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| US 09016041 | Baughman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Lewis Baughman (Cincinnati, Ohio); Raymond Eheart (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Lewis Baughman (Cincinnati, Ohio); Raymond Eheart (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine includes: a front fan having at least one rotor carrying fan blades disposed within a fan duct, and drivingly connected to a low pressure turbine, the front fan including at least one row of outer fan blades disposed outwardly of and connected to the fan blades, the outer fan blades extending across an outer bypass duct which circumscribes the fan duct; a core engine located between the front fan and the low pressure turbine; an aft fan disposed downstream of the low pressure turbine, having at least one rotor carrying aft turbine blades disposed within an aft turbine duct, the aft turbine further including at least one row of aft fan blades disposed outwardly of and connected to the aft turbine blades, and extending across an aft fan duct that surrounds the core engine; and apparatus operable to selectively throttle flow through the outer bypass duct. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/956674 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 3/06 (20130101) F02K 3/062 (20130101) F02K 3/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02K 3/075 (20130101) |
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| US 09016221 | Brennan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony B. Brennan (Gainesville, Florida); Christopher James Long (Titusville, Florida); Joseph W. Bagan (Greenwood Village, Colorado); James Frederick Schumacher (Cumming, Georgia); Mark M. Spiecker (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony B. Brennan (Gainesville, Florida); Christopher James Long (Titusville, Florida); Joseph W. Bagan (Greenwood Village, Colorado); James Frederick Schumacher (Cumming, Georgia); Mark M. Spiecker (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is an article that includes a first plurality of spaced features. The spaced features are arranged in a plurality of groupings; the groupings of features include repeat units; the spaced features within a grouping are spaced apart at an average distance of about 1 nanometer to about 500 micrometers; each feature having a surface that is substantially parallel to a surface on a neighboring feature; each feature being separated from its neighboring feature; the groupings of features being arranged with respect to one another so as to define a tortuous pathway. The plurality of spaced features provide the article with an engineered roughness index of about 5 to about 20. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/550870 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Outerwear; Protective Garments; Accessories A41D 31/0077 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/12 (20130101) A61F 2/24 (20130101) A61F 2/0077 (20130101) A61F 2002/009 (20130101) A61F 2002/0086 (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 2/02 (20130101) Cleaning in General; Prevention of Fouling in General B08B 17/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B08B 17/065 (20130101) Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 1/36 (20130101) B63B 59/04 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 15/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Materials, Material Properties or Material Characteristics for Machines, Engines or Pumps Other Than Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines F05C 2253/12 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 70/121 (20130101) Y02T 70/123 (20130101) |
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| US 09016587 | Stimek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher M. Stimek (Fort Worth, Texas); Roger Q. Paulsel (Weatherford, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WilliamsRDM, Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Stimek (Fort Worth, Texas); Roger Q. Paulsel (Weatherford, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for attaching a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag to an ordinance is provided. By tailoring the packaged tag and electronics to accommodate existing ordinance body cavities the integrity of the bomb casing is maintained. Likewise, fin assemblies also remain intact and are mounted in a conventional manner to the tagged ordinance. Numerous ordinance types, to include the mark (MK) 80 series general purpose bombs and equivalents are compatible with the tagging method and system described herein. Set screw mounted tail assemblies of various fin configurations are readily assembled onto the metal body casings of tagged ordinances. A curved dipole antenna provides access to external query signals and transmission of tag locating signals. As described herein, tag antennas can mount between ordinance assembly parts, adding to the ease of retrofitting existing ordinance inventory for a RFID tag localizing system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/688117 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 5/26 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 19/073 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 19/0723 (20130101) G06K 19/07758 (20130101) |
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| US 09016635 | Hoyt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Hoyt (Kirkland, Washington); Ian Barnes (Kirkland, Washington); Nestor Voronka (Seattle, Washington); Jeffrey Thor Slostad (Lynnwood, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tethers Unlimited Inc (Bothell, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Hoyt (Kirkland, Washington); Ian Barnes (Kirkland, Washington); Nestor Voronka (Seattle, Washington); Jeffrey Thor Slostad (Lynnwood, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A deorbit device comprising a passive electrodynamic conductive tape connected at one end to a spacecraft. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/318330 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/62 (20130101) B64G 1/242 (20130101) B64G 1/648 (20130101) |
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| US 09016671 | McCaskey |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (APG, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. McCaskey (Parkville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An atomizing system tar generating an aerosol for inhalation research is disclosed. The atomizing system, in one embodiment, is capable of functioning efficiently at ultra-low liquid and low gas feed rates through the use of a 32 gauge feed line. This feed line reduces dead space in the atomizing system as well as the amount of highly toxic and/or expensive fluid needed to perform the research. An aerosol is generated in a consistent and repeatable manner by injecting fluid at a teed rate of 0.2-20 μl/min into a gas stream from a compressed gas source at a pressure of 30-60 psi. An adapter is used to connect a syringe containing the fluid to be tested to the 32 gauge feed line. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/795797 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 11/007 (20140204) Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/04 (20130101) B01F 3/04021 (20130101) B01F 3/04063 (20130101) Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09016875 | Omenetto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fiorenzo Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University/Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fiorenzo Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for compositions and process for fabricating an optical reflector constructed from biocompatible and bioresorbable silk fibroin proteins. For example, the silk retroreflectors may be built based on millimeter size microprism arrays to rotate the image plane of imaged cortical layers, thus enhancing the amount of photons that are detectable in the reflected direction when inserted in a sample to be analyzed, and ultimately increasing in contrast ratio in multiphoton microscopy. Such device can be used as a label-free, biocompatible, bioresorbable, implantable device for various applications ranging from medical imaging/diagnostics, drug/therapeutic delivery, to food chain safety and environmental monitoring. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/386388 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0059 (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 27/227 (20130101) |
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| US 09017018 | Vest |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wade Alan Vest (Jamestown, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wade Alan Vest (Jamestown, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An annular seal positionable in a gap is disclosed herein. The annular seal includes a plurality of leaves positioned about a center axis. Each leaf extends to a distal end that is elastically deflectable relative to the center axis to accommodate changes in a size of the gap. The annular seal also includes a ring encircling the center axis and at least partially interconnecting the plurality of leaves together for concurrent installation and removal. The annular seal also includes a plurality of tabs projecting from the ring along the center axis. Each of the tabs is directly connected to at least one of the plurality of leaves such that elastic deformation of one of the plurality of leaves induces bending in the corresponding tab before inducing bending in the ring. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/565942 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/005 (20130101) Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/0887 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09017038 | Pelley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bryan M. Pelley (Miamisburg, Ohio); Chris D. Hemmelgarn (South Charleston, Ohio); Joseph H. Althaus (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Jennifer M. Fries (Franklin, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan M. Pelley (Miamisburg, Ohio); Chris D. Hemmelgarn (South Charleston, Ohio); Joseph H. Althaus (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Jennifer M. Fries (Franklin, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The design of a high efficiency, variable performance vaneaxial fan, requires the utilization of typical fan and single stage compressor design methodologies. To be able to replace multiple fans, the variable vaneaxial fan design must be capable of operation at several different flow rates and total pressures. These operation points can be met by varying motor revolutions per minute (RPM) or geometric parameters such as the hub diameter, tip diameter, as well as blade geometry including number of blades, pitch, spacing, and length. An ideal design with variable performance can replace a family of current fan designs by providing the capability for efficient operation over a range of flow rates and total pressures. This level of variability would not only allow the fan to respond to changing environmental conditions but also to be fit into systems with different characteristics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/388484 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 19/002 (20130101) F04D 27/002 (20130101) F04D 27/0261 (20130101) F04D 29/64 (20130101) F04D 29/644 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09017422 | Locker |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sean C. Locker (Littlestown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean C. Locker (Littlestown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A prosthetic instrument is provided for attaching to a forearm shaft of an upper limb amputee to enable receipt of a handle, such as a weight-lifting barbell. The instrument includes a rod having a proximal end for receiving the forearm shaft and a distal end; and a yoke having a pair of prongs that extend from a bridge that connects to the distal end, wherein said pair of prongs provide a gap into which to insert the handle. Each prong includes a through-hole along a common axis to accommodate a clamp pin to secure the handle. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/179294 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/58 (20130101) A61F 2/582 (20130101) A61F 2/588 (20130101) A61F 4/00 (20130101) A61F 2002/502 (20130101) |
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| US 09017437 | Hartvigsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph J. Hartvigsen (Kaysville, Utah); S. Elangovan (South Jordan, Utah); Piotr Czernichowski (Layton, Utah); Michele Hollist (South Jordan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceramatec, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph J. Hartvigsen (Kaysville, Utah); S. Elangovan (South Jordan, Utah); Piotr Czernichowski (Layton, Utah); Michele Hollist (South Jordan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a synthesis gas utilizing a reformer is disclosed. The method utilizes a reformer that includes a plasma zone to receive a pre-heated mixture of reactants and ionize the reactants by applying an electrical potential thereto. A first thermally conductive surface surrounds the plasma zone and is configured to transfer heat from an external heat source into the plasma zone. The reformer further includes a reaction zone to chemically transform the ionized reactants into synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide. A second thermally conductive surface surrounds the reaction zone and is configured to transfer heat from the external heat source into the reaction zone. The first thermally conductive surface and second thermally conductive surface are both directly exposed to the external heat source. A corresponding apparatus and system are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/710731 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/36 (20130101) C01B 3/38 (20130101) C01B 2203/025 (20130101) C01B 2203/062 (20130101) C01B 2203/066 (20130101) C01B 2203/0233 (20130101) C01B 2203/0861 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 2/32 (20130101) Production of Producer Gas, Water-gas, Synthesis Gas From Solid Carbonaceous Material, or Mixtures Containing These Gases; Carburetting Air or Other Gases C10J 3/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10J 2300/1238 (20130101) C10J 2300/1646 (20130101) C10J 2300/1659 (20130101) C10J 2300/1662 (20130101) |
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| US 09017445 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making metal nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes is disclosed. A mixture of a transition metal compound and an aromatic polymer, a precursor of an aromatic polymer, or an aromatic monomer is heated to form a metal nanoparticle composition, optionally containing carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680150 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0018 (20130101) B22F 9/30 (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) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/842 (20130101) |
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| US 09017628 | Purdy |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew P. Purdy (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew P. Purdy (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing a nanomaterial comprising boron includes sonicating a boron trihalide and/or boron alkoxide in a hydrocarbon solvent with an alkali metal under an inert atmosphere to form a dark solid, and annealing the dark solid at a temperature sufficient to sublime alkali metal salt therein, thereby obtaining a boron nanomaterial. Reacting with a Group IVB metal produces a metal boride, and combining an alkali metal salt of a hydrocarbon with the boron trihalide prior to sonicating produces a carbonaceous boron material. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/089217 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 35/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 35/023 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2006/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09017766 | Bazan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Bin Liu (Goleta, California); Xiong Gong (Goleta, California); Alan J. Heeger (Santa Barbara, California); Wanli Ma (Goleta, California); Parameswar K. Iyer (Assam, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Bin Liu (Goleta, California); Xiong Gong (Goleta, California); Alan J. Heeger (Santa Barbara, California); Wanli Ma (Goleta, California); Parameswar K. Iyer (Assam, India) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving soluble conjugated polymers are provided. The conjugated polymers have a sufficient density of polar substituents to render them soluble in a polar medium, for example water and/or methanol. The conjugated polymer may desirably comprise monomers which alter its conductivity properties. In some embodiments, the inventors have provided cationic conjugated polymers (CCPs) comprising both solubilizing groups and conductive groups, resulting in conductive conjugated polymers soluble in polar media. The different solubility properties of these polymers allow their deposition in solution in multilayer formats with other conjugated polymers. Also provided are articles of manufacture comprising multiple layers of conjugated polymers having differing solubility characteristics. Embodiments of the invention are described further herein. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/595179 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/02 (20130101) C08G 61/10 (20130101) C08G 61/123 (20130101) C08G 61/126 (20130101) C08G 73/02 (20130101) C08G 73/08 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/127 (20130101) H01B 1/128 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0007 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0038 (20130101) H01L 51/0039 (20130101) H01L 51/0043 (20130101) H01L 51/56 (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 3/168 (20130101) |
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| US 09017780 | Lytle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin C Lytle (Tacoma, Washington); Trevor N. Zimmerman (Pendleton, South Carolina); Debra R Rolison (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin C Lytle (Tacoma, Washington); Trevor N. Zimmerman (Pendleton, South Carolina); Debra R Rolison (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A carbon nanopipe comprising a durable graphitizable carbon wall of tunable thickness of about 10-500 nm formed by exposing a silica fiber network to a carbon precursor vapor and thereby depositing a carbon film onto the silica fiber network at a temperature suitable for complete pyrolysis of the carbon precursor and removing the silica fibers. The atmosphere of the step of depositing is controlled by a two-stage gas manifold wherein stage 1 purges the reaction chamber with pure argon and stage 2 introduces the carbon precursor. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/480907 |
| ART UNIT | 1782 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 5/12 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 1/08 (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 31/00 (20130101) C01B 31/02 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/62873 (20130101) C04B 35/62897 (20130101) C04B 2235/5232 (20130101) C04B 2235/5288 (20130101) C04B 2235/6028 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/01 (20130101) C23C 16/26 (20130101) Woven Fabrics; Methods of Weaving; Looms D03D 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Making Textile Fabrics, e.g From Fibres or Filamentary Material; Fabrics Made by Such Processes or Apparatus, e.g Felts, Non-woven Fabrics; Cotton-wool; Wadding D04H 13/00 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/587 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 427/101 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/13 (20150115) Y10T 428/2918 (20150115) |
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| US 09017794 | Lai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Secrectary of the Department 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) | William W. Lai (Ridgecrest, California); Lee R. Cambrea (Ridgecrest, California); Alfred J. Baca (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A plasmonic array and methods of fabricating having a substrate, a layer of elastomeric material cured in nanowell or nanopost features, a fluorescent layer, and a plasmonic metal layer on top. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/677492 |
| 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 27/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09017826 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy D. Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim Hills, California); Viacheslav Diev (Los Angeles, California); Kenneth Hanson (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy D. Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim Hills, California); Viacheslav Diev (Los Angeles, California); Kenneth Hanson (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Porphyrin compounds are provided. The compounds may further comprise a fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon or a fused heterocyclic aromatic. Fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon s and fused heterocyclic aromatics may extend and broaden absorption, and modify the solubility, crystallinity, and film-forming properties of the porphyrin compounds. Additionally, devices comprising porphyrin compounds are also provided. The porphyrin compounds may be used in a donor/acceptor configuration with compounds, such as C60. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/868503 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 47/045 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/305 (20130101) H01L 51/009 (20130101) H01L 51/0058 (20130101) H01L 51/0077 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 428/917 (20130101) |
