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| US 08939774 | Scholvin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jorg Scholvin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Anthony Zorzos (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Clifton Fonstad (Arlington, Massachusetts); Edward Boyden (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jorg Scholvin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Anthony Zorzos (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Clifton Fonstad (Arlington, Massachusetts); Edward Boyden (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In exemplary implementations of this invention, electrical connections are fabricated between two orthogonal surfaces by electroplating. The two surfaces are separated (except for the electrical connections) by a gap of not more than 100 micrometers. Multiple electrical connections may be fabricated across the gap. In preparatory steps, conductive pads on the two surfaces may be separately electroplated to build up “bumps” that make it easier to bridge the remainder of the gap in a final plating step. Alternately, electroless deposition may be used instead of electroplating. In exemplary implementations, a 3D probe array may be assembled by inserting array structures into an orthogonal base plate. The array structures may be aligned and held in place, relative to the base plate, by mechanical means, including side hooks, stabilizers, bottom hooks, alignment parts and a back plate. |
| FILED | Monday, November 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/674894 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 20/00 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 18/1608 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 3/00 (20130101) C25D 5/022 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 1/07314 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 4/027 (20130101) H01R 13/03 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/00 (20130101) H05K 1/18 (20130101) H05K 3/242 (20130101) H05K 2201/10083 (20130101) |
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| US 08939919 | Barlow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven M. Barlow (Lawrence, Kansas); David L. Stalling (Shawnee, Indiana); Kenneth Aron (Shawnee, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Innara Health, Inc. (Shawnee, Kansas); University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Barlow (Lawrence, Kansas); David L. Stalling (Shawnee, Indiana); Kenneth Aron (Shawnee, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a therapeutic system and methods of using the therapeutic system. In particular, the present invention relates to systems having hardware, software, and appliance components for assessing and entraining a neuromuscular pattern or behavior in a patient. The methods include configuring the hardware and software systems to receive data from an orofacial stimulation appliance and to generate a precise therapeutic pulse profile that is actuated as a tactile stimulus. In one embodiment, the system and methods also include collecting data using the orofacial stimulation appliance and delivering the tactile stimulus via the orofacial stimulation appliance to entrain an organized neuromuscular pattern or behavior. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/457059 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/038 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/6896 (20130101) |
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| US 08940142 | Karhanek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Miloslav Karhanek (Santa Cruz, California); Chris D. Webb (Watsonville, California); Senkei Umehara (Santa Cruz, California); Nader Pourmand (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miloslav Karhanek (Santa Cruz, California); Chris D. Webb (Watsonville, California); Senkei Umehara (Santa Cruz, California); Nader Pourmand (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and devices for biomolecular detection, comprising a nanopipette, exemplified as a hollow inert, non-biological structure with a conical tip opening of nanoscale dimensions, suitable for holding an electrolyte solution which may contain an analyte such as a protein biomolecule to be detected as it is passed through the tip opening. Biomolecules are detected by specific reaction withy peptide ligands chemically immobilized in the vicinity of the tip. Analytes which bind to the ligands cause a detectible change in ionic current. A sensitive detection circuit, using a feedback amplifier circuit, and alternating voltages is further disclosed. Detection of Il-10 at a concentration of 4ng/nl is also disclosed, as is detection of VEGF. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435056 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/48707 (20130101) |
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| US 08940288 | Lefrancois et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leo Lefrancois (West Hartford, Connecticut); Thomas A. Stoklasek (Bristol, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leo Lefrancois (West Hartford, Connecticut); Thomas A. Stoklasek (Bristol, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a therapeutic polypeptide and methods for its creation and use for modulating an immune response in a host organism in need thereof. In particular, the invention relates to the administration to an organism in need thereof, of an effective amount of a pre-coupled polypeptide complex comprising a lymphokine polypeptide portion, for example IL-15 (SEQ ID NO: 5, 6), IL-2 (SEQ ID NO: 10, 12) or combinations of both, and an interleukin receptor polypeptide portion, for example IL-15Ra (SEQ ID NO: 7, 8), IL-2Ra (SEQ ID NO: 9, 11) or combinations of both, for augmenting the immune system in, for example, cancer, SCID, AIDS, or vaccination; or inhibiting the immune system in, for example, rheumatoid arthritis, or Lupus. The therapeutic complex of the invention surprisingly demonstrates increased half-life, and efficacy in vivo. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/368605 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/55 (20130101) C07K 14/5443 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/7155 (20130101) |
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| US 08940289 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hing C. Wong (Weston, Florida); Peter Rhode (Miami, Florida); Xiaoyun Zhu (Miami, Florida); Kai-ping Han (Miramar, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Altor BioScience Corporation (Miramar, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hing C. Wong (Weston, Florida); Peter Rhode (Miami, Florida); Xiaoyun Zhu (Miami, Florida); Kai-ping Han (Miramar, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention provides soluble fusion protein complexes and IL-15 variants that have therapeutic and diagnostic use, and methods for making such proteins. The instant invention additionally provides methods of stimulating or suppressing immune responses in a mammal using the fusion protein complexes and IL-15 variants of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, March 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/428776 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48269 (20130101) A61K 47/48276 (20130101) A61K 47/48423 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/5443 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/7051 (20130101) C07K 14/7155 (20130101) C07K 16/28 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) C07K 2319/75 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/62 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56977 (20130101) |
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| US 08940290 | Roy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Soumitra Roy (Wayne, Pennsylvania); James M. Wilson (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania); Luc H. Vandenberghe (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Soumitra Roy (Wayne, Pennsylvania); James M. Wilson (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania); Luc H. Vandenberghe (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A recombinant vector comprises simian adenovirus 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 or 50 sequences and a heterologous gene under the control of regulatory sequences. A cell line which expresses simian adenovirus 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 or 50 gene(s) is also disclosed. Methods of using the vectors and cell lines are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/126557 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
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| US 08940294 | Tseng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TissueTech, Inc. (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tissuetech, Inc. (Doral, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scheffer Tseng (Pinecrest, Florida); Szu-Yu Chen (Miami, Florida); Suzhen Zhang (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of isolating and expanding a plurality of multipotent stem cells. Also described are methods of expanding stem cells on a substrate comprising an HC-HA complex. Also described are isolated and expanded stem cells produced by the methods and uses thereof, including stem cell therapy, as niche cells for supporting other types of stem cells, or as bioreactors for the production of HC-HA complexes. Also described are uses of HC-HA complexes as a carrier for stem cells. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/782968 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0607 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0665 (20130101) C12N 5/0667 (20130101) C12N 2533/80 (20130101) C12N 2533/90 (20130101) |
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| US 08940297 | Di Cera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Enrico Di Cera (Ladue, Missouri); Andras Gruber (Portland, Oregon); Prafull Gandhi (St. Louis, Missouri); Leslie Pelc (Freeburg, Illinois); Nicola Pozzi (St. Louis, Missouri); David Collier Wood (Wildwood, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enrico Di Cera (Ladue, Missouri); Andras Gruber (Portland, Oregon); Prafull Gandhi (St. Louis, Missouri); Leslie Pelc (Freeburg, Illinois); Nicola Pozzi (St. Louis, Missouri); David Collier Wood (Wildwood, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the invention contemplates a mutant E-WE thrombin precursor that contains the SEQ ID NO:1 amino acid residue sequence. Another aspect contemplates a thrombin precursor that contains the amino acid residue sequence Asp/Glu-Gly-Arg at positions 325, 326 and 327 based on the preprothrombin sequence. A third aspect contemplates a thrombin precursor that contains the SEQ ID NO:1 amino acid residue sequence as well as the amino acid residue sequence Asp/Glu Gly Arg at positions 325, 326 and 327 based on the preprothrombin sequence. Also contemplated is a composition that contains an effective amount of mutant thrombin dissolved or dispersed in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. A method is also disclosed for enhancing treating and preventing thrombosis in a mammal in need using that composition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/331109 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/4833 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/6429 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 304/21005 (20130101) |
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| US 08940298 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California); Robert E. Reiter (Los Angeles, California); Eric J. Lepin (Los Angeles, California); James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Yu Zhou (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California); Robert E. Reiter (Los Angeles, California); Eric J. Lepin (Los Angeles, California); James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Yu Zhou (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel high affinity antibodies and fragments thereof that bind to the cancer antigen PSCA. The antibodies of the present invention may be used for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, visualization, and the like. The present invention also provides methods for the detection, visualization, and treatment of various cancers expressing PSCA. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/676348 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/3069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
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| US 08940301 | Wicha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Max S. Wicha (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Christophe Ginestier (Marseille, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max S. Wicha (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Christophe Ginestier (Marseille, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of treating cancer by administering an IL8-CXCR1 pathway inhibitor (e.g., an anti-CXCR1 antibody or Repertaxin) alone or in combination with an additional chemotherapeutic agent such that non-tumorigenic and tumorigenic cancer cells in a subject are killed. The present invention also provides compositions and methods for detecting the presence of and isolating solid tumor stem cells in a patient (e.g., based on the presence of CXCR1 or FBXO21). |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/616579 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5743 (20130101) G01N 33/57407 (20130101) G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 33/57434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/57449 (20130101) |
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| US 08940310 | Barrat et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Franck Barrat (San Francisco, California); Robert L. Coffman (Portola Valley, California); Cristiana Guiducci (Albany, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dynavax Technologies Corporation (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Franck Barrat (San Francisco, California); Robert L. Coffman (Portola Valley, California); Cristiana Guiducci (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The application relates to compositions and methods of regulating an immune response comprising inhibitors of TLR7 and/or TLR9, such as immunoregulatory polynucleotides and/or immunoregulatory compounds. The application also relates to compositions and methods for predicting and/or determining responsiveness of a disease to treatment comprising inhibitors of TLR7 and/or TLR9. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/704978 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/278.100 |
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| US 08940313 | McKenna et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles E. McKenna (Pacific Palisades, California); Boris A. Kashemirov (Los Angeles, California); Ivan S. Krylov (Los Angeles, California); Michaela Serpi (Cardiff, United Kingdom); Valeria M. Zakharova (Los Angeles, California); Larryn W. Peterson (Mountain View, California); John M. Hilfinger (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles E. McKenna (Pacific Palisades, California); Boris A. Kashemirov (Los Angeles, California); Ivan S. Krylov (Los Angeles, California); Michaela Serpi (Cardiff, United Kingdom); Valeria M. Zakharova (Los Angeles, California); Larryn W. Peterson (Mountain View, California); John M. Hilfinger (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A tyrosine-based (phosphonylmethoxyalkyl)purine or -pyrimidine conjugate is provided. In some embodiments, the conjugate includes tyrosine based amino acid or dipeptide moieties of (S)-9-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonyl-methoxypropyl)adenine or its cytosine analog. A method of synthesizing such conjugates based on Boc-protected amino acid or dipeptides is also provided. In addition, a method of isomerizing an (S,S)-diastereoisomer to an (S,R)-diastereoisomer of an amino acid-based or dipeptide-based conjugate by a process including transesterification is provided. A method of inhibiting viral infection and a method of treating viral infection based on (phosphonylmethoxyalkyl)purine or -pyrimidine conjugates is also provided. |
| FILED | Saturday, April 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/092939 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/675 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/65121 (20130101) C07F 9/65616 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07F 9/657181 (20130101) |
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| US 08940331 | Barron et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Annelise E. Barron (Palo Alto, California); Kavi P. Mehta (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Vinod Srinivasan (San Diego, California); Nicolynn E. Davis (Palo Alto, California); Wei Huang (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Annelise E. Barron (Palo Alto, California); Kavi P. Mehta (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Vinod Srinivasan (San Diego, California); Nicolynn E. Davis (Palo Alto, California); Wei Huang (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for hydrogels, methods of making hydrogels, methods of using hydrogels, methods of isolating, trapping, attracting, and/or killing cancer cells, and the like. |
| FILED | Monday, November 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/624043 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/001 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08940477 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric A. Johnson (Madison, Wisconsin); Sabine Pellett (Madison, Wisconsin); William H. Tepp (Madison, Wisconsin); Gary E. Borodic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David J. Beebe (Monona, Wisconsin); Amy Paguirigan (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); Gary E. Borodic (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric A. Johnson (Madison, Wisconsin); Sabine Pellett (Madison, Wisconsin); William H. Tepp (Madison, Wisconsin); Gary E. Borodic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David J. Beebe (Monona, Wisconsin); Amy Paguirigan (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A highly sensitive method of analyzing a sample for the presence or activity of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) or antibodies specific for botulinum neurotoxin is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of preparing primary non-human mammalian or avian spinal cord cells, and exposing the cells to a test sample, in parallel with a control sample, and examining the extent of cleavage of the intracellular neuronal target protein in both the test and control sample. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/291411 |
| 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 1/37 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/33 (20130101) |
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| US 08940479 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ann-Hwee Lee (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Laurie H. Glimcher (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ann-Hwee Lee (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Laurie H. Glimcher (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for modulating the expression, processing, post-translational modification, stability and/or activity of XBP-1 protein, or a protein in a signal transduction pathway involving XBP-I to treat dyslipidemias and steatosis disorders. The present invention also pertains to methods for identifying compounds that modulate the expression, processing, post-translational modification, and/or activity of XBP-I protein or a molecule in a signal transduction pathway involving XBP-1. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/812811 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/4703 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2800/044 (20130101) |
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| US 08940482 | Oyler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George A. Oyler (Baltimore, Maryland); Yien Che Tsai (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synaptic Research, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George A. Oyler (Baltimore, Maryland); Yien Che Tsai (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A cell based assay for detection for protease activity is disclosed. In the assay a cell is engineered to express a protease substrate with at least one label, preferably on its C-terminus. Cleavage of the substrate by the protease that recognizes it results in a C-terminal fragment and a N-terminal fragment, where the fragment having the label is subject to ubiquitin proteasome degradation. The assay measures the disappearance of the label due to degradation of the fragment to which it is attached. A cell free assay is also described for detection of protease activity. In the cell free assay, the protease substrate is expressed in a solution that includes the elements of the ubiquitin proteasome pathway for degradation of the fragment. The assay measures the disappearance of the label attached to the fragment that results from cleavage by the protease. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/159284 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
