and electron beams efficiently and robustly produce high flux beams of bright, tunable, polarized quasi-monoenergetic x-rays and gamma-rays via laser-Compton scattering. Specifically, the use of long-duration, pulsed lasers and closely-spaced, low-charge and low emittance bunches of electron beams increase the spectral flux of the Compton-scattered x-rays and gamma rays, increase efficiency of the laser-electron interaction and significantly reduce the overall complexity of Compton based light sources. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/552610 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 5/0008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class X-ray Technique H05G 2/008 (20130101) |
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| US 08934965 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Brian Litt (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Jonathan Viventi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Brian Litt (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Jonathan Viventi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and devices for interfacing with brain tissue, specifically for monitoring and/or actuation of spatio-temporal electrical waveforms. The device is conformable having a high electrode density and high spatial and temporal resolution. A conformable substrate supports a conformable electronic circuit and a barrier layer. Electrodes are positioned to provide electrical contact with a brain tissue. A controller monitors or actuates the electrodes, thereby interfacing with the brain tissue. In an aspect, methods are provided to monitor or actuate spatio-temporal electrical waveform over large brain surface areas by any of the devices disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/486726 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0478 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04001 (20130101) A61B 5/4094 (20130101) A61B 5/6868 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) A61B 2562/125 (20130101) A61B 2562/164 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/72 (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 5/20 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0531 (20130101) A61N 1/3606 (20130101) A61N 1/36017 (20130101) A61N 1/36025 (20130101) A61N 5/0601 (20130101) |
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| US 08932524 | Farquharson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stuart Farquharson (Meriden, Connecticut); Paul Maksymiuk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Chetan S. Shende (Vernon, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Real-Time Analyzers, Inc. (Middletown, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Farquharson (Meriden, Connecticut); Paul Maksymiuk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Chetan S. Shende (Vernon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A stationary medium is employed both to separate chemicals from a sample solution and also to generate surface-enhanced Raman scattering, so that spectral analysis of the separated analyte chemical can be performed. Applied driving force causes the sample to flow into the stationary medium and to distribute therethrough, thereby causing rapid separation of the analyte chemical, and surface-enhanced Raman scattered radiation is quickly detected, at a plurality of locations along a flow path defined by the stationary medium, for ultimate analysis. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/199601 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/40 (20130101) G01N 21/63 (20130101) G01N 21/63 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 30/74 (20130101) G01N 30/74 (20130101) G01N 30/78 (20130101) G01N 30/78 (20130101) G01N 30/6082 (20130101) G01N 30/6095 (20130101) |
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| US 08932671 | Advincula |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rigoberto Advincula (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rigoberto Advincula (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Nano-composites include a graphite material such as nanotubes or graphene sheets and a partial or complete coating of a polymer including sufficient π-conjugated moieties to interact with surfaces of the graphite material. The polymers may also include electropolymerizable or oxidatively polymerizable moieties so the films may be crosslinked. The films may be used to form layers on substrates or patterned layers on substrates. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/309111 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/82 (20130101) C01P 2002/84 (20130101) C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2004/13 (20130101) C01P 2004/133 (20130101) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08932807 | Decho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan W. Decho (Columbia, South Carolina); Tomohiro Kawaguchi (Columbia, South Carolina); Yung-pin Chen (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan W. Decho (Columbia, South Carolina); Tomohiro Kawaguchi (Columbia, South Carolina); Yung-pin Chen (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A cell-lysate extract based assay reagent for detecting quorum sensing signals is generally provided, along with methods of making and using the same. The assay reagent generally includes a cell-lysate extract formed from a biosensor bacterium (e.g., Agrobacterium tumefaciens NTL4 (pCF218)(pCF372)) and a detecting substrate (e.g., an absorbance-based or luminescence-based substrate). The cell-lysate extract can be prepared by (1) disrupting the cell membranes of the biosensor bacterium to release the cellular components into a solution, (2) centrifuging the resulting solution, and (3) removing the resulting supernatant solution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/043052 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| 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 1/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/78 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) |
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| US 08932875 | Cooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Guangtao Li (Carmel, Indiana); Xin Li (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Guangtao Li (Carmel, Indiana); Xin Li (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to systems and methods for sample analysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample that includes a probe including a material connected to a high voltage source, a device for generating a heated gas, and a mass analyzer. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/977758 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0431 (20130101) H01J 49/0459 (20130101) |
