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| US 08979266 | Cense et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abraham J. Cense (Utsunomiya, Japan); Donald T. Miller (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abraham J. Cense (Utsunomiya, Japan); Donald T. Miller (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure includes disclosure of devices, and methods to resolve microscopic structures. In at least one exemplary embodiment, a visualization apparatus comprises a source arm having a light source operable to emit a light beam, wherein the light beam defines a beam pathway, a reference arm comprising a reflecting surface positioned within the beam pathway, a sample arm comprising a wavefront sensor, an adaptive optics wavefront corrector, and a target, each of which are positioned within the beam pathway, wherein the adaptive optics wavefront corrector is operable to compensate for at least one aberration in the light beam, a detector arm comprising a beam detector positioned within the beam pathway, wherein the beam detector is operable to detect the reflected light beam from the reference arm and the target, and wherein the visualization apparatus is operable to minimize at least one aberration of the target. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/144988 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 3/1225 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/168 (20130101) |
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| US 08979753 | Corsetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James P. Corsetti (Pittsford, New York); Charles E. Sparks (Pittsford, New York); Daniel H. Ryan (Pittsford, New York); Arthur J. Moss (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. Corsetti (Pittsford, New York); Charles E. Sparks (Pittsford, New York); Daniel H. Ryan (Pittsford, New York); Arthur J. Moss (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a method of determining the relative risk of an outcome based on an analysis of multiple risk factors. A graphical method is used to take values corresponding to risk parameters and an event outcome to produce a smoothed surface map representing relative risk over an entire space defined by n risk factors. Applying a query data point to the surface map permits the determination of the estimated outcome probability for the query data point, based on its location on the surface map. The method then reports a relative risk or other probability measure associated with the query data point. Also described is a method of analysis in which subpopulations previously identified as high-risk can be further analyzed with respect to risk posed by additional factors. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/809832 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/00 (20130101) A61B 5/7271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/7271 (20130101) A61B 5/7271 (20130101) A61B 5/7275 (20130101) A61B 5/7275 (20130101) A61B 5/7275 (20130101) A61B 5/14532 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2800/04 (20130101) G01N 2800/60 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/345 (20130101) G06F 19/345 (20130101) G06F 19/3431 (20130101) G06F 19/3431 (20130101) G06F 19/3487 (20130101) G06F 19/3487 (20130101) G06F 19/3487 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 17/00 (20130101) G06T 2215/16 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 128/92 (20130101) Y10S 128/923 (20130101) Y10S 707/9994 (20130101) Y10S 707/99937 (20130101) |
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| US 08979896 | Barlow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven M. Barlow (Lawrence, Kansas); Donald S. Finan (Boulder, Colorado); Rajesh Vantipalli (Lawrence, Kansas); Raghavendra Shantha (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas); Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Barlow (Lawrence, Kansas); Donald S. Finan (Boulder, Colorado); Rajesh Vantipalli (Lawrence, Kansas); Raghavendra Shantha (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | This application discusses systems and method for entraining oromotor pattern development, such as the suck, in the orofacial system of an infant having neurological impairments or developmental disabilities. The system includes a baglet, an entrainment device, and a processor. In varying examples, the system additionally includes one or a combination of: a baglet pressure sensor, a memory, a timing circuit, a valve, a receiver assembly, a display device, and one or more data acquisition, data analysis, and stimulus-control software. Options and variations for each feature of the system are various. The present systems provide patterned, rhythmic stimulation to the infant's orofacial system to stimulate and entrain brain development, such as oromotor pattern development. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/209177 |
| ART UNIT | 3734 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/038 (20130101) A61B 5/682 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2562/0247 (20130101) Containers Specially Adapted for Medical or Pharmaceutical Purposes; Devices or Methods Specially Adapted for Bringing Pharmaceutical Products into Particular Physical or Administering Forms; Devices for Administering Food or Medicines Orally; Baby Comforters; Devices for Receiving Spittle A61J 17/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08980073 | Pourmand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nader Pourmand (Scotts Valley, California); Boaz Vilozny (Santa Cruz, California); Paolo Actis (Santa Cruz, California); R. Adam Seger (Santa Cruz, California); Bakthan Singaram (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nader Pourmand (Scotts Valley, California); Boaz Vilozny (Santa Cruz, California); Paolo Actis (Santa Cruz, California); R. Adam Seger (Santa Cruz, California); Bakthan Singaram (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and devices for detection of ion migration and binding, utilizing a nanopipette adapted for use in an electrochemical sensing circuit. The nanopipette may be functionalized on its interior bore with metal chelators for binding and sensing metal ions or other specific binding molecules such as boronic acid for binding and sensing glucose. Such a functionalized nanopipette is comprised in an electrical sensor that detects when the nanopipette selectively and reversibly binds ions or small molecules. Also disclosed is a nanoreactor, comprising a nanopipette, for controlling precipitation in aqueous solutions by voltage-directed ion migration, wherein ions may be directed out of the interior bore by a repulsing charge in the bore. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/411221 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/021 (20130101) B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 2300/0896 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 60/44 (20130101) |
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| US 08980075 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xing Cheng (College Station, Texas); Kamran Entesari (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xing Cheng (College Station, Texas); Kamran Entesari (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital microfluidic platform utilizes dual active matrix circuitry to actuate and heat liquid droplets on a biochip. Liquid droplets are introduced into a droplet handling area of the biochip where they can be actuated by electrodes residing in pixels of an actuating active matrix array according to the electrowetting on dielectric phenomenon and heated by heating elements residing in pixels of a heating active matrix array. Pixels of the actuating active matrix array and the heating active matrix array are independently addressable such that droplets in the droplet handling area can be selectively heated and actuated according to their location. The actuating active matrix array and heating active matrix array can be formed on the same or different substrates with the droplet handling area disposed above or between the substrates. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/560448 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502792 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2300/161 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) B01L 2400/0427 (20130101) |
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| US 08980185 | Reichert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David E. Reichert (St. Louis, Missouri); Paul J. A. Kenis (Champaign, Illinois); Tobias D. Wheeler (Alameda, California); Amit V. Desai (Urbana, Illinois); Dexing Zeng (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Birce C. Önal (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Reichert (St. Louis, Missouri); Paul J. A. Kenis (Champaign, Illinois); Tobias D. Wheeler (Alameda, California); Amit V. Desai (Urbana, Illinois); Dexing Zeng (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Birce C. Önal (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A microreactor for preparing a radiolabeled complex or a biomolecule conjugate comprises a microchannel for fluid flow, where the microchannel comprises a mixing portion comprising one or more passive mixing elements, and a reservoir for incubating a mixed fluid. The reservoir is in fluid communication with the microchannel and is disposed downstream of the mixing portion. A method of preparing a radiolabeled complex includes flowing a radiometal solution comprising a metallic radionuclide through a downstream mixing portion of a microchannel, where the downstream mixing portion includes one or more passive mixing elements, and flowing a ligand solution comprising a bifunctional chelator through the downstream mixing portion. The ligand solution and the radiometal solution are passively mixed while in the downstream mixing portion to initiate a chelation reaction between the metallic radionuclide and the bifunctional chelator. The chelation reaction is completed to form a radiolabeled complex. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/818569 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — 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 19/0093 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/00 (20130101) C07B 59/008 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 1/1077 (20130101) |
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| US 08980198 | Srinivasan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vijay Srinivasan (San Diego, California); Michael G. Pollack (San Diego, California); Philip Y. Paik (Chula Vista, California); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Richard B. Fair (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (San Diego, California); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijay Srinivasan (San Diego, California); Michael G. Pollack (San Diego, California); Philip Y. Paik (Chula Vista, California); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Richard B. Fair (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to filler fluids for droplet operations. According to one embodiment of this aspect, a droplet microactuator is provided and includes: (a) a first substrate comprising electrodes configured for conducting droplet operations on a surface of the substrate; (b) a second substrate spaced from the surface of the substrate by a distance sufficient to define an interior volume between the first substrate and second substrate, wherein the distance is sufficient to contain a droplet disposed in the space on the first substrate; and (c) a droplet arranged in the interior volume and arranged with respect to the electrodes in a manner which permits droplet operations to be effected on the droplet using the electrodes. |
| FILED | Friday, December 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/639594 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — 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) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 3/502784 (20130101) B01L 3/502792 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 7/54 (20130101) B01L 7/525 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2200/147 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2200/0673 (20130101) B01L 2300/089 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0861 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) B01L 2400/0427 (20130101) B01L 2400/0448 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2035/1046 (20130101) |
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08980225 — Magnetic resonance imaging and/or spectroscopy contrast agents and methods of use thereof
| US 08980225 | Warren |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Warren S. Warren (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Warren S. Warren (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed subject matter demonstrates that a spin state which has zero magnetic resonance signal, but an extremely long lifetime, can be used to store magnetization, which can then be recovered into an observable transition. Coupled with hyperpolarization techniques, this permits the preparation of a wide range of contrast agent molecules for use in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques that have long effective relaxation time. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/056795 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/5601 (20130101) G01R 33/5605 (20130101) |
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| US 08980247 | Meyers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig M. Meyers (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Samina Alam (Hershey, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Meyers (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Samina Alam (Hershey, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | According to the invention, parvoviruses such as the adeno-associated virus Type 2 (AAV2) are found to be oncolytic, selectively mediating apoptosis in cancer cells and their precursors, while leaving healthy cells intact. The invention also includes a method of killing cancer and other neoplastic and preneoplastic cells by administrating to said cells the AAV2 proteins Rep78 or Rep 68, expression constucts encoding the same, or pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/324484 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/768 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14132 (20130101) C12N 2750/14133 (20130101) |
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| US 08980258 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory P Adams (Hatboro, Pennsylvania); Eva M. Horak (West Orange, New Jersey); Louis M. Weiner (Washington, District of Columbia); James D. Marks (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Bispecific single chain antibody molecules are disclosed which may be used to advantage to treat various forms of cancer associated with the overexpression of members of the EGFR protein family. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/710146 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/395 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/109 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/71 (20130101) |
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| US 08980267 | Grewal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ImmunGene Inc. (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ImmunGene Inc (Camarillo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Iqbal Grewal (Snohomish, Washington); Sanjay Khare (Newbury Park, California); Michael Gresser (Ojai, California); Rashid Syed (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The field of the present invention relates to genetically engineered fusion molecules, methods of making said fusion molecules, and uses thereof in anti-tumor immunotherapies. More specifically, the present invention relates to fusion molecule constructs wherein a tumor associated antigen (TAA) antibody (Ab) serves as a targeting moiety to selectively deliver a cytokine to a tumor cell for purposes of killing or inhibiting the growth or proliferation of said tumor cell. In various embodiments, the engineered fusion molecules comprise a TAA Ab fused to an interferon-alpha (IFN-α) mutant molecule. The engineered Ab-IFN-α mutant fusion molecules of the present invention demonstrate improved therapeutic index and preserved or increased efficacy as compared to Ab-wildtype IFN-α fusion molecules, and/or demonstrate improved PK properties as compared to Ab-wildtype IFN-α fusion molecules. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/784049 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 16/2827 (20130101) C07K 16/2887 (20130101) C07K 16/2896 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08980284 | Ichtchenko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Konstantin Ichtchenko (Brooklyn, New York); Philip A. Band (West Orange, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Konstantin Ichtchenko (Brooklyn, New York); Philip A. Band (West Orange, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to isolated Clostridium botulinum propeptides and neurotoxins, isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding Clostridium botulinum propeptides and neurotoxins, methods of expression, treatment methods, and methods of detecting neurotoxin trafficking. The isolated Clostridium botulinum propeptides have a light chain region; a heavy chain region, where the light and heavy chain regions are linked by a disulfide bond; an intermediate region connecting the light and heavy chain regions and comprising a highly specific protease cleavage site; and an S6 peptide sequence according to SEQ ID NO:2 positioned upstream from, but not attached directly to, the N-terminus of the neurotoxin propeptide at the light chain region to enable site specific attachment of cargo. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/013518 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/33 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/036 (20130101) C07K 2319/50 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5058 (20130101) G01N 2333/33 (20130101) |
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| US 08980285 | Granoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan M. Granoff (Berkeley, California); Gregory R. Moe (Alameda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center At Oakland (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan M. Granoff (Berkeley, California); Gregory R. Moe (Alameda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally provides methods and vaccines for the prevention of diseases caused by Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, particularly serogroup B strains. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/081882 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 39/095 (20130101) A61K 39/095 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08980295 | Kao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weiyuan J. Kao (Middleton, Wisconsin); Yao Fu (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weiyuan J. Kao (Middleton, Wisconsin); Yao Fu (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Biomaterials that support cell attachment and growth are provided. In one aspect, biomaterials are provided comprising a first polymer matrix comprising reactive amino moieties and a second polymer matrix that interpenetrates with the first polymer matrix, where the second polymer matrix comprises a poly(alkylene oxide) comprising two or more alkylene oxide oligomers joined by gamma-thioether carbonyl linkages. In another aspect, biomaterials are provided comprising at least one biopolymer comprising amino groups, thiol groups, and bifunctional modifiers connecting at least some of the amino groups to at least some of the thiol groups; and at least one poly(alkylene oxide) cross-linked to at least two thiol groups of the biopolymer. The biomaterials may further comprise a pharmacologically active agent or cells. Methods of administering such biomaterials to a patient in need thereof are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/411387 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (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 15/26 (20130101) A61L 15/26 (20130101) A61L 15/44 (20130101) A61L 15/585 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 1/06 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2371/02 (20130101) C08J 2389/00 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 1/04 (20130101) C08L 1/286 (20130101) C08L 5/04 (20130101) C08L 5/08 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 71/02 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08980311 | Ingale et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sampat Ingale (San Diego, California); Therese Buskas (Athens, Georgia); Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sampat Ingale (San Diego, California); Therese Buskas (Athens, Georgia); Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Chemoselective ligation of hydrophobic reactants in a lipid phase. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/315726 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1272 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/02 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/6018 (20130101) A61K 2039/6087 (20130101) A61K 2039/55577 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/02 (20130101) B01J 13/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 9/00 (20130101) C07K 14/22 (20130101) C07K 14/4727 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/2896 (20130101) C07K 16/3076 (20130101) C07K 16/3092 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2770/24234 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/92 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) |
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| US 08980545 | Delwart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Delwart (San Francisco, California); Amit Kapoor (Pacifica, California); Joseph Victoria (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Blood Systems, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Delwart (San Francisco, California); Amit Kapoor (Pacifica, California); Joseph Victoria (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Presented herein is the discovery of a new human picornavirus, Cosavirus (previously termed Dekavirus), methods of detecting the Cosavirus and diagnosing Cosavirus infection, methods of treating or preventing Cosavirus infection, and methods for identifying anti-Cosavirus compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/407675 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/32021 (20130101) C12N 2770/32022 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/701 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08980546 | Golding et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hana Golding (Rockville, Maryland); Surender Khurana (Clarksburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hana Golding (Rockville, Maryland); Surender Khurana (Clarksburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to compositions and methods for the detection of immunodeficiency virus infection, especially immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-I) infection. The invention particularly concerns compositions and methods that may be used in HIV vaccine recipients whose sera may contain vaccine-generated anti-HIV-1 antibodies. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/321676 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56988 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/16 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Mingzhao Xing (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Mingzhao Xing (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A frequent SNP A259G (K87E) genotype switch in the MMP8 gene in has been found to modify the clinical behavior of cancers. The modification varies based on the patient's genotype for the SNP, and whether homozygous or heterozygous. One particular genotype for this SNP leads to more aggressive tumor behavior and worst clinical outcome than the others. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/812581 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/6491 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08980565 | Lindsey |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of detecting (e.g., by flow cytometry) a target compound, cell or particle, wherein the target is labelled with a detectable luminescent compound. The method comprises utilizing as the detectable luminescent compound a compound comprising a porphyrinic macrocycle such as a porphyrin, chlorin, bacteriochlorin, or isobacteriochlorin. In particular embodiments, the detectable luminescent compound comprises a compound of the formula A-A′-Z—B′—B, wherein: A is a targeting group or member of a specific binding pair that specifically binds the detectable luminescent compound to the target compound, cell or particle; A′ is a linker group or covalent bond; B′ is a linker group or covalent bond; B is a water-soluble group; and Z is the porphyrinic macrocycle. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/013745 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — 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 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/533 (20130101) |
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| US 08980569 | Weinberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Brice Weinberg (Durham, North Carolina); Warren J. Strittmatter (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Brice Weinberg (Durham, North Carolina); Warren J. Strittmatter (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods for identifying a subject afflicted with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who is responsive to treatment with a chemotherapeutic agent by detecting the presence or absence of at least one APOE4 allele in the subject, the presence of an APOE4 allele identifying the subject as responsive to the treatment. Also provided are methods of treating a subject afflicted with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, including administering an estrogenic agent, an androgen withdrawal agent, an apoE4 peptide or mimetic thereof, and/or a chemotherapeutic agent in an amount effective to treat said chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Methods of determining a prognosis for a patient diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia are also provided. In addition, methods for stratifying a subject into a subgroup of a clinical trial and methods for identifying a patient in a clinical trial of a treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia are herein provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/010005 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/4433 (20130101) A61K 31/4433 (20130101) A61K 31/7056 (20130101) A61K 31/7056 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57426 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 08980581 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pin Wang (Pasadena, California); Inchan Kwon (Pasadena, California); Soojin Son (Pasadena, California); Yi Tang (San Gabriel, California); David Tirrell (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides certain embodiments relating to methods and compositions for incorporating non-natural amino acids into a polypeptide or protein by utilizing a mutant or modified aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase to charge the non-natural amino acid to a the corresponding tRNA. In certain embodiments, the tRNA is also modified such that the complex forms strict Watson-Crick base-pairing with a codon that normally forms wobble base-pairing with unmodified tRNA/aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase pairs. |
