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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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| US 08973263 | Rivera |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony Rivera (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony Rivera (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing a carbon composite duct assembly includes providing a first carbon composite fabric layer having a first section. The first section is formed into a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is separately moveable relative to the second portion. The first portion overlaps the second portion to define a first corner of the first carbon composite fabric layer. The first carbon composite fabric layer is formed into at least a portion of a duct extending along an axis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/094037 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/30 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2307/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2023/00 (20130101) Pipes; Joints or Fittings for Pipes; Supports for Pipes, Cables or Protective Tubing; Means for Thermal Insulation in General F16L 9/006 (20130101) F16L 9/16 (20130101) F16L 9/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08973375 | O'Leary |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark O'Leary (Zionsville, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark O'Leary (Zionsville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present application includes a hot section component of a gas turbine engine having a covering. The covering includes a protrusion and is attached to the hot section component though a flexible retainer. In one form the covering is made from ceramic matrix composite. The flexible retainer has a closed position and an open position. The retainer secures the protrusion to the hot section component when it engages part of the protrusion when in the closed position. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/634604 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/284 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/24 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/30 (20130101) F05D 2260/231 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) Y02T 50/675 (20130101) |
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| US 08973502 | Scheid et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Scheid (Bloomington, Indiana); Brad Moan (Greenwood, Indiana); Thomas Gailey (Spring Lake, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Scheid (Bloomington, Indiana); Brad Moan (Greenwood, Indiana); Thomas Gailey (Spring Lake, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A priming assembly and a method are provided for coupling a plurality of detonators to at least one explosive through a plurality of transmission lines. The priming assembly may include a housing that receives the plurality of detonators and the plurality of transmission lines. In use, the plurality of transmission lines may communicate with the plurality of detonators within the housing to transmit explosive charges from the plurality of detonators to the at least one explosive. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790602 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Detonating or Priming Devices; Fuses; Chemical Lighters; Pyrophoric Compositions C06C 5/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Blasting F42D 1/043 (20130101) |
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| US 08973553 | Estefanous |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fadi Adly Anis Estefanous (Warren, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fadi Adly Anis Estefanous (Warren, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-sensing fuel injection system for internal combustion engines. The system includes a fuel injector for injecting fuel into the internal combustion chamber. The fuel injector is electrically insulated from an engine body of the internal combustion engine by way of a first electrically insulated member. A second electrically insulated member is provided for fixedly disposing the fuel injector within the combustion chamber. The electrical insulation of the fuel injector, in conjunction with the integration of an ion sensing circuit including a resistor and a power source for supplying voltage to the fuel injector, allows for a full measurement of the ionization current. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/386028 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 35/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02D 35/028 (20130101) Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 57/005 (20130101) F02M 2200/24 (20130101) Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, for Internal-combustion Engines; Testing of Ignition Timing in Compression-ignition Engines F02P 2017/125 (20130101) |
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| US 08973565 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhiyong Chen (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Zhilin Liao (Rockville, Maryland); Frank C. Tortella (Columbia, Maryland); Xi-Chun May Lu (Laurel, Maryland); Jitendra R. Dave (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jay E. Bartlett (Adamstown, Maryland); Mark F. Arnold (Shepherdstown, West Virginia); Mark P. Easterday (Jefferson, Maryland); Mark W. Brown (Meyersville, Maryland); Larry R. Holmes (Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania); Zachary J. Larimore (Elkton, Maryland); Kara E. Schmid (Germantown, Maryland); Deborah A. Shear (Ellicott City, Maryland); Lai Yee Leung (Bethesda, Maryland); Andrea Mountney (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiyong Chen (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Zhilin Liao (Rockville, Maryland); Frank C. Tortella (Columbia, Maryland); Xi-Chun May Lu (Laurel, Maryland); Jitendra R. Dave (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jay E. Bartlett (Adamstown, Maryland); Mark F. Arnold (Shepherdstown, West Virginia); Mark P. Easterday (Jefferson, Maryland); Mark W. Brown (Meyersville, Maryland); Larry R. Holmes (Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania); Zachary J. Larimore (Elkton, Maryland); Kara E. Schmid (Germantown, Maryland); Deborah A. Shear (Ellicott City, Maryland); Lai Yee Leung (Bethesda, Maryland); Andrea Mountney (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for inflicting brain injury on a laboratory animal that employs a platform for supporting the laboratory animal. The platform defines an opening for positioning the head of the laboratory animal over the opening. A projectile is launched from a projectile launching device orientated below the opening of the platform. The projectile launching device has a means for propelling the projectile directly at and/or through the opening of said platform, thereby inflicting brain injury on the animal via either a pressure wave or concussive impact of the projectile. Without helmet, direct impact of the projectile results in severe traumatic brain injury. Use of helmet protects animals from skull fracture, subdural hematoma, intracerebral hemorrhage and contusion yet produces mild concussion-like pathology. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/507945 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Mechanical guns and projectors 124/56 |
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| US 08973613 | Murphy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael P. Murphy (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert Playter (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Murphy (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert Playter (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An ER fluid valve includes a housing and a plurality of parallel flow passages through the housing each defined by spaced electrodes at least one of which is controllable independently of other flow passages electrodes. A controller is configured to selectively establish electrical fields for all of the independently controllable electrodes to close all of the flow passages to ER fluid flowing through the housing. By removing the fields from all of the independently controllable electrodes, all the flow passages are open to the ER fluid flowing through the housing. By establishing fields for select independently controllable electrodes to close their associated flow passages and by leaving other flow passages open, restricted flow of the ER fluid through the housing is accomplished to vary the flow rate through the housing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/066909 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 21/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 13/10 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 137/909 (20130101) |
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| US 08973863 | van der Westhuizen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacob Johannes van der Westhuizen (South Jordan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Johannes van der Westhuizen (South Jordan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The rotorcraft may include an airframe, at least one engine connected to the airframe, and a rotor connected to the airframe. The rotor may include a hub, a rotor blade, and a feathering spindle connected to the hub. The rotor blade may have a root and a tip and form a conduit extending in the radial 5 direction from the root to the tip. The root may comprise a wall forming a hollow circular cylinder. The hollow circular cylinder may form a portion of the conduit. A plurality of bolts may be distributed circumferential within the wall of the root. The plurality of bolts may extend in the radial direction from the wall of the root to secure the rotor blade to the feathering 10 spindle. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/199705 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/18 (20130101) B64C 27/025 (20130101) B64C 27/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 27/72 (20130101) B64C 2027/4736 (20130101) |
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| US 08973945 | Seidenberger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Seidenberger (Great Mills, Maryland); William Reason (Lexington Park, Maryland); Zachariah Thull (Lexington Park, Maryland); Patrick Dillon (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Seidenberger (Great Mills, Maryland); William Reason (Lexington Park, Maryland); Zachariah Thull (Lexington Park, Maryland); Patrick Dillon (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A retention harness for restraining a user within a vehicle. The harness includes a waist strap, a waist strap buckle assembly, two over the shoulder straps, a rear connector, and a forward connector. The waist strap is attachable to the waist strap buckle assembly. Each over the shoulder strap is attached to the waist strap buckle assembly. The two over the shoulder straps form an X on a user's back via a shoulder strap crossover plate, while each over the shoulder strap is adjustable via an adjustment slider. The rear connector is attached to the waist strap, and is attachable to retention hardware. The retention hardware is attachable to a bar attached to the vehicle. The forward connector is attached to the waist strap buckle assembly and attachable to forward retention hardware, the forward retention hardware attachable to the vehicle. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/897800 |
| ART UNIT | 3616 — 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 22/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60R 22/18 (20130101) |
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| US 08974183 | Gleiner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew S. Gleiner (Vernon, Connecticut); Matthew A. Devore (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew S. Gleiner (Vernon, Connecticut); Matthew A. Devore (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A core die for creating an airfoil includes a first section, a second section mating with the first section, and an insert for creating a slot. The first section and the second section define a body having an outer dimension. The insert is disposed at an angle to the outer dimension. A trip strip includes a first portion disposed in the second section. The first portion is in register with the insert and a thickness is maintained between the first portion and the insert along a length of the insert. The first portion tapers towards the outer dimension and the thickness is filled by the ceramic material between the slot and the first portion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/742749 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Foundry Moulding B22C 7/06 (20130101) B22C 9/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22C 9/103 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/187 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/21 (20130101) F05D 2240/122 (20130101) F05D 2240/304 (20130101) F05D 2250/292 (20130101) F05D 2260/22141 (20130101) |
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| US 08974652 | Gascoyne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter R. C. Gascoyne (Bellaire, Texas); Jody Vykoukal (Houston, Texas); Jon Schwartz (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter R. C. Gascoyne (Bellaire, Texas); Jody Vykoukal (Houston, Texas); Jon Schwartz (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are apparatuses, systems, and methods for programmable fluidic processors. In one embodiment, the invention involves manipulating droplets across a reaction surface of the processor substantially contact-free of any surfaces. The reaction surface and the electrodes of the processor may include a coating repelling the droplets. Further, the present invention provides for a suitable suspending medium for repelling droplets away from fixed surfaces. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/140499 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 13/0071 (20130101) B01F 13/0076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01F 13/0084 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/0268 (20130101) B01L 3/502792 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/143 (20130101) B01L 2200/0605 (20130101) B01L 2200/0673 (20130101) B01L 2300/089 (20130101) B01L 2300/166 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2400/0424 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 5/026 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2035/1034 (20130101) |
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| US 08974792 | Marks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Marie Alix Poul (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Marie Alix Poul (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides novel erbB2-binding internalizing antibodies. The antibodies, designated F5 and C1, specifically bind to c-erbB2 antigen and, upon binding, are readily internalized into the cell bearing the c-erbB2 marker. Chimeric molecules comprising the F5 and/or C1 antibodies attached to one or more effector molecules are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441651 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 47/48538 (20130101) A61K 47/48569 (20130101) A61K 47/48584 (20130101) A61K 47/48823 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) C07K 16/2881 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2317/626 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2795/10043 (20130101) C12N 2810/859 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 424/812 (20130101) |
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| US 08974891 | Riedell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Riedell (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | COI Ceramics, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Riedell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming ceramic matrix composite structures include joining at least two lamina together to form a flexible ceramic matrix composite structure. Ceramic matrix composite structures include at least one region of reduced inter-laminar bonding at a selected location between lamina thereof. Thermal protection systems include at least one seal comprising a ceramic matrix composite material and have at least one region of reduced inter-laminar bonding at a selected location between lamina used to form the seal. Methods of forming thermal protection systems include providing one or more such seals between adjacent panels of a thermal protection system. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/925492 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 3/10 (20130101) B32B 3/20 (20130101) B32B 18/00 (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 35/634 (20130101) C04B 35/645 (20130101) C04B 37/005 (20130101) C04B 37/006 (20130101) C04B 37/008 (20130101) C04B 2235/664 (20130101) C04B 2235/668 (20130101) C04B 2235/6028 (20130101) C04B 2235/6581 (20130101) C04B 2235/6583 (20130101) C04B 2235/6585 (20130101) C04B 2237/08 (20130101) C04B 2237/10 (20130101) C04B 2237/30 (20130101) C04B 2237/32 (20130101) C04B 2237/36 (20130101) C04B 2237/38 (20130101) C04B 2237/62 (20130101) C04B 2237/064 (20130101) C04B 2237/76 (20130101) C04B 2237/122 (20130101) C04B 2237/127 (20130101) C04B 2237/341 (20130101) C04B 2237/343 (20130101) C04B 2237/363 (20130101) C04B 2237/365 (20130101) C04B 2237/368 (20130101) C04B 2237/525 (20130101) C04B 2237/592 (20130101) Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/104 (20130101) |
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| US 08974899 | Wilt |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Wilt (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Wilt (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible hybrid coverglass for spacecraft solar panels comprised of small beads of either fused silica or ceria-doped borosilicate glass embedded in a matrix of conventional coverglass adhesives. These beads may also be used in a matrix of Kapton as the solar panel's substrate which may be combined with flexible solar cells to form flexible solar panels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/114119 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 27/06 (20130101) |