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| US 08932940 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Deli Wang (San Diego, California); Cesare Soci (Singapore, Singapore); Xinyu Bao (Mountain View, California); Wei Wei (Pasadena, California); Yi Jing (La Jolla, California); Ke Sun (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deli Wang (San Diego, California); Cesare Soci (Singapore, Singapore); Xinyu Bao (Mountain View, California); Wei Wei (Pasadena, California); Yi Jing (La Jolla, California); Ke Sun (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide a method for direct heteroepitaxial growth of vertical III-V semiconductor nanowires on a silicon substrate. The silicon substrate is etched to substantially completely remove native oxide. It is promptly placed in a reaction chamber. The substrate is heated and maintained at a growth temperature. Group III-V precursors are flowed for a growth time. Preferred embodiment vertical Group III-V nanowires on silicon have a core-shell structure, which provides a radial homojunction or heterojunction. A doped nanowire core is surrounded by a shell with complementary doping. Such can provide high optical absorption due to the long optical path in the axial direction of the vertical nanowires, while reducing considerably the distance over which carriers must diffuse before being collected in the radial direction. Alloy composition can also be varied. Radial and axial homojunctions and heterojunctions can be realized. Embodiments provide for flexible Group III-V nanowire structures. An array of Group III-V nanowire structures is embedded in polymer. A fabrication method forms the vertical nanowires on a substrate, e.g., a silicon substrate. Preferably, the nanowires are formed by the preferred methods for fabrication of Group III-V nanowires on silicon. Devices can be formed with core/shell and core/multi-shell nanowires and the devices are released from the substrate upon which the nanowires were formed to create a flexible structure that includes an array of vertical nanowires embedded in polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/126381 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0262 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02543 (20130101) H01L 21/02546 (20130101) H01L 21/02549 (20130101) H01L 21/02573 (20130101) H01L 21/02603 (20130101) H01L 21/02636 (20130101) H01L 27/0605 (20130101) H01L 29/20 (20130101) H01L 29/068 (20130101) H01L 29/88 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/267 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/7784 (20130101) H01L 31/074 (20130101) H01L 31/03529 (20130101) H01L 31/035281 (20130101) H01L 33/08 (20130101) H01L 33/20 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 438/938 (20130101) Y10S 438/967 (20130101) Y10S 438/974 (20130101) Y10S 977/762 (20130101) Y10S 977/763 (20130101) Y10S 977/764 (20130101) Y10S 977/765 (20130101) Y10S 977/813 (20130101) Y10S 977/815 (20130101) Y10S 977/819 (20130101) Y10S 977/825 (20130101) |
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| US 08933203 | Rome et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonard H. Rome (Tarzana, California); Valerie A. Kickhoefer (Sherman Oaks, California); Raval-Fernandes Sujna (West Hills, California); Phoebe L. Stewart (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard H. Rome (Tarzana, California); Valerie A. Kickhoefer (Sherman Oaks, California); Raval-Fernandes Sujna (West Hills, California); Phoebe L. Stewart (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of using vaults as carrier molecules to deliver one or more than one substance to an organism, or to a specific tissue or to specific cells, or to an environmental medium. A vault-like particle. A method of preventing damage by one or more than one substance to an organism, to a specific tissue, to specific cells, or to an environmental medium, by sequestering the one or more than one substance within a vault-like particle. A method of delivering one or more than one substance or a sensor to an organism, to a specific tissue, to specific cells, or to an environmental medium. According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of making vault-like particles, and making vault-like particles comprising one or more than one substance, or one or more than one sensor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/252200 |
| 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 38/00 (20130101) A61K 47/48776 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/88 (20130101) C12N 2810/50 (20130101) |
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| US 08933210 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Yu Xiang (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Yu Xiang (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A general methodology to design label-free fluorescent functional nucleic acid sensors using a vacant site approach and an abasic site approach is described. In one example, a method for designing label-free fluorescent functional nucleic acid sensors (e.g., those that include a DNAzyme, aptamer or aptazyme) that have a tunable dynamic range through the introduction of an abasic site (e.g., dSpacer) or a vacant site into the functional nucleic acids. Also provided is a general method for designing label-free fluorescent aptamer sensors based on the regulation of malachite green (MG) fluorescence. A general method for designing label-free fluorescent catalytic and molecular beacons (CAMBs) is also provided. The methods demonstrated here can be used to design many other label-free fluorescent sensors to detect a wide range of analytes. Sensors and methods of using the disclosed sensors are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/267414 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 08933298 | Jahn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Margaret Jahn (Lansing, New York); Jason Cavatorta (Davis, California); Inhwa Yeam (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret Jahn (Lansing, New York); Jason Cavatorta (Davis, California); Inhwa Yeam (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a mutant form of wild-type translation initiation factor eIF4E, which has an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the mutant form imparts resistance to Potato virus Y and has a mutation with respect to the wild-type amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 selected from the group consisting of: (1) any one or more of I70N, I70E, L82R, and D112N and (2) any one or more of L48F, S68K, A77D, and M109I. Nucleic acid constructs, expression vectors, cells, plants, and plant seeds containing the nucleic acid molecule of the present invention, are also disclosed, as are methods of imparting resistance to Potato virus Y to plants. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/125429 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8283 (20130101) |
