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| US 08984794 | Saur |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas W. Saur (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Saur (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | This trigger guard roll pin tool makes it possible to safely and quickly install or remove the trigger guard roll pin on a conventional M16/M4 family weapon. In the disassembly or reassembly of the trigger guard on such weapons the handling of the trigger guard roll pin element is often a manually challenging and painstaking activity that can result in damage to the weapon if done incorrectly. This disclosed tool handily is an assist in such activities. The trigger guard roll pin tool makes it possible to remove and install the trigger guard roll pin without risking breakage of the roll pin flanges on the lower receiver. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/224360 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Smallarms, e.g Pistols, Rifles; Accessories Therefor F41C 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08984859 | Ebacher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jon V. Ebacher (Coatesville, Indiana); Carol Noëlle Nin (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon V. Ebacher (Coatesville, Indiana); Carol Noëlle Nin (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention is a unique gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique reheat system for a gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines and reheat systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application shall become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/336261 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 3/16 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02K 3/10 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 20/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08984957 | Reed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allen Hagerman Reed (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi); Guoping Zhang (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Hang Yin (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); David C Young (Long Beach, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allen Hagerman Reed (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi); Guoping Zhang (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Hang Yin (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); David C Young (Long Beach, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for testing sediment submerged in liquid and manufacturing the apparatus. The apparatus and methods of the present embodiment can provide for nano/micro characterization of mechanical properties of materials submerged in liquid, facilitating specimen preparation and installation, and can provide hydrated materials. The apparatus can include cell walls with optical magnifying lenses so that the materials can be viewed without the aid of a microscope. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/616163 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/818 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08984958 | Tucker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne C. Tucker (Exeter, Rhode Island); Lucie Maranda (Wyoming, Rhode Island); Edward P. Baker (Exeter, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne C. Tucker (Exeter, Rhode Island); Lucie Maranda (Wyoming, Rhode Island); Edward P. Baker (Exeter, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for determining the adhesive strength of a biofilm formed on an underwater optical surface and for determining the pressure, velocity and configuration of a water jet directed at the biofilm to wash away the biofilm and restore hydrophobicity to the optical surface, with a view to providing removal of such biofilms by underwater travel of a submarine without a need to surface for biofilm removal. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/564832 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning in General; Prevention of Fouling in General B08B 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 2303/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08985025 | Manz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul C. Manz (Andover, New Jersey); Philip J. Magnotti (Westfield, New Jersey); Ryan Gorman (Mountain Lakes, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul C. Manz (Andover, New Jersey); Philip J. Magnotti (Westfield, New Jersey); Ryan Gorman (Mountain Lakes, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A cluster munition may include a plurality of submunitions that are ejected from a delivery vehicle. Each submunition is single target discriminating and includes electronic self-destruct and self-deactivate capability. Each submunition includes a microprocessor and a wireless communication device connected to the microprocessor. Each submunition includes a deployable antenna/stabilizer that functions as an antenna for the wireless communication device and as a stabilizer to stabilize the descent of the submunition. Optionally, the deployable antenna/stabilizer may also facilitate ejection of the submunition from the delivery vehicle. The submunitions may wirelessly communicate with each other and with other entities. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/608461 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/24 (20130101) F42B 12/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 12/208 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08985520 | Sadeck |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James E. Sadeck (East Freetown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Sadeck (East Freetown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A parachute canopy system includes a canopy having a skirt and a suspension line system, where each suspension line of the suspension line system is attached to the skirt. A pair of first line members is attached to the canopy, the pair of first line members extending in a substantially radial direction away from the skirt towards a center of the canopy. A first end of each line member in the pair of first line members is connected together to the suspension line at the skirt. A first end of the second line member is connected to adjacent second ends of adjacent pairs of first line members that extend towards the center of the canopy. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/625232 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08985942 | Daniels et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William A. Daniels (Marlborough, Connecticut); John J. Korzendorfer (Glastonbury, Connecticut); David A. Debyah (Newington, Connecticut); Scott A. Ladd (Coventry, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Daniels (Marlborough, Connecticut); John J. Korzendorfer (Glastonbury, Connecticut); David A. Debyah (Newington, Connecticut); Scott A. Ladd (Coventry, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust duct comprises a shroud body, a forward flange assembly, an aft flange assembly, an intermediate flange assembly, and a first plurality of bleed ports. The forward flange assembly extends radially inward from a forward shroud end for securing the forward shroud end downstream of a final turbine stage. The aft flange assembly extends circumferentially around and radially inward from an aft shroud end for securing the aft shroud end to an engine tail cone. The intermediate flange assembly is disposed forward of the aft flange assembly, and extends circumferentially around and radially inward from the shroud body for securing the shroud body to an engine bearing housing. The first plurality of bleed ports is disposed around the shroud body forward of a junction with the intermediate flange. |
| FILED | Monday, July 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/539610 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986473 | Kelley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John M. Kelley (Owings Mills, Maryland); Robert C. Gill (White Plains, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Kelley (Owings Mills, Maryland); Robert C. Gill (White Plains, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a composition for a high burning-rate solid rocket propellant, where the composition includes a binder compounded with a soluble energetic additive; a metallic fuel; and an oxidative fuel. The resulting composition has a tactical Class 1.3 hazard rating, and a linear regression rate that is substantially equivalent to a tactical Class 1.1 hazard rating obtainable using solid rocket propellants. The composition may include a heat-conducting element, a plasticizer, a curing component, a combustion catalyst, and curing catalyst. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/283144 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 23/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986528 | Denison et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Denison (Andover, Massachusetts); Alexis Sauer-Budge (Brighton, Massachusetts); Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Amit Meller (Newton, Massachusetts); Eric Brandin (Portsmouth, New Hampshire); Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method for characterizing a target polynucleic acid by providing a surface containing a channel of a dimension sufficient to allow sequential monomer-by-monomer passage of a single-stranded polynucleic acid, but not of a double-stranded polynucleic acid; providing a source of hybridized target polynucleic acid at the surface; inducing passage of the target polynucleic acid through the channel, whereby the target polynucleic acid undergoes base pair separation (melts) prior to its passage; and making one or more measurements over time as the target polynucleic acid moves relative to the channel yielding data suitable to determine a monomer-dependent characteristic of the target polynucleic acid. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/852606 |
| 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 | 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 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2565/607 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/48721 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986529 | Santiago et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Juan G. Santiago (Stanford, California); Robert D. Chambers (Enfield, New Hampshire); Supreet Singh Bahga (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan G. Santiago (Stanford, California); Robert D. Chambers (Enfield, New Hampshire); Supreet Singh Bahga (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved electrophoretic analysis is provided by interaction of anionic and cationic isotachophoresis (ITP) shock waves that propagate toward each other, and analysis of the resulting interaction zones. These shock wave interactions can provide qualitatively different capabilities from conventional ITP methods. Shock wave interaction can enable a single assay to identify analyte and quantify its concentration via isotachophoretic focusing followed by separation of the concentrated analytes via electrophoresis, without any mid-assay alteration of the externally imposed experimental conditions (i.e., no switching, valve operation, etc. during the measurement). As another example, shock wave interaction can enable a single assay to provide coupled ITP processes with different electrolyte concentrations (as in cascade-ITP) in a single simple system (again, without any mid-assay alteration of the externally imposed experimental conditions). |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/199895 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 57/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/44717 (20130101) G01N 27/44721 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986542 | Maltezos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Maltezos (Oceanside, California); Alvaro Gomez (Pasadena, California); Frank Gomez (Montebello, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Maltezos (Oceanside, California); Alvaro Gomez (Pasadena, California); Frank Gomez (Montebello, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method for making a microfluidic separation device. A microfluidic separation device could include a microfluidic column having an inlet, the microfluidic column being configured to hold a first fluid and the microfluidic column including a porous portion, and an outlet attached to the microfluidic column, the outlet being configured to output a second fluid. The method may include providing a microfluidic column having an inlet, configuring the microfluidic column to hold a first fluid, forming a porous portion in the microfluidic column, and attaching an outlet to the microfluidic column. |
| FILED | Friday, February 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/028773 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 30/603 (20130101) G01N 30/6095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986615 | Ancona et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mario Ancona (Alexandria, Virginia); Arthur W. Snow (Alexandria, Virginia); F. Keith Perkins (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mario Ancona (Alexandria, Virginia); Arthur W. Snow (Alexandria, Virginia); F. Keith Perkins (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A molecular concentrator comprising a thermal ratchet for driving molecules from one place to another. A plurality of conducting wires are arranged on or suspended above a substrate. Each of the wires is configured to strongly sorb a vapor of interest when the wire is at room temperature and to rapidly desorb the vapor when the wire is at an elevated temperature. By selectively heating and cooling the wires, vapor molecules incident on the wires can be directed in a desired manner, e.g., from the wires closest to the vapor-containing environment to a sensor. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/279394 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/0462 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 1/4022 (20130101) G01N 30/38 (20130101) G01N 2030/008 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986651 | Miao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yubin Miao (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Haixun Guo (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yubin Miao (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Haixun Guo (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to novel non-invasive diagnostic tools/compounds to image cancers, especially, melanoma, including metastatic melanoma in vivo. The present compounds exhibit enhanced uptake in cancerous cells and tissue and decreased renal uptake in kidney, evidencing favorable pharmacokinetics of compounds of the present invention. The compounds according to the present invention represent an advance in the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma, including metastatic melanoma using non-invasive molecular imaging techniques. The novel probes of the present invention are also useful for initiating therapy for melanoma as well as monitor patients' response to chemotherapy treatments and other interventions or therapies used in the treatment of melanoma/metastatic melanoma. Compounds according to the present invention may be used as diagnostic tools for a number of conditions and diseases states as well as therapeutic agents for treating such conditions and disease states. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/497738 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 51/086 (20130101) A61K 51/088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986701 | Harrison |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of The University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger G. Harrison (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating cancer by targeting tumor vasculature using an enzyme prodrug cancer therapy treatment are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/655913 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 38/51 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 2319/33 (20130101) C07K 2319/035 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 404/01011 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986708 | Venkatesan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Malabi M. Venkatesan (Bethesda, Maryland); Ryan T. Ranallo (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Shoshana Barnoy (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, on behalf of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malabi M. Venkatesan (Bethesda, Maryland); Ryan T. Ranallo (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Shoshana Barnoy (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Shigella vaccine strains whose primary attenuating feature is deletion of the virG(icsA) gene and additional two or more deletions in setAB(shET1), senA(shET2), senB(shET2-2), stxAB, and msbB2 genes. Thus, the vaccine strain will have three or more deletions in the identified genes, will be safer, and will reduce or eliminate symptoms of fever and diarrhea in humans. The following specific vaccine strains have been constructed: WRSS3 (ΔsenA, ΔsenB, ΔvirG, ΔmsbB2), WRSf2G15 (ΔvirG, ΔsetAB, ΔsenA, ΔsenB, ΔmsbB2), and WRSd5 (ΔvirG, ΔstxAB, ΔsenA, ΔsenB, ΔmsbB2). |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/149076 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/522 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986779 | Kirby et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glen Harold Kirby (Cincinnati, Ohio); Brett Allen Boutwell (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen Harold Kirby (Cincinnati, Ohio); Brett Allen Boutwell (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for improving surface roughness of an environmental barrier coating. The methods include providing a component having a plasma sprayed environmental barrier coating, applying an outer layer repair slurry to the environmental barrier coating of the component, drying the environmental barrier coating having the applied outer layer repair slurry, and sintering the component to produce a component having an improved surface roughness. The outer layer repair slurry includes water, a primary outer material of BSAS, and a slurry sintering aid selected from rare earth nitrate, rare earth acetate, rare earth chloride, rare earth oxide, ammonium phosphate, phosphoric acid, polyvinyl phosphonic acid, and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, November 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/627558 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/565 (20130101) C04B 35/584 (20130101) C04B 35/806 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/89 (20130101) C04B 41/4523 (20130101) C04B 41/4539 (20130101) C04B 41/4539 (20130101) C04B 41/5024 (20130101) C04B 41/5024 (20130101) C04B 41/5037 (20130101) C04B 41/5096 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/288 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors, to Machines or Engines for Liquids Covered by Subclasses F03B, F03D and F03G F05B 2230/90 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986809 | Gershenfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kenneth Cheung (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kenneth Cheung (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In exemplary implementations of this invention, a digital material comprising many discrete units is used to fabricate a sparse structure. The units are reversibly joined by elastic connections. Each unit comprises fiber-reinforced composite material. Each unit is small compared to the sparse structure as a whole. Likewise, in a sparse structure made from this digital material, the number of types of units is small compared to the total number of units. The digital material is anisotropic. This anisotropy may be due to different fiber orientations within each unit. Furthermore, different units in a single sparse structure may be oriented in different directions and in different, non-parallel planes. In some cases, the digital material is reinforced with carbon fibers, and connections between units are stronger than the units themselves. The small discrete units may be assembled into a strong, lightweight sparse structure, such as an airframe. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/277103 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/12 (20130101) B32B 5/26 (20130101) Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986814 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew McCarthy (Arlington, Massachusetts); Ryan Enright (Whitestone, New York); James N. Culver (Potomac, Maryland); Konstantinos Gerasopoulos (College Park, Maryland); Reza Ghodssi (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew McCarthy (Arlington, Massachusetts); Ryan Enright (Whitestone, New York); James N. Culver (Potomac, Maryland); Konstantinos Gerasopoulos (College Park, Maryland); Reza Ghodssi (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Surfaces having a hierarchical structure—having features of both microscale and nanoscale dimensions—can exhibit superhydrophobic properties and advantageous condensation and heat transfer properties. The hierarchical surfaces can be fabricated using biological nanostructures, such as viruses as a self-assembled nanoscale template. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/582260 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2770/00031 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08987042 | Varghese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emcore Solar Power, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SolAero Technologies Corp. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tansen Varghese (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Arthur Cornfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a multijunction solar cell including an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell by providing a substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on the substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over the first solar subcell having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap; forming a graded interlayer over the second subcell, the graded interlayer having a third band gap greater than the second band gap; forming a third solar subcell over the graded interlayer having a fourth band gap smaller than the second band gap such that the third subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the second subcell; and forming a contact composed of a sequence of layers over the first subcell at a temperature of 280° C. or less and having a contact resistance of less than 5×10−4 ohms-cm2. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/284909 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/078 (20130101) H01L 31/0725 (20130101) H01L 31/0735 (20130101) H01L 31/1844 (20130101) H01L 31/02008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/06875 (20130101) H01L 31/022425 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) |
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| US 08987213 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lianglin Zhang (La Jolla, California); Jason A Hoffman (La Jolla, California); Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a variety of isolated peptides and peptidomimetics, which can be useful, for example, in constructing the conjugates of the invention or, where the peptide itself has biological activity, in unconjugated form as a therapeutic for treating any of a variety of cardiovascular diseases as described below. Thus, the present invention provides an isolated peptide or peptidomimetic which has a length of less than 60 residues and includes the amino acid sequence CRPPR (SEQ ID NO: 1) or a peptidomimetic thereof. The invention further provides an isolated peptide or peptidomimetic which has a length of less than 60 residues and includes the amino acid sequence CARPAR (SEQ ID NO: 5) or a peptidomimetic thereof, or amino acid sequence CPKRPR (SEQ ID NO: 6) or a peptidomimetic thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/092020 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/04 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48561 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/001 (20130101) |
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| US 08987402 | Pope et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward J. A. Pope (Oak Park, California); Christopher L. Hill (Westlake Village, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. A. Pope (Oak Park, California); Christopher L. Hill (Westlake Village, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel polycrystalline stoichiometric fine SiC fiber substantially free of impurities is produced using a novel pre-ceramic polymer. The pre-ceramic polymer is prepared by reacting a mixture of chlorodisilane, boron trichloride, and a vinyl chlorodisilane with an excess of hexamethyldisilazane to form the pre-ceramic polymer resin, which may then be melt-spun, cured, pyrolyzed and heat-treated to obtain the finished SiC fiber. The manufacturing process for the production of the fine SiC ceramic fiber allows for flexibility with respect to cross-linking, in that low-cost thermal treatments may replace more complex methods, while obtaining fibers with improved materials properties as compared to currently available SiC fibers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/401627 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/068 (20130101) C01B 21/0643 (20130101) C01B 31/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 35/146 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/6229 (20130101) C04B 35/6267 (20130101) C04B 35/6268 (20130101) C04B 35/6269 (20130101) C04B 35/62281 (20130101) C04B 35/62295 (20130101) C04B 2235/72 (20130101) C04B 2235/96 (20130101) C04B 2235/483 (20130101) C04B 2235/722 (20130101) C04B 2235/723 (20130101) C04B 2235/5252 (20130101) C04B 2235/5264 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/62 (20130101) C08G 79/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2918 (20150115) |
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| US 08987539 | Wright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael E. Wright (Ridgecrest, California); Roxanne L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Wright (Ridgecrest, California); Roxanne L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Acyclic monterpene alcohols, like linalool, to be converted through a series of highly efficient catalytic reactions a biogasoline blending component, and a drop-in biodiesel fuel. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/608749 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08987598 | Gershenson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Meir Gershenson (Panama City, Florida); Leslie Y. Lugo (Panama City, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meir Gershenson (Panama City, Florida); Leslie Y. Lugo (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved corrosion-resistant magnetic influence minesweeping cable is provided. The cable produces a magnetic field that simulates a ship's magnetic signature as the ship passes through the sea. It has an outer anode conductor made of titanium-clad copper with mixed metal oxide at its aft end, an outer cathode conductor made of nickel-clad copper at its forward end, an inner conductor made of aluminum that runs the length of the cable, and a steel core strength member that also runs the length of the cable. The outer anode conductor is in electrical contact with the inner conductor. The outer cathode conductor is insulated from the inner conductor. The outer cathode conductor and the inner conductor can be connected to an electrical power source onboard a towing vessel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/671009 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/110.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08987649 | Jalali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bahram Jalali (Los Angeles, California); Keisuke Goda (Tokyo, Japan); Kevin Kin-Man Tsia (Ma On Shan, China Hong Kong) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for ultrafast real-time optical imaging that can be used for imaging dynamic events such as microfluidics or laser surgery is provided. The apparatus and methods encode spatial information from a sample into a back reflection of a two-dimensional spectral brush that is generated with a two-dimensional disperser and a light source that is mapped in to the time domain with a temporal disperser. The temporal waveform is preferably captured by an optical detector, converted to an electrical signal that is digitized and processed to provide two dimensional and three dimensional images. The produced signals can be optically or electronically amplified. Detection may be improved with correlation matching against a database in the time domain or the spatial domain. Embodiments for endoscopy, microscopy and simultaneous imaging and laser ablation with a single fiber are illustrated. |