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| US 08974974 | Scanlon, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence G. Scanlon, Jr. (Fairborn, Ohio); Joseph P. Fellner (Kettering, Ohio); William A. Feld (Beavercreek, Ohio); Leah R. Lucente (Beavercreek, Ohio); Jacob W. Lawson (Springfield, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence G. Scanlon, Jr. (Fairborn, Ohio); Joseph P. Fellner (Kettering, Ohio); William A. Feld (Beavercreek, Ohio); Leah R. Lucente (Beavercreek, Ohio); Jacob W. Lawson (Springfield, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid-state electrolyte for rechargeable lithium batteries. The solid state electrolyte comprises a large unsaturated aromatic anion and a lithium charge carrier. The large unsaturated aromatic anion is selected from a di-lithium phthalocyanine and a di-lithium porphyrin, wherein one of the lithium ions of the unsaturated aromatic anion is replaced with a nitrogenous cation. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/156775 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/306 |
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| US 08975073 | Borenstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Chris Bettinger (Boston, Massachusetts); David Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Chris Bettinger (Boston, Massachusetts); David Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device includes, in one embodiment, a first silk film coupled to a second silk film with at least one microchannel therebetween. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/944095 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2300/163 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 2201/058 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 99/0085 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) C12M 23/20 (20130101) C12M 25/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 29/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08975368 | Kulp, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John L. Kulp, III (Alexandria, Virginia); Manoj K. Kolel-Veetil (Alexandria, Virginia); Thomas D. Clark (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Kulp, III (Alexandria, Virginia); Manoj K. Kolel-Veetil (Alexandria, Virginia); Thomas D. Clark (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptide nanotube polymers and methods of making such are disclosed. The peptide nanotube polymers are comprised of alternating monomers of the first peptide ring and monomers of the second peptide ring covalently bonded to one another via a linker, and can be functionalized. The described peptide nanotube polymers can enjoy the combined properties of healing and toughness, self-reporting, and tunability and actuation. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/855379 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — 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) A61K 38/12 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/50 (20130101) C07K 7/64 (20130101) |
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| US 08975463 | Harvey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Heather A. Meylemans (Ridgecrest, California); Roxanne L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Heather A. Meylemans (Ridgecrest, California); Roxanne L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for making high density fuels from mixed terpene feedstocks and the resulting high density fuel products. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/605436 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/362 |
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| US 08975752 | Chow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alex Chow (East Palo Alto, California); R. David Hopkins (Hayward, California); Robert J. Drost (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Chow (East Palo Alto, California); R. David Hopkins (Hayward, California); Robert J. Drost (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple access Proximity Communication system in which electrical elements on an integrated circuit chip provide the multiplexing of multiple signals to a single electrical receiving element on another chip. Multiple pads formed on one chip and receiving separate signals may be capacitively coupled to one large pad on the other chip. Multiple inductive coils on one chip may be magnetically coupled to one large coil on another chip or inductive coils on three or more chips may be used for either transmitting or receiving. The multiplexing may be based on time, frequency, or code. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/971492 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/48 (20130101) H01L 23/642 (20130101) H01L 23/645 (20130101) H01L 24/06 (20130101) H01L 25/50 (20130101) H01L 25/0657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2223/6677 (20130101) H01L 2224/16 (20130101) H01L 2224/04042 (20130101) H01L 2224/05553 (20130101) H01L 2225/06513 (20130101) H01L 2225/06531 (20130101) H01L 2924/14 (20130101) H01L 2924/01005 (20130101) H01L 2924/01006 (20130101) H01L 2924/01013 (20130101) H01L 2924/01023 (20130101) H01L 2924/01027 (20130101) H01L 2924/01033 (20130101) H01L 2924/01043 (20130101) H01L 2924/01051 (20130101) H01L 2924/01065 (20130101) H01L 2924/01066 (20130101) H01L 2924/01074 (20130101) H01L 2924/01079 (20130101) H01L 2924/01082 (20130101) H01L 2924/19015 (20130101) H01L 2924/19041 (20130101) H01L 2924/19042 (20130101) H01L 2924/30105 (20130101) H01L 2924/30107 (20130101) Transmission H04B 5/0012 (20130101) H04B 5/0031 (20130101) H04B 5/0081 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08975836 | Bromberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leslie Bromberg (Sharon, Massachusetts); Joseph V. Minervini (Still River, Massachusetts); Peisi Le (Boston, Massachusetts); Alexey L. Radovinsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Phillip C. Michael (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Timothy A. Antaya (Hampton Falls, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leslie Bromberg (Sharon, Massachusetts); Joseph V. Minervini (Still River, Massachusetts); Peisi Le (Boston, Massachusetts); Alexey L. Radovinsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Phillip C. Michael (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Timothy A. Antaya (Hampton Falls, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A cyclotron for ion acceleration is magnetically shielded during ion acceleration by passing electrical current in the same direction through both the first and second superconducting primary coils. A first magnetic-field-shielding coil is on the same side of the mid plane as the first superconducting primary coil, while a second magnetic-field-shielding coil is on the same side of the midplane as the second superconducting primary coil and beyond the outer radius of the second superconducting primary coil. Electrical current is also passed through the magnetic-field-shielding coils in a direction opposite to the direction in which electrical current is passed through the superconducting primary coils and generates a canceling magnetic field that reduces the magnetic field generated at radii from the central axis beyond the magnetic-field-shielding coils. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/830792 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 6/06 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 7/00 (20130101) H05H 7/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05H 13/02 (20130101) H05H 13/005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08975838 | Versailles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard E. Versailles (New Hartford, California); Robert D. Klapatch (Wethersfield, California); Kerry R. Querns (Durham, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Versailles (New Hartford, California); Robert D. Klapatch (Wethersfield, California); Kerry R. Querns (Durham, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An electric motor controller includes controller electronics configured to control an electric motor. The electric motor controller also includes a thermoelectric cooler in thermal communication with the controller electronics. The thermoelectric cooler is configured to receive a braking current associated with braking of the electric motor and provide cooling to the controller electronics. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/645850 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/380 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08975912 | Chow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerry M. Chow (Wjite Plains, New York); Antonio D. Corcoles Gonzalez (Mount Kisco, New York); Jay M. Gambetta (Yorktown Heights, New York); Matthias Steffen (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry M. Chow (Wjite Plains, New York); Antonio D. Corcoles Gonzalez (Mount Kisco, New York); Jay M. Gambetta (Yorktown Heights, New York); Matthias Steffen (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable superconducting circuit includes a first charge island, a second charge island, a third charge island, a fourth charge island, a first junction loop electrically coupled to the first and third charge islands, a second junction loop coupled to the second and third charge islands and a third junction loop coupled to the third and fourth charge islands, wherein the first, second and third junction loops are tuned in frequency to operate together as a qubit. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/561324 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08976241 | Johnnie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathan Johnnie (Middletown, Rhode Island); Francis J O'Brien, Jr. (Newport, Rhode Island); Susan E Maloney (New Bedford, Massachusetts); Joseph W Robicheau (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan Johnnie (Middletown, Rhode Island); Francis J O'Brien, Jr. (Newport, Rhode Island); Susan E Maloney (New Bedford, Massachusetts); Joseph W Robicheau (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided with integrated hardware and software components for measuring and monitoring abnormalities on animal and human tissue and other surfaces. The device includes a display panel and a control panel secured to the upper surface of a housing and a plurality of sensor arrays attached to the lower surface on two scanner belts. A processor receives input from the sensor arrays to create data objects which are stored in an image object database. A retrieval component retrieves the image objects and identifies attributes to display image and quantitative values on a the display panel. A hardware processing component runs at least one algorithm to determine the area of a surface abnormality. Another hardware processing component is provided to receive user input to update images and to select a deformation region for area calculation. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/628669 |
| ART UNIT | 2482 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08976245 | Englert |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christoph R Englert (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christoph R Englert (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An orbital debris detection system positionable on a satellite launchable into an earth orbit includes a light source having a collimated light output, a curved mirror for receiving the collimated light output and forming a light sheet outside the satellite, and a scattered light detector for detecting a scattered light from the light sheet resulting from orbital debris intersecting the light sheet and scattering light toward the detector. The system can provide damage attribution on a space vehicle (whether it was just hit by a piece of debris), data gathering for debris models (time, location, approximate debris size, direction of trajectory) that are starved for information on small (<1 cm) debris pieces, measuring density and distribution of predominantly small (<1 cm) orbital debris in a debris cloud (e.g. a cloud that is the result of a satellite collision), and monitoring the performance of orbital debris removal efforts that target small debris. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/571712 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/10 (20130101) B64G 1/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08976256 | Hoelscher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark G. Hoelscher (Dayton, Ohio); Michael A. Marciniak (Riverside, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark G. Hoelscher (Dayton, Ohio); Michael A. Marciniak (Riverside, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method are provided for creating an indirect image of an object. The apparatus includes a light source and an imaging system. Light emitted from the light source is reflected by a first non-specular surface toward the object. Light reflected by the object is further reflected by a second non-specular surface toward the imaging system. The imaging system is configured to create the indirect image from the reflected light. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/368498 |
| ART UNIT | 2663 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2628 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08976445 | Willner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan E. Willner (Los Angeles, California); Mohammad R. Chitgarha (Los Angeles, California); Salman Khaleghi (Los Angeles, California); Omer F. Yilmaz (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and devices implement optical tapped delay lines. In one aspect, a device includes an optical tapped delay (TDL) including a wavelength conversion element, and a dispersive element, coupled with the wavelength conversion element, to impose a relative delay to an optical signal. The optical TDL can include a nonlinear element to combine signals in a phase coherent manner. The wavelength conversion element can include an optical nonlinear device such as a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) or a highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) with a high nonlinear coefficient and a low dispersion slope to effect four-wave mixing (FWM). The dispersive element can have a low dispersion slope, and the delays effected by the optical TDL can be tunable. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/784524 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/3515 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08976447 | Kaertner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Franz X. Kaertner (Newtown, Massachusetts); Li-Jin Chen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Guoqing Chang (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Franz X. Kaertner (Newtown, Massachusetts); Li-Jin Chen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Guoqing Chang (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A substantially dispersion-free optical filter cavity includes a first multilayer mirror and a second multilayer mirror, wherein each mirror includes layers of a less-refractive material and layers of a more-refractive material, the more-refractive material having a higher index of refraction than the less-refractive material. The mirrors are separated by a spacing, and the thickness of a plurality of the layers in the second multilayer mirror differ from corresponding layers in the first multilayer mirror to provide the cavity with complementary group-delay dispersion across the cavity with a phase difference within, e.g., ±0.015 rad across a range of wavelengths spanning at least, e.g., 50 nm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/100068 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/0825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 17/004 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/0078 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08976926 | McFadden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. McFadden (San Antonio, Texas); Jeffrey L. Boehme (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. McFadden (San Antonio, Texas); Jeffrey L. Boehme (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An x-ray imaging system and method for providing three-dimensional data representing the contents of an object. An x-ray source and x-ray screen are used to acquire multiple x-ray images of the object from different perspectives. The different perspectives are obtained by placing the x-ray source at one end of a moveable arm. These images are processed by back-projecting each perspective image at known distances between the object and the x-ray source, and superimposing the back-projected images at each distance, thereby providing a set of image slices of the object along the z-axis. |
| FILED | Saturday, September 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/244372 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/025 (20130101) A61B 6/027 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 23/046 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08977223 | Gupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deepnarayan Gupta (Hawthorne, New York); Amol Inamdar (Elmsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency receiver subject to a large in-band interferor employs active cancellation with coarse and at least one cancellation signals, each with a respective radio frequency combiner, in order to increase the effective dynamic range of the receiver for weak signals of interest. One or both can be digitally synthesized. This is particularly applicable for co-site interference, whereby the interfering transmit signal is directly accessible. A similar system and method may also be applied to external interferors such as those produced by deliberate or unintentional jamming signals, or by strong multipath signals. An adaptive algorithm may be used for dynamic delay and gain matching. In a preferred embodiment, a hybrid technology hybrid temperature system incorporates both superconducting and semiconducting components to achieve enhanced broadband performance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/847118 |