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| US 09017982 | Shah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command (APG, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saumil S. Shah (Columbia, Maryland); Mark A. Guelta (White Marsh, Maryland); Steven P. Harvey (Lutherville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are non-wild-type organophosphorus acid anhydrolases that are capable of degrading (ethyl {2-[bis(propan-2-yl)amino]ethyl}sulfanyl) (methyl)phosphinate and other V-agents. Particular embodiments include an organophosphorus acid anhydrolase including an amino acid substitution at position 212. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/109119 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09018050 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiuling Li (Champaign, Illinois); Wen Huang (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A rolled-up transmission line structure for a radiofrequency integrated circuit (RFIC) comprises a multilayer sheet in a rolled configuration comprising multiple turns about a longitudinal axis, where the multilayer sheet comprises a conductive pattern layer on a strain-relieved layer. The conductive pattern layer comprises a first conductive film and a second conductive film separated from the first conductive film in a rolling direction. In the rolled configuration, the first conductive film surrounds the longitudinal axis, and the second conductive film surrounds the first conductive film. The first conductive film serves as a signal line and the second conductive film serves as a conductive shield for the rolled-up transmission line structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/051192 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 5/02 (20130101) H01F 17/0013 (20130101) H01F 27/2847 (20130101) H01F 41/02 (20130101) H01F 41/041 (20130101) H01F 41/0604 (20130101) H01F 2017/006 (20130101) H01F 2027/2857 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4814 (20130101) H01L 23/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/645 (20130101) H01L 28/10 (20130101) H01L 2223/6627 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 09018056 | Kub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael A. Mastro (Fairfax, Virginia); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Jennifer K. Hite (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael A. Mastro (Fairfax, Virginia); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Jennifer K. Hite (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device with N-Channel and P-Channel III-Nitride field effect transistors comprising a non-inverted P-channel III-Nitride field effect transistor on a first nitrogen-polar nitrogen face III-Nitride material, a non-inverted N-channel III-Nitride field effect transistor, epitaxially grown, a first III-Nitride barrier layer, two-dimensional hole gas, second III-Nitride barrier layer, and a two-dimensional hole gas. A method of making complementary non-inverted P-channel and non-inverted N-channel III-Nitride FET comprising growing epitaxial layers, depositing oxide, defining opening, growing epitaxially a first nitrogen-polar III-Nitride material, buffer, back barrier, channel, spacer, barrier, and cap layer, and carrier enhancement layer, depositing oxide, growing AlN nucleation layer/polarity inversion layer, growing gallium-polar III-Nitride, including epitaxial layers, depositing dielectric, fabricating P-channel III-Nitride FET, and fabricating N-channel III-Nitride FET. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/170161 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/1075 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7781 (20130101) H01L 29/7784 (20130101) H01L 29/41725 (20130101) H01L 29/42364 (20130101) H01L 29/66439 (20130101) H01L 29/66477 (20130101) |
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| US 09018138 | Lupold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn E. Lupold (Ellicott City, Maryland); Ronald Rodriguez (Glenwood, Maryland); Wasim H. Chowdhury (Laurel, Maryland); Tarana A. Kudrolli (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn E. Lupold (Ellicott City, Maryland); Ronald Rodriguez (Glenwood, Maryland); Wasim H. Chowdhury (Laurel, Maryland); Tarana A. Kudrolli (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides DNA libraries, libraries of viral clones and libraries of infectious viral particles and methods of generating and screening these libraries. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/193624 |
| 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 | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/1037 (20130101) C12N 15/1086 (20130101) C12N 2710/10322 (20130101) C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) C12N 2710/10345 (20130101) C12N 2810/405 (20130101) |
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| US 09018314 | Harvey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin G Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Matthew C Davis (Ridgecrest, California); Heather A. Meylemans (Ridgecrest, California); William Lai (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to generate renewable high performance composites and thermoplastics. These materials can be generated from a renewable phenol (syringaldehyde) that can be derived from lignocellulosic biomass. The use of syringaldehyde as a precursor to composites has the potential to reduce the cost and environmental impact of structural materials, while meeting or exceeding the performance of current petroleum derived resins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/619272 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 63/19 (20130101) |
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| US 09018511 | Converse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Converse (Hampden, Massachusetts); Thomas J. Stapleton (Southwick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A heat exchanger includes a first plate and a second plate connected to the first plate to define a duct between the first plate and the second plate. At least one elastic cooling fin is disposed inside the duct between the first plate and the second plate. The at least one elastic fin exerts a load on the first plate. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790943 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/36 (20130101) H01L 35/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09018519 | Cornfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur Cornfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Jeff Steinfeldt (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SolAero Technologies Corp. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Cornfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Jeff Steinfeldt (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a solar cell that includes providing a semiconductor growth substrate; depositing on said growth substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; applying a metal contact layer over said sequence of layers; affixing the adhesive polyimide surface of a permanent supporting substrate directly over said metal contact layer and permanently bonding it thereto by a thermocompressive technique; and removing the semiconductor growth substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/547334 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/184 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1844 (20130101) H01L 31/1848 (20130101) H01L 31/1856 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) |
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| US 09018521 | Cornfeld |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur Cornfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SolAero Technologies Corp. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Cornfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A multijunction solar cell comprising an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap; a middle second solar subcell adjacent to the first solar subcell and having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap; a graded interlayer adjacent to the second solar subcell; the graded interlayer having a third band gap greater than the second band gap; a third solar subcell adjacent to the interlayer, the third subcell 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 a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) layer adjacent to the upper first subcell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/716814 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0527 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0725 (20130101) H01L 31/0735 (20130101) H01L 31/06875 (20130101) H01L 33/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09018579 | Kasevich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Kasevich (Palo Alto, California); Jason M. Hogan (Palo Alto, California); Susannah M. Dickerson (Palo Alto, California); Alex Sugarbaker (Atherton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In an atom interferometer, improved results are obtained by configuring the interferometer to have a baseline fringe pattern, in combination with spatially resolved measurements at the interferometer ports. Two aspects of this idea are provided. In the first aspect, the atoms are configured to expand from an initial point-like spatial distribution. The result is an informative correlation between atom position and interferometer phase. In the second aspect, a phase shear is applied to the atom ensemble of an atom interferometer. In both cases, spatially resolved measurements at the interferometer ports can provide enhanced interferometer performance, such as single-shot operation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/272195 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01B 9/02041 (20130101) G01B 9/02076 (20130101) |
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| US 09018684 | Homyk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew P. Homyk (South Pasadena, California); Michael D. Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Axel Scherer (Woodstock, Vermont); Sameer Walavalkar (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew P. Homyk (South Pasadena, California); Michael D. Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Axel Scherer (Woodstock, Vermont); Sameer Walavalkar (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for fabricating silicon nanowire chemical sensing devices, devices thus obtained, and methods for utilizing devices for sensing and measuring chemical concentration of selected species in a fluid are described. Devices may comprise a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) structure. |
| FILED | Monday, November 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/952181 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4146 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/0676 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/775 (20130101) |
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| US 09018721 | Moosman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bryan George Moosman (San Marcos, California); Richard Lee Waters (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan George Moosman (San Marcos, California); Richard Lee Waters (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one preferred embodiment, a semiconductor photodiode is provided which includes a substrate layer fabricated from a Si32 radioisotope of a first type of conductivity material and a thick-field oxide layer formed on the substrate layer. The oxide layer has a selectively patterned area to form an open region on the substrate layer. The semiconductor photodiode further includes a dopant material of a second conductivity material, which is different from the first conductivity material. The dopant material is formed within the open region on the substrate layer to form a photodiode junction. The semiconductor photodiode further includes an enclosure package enclosing the semiconductor diode for containing any radiation from the radioisotope. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/022680 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Obtaining Energy From Radioactive Sources; Applications of Radiation From Radioactive Sources, Not Otherwise Provided For; Utilising Cosmic Radiation G21H 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09018734 | Karna et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shashi P. Karna (Hartford, Maryland); Mark Griep (Baltimore, Maryland); Govind Mallick (Bel Aire, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shashi P. Karna (Hartford, Maryland); Mark Griep (Baltimore, Maryland); Govind Mallick (Bel Aire, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices relating to diodes including single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) are disclosed according to embodiments of the present invention. According to one embodiment, a diode may include one or more SWCNTs. The SWCNTs may be grouped together in multiple bundles with the SWCNTs being generally aligned parallel to each other in the bundles. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/442005 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130103) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0579 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09019153 | Schuss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack J. Schuss (Newton, Massachusetts); Thomas V. Sikina (Acton, Massachusetts); Jeffrey C. Upton (Groton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack J. Schuss (Newton, Massachusetts); Thomas V. Sikina (Acton, Massachusetts); Jeffrey C. Upton (Groton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for a calibration system including a support structure movable over an array, a super-element secured to the support structure to obtain information at selected locations in relation to the array, and a processor to compute a sum of voltages for determining a level of calibration for the array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/331334 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — 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 7/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 7/4004 (20130101) G01S 7/4008 (20130101) G01S 7/4021 (20130101) |
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| US 09019366 | Goldberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lew Goldberg (Fairfax, Virginia); Christopher M. McIntosh (Montclair, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lew Goldberg (Fairfax, Virginia); Christopher M. McIntosh (Montclair, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel eye-safe, long range laser pointer system for use in day or night conditions is described. The system uses a short pulse laser and a gated camera to detect the laser spot at long ranges in the presence of a strong solar background. The camera gate is synchronized with incident laser pulses using a separate large area, fast photodiode to detect the high peak power pulses. Alternately, gate synchronization using a GPS-disciplined clock can be used. Eye-safe systems operating in the near-UV or SWIR band are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/044580 |
| ART UNIT | 2488 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Weapon Sights; Aiming F41G 1/35 (20130101) F41G 3/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09019503 | Ouyang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bing Ouyang (Vero Beach, Florida); Fraser Dalgleish (Vero Beach, Florida); Anni Dalgleish (Vero Beach, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bing Ouyang (Vero Beach, Florida); Fraser Dalgleish (Vero Beach, Florida); Anni Dalgleish (Vero Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensing system is provided that includes a transmitter assembly with a light source and a microdisplay device, wherein the transmitter assembly defines an optical beam transmission path to provide illumination of a substantially one-dimensional (1D) region of a target area, the microdisplay device comprising a plurality of controllable elements for causing the illumination to be a substantially 1D pattern of light along the 1D region. The system further includes a receiver assembly for defining a return optical signal transmission path from the 1D region and collecting return optical signals from the 1D region. The system also includes a processing component for generating sensor information associated with the 1D region by processing the return optical signals from the 1D region with return optical signals from adjacent 1D regions using a distributed compressive sensing (DCS) technique. |
| FILED | Monday, September 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/021822 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/47 (20130101) G01N 21/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/1793 (20130101) G01N 2201/0675 (20130101) |
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| US 09019643 | Medard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ulric J. Ferner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ulric J. Ferner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Data blocks to be stored on a disk-based data storage device (e.g., a hard disk drive, etc.) are coded together to form a plurality of linearly independent network coded blocks. The network coded blocks are then stored on the data storage device. Coded seeking may then be used to retrieve the original data blocks from the data storage device in a time-efficient manner. A read request may be sent to the data storage device requesting an innovative coded packet associated with the original data blocks. In response to the read request, the data storage device may read an innovative coded packet from the disk that is closest to current position of a read element of the device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/965645 |
| ART UNIT | 2688 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 20/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11B 20/1217 (20130101) G11B 27/105 (20130101) G11B 2020/10916 (20130101) |
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| US 09019981 | Weinstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Jacob Weinstein (Somerville, Massachusetts); Joseph Michael Keller (Ledyard, Connecticut); Vladimir Rosenzweig (Belmont, Massachusetts); Keith William Manning (Arlington, Massachusetts); Daniel Alan Coffin (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Jacob Weinstein (Somerville, Massachusetts); Joseph Michael Keller (Ledyard, Connecticut); Vladimir Rosenzweig (Belmont, Massachusetts); Keith William Manning (Arlington, Massachusetts); Daniel Alan Coffin (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A modified protocol independent multicast (M-PIM) routing protocol is an improvement to protocol independent multicast (PIM) routing protocol. M-PIM is optimized for use with at least one low bandwidth multi-hop network. The improvement comprises at least one modification to PIM that facilitates the transport of multicast traffic in a multi-layer routing system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/088185 |
| ART UNIT | 2413 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/719 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09020002 | Sysak 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) | Matthew N. Sysak (Santa Barbara, California); John E. Bowers (Santa Barbara, California); Alexander W. Fang (Santa Barbara, California); Hyundai Park (Hillsboro, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Photonic integrated circuits on silicon are disclosed. By bonding a wafer of compound semiconductor material as an active region to silicon and removing the substrate, the lasers, amplifiers, modulators, and other devices can be processed using standard photolithographic techniques on the silicon substrate. A silicon laser intermixed integrated device in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a silicon-on-insulator substrate, comprising at least one waveguide in a top surface, and a compound semiconductor substrate comprising a gain layer, the compound semiconductor substrate being subjected to a quantum well intermixing process, wherein the upper surface of the compound semiconductor substrate is bonded to the top surface of the silicon-on-insulator substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/026528 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (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 5/021 (20130101) H01S 5/026 (20130101) H01S 5/0215 (20130101) H01S 5/0217 (20130101) H01S 5/0265 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/1014 (20130101) H01S 5/1032 (20130101) H01S 5/1209 (20130101) H01S 5/3414 (20130101) H01S 5/06256 (20130101) |
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| US 09020306 | Muller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heinrich G. Muller (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Andrew D. Stapleton (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provide stable lithium niobate waveguide devices, and methods of making and using the same. A lithium niobate-based waveguide device may include a Z-cut lithium niobate substrate having upper and lower surfaces, an optical waveguide embedded within the lithium niobate substrate, a signal electrode disposed on the upper surface of lithium niobate substrate and parallel to the optical waveguide, guard electrodes disposed on the upper surface of the lithium niobate substrate and flanking but spaced apart from the signal electrode, and a conductive layer on the lower surface of the lithium niobate substrate, wherein the conductive layer serves as a common ground reference for the signal and guard electrodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/830777 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/0115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09020347 | Koka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pranay Koka (Austin, Texas); Herbert D. Schwetman, Jr. (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A network is described in which a base optical point-to-point (P2P) network can be reconfigured to a target network topology. This reconfigurable architecture customizes the network topology for different classes of applications to maximize throughput. In particular, the network can function efficiently at high-radix and low-radix traffic patterns. This capability is obtained using configurable electrical circuit switches at each node in the network. These configurable electrical circuit switches can be set so that incoming packets are directly routed to a specified output (either a local destination or an outgoing optical link) without: delay, contention, or buffers. In this way, predefined network topologies can be configured with improved node-to-node bandwidths when compared to the original P2P network by leveraging unused optical links. Furthermore, because the electrical circuit switches can be reconfigured, the network topology can be dynamically reconfigured to suit applications or application phases. |