| FILED | Friday, April 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/861582 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/361 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08987688 — Device and method for manufacturing a particulate filter with regularly spaced micropores
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| APPLICANT(S) | John C. Wolfe (Houston, Texas); Paul Ruchhoeft (Missouri City, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Wolfe (Houston, Texas); Paul Ruchhoeft (Missouri City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments disclose devices and methods for fabricating microporous particulate filters with regularly spaced pores wherein sheet membrane substrates are exposed to energetic particle radiation through a mask and the damaged regions removed in a suitable developer. The required depth of field is achieved by using energetic particles to minimize diffraction and an energetic particle source with suitably small diameter. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/530978 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 67/0034 (20130101) B01D 71/48 (20131010) B01D 2323/42 (20130101) B01D 2325/028 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 27/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 7/0015 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08987707 | Arnold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Arnold (Middleton, Wisconsin); Feng Xu (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Thin-film transistors comprising buckled films comprising carbon nanotubes as the conductive channel are provided. Also provided are methods of fabricating the transistors. The transistors, which are highly stretchable and bendable, exhibit stable performance even when operated under high tensile strains. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/971177 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/775 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66439 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/938 (20130101) |
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| US 08987755 | Liao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yitao Liao (Brookline, Massachusetts); Theodore D. Moustakas (Dover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor structures involving multiple quantum wells provide increased efficiency of UV and visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) and other emitter devices, particularly at high driving current. LEDs made with the new designs have reduced efficiency droop under high current injection and increased overall external quantum efficiency. The active region of the devices includes separation layers configured between the well layers, the one or more separation regions being configured to have a first mode to act as one or more barrier regions separating a plurality of carriers in a quantum confined mode in each of the quantum wells being provided on each side of the one or more separation layers and a second mode to cause spreading of the plurality of carriers across each of the quantum wells to increase an overlap integral of all of the plurality of carriers. The devices and methods of the invention provide improved efficiency for solid state lighting, including high efficiency ultraviolet LEDs. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/250941 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 33/0025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/0062 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/343 (20130101) |
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| US 08988036 | Woodall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert C. Woodall (Panama City, Florida); Steven F. Naud (Lynn Haven, Florida); David H Wilbanks (Panama City Beach, Florida); Amy N. Satterlee (Lynn Haven, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Woodall (Panama City, Florida); Steven F. Naud (Lynn Haven, Florida); David H Wilbanks (Panama City Beach, Florida); Amy N. Satterlee (Lynn Haven, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar panel storage and deployment system includes a container with an opening formed therein. A rotatable spool housed in the container has an assembly of solar voltaic panels wound thereabout prior to its deployment. The assembly is deployed from the opening in the container when the assembly is unwound from the spool. At least one stake is provided where each such stake is anchored to a position in proximity to and outside of the container. Each stake cooperates with a link that couples a free end of the assembly to the stake when the assembly is unwound from the spool and deployed through the opening. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441329 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/053 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08988037 | Woodall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert C. Woodall (Panama City, Florida); Steven F. Naud (Lynn Haven, Florida); David H Wilbanks (Panama City Beach, Florida); Amy N. Satterlee (Lynn Haven, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Woodall (Panama City, Florida); Steven F. Naud (Lynn Haven, Florida); David H Wilbanks (Panama City Beach, Florida); Amy N. Satterlee (Lynn Haven, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar panel storage and deployment system includes a container with an opening formed therein and an assembly of solar voltaic panels transitionable between a folded state and a deployed state. The assembly defines a series of accordion-like folds along the length thereof when in its folded state. The assembly arrays the panels in a substantially planar arrangement when the assembly is in its deployed state. The system also includes at least one stake adapted to be anchored to a position in proximity to and outside of the container. At least one link is provided for coupling an end of the assembly to the stake(s) when the assembly is in its deployed state. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441593 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Battery or capacitor charging or discharging 320/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08988166 | Elad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Danny Elad (Moshav Liman, Israel); David Goren (Nesher, Israel); Shlomo Shlafman (Haifa, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Danny Elad (Moshav Liman, Israel); David Goren (Nesher, Israel); Shlomo Shlafman (Haifa, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel and useful fabricated variable transmission line that is tuned digitally is presented. Digital tuning of the variable transmission line enables the compensation of process variation in both the active and passive devices of the RF design. Along with several embodiments of the variable transmission line, the present invention also provides a method of compact modeling of the variable transmission line. The variable transmission line structure and compact modeling enables circuit level simulation using a parametric device that in one embodiment can be included as an integral part of a silicon foundry design kit. |
| FILED | Sunday, October 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/251256 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 3/003 (20130101) Tuning Resonant Circuits; Selecting Resonant Circuits H03J 2200/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08988279 | Roberge |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond A. Roberge (Stow, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond A. Roberge (Stow, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for reducing sidelobe interference in a radar or communication system. The method includes selecting a desired amplitude weight (WD) to be applied to radar or communication antenna elements and determining phase weights for the radar or communication system elements such that each pair of adjacent, phase weighted elements provides the desired amplitude weight when summed. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/349768 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/2813 (20130101) G01S 13/4463 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/2611 (20130101) |
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| US 08988436 | Becker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intific, Inc. (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cubic Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Becker (Half Moon Bay, California); Keith Copenhagen (Orinda, California); Murray Taylor (Phoenix, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for modifying facial animations to include expression and microexpression information is disclosed. Particularly, a system and method for applying actor-generated expression data to a facial animation, either in realtime or in storage is disclosed. Present embodiments may also be incorporated into a larger training program, designed to train users to recognize various expressions and microexpressions. |
| FILED | Monday, October 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/064899 |
| ART UNIT | 2619 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 13/40 (20130101) G06T 13/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08988524 | Smyth |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (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) | Christopher C. Smyth (Fallston, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for predicting vehicle speed during an indirect vision driving task. A further method and apparatus for optimizing the display of a camera return during an indirect vision driving task based on operator perceived vehicle speed as set by the display characteristics and the field-of-view of the camera. A further method and apparatus for using the perceived speed as a driving task aid, in particular, as an electronic aider for optimizing the driving scene display characteristics of scene compression and camera field-of view. In this manner, the invention adjusts the perceived speed in order to match the operator's cognitive flow to the control dynamics needed from the operator for the task. The invention has application to autonomous driving where manual intervention is incorporated during critical events for particular tasks; and with limited display space within the vehicle, the display format is adjusted by the invention according to the operator's task needs. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/792585 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 3/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08988539 | Pascoguin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bienvenido Melvin L. Pascoguin (La Mesa, California); Ryan P. Lu (San Diego, California); Ayax D. Ramirez (Chula Vista, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bienvenido Melvin L. Pascoguin (La Mesa, California); Ryan P. Lu (San Diego, California); Ayax D. Ramirez (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and camera for generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image comprising the following steps: receiving a first optical signal from a lens and generating a first output signal at a first image acquisition chip, wherein the first image acquisition chip is coated with a first partial reflection coating; reflecting the first optical signal off the first partial reflection coating to create a second optical signal such that the second optical signal has a lower intensity than the first optical signal; receiving the second optical signal and generating a second output signal at a second image acquisition chip; and combining the first and second output signals to create the HDR image. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/039103 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2355 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/23229 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08988599 | Debevec et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Debevec (Culver City, California); Xueming Yu (Arcadia, California); Mark Bolas (Mountain View, California); Graham Fyffe (Los Angeles, California); Jay Busch (Sherman Oaks, California); Pieter Peers (Williamsburg, Virginia); Abhijeet Ghosh (London, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Debevec (Culver City, California); Xueming Yu (Arcadia, California); Mark Bolas (Mountain View, California); Graham Fyffe (Los Angeles, California); Jay Busch (Sherman Oaks, California); Pieter Peers (Williamsburg, Virginia); Abhijeet Ghosh (London, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A controllable lighting system may include a plurality of light source groups, a group controller for each light source group, a master controller, and a network communication system. Each group controller may be configured to control the light sources in its light source group based on a group control command. The master controller may be configured to receive a master control command relating to the light sources and to issue a group control command to each of the group controllers that collectively effectuate compliance with the master control command. The network communication system may be configured to communicate the group control commands from the master controller to the group controllers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/872433 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 15/07 (20130101) G03B 2215/0557 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/247 (20130101) H04N 5/2256 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/0842 (20130101) H05B 33/0872 (20130101) H05B 37/0218 (20130101) H05B 37/0254 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 20/46 (20130101) Y02B 20/48 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08988754 | Sun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jie Sun (Revere, Massachusetts); Michael R. Watts (Hingham, Massachusetts); Ami Yaacobi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Erman Timurdogan (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jie Sun (Revere, Massachusetts); Michael R. Watts (Hingham, Massachusetts); Ami Yaacobi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Erman Timurdogan (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical phased array formed of a large number of nanophotonic antenna elements can be used to project complex images into the far field. These nanophotonic phased arrays, including the nanophotonic antenna elements and waveguides, can be formed on a single chip of silicon using complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) processes. Directional couplers evanescently couple light from the waveguides to the nanophotonic antenna elements, which emit the light as beams with phases and amplitudes selected so that the emitted beams interfere in the far field to produce the desired pattern. In some cases, each antenna in the phased array may be optically coupled to a corresponding variable delay line, such as a thermo-optically tuned waveguide or a liquid-filled cell, which can be used to vary the phase of the antenna's output (and the resulting far-field interference pattern). |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/149099 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/26 (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 1/0147 (20130110) G02F 1/218 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/2955 (20130101) |
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| US 08988770 | Zheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Ivan Shubin (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California); Guoliang Li (San Diego, California); Ying L. Luo (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid optical source that provides an optical signal having a wavelength is described. This hybrid optical source includes an edge-coupled optical amplifier (such as a III-V semiconductor optical amplifier) aligned to a semiconductor reflector (such as an etched silicon mirror). The semiconductor reflector efficiently couples (i.e., with low optical loss) light out of the optical amplifier in a direction approximately perpendicular to a plane of the optical amplifier. A corresponding optical coupler (such as a diffraction grating or a mirror) fabricated on a silicon-on-insulator chip efficiently couples the light into a sub-micron silicon-on-insulator optical waveguide. The silicon-on-insulator optical waveguide couples the light to additional photonic elements (including a reflector) to complete the hybrid optical source. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/831541 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| 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 5/141 (20130101) H01S 5/142 (20130101) H01S 5/1025 (20130101) H01S 5/1028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08988923 | Khalili Amiri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pedram Khalili Amiri (Los Angeles, California); Richard Dorrance (Santa Monica, California); Dejan Markovic (Los Angeles, California); Kang L. Wang (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Voltage controlled magneto-electric tunnel junctions (MEJ) and associated memory devices are described which provide efficient high speed switching of non-volatile magnetic random access memory (MeRAM) devices at high cell densities with multiple word access mechanisms, including a burst mode write of multiple words, and a back-to-back read of two words in consecutive clock cycles. In at least one preferred embodiment, these accesses are performed in a manner that prevents any possibility of a read disturbance arising. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/014764 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/161 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 11/1673 (20130101) G11C 11/1675 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08988972 | Woodall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Woodall (Panama City, Florida); Steven F. Naud (Lynn Haven, Florida); Felipe A. Garcia (Panama City, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Woodall (Panama City, Florida); Steven F. Naud (Lynn Haven, Florida); Felipe A. Garcia (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable shock wave bio-oil extraction system and method utilizes shock waves to separate oil, water, and biomass from feedstock in a single step. In one embodiment, at least one pair of opposing transducer arrays are arranged in a shock wave extraction housing and collectively powered by a pulse controller to create controllable shearing planes and/or shearing regions and/or shock stem zones to interact upon a flow path of feedstock as the feedstock travels through the shock wave housing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/736683 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 1/72 (20130101) Sound-producing Devices; Methods or Devices for Protecting Against, or for Damping, Noise or Other Acoustic Waves in General; Acoustics Not Otherwise Provided for G10K 11/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua Train (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An architecture for distributing routing updates via a broadcast channel is disclosed. A routing fountain (“RF”) is configured to receive routing information updates. The routing information updates include network addressing information, changes to a routing structure of a network, or general information regarding the network. One or more routing fountain subscriber (“RFS”) nodes are configured to send routing information updates to the RF and receive routing information updates from a routing distribution channel (“RDC”). Broadcast equipment is configured to receive routing information updates from the RF and broadcast the received routing information updates to the one or more RFS nodes via the RDC. |
| FILED | Monday, November 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/674124 |
| ART UNIT | 2476 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08989232 | Khajavikhan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mercedeh Khajavikhan (Orlando, Florida); Yeshaiahu Fainman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, structures, devices and systems are disclosed for implementing compact (e.g., nanoscale) coaxial lasers with coaxial cavity geometries which can be used to construct various coaxial cavity lasers that can operate in single mode, at room-temperature, and produce continuous-wave lasing. The described laser systems can also operate at low-temperatures, and provide thresholdless lasing using a spectrally broadband semiconductor gain medium. The cavity of the compact lasers includes a central metal core and a hollow ring surrounding the central metal core, formed within a housing with an open terminal and a closed terminal. The open terminal is positioned to both receive pump light and output laser light, and the closed terminal includes a metal cap that encloses the central metal rod and one side of the hollow ring. The described nano cavities also include a ring-shaped gain medium section, and ring-shaped lower and upper plug sections. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/975205 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| 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 1/42 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/041 (20130101) H01S 5/1042 (20130101) H01S 5/1046 (20130101) H01S 5/1071 (20130101) H01S 5/4025 (20130101) H01S 5/34306 (20130101) H01S 2301/166 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William C. Black (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northern Microdesign, Inc. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Black (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A power line carrier modem is configured for coupling to AC power lines. The power line carrier modem includes a processor, an output from the processor, a plurality of inputs to the processor, and a directional coupler operatively connected to the output, the plurality of inputs, and the AC power lines. The power line carrier modem may further include a digital-to-analog-converter operatively connected to the output from the processor. The output from the processor may be an output bus. The power line carrier modem further includes an analog-to-digital-converter operatively connected to the plurality of inputs to the processor. The power line carrier modem may be configured to perform Vector Network Analysis functions. The power line carrier modem may be configured to indicate PLC modem transmit frequencies being reflected from the AC power lines or the line coupler. The transmitter functions may be implemented in software by the processor to provide a transmit output on the output line. Receiver functions may also be implemented in software by the processor. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/073206 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08989303 | Dally |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Dally (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An equalizer provided in a digital transmitter compensates for attenuation in a signal channel to a digital receiver. The equalizer generates signal levels as a logical function of bit history to emphasize transition signal levels relative to repeated signal levels. The preferred equalizer includes an FIR transition filter using a look-up table. Parallel circuits including FIR filters and digital-to-analog converters provide a high speed equalizer with lower speed circuitry. The equalizer is particularly suited to in-cabinet and local area network transmissions where feedback circuitry facilitates adaptive training of the equalizer. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/170324 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/1081 (20130101) H04B 3/04 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0042 (20130101) H04L 25/0272 (20130101) H04L 25/0282 (20130101) H04L 25/03025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 25/03343 (20130101) H04L 25/03878 (20130101) H04L 25/03885 (20130101) H04L 27/01 (20130101) |
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| US 08989483 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hui Cheng (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Harpreet Singh Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey); Bogdan Calin Mihai Matei (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Zhiwei Zhu (Princeton, New Jersey); Nicholas John Vander Valk (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Cheng (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Harpreet Singh Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey); Bogdan Calin Mihai Matei (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Zhiwei Zhu (Princeton, New Jersey); Nicholas John Vander Valk (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for determining a geographic location of a scene in a captured depiction comprising extracting a first set of features from the captured depiction by algorithmically analyzing the captured depiction, matching the extracted features of the captured depiction against a second set of extracted features associated with reference depictions with known geographic locations and when the matching is successful, identifying the geographic location of the scene in the captured depiction based on a known geographic location of a matching reference depiction from the reference depictions. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493654 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00671 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08989829 | Jones, III |