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| US 08940491 | Westbrook 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) | Aya M. Westbrook (Cypress, California); Robert H. Schiestl (Encino, California); Bo Wei (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Jonathan Braun (Tarzana, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for detection of inflammatory disease in a subject that comprises assaying a test sample of peripheral blood from the subject for a marker of DNA damage. An elevated amount of marker present in the test sample compared to control sample is indicative of inflammatory disease activity, including sub-clinical inflammation. The method can be adapted for quantitatively monitoring the efficacy of treatment of inflammatory disease in a subject. Markers of DNA damage include single- and/or double-stranded breaks in leukocytes, oxidative DNA damage in leukocytes, or a marker of nitric oxide oxidative activity (protein nitrosylation in leukocytes). The inflammatory disease can be inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease). The invention may also be used for detection of other types of inflammatory disease, such as non-immune intestinal inflammatory disease (diverticulitis, pseudomembranous colitis), autoimmune diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, uveitis, vasculitis), or non-immune lung diseases (asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, and interstitial pneumonitis). This unexpected discovery of markers of genotoxicity present in circulating leukocytes enables detection of inflammation occurring at a localized site with a relatively simple and minimally invasive assay using peripheral blood. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/255882 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — 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 1/686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/447 (20130101) G01N 33/5014 (20130101) G01N 33/6875 (20130101) |
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| US 08940497 | Cravatt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin F. Cravatt (La Jolla, California); Kyle P. Chiang (Cardiff, California); Sherry Niessen (San Diego, California); Alan Saghatelian (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin F. Cravatt (La Jolla, California); Kyle P. Chiang (Cardiff, California); Sherry Niessen (San Diego, California); Alan Saghatelian (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multidimensional profiling strategy that combines activity-based proteomics and metabolomics was used to determine that an active protein, which is a previously uncharacterized enzyme highly elevated in aggressive cancer cells, serves as a central node in an ether lipid signaling network that bridges platelet-activating factor and the lysophospholipids. Biochemical studies confirmed that the active protein regulates this pathway by hydrolyzing the metabolic intermediate 2-acetyl monoalkylglycerol. Inactivation of the active protein disrupted ether lipid metabolism in cancer cells and impaired cell migration and tumor growth in vivo. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/585298 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/325 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/34 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/92 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08940501 | Ploegh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hidde L. Ploegh (Brookline, Massachusetts); John M. Antos (Everett, Washington); Maximilian Wei-Lin Popp (Pittsford, New York); Carla Guimaraes (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hidde L. Ploegh (Brookline, Massachusetts); John M. Antos (Everett, Washington); Maximilian Wei-Lin Popp (Pittsford, New York); Carla Guimaraes (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for ligation. The invention provides novel reagents and methods for ligating an acyl donor compound with an acyl acceptor compound. Provided acyl donor compounds comprise a transamidase recognition sequence that allows ligation with a nucleophilic acyl acceptor in the presence of transamidase. The invention further provides kits comprising acyl donor compounds and optionally comprising other reagents for ligation. |
| FILED | Monday, February 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/145644 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2217/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/80 (20130101) |
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| US 08940526 | Ririe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BioFire Diagnostics, LLC (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioFire Diagnostics, LLC (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk M. Ririe (Salt Lake City, Utah); Michael R. Newswander (Hyde Park, Utah); Randy P. Rasmussen (Salt Lake City, Utah); Mark Aaron Poritz (Salt Lake City, Utah); Stewart Benjamin Smith (Salt Lake City, Utah); David E. Jones (Clearfiedl, Utah); Gary Clark Kessler (Bountiful, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, containers, and methods are provided for performing biological analysis in a closed environment. Illustrative biological analyzes include nucleic acid amplification and detection and immuno-PCR. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/765249 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502723 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2300/087 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2300/1822 (20130101) B01L 2400/049 (20130101) B01L 2400/065 (20130101) B01L 2400/0478 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101) B01L 2400/0644 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) B01L 2400/0677 (20130101) B01L 2400/0683 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08940536 | Jaenisch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rudolf Jaenisch (Brookline, Massachusetts); Konrad Hochedlinger (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 | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/703061 |
| 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 08940690 | Zion et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Todd C. Zion (Marblehead, Massachusetts); Thomas M. Lancaster (Stoneham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Bethesda, Maryland); The United States of America Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (Washington, District of Columbia); The United States of America as represented by NIH Division of Extramural Inventions and Technology Resources (DEITR) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd C. Zion (Marblehead, Massachusetts); Thomas M. Lancaster (Stoneham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a cross-linked material comprising conjugates which include two or more separate affinity ligands bound to a non-polymeric framework, wherein the molecular weight of the non-polymeric framework is less than 10,000 Da; and multivalent cross-linking agents that non-covalently bind the affinity ligands of the conjugates and thereby cross-link the conjugates to form a cross-linked material, wherein the non-covalent bonds between the multivalent cross-linking agents and the affinity ligands are competitively dissociated in the presence of excess amounts of a target molecule. The present disclosure also provides methods of making and methods of using these materials. In other aspects, the present disclosure provides exemplary conjugates including conjugates for use in glucose responsive cross-linked materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/145534 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/5.900 |
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| US 08940696 | Szeto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hazel H. Szeto (New York, New York); Diane Felsen (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hazel H. Szeto (New York, New York); Diane Felsen (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to a method for protecting a kidney from renal injury. For example, acute renal injury may be associated with decreased or blocked blood flow in the subject's kidney or exposure to a nephrotoxic agent, such as a radiocontrast dye. The methods include administering to the subject an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, October 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/063792 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/06 (20130101) A61K 38/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08940697 | Podgoreanu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mihai V. Podgoreanu (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Zhiquan Zhang (Durham, North Carolina); Qing Ma (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mihai V. Podgoreanu (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Zhiquan Zhang (Durham, North Carolina); Qing Ma (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of treating, ameliorating or preventing myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in a subject in need thereof, by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an annexin A1 short peptide (ANXA1sp). |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/502219 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08940700 | Hallenbeck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John M. Hallenbeck (Kensington, Maryland); Hideaki Wakita (Kyoto, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Hallenbeck (Kensington, Maryland); Hideaki Wakita (Kyoto, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions and methods for treating or preventing vascular dementia in a mammal comprising mucosal administration of an amount of E-selectin polypeptide sufficient to induce bystander immune tolerance in the mammal. Another aspect of the invention relates to compositions useful for treating or preventing vascular dementia. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/859048 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2267/0318 (20130101) A01K 2267/0375 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 39/0008 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 514/957 (20130101) Y10S 514/958 (20130101) |
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| US 08940703 | Toshchakov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Toshchakov (Owings Mills, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | TIR-domain decoy peptides and TIR domain peptides are disclosed, as well as methods of using the peptides in the regulation of toll-like receptor (TLR) activation and signaling. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/761277 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/705 (20130101) |
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| US 08940705 | Diamond et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marc Diamond (Clayton, Missouri); Anthony Gerber (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc Diamond (Clayton, Missouri); Anthony Gerber (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to assays to detect selective gene regulation by ligand dependent transcription factors. The invention also relates to selective modulators of the glucocortocoid receptor for treatment of inflammation and allergic and immune-mediated diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/143727 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 31/57 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/704 (20130101) |
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| US 08940711 | Olson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric N. Olson (Dallas, Texas); Eva van Rooij (Utrecht, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the identification of a microRNA family, designated miR-29a-c, that is a key regulator of fibrosis in cardiac tissue. The inventors show that members of the miR-29 family are down-regulated in the heart tissue in response to stress, and are up-regulated in heart tissue of mice that are resistant to both stress and fibrosis. Also provided are methods of modulating expression and activity of the miR-29 family of miRNAs as a treatment for fibrotic disease, including cardiac hypertrophy, skeletal muscle fibrosis other fibrosis related diseases and collagen loss-related disease. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/840242 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0276 (20130101) A01K 2207/30 (20130101) A01K 2217/15 (20130101) A01K 2217/052 (20130101) A01K 2217/075 (20130101) A01K 2217/206 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0375 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/07 (20130101) A61K 31/355 (20130101) A61K 31/375 (20130101) A61K 31/712 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 31/7125 (20130101) A61K 38/2242 (20130101) A61K 38/2242 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/346 (20130101) C12N 2310/3515 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) C12N 2330/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08940712 | Olson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric N. Olson (Dallas, Texas); Eva van Rooij (Utrecht, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the identification of a microRNA family, designated miR-29a-c, that is a key regulator of fibrosis in cardiac tissue. The inventors show that members of the miR-29 family are down-regulated in the heart tissue in response to stress, and are up-regulated in heart tissue of mice that are resistant to both stress and fibrosis. Also provided are methods of modulating expression and activity of the miR-29 family of miRNAs as a treatment for fibrotic disease, including cardiac hypertrophy, skeletal muscle fibrosis other fibrosis related diseases and collagen loss-related disease. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/840823 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0276 (20130101) A01K 2207/30 (20130101) A01K 2217/15 (20130101) A01K 2217/052 (20130101) A01K 2217/075 (20130101) A01K 2217/206 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0375 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/07 (20130101) A61K 31/355 (20130101) A61K 31/375 (20130101) A61K 31/712 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 31/7125 (20130101) A61K 38/2242 (20130101) A61K 38/2242 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/346 (20130101) C12N 2310/3515 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) C12N 2330/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08940713 | Olson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric N. Olson (Dallas, Texas); Eva van Rooij (Utrecht, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the identification of a microRNA family, designated miR-29a-c, that is a key regulator of fibrosis in cardiac tissue. The inventors show that members of the miR-29 family are down-regulated in the heart tissue in response to stress, and are up-regulated in heart tissue of mice that are resistant to both stress and fibrosis. Also provided are methods of modulating expression and activity of the miR-29 family of miRNAs as a treatment for fibrotic disease, including cardiac hypertrophy, skeletal muscle fibrosis other fibrosis related diseases and collagen loss-related disease. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/840896 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0276 (20130101) A01K 2207/30 (20130101) A01K 2217/15 (20130101) A01K 2217/052 (20130101) A01K 2217/075 (20130101) A01K 2217/206 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0375 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/07 (20130101) A61K 31/355 (20130101) A61K 31/375 (20130101) A61K 31/712 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 31/7125 (20130101) A61K 38/2242 (20130101) A61K 38/2242 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/346 (20130101) C12N 2310/3515 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) C12N 2330/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08940730 | Glenn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey S. Glenn (Palo Alto, California); Wenjin Yang (Foster City, California); Ingrid C. Choong (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Glenn (Palo Alto, California); Wenjin Yang (Foster City, California); Ingrid C. Choong (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treating a host infected with a virus from the Flaviviridae family of viruses, methods of inhibiting HCV replication in a host, methods of inhibiting the binding of NS4B polypeptide to the 3′UTR of HCV negative strand RNA in a host, methods of treating liver fibrosis in a host, and the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/376486 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/416 (20130101) A61K 31/416 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/7056 (20130101) A61K 31/7056 (20130101) A61K 38/212 (20130101) A61K 38/212 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/56 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 413/14 (20130101) C07D 491/08 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/24211 (20130101) C12N 2770/24222 (20130101) |
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| US 08940740 | Pathak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashish K. Pathak (Birmingham, Alabama); Jorge A. Benitez (Atlanta, Georgia); Anisia J. Silva-Benitez (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashish K. Pathak (Birmingham, Alabama); Jorge A. Benitez (Atlanta, Georgia); Anisia J. Silva-Benitez (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain compounds are provided that can selectively inhibit motile bacteria such as V. cholerae motility. These compounds can indirectly diminish production of cholera toxin and other major virulence required by the cholera bacterium to cause disease. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/284609 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/5377 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08940754 | Boger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dale L. Boger (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale L. Boger (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A 10′-fluoro-vinca alkaloid compound or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt is disclosed, as are methods of its preparation and use. A disclosed 10′-fluoro-vinca alkaloid compound has better cytotoxic potency against leukemia and cancer cell lines, and is about 8-times more cytotoxic to a multiple drug resistant cancer cell line than is a parental 10′-unsubstituted vinca alkaloid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/580340 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 519/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08940859 | Boons et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia); Jun Guo (Athens, Georgia); Xinghai Ning (Athens, Georgia); Margaretha Wolfert (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia); Jun Guo (Athens, Georgia); Xinghai Ning (Athens, Georgia); Margaretha Wolfert (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | 1,3-Dipole-functional compounds (e.g., azide functional compounds) can be reacted with certain alkynes in a cyclization reaction to form heterocyclic compounds. Useful alkynes (e.g., strained, cyclic alkynes) and methods of making such alkynes are also disclosed. The reaction of 1,3-dipole-functional compounds with alkynes can be used for a wide variety of applications including the immobilization of biomolecules on a substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/418676 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48853 (20130101) A61K 49/0021 (20130101) A61K 49/0043 (20130101) A61K 49/0052 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 35/37 (20130101) C07C 49/683 (20130101) C07C 211/42 (20130101) C07C 251/44 (20130101) C07C 2103/36 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/16 (20130101) C07D 261/20 (20130101) C07D 271/12 (20130101) C07D 307/94 (20130101) C07D 311/90 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08940868 | Koria et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Piyush Koria (Tampa, Florida); Martin L. Yarmush (Newton, Massachusetts); Yaakov Nahmias (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Piyush Koria (Tampa, Florida); Martin L. Yarmush (Newton, Massachusetts); Yaakov Nahmias (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is based on the discovery of a potent growth factor delivery system by creating a fusion polypeptide that includes two portions: (i) keratinocyte growth factor protein, and (ii) an elastin-like peptide. This chimera can be administered directly to a wound site, accelerating recovery. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/899141 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) C07K 14/475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/70 (20130101) |
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| US 08940871 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California); Robert E. Reiter (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California); Robert E. Reiter (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel humanized antibody fragments that specifically bind prostate cell-surface antigen (PSCA), a protein which is overexpressed in variety of cancers, including prostate, bladder, and pancreatic cancer. Methods are provided for the use of the compositions of the invention for the treatment of cancer, diagnosis of cancer, to provide a prognosis of cancer progression, and for cancer imaging. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/293860 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/1072 (20130101) A61K 51/1087 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/464 (20130101) C07K 16/3069 (20130101) C07K 2317/64 (20130101) C07K 2317/526 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08940883 | Gruber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andras Gruber (Portland, Oregon); Erik I. Tucker (Portland, Oregon); David Gailani (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are monoclonal antibodies specific for factor XI (fXI) that prevent activation of fXI by factor XIIa (fXIIa). The monoclonal antibodies are universal fXI antibodies, capable of binding all mammalian species tested. The anti-fXI monoclonal antibodies prolong clotting time in mammalian plasmas. Moreover, administration of the fXI monoclonal antibodies disclosed herein results in inhibition of thrombosis without altering hemostasis in animal models of thrombosis. Thus, provided herein are monoclonal antibodies specific for fXI that block activation of fXI by fXIIa, compositions and immunoconjugates comprising such antibodies and their methods of use. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/755322 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2316/96 (20130101) |