| FILED | Monday, September 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/021555 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Selecting H04Q 11/0071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09020360 | Stiffler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colton Richard Stiffler (Bozeman, Montana); Scott Henry Bekker (Bozeman, Montana); Kristian D. Merkel (Bozeman, Montana); Randy R. Reibel (Bozeman, Montana); William R. Babbitt (Bozeman, Montana); Krishna Mohan Rupavatharam (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana); S2 Corporation (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colton Richard Stiffler (Bozeman, Montana); Scott Henry Bekker (Bozeman, Montana); Kristian D. Merkel (Bozeman, Montana); Randy R. Reibel (Bozeman, Montana); William R. Babbitt (Bozeman, Montana); Krishna Mohan Rupavatharam (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus includes an optical source for a single order single-sideband suppressed-carrier optical signal with a bandwidth that scales from over 1 gigaHertz to greater than 20 gigaHertz. In an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a stable laser source configured to output an optical carrier signal at a carrier frequency. The apparatus includes a radio frequency electrical source configured to output an electrical radio frequency signal with a radio frequency bandwidth less than one octave. The apparatus also includes an optical modulator configured to output an optical signal with the optical carrier signal modulated by the radio frequency signal in a plurality of orders of optical frequency sidebands. The apparatus further includes an optical filter configured to pass one single order optical frequency sideband of the optical signal. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/169482 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/5165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09020581 | Mahadevan-Jansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anita M. Mahadevan-Jansen (Nashville, Tennessee); Matthew D. Keller (Kirkland, Washington); Mark C. Kelley (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anita M. Mahadevan-Jansen (Nashville, Tennessee); Matthew D. Keller (Kirkland, Washington); Mark C. Kelley (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention in one aspect relates to a method for surgical margin evaluation of tissues during breast conserving therapy at a surgical site of interest. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of acquiring a plurality of spatially offset Raman spectra from the surgical site of interest, identifying tissue signatures from the plurality of spatially offset Raman spectra, and determining surgical margins of the surgical site from the identified tissue signatures. |
| FILED | Monday, December 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/632637 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0091 (20130101) A61B 5/4312 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2017/00061 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09020816 | McClain |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew McClain (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 21CT, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew McClain (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system and apparatus are shown for identifying non-language speech sounds in a speech or audio signal. An audio signal is segmented and feature vectors are extracted from the segments of the audio signal. The segment is classified using a hidden Markov model (HMM) that has been trained on sequences of these feature vectors. Post-processing components can be utilized to enhance classification. An embodiment is described in which the hidden Markov model is used to classify a segment as a language speech sound or one of a variety of non-language speech sounds. Another embodiment is described in which the hidden Markov model is trained using discriminative learning. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/059048 |
| ART UNIT | 2659 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 15/142 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G10L 17/26 (20130101) G10L 25/24 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09020867 | Esser 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) | Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California); Theodore M. Wong (Mountain Viw, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to a function-level simulator for modeling a neurosynaptic chip. One embodiment comprises simulating a neural network using an object-oriented framework including a plurality of object-oriented classes. Each class corresponds to a component of a neural network. Running a simulation model of the neural network includes instantiating multiple simulation objects from the classes. Each simulation object is an instance of one of the classes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/670395 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09021611 | Mirkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Gengfeng Zheng (Ambler, Pennsylvania); Fengwei Huo (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Gengfeng Zheng (Ambler, Pennsylvania); Fengwei Huo (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to methods of beam pen lithography using a tip array having a plurality of transparent, elastomeric, reversibly-deformable tips coated with a blocking layer and apertures defined in the blocking layer to expose tip ends of the tips in the array. The tip array can be used to perform a photolithography process in which the tips are illuminated with a radiation that is channeled through the tips and out the apertures to expose a photosensitive substrate. Also disclosed are tip arrays formed of polymers and gels, apparatus including the tip arrays and radiation sources, and related apparatus for selectively masking tips in the tip array from radiation emitted from the radiation source. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/202142 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/2051 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03F 7/70291 (20130101) G03F 7/70383 (20130101) G03F 7/70466 (20130101) G03F 7/70525 (20130101) G03F 7/70958 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 09016875 | Omenetto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fiorenzo Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University/Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fiorenzo Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for compositions and process for fabricating an optical reflector constructed from biocompatible and bioresorbable silk fibroin proteins. For example, the silk retroreflectors may be built based on millimeter size microprism arrays to rotate the image plane of imaged cortical layers, thus enhancing the amount of photons that are detectable in the reflected direction when inserted in a sample to be analyzed, and ultimately increasing in contrast ratio in multiphoton microscopy. Such device can be used as a label-free, biocompatible, bioresorbable, implantable device for various applications ranging from medical imaging/diagnostics, drug/therapeutic delivery, to food chain safety and environmental monitoring. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/386388 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0059 (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 27/227 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09017263 | Lerman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amir Lerman (Rochester, Minnesota); Erik L Ritman (Rochester, Minnesota); Timothy L Kline (Rochester, Minnesota); Regina Moritz (Hinterschmiding, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir Lerman (Rochester, Minnesota); Erik L Ritman (Rochester, Minnesota); Timothy L Kline (Rochester, Minnesota); Regina Moritz (Hinterschmiding, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for quantitative determination of density of vasa vasorum in an arterial wall that utilizes a detection of temporal and/or spatial displacement of blood-flow with the use of intravascular ultrasound system. Locations of extrema in the spatial distribution can be identified to detect vascular defects. The system and method support a clinically-useful application for early detection of indicators of diseases, such as coronary atherosclerosis. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/168060 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/06 (20130101) A61B 8/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 8/0858 (20130101) A61B 8/0891 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09017610 | Winkelman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Winkelman (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Milenko Tanasijevic (West Newton, Massachusetts); David Zahniser (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Roche Diagnostics Hematology, Inc. (Westborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Winkelman (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Milenko Tanasijevic (West Newton, Massachusetts); David Zahniser (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods analyzing body fluids such as blood and bone marrow are disclosed. The systems and methods may utilize an improved technique for applying a monolayer of cells to a slide to generate a substantially uniform distribution of cells on the slide. Additionally aspects of the invention also relate to systems and methods for utilizing multi color microscopy for improving the quality of images captured by a light receiving device. |
| FILED | Monday, April 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/430885 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/312 (20130101) G01N 1/2813 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 15/1475 (20130101) G01N 35/00029 (20130101) |
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| US 09017661 | Nam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Young-Jae Nam (Dallas, Texas); Kunhua Song (Dallas, Texas); Eric N. Olson (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young-Jae Nam (Dallas, Texas); Kunhua Song (Dallas, Texas); Eric N. Olson (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves the use of transcription factors including Tbx5, Mef2C, Hand2, myocardin and Gata4 to reprogram cardiac fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes, both in vitro and in vivo. Such methods find particular use in the treatment of patients post-myocardial infarction to prevent or limit scarring and to promote myocardial repair. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/402609 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4702 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0657 (20130101) C12N 2770/00043 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09017681 | Levin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lonny Levin (New York, New York); Jochen Buck (Old Greenwich, Connecticut); Leo Brizuela (Hamilton, Massachusetts); Michael Pinnisi (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lonny Levin (New York, New York); Jochen Buck (Old Greenwich, Connecticut); Leo Brizuela (Hamilton, Massachusetts); Michael Pinnisi (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of preventing or treating a disease caused by bacterial infection by administering an effective amount of a modulator of bacterial adenylyl cyclase. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions useful for preventing or treating a disease, with the compositions containing a therapeutically effective amount of a modulator of bacterial adenylyl cyclase. The invention also provides screening methods for identifying selective modulators of bacterial adenylyl cyclase that do not substantially modulate adenylyl cyclase of the subject. The invention also provides methods for culturing bacterial pathogens and methods for inducing the pathogenic state in vitro. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/523011 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/988 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09017685 | Weaver et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Casey T. Weaver (Birmingham, Alabama); Paul R. Mangan (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Laurie E. Harrington (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Casey T. Weaver (Birmingham, Alabama); Paul R. Mangan (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Laurie E. Harrington (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure demonstrates for the first time that Th-17 cells are the product of a distinct CD4+ T cell lineage with unique developmental and functional characteristics. The developmental signals required for Th-17 commitment and development are also described. As a result, the teachings of the present disclosure provide a basis for understanding the developmental pathway of Th-17 cells and offer novel avenues to modulate (stimulate or inhibit) this developmental program and offer new methods for the treatment and prevention of disease states and conditions related to aberrant activity of Th-17 cells. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/580870 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09017691 | Barouch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan H. Barouch (Brookline, Massachusetts); Bette T. Korber (Los Alamos, New Mexico); William M. Fischer (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan H. Barouch (Brookline, Massachusetts); Bette T. Korber (Los Alamos, New Mexico); William M. Fischer (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for the treatment or prevention of viral infections. The polyvalent (e.g., 2-valent) vaccines described herein incorporate computationally-optimized viral polypeptides that can increase the diversity or breadth and depth of cellular immune response in vaccinated subjects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/130018 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2740/16171 (20130101) C12N 2740/16222 (20130101) C12N 2740/16234 (20130101) C12N 2740/16271 (20130101) C12N 2740/16322 (20130101) C12N 2740/16334 (20130101) |
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| US 09017699 | MacDonald et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angus J. MacDonald (Southampton, United Kingdom); Sara Lustigman (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York Blood Center, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angus J. MacDonald (Southampton, United Kingdom); Sara Lustigman (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for potentiating a specific immune response to an antigen in a mammal in need thereof. The method comprises administering to the mammal an effective amount of Ov-ASP, or at least one subunit of Ov-ASP, and an antigenic moiety. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/708095 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/739 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 39/215 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4354 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 530/82 (20130101) Y10S 530/822 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mohammadhossein Behnam Ghasemzadeh (Cedarburg, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammadhossein Behnam Ghasemzadeh (Cedarburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating a psychiatric disorder or symptoms thereof in a patient. The compositions comprise a compound that modulates KCNQ (Kv7) potassium channel activity and the methods include administering an effective amount of the compound that modulates KCNQ (Kv7) potassium channel activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/793330 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/122 (20130101) A61K 31/122 (20130101) A61K 31/4025 (20130101) A61K 31/4025 (20130101) A61K 31/4409 (20130101) A61K 31/4409 (20130101) A61K 31/4427 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4427 (20130101) A61K 31/4725 (20130101) A61K 31/4725 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09017815 | Bowman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark P. Bowman (New Kensington, Pennsylvania); Shelley D. Verdun (Irwin, Pennsylvania); Gordon L. Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark P. Bowman (New Kensington, Pennsylvania); Shelley D. Verdun (Irwin, Pennsylvania); Gordon L. Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Multilayer coating systems, methods of applying and related substrates are disclosed. The coating system may comprise a first coating comprising a near-IR absorber, and a second coating deposited on a least a portion of the first coating. Methods of applying a multilayer coating composition to a substrate may comprise applying a first coating comprising a near-IR absorber, applying a second coating over at least a portion of the first coating and curing the coating with near infrared radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/612944 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 3/0263 (20130101) B05D 7/52 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/288 (20130101) |
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| US 09017939 | Croce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas); Stefano Volinia (Ferrara, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas); Stefano Volinia (Ferrara, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of solid cancers. The invention also provides methods of identifying inhibitors of tumorigenesis. |
| FILED | Monday, February 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/405517 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/11 (20130101) C12N 2320/12 (20130101) C12N 2330/10 (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 1/6837 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09017940 | Croce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas); Stefano Volinia (Ferrara, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas); Stefano Volinia (Ferrara, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of solid cancers. The invention also provides methods of identifying inhibitors of tumorigenesis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/407890 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/11 (20130101) C12N 2320/12 (20130101) C12N 2330/10 (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 1/6837 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09017943 | Arya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nubad, LLC (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nubad LLC (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dev P. Arya (Greenville, South Carolina); Frank Anderson Norris (Anderson, South Carolina); Jason Derrick Watkins (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Small molecule fluorescent probes for established drug targets such as nucleic acids including DNA and RNA has been developed and disclosed herein. These nucleic acid probes bind to multiple DNA and RNA structures, and to sites crucial for nucleic acid function, such as DNA and RNA major grooves. Displacement of the probes by other binders such as small molecule compounds and/or proteins illicits a fluorescence change in the probe that once detected and analyzed provide binding information of these other binders of interest. Similarly, changes in fluorescence upon binding of the probes to nucleic acid have been applied to screen nucleic acid of different sequence and conformation. The nucleic acid probes and method of uses disclosed herein are advantageously suitable for high-through put screening of libraries of small molecule compounds, proteins, and nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/251023 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) G01N 2021/6439 (20130101) |
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| US 09017953 | Henderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey P. Henderson (St. Louis, Missouri); Chia Hung (Fenton, Missouri); Kaveri Chaturvedi (Moline, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses methods and compositions for detecting pathogenic bacteria. Additionally, the present invention encompasses methods and compositions for catalyzing the dismutation of superoxide radicals. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/897869 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09017962 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jin Zhang (Baltimore, Maryland); Robert Howard Newman (Baltimore, Maryland); Xinxin Gao (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael David Allen (Baltimore, Maryland); Matthew David Fosbrink (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Zhang (Baltimore, Maryland); Robert Howard Newman (Baltimore, Maryland); Xinxin Gao (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael David Allen (Baltimore, Maryland); Matthew David Fosbrink (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a variety of molecular tools for use in live-cell tracking of activities of biomolecules and in high-throughput drug screening. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/674008 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 2319/61 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/42 (20130101) C12Q 1/485 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/542 (20130101) G01N 2333/916 (20130101) G01N 2333/9121 (20130101) |
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| US 09017966 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Williams (Lincoln, Nebraska); Clague P. Hodgson (Omaha, Nebraska); Aaron E. Carnes (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nature Technology Corporation (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Williams (Lincoln, Nebraska); Clague P. Hodgson (Omaha, Nebraska); Aaron E. Carnes (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | General methods and strains of bacteria are described, that dramatically simplify and streamline plasmid DNA production. In one preferred embodiment, endolysin mediated plasmid extraction combined with flocculation mediated removal of cell debris and host nucleic acids achieves increased yield and purity with simplified downstream purification and reduced waste streams, thus reducing production costs. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/601504 |