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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) | Thomas O. Jones, III (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A layered superconductor device includes multiple layers of a single crystal superconducting material having intermittent layers of superconducting material dispersed in a pattern with a second material such that each layer of the multiple layers a single crystal superconducting material are interconnected via superconducting material, allowing for a continuous current path, and a thickness of the superconducting material never exceeds a first predetermined thickness. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/155513 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/191 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08989876 | Lenser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Raymond Lenser (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mark Bourne Moseley (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for improving situational awareness for teleoperation of a remote vehicle by creating a 3D map display of an area around the remote vehicle comprises: receiving an original image from a stereo vision camera and utilizing the original image to perform visual odometry to determine the x, y, z, roll, pitch, and yaw for the original image; applying a fill-in algorithm to the original image to fill in an estimated depth for areas of the original image for which no depth data is available, which creates an enhanced depth image; combining the enhanced depth image with the x, y, z, roll, pitch, and yaw for the original image to create the 3D map display of the area around the remote vehicle; and displaying the 3D map display on an operator control unit used to control the remote vehicle. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/274227 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0038 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08990130 | Alvarez-Icaza Rivera 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) | Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza Rivera (San Jose, California); John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); Andrew S. Cassidy (San Jose, California); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to a neural network system comprising a single memory block for multiple neurosynaptic core modules. One embodiment comprises a neural network system including a memory array that maintains information for multiple neurosynaptic core modules. Each neurosynaptic core module comprises multiple neurons. The neural network system further comprises at least one logic circuit. Each logic circuit receives neuronal firing events targeting a neurosynaptic core module of the neural network system, and said logic circuit integrates the firing events received based on information maintained in said memory for said neurosynaptic core module. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/683234 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 3/063 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08990616 | Alvarez-Icaza Rivera 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) | Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza Rivera (San Jose, California); John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); John E. Barth, Jr. (Williston, Vermont); Andrew S. Cassidy (San Jose, California); Subramanian Iyer (Mount Kisco, New York); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to faulty recovery mechanisms for a two-dimensional (2-D) network on a processor array. One embodiment comprises a processor array including multiple processors core circuits, and a redundant routing system for routing packets between the core circuits. The redundant routing system comprises multiple switches, wherein each switch corresponds to one or more core circuits of the processor array. The redundant routing system further comprises multiple data paths interconnecting the switches, and a controller for selecting one or more data paths. Each selected data path is used to bypass at least one component failure of the processor array to facilitate full operation of the processor array. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/631496 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/2005 (20130101) G06F 11/2007 (20130101) G06F 11/2041 (20130101) G06F 11/2051 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/28 (20130101) H04L 49/109 (20130101) H04L 49/557 (20130101) H04L 49/1523 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08990669 | Bow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rouh T. Bow (Rolling Hills Estates, California); Philip A. Dafesh (Manhattan Beach, California); Clyde E. Edgar, Jr. (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rouh T. Bow (Rolling Hills Estates, California); Philip A. Dafesh (Manhattan Beach, California); Clyde E. Edgar, Jr. (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A linear feedback shift register machine capable of generating periodic sequences and having means for detecting single point errors in the generated sequences. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/829672 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08990791 | Derisavi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salem Derisavi (Richmond Hill, Canada); Ettore Tiotto (Markham, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salem Derisavi (Richmond Hill, Canada); Ettore Tiotto (Markham, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Partitioned global address space (PGAS) programming language source code is retrieved by an executed PGAS compiler. At least one shared memory array access indexed by an affine expression that includes a distinct thread identifier that is constant and different for each of a group of program execution threads targeted to execute the PGAS source code is identified within the PGAS source code. It is determined whether the at least one shared memory array access results in a local shared memory access by all of the group of program execution threads for all references to the at least one shared memory array access during execution of a compiled executable of the PGAS source code. A direct memory access executable code is generated for each shared memory array access determined to result in the local shared memory access by all of the group of program execution threads. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/194889 |
| ART UNIT | 2199 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/4441 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08985547 | Weibel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas B. Weibel (Arlington, Massachusetts); Andrew Lee (Somerville, Massachusetts); Scott Potenta (Boston, Massachusetts); Adam Siegel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Maarten Kruithof (Delft, Netherlands); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas B. Weibel (Arlington, Massachusetts); Andrew Lee (Somerville, Massachusetts); Scott Potenta (Boston, Massachusetts); Adam Siegel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Maarten Kruithof (Delft, Netherlands); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic valve assembly includes a structure defining a microfluidic fluid path and an actuator that can be moved between different positions controlling flow through the channel. In one embodiment, the actuator can be threaded into at least a portion of the structure, and can be moved rotationally between a first position, causing relatively greater constriction of a microfluidic fluid path, and a second position causing relatively lesser constriction of the fluid path. Actuating the actuator, e.g., by rotation, can deform material between the valve and the fluid path, thereby constricting at least a portion of the underlying fluid path and regulating the flow of a fluid in the fluid path. In another aspect, the invention provides a reservoir into which fluid can be placed and from which fluid can be introduced into a microfluidic system. In one embodiment, the reservoir is expandable and thereby able to store fluid under pressure for delivery to a microfluidic system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/883260 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502746 (20130101) B01L 2200/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/082 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F15B 2201/21 (20130101) F15B 2201/305 (20130101) F15B 2201/4053 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0001 (20130101) F16K 99/0026 (20130101) F16K 99/0034 (20130101) F16K 2099/0074 (20130101) F16K 2099/0078 (20130101) F16K 2099/0084 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986186 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaodong Zhang (Houston, Texas); Xiaoning Pan (Houston, Texas); Yupeng Li (Houston, Texas); Xiaoqiang Li (Houston, Texas); Radhe Mohan (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaodong Zhang (Houston, Texas); Xiaoning Pan (Houston, Texas); Yupeng Li (Houston, Texas); Xiaoqiang Li (Houston, Texas); Radhe Mohan (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This patent generally relates to developing treatment plans for use in external beam radiation therapy, and more particularly to a method, a system and a computer readable media that contains programming for the development of external beam radiation therapy treatment plans. Embodiments of the invention include (1) automatically setting beam angles based on a beam angle automation algorithm, (2) judiciously designing planning structures and (3) automatically adjusting the objectives of the objective function based on a parameter automation algorithm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/212164 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 5/1031 (20130101) A61N 5/1047 (20130101) A61N 2005/1041 (20130101) A61N 2005/1087 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986380 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Biman B. Mandal (Kolkata, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Biman B. Mandal (Kolkata, India) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a biocompatible implant for meniscus tissue engineering. Particularly, the biocompatible implant comprises a multi-layered crescent-shaped silk fibroin scaffold, in which each layer comprises distinct pore size and/or pore orientation, e.g., to mimic native meniscus complex architecture. Accordingly, the biocompatible implant can be used for repairing any meniscal defect or promoting meniscal regeneration in a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/702606 |
| 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 2/30756 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/3604 (20130101) A61L 27/3654 (20130101) A61L 27/3834 (20130101) A61L 2300/30 (20130101) A61L 2300/252 (20130101) A61L 2300/414 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 5/0655 (20130101) C12N 2533/50 (20130101) C12N 2533/90 (20130101) |
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| US 08986381 | Freilich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin Allen Freilich (West Hartford, Connecticut); John Robert Kelly (West Hartford, Connecticut); Rebecca Lee Cochrane (Suffield, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Allen Freilich (West Hartford, Connecticut); John Robert Kelly (West Hartford, Connecticut); Rebecca Lee Cochrane (Suffield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A structural/biological implant and method of use. The implant being utilized as a single or multiple staged system that is designed to encourage new alveolar bone growth with or without the need to obtain autologous bone. The implant has an apical portion that is fastened into existing bone, with the remainder of the implant left outside of existing bone. The exposed portion of the implant may have an external shape or configuration with a variety of attached and/or integrally formed mechanical retention and stability elements. Osteotropic/angiotropic material may be associated with the implant to induce and or conduct new bone growth and possible vascularization, thus, rather than fitting the implant into the bone, the bone is grown integratively with the implant. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/362105 |
| ART UNIT | 3775 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 17/80 (20130101) Dentistry; Apparatus or Methods for Oral or Dental Hygiene A61C 8/0006 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/32 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 2300/252 (20130101) A61L 2300/258 (20130101) A61L 2300/412 (20130101) |
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| US 08986396 | Goldfarb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Goldfarb (Franklin, Tennessee); Huseyin Atakan Varol (Kazakhstan, Turkey); Frank Charles Sup, IV (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jason Mitchell (Greenbriar, Tennessee); Thomas J. Withrow (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Goldfarb (Franklin, Tennessee); Huseyin Atakan Varol (Kazakhstan, Turkey); Frank Charles Sup, IV (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jason Mitchell (Greenbriar, Tennessee); Thomas J. Withrow (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A powered leg prosthesis includes powered knee joint comprising a knee joint and a knee motor unit for delivering power to the knee joint. The prosthesis also includes a prosthetic lower leg having a socket interface coupled to the knee joint and a powered ankle joint coupled to the lower leg opposite the knee joint comprising an ankle joint and an ankle motor unit to deliver power to the ankle joint. The prosthesis further includes a prosthetic foot coupled to the ankle joint, at least one sensor for measuring a real-time input, and at least one controller for controlling movement of the prosthesis based on the real-time input. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/973191 |
| 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 2/60 (20130101) A61F 2/64 (20130101) A61F 2/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/68 (20130101) A61F 2/72 (20130101) A61F 2/6607 (20130101) A61F 2002/665 (20130101) A61F 2002/701 (20130101) A61F 2002/704 (20130101) A61F 2002/705 (20130101) A61F 2002/764 (20130101) A61F 2002/768 (20130101) A61F 2002/5073 (20130101) A61F 2002/6642 (20130101) A61F 2002/6657 (20130101) A61F 2002/6836 (20130101) A61F 2002/7625 (20130101) A61F 2002/7635 (20130101) A61F 2002/7645 (20130101) A61F 2002/30359 (20130101) A61F 2220/0033 (20130101) |
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| US 08986628 | Stone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Howard A. Stone (Princeton, New Jersey); Shelley L. Anna (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nathalie Bontoux (Cagnes sur Mer, France); Darren Roy Link (Lexington, Massachusetts); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts); Irina Gitlin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Eugenia Kumacheva (Toronto, Canada); Piotr Garstecki (Brwinow, Poland); Willow R. Diluzio (Westford, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Governing Council of the Univ. of Toronto (Toronto, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard A. Stone (Princeton, New Jersey); Shelley L. Anna (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nathalie Bontoux (Cagnes sur Mer, France); Darren Roy Link (Lexington, Massachusetts); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts); Irina Gitlin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Eugenia Kumacheva (Toronto, Canada); Piotr Garstecki (Brwinow, Poland); Willow R. Diluzio (Westford, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic method and device for focusing and/or forming discontinuous sections of similar or dissimilar size in a fluid is provided. The device can be fabricated simply from readily-available, inexpensive material using simple techniques. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679190 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/0807 (20130101) B01F 5/0682 (20130101) B01F 5/0688 (20130101) B01F 13/0062 (20130101) B01F 2215/045 (20130101) B01F 2215/0431 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 7/0408 (20130101) B05B 7/0416 (20130101) B05B 7/0441 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 516/924 (20130101) Y10S 516/927 (20130101) |
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| US 08986651 | Miao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yubin Miao (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Haixun Guo (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yubin Miao (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Haixun Guo (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to novel non-invasive diagnostic tools/compounds to image cancers, especially, melanoma, including metastatic melanoma in vivo. The present compounds exhibit enhanced uptake in cancerous cells and tissue and decreased renal uptake in kidney, evidencing favorable pharmacokinetics of compounds of the present invention. The compounds according to the present invention represent an advance in the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma, including metastatic melanoma using non-invasive molecular imaging techniques. The novel probes of the present invention are also useful for initiating therapy for melanoma as well as monitor patients' response to chemotherapy treatments and other interventions or therapies used in the treatment of melanoma/metastatic melanoma. Compounds according to the present invention may be used as diagnostic tools for a number of conditions and diseases states as well as therapeutic agents for treating such conditions and disease states. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/497738 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 51/086 (20130101) A61K 51/088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08986655 | Weiss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory A. Weiss (Irvine, California); Jessica Arter (Irvine, California); Juan E. Diaz (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory A. Weiss (Irvine, California); Jessica Arter (Irvine, California); Juan E. Diaz (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | PSMA ligands, compositions, and methods therefore are disclosed where the ligand is a peptide having the sequence X1X2CVEVX3QNSCX4X5 where X1-X5 are independently a natural or non-natural amino acid or a peptide having the sequence CALCEFLG [SEQ ID NO: 1]. Especially preferred aspects include diagnostic reagents for detection and/or quantification of PSMA in a sample, therapeutic reagents, and diagnostic imaging reagents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/321011 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/72 (20130101) H01M 4/73 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/667 (20130101) H01M 4/668 (20130101) H01M 4/685 (20130101) H01M 10/18 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/126 (20130101) |
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| US 08986671 | Chancellor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael B. Chancellor (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania); Johnny Huard (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christopher C. Capelli (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Zhuqing Qu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael B. Chancellor (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania); Johnny Huard (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christopher C. Capelli (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Zhuqing Qu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides muscle-derived progenitor cells that show long-term survival following transplantation into body tissues and which can augment soft tissue following introduction (e.g. via injection, transplantation, or implantation) into a site of soft tissue. Also provided are methods of isolating muscle-derived progenitor cells, and methods of genetically modifying the cells for gene transfer therapy. The invention further provides methods of using compositions comprising muscle-derived progenitor cells for the augmentation and bulking of mammalian, including human, soft tissues in the treatment of various cosmetic or functional conditions, including malformation, injury, weakness, disease, or dysfunction. In particular, the present invention provides treatments and amelioration for dermatological conditions, gastroesophageal reflux, vesico-ureteral reflux, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, heart failure, and myocardial infarction. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/505734 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0659 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/70 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) C12N 2533/54 (20130101) |
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| US 08986672 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaoliu Zhang (Houston, Texas); Fu Xinping (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University Of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoliu Zhang (Houston, Texas); Fu Xinping (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to the composition and use of a modified Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) as a medicament in the treatment of cancer. The modified HSV-2 has fusogenic activity, and comprises a modified/mutated ICP 10 polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having ribonucleotide reductase activity and lacking protein kinase activity. |
| FILED | Friday, June 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/922796 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/763 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/763 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 2319/01 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2710/16622 (20130101) C12N 2710/16643 (20130101) C12N 2810/60 (20130101) |
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| US 08986702 | Refaeli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yosef Refaeli (Denver, Colorado); Brian Curtis Turner (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Taiga Biotechnologies, Inc. (Aurora, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yosef Refaeli (Denver, Colorado); Brian Curtis Turner (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are various processes for the improved production of antibody producing organisms, antibody producing tissues, antibody producing cells and antibodies. In certain embodiments, provided herein are methods for rapidly producing antibody producing organisms, tissues, cells and antibodies derived from humans, organisms, plants or cells that are genetically altered to over-express certain proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, May 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/467957 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 16/1018 (20130101) C07K 2319/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) |
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| US 08986733 | Muir |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David F. Muir (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David F. Muir (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to compositions and methods for promoting repair of damaged nerve tissue. The compositions and methods of the subject invention can be employed to restore the continuity of nerve interrupted by disease, traumatic events or surgical procedures. Compositions of the subject invention comprise one or more chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG)-degrading enzymes that promote axonal penetration into damaged nerve tissue. The invention also concerns methods for promoting repair of damaged nerve tissue using the present compositions and nerve tissue treated according to such methods. The invention also pertains to kits for nerve repair. |
| FILED | Monday, December 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/966540 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/30 (20130101) A61K 38/51 (20130101) A61K 38/51 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (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 27/227 (20130101) A61L 27/383 (20130101) A61L 27/3604 (20130101) A61L 27/3675 (20130101) A61L 27/3683 (20130101) A61L 27/3687 (20130101) A61L 27/3878 (20130101) A61L 31/047 (20130101) A61L 2430/32 (20130101) |
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| US 08986933 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaoyan Lu (Atlanta, Georgia); Dean Erdman (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoyan Lu (Atlanta, Georgia); Dean Erdman (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for detecting human rhinovirus nucleic acid in a biological sample, includes producing an amplification product by amplifying an human bocavirus nucleotide sequence using a forward primer of SEQ ID NO: 1, and a reverse primer of SEQ ID NO: 2, and measuring said amplification product to detect human rhinovirus in said biological sample. Also provided are reagents and methods for detecting and distinguishing human rhinovirus from other viruses. A kit is provided for detecting and quantifying human rhinovirus in a biological sample. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/315758 |
| 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 | 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 08986988 | Karnik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rohit Nandkumar Karnik (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Seungpyo Hong (Naperville, Illinois); Ying Mei (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniel Griffith Anderson (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Michael Karp (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Suman Bose (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rohit Nandkumar Karnik (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Seungpyo Hong (Naperville, Illinois); Ying Mei (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniel Griffith Anderson (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Michael Karp (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Suman Bose (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems for cell separation based on cell rolling on surfaces along edges of regions coated with cell adhesion molecules. A variety of designs of coated regions and edges are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/680249 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/58 (20130101) C12N 2501/585 (20130101) C12N 2533/50 (20130101) C12N 2533/52 (20130101) C12N 2535/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08986997 | Bardwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Bardwell (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Linda Foit (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ajamaluddin Malik (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Tobias Baumann (Bad Zwesten, Germany); Maximilian Kern (Attenkirchen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Bardwell (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Linda Foit (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ajamaluddin Malik (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Tobias Baumann (Bad Zwesten, Germany); Maximilian Kern (Attenkirchen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for enhancing folding and stability of biological molecules. In particular, the present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying biological molecules with enhanced stability. The present invention further relates to host cells that confer enhanced stability to biological molecules expressed therein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/199060 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/53 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/12 (20130101) C12N 15/1079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 207/01095 (20130101) |
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| US 08987004 | Geddes |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris D. Geddes (Bel-Air, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris D. Geddes (Bel-Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to affinity biosensing using polarization of light scattering of aggregated noble metallic nanostructures to determine concentration of an analyte in a test sample. This new sensing system utilizes the changes in polarized plasmonic scattering from nanostructures as the nanostructures aggregate due to binding of the analyte to a binding partner attached to the surface of the metallic nanostructure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/997778 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/587 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54346 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 436/805 (20130101) |
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| US 08987174 | Routenberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Routenberg (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Prognosys Biosciences, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Routenberg (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The methods of the present invention provide methods for manufacturing a master substrate and methods for manufacturing replica arrays from the master substrate. The methods may be used, for example, directly to manufacture or “print” peptide arrays from a DNA array; however, the methods are applicable to a wide range of manufacturing applications for use any time multiple copies of an array needs to be printed. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/283906 |
| 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 | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00382 (20130101) B01J 2219/00585 (20130101) B01J 2219/00619 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) B01J 2219/00725 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 40/06 (20130101) C40B 50/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C40B 50/18 (20130101) C40B 60/12 (20130101) |