| ART UNIT | 2647 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/109 (20130101) H04B 1/525 (20130101) H04B 7/15585 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08977349 | Reifman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jaques Reifman (Fort Detrick, Maryland); Maxim Khitrov (Fort Detrick, Maryland); Andrew Reisner (Boston, Massachusetts); Liangyou Chen (Hanover Park, Illinois); Thomas McKenna (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jaques Reifman (Fort Detrick, Maryland); Maxim Khitrov (Fort Detrick, Maryland); Andrew Reisner (Boston, Massachusetts); Liangyou Chen (Hanover Park, Illinois); Thomas McKenna (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is disclosed having a storage, a communications module for interacting with a medical measurement device, an analysis controller, and a test module that allows for the testing and evaluating of decision-support algorithms. A method for testing decision-support algorithms is disclosed having the steps of receiving into storage of a ruggedized, compact computer at least one decision-support algorithm; detecting with a communications module the initiation of a vital-sign monitoring session; receiving and storing vital-sign information into storage by the communications module; pushing the stored vital-sign information by an analysis controller to a test module running the stored at least one decision-support algorithm; and providing at least one output from the decision-support algorithm to at least one of a database and a display. |
| FILED | Friday, March 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/429036 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0255 (20130101) A61B 5/02416 (20130101) A61B 5/02438 (20130101) A61B 5/7221 (20130101) A61B 5/14542 (20130101) A61B 2560/029 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/345 (20130101) G06F 19/3412 (20130101) G06F 19/3418 (20130101) Transmission Systems for Measured Values, Control or Similar Signals G08C 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08977485 | Kessens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad C. Kessens (Abington, Maryland); Daniel C. Smith (Aberdeen, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods of autonomously self-righting a maneuverable robot. In one embodiment, an autonomous method for self-righting a maneuverable robot to affect recovery from an overturned state to its nominal upright configuration may include: defining a convex hull and center of mass of each link of the robot; determining the convex hull and overall robot center of mass for each joint configuration of the robot; analyzing each convex hull face to determine its stability or instability; grouping continuously stable orientations of the robot and joint configurations together defining nodes and transitions there between; assigning a cost to transitions between nodes; computing an overall cost for each potential set of transition costs resulting in achievement of the goal; and determining a sequence of one or more actions to self-right the robot such that the sequence of actions minimizes the overall cost of self-righting the robot. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/835086 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08977507 | Soles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander M. Soles (Bloomington, Indiana); Matthew R. Walsh (Westfield, Indiana); Eric B. Scott (Heltonville, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander M. Soles (Bloomington, Indiana); Matthew R. Walsh (Westfield, Indiana); Eric B. Scott (Heltonville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A damage detection and remediation system includes a sensing device for detecting damage events related to a structure of interest. Such damage events may include impact from a ballistic object, a tamper event, a physical impact, or other events that may affect structural integrity or cause failure. Illustratively, the sensing device is in communication with a measurement system to determine damage criteria, and a processing system which is configured to use the damage criteria to determine, for example, a direction of the initiation point of a ballistic causing the damage event. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/161974 |
| ART UNIT | 2864 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/007 (20130101) F41H 5/24 (20130101) F41H 7/02 (20130101) Targets; Target Ranges; Bullet Catchers F41J 5/041 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 5/0033 (20130101) G01M 5/0066 (20130101) G01M 5/0091 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/126 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 13/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08977512 | Coté et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Almond J. Coté (Auburn, New Hampshire); Kirby A. Smith (Derry, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Almond J. Coté (Auburn, New Hampshire); Kirby A. Smith (Derry, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques and architecture are disclosed for performing alignment harmonization of a collection of electro-optical and/or gimbaled componentry that is to operate within a common coordinate frame. In some cases, the techniques and architecture can provide a cost- and time-efficient approach to achieving alignment harmonization that is compatible, for example, with field-test and/or operational environments. In some instances, the techniques and architecture can be used in concert with error calibration techniques to further improve the accuracy of the alignment harmonization. The techniques and architecture can be utilized with a wide range of components (e.g., sensors, armaments, targeting systems, weapons systems, countermeasure systems, navigational systems, surveillance systems, etc.) on a wide variety of platforms. Numerous configurations and variations will be apparent in light of this disclosure. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/524081 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 25/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 21/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08977536 | Och |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Franz Josef Och (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Franz Josef Och (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system with a nonstatistical translation component integrated with a statistical translation component engine. The same corpus may be used for training the statistical engine and also for determining when to use the statistical engine and when to use the translation component. This training may use probabilistic techniques. Both the statistical engine and the translation components may be capable of translating the same information, however the system determines which component to use based on the training. Retraining can be carried out to add additional components, or when after additional translator training. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/132401 |
| ART UNIT | 2659 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/2818 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08977578 | Cruz-Albrecht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jose M. Cruz-Albrecht (Oak Park, California); Narayan Srinivasa (Oak Park, California); Peter Petre (Oak Park, California); Youngkwan Cho (Los Angeles, California); Aleksey Nogin (Fresno, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose M. Cruz-Albrecht (Oak Park, California); Narayan Srinivasa (Oak Park, California); Peter Petre (Oak Park, California); Youngkwan Cho (Los Angeles, California); Aleksey Nogin (Fresno, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A synaptic time-multiplexed (STM) neuromorphic network includes a neural fabric that includes nodes and switches to define inter-nodal connections between selected nodes of the neural fabric. The STM neuromorphic network further includes a neuromorphic controller to form subsets of a set of the inter-nodal connections representing a fully connected neural network. Each subset is formed during a different time slot of a plurality of time slots of a time multiplexing cycle of the STM neuromorphic network. In combination, the inter-nodal connection subsets implement the fully connected neural network. A method of synaptic time multiplexing a neuromorphic network includes providing the neural fabric and forming the subsets of the set of inter-nodal connections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/535114 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08977583 | Modha |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide a neural network comprising multiple functional neural core circuits, and a dynamically reconfigurable switch interconnect between the functional neural core circuits. The interconnect comprises multiple connectivity neural core circuits. Each functional neural core circuit comprises a first and a second core module. Each core module comprises a plurality of electronic neurons, a plurality of incoming electronic axons, and multiple electronic synapses interconnecting the incoming axons to the neurons. Each neuron has a corresponding outgoing electronic axon. In one embodiment, zero or more sets of connectivity neural core circuits interconnect outgoing axons in a functional neural core circuit to incoming axons in the same functional neural core circuit. In another embodiment, zero or more sets of connectivity neural core circuits interconnect outgoing and incoming axons in a functional neural core circuit to incoming and outgoing axons in a different functional neural core circuit, respectively. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/434729 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 3/063 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08977752 | Arimilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravi Kumar Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Piyush Chaudhary (Highland, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Company (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi Kumar Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Piyush Chaudhary (Highland, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are a method, a system and a computer program product for automatically allocating and de-allocating resources for jobs executed or processed by one or more supercomputer systems. In one or more embodiments, a supercomputing system can process multiple jobs with respective supercomputing resources. A global resource manager can automatically allocate additional resources to a first job and de-allocate resources from a second job. In one or more embodiments, the global resource manager can provide the de-allocated resources to the first job as additional supercomputing resources. In one or more embodiments, the first job can use the additional supercomputing resources to perform data analysis at a higher resolution, and the additional resources can compensate for an amount of time the higher resolution analysis would take using originally allocated supercomputing resources. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/424893 |
| ART UNIT | 2459 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/5011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/5061 (20130101) |
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| US 08973447 | Volckens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Volckens (Fort Collins, Colorado); Gary Casuccio (Brave, Pennsylvania); Henry P. Lentz (Apache Junction, Arizona); Anthony Marchese (Fort Collins, Colorado); John T. Mastovich (Murrysville, Pennsylvania); Daniel David Miller-Lionberg (Fort Collins, Colorado); Judith Chun-Hsu Yang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Volckens (Fort Collins, Colorado); Gary Casuccio (Brave, Pennsylvania); Henry P. Lentz (Apache Junction, Arizona); Anthony Marchese (Fort Collins, Colorado); John T. Mastovich (Murrysville, Pennsylvania); Daniel David Miller-Lionberg (Fort Collins, Colorado); Judith Chun-Hsu Yang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermophoretic sampler includes a sample assembly into which a removable sample cartridge can be inserted. The sample cartridge holds a substrate that, upon insertion, is exposed to a sample chamber. Thermophoresis is induced in the sample chamber, causing nanoparticles to be deposited on the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/480322 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 1/2202 (20130101) G01N 2001/2276 (20130101) G01N 2015/0038 (20130101) |
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| US 08974366 | Radziemski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Piezo Energy Technologies, LLC (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Piezo Energy Technologies, LLC (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leon J. Radziemski (Tucson, Arizona); Inder Raj Singh Makin (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A bio-implantable energy capture and storage assembly is provided. The assembly includes an acoustic energy transmitter and an acoustic energy receiver. The acoustic energy receiver also functions as an energy converter for converting acoustic energy to electrical energy. An electrical energy storage device is connected to the energy converter, and is contained within a bio-compatible implant for implantation into tissue. The acoustic energy transmitter is separate from the implant, and comprises a substantially 2-dimensional array of transmitters. The acoustic energy converter may also provide conditioned power directly to a load, connected to said energy converter. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/475295 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| 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 1/127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 1/1086 (20130101) |
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| US 08974440 | Farritor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shane M. Farritor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mark Rentschler (Boulder, Colorado); Amy Lehman (Seward, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shane M. Farritor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mark Rentschler (Boulder, Colorado); Amy Lehman (Seward, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to modular medical devices, including various devices with detachable modular components and various devices with pivotally attached modular components. Additional embodiments relate to procedures in which various of the devices are used cooperatively. Certain embodiments of the medical devices are robotic in vivo devices. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/192779 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 19/2203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2019/2215 (20130101) A61B 2019/5229 (20130101) |
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| US 08974444 | Alfano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert R. Alfano (Bronx, New York); Vidyasagar Sriramoju (Dobbs Ferry, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Robert R. Alfano (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Alfano (Bronx, New York); Vidyasagar Sriramoju (Dobbs Ferry, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for welding tissue wounds in an animal. The method comprises joining edges of a tissue wound and irradiating the tissue wound and tissue surrounding the tissue wound with a pulsed laser. The pulsed laser has a laser wavelength in a range of an absorption band of water, elastin and/or collagen in the tissue wound and tissue surrounding the tissue wound. The pulsed laser has a pulse width of not more than picoseconds in order of magnitude to heat tissue surrounding the tissue wound and facilitate bonding of native tissue protein present in the tissue surrounding the tissue wound to achieve tissue repair. The laser wavelength is in a range of between about 800 nm to about 2,700 nm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/642746 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 18/203 (20130101) A61B 2017/00508 (20130101) A61B 2018/00452 (20130101) |
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| US 08974542 | Fujimoto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kazuro Lee Fujimoto (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Kimimasa Tobita (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Jianjun Guan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William R. Wagner (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Bradley Barth Keller (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kazuro Lee Fujimoto (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Kimimasa Tobita (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Jianjun Guan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William R. Wagner (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Bradley Barth Keller (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a biodegradable elastomeric patch that can be implanted on a heart or other portions of the cardiovascular system to repair tissue deficiencies or tissue damage. The biodegradable elastomeric patch may be engineered to have mechanical properties similar to that of soft tissue and to provide mechanical support to the damaged tissue. The biodegradable elastomeric patch also may comprise therapeutic agents to aid in the healing process. Methods also are provided for using a biodegradable elastomeric patch for treating patients suffering from tissue damage or tissue deficiencies in the cardiac or cardiovascular system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/823359 |
| ART UNIT | 3773 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/7007 (20130101) |
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| US 08974784 | Goldenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Immunomedics, Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Immunomedics, Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Goldenberg (Mendham, New Jersey); Hans J. Hansen (Picayune, Mississippi); Chien-Hsing Chang (Downingtown, Pennsylvania); David V. Gold (Metuchen, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compositions and methods of use of anti-pancreatic cancer antibodies or fragments thereof, such as murine, chimeric, humanized or human PAM4 antibodies. The subject antibodies show a number of novel and useful therapeutic characteristics, such as binding with high specificity to pancreatic and other cancers, but not to normal or benign pancreatic tissues and binding to a high percentage of early stage pancreatic cancers. In preferred embodiments, the antibodies bind to pancreatic cancer mucins. The antibodies and fragments are of use for the detection, diagnosis and/or treatment of cancer, such as pancreatic cancer. The antibodies, such as PAM4 antibodies, bind to a PAM4 antigen that shows unique cell and tissue distributions compared with other known antibodies such as CA19.9, DUPAN2, SPAN1, Nd2, B72.3, and Lea and Le(y) antibodies that bind to the Lewis antigens. |