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| US 08933496 | Bulovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jeffrey H. Lang (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Sarah Paydavosi (Tehran, Iran); Annie I-Jen Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trisha L. Andrew (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Apoorva Murarka (Jaipur, India); Farnaz Niroui (Ontario, Canada); Frank Yaul (Bellevue, Washington); Jeffrey C. Grossman (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jeffrey H. Lang (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Sarah Paydavosi (Tehran, Iran); Annie I-Jen Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trisha L. Andrew (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Apoorva Murarka (Jaipur, India); Farnaz Niroui (Ontario, Canada); Frank Yaul (Bellevue, Washington); Jeffrey C. Grossman (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for making analog and digital electronics which includes a composite including a squishable material doped with conductive particles. A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device has a channel made from the composite, where the channel forms a primary conduction path for the device. Upon applied voltage, capacitive actuators squeeze the composite, causing it to become conductive. The squishable device includes a control electrode, and a composite electrically and mechanically connected to two terminal electrodes. By applying a voltage to the control electrode relative to a first terminal electrode, an electric field is developed between the control electrode and the first terminal electrode. This electric field results in an attractive force between the control electrode and the first terminal electrode, which compresses the composite and enables electric control of the electron conduction from the first terminal electrode through the channel to the second terminal electrode. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/291016 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 45/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) |
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| US 08934096 | Herzinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mathias M. Schubert (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tino Hofmann (Lincoln, Nebraska); Martin M. Liphardt (Lincoln, Nebraska); John A. Woollam (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Nebraska Board of Regents (Lincoln, Nebraska); J.A. Woollam Co., Inc. (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mathias M. Schubert (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tino Hofmann (Lincoln, Nebraska); Martin M. Liphardt (Lincoln, Nebraska); John A. Woollam (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to ellipsometer and polarimeter systems, and more particularly is an ellipsometer or polarimeter or the like system which operates in a frequency range between 300 GHz or lower and extending to higher than at least 1 Tera-hertz (THz), and preferably through the Infra-red (IR) range up to, and higher than 100 THz, including: a source such as a backward wave oscillator; a Smith-Purcell cell; a free electron laser, or an FTIR source and a solid state device; and a detector such as a Golay cell; a bolometer or a solid state detector; and preferably including at least one odd-bounce polarization state image rotating system, and optionally including a polarizer, at least one compensator and/or modulator, in addition to an analyzer. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506707 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 4/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 5/20 (20130101) G01J 5/42 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/211 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) G01N 2021/3595 (20130101) |
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| US 08934965 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Brian Litt (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Jonathan Viventi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Brian Litt (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Jonathan Viventi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and devices for interfacing with brain tissue, specifically for monitoring and/or actuation of spatio-temporal electrical waveforms. The device is conformable having a high electrode density and high spatial and temporal resolution. A conformable substrate supports a conformable electronic circuit and a barrier layer. Electrodes are positioned to provide electrical contact with a brain tissue. A controller monitors or actuates the electrodes, thereby interfacing with the brain tissue. In an aspect, methods are provided to monitor or actuate spatio-temporal electrical waveform over large brain surface areas by any of the devices disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/486726 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0478 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04001 (20130101) A61B 5/4094 (20130101) A61B 5/6868 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) A61B 2562/125 (20130101) A61B 2562/164 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/72 (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 5/20 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0531 (20130101) A61N 1/3606 (20130101) A61N 1/36017 (20130101) A61N 1/36025 (20130101) A61N 5/0601 (20130101) |