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| US 08987189 | Ye et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Ye (Dallas, Texas); Fang Sun (Dallas, Texas); Hua Huang (Dallas, Texas); Michael J. Gale (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided to inhibit release of HCV from an HCV-infected cell by contacting the cell with a VLDL assembly inhibitor, and detecting a resultant inhibition of HCV release from the cell. The methods can be used to decrease serum viremia of an HCV-infected person. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/765506 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7056 (20130101) A61K 38/21 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2770/24211 (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 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08987192 | Bielicki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John K. Bielicki (San Ramon, California); Jan Johansson (Danville, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Bielicki (San Ramon, California); Jan Johansson (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a family of non-naturally occurring polypeptides having cholesterol efflux activity that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins (e.g., Apo AI and Apo E), and having high selectivity for ABAC1 that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins. The invention also provides compositions comprising such polypeptides, methods of identifying, screening and synthesizing such polypeptides, and methods of treating, preventing or diagnosing diseases and disorders associated with dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia and inflammation. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/519116 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — 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 38/16 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/775 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4703 (20130101) |
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| US 08987201 | Donahue |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seth W. Donahue (Houghton, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan Technological University (Houghton, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth W. Donahue (Houghton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Black bear parathyroid hormone (PTH) and functional fragments thereof are provided. Also provided are methods of using black bear PTH and functional fragments for increasing cAMP in a bone-forming cell; reducing apoptosis in a bone-forming cell; decreasing the ratio of expression levels of Bax protein to Bcl-2 protein in a bone-forming cell; increasing the expression level of one or more of a bone matrix protein, a transcriptional activator, or a transcriptional regulator in a bone-forming cell; enhancing bone mineral density, increasing bone mass, decreasing bone loss, or reducing the incidence of bone fractures, or any combination thereof, in a subject; also provided are antibodies directed against black bear parathyroid hormone (PTH) and functional fragments thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, December 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/514362 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08987208 | Chapman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin R. Chapman (Madison, Wisconsin); Min Dong (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is based on the identification of synaptic vessel glycoprotein SV2 as the BoNT/A receptor and the further identification of various BoNT/A-binding fragments of SV2. The disclosure here provides new tools for diagnosing and treating botulism. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/902323 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/705 (20130101) |
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| US 08987213 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lianglin Zhang (La Jolla, California); Jason A Hoffman (La Jolla, California); Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a variety of isolated peptides and peptidomimetics, which can be useful, for example, in constructing the conjugates of the invention or, where the peptide itself has biological activity, in unconjugated form as a therapeutic for treating any of a variety of cardiovascular diseases as described below. Thus, the present invention provides an isolated peptide or peptidomimetic which has a length of less than 60 residues and includes the amino acid sequence CRPPR (SEQ ID NO: 1) or a peptidomimetic thereof. The invention further provides an isolated peptide or peptidomimetic which has a length of less than 60 residues and includes the amino acid sequence CARPAR (SEQ ID NO: 5) or a peptidomimetic thereof, or amino acid sequence CPKRPR (SEQ ID NO: 6) or a peptidomimetic thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/092020 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/04 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48561 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/001 (20130101) |
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| US 08987217 | Mylonakis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eleftherios Mylonakis (Boston, Massachusetts); Edward Holson (Newton Highlands, Massachusetts); Frederick M. Ausubel (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eleftherios Mylonakis (Boston, Massachusetts); Edward Holson (Newton Highlands, Massachusetts); Frederick M. Ausubel (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating a fungal infection in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a modified saponin. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/521267 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08987222 | Aronin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil Aronin (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Edith Pfister (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Phillip D. Zamore (Northboro, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Aronin (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Edith Pfister (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Phillip D. Zamore (Northboro, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the discovery of (SNPs) significantly associated with Huntington's disease (HD). The present invention utilizes RNA silencing technology (e.g. RNAi) against such SNPs optimally combined with select additional SNP targeting silencing agents, thereby resulting in an effective treatment of significantly-sized patient populations. Silencing agents having enhanced discriminatory properties are also featured. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/263961 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/34 (20130101) |
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| US 08987224 | Yao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qizhi Yao (Houston, Texas); Christian Marin-Muller (Houston, Texas); Changyi Chen (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qizhi Yao (Houston, Texas); Christian Marin-Muller (Houston, Texas); Changyi Chen (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel network of tumorigenic prognostic factors is identified that plays a critical role in advanced pancreatic cancer (PC) pathogenesis. This interactome is interconnected through a central tumor suppressive microRNA, miR-198, which is able to both directly and indirectly modulate expression of the various members of this network to alter the molecular makeup of pancreatic tumors. When this tumor signature network is intact, miR-198 expression is reduced and patient survival is dismal; patients with higher miR-198 present an altered tumor signature network, better prognosis and increased survival. Further, MiR-198 replacement reverses tumorigenicity in vitro and in vivo. embodiment of the disclosure is a method of treating cancer in an individual, comprising the step of increasing the level of active microRNA-198 molecules in the pancreatic cancer tumor cells of the individual by an amount sufficient to cause an improvement in the pancreatic cancer in the individual. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/567852 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 51/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/704 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/13 (20150115) |
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| US 08987246 | Tierney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland); National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland); National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elaine Tierney (Silver Spring, Maryland); Forbes D. Porter (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the field of autism. More specifically, the present invention provides methods for treating individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Accordingly, in one aspect, the present invention provides methods for treating patients with autism spectrum disorder. In one embodiment, a method for treating an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a patient comprises the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of cholesterol to the patient. In more specific embodiments, the ASD is autism, Asperger's disorder, pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), Rett's syndrome and childhood disintegrative disorder. In one embodiment, the patient has autism. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/945384 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/575 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08987271 | Cardone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael H. Cardone (Dorchester, Massachusetts); Xiang Y. Yu (Acton, Massachusetts); Andrew F. Kolodziej (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eutropics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael H. Cardone (Dorchester, Massachusetts); Xiang Y. Yu (Acton, Massachusetts); Andrew F. Kolodziej (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a chemotherapeutic cancer treatment in which compounds (BH3Is) are administered to a mammal to treat B-cell Lymphoma or other hematopoietic cancers, including diseases associated with MCL-1. The invention also provides a method for treating types of hematopoietic cancers, such as B-cell lymphoma, using a combination of one or more disclosed compounds in combination with other therapies, for example, 26S proteosome inhibitors, such as, for example, Bortezomib. The invention also relates to autoimmune treatment with pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more disclosed compounds. The invention also relates to methods for identifying compounds, for example, compounds of the BH3 mimic class, that have unique in vitro properties that predict in vivo efficacy against B-cell lymphoma tumors and other cancers as well as autoimmune disease. Illustrative compounds are those of Formula II: |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/335287 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 217/92 (20130101) C07C 229/18 (20130101) C07C 229/34 (20130101) C07C 229/36 (20130101) C07C 229/48 (20130101) C07C 229/58 (20130101) C07C 229/60 (20130101) C07C 229/64 (20130101) C07C 311/21 (20130101) C07C 317/36 (20130101) C07C 317/44 (20130101) C07C 2101/08 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 209/34 (20130101) C07D 211/46 (20130101) C07D 211/60 (20130101) C07D 213/79 (20130101) C07D 215/48 (20130101) C07D 231/14 (20130101) C07D 231/38 (20130101) C07D 235/26 (20130101) C07D 239/28 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) C07D 241/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 261/18 (20130101) C07D 263/34 (20130101) C07D 263/48 (20130101) C07D 309/14 (20130101) |
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| US 08987275 | Gray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathanael Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Wenjun Zhou (Brighton, Massachusetts); Xianming Deng (Fujian, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathanael Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Wenjun Zhou (Brighton, Massachusetts); Xianming Deng (Fujian, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application relates to therapeutic organic compounds, compositions comprising an effective amount of a therapeutic organic compound; and methods for treating and preventing disease comprising administering and effective amount of a therapeutic organic compound to a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/583974 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/496 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/56 (20130101) C07D 401/10 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) |
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| US 08987294 | Ginsberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Ginsberg (San Diego, California); Christiane Kummer (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Ginsberg (San Diego, California); Christiane Kummer (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to novel compounds that are able to inhibit the interaction of paxillin or its paralogues, including leupaxin or Hic-5, with alpha.4 integrin or its binding partners that regulate signaling events downstream of the paxillin-.alpha.4 interaction. The present invention further relates to methods for therapeutic use of such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds for the treatment of a disease or condition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/496095 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4375 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 221/06 (20130101) |
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| US 08987306 | DeGrado et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William F. DeGrado (San Francisco, California); Meredith W. Miller (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Sandeep Basra (Munich, Germany); Joel S. Bennett (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Sungwook Choi (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. DeGrado (San Francisco, California); Meredith W. Miller (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Sandeep Basra (Munich, Germany); Joel S. Bennett (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Sungwook Choi (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel compounds inhibiting the integrin α2β1/GPIa-IIa receptor are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, as well as methods of their therapeutic use. The compounds disclosed are useful, inter alia, as inhibitors of integrin α2β1/GPIa-IIa-mediated activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/566162 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 205/04 (20130101) C07D 207/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 211/96 (20130101) C07D 215/58 (20130101) C07D 217/26 (20130101) C07D 277/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/06165 (20130101) |
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| US 08987312 | Boger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dale L. Boger (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale L. Boger (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a series of -αketoheterocyclic compounds, for example, compounds of formula (I). The compounds can inhibit fatty acid amide hydrolase and can be useful for treatment of malconditions modulated by fatty acid amide hydrolase. The invention further provides methods of making compounds of formula (I), useful intermediates for the preparation of compounds of formula (I), and methods of using compounds of formula (I) and compositions thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/002905 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/20 (20130101) A61K 9/4866 (20130101) A61K 31/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/18 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) C07D 413/04 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08987321 | MacDonald et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy L. MacDonald (Charlottesville, Virginia); Jerry L. Nadler (Charlottesville, Virginia); Peng Cui (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides analogs of a Lysofylline (LSF), and synthetic methods for the preparation of such analogs. The have the active side chain moiety (5-R-hydroxyhexyl) of LSF and can have greater potency and oral bioavailability than LSF. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/928691 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/502 (20130101) A61K 31/538 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4196 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 215/68 (20130101) C07C 219/32 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 209/80 (20130101) C07D 221/08 (20130101) C07D 223/22 (20130101) C07D 241/08 (20130101) C07D 241/18 (20130101) C07D 249/12 (20130101) C07D 253/04 (20130101) C07D 265/26 (20130101) C07D 265/36 (20130101) C07D 265/38 (20130101) C07D 275/04 (20130101) C07D 279/22 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08987332 | Olefsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerrold M. Olefsky (Solana Beach, California); Da Young Oh (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerrold M. Olefsky (Solana Beach, California); Da Young Oh (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of treating a β-arrestin2 mediated and/or GPR120 mediated response in a subject. The β-arrestin2 mediated and/or GPR120 mediated response can be inflammation, including diabetes, inflammation associated with obesity and obesity. The methods can comprise administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound predicted to bind a β-arrestin2 molecule and/or GPR120, wherein the compound selectively activates a β-arrestin2-dependent signaling pathway of GPR120. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493241 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/202 (20130101) |
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| US 08987412 | Arora et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paramjit Arora (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Dafna Bar-Sagi (Miller Place, New York); Anupam Patgiri (New York, New York); Kamlesh Yadav (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paramjit Arora (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Dafna Bar-Sagi (Miller Place, New York); Anupam Patgiri (New York, New York); Kamlesh Yadav (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to peptides having one or more stable, internally-constrained HBS α-helices, where the peptide is capable of interacting with Ras and related proteins. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/003219 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4705 (20130101) |
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| US 08987426 | Neville, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Neville, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland); Jerry T. Thompson (Frenchville, Pennsylvania); Huaizhong Hu (Madison, Wisconsin); Jung-Hee Woo (Rockville, Maryland); Shenglin Ma (Indianapolis, Indiana); Jonathan Mark Hexham (S. Orange, New Jersey); Mary Ellen Digan (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Neville, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland); Jerry T. Thompson (Frenchville, Pennsylvania); Huaizhong Hu (Madison, Wisconsin); Jung-Hee Woo (Rockville, Maryland); Shenglin Ma (Indianapolis, Indiana); Jonathan Mark Hexham (S. Orange, New Jersey); Mary Ellen Digan (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings provides novel recombinant DT-based immunotoxins, and, more specifically anti-T cell immunotoxin fusion proteins. Also provided are immunotoxins that can be expressed in bacterial, yeast, or mammalian cells. The invention also provides means for expression of the immunotoxin fusion protein. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/443779 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48484 (20130101) A61K 47/48561 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/1008 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/34 (20130101) C07K 16/2809 (20130101) C07K 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08987432 | Cunningham |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | To identify conserved and variable regions of the 16 S rRNA, an instant evolution experiment was performed on the entire 16 S rRNA. Analysis of these mutants identified regions that are required for function. These conserved sequences may be used as targets for pharmaceuticals that are taxonomically specific and which are refractory to the development of drug resistance. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/470484 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 08987435 | Swayze et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric E. Swayze (Encinitas, California); Balkrishen Bhat (Carlsbad, California); Walter F. Lima (San Diego, California); Thazha P. Prakash (Carlsbad, California); Garth A. Kinberger (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric E. Swayze (Encinitas, California); Balkrishen Bhat (Carlsbad, California); Walter F. Lima (San Diego, California); Thazha P. Prakash (Carlsbad, California); Garth A. Kinberger (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides oligomeric compounds and uses thereof. In certain embodiments, such oligomeric compounds are useful as antisense compounds. Certain such antisense compounds are useful as RNase H antisense compounds or as RNAi compounds. |
| FILED | Friday, October 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/125751 |
| 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 | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08987452 | Ouerfelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ouathek Ouerfelli (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Anna Dilhas (Basel, Switzerland); Guangbin Yang (Forest Hills, New York); Hong Zhao (Rego Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel synthesis of the anti-androgen, A52, which has been found to be useful in the treatment of prostate cancer, is provided. A52 as well as structurally related analogs may be prepared via the inventive route. This new synthetic scheme may be used to prepare kilogram scale quantities of pure A52. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/848477 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 209/36 (20130101) C07C 209/36 (20130101) C07C 211/52 (20130101) C07C 213/08 (20130101) C07C 213/08 (20130101) C07C 217/58 (20130101) C07C 253/00 (20130101) C07C 253/00 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 255/46 (20130101) C07C 255/46 (20130101) C07C 2101/04 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/61 (20130101) C07D 213/64 (20130101) C07D 213/72 (20130101) C07D 213/74 (20130101) C07D 213/84 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08987474 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jie Wu (Tampa, Florida); Nicholas J. Lawrence (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Harshani R. Lawrence (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jie Wu (Tampa, Florida); Nicholas J. Lawrence (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Harshani R. Lawrence (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and associated methods for inhibiting a protein tyrosine phosphatase. By a combination of experimental and virtual screenings of the NCI Diversity Set chemical library, NSC-87877 and NSC-117199 have been identified as Shp2 PTP inhibitors. Significantly, NSC-87877 is active in cell-based assays and has no detectable off-target effects in the EGF-stimulated Erk 1/2 activation pathway. Additionally, a number of analogs of NSC-117199 have been produced. These analogs exhibit enhanced protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibition and are found to be potent and/or selective inhibitors of Shp1 and/or Shp2 protein tyrosine phosphatases. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/733023 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/40 (20130101) |
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| US 08987493 | Sieburth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott McNeill Sieburth (Norwood, Pennsylvania); Yingjian Bo (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott McNeill Sieburth (Norwood, Pennsylvania); Yingjian Bo (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of preparing silane dipeptide analogs, comprising the steps of treating a solution of a substituted 1,2-oxasilolane with lithium metal to form a solution of the dilithium salt of a substituted 3-hydroxypropylsilanol, and reacting the solution of the dilithium salt of the substituted 3-hydroxypropylsilanol with a substituted enamine. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/698605 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/0818 (20130101) C07F 7/0827 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08987496 | McDonough et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. McDonough (Helotes, Texas); Darrel W. Johnston (Boerne, Texas); Paul M. Thompson (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for the preparation of amyl nitrite formulations at a point of use location from relatively shelf-stable reagents employing acidic cationic exchange resins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/054194 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| 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 5/19 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 201/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08987531 | Grubbs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California); Myles B. Herbert (Pasadena, California); Zachary K. Wickens (Pasadena, California); Vanessa M. Marx (Pasadena, California); Benjamin K. Keitz (Pasadena, California); Koji Endo (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of synthesizing insect pheromones, particularly lepidopteran insect pheromones, their precursors and derivatives from inexpensive, readily available starting materials using olefin metathesis catalysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/785101 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 29/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 29/00 (20130101) C07C 29/00 (20130101) C07C 29/32 (20130101) C07C 29/32 (20130101) C07C 33/02 (20130101) C07C 33/025 (20130101) C07C 33/025 (20130101) C07C 45/30 (20130101) C07C 45/30 (20130101) C07C 45/30 (20130101) C07C 47/21 (20130101) C07C 49/203 (20130101) C07C 67/08 (20130101) C07C 67/08 (20130101) C07C 67/28 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 69/145 (20130101) C07C 69/145 (20130101) C07C 69/145 (20130101) |
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| US 08988620 | Israel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barbara A. Israel (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin); Nicholas Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher Murphy (Madison, Wisconsin); Karla Hollister (DeForest, Wisconsin); Syrus Soltaninassab (Madison, Wisconsin); Doug Hansmann (Madison, Wisconsin); Bharat Raj Acharya (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Platypus Technologies, LLC (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara A. Israel (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin); Nicholas Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher Murphy (Madison, Wisconsin); Karla Hollister (DeForest, Wisconsin); Syrus Soltaninassab (Madison, Wisconsin); Doug Hansmann (Madison, Wisconsin); Bharat Raj Acharya (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the field of detection of viruses, and in particular to detection of viruses using a liquid crystal assay format. In the present invention, virus binding in a detection region is identified by changes in liquid crystal orientation caused by virus binding independent orientation caused by any topography associated with the detection region. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/550733 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54373 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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| US 08989411 | Hall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neal A. Hall (Austin, Texas); Michael Louis Kuntzman (Austin, Texas); Karen Denise Kirk (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neal A. Hall (Austin, Texas); Michael Louis Kuntzman (Austin, Texas); Karen Denise Kirk (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A vacuum sealed directional microphone and methods for fabricating said vacuum sealed directional microphone. A vacuum sealed directional microphone includes a rocking structure coupled to two vacuum sealed diaphragms which are responsible for collecting incoming sound and deforming under sound pressure. The rocking structure's resistance to bending aids in reducing the deflection of each diaphragm under large atmospheric pressure. Furthermore, the rocking structure exhibits little resistance about its pivot thereby enabling it to freely rotate in response to small pressure gradients characteristic of sound. The backside cavities of such a device can be fabricated without the use of the deep reactive ion etch step thereby allowing such a microphone to be fabricated with a CMOS compatible process. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441079 |