| FILED | Friday, August 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/969368 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — 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 9/93 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/67 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) |
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| US 08980603 | Tannous et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bakhos A. Tannous (Malden, Massachusetts); Casey Maguire (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bakhos A. Tannous (Malden, Massachusetts); Casey Maguire (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a variant of wild type Gaussia luciferase that catalyzes glow-type emission kinetics suited for high-throughput functional screening applications. Polypeptides, functional fragments, variants, and nucleic acids that encode the enhanced luciferase are further described. One such polypeptide corresponds to wild type Gaussia luciferase with a substitution mutation of I for M at position 43 of the mature peptide. Methods of use, assay systems and kits that contain the polypeptides and/or nucleic acids are further described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/381788 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0069 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 113/12005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/90241 (20130101) |
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| US 08980637 | Raftery et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel M. Raftery (Lafayette, Indiana); Zhengzheng Pan (Indianapolis, Indiana); Haiwei Gu (Lauderdale, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel M. Raftery (Lafayette, Indiana); Zhengzheng Pan (Indianapolis, Indiana); Haiwei Gu (Lauderdale, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the parallel identification of one or more metabolite species within a biological sample is provided. The method comprises producing a first spectrum by subjecting the sample to a nuclear magnetic resonance analysis, the first spectrum containing individual spectral peaks representative of the one or more metabolite species contained within the sample; producing a second spectrum by subjecting the sample to a mass spectrometry analysis, the spectrum containing individual spectral peaks representative of the one or more metabolite species contained within the sample; subjecting each of the individual spectral peaks to a statistical pattern recognition analysis to identify the one or more metabolite species contained within the sample; and identifying the one or more metabolite species contained within the sample by analyzing the individual spectral peaks of the mass and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/680655 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/08 (20130101) G01N 2800/7028 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/44 (20130101) G01R 33/465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4625 (20130101) G01R 33/4808 (20130101) G01R 33/5608 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00543 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/00 (20130101) H01J 49/004 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 436/813 (20130101) |
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| US 08980646 | Paul et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sudhir Paul (Missouri City, Texas); Yasuhiro Nishiyama (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Paul, Sudhir (Missouri City, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sudhir Paul (Missouri City, Texas); Yasuhiro Nishiyama (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved methods for the production, selection and inhibition of catalytic and covalent antibodies are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/581294 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2207/15 (20130101) A01K 2217/00 (20130101) A01K 2217/05 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/01 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 16/1063 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/37 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 2333/901 (20130101) |
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| US 08980820 | Deutsch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dale Deutsch (Stony Brook, New York); Martin Kaczocha (Dix Hills, New York); Sherrye Glaser (Dix Hills, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale Deutsch (Stony Brook, New York); Martin Kaczocha (Dix Hills, New York); Sherrye Glaser (Dix Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of modulating the level of an endocannabinoid in a subject in need thereof comprising administering an effective amount of an agent that inhibits the interaction of the endocannabinoid with an intracellular fatty acid binding protein (FABP). The invention also provides a method of identifying an agent for modulating the level of an endocannabinoid in a subject comprising testing the agent for its ability to modulate binding of the endocannabinoid with an intracellular FABP. The invention also provides a method of identifying an agent for modulating the level of an endocannabinoid in a subject comprising testing the agent for its ability to modulate expression of an intracellular FABP. The invention also provides a method of identifying an agent for treatment of a neurological disorder comprising testing the agent for its ability to modulate the interaction of an endocannabinoid with an intracellular FABP. The invention also relates to modulation of levels of fatty acid amides for treatment or amelioration of diseases or disorders by modulating binding of the fatty acid amides to fatty acid binding proteins. In one embodiment, the fatty acid binding protein is one or more of FABP3, FABP5, and FABP7. In one embodiment, the level of an endocannabinoid is modulated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/145058 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/948 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2500/02 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08980836 | Akassoglou |
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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) | Katerina Akassoglou (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention herein related to methods and compositions for treating nervous system disorders. The methods comprise administration of antibodies directed towards peptides that bind to receptors important in disease progression, thus attenuating the disease. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/955498 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/363 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08980849 | Suzuki |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuichiro Suzuki (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuichiro Suzuki (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of treating pulmonary hypertension in a subject including administering to the subject a therapeutically effective dose of at least one anthracycline. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/641693 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/7042 (20130101) A61K 31/7042 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08980859 | Calvo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Rockville, Maryland); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Calvo (Bethesda, Maryland); Osvaldo Marinotti (Aliso Viejo, California); Jose M. C. Ribeiro (Rockville, Maryland); Ivo M. Francischetti (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the discovery of the Aegyptin gene and Aegyptin protein, a molecule that interacts with collagen and inhibits platelet adhesion, activation and aggregation. Novel biological tools, prophylactics, therapeutics, diagnostics, and methods of use of the foregoing are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/746631 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/49 (20130101) A61K 38/49 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/43563 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2500/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08980861 | Salogiannis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Salogiannis (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Michael E. Greenberg (Brookline, Massachusetts); Seth S. Margolis (Towson, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Salogiannis (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Michael E. Greenberg (Brookline, Massachusetts); Seth S. Margolis (Towson, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of screening a compound that can increase spine/excitatory synapse formation and/or numbers. The compound is identified by contacting Ephexin5 with a test compound and selecting the compounds that inhibit Rho GEF activity of Ephexin5. Additionally, the invention also provides methods for increasing spine/excitatory synapse formation and/or numbers by contacting a neuron with an Ephexin5 inhibitor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/881910 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5058 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2500/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08980871 | Kim-Shapiro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); S. Bruce King (Walnut Cove, North Carolina); Daniel A. Sweeney (Laurel, Maryland); Mark T. Gladwin (Garrett Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); S. Bruce King (Walnut Cove, North Carolina); Daniel A. Sweeney (Laurel, Maryland); Mark T. Gladwin (Garrett Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of treating hemolysis by administering an active compound in an amount sufficient to treat said hemolysis. It has been found that nitroxyl donors or similar compounds preferentially react with cell-free OxyHb, as compared to OxyHb encapsulated in a red blood cell, and reacts with MetHb to form iron-nitrosyl Hb or nitrite bound MetHb. It has also been found that such compounds reduce cell-free Hb and hemolysis. Active compounds are also contemplated for use in combination therapies, for example, in combination with the administration of red blood cells and/or an agent that promotes hematopoiesis, or in combination with the administration of a nitric oxide donor. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/678539 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08980884 | Puglielli |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luigi Puglielli (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luigi Puglielli (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical compositions for treating Alzheimer's disease are disclosed. The pharmaceutical compositions include a compound having the general formula: and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods for treating Alzheimer's disease, inhibiting ATase I and/or ATase 2, reducing the activity of BACE1, reducing the level of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ), and/or reducing the level of APP intracellular domain peptide (AICD) by administering such compositions are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/484725 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/136 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/498 (20130101) A61K 31/538 (20130101) |
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| US 08980907 | Baker, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Baker, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xue-min Cheng (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Abraham F. L. Van Der Spek (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Baohua Mark Huang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Thommey P. Thomas (Dexter, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel therapeutic and diagnostic dendrimers. In particular, the present invention is directed to dendrimer-linker conjugates, methods of synthesizing the same, compositions comprising the conjugates, as well as systems and methods utilizing the conjugates (e.g., in diagnostic and/or therapeutic settings (e.g., for the delivery of therapeutics, imaging, and/or targeting agents (e.g., in disease (e.g., cancer) diagnosis and/or therapy, pain therapy, etc.)). Accordingly, dendrimer-linker conjugates of the present invention may further comprise one or more components for targeting, imaging, sensing, and/or providing a therapeutic or diagnostic material and/or monitoring response to therapy. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/107817 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/485 (20130101) A61K 47/483 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48207 (20130101) |
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| US 08980917 | Kim |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kwang Sik Kim (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwang Sik Kim (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to methods of treating organ specific infections in a host organism by administering compounds that target host receptors and/or host cellular signaling molecules to prevent a pathogen from infecting the organ. For example, the administration of a compound to prevent a pathogen from crossing the blood-brain barrier to prevent a brain infection. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/997763 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/47 (20130101) |
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| US 08980923 | Papke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger L. Papke (Gainesville, Florida); Nicole A. Horenstein (Gainesville, Florida); Michael M. Francis (Salt Lake City, Utah); Kyung Il Choi (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger L. Papke (Gainesville, Florida); Nicole A. Horenstein (Gainesville, Florida); Michael M. Francis (Salt Lake City, Utah); Kyung Il Choi (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods for treating or preventing neurological disorders characterized by dysfunction of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by administering 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl heptanoate (TMPH), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to the patient. In another aspect, the present invention pertains to pharmaceutical compositions containing TMPH, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In another aspect, the present invention pertains to methods for selectively inhibiting nicotinic acetylcholine receptors that lack an α5, α6, or β3 subunit by contacting an effective amount of TMPH, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to the receptor. The method for selectively inhibiting nicotinic acethylcholine receptors that lack an α5 subunit can be carried out in vivo or in vitro. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/526076 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 211/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08980924 | Petrukhin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Konstantin Petrukhin (New Windsor, New York); Janet Sparrow (New York, New York); Rando Allikmets (Cornwall on Hudson, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Konstantin Petrukhin (New Windsor, New York); Janet Sparrow (New York, New York); Rando Allikmets (Cornwall on Hudson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating bisretinoid-mediated macular degeneration in a mammal afflicted therewith comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of a compound having the structure: or an ester or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/988754 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/451 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08980926 | Mazitschek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ralph Mazitschek (Arlington, Massachusetts); Jon C. Clardy (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Dyann Wirth (Boston, Massachusetts); Roger Wiegand (Wayland, Massachusetts); Sameer Urgaonkar (Arlington, North Carolina); Mary Lynn Baniecki (Raleigh, North Carolina); Joseph Cortese (Quincy, Massachusetts); Cassandra Celatka (Hull, Massachusetts); Yibin Xiang (Acton, Massachusetts); Renato Skerlj (Newton, Massachusetts); Elyse M. J. Bourque (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genzyme Corporation (Cambridge, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph Mazitschek (Arlington, Massachusetts); Jon C. Clardy (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Dyann Wirth (Boston, Massachusetts); Roger Wiegand (Wayland, Massachusetts); Sameer Urgaonkar (Arlington, North Carolina); Mary Lynn Baniecki (Raleigh, North Carolina); Joseph Cortese (Quincy, Massachusetts); Cassandra Celatka (Hull, Massachusetts); Yibin Xiang (Acton, Massachusetts); Renato Skerlj (Newton, Massachusetts); Elyse M. J. Bourque (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of treating a subject with malaria comprising administering a 2-aminoindole compound represented by Formula: (I)—The values and preferred values of the variables in Structural Formula I are defined herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/504635 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/40 (20130101) C07D 213/69 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/10 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 403/10 (20130101) C07D 405/04 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 409/04 (20130101) C07D 409/06 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 491/056 (20130101) |
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| US 08980930 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jun Liu (Clarksville, Maryland); Curtis Chong (Baltimore, Maryland); David J. Sullivan (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Liu (Clarksville, Maryland); Curtis Chong (Baltimore, Maryland); David J. Sullivan (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods of inhibiting angiogenesis, and treating or preventing a disease or disorder (or symptoms thereof) associated with angiogenesis, wherein an anti-angiogenesis compound is administered to a subject. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/630596 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| 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 9/0008 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/47 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/365 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4196 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 38/50 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 08980952 | Simard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Marc Simard (Baltimore, Maryland); Mingkui Chen (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland); The United States of America as represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Marc Simard (Baltimore, Maryland); Mingkui Chen (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to therapeutic compounds, treatment methods, and kits affecting the NCCa-ATP channel of neural tissue, including neurons, glia and blood vessels within the nervous system, and methods of using same. The NCCa-ATP channel is newly expressed in neural tissue following injury such as ischemia, and is regulated by the sulfonylurea receptor SUR1, being inhibited by sulfonylurea compounds, e.g., glibenclamide and tolbutamide, and opened by diazoxide. Antagonists of the NCCa-ATP channel, including SUR1 antagonists, are useful in the prevention, diminution, and treatment of injured or diseased neural tissue, including astrocytes, neurons and capillary endothelial cells, that is due to ischemia, tissue trauma, brain swelling and increased tissue pressure, or other forms of brain or spinal cord disease or injury. Agonists of the NCCa-ATP channel may be are useful in the treatment neural tissue where damage or destruction of the tissue, such as a gliotic capsule, is desired. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/359946 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/64 (20130101) A61K 31/70 (20130101) A61K 31/175 (20130101) A61K 31/365 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0093 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/756 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/1292 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44791 (20130101) G01N 33/6872 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 514/87 (20130101) |
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| US 08980954 | Vander Jagt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Vander Jagt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lorraine M. Deck (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Vander Jagt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lorraine M. Deck (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to method(s) of treating a subject afflicted with cancer or a precancerous condition, an inflammatory disease or condition, and/or stroke or other ischemic disease or condition, the method comprising administering to the subject or patient in need a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a substituted cis or trans-stilbene. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789583 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/66 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/525 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/30 (20130101) C07D 333/16 (20130101) |
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| US 08980955 | Turchi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Turchi (Indianapolis, Indiana); Richard Fitch (Terre Haute, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Turchi (Indianapolis, Indiana); Richard Fitch (Terre Haute, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Replication protein A (RPA) is a single-strand DNA-binding protein with essential roles in DNA replication, recombination and repair. Small molecule inhibitors (SMIs) with the ability to disrupt RPA binding activity to ssDNA have been identified and assessed using both lung and ovarian cancer cell lines. Lung cancer cell lines demonstrated increased apoptotic cell death following treatment with the SMI MCI13E, with IC50 values of ˜5 μM. The A2780 ovarian cancer cell line and the p53-null lung cancer cell line HI 299 were particularly sensitive to MCI13E treatment with IC50 values below 3 μM. Sequential treatment with MCI13E and cisplatin resulted in synergism, suggesting that decreasing RPA's DNA binding activity via a SMI may disrupt RPA's role in cell cycle regulation. Thus, RPA SMIs hold the potential to be used as single agent chemotherapeutics or in combination with current chemotherapeutic regimens to increase their efficacy. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/824318 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/343 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/93 (20130101) |
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| US 08981051 | Xie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zi-Jian Xie (Saline, Michigan); Joseph I. Shapiro (Toledo, Ohio); Jiang Tian (Perrysburg, Ohio); Zhichuan Li (Williamsville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for regulating Src and its downstream signaling pathway which includes binding between Src and Na+/K+-ATPase is disclosed. The Na+/K+-ATPase/Src complex is a functional receptor for cardiotonic steroids such as ouabain. Also disclosed are Src inhibitors or activators which include either Na+/K+-ATPase or Src that interfere with the interaction between the Na/K-ATPase and Src, act via a different mechanism from ATP analogs, and is pathway (Na+/K+-ATPase) specific. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/625162 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/45 (20130101) A61K 38/46 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/4703 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4705 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/10002 (20130101) C12Y 306/03009 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) |
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| US 08981056 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Tang (San Gabriel, California); Xue Gao (Los Angeles, California); Xinkai Xie (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Tang (San Gabriel, California); Xue Gao (Los Angeles, California); Xinkai Xie (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention disclosed herein relates to methods and materials for producing simvastatin and related compounds such as huvastatin. In particular, the disclosure teaches that variants of the LovD acyltransferase polypeptide can be engineered to exhibit properties that facilitate their use in the production of simvastatin and/or huvastatin. The materials and processes disclosed herein are designed so that fermentation facilities currently producing lovastatin can be converted to producing simvastatin and related compounds with minimal modifications. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/499356 |