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| US 08935098 | Di Carlo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dino Di Carlo (Los Angeles, California); Daniel R. Gossett (Los Angeles, California); Henry T. K. Tse (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dino Di Carlo (Los Angeles, California); Daniel R. Gossett (Los Angeles, California); Henry T. K. Tse (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is disclosed that enables the automated measurement of cellular mechanical parameters at high throughputs. The microfluidic device uses intersecting flows to create an extensional flow region where the cells undergo controlled stretching. Cells are focused into streamlines prior to entering the extensional flow region. In the extensional region, each cell's deformation is measured with an imaging device. Automated image analysis extracts a range of independent biomechanical parameters from the images. These may include cell size, deformability, and circularity. The single cell data that is obtained may then be used to in a variety of ways. Scatter density plots of deformability and circularity may be developed and displayed for the user. Mechanical parameters such as deformability and circularity may be gated or thresholded to identify certain cells of interest or sub-populations of interest. Similarly, the mechanical data obtained using the device may be used as cell signatures. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/823109 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1459 (20130101) G01N 15/1484 (20130101) G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 2015/1495 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08935291 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chaomei Chen (Villanova, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for automatically generating systematic reviews of received information in a field of science and technology, such as scientific literature, where the systematic review includes a systematic review of a research field in the scientific literature. The method includes the steps of constructing a time series networks of words, passages, documents, and citations and/or co-citations within received information into a synthesized network, decomposing the networks into clusters of fields or topics, performing part-of-speech tagging of text within the received information to provide tagged text, constructing semantic structures of concepts and/or assertions extracted from the source text, generating citation-based and content-based summaries of the clusters of fields or topics and the semantic structures, and generating structured narratives of the clusters of fields or topics and the summaries of the generated semantic structures. Narratives of the citation-based and content-based summaries are merged into a systematic review. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/043446 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30598 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30734 (20130101) |
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| US 08935506 | Gopalan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kartik Gopalan (Vestal, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kartik Gopalan (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | MemX provides a distributed system that virtualizes cluster-wide memory to support data-intensive and large memory workloads in virtual machines (VMs), and provides benefits in virtualized settings: (1) VM workloads that access large datasets can perform low-latency I/O over virtualized cluster-wide memory; (2) VMs can transparently execute very large memory applications that require more memory than physical DRAM present in the host machine; (3) reduces the effective memory usage of the cluster by de-duplicating pages that have identical content; (4) existing applications do not require any modifications to benefit from MemX such as the use of special APIs, libraries, recompilation, or relinking; and (5) supports live migration of large-footprint VMs by eliminating the need to migrate part of their memory footprint resident on other nodes. Detailed evaluations show that large dataset applications and multiple concurrent VMs achieve significant performance improvements using MemX compared against virtualized local and iSCSI disks. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/427110 |
| ART UNIT | 2189 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/202 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08931142 | Langley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick T. Langley (Laurel, Maryland); Fazle E. Siddique (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An article, such as, but not limited to, a cable strap to wrap, support, or secure one or more wires or cables, is formed by cyclically heating and cooling and/or irradiating an article formed of a static dissipative ethylene tetrafluoroethylen (ETFE) resin, to reduce an electrical resistivity and/or to increase a tensile strength of the article. |
| FILED | Monday, July 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/932201 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 71/02 (20130101) B29C 71/04 (20130101) Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 63/1027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65D 63/1063 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08931546 | Zaffetti |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Zaffetti (Suffield, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Sytems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Zaffetti (Suffield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A structural cold plate assembly includes a support structure including first and second opposite sides supporting corresponding cold plates and an insert. The insert defines a portion of a fluid passage through the support structure and secures the cold plate to the support structure. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/748576 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 3/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F28F 9/0246 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20254 (20130101) H05K 7/20272 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08932047 | Wollen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Wollen (Murieta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Innovative Engineering Solutions, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Wollen (Murieta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A propellant flow actuated piezoelectric igniter device using one or more hammer balls retained by one or more magnets, or other retaining method, until sufficient fluid pressure is achieved to release and accelerate the hammer ball, such that it impacts a piezoelectric crystal to produce an ignition spark. Certain preferred embodiments provide a means for repetitively capturing and releasing the hammer ball after it impacts one or more piezoelectric crystals, thereby oscillating and producing multiple, repetitive ignition sparks. Furthermore, an embodiment is presented for which oscillation of the hammer ball and repetitive impact to the piezoelectric crystal is maintained without the need for a magnet or other retaining mechanism to achieve this oscillating impact process. |