| ART UNIT | 2651 — Videophones and Telephonic Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 23/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08989847 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas System (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristen Adams (Houston, Texas); Ruchi Sharma (Houston, Texas); John C. Rasmussen (Spring, Texas); Eva M. Sevick-Muraca (Montgomery, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel methods and imaging agents for functional imaging of lymph structures are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the methods utilize highly sensitive optical imaging and fluorescent spectroscopy techniques to track or monitor packets of organic dye flowing in one or more lymphatic structures. The packets of organic dye may be tracked to provide quantitative information regarding lymph propulsion and function. In particular, lymph flow velocity and pulse frequency may be determined using the disclosed methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/072581 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/41 (20130101) A61B 5/0059 (20130101) A61B 5/0064 (20130101) A61B 5/0071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/415 (20130101) A61B 5/418 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/4823 (20130101) A61K 49/0032 (20130101) A61K 49/0034 (20130101) A61K 49/0041 (20130101) A61K 49/0054 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/007 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08990025 | Potyrailo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo (Niskayuna, New York); Cheryl Margaret Surman (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and sensors for selective fluid sensing are provided. A sensor includes a resonant inductor-capacitor-resistor (LCR) circuit and a sensing material disposed over a sensing region. The sensing region comprises at least a portion of the LCR circuit. Temperature-dependent response coefficients of inductance L, capacitance C, and resistance R properties of the LCR circuit and the sensing material are at least approximately 5 percent different from one another. The difference in the temperature-dependent response coefficients of the properties of the LCR circuit and the sensing material enables the sensor to selectively detect analyte fluids from an analyzed fluid mixture substantially independent of temperature. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/031965 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/025 (20130101) G01N 33/48792 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08990041 | Grabiner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark D. Grabiner (Chicago, Illinois); Kenton R. Kaufman (Rochester, Minnesota); Barry K. Gilbert (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Grabiner (Chicago, Illinois); Kenton R. Kaufman (Rochester, Minnesota); Barry K. Gilbert (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A fall detection device may be uniquely associated with a wearer. The fall detection device may predict whether a fall event is imminent based on kinematic information of the wearer's body. The device may also confirm whether the wearer actually experienced a fall event based on additional kinematic information. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/266437 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1116 (20130101) A61B 5/1117 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/7275 (20130101) A61B 2562/0219 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08990138 | Shironoshita |
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| APPLICANT(S) | InfoTech Soft, Inc. (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | InfoTech Soft, Inc. (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emilio Patrick Shironoshita (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method on a computer for determining whether a hypothesis is verified by one or more ontologies. The method includes reading an address for a hypothesis comprised of one or more hypothesis axioms, wherein an axiom is represented in description logic form, reading an address for an ontology comprised of one or more ontology axioms and accessing the hypothesis and the ontology using the addresses that were read. The method further includes determining whether the ontology either corroborates or contradicts the hypothesis, identifying a first set of ontology axioms that corroborate the hypothesis and identifying a second set of ontology axioms that contradict the hypothesis, displaying a graphic indicating either corroboration or contradiction of the hypothesis, displaying the first set of ontology axioms together with a graphic indicating corroboration of the hypothesis and displaying the second set of ontology axioms together with a graphic indicating contradiction of the hypothesis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/914912 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 5/006 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08984664 | Moss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William C. Moss (San Mateo, California); Michael J. King (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Moss (San Mateo, California); Michael J. King (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A helmet blastometer for characterizing the direction, speed, magnitude, and duration of a blast event to determine the likelihood of blast-induced traumatic brain injury (biTBI). Time of arrival (TOA) gage sensors are mounted on a rigid outer shell of the helmet each producing a TOA signal in response to a fast rising blast induced positive pressure change above a predetermined threshold. A receiver analyzes the positive pressure changes from the gages to determine direction, speed, and magnitude of a blast. Other TOA gauge sensors can be used to produce a TOA signal in response to a negative pressure change below a predetermined threshold. The positive and negative pressure change TOA signals are used to determine blast duration. A second set of internal contact pressure sensors is connected to an inner liner of the helmet to detect contact pressure on a user's head to determine if biTBI has been sustained. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/499740 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Hats; Head Coverings A42B 3/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08984888 | Uhm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jong Ho Uhm (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jong Ho Uhm (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel injection assembly for use in a turbine engine is provided. The fuel injection assembly includes a plurality of tube assemblies, wherein each of the tube assemblies includes an upstream portion and a downstream portion. Each tube assembly includes a plurality of tubes that extend from the upstream portion to the downstream portion or from the upstream portion through the downstream portion. At least one injection system is coupled to at least one tube assembly of the plurality of tube assemblies. The injection system includes a fluid supply member that extends from a fluid source to the downstream portion of the tube assembly. The fluid supply member includes a first end portion located in the downstream portion of the tube assembly, wherein the first end portion has at least one first opening for channeling fluid through the tube assembly to facilitate reducing a temperature therein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/281679 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/10 (20130101) F23R 3/34 (20130101) F23R 3/283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23R 3/346 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49231 (20150115) |
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| US 08985030 | Post |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard F. Post (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F. Post (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Inductrack III configurations are suited for use in transporting heavy freight loads. Inductrack III addresses a problem associated with the cantilevered track of the Inductrack II configuration. The use of a cantilevered track could present mechanical design problems in attempting to achieve a strong enough track system such that it would be capable of supporting very heavy loads. In Inductrack III, the levitating portion of the track can be supported uniformly from below, as the levitating Halbach array used on the moving vehicle is a single-sided one, thus does not require the cantilevered track as employed in Inductrack II. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/233205 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 13/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60L 2200/26 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08985956 | Hogberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas Alvin Hogberg (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Alvin Hogberg (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides a compressive stress system for a gas turbine engine. The compressive stress system may include a first bucket attached to a rotor, a second bucket attached to the rotor, the first and the second buckets defining a shank pocket therebetween, and a compressive stress spring positioned within the shank pocket. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/235566 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/22 (20130101) F01D 5/282 (20130101) F01D 5/284 (20130101) F01D 5/3007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/3015 (20130101) F01D 5/3084 (20130101) F01D 5/3092 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2300/6033 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 416/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986455 | Birkmire et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert W. Birkmire (Newark, Delaware); Gregory M. Hanket (Newark, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | JLN Solar, Inc. (Mill Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Birkmire (Newark, Delaware); Gregory M. Hanket (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal evaporation source includes: a crucible configured to contain a volume of evaporant and a vapor space above the evaporant; a manifold body having within it a hollow expansion chamber that is flowably connected to the vapor space via one or more restriction orifices; one or more effusion nozzles flowably connected to the expansion chamber and exiting an outer surface of the thermal evaporation source, the nozzle(s) oriented to direct an evaporant vapor flow out of the source vertically downward, in one or more horizontal directions, or in one or more directions intermediate between horizontal and vertically downward; and a heater capable of heating some or all of the thermal evaporation source to a temperature sufficient to produce the one or more evaporant vapor flows when a vacuum is applied to the thermal evaporation source. |
| FILED | Monday, October 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/250172 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/243 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986511 | Matranga et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher Matranga (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert L. Thompson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Congjun Wang (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Matranga (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert L. Thompson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Congjun Wang (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The method provides for use of sensitized photocatalyst for the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 under visible light illumination. The photosensitized catalyst is comprised of a wide band gap semiconductor material, a transition metal co-catalyst, and a semiconductor sensitizer. The semiconductor sensitizer is photoexcited by visible light and forms a Type II band alignment with the wide band gap semiconductor material. The wide band gap semiconductor material and the semiconductor sensitizer may be a plurality of particles, and the particle diameters may be selected to accomplish desired band widths and optimize charge injection under visible light illumination by utilizing quantum size effects. In a particular embodiment, CO2 is reduced under visible light illumination using a CdSe/Pt/TiO2 sensitized photocatalyst with H2O as a hydrogen source. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/903282 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/157.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
08986513 — Efficient boron-carbon-nitrogen nanotube formation via combined laser-gas flow levitation
| US 08986513 | Whitney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | R. Roy Whitney (Newport News, Virginia); Kevin Jordan (Newport News, Virginia); Michael W. Smith (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia); The United States of America as Represented by the Administration of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Roy Whitney (Newport News, Virginia); Kevin Jordan (Newport News, Virginia); Michael W. Smith (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for producing boron nitride nanotubes and/or boron-carbon-nitrogen nanotubes of the general formula BxCyNz. The process utilizes a combination of laser light and nitrogen gas flow to support a boron ball target during heating of the boron ball target and production of a boron vapor plume which reacts with nitrogen or nitrogen and carbon to produce boron nitride nanotubes and/or boron-carbon-nitrogen nanotubes of the general formula BxCyNz. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920342 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/121 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 35/146 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08986576 | O'Bryan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory O'Bryan (Livermore, California); Jack L. Skinner (Brentwood, California); Andrew Vance (Livermore, California); Elaine Lai Yang (Dublin, California); Thomas Zifer (Manteca, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory O'Bryan (Livermore, California); Jack L. Skinner (Brentwood, California); Andrew Vance (Livermore, California); Elaine Lai Yang (Dublin, California); Thomas Zifer (Manteca, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A material consisting essentially of a vinyl thermoplastic polymer, un-functionalized carbon nanotubes and hydroxylated carbon nanotubes dissolved in a solvent. Un-functionalized carbon nanotube concentrations up to 30 wt % and hydroxylated carbon nanotube concentrations up to 40 wt % can be used with even small concentrations of each (less than 2 wt %) useful in producing enhanced conductivity properties of formed thin films. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/223672 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08986628 | Stone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Howard A. Stone (Princeton, New Jersey); Shelley L. Anna (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nathalie Bontoux (Cagnes sur Mer, France); Darren Roy Link (Lexington, Massachusetts); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts); Irina Gitlin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Eugenia Kumacheva (Toronto, Canada); Piotr Garstecki (Brwinow, Poland); Willow R. Diluzio (Westford, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Governing Council of the Univ. of Toronto (Toronto, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard A. Stone (Princeton, New Jersey); Shelley L. Anna (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nathalie Bontoux (Cagnes sur Mer, France); Darren Roy Link (Lexington, Massachusetts); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts); Irina Gitlin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Eugenia Kumacheva (Toronto, Canada); Piotr Garstecki (Brwinow, Poland); Willow R. Diluzio (Westford, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic method and device for focusing and/or forming discontinuous sections of similar or dissimilar size in a fluid is provided. The device can be fabricated simply from readily-available, inexpensive material using simple techniques. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679190 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/0807 (20130101) B01F 5/0682 (20130101) B01F 5/0688 (20130101) B01F 13/0062 (20130101) B01F 2215/045 (20130101) B01F 2215/0431 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 7/0408 (20130101) B05B 7/0416 (20130101) B05B 7/0441 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 516/924 (20130101) Y10S 516/927 (20130101) |
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| US 08986814 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew McCarthy (Arlington, Massachusetts); Ryan Enright (Whitestone, New York); James N. Culver (Potomac, Maryland); Konstantinos Gerasopoulos (College Park, Maryland); Reza Ghodssi (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew McCarthy (Arlington, Massachusetts); Ryan Enright (Whitestone, New York); James N. Culver (Potomac, Maryland); Konstantinos Gerasopoulos (College Park, Maryland); Reza Ghodssi (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Surfaces having a hierarchical structure—having features of both microscale and nanoscale dimensions—can exhibit superhydrophobic properties and advantageous condensation and heat transfer properties. The hierarchical surfaces can be fabricated using biological nanostructures, such as viruses as a self-assembled nanoscale template. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/582260 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2770/00031 (20130101) |
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| US 08986835 | Wildeson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Isaac Harshman Wildeson (West Lafayette, Indiana); Timothy David Sands (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Isaac Harshman Wildeson (West Lafayette, Indiana); Timothy David Sands (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A GaN nanorod and formation method. Formation includes providing a substrate having a GaN film, depositing SiNx on the GaN film, etching a growth opening through the SiNx and into the GaN film, growing a GaN nanorod through the growth opening, the nanorod having a nanopore running substantially through its centerline. Focused ion beam etching can be used. The growing can be done using organometallic vapor phase epitaxy. The nanopore diameter can be controlled using the growth opening diameter or the growing step duration. The GaN nanorods can be removed from the substrate. The SiNx layer can be removed after the growing step. A SiOx template can be formed on the GaN film and the GaN can be grown to cover the SiOx template before depositing SiNx on the GaN film. The SiOx template can be removed after growing the nanorods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/080165 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 25/04 (20130101) C30B 29/38 (20130101) C30B 29/66 (20130101) C30B 29/406 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/843 (20130101) |
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| US 08986836 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anima B. Bose (Athens, Ohio); Junbing Yang (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anima B. Bose (Athens, Ohio); Junbing Yang (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Carbon microspheres are doped with boron to enhance the electrical and physical properties of the microspheres. The boron-doped carbon microspheres are formed by a CVD process in which a catalyst, carbon source and boron source are evaporated, heated and deposited onto an inert substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/720102 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/3679 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0021 (20130101) C01B 3/0084 (20130101) C01B 31/02 (20130101) C01B 31/10 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/325 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/775 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) Y10S 977/948 (20130101) Y10S 977/962 (20130101) |
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| US 08986977 | Knoshaug et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric P. Knoshaug (Golden, Colorado); Bryon S. Donohoe (Golden, Colorado); Henri Gerken (Queen City, Arizona); Lieve Laurens (Denver, Colorado); Stefanie Rose Van Wychen (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Presented herein are methods of using cell wall degrading enzymes for recovery of internal lipid bodies from biomass sources such as algae. Also provided are algal cells that express at least one exogenous gene encoding a cell wall degrading enzyme and methods for recovering lipids from the cells. |
| FILED | Monday, December 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/731578 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing, e.g by Pressing Raw Materials or by Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining or Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g Lanolin, Fatty Oils or Waxes; Essential Oils; Perfumes C11B 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C11B 1/025 (20130101) |
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| US 08987115 | Teplin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles Teplin (Boulder, Colorado); Howard M. Branz (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Teplin (Boulder, Colorado); Howard M. Branz (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of preparing a thin crystalline silicon film for transfer and devices utilizing a transferred crystalline silicon film are disclosed. The methods include preparing a silicon growth substrate which has an interface defining substance associated with an exterior surface. The methods further include depositing an epitaxial layer of silicon on the silicon growth substrate at the surface and separating the epitaxial layer from the substrate substantially along the plane or other surface defined by the interface defining substance. The epitaxial layer may be utilized as a thin film of crystalline silicon in any type of semiconductor device which requires a crystalline silicon layer. In use, the epitaxial transfer layer may be associated with a secondary substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 13/059830 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02488 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 21/02664 (20130101) H01L 31/1804 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/547 (20130101) |
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| US 08987161 | Narula et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chaitanya K. Narula (Knoxville, Tennessee); Xiaofan Yang (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chaitanya K. Narula (Knoxville, Tennessee); Xiaofan Yang (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst comprising a zeolite loaded with copper ions and at least one trivalent metal ion other than Al+3, wherein the catalyst decreases NOx emissions in diesel exhaust. The trivalent metal ions are selected from, for example, trivalent transition metal ions, trivalent main group metal ions, and/or trivalent lanthanide metal ions. In particular embodiments, the catalysts are selected from Cu—Fe-ZSM5, Cu—La-ZSM-5, Fe—Cu—La-ZSM5, Cu—Sc-ZSM-5, and Cu—In-ZSM5. The catalysts are placed on refractory support materials and incorporated into catalytic converters. |
| FILED | Friday, August 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/855794 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/9418 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2255/207 (20130101) B01D 2255/209 (20130101) B01D 2255/504 (20130101) B01D 2255/2063 (20130101) B01D 2255/20738 (20130101) B01D 2255/20761 (20130101) B01D 2258/012 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/83 (20130101) B01J 23/825 (20130101) B01J 29/46 (20130101) B01J 37/009 (20130101) B01J 37/088 (20130101) B01J 37/0203 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/24 (20130101) |
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| US 08987162 | Narula et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chaitanya K. Narula (Knoxville, Tennessee); Xiaofan Yang (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chaitanya K. Narula (Knoxville, Tennessee); Xiaofan Yang (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst composition includes a heterobimetallic zeolite characterized by a chabazite structure loaded with copper ions and at least one trivalent metal ion other than Al3+. The catalyst composition decreases NOx emissions in diesel exhaust and is suitable for operation in a catalytic converter. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/404071 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/9418 (20130101) B01D 2255/50 (20130101) B01D 2255/20738 (20130101) B01D 2255/20761 (20130101) B01D 2258/012 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 29/763 (20130101) B01J 29/783 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 29/7065 (20130101) B01J 2229/186 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 39/06 (20130101) C01B 39/026 (20130101) |
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| US 08987192 | Bielicki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John K. Bielicki (San Ramon, California); Jan Johansson (Danville, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Bielicki (San Ramon, California); Jan Johansson (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a family of non-naturally occurring polypeptides having cholesterol efflux activity that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins (e.g., Apo AI and Apo E), and having high selectivity for ABAC1 that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins. The invention also provides compositions comprising such polypeptides, methods of identifying, screening and synthesizing such polypeptides, and methods of treating, preventing or diagnosing diseases and disorders associated with dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia and inflammation. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/519116 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — 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 38/16 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/775 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4703 (20130101) |