| 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 9/1029 (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 7/62 (20130101) C12P 17/06 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lieping Chen (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lieping Chen (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel polypeptides useful for co-stimulating T cells, isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding them, vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules, and cells containing the vectors. Also included are methods of making and using these co-stimulatory polypeptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/421310 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 16/2827 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08981068 | Willey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James C. Willey (Toledo, Ohio); Brad Austermiller (Defiance, Ohio); Erin L. Crawford (Rossford, Ohio); Charles Knight (Toledo, Ohio); Terry Osborn (Lake Bluff, Illinois); Robert Zahorchak (Madison, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gene Express, Inc. (Toledo, Ohio); University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Willey (Toledo, Ohio); Brad Austermiller (Defiance, Ohio); Erin L. Crawford (Rossford, Ohio); Charles Knight (Toledo, Ohio); Terry Osborn (Lake Bluff, Illinois); Robert Zahorchak (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for evaluating nucleic acids, methods of preparing such compositions, and applications and business methods employing such compositions and methods. In particular, the present invention provides business methods for operating a gene expression measurement service. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/404992 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (20130101) 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 1/6834 (20130101) C12Q 1/6834 (20130101) C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 1/6851 (20130101) C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) C12Q 2545/107 (20130101) C12Q 2545/107 (20130101) C12Q 2545/114 (20130101) C12Q 2545/114 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/20 (20130101) G06F 19/28 (20130101) |
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| US 08981078 | Berdis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony J. Berdis (Cleveland, Ohio); Irene Lee (Cleveland, Ohio); Xuemei Zhang (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony J. Berdis (Cleveland, Ohio); Irene Lee (Cleveland, Ohio); Xuemei Zhang (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An agent for inhibiting translesion DNA replication comprises a non-natural adenine ribose analog represented by those as set forth in FIG. 1. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/343381 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07H 19/22 (20130101) C07H 21/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08981083 — Compositions and methods for treating neoplasia, inflammatory disease and other disorders
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Elliott Bradner (Weston, Massachusetts); Jun Qi (Sharon, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Elliott Bradner (Weston, Massachusetts); Jun Qi (Sharon, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features compositions and methods for treating or preventing a neoplasia. More specifically, the invention provides compositions and methods for disrupting the interaction of a BET family polypeptide comprising a bromodomain with chromatin (e.g., disrupting a bromodomain interaction with an acetyl-lysine modification present on a histone N-terminal tail). |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/698010 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/5517 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 495/12 (20130101) C07D 495/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08981086 | Bruno et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas C. Bruno (California, Maryland); Stephen L. Buchwald (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are palladium precatalysts, and methods of making and using them. The palladium precatalysts show improved stability and improved reactivity in comparison to previously-described palladium precatalysts. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/521727 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08981102 | Carroll et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank Ivy Carroll (Durham, North Carolina); Pauline Wanjiku Ondachi (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Ivy Carroll (Durham, North Carolina); Pauline Wanjiku Ondachi (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compounds and methods of preparation of compounds that are capable of functioning as agonists or antagonists of a nicotinic receptor. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of these compounds, which may further comprise one or more additional therapeutic agents. Further provided are methods of treatment of various conditions that may be responsive to such activity at the nicotinic receptors, such as nicotine dependence. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/817697 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/407 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 409/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 487/08 (20130101) |
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| US 08981106 | Maeda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Syntrix Biosystems, Inc. (Auburn, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Syntrix Biosystems, Inc. (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Y. Maeda (Seattle, Washington); John A. Zebala (Sammamish, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed pyridine- and pyrimidinecarboxamide compounds useful as pharmaceutical agents, synthesis processes, and pharmaceutical compositions which include pyridine- and pyrimidinecarboxamides compounds. More specifically, there is disclosed a genus of CXCR2 inhibitor compounds that are useful for treating a variety of inflammatory and neoplastic disorders. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/226672 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/82 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 413/12 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/025 (20130101) |
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| US 08981139 | Schoenfisch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Schoenfisch (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daniel Riccio (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided according to embodiments of the invention are novel tertiary alkyl thiol compounds and novel tertiary alkyl nitrosothiol compounds. Further provided according to embodiments of the invention are methods of forming a nitric oxide (NO)-releasing xerogel coating that include (a) co-condensing a sol precursor solution comprising at least one backbone alkoxysilane and at least one tertiary thiol alkoxysilane in a solvent to form a sol; (b) coating a substrate with the sol; (c) optionally, drying the sol to form the xerogel coating; and (d) contacting the xerogel coating with a nitrosating agent. Methods of using xerogel coatings are also included. |
| FILED | Monday, August 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/975995 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 2/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/10 (20130101) C07F 7/0874 (20130101) C07F 7/1836 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/26 (20130101) C08G 77/28 (20130101) |
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| US 08981776 | Setsompop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kawin Setsompop (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Lawrence L Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kawin Setsompop (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Lawrence L Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for imaging a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system using controlled aliasing is provided. A radio frequency (RF) excitation field is applied to excite the spins in a volume-of-interest that may include multiple slice locations. Using the MRI system, a readout magnetic field gradient is established following the application of the RF excitation field to form echo signals. These echo signal receive a differential encoding by way of establishing, while the readout gradient is established, alternating magnetic field gradients along two directions, such as the partition-encoding and phase-encoding directions. Image data is acquired from the formed echo signals and images of the subject are reconstructed from the acquired image data. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/453205 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4826 (20130101) G01R 33/4835 (20130101) G01R 33/5611 (20130101) |
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| US 08981778 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seung-Kyun Lee (Cohoes, New York); Ileana Hancu (Clifton Park, New York); Lorne Wyatt Hofstetter (Latham, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seung-Kyun Lee (Cohoes, New York); Ileana Hancu (Clifton Park, New York); Lorne Wyatt Hofstetter (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of generating a magnetic resonance (MR) image includes applying a localized magnetic field to a portion of a patient, determining a difference between a local field strength around a first region of interest and a local field strength around a different second region of interest, adjusting the local field strength around the first region of interest such that the local field strength around the first region of interest is substantially the same as the local field strength around the second region of interest, and generating an image of the first and second regions after adjusting the local field strength around the first second region of interest. A coil apparatus and a system are also described herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/094602 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/3415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/3875 (20130101) |
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| US 08982531 | Prahlad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harsha Prahlad (Cupertino, California); Brian K. McCoy (Sunnyvale, California); Roy D. Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California); Ronald E. Pelrine (Longmont, Colorado); Philip A. von Guggenberg (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrostatic device or system includes electrode(s) adapted to produce an electrostatic attraction force and a base surface adapted to facilitate the application of the electrostatic attraction force and also a physical attraction force separate therefrom. The electrostatic and physical attraction forces can maintain a position of the electrostatic device relative to a foreign object via electroadhesion and/or via an additional manner that is separate from the electroadhesion. The physical attraction force can be a vacuum, van der Waals, and/or adhesive force, can be applied at less than all locations across the base surface, and may involve a one-time permanent attachment. The base surface can include a deformable surface portion that moves closer to the foreign object when the electrostatic or physical attraction force is applied. The physical attraction force can be sufficient to adhere the device to the object when the electrostatic attraction force is removed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/653376 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08983011 | Gollakota et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shyamnath Gollakota (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fadel Adib (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Srinivasan Seshan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shyamnath Gollakota (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fadel Adib (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Srinivasan Seshan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a method for mitigating an effect of an interfering radio signal at a multiple antenna receiver includes forming an estimate of a relationship of the interfering signal among signals received from the multiple antennas. In general, the interfering signal does not share the same communication technology as a desired signal. The signals received from the multiple antennas filtered and combined according to the estimate of the relationship of the interfering channels to reduce an effect of the interfering signal. Desired data present in the desired signal represented in the filtered and combined signals is decoded and the estimate of the relationship of the interfering signals is updated according to the decoding of the desired signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562872 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/0848 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Multiplex Communication H04J 11/0023 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08983580 | Boppart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen A. Boppart (Champaign, Illinois); Freddy T. Nguyen (Urbana, Illinois); Adam M. Zysk (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen A. Boppart (Champaign, Illinois); Freddy T. Nguyen (Urbana, Illinois); Adam M. Zysk (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming an image of tissue. The method includes beginning an invasive procedure on a patient exposing tissue. The method then includes acquiring OCT data from the exposed tissue and converting the OCT data into at least one image. The method also includes ending the invasive procedure after the converting of the data. |
| FILED | Friday, February 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/040415 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/415 (20130101) A61B 5/418 (20130101) A61B 5/6852 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/7257 (20130101) |
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| US 08983614 | Kilgore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin L. Kilgore (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Niloy Bhadra (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boston Scientific Corporation (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin L. Kilgore (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Niloy Bhadra (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of blocking signal transmission through a nerve with reduced onset activity includes applying an HFAC to an axon of a nerve to block the transmission of signals through the axon. The method may also include applying a direct current (DC) to the axon, increasing the amplitude of the DC over time to a predetermined amplitude, applying the HFAC, and then decreasing the DC. The method may also include temporarily reducing the amplitude of the HFAC to permit the transmission of signals through the axon and subsequently increasing the amplitude to block transmission without triggering an onset response. The method may also include temporarily applying an unbalanced charge to the nerve and then balancing the charge over time. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/739413 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/32 (20130101) A61N 1/205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/3615 (20130101) A61N 1/36071 (20130101) A61N 1/36167 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08983884 | Rinkus |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerard J. Rinkus (Newton, Massachusetts) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard J. Rinkus (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a computer-implemented chunking process (named “OP”) to assign and physically associate unique spatial representations (“chunk codes”) in one representational (coding) space (“chunk coding space”) with unique temporal sequences of spatial codes (“items”) in another coding space (“item coding space”). OP differs from all prior chunking processes in that, for any particular item sequence, it activates a unique chunk code for that sequence during presentation of that sequence's first item, even if other sequences from the input domain may begin with the same item. |
| FILED | Monday, August 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/848401 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08978223 | Archer, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harry L. Archer, Jr. (Alexandria, Virginia); Peter A. Margiotta (La Plata, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry L. Archer, Jr. (Alexandria, Virginia); Peter A. Margiotta (La Plata, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for curing cylindrical shaped elements having a liner, especially a liner of a rocket motor sleeve, where the cylindrical shaped elements are cured during rotation in a horizontal orientation. Horizontal rotation produces a liner with a substantially uniform thickness. The apparatus is mobile, compact, and has built-in robust safety mechanisms not compromised by the heat used to effect a cure. The cylindrical rollers are easily cleaned with minimal cross-contamination of one lot to another. Dripping of elastomeric materials from one assembly of rollers onto a stackable assembly of rollers below is eliminated. Each stackable assembly of rollers is independently controlled where each assembly is driven by its own motor, so rotation of one assemble does not affect another assembly of rollers. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/317536 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/281 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08978474 | Bottkol et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew S. Bottkol (Boston, Massachusetts); Richard D. Elliott (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Michael Y. Feng (Winchester, Massachusetts); Thomas F. Marinis (Haverhill, Massachusetts); Michael F. Mcmanus (Halifax, Massachusetts); Shan Mohiuddin (Boston, Massachusetts); Peter G. Sherman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John E. Pritchett (Baltimore, Maryland); Jeffery W. Warren (Ellicott City, Maryland); Charles H. Lange (Woodbine, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew S. Bottkol (Boston, Massachusetts); Richard D. Elliott (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Michael Y. Feng (Winchester, Massachusetts); Thomas F. Marinis (Haverhill, Massachusetts); Michael F. Mcmanus (Halifax, Massachusetts); Shan Mohiuddin (Boston, Massachusetts); Peter G. Sherman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John E. Pritchett (Baltimore, Maryland); Jeffery W. Warren (Ellicott City, Maryland); Charles H. Lange (Woodbine, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) inertial measurement system facilitates accurate location and/or attitude measurements via passive thermal management of MEMS inertial sensors. Accuracy of the system is also improved by subjecting the inertial sensors to programmed single-axis gimbal motion, and by performing coarse and fine adjustments to the attitude estimates obtained by the system based on the programmed motion and on the passive thermal management of the sensors. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/194574 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/0201 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 2201/047 (20130101) H05K 2201/062 (20130101) H05K 2201/10083 (20130101) H05K 2201/10151 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08978480 | Michopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John G. Michopoulos (Washington, District of Columbia); John C. Hermanson (Madison, Wisconsin); Athanasios Iliopoulos (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. Michopoulos (Washington, District of Columbia); John C. Hermanson (Madison, Wisconsin); Athanasios Iliopoulos (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A recursive hexapod testing machine for mechanical testing of deformable material specimens under six degrees of freedom multiaxial loading. The machine includes a fixed base, a movable base connected to the fixed base at by a hexapod arrangement of six linearly extendable actuator linkages, with an end of each linkages attached to the movable base and the other end of the linkage attached to the fixed base. Each actuator linkage includes a hydraulic cylinder and piston, a digitally-controlled electro-hydraulic servo-valve for actuating the hydraulic cylinder in response to a digital command string, a load cell in line between the piston and the universal joint attached to the movable base, a linear variable displacement transducer for measuring extension of the piston, and a magneto-resistive position transducer for measuring a position of the piston. The servo-valves extend each hydraulic cylinder a predetermined amount to effect a desired motion of the material specimen. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/564794 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2203/0042 (20130101) G01N 2203/0208 (20130101) G01N 2203/0258 (20130101) G01N 2203/0617 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08978521 | Layton |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce H. Layton (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A torque transmittal tool has an input socket to receive a drive input from a drive tool. The input socket causes a first link to rotate through a range of rotation upon rotation of the input socket. The first link is fixed to rotate with an extension link. The extension link is fixed to rotate with an output link. The output link includes an output ratchet for transmitting rotation, and has a torque reversal button which may be actuated to change the direction of rotation of the output ratchet. An actuator has an unactuated position where a contact surface is spaced away from the torque reversal button, and an actuated position at which it actuates the torque reversal button. A method is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/622030 |
| ART UNIT | 3727 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Tools or Bench Devices Not Otherwise Provided For, for Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging or Holding B25B 13/46 (20130101) B25B 13/481 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25B 23/0021 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/285 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/60 (20130101) F05D 2240/60 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 08978535 | Ortiz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christine Ortiz (Melrose, Massachusetts); Mary C. Boyce (Winchester, Massachusetts); Juha Song (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Steffen H. Reichert (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine Ortiz (Melrose, Massachusetts); Mary C. Boyce (Winchester, Massachusetts); Juha Song (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Steffen H. Reichert (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Articulating protective systems for resisting mechanical loads and related methods are generally described. The protective structures described herein can incorporate one or more features that enhance the ability of the structure to resist an applied force while remaining sufficiently flexible to allow for movement of the object or person the structure is designed to protect. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/207681 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F41H 5/0492 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08978560 | Stepanov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Victor Stepanov (Highland Park, New Jersey); Ernest L. Baker (Wantage, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor Stepanov (Highland Park, New Jersey); Ernest L. Baker (Wantage, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocomposite explosive liner for a main fill charge in a warhead may include a secondary high explosive having a mean crystal size less than about one micron, and a binder. The porosity of the liner may be in a range of about 1% to about 20%. A weight percentage of the binder in the liner may be in a range of about 1% to about 20%. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/879230 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 3/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 12/208 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08978568 | Mercado et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Mercado (Washington, District of Columbia); Gerritt Lang (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Mercado (Washington, District of Columbia); Gerritt Lang (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatuses and methods to release a chain. Apparatuses and methods include an electronic, mechanical, or electro-mechanical actuator system used to rotate a hooking arm. The actuator system includes an extendable piston. In some embodiments, the actuator system is hydraulic. In other embodiments, the actuator system is pneumatic. |
| FILED | Monday, April 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/447528 |