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| US 08940885 | Gmeiner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William H. Gmeiner (Yadkinville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Gmeiner (Yadkinville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of generating a nucleic acid, which specifically binds to an extracellular surface protein expressed by a cell of interest, and which nucleic acid comprises a compound of interest to be delivered to the cell of interest. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/008614 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 20/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C40B 20/06 (20130101) |
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| US 08940916 | DeLuca et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hector F. DeLuca (Deerfield, Wisconsin); Agnieszka Flores (Madison, Wisconsin); James B. Thoden (Madison, Wisconsin); Hazel M. Holden (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of purifying the compound (20R)-2-methylene-19-nor-24-difluoro-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 to obtain the compound in crystalline form. The methods typically include the steps of dissolving a product containing the compound in a solvent comprising hexane and 2-propanol, cooling the solvent and dissolved product below ambient temperature for a sufficient amount of time to form a precipitate of crystals, and recovering the crystals. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/828195 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/13 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 401/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08940918 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerry Yang (La Jolla, California); Emmanuel A. Theodorakis (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry Yang (La Jolla, California); Emmanuel A. Theodorakis (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided compounds and methods for the detection of amyloids and treatment of diseases related to amyloids including Alzheimer's disease and other related amyloid-based neurodegenerative diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/515239 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 255/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 255/43 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 295/13 (20130101) C07D 295/155 (20130101) C07D 317/24 (20130101) |
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| US 08940945 | Dickey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chad Dickey (Tampa, Florida); Matthew Lebar (Boston, Massachusetts); Bill J. Baker (Tampa, Florida); Jeffrey Jones (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad Dickey (Tampa, Florida); Matthew Lebar (Boston, Massachusetts); Bill J. Baker (Tampa, Florida); Jeffrey Jones (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention provides a myricanol compound that is in predominant form of (+)-αR,11S-myricanol as compared to (−)-αS,11R-myricanol. In one embodiment, the (+)-αR,11S-myricanol is isolated from Myrica cerifera, and is in about 86% enantiomeric excess of (−)-αS,11R-myricanol. The subject invention also pertains to therapeutic compositions and methods for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular, neurodegenerative diseases associated with abnormal accumulation of protein tau. Specifically exemplified herein is the therapeutic use of myricanol and myricanone isolated from root barks of Myrica species. Also provided are methods for preparing extracts of the subject invention from Myrica species. |
| FILED | Monday, July 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/810362 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/633 |
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| US 08940960 | Ploss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander Ploss (New York, New York); Matthew Evans (New York, New York); Charles Rice (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Ploss (New York, New York); Matthew Evans (New York, New York); Charles Rice (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The human Occludin protein is identified as an essential Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) cell entry factor. Occludin is shown to render murine and other non-human cells infectable with HCV and to be required for HCV-susceptibility of human cells. Associated methods for inhibiting HCV infection, transgenic animal models for HCV pathogenesis, methods of identifying compounds or agents that prevent or mitigate interaction of HCV with Occludin, and HCV inhibitory agents are also disclosed. Kits and cell culture compositions useful for identifying compounds or agents that prevent or mitigate interaction of HCV with Occludin are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/122339 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/18 |
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| US 08941057 | Subramaniam |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sriram Subramaniam (Bethesda, 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) | Sriram Subramaniam (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a probe and a method of obtaining a three-dimensional compositional map of one or more targets in a biological sample, or a portion thereof, comprising: (a) milling a surface layer of a biological sample with a focused ion beam, thereby creating a newly exposed surface layer of the biological sample; (b) imaging the newly exposed surface layer of the biological sample; (c) identifying the chemical composition of the newly exposed surface layer of the biological sample, or a portion thereof, with a mass spectrometer; and (d) repeating (a) to (c) until a three-dimensional compositional map of one or more targets in the biological sample, or portion thereof, is obtained. Uses of the three-dimensional map obtained from the inventive method are further provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/676861 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5082 (20130101) G01N 33/6848 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/28 (20130101) H01J 37/3053 (20130101) H01J 49/0004 (20130101) H01J 2237/26 (20130101) H01J 2237/28 (20130101) H01J 2237/31745 (20130101) H01J 2237/31749 (20130101) |
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| US 08941382 | Hiller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sebastian Hiller (Zurich, Switzerland); Gerhard Wagner (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sebastian Hiller (Zurich, Switzerland); Gerhard Wagner (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are methods and apparatus, referred to as “temperature-lock,” which can control and stabilize the sample temperature in an NMR spectrometer, in some instances with a precision and an accuracy of below about 0.1 K. In conventional setups, sample heating caused by experiments with high-power radio frequency pulses is not readily detected and is corrected by a cumbersome manual procedure. In contrast, the temperature-lock disclosed herein automatically maintains the sample at the same reference temperature over the course of different NMR experiments. The temperature-lock can work by continuous or non-continuous measurement of the resonance frequency of a suitable temperature-lock nucleus and simultaneous adaptation of a temperature control signal to stabilize the sample at a reference temperature value. Inter-scan periods with variable length can be used to maintain the sample at thermal equilibrium over the full length of an experiment. |
| FILED | Friday, February 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/201056 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/31 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08941826 | Nawaz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz (State College, Pennsylvania); Xiaole Mao (Mason, Ohio); Tony Jun Huang (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz (State College, Pennsylvania); Xiaole Mao (Mason, Ohio); Tony Jun Huang (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device comprises inlets for a sample flow and an out-of-plane focusing sheath flow, and a curved channel section configured to receive the sample flow and out-of-plane focusing sheath and to provide hydrodynamic focusing of the sample flow in an out-of-plane direction, the out-of-plane direction being normal to a plane including the curved channel. Examples of the invention also include improved flow cytometers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/362983 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 5/0647 (20130101) B01F 13/0062 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502776 (20130101) B01L 2200/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0861 (20130101) B01L 2400/084 (20130101) B01L 2400/0409 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/05 (20130101) G01N 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 2015/1413 (20130101) G01N 2021/058 (20130101) G01N 2021/0346 (20130101) G01N 2021/6482 (20130101) |
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| US 08942265 | Heller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Light Age, Inc. (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Light Age, Inc. (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald F. Heller (Somerset, New Jersey); Marc Klosner (South Orange, New Jersey); Brian A. Pryor (Newark, Delaware); Thangavel Thevar (Aberdeen, United Kingdom); Bruce Boczar (Feasterville Trevose, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the instant invention provides a method that includes: outputting a first laser beam having: a beam quality factor (M2) between 1 and 5, and a spectral width of less than 0.15 nm, where the outputting is performed by a laser generating component that includes a alexandrite laser oscillator; converting the first laser beam through a first Raman cell to produce a second laser beam, where the first Raman cell is filled with a first gas; and converting the second laser beam through a second Raman cell to produce a final laser beam, where the second Raman cell is filled with a second gas and is operationally positioned after the first Raman cell, where the first gas and the second gas are different gasses, and where the final laser beam having: a second energy of at least 1 mJ, and at least one wavelength longer than 2.5 micron. |
| FILED | Monday, July 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/947824 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/3 |
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| US 08942454 | Wen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Han Wen (Bethesda, Maryland); Vinay M. Pai (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Han Wen (Bethesda, Maryland); Vinay M. Pai (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method are disclosed for improving imaging based on a time-series of images. In one embodiment, a time-series of images are acquired using a same imaging protocol of the same subject area, but the images are spaced in time by one or more time intervals (e.g, 1, 2, 3 . . . seconds apart). A sub-region is projected across all of the images to perform a localized analysis (corresponding X-Y pixels or X-Y-Z voxels are analyzed across all images) that identifies temporal components within each sub-region. In some of the sub-regions, the temporal components are removed when the amplitude of the component is below a predetermined amplitude threshold. The images are then combined using the sub-regions with reduced components in order to obtain a single image with reduced noise. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/513150 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10088 (20130101) G06T 2207/20021 (20130101) |
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| US 08942662 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher S. Pan (Morgantown, West Virginia); Shengke Zeng (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Bryan Wimer (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniaturized, ruggedized, field-deployable Portable Exposure Assessment System (PEAS) is used to remotely monitor workers and provide real-time warning of exposure to musculoskeletal injury conditions via alarm and smart-phone transmission. The PEAS unit wirelessly acquires exposure data from sensors; conducts initial data analysis; triggers proximal and remote alarms; sends out text messages with abnormal data, GPS locations, and time stamps to a safety office; and saves data for more extensive assessment. Sensor technology is used in this field-deployable system to simultaneously measure and collect the body loads and awkward postures imposed by package handling as well as driving-related, low-frequency vibration exposures. Wireless technology is used to set up wireless communication links between the sensors and a data logger and between the data logger and a smart phone with GPS, date/time stamp and text messaging capabilities. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768290 |
| ART UNIT | 2641 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0024 (20130101) A61B 5/746 (20130101) A61B 5/747 (20130101) A61B 5/1036 (20130101) A61B 5/1112 (20130101) A61B 5/1117 (20130101) A61B 5/1121 (20130101) A61B 5/6823 (20130101) A61B 5/6824 (20130101) A61B 5/6829 (20130101) A61B 5/7275 (20130101) A61B 2503/20 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08942931 | Bulumulla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Selaka Bandara Bulumulla (Niskayuna, New York); Laura Sacolick (Munich, Germany); Desmond Teck Beng Yeo (Clifton Park, New York); Seung-Kyun Lee (Cohoes, New York); Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo (Clifton Park, New York); William Dixon (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Selaka Bandara Bulumulla (Niskayuna, New York); Laura Sacolick (Munich, Germany); Desmond Teck Beng Yeo (Clifton Park, New York); Seung-Kyun Lee (Cohoes, New York); Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo (Clifton Park, New York); William Dixon (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for determining electrical properties using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are provided. One method includes determining a magnitude of an MRI B1+ field applied to an object, determining a phase of the MRI B1+ field applied to the object and combining the determined magnitude and phase to determine a complex B1+ field estimate. The method further includes estimating one or more electrical properties of the object using the complex B1+ field estimate by directly solving at least one difference equation. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/174010 |
| ART UNIT | 2864 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/288 (20130101) |
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| US 08938943 | Erickson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kaare Erickson (Fishers, Indiana); Randall E. Yount (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technoloies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kaare Erickson (Fishers, Indiana); Randall E. Yount (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention is a gas turbine engine with a bypass mixer. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines and bypass mixers. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/198958 |
| ART UNIT | 3782 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 3/075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08939056 | Neal, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Anthony Neal, III (Charlottesville, Virginia); Kevin Marlan Ehlmann (Charlottesville, Virginia); William Thomas Gressick (Greenwood, Virginia); Alec Jacob Devine Bateman (Charlottesville, Virginia); Kenneth Richard Horneman (Waxhaw, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Barron Associates, Inc. (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Anthony Neal, III (Charlottesville, Virginia); Kevin Marlan Ehlmann (Charlottesville, Virginia); William Thomas Gressick (Greenwood, Virginia); Alec Jacob Devine Bateman (Charlottesville, Virginia); Kenneth Richard Horneman (Waxhaw, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, providing a guided descent from a release zone and toward an entry zone. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/836320 |
| 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 15/01 (20130101) F42B 15/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08940095 | Dutta |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Partha Dutta (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Partha Dutta (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for growth of uniform multi-component single crystals is provided. The single crystal material has at least three elements and has a diameter of at least 50 mm, a dislocation density of less than 100 cm−2 and a radial compositional variation of less than 1%. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/289273 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 11/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/40 (20130101) C30B 29/48 (20130101) C30B 29/403 (20130101) C30B 35/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08940241 | Helvajian |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henry Helvajian (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry Helvajian (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photostructurable ceramic is processed using photostructuring process steps for embedding devices within a photostructurable ceramic volume, the devices may include one or more of chemical, mechanical, electronic, electromagnetic, optical, and acoustic devices, all made in part by creating device material within the ceramic or by disposing a device material through surface ports of the ceramic volume, with the devices being interconnected using internal connections and surface interfaces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/686972 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — 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 19/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/00788 (20130101) B01J 2219/00835 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 2300/12 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0874 (20130101) B01L 2400/0439 (20130101) B01L 2400/0478 (20130101) B01L 2400/0633 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 2201/051 (20130101) B81B 2203/0338 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00634 (20130101) Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 21/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08940578 | Facchetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Polyera Corporation (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Polyera Corporation (Skokie, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Myung-Gil Kim (Evanston, Illinois); William Christopher Sheets (Chicago, Illinois); He Yan (Hong Kong, China PRC); Yu Xia (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are new methods of fabricating metal oxide thin films and nanomaterial-derived metal composite thin films via solution processes at low temperatures (<400° C.). The present thin films are useful as thin film semiconductors, thin film dielectrics, or thin film conductors, and can be implemented into semiconductor devices such as thin film transistors and thin film photovoltaic devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/804037 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 18/125 (20130101) C23C 18/127 (20130101) C23C 18/1216 (20130101) C23C 18/1225 (20130101) C23C 18/1237 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/441 (20130101) H01L 21/02172 (20130101) H01L 21/02565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/28506 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/66969 (20130101) H01L 29/78693 (20130101) |
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| US 08940579 | Facchetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Polyera Corporation (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Polyera Corporation (Skokie, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Myung-Gil Kim (Evanston, Illinois); William Christopher Sheets (Chicago, Illinois); He Yan (Hong Kong, China PRC); Yu Xia (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are new methods of fabricating metal oxide thin films and nanomaterial-derived metal composite thin films via solution processes at low temperatures (<400° C.). The present thin films are useful as thin film semiconductors, thin film dielectrics, or thin film conductors, and can be implemented into semiconductor devices such as thin film transistors and thin film photovoltaic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/844771 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 18/125 (20130101) C23C 18/127 (20130101) C23C 18/1216 (20130101) C23C 18/1225 (20130101) C23C 18/1237 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/441 (20130101) H01L 21/02172 (20130101) H01L 21/02565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/28506 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/66969 (20130101) H01L 29/78693 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08940582 | Sabatini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Sabatini (Scotia, New York); Christopher James Kapusta (Delanson, New York); Glenn Forman (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic package includes a first layer having a first surface, the first layer includes a first device having a first electrical node, and a first contact pad in electrical communication with the first electrical node and positioned within the first surface. The package includes a second layer having a second surface and a third surface, the second layer includes a first conductor positioned within the second surface and a second contact pad positioned within the third surface and in electrical communication with the first conductor. A first anisotropic conducting paste (ACP) is positioned between the first contact pad and the first conductor to electrically connect the first contact pad to the first conductor such that an electrical signal may pass therebetween. |