| FILED | Monday, May 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/274960 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
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| US 08974797 | Morrison |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trudy Morrison (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Trudy Morrison (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides expression vectors and virus-like particles (VLPs) containing Newcastle Disease Virus Sequences in combination with sequences encoding proteins of interest. The vectors are useful in, for example, generating virus-like particles (VLPs) that contain proteins of interest. In one embodiment, the expressed VLPs elicit an immune response by an animal host against the protein. The invention's VLPs are useful as, for example, vaccines. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/865269 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) Peptides C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/14143 (20130101) C12N 2760/18123 (20130101) C12N 2760/18134 (20130101) C12N 2760/18171 (20130101) C12N 2760/18523 (20130101) C12N 2760/18534 (20130101) C12N 2760/18571 (20130101) |
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| US 08974810 | Kropp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bradley P. Kropp (Edmond, Oklahoma); Hsueh-Kung Lin (Edmond, Oklahoma); Fadee Mandelek (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Brian P. Grady (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley P. Kropp (Edmond, Oklahoma); Hsueh-Kung Lin (Edmond, Oklahoma); Fadee Mandelek (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Brian P. Grady (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A tissue graft composition is described herein that includes a segment of small intestinal submucosa having at least one nanoparticle incorporated therein such that the permeability of the segment of small intestinal submucosa is altered, thereby providing the segment of small intestinal submucosa with a more substantially uniform structure for cell migration and proliferation. The tissue graft composition may further comprise at least one macromolecule incorporated into the nanoparticle. The tissue graft composition may be utilized in seeded or unseeded methods of tissue repair. |
| FILED | Monday, August 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/195400 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/02 (20130101) A61F 2/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/38 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/383 (20130101) A61L 27/3629 (20130101) A61L 27/3679 (20130101) A61L 27/3813 (20130101) A61L 27/3826 (20130101) A61L 27/3882 (20130101) A61L 27/3886 (20130101) A61L 2400/12 (20130101) A61L 2430/22 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0685 (20130101) C12N 2502/1347 (20130101) C12N 2531/00 (20130101) C12N 2533/40 (20130101) C12N 2533/92 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stefan M. Pulst (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stefan M. Pulst (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding human SCA2 protein, or fragments thereof, and isolated SCA2 proteins encoded thereby. Further provided are vectors containing invention nucleic acids, probes that hybridize thereto, host cells transformed therewith, antisense oligonucleotides thereto and compositions containing antibodies that specifically bind to invention polypeptides, as well as transgenic non-human mammals that express the invention protein. In addition, methods for diagnosing spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, March 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/714077 |
| 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 | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2217/05 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (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 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 08975020 | Vance et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffery M. Vance (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Stephan Zuchner (Durham, North Carolina); Margaret A. Pericak-Vance (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery M. Vance (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Stephan Zuchner (Durham, North Carolina); Margaret A. Pericak-Vance (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for screening a subject for risk of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A or for diagnosing Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease or a predisposition for developing Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in a subject, by detecting the presence or absence of a mutation in the mitofusin gene in a biological sample collected from the subject. Methods are also described for detecting the presence of a genetic polymorphism associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A in a sample of patient nucleic acid, by amplifying a mitofusin gene sequence in the patient nucleic acid to produce an amplification product; and identifying the presence of a Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A associated polymorphism in the amplification product. |
| FILED | Monday, June 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/532179 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 08975033 | Rosen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antony Rosen (Pikesville, Maryland); Erika Lynn Darrah (Baltimore, Maryland); Felipe Andrade (Timonium, Maryland); Jon Tyler Giles (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one or more embodiments, the present invention provides a novel biomarker which provides a link between a distinct clinical phenotype and a biochemical effect of an autoantibody on an enzyme implicated in disease pathogenesis. In particular, the present invention provides an isolated or purified human autoantibody to PAD3 protein. Methods of diagnosis of subjects for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using these antibodies as well as diagnosis of the severity of RA in the subject, and methods for monitoring treatment of a subject with RA are also provided. The biomarkers provided herein are also useful in the diagnosis of connective tissue-interstitial lung disease (CT-ILD) in patients having or suspected of having RA. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/071996 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/564 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/12 (20130101) G01N 2800/102 (20130101) |
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| US 08975063 | Smolke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | D. Christina Smolke (Pasadena, California); Kristy Hawkins (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Christina Smolke (Pasadena, California); Kristy Hawkins (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to host cells that produce compounds that are characterized as benzylisoquinolines, as well as select precursors and intermediates thereof. The host cells comprise one, two or more heterologous coding sequences wherein each of the heterologous coding sequences encodes an enzyme involved in the metabolic pathway of a benzylisoquinoline, or its precursors or intermediates from a starting compound. The invention also relates to methods of producing the benzylisoquinoline, as well as select precursors and intermediates thereof by culturing the host cells under culture conditions that promote expression of the enzymes that produce the benzylisoquinoline or precursors or intermediates thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/875814 |
| 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 9/0022 (20130101) C12N 9/0059 (20130101) C12N 9/88 (20130101) C12N 9/1007 (20130101) C12N 9/1096 (20130101) C12N 15/81 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 17/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08975065 | Maltezos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Maltezos (Fort Salonga, New York); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Maltezos (Fort Salonga, New York); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices of performing reactions for which presence of light is desirable are provided. Biological or chemical materials such as algae are put in a chamber shaped as a meandering fluid channel. The algae can be combined with biomass such as human or animal waste and then subject to light, such as natural light or light coming from a LED, to produce fuel. Production of fuel can be optimized by controlling the height-to-width ratio of the channels. |
| FILED | Monday, July 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/880836 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0093 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/30 (20130101) C02F 3/327 (20130101) C02F 3/348 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/026 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/02 (20130101) C12M 23/06 (20130101) C12M 23/16 (20130101) C12M 31/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/12 (20130101) C12N 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 3/00 (20130101) C12P 7/649 (20130101) C12P 7/6463 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/13 (20130101) |
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| US 08975068 | Lee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeannie T. Lee (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeannie T. Lee (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods for controlling stem cell differentiation through the introduction of transgenes having Xic, Tsix, Xite, or Xic flanking region sequences to block differentiation and the removal of the transgenes to allow differentiation. Also disclosed are small RNA molecules and methods for using the small RNA molecules to control stem cell differentiation. Also disclosed are stem cells genetically modified by the introduction of Xic, Tsix, XUe, or Xic flanking region sequences. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/523018 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/16 (20130101) C12N 5/0606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/11 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/907 (20130101) C12N 2330/10 (20130101) C12N 2501/40 (20130101) C12N 2501/60 (20130101) C12N 2501/065 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08975073 | Borenstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Chris Bettinger (Boston, Massachusetts); David Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Chris Bettinger (Boston, Massachusetts); David Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device includes, in one embodiment, a first silk film coupled to a second silk film with at least one microchannel therebetween. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/944095 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2300/163 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 2201/058 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 99/0085 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) C12M 23/20 (20130101) C12M 25/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 29/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08975082 | Stowell Laurence et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jennifer Ann Stowell Laurence (Lawrence, Kansas); Anthony Andrew Vartia (Lawrence, Kansas); Mary Elizabeth Krause (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer Ann Stowell Laurence (Lawrence, Kansas); Anthony Andrew Vartia (Lawrence, Kansas); Mary Elizabeth Krause (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions comprising a tripeptide having the sequence XC1C2; wherein X is any amino acid such that XC1C2 is capable of binding a metal in a square planar orientation or square pyramidal orientation or both; and wherein C1 and C2 are the same or different; and wherein C1 and C2 individually are chosen from a cysteine and a cysteine-like nonnatural amino acid, as well as metal-XC1C2 complexes and methods for forming such complexes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/429052 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 5/0819 (20130101) C07K 16/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08975216 | Rank et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Rank (Palo Alto, California); Jonas Korlach (Menlo Park, California); Yue Xu (Fremont, California); Stephen Turner (Menlo Park, California); Jeffrey Wegener (Cupertino, California); Daniel Roitman (Menlo Park, California); John Lyle (Redwood Shores, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pacific BioSciences of California (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Rank (Palo Alto, California); Jonas Korlach (Menlo Park, California); Yue Xu (Fremont, California); Stephen Turner (Menlo Park, California); Jeffrey Wegener (Cupertino, California); Daniel Roitman (Menlo Park, California); John Lyle (Redwood Shores, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of producing substrates having selected active chemical regions by employing elements of the substrates in assisting the localization of active chemical groups in desired regions of the substrate. The methods may include optical, chemical and/or mechanical processes for the deposition, removal, activation and/or deactivation of chemical groups in selected regions of the substrate to provide selective active regions of the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/394352 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/43 |
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| US 08975232 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ralph E. Kleiner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ralph E. Kleiner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides macrocyclic compounds of Formula (I): pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, RE, RF, RG, RH, RI, f, g, h, n, and m are as defined herein. The present invention further provides methods of synthesizing these macrocyclic compounds, and methods of their use and treatment. Certain aspects of the present invention relate to modulation of kinase activity, and in the treatment of kinase-associated diseases or disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/812431 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/12 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 5/1016 (20130101) |
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| US 08975247 | Choong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ingrid C. Choong (Los Altos, California); David Cory (Redwood City, California); Jeffrey S. Glenn (Palo Alto, California); Wenjin Yang (Foster City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junion University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ingrid C. Choong (Los Altos, California); David Cory (Redwood City, California); Jeffrey S. Glenn (Palo Alto, California); Wenjin Yang (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Clemizole and clemizole analog compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions of the same, are useful in 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, and methods of treating liver fibrosis in a host. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/376483 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4965 (20130101) A61K 31/4965 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 235/06 (20130101) C07D 235/08 (20130101) C07D 235/10 (20130101) C07D 235/14 (20130101) C07D 235/16 (20130101) C07D 235/28 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 403/14 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) C07D 409/06 (20130101) C07D 413/06 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 471/08 (20130101) C07D 491/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08975259 | Smrcka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan V Smrcka (Rochester, New York); Burns C. Blaxall (Pittsford, New York); Jean M. Bidlack (Pittsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan V Smrcka (Rochester, New York); Burns C. Blaxall (Pittsford, New York); Jean M. Bidlack (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with G protein βγ subunit activity. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/597509 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/122 (20130101) A61K 31/498 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/564 (20130101) G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 33/9486 (20130101) G01N 2333/726 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2800/32 (20130101) G01N 2800/325 (20130101) |
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| US 08975262 | DeGrado et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William F. DeGrado (Media, Pennsylvania); Haizhong Tang (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Bozena Korczak (Wayne, Pennsylvania); Dahui Liu (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Richard W. Scott (Rador, Pennsylvania); Yongjiang Xu (Wayne, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cellceutix Corporation (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. DeGrado (Media, Pennsylvania); Haizhong Tang (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Bozena Korczak (Wayne, Pennsylvania); Dahui Liu (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Richard W. Scott (Rador, Pennsylvania); Yongjiang Xu (Wayne, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides arylamide compounds and methods of making and using them as antibiotics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/563928 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 403/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08975293 | Engel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Douglas Engel (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Osamu Tanabe (Sendai, Japan); Lihong Shi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Douglas Engel (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Osamu Tanabe (Sendai, Japan); Lihong Shi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure describes methods of screening for compounds that disrupt the interaction between DNMT1 and the gamma-globin promoter or between LSD-1 and the gamma-globin promoter. This disclosure describes methods of screening for compounds that de-repress the gamma-globin gene. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/480036 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/80 (20130101) G01N 33/6854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/91017 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08975372 | Ju et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young Min Ju (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Francis Moussy (Uxbridge, United Kingdom); Thomas J. Koob (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns non-degradable three dimensional porous collagen scaffolds and coatings. These scaffolds can be prepared around sensors for implantation into a body. A specific embodiment of the invention concerns implantable glucose sensors. Sensors comprising a collagen scaffold of the invention have improved biocompatibility by minimizing tissue reactions while stimulating angiogenesis. The subject invention also concerns methods for preparing collagen scaffolds of the invention. The subject invention also concerns sensors that have a collagen scaffold of the invention around the exterior of the sensor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/869460 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1486 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/24 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/044 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/06 (20130101) C08L 89/06 (20130101) |