| FILED | Monday, October 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/906360 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, for Internal-combustion Engines; Testing of Ignition Timing in Compression-ignition Engines F02P 3/12 (20130101) Ignition; Extinguishing-devices F23Q 3/002 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 2/183 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02N 2/185 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08932683 | Kohlman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee W. Kohlman (Cleveland, Ohio); Gary D. Roberts (Wadsworth, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for enhancing the durability as well as the strength and stiffness of prepreg fiber tows of the sort used in composite materials are disclosed. The method involves adhering electrospun fibers onto the surface of such composite materials as filament-wound composite objects and the surface of prepreg fiber tows of the sort that are subsequently used in the production of composite materials of the filament-wound, woven, and braided sorts. The apparatus performs the methods described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/918333 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 11/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08933666 | Schwartz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul D. Schwartz (Arnold, Maryland); Mark N. Martin (Ellicott City, Maryland); Lewis M. Roufberg (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul D. Schwartz (Arnold, Maryland); Mark N. Martin (Ellicott City, Maryland); Lewis M. Roufberg (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of equalizing charge states of individual cells in a battery includes measuring a previous cell voltage for each cell, measuring a previous shunt current for each cell, calculating, based on the previous cell voltage and the previous shunt current, an adjusted cell voltage for each cell, determining a lowest adjusted cell voltage from among the calculated adjusted cell voltages, and calculating a new shunt current for each cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/181132 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/0016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08933789 | Fink et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronauties and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick W. Fink (Missouri City, Texas); Gregory Y. Lin (Friendswood, Texas); Timothy F. Kennedy (Sugar Land, Texas); Phong H. Ngo (Friendswood, Texas); Diane Byerly (Seabrook, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatuses and systems for radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled information collection are disclosed, including an enclosure, a collector coupled to the enclosure, an interrogator, a processor, and one or more RFID field sensors, each having an individual identification, disposed within the enclosure. In operation, the interrogator transmits an incident signal to the collector, causing the collector to generate an electromagnetic field within the enclosure. The electromagnetic field is affected by one or more influences. RFID sensors respond to the electromagnetic field by transmitting reflected signals containing the individual identifications of the responding RFID sensors to the interrogator. The interrogator receives the reflected signals, measures one or more returned signal strength indications (“RSSI”) of the reflected signals and sends the RSSI measurements and identification of the responding RFID sensors to the processor to determine one or more facts about the influences. Other embodiments are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790591 |
| ART UNIT | 2687 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 23/2845 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 19/0723 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08933863 | Devereaux et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Innovation Management Sciences, LLC (Los Altos, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ann Devereaux (Tujunga, California); Thomas Jedrey (Pasadena, California); Martin Agan (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable unit is for video communication to select a user name in a user name network. A transceiver wirelessly accesses a communication network through a wireless connection to a general purpose node coupled to the communication network. A user interface can receive user input to log on to a user name network through the communication network. The user name network has a plurality of user names, at least one of the plurality of user names is associated with a remote portable unit, logged on to the user name network and available for video communication. |
| FILED | Sunday, February 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/187315 |
| ART UNIT | 2692 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0015 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/006 (20130101) Transmission Systems for Measured Values, Control or Similar Signals G08C 17/02 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/04 (20130101) H04L 67/12 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/147 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08932047 | Wollen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Wollen (Murieta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Innovative Engineering Solutions, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Wollen (Murieta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A propellant flow actuated piezoelectric igniter device using one or more hammer balls retained by one or more magnets, or other retaining method, until sufficient fluid pressure is achieved to release and accelerate the hammer ball, such that it impacts a piezoelectric crystal to produce an ignition spark. Certain preferred embodiments provide a means for repetitively capturing and releasing the hammer ball after it impacts one or more piezoelectric crystals, thereby oscillating and producing multiple, repetitive ignition sparks. Furthermore, an embodiment is presented for which oscillation of the hammer ball and repetitive impact to the piezoelectric crystal is maintained without the need for a magnet or other retaining mechanism to achieve this oscillating impact process. |