| FILED | Monday, August 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/969965 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/109 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08940868 | Koria et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Piyush Koria (Tampa, Florida); Martin L. Yarmush (Newton, Massachusetts); Yaakov Nahmias (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Piyush Koria (Tampa, Florida); Martin L. Yarmush (Newton, Massachusetts); Yaakov Nahmias (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is based on the discovery of a potent growth factor delivery system by creating a fusion polypeptide that includes two portions: (i) keratinocyte growth factor protein, and (ii) an elastin-like peptide. This chimera can be administered directly to a wound site, accelerating recovery. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/899141 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) C07K 14/475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/70 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08940885 | Gmeiner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William H. Gmeiner (Yadkinville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Gmeiner (Yadkinville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of generating a nucleic acid, which specifically binds to an extracellular surface protein expressed by a cell of interest, and which nucleic acid comprises a compound of interest to be delivered to the cell of interest. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/008614 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 20/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C40B 20/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941075 | Lacy |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey L. Lacy (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Proportional Technologies, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey L. Lacy (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for detecting fissile materials which utilizes boron coated straw detectors in which the straws have non-circular cross sections. Embodiments include straws having star shaped cross sections of various configurations including a six pointed star. The system can include tubular housings having one or more shaped straws stacked within the housings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/683404 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 3/008 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941191 | Hwang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eugene Hwang (Melrose, Massachusetts); Sunil Ashok Bhave (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene Hwang (Melrose, Massachusetts); Sunil Ashok Bhave (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency microelectromechanical (RF MEMS) device can comprise an actuation p-n junction and a sensing p-n junction formed within a semiconductor substrate. The RF MEMS device can be configured to operate in a mode in which an excitation voltage is applied across the actuation p-n junction varying a non-mobile charge within the actuation p-n junction to modulate an electric field acting upon dopant ions and creating electrostatic forces. The electrostatic forces can create a mechanical motion within the actuation p-n junction. The mechanical motion can modulate a depletion capacitance of the sensing p-n junction, thereby creating a motional current. At least one of the p-n junctions can be located at an optimal location to maximize the efficiency of the RF MEMS device at high resonant frequencies. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/193685 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 3/0072 (20130101) H03H 9/2405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03H 2009/02496 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941264 | Scruggs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael K. Scruggs (Pompton Plains, New Jersey); Serdar T. Sozusen (Pinebrook, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael K. Scruggs (Pompton Plains, New Jersey); Serdar T. Sozusen (Pinebrook, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of modules each including at least a pair of series connected power MOSFETs are configured between a plurality of DC voltage sources, and a plurality output terminals for connection to respective loads, are controlled for selectively applying power to the loads via time delay switching incorporating forward biased intrinsic diodes of the MOSFETs in a given current path during initial application of power to a load, whereby a predetermined period of time after turning on one of the series connected MOSFETs, the associated other MOSFET is turned on to shunt its intrinsic diode for reducing the resistance in the current path to maximize current flow. The configuration of the plurality of power MOSFETs is also controlled for selectively providing bi-directional current flow between said plurality of DC voltage sources. |
| FILED | Monday, June 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/134901 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, or Vehicle Parts, Not Otherwise Provided for B60R 16/033 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 1/108 (20130101) H02J 7/34 (20130101) H02J 2001/008 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941299 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianglong Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Polina Anikeeva (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianglong Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Polina Anikeeva (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device includes an electroluminescent material and semiconductor nanocrystals. The semiconductor nanocrystals accept energy from the electroluminescent material and emit light. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/750824 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941442 | Youngner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. Youngner (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Jeff A. Ridley (Shorewood, Minnesota); Son T. Lu (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating one or more vapor cells comprises forming one or more vapor cell dies in a first wafer having a first diameter, and anodically bonding a second wafer to a first side of the first wafer over the vapor cell dies, the second wafer having a second diameter. A third wafer is positioned over the vapor cell dies on a second side of the first wafer opposite from the second wafer, with the third wafer having a third diameter. A sacrificial wafer is placed over the third wafer, with the sacrificial wafer having a diameter that is larger than the first, second and third diameters. A metallized bond plate is located over the sacrificial wafer. The third wafer is anodically bonded to the second side of the first wafer when a voltage is applied to the metallized bond plate while the sacrificial wafer is in place. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/662850 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Time-interval Measuring G04F 5/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941443 | Newgard |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Newgard (Central City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Newgard (Central City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A cavity filter having a piezoelectric tuning element is tuned by determining a desired oscillating frequency for the piezoelectric tuning element and applying that frequency through a phase-locked loop. The phase-locked loop maintains the piezoelectric tuning element at the desired frequency. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/409718 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/117.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941460 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiuling Li (Champaign, Illinois); Wen Huang (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A rolled-up transformer structure comprises a multilayer sheet having a rolled configuration comprising multiple turns about a longitudinal axis. The multilayer sheet comprises more than one conductive pattern layer on a strain-relieved layer, including a first conductive film and a second conductive film separated from the first conductive film in a thickness direction. The first conductive film comprises an even number of primary conductive strips, where each primary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction, and the second conductive film comprises an even number of secondary conductive strips, where each secondary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction. In the rolled configuration, turns of the primary conductive strips and turns of the secondary conductive strips wrap around the longitudinal axis. The primary conductive strips serve as a primary winding and the secondary conductive strips serve as a secondary winding of the rolled-up transformer structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/051208 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 5/02 (20130101) H01F 27/2847 (20130101) H01F 41/02 (20130101) H01F 41/0604 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4814 (20130101) H01L 23/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/645 (20130101) H01L 28/10 (20130101) H01L 2223/6627 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941536 | White et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas W. White (Lexington, Massachusetts); Douglas M. Dugas (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas W. White (Lexington, Massachusetts); Douglas M. Dugas (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A homodyne radar system includes an oscillator, an antenna, a low noise amplifier, a mixing subsystem and a directional coupler. The oscillator is configured to generate a transmit signal and a local oscillator signal. The antenna is configured to transmit the transmit signal and to receive a receive signal. The low noise amplifier is configured to amplify the receive signal. The mixing subsystem is configured to receive and mix the transmit signal and the receive signal to produce an output signal. The directional coupler is coupled to the antenna, the oscillator, the low noise amplifier and the mixing subsystem. The directional coupler is connected and configured to provide a low-loss transmission path from the antenna to the low noise amplifier and a high loss transmission path from the oscillator to the antenna. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/286658 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/03 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 13/536 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 5/185 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941907 | Papavasiliou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexandros P. Papavasiliou (Thousand Oaks, California); Robert E. Mihailovich (Newbury Park, California); John E. Mansell (Thousand Oaks, California); Graham J. Martin (Woodland Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC. (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandros P. Papavasiliou (Thousand Oaks, California); Robert E. Mihailovich (Newbury Park, California); John E. Mansell (Thousand Oaks, California); Graham J. Martin (Woodland Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microelectromechanical shutter system includes an actuator beam formed in a substrate, at least one actuator electrode spaced apart and electrically isolated from the actuator beam, the at least one actuator electrode angling away from a base of the actuator beam to actuate the actuator beam using a zipper action, and a fiber-optic channel in the substrate to receive a fiber-optic cable. A shutter mirror is included on a distal end of the actuator beam, with the shutter mirror in substantial alignment with a centerline of the fiber-optic channel. Upon application of a voltage between the actuator beam and the at least one actuator electrode, an electrostatic force is created between them to move the shutter mirror across the end of the fiber-optic channel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/963578 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/00663 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/353 (20130101) G02B 6/357 (20130101) G02B 6/3518 (20130101) G02B 6/3552 (20130101) G02B 26/0841 (20130101) |
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| US 08941967 | Jones et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Theodore G. Jones (Alexandria, Virginia); Antonio C. Ting (Silver Spring, Maryland); Daniel F. Gordon (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore G. Jones (Alexandria, Virginia); Antonio C. Ting (Silver Spring, Maryland); Daniel F. Gordon (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing a laser-guided underwater electrical discharge are provided. One or more electrodes defining a desired electrical discharge path are situated in a body of water and are attached to an external electrical power supply. A high-powered, intense laser beam is fired into the water. The laser beam forms an optical filament in the water, which in turn forms an ionized channel having a much greater conductivity than the surrounding water. An external power supply drives an electrical discharge along the path of the ionized channel due to its greater conductivity. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/293338 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/3511 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08942265 | Heller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Light Age, Inc. (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Light Age, Inc. (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald F. Heller (Somerset, New Jersey); Marc Klosner (South Orange, New Jersey); Brian A. Pryor (Newark, Delaware); Thangavel Thevar (Aberdeen, United Kingdom); Bruce Boczar (Feasterville Trevose, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the instant invention provides a method that includes: outputting a first laser beam having: a beam quality factor (M2) between 1 and 5, and a spectral width of less than 0.15 nm, where the outputting is performed by a laser generating component that includes a alexandrite laser oscillator; converting the first laser beam through a first Raman cell to produce a second laser beam, where the first Raman cell is filled with a first gas; and converting the second laser beam through a second Raman cell to produce a final laser beam, where the second Raman cell is filled with a second gas and is operationally positioned after the first Raman cell, where the first gas and the second gas are different gasses, and where the final laser beam having: a second energy of at least 1 mJ, and at least one wavelength longer than 2.5 micron. |
| FILED | Monday, July 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/947824 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/3 |
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| US 08942424 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Chen (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Chen (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of image processing. An expected band-averaged spectral radiances image vector is simulated from training hyperspectral data and at least one filter transmittance function corresponding to the at least one optical filter. A simulated measured band-averaged spectral radiances image vector is simulated from the training hyperspectral data and the at least one transmittance function. A realistic measured band-averaged spectral radiances image vector is provided from at least one optical filter. A cross-correlation matrix of the expected band-averaged spectral radiances image vector and the realistic measured band-averaged spectral radiances image vector is calculated. An auto-correlation matrix of the simulated measured band-averaged spectral radiances image vector is calculated. An optimal out-of-band transform matrix is generated by matrix-multiplying the cross-correlation matrix and an inverse of the auto-correlation matrix. A realistic recovered band-averaged spectral radiances image vector is generated by matrix-multiplying the optimal out-of-band transform matrix and the realistic measured band-averaged spectral radiances image vector, the realistic recovered band-averaged spectral radiances image vector being free of out-of-band effects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/949552 |
| 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 9/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/66 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 17/145 (20130101) H03K 17/687 (20130101) H03K 17/693 (20130101) H03K 17/6872 (20130101) |
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| US 08942430 | Ivanov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Iankov Ivanov (Hyattsville, Maryland); John S. Baras (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Iankov Ivanov (Hyattsville, Maryland); John S. Baras (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for authenticating a biometric scanner, such as area type finger print scanners, involves estimating unique intrinsic characteristics of the scanner (scanner pattern), that are permanent over time, and can identify a scanner even among scanners of the same manufacturer and model. Image processing and analysis are used to extract a scanner pattern from images acquired with the scanner. The scanner pattern is used to verify whether the scanner that acquired a particular image is the same as the scanner that acquired one or several images during enrollment of the biometric information. Authenticating the scanner can prevent subsequent security attacks using counterfeit biometric information on the scanner, or on the user authentication system. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/480122 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00892 (20130101) G06K 9/00899 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08942438 | Ivanov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Iankov Ivanov (Hyattsville, Maryland); John S. Baras (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Iankov Ivanov (Hyattsville, Maryland); John S. Baras (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for authenticating a biometric scanner, such as swipe type finger print scanners, involves estimating unique intrinsic characteristics of the scanner (scanner pattern), that are permanent over time, and can identify a scanner even among scanners of the same manufacturer and model. Image processing and analysis are used to extract a scanner pattern from images acquired with the scanner. The scanner pattern is used to verify whether the scanner that acquired a particular image is the same as the scanner that acquired one or several images during enrollment of the biometric information. Authenticating the scanner can prevent subsequent security attacks using counterfeit biometric information on the scanner, or on the user authentication system. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/480133 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00892 (20130101) G06K 9/00899 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08942456 | Hesthaven et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jan S. Hesthaven (East Greenwich, Rhode Island); Edward G. Walsh (Danielson, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jan S. Hesthaven (East Greenwich, Rhode Island); Edward G. Walsh (Danielson, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods of image reconstruction that can reduce the number of Fourier transform measurements required to obtain an exact or stable reconstruction of target images, using prior edge information obtained from a reference image. Full-sampled, 2 or 3-dimensional Fourier transform measurements are obtained for the reference image prior to performing a time series study. Based on the reference image sharing similar edge information with a time series of sparse-gradient images, the number of Fourier transform measurements required to reconstruct the target images can be reduced by using compressed sensing techniques to obtain the sparse-gradient images, and combining the edge information for the sparse-gradient images with the reduced number of Fourier transform measurements to obtain the exact or stable reconstruction of the target images, thereby permitting improved temporal resolution and/or extent of tissue coverage over the use of full sampling and conventional image reconstruction methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/722311 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4824 (20130101) G01R 33/5619 (20130101) G01R 33/56308 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08942848 | Pratt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerry E. Pratt (Pensacola, Florida); Twan Koolen (Pensacola, Florida); John Rebula (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (Pensaola, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry E. Pratt (Pensacola, Florida); Twan Koolen (Pensacola, Florida); John Rebula (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system for a bipedal humanoid robot that utilizes certain fundamental characteristics of bipedal motion to provide a robust and relatively simple balancing and walking mechanism. The system primarily utilizes the concept of “capturability,” which is defined as the ability of the robot to come to a stop without falling by taking N or fewer steps. This ability is considered crucial to legged locomotion and is a useful, yet not overly restrictive criterion for stability. In the preferred embodiment, the bipedal robot is maintained in a 1-step capturable state. This means that future step-locating and driving decisions are made so that the robot may always be brought to a balanced halt with the taking of one step. Other embodiments maintain the bipedal robot in an N-step capturable state, in which the robot may always be brought to a balanced halt by taking N or fewer steps. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/543353 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 57/032 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05D 1/0891 (20130101) G05D 2201/0217 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08942851 | Maier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Maier (Flanders, New Jersey); Joshua Lee (Pine Brook, New Jersey); Michael Freeman (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Maier (Flanders, New Jersey); Joshua Lee (Pine Brook, New Jersey); Michael Freeman (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A device which permits two additional tools to be attached to the robot arm of a Talon® robot with remote operation of these same tools, from the existing operator control unit. The invention permits an operator to merely carry two tools down range while preserving full use of the robot's gripper, and then allow an operator to remotely use those two tools. These do not increase the amount of space the robot occupies, and still allow for continued use of existing equipment. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/788543 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/47 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08942882 | Swearingen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin Swearingen (St. Charles, Missouri); Kirby J. Keller (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Swearingen (St. Charles, Missouri); Kirby J. Keller (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for managing the exchange of vehicle information between software modules with different safety importance. In one embodiment, a vehicle health management system includes a mission critical software module, a flight critical software module and a gatekeeper. The mission critical software module receives vehicle state information and provides it to the flight critical software module if the gatekeeper confirms the validity of the vehicle information. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/761922 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, or Vehicle Parts, Not Otherwise Provided for B60R 16/0232 (20130101) B60R 16/0234 (20130101) Time or Attendance Registers; Registering or Indicating the Working of Machines; Generating Random Numbers; Voting or Lottery Apparatus; Arrangements, Systems or Apparatus for Checking Not Provided for Elsewhere G07C 5/0808 (20130101) G07C 5/0816 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G07C 5/0841 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 5/0021 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08942965 | Bourgeois et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian S. Bourgeois (Slidell, Louisiana); Samantha J. Zambo (Picayune, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian S. Bourgeois (Slidell, Louisiana); Samantha J. Zambo (Picayune, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for using forecast ocean currents to improve the prediction of an underwater vessel's trajectory as compared to using a simple dead reckoned path determined by vessel commanded heading and speed through the water. System and method include a motion model specific to underwater gliders that incorporates 4d forecast currents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/402544 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08943007 | Modha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California); Norman J. Pass (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to spike tagging for a neural network. One embodiment comprises a neural network including multiple electronic neurons and a plurality of weighted synaptic connections interconnecting the neurons. An originating neuron of the neural network generates a spike event and a message tag that includes information relating to said originating neuron. A neuron of the neural network receives a spike event and a message tag from an interconnected neuron. In response to one or more received spike events, a receiving neuron spikes and sends a message tag selected from received message tags to an interconnected neuron. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/662092 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08943080 | Marcu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Marcu (Hermosa Beach, California); Dragos Stefan Munteanu (Culver City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Marcu (Hermosa Beach, California); Dragos Stefan Munteanu (Culver City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, computer programs, and methods for identifying parallel documents and/or fragments in a bilingual collection are provided. The method for identifying parallel sub-sentential fragments in a bilingual collection comprises translating a source document from a bilingual collection. The method further includes querying a target library associated with the bilingual collection using the translated source document, and identifying one or more target documents based on the query. Subsequently, a source sentence associated with the source document is aligned to one or more target sentences associated with the one or more target documents. Finally, the method includes determining whether a source fragment associated with the source sentence comprises a parallel translation of a target fragment associated with the one or more target sentences. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/635248 |
| ART UNIT | 2157 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/2827 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08943366 | Carey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Carey (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip J. Sanders (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for administering checkpoints for incident analysis are provided. Embodiments include a checkpoint manager receiving from each incident analyzer of a plurality of incident analyzers, a checkpoint indicating an incident having the oldest identification number still in analysis by the incident analyzer at the time associated with the checkpoint. The checkpoint manager examines each received checkpoint to identify, as a restore incident, an incident having the oldest identification number indicated in any of the received checkpoints. A monitor sends to the incident analyzers, a stream of incidents beginning with the identified restore incident and continuing with any incidents having a newer identification number than the identified restore incident. Each incident analyzer processes from the stream of incidents only the incident indicated in the last checkpoint of the incident analyzer and any subsequent incidents having a newer identification number than the indicated incident. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570819 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08943482 | Andrade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Rui Hou (Beijing, China PRC); Hua Yong Wang (Beijing, China PRC); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Rui Hou (Beijing, China PRC); Hua Yong Wang (Beijing, China PRC); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of a method for constructing executable code for a component-based application includes receiving a request to compile source code for the component-based application, wherein the request identifies the source code, and wherein the source code comprises a plurality of source code components, each of the source code components implementing a different component of the application, and performing a series of steps for each source code component where the series of steps includes: deriving a signature for the source code component, retrieving a stored signature corresponding to a currently available instance of executable code for the source code component, comparing the derived signature with the stored signature, compiling the source code component into the executable code when the derived signature does not match the stored signature, and obtaining the executable code for the source code component from a repository when the derived signature matches the stored signature. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/467011 |
| ART UNIT | 2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/10 (20130101) G06F 8/30 (20130101) G06F 8/60 (20130101) G06F 8/70 (20130101) G06F 8/71 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08943509 | Bansal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nikhil Bansal (Yorktown Heights, New York); Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); James Giles (Yorktown Heights, New York); Deepak Rajan (Fishkill, New York); Philippe L. Seto (Tarrytown, New York); Eugen Schenfeld (South Brunswick, New Jersey); Rohit Wagle (Elmsford, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Katonah, New York); Xiaolan J. Zhang (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikhil Bansal (Yorktown Heights, New York); Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); James Giles (Yorktown Heights, New York); Deepak Rajan (Fishkill, New York); Philippe L. Seto (Tarrytown, New York); Eugen Schenfeld (South Brunswick, New Jersey); Rohit Wagle (Elmsford, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Katonah, New York); Xiaolan J. Zhang (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus, and computer program product for scheduling stream-based applications in a distributed computer system with configurable networks are provided. The method includes choosing, at a highest temporal level, jobs that will run, an optimal template alternative for the jobs that will run, network topology, and candidate processing nodes for processing elements of the optimal template alternative for each running job to maximize importance of work performed by the system. The method further includes making, at a medium temporal level, fractional allocations and re-allocations of the candidate processing elements to the processing nodes in the system to react to changing importance of the work. The method also includes revising, at a lowest temporal level, the fractional allocations and re-allocations on a continual basis to react to burstiness of the work, and to differences between projected and real progress of the work. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/052836 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/4881 (20130101) G06F 9/5066 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/325 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Cleereman (Midland, Michigan); Michael J. Lesniak (Kawkawlin, Michigan); James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Joe A. Langmaid (Caro, Michigan); Ryan Gaston (Midland, Michigan); Gerald K. Eurich (Merrill, Michigan); Michelle L. Boven (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Cleereman (Midland, Michigan); Michael J. Lesniak (Kawkawlin, Michigan); James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Joe A. Langmaid (Caro, Michigan); Ryan Gaston (Midland, Michigan); Gerald K. Eurich (Merrill, Michigan); Michelle L. Boven (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is premised upon an improved photovoltaic device (“PVD”) and method of use, more particularly to an improved photovoltaic device with an integral locator and electrical terminal mechanism for transferring current to or from the improved photovoltaic device and the use as a system. |
| FILED | Friday, May 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/989745 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/05 (20130101) H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/0482 (20130101) H01L 31/0485 (20130101) H01L 31/0508 (20130101) Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 12/79 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01R 13/055 (20130101) H01R 13/113 (20130101) H01R 31/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 10/12 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08938993 | Harper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David C. Harper (Kingston, Tennessee); Andrew A. Wereszczak (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Chad E. Duty (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Harper (Kingston, Tennessee); Andrew A. Wereszczak (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Chad E. Duty (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | High intensity plasma-arc heat sources, such as a plasma-arc lamp, are used to irradiate glass, glass ceramics and/or ceramic materials to strengthen the glass. The same high intensity plasma-arc heat source may also be used to form a permanent pattern on the glass surface—the pattern being raised above the glass surface and integral with the glass (formed of the same material) by use of, for example, a screen-printed ink composition having been irradiated by the heat source. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/957202 |
| ART UNIT | 1747 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 27/012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 23/006 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08939041 | Vodnick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David James Vodnick (Prior Lake, Minnesota); Arpit Dwivedi (Chanhassen, Minnesota); Lucas Paul Keranen (Hutchinson, Minnesota); Michael David Okerlund (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Roger William Schmitz (Hutchinson, Minnesota); Oden Lee Warren (New Brighton, Minnesota); Christopher David Young (Excelsior, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hysitron, Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David James Vodnick (Prior Lake, Minnesota); Arpit Dwivedi (Chanhassen, Minnesota); Lucas Paul Keranen (Hutchinson, Minnesota); Michael David Okerlund (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Roger William Schmitz (Hutchinson, Minnesota); Oden Lee Warren (New Brighton, Minnesota); Christopher David Young (Excelsior, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An automated testing system includes systems and methods to facilitate inline production testing of samples at a micro (multiple microns) or less scale with a mechanical testing instrument. In an example, the system includes a probe changing assembly for coupling and decoupling a probe of the instrument. The probe changing assembly includes a probe change unit configured to grasp one of a plurality of probes in a probe magazine and couple one of the probes with an instrument probe receptacle. An actuator is coupled with the probe change unit, and the actuator is configured to move and align the probe change unit with the probe magazine and the instrument probe receptacle. In another example, the automated testing system includes a multiple degree of freedom stage for aligning a sample testing location with the instrument. The stage includes a sample stage and a stage actuator assembly including translational and rotational actuators. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/984250 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/27 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 19/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08939293 | Routkevitch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Oleg G. Polyakov (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synkera Technologies, Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Oleg G. Polyakov (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite membranes that are adapted for separation, purification, filtration, analysis, reaction and sensing. The composite membranes can include a porous support structure having elongate pore channels extending through the support structure. The composite membrane also includes an active layer comprising an active layer material, where the active layer material is completely disposed within the pore channels between the surfaces of the support structure. The active layer is intimately integrated within the support structure, thus enabling great robustness, reliability, resistance to mechanical stress and thermal cycling, and high selectivity. Methods for the fabrication of composite membranes are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/408744 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/228 (20130101) B01D 67/0062 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2325/06 (20130101) B01D 2325/021 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/12 (20130101) C01B 3/323 (20130101) C01B 2203/041 (20130101) C01B 2203/0233 (20130101) C01B 2203/1223 (20130101) |
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| US 08939555 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stepehen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gregory McGraw (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A first device is provided. The first device includes a print head, and a first gas source hermetically sealed to the print head. The print head further includes a first layer further comprising a plurality of apertures, each aperture having a smallest dimension of 0.5 to 500 microns. A second layer is bonded to the first layer. The second layer includes a first via in fluid communication with the first gas source and at least one of the apertures. The second layer is made of an insulating material. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/133833 |
| ART UNIT | 2853 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05C 5/0291 (20130101) Typewriters; Selective Printing Mechanisms,, i.e Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From a Forme; Correction of Typographical Errors B41J 2/005 (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 14/12 (20130101) C23C 14/24 (20130101) C23C 16/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold L. Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroZeus, LLC (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold L. Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro drive assembly may comprise a substrate, a micro shaft oriented in-plane with the substrate and at least one micro bearing to support rotation of the micro shaft. The micro shaft and micro bearing may be in or less than the micrometer domain. |
| FILED | Monday, October 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/647218 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0059 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81B 2201/037 (20130101) B81B 2203/06 (20130101) |
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| US 08939727 | Campbell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christian X. Campbell (Oviedo, Florida); Darryl Eng (Stuart, Florida); John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian X. Campbell (Oviedo, Florida); Darryl Eng (Stuart, Florida); John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Platforms (36, 38) span between turbine blades (23, 24, 25) on a disk (32). Each platform may be individually mounted to the disk by a pin attachment (42). Each platform (36) may have a rotationally rearward edge portion (50) that underlies a forward portion (45) of the adjacent platform (38). This limits centrifugal bending of the rearward portion of the platform, and provides coolant sealing. The rotationally forward edge (44A, 44B) of the platform overlies a seal element (51) on the pressure side (28) of the forwardly adjacent blade, and does not underlie a shelf on that blade. The pin attachment allows radial mounting of each platform onto the disk via tilting (60) of the platform during mounting to provide mounting clearance for the rotationally rearward edge portion (50). This facilitates quick platform replacement without blade removal. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/227603 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/3007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 11/008 (20130101) |
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| US 08940140 | Walters et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dean R. Walters (Naperville, Illinois); Grantley O. Este (Renfrew, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Uchicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean R. Walters (Naperville, Illinois); Grantley O. Este (Renfrew, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method for coating an inside surface of a vessel is provided. In one embodiment, a coating device comprises a power supply and a diode in electrical communication with the power supply, wherein electrodes comprising the diode reside completely within the vessel. The method comprises reversibly sealing electrodes in a vessel, sputtering elemental metal or metal compound on the surface while maintaining the surface in a controlled atmosphere. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/850409 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 14/16 (20130101) C23C 14/0036 (20130101) C23C 14/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 14/081 (20130101) C23C 14/345 (20130101) C23C 14/0641 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08940147 | Bartsch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael S. Bartsch (Menlo Park, California); Mark R. Claudnic (Livermore, California); Hanyoup Kim (Rockville, Maryland); Kamlesh D. Patel (Dublin, California); Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California); James L. Van De Vreugde (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Bartsch (Menlo Park, California); Mark R. Claudnic (Livermore, California); Hanyoup Kim (Rockville, Maryland); Kamlesh D. Patel (Dublin, California); Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California); James L. Van De Vreugde (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of microfluidic hubs and systems are described that may be used to connect fluidic modules. A space between surfaces may be set by fixtures described herein. In some examples a fixture may set substrate-to-substrate spacing based on a distance between registration surfaces on which the respective substrates rest. Fluidic interfaces are described, including examples where fluid conduits (e.g. capillaries) extend into the fixture to the space between surfaces. Droplets of fluid may be introduced to and/or removed from microfluidic hubs described herein, and fluid actuators may be used to move droplets within the space between surfaces. Continuous flow modules may be integrated with the hubs in some examples. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/456135 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/601 |