| 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 1/06 (20130101) C12N 15/1003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09017981 | Parsons |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ramon Parsons (Manhasset, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramon Parsons (Manhasset, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated human phosphatase and tensin homolog long polypeptide (PTEN-long) comprising SEQ ID NO:1, fragments and analogs thereof, nucleic acids encoding such and compositions comprising such are provided. Methods to inhibit angiogenesis in a solid tumor, treat a solid tumor, and inhibit growth of a solid tumor using PTEN-long, fragments and analogs thereof, are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/201969 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09018002 | Carrington et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Carrington (St. Louis, Missouri); Edwards Allen (O'Fallon, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to generate siRNAs in vivo is described, as are constructs and compositions useful in the method. The method does not depend on the use of DNA or synthetic constructs that contain inverted duplications or dual promoters so as to form perfect or largely double-stranded RNA. Rather, the method depends on constructs that yield single-stranded RNA transcripts, and exploits endogenous or in vivo-produced miRNAs or siRNAs to initiate production of siRNAs. The miRNAs or siRNAs guide cleavage of the transcript and set the register for production of siRNAs (usually 21 nucleotides in length) encoded adjacent to the initiation cleavage site within the construct. The method results in specific formation of siRNAs of predictable size and register (phase) relative to the initiation cleavage site. The method can be used to produce specific siRNAs in vivo for inactivation or suppression of one or more target genes or other entities, such as pathogens. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827450 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8245 (20130101) C12N 15/8246 (20130101) C12N 15/8247 (20130101) C12N 15/8251 (20130101) C12N 15/8261 (20130101) C12N 15/8271 (20130101) C12N 15/8274 (20130101) C12N 15/8279 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09018003 | Lindquist et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susan L. Lindquist (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Aaron D. Gitler (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Anil Cashikar (Martinez, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan L. Lindquist (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Aaron D. Gitler (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Anil Cashikar (Martinez, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are genes that, when overexpressed in cells expressing alpha-synuclein, either suppress or enhance alpha-synuclein mediated cellular toxicity. Compounds that modulate expression of these genes or activity of the encoded proteins can be used to inhibit alpha-synuclein mediated toxicity and used to treat or prevent synucleinopathies such as Parkinson's disease. Also disclosed are methods of identifying inhibitors of alpha-synuclein mediated toxicity. |
| FILED | Friday, May 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/914167 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6896 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) G01N 2800/2821 (20130101) G01N 2800/2835 (20130101) |
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| US 09018006 | Stepkowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stanislaw M. Stepkowski (Sylvania, Ohio); Wenhao Chen (Toledo, Ohio); Yoshihiro Miyahara (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanislaw M. Stepkowski (Sylvania, Ohio); Wenhao Chen (Toledo, Ohio); Yoshihiro Miyahara (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides materials and methods related to culturing stable Treg cells or in vivo expansion of stable Treg cells, the cells made by the methods, treatments for various inflammatory/autoimmune pathologies and transplant/graft rejection, and related materials. Ex vivo induction and expansion of the stable Tregs is described, including use of inducing compositions, such as certain mAbs and other compounds, along with expansion medium comprising IL-2. In vivo expansion of stable Treg cells and treatments for various inflammatory/autoimmune pathologies and transplant/graft rejection are described, including the use of mAbs and their variants. |
| FILED | Monday, July 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/811778 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2809 (20130101) C07K 16/2845 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/74 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 5/0637 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/51 (20130101) C12N 2501/515 (20130101) C12N 2501/599 (20130101) C12N 2501/727 (20130101) C12N 2501/2302 (20130101) C12N 2501/2325 (20130101) |
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| US 09018011 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jung-Hyun Kim (Rockville, Maryland); Vladimir L. Larionov (Potomac, Maryland); Tom Ebersole (Brownsville, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jung-Hyun Kim (Rockville, Maryland); Vladimir L. Larionov (Potomac, Maryland); Tom Ebersole (Brownsville, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Regulatory elements, specifically insulators and transgene constructs containing insulator nucleic acid sequences, are disclosed herein. Methods of using insulators and transgene constructs including insulators to inhibit, delay, or prevent gene silencing are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/527122 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2830/46 (20130101) |
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| US 09018138 | Lupold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn E. Lupold (Ellicott City, Maryland); Ronald Rodriguez (Glenwood, Maryland); Wasim H. Chowdhury (Laurel, Maryland); Tarana A. Kudrolli (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn E. Lupold (Ellicott City, Maryland); Ronald Rodriguez (Glenwood, Maryland); Wasim H. Chowdhury (Laurel, Maryland); Tarana A. Kudrolli (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides DNA libraries, libraries of viral clones and libraries of infectious viral particles and methods of generating and screening these libraries. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/193624 |
| 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 | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/1037 (20130101) C12N 15/1086 (20130101) C12N 2710/10322 (20130101) C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) C12N 2710/10345 (20130101) C12N 2810/405 (20130101) |
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| US 09018157 | Wang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ping Wang (Roslyn, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhassett, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ping Wang (Roslyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for preventing and treating inflammation and organ injury after ischemia/reperfusion, and methods for treating lung injury, comprising administering a milk fat globule epidermal growth factor-factor VIII (MFG-E8) to a subject. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising MFG-E8 in dosage form for preventing and treating inflammation and organ injury after ischemia/reperfusion, and for treating lung injury, and methods of preparing a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating inflammation and organ injury after ischemia/reperfusion, and for treating lung injury, comprising formulating MFG-E8 in a pharmaceutical composition. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/734596 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/37 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1808 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/485 (20130101) |
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| US 09018163 | Stoffers |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Doris Stoffers (Moorestown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Doris Stoffers (Moorestown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to PCIFl and its use as a target for the improvement of pancreatic islet β cell mass and function in diabetes. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of compounds capable of modulating the expression or function of PClFl and their effect on the function of Pdx-1. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/440900 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09018172 | Pentelute et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bradley L. Pentelute (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alexander M. Spokoyny (Framingham, Massachusetts); Yekui Zou (Worcester, Massachusetts); Chi Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley L. Pentelute (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alexander M. Spokoyny (Framingham, Massachusetts); Yekui Zou (Worcester, Massachusetts); Chi Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds and methods relating to a chemical transformation for the conjugation of unprotected peptide biomolecules via a SNAr process between highly fluorinated aryl moieties and thiols (“fluoroaryl-thiol-click”). |
| FILED | Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/038262 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/12 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 7/56 (20130101) |
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| US 09018179 | Kay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Kay (Los Altos, California); Anton McCaffrey (Pacifica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Kay (Los Altos, California); Anton McCaffrey (Pacifica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for modulating, e.g., reducing, expression of a target sequence in mammals and mammalian cells. In the subject methods, an effective amount of an RNAi agent, e.g., an interfering ribonucleic acid (such as an siRNA or shRNA) or a transcription template thereof, e.g., a DNA encoding an shRNA, is introduced into a target cell, e.g., by being administered to a mammal that includes the target cell, e.g., via a hydrodynamic administration protocol. Also provided are RNAi agent pharmaceutical preparations for use in the subject methods. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications, including academic and therapeutic applications. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/368082 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0275 (20130101) A01K 2217/075 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/70 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1131 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/53 (20130101) C12N 2310/111 (20130101) |
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| US 09018198 | Njar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Njar (Glen Burnie, Maryland); Angela Brodie (Fulton, Maryland); Lalji K. Gediya (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Prodrugs of steroidal C-17 benzoazoles, pyrimidinoazoles (az-abenzoazoles) and diazines. Methods of synthesis are also described, whereby a prodrug group is substituted for a functional group at A ring portion of the ABC ring structure of the steroid. Suitable pro-drug groups include amino acid groups, succinate groups, phosphate groups, or sulfamate groups. The prodrugs of the disclosed compounds allow for improved oral bioavailability of the compounds that are inhibitors of human CYP 17 enzyme as well as potent antagonists of both wild type and mutant androgen receptors (AR). The compounds and the corresponding prodrugs are useful for the treatment of conditions such as human prostate cancer, breast cancer, and prostate hyperplasia. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/212856 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Steroids C07J 43/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09018209 | Jorgensen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William L. Jorgensen (Deep River, Connecticut); Juliana Ruiz-Caro (Rainbach, Austria); Andrew D. Hamilton (Guilford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L. Jorgensen (Deep River, Connecticut); Juliana Ruiz-Caro (Rainbach, Austria); Andrew D. Hamilton (Guilford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compounds according to the formula I: Where Ra is H or an optionally OH-substituted C1-C3 alkyl; R1 is OR1, an optionally substituted C4-12 carbocyclic group which may be saturated or unsaturated (including aromatic) or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R1 is an optionally substituted C1-C14 hydrocarbyl group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R2, R3 and R4 are each independently H, an optionally substituted C1-C4 alkyl group (preferably CH3, CH2CH3 or CF3), halogen (preferably F, Cl, Br), OR, CN, NO2, a C1-C6 thioether, a C1-C6 thioester group, an optionally substituted CO2R group, an optionally substituted COR group or an optionally substituted OCOR group (preferably R4 is H); R is H or an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group; RHET is an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or polymorphs thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, September 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/991583 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/74 (20130101) C07D 217/22 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) C07D 239/47 (20130101) C07D 239/48 (20130101) C07D 239/94 (20130101) C07D 251/42 (20130101) C07D 277/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 277/56 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 493/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09018227 | Fitch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard W. Fitch (Terre Haute, Indiana); Thomas F. Spande (Bethesda, Maryland); H. Martin Garraffo (North Bethesda, Maryland); Herman J. C. Yeh (Potomac, Maryland); Kathryn Daly (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana State University (Terre Haute, Indiana); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Fitch (Terre Haute, Indiana); Thomas F. Spande (Bethesda, Maryland); H. Martin Garraffo (North Bethesda, Maryland); Herman J. C. Yeh (Potomac, Maryland); John W. Daly (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists, for example, phantasmidine and derivatives thereof, for example a compound of formula (I). Also disclosed are methods of treating disorders responsive to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, Myasthenia Gravis, Tourette's syndrome, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, pain, and cognitive dysfunction by treatment with the nicotinic acetylcholine for agonists. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/583420 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 43/90 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 491/14 (20130101) C07D 491/147 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5005 (20130101) |
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| US 09018259 | Brooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter C. Brooks (Harpswell, Maine); Danielle Morais (Bedford Hills, New York); Leonard Liebes (New York, New York); Dorothy Rodriguez (Roeland Hts., California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Brooks (Harpswell, Maine); Danielle Morais (Bedford Hills, New York); Leonard Liebes (New York, New York); Dorothy Rodriguez (Roeland Hts., California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of treating cancer using benzoic acid derivatives, alone or in combination with standard treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Also provided are methods of screening for benzoic derivatives based on their ability to inhibit the enzyme tyrosinase or to bind to and activate PXR/SXR xenobiotic receptors. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/470819 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/192 (20130101) A61K 31/196 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/196 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09018355 | Saeidi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nima Saeidi (Allston, Massachusetts); Jeffrey W. Ruberti (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are described for organizing collagen into fibrillar networks, e.g, short and long-range organization. Collagen produced by the disclosed methods can be used for tissue engineering. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680634 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 1/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09018367 | Widen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven G. Widen (Galveston, Texas); Thomas G. Wood (Houston, Texas); Allan R. Brasier (Galveston, Texas); Yingxin Zhao (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven G. Widen (Galveston, Texas); Thomas G. Wood (Houston, Texas); Allan R. Brasier (Galveston, Texas); Yingxin Zhao (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | DNA aptamers are high affinity ligands selected by genetic enrichment techniques to bind to specific protein targets. Because these represent chemically stable and reproducible molecules, they have application as affinity reagents and/or therapeutic drugs to affect the target protein's actions. NF-kB is an important mediator of the innate immune response and mediator of tissue inflammation. Although RNA and double stranded DNA aptamers have been identified to bind to the NF-kB family of proteins, the present invention represents the first identification of single stranded DNA aptamers that recognize NFkB RelA. The aptamers disclosed herein bind to several distinct regions of RelA and may be useful to antagonize the DNA binding of RelA as an inhibitor of cellular inflammation, visualize the location or amount of RelA in tissues from pathological conditions, or to quantitatively measure the activated state of RelA by affinity binding. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/445558 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 47/48092 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2310/3517 (20130101) |
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| US 09018369 | Cook et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Petaluma, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Petaluma, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald M. Cook (Novato, California); Matt Lyttle (San Rafael, California); Daren Dick (San Rafael, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a family of dark quenchers, termed Black Hole Quenchers (“BHQs”), that are efficient quenchers of excited state energy but which are themselves substantially non-fluorescent. Also provided are methods of using the BHQs, probes incorporating the BHQs and methods of using the probes. |
| FILED | Friday, January 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/158521 |
| 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 | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/11 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 245/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 241/46 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/091 (20130101) C07F 9/2408 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 31/043 (20130101) C09B 56/00 (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 1/6818 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 40/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/542 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
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| US 09018371 | Jeong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lak Shin Jeong (Seoul, South Korea); Hea Ok Kim (Seoul, South Korea); Kenneth A. Jacobson (Silver Spring, Maryland); Seung Ah Choe (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FM Therapeutics Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea); The United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, The Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lak Shin Jeong (Seoul, South Korea); Hea Ok Kim (Seoul, South Korea); Kenneth A. Jacobson (Silver Spring, Maryland); Seung Ah Choe (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are adenosine derivatives, methods for the synthesis thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory diseases, comprising the same as an active ingredient. The adenosine derivatives have high binding affinity and selectivity for adenosine receptors, especially for A3 adenosine receptors and act as A3 adenosine receptor antagonists, and exhibit anti-inflammatory activity. Thus, the adenosine derivatives are useful in the prevention and treatment of inflammatory diseases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/530086 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09018440 | Yu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Congrong (Ron) Yu (Leawood, Kansas); Limei Ma (Leawood, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stowers Institute for Medical Research (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Congrong (Ron) Yu (Leawood, Kansas); Limei Ma (Leawood, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods useful for detecting and/or measuring, e.g., intracellular signaling in vivo. More particularly, compositions and methods are provided, which include transgenic animals, that are useful in mapping and examining, e.g., calcium fluctuations in vivo between and within populations of cells in real time. Methods for screening for candidate compounds that effect, e.g., intracellular calcium signaling are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/312094 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01K 2217/052 (20130101) A01K 2217/203 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0393 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2830/003 (20130101) |
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| US 09018952 | Riederer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen J Riederer (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J Riederer (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a time-series of images of a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. The MRI system is used to acquire a time-series undersampled k-space data set, in which a selected number of k-space data subsets in the time-series data set includes both image data and calibration data. Moreover, the calibration data in each of these selected number of k-space data subsets includes a portion of a desired total amount of calibration data. For example, each of these selected number of k-space data subsets include calibration data that is acquired by sampling a different partition of a calibration data sampling pattern. A time-series of images of the subject is then produced by reconstructing images of the subject from the acquired time-series of undersampled k-space data sets. These images are substantially free of undersampling artifacts. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/478017 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/5611 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/56308 (20130101) |