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| US 08987352 | Ou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Runqing Ou (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Kenneth Eberts (Westfield, New Jersey); Ganesh Skandan (Easton, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEI Corporation (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Runqing Ou (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Kenneth Eberts (Westfield, New Jersey); Ganesh Skandan (Easton, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Phase separated self-healing polymer coatings having a “biphasic” thermoset/thermoplastic morphology to achieve self-healing. The biphasic structure has: (i) a major “load-bearing” thermoset phase that has superior strength and performs major mechanical and structural functions, and (ii) a “self-healing” phase of a thermoplastic healing agent to repair the material and restore its mechanical and structural integrity after being damaged. The phase-separated morphology is achieved through phase separation via a reaction process. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/977164 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, 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 175/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 524/903 (20130101) |
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| US 08987538 | Jasti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramesh Jasti (Boston, Massachusetts); Carolyn Bertozzi (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides cycloparaphenylene compounds, their macrocyclic precursors, and methods for making the compounds. The cycloparaphenylene compounds can be used to prepare armchair carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Monday, May 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/888273 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/22 (20130101) C07C 1/22 (20130101) C07C 15/14 (20130101) C07C 15/14 (20130101) C07C 41/16 (20130101) C07C 41/16 (20130101) C07C 41/30 (20130101) C07C 41/30 (20130101) C07C 43/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 43/192 (20130101) C07C 43/192 (20130101) C07C 43/192 (20130101) C07C 2103/92 (20130101) C07C 2523/04 (20130101) |
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| US 08987589 | Rand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barry Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Diana Pendergrast Burk (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Diana Pendergrast Burk (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | An organic photovoltaic cell includes an anode and a cathode, and a plurality of organic semiconductor layers between the anode and the cathode. At least one of the anode and the cathode is transparent. Each two adjacent layers of the plurality of organic semiconductor layers are in direct contact. The plurality of organic semiconductor layers includes an intermediate layer consisting essentially of a photoconductive material, and two sets of at least three layers. A first set of at least three layers is between the intermediate layer and the anode. Each layer of the first set consists essentially of a different organic semiconductor material having a higher LUMO and a higher HOMO, relative to the material of an adjacent layer of the plurality of organic semiconductor layers closer to the cathode. A second set of at least three layers is between the intermediate layer and the cathode. Each layer of the second set consists essentially of a different organic semiconductor material having a lower LUMO and a lower HOMO, relative to the material of an adjacent layer of the plurality of organic semiconductor layers closer to the anode. |
| FILED | Friday, July 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/486163 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/302 (20130101) H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0071 (20130101) H01L 51/0072 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/4246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 08987707 | Arnold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Arnold (Middleton, Wisconsin); Feng Xu (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Thin-film transistors comprising buckled films comprising carbon nanotubes as the conductive channel are provided. Also provided are methods of fabricating the transistors. The transistors, which are highly stretchable and bendable, exhibit stable performance even when operated under high tensile strains. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/971177 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/775 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66439 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/938 (20130101) |
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| US 08987736 | Goyal |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit Goyal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Goyal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel articles and methods to fabricate the same resulting in flexible, large-area, [100] or [110] textured, semiconductor-based, electronic devices are disclosed. Potential applications of resulting articles are in areas of photovoltaic devices, flat-panel displays, thermophotovoltaic devices, ferroelectric devices, light emitting diode devices, computer hard disc drive devices, magnetoresistance based devices, photoluminescence based devices, non-volatile memory devices, dielectric devices, thermoelectric devices and quantum dot laser devices. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/011454 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02425 (20130101) H01L 21/02433 (20130101) H01L 21/02488 (20130101) H01L 21/02491 (20130101) H01L 21/02496 (20130101) H01L 21/02516 (20130101) H01L 21/02521 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 21/02543 (20130101) H01L 21/02546 (20130101) H01L 21/02554 (20130101) H01L 21/02562 (20130101) H01L 21/02568 (20130101) H01L 21/02617 (20130101) H01L 31/0392 (20130101) H01L 31/0725 (20130101) H01L 33/16 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 08987754 | Ribaudo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy Ribaudo (Portland, Oregon); Eric A. Shaner (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Paul Davids (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David W. Peters (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A highly directional thermal emitter device comprises a two-dimensional periodic array of heavily doped semiconductor structures on a surface of a substrate. The array provides a highly directional thermal emission at a peak wavelength between 3 and 15 microns when the array is heated. For example, highly doped silicon (HDSi) with a plasma frequency in the mid-wave infrared was used to fabricate nearly perfect absorbing two-dimensional gratings structures that function as highly directional thermal radiators. The absorption and emission characteristics of the HDSi devices possessed a high degree of angular dependence for infrared absorption in the 10-12 micron range, while maintaining high reflectivity of solar radiation (˜64%) at large incidence angles. |
| FILED | Monday, September 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/028181 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/16 (20130101) H01L 31/101 (20130101) H01L 33/0004 (20130101) H01L 49/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08988061 | Datskos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Panagiotis George Datskos (Knoxville, Tennessee); Nickolay Lavrik (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia); UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Panagiotis George Datskos (Knoxville, Tennessee); Nickolay Lavrik (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a system for detecting and analyzing at least one of an electric field and an electromagnetic field. The system includes a micro/nanomechanical oscillator which oscillates in the presence of at least one of the electric field and the electromagnetic field. The micro/nanomechanical oscillator includes a dense array of cantilevers mounted to a substrate. A charge localized on a tip of each cantilever interacts with and oscillates in the presence of the electric and/or electromagnetic field. The system further includes a subsystem for recording the movement of the cantilever to extract information from the electric and/or electromagnetic field. The system further includes a means of adjusting a stiffness of the cantilever to heterodyne tune an operating frequency of the system over a frequency range. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/024833 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 1/06738 (20130101) G01R 1/06744 (20130101) G01R 29/0878 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08988258 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jichuan Chang (Sunnyvale, California); Krishnamurthy Viswanathan (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jichuan Chang (Sunnyvale, California); Krishnamurthy Viswanathan (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices are provided for data compression. Data compression can include receiving a plurality of data chunks, sampling at least some of the plurality of data chunks extracting a common portion from a number of the plurality of data chunks based on the sampling, and storing a remainder of the plurality of data chunks in memory. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/285492 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 7/3091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08988684 | Riot |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vincent J. Riot (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent J. Riot (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a system and a method for measuring fluorescence of a sample. The sample may be a polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) array, a loop-mediated-isothermal amplification array, etc. LEDs are used to excite the sample, and a photodiode is used to collect the sample's fluorescence. An electronic offset signal is used to reduce the effects of background fluorescence and the noises from the measurement system. An integrator integrates the difference between the output of the photodiode and the electronic offset signal over a given period of time. The resulting integral is then converted into digital domain for further processing and storage. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/228361 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08988754 | Sun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jie Sun (Revere, Massachusetts); Michael R. Watts (Hingham, Massachusetts); Ami Yaacobi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Erman Timurdogan (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jie Sun (Revere, Massachusetts); Michael R. Watts (Hingham, Massachusetts); Ami Yaacobi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Erman Timurdogan (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical phased array formed of a large number of nanophotonic antenna elements can be used to project complex images into the far field. These nanophotonic phased arrays, including the nanophotonic antenna elements and waveguides, can be formed on a single chip of silicon using complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) processes. Directional couplers evanescently couple light from the waveguides to the nanophotonic antenna elements, which emit the light as beams with phases and amplitudes selected so that the emitted beams interfere in the far field to produce the desired pattern. In some cases, each antenna in the phased array may be optically coupled to a corresponding variable delay line, such as a thermo-optically tuned waveguide or a liquid-filled cell, which can be used to vary the phase of the antenna's output (and the resulting far-field interference pattern). |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/149099 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/26 (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 1/0147 (20130110) G02F 1/218 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/2955 (20130101) |
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| US 08988881 | Koplow |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey P. Koplow (San Ramon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey P. Koplow (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for a forced-convection heat exchanger are provided. In one embodiment, heat is transferred to or from a thermal load in thermal contact with a heat conducting structure, across a narrow air gap, to a rotating heat transfer structure immersed in a surrounding medium such as air. |
| FILED | Friday, August 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/856440 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 25/066 (20130101) F04D 25/0606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F04D 25/0613 (20130101) F04D 29/582 (20130101) F04D 29/5853 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 2021/0029 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 3/02 (20130101) F28F 13/125 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/467 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20163 (20130101) |
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| US 08989584 | Ruggiero et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony J. Ruggiero (Livermore, California); Hsueh-yuan Pao (San Jose, California); Paul Sargis (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An RF/Optical shared aperture is capable of transmitting and receiving optical signals and RF signals simultaneously. This technology enables compact wide bandwidth communications systems with 100% availability in clear air turbulence, rain and fog. The functions of an optical telescope and an RF reflector antenna are combined into a single compact package by installing an RF feed at either of the focal points of a modified Gregorian telescope. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/190035 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 17/0856 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 5/0013 (20130101) H01Q 15/0033 (20130101) H01Q 19/13 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/1123 (20130101) H04B 10/2575 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08989902 | Crawford |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony L. Crawford (Rigby, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony L. Crawford (Rigby, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed here is a user interface for a robotic hand. The user interface anchors a user's palm in a relatively stationary position and determines various angles of interest necessary for a user's finger to achieve a specific fingertip location. The user interface additionally conducts a calibration procedure to determine the user's applicable physiological dimensions. The user interface uses the applicable physiological dimensions and the specific fingertip location, and treats the user's finger as a two link three degree-of-freedom serial linkage in order to determine the angles of interest. The user interface communicates the angles of interest to a gripping-type end effector which closely mimics the range of motion and proportions of a human hand. The user interface requires minimal contact with the operator and provides distinct advantages in terms of available dexterity, work space flexibility, and adaptability to different users. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/868185 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/6806 (20130101) A61B 5/6826 (20130101) A61B 2019/223 (20130101) A61B 2019/2273 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/161 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 9/1689 (20130101) B25J 13/02 (20130101) B25J 13/082 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 21/16 (20130101) |
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| US 08984954 | Merrell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Jake Merrell (Orem, Utah); David T. Fullwood (Provo, Utah); Anton E. Bowden (Lindon, Utah); Taylor D. Remington (Provo, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | In one general aspect, an apparatus comprises a material including a non-layered mixture of an elastomeric polymer with a plurality of voids; and a plurality of conductive fillers disposed in the elastomeric polymer. The apparatus may produce an electrical response to deformation and, thus, function as a strain gauge. The conductive fillers may include conductive nanoparticles and/or conductive stabilizers. In another general aspect, a method of measuring compression strain includes detecting, along a first axis, an electrical response generated in response to an impact to a uniform composite material that includes conductive fillers and voids disposed throughout an elastomeric polymer, and determining a deformation of the impact based on the electrical response. The impact may be along a second axis different from the first axis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/266438 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01L 1/18 (20130101) |
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| US 08985547 | Weibel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas B. Weibel (Arlington, Massachusetts); Andrew Lee (Somerville, Massachusetts); Scott Potenta (Boston, Massachusetts); Adam Siegel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Maarten Kruithof (Delft, Netherlands); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas B. Weibel (Arlington, Massachusetts); Andrew Lee (Somerville, Massachusetts); Scott Potenta (Boston, Massachusetts); Adam Siegel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Maarten Kruithof (Delft, Netherlands); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic valve assembly includes a structure defining a microfluidic fluid path and an actuator that can be moved between different positions controlling flow through the channel. In one embodiment, the actuator can be threaded into at least a portion of the structure, and can be moved rotationally between a first position, causing relatively greater constriction of a microfluidic fluid path, and a second position causing relatively lesser constriction of the fluid path. Actuating the actuator, e.g., by rotation, can deform material between the valve and the fluid path, thereby constricting at least a portion of the underlying fluid path and regulating the flow of a fluid in the fluid path. In another aspect, the invention provides a reservoir into which fluid can be placed and from which fluid can be introduced into a microfluidic system. In one embodiment, the reservoir is expandable and thereby able to store fluid under pressure for delivery to a microfluidic system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/883260 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502746 (20130101) B01L 2200/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/082 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F15B 2201/21 (20130101) F15B 2201/305 (20130101) F15B 2201/4053 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0001 (20130101) F16K 99/0026 (20130101) F16K 99/0034 (20130101) F16K 2099/0074 (20130101) F16K 2099/0078 (20130101) F16K 2099/0084 (20130101) |
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| US 08986012 | McGee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel L. McGee (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel L. McGee (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) |
| ABSTRACT | The 3D visualization kit helps visualize concepts relating to points, surfaces, planes, curves, contours, and vectors in three dimensions. The kit is an inexpensive solution provided along with accompanying materials for its use that will allow students to effectively visualize concepts in three dimensions and aid in understanding important calculations in multivariable calculus eliminating the abstraction normally associated with concepts in three dimensions. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/803744 |
| ART UNIT | 3711 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/211 |
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| US 08986515 | Zhamu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A combined production-functionalization process for producing a chemically functionalized nano graphene material from a pre-intercalated, oxidized, or halogenated graphite material, comprising: (A) Producing exfoliated graphite from the pre-intercalated, oxidized, or halogenated graphite material, wherein the graphite material is selected from the group consisting of natural graphite, artificial graphite, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, carbon fiber, graphite fiber, carbon nano-fiber, graphitic nano-fiber, meso-carbon micro-bead, graphitized coke, and combinations thereof; (B) Dispersing the exfoliated graphite and an azide or bi-radical compound in a liquid medium to form a suspension; (C) Subjecting the suspension to ultrasonication with ultrasonic waves of a desired intensity for a length of time sufficient to produce nano graphene platelets and to enable a chemical reaction to occur between the nano graphene platelets and the azide or bi-radical compound to produce the functionalized nano graphene material. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573259 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/10 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0423 (20130101) C01B 31/0469 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 31/0484 (20130101) |
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| US 08986516 | Krishna et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vijay Krishna (Gainesville, Florida); Brij M. Moudgil (Gainesville, Florida); Benjamin L. Koopman (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainsville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijay Krishna (Gainesville, Florida); Brij M. Moudgil (Gainesville, Florida); Benjamin L. Koopman (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to release hydrogen from a material comprising hydrogen fixed fullerenes involves irradiating the hydrogen fixed fullerenes with electromagnetic radiation of sufficient intensity to release hydrogen rapidly upon irradiation. The intensity of the irradiation and/or the area of irradiation can be adjusted to control the rate and extent of hydrogen release. The hydrogen depleted material comprising hydrogen fixed fullerene can be hydrogenated to regenerate the material. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/810261 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 3/0078 (20130101) C01B 31/0206 (20130101) C01B 31/0213 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/325 (20130101) |
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| US 08986532 | Hamers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Hamers (Madison, Wisconsin); Di Zhu (Madison, Wisconsin); Nigel Hajj Becknell (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Hamers (Madison, Wisconsin); Di Zhu (Madison, Wisconsin); Nigel Hajj Becknell (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the photoreduction of molecules are provided. The methods use diamond having a negative electron affinity as a photocatalyst, taking advantage of its ability to act as a solid-state electron emitter that is capable of inducing reductions without the need for reactants to adsorb onto its surface. The methods comprise illuminating a fluid sample comprising the molecules to be reduced and hydrogen surface-terminated diamond having a negative electron affinity with light comprising a wavelength that induces the emission of electrons from the diamond directly into the fluid sample. The emitted electrons induce the reduction of the molecules to form a reduction product. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/362819 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08986533 | Bocarsly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew B. Bocarsly (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Emily Barton Cole (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew B. Bocarsly (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Emily Barton Cole (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to various embodiments of an environmentally beneficial method for reducing carbon dioxide. The methods in accordance with the invention include electrochemically or photoelectrochemically reducing the carbon dioxide in a divided electrochemical cell that includes an anode, e.g., an inert metal counterelectrode, in one cell compartment and a metal or p-type semiconductor cathode electrode in another cell compartment that also contains an aqueous solution of an electrolyte and a catalyst of one or more substituted or unsubstituted aromatic amines to produce therein a reduced organic product. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/472039 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/003 (20130101) C25B 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 9/08 (20130101) |
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| US 08986628 | Stone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Howard A. Stone (Princeton, New Jersey); Shelley L. Anna (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nathalie Bontoux (Cagnes sur Mer, France); Darren Roy Link (Lexington, Massachusetts); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts); Irina Gitlin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Eugenia Kumacheva (Toronto, Canada); Piotr Garstecki (Brwinow, Poland); Willow R. Diluzio (Westford, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Governing Council of the Univ. of Toronto (Toronto, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard A. Stone (Princeton, New Jersey); Shelley L. Anna (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nathalie Bontoux (Cagnes sur Mer, France); Darren Roy Link (Lexington, Massachusetts); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts); Irina Gitlin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Eugenia Kumacheva (Toronto, Canada); Piotr Garstecki (Brwinow, Poland); Willow R. Diluzio (Westford, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic method and device for focusing and/or forming discontinuous sections of similar or dissimilar size in a fluid is provided. The device can be fabricated simply from readily-available, inexpensive material using simple techniques. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679190 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/0807 (20130101) B01F 5/0682 (20130101) B01F 5/0688 (20130101) B01F 13/0062 (20130101) B01F 2215/045 (20130101) B01F 2215/0431 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 7/0408 (20130101) B05B 7/0416 (20130101) B05B 7/0441 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 516/924 (20130101) Y10S 516/927 (20130101) |
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| US 08986641 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhengdong Cheng (College Station, Texas); Andres F. Mejia (College Station, Texas); Agustin Diaz (College Station, Texas); Abraham Clearfield (College Station, Texas); Mahboobul S Mannan (College Station, Texas); Ya-Wen Chang (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhengdong Cheng (College Station, Texas); Andres F. Mejia (College Station, Texas); Agustin Diaz (College Station, Texas); Abraham Clearfield (College Station, Texas); Mahboobul S Mannan (College Station, Texas); Ya-Wen Chang (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, the present invention provides amphiphilic nanosheets that comprise lamellar crystals with at least two regions: a first hydrophilic region, and a second hydrophobic region. In some embodiments, the amphiphilic nanosheets of the present invention also comprise a plurality of functional groups that are appended to the lamellar crystals. In some embodiments, the functional groups are hydrophobic functional groups that are appended to the second region of the lamellar crystals. In some embodiments, the lamellar crystals comprise α-zirconium phosphates. Additional embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods of making the aforementioned amphiphilic nanosheets. Such methods generally comprise appending one or more functional groups to a stack of lamellar crystals; and exfoliating the stack of lamellar crystals for form the amphiphilic nanosheets. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/848669 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/10 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 25/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 25/372 (20130101) C01B 31/0423 (20130101) C01B 31/0438 (20130101) C01B 33/26 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 23/003 (20130101) C01G 33/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/24 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/755 (20130101) |