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| US 08940173 | Bakajin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Olgica Bakajin (San Leandro, California); Aleksandr Noy (Belmont, California); Francesco Fornasiero (Oakland, California); Hyung Gyu Park (Zurich, Switzerland); Jason K. Holt (San Francisco, California); Sangil Kim (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olgica Bakajin (San Leandro, California); Aleksandr Noy (Belmont, California); Francesco Fornasiero (Oakland, California); Hyung Gyu Park (Zurich, Switzerland); Jason K. Holt (San Francisco, California); Sangil Kim (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein composition and methods for nanoporous membranes comprising single walled, double walled, or multi-walled carbon nanotubes embedded in a matrix material. Average pore size of the carbon nanotube can be 6 nm or less. These membranes are a robust platform for the study of confined molecular transport, with applications in liquid and gas separations and chemical sensing including desalination, dialysis, and fabric formation. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/995160 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/34 (20130101) Separation B01D 53/228 (20130101) B01D 61/025 (20130101) B01D 61/027 (20130101) B01D 67/0072 (20130101) B01D 67/0079 (20130101) B01D 69/148 (20130101) B01D 71/02 (20130101) B01D 71/021 (20130101) B01D 71/024 (20130101) B01D 71/027 (20130101) B01D 2256/10 (20130101) B01D 2256/22 (20130101) B01D 2256/24 (20130101) B01D 2257/102 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2323/36 (20130101) B01D 2325/18 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/442 (20130101) C02F 2103/08 (20130101) C02F 2305/08 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08940220 | Raj et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rishi Raj (Boulder, Colorado); Marco Cologna (Munich, Germany); Andre Luiz Geromel Prette (Bayreuth, Germany); Vincenzo M. Sglavo (Roncegno, Italy); John Francis (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rishi Raj (Boulder, Colorado); Marco Cologna (Munich, Germany); Andre Luiz Geromel Prette (Bayreuth, Germany); Vincenzo M. Sglavo (Roncegno, Italy); John Francis (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides methods of flash sintering and composition created by these methods. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562040 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/00 (20130101) C04B 35/016 (20130101) C04B 35/47 (20130101) C04B 35/64 (20130101) C04B 35/111 (20130101) C04B 35/486 (20130101) C04B 35/645 (20130101) C04B 35/63416 (20130101) C04B 2235/77 (20130101) C04B 2235/94 (20130101) C04B 2235/95 (20130101) C04B 2235/608 (20130101) C04B 2235/666 (20130101) C04B 2235/781 (20130101) C04B 2235/782 (20130101) C04B 2235/783 (20130101) C04B 2235/784 (20130101) C04B 2235/785 (20130101) C04B 2235/786 (20130101) C04B 2235/3206 (20130101) C04B 2235/3225 (20130101) C04B 2235/3275 (20130101) C04B 2235/5409 (20130101) C04B 2235/5445 (20130101) C04B 2235/5454 (20130101) C04B 2235/5463 (20130101) C04B 2235/6562 (20130101) C04B 2235/6567 (20130101) C04B 2235/9615 (20130101) |
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| US 08940224 | Wiesner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ulrich Wiesner (Ithaca, New York); Mahendra Christopher Orilall (Vancouver, Canada); Jinwoo Lee (Kyungbuk, South Korea); Francis J. DiSalvo, Jr. (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ulrich Wiesner (Ithaca, New York); Mahendra Christopher Orilall (Vancouver, Canada); Jinwoo Lee (Kyungbuk, South Korea); Francis J. DiSalvo, Jr. (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Highly crystalline metal oxide-carbon composites, as precursors to thermally stable mesoporous metal oxides, are coated with a layer of amorphous carbon. Using a ‘one-pot’ method, highly crystalline metal oxide-carbon composites are converted to thermally stable mesoporous metal oxides, having highly crystalline mesopore walls, without causing the concomitant collapse of the mesostructure. The ‘one-pot’ method uses block copolymers with an sp or sp 2 hybridized carbon containing hydrophobic block as structure directing agents which converts to a sturdy, amorphous carbon material under appropriate heating conditions, providing an in-situ rigid support which maintains the pores of the oxides intact while crystallizing at temperatures as high as 1000 deg C. A highly crystalline metal oxide-carbon composite can be heated to produce a thermally stable mesoporous metal oxide consisting of a single polymorph. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/747649 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 13/18 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 1/02 (20130101) C01G 23/047 (20130101) C01G 23/053 (20130101) C01G 23/0536 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01G 33/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/14 (20130101) C01P 2006/17 (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 35/45 (20130101) C04B 35/46 (20130101) C04B 38/0054 (20130101) C04B 38/062 (20130101) C04B 38/062 (20130101) C04B 2111/0081 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08940391 | Garnier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John E. Garnier (Idaho Falls, Idaho); George W. Griffith (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Ceramic Fibers, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Garnier (Idaho Falls, Idaho); George W. Griffith (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of producing silicon carbide fibers. The method comprises reacting a continuous carbon fiber material and a silicon-containing gas in a reaction chamber at a temperature ranging from approximately 1500° C. to approximately 2000° C. A partial pressure of oxygen in the reaction chamber is maintained at less than approximately 1.01×102 Pascal to produce continuous alpha silicon carbide fibers. Continuous alpha silicon carbide fibers and articles formed from the continuous alpha silicon carbide fibers are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/901309 |
| ART UNIT | 1789 — 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) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/36 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/565 (20130101) C04B 35/571 (20130101) C04B 35/573 (20130101) C04B 35/806 (20130101) C04B 35/62281 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 2235/46 (20130101) C04B 2235/48 (20130101) C04B 2235/72 (20130101) C04B 2235/428 (20130101) C04B 2235/526 (20130101) C04B 2235/616 (20130101) C04B 2235/767 (20130101) C04B 2235/5244 (20130101) C04B 2235/5248 (20130101) C04B 2235/5264 (20130101) C04B 2235/5284 (20130101) C04B 2235/5445 (20130101) |
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| US 08940411 | Shiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph John Shiang (Niskayuna, New York); Paul Michael Smigelski, Jr. (Glenville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph John Shiang (Niskayuna, New York); Paul Michael Smigelski, Jr. (Glenville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Energy efficient optoelectronic devices include an electroluminescent layer containing a polymer made up of structural units of formula I and II; wherein R1 and R2 are independently C22-44 hydrocarbyl, C22-44 hydrocarbyl containing one or more S, N, O, P, or Si atoms, oxaalkylaryl, or a combination thereof; R3 and R4 are independently H, C1-44 hydrocarbyl or C1-44 hydrocarbyl containing one or more S, N, O, P, or Si atoms, or R3 and R4, taken together, form a C2-10 monocyclic or bicyclic ring containing up to three S, N, O, P, or Si heteroatoms; and X is S, Se, or a combination thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, April 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/093038 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/123 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 2261/12 (20130101) C08G 2261/95 (20130101) C08G 2261/411 (20130101) C08G 2261/3142 (20130101) C08G 2261/3246 (20130101) C08G 2261/3247 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 5/0091 (20130101) C08K 5/0091 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 65/00 (20130101) C08L 65/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0039 (20130101) H01L 51/0043 (20130101) H01L 51/5012 (20130101) H01L 51/5016 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 428/917 (20130101) |
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| US 08940444 | Gennett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Gennett (Denver, Colorado); David S. Ginley (Evergreen, Colorado); Wade Braunecker (Boulder, Colorado); Chunmei Ban (Littleton, Colorado); Zbyslaw Owczarczyk (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Gennett (Denver, Colorado); David S. Ginley (Evergreen, Colorado); Wade Braunecker (Boulder, Colorado); Chunmei Ban (Littleton, Colorado); Zbyslaw Owczarczyk (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Hybrid radical energy storage devices, such as batteries or electrochemical devices, and methods of use and making are disclosed. Also described herein are electrodes and electrolytes useful in energy storage devices, for example, radical polymer cathode materials and electrolytes for use in organic radical batteries. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/476951 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/60 (20130101) H01M 4/64 (20130101) H01M 4/66 (20130101) H01M 10/0562 (20130101) H01M 10/0565 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/81 (20130101) Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/742 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/811 (20130101) |
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| US 08940515 | Lopez de Leon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alfredo Lopez de Leon (Davis, California); Michael Rey (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfredo Lopez de Leon (Davis, California); Michael Rey (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Monday, November 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/941474 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/248 (20130101) C12N 15/8245 (20130101) C12N 15/8246 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08940858 | Stupp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samuel Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); Dorota Rozkiewicz (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); Dorota Rozkiewicz (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to assembly of peptide amphiphiles and biopolymers into fibrous microcapsules, and uses thereof. In particular, the present invention provides devices, compositions, and methods for interfacial self-assembly of peptide amphiphiles and biopolyments into fibrous microcapsules, and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/109186 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5052 (20130101) A61K 9/5089 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08940999 | Plesniak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam P. Plesniak (Huntington Beach, California); John C. Hall (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam P. Plesniak (Huntington Beach, California); John C. Hall (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar concentrator including a housing defining a vertical axis and including a receiving wall connected to a reflecting wall to define an internal volume and an opening into the internal volume, wherein the reflecting wall defines at least one primary optical element, and wherein at least a portion of the reflecting wall includes a layer of reflective material, the housing further including a cover connected to the receiving wall and the reflecting wall to seal the opening, and at least one receiver mounted on the receiving wall such that a vertical axis of the receiver is disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the vertical axis of the housing, the receiver including at least one photovoltaic cell. |
| FILED | Monday, December 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/632268 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/06 (20130101) F24J 2/08 (20130101) F24J 2/10 (20130101) F24J 2/12 (20130101) F24J 2/464 (20130101) F24J 2/5243 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/052 (20130101) H01L 31/0522 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/45 (20130101) Y02E 10/52 (20130101) |
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| US 08941053 | Biedermann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Grant Biedermann (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Akash Vrijal Rakholia (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Hayden McGuinness (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albequerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grant Biedermann (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Akash Vrijal Rakholia (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Hayden McGuinness (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An inertial sensing system includes a magneto-optical trap (MOT) that traps atoms within a specified trapping region. The system also includes a cooling laser that cools the trapped atoms so that the atoms remain within the specified region for a specified amount of time. The system further includes a light-pulse atom interferometer (LPAI) that performs an interferometric interrogation of the atoms to determine phase changes in the atoms. The system includes a controller that controls the timing of MOT and cooling laser operations, and controls the timing of interferometric operations to substantially recapture the atoms in the specified trapping region. The system includes a processor that determines the amount inertial movement of the inertial sensing system based on the determined phase changes in the atoms. Also, a method of inertial sensing using this inertial sensing system includes recapture of atoms within the MOT following interferometric interrogation by the LPAI. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/592029 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 3/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08941061 | Gopalsami et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nachappa Gopalsami (Naperville, Illinois); Shaolin Liao (Willowbrook, Illinois); Thomas W. Elmer (Westmont, Illinois); Eugene R. Koehl (Joliet, Illinois); Alexander Heifetz (Buffalo Grove, Illinois); Apostolos C. Raptis (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nachappa Gopalsami (Naperville, Illinois); Shaolin Liao (Willowbrook, Illinois); Thomas W. Elmer (Westmont, Illinois); Eugene R. Koehl (Joliet, Illinois); Alexander Heifetz (Buffalo Grove, Illinois); Apostolos C. Raptis (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A compressive scanning approach for millimeter wave imaging and sensing. A Hadamard mask is positioned to receive millimeter waves from an object to be imaged. A subset of the full set of Hadamard acquisitions is sampled. The subset is used to reconstruct an image representing the object. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/432743 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/336.100 |
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| US 08941460 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiuling Li (Champaign, Illinois); Wen Huang (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A rolled-up transformer structure comprises a multilayer sheet having a rolled configuration comprising multiple turns about a longitudinal axis. The multilayer sheet comprises more than one conductive pattern layer on a strain-relieved layer, including a first conductive film and a second conductive film separated from the first conductive film in a thickness direction. The first conductive film comprises an even number of primary conductive strips, where each primary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction, and the second conductive film comprises an even number of secondary conductive strips, where each secondary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction. In the rolled configuration, turns of the primary conductive strips and turns of the secondary conductive strips wrap around the longitudinal axis. The primary conductive strips serve as a primary winding and the secondary conductive strips serve as a secondary winding of the rolled-up transformer structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/051208 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 5/02 (20130101) H01F 27/2847 (20130101) H01F 41/02 (20130101) H01F 41/0604 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4814 (20130101) H01L 23/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/645 (20130101) H01L 28/10 (20130101) H01L 2223/6627 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 08941491 | Polk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert E. Polk (Idaho Falls, Idaho); John M. Svoboda (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Phillip B. West (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Gail L. Heath (Iona, Idaho); Clark L. Scott (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Polk (Idaho Falls, Idaho); John M. Svoboda (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Phillip B. West (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Gail L. Heath (Iona, Idaho); Clark L. Scott (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensing platform for monitoring a transmission system, and method therefor, may include a sensor that senses one or more conditions relating to a condition of the transmission system and/or the condition of an environment around the transmission system. A control system operatively associated with the sensor produces output data based on an output signal produced by the sensor. A transmitter operatively associated with the control system transmits the output data from the control system. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/572141 |
| ART UNIT | 2689 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08942063 | Vu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cung Khac Vu (Houston, Texas); Kurt Nihei (Oakland, California); Paul A. Johnson (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Robert Guyer (Reno, Nevada); James A. Ten Cate (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pierre-Yves Le Bas (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Caréne S. Larmat (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chevron U.S.A Inc. (San Ramon, California); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cung Khac Vu (Houston, Texas); Kurt Nihei (Oakland, California); Paul A. Johnson (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Robert Guyer (Reno, Nevada); James A. Ten Cate (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pierre-Yves Le Bas (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Caréne S. Larmat (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a method includes generating a first signal at a first frequency; and a second signal at a second frequency. Respective sources are positioned within the borehole and controllable such that the signals intersect in an intersection volume outside the borehole. A receiver detects a difference signal returning to the borehole generated by a non-linear mixing process within the intersection volume, and records the detected signal and stores the detected signal in a storage device and records measurement parameters including a position of the first acoustic source, a position of the second acoustic source, a position of the receiver, elevation angle and azimuth angle of the first acoustic signal and elevation angle and azimuth angle of the second acoustic signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/292924 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01V 1/44 (20130101) G01V 1/46 (20130101) G01V 1/52 (20130101) G01V 2210/125 (20130101) G01V 2210/127 (20130101) G01V 2210/588 (20130101) Sound-producing Devices; Methods or Devices for Protecting Against, or for Damping, Noise or Other Acoustic Waves in General; Acoustics Not Otherwise Provided for G10K 15/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08943068 | Mizell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cray Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cray Inc (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Mizell (Sammamish, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system in a computer system for dynamically providing a graphical representation of a data store of entries via a matrix interface is disclosed. A dynamic graph system provides a matrix interface that exposes to an application program a graphical representation of data stored in a data store such as a semantic database storing triples. To the application program, the matrix interface represents the graph as a sparse adjacency matrix that is stored in compressed form. Each entry of the data store is considered to represent a link between nodes of the graph. Each entry has a first field and a second field identifying the nodes connected by the link and a third field with a value for the link that connects the identified nodes. The first, second, and third fields represent the rows, column, and elements of the adjacency matrix. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/777884 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30321 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08943199 | Aho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Aho (Rochester, Minnesota); Dong Chen (Croton on Hudson, New York); Noel A. Eisley (Wappingers Falls, New York); Thomas M. Gooding (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Andrew T. Tauferner (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Calculating a checksum utilizing inactive networking components in a computing system, including: identifying, by a checksum distribution manager, an inactive networking component, wherein the inactive networking component includes a checksum calculation engine for computing a checksum; sending, to the inactive networking component by the checksum distribution manager, metadata describing a block of data to be transmitted by an active networking component; calculating, by the inactive networking component, a checksum for the block of data; transmitting, to the checksum distribution manager from the inactive networking component, the checksum for the block of data; and sending, by the active networking component, a data communications message that includes the block of data and the checksum for the block of data. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/740525 |