| ART UNIT | 3654 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Tools or Bench Devices Not Otherwise Provided For, for Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging or Holding B25B 27/22 (20130101) Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 21/18 (20130101) Belts, Cables, or Ropes, Predominantly Used for Driving Purposes; Chains; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor F16G 3/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08979361 | Selman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Corey M. Selman (West Hills, California); Uma Sampathkumaran (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | InnoSense LLC (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Corey M. Selman (West Hills, California); Uma Sampathkumaran (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to a dosimeter for measuring exposure to heat over time in combination with peak temperature indicators and reversible temperature indicators. The preferred temperature indicator tag is credit card sized and comprises four time-temperature dosimeters. Each dosimeter has a wick in contact with a separate reservoir containing a mix of a colored dye, a wax and an amorphous polymer to indicate a distinct temperature range when the mix melts. The wicks are preferably made of porous paper with a pore size around 8 microns to allow for proper capillary action along its length. An adhesive, except where each wick contacts its respective reservoir and at a vent, preferably seals each wick. The tag preferably has a plurality of peak temperature indicators where each indicator has a blend of a dye, a wax and a polymer for a temperature indication range. The tag also preferably has a plurality of reversible temperature sensors. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/460586 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08979943 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher O. Evans (Amherst, New Hampshire); N. Christopher Perry (Manchester, New Hampshire); Dirk A. van der Merwe (Canterbury, New Hampshire); Keith D. Violette (Sandown, New Hampshire); Stewart M. Coulter (Bedford, New Hampshire); Thomas A. Doyon (Manchester, New Hampshire); David Blumberg, Jr. (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DEKA Products Limited Partnership (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher O. Evans (Amherst, New Hampshire); N. Christopher Perry (Manchester, New Hampshire); Dirk A. van der Merwe (Canterbury, New Hampshire); Keith D. Violette (Sandown, New Hampshire); Stewart M. Coulter (Bedford, New Hampshire); Thomas A. Doyon (Manchester, New Hampshire); David Blumberg, Jr. (Manchester, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A prosthetic arm apparatus including a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a prosthetic support apparatus that may be adorned by the user. Some segments may provide movement about more than one axis using a single actuator. The prosthetic arm apparatus may include a user interface incorporated therein and may include one or more communication systems for communicating with external devices. The prosthetic limb includes at least one antenna in connection with the controller for transmitting and receiving signals. The at least one antenna including the housing of the prosthetic limb segment as a radiating element. The prosthetic limb further includes a user interface integrally formed in the housing. The user interface including a status indicator for displaying information and having a flexible protective cover disposed around a portion of the housing and covering the user interface, the flexible protective cover including a translucent portion over the status indicator. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/088063 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| 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 2/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/68 (20130101) A61F 2/78 (20130101) A61F 2/581 (20130101) A61F 2/582 (20130101) A61F 2/585 (20130101) A61F 2/586 (20130101) A61F 2002/587 (20130101) A61F 2002/701 (20130101) A61F 2002/704 (20130101) A61F 2002/747 (20130101) A61F 2002/764 (20130101) A61F 2002/769 (20130101) A61F 2002/5001 (20130101) A61F 2002/5061 (20130101) A61F 2002/5083 (20130101) A61F 2002/6836 (20130101) A61F 2002/6845 (20130101) A61F 2002/6881 (20130101) A61F 2002/7625 (20130101) A61F 2002/7635 (20130101) A61F 2002/7645 (20130101) A61F 2002/7665 (20130101) A61F 2002/7862 (20130101) A61F 2002/30464 (20130101) A61F 2220/0075 (20130101) A61F 2250/008 (20130101) A61F 2250/0074 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 15/0009 (20130101) B25J 18/00 (20130101) Couplings for Transmitting Rotation; Clutches; Brakes F16D 41/12 (20130101) F16D 41/105 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08980158 | Lennhoff |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John D. Lennhoff (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Lennhoff (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A near field electrospinning system includes a spinneret that provides a plurality of fibers and a collector positioned relative to the plurality of spinnerets. The electrospinning system also includes a coagulant flowing along the collector. The coagulant is configured to receive a plurality of fibers from the spinneret(s) and move the plurality of fibers away from the spinneret(s). The electrospinning system also includes a roller configured to collect the plurality of fibers from the coagulant as a substantially untwisted bundle of continuous fibers. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/900088 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/06 (20130101) D01D 5/0076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class D01D 5/0885 (20130101) Making Textile Fabrics, e.g From Fibres or Filamentary Material; Fabrics Made by Such Processes or Apparatus, e.g Felts, Non-woven Fabrics; Cotton-wool; Wadding D04H 3/009 (20130101) D04H 3/016 (20130101) |
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| US 08980258 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory P Adams (Hatboro, Pennsylvania); Eva M. Horak (West Orange, New Jersey); Louis M. Weiner (Washington, District of Columbia); James D. Marks (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Bispecific single chain antibody molecules are disclosed which may be used to advantage to treat various forms of cancer associated with the overexpression of members of the EGFR protein family. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/710146 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/395 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/109 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/71 (20130101) |
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| US 08980377 | Stefanescu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eduard A. Stefanescu (Butte, Montana); Sunil V. Kulkarni (Butte, Montana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Eduard A. Stefanescu (Butte, Montana); Sunil V. Kulkarni (Butte, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A transparent, non-yellowing, polymer-clay, concrete sealer and methods for making and applying the same. The disclosed clay-based sealer provides a tough, ultraviolet-light-, temperature-, and abrasion-resistant layer that effectively protects surfaces from moisture penetration, staining, dirt, dust, and wear. The substrates to which the clay-based sealer may be applied include, but are not limited to, above and below grade concrete structures, brick, concrete masonry unit (CMU) block, grout, plaster, gunite, tile, and aggregate. The clay-based sealer may easily be applied with airless or air-assisted sprayers, or by roller, brush, or applicator pad. Once applied, the sealer requires minimal maintenance. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506461 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/393 |
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| US 08980380 | Piqué et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alberto Piqué (Crofton, Maryland); Scott A Mathews (Takoma Park, Maryland); Andrew J. Birnbaum (Washington, District of Columbia); Nicholas A. Charipar (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alberto Piqué (Crofton, Maryland); Scott A Mathews (Takoma Park, Maryland); Andrew J. Birnbaum (Washington, District of Columbia); Nicholas A. Charipar (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method of: depositing an actuating material onto a bendable component; and applying heat or an electromagnetic force to the actuating material, such that the volume of the actuating material changes, causing the component to bend. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/005610 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Working or Processing of Sheet Metal or Metal Tubes, Rods or Profiles Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal B21D 26/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/18 (20130101) B23K 26/38 (20130101) B23K 26/0093 (20130101) B23K 26/4065 (20130101) |
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| US 08980434 | Perepezko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Harry Perepezko (Madison, Wisconsin); Ridwan Sakidja (Madison, Wisconsin); Patrick Ritt (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Harry Perepezko (Madison, Wisconsin); Ridwan Sakidja (Madison, Wisconsin); Patrick Ritt (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Alumina-containing coatings based on molybdenum (Mo), silicon (Si), and boron (B) (“MoSiB coatings”) that form protective, oxidation-resistant scales on ceramic substrate at high temperatures are provided. The protective scales comprise an aluminoborosilicate glass, and may additionally contain molybdenum. Two-stage deposition methods for forming the coatings are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, December 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/328898 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 17/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/00 (20130101) C04B 35/565 (20130101) C04B 35/565 (20130101) C04B 35/806 (20130101) C04B 35/58078 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/86 (20130101) C04B 41/455 (20130101) C04B 41/4529 (20130101) C04B 41/5022 (20130101) C04B 41/5022 (20130101) C04B 41/5071 (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 12/02 (20130101) C23C 16/16 (20130101) C23C 16/56 (20130101) C23C 28/044 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/288 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2300/2102 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) |
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| US 08980759 | Corrion et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Mallbu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea Corrion (Oak Park, California); Joel C. Wong (Los Angeles, California); Keisuke Shinohara (Thousand Oaks, California); Miroslav Micovic (Thousand Oaks, California); Ivan Milosavljevic (Thousand Oaks, California); Dean C. Regan (Simi Valley, California); Yan Tang (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a slanted field plate including forming epitaxy for a FET on a substrate, forming a wall near a drain of the FET, the wall comprising a first negative tone electron-beam resist (NTEBR), depositing a dielectric over the epitaxy and the wall, the wall causing the dielectric to have a step near the drain of the FET, depositing a second NTEBR over the dielectric, wherein surface tension causes the deposited second NTEBR to have a slanted top surface between the step and a source of the FET, etching anisotropically vertically the second NTEBR and the dielectric to remove the second NTEBR and to transfer a shape of the slanted top surface to the dielectric, and forming a gatehead comprising metal on the dielectric between the step and the source of the FET, wherein the gatehead forms a slanted field plate. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/284905 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/3065 (20130101) H01L 29/402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) |
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| US 08980899 | Korennykh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexei Korennykh (Princeton, New Jersey); Peter Walter (San Francisco, California); Han Li (Redwood City, California); Arvin Dar (San Francisco, California); Kevan Shokat (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexei Korennykh (Princeton, New Jersey); Peter Walter (San Francisco, California); Han Li (Redwood City, California); Arvin Dar (San Francisco, California); Kevan Shokat (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are, inter alia, methods for inhibiting Ire1 activity. |
| FILED | Monday, October 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/502307 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08980907 | Baker, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Baker, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xue-min Cheng (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Abraham F. L. Van Der Spek (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Baohua Mark Huang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Thommey P. Thomas (Dexter, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel therapeutic and diagnostic dendrimers. In particular, the present invention is directed to dendrimer-linker conjugates, methods of synthesizing the same, compositions comprising the conjugates, as well as systems and methods utilizing the conjugates (e.g., in diagnostic and/or therapeutic settings (e.g., for the delivery of therapeutics, imaging, and/or targeting agents (e.g., in disease (e.g., cancer) diagnosis and/or therapy, pain therapy, etc.)). Accordingly, dendrimer-linker conjugates of the present invention may further comprise one or more components for targeting, imaging, sensing, and/or providing a therapeutic or diagnostic material and/or monitoring response to therapy. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/107817 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/485 (20130101) A61K 47/483 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48207 (20130101) |
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| US 08980954 | Vander Jagt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Vander Jagt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lorraine M. Deck (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Vander Jagt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lorraine M. Deck (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to method(s) of treating a subject afflicted with cancer or a precancerous condition, an inflammatory disease or condition, and/or stroke or other ischemic disease or condition, the method comprising administering to the subject or patient in need a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a substituted cis or trans-stilbene. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789583 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/66 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/525 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/30 (20130101) C07D 333/16 (20130101) |
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| US 08981036 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teddy M. Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teddy M. Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition having a mixture of the below compounds having a mole ratio of at least 1:20. Ar1 and Ar2 are independently selected aromatic groups. A composition comprising phthalonitrile compounds that comprise at least 5 mol % of the first compound below. A method of: providing a solution of a dichloroaromatic compound having an electron-withdrawing group bound to each aromatic ring containing one of the chloride groups; a dihydroxyaromatic compound or anion thereof; an organic transition metal complex or a transition metal salt; an alkaline hydroxide base; and a solvent; and heating the solution to a temperature at which the dichloroaromatic compound and the dihydroxyaromatic compound react to form a dimetallic salt of an aromatic ether oligomer. The molar ratio of the dihydroxyaromatic compound to the dichloroaromatic compound is greater than 2:1. Water formed during the heating is concurrently distilled from the solution. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/483264 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 65/40 (20130101) C08G 67/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 73/024 (20130101) |
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| US 08981069 | Bales et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Christopher Bales (Niskayuna, New York); Erik Leeming Kvam (Albany, New York); Jason Louis Davis (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure generally relates to dry solid matrices for the extraction, stabilization, and storage of nucleic acids, particularly RNA, in a dry format under ambient conditions for a prolonged period of time. Methods for collecting and recovering the nucleic acids stored in the dry solid matrix are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/721948 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/24 (20130101) B01J 20/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1006 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/40 (20130101) |
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| US 08981140 | Haddad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy Haddad (Lancaster, California); Joseph Mabry (Lancaster, California); Gregory Yandek (Tehachapi, California); Vandana Vij (Palmdale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Haddad (Lancaster, California); Joseph Mabry (Lancaster, California); Gregory Yandek (Tehachapi, California); Vandana Vij (Palmdale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel POSS mono- and dianiline compounds, their synthesis procedures, and applications in host materials for the purposes of property enhancement are described. This class of POSS compounds features completely aromatic peripheries and partial amine functionality for facile and controlled reactive incorporation into a variety of polymers, and further utility may be derived from reactions of the available amine groups with anhydrides such as phenylethynyl phthalic anhydride (PEPA) to form reactive imide-type oligomers for incorporation into high performance thermosetting polymers. Modification of polymer hosts with the subject nanoparticles can result in a variety of property improvements including mechanical, thermal, tribological, electrical, as well as improved moisture resistance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/210915 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/460 |
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| US 08981270 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Juming Tang (Pullman, Washington); Fang Liu (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juming Tang (Pullman, Washington); Fang Liu (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The time/temperature history of a food tray or pouch heated by microwave energy applied through a waveguide can be accurately assessed on positioning and stabilizing a shielded data logger in an orientation where the base of the data logger is located generally close to zero depth (near the side wall) and the tip projects to the cold spot in the tray or pouch. A frame can be used to assure stability of orientation in a pouch while bracing can be used to assure stability in a tray. The properly configured food tray or pouch can serve as an accurate witness device for food items being processed in a similar manner under microwave heating for, e.g., sterilization or pasteurization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/053432 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 6/6441 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08981305 | Holloway et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Howard Holloway (Gainesville, Florida); Jihun Choi (Fishkill, New York); Teng-Kuan Tseng (Gainesville, Florida); Luiz G. Jacobsohn (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Howard Holloway (Gainesville, Florida); Jihun Choi (Fishkill, New York); Teng-Kuan Tseng (Gainesville, Florida); Luiz G. Jacobsohn (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for nanoparticles, methods of making nanoparticles, materials including nanoparticles, the use of materials including nanoparticles, and the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/460886 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/02 (20130101) C09K 11/7772 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/16 (20130101) G01T 1/2002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08981324 | Rigney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nickolas S. Rigney (Redlands, California); Daniel C. Anderson (Loma Linda, California); David A. Lesyna (Redlands, California); Daniel W. Miller (Oriental, North Carolina); Michael F. Moyers (Colton, California); Chieh C. Cheng (Redlands, California); Michael A. Baumann (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A patient alignment system for a radiation therapy system. The alignment system includes multiple external measurement devices which obtain position measurements of components of the radiation therapy system which are movable and/or are subject to flex or other positional variations. The alignment system employs the external measurements to provide corrective positioning feedback to more precisely register the patient and align them with a radiation beam. The alignment system can be provided as an integral part of a radiation therapy system or can be added as an upgrade to existing radiation therapy systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/062732 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/0442 (20130101) A61B 6/4092 (20130101) A61B 2019/5437 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/1049 (20130101) A61N 5/1067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 5/1069 (20130101) A61N 5/1078 (20130101) A61N 2005/1059 (20130101) A61N 2005/1061 (20130101) A61N 2005/1062 (20130101) A61N 2005/1087 (20130101) A61N 2005/1097 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/1666 (20130101) Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 2219/45117 (20130101) |
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| US 08981344 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Faquir Chand Jain (Storrs, Connecticut); Evan Heller (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Faquir Chand Jain (Storrs, Connecticut); Evan Heller (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A field-effect transistor is provided and includes source, gate and drain regions, where the gate region controls charge carrier location in the transport channel, the transport channel includes a asymmetric coupled quantum well layer, the asymmetric quantum well layer includes at least two quantum wells separated by a barrier layer having a greater energy gap than the wells, the transport channel is connected to the source region at one end, and the drain regions at the other, the drain regions include at least two contacts electrically isolated from each other, the contacts are connected to at least one quantum well. The drain may include two regions that are configured to form the asymmetric coupled well transport channel. In an embodiment, two sources and two drains are also envisioned. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/460651 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 16/0466 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/28273 (20130101) H01L 27/11521 (20130101) H01L 29/122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/165 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/0843 (20130101) H01L 29/1054 (20130101) H01L 29/7881 (20130101) H01L 29/42332 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) H01L 29/66825 (20130101) |
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| US 08981346 | Kamin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nackieb Kamin (Kapolei, Hawaii); Marcio De Andrade (San Diego, California); David Garmire (Honolulu, Hawaii); Richard Ordonez (Mililani, Hawaii); Cody Hayashi (Waipahu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a semiconductor substrate having at least two electrodes disposed thereon, a dielectric layer disposed over the electrodes, a graphene layer disposed over the dielectric layer and electrically isolated from the electrodes, and a differential amplifier operatively connected to the electrodes and electrically isolated from the graphene layer. A radiation-sensitive layer may be disposed over the graphene layer and a voltage source may be operatively connected to two of the electrodes. The system may be contained on an integrated circuit and may be used to sense radiation in liquid and gas form. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/501833 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1443 (20130101) H01L 31/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0336 (20130101) |
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| US 08981403 | Shatalov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maxim S Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Rakesh Jain (Columbia, South Carolina); Jinwei Yang (Lexington, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maxim S Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Rakesh Jain (Columbia, South Carolina); Jinwei Yang (Lexington, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A patterned surface for improving the growth of semiconductor layers, such as group III nitride-based semiconductor layers, is provided. The patterned surface can include a set of substantially flat top surfaces and a plurality of openings. Each substantially flat top surface can have a root mean square roughness less than approximately 0.5 nanometers, and the openings can have a characteristic size between approximately 0.1 micron and five microns. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/605007 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0237 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/0242 (20130101) H01L 21/0243 (20130101) H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/0265 (20130101) H01L 21/02458 (20130101) H01L 21/02639 (20130101) H01L 33/22 (20130101) |
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| US 08981437 | Veeder |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenton Veeder (Santa Barbara, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kenton Veeder (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Pixel Front end circuits particularly applicable to photodetectors requiring wide bias ranges and/or with high background currents. In various versions, wide bias ranges, short protection, and background current subtraction, both predetermined and automatically sampled, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/678269 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14609 (20130101) H01L 31/02019 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08981621 | Pelrine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald E. Pelrine (Longmont, Colorado); Roy D. Kornbluth (Palo Alto, California); Qibing Pei (Temecula, California); Seajin Oh (Palo Alto, California); Jose P. Joseph (Palo Alto, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald E. Pelrine (Longmont, Colorado); Roy D. Kornbluth (Palo Alto, California); Qibing Pei (Temecula, California); Seajin Oh (Palo Alto, California); Jose P. Joseph (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are transducers and their fabrication. The transducers convert between mechanical and electrical energy. Some transducers of the present invention include a pre-strained polymer. The pre-strain improves the conversion between electrical and mechanical energy. The present invention provides methods for fabricating electromechanical devices including one or more electroactive polymers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/363692 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 41/0986 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 310/80 (20130101) |
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| US 08981961 | Benner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan F. Benner (Poughkeepsie, New York); Benjamin V. Fasano (New Windsor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A connection validation apparatus includes a connector engagement mechanism configured to physically engage a connector to connect the connector to a connector interface. The apparatus further includes a connection indication detector located on the connector engagement mechanism and configured to detect at least one of a sound and a vibration corresponding to a secure connection of the connector with the connector interface. The apparatus also includes a connection indicator output unit configured to provide an indication to a user that the connector is securely connected with the connector interface based on the detection of the at least one of the sound and the vibration by the connection indication detector. |