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| US 09020456 | Wentzloff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David D. Wentzloff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nathan E. Roberts (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A wake-up function is provided for a low power radio. The radio includes: an antenna, a rectifier, and a comparator. The rectifier is configured to receive an RF signal from the antenna and generates an output having a magnitude that decreases in the presence of the RF signal. The comparator compares the output from the rectifier to a reference signal and outputs an activation signal for another radio component. In response the activation signal, the radio component will transition from a low power consumption mode to a higher power consumption mode. In this way, the rectifier and comparator cooperatively operate to perform a wake-up function in the presence of an RF signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/915749 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/1615 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09020581 | Mahadevan-Jansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anita M. Mahadevan-Jansen (Nashville, Tennessee); Matthew D. Keller (Kirkland, Washington); Mark C. Kelley (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anita M. Mahadevan-Jansen (Nashville, Tennessee); Matthew D. Keller (Kirkland, Washington); Mark C. Kelley (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention in one aspect relates to a method for surgical margin evaluation of tissues during breast conserving therapy at a surgical site of interest. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of acquiring a plurality of spatially offset Raman spectra from the surgical site of interest, identifying tissue signatures from the plurality of spatially offset Raman spectra, and determining surgical margins of the surgical site from the identified tissue signatures. |
| FILED | Monday, December 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/632637 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0091 (20130101) A61B 5/4312 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2017/00061 (20130101) |
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| US 09020612 | Danilov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuri P. Danilov (Middleton, Wisconsin); Mitchell E. Tyler (Middleton, Wisconsin); Kurt A. Kaczmarek (Madison, Wisconsin) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yuri P. Danilov (Middleton, Wisconsin); Mitchell E. Tyler (Middleton, Wisconsin); Kurt A. Kaczmarek (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | In a patient suffering from neural impairment, stimulation is provided to sensory surfaces of the face and/or neck, or more generally to areas of the body that stimulate the trigeminal nerve, while performing an activity intended to stimulate a brain function to be rehabilitated. The simulation may then be continued after the performance of the activity has ceased. It has been found that the patient's performance of the activity is then improved after stimulation has ceased. Moreover, it tends to improve to a greater extent, and/or for a longer time, when the post-activity stimulation is applied, as compared to when postactivity stimulation is not applied. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/341141 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 21/00 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0548 (20130101) A61N 1/36103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09020787 | Grinspun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eitan Grinspun (New York, New York); David Harmon (New York, New York); Rasmus Tamstorf (Los Angeles, California); Paul E. Vouga (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Disney Enterprises, Inc. (Burbank, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eitan Grinspun (New York, New York); David Harmon (New York, New York); Rasmus Tamstorf (Los Angeles, California); Paul E. Vouga (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide methods enabling reliable simulation of objects in contact scenarios. Embodiments of the invention utilize methods providing three parameter-independent guarantees. According to embodiments of the invention, simulations of well-posed problems: have no interpenetrations; obey causality, momentum and energy conservation laws; and complete in finite time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/707492 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/12 (20130101) G06F 17/50 (20130101) G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/5018 (20130101) G06F 2217/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09020789 | Butson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher R. Butson (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Christopher B. Maks (Cleveland, Ohio); Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher R. Butson (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Christopher B. Maks (Cleveland, Ohio); Cameron C. McIntyre (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for determining volume of activation for deep brain stimulation (“DBS”) using a finite element model (FEM) circuit to determine a FEM of an implanted electrode and a tissue medium in which the electrode is implanted, a Fourier FEM solver circuit to calculate a potential distribution in the tissue medium using information from the FEM circuit and a capacitive component of at least one of the implanted electrode and the tissue medium, and a volume of activation (VOA) circuit to predict a VOA using the potential distribution and a neuron model. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506216 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/053 (20130101) A61B 5/0538 (20130101) A61B 5/7217 (20130101) A61B 5/7257 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0534 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5018 (20130101) G06F 19/3437 (20130101) G06F 2217/78 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold L. Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroZeus, LLC (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold L. Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro device may comprise a substrate, a first micro structure coupled to the substrate, a second micro structure coupled to the substrate, and port configured to receive an input. The first micro structure is configured to move into engagement with the second micro structure in response to the input. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/417564 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0059 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81B 2201/037 (20130101) B81B 2203/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09016066 | Wiebe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Wiebe (Orlando, Florida); Timothy A. Fox (Hamilton, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Wiebe (Orlando, Florida); Timothy A. Fox (Hamilton, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustor assembly in a gas turbine engine includes a combustor device, a fuel injection system, a transition duct, and an intermediate duct. The combustor device includes a flow sleeve for receiving pressurized air and a liner surrounded by the flow sleeve. The fuel injection system provides fuel to be mixed with the pressurized air and ignited in the liner to create combustion products. The intermediate duct is disposed between the liner and the transition duct so as to define a path for the combustion products to flow from the liner to the transition duct. The intermediate duct is associated with the liner such that movement may occur therebetween, and the intermediate duct is associated with the transition duct such that movement may occur therebetween. The flow sleeve includes structure that defines an axial stop for limiting axial movement of the intermediate duct. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/718297 |
| 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 3/002 (20130101) F23R 3/34 (20130101) F23R 3/60 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23R 3/346 (20130101) |
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| US 09017014 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Kok-Mun Tham (Oviedo, Florida); Eric Schroeder (Loveland, Ohio); Jamie Meeroff (Cincinnati, Ohio); Samuel R. Miller, Jr. (Port St. Lucie, Florida); John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida); Christian X. Campbell (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Kok-Mun Tham (Oviedo, Florida); Eric Schroeder (Loveland, Ohio); Jamie Meeroff (Cincinnati, Ohio); Samuel R. Miller, Jr. (Port St. Lucie, Florida); John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida); Christian X. Campbell (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An outer rim seal arrangement (10), including: an annular rim (70) centered about a longitudinal axis (30) of a rotor disc (31), extending fore and having a fore-end (72), an outward-facing surface (74), and an inward-facing surface (76); a lower angel wing (62) extending aft from a base of a turbine blade (22) and having an aft end (64) disposed radially inward of the rim inward-facing surface to define a lower angel wing seal gap (80); an upper angel wing (66) extending aft from the turbine blade base and having an aft end (68) disposed radially outward of the rim outward-facing surface to define a upper angel wing seal gap (80, 82); and guide vanes (100) disposed on the rim inward-facing surface in the lower angel wing seal gap. Pumping fins (102) may be disposed on the upper angel wing seal aft end in the upper angel wing seal gap. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/930482 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/18 (20130101) F01D 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09017027 | Campbell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christian X. Campbell (Charlotte, North Carolina); Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida); Mikro Systems, Inc. (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian X. Campbell (Charlotte, North Carolina); Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A cooling channel (36, 36B, 63-66) cools inner surfaces (48, 50) of exterior walls (41, 43) of a component (20, 60). Interior side surfaces (52, 54) of the channel converge to a waist (W2), forming an hourglass shaped transverse profile (46). The inner surfaces (48, 50) may have fins (44) aligned with the coolant flow (22). The fins may have a transverse profile (56A, 56B) highest at mid-width of the inner surfaces (48, 50). Turbulators (92) may be provided on the side surfaces (52, 54) of the channel, and may urge the coolant flow toward the inner surfaces (48, 50). Each turbulator (92) may have a peak (97) that defines the waist of the cooling channel. Each turbulator may have a convex upstream side (93). These elements increase coolant flow in the corners (C) of the channel to more uniformly and efficiently cool the exterior walls (41, 43). |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/760107 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/147 (20130101) F01D 5/183 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/187 (20130101) F01D 25/12 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/304 (20130101) F05D 2250/13 (20130101) F05D 2260/2214 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 3/048 (20130101) F28F 7/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09017437 | Hartvigsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph J. Hartvigsen (Kaysville, Utah); S. Elangovan (South Jordan, Utah); Piotr Czernichowski (Layton, Utah); Michele Hollist (South Jordan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceramatec, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph J. Hartvigsen (Kaysville, Utah); S. Elangovan (South Jordan, Utah); Piotr Czernichowski (Layton, Utah); Michele Hollist (South Jordan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a synthesis gas utilizing a reformer is disclosed. The method utilizes a reformer that includes a plasma zone to receive a pre-heated mixture of reactants and ionize the reactants by applying an electrical potential thereto. A first thermally conductive surface surrounds the plasma zone and is configured to transfer heat from an external heat source into the plasma zone. The reformer further includes a reaction zone to chemically transform the ionized reactants into synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide. A second thermally conductive surface surrounds the reaction zone and is configured to transfer heat from the external heat source into the reaction zone. The first thermally conductive surface and second thermally conductive surface are both directly exposed to the external heat source. A corresponding apparatus and system are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/710731 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/36 (20130101) C01B 3/38 (20130101) C01B 2203/025 (20130101) C01B 2203/062 (20130101) C01B 2203/066 (20130101) C01B 2203/0233 (20130101) C01B 2203/0861 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 2/32 (20130101) Production of Producer Gas, Water-gas, Synthesis Gas From Solid Carbonaceous Material, or Mixtures Containing These Gases; Carburetting Air or Other Gases C10J 3/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10J 2300/1238 (20130101) C10J 2300/1646 (20130101) C10J 2300/1659 (20130101) C10J 2300/1662 (20130101) |
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| US 09017458 | Mitchell 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) | Mark A. Mitchell (Dublin, California); Annemarie Meike (Oakland, California); Brian L. Anderson (Lodi, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for concurrently filtering particles and collecting gases. Materials are be added (e.g., via coating the ceramic substrate, use of loose powder(s), or other means) to a HEPA filter (ceramic, metal, or otherwise) to collect gases (e.g., radioactive gases such as iodine). The gases could be radioactive, hazardous, or valuable gases. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/709456 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 46/0036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 53/0431 (20130101) B01D 2253/102 (20130101) B01D 2257/93 (20130101) B01D 2257/708 (20130101) |
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| US 09017527 | Wiedmeyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stanley G. Wiedmeyer (Glen Ellyn, Illinois); Laurel A. Barnes (Chicago, Illinois); Mark A. Williamson (Naperville, Illinois); James L. Willit (Batavia, Illinois); John F. Berger (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley G. Wiedmeyer (Glen Ellyn, Illinois); Laurel A. Barnes (Chicago, Illinois); Mark A. Williamson (Naperville, Illinois); James L. Willit (Batavia, Illinois); John F. Berger (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrolytic oxide reduction system according to a non-limiting embodiment of the present invention may include a plurality of anode assemblies, a plurality of cathode assemblies, and a lift system configured to engage the anode and cathode assemblies. The cathode assemblies may be alternately arranged with the anode assemblies such that each cathode assembly is flanked by two anode assemblies. The lift system may be configured to selectively engage the anode and cathode assemblies so as to allow the simultaneous lifting of any combination of the anode and cathode assemblies (whether adjacent or non-adjacent). |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/978027 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic Production, Recovery or Refining of Metals; Apparatus Therefor C25C 3/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25C 7/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09017530 | Adzic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Radoslav Adzic (East Setauket, New York); Junliang Zhang (Shanghai, China PRC); Kotaro Sasaki (Ronkonkoma, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radoslav Adzic (East Setauket, New York); Junliang Zhang (Shanghai, China PRC); Kotaro Sasaki (Ronkonkoma, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for synthesis and treatment of electrocatalyst particles in batch or continuous fashion is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a sonication bath and a two-compartment chamber submerged in the sonication bath. The upper and lower compartments are separated by a microporous material surface. The upper compartment comprises a cover and a working electrode (WE) connected to a Pt foil contact, with the foil contact connected to the microporous material. The upper chamber further comprises reference counter electrodes. The lower compartment comprises an electrochemical cell containing a solution of metal ions. In one embodiment, the method for synthesis of electrocatalysts comprises introducing a plurality of particles into the apparatus and applying sonication and an electrical potential to the microporous material connected to the WE. After the non-noble metal ions are deposited onto the particles, the non-noble metal ions are displaced by noble-metal ions by galvanic displacement. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/427309 |
| 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 30/00 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 5/20 (20130101) C25D 7/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25D 17/002 (20130101) C25D 17/005 (20130101) C25D 17/007 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/8853 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09017574 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuanqiang Li (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Michael Dennis Romanelli (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Yongchi Tian (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lightscape Materials, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuanqiang Li (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Michael Dennis Romanelli (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Yongchi Tian (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A red phosphor is provided. Also provided is a lighting apparatus containing a red phosphor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/557613 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/0883 (20130101) C09K 11/7728 (20130101) C09K 11/7731 (20130101) C09K 11/7734 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/502 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09017598 | Menchhofer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul A. Menchhofer (Clinton, Tennessee); James W. Klett (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Menchhofer (Clinton, Tennessee); James W. Klett (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A metal-bonded graphite foam composite includes a ductile metal continuous phase and a dispersed phase that includes graphite foam particles. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/528929 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 3/14 (20130101) Alloys C22C 32/0084 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09017634 | Brambilla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicolò Michele Brambilla (Boston, Massachusetts); Riccardo Signorelli (Boston, Massachusetts); Fabrizio Martini (Boston, Massachusetts); Oscar Enrique Corripio Luna (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FastCAP Systems Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicolò Michele Brambilla (Boston, Massachusetts); Riccardo Signorelli (Boston, Massachusetts); Fabrizio Martini (Boston, Massachusetts); Oscar Enrique Corripio Luna (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Mass production of carbon nanotubes (CNT) are facilitated by methods and apparatus disclosed herein. Advantageously, the methods and apparatus make use of a single production unit, and therefore provide for uninterrupted progress in a fabrication process. Embodiments of control systems for a variety of CNT production apparatus are included. |
| FILED | Friday, August 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/588452 |
| 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 19/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/0879 (20130101) B01J 2219/0892 (20130101) B01J 2219/0894 (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 31/0226 (20130101) C01B 2202/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/742 (20130101) Y10S 977/843 (20130101) |
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| US 09017691 | Barouch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan H. Barouch (Brookline, Massachusetts); Bette T. Korber (Los Alamos, New Mexico); William M. Fischer (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan H. Barouch (Brookline, Massachusetts); Bette T. Korber (Los Alamos, New Mexico); William M. Fischer (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for the treatment or prevention of viral infections. The polyvalent (e.g., 2-valent) vaccines described herein incorporate computationally-optimized viral polypeptides that can increase the diversity or breadth and depth of cellular immune response in vaccinated subjects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/130018 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2740/16171 (20130101) C12N 2740/16222 (20130101) C12N 2740/16234 (20130101) C12N 2740/16271 (20130101) C12N 2740/16322 (20130101) C12N 2740/16334 (20130101) |
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| US 09017756 | Zhamu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Zenning Yu (Fairborn, Ohio); Chen-guang Liu (Fairborn, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Zenning Yu (Fairborn, Ohio); Chen-guang Liu (Fairborn, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A specific embodiment of the present invention is a process for continuously producing a porous solid film of spacer-modified nano graphene platelets for supercapacitor electrode applications. This process comprises: (a) dissolving a precursor material in a solvent to form a precursor solution and dispersing multiple nano graphene platelets into the solution to form a suspension; (b) continuously delivering and forming the suspension into a layer of solid film composed of precursor material-coated graphene platelets overlapping one another, and removing the solvent from the solid film (e.g., analogous to a paper-making, mat-making, or web-making procedure); (c) continuously converting the precursor material into nodules bonded to surfaces of graphene platelets to form a porous solid film composed of spacer-modified graphene platelets; and (d) continuously collecting the porous solid film on a collector (e.g., a winding roller). The roll of porous solid film (mat, paper, or web) can then be cut into pieces for used as supercapacitor electrodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/655744 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — 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) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0484 (20130101) C01B 2204/04 (20130101) C01B 2204/32 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/058 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/36 (20130101) H01G 11/46 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09017815 | Bowman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark P. Bowman (New Kensington, Pennsylvania); Shelley D. Verdun (Irwin, Pennsylvania); Gordon L. Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark P. Bowman (New Kensington, Pennsylvania); Shelley D. Verdun (Irwin, Pennsylvania); Gordon L. Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Multilayer coating systems, methods of applying and related substrates are disclosed. The coating system may comprise a first coating comprising a near-IR absorber, and a second coating deposited on a least a portion of the first coating. Methods of applying a multilayer coating composition to a substrate may comprise applying a first coating comprising a near-IR absorber, applying a second coating over at least a portion of the first coating and curing the coating with near infrared radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/612944 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 3/0263 (20130101) B05D 7/52 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/288 (20130101) |