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| US 08976925 | Ning et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ruola Ning (Fairport, New York); Dong Yang (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruola Ning (Fairport, New York); Dong Yang (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A cone-beam scanning system scans along a half circle. The reconstruction uses a weighting function which decreases for rows farther from the scan plane to take the redundancy of the projection data into account. Another embodiment uses a circle plus sparse helical scan geometry. Image data can be taken in real time. |
| FILED | Friday, November 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/618357 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/027 (20130101) A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/0435 (20130101) A61B 6/502 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 378/901 (20130101) |
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| US 08977019 | Chan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Heang-Ping Chan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Berkman Sahiner (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lubomir M. Hadjiiski (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jun Wei (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark A. Helvie (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heang-Ping Chan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Berkman Sahiner (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lubomir M. Hadjiiski (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jun Wei (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark A. Helvie (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-aided detection system to detect clustered microcalcifications in digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is disclosed. The system performs detection in 2D images and a reconstructed 3D volume. The system may include an initial prescreening of potential microcalcifications by using one or more 3D calcification response function (CRF) values modulated by an enhancement method to identify high response locations in the DBT volume as potential signals. Microcalcifications may be enhanced using a Multi-Channel Enhancement method. Locations detected using these methods can be identified and the potential microcalcifications may be extracted. The system may include object segmentation that uses region growing guided by the enhancement-modulated CRF values, gray level voxel values relative to a local background level, or the original DBT voxel values. False positives may be reduced by descriptors of characteristics of microcalcifications. Detected locations of clusters and a cluster significance rating of each cluster may be output and displayed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/514804 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/025 (20130101) A61B 6/502 (20130101) A61B 6/5211 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10112 (20130101) G06T 2207/30068 (20130101) |
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| US 08977023 | Buckland |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and computer program products for managing frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) image resolution. A spectrum used to acquire an image of a subject is calibrated and default dispersion correction parameters are set. Default dispersion management parameters associated with a region of the image of the subject are also set. The image of the subject is acquires after setting the default dispersion correction parameters and the default dispersion management parameters. A quality of the acquired image is compared to a quality metric for the acquired image. The dispersion correction parameters are adjusted if the quality of the acquired image does not meet or exceed the quality metric for the acquired image. The acquired image is reprocesses based on the adjusted dispersion correction parameters. The steps of comparing, adjusting and reprocessing are repeated until the acquired image meets or exceeds the quality metric for the acquired image. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/162001 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/102 (20130101) A61B 3/117 (20130101) A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/7207 (20130101) A61B 5/7257 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 3/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/003 (20130101) |
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| US 08977331 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evgenia Mikhailovna Kim (Ballston Lake, New York); Siavash Yazdanfar (Niskayuna, New York); Cristina Abucay Tan Hehir (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for imaging are presented. The method includes producing excitation light configured to induce fluorescence in an imaging agent that selectively binds to a target species in a region of interest (ROI) of a subject that also includes a background species. A first and a second spectral region are selected such that a determined difference between fluorescence corresponding to the target and the background species in the first spectral region differs from a corresponding difference in the second spectral region. First and second fluorescence images are generated from the fluorescence corresponding to the first and second spectral regions. Additionally, a fluorescence ratio for the background species in the first and second fluorescence image is determined. The first fluorescence image is then multiplied or divided with the determined ratio to generate an intermediate image that is subtracted from the second fluorescent image to reconstruct a background-subtracted image. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/713745 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/00009 (20130101) A61B 1/043 (20130101) A61B 1/0638 (20130101) A61B 5/0071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4893 (20130101) A61B 5/6847 (20130101) A61B 17/00 (20130101) A61B 2505/05 (20130101) A61B 2576/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08977340 | Golnabi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amir H. Golnabi (Hanover, New Hampshire); Keith D. Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire); Paul M. Meaney (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dartmounth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir H. Golnabi (Hanover, New Hampshire); Keith D. Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire); Paul M. Meaney (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting permittivity and conductivity boundaries within a high resolution spatial image of a material is presented. Electrical properties of a material, such as permittivity and conductivity, may assist in identification of physical properties of the material. Structural boundaries within tissue may be identified in spatial images, such as MR images. Image reconstruction algorithms may combine these structural boundaries with microwave images of the tissue to determine the permittivity and conductivity parameters within the structural boundaries. In the case of soft tissue, the microwave images may be captured simultaneously with the spatial images. The microwave images may be taken at a different time from the spatial image for rigid tissue. The method may be employed for two dimensional or three dimensional image reconstruction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/577788 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/0059 (20130101) A61B 5/0507 (20130101) A61B 5/4312 (20130101) A61B 6/032 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 2207/10081 (20130101) G06T 2207/10088 (20130101) G06T 2207/30068 (20130101) |
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| US 08974179 | Flanagan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Scott Flanagan (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Jeffrey Scott LeBegue (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Kevin Weston McMahan (Greer, South Carolina); Daniel Jackson Dillard (Greenville, South Carolina); Ronnie Ray Pentecost (Travelers Rest, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Scott Flanagan (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Jeffrey Scott LeBegue (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Kevin Weston McMahan (Greer, South Carolina); Daniel Jackson Dillard (Greenville, South Carolina); Ronnie Ray Pentecost (Travelers Rest, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the turbine system includes a transition duct. The transition duct includes an inlet, an outlet, and a passage extending between the inlet and the outlet and defining a longitudinal axis, a radial axis, and a tangential axis. The outlet of the transition duct is offset from the inlet along the longitudinal axis and the tangential axis. The transition duct further includes an interface member for interfacing with a turbine section. The turbine system further includes a convolution seal contacting the interface member to provide a seal between the interface member and the turbine section. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/292351 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 11/003 (20130101) Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/0887 (20130101) |
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| US 08974578 | Kanatzidis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Alexandros Katsoulidis (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous polymeric networks and composite materials comprising metal nanoparticles distributed in the polymeric networks are provided. Also provided are methods for using the polymeric networks and the composite materials in liquid- and vapor-phase waste remediation applications. The porous polymeric networks, are highly porous, three-dimensional structures characterized by high surface areas. The polymeric networks comprise polymers polymerized from aldehydes and phenolic molecules. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/888705 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/08 (20130101) B01D 15/362 (20130101) B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/04 (20130101) B01D 2253/25 (20130101) B01D 2253/202 (20130101) B01D 2253/304 (20130101) B01D 2253/306 (20130101) B01D 2253/1122 (20130101) B01D 2257/60 (20130101) B01D 2257/202 (20130101) B01D 2257/602 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/262 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/267 (20130101) B01J 20/28057 (20130101) B01J 20/28085 (20130101) B01J 39/185 (20130101) B01J 41/125 (20130101) |
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| US 08974719 | Seals et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roland D. Seals (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Paul A. Menchhofer (Clinton, Tennessee); Jane Y. Howe (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Wei Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roland D. Seals (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Paul A. Menchhofer (Clinton, Tennessee); Jane Y. Howe (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Wei Wang (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming nano-structure composite materials that have a binder material and a nanostructure fiber material is described. A precursor material may be formed using a mixture of at least one metal powder and anchored nanostructure materials. The metal powder mixture may be (a) Ni powder and (b) NiAl powder. The anchored nanostructure materials may comprise (i) NiAl powder as a support material and (ii) carbon nanotubes attached to nanoparticles adjacent to a surface of the support material. The process of forming nano-structure composite materials typically involves sintering the mixture under vacuum in a die. When Ni and NiAl are used in the metal powder mixture Ni3Al may form as the binder material after sintering. The mixture is sintered until it consolidates to form the nano-structure composite material. |
| FILED | Friday, February 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/704564 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 23/745 (20130101) B01J 35/006 (20130101) B01J 35/0013 (20130101) B01J 37/18 (20130101) B01J 37/033 (20130101) B01J 37/0207 (20130101) B01J 37/0217 (20130101) B01J 37/0221 (20130101) Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/025 (20130101) Alloys C22C 29/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/843 (20130101) |
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| US 08974855 | Payne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Alan Payne (Champaign, Illinois); Brent Allen Clothier (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Alan Payne (Champaign, Illinois); Brent Allen Clothier (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are a variety of ceramics having the formula Ln.sub.1−xM.sub.xMnO.sub.3, where 0.Itoreq.x.Itoreq.1 and where Ln is La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu or Y; M is Ca, Sr, Ba, Cd, or Pb; manganite precursors for preparing the ceramics; a method for preparing the precursors; and a method for transforming the precursors into uniform, defect-free ceramics having magnetoresistance properties. The manganite precursors contain a sol and are derived from the metal alkoxides: Ln(OR).sub.3, M(OR).sub.2 and Mn(OR).sub.2, where R is C.sub.2 to C.sub.6 alkyl or C.sub.3 to C.sub.9 alkoxyalkyl, or C.sub.6 to C.sub.9 aryl. The preferred ceramics are films prepared by a spin coating method and are particularly suited for incorporation into a device such as an integrated circuit device. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/198676 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 45/1264 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/34 (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 35/016 (20130101) C04B 35/624 (20130101) C04B 35/6264 (20130101) C04B 2235/441 (20130101) C04B 2235/768 (20130101) C04B 2235/3208 (20130101) C04B 2235/3213 (20130101) C04B 2235/3215 (20130101) C04B 2235/3224 (20130101) C04B 2235/3225 (20130101) C04B 2235/3227 (20130101) C04B 2235/3229 (20130101) C04B 2235/3284 (20130101) C04B 2235/3296 (20130101) C04B 2235/6562 (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 18/1208 (20130101) C23C 18/1254 (20130101) C23C 18/1275 (20130101) C23C 18/1283 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 43/12 (20130101) |
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| US 08974856 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beihai Ma (Naperville, Illinois); Manoj Narayanan (Woodridge, Illinois); Stephen E. Dorris (LaGrange Park, Illinois); Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beihai Ma (Naperville, Illinois); Manoj Narayanan (Woodridge, Illinois); Stephen E. Dorris (LaGrange Park, Illinois); Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for fabricating a ceramic film on a copper foil. The method comprises applying a layer of a sol-gel composition onto a copper foil. The sol-gel composition comprises a precursor of a ceramic material suspended in 2-methoxyethanol. The layer of sol-gel is then dried at a temperature up to about 250° C. The dried layer is then pyrolyzed at a temperature in the range of about 300 to about 450° C. to form a ceramic film from the ceramic precursor. The ceramic film is then crystallized at a temperature in the range of about 600 to about 750° C. The drying, pyrolyzing and crystallizing are performed under a flowing stream of an inert gas. In some embodiments an additional layer of the sol-gel composition is applied onto the ceramic film and the drying, pyrolyzing and crystallizing steps are repeated for the additional layer to build up a thicker ceramic layer on the copper foil. The process can be repeated one or more times if desired. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/786940 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/491 (20130101) C04B 35/624 (20130101) C04B 2235/441 (20130101) C04B 2235/443 (20130101) C04B 2235/449 (20130101) C04B 2235/768 (20130101) C04B 2235/3227 (20130101) C04B 2235/3232 (20130101) C04B 2235/3244 (20130101) C04B 2235/3296 (20130101) C04B 2235/6562 (20130101) C04B 2235/6565 (20130101) C04B 2235/6584 (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 18/1208 (20130101) C23C 18/1225 (20130101) C23C 18/1241 (20130101) C23C 18/1254 (20130101) C23C 18/1283 (20130101) C23C 26/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 4/1218 (20130101) H01G 4/1245 (20130101) |
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| US 08974959 | Thackeray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); Lynn Trahey (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); John T. Vaughey (Elmhurst, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); Lynn Trahey (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); John T. Vaughey (Elmhurst, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-component intermetallic negative electrodes prepared by electrochemical deposition for non-aqueous lithium cells and batteries are disclosed. More specifically, the invention relates to composite intermetallic electrodes comprising two or more compounds containing metallic or metaloid elements, at least one element of which can react with lithium to form binary, ternary, quaternary or higher order compounds, these compounds being in combination with one or more other metals that are essentially inactive toward lithium and act predominantly, but not necessarily exclusively, to the electronic conductivity of, and as current collection agent for, the electrode. The invention relates more specifically to negative electrode materials that provide an operating potential between 0.05 and 2.0 V vs. metallic lithium. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/460277 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/74 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/382 (20130101) H01M 4/0438 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0565 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) H01M 2010/4292 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