| ART UNIT | 2451 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/00 (20130101) H04L 1/0061 (20130101) H04L 43/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08943350 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Chen (Croton on Hudson, New York); Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota); Thomas M. Gooding (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Synchronizing time bases in a parallel computer that includes compute nodes organized for data communications in a tree network, where one compute node is designated as a root, and, for each compute node: calculating data transmission latency from the root to the compute node; configuring a thread as a pulse waiter; initializing a wakeup unit; and performing a local barrier operation; upon each node completing the local barrier operation, entering, by all compute nodes, a global barrier operation; upon all nodes entering the global barrier operation, sending, to all the compute nodes, a pulse signal; and for each compute node upon receiving the pulse signal: waking, by the wakeup unit, the pulse waiter; setting a time base for the compute node equal to the data transmission latency between the root node and the compute node; and exiting the global barrier operation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/693894 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08939293 | Routkevitch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Oleg G. Polyakov (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synkera Technologies, Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Oleg G. Polyakov (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite membranes that are adapted for separation, purification, filtration, analysis, reaction and sensing. The composite membranes can include a porous support structure having elongate pore channels extending through the support structure. The composite membrane also includes an active layer comprising an active layer material, where the active layer material is completely disposed within the pore channels between the surfaces of the support structure. The active layer is intimately integrated within the support structure, thus enabling great robustness, reliability, resistance to mechanical stress and thermal cycling, and high selectivity. Methods for the fabrication of composite membranes are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/408744 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/228 (20130101) B01D 67/0062 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2325/06 (20130101) B01D 2325/021 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/12 (20130101) C01B 3/323 (20130101) C01B 2203/041 (20130101) C01B 2203/0233 (20130101) C01B 2203/1223 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08939774 | Scholvin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jorg Scholvin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Anthony Zorzos (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Clifton Fonstad (Arlington, Massachusetts); Edward Boyden (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jorg Scholvin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Anthony Zorzos (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Clifton Fonstad (Arlington, Massachusetts); Edward Boyden (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In exemplary implementations of this invention, electrical connections are fabricated between two orthogonal surfaces by electroplating. The two surfaces are separated (except for the electrical connections) by a gap of not more than 100 micrometers. Multiple electrical connections may be fabricated across the gap. In preparatory steps, conductive pads on the two surfaces may be separately electroplated to build up “bumps” that make it easier to bridge the remainder of the gap in a final plating step. Alternately, electroless deposition may be used instead of electroplating. In exemplary implementations, a 3D probe array may be assembled by inserting array structures into an orthogonal base plate. The array structures may be aligned and held in place, relative to the base plate, by mechanical means, including side hooks, stabilizers, bottom hooks, alignment parts and a back plate. |
| FILED | Monday, November 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/674894 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 20/00 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 18/1608 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 3/00 (20130101) C25D 5/022 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 1/07314 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 4/027 (20130101) H01R 13/03 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/00 (20130101) H05K 1/18 (20130101) H05K 3/242 (20130101) H05K 2201/10083 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08940077 | Rood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Rood (Champaign, Illinois); David Johnsen (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for indirectly monitoring and controlling an electrically resistive adsorption system. Adsorption of a predetermined adsorbate is conducted while indirectly monitoring electrical resistance of a unified adsorbent element. Breakthrough is predicted based upon the indirectly monitored electrical resistance and a previously measured mass loading relationship between the resistance of the unified adsorbent element and the loading of the unified resistance element with the predetermined adsorbate. Adsorption, regeneration and cooling cycles are controlled by a controller without any direct measurement of temperature or resistance of the element and characterizations of mass loading and temperature. Systems of the invention can have no sensors that contact the element, are in an adsorption vessel, and/or are downstream adsorption vessel. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/773113 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/0438 (20130101) B01D 53/0454 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2257/7022 (20130101) B01D 2259/40096 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08940092 | Yeo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Woon-Hong Yeo (Seattle, Washington); Kieseok Oh (Seattle, Washington); Kyong-Hoon Lee (Redmond, Washington); Fong-Li Chou (Issaquh, Washington); Jae-Hyun Chung (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to nanocomposite materials. The present invention relates more particularly to hybrid fibers as well as devices including them and methods for making them. Accordingly, one aspect of the invention is a hybrid fiber including a plurality of nanowires, each nanowire having a length, a width, and a thickness, the length being at least 10 times the width and at least 10 times the thickness; and a plurality of binder elements, each binder element having a length, a width, and a thickness, each substantially smaller than the average length of the nanowires and at least one of which is less than about 10 nm in dimension, the binder elements being arranged to intercouple individual nanowires. In certain embodiments, the binder elements are carbon nanotubes, and the nanowires are formed from silicon carbide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/627169 |
| 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 | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/68 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08940095 | Dutta |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Partha Dutta (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Partha Dutta (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for growth of uniform multi-component single crystals is provided. The single crystal material has at least three elements and has a diameter of at least 50 mm, a dislocation density of less than 100 cm−2 and a radial compositional variation of less than 1%. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/289273 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 11/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/40 (20130101) C30B 29/48 (20130101) C30B 29/403 (20130101) C30B 35/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08940142 | Karhanek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Miloslav Karhanek (Santa Cruz, California); Chris D. Webb (Watsonville, California); Senkei Umehara (Santa Cruz, California); Nader Pourmand (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miloslav Karhanek (Santa Cruz, California); Chris D. Webb (Watsonville, California); Senkei Umehara (Santa Cruz, California); Nader Pourmand (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and devices for biomolecular detection, comprising a nanopipette, exemplified as a hollow inert, non-biological structure with a conical tip opening of nanoscale dimensions, suitable for holding an electrolyte solution which may contain an analyte such as a protein biomolecule to be detected as it is passed through the tip opening. Biomolecules are detected by specific reaction withy peptide ligands chemically immobilized in the vicinity of the tip. Analytes which bind to the ligands cause a detectible change in ionic current. A sensitive detection circuit, using a feedback amplifier circuit, and alternating voltages is further disclosed. Detection of Il-10 at a concentration of 4ng/nl is also disclosed, as is detection of VEGF. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435056 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/48707 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08940578 | Facchetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Polyera Corporation (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Polyera Corporation (Skokie, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Myung-Gil Kim (Evanston, Illinois); William Christopher Sheets (Chicago, Illinois); He Yan (Hong Kong, China PRC); Yu Xia (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are new methods of fabricating metal oxide thin films and nanomaterial-derived metal composite thin films via solution processes at low temperatures (<400° C.). The present thin films are useful as thin film semiconductors, thin film dielectrics, or thin film conductors, and can be implemented into semiconductor devices such as thin film transistors and thin film photovoltaic devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/804037 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 18/125 (20130101) C23C 18/127 (20130101) C23C 18/1216 (20130101) C23C 18/1225 (20130101) C23C 18/1237 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/441 (20130101) H01L 21/02172 (20130101) H01L 21/02565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/28506 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/66969 (20130101) H01L 29/78693 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08940579 | Facchetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Polyera Corporation (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Polyera Corporation (Skokie, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Myung-Gil Kim (Evanston, Illinois); William Christopher Sheets (Chicago, Illinois); He Yan (Hong Kong, China PRC); Yu Xia (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are new methods of fabricating metal oxide thin films and nanomaterial-derived metal composite thin films via solution processes at low temperatures (<400° C.). The present thin films are useful as thin film semiconductors, thin film dielectrics, or thin film conductors, and can be implemented into semiconductor devices such as thin film transistors and thin film photovoltaic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/844771 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 18/125 (20130101) C23C 18/127 (20130101) C23C 18/1216 (20130101) C23C 18/1225 (20130101) C23C 18/1237 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/441 (20130101) H01L 21/02172 (20130101) H01L 21/02565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/28506 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/66969 (20130101) H01L 29/78693 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08940663 | Iqbal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samir M. Iqbal (Euless, Texas); Swati Goyal (Fremont, California); Young-tae Kim (Arlington, Texas); Yuan Wan (Arlington, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samir M. Iqbal (Euless, Texas); Swati Goyal (Fremont, California); Young-tae Kim (Arlington, Texas); Yuan Wan (Arlington, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, systems, and methods for detecting protein-nucleic acid and cell-nucleic acid hybridization, using surface-tethered aptamer probes, without the use of labeling or target modification and capable of recycling. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/081319 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5308 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5438 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941299 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianglong Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Polina Anikeeva (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianglong Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Polina Anikeeva (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device includes an electroluminescent material and semiconductor nanocrystals. The semiconductor nanocrystals accept energy from the electroluminescent material and emit light. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/750824 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941460 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiuling Li (Champaign, Illinois); Wen Huang (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A rolled-up transformer structure comprises a multilayer sheet having a rolled configuration comprising multiple turns about a longitudinal axis. The multilayer sheet comprises more than one conductive pattern layer on a strain-relieved layer, including a first conductive film and a second conductive film separated from the first conductive film in a thickness direction. The first conductive film comprises an even number of primary conductive strips, where each primary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction, and the second conductive film comprises an even number of secondary conductive strips, where each secondary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction. In the rolled configuration, turns of the primary conductive strips and turns of the secondary conductive strips wrap around the longitudinal axis. The primary conductive strips serve as a primary winding and the secondary conductive strips serve as a secondary winding of the rolled-up transformer structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/051208 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 5/02 (20130101) H01F 27/2847 (20130101) H01F 41/02 (20130101) H01F 41/0604 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4814 (20130101) H01L 23/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/645 (20130101) H01L 28/10 (20130101) H01L 2223/6627 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941816 | Grasmueck |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Grasmueck (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Science Foundation (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Grasmueck (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to positioning for geophysical sensing and provide a method, system and apparatus for rotary laser positioning in geophysical sensing. In an embodiment of the invention, a geophysical sensing data processing system can be provided to include multiple laser energy sources disposed about a target scene, and a mobile sensor unit. The mobile sensor unit can include at least one laser energy source sensor coupled to a laser positioning system, and one or multiple geophysical sensor communicatively linked to the laser positioning system. In one aspect of the invention, the laser positioning system can be a Rotary Laser Positioning System (RLPS). Complementary positioning sensors further can be provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/381159 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/3.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941826 | Nawaz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz (State College, Pennsylvania); Xiaole Mao (Mason, Ohio); Tony Jun Huang (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz (State College, Pennsylvania); Xiaole Mao (Mason, Ohio); Tony Jun Huang (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device comprises inlets for a sample flow and an out-of-plane focusing sheath flow, and a curved channel section configured to receive the sample flow and out-of-plane focusing sheath and to provide hydrodynamic focusing of the sample flow in an out-of-plane direction, the out-of-plane direction being normal to a plane including the curved channel. Examples of the invention also include improved flow cytometers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/362983 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 5/0647 (20130101) B01F 13/0062 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502776 (20130101) B01L 2200/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0861 (20130101) B01L 2400/084 (20130101) B01L 2400/0409 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/05 (20130101) G01N 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 2015/1413 (20130101) G01N 2021/058 (20130101) G01N 2021/0346 (20130101) G01N 2021/6482 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08942659 | Gulati et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nikhil Gulati (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); David Gonzalez (Annandale, New Jersey); Kapil R. Dandekar (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikhil Gulati (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); David Gonzalez (Annandale, New Jersey); Kapil R. Dandekar (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for selecting the state of a reconfigurable antenna installed at either the receiver or transmitter of a communication system is provided. The proposed method uses online learning algorithm based on the theory of multi-armed bandit to perform antenna state selection. The selection technique utilizes the Post-Processing Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PPSNR) as a reward metric and maximizes the long-term average reward over time. The performance of the learning based selection technique is empirically evaluated using wireless channel data. The data is collected in an indoor environment using a 2×2 MIMO OFDM system employing highly directional metamaterial Reconfigurable Leaky Wave Antennas. the learning based selection technique shows performance improvements in terms of average PPSNR and regret over conventional heuristic policies. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/606843 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/007 (20130101) H01Q 13/20 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08938965 | Tatum, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul F. Tatum, III (Huntsville, Alabama); Amelia McDow Elliott (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul F. Tatum, III (Huntsville, Alabama); Amelia McDow Elliott (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal-powered reciprocating-force motor includes a shutter switchable between a first position that passes solar energy and a second position that blocks solar energy. A shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator is coupled to the shutter to control switching thereof between the shutter's first and second position. The actuator is positioned with respect to the shutter such that (i) solar energy impinges on the SMA when the shutter is in its first position so that the SMA experiences contraction in length until the shutter is switched to its second position, and (ii) solar energy is impeded from impingement on the SMA when the shutter is in its second position so that the SMA experiences extension in length. Elastic members coupled to the actuator apply a force to the SMA that aids in its extension in length until the shutter is switched to its first position. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/118086 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/641.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08938974 | Trinh 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 United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huu P. Trinh (Madison, Alabama); W. Neill Myers (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining the optimum inlet geometry of a liquid rocket engine swirl injector includes obtaining a throttleable level phase value, volume flow rate, chamber pressure, liquid propellant density, inlet injector pressure, desired target spray angle and desired target optimum delta pressure value between an inlet and a chamber for a plurality of engine stages. The method calculates the tangential inlet area for each throttleable stage. The method also uses correlation between the tangential inlet areas and delta pressure values to calculate the spring displacement and variable inlet geometry of a liquid rocket engine swirl injector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/282890 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 9/96 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 21/22 (20130101) Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 1/00 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/005 (20130101) G01L 7/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/22 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08939178 | Lindner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey L. Lindner (Madison, Alabama); W. Neill Myers (Huntsville, Alabama); Anthony R. Kelley (Huntsville, Alabama); Hong Q. Yang (Huntville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable-aperture reciprocating reed valve includes a valve body defining a through hole region having a contoured-profile portion. A semi-rigid plate is affixed on one side thereof to the valve body to define a cantilever extending across the through hole region. At least one free edge of the cantilever opposes the contoured-profile portion of the through hole region in a non-contact relationship. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/258796 |