| FILED | Monday, January 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/746207 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 21/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08982011 | Gregoire et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel J. Gregoire (Thousand Oaks, California); Joseph S. Colburn (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Gregoire (Thousand Oaks, California); Joseph S. Colburn (Malibu, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of and apparatus for mitigating adverse transmission and/or reception effects that an obstruction would otherwise have upon a RF signal to be transmitted or received, the RF signal being available at a feed point and wherein the obstruction is spaced from the feed point in a direction of desired transmission or reception. An artificial impedance surface is disposed adjacent the feed point and the obstruction, and the artificial impedance surface is designed (i) to have a spatially non-varying impedance function in a constant impedance region at least immediately adjacent the feed point and (ii) to have a non-constant impedance function in one or more regions spaced from the feed point and closer to the obstruction. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/243006 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/909 |
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| US 08982131 | Maswadeh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Waleed M. Maswadeh (Rosedale, Maryland); Arnold P. Snyder (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A multivariate digital camera device and method for generating pictures of datasets comprised of points in hyperspace is provided. The invention may be embodied in an input device, a computer processor, and an output device. The input device may be a keyboard, a laboratory instrument such as a mass spectrometer, a reader of computer readable medium, or a network interface device. The output device may be a monitor used in conjunction with either a 2D or 3D printer or both. The computer processor receives data from the input device and performs a series of steps to create a 2D or 3D image of the hyperspace object. The resulting image is then produced in a non-transitory medium by at least one of the output devices. The processor steps include the use of a maximum distance method in which distances and angles information from the points in the hyperspace dataset are preserved to produce a more picture-like quality. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/804808 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08982450 | Cox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan A. Cox (La Mesa, California); Franz X. Kaertner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan A. Cox (La Mesa, California); Franz X. Kaertner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Feedback loops can be used to shift and stabilize the carrier-envelope phase of a frequency comb from a mode-locked fibers laser or other optical source. Compared to other frequency shifting and stabilization techniques, feedback-based techniques provide a wideband closed-loop servo bandwidth without optical filtering, beam pointing errors, or group velocity dispersion. It also enables phase locking to a stable reference, such as a Ti:Sapphire laser, continuous-wave microwave or optical source, or self-referencing interferometer, e.g., to within 200 mrad rms from DC to 5 MHz. In addition, stabilized frequency combs can be coherently combined with other stable signals, including other stabilized frequency combs, to synthesize optical pulse trains with pulse durations of as little as a single optical cycle. Such a coherent combination can be achieved via orthogonal control, using balanced optical cross-correlation for timing stabilization and balanced homodyne detection for phase stabilization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/196442 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/0057 (20130101) H01S 3/0085 (20130101) H01S 3/0092 (20130101) H01S 3/1304 (20130101) H01S 3/1305 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/1307 (20130101) H01S 3/2391 (20130101) |
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| US 08982670 | Pappafotis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason M. Pappafotis (Panama City Beach, Florida); Elan Moritz (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason M. Pappafotis (Panama City Beach, Florida); Elan Moritz (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods to determine and ascertain the occurrence of an event are provided. The event can manifest its presence through transient signatures that alter short or long term background sensor registered signals. The system can include multiple sensors, one or more data recorders and data reporting devices. Event data from each sensor is collected, recorded and reported. Data from the various sensors is correlated to triangulate or otherwise localize the occurrence of an event. The sensors can be incorporated on a single device or can be a distributed set of independent sensors on separate devices that share their information with the data collection system. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/560158 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 11/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08982924 | Kumar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajendra Kumar (Cerritos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajendra Kumar (Cerritos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for combining a plurality of codes. The plurality of codes may be binary codes having possible logical values of −1 and +1 and may comprise an even number of codes. An output of the combining v0,k may be given by: v0=sgn(vi), where vi is the sum of the first plurality of codes at the first time. Embodiments for allocating different power levels among various codes are presented. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/660615 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/00 (20130101) H04L 27/20 (20130101) |
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| US 08983222 | Hou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weilin Hou (Slidell, Louisiana); Alan Weidemann (Carriere, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weilin Hou (Slidell, Louisiana); Alan Weidemann (Carriere, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method for automatically retrieving information regarding optical properties of a scattering medium including receiving a first digital image and a first image quality value associated with the first digital image and sharpness of an edge of the first digital image, producing an optimized image, transforming the optimized image into an optimized optical transfer function, receiving a second digital image and a second image quality value associated with the second digital image and sharpness of an edge of the second digital image, identifying either the first or second digital image as an optimized digital image, and transforming the optimized optical transfer function into an optimized value of the optical parameter. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/109612 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/002 (20130101) G06T 5/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/20064 (20130101) |
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| US 08983251 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhaolin Lu (Pittsford, New York); Wangshi Zhao (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus with either a graphene sheet or an epsilon-near-zero layer sandwiched in a waveguide structure and a tuning device. The tuning device is configured to selectively control application of at least first and second gate voltages across the waveguide structure. The graphene sheet has a first dielectric constant which is zero and the waveguide structure operates at a first absorption state and a first propagation distance with application of the first voltage by the tuning device and has a second dielectric constant and the waveguide structure operates at a second absorption state and a second propagation distance with application of the second voltage. The second dielectric constant is larger than the first dielectric constant, the second absorption state is smaller than the first absorption state, the second propagation distance is longer than the first propagation distance, and the second voltage which is zero or smaller than the first voltage. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/710093 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/1226 (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 1/015 (20130101) G02F 2001/0153 (20130101) G02F 2203/10 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 31/18 (20130101) |
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| US 08983303 | Meyers 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) | Ronald E Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); Keith S Deacon (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for transferring data comprising: an entangled photon source for producing first and second entangled photons associated with a receiver and a sender, respectively; a Bell state measurement device for performing a joint Bell state measurement on the second entangled photon and the at least one qubit; the Bell state measurement device outputting two bits of data to be used at the receiver; a transmission channel for transmitting two bits from the outcome of the Bell state measurement device to the receiver; a unitary transformation device for performing a unitary transformation operation on the first entangled photon based upon the value of the two bits of data; at least one detector for detecting encoded information from the first entangled photon; at least one processor operating to determine whether or not to transmit portions of data from a sequential successive qubit based upon the preceding qubit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/948660 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/002 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 10/70 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/933 (20130101) |
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| US 08983390 | Chatterjee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abhijit Chatterjee (Marietta, Georgia); Shreyas Sen (Atlanta, Georgia); Shyam Kumar Devarakond (Atlanta, Georgia); Vishwanath Natarajan (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abhijit Chatterjee (Marietta, Georgia); Shreyas Sen (Atlanta, Georgia); Shyam Kumar Devarakond (Atlanta, Georgia); Vishwanath Natarajan (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The various embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to power-conscious self-healing transceiver systems and methods. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of power-consciously self-healing a transceiver system. The method comprises providing a transceiver device having a plurality of tuning elements configured to control a plurality of specifications of the device, determining initial values for the plurality of tuning elements, and performing a hardware-iterative gradient search to obtain values for each tuning element such that the plurality of specifications are within a tolerated range. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/109506 |
| 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 1/0003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08983420 | Musselman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randall Lee Musselman (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall Lee Musselman (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna array system and method is provided for reducing interference from a source moving relative to the antenna array system. The antenna array system includes a receiver and a plurality of antenna array elements arranged in a planar array. Each of the plurality of antenna array elements is in electrical communication with the receiver and in a locationally fixed position relative to the receiver. The plurality of antenna array elements receives a desired signal and interference from the source moving relative to the antenna array system. The receiver is configured to detect a presence of the interference. In response to the detection of the presence of the interference, the receiver is further configured to steer a deep antenna-pattern null in a direction of the interference. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/563088 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 19/21 (20130101) G01S 19/36 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/34 (20130101) H01Q 3/2617 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 21/065 (20130101) |
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| US 08983808 | Blain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cheryl A. Blain (Slidell, Louisiana); Robert S. Linzell (Carriere, Mississippi); Thomas C. Massey (Clinton, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheryl A. Blain (Slidell, Louisiana); Robert S. Linzell (Carriere, Mississippi); Thomas C. Massey (Clinton, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | Mesh generation and editing tools are provided. The mesh generation and editing tools can be implemented using MATLAB® and are platform-independent, usable in any number of different operating systems and configurations. The mesh generation tool uses a graphical user interface to receive user inputs of boundary and bathymetry information and automatically generates a mesh based on the input information and user selections of the number of mesh refinements based on the bathymetry that should be run. The mesh generation tool also performs a check of the computing resources needed to construct a mesh with the selected parameters and allows the user to change the parameters before generating the mesh if necessary to avoid excessive resource use. The mesh editing tool includes a fully automated master smoothing script that applies a set of “best practices” mesh operations to a mesh, and further includes a set of mesh editing tools that can be applied individually to edit and refine a mesh to best suit a user's needs. Meshes generated in accordance with the present invention can include properly formatted ADCIRC grid files (fort.14 file) that can be used to represent coastal ocean dynamics in a discrete computational framework. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/574880 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 99/005 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) G06F 17/5018 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 17/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08983824 | Cutts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (Northfield, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (Northfield, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew W. Cutts (Henniker, New Hampshire); Robert Schmidt (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for advancing time in a distributed business process simulation are disclosed. The methods and apparatus simulate an interdependent business process, such as a financial transaction system, in a secure distributed manner. Each business entity that is part of the interdependent business process models itself on a local client device at any chosen level of detail. A simulation server connects the separate client based simulations into one large simulation. Details of each local simulation may be hidden from other simulation participants. However, interruptions in business flow caused by simulated disruptions introduced at the simulation server and/or a client device are propagated to all of the effected simulation participants via the simulation server. In addition, simulation time may be warped from one breakpoint to another breakpoint thereby facilitating an efficient ratio of simulation time to real time. |
| FILED | Friday, October 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/046055 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 40/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08983990 | Duan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Songyun Duan (Hawthorne, New York); Anastasios Kementsietsidis (New York, New York); Wangchao Le (Tallahassee, Florida); Min Wang (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Songyun Duan (Hawthorne, New York); Anastasios Kementsietsidis (New York, New York); Wangchao Le (Tallahassee, Florida); Min Wang (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of performing a graph query issued by a user is provided. The method includes performing on a processor, receiving a user graph query. The method includes rewriting the user graph query as a new query based on a query policy expressed in a graph query language. The method includes performing the new query on graph data to obtain a result. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/857618 |
| ART UNIT | 2158 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30448 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08984396 | Tingstrom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel James Tingstrom (Ithaca, New York); Robert A. Joyce (Ithaca, New York); Matthew A. Stillerman (Ithaca, New York); Stephen Kurt Brueckner (Ithaca, New York); Haim Yehuda Bar (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Architecture Technology Corporation (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel James Tingstrom (Ithaca, New York); Robert A. Joyce (Ithaca, New York); Matthew A. Stillerman (Ithaca, New York); Stephen Kurt Brueckner (Ithaca, New York); Haim Yehuda Bar (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure is directed to techniques for providing comparing first and second XML files to one another. According to these techniques, a computing device (e.g., a version control service executing on the computing device), may be configured generate at least two edit transcripts that each include one or more operational changes that may be applied to data elements of the first XML file to arrive at data elements of the second XML file (or vice versa). The computing device may select at least one optimal edit transcript based on which of the number of operational changes of the at least two edit transcripts. |
| FILED | Friday, December 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/316258 |
| ART UNIT | 2177 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/71 (20130101) G06F 17/227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/2211 (20130101) G06F 17/2247 (20130101) G06F 17/2252 (20130101) G06F 17/2288 (20130101) G06F 17/3023 (20130101) G06F 17/30309 (20130101) |
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| US RE45424 | Bronez |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Bronez (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Social Perspective Mgmt, L.L.C. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Bronez (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for reliable neighbor discovery in wireless ad hoc networks are provided herein. In one aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for analyzing the quality of a communication link. In embodiments, several factors affecting link quality may be incorporated in the analysis, and basic and/or complex statistical and/or probabilistic analysis may be used. In another aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for neighbor node discovery that adapt to network and/or node operating conditions and that dynamically maintain a neighbor node set at a given node according to these conditions. In a further aspect, embodiments of the present invention extend the utility of neighbor node discovery beyond the customary role of data routing support into the problem of deploying an ad hoc network by providing a display module for displaying node connectivity information. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/458989 |
| ART UNIT | 2641 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Wiebe (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Wiebe (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine (10), including: a turbine having radial inflow impellor blades (38); and an array of advanced transition combustor assemblies arranged circumferentially about the radial inflow impellor blades (38) and having inner surfaces (34) that are adjacent to combustion gases (40). The inner surfaces (34) of the array are configured to accelerate and orient, for delivery directly onto the radial inflow impellor blades (38), a plurality of discrete flows of the combustion gases (40). The array inner surfaces (34) define respective combustion gas flow axes (20). Each combustion gas flow axis (20) is straight from a point of ignition until no longer bound by the array inner surfaces (34), and each combustion gas flow axis (20) intersects a unique location on a circumference defined by a sweep of the radial inflow impellor blades (38). |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/326392 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/805 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08978401 | Chainer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); Hien P. Dang (Nanuet, New York); Pritish R. Parida (Fishkill, New York); Mark D. Schultz (Ossining, New York); Arun Sharma (New Rochelle, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); Hien P. Dang (Nanuet, New York); Pritish R. Parida (Fishkill, New York); Mark D. Schultz (Ossining, New York); Arun Sharma (New Rochelle, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A data center cooling system may include heat transfer equipment to cool a liquid coolant without vapor compression refrigeration, and the liquid coolant is used on a liquid cooled information technology equipment rack housed in the data center. The system may also include a controller-apparatus to regulate the liquid coolant flow to the liquid cooled information technology equipment rack through a range of liquid coolant flow values based upon information technology equipment temperature thresholds. |
| FILED | Friday, August 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/588260 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20836 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08978642 | Stettenheim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel Stettenheim (Norwich, Vermont); Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Oliver J. Brambles (Norwich, Vermont) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Joel Stettenheim (Norwich, Vermont); Troy O. McBride (Norwich, Vermont); Oliver J. Brambles (Norwich, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A tubular heat-absorbing element partly enclosed in an insulating layer or jacket, has absorbing surface that is accessible to solar radiation. The thermal insulation is designed to provide entry to solar radiation by way of a cavity. The absorbing surface can be substantially planar. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/831632 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 6/06 (20130101) Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/05 (20130101) F24J 2/07 (20130101) F24J 2/08 (20130101) F24J 2/12 (20130101) F24J 2/14 (20130101) F24J 2/24 (20130101) F24J 2/26 (20130101) F24J 2/50 (20130101) F24J 2/54 (20130101) F24J 2/055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F24J 2/485 (20130101) F24J 2/0488 (20130101) F24J 2/541 (20130101) F24J 2/1047 (20130101) F24J 2/4609 (20130101) F24J 2002/508 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/41 (20130101) Y02E 10/44 (20130101) Y02E 10/45 (20130101) Y02E 10/46 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08978776 | Spray |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffery A. Spray (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dynamic Tubular Systems, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery A. Spray (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An expandable tubular to be used within geologic structures and a method of manufacturing thereof has a substantially tubular shaped member with an axis extending therethrough. The tubular member has one or more helical member formed within a wall of the tubular member, and the helical member may be defined about the axis of the tubular shaped member. Further, a plurality of elongated perforations are formed within the wall of tubular member, and the tubular member is compressible from a larger diameter to a smaller diameter. When compressed, the tubular member stores expansive energy within the wall, in which the tubular member may then expand back to a larger diameter when the expansive energy is released. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/596411 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/108 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08979080 | Salisbury |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curt Michael Salisbury (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curt Michael Salisbury (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies described herein pertain to an adjustable compliance apparatus. The adjustable compliance apparatus includes a shaft, a sleeve element, and a torsion spring. The sleeve element includes a bore there through, where the shaft is positioned through the bore of the sleeve element. Further, the torsion spring includes a plurality of coils, where the shaft is positioned through the plurality of coils. Moreover, the sleeve element is slidable in an axial direction along the shaft between the torsion spring and the shaft. Accordingly, compliance of the adjustable compliance apparatus is adjustable based on a number of the plurality of coils in contact with the sleeve element as positioned along the shaft within the torsion spring. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/525451 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 1/041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16F 1/121 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08979498 | Mazzola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stefan Mazzola (Sanford, Florida); John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stefan Mazzola (Sanford, Florida); John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine airfoil usable in a turbine engine and formed from at least an outboard section and an inboard section such that an inner end of the outboard section is attached to an outer end of the inboard section. The outboard section may be configured to provide a tip having adequate thickness and may extend radially inward from the tip with a generally constant cross-sectional area. The inboard section may be configured with a tapered cross-sectional area to support the outboard section. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/716516 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08979968 | Haslam |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffery J. Haslam (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery J. Haslam (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An air filter replacement system for existing buildings, vehicles, arenas, and other enclosed airspaces includes a replacement air filter for replacing a standard air filter. The replacement air filter has dimensions and air flow specifications that allow it to replace the standard air filter. The replacement air filter includes a filter material that removes radiological or biological or aerosol particles. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/607129 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 39/2068 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 46/008 (20130101) B01D 46/10 (20130101) B01D 46/2411 (20130101) B01D 2239/025 (20130101) B01D 2239/069 (20130101) B01D 2239/0654 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08980002 | Melnik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuriy Melnik (San Jose, California); Lu Chen (Cupertino, California); Hidehiro Kojiri (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuriy Melnik (San Jose, California); Lu Chen (Cupertino, California); Hidehiro Kojiri (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for growing group III-nitride semiconductor compounds with advanced buffer layer technique. In an embodiment, a method includes providing a suitable substrate in a processing chamber of a hydride vapor phase epitaxy processing system. The method includes forming an AlN buffer layer by flowing an ammonia gas into a growth zone of the processing chamber, flowing an aluminum halide containing precursor to the growth zone and at the same time flowing additional hydrogen halide or halogen gas into the growth zone of the processing chamber. The additional hydrogen halide or halogen gas that is flowed into the growth zone during buffer layer deposition suppresses homogeneous AlN particle formation. The hydrogen halide or halogen gas may continue flowing for a time period while the flow of the aluminum halide containing precursor is turned off. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/469045 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/02 (20130101) C30B 25/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 25/18 (20130101) C30B 25/183 (20130101) C30B 29/40 (20130101) C30B 29/403 (20130101) C30B 29/406 (20130101) |