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| US 09017867 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jun Liu (Richland, Washington); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Daiwon Choi (Richland, Washington); Rong Kou (Richland, Washington); Zimin Nie (Richland, Washington); Donghai Wang (Richland, Washington); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington); The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Liu (Richland, Washington); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey); Daiwon Choi (Richland, Washington); Rong Kou (Richland, Washington); Zimin Nie (Richland, Washington); Donghai Wang (Richland, Washington); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanocomposite materials having at least two layers, each layer consisting of one metal oxide bonded to at least one graphene layer were developed. The nanocomposite materials will typically have many alternating layers of metal oxides and graphene layers, bonded in a sandwich type construction and will be incorporated into an electrochemical or energy storage device. |
| FILED | Monday, August 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/462857 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/624 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/663 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20130101) Y10T 428/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09017897 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kailash C. Jain (Troy, Michigan); Joseph V. Bonadies (Clarkston, Michigan); Matthew Osterhout (North Street, Michigan); Rod R. Stilgenbauer (Fenton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A sintered solid composite material is disclosed that includes a metal and a calcium alumina compound. The metal can be a noble metal. This composite material can bond to a ceramic material, and an article is disclosed that includes a first ceramic layer bonded to a second layer of the composite material of metal and calcium alumina compound. The ceramic can be a mixed ionic and electronic conductor (MEIC), and/or have a perovskite crystal structure, and/or be a mixed oxide comprising lanthanum, strontium, cobalt, iron and oxygen. The article can be used as an electrode such as a cathode of a solid oxide fuel cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/713554 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 9/005 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/8652 (20130101) H01M 4/8657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09017900 | Langry 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) | Kevin C. Langry (Tracy, California); Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, according to one embodiment, includes acquiring a structure having an ionically-conductive, electrically-resistive electrolyte/separator layer covering an inner or outer surface of a carbon-containing electrically-conductive hollow fiber and a catalyst along one side thereof, adding an anode that extends along at least part of a length of the structure, and adding a cathode that extends along at least part of the length of the structure, the cathode being on an opposite side of the hollow fiber as the anode. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/293993 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/004 (20130101) H01M 8/0234 (20130101) H01M 8/241 (20130101) H01M 8/0252 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/1065 (20130101) H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/521 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/948 (20130101) |
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| US 09017976 | Gong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Gong (Woburn, Massachusetts); Sudhanshu Dole (North Andover, Massachusetts); Tammy Grabar (Reading, Massachusetts); Andrew Christopher Collard (Sommerville, Massachusetts); Janice G. Pero (Lexington, Massachusetts); R. Rogers Yocum (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Myriant Corporation (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Gong (Woburn, Massachusetts); Sudhanshu Dole (North Andover, Massachusetts); Tammy Grabar (Reading, Massachusetts); Andrew Christopher Collard (Sommerville, Massachusetts); Janice G. Pero (Lexington, Massachusetts); R. Rogers Yocum (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This present invention relates to production of chemicals from microorganisms that have been genetically engineered and metabolically evolved. Improvements in chemical production have been established, and particular mutations that lead to those improvements have been identified. Specific examples are given in the identification of mutations that occurred during the metabolic evolution of a bacterial strain genetically engineered to produce succinic acid. This present invention also provides a method for evaluating the industrial applicability of mutations that were selected during the metabolic evolution for increased succinic acid production. This present invention further provides microorganisms engineered to have mutations that are selected during metabolic evolution and contribute to improved production of succinic acid, other organic acids and other chemicals of commercial interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/503999 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/0442 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/04 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/753 (20130101) |
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| US 09018033 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kahn C. Wu (San Francisco, California); Steven M. Kraft (Albany, California); Paul Loscutoff (Castro Valley, California); Steven Edward Molesa (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kahn C. Wu (San Francisco, California); Steven M. Kraft (Albany, California); Paul Loscutoff (Castro Valley, California); Steven Edward Molesa (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing solar cells is disclosed. The method comprises depositing an etch-resistant dopant material on a silicon substrate, the etch-resistant dopant material comprising a dopant source, forming a cross-linked matrix in the etch-resistant dopant material using a non-thermal cure of the etch-resistant dopant material, and heating the silicon substrate and the etch-resistant dopant material to a temperature sufficient to cause the dopant source to diffuse into the silicon substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/061422 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/028 (20130101) H01L 31/182 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/546 (20130101) |
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| US 09018050 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiuling Li (Champaign, Illinois); Wen Huang (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A rolled-up transmission line structure for a radiofrequency integrated circuit (RFIC) comprises a multilayer sheet in a rolled configuration comprising multiple turns about a longitudinal axis, where the multilayer sheet comprises a conductive pattern layer on a strain-relieved layer. The conductive pattern layer comprises a first conductive film and a second conductive film separated from the first conductive film in a rolling direction. In the rolled configuration, the first conductive film surrounds the longitudinal axis, and the second conductive film surrounds the first conductive film. The first conductive film serves as a signal line and the second conductive film serves as a conductive shield for the rolled-up transmission line structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/051192 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 5/02 (20130101) H01F 17/0013 (20130101) H01F 27/2847 (20130101) H01F 41/02 (20130101) H01F 41/041 (20130101) H01F 41/0604 (20130101) H01F 2017/006 (20130101) H01F 2027/2857 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4814 (20130101) H01L 23/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/645 (20130101) H01L 28/10 (20130101) H01L 2223/6627 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 09018122 | Mao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samuel S. Mao (Castro Valley, California); Xiaobo Chen (Albany, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel S. Mao (Castro Valley, California); Xiaobo Chen (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a nanostructure, a method of making thereof, and a method of photocatalysis. In one embodiment, the nanostructure includes a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase in contact with the crystalline phase. Each of the crystalline and amorphous phases has at least one dimension on a nanometer scale. In another embodiment, the nanostructure includes a nanoparticle comprising a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase. The amorphous phase is in a selected amount. In another embodiment, the nanostructure includes crystalline titanium dioxide and amorphous titanium dioxide in contact with the crystalline titanium dioxide. Each of the crystalline and amorphous titanium dioxide has at least one dimension on a nanometer scale. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/256421 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/063 (20130101) B01J 23/42 (20130101) B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 35/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/0006 (20130101) B01J 37/349 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 23/047 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/32 (20130101) C02F 1/725 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/762 (20130101) |
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| US 09018516 | Shepherd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Shepherd (San Jose, California); David D. Smith (Campbell, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Shepherd (San Jose, California); David D. Smith (Campbell, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Solar cells with silicon oxynitride dielectric layers and methods of forming silicon oxynitride dielectric layers for solar cell fabrication are described. For example, an emitter region of a solar cell includes a portion of a substrate having a back surface opposite a light receiving surface. A silicon oxynitride (SiOxNy, 0<x, y) dielectric layer is disposed on the back surface of the portion of the substrate. A semiconductor layer is disposed on the silicon oxynitride dielectric layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/720417 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0236 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/02002 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09018562 | Dantus |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marcos Dantus (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcos Dantus (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser material processing system and method are provided. A further aspect of the present invention employs a laser for micromachining. In another aspect of the present invention, the system uses a hollow waveguide. In another aspect of the present invention, a laser beam pulse is given broad bandwidth for workpiece modification. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/226152 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Plants |
| 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 26/032 (20130101) B23K 26/067 (20130101) B23K 26/365 (20130101) B23K 26/381 (20130101) B23K 26/383 (20130101) B23K 26/401 (20130101) B23K 26/402 (20130101) B23K 26/403 (20130101) B23K 26/0635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 26/0639 (20130101) B23K 26/0665 (20130101) B23K 26/0673 (20130101) B23K 26/0676 (20130101) B23K 26/0853 (20130101) B23K 26/1429 (20130101) B23K 26/4005 (20130101) B23K 26/4025 (20130101) B23K 26/4065 (20130101) B23K 26/4075 (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 09018586 | Akers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas W. Akers (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Mark W. Drigert (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Batelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas W. Akers (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Mark W. Drigert (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses and a related method relating to radiation detection are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first scintillator and a second scintillator adjacent to the first scintillator, with each of the first scintillator and second scintillator being structured to generate a light pulse responsive to interacting with incident radiation. The first scintillator is further structured to experience full energy deposition of a first low-energy radiation, and permit a second higher-energy radiation to pass therethrough and interact with the second scintillator. The apparatus further includes a plurality of light-to-electrical converters operably coupled to the second scintillator and configured to convert light pulses generated by the first scintillator and the second scintillator into electrical signals. The first scintillator and the second scintillator exhibit at least one mutually different characteristic for an electronic system to determine whether a given light pulse is generated by the first scintillator or the second scintillator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/534829 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/2008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09018642 | Brener et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igal Brener (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Xiaoyu Miao (Sunnyvale, California); Eric A. Shaner (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Brandon Scott Passmore (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Young Chul Jun (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A mid-infrared tunable metamaterial comprises an array of resonators on a semiconductor substrate having a large dependence of dielectric function on carrier concentration and a semiconductor plasma resonance that lies below the operating range, such as indium antimonide. Voltage biasing of the substrate generates a resonance shift in the metamaterial response that is tunable over a broad operating range. The mid-infrared tunable metamaterials have the potential to become the building blocks of chip based active optical devices in mid-infrared ranges, which can be used for many applications, such as thermal imaging, remote sensing, and environmental monitoring. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/716324 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09018649 | Russell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Soojin Park (Amherst, Massachusetts); Ting Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanopatterned surface is prepared by forming a block copolymer film on a miscut crystalline substrate, annealing the block copolymer film, then reconstructing the surface of the annealed block copolymer film The method creates a well-ordered array of voids in the block copolymer film that is maintained over a large area. The nanopatterned block copolymer films can be used in a variety of different applications, including the fabrication of high density data storage media. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/048073 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00031 (20130101) B81C 2201/0149 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/14 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/31133 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0657 (20130101) H01L 43/02 (20130101) H01L 43/12 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/70 (20130101) Y10S 977/757 (20130101) Y10S 977/888 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2457 (20150115) Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) |
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| US 09018972 | Gurrieri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Gurrieri (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jason Hamlet (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Todd Bauer (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ryan Helinski (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lyndon G. Pierson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Generating a physically a physically unclonable function (“PUF”) circuit value includes comparing each of first identification components in a first bank to each of second identification components in a second bank. A given first identification component in the first bank is not compared to another first identification component in the first bank and a given second identification component in the second bank is not compared to another second identification component in the second bank. A digital bit value is generated for each comparison made while comparing each of the first identification components to each of the second identification components. A PUF circuit value is generated from the digital bit values from each comparison made. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/906628 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09019096 | Cordaro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph V. Cordaro (Martinez, Georgia); Steven L. Tibrea (Aiken, South Carolina); Davis J. Shull (Batesburg, South Carolina); Jerry T. Coleman (Augusta, Georgia); James M. Shuler (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A rapid deployable global sensing hazard alert system and associated methods of operation are provided. An exemplary system includes a central command, a wireless backhaul network, and a remote monitoring unit. The remote monitoring unit can include a positioning system configured to determine a position of the remote monitoring unit based on one or more signals received from one or more satellites located in Low Earth Orbit. The wireless backhaul network can provide bidirectional communication capability independent of cellular telecommunication networks and the Internet. An exemplary method includes instructing at least one of a plurality of remote monitoring units to provide an alert based at least in part on a location of a hazard and a plurality of positions respectively associated with the plurality of remote monitoring units. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/037949 |
| ART UNIT | 2687 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 21/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08B 25/10 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 28/04 (20130101) H04W 84/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09019109 | Warmack et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Bruce Warmack (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Dennis A. Wolf (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Steven Shane Frank (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for smoke detection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a smoke detector uses linear discriminant analysis (LDA) to determine whether observed conditions indicate that an alarm is warranted. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/162532 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 3/10 (20130101) G08B 17/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08B 17/117 (20130101) G08B 29/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09019148 | Bikhazi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicolas Bikhazi (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William F. Young (Boulder, Colorado); Hung D. Nguyen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicolas Bikhazi (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William F. Young (Boulder, Colorado); Hung D. Nguyen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for sensing a moving object within a physical environment using a MIMO communication link includes generating a channel matrix based upon channel state information of the MIMO communication link. The physical environment operates as a communication medium through which communication signals of the MIMO communication link propagate between a transmitter and a receiver. A spatial information variable is generated for the MIMO communication link based on the channel matrix. The spatial information variable includes spatial information about the moving object within the physical environment. A signature for the moving object is generated based on values of the spatial information variable accumulated over time. The moving object is identified based upon the signature. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/454802 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — 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 7/41 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 7/411 (20130101) G01S 7/412 (20130101) G01S 13/04 (20130101) G01S 13/56 (20130101) Transmission H04B 7/0413 (20130101) H04B 7/0617 (20130101) |