| ART UNIT | 3754 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 15/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08939253 | Zaman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khairul B. M. Q. Zaman (Strongsville, Ohio); Michelle M. Clem (Cleveland, Ohio); Amy F. Fagan (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for the suppression of unwanted noise from a jet discharging into a duct are disclosed herein. The unwanted noise may be in the form of excited duct modes or howl due to super resonance. A damper member is used to reduce acoustic velocity perturbations at the velocity anti-node, associated with the half-wave resonance of the duct, weakening the resonance condition and reducing the amplitudes of the spectral peaks. |
| FILED | Friday, April 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/871114 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08940145 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Chen (Palo Alto, California); Meyya Meyyappan (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A supercapacitor electrode mechanism comprising an electrically conductive, porous substrate, having one or more metallic oxides deposited on a first surface and a chemically reduced graphene oxide deposited on a second surface, to thereby provide an electrical double layer associated with the substrate. The substrate may be carbon paper or a similar substance. The layers of the supercapacitor are optionally rolled into an approximately cylindrical structure. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/783112 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/490 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941734 | Mian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zahid F. Mian (Loudonville, New York); Ronald W. Gamache (East Greenbush, New York); Nick Glasser (Wynantskill, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Electronic Machines Corp. (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zahid F. Mian (Loudonville, New York); Ronald W. Gamache (East Greenbush, New York); Nick Glasser (Wynantskill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A solution for monitoring an area for the presence of a flame and/or a leak, such as from a pressurized fluid, is provided. An imaging device can be used that acquires image data based on electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths only corresponding to at least one region of the electromagnetic spectrum in which electromagnetic radiation from an ambient light source is less than the electromagnetic radiation emitted by at least one type of flame for which the presence within the area is being monitored. An acoustic device can be used that is configured to acquire acoustic data for the area and enhance acoustic signals in a range of frequencies corresponding to a leak of a pressurized fluid present in the area. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/840607 |
| ART UNIT | 2455 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/193 (20130101) G08B 13/196 (20130101) G08B 13/1672 (20130101) G08B 17/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08B 19/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08940346 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhongli Pan (Davis, California); Tara H. McHugh (Albany, California); James B. Valenti-Jordan (Walnut Creek, California); Carlos H. Masareje (Woodland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Del Monte Foods, Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhongli Pan (Davis, California); Tara H. McHugh (Albany, California); James B. Valenti-Jordan (Walnut Creek, California); Carlos H. Masareje (Woodland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for infrared peeling of fruits and vegetables is disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/110824 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 426/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP25271 | Knott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carrie Ann Knott (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Michael David Materne (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Herry Sutjahjo Utomo (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Prasanta Kumar Subudhi (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Niranjan Baisakh (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Stephen Alan Harrison (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and A and M College Through The LSU Ag Center (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carrie Ann Knott (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Michael David Materne (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Herry Sutjahjo Utomo (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Prasanta Kumar Subudhi (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Niranjan Baisakh (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Stephen Alan Harrison (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A new variety of smooth cordgrass identified as ‘LA11-101’ is disclosed as being genetically different from ‘Vermilion’, the only other smooth cordgrass variety for the northern Gulf of Mexico, and as having rapid establishment and growth in natural brackish and saline marsh environments, and excellent seed set and germination. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/507358 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/387 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP25272 | Knott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carrie Ann Knott (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Michael David Materne (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Herry Sutjahjo Utomo (Rayne, Louisiana); Prasanta Kumar Subudhi (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Niranjan Baisakh (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Stephen Alan Harrison (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and A and M College Through The LSU Ag Center (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carrie Ann Knott (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Michael David Materne (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Herry Sutjahjo Utomo (Rayne, Louisiana); Prasanta Kumar Subudhi (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Niranjan Baisakh (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Stephen Alan Harrison (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A new variety of smooth cordgrass identified as ‘LA11-103’ is disclosed as being genetically different from ‘Vermilion’, ‘LA11-101’, and ‘LA11-102’, as having rapid establishment and growth in natural brackish and saline marsh environments, and excellent seed set and germination. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/507357 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/387 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP25273 | Knott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carrie Ann Knott (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Michael David Materne (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Herry Sutjahjo Utomo (Rayne, Louisiana); Prasanta Kumar Subudhi (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Niranjan Baisakh (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Stephen Alan Harrison (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and A and M College Through The LSU Ag Center (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carrie Ann Knott (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Michael David Materne (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Herry Sutjahjo Utomo (Rayne, Louisiana); Prasanta Kumar Subudhi (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Niranjan Baisakh (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Stephen Alan Harrison (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A new variety of smooth cordgrass identified as ‘LA11-102’ is disclosed as being genetically different from ‘Vermilion’ and ‘LA11-101’ and as having rapid establishment and growth in natural brackish and saline marsh environments, and excellent seed set and germination. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/507345 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/387 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08941415 | Bulzacchelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Bulzacchelli (Yonkers, New York); Ankur Agrawal (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Circuits and methods are provided for generating clock signals and correcting duty cycle distortion in clock signals. A circuit for generating a clock signal includes a multiplexer circuit and an edge-triggered flip-flop circuit. The multiplexer circuit selectively outputs one of a plurality of input clock signals. The edge-triggered flip-flop detects a transitioning edge of the input clock signal that is selectively output from the multiplexer circuit, and in response to the detection, samples a logic level of a received data signal, and generates a transition of an output clock signal at an output port of the edge-triggered flip-flop. The multiplexer circuit selectively outputs one of the plurality of input clock signals to a clock signal port of the edge-triggered flip-flop, based on a logic level of the output clock signal at the output port of the edge-triggered flip-flop, which is input to a select control port of the multiplexer circuit. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/151998 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 3/017 (20130101) H03K 5/1565 (20130101) H03K 17/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08943482 | Andrade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Rui Hou (Beijing, China PRC); Hua Yong Wang (Beijing, China PRC); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Rui Hou (Beijing, China PRC); Hua Yong Wang (Beijing, China PRC); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of a method for constructing executable code for a component-based application includes receiving a request to compile source code for the component-based application, wherein the request identifies the source code, and wherein the source code comprises a plurality of source code components, each of the source code components implementing a different component of the application, and performing a series of steps for each source code component where the series of steps includes: deriving a signature for the source code component, retrieving a stored signature corresponding to a currently available instance of executable code for the source code component, comparing the derived signature with the stored signature, compiling the source code component into the executable code when the derived signature does not match the stored signature, and obtaining the executable code for the source code component from a repository when the derived signature matches the stored signature. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/467011 |
| ART UNIT | 2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/10 (20130101) G06F 8/30 (20130101) G06F 8/60 (20130101) G06F 8/70 (20130101) G06F 8/71 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08943509 | Bansal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nikhil Bansal (Yorktown Heights, New York); Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); James Giles (Yorktown Heights, New York); Deepak Rajan (Fishkill, New York); Philippe L. Seto (Tarrytown, New York); Eugen Schenfeld (South Brunswick, New Jersey); Rohit Wagle (Elmsford, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Katonah, New York); Xiaolan J. Zhang (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikhil Bansal (Yorktown Heights, New York); Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); James Giles (Yorktown Heights, New York); Deepak Rajan (Fishkill, New York); Philippe L. Seto (Tarrytown, New York); Eugen Schenfeld (South Brunswick, New Jersey); Rohit Wagle (Elmsford, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Katonah, New York); Xiaolan J. Zhang (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus, and computer program product for scheduling stream-based applications in a distributed computer system with configurable networks are provided. The method includes choosing, at a highest temporal level, jobs that will run, an optimal template alternative for the jobs that will run, network topology, and candidate processing nodes for processing elements of the optimal template alternative for each running job to maximize importance of work performed by the system. The method further includes making, at a medium temporal level, fractional allocations and re-allocations of the candidate processing elements to the processing nodes in the system to react to changing importance of the work. The method also includes revising, at a lowest temporal level, the fractional allocations and re-allocations on a continual basis to react to burstiness of the work, and to differences between projected and real progress of the work. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/052836 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/4881 (20130101) G06F 9/5066 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/325 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08938908 | Havens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk J. Havens (Plainview, Virginia); Donna Marie Bilkovic (Gloucester Point, Virginia); David M. Stanhope (Hayes, Virginia); Kory T. Angstadt (Gloucester, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein we describe fishing gear having a polyhydroxyalkanoate degradable component, as well as methods for ensuring that such gear has reduced functionality after becoming derelict. Derelict fishing gear has a negative economic and ecological impact, and thus it is advantageous to use gear that will lose the ability to catch and retain fish over time. Incorporating a degradable apparatus into such gear provides an effective, economical solution. Suitable degradable components are described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/278465 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 69/06 (20130101) A01K 69/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08943611 | Cannara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Institute of Standards and Technology (Gaithersbrug, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institute of Standards and Technology (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rachel Cannara (Poolesville, Maryland); Christian Long (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A probe module includes a mount; a cantilever disposed on the mount; an electrode disposed on the mount and opposing the cantilever, and a primary fastener disposed on the mount to mechanically separate the cantilever and the electrode at a primary distance. In the probe module, the cantilever is detachably disposed on the mount, the electrode is detachably disposed on the mount, or a combination thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, July 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/335515 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 70/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08940296 | Forsyth |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FLIR Systems, Inc. (Wilsonville, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Flir Systems, Inc. (Wilsonville, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Allyn Forsyth (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods, compositions and kits for segregating a target nucleic acid from a mixed nucleic acid sample. The methods, compositions and kits comprise a non-processive endonuclease (e.g., a restriction enzyme) or an antibody that binds the target nucleic acid (e.g., has methylation specificity). The mixed nucleic acid sample can comprise prokaryotic and eukaryotic nucleic acid and/or nucleic acid from more than one prokaryotic or eukaryotic organisms. |
| FILED | Friday, August 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/958125 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1003 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/34 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 2521/301 (20130101) C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08941075 | Lacy |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey L. Lacy (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Proportional Technologies, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey L. Lacy (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for detecting fissile materials which utilizes boron coated straw detectors in which the straws have non-circular cross sections. Embodiments include straws having star shaped cross sections of various configurations including a six pointed star. The system can include tubular housings having one or more shaped straws stacked within the housings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/683404 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 3/008 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08940535 | Trisler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | G. David Trisler (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Christopher T. Bever, Jr. (Glen Arm, Maryland); James E. Goolsby (Baltimore, Maryland); Bernard M. Pessac (Paris, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland); The United States of America as Represented by the Dept of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | G. David Trisler (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Christopher T. Bever, Jr. (Glen Arm, Maryland); James E. Goolsby (Baltimore, Maryland); Bernard M. Pessac (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for isolation of proliferating cells. In particular, the methods enrich stem cells in a mixture of stem cells and non-stem cells, and in some cases the non-stem cells may be differentiated cells. The methods exploit the non-adherent property of stem cells, as opposed to the adherent property of differentiating cells, by serially passaging the suspended cells in liquid media. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/982381 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
| US 08943331 | Kolesnikov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Y Kolesnikov (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Y Kolesnikov (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A database system includes a server, index server and client. In one embodiment the server randomly permutes the order of database records. The server provides to the index server an array of encryption keys by generating a random encryption key corresponding to each permuted database record. The server encrypts each permuted database record with its corresponding encryption key. The index server computes and encrypts a sum of each encryption key and a corresponding random mask and sends a permuted array of masked keys to the server. The index server provides to the client an encrypted database record, and the mask and key corresponding to the encrypted record. The client sends the encrypted sum of the mask and key to the server. The server decrypts the masked key with a public key and sends the decrypted key to the client. The client then recovers the record key and decrypts the record. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/729619 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/1408 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/6218 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08939293 | Routkevitch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Oleg G. Polyakov (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synkera Technologies, Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Oleg G. Polyakov (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite membranes that are adapted for separation, purification, filtration, analysis, reaction and sensing. The composite membranes can include a porous support structure having elongate pore channels extending through the support structure. The composite membrane also includes an active layer comprising an active layer material, where the active layer material is completely disposed within the pore channels between the surfaces of the support structure. The active layer is intimately integrated within the support structure, thus enabling great robustness, reliability, resistance to mechanical stress and thermal cycling, and high selectivity. Methods for the fabrication of composite membranes are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/408744 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/228 (20130101) B01D 67/0062 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2325/06 (20130101) B01D 2325/021 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/12 (20130101) C01B 3/323 (20130101) C01B 2203/041 (20130101) C01B 2203/0233 (20130101) C01B 2203/1223 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
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