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| US 08986814 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew McCarthy (Arlington, Massachusetts); Ryan Enright (Whitestone, New York); James N. Culver (Potomac, Maryland); Konstantinos Gerasopoulos (College Park, Maryland); Reza Ghodssi (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Matthew McCarthy (Arlington, Massachusetts); Ryan Enright (Whitestone, New York); James N. Culver (Potomac, Maryland); Konstantinos Gerasopoulos (College Park, Maryland); Reza Ghodssi (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Surfaces having a hierarchical structure—having features of both microscale and nanoscale dimensions—can exhibit superhydrophobic properties and advantageous condensation and heat transfer properties. The hierarchical surfaces can be fabricated using biological nanostructures, such as viruses as a self-assembled nanoscale template. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/582260 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2770/00031 (20130101) |
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| US 08986848 | Nueraji et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nuerxiati Nueraji (Brooklyn, New York); Albert J. Swiston (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael F. Rubner (Westford, Massachusetts); Robert E. Cohen (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nuerxiati Nueraji (Brooklyn, New York); Albert J. Swiston (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael F. Rubner (Westford, Massachusetts); Robert E. Cohen (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrophilic coating can be applied to virtually any surface to produce a long-lasting, durable antifog effect. The coating includes a molecular-level blend of hydrophilic polymers. The coating can be assembled using a layer-by-layer assembly process. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/792463 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 11/12 (20130101) C08B 37/003 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 1/00 (20130101) C08L 1/00 (20130101) C08L 1/286 (20130101) C08L 5/08 (20130101) C08L 33/02 (20130101) C08L 33/26 (20130101) C08L 39/00 (20130101) C08L 51/003 (20130101) C08L 2666/02 (20130101) C08L 2666/02 (20130101) C08L 2666/02 (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 5/00 (20130101) C09D 101/286 (20130101) C09D 101/286 (20130101) C09D 105/08 (20130101) C09D 105/08 (20130101) C09D 105/08 (20130101) C09D 133/02 (20130101) C09D 133/02 (20130101) C09D 133/14 (20130101) C09D 133/14 (20130101) C09D 133/26 (20130101) C09D 133/26 (20130101) C09D 133/064 (20130101) C09D 133/064 (20130101) C09D 139/00 (20130101) C09D 139/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/10 (20130101) G02B 27/0006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08986982 | Gregg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marshall University Research Corporation (Huntington, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marshall University Research Corporation (Huntington, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derek A. Gregg (Barboursville, West Virginia); Elizabeth E. Murray (Huntington, West Virginia); Michael L. Norton (Huntington, West Virginia); Justin T. Swick (Chesapeake, Ohio); Herbert Tesser (Huntington, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal cycle system and method suitable for mass production of DNA comprising a temperature control body having at least two sectors. Each sector has at least one heater, cooler, or other means for changing temperature. A path traverses the sectors in a cyclical fashion. In use, a piece of tubing or other means for conveying is placed along the path and a reaction mixture is pumped or otherwise moved along the path such that the reaction mixture is repetitively heated or cooled to varying temperatures as the reaction mixture cyclically traverses the sectors. The reaction mixture thereby reacts to form a product. In particular, polymerase chain reaction reactants may continuously be pumped through the tubing to amplify DNA. The temperature control body is preferably a single aluminum cylinder with a grooved channel circling around its exterior surface, and preferably has wedge-shaped or pie-shaped sectors separated by a thermal barrier. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/622529 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 7/525 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2300/0838 (20130101) B01L 2300/0841 (20130101) B01L 2300/1805 (20130101) B01L 2300/1822 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) B01L 2300/1883 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 435/809 (20130101) |
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| US 08987016 | Kuo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mei-Ling Kuo (Troy, New York); Shawn-Yu Lin (Niskayuna, New York); Yong Sung Kim (Latham, New York); Mei-Li Hsieh (New Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mei-Ling Kuo (Troy, New York); Shawn-Yu Lin (Niskayuna, New York); Yong Sung Kim (Latham, New York); Mei-Li Hsieh (New Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to light-emitting devices, and related components, systems and methods. In one aspect, the present invention is related to light emitting diode (LED) light extraction efficiency. A non-limiting example, the application teaches a method for improving light emitting diode (LED) extraction efficiency, by providing a nano-rod light emitting diode; providing quantum wells; and reducing the size of said nano-rod LED laterally in the quantum-well plane (x and y), thereby improving LED extraction efficiency. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/816628 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/005 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/007 (20130101) H01L 33/20 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/89 (20130101) Y10S 977/95 (20130101) Y10S 977/755 (20130101) |
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| US 08987173 | DeLisa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew P. DeLisa (Ithaca, New York); Adam Charles Fisher (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew P. DeLisa (Ithaca, New York); Adam Charles Fisher (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the fields of microbiology, molecular biology and protein biochemistry. More particularly, it relates to compositions and methods for analyzing and altering (e.g., enhancing or inhibiting) protein folding and solubility. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152482 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 2319/034 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/625 (20130101) C12N 15/1034 (20130101) C12N 15/1086 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seth W. Donahue (Houghton, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan Technological University (Houghton, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth W. Donahue (Houghton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Black bear parathyroid hormone (PTH) and functional fragments thereof are provided. Also provided are methods of using black bear PTH and functional fragments for increasing cAMP in a bone-forming cell; reducing apoptosis in a bone-forming cell; decreasing the ratio of expression levels of Bax protein to Bcl-2 protein in a bone-forming cell; increasing the expression level of one or more of a bone matrix protein, a transcriptional activator, or a transcriptional regulator in a bone-forming cell; enhancing bone mineral density, increasing bone mass, decreasing bone loss, or reducing the incidence of bone fractures, or any combination thereof, in a subject; also provided are antibodies directed against black bear parathyroid hormone (PTH) and functional fragments thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, December 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/514362 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08987275 | Gray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathanael Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Wenjun Zhou (Brighton, Massachusetts); Xianming Deng (Fujian, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathanael Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Wenjun Zhou (Brighton, Massachusetts); Xianming Deng (Fujian, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application relates to therapeutic organic compounds, compositions comprising an effective amount of a therapeutic organic compound; and methods for treating and preventing disease comprising administering and effective amount of a therapeutic organic compound to a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/583974 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/496 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/56 (20130101) C07D 401/10 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) |
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| US 08987531 | Grubbs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California); Myles B. Herbert (Pasadena, California); Zachary K. Wickens (Pasadena, California); Vanessa M. Marx (Pasadena, California); Benjamin K. Keitz (Pasadena, California); Koji Endo (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of synthesizing insect pheromones, particularly lepidopteran insect pheromones, their precursors and derivatives from inexpensive, readily available starting materials using olefin metathesis catalysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/785101 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 29/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 29/00 (20130101) C07C 29/00 (20130101) C07C 29/32 (20130101) C07C 29/32 (20130101) C07C 33/02 (20130101) C07C 33/025 (20130101) C07C 33/025 (20130101) C07C 45/30 (20130101) C07C 45/30 (20130101) C07C 45/30 (20130101) C07C 47/21 (20130101) C07C 49/203 (20130101) C07C 67/08 (20130101) C07C 67/08 (20130101) C07C 67/28 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 69/145 (20130101) C07C 69/145 (20130101) C07C 69/145 (20130101) |
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08987688 — Device and method for manufacturing a particulate filter with regularly spaced micropores
| US 08987688 | Wolfe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John C. Wolfe (Houston, Texas); Paul Ruchhoeft (Missouri City, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Wolfe (Houston, Texas); Paul Ruchhoeft (Missouri City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments disclose devices and methods for fabricating microporous particulate filters with regularly spaced pores wherein sheet membrane substrates are exposed to energetic particle radiation through a mask and the damaged regions removed in a suitable developer. The required depth of field is achieved by using energetic particles to minimize diffraction and an energetic particle source with suitably small diameter. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/530978 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 67/0034 (20130101) B01D 71/48 (20131010) B01D 2323/42 (20130101) B01D 2325/028 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 27/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 7/0015 (20130101) |
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| US 08987701 | Tiwari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandip Tiwari (Ithaca, New York); Ravishankar Sundararaman (Ithaca, New York); Sang Hyeon Lee (Ithaca, New York); Moonkyung Kim (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandip Tiwari (Ithaca, New York); Ravishankar Sundararaman (Ithaca, New York); Sang Hyeon Lee (Ithaca, New York); Moonkyung Kim (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment there is set forth a method comprising providing a semiconductor structure having an electrode, wherein the providing includes providing a phase transition material region and wherein the method further includes imparting energy to the phase transition material region to induce a phase transition of the phase transition material region. By inducing a phase transition of the phase transition material region, a state of the semiconductor structure can be changed. There is further set forth an apparatus comprising a structure including an electrode and a phase transition material region, wherein the apparatus is operative for imparting energy to the phase transition material region to induce a phase transition of the phase transition material region without the phase transition of the phase transition material region being dependent on electron transport through the phase transition material region. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/322379 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/51 (20130101) H01L 29/513 (20130101) H01L 29/517 (20130101) H01L 29/685 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08988274 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guifu Zhang (Norman, Oklahoma); Robert D. Palmer (Norman, Oklahoma); Dusan S. Zmic (Norman, Oklahoma); Richard J. Doviak (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guifu Zhang (Norman, Oklahoma); Robert D. Palmer (Norman, Oklahoma); Dusan S. Zmic (Norman, Oklahoma); Richard J. Doviak (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A radar data acquisition system including a polarimetric phased array antenna and a radar control and processing system. The polarimetric phased array antenna includes a support system, an array of panels and a switching network. One or more of the panels include a dual pole antenna for at least one of transmitting and receiving a dual polarization electromagnetic beam. The switching network communicates with the panels such that at least one of power, radar and control signals are sent to and received from one or more selected panels. The radar control and processing system communicates with the switching network for forming electromagnetic signals directed to one or more selected panels such that the selected panels form a dual polarization electromagnetic beam, and for reading signals sensed by one or more selected panels and for decoding the signals into an electronic radar output. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/947523 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/024 (20130101) G01S 13/95 (20130101) G01S 2013/0272 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/26 (20130101) H01Q 21/205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08989232 | Khajavikhan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mercedeh Khajavikhan (Orlando, Florida); Yeshaiahu Fainman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, structures, devices and systems are disclosed for implementing compact (e.g., nanoscale) coaxial lasers with coaxial cavity geometries which can be used to construct various coaxial cavity lasers that can operate in single mode, at room-temperature, and produce continuous-wave lasing. The described laser systems can also operate at low-temperatures, and provide thresholdless lasing using a spectrally broadband semiconductor gain medium. The cavity of the compact lasers includes a central metal core and a hollow ring surrounding the central metal core, formed within a housing with an open terminal and a closed terminal. The open terminal is positioned to both receive pump light and output laser light, and the closed terminal includes a metal cap that encloses the central metal rod and one side of the hollow ring. The described nano cavities also include a ring-shaped gain medium section, and ring-shaped lower and upper plug sections. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/975205 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| 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 1/42 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/041 (20130101) H01S 5/1042 (20130101) H01S 5/1046 (20130101) H01S 5/1071 (20130101) H01S 5/4025 (20130101) H01S 5/34306 (20130101) H01S 2301/166 (20130101) |
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| US 08989469 | Fahimian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Pooya Fahimian (Menlo Park, California); Lei Xing (Palo Alto, California); Bowen Meng (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Pooya Fahimian (Menlo Park, California); Lei Xing (Palo Alto, California); Bowen Meng (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of acquiring scatter data and image projection data in computed tomography is provided that includes attenuating a radiation source using a pattern of blockers arranged to provide blocked and unblocked regions of the radiation source, and acquiring image data and scatter data of a target using an imaging device. A scatter map in the projection image can be estimated by interpolation and/or extrapolation of the projection image using an appropriately programmed computer, subtracting the estimated scatter map from the projection image to obtain scatter-corrected projections, reconstructing a CBCT volume using a total variation regularization algorithm, and applying an iterative regularization process to suppress the noise level on the reconstructed CBCT volume. Reconstructing a CBCT volume can include using a total variation regularization algorithm and applying an iterative regularization process to suppress the noise level on the reconstructed CBCT volume, where scatter-induced artifacts are corrected in the projection image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/332212 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/484 (20130101) A61B 6/4021 (20130101) A61B 6/4085 (20130101) A61B 6/5282 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/1067 (20130101) A61N 2005/1061 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/005 (20130101) G06T 11/006 (20130101) G06T 2211/421 (20130101) |
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| US 08989533 | De Rossi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alfredo De Rossi (Paris, France); Chad Husko (New York, New York); Sylvain Combrie (Paris, France); Chee Wei Wong (Weehauken, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfredo De Rossi (Paris, France); Chad Husko (New York, New York); Sylvain Combrie (Paris, France); Chee Wei Wong (Weehauken, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary embodiments of an apparatus, method, and computer readable medium are provided for producing a radiation. For example, a radiation having at least one pulse with a pulse-width of less than approximately 30 picoseconds can be produced using a photonic crystal waveguide arrangement which is (i) specifically structured and sized so as to be placed on an integrated circuit, and (ii) configured to produce the radiation having at least one pulse with a pulse-width of less than approximately 30 picoseconds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/546348 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2006/1213 (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 2202/32 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/0057 (20130101) |
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| US 08989544 | Mazur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Mazur (Concord, Massachusetts); Rafael R. Gattass (Silver Spring, Maryland); Geoffry T. Svacha (Somerville, Massachusetts); Katherine C. F. Phillips (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Christopher C. Evans (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Mazur (Concord, Massachusetts); Rafael R. Gattass (Silver Spring, Maryland); Geoffry T. Svacha (Somerville, Massachusetts); Katherine C. F. Phillips (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Christopher C. Evans (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides optical devices that employ nonlinear optical effects for processing optical signals. For example, such an optical device can include a nano-sized interferometric component that provides an optical output signal via interference of two input signals subsequent to their asymmetric nonlinear phase accumulation. The interferometric element can have a variety of configurations, such as Sagnac, Mach-Zehnder or Michelson configurations. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/143451 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/12007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 1/3519 (20130101) G02F 3/00 (20130101) G02F 3/024 (20130101) G02F 2203/15 (20130101) |
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| US 08990207 | Guo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Diansheng Guo (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Diansheng Guo (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a regionalization method is disclosed. The method includes inputting a data set into a computer. The method further includes utilizing the computer to perform contiguity-constrained hierarchical clustering on the data set to generate two regions and performing a fine-tuning procedure on the two regions with the computer to iteratively modify the boundaries between the two regions. |
| FILED | Monday, December 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/961080 |
| ART UNIT | 2159 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3087 (20130101) G06F 17/30241 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/342 (20130101) G06K 9/6219 (20130101) Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 29/106 (20130101) |
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| US 08990740 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Zhang (Singapore, Singapore); Niraj K. Jha (Westfield, New Jersey); Li Shang (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Zhang (Singapore, Singapore); Niraj K. Jha (Westfield, New Jersey); Li Shang (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A reconfigurable computer architecture is disclosed. The reconfigurable computer architecture has a plurality of logic elements, a plurality of connection switching elements, and a plurality of volatile and/or non-volatile configuration random access memories (RAMs). Each of the configuration RAMs is electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of logic elements or at least one of the connection switching elements. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/513277 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/7867 (20130101) G06F 17/505 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Static Stores G11C 13/025 (20130101) G11C 2213/16 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/177 (20130101) H03K 19/17748 (20130101) |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08986695 | Donovan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Donovan (Baltimore, Maryland); Lorena Rodriguez Rubio (Asturias, Spain); Beatriz Martinez Fernandez (Asturias, Spain); Ana Rodriguez (Asturias, Spain); Pilar Garcia Suarez (Asturias, Spain) |
| 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); Lorena Rodriguez Rubio (Asturias, Spain); Beatriz Martinez Fernandez (Asturias, Spain); Ana Rodriguez (Asturias, Spain); Pilar Garcia Suarez (Asturias, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | Virion-associated peptidoglycan hydrolases have a potential as antimicrobial agents due to their ability to lyse Gram positive bacteria on contact. Full-length HydH5, a virion-associated peptidoglycan hydrolase from the Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage vB_SauS-phi-IPLA88, and two truncated derivatives, containing only the CHAP domain, exhibited high lytic activity against live S. aureus cells. Three different fusion proteins were created and showed higher staphylolytic activity than the parental enzyme or its deletion construct. Parental and fusion proteins lysed S. aureus cells in zymograms, plate lysis and turbidity reduction assays. In plate lysis assays, HydH5 and its derivative fusions lysed bovine and human S. aureus, S. aureus MRSA N315 strain, and human Staphylococcus epidermidis strains. HydH5 and its derivative fusions proteins displayed antimicrobial synergy with the endolysin LysH5 in vitro suggesting that the two enzymes have distinct cut sites and thus may be more efficient in combination for the elimination of staphylococcal infections. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/298966 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/54 (20130101) Peptides C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/52 (20130101) |
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| US 08986757 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vina W. Yang (Verona, Wisconsin); Carol A. Clausen (DeForest, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vina W. Yang (Verona, Wisconsin); Carol A. Clausen (DeForest, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating wood lumber to inhibit growth of mold fungi by surface treating the wood lumber with an essential oil, diluted or undiluted, being geranium Egyptian, thyme, dill weed or rosemary. Various surface treatments include dipping, spraying, brushing and vapor exposure. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/163497 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 36/23 (20130101) A61K 36/53 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 36/185 (20130101) |
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| US 08987198 | Burow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew E. Burow (Slidell, Louisiana); Stephen M. Boue (New Orleans, Louisiana); Thomas T. Y. Wang (Beltsville, Maryland); Deepak Bhatnagar (New Orleans, Louisiana); Charles E. Wood (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Mark L. Helman (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund (New Orleans, Louisiana); The United States Department of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Nume Health, LLC (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew E. Burow (Slidell, Louisiana); Stephen M. Boue (New Orleans, Louisiana); Thomas T. Y. Wang (Beltsville, Maryland); Deepak Bhatnagar (New Orleans, Louisiana); Charles E. Wood (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Mark L. Helman (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of modulating the expression of genes linked to adipocytokine signaling, carbohydrate metabolism, fatty acid metabolism, arachidonic acid metabolism, PPAR signaling, insulin signaling, lipid metabolism, extracellular matrix (ECM)-receptor interaction, or combinations thereof, methods of treating hyperlipidemia, obesity, excessive cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, liver disease, diabetes, or combinations thereof, and methods of stimulating glucose uptake in an animal in need thereof, comprising administering a composition comprising at least one isolated glyceollin to said animal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/976209 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — 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 31/52 (20130101) A61K 31/52 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/28 (20130101) A61K 38/28 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 08987336 | Horseman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nelson D. Horseman (Cincinnati, Ohio); Robert J. Collier (Tucson, Arizona); Aaron M. Marshall (Cincinnati, Ohio); Laura Hernandez Baumgard (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amelgo, LLC (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nelson D. Horseman (Cincinnati, Ohio); Robert J. Collier (Tucson, Arizona); Aaron M. Marshall (Cincinnati, Ohio); Laura Hernandez Baumgard (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method for increasing serotonin activity in mammary glands such that involution of milk secretion of the same mammary glands occurs. The present invention further is a composition that can be implanted, or infused into the mammary glands to cause involution of milk secretion. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/417171 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08988523 | Kim 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) | Moon S. Kim (Silver Spring, Maryland); Kuanglin Chao (Ellicott, Maryland); Byoung-Kwan Cho (Daejeon, South Korea); Kangjin Lee (Hwasung-si, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The single-camera multi-mirror imaging method and apparatus is an inspection system configured to examine a whole surface of a rotating object, preferably a spheroidal object such as a fruit or vegetable. The system includes a plurality of mirrors that direct an image of the inspected object into a digital line scan camera with an associated processor. The processor produces an image of the inspected object showing any detected surface defects and selected contamination on the outer surface of the object. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/782399 |