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| US 09019502 | Ohodnicki, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Ohodnicki, Jr. (Alison Park, Pennsylvania); Andrew M. Schultz (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to a method of detecting a change in a chemical composition by contacting a electronically conducting perovskite-based metal oxide material with a monitored stream, illuminating the electronically conducting perovskite-based metal oxide with incident light, collecting exiting light, monitoring an optical signal based on a comparison of the incident light and the exiting light, and detecting a shift in the optical signal. The electronically conducting perovskite-based metal oxide has a perovskite-based crystal structure and an electronic conductivity of at least 10−1 S/cm, where parameters are specified at the gas stream temperature. The electronically conducting perovskite-based metal oxide has an empirical formula AxByO3-δ, where A is at least a first element at the A-site, B is at least a second element at the B-site, and where 0.8<x<1.2, 0.8<y<1.2. Exemplary electronically conducting perovskite-based oxides include but are not limited to La1-xSrxCoO3, La1-xSrxMnO3, LaCrO3, LaNiO3, La1-xSrxMn1-yCryO3, SrFeO3, SrVO3, La-doped SrTiO3, Nb-doped SrTiO3, and SrTiO3-δ. |
| FILED | Friday, July 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/335149 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/783 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/0826 (20130101) |
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| US 09020005 | Wright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy B. Wright (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Igal Brener (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ganapathi S. Subramania (Albuquerque, New Mexico); George T. Wang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Qiming Li (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A multicolor photonic crystal laser array comprises pixels of monolithically grown gain sections each with a different emission center wavelength. As an example, two-dimensional surface-emitting photonic crystal lasers comprising broad gain-bandwidth III-nitride multiple quantum well axial heterostructures were fabricated using a novel top-down nanowire fabrication method. Single-mode lasing was obtained in the blue-violet spectral region with 60 nm of tuning (or 16% of the nominal center wavelength) that was determined purely by the photonic crystal geometry. This approach can be extended to cover the entire visible spectrum. |
| FILED | Monday, February 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/171231 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/10 (20130101) H01S 5/18 (20130101) H01S 5/42 (20130101) H01S 5/105 (20130101) H01S 5/187 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/341 (20130101) H01S 5/1228 (20130101) H01S 5/3428 (20130101) H01S 5/18319 (20130101) H01S 5/34333 (20130101) |
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| US 09020748 | Olivier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scot S. Olivier (Livermore, California); Alexander J. Pertica (Livermore, California); Vincent J. Riot (Oakland, California); Willem H. De Vries (Livermore, California); Brian J. Bauman (Livermore, California); Sergei Nikolaev (Sacramento, California); John R. Henderson (Castro Valley, California); Donald W. Phillion (Dublin, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scot S. Olivier (Livermore, California); Alexander J. Pertica (Livermore, California); Vincent J. Riot (Oakland, California); Willem H. De Vries (Livermore, California); Brian J. Bauman (Livermore, California); Sergei Nikolaev (Sacramento, California); John R. Henderson (Castro Valley, California); Donald W. Phillion (Dublin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An ephemeris refinement system includes satellites with imaging devices in earth orbit to make observations of space-based objects (“target objects”) and a ground-based controller that controls the scheduling of the satellites to make the observations of the target objects and refines orbital models of the target objects. The ground-based controller determines when the target objects of interest will be near enough to a satellite for that satellite to collect an image of the target object based on an initial orbital model for the target objects. The ground-based controller directs the schedules to be uploaded to the satellites, and the satellites make observations as scheduled and download the observations to the ground-based controller. The ground-based controller then refines the initial orbital models of the target objects based on the locations of the target objects that are derived from the observations. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/559449 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/36 (20130101) B64G 1/242 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/1085 (20130101) B64G 3/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09021589 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Blake Harrell Anderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Curtis B. Storlie (Jemez Springs, New Mexico); Terran Lane (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blake Harrell Anderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Curtis B. Storlie (Jemez Springs, New Mexico); Terran Lane (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of tools and techniques for classifying programs. According to one exemplary technique, at least one graph representation of at least one dynamic data source of at least one program is generated. Also, at least one graph representation of at least one static data source of the at least one program is generated. Additionally, at least using the at least one graph representation of the at least one dynamic data source and the at least one graph representation of the at least one static data source, the at least one program is classified. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/909985 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/566 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 09017602 | Decker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond F. Decker (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jack Huang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sanjay G. Kulkarni (Livonia, Michigan); Stephen E. Lebeau (Northville, Michigan); Ralph E. Vining (Brooklyn, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thixomat, Inc. (Livonia, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond F. Decker (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jack Huang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sanjay G. Kulkarni (Livonia, Michigan); Stephen E. Lebeau (Northville, Michigan); Ralph E. Vining (Brooklyn, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a wrought material having a refined grain structure is provided. The method comprises providing a metal alloy material having a depressed solidus temperature and a low temperature eutectic phase transformation. The metal alloy material is molded and rapidly solidified to form a fine grain precursor that has fine grains surrounded by a eutectic phase with fine dendritic arm spacing. The fine grain precursor is plastic deformed at a high strain rate to cause recrystallization without substantial shear banding to form a fine grain structural wrought form. The wrought form is then thermally treated to precipitate the eutectic phase into nanometer sized dispersoids within the fine grains and grain boundaries and to define a thermally treated fine grain structure wrought form having grains finer than the fine grains and the fine dendritic arm spacing of the fine grain precursor. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/577313 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 17/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys C22F 1/04 (20130101) C22F 1/06 (20130101) C22F 1/08 (20130101) C22F 1/12 (20130101) C22F 1/165 (20130101) |
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| US 09017773 | D'Arcy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Julio M. D'Arcy (Boston, Massachusetts); Richard B. Kaner (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julio M. D'Arcy (Boston, Massachusetts); Richard B. Kaner (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is described for depositing nanostructures, such as nanostructures of conducting polymers, carbon nanostructures, or combinations thereof. The process comprises placing the nanostructures in a liquid composition comprising an immiscible combination of aqueous phase and an organic phase. The mixture is mixed for a period of time sufficient to form an emulsion and then allowed to stand undisturbed so that the phases are allowed to separate. As a result the nanostructure materials locate at the interface of the forming phases and are uniformly dispersed along that interface. A film of the nanostructure materials will then form on a substrate intersecting the interface, said substrate having been placed in the mixture before the phases are allowed to settle and separate. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/522302 |
| ART UNIT | 1718 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/18 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/127 (20130101) H01B 1/128 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
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| US 09018002 | Carrington et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Carrington (St. Louis, Missouri); Edwards Allen (O'Fallon, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to generate siRNAs in vivo is described, as are constructs and compositions useful in the method. The method does not depend on the use of DNA or synthetic constructs that contain inverted duplications or dual promoters so as to form perfect or largely double-stranded RNA. Rather, the method depends on constructs that yield single-stranded RNA transcripts, and exploits endogenous or in vivo-produced miRNAs or siRNAs to initiate production of siRNAs. The miRNAs or siRNAs guide cleavage of the transcript and set the register for production of siRNAs (usually 21 nucleotides in length) encoded adjacent to the initiation cleavage site within the construct. The method results in specific formation of siRNAs of predictable size and register (phase) relative to the initiation cleavage site. The method can be used to produce specific siRNAs in vivo for inactivation or suppression of one or more target genes or other entities, such as pathogens. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827450 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8245 (20130101) C12N 15/8246 (20130101) C12N 15/8247 (20130101) C12N 15/8251 (20130101) C12N 15/8261 (20130101) C12N 15/8271 (20130101) C12N 15/8274 (20130101) C12N 15/8279 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09018050 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiuling Li (Champaign, Illinois); Wen Huang (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A rolled-up transmission line structure for a radiofrequency integrated circuit (RFIC) comprises a multilayer sheet in a rolled configuration comprising multiple turns about a longitudinal axis, where the multilayer sheet comprises a conductive pattern layer on a strain-relieved layer. The conductive pattern layer comprises a first conductive film and a second conductive film separated from the first conductive film in a rolling direction. In the rolled configuration, the first conductive film surrounds the longitudinal axis, and the second conductive film surrounds the first conductive film. The first conductive film serves as a signal line and the second conductive film serves as a conductive shield for the rolled-up transmission line structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/051192 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 5/02 (20130101) H01F 17/0013 (20130101) H01F 27/2847 (20130101) H01F 41/02 (20130101) H01F 41/041 (20130101) H01F 41/0604 (20130101) H01F 2017/006 (20130101) H01F 2027/2857 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4814 (20130101) H01L 23/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/645 (20130101) H01L 28/10 (20130101) H01L 2223/6627 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 09018594 | Ahlen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven P. Ahlen (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Andrew Inglis (Brighton, Massachusetts); Hidefumi Tomita (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal neutron detector includes a planar detector housing having two glass panels spaced apart by a gas-tight seal defining a detection chamber. Lithium foils adhered to inner surfaces of the glass panel emit alpha particles and tritons in response to incident thermal neutrons, and an inert detection gas is ionized to generate drift electrons. A planar array of detection wires is spaced from the lithium foils and extends outside the detection chamber. Electronic bias applies a field voltage between the wires and the lithium foils to establish a drift electric field to attract the drift electrons to the wires and provide a large electric field to cause electron multiplication. Detection circuitry detects electric signals in the wires generated by the drift of positive ions away from the wires and interprets the electrical signals as incidence of thermal neutrons on the detector. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/833420 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09018649 | Russell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Soojin Park (Amherst, Massachusetts); Ting Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanopatterned surface is prepared by forming a block copolymer film on a miscut crystalline substrate, annealing the block copolymer film, then reconstructing the surface of the annealed block copolymer film The method creates a well-ordered array of voids in the block copolymer film that is maintained over a large area. The nanopatterned block copolymer films can be used in a variety of different applications, including the fabrication of high density data storage media. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/048073 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00031 (20130101) B81C 2201/0149 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/14 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/31133 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0657 (20130101) H01L 43/02 (20130101) H01L 43/12 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/70 (20130101) Y10S 977/757 (20130101) Y10S 977/888 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2457 (20150115) Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) |
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| US 09019363 | MacKay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James F. MacKay (Madison, Wisconsin); William O'Brien (Madison, Wisconsin); Eric A. Drier (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mad City Labs, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James F. MacKay (Madison, Wisconsin); William O'Brien (Madison, Wisconsin); Eric A. Drier (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Stabilization, via active-feedback positional drift-correction, of an optical microscope imaging system in up to 3-dimensions is achieved using the optical measurement path of an image sensor. Nanometer-scale stability of the imaging system is accomplished by correcting for positional drift using fiduciary references sparsely distributed within or in proximity to the experimental sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/556996 |
| ART UNIT | 2422 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/16 (20130101) G02B 21/26 (20130101) G02B 21/365 (20130101) G02B 21/367 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/58 (20130101) |
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| US 09019468 | Burrow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guy Matthew Burrow (Atlanta, Georgia); Thomas K. Gaylord (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guy Matthew Burrow (Atlanta, Georgia); Thomas K. Gaylord (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an interference projection exposure system comprising a beam-providing subsystem and an objective lens subsystem that can provide a plurality of light beams which intersect and interfere at an image plane to produce a high spatial frequency periodic optical-intensity distribution. The interference projection system can further comprise a pattern mask that can alter the periodic optical-intensity distribution so as to incorporate functional elements within the periodic optical-intensity distribution. The beam providing subsystem can comprise a beam generating subsystem, a beam conditioning subsystem and a beam directing subsystem. Another exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides for a method of producing a high spatial frequency periodic optical-intensity distribution using a interference projection exposure system. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/249841 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/10 (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 7/70208 (20130101) G03F 7/70408 (20130101) |
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| US 09019512 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wonmo Kang (Champaign, Illinois); M. Taher A. Saif (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | According to example embodiments of the invention, a microscale testing stage comprises a frame having first and second opposing ends and first and second side beams, at least one deformable force sensor beam, a first longitudinal beam having a free end, a second longitudinal beam having a facing free end, a support structure, and a pair of slots disposed at each of the free ends. In certain embodiments, a layer of a conductive material defines first and second conductive paths and an open circuit that can be closed by the specimen across the gap. In other embodiments, the stage is formed of a high melting temperature material. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/735536 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 99/005 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2203/0016 (20130101) |
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| US 09020059 | Arrobo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabriel E. Arrobo (Tampa, Florida); Richard D. Gitlin (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel E. Arrobo (Tampa, Florida); Richard D. Gitlin (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a Diversity Coding—Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DC-OFDM) system and method that applies diversity coding to OFDM-based systems and provides improved probability of successful reception at the receiver and transparent self-healing and fault-tolerance. Diversity coding is well suited for OFDM-based systems because of its spatial diversity nature (parallel links). DC-OFDM provides the best performance when the probability of link error is high or when a link (sub-channel) fails. Also, by implementing diversity coding in OFDM-based systems, a reliable communication can be provided that is quite tolerant of link failures, since data and protection lines are transmitted via multiple sub-channels. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/098173 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 27/2601 (20130101) |
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| US 09020456 | Wentzloff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David D. Wentzloff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nathan E. Roberts (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A wake-up function is provided for a low power radio. The radio includes: an antenna, a rectifier, and a comparator. The rectifier is configured to receive an RF signal from the antenna and generates an output having a magnitude that decreases in the presence of the RF signal. The comparator compares the output from the rectifier to a reference signal and outputs an activation signal for another radio component. In response the activation signal, the radio component will transition from a low power consumption mode to a higher power consumption mode. In this way, the rectifier and comparator cooperatively operate to perform a wake-up function in the presence of an RF signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/915749 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/1615 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09020787 | Grinspun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eitan Grinspun (New York, New York); David Harmon (New York, New York); Rasmus Tamstorf (Los Angeles, California); Paul E. Vouga (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Disney Enterprises, Inc. (Burbank, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eitan Grinspun (New York, New York); David Harmon (New York, New York); Rasmus Tamstorf (Los Angeles, California); Paul E. Vouga (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide methods enabling reliable simulation of objects in contact scenarios. Embodiments of the invention utilize methods providing three parameter-independent guarantees. According to embodiments of the invention, simulations of well-posed problems: have no interpenetrations; obey causality, momentum and energy conservation laws; and complete in finite time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/707492 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/12 (20130101) G06F 17/50 (20130101) G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/5018 (20130101) G06F 2217/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09021082 | Rabinovich |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Rabinovich (Solon, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Rabinovich (Solon, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, application programming interfaces, and other embodiments associated with internet measurements are described. Example systems and methods facilitate requesting that a control server acquire internet measurements from a set of distributed measurement points. One example application programming interface (API) includes a list request interface to provide a list request to a control server. The list request may request a list of measurement points from the control server. The example API may also include a list receipt interface to receive a list response from the control server. The list response may contain information concerning measurement points. The API may enable a user to perform a complex series of internet measurements by giving the user access to standardized function calls for accessing a distributed internet measurement system. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/322315 |
| ART UNIT | 2453 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/14 (20130101) H04L 12/2602 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 12/2618 (20130101) H04L 12/2621 (20130101) H04L 12/2634 (20130101) H04L 12/2678 (20130101) H04L 12/2856 (20130101) H04L 41/22 (20130101) H04L 43/00 (20130101) H04L 43/12 (20130101) H04L 67/104 (20130101) |