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| US 08980185 | Reichert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David E. Reichert (St. Louis, Missouri); Paul J. A. Kenis (Champaign, Illinois); Tobias D. Wheeler (Alameda, California); Amit V. Desai (Urbana, Illinois); Dexing Zeng (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Birce C. Önal (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Reichert (St. Louis, Missouri); Paul J. A. Kenis (Champaign, Illinois); Tobias D. Wheeler (Alameda, California); Amit V. Desai (Urbana, Illinois); Dexing Zeng (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Birce C. Önal (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A microreactor for preparing a radiolabeled complex or a biomolecule conjugate comprises a microchannel for fluid flow, where the microchannel comprises a mixing portion comprising one or more passive mixing elements, and a reservoir for incubating a mixed fluid. The reservoir is in fluid communication with the microchannel and is disposed downstream of the mixing portion. A method of preparing a radiolabeled complex includes flowing a radiometal solution comprising a metallic radionuclide through a downstream mixing portion of a microchannel, where the downstream mixing portion includes one or more passive mixing elements, and flowing a ligand solution comprising a bifunctional chelator through the downstream mixing portion. The ligand solution and the radiometal solution are passively mixed while in the downstream mixing portion to initiate a chelation reaction between the metallic radionuclide and the bifunctional chelator. The chelation reaction is completed to form a radiolabeled complex. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/818569 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — 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 19/0093 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/00 (20130101) C07B 59/008 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 1/1077 (20130101) |
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| US 08980210 | Heldebrant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Heldebrant (Richland, Washington); Clement R. Yonker (Kennewick, Washington); Phillip K. Koech (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Heldebrant (Richland, Washington); Clement R. Yonker (Kennewick, Washington); Phillip K. Koech (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for acid-gas capture wherein organic acid-gas capture materials form hetero-atom analogs of alkyl-carbonate when contacted with an acid gas. These organic-acid gas capture materials include combinations of a weak acid and a base, or zwitterionic liquids. This invention allows for reversible acid-gas binding to these organic binding materials thus allowing for the capture and release of one or more acid gases. These acid-gas binding organic compounds can be regenerated to release the captured acid gasses and enable these organic acid-gas binding materials to be reused. This enables transport of the liquid capture compounds and the release of the acid gases from the organic liquid with significant energy savings compared to current aqueous systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/427851 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/40 (20130101) B01D 53/1425 (20130101) B01D 53/1456 (20130101) B01D 53/1493 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2257/302 (20130101) B01D 2257/304 (20130101) B01D 2257/308 (20130101) B01D 2257/404 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) |
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| US 08980216 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | YuHuang Wang (Laurel, Maryland); Alexandra H. Brozena (Takoma Park, Maryland); Shunliu Deng (College Park, Maryland); Yin Zhang (Hyattsville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | YuHuang Wang (Laurel, Maryland); Alexandra H. Brozena (Takoma Park, Maryland); Shunliu Deng (College Park, Maryland); Yin Zhang (Hyattsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to carbon nanostructures, e.g., carbon nanotubes, methods of covalently functionalizing carbon nanostructures, and methods of separating and isolating covalently functionalized carbon. In some embodiments, carbon nanotubes are reacted with alkylating agents to provide water soluble covalently functionalized carbon nanotubes. In other embodiments, carbon nanotubes are reacted with a thermally-responsive agent and exposed to light in order to separate carbon nanotubes of a specific chirality from a mixture of carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/439029 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 51/353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 51/353 (20130101) C07C 57/40 (20130101) C07C 57/40 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 1/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/745 (20130101) Y10S 977/748 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) |
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| US 08980418 | Darling et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seth B. Darling (Chicago, Illinois); Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Illinois); Yu-Chih Tseng (Oakville, Canada); Qing Peng (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth B. Darling (Chicago, Illinois); Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Illinois); Yu-Chih Tseng (Oakville, Canada); Qing Peng (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A plasma etch resist material modified by an inorganic protective component via sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) and methods of preparing the modified resist material. The modified resist material is characterized by an improved resistance to a plasma etching or related process relative to the unmodified resist material, thereby allowing formation of patterned features into a substrate material, which may be high-aspect ratio features. The SIS process forms the protective component within the bulk resist material through a plurality of alternating exposures to gas phase precursors which infiltrate the resist material. The plasma etch resist material may be initially patterned using photolithography, electron-beam lithography or a block copolymer self-assembly process. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/427619 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/405 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0273 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/3065 (20130101) H01L 21/3081 (20130101) H01L 21/3086 (20130101) |
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| US 08980454 | Pham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EnerVault Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Enervault Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ai Quoc Pham (Milpitas, California); On Kok Chang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various methods of rebalancing electrolytes in a redox flow battery system include various systems using a catalyzed hydrogen rebalance cell configured to minimize the risk of dissolved catalyst negatively affecting flow battery performance. Some systems described herein reduce the chance of catalyst contamination of RFB electrolytes by employing a mediator solution to eliminate direct contact between the catalyzed membrane and the RFB electrolyte. Other methods use a rebalance cell chemistry that maintains the catalyzed electrode at a potential low enough to prevent the catalyst from dissolving. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/207795 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/20 (20130101) H01M 8/188 (20130101) H01M 8/0482 (20130101) H01M 8/04276 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
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| US 08980460 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jiguang Zhang (Richland, Washington); Wu Xu (Richland, Washington); Gordon L. Graff (West Richland, Washington); Xilin Chen (Richland, Washington); Fei Ding (Tianjin, China PRC); Yuyan Shao (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiguang Zhang (Richland, Washington); Wu Xu (Richland, Washington); Gordon L. Graff (West Richland, Washington); Xilin Chen (Richland, Washington); Fei Ding (Tianjin, China PRC); Yuyan Shao (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrodeposition involving an electrolyte having a surface-smoothing additive can result in self-healing, instead of self-amplification, of initial protuberant tips that give rise to roughness and/or dendrite formation on the substrate and/or film surface. For electrodeposition of a first conductive material (C1) on a substrate from one or more reactants in an electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution is characterized by a surface-smoothing additive containing cations of a second conductive material (C2), wherein cations of C2 have an effective electrochemical reduction potential in the solution lower than that of the reactants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/495727 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/4484 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25D 3/12 (20130101) C25D 3/20 (20130101) C25D 3/22 (20130101) C25D 3/30 (20130101) C25D 3/38 (20130101) C25D 3/42 (20130101) C25D 3/46 (20130101) C25D 3/48 (20130101) C25D 3/50 (20130101) C25D 5/00 (20130101) C25D 13/22 (20130101) |
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| US 08980484 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | On Kok Chang (San Jose, California); David Andrew Sopchak (Oakland, California); Ai Quoc Pham (Milpitas, California); Kimio Kinoshita (Cupertino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Enervault Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | On Kok Chang (San Jose, California); David Andrew Sopchak (Oakland, California); Ai Quoc Pham (Milpitas, California); Kimio Kinoshita (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and structures for monitoring, managing electrolyte concentrations in redox flow batteries are provided by introducing a first quantity of a liquid electrolyte into a first chamber of a test cell and introducing a second quantity of the liquid electrolyte into a second chamber of the test cell. The method further provides for measuring a voltage of the test cell, measuring an elapsed time from the test cell reaching a first voltage until the test cell reaches a second voltage; and determining a degree of imbalance of the liquid electrolyte based on the elapsed time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/432243 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/3606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/188 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
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| US 08980561 | Cai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hong Cai (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jian Song (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC. (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Cai (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jian Song (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a rapid, sensitive and specific nucleic acid detection system which utilizes isothermal nucleic acid amplification in combination with a lateral flow chromatographic device, or DNA dipstick, for DNA-hybridization detection. The system of the invention requires no complex instrumentation or electronic hardware, and provides a low cost nucleic acid detection system suitable for highly sensitive pathogen detection. Hybridization to single-stranded DNA amplification products using the system of the invention provides a sensitive and specific means by which assays can be multiplexed for the detection of multiple target sequences. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/894908 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.120 |
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| US 08980730 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary embodiments provide materials and methods of forming high-quality semiconductor devices using lattice-mismatched materials. In one embodiment, a composite film including one or more substantially-single-particle-thick nanoparticle layers can be deposited over a substrate as a nanoscale selective growth mask for epitaxially growing lattice-mismatched materials over the substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/232629 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/507 |
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| US 08981157 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Manhua Lin (Warminster, Pennsylvania); Xiang Wang (Nanchang, China PRC); Younghoon Yeom (Woodbridge, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ever Nu Technology, LLC (Warminster, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manhua Lin (Warminster, Pennsylvania); Xiang Wang (Nanchang, China PRC); Younghoon Yeom (Woodbridge, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst, its method of preparation and its use for producing aliphatic ketones by subjecting alkanes C3 to C9 to a gas phase catalytic oxidation in the presence of air or oxygen, and, optionally, steam and/or one or more diluting gases. The catalyst comprises a catalytically active mixed metal oxide phase and a suitable support material onto and/or into which the active catalytic phase id dispersed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/116424 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/08 (20130101) B01J 23/002 (20130101) B01J 23/28 (20130101) B01J 23/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 23/92 (20130101) B01J 35/1014 (20130101) B01J 35/1023 (20130101) B01J 37/0201 (20130101) B01J 38/02 (20130101) B01J 38/12 (20130101) B01J 2523/00 (20130101) B01J 2523/00 (20130101) B01J 2523/00 (20130101) B01J 2523/12 (20130101) B01J 2523/15 (20130101) B01J 2523/15 (20130101) B01J 2523/27 (20130101) B01J 2523/68 (20130101) B01J 2523/68 (20130101) B01J 2523/3718 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 29/50 (20130101) C07C 45/33 (20130101) C07C 45/33 (20130101) C07C 45/34 (20130101) C07C 47/02 (20130101) C07C 49/10 (20130101) C07C 49/205 (20130101) C07C 49/403 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) |
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| US 08981168 | DeSisto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Joseph DeSisto (Orono, Maine); Marshall Clayton Wheeler (Orono, Maine); Adriaan R. P. van Heiningen (Orono, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides, among other thing, methods for creating significantly deoxygenated bio-oils form biomass including the steps of providing a feedstock, associating the feedstock with an alkali formate to form a treated feedstock, dewatering the treated feedstock, heating the dewatered treated feedstock to form a vapor product, and condensing the vapor product to form a pyrolysis oil, wherein the pyrolysis oil contains less than 30% oxygen by weight. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/734077 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Destructive Distillation of Carbonageous Materials for Production of Gas, Coke, Tar, or Similar Materials C10B 49/22 (20130101) C10B 53/02 (20130101) C10B 57/06 (20130101) Working-up Pitch, Asphalt, Bitumen, Tar; Pyroligneous Acid C10C 5/00 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) Purifying or Modifying the Chemical Composition of Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide C10K 1/024 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/14 (20130101) |
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| US 08981204 | Johnson, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard L. Johnson, Jr. (Suffolk, Virginia); Richard J. Russell (La Crescenta, California); Michael F. Turk (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Suncore Photovoltaics, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Johnson, Jr. (Suffolk, Virginia); Richard J. Russell (La Crescenta, California); Michael F. Turk (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an adjustable racking system for transporting and mounting one or more solar panels to, for example, a rooftop. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/271331 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/5205 (20130101) F24J 2002/5277 (20130101) F24J 2002/5281 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02 (20130101) H01L 31/0422 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 10/12 (20130101) Y02B 10/20 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/47 (20130101) Y02E 10/52 (20130101) |
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| US 08981312 | Cich |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Cich (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments disclosed herein relate to photon detectors configured to employ the Gunn effect for detecting high-energy photons (e.g., x-rays and gamma rays) and methods of use. In an embodiment, a photon detector for detecting high-energy photons is disclosed. The photon detector includes a p-i-n semiconductor diode having a p-type semiconductor region, an n-type semiconductor region, and a compensated i-region disposed between the p-type semiconductor region and the n-type semiconductor region. The compensated i-region and has a width of about 100 μm to about 400 μm and is configured to exhibit the Gunn effect when the p-i-n semiconductor diode is forward biased a sufficient amount. The compensated i-region is doped to include a free carrier concentration of less than about 1010 cm−3. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/023348 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/117 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08981337 | Burckel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Bruce Burckel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul S. Davids (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul J. Resnick (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bruce L. Draper (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The various technologies presented herein relate to a three dimensional manufacturing technique for application with semiconductor technologies. A membrane layer can be formed over a cavity. An opening can be formed in the membrane such that the membrane can act as a mask layer to the underlying wall surfaces and bottom surface of the cavity. A beam to facilitate an operation comprising any of implantation, etching or deposition can be directed through the opening onto the underlying surface, with the opening acting as a mask to control the area of the underlying surfaces on which any of implantation occurs, material is removed, and/or material is deposited. The membrane can be removed, a new membrane placed over the cavity and a new opening formed to facilitate another implantation, etching, or deposition operation. By changing the direction of the beam different wall/bottom surfaces can be utilized to form a plurality of structures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/017132 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/306 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08982450 | Cox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan A. Cox (La Mesa, California); Franz X. Kaertner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan A. Cox (La Mesa, California); Franz X. Kaertner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Feedback loops can be used to shift and stabilize the carrier-envelope phase of a frequency comb from a mode-locked fibers laser or other optical source. Compared to other frequency shifting and stabilization techniques, feedback-based techniques provide a wideband closed-loop servo bandwidth without optical filtering, beam pointing errors, or group velocity dispersion. It also enables phase locking to a stable reference, such as a Ti:Sapphire laser, continuous-wave microwave or optical source, or self-referencing interferometer, e.g., to within 200 mrad rms from DC to 5 MHz. In addition, stabilized frequency combs can be coherently combined with other stable signals, including other stabilized frequency combs, to synthesize optical pulse trains with pulse durations of as little as a single optical cycle. Such a coherent combination can be achieved via orthogonal control, using balanced optical cross-correlation for timing stabilization and balanced homodyne detection for phase stabilization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/196442 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/0057 (20130101) H01S 3/0085 (20130101) H01S 3/0092 (20130101) H01S 3/1304 (20130101) H01S 3/1305 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/1307 (20130101) H01S 3/2391 (20130101) |
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| US 08983017 | McIntyre et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter M. McIntyre (College Station, Texas); Akhdiyor Sattarov (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter M. McIntyre (College Station, Texas); Akhdiyor Sattarov (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for operating an accelerator driven sub-critical core. In one embodiment, a fission power generator includes a sub-critical core and a plurality of proton beam generators. Each of the proton beam generators is configured to concurrently provide a proton beam into a different area of the sub-critical core. Each proton beam scatters neutrons within the sub-critical core. The plurality of proton beam generators provides aggregate power to the sub-critical core, via the proton beams, to scatter neutrons sufficient to initiate fission in the sub-critical core. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/222652 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 1/08 (20130101) G21G 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08984661 | Weber-Bargioni et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander Weber-Bargioni (Albany, California); Stefano Cabrini (Albany, California); Wei Bao (Albany, California); Mauro Melli (Albany, California); Eli Yablonovitch (Oakland, California); Peter J. Schuck (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Weber-Bargioni (Albany, California); Stefano Cabrini (Albany, California); Wei Bao (Albany, California); Mauro Melli (Albany, California); Eli Yablonovitch (Oakland, California); Peter J. Schuck (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to probes for multidimensional nanospectroscopic imaging. In one aspect, a method includes providing a transparent tip comprising a dielectric material. A four-sided pyramidal-shaped structure is formed at an apex of the transparent tip using a focused ion beam. Metal layers are deposited over two opposing sides of the four-sided pyramidal-shaped structure. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/033070 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 60/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08979266 | Cense et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abraham J. Cense (Utsunomiya, Japan); Donald T. Miller (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abraham J. Cense (Utsunomiya, Japan); Donald T. Miller (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure includes disclosure of devices, and methods to resolve microscopic structures. In at least one exemplary embodiment, a visualization apparatus comprises a source arm having a light source operable to emit a light beam, wherein the light beam defines a beam pathway, a reference arm comprising a reflecting surface positioned within the beam pathway, a sample arm comprising a wavefront sensor, an adaptive optics wavefront corrector, and a target, each of which are positioned within the beam pathway, wherein the adaptive optics wavefront corrector is operable to compensate for at least one aberration in the light beam, a detector arm comprising a beam detector positioned within the beam pathway, wherein the beam detector is operable to detect the reflected light beam from the reference arm and the target, and wherein the visualization apparatus is operable to minimize at least one aberration of the target. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/144988 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 3/1225 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/168 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08979287 | Hicks |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Andrew Hicks (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Andrew Hicks (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a reflective surface substantially perpendicular to a vector field described by the equation: W(x,y,z)=T(proj(x,v,z))−(x,v,z)+proj(x,v,z)−(x,v,z)∥T(proj(x,y,z))−(x,y,z)∥ ∥proj(x,y,z)−(x,y,z)∥ and a method for forming the reflective surface. The reflective surface is capable of providing a non-reversed, substantially undistorted direct reflection. |