| FILED | Monday, October 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/906360 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, for Internal-combustion Engines; Testing of Ignition Timing in Compression-ignition Engines F02P 3/12 (20130101) Ignition; Extinguishing-devices F23Q 3/002 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 2/183 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02N 2/185 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08932199 | Berka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Brain Monitoring, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Brain Monitoring, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine Berka (Carlsbad, California); Djordje Popovic (Carlsbad, California); Dan Levendowski (Carlsbad, California); Gene Davis (Carlsbad, California); Catherine McConnell (Carlsbad, California); Matthew A. Yanagi (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Sleep mask for reducing sleep inertia. In an embodiment, the sleep mask comprises a foam layer having a shape that covers both of a human subject's eyes so as to attenuate ambient light. Visual stimulation element(s), configured to emit light, are positioned between the foam layer and the subject's eyes. In addition, a plurality of sensors positioned on the forehead of the subject collect electroencephalogram (EEG), electrooculogram (EOG), and electromyogram (EMG) signals. A soft exterior cover houses the foam layer, the visual stimulation element(s), and the sensors. The sleep mask further comprises processor(s) that determine and record each sleep stage of the subject, determine when to wake the subject, and, when it is determined to wake the subject, control the visual stimulation element(s) to wake the subject using emitted light. |
| FILED | Monday, June 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/312345 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0476 (20130101) A61B 5/0488 (20130101) A61B 5/0496 (20130101) A61B 5/4812 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 5/6803 (20130101) A61B 5/7475 (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 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2021/0022 (20130101) A61M 2021/0027 (20130101) A61M 2021/0044 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08933197 | Stemmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amunix Operating Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to biologically active polypeptides linked to one or more accessory polypeptides. The present invention also provides recombinant polypeptides including vectors encoding the subject proteinaceous entities, as well as host cells comprising the vectors. The subject compositions have a variety of utilities including a range of pharmaceutical applications. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/228859 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08934096 | Herzinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mathias M. Schubert (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tino Hofmann (Lincoln, Nebraska); Martin M. Liphardt (Lincoln, Nebraska); John A. Woollam (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Nebraska Board of Regents (Lincoln, Nebraska); J.A. Woollam Co., Inc. (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mathias M. Schubert (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tino Hofmann (Lincoln, Nebraska); Martin M. Liphardt (Lincoln, Nebraska); John A. Woollam (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to ellipsometer and polarimeter systems, and more particularly is an ellipsometer or polarimeter or the like system which operates in a frequency range between 300 GHz or lower and extending to higher than at least 1 Tera-hertz (THz), and preferably through the Infra-red (IR) range up to, and higher than 100 THz, including: a source such as a backward wave oscillator; a Smith-Purcell cell; a free electron laser, or an FTIR source and a solid state device; and a detector such as a Golay cell; a bolometer or a solid state detector; and preferably including at least one odd-bounce polarization state image rotating system, and optionally including a polarizer, at least one compensator and/or modulator, in addition to an analyzer. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506707 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 4/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 5/20 (20130101) G01J 5/42 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/211 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) G01N 2021/3595 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08931277 | Peterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard B. Peterson (Corvallis, Oregon); Robbie Ingram-Goble (Corvallis, Oregon); Kevin J. Harada (Junction City, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Peterson (Corvallis, Oregon); Robbie Ingram-Goble (Corvallis, Oregon); Kevin J. Harada (Junction City, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a system for storing and providing electrical energy are disclosed. Also disclosed are embodiments of a system for purifying fluid, as well as embodiments of a system in which energy storage and fluid purification are combined. One disclosed embodiment of the system comprises a latent heat storage device, a sensible heat storage device, a vapor expander/compressor device mechanically coupled to a motor/generator device, a heat-exchanger, and a liquid pressurization and depressurization device. The devices are fluidly coupled in a closed-loop system, and a two-phase working fluid circulates therein. Embodiments of a method for operating the system to store and generate energy also are disclosed. Embodiments of a method for operating the system to purify fluid, as well as embodiments of a method for operating a combined energy storage and fluid purification system are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/236466 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/22 (20130101) C02F 2103/08 (20130101) C02F 2303/10 (20130101) Steam Engine Plants; Steam Accumulators; Engine Plants Not Otherwise Provided For; Engines Using Special Working Fluids or Cycles F01K 3/12 (20130101) F01K 25/08 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F28D 20/02 (20130101) F28D 20/0056 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/142 (20130101) Y02E 60/145 