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| US 08974981 | Goettler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Goettler (Medina, Ohio); Zhien Liu (Canton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LG Fuel Cell Systems Inc. (North Canton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Goettler (Medina, Ohio); Zhien Liu (Canton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a fuel cell system having a plurality of adjacent electrochemical cells formed of an anode layer, a cathode layer spaced apart from the anode layer, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the anode layer and the cathode layer. The fuel cell system also includes at least one interconnect, the interconnect being structured to conduct free electrons between adjacent electrochemical cells. Each interconnect includes a primary conductor embedded within the electrolyte layer and structured to conduct the free electrons. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/161402 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/24 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) Y02E 60/521 (20130101) |
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| US 08975059 | Lopez de Leon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfredo Lopez de Leon (Davis, California); Michael Rey (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase 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 | Friday, June 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/912915 |
| 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 9/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/2437 (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) Enzymes C12Y 302/01004 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) |
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| US 08975062 | Spodsberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and 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 | Tuesday, February 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/765145 |
| 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 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08975205 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wilson Smith (Plymouth, Massachusetts); Yiping Zhao (Statham, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wilson Smith (Plymouth, Massachusetts); Yiping Zhao (Statham, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure include structures, photocatalytic structures, and photoelectrochemical structures, methods of making these structures, methods of making photocatalysis, methods of splitting H2O, methods of splitting CO2, and the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/128526 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/30 (20130101) B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 35/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/06 (20130101) B01J 37/0238 (20130101) B01J 37/0244 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/04 (20130101) C01B 3/042 (20130101) C01B 13/0207 (20130101) C01B 13/0214 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/003 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/364 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/762 (20130101) Y10S 977/764 (20130101) |
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| US 08975318 | Tietze et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger Tietze (The Woodlands, Texas); Yen-Loan Nguyen (Spring, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas LLC (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Tietze (The Woodlands, Texas); Yen-Loan Nguyen (Spring, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a halogen-free curable composition including a benzoxazine monomer, at least one epoxy resin, a catalyst, a toughening agent and a solvent. The halogen-free curable composition is especially suited for use in automobile and aerospace applications since the composition, upon curing, produces a composite having a high glass transition temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/918433 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/06 (20130101) C08G 59/24 (20130101) C08G 59/621 (20130101) C08G 59/683 (20130101) C08G 59/4014 (20130101) C08G 59/5046 (20130101) C08G 73/0233 (20130101) C08G 2650/36 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 5/357 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08K 5/357 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 21/00 (20130101) C08L 63/00 (20130101) C08L 63/00 (20130101) C08L 63/00 (20130101) C08L 75/08 (20130101) |
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| US 08975379 | Mor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gil G. Mor (Cheshire, Connecticut); David C. Ward (Las Vegas, Nevada); Patricia Bray-Ward (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gil G. Mor (Cheshire, Connecticut); David C. Ward (Las Vegas, Nevada); Patricia Bray-Ward (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | The claimed invention describes methods to diagnose or aid in the diagnosis of cancer. The claimed methods are based on the identification of biomarkers which are particularly well suited to discriminate between cancer subjects and healthy subjects. These biomarkers were identified using a unique and novel screening method described herein. The biomarkers identified herein can also be used in the prognosis and monitoring of cancer. The invention comprises the use of leptin, prolactin, OPN and IGF-II for diagnosing, prognosis and monitoring of ovarian cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/644677 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 33/57419 (20130101) G01N 33/57449 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 08975387 | Venditti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard A. Venditti (Raleigh, North Carolina); Joel J. Pawlak (Raleigh, North Carolina); Abdus Salam (Raleigh, North Carolina); Khaled Fathy El-Tahlawy (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Venditti (Raleigh, North Carolina); Joel J. Pawlak (Raleigh, North Carolina); Abdus Salam (Raleigh, North Carolina); Khaled Fathy El-Tahlawy (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of matter are provided that include chitosan and a modified carbohydrate. The modified carbohydrate includes a carbohydrate component and a cross linking agent. The modified carbohydrate has increased carboxyl content as compared to an unmodified counterpart carbohydrate. A carboxyl group of the modified carbohydrate is covalently bonded with an amino group of chitosan. The compositions of matter provided herein may include cross linked starch citrate-chitosan and cross linked hemicellulose citrate-chitosan, including foams thereof. These compositions yield excellent absorbency and metal chelation properties. Methods of making cross linked modified carbohydrate-chitosan compounds are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/052463 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/20 |
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| US 08975429 | Elangovan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arumugasamy Elangovan (Fargo, North Dakota); Kenneth Anderson (Fargo, North Dakota); Philip R. Boudjouk (Fargo, North Dakota); Douglas L. Schulz (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU Research Foundation (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arumugasamy Elangovan (Fargo, North Dakota); Kenneth Anderson (Fargo, North Dakota); Philip R. Boudjouk (Fargo, North Dakota); Douglas L. Schulz (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing a cyclohexasilane compound from trichlorosilane is provided. The method includes contacting trichlorosilane with a reagent composition to produce a compound containing a tetradecahalocyclohexasilane dianion, such as a tetradecachlorocyclohexasilane dianion. The reagent composition typically includes (a) tertiary polyamine ligand; and (b) a deprotonating reagent, such as a tertiary amine having a pKa of at least about 10.5. Methods of converting the tetradecahalocyclohexasilane dianion-containing compound to cyclohexasilane or a dodecaorganocyclohexasilane are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/522289 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 33/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08975464 | Jamal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aqil Jamal (Richmond, Texas); Raghubir P. Gupta (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aqil Jamal (Richmond, Texas); Raghubir P. Gupta (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of increasing the efficiency of exothermic CO2 capture processes. The method relates to withdrawing heat generated during the exothermic capture of CO2 with various sorbents via heat exchange with a working fluid. The working fluid is provided at a temperature and pressure such that it is in the liquid state, and has a vaporization temperature in a range such that the heat arising from the reaction of the CO2 and the sorbent causes a phase change from liquid to vapor state in whole or in part and transfers heat from to the working fluid. The resulting heated working fluid may subsequently be used to generate power. |
| FILED | Friday, December 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/993903 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/04 (20130101) B01D 53/62 (20130101) B01D 2251/304 (20130101) B01D 2251/606 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2258/0283 (20130101) B01D 2259/40088 (20130101) Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 25/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/04 (20130101) Y02C 10/08 (20130101) |
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| US 08975489 | Craven |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kelly Craven (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelly Craven (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated fungal endophytes and synthetic combinations thereof with host grass plants. Methods for inoculating grass plant with the endophytes, for propagating the grass-endophyte combinations, and for producing feeds and biofuels from grass-endophyte combinations are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/306841 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 63/04 (20130101) Fodder A23K 1/006 (20130101) A23K 1/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/02 (20130101) C10L 1/023 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/10 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12C - C12Q, Relating to Microorganisms C12R 1/645 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) Y02E 50/30 (20130101) |
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| US 08976440 | Berland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ITN Energy Systems, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITN Energy Systems, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Spencer Berland (Morrison, Colorado); Bruce Roy Lanning (Littleton, Colorado); Michael Wayne Stowell, Jr. (Loveland, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure describes system and methods for creating an autonomous electrochromic assembly, and systems and methods for use of the autonomous electrochromic assembly in combination with a window. Embodiments described herein include an electrochromic assembly that has an electrochromic device, an energy storage device, an energy collection device, and an electrochromic controller device. These devices may be combined into a unitary electrochromic insert assembly. The electrochromic assembly may have the capability of generating power sufficient to operate and control an electrochromic device. This control may occur through the application of a voltage to an electrochromic device to change its opacity state. The electrochromic assembly may be used in combination with a window. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/758387 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/163 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/1533 (20130101) G02F 2001/13324 (20130101) |
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| US 08976933 | Lopez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Lopez (Chicago, Illinois); Gopal Shenoy (Naperville, Illinois); Jin Wang (Burr Ridge, Illinois); Donald A. Walko (Woodridge, Illinois); Il-Woong Jung (Woodridge, Illinois); Deepkishore Mukhopadhyay (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Lopez (Chicago, Illinois); Gopal Shenoy (Naperville, Illinois); Jin Wang (Burr Ridge, Illinois); Donald A. Walko (Woodridge, Illinois); Il-Woong Jung (Woodridge, Illinois); Deepkishore Mukhopadhyay (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are provided for spatially modulating X-rays or X-ray pulses using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based X-ray optics. A torsionally-oscillating MEMS micromirror and a method of leveraging the grazing-angle reflection property are provided to modulate X-ray pulses with a high-degree of controllability. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246008 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21K 1/067 (20130101) |
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| US 08977418 | Bissontz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jay E. Bissontz (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC (Lisle, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay E. Bissontz (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A control interface for drivetrain braking provided by a regenerative brake and a non-regenerative brake is implemented using a combination of switches and graphic interface elements. The control interface comprises a control system for allocating drivetrain braking effort between the regenerative brake and the non-regenerative brake, a first operator actuated control for enabling operation of the drivetrain braking, and a second operator actuated control for selecting a target braking effort for drivetrain braking. A graphic display displays to an operator the selected target braking effort and can be used to further display actual braking effort achieved by drivetrain braking. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/978766 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Arrangement or Mounting of Propulsion Units or of Transmissions in Vehicles; Arrangement or Mounting of Plural Diverse Prime-movers in Vehicles; Auxiliary Drives for Vehicles; Instrumentation or Dashboards for Vehicles; Arrangements in Connection With Cooling, Air Intake, Gas Exhaust or Fuel Supply of Propulsion Units in Vehicles B60K 6/48 (20130101) Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 7/18 (20130101) Vehicle Brake Control Systems or Parts Thereof; Brake Control Systems or Parts Thereof, in General; Arrangement of Braking Elements on Vehicles in General; Portable Devices for Preventing Unwanted Movement of Vehicles; Vehicle Modifications to Facilitate Cooling of Brakes B60T 1/10 (20130101) B60T 7/042 (20130101) B60T 2270/604 (20130101) Conjoint Control of Vehicle Sub-units of Different Type or Different Function; Control Systems Specially Adapted for Hybrid Vehicles; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems for Purposes Not Related to the Control of a Particular Sub-unit B60W 10/06 (20130101) B60W 10/08 (20130101) B60W 10/196 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60W 30/18127 (20130101) B60W 50/14 (20130101) B60W 50/082 (20130101) B60W 2050/0066 (20130101) B60W 2050/146 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 13/04 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/6221 (20130101) Y02T 10/6286 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 903/947 (20130101) |
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| US 08977669 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dong Chen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Noel A. Eisley (Wappingers Falls, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Yorktown Heights, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Boeblingen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Chen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Noel A. Eisley (Wappingers Falls, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Yorktown Heights, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Boeblingen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | To add floating point numbers in a parallel computing system, a collective logic device receives the floating point numbers from computing nodes. The collective logic devices converts the floating point numbers to integer numbers. The collective logic device adds the integer numbers and generating a summation of the integer numbers. The collective logic device converts the summation to a floating point number. The collective logic device performs the receiving, the converting the floating point numbers, the adding, the generating and the converting the summation in one pass. One pass indicates that the computing nodes send inputs only once to the collective logic device and receive outputs only once from the collective logic device. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/684776 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/3885 (20130101) G06F 9/30014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christian Behrenbruch (Brunswick, Australia); William Kaiser (Los Angeles, California); Majid Sarrafzadeh (Anaheim Hills, California); Maxim Batalin (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian Behrenbruch (Brunswick, Australia); William Kaiser (Los Angeles, California); Majid Sarrafzadeh (Anaheim Hills, California); Maxim Batalin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to receive sensor data measurements associated with usage of a mobility aid device and extract sensor feature parameters from the sensor data measurements. The computer readable storage medium further includes executable instructions to derive a usage state corresponding to the usage of the mobility aid device, based on the sensor feature parameters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/920819 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Walking Sticks; Umbrellas; Ladies\' or Like Fans A45B 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/3481 (20130101) |