| FILED | Friday, June 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/377379 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08980213 | Dabrowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bogdan Dabrowski (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Steven Remsen (Hillsboro, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bogdan Dabrowski (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Steven Remsen (Hillsboro, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A manganese oxide contains M1, optionally M2, Mn and O. M1 is selected from the group consisting of In, Sc, Y, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu. M2 is different from M1, and M2 is selected from the group consisting of Bi, In, Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu. These ceramic materials are hexagonal in structure, and provide superior materials for gas separation and oxygen storage. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/284847 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/228 (20130101) B01D 71/024 (20130101) B01D 2255/206 (20130101) B01D 2255/2061 (20130101) B01D 2255/2073 (20130101) B01D 2257/104 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 45/1221 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01G 45/1264 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/76 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2002/88 (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 2235/79 (20130101) C04B 2235/652 (20130101) C04B 2235/656 (20130101) C04B 2235/658 (20130101) C04B 2235/663 (20130101) C04B 2235/761 (20130101) C04B 2235/767 (20130101) C04B 2235/768 (20130101) C04B 2235/3224 (20130101) C04B 2235/3225 (20130101) C04B 2235/3227 (20130101) C04B 2235/3229 (20130101) C04B 2235/3267 (20130101) C04B 2235/3286 (20130101) C04B 2235/3298 (20130101) C04B 2235/6565 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08980284 | Ichtchenko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Konstantin Ichtchenko (Brooklyn, New York); Philip A. Band (West Orange, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Konstantin Ichtchenko (Brooklyn, New York); Philip A. Band (West Orange, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to isolated Clostridium botulinum propeptides and neurotoxins, isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding Clostridium botulinum propeptides and neurotoxins, methods of expression, treatment methods, and methods of detecting neurotoxin trafficking. The isolated Clostridium botulinum propeptides have a light chain region; a heavy chain region, where the light and heavy chain regions are linked by a disulfide bond; an intermediate region connecting the light and heavy chain regions and comprising a highly specific protease cleavage site; and an S6 peptide sequence according to SEQ ID NO:2 positioned upstream from, but not attached directly to, the N-terminus of the neurotoxin propeptide at the light chain region to enable site specific attachment of cargo. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/013518 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/33 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/036 (20130101) C07K 2319/50 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5058 (20130101) G01N 2333/33 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08980502 | Gasda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael David Gasda (Mountain View, New York); Glenn Eisman (Niskayuna, New York); Daniel Gall (Loudonville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael David Gasda (Mountain View, New York); Glenn Eisman (Niskayuna, New York); Daniel Gall (Loudonville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes a method for use in creating electrochemical electrodes including removing a supporting structure in situ after the assembly of the electrochemical cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/378113 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/8814 (20130101) H01M 4/8817 (20130101) H01M 4/8871 (20130101) H01M 4/8875 (20130101) H01M 4/8892 (20130101) H01M 8/1004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/521 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08980640 | Gouma |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pelagia-Irene Gouma (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pelagia-Irene Gouma (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to gas sensors using doped ferroelectric materials. The sensors can be fabricated as an array where different portions of the array can operate at different independently controlled temperatures to detect different gas phase components of a gas sample. Preferred embodiments can be used for the diagnosis of conditions, such as, diabetes. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/511858 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0031 (20130101) G01N 33/497 (20130101) G01N 2800/042 (20130101) |
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| US 08980656 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiuling Li (Champaign, Illinois); Nicholas X. Fang (Belmont, Massachusetts); Placid M. Ferreira (Champaign, Illinois); Winston Chern (Cincinnati, Ohio); Ik Su Chun (Aloha, Oregon); Keng Hao Hsu (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiuling Li (Champaign, Illinois); Nicholas X. Fang (Belmont, Massachusetts); Placid M. Ferreira (Champaign, Illinois); Winston Chern (Cincinnati, Ohio); Ik Su Chun (Aloha, Oregon); Keng Hao Hsu (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A new method for forming an array of high aspect ratio semiconductor nanostructures entails positioning a surface of a stamp comprising a solid electrolyte in opposition to a conductive film disposed on a semiconductor substrate. The surface of the stamp includes a pattern of relief features in contact with the conductive film so as to define a film-stamp interface. A flux of metal ions is generated across the film-stamp interface, and a pattern of recessed features complementary to the pattern of relief features is created in the conductive film. The recessed features extend through an entire thickness of the conductive film to expose the underlying semiconductor substrate and define a conductive pattern on the substrate. The stamp is removed, and material immediately below the conductive pattern is selectively removed from the substrate. Features are formed in the semiconductor substrate having a length-to-width aspect ratio of at least about 5:1. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/503123 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/3081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/3086 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/893 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08981344 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Faquir Chand Jain (Storrs, Connecticut); Evan Heller (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Faquir Chand Jain (Storrs, Connecticut); Evan Heller (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A field-effect transistor is provided and includes source, gate and drain regions, where the gate region controls charge carrier location in the transport channel, the transport channel includes a asymmetric coupled quantum well layer, the asymmetric quantum well layer includes at least two quantum wells separated by a barrier layer having a greater energy gap than the wells, the transport channel is connected to the source region at one end, and the drain regions at the other, the drain regions include at least two contacts electrically isolated from each other, the contacts are connected to at least one quantum well. The drain may include two regions that are configured to form the asymmetric coupled well transport channel. In an embodiment, two sources and two drains are also envisioned. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/460651 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 16/0466 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/28273 (20130101) H01L 27/11521 (20130101) H01L 29/122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/165 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/0843 (20130101) H01L 29/1054 (20130101) H01L 29/7881 (20130101) H01L 29/42332 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) H01L 29/66825 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08982363 | Goyal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vivek K. Goyal (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ghulam Ahmed Kirmani (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vivek K. Goyal (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ghulam Ahmed Kirmani (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Depth information about a scene of interest is acquired by illuminating the scene, capturing reflected light energy from the scene with one or more photodetectors, and processing resulting signals, in at least one embodiment, a pseudo-randomly generated series of spatial light modulation patterns is used to modulate the light pulses either before or after reflection. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/645952 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/4817 (20130101) G01S 7/4866 (20130101) G01S 17/10 (20130101) G01S 17/89 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08983011 | Gollakota et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shyamnath Gollakota (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fadel Adib (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Srinivasan Seshan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shyamnath Gollakota (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fadel Adib (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Srinivasan Seshan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a method for mitigating an effect of an interfering radio signal at a multiple antenna receiver includes forming an estimate of a relationship of the interfering signal among signals received from the multiple antennas. In general, the interfering signal does not share the same communication technology as a desired signal. The signals received from the multiple antennas filtered and combined according to the estimate of the relationship of the interfering channels to reduce an effect of the interfering signal. Desired data present in the desired signal represented in the filtered and combined signals is decoded and the estimate of the relationship of the interfering signals is updated according to the decoding of the desired signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562872 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/0848 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Multiplex Communication H04J 11/0023 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08983198 | Gardiner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Gardiner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Rishi Gupta (Cupertino, California); Piotr Indyk (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Eric Price (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yaron Rachlin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Christopher Yu (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for compressive sensing that enable efficient recovery of features in an input signal based on acquiring a few measurements corresponding to the input signal. One method of compressive sensing includes folding an image to generate first and second folds, and recovering a feature of the image based on the first and second folds without reconstructing the image. One example of a compressive sensing apparatus includes a lens, a focal plane array coupled to the lens and configured to generate first and second folds based on the image, and a decoder configured to receive the first and second folds and to recover a feature of the image without reconstructing the image. The feature may be a local geometric feature or a corner. Compressive sensing methods and apparatuses for determining translation and rotation between two images are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/800332 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — 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 9/46 (20130101) G06K 9/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 9/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08983251 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhaolin Lu (Pittsford, New York); Wangshi Zhao (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus with either a graphene sheet or an epsilon-near-zero layer sandwiched in a waveguide structure and a tuning device. The tuning device is configured to selectively control application of at least first and second gate voltages across the waveguide structure. The graphene sheet has a first dielectric constant which is zero and the waveguide structure operates at a first absorption state and a first propagation distance with application of the first voltage by the tuning device and has a second dielectric constant and the waveguide structure operates at a second absorption state and a second propagation distance with application of the second voltage. The second dielectric constant is larger than the first dielectric constant, the second absorption state is smaller than the first absorption state, the second propagation distance is longer than the first propagation distance, and the second voltage which is zero or smaller than the first voltage. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/710093 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/1226 (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 1/015 (20130101) G02F 2001/0153 (20130101) G02F 2203/10 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 31/18 (20130101) |
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| US 08983921 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The State of Oregon Acting by and Through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bella Bose (Corvallis, Oregon); Noha Elarief (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method and computer program product comprising optimal, systematic q-ary codes for correcting all asymmetric and symmetric errors of limited magnitude are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/060922 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 13/033 (20130101) H03M 13/49 (20130101) H03M 13/134 (20130101) H03M 13/138 (20130101) H03M 13/2903 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08984184 | Barr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas William Barr (Houston, Texas); Scott Rixner (Spring, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas William Barr (Houston, Texas); Scott Rixner (Spring, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for communicating data between peripheral devices and an embedded processor that includes receiving, at a data buffer unit of the embedded processor, the data from a peripheral device. The method also includes copying data from the data buffer unit into the bridge buffer of the embedded processor as a bridge buffer message. Additionally, the method includes creating, after storing the data as a bridge buffer message, a peripheral device message comprising the bridge buffer message, and sending the peripheral device message to a thread message queue of a subscriber. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/245205 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0604 (20130101) G06F 3/0656 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 3/0683 (20130101) G06F 2003/0691 (20130101) |
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| US 08984297 | Amir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yair Amir (Bethesda, Maryland); Paul Bunn (Los Angeles, California); Rafail Ostrovsky (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Calfiornia (Oakland, California); The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yair Amir (Bethesda, Maryland); Paul Bunn (Los Angeles, California); Rafail Ostrovsky (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A routing protocol is used to transmit messages from a sender to a receiver over a network of nodes, where adversaries can control links between the nodes and can also control the behavior of a large number of nodes. Various techniques can be used, along or in combination, to combat these effects. In one approach, certain trigger conditions are identified, the occurrence of which signals malicious behavior within the network. When signaled, the sender requests status reports from the intermediate nodes in an effort to determine which nodes are malicious. The information for the status reports is generated by nodes as packets are passed from one node to the next. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/922141 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1416 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Parness (Los Angeles, California); Kalind C. Carpenter (Pasadena, California); Nicholas Wiltsie (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A terrain traversing device is described. The device includes an annular rotor element with a plurality of co-planar microspine hooks arranged on the periphery of the annular rotor element. Each microspine hook has an independently flexible suspension configuration that permits the microspine hook to initially engage an irregularity in a terrain surface at a preset initial engagement angle and subsequently engage the irregularity with a continuously varying engagement angle when the annular rotor element is rotated for urging the terrain traversing device to traverse a terrain surface. Improvements related to the design, fabrication and use of the microspine hooks in the device are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/207337 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Vehicle Wheels; Castors; Axles for Wheels or Castors; Increasing Wheel Adhesion B60B 9/12 (20130101) B60B 15/025 (20130101) B60B 2900/721 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology B60Y 2200/46 (20130101) B60Y 2200/47 (20130101) B60Y 2200/48 (20130101) Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 57/024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08980073 | Pourmand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nader Pourmand (Scotts Valley, California); Boaz Vilozny (Santa Cruz, California); Paolo Actis (Santa Cruz, California); R. Adam Seger (Santa Cruz, California); Bakthan Singaram (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nader Pourmand (Scotts Valley, California); Boaz Vilozny (Santa Cruz, California); Paolo Actis (Santa Cruz, California); R. Adam Seger (Santa Cruz, California); Bakthan Singaram (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and devices for detection of ion migration and binding, utilizing a nanopipette adapted for use in an electrochemical sensing circuit. The nanopipette may be functionalized on its interior bore with metal chelators for binding and sensing metal ions or other specific binding molecules such as boronic acid for binding and sensing glucose. Such a functionalized nanopipette is comprised in an electrical sensor that detects when the nanopipette selectively and reversibly binds ions or small molecules. Also disclosed is a nanoreactor, comprising a nanopipette, for controlling precipitation in aqueous solutions by voltage-directed ion migration, wherein ions may be directed out of the interior bore by a repulsing charge in the bore. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/411221 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/021 (20130101) B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 2300/0896 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 60/44 (20130101) |
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| US 08980434 | Perepezko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Harry Perepezko (Madison, Wisconsin); Ridwan Sakidja (Madison, Wisconsin); Patrick Ritt (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Harry Perepezko (Madison, Wisconsin); Ridwan Sakidja (Madison, Wisconsin); Patrick Ritt (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Alumina-containing coatings based on molybdenum (Mo), silicon (Si), and boron (B) (“MoSiB coatings”) that form protective, oxidation-resistant scales on ceramic substrate at high temperatures are provided. The protective scales comprise an aluminoborosilicate glass, and may additionally contain molybdenum. Two-stage deposition methods for forming the coatings are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, December 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/328898 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 17/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/00 (20130101) C04B 35/565 (20130101) C04B 35/565 (20130101) C04B 35/806 (20130101) C04B 35/58078 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/86 (20130101) C04B 41/455 (20130101) C04B 41/4529 (20130101) C04B 41/5022 (20130101) C04B 41/5022 (20130101) C04B 41/5071 (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 12/02 (20130101) C23C 16/16 (20130101) C23C 16/56 (20130101) C23C 28/044 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/288 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2300/2102 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) |
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| US 08982355 | Choi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sang Hyouk Choi (Poquoson, Virginia); Yeonjoon Park (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| 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) | Sang Hyouk Choi (Poquoson, Virginia); Yeonjoon Park (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a system and method for characterizing optical materials, using steps and equipment for generating a coherent laser light, filtering the light to remove high order spatial components, collecting the filtered light and forming a parallel light beam, splitting the parallel beam into a first direction and a second direction wherein the parallel beam travelling in the second direction travels toward the material sample so that the parallel beam passes through the sample, applying various physical quantities to the sample, reflecting the beam travelling in the first direction to produce a first reflected beam, reflecting the beam that passes through the sample to produce a second reflected beam that travels back through the sample, combining the second reflected beam after it travels back though the sample with the first reflected beam, sensing the light beam produced by combining the first and second reflected beams, and processing the sensed beam to determine sample characteristics and properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/964381 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/21 (20130101) G01N 21/45 (20130101) |
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| US 08983250 | Black et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard J. Black (Menlo Park, California); Joannes M. Costa (Rancho La Costa, California); Fereydoun Faridian (Atherton, California); Behzad Moslehi (Los Altos, California); Vahid Sotoudeh (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Black (Menlo Park, California); Joannes M. Costa (Rancho La Costa, California); Fereydoun Faridian (Atherton, California); Behzad Moslehi (Los Altos, California); Vahid Sotoudeh (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wavelength interrogator is coupled to a circulator which couples optical energy from a broadband source to an optical fiber having a plurality of sensors, each sensor reflecting optical energy at a unique wavelength and directing the reflected optical energy to an AWG. The AWG has a detector coupled to each output, and the reflected optical energy from each grating is coupled to the skirt edge response of the AWG such that the adjacent channel responses form a complementary pair response. The complementary pair response is used to convert an AWG skirt response to a wavelength. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/830939 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — 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 3/0229 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08983883 | Sterritt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy Sterritt (Newtownabbey, United Kingdom); Michael G. Hinchey (Bowie, Maryland) |
| 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) | Roy Sterritt (Newtownabbey, United Kingdom); Michael G. Hinchey (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-managing system that uses autonomy and autonomicity is provided with the self-* property of autopoiesis (self-creation). In the event of an agent in the system self-destructing, autopoiesis auto-generates a replacement. A self-esteem reward scheme is also provided and can be used for autonomic agents, based on their performance and trust. Art agent with greater self-esteem may clone at a greater rate compared to the rate of an agent with lower self-esteem. A self-managing system is provided for a high volume of distributed autonomic/self-managing mobile agents, and autonomic adhesion is used to attract similar agents together or to repel dissimilar agents from an event horizon. An apoptotic system is also provided that accords an “expiry date” to data and digital objects, for example, that are available on the internet, which finds usefulness not only in general but also for controlling the loaning and use of space scientific data. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/592412 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/62 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/02 (20130101) G06N 3/004 (20130101) |