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08933129 | Abramson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan Abramson (Portland, Oregon); Robert Strongin (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Abramson (Portland, Oregon); Robert Strongin (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present teachings provide compounds of Formulae I and II: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, complexes, esters, and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R1′, R2, R2′, R3, R3′, and X are as defined herein. The present teachings also provide methods of making the compounds of formulae I and II, and methods of treating RyR-associated conditions, disorders, and diseases that include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I or II to a subject in need thereof. In addition, the present teachings relate to methods of reducing the open probability of a ryanodine receptor, and methods of reducing Ca2+ release across a ryanodine receptor (e.g., into the cytoplasm of a cell), by contacting a compound of formula I or II with a ryanodine receptor. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/264055 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/554 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 417/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 417/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US PP25223 | Finn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad E Finn (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant named ‘Sweet Sunrise’. The new cultivar is primarily characterized by its early ripening and its medium-large, conical fruit that have outstanding processing characteristics including deep red internal and external color, sweet flavor, and very easy calyx removal, as well as vigorous, productive plants that are tolerant to biotic and abiotic stress. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/694950 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/208 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08932363 | Tsougarakis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Konstantinos Tsougarakis (Mountain View, California); Daniel Steines (Palo Alto, California); Bhaskar Rao Vissa (San Jose, California); Philipp Lang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Barry J. Linder (Danville, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ConforMIS, Inc. (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Konstantinos Tsougarakis (Mountain View, California); Daniel Steines (Palo Alto, California); Bhaskar Rao Vissa (San Jose, California); Philipp Lang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Barry J. Linder (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for determining meniscal size and shape for use in designing therapies for the treatment of various joint diseases. The invention uses an image of a joint that is processed for analysis. Analysis can include, for example, generating a thickness map, a cartilage curve, or a point cloud. This information is used to determine the extent of the cartilage defect or damage and to design an appropriate therapy, including, for example, an implant. Adjustments to the designed therapy are made to account for the materials used. |
| FILED | Friday, November 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/704208 |
| ART UNIT | 3733 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1075 (20130101) A61B 5/4514 (20130101) A61B 5/4528 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/32 (20130101) A61F 2/34 (20130101) A61F 2/36 (20130101) A61F 2/38 (20130101) A61F 2/40 (20130101) A61F 2/44 (20130101) A61F 2/3804 (20130101) A61F 2/4202 (20130101) A61F 2/4241 (20130101) A61F 2/4261 (20130101) A61F 2/30756 (20130101) A61F 2/30942 (20130101) A61F 2002/30133 (20130101) A61F 2002/30894 (20130101) A61F 2002/30943 (20130101) A61F 2002/30948 (20130101) A61F 2002/30952 (20130101) A61F 2230/0015 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 623/911 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 08935189 | Tyson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mabry W. Tyson (Los Altos, California); Douglas E. Appelt (Palo Alto, California); Min Yin (San Jose, California); William Jarrold (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mabry W. Tyson (Los Altos, California); Douglas E. Appelt (Palo Alto, California); Min Yin (San Jose, California); William Jarrold (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions to collect explicit feedback from a user regarding user content preferences. Multiple data sources are monitored. Topics associated with the multiple data sources are classified. The importance of the topics to the user is characterized. Content is delivered to the user when a selected topic exceeds an importance threshold for the user. Implicit feedback from the user that characterizes refined user content preferences is tracked. The instructions to characterize the importance of topics evaluates the explicit feedback and the implicit feedback. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/118226 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30997 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/10 (20130101) G06Q 30/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 08933832 | Kelly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Kelly (North Reading, Massachusetts); Daniel Mooney (Dracut, Massachusetts); Curtis Colonero (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Robert Berger (Lexington, Massachusetts); Lawrence Candell (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Kelly (North Reading, Massachusetts); Daniel Mooney (Dracut, Massachusetts); Curtis Colonero (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Robert Berger (Lexington, Massachusetts); Lawrence Candell (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Autonomously operating analog to digital converters are formed into a two dimensional array. The array may incorporate digital signal processing functionality. Such an array is particularly well-suited for operation as a readout integrated circuit and, in combination with a sensor array, forms a digital focal plane array. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/445433 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/60 (20130101) H03M 1/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 08934741 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Baoquan Chen (Bothell, Washington); Hui Chen (Kirkland, Washington); Raluca Dinu (Redmond, Washington); Diyun Huang (Watertown, Massachusetts); Bing Li (Bothell, Washington); Eric Miller (Seattle, Washington); Danliang Jin (Bothell, Washington); Christopher A. Wiklof (Everett, Washington); Guomin Yu (Bothell, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brphotonics Produtos Optoelectronicos LTDA (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baoquan Chen (Bothell, Washington); Hui Chen (Kirkland, Washington); Raluca Dinu (Redmond, Washington); Diyun Huang (Watertown, Massachusetts); Bing Li (Bothell, Washington); Eric Miller (Seattle, Washington); Danliang Jin (Bothell, Washington); Christopher A. Wiklof (Everett, Washington); Guomin Yu (Bothell, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated circuit is configured for optical communication via an optical polymer stack located on top of the integrated circuit. The optical polymer stack may include one or more electro-optic polymer devices including an electro-optic polymer. The electro-optic polymer may include a host polymer and a second order nonlinear chromomophore, the host polymer and the chromophore both including aryl groups configured to interact with one another to provide enhanced thermal and/or temporal stability. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/963479 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1221 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/12004 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08935248 | Atkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | C. Scot Atkins (Chantilly, Virginia); Joseph Conway (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Scot Atkins (Chantilly, Virginia); Joseph Conway (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system, and computer program for processing records is disclosed. The records are associated with record sets. Record sets are associated with processor sets, which include one or more processors. Records are routed to associated processor sets for processing, based on the record set associated with the record. Records are processed on processors in the processor sets. Furthermore, various localized affinities can be established. Process affinity can link server processes with processor sets. Cache affinity can link database caches with processor sets. Data affinity can link incoming data to processor sets. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/083396 |
| ART UNIT | 2159 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30445 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30463 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08933382 | Dolphin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew E. Dolphin (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew E. Dolphin (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A missile guidance system is configured to estimate a time to go, the time to go comprising an amount of time until a missile would reach a closest point of approach to a target. The guidance system is also configured to estimate a zero-effort miss distance along a zero-effort miss vector, the zero-effort miss distance comprising a distance by which the missile would miss the target if the missile performs no future maneuvers. The guidance system is also configured to determine a tolerance for the zero-effort miss distance, the tolerance being a function of the time to go. The guidance system is further configured to modify a course of the missile by adjusting an expenditure of propellant such that the estimated zero-effort miss distance in excess of the tolerance is removed from future consideration. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/076690 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 15/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/12 (20130101) G05D 1/107 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08934776 | Steenson, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James H. Steenson, Jr. (New Boston, New Hampshire); Derek P. Janiak (Manchester, New Hampshire); Benjamin W. Brown (Hollis, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James H. Steenson, Jr. (New Boston, New Hampshire); Derek P. Janiak (Manchester, New Hampshire); Benjamin W. Brown (Hollis, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of optical transmission sources provide data communication from a transmitting module to a common detector cooperative with a receiving module, the modules being subject to relative rotation about a shared axis. The detector can be located on the shared axis, each of the sources directing a beam onto the detector regardless of relative module orientation, and/or the light can be diffused, so that it is detected regardless of source and detector placement and relative module orientations. Transmissions can be distinguished according to synchronized timing, differing optical frequencies, differing baud rates, and/or differing circular polarizations. The detector can split the light into a plurality of beams which pass through different optical filters and are thereby distinguished. Cut-off circuits can prevent failed sources from transmitting. A diffused second light source and a second plurality of detectors can provide reverse communication from the receiving module to the transmitting module. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/377992 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08935107 | Adamovsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Grigory Adamovsky (Solon, Ohio); Roger P Tokars (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Adminstrator of National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grigory Adamovsky (Solon, Ohio); Roger P Tokars (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact shock sensing system and method that employ a light sheet generator that can be used either as a solo aerodynamic shock detector or in a combination with a scanning mode shock sensor is disclosed. This shock sensing system and method can be used to detect and track unstable and travelling shocks in high speed aerodynamic flows, such as those found in supersonic inlets. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/030342 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/26 (20130101) Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 1/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, January 13, 2015.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
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FUNDED BY
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Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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