| ART UNIT | 2663 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Postal Sorting; Sorting Individual Articles, or Bulk Material Fit to be Sorted Piece-meal, e.g by Picking B07C 5/342 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/3233 (20130101) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08986515 | Zhamu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A combined production-functionalization process for producing a chemically functionalized nano graphene material from a pre-intercalated, oxidized, or halogenated graphite material, comprising: (A) Producing exfoliated graphite from the pre-intercalated, oxidized, or halogenated graphite material, wherein the graphite material is selected from the group consisting of natural graphite, artificial graphite, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, carbon fiber, graphite fiber, carbon nano-fiber, graphitic nano-fiber, meso-carbon micro-bead, graphitized coke, and combinations thereof; (B) Dispersing the exfoliated graphite and an azide or bi-radical compound in a liquid medium to form a suspension; (C) Subjecting the suspension to ultrasonication with ultrasonic waves of a desired intensity for a length of time sufficient to produce nano graphene platelets and to enable a chemical reaction to occur between the nano graphene platelets and the azide or bi-radical compound to produce the functionalized nano graphene material. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573259 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/10 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0423 (20130101) C01B 31/0469 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 31/0484 (20130101) |
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| US 08987271 | Cardone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael H. Cardone (Dorchester, Massachusetts); Xiang Y. Yu (Acton, Massachusetts); Andrew F. Kolodziej (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eutropics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael H. Cardone (Dorchester, Massachusetts); Xiang Y. Yu (Acton, Massachusetts); Andrew F. Kolodziej (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a chemotherapeutic cancer treatment in which compounds (BH3Is) are administered to a mammal to treat B-cell Lymphoma or other hematopoietic cancers, including diseases associated with MCL-1. The invention also provides a method for treating types of hematopoietic cancers, such as B-cell lymphoma, using a combination of one or more disclosed compounds in combination with other therapies, for example, 26S proteosome inhibitors, such as, for example, Bortezomib. The invention also relates to autoimmune treatment with pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more disclosed compounds. The invention also relates to methods for identifying compounds, for example, compounds of the BH3 mimic class, that have unique in vitro properties that predict in vivo efficacy against B-cell lymphoma tumors and other cancers as well as autoimmune disease. Illustrative compounds are those of Formula II: |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/335287 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 217/92 (20130101) C07C 229/18 (20130101) C07C 229/34 (20130101) C07C 229/36 (20130101) C07C 229/48 (20130101) C07C 229/58 (20130101) C07C 229/60 (20130101) C07C 229/64 (20130101) C07C 311/21 (20130101) C07C 317/36 (20130101) C07C 317/44 (20130101) C07C 2101/08 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 209/34 (20130101) C07D 211/46 (20130101) C07D 211/60 (20130101) C07D 213/79 (20130101) C07D 215/48 (20130101) C07D 231/14 (20130101) C07D 231/38 (20130101) C07D 235/26 (20130101) C07D 239/28 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) C07D 241/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 261/18 (20130101) C07D 263/34 (20130101) C07D 263/48 (20130101) C07D 309/14 (20130101) |
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| US 08987352 | Ou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Runqing Ou (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Kenneth Eberts (Westfield, New Jersey); Ganesh Skandan (Easton, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEI Corporation (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Runqing Ou (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Kenneth Eberts (Westfield, New Jersey); Ganesh Skandan (Easton, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Phase separated self-healing polymer coatings having a “biphasic” thermoset/thermoplastic morphology to achieve self-healing. The biphasic structure has: (i) a major “load-bearing” thermoset phase that has superior strength and performs major mechanical and structural functions, and (ii) a “self-healing” phase of a thermoplastic healing agent to repair the material and restore its mechanical and structural integrity after being damaged. The phase-separated morphology is achieved through phase separation via a reaction process. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/977164 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, 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 175/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 524/903 (20130101) |
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| US 08987432 | Cunningham |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | To identify conserved and variable regions of the 16 S rRNA, an instant evolution experiment was performed on the entire 16 S rRNA. Analysis of these mutants identified regions that are required for function. These conserved sequences may be used as targets for pharmaceuticals that are taxonomically specific and which are refractory to the development of drug resistance. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/470484 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 08988620 | Israel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barbara A. Israel (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin); Nicholas Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher Murphy (Madison, Wisconsin); Karla Hollister (DeForest, Wisconsin); Syrus Soltaninassab (Madison, Wisconsin); Doug Hansmann (Madison, Wisconsin); Bharat Raj Acharya (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Platypus Technologies, LLC (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara A. Israel (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin); Nicholas Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher Murphy (Madison, Wisconsin); Karla Hollister (DeForest, Wisconsin); Syrus Soltaninassab (Madison, Wisconsin); Doug Hansmann (Madison, Wisconsin); Bharat Raj Acharya (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the field of detection of viruses, and in particular to detection of viruses using a liquid crystal assay format. In the present invention, virus binding in a detection region is identified by changes in liquid crystal orientation caused by virus binding independent orientation caused by any topography associated with the detection region. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/550733 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54373 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08985468 | Fink et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick W. Fink (Missouri City, Texas); Gregory Y. Lin (Friendswood, Texas); Timothy F. Kennedy (Sugar Land, Texas); Phong H. Ngo (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an apparatus for use as a switch. In one embodiment, the switch comprises at least one RFID tag, each RFID tag comprising an antenna element and an RFID integrated circuit, at least one source element, and at least one lever arm. Each lever arm is connected to one of the RFID tags, and each lever arm is capable of two positions. One of the positions places the lever arm and the RFID tag connected thereto into alignment with the source element. Other embodiments are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790721 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 19/07758 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 19/07762 (20130101) |
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08986513 — Efficient boron-carbon-nitrogen nanotube formation via combined laser-gas flow levitation
| US 08986513 | Whitney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | R. Roy Whitney (Newport News, Virginia); Kevin Jordan (Newport News, Virginia); Michael W. Smith (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia); The United States of America as Represented by the Administration of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Roy Whitney (Newport News, Virginia); Kevin Jordan (Newport News, Virginia); Michael W. Smith (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for producing boron nitride nanotubes and/or boron-carbon-nitrogen nanotubes of the general formula BxCyNz. The process utilizes a combination of laser light and nitrogen gas flow to support a boron ball target during heating of the boron ball target and production of a boron vapor plume which reacts with nitrogen or nitrogen and carbon to produce boron nitride nanotubes and/or boron-carbon-nitrogen nanotubes of the general formula BxCyNz. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920342 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/121 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 35/146 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 08987632 | Wohl, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher J. Wohl, Jr. (Portsmouth, Virginia); Marcus A. Belcher (Newport News, Virginia); John W. Connell (Yorktown, Virginia); John W. Hopkins (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) | Christopher J. Wohl, Jr. (Portsmouth, Virginia); Marcus A. Belcher (Newport News, Virginia); John W. Connell (Yorktown, Virginia); John W. Hopkins (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Surface energy of a substrate is changed without the need for any template, mask, or additional coating medium applied to the substrate. At least one beam of energy directly ablates a substrate surface to form a predefined topographical pattern at the surface. Each beam of energy has a width of approximately 25 micrometers and an energy of approximately 1-500 microJoules. Features in the topographical pattern have a width of approximately 1-500 micrometers and a height of approximately 1.4-100 micrometers. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894279 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/0009 (20130101) B23K 26/0015 (20130101) B23K 26/0018 (20130101) B23K 26/0036 (20130101) B23K 26/0045 (20130101) B23K 26/0048 (20130101) B23K 26/0081 (20130101) B23K 26/0084 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 26/4005 (20130101) B23K 26/4025 (20130101) B23K 26/4085 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 38/10 (20130101) |
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| US 08989948 | Huntsberger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Terrance L. Huntsberger (Altadena, California); Arturo Rankin (Santa Clarita, California); Hrand Aghazarian (La Crescenta, California); Andrew B. Howard (Los Angeles, California); Rene Felix Reinhart (Gutersloh, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terrance L. Huntsberger (Altadena, California); Arturo Rankin (Santa Clarita, California); Hrand Aghazarian (La Crescenta, California); Andrew B. Howard (Los Angeles, California); Rene Felix Reinhart (Gutersloh, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for sea state prediction and autonomous navigation in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes a method of predicting a future sea state including generating a sequence of at least two 3D images of a sea surface using at least two image sensors, detecting peaks and troughs in the 3D images using a processor, identifying at least one wavefront in each 3D image based upon the detected peaks and troughs using the processor, characterizing at least one propagating wave based upon the propagation of wavefronts detected in the sequence of 3D images using the processor, and predicting a future sea state using at least one propagating wave characterizing the propagation of wavefronts in the sequence of 3D images using the processor. Another embodiment includes a method of autonomous vessel navigation based upon a predicted sea state and target location. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/161425 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/203 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0206 (20130101) G05D 1/0251 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Dally (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An equalizer provided in a digital transmitter compensates for attenuation in a signal channel to a digital receiver. The equalizer generates signal levels as a logical function of bit history to emphasize transition signal levels relative to repeated signal levels. The preferred equalizer includes an FIR transition filter using a look-up table. Parallel circuits including FIR filters and digital-to-analog converters provide a high speed equalizer with lower speed circuitry. The equalizer is particularly suited to in-cabinet and local area network transmissions where feedback circuitry facilitates adaptive training of the equalizer. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/170324 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/1081 (20130101) H04B 3/04 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0042 (20130101) H04L 25/0272 (20130101) H04L 25/0282 (20130101) H04L 25/03025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 25/03343 (20130101) H04L 25/03878 (20130101) H04L 25/03885 (20130101) H04L 27/01 (20130101) |
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| US 08989483 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hui Cheng (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Harpreet Singh Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey); Bogdan Calin Mihai Matei (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Zhiwei Zhu (Princeton, New Jersey); Nicholas John Vander Valk (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Cheng (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Harpreet Singh Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey); Bogdan Calin Mihai Matei (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Zhiwei Zhu (Princeton, New Jersey); Nicholas John Vander Valk (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for determining a geographic location of a scene in a captured depiction comprising extracting a first set of features from the captured depiction by algorithmically analyzing the captured depiction, matching the extracted features of the captured depiction against a second set of extracted features associated with reference depictions with known geographic locations and when the matching is successful, identifying the geographic location of the scene in the captured depiction based on a known geographic location of a matching reference depiction from the reference depictions. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493654 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00671 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08988274 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guifu Zhang (Norman, Oklahoma); Robert D. Palmer (Norman, Oklahoma); Dusan S. Zmic (Norman, Oklahoma); Richard J. Doviak (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guifu Zhang (Norman, Oklahoma); Robert D. Palmer (Norman, Oklahoma); Dusan S. Zmic (Norman, Oklahoma); Richard J. Doviak (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A radar data acquisition system including a polarimetric phased array antenna and a radar control and processing system. The polarimetric phased array antenna includes a support system, an array of panels and a switching network. One or more of the panels include a dual pole antenna for at least one of transmitting and receiving a dual polarization electromagnetic beam. The switching network communicates with the panels such that at least one of power, radar and control signals are sent to and received from one or more selected panels. The radar control and processing system communicates with the switching network for forming electromagnetic signals directed to one or more selected panels such that the selected panels form a dual polarization electromagnetic beam, and for reading signals sensed by one or more selected panels and for decoding the signals into an electronic radar output. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/947523 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/024 (20130101) G01S 13/95 (20130101) G01S 2013/0272 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/26 (20130101) H01Q 21/205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08986836 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anima B. Bose (Athens, Ohio); Junbing Yang (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anima B. Bose (Athens, Ohio); Junbing Yang (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Carbon microspheres are doped with boron to enhance the electrical and physical properties of the microspheres. The boron-doped carbon microspheres are formed by a CVD process in which a catalyst, carbon source and boron source are evaporated, heated and deposited onto an inert substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/720102 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/3679 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0021 (20130101) C01B 3/0084 (20130101) C01B 31/02 (20130101) C01B 31/10 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/325 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/775 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) Y10S 977/948 (20130101) Y10S 977/962 (20130101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08987296 | Riscoe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America DBA The Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America DBA The Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael K. Riscoe (Tualatin, Oregon); Rolf W. Winter (Portland, Oregon); Jane X. Kelly (Portland, Oregon); David J. Hinrichs (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Martin J. Smilkstein (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A class of acridone compounds has been discovered that exhibits chemosensitizing and antiparasitic activity. Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for their use to treat parasitic infections, such as malaria and toxoplasmosis, and to sensitize resistant cells, such as multidrug resistant cells to other therapeutic agents. The pharmaceutical compositions and methods may also be used to treat and/or prevent psychotic diseases such as schizophrenia. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/066565 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 219/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 219/14 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) |
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Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 08990570 | Kolesnikov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Y. Kolesnikov (Jersey City, New Jersey); Ranjit Kumaresan (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billiancourt, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Y. Kolesnikov (Jersey City, New Jersey); Ranjit Kumaresan (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for secure function evaluation for a covert client and a semi-honest server using string selection oblivious transfer. An information-theoretic version of a garbled circuit C is sliced into a sequence of shallow circuits C1, . . . Cn, that are evaluated. Consider any wire wj of C that is an output wire of Ci, and is an input wire of Ci+1. When a slice Ci is evaluated, Ci's 1-bit wire key for wj is computed by the evaluator, and then used, via string selection oblivious transfer (SOT), to obtain the wire key for the corresponding input wire of Ci+1. This process repeats until C's output wire keys are computed by the evaluator. The 1-bit wire keys of the output wires of the slice are randomly assigned to wire values. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562690 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 9/0838 (20130101) H04L 9/0861 (20130101) H04L 2209/46 (20130101) H04L 2209/50 (20130101) |
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 08985089 | Gray, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan); Matthew J. Brusstar (South Lyon, Michigan); Michael Prince (South Lyon, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan); Matthew J. Brusstar (South Lyon, Michigan); Michael Prince (South Lyon, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | To reduce emissions at higher engine loads and speeds, methanol fuel is port-injected with charge-air into a diesel engine, and diesel fuel is then direct-injected to initiate combustion. The charge-air has a reduced oxygen concentration sufficient to prevent pre-ignition of the methanol prior to injection of the diesel fuel, and to reduce NOx formation. At low engine speeds and loads, the engine may run on diesel fuel alone. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/557512 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 7/02 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 19/081 (20130101) F02D 19/0655 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02D 19/0689 (20130101) F02D 19/0692 (20130101) F02D 41/0025 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/36 (20130101) |
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Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
| US 08990570 | Kolesnikov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Y. Kolesnikov (Jersey City, New Jersey); Ranjit Kumaresan (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billiancourt, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Y. Kolesnikov (Jersey City, New Jersey); Ranjit Kumaresan (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for secure function evaluation for a covert client and a semi-honest server using string selection oblivious transfer. An information-theoretic version of a garbled circuit C is sliced into a sequence of shallow circuits C1, . . . Cn, that are evaluated. Consider any wire wj of C that is an output wire of Ci, and is an input wire of Ci+1. When a slice Ci is evaluated, Ci's 1-bit wire key for wj is computed by the evaluator, and then used, via string selection oblivious transfer (SOT), to obtain the wire key for the corresponding input wire of Ci+1. This process repeats until C's output wire keys are computed by the evaluator. The 1-bit wire keys of the output wires of the slice are randomly assigned to wire values. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562690 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 9/0838 (20130101) H04L 9/0861 (20130101) H04L 2209/46 (20130101) H04L 2209/50 (20130101) |
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U.S. State Government
| US 08987192 | Bielicki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John K. Bielicki (San Ramon, California); Jan Johansson (Danville, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Bielicki (San Ramon, California); Jan Johansson (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a family of non-naturally occurring polypeptides having cholesterol efflux activity that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins (e.g., Apo AI and Apo E), and having high selectivity for ABAC1 that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins. The invention also provides compositions comprising such polypeptides, methods of identifying, screening and synthesizing such polypeptides, and methods of treating, preventing or diagnosing diseases and disorders associated with dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia and inflammation. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/519116 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — 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 38/16 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/775 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4703 (20130101) |
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Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08989683 | Actis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Actis (Burlington, Massachusetts); Robert J. Lender, Jr. (Pepperell, Massachusetts); Steven Rajkowski (East Kingston, New Hampshire); Bernard J. Schmanski (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques and architecture are disclosed for providing an ultra-wideband, multi-channel solid-state power amplifier architecture. In some embodiments, the architecture includes a power divider which splits an input signal and delivers that split signal to a plurality of downstream channel chipsets. Each channel chipset is configured to amplify a sub-band of the original full-band input signal and to provide the resultant amplified sub-band for downstream use, such as for transmission by an antenna operatively coupled with that channel. In the aggregate, the amplified sub-bands provide coverage of the same ultra-wideband frequency range of the original input signal, in some cases. In some embodiments, the architecture provides high radio frequency (RF) power with good amplifying efficiency and ultra-wide instantaneous frequency bandwidth performance in a small-form-factor package. In some instances, control circuitry is provided to control which chipset die(s) are enabled/disabled, thus providing control over gain and power levels of the output signal(s). |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/833653 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 3/24 (20130101) H03F 3/602 (20130101) Control of Amplification H03G 3/3042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08990560 | Massey et al. |
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| FUNDED BY |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard F. Massey (Warson Woods, Missouri); William E. Bond (St. Louis, Missouri); Gregg E. Franke (St. Charles, Missouri); Patrick A. Pekkarinen (Edwardsville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F. Massey (Warson Woods, Missouri); William E. Bond (St. Louis, Missouri); Gregg E. Franke (St. Charles, Missouri); Patrick A. Pekkarinen (Edwardsville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for use in secure network communication. A physical network interface receives a network packet associated with a security level. The network packet is transmitted from the physical network interface to a security policy component. The network packet is routed to a stack offload engine by the security policy component based on a network address associated with the network packet and the security level associated with the network packet. The network packet is provided by the stack offload engine to a software application via trusted memory interface that transfers the packet to a memory portion of a plurality of memory portions. The memory portion corresponds to the security level. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/163067 |
| ART UNIT | 2453 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0658 (20130101) G06F 21/57 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/105 (20130101) H04L 69/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/00 (20130101) H04W 12/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, March 24, 2015.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
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Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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