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| US 08984343 | Schloegel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirk Schloegel (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Devesh Bhatt (Maple Grove, Minnesota); David V. Oglesby (Brooklyn Center, Minnesota); Gabor Madl (St. Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk Schloegel (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Devesh Bhatt (Maple Grove, Minnesota); David V. Oglesby (Brooklyn Center, Minnesota); Gabor Madl (St. Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present subject matter can enable the analysis of signal value errors for system models. In an example, signal value errors can be propagated through the functional blocks of a system model to analyze possible effects as the signal value errors impact incident functional blocks. This propagation of the errors can be applicable to many models of computation including avionics models, synchronous data flow, and Kahn process networks. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/167983 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/3608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08978292 | Holt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory A. Holt (Brownfield, Texas); Edward Lee (Manteno, Illinois); Watt Andy Ellis, III (Centre, Alabama); Thomas C. Wedegaertner (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory A. Holt (Brownfield, Texas); Edward Lee (Manteno, Illinois); Watt Andy Ellis, III (Centre, Alabama); Thomas C. Wedegaertner (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Value-added compositions such as mulches, insulation, and animal bedding may be produced from cotton waste. These compositions are formed from mixtures of at least two cellulosic, biofiber components, wherein one or both of the components are fiberized. The compositions of this invention include mixtures of: a. a first cellulosic component of cotton byproducts, and b. a second cellulosic component which is visible to the naked eye, and which includes hay, grass, kenaf, straw, plant residue remaining following the harvest of crops such as cereal grains, rice, soybeans, and grass seed, wood, sawdust, wood pulp, paper, or mixtures of any of the above, wherein one or both of the first or second cellulosic component are fiberized and the fibers of the fiberized component are intermixed with and entangled about the other component in a 3-dimensional matrix. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/873613 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Plant husbandry 047/9 |
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| US 08978480 | Michopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John G. Michopoulos (Washington, District of Columbia); John C. Hermanson (Madison, Wisconsin); Athanasios Iliopoulos (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. Michopoulos (Washington, District of Columbia); John C. Hermanson (Madison, Wisconsin); Athanasios Iliopoulos (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A recursive hexapod testing machine for mechanical testing of deformable material specimens under six degrees of freedom multiaxial loading. The machine includes a fixed base, a movable base connected to the fixed base at by a hexapod arrangement of six linearly extendable actuator linkages, with an end of each linkages attached to the movable base and the other end of the linkage attached to the fixed base. Each actuator linkage includes a hydraulic cylinder and piston, a digitally-controlled electro-hydraulic servo-valve for actuating the hydraulic cylinder in response to a digital command string, a load cell in line between the piston and the universal joint attached to the movable base, a linear variable displacement transducer for measuring extension of the piston, and a magneto-resistive position transducer for measuring a position of the piston. The servo-valves extend each hydraulic cylinder a predetermined amount to effect a desired motion of the material specimen. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/564794 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2203/0042 (20130101) G01N 2203/0208 (20130101) G01N 2203/0258 (20130101) G01N 2203/0617 (20130101) |
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| US 08980593 | Ashby et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard D Ashby (Glenside, Pennsylvania); Daniel K. Y. Solaiman (Dresher, Pennsylvania); Gary D Strahan (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the production of short-chain polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymers which include C3 to C5 3-hydroxyacyl monomers. The process includes culturing a native microorganism capable of synthesizing polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymers using as a carbon source an amount of glycerol, levulinic acid and mixtures thereof that drives the microbial synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymers. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/678945 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/625 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08980614 | Donovan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Donovan (Baltimore, Maryland); Igor V. Abaev (Obolensk Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Mathias Schmelcher (Gockhausen, Switzerland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Donovan (Baltimore, Maryland); Igor V. Abaev (Obolensk Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Mathias Schmelcher (Gockhausen, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methicillin-resistant (MRSA) and multi-drug resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus are becoming increasingly prevalent in both human and veterinary clinics. S. aureus-causing bovine mastitis yields high annual losses to the dairy industry. Treatment of mastitis by broad range antibiotics is often not successful and may contribute to development of antibiotic resistance. Bacteriophage endolysins are a promising new source of antimicrobials. The endolysin of prophage φSH2 of Staphylococcus haemolyticus strain JCSC1435 (φSH2 lysin) shows lytic activity against live staphylococcal cells. Deletion constructs were tested in zymograms and turbidity reduction assays to evaluate the contribution of each functional module to lysis. The CHAP domain exhibited three-fold higher activity than the full length protein. Activity was further enhanced in the presence of bivalent calcium ions. The full length enzyme and the CHAP domain showed activity against multiple staphylococcal strains, including MRSA strains, mastitis isolates, and coagulase negative staphylococcal (CoNS) strains. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/605200 |
| 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 9/2402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/2462 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01017 (20130101) |
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| US 08981005 | Chasser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony M. Chasser (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); Lawrence J. Fitzgerald (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania); Venkateshwarlu Kalsani (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony M. Chasser (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); Lawrence J. Fitzgerald (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania); Venkateshwarlu Kalsani (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are coating compositions comprising polycarbodiimides having onium salt groups, as well as relating methods and coated substrates. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/370123 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/00 (20130101) C08L 79/08 (20130101) C08L 2666/18 (20130101) C08L 2666/20 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 167/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 167/00 (20130101) C09D 179/00 (20130101) C09D 179/00 (20130101) |
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U.S. State Government
| US 08980332 | Hyde et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Searete LLC, a limited liability corporation of the State of Delaware (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Invention Science Fund I, LLC (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roderick A. Hyde (Redmond, Washington); Muriel Y. Ishikawa (Livermore, California); Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for use of photolyzable nitric oxide donors for the treatment of sexual dysfunction. |
| FILED | Monday, January 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/148524 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 41/0042 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/062 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 5/0601 (20130101) |
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| US 08983921 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The State of Oregon Acting by and Through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bella Bose (Corvallis, Oregon); Noha Elarief (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method and computer program product comprising optimal, systematic q-ary codes for correcting all asymmetric and symmetric errors of limited magnitude are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/060922 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 13/033 (20130101) H03M 13/49 (20130101) H03M 13/134 (20130101) H03M 13/138 (20130101) H03M 13/2903 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08982531 | Prahlad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harsha Prahlad (Cupertino, California); Brian K. McCoy (Sunnyvale, California); Roy D. Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California); Ronald E. Pelrine (Longmont, Colorado); Philip A. von Guggenberg (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrostatic device or system includes electrode(s) adapted to produce an electrostatic attraction force and a base surface adapted to facilitate the application of the electrostatic attraction force and also a physical attraction force separate therefrom. The electrostatic and physical attraction forces can maintain a position of the electrostatic device relative to a foreign object via electroadhesion and/or via an additional manner that is separate from the electroadhesion. The physical attraction force can be a vacuum, van der Waals, and/or adhesive force, can be applied at less than all locations across the base surface, and may involve a one-time permanent attachment. The base surface can include a deformable surface portion that moves closer to the foreign object when the electrostatic or physical attraction force is applied. The physical attraction force can be sufficient to adhere the device to the object when the electrostatic attraction force is removed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/653376 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 08983208 | Jaffe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles Jaffe (Morgantown, West Virginia); Alfred H. Stiller (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Jaffe (Morgantown, West Virginia); Alfred H. Stiller (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in computer-readable mediums are provided for detecting a match in patterns. In one embodiment, a method is provided that comprises performing a fractal analysis on a first pattern in a computer system to generate a first global quantitative characterization of the first pattern. The method further comprises comparing the first global quantitative characterization with a second global quantitative characterization associated with a second pattern in the computer system to determine whether the first pattern matches the second pattern. The second global quantitative characterization is generated from the second pattern. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/559671 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00087 (20130101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08980952 | Simard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Marc Simard (Baltimore, Maryland); Mingkui Chen (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland); The United States of America as represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Marc Simard (Baltimore, Maryland); Mingkui Chen (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to therapeutic compounds, treatment methods, and kits affecting the NCCa-ATP channel of neural tissue, including neurons, glia and blood vessels within the nervous system, and methods of using same. The NCCa-ATP channel is newly expressed in neural tissue following injury such as ischemia, and is regulated by the sulfonylurea receptor SUR1, being inhibited by sulfonylurea compounds, e.g., glibenclamide and tolbutamide, and opened by diazoxide. Antagonists of the NCCa-ATP channel, including SUR1 antagonists, are useful in the prevention, diminution, and treatment of injured or diseased neural tissue, including astrocytes, neurons and capillary endothelial cells, that is due to ischemia, tissue trauma, brain swelling and increased tissue pressure, or other forms of brain or spinal cord disease or injury. Agonists of the NCCa-ATP channel may be are useful in the treatment neural tissue where damage or destruction of the tissue, such as a gliotic capsule, is desired. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/359946 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/64 (20130101) A61K 31/70 (20130101) A61K 31/175 (20130101) A61K 31/365 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0093 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/756 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/1292 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44791 (20130101) G01N 33/6872 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 514/87 (20130101) |
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 08980171 | Mazyck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. Mazyck (Gainesville, Florida); Anna I. Casasus (Norcross, Georgia) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Mazyck (Gainesville, Florida); Anna I. Casasus (Norcross, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for purifying air via low-energy, in-situ regenerated silica-titania composites is described. The silica-titania composites can be synthesized with various pore sizes, photocatalyst loadings, and surface area, and can be applied in pellet/granular form or powdered and coated onto a surface. The system may operate with continuous UV irradiation for continuous oxidation of pollutants and inactivation of pathogens. Alternatively, the system may operate with intermittent UV irradiation, whereby pollutants are adsorbed in the absence of light, followed by oxidation of sorbed pollutants and regeneration of silica-titania composites upon irradiation with UV light. The oxidation/regeneration step may or may not incorporate sweep air. This system and method may be used for removing pollutants, such as Volatile Organic Compounds, from aircraft cabins, space exploration vehicles and architectures, mass transit vehicles, and residential and commercial buildings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/903543 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 9/205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 2202/25 (20130101) |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
| US RE45424 | Bronez |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Bronez (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Social Perspective Mgmt, L.L.C. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Bronez (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for reliable neighbor discovery in wireless ad hoc networks are provided herein. In one aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for analyzing the quality of a communication link. In embodiments, several factors affecting link quality may be incorporated in the analysis, and basic and/or complex statistical and/or probabilistic analysis may be used. In another aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for neighbor node discovery that adapt to network and/or node operating conditions and that dynamically maintain a neighbor node set at a given node according to these conditions. In a further aspect, embodiments of the present invention extend the utility of neighbor node discovery beyond the customary role of data routing support into the problem of deploying an ad hoc network by providing a display module for displaying node connectivity information. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/458989 |
| ART UNIT | 2641 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08979822 | Vogelbaum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Vogelbaum (Moreland Hills, Ohio); Ji-Feng Chen (Lakewood, Ohio); Shengqiang Gao (Beachwood, Ohio); Michael Collinson (Camarillo, California); Robert B. Guthrie (Ventura, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Vogelbaum (Moreland Hills, Ohio); Ji-Feng Chen (Lakewood, Ohio); Shengqiang Gao (Beachwood, Ohio); Michael Collinson (Camarillo, California); Robert B. Guthrie (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A catheter assembly comprises a first catheter including a wall with an inner surface at least partially defining a lumen. A second catheter is connected to the wall of the first catheter and is disposed outward of the inner surface of the wall. The second catheter is at least partially covered by a sheath portion of the first catheter. A first portion of the wall of the first catheter is made of a relatively low durometer elastomeric material and is relatively extensible. A second portion of the wall is formed of a relatively high durometer elastomeric material and is relatively inextensible. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/487395 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| 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 25/003 (20130101) A61M 25/0054 (20130101) A61M 25/0082 (20130101) A61M 25/0102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 25/1002 (20130101) A61M 2025/0024 (20130101) A61M 2025/0039 (20130101) A61M 2025/0057 (20130101) A61M 2025/0096 (20130101) A61M 2025/105 (20130101) A61M 2025/0175 (20130101) A61M 2025/1086 (20130101) A61M 2025/1093 (20130101) A61M 2210/0693 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08983250 | Black et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard J. Black (Menlo Park, California); Joannes M. Costa (Rancho La Costa, California); Fereydoun Faridian (Atherton, California); Behzad Moslehi (Los Altos, California); Vahid Sotoudeh (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Black (Menlo Park, California); Joannes M. Costa (Rancho La Costa, California); Fereydoun Faridian (Atherton, California); Behzad Moslehi (Los Altos, California); Vahid Sotoudeh (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wavelength interrogator is coupled to a circulator which couples optical energy from a broadband source to an optical fiber having a plurality of sensors, each sensor reflecting optical energy at a unique wavelength and directing the reflected optical energy to an AWG. The AWG has a detector coupled to each output, and the reflected optical energy from each grating is coupled to the skirt edge response of the AWG such that the adjacent channel responses form a complementary pair response. The complementary pair response is used to convert an AWG skirt response to a wavelength. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/830939 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — 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 3/0229 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 08978979 | Bombaugh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott R. Bombaugh (Burke, Virginia); John M. Dunlop (Gaithersburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure defines systems, methods and apparatus for imaging systems for scanning barcodes and images in a manual distribution environment. In one aspect a method is disclosed for expanding the effective field of view of a camera used in an overhead scanning system. The method may include moving a mirror positioned relative to the input of a camera according to a determined pattern of movement and a determined speed and capturing a series of images with the camera while the mirror is moving such that the field of view defining each image captured by the camera changes based on the position of the mirror. The method may further include using combined image data from each of the images in the series of images to process machine readable information located on a target item being imaged. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/155151 |
| ART UNIT | 2887 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 7/10603 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 7/10722 (20130101) G06K 7/10831 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08978169 | Berglund et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Larry Berglund (Lebanon, Connecticut); Reed Hoyt (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Larry Berglund (Lebanon, Connecticut); Reed Hoyt (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A hazardous materials protective garment may use a two-stage evaporative cooling process to ease heat strain on the wearer of the garment. The garment may include an impermeable inner layer and a wicking outer layer. One or more reservoirs may be disposed interior to the inner layer for collecting condensed and/or unevaporated sweat. One or more pumps may move the sweat to the exterior of the impermeable layer for distribution in the wicking layer and evaporation from the garment. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/782132 |
| ART UNIT | 3765 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Outerwear; Protective Garments; Accessories A41D 13/0053 (20130101) A41D 2400/60 (20130101) Devices, Apparatus or Methods for Life-saving A62B 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A62B 17/005 (20130101) A62B 17/006 (20130101) Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 3/025 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 2/01 (20130101) Y10S 2/05 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08980249 | Schally et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew V. Schally (Miami, Florida); Barbara Ludwig (Dresden, Germany); Stefan Bornstein (Dresden, Germany); Norman L. Block (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Miami (Miami, Florida); Dresden University of Technology (Dresden, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew V. Schally (Miami, Florida); Barbara Ludwig (Dresden, Germany); Stefan Bornstein (Dresden, Germany); Norman L. Block (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Agonists of growth hormone releasing hormone promote islet graft growth and proliferation in patients. Methods of treating patients comprise the use of these agonists. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/701498 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/39 (20130101) A61K 38/25 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08981794 | Gritz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Aidan Gritz (Santa Barbara, California); Steven Marc Lardizabal (Westford, Massachusetts); Zhaoyang Charles Wang (Carlisle, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A Dicke-switched radiometer including a signal channel comprising of an antenna for receiving an input signal and a first stage amplification circuit for amplifying an output of the antenna and generating an amplified input signal; a reference channel comprising of a resistive load, a second stage amplification circuit and a matching filter for matching a frequency and an impedance of the amplified input signal to a frequency and an impedance of the amplified reference signal; a Dicke switch coupled to first stage amplification circuit and the matching filter for inputting the amplified input signal and an output of the matching filter to generate a difference signal; a third stage amplification circuit coupled to an output of the Dicke switch for amplifying the difference signal; and a detector coupled to an output of the third stage amplification circuit to obtain the amplified difference signal and generate a detected difference signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/927001 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 27/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08982610 | Harris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Micky Harris (Lompoc, California); Wasim Khaled (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A bit line driver for a static random access memory (SRAM) cell including: a first voltage supply for supplying a first voltage; a second voltage supply for supplying a second voltage that is less than the first voltage; a write circuit to drive a bit line and an inverse bit line when writing to the SRAM cell; and a pre-charge circuit to pre-charge the bit line and the inverse bit line before reading the content of the SRAM cell. The bit line driver supplies a voltage less than the first voltage by a threshold voltage of one transistor to the bit line or the inverse bit line when the bit line driver drives the bit line or the inverse bit line to a high state. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/750943 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 7/12 (20130101) G11C 11/412 (20130101) G11C 11/418 (20130101) G11C 11/419 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 11/4125 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08983882 | Sterritt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy Sterritt (Newtownabbey, United Kingdom); Michael G. Hinchey (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Sterritt (Newtownabbey, United Kingdom); Michael G. Hinchey (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Autonomic computing, robotics, and security devices, systems, and methods are provided. Agents of the system can communicate with one another and can self-destruct under event conditions that would render the agent detrimental to the overall system. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/592409 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05B 13/027 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/02 (20130101) G06N 3/004 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08984474 | Toney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael S. Toney (Heidelberg, Germany); Mark A. Marvin (Hereford, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The MITRE Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Toney (Heidelberg, Germany); Mark A. Marvin (Hereford, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method and system for logically articulating planned operations within a software based model. The method includes importing data relating to the planned operations and automatically (i) interrelating the imported data and (ii) producing threads and/or activity models. The threads and activity models are representative of the interrelations. The method also includes displaying the threads or activity models via a graphical user interface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/028206 |
| ART UNIT | 2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/35 (20130101) G06F 8/35 (20130101) G06F 8/38 (20130101) G06F 8/38 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 10/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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