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| US 08974873 | Swager |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions, devices and methods related to the alignment of materials including polymers. In some cases, the present invention comprises the assembly of molecules (e.g., polymers) via intermolecular interactions to produce extended networks, which may have enhanced properties relative to the individual molecules. Such networks may be advantageous for use in electronics, photovoltaics, sensor applications, and the like. In some embodiments, the present invention may enhance the performance of certain optical devices, such as liquid crystal displays (e.g., color liquid crystal displays) by providing enhanced contrast ratio, faster response times, and/or lower operating voltage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/312256 |
| ART UNIT | 1782 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 19/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09K 19/32 (20130101) C09K 19/56 (20130101) C09K 19/3003 (20130101) C09K 19/3483 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/1334 (20130101) G02F 2001/13345 (20130101) |
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| US 08975014 | Braslau |
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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) | Rebecca Braslau (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention herein disclosed provides for compositions, methods for synthesizing said compositions, and methods for using said compositions, wherein the compositions and methods may be used to bind to and/or deactivate a poison oak oil, such as urushiol. The compositions and methods can be used to treat and/or reduce an inflammatory reaction and/or hypersensitivity to natural compounds found in poison oak, poison ivy, poison sumac, mango, lac tree, and cashew nut. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/270985 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 49/0006 (20130101) A61K 49/0019 (20130101) A61K 49/0021 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/52 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 435/81 (20130101) |
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| US 08975269 | McQuade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Tyler McQuade (Tallahassee, Florida); Jin Kyoon Park (Tallahassee, Florida); Matthew D. Rexford (Tallahassee, Florida); Hershel H. Lackey (Hickory, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a catalyst complex or ligand, and compositions thereof, for use in a variety of organic reactions having high reactivity and enantioselectivity. The catalyst is a N-heterocyclic carbene having three fused rings with first and second rings being six-membered rings and the third being a five-membered ring. The first ring is fused to the second and has four substituents. The second ring has two nitrogens flanking a carbene atom with one nitrogen bound to a substituent. The carbene atom may optionally be bonded to a metal. The third ring is fused to the second ring and contains two nitrogens. The third ring of the catalyst has a double bond and two substituents on adjacent non-fused carbons. A non-fused nitrogen of the third ring is partially bonded to another substituent. Methods for the synthesis and use of the catalyst embodiments of the present invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/445121 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2273 (20130101) B01J 2531/16 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08975326 | Zhai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lei Zhai (Oviedo, Florida); Jianhua Zou (Orlando, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Lei Zhai (Oviedo, Florida); Jianhua Zou (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An aerogel includes a plurality of supramolecular structures bound to one another. Each supramolecular structure includes a carbon nanotube (CNT) or graphene type structure having an outer surface, and a plurality of polymers or aromatic molecules secured to the outer surface of the CNT or graphene type structure. The plurality of polymers or aromatic molecules have at least one crosslinkable structure. The supramolecular structures are crosslinked together by chemical bonding between the crosslinkable structures. The polymers can be block copolymers including at least one conjugated polymer block and at least one block of a crosslinkable non-conjugated polymer that provides the cross linkable structure, where the conjugated polymer block is non-covalently bonded to the outer surface of the CNT or graphene type structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/048040 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/0091 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 230/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 2438/03 (20130101) |
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| US 08975428 | Davies et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Huw M. L. Davies (Duluth, Georgia); Jørn H. Hansen (Atlanta, Georgia); Changming Qin (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huw M. L. Davies (Duluth, Georgia); Jørn H. Hansen (Atlanta, Georgia); Changming Qin (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to compositions comprising dirhodium catalysts and uses related thereto, e.g., in enantioselective transformations of donor/acceptor carbenoids. In certain embodiments, the dirhodium catalyst comprises a cyclopropyl ring substituted with a carboxylic acid ligand. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to compositions comprising a compound of the following formula, or salts thereof wherein, R1, R2, and R3 are defined herein. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/123389 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2239 (20130101) B01J 2231/325 (20130101) B01J 2531/0219 (20130101) B01J 2531/822 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/008 (20130101) C07F 15/0073 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08976359 | Guo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Junpeng Guo (Madison, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junpeng Guo (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure pertains to metal or dielectric nanostructures of the subwavelength scale within the grating lines of optical diffraction gratings. The nanostructures have surface plasmon resonances or non-plasmon optical resonances. A linear photodetector array is used to capture the resonance spectra from one of the diffraction orders. The combined nanostructure super-grating and photodetector array eliminates the use of external optical spectrometers for measuring surface plasmon or optical resonance frequency shift caused by the presence of chemical and biological agents. The nanostructure super-gratings can be used for building integrated surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectrometers. The nanostructures within the diffraction grating lines enhance Raman scattering signal light while the diffraction grating pattern of the nanostructures diffracts Raman scattering light to different directions of propagation according to their wavelengths. Therefore, the nanostructure super-gratings allows for the use of a photodetector array to capture the surface enhanced Raman scattering spectra. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/716122 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08976447 | Kaertner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Franz X. Kaertner (Newtown, Massachusetts); Li-Jin Chen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Guoqing Chang (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Franz X. Kaertner (Newtown, Massachusetts); Li-Jin Chen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Guoqing Chang (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A substantially dispersion-free optical filter cavity includes a first multilayer mirror and a second multilayer mirror, wherein each mirror includes layers of a less-refractive material and layers of a more-refractive material, the more-refractive material having a higher index of refraction than the less-refractive material. The mirrors are separated by a spacing, and the thickness of a plurality of the layers in the second multilayer mirror differ from corresponding layers in the first multilayer mirror to provide the cavity with complementary group-delay dispersion across the cavity with a phase difference within, e.g., ±0.015 rad across a range of wavelengths spanning at least, e.g., 50 nm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/100068 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/0825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 17/004 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/0078 (20130101) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08973368 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhongtao Dai (Manchester, Connecticut); Jeffrey M. Cohen (Hebron, Connecticut); Catalin G. Fotache (West Hartford, Connecticut); Lance L. Smith (West Hartford, Connecticut); Donald J. Hautman (Marlborough, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhongtao Dai (Manchester, Connecticut); Jeffrey M. Cohen (Hebron, Connecticut); Catalin G. Fotache (West Hartford, Connecticut); Lance L. Smith (West Hartford, Connecticut); Donald J. Hautman (Marlborough, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A mixer assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided, including a main mixer with fuel injection holes located between at least one radial swirler and at least one axial swirler, wherein the fuel injected into the main mixer is atomized and dispersed by the air flowing through the radial swirler and the axial swirler. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/014388 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air F23C 7/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/14 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) |
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| US 08974903 | Meador et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ohio Aerospace Institute (Brook Park, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio Aerospace Institute (Brook Park, Ohio); The United States of America, represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary Ann B. Meador (Strongsville, Ohio); Baochau N. Nguyen (North Royalton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous cross-linked polyimide-urea networks are provided. The networks comprise a subunit comprising two anhydride end-capped polyamic acid oligomers in direct connection via a urea linkage. The oligomers (a) each comprise a repeating unit of a dianhydride and a diamine and a terminal anhydride group and (b) are formulated with 2 to 15 of the repeating units. The subunit was formed by reaction of the diamine and a diisocyanate to form a diamine-urea linkage-diamine group, followed by reaction of the diamine-urea linkage-diamine group with the dianhydride and the diamine to form the subunit. The subunit has been cross-linked via a cross-linking agent, comprising three or more amine groups, at a balanced stoichiometry of the amine groups to the terminal anhydride groups. The subunit has been chemically imidized to yield the porous cross-linked polyimide-urea network. Also provided are wet gels, aerogels, and thin films comprising the networks, and methods of making the networks. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/804546 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/6438 (20130101) C08G 73/1035 (20130101) C08G 73/1046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/00 (20130101) C08J 9/28 (20130101) C08J 2201/026 (20130101) C08J 2201/0542 (20130101) C08J 2203/06 (20130101) C08J 2203/08 (20130101) C08J 2205/026 (20130101) C08J 2379/02 (20130101) |
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| US 08975922 | Stoica et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adrian Stoica (Altadena, California); Radu Andrei (Shelby Township, Michigan); David Zhu (North Hills, California); Mohammad Mehdi Mojarradi (La Canada, California); Tuan A. Vo (Hawthorne, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adrian Stoica (Altadena, California); Radu Andrei (Shelby Township, Michigan); David Zhu (North Hills, California); Mohammad Mehdi Mojarradi (La Canada, California); Tuan A. Vo (Hawthorne, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electronic logic gates that operate using N logic state levels, where N is greater than 2, and methods of operating such gates. The electronic logic gates operate according to truth tables. At least two input signals each having a logic state that can range over more than two logic states are provided to the logic gates. The logic gates each provide an output signal that can have one of N logic states. Examples of gates described include NAND/NAND gates having two inputs A and B and NAND/NAND gates having three inputs A, B, and C, where A, B and C can take any of four logic states. Systems using such gates are described, and their operation illustrated. Optical logic gates that operate using N logic state levels are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/235188 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 7/49 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 08976269 | Duong |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tuan A. Duong (Glendora, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A CMOS imager integrated circuit using compressive sensing and bio-inspired detection is presented which integrates novel functions and algorithms within a novel hardware architecture enabling efficient on-chip implementation. |
| FILED | Monday, June 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/925583 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — 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 9/20 (20130101) G06K 9/00986 (20130101) G06K 9/3241 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/4619 (20130101) |
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| US 08976351 | Bivolaru et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia); 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 NASA (Washington, District of Columbia); The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia); Daniel Bivolaru (Hampton, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Bivolaru (Hampton, Virginia); Andrew D. Cutler (Yorktown, Virginia); Paul M. Danehy (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system that simultaneously measures the translational temperature, bulk velocity, and density in gases by collecting, referencing, and analyzing nanosecond time-scale Rayleigh scattered light from molecules is described. A narrow-band pulsed laser source is used to probe two largely separated measurement locations, one of which is used for reference. The elastically scattered photons containing information from both measurement locations are collected at the same time and analyzed spectrally using a planar Fabry-Perot interferometer. A practical means of referencing the measurement of velocity using the laser frequency, and the density and temperature using the information from the reference measurement location maintained at constant properties is provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/671270 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/4412 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/53 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/72 (20130101) |
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| US 08976359 | Guo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Junpeng Guo (Madison, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junpeng Guo (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure pertains to metal or dielectric nanostructures of the subwavelength scale within the grating lines of optical diffraction gratings. The nanostructures have surface plasmon resonances or non-plasmon optical resonances. A linear photodetector array is used to capture the resonance spectra from one of the diffraction orders. The combined nanostructure super-grating and photodetector array eliminates the use of external optical spectrometers for measuring surface plasmon or optical resonance frequency shift caused by the presence of chemical and biological agents. The nanostructure super-gratings can be used for building integrated surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectrometers. The nanostructures within the diffraction grating lines enhance Raman scattering signal light while the diffraction grating pattern of the nanostructures diffracts Raman scattering light to different directions of propagation according to their wavelengths. Therefore, the nanostructure super-gratings allows for the use of a photodetector array to capture the surface enhanced Raman scattering spectra. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/716122 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08977482 | Ballin 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) | Mark G. Ballin (Hampton, Virginia); David J. Wing (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for generating flight-optimizing trajectories for a first aircraft includes a receiver capable of receiving second trajectory information associated with at least one second aircraft. The apparatus also includes a traffic aware planner (TAP) module operably connected to the receiver to receive the second trajectory information. The apparatus also includes at least one internal input device on board the first aircraft to receive first trajectory information associated with the first aircraft and a TAP application capable of calculating an optimal trajectory for the first aircraft based at least on the first trajectory information and the second trajectory information. The optimal trajectory at least avoids conflicts between the first trajectory information and the second trajectory information. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/630459 |
| ART UNIT | 3668 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Traffic Control Systems G08G 5/0034 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08G 5/0078 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08973492 | Geveke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Geveke (Brookhaven, Pennsylvania); Andrew B. W. Bigley, Jr. (Levittown, Pennsylvania); Christopher D. Brunkhorst (Oxford, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Radio frequency (RF) energy is used to quickly heat the yolk portion of a shell egg. An anode and corresponding cathode are applied to each individual egg. As the egg is selectively and systematically rotated, RF energy and a stream of cooling fluid (preferably water) are simultaneously applied to the egg. This initiates pasteurization of the egg yolk while maintaining a low temperature in the heat-sensitive albumen (egg white) thus preventing denaturation of the albumen. Immediately after the RF yolk heating process, the egg is placed in a hot water bath designed to rapidly pasteurize the albumen as well as to minimize heat loss from the yolk and pasteurize any portion of the yolk that is not already pasteurized through the RF yolk heating process. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/796115 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Preserving, e.g by Canning, Meat, Fish, Eggs, Fruit, Vegetables, Edible Seeds; Chemical Ripening of Fruit or Vegetables; the Preserved, Ripened, or Canned Products A23B 5/0052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08975425 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis Thompson (Anaheim, California); Jakob Bredsguard (Lake Forest, California); Jeremy Forest (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are processes for preparing estolides and estolide base oils from fatty acid reactants utilizing catalysts. Further provided herein are processes for preparing carboxylic esters from at least one carboxylic acid reactant and at least one olefin. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/095750 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 57/02 (20130101) C07C 67/48 (20130101) C07C 67/54 (20130101) C07C 67/465 (20130101) C07C 69/34 (20130101) C07C 69/604 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 69/675 (20130101) Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 105/36 (20130101) C10M 107/32 (20130101) C10M 2207/2825 (20130101) C10M 2209/1023 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10M Relating to Lubricating Compositions C10N 2220/10 (20130101) C10N 2220/022 (20130101) C10N 2220/023 (20130101) C10N 2220/027 (20130101) C10N 2220/028 (20130101) C10N 2230/02 (20130101) C10N 2230/64 (20130101) Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils or Waxes; Candles; Fats, Oils or Fatty Acids by Chemical Modification of Fats, Oils, or Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom C11C 3/00 (20130101) C11C 3/003 (20130101) C11C 3/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08977265 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | In-Sun Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Kyuno-Hun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea); Min-Ho Shin (Laurel, Maryland); William Albert Arbaugh (Ellicott City, Maryland); Arunesh Mishra (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea); University of Maryland College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | In-Sun Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Kyuno-Hun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea); Min-Ho Shin (Laurel, Maryland); William Albert Arbaugh (Ellicott City, Maryland); Arunesh Mishra (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for minimizing handoff latencies when a handoff is performed in a wireless network. An access point (AP) or base station associated to a current wireless station (STA) allows information required for a reassociation to the STA to be propagated to handoff-capable neighboring APs or base stations. When the STA moves, a neighboring AP or base station performs the reassociation to the STA on the basis of context. When a handoff procedure is performed, the time taken to receive context of a corresponding STA is reduced, such that a fast handoff can be implemented. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/003130 |
| ART UNIT | 2641 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 36/0016 (20130101) H04W 36/0033 (20130101) H04W 36/0038 (20130101) H04W 36/0055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 40/00 (20130101) H04W 84/12 (20130101) H04W 84/18 (20130101) H04W 92/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08975593 | Best et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Best (Huntsville, Alabama); Daniel T. Wakeford (Pembroke, Canada); Hugh Robert Andrews (Pembroke, Canada); Harry Ing (Deep River, Canada); Marius Facina (Deep River, Canada); Michael Dick (Pembroke, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SCI Technology, Inc. (Huntsville, Alabama); Bubble Technologies Industries Inc. (Chalk River, Ontario, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Best (Huntsville, Alabama); Daniel T. Wakeford (Pembroke, Canada); Hugh Robert Andrews (Pembroke, Canada); Harry Ing (Deep River, Canada); Marius Facina (Deep River, Canada); Michael Dick (Pembroke, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas avalanche neutron detector (GAND) filled with counting gas for detecting thermal neutrons or neutron radiation without the use of a conventional proportional counter is provided. The GAND may include a layer of thermalization material, a cathode having a face with a layer of material, exhibiting neutron capture followed by charged particle emission such as Boron-10, a microstructure amplifier, and an anode. Thermal neutrons may enter the detector and interact with the material on the face of the cathode producing alpha particles. The alpha particles may ionize the counting gas inside the detector and produce ionization electrons. The cathode, microstructure amplifier and anode may have voltages applied that create electric fields that cause the ionization electrons to drift toward the microstructure amplifier. The microstructure then accelerates the electrons causing an avalanche effect within the gas and provides an amplification of the signal dramatically increasing neutron detection sensitivity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/612356 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/391 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08976365 | Montgomery et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Montgomery (Indialantic, Florida); Randy L. Carmean (Malabar, Florida); Charles Franklin Middleton, IV (Rockledge, Florida); James G. Tonti (Palm Bay, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A material sensing apparatus comprises an excitation source configured to induce waves in a workpiece, and an optical waveguide interferometer configured to sense the induced waves in the workpiece. The optical waveguide interferometer comprises a probe segment having a probe segment end, and an adjustable coupler configured to permit setting a gap between the probe segment end and the workpiece. A controller is coupled to the adjustable coupler and configured to set the gap between the probe segment end and the workpiece. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/108540 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08975231 | Murray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samuel S. Murray (Saugus, California); Elsa J. Brochmann-Murray (Saugus, California); Jeffrey Wang (Sherman Oaks, California); Keyvan Behnam (Simi Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel S. Murray (Saugus, California); Elsa J. Brochmann-Murray (Saugus, California); Jeffrey Wang (Sherman Oaks, California); Keyvan Behnam (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cyclized peptide designated BMP Binding Peptide (BBP) is a synthetic peptide that avidly binds rhBMP-2, as do endogenous forms of BBP, and sequence conservation between species results in a variety of useful BBP compositions. BBP increases the over-all osteogenic activity of rhBMP-2, increases the rate at which rhBMP-2 induces bone formation, and BBP induces calcification alone. Compositions and substrates including BBP, and methods of using BBP are useful in therapeutic, diagnostic and clinical applications requiring calcification and osteogenesis. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/486498 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1841 (20130101) A61K 38/1841 (20130101) A61K 38/1875 (20130101) A61K 38/1875 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/51 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 08977855 | Kolesnikov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Y. Kolesnikov (Jersey City, New Jersey); Ranjit Kumaresan (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Y. Kolesnikov (Jersey City, New Jersey); Ranjit Kumaresan (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for secure function evaluation between a semi-honest client and a semi-honest server using an information-theoretic version of garbled circuits (GC). An information-theoretic version of a garbled circuit C is sliced into a sequence of shallow circuits C1, . . . Cn, that are evaluated. Consider any wire wj of C that is an output wire of Ci, and is an input wire of Ci+1. When a slice Ci is evaluated, Ci's 1-bit wire key for wj is computed by the evaluator, and then used, via oblivious transfer (OT), to obtain the wire key for the corresponding input wire of Ci+1. This process repeats until C's output wire keys are computed by the evaluator. The 1-bit wire keys of the output wires of the slice are randomly assigned to wire values. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562640 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08977265 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | In-Sun Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Kyuno-Hun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea); Min-Ho Shin (Laurel, Maryland); William Albert Arbaugh (Ellicott City, Maryland); Arunesh Mishra (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea); University of Maryland College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | In-Sun Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Kyuno-Hun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea); Min-Ho Shin (Laurel, Maryland); William Albert Arbaugh (Ellicott City, Maryland); Arunesh Mishra (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for minimizing handoff latencies when a handoff is performed in a wireless network. An access point (AP) or base station associated to a current wireless station (STA) allows information required for a reassociation to the STA to be propagated to handoff-capable neighboring APs or base stations. When the STA moves, a neighboring AP or base station performs the reassociation to the STA on the basis of context. When a handoff procedure is performed, the time taken to receive context of a corresponding STA is reduced, such that a fast handoff can be implemented. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/003130 |
| ART UNIT | 2641 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 36/0016 (20130101) H04W 36/0033 (20130101) H04W 36/0038 (20130101) H04W 36/0055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 40/00 (20130101) H04W 84/12 (20130101) H04W 84/18 (20130101) H04W 92/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
| US 08977855 | Kolesnikov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Y. Kolesnikov (Jersey City, New Jersey); Ranjit Kumaresan (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Y. Kolesnikov (Jersey City, New Jersey); Ranjit Kumaresan (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for secure function evaluation between a semi-honest client and a semi-honest server using an information-theoretic version of garbled circuits (GC). An information-theoretic version of a garbled circuit C is sliced into a sequence of shallow circuits C1, . . . Cn, that are evaluated. Consider any wire wj of C that is an output wire of Ci, and is an input wire of Ci+1. When a slice Ci is evaluated, Ci's 1-bit wire key for wj is computed by the evaluator, and then used, via oblivious transfer (OT), to obtain the wire key for the corresponding input wire of Ci+1. This process repeats until C's output wire keys are computed by the evaluator. The 1-bit wire keys of the output wires of the slice are randomly assigned to wire values. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562640 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08973812 | Mikolajczyk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryszard K. Mikolajczyk (Chicago, Illinois); Taurris D. Baskerville (Schaumburg, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for enhancing the security of a cluster box unit which includes a protective enclosure, internal cabinetry, door, hinge and locking system. The cluster box unit may also include outgoing mail compartment doors that are heavily constructed and rigidly reinforced, with the locks carried thereon protectively shielded, and with the extensible bolts of these locks being engaged by brackets that not only lock the outgoing mail compartment doors but also the master loading doors of the cluster box units. The cluster box unit may also include master loading doors are provided with hinges that extend the full height of the doors—hinges that are defined by pivotally interfitting elements of extrusions that very sturdily mount the master loading doors, that prevent prying or bending the doors in the vicinities of their hinges. The interfitting elements of the hinge extrusions also permit the doors to be installed on their surrounding door frames quickly and easily, and permit one or both of the master loading doors to be quickly and easily removed for service or replacement when necessary. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/170398 |
| ART UNIT | 3677 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Household or Table Equipment A47G 29/1201 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Locks; Accessories Therefor; Handcuffs E05B 11/02 (20130101) E05B 17/2088 (20130101) E05B 35/08 (20130101) E05B 63/0013 (20130101) E05B 63/14 (20130101) E05B 65/44 (20130101) E05B 2015/023 (20130101) Bolts or Fastening Devices for Wings, Specially for Doors or Windows E05C 7/04 (20130101) E05C 9/026 (20130101) Safes or Strong-rooms for Valuables; Bank Protection Devices; Safety Transaction Partitions E05G 1/08 (20130101) Fixed or Movable Closures for Openings in Buildings, Vehicles, Fences or Like Enclosures in General, e.g Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates E06B 5/113 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08975920 | Bansal |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jai P. Bansal (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jai P. Bansal (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-function programmable transceiver is described. The transceiver includes a driver circuit and a receiver circuit, which allows an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) device to drive and receive data from other ASIC devices. Both the driver and receiver circuits share a common input/output (I/O) pin. The driver circuit can be programmed to provide one of the several driver functions, such as CMOS, TTL, PCI, HSTL, SSTL and LVDS. Other functional features of the transceiver that can be programmed are driving strengths or output impedance, output power supply voltage, single ended or differential mode of HSTL/SSTL transceivers, and class 1 or class 2 operations for SSTL/HSTL transceivers. The receiver circuit can also be programmed to provide one of the several receiver functions, such as CMOS, TTL, PCI, HSTL, SSTL and LVDS. |
| FILED | Monday, August 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/584375 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 3/011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03K 19/018585 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08975935 | Yung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael W. Yung (Los Angeles, California); Jose M. Cruz-Albrecht (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A delay circuit includes a first flip flop (FF), a transistor connected to the FF, a first resistor capacitor circuit (RCC) coupled to the transistor and between a voltage and a ground, a first comparator for comparing an output of the first RCC and a voltage reference, gate logic coupled to the input line and to an output of the first FF and to a second FF, a second transistor coupled to the second FF, a second RCC coupled to the second transistor and between the voltage and ground, a second comparator for comparing an output of the second RCC and the voltage reference and coupled to the first FF, and output logic coupled to the first and second comparators. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/931024 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/0635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08976362 | Hagopian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John G. Hagopian (Harwood, Maryland); Stephanie A. Getty (Washington, District of Columbia); Manuel A. Quijada (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | USA as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. Hagopian (Harwood, Maryland); Stephanie A. Getty (Washington, District of Columbia); Manuel A. Quijada (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, apparatus and method employing carbon nanotubes on substrates such as silicon, titanium, copper, stainless steel and other substrates, where the carbon nanotubes are blacker than existing paints and coatings, thereby providing an exponential increase in stray light suppression depending on the number of bounces of such treated surfaces. Additionally, the present invention is directed to techniques to better absorb and radiate unwanted energies. Further, the alternate substrates offer strength of material for numerous components and in numerous physical applications. The present invention is also directed to techniques for improving the adhesion of the nanotubes to the alternate substrate materials and also extending the wavelength of operation from the near ultraviolet to the far infrared portion of the spectrum (0.2 microns to 120 microns wavelength). |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570100 |
| ART UNIT | 2453 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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