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| US 09021409 | Vasudevan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shobha Vasudevan (Champaign, Illinois); David Sheridan (San Jose, California); Lingyi Liu (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shobha Vasudevan (Champaign, Illinois); David Sheridan (San Jose, California); Lingyi Liu (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of generating assertions for verification of a hardware design expressed at a register transfer level (RTL) includes running simulation traces through the design to generate simulation data; extract domain-specific information about the design for variables of interest; execute a data mining algorithm with the simulation data and the domain-specific information, to generate a set of candidate assertions for variable(s) of interest through machine learning with respect to the domain-specific information, the candidate assertions being likely invariants; conduct formal verification on the design with respect to each candidate assertion by outputting as invariants the candidate assertions that pass verification; iteratively feed back into the algorithm a counterexample trace generated by each failed candidate assertion, each counterexample trace including at least one additional variable in the design not previously input into the data mining algorithm, to thus increase coverage of a state space of the design. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/433909 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/5022 (20130101) |
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| US 09021611 | Mirkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Gengfeng Zheng (Ambler, Pennsylvania); Fengwei Huo (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Gengfeng Zheng (Ambler, Pennsylvania); Fengwei Huo (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to methods of beam pen lithography using a tip array having a plurality of transparent, elastomeric, reversibly-deformable tips coated with a blocking layer and apertures defined in the blocking layer to expose tip ends of the tips in the array. The tip array can be used to perform a photolithography process in which the tips are illuminated with a radiation that is channeled through the tips and out the apertures to expose a photosensitive substrate. Also disclosed are tip arrays formed of polymers and gels, apparatus including the tip arrays and radiation sources, and related apparatus for selectively masking tips in the tip array from radiation emitted from the radiation source. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/202142 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/2051 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03F 7/70291 (20130101) G03F 7/70383 (20130101) G03F 7/70466 (20130101) G03F 7/70525 (20130101) G03F 7/70958 (20130101) |
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| US 09016108 | Miranda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Felix A Miranda (Olmsted Falls, Ohio); Onoufrios Theofylaktos (Avon Lake, Ohio); Nicholas J Pinto (Caguas, Puerto Rico); Carl H Mueller (Strongsville, Ohio); Javier Santos (North Ridgeville, Ohio); Michael A Meador (Strongsville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Felix A Miranda (Olmsted Falls, Ohio); Onoufrios Theofylaktos (Avon Lake, Ohio); Nicholas J Pinto (Caguas, Puerto Rico); Carl H Mueller (Strongsville, Ohio); Javier Santos (North Ridgeville, Ohio); Michael A Meador (Strongsville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanostructure device is provided and performs dual functions as a nano-switching/sensing device. The nanostructure device includes a doped semiconducting substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the doped semiconducting substrate, an electrode formed on the insulating layer, and at least one layer of graphene formed on the electrode. The at least one layer of graphene provides an electrical connection between the electrode and the substrate and is the electroactive element in the device. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/242300 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony R Kelley (Somerville, Alabama) |
| 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) | Anthony R Kelley (Somerville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an intelligent flow control valve which may be inserted into the flow coming out of a pipe and activated to provide a method to stop, measure, and meter flow coming from the open or possibly broken pipe. The intelligent flow control valve may be used to stop the flow while repairs are made. Once repairs have been made, the valve may be removed or used as a control valve to meter the amount of flow from inside the pipe. With the addition of instrumentation, the valve may also be used as a variable area flow meter and flow controller programmed based upon flowing conditions. With robotic additions, the valve may be configured to crawl into a desired pipe location, anchor itself, and activate flow control or metering remotely. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/174084 |
| ART UNIT | 3754 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 33/128 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirk Nils Svartstrom (Fountain Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk Nils Svartstrom (Fountain Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A window system for a vehicle comprising a pressure and thermal window pane, a seal system, and a retainer system. The pressure and thermal window pane may be configured to provide desired pressure protection and desired thermal protection when exposed to an environment around the vehicle during operation of the vehicle. The pressure and thermal window pane may have a desired ductility. The seal system may be configured to contact the pressure and thermal window pane to seal the pressure and thermal window pane. The retainer system may be configured to hold the seal system and the pressure and thermal window pane. |
| FILED | Monday, November 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/305573 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 1/1492 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09016632 | Daso 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) | Endwell O. Daso (Madison, Alabama); Victor E. Pritchett, II (Harvest, Alabama); Ten-See Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Rebecca Ann Farr (Gurley, Alabama); Aaron Howard Auslender (Poquoson, Virginia); Isaiah M. Blankson (Solon, Ohio); Kenneth J. Plotkin (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system are provided to weaken shock wave strength at leading edge surfaces of a vehicle in atmospheric flight. One or more flight-related attribute sensed along a vehicle's outer mold line are used to control the injection of a non-heated, non-plasma-producing gas into a local external flowfield of the vehicle from at least one leading-edge surface location along the vehicle's outer mold line. Pressure and/or mass flow rate of the gas so-injected is adjusted in order to cause a Rankine-Hugoniot Jump Condition along the vehicle's outer mold line to be violated. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/896137 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 23/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 30/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09016928 | England 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) | John Dwight England (Arab, Alabama); Anthony R. Kelley (Somerville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An eddy-current-minimizing flow plug has an outer radial wall with open flow channels formed between the plug's inlet and outlet. The plug has a central region coupled to the inner surface of the outer radial wall. Each open flow channel includes (i) a first portion originating at the inlet and converging to a location in the plug where convergence is contributed to by changes in thickness of the outer radial wall and divergence of the central region, and (ii) a second portion originating in the plug and diverging to the outlet where divergence is contributed to by changes in thickness of the outer radial wall and convergence of the central region. For at least a portion of the open flow channels, a central axis passing through the first and second portions is non-parallel with respect to the given direction of the flow. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/729861 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 5/064 (20130101) B01F 5/0613 (20130101) B01F 5/0644 (20130101) Pipes; Joints or Fittings for Pipes; Supports for Pipes, Cables or Protective Tubing; Means for Thermal Insulation in General F16L 55/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09017037 | Baltas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Constantine Baltas (Manchester, Connecticut); Dilip Prasad (Newbury Park, California); Edward J. Gallagher (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constantine Baltas (Manchester, Connecticut); Dilip Prasad (Newbury Park, California); Edward J. Gallagher (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor blade comprises an airfoil extending radially from a root section to a tip section and axially from a leading edge to a trailing edge, the leading and trailing edges defining a curvature therebetween. The curvature determines a relative exit angle at a relative span height between the root section and the tip section, based on an incident flow velocity at the leading edge of the airfoil and a rotational velocity at the relative span height. In operation of the rotor blade, the relative exit angle determines a substantially flat exit pressure ratio profile for relative span heights from 75% to 95%, wherein the exit pressure ratio profile is constant within a tolerance of 10% of a maximum value of the exit pressure ratio profile. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/357019 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/141 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/30 (20130101) F05D 2240/301 (20130101) F05D 2240/304 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/671 (20130101) Y02T 50/673 (20130101) |
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| US 09017621 | Zhang 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) | Ye Zhang (League City, Texas); Honglu Wu (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for preparing a sample for further analysis are provided. The system can include an enclosure. A membrane can be disposed within the enclosure. First and second reservoirs can be disposed within the enclosure, and at least one of the first and second reservoirs can be adapted to have a reagent disposed therein. A valve can be disposed within the enclosure and in fluid communication with the first or second reservoirs or both. The valve can also be in fluid communication with the membrane. The valve can be adapted to selectively regulate the flow of the reagent from the first reservoir, through the membrane, and into the second reservoir. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/791290 |
| 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 | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 45/09 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/75 (20130101) |
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| US 09020689 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy A. Smith (Webster Groves, Missouri); James M. Urnes, Sr. (Bridgeton, Missouri); Eric Y. Reichenbach (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy A. Smith (Webster Groves, Missouri); James M. Urnes, Sr. (Bridgeton, Missouri); Eric Y. Reichenbach (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and methods for real-time model based vehicle structural anomaly detection are disclosed. A real-time measurement corresponding to a location on a vehicle structure during an operation of the vehicle is received, and the real-time measurement is compared to expected operation data for the location to provide a modeling error signal. A statistical significance of the modeling error signal to provide an error significance is calculated, and a persistence of the error significance is determined. A structural anomaly is indicated, if the persistence exceeds a persistence threshold value. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/236448 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 2045/0085 (20130101) Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 23/0254 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09017602 | Decker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond F. Decker (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jack Huang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sanjay G. Kulkarni (Livonia, Michigan); Stephen E. Lebeau (Northville, Michigan); Ralph E. Vining (Brooklyn, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thixomat, Inc. (Livonia, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond F. Decker (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jack Huang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sanjay G. Kulkarni (Livonia, Michigan); Stephen E. Lebeau (Northville, Michigan); Ralph E. Vining (Brooklyn, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a wrought material having a refined grain structure is provided. The method comprises providing a metal alloy material having a depressed solidus temperature and a low temperature eutectic phase transformation. The metal alloy material is molded and rapidly solidified to form a fine grain precursor that has fine grains surrounded by a eutectic phase with fine dendritic arm spacing. The fine grain precursor is plastic deformed at a high strain rate to cause recrystallization without substantial shear banding to form a fine grain structural wrought form. The wrought form is then thermally treated to precipitate the eutectic phase into nanometer sized dispersoids within the fine grains and grain boundaries and to define a thermally treated fine grain structure wrought form having grains finer than the fine grains and the fine dendritic arm spacing of the fine grain precursor. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/577313 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 17/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys C22F 1/04 (20130101) C22F 1/06 (20130101) C22F 1/08 (20130101) C22F 1/12 (20130101) C22F 1/165 (20130101) |
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| US 09017756 | Zhamu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Zenning Yu (Fairborn, Ohio); Chen-guang Liu (Fairborn, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Zenning Yu (Fairborn, Ohio); Chen-guang Liu (Fairborn, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A specific embodiment of the present invention is a process for continuously producing a porous solid film of spacer-modified nano graphene platelets for supercapacitor electrode applications. This process comprises: (a) dissolving a precursor material in a solvent to form a precursor solution and dispersing multiple nano graphene platelets into the solution to form a suspension; (b) continuously delivering and forming the suspension into a layer of solid film composed of precursor material-coated graphene platelets overlapping one another, and removing the solvent from the solid film (e.g., analogous to a paper-making, mat-making, or web-making procedure); (c) continuously converting the precursor material into nodules bonded to surfaces of graphene platelets to form a porous solid film composed of spacer-modified graphene platelets; and (d) continuously collecting the porous solid film on a collector (e.g., a winding roller). The roll of porous solid film (mat, paper, or web) can then be cut into pieces for used as supercapacitor electrodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/655744 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — 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) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0484 (20130101) C01B 2204/04 (20130101) C01B 2204/32 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/058 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/36 (20130101) H01G 11/46 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09019363 | MacKay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James F. MacKay (Madison, Wisconsin); William O'Brien (Madison, Wisconsin); Eric A. Drier (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mad City Labs, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James F. MacKay (Madison, Wisconsin); William O'Brien (Madison, Wisconsin); Eric A. Drier (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Stabilization, via active-feedback positional drift-correction, of an optical microscope imaging system in up to 3-dimensions is achieved using the optical measurement path of an image sensor. Nanometer-scale stability of the imaging system is accomplished by correcting for positional drift using fiduciary references sparsely distributed within or in proximity to the experimental sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/556996 |
| ART UNIT | 2422 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/16 (20130101) G02B 21/26 (20130101) G02B 21/365 (20130101) G02B 21/367 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/58 (20130101) |
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| US 09020360 | Stiffler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colton Richard Stiffler (Bozeman, Montana); Scott Henry Bekker (Bozeman, Montana); Kristian D. Merkel (Bozeman, Montana); Randy R. Reibel (Bozeman, Montana); William R. Babbitt (Bozeman, Montana); Krishna Mohan Rupavatharam (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana); S2 Corporation (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colton Richard Stiffler (Bozeman, Montana); Scott Henry Bekker (Bozeman, Montana); Kristian D. Merkel (Bozeman, Montana); Randy R. Reibel (Bozeman, Montana); William R. Babbitt (Bozeman, Montana); Krishna Mohan Rupavatharam (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus includes an optical source for a single order single-sideband suppressed-carrier optical signal with a bandwidth that scales from over 1 gigaHertz to greater than 20 gigaHertz. In an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a stable laser source configured to output an optical carrier signal at a carrier frequency. The apparatus includes a radio frequency electrical source configured to output an electrical radio frequency signal with a radio frequency bandwidth less than one octave. The apparatus also includes an optical modulator configured to output an optical signal with the optical carrier signal modulated by the radio frequency signal in a plurality of orders of optical frequency sidebands. The apparatus further includes an optical filter configured to pass one single order optical frequency sideband of the optical signal. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/169482 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/5165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09018002 | Carrington et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Carrington (St. Louis, Missouri); Edwards Allen (O'Fallon, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to generate siRNAs in vivo is described, as are constructs and compositions useful in the method. The method does not depend on the use of DNA or synthetic constructs that contain inverted duplications or dual promoters so as to form perfect or largely double-stranded RNA. Rather, the method depends on constructs that yield single-stranded RNA transcripts, and exploits endogenous or in vivo-produced miRNAs or siRNAs to initiate production of siRNAs. The miRNAs or siRNAs guide cleavage of the transcript and set the register for production of siRNAs (usually 21 nucleotides in length) encoded adjacent to the initiation cleavage site within the construct. The method results in specific formation of siRNAs of predictable size and register (phase) relative to the initiation cleavage site. The method can be used to produce specific siRNAs in vivo for inactivation or suppression of one or more target genes or other entities, such as pathogens. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827450 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8245 (20130101) C12N 15/8246 (20130101) C12N 15/8247 (20130101) C12N 15/8251 (20130101) C12N 15/8261 (20130101) C12N 15/8271 (20130101) C12N 15/8274 (20130101) C12N 15/8279 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/11 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP25467 | Brazelton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, Inc. (Lowell, Oregon); Arlen Draper (Payson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, Inc. (Lowell, Oregon); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Brazelton (Walterville, Oregon); Adam L. Wagner (Eugene, Oregon); Arlen Draper (Payson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The new blueberry plant variety ‘ZF08-095’ is provided. ‘ZF08-095’ is an ornamental variety intended for nursery, landscape, and home garden use. The variety is a semi-dwarf with a round shape and shiny dark green leaves that turn shades of red, purple and yellow in the fall. ‘ZF08-095’ has attractive fruit that ripens from red to black in mid to late July, and has a mild, sweet flavor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/694948 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/157 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09018002 | Carrington et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Carrington (St. Louis, Missouri); Edwards Allen (O'Fallon, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to generate siRNAs in vivo is described, as are constructs and compositions useful in the method. The method does not depend on the use of DNA or synthetic constructs that contain inverted duplications or dual promoters so as to form perfect or largely double-stranded RNA. Rather, the method depends on constructs that yield single-stranded RNA transcripts, and exploits endogenous or in vivo-produced miRNAs or siRNAs to initiate production of siRNAs. The miRNAs or siRNAs guide cleavage of the transcript and set the register for production of siRNAs (usually 21 nucleotides in length) encoded adjacent to the initiation cleavage site within the construct. The method results in specific formation of siRNAs of predictable size and register (phase) relative to the initiation cleavage site. The method can be used to produce specific siRNAs in vivo for inactivation or suppression of one or more target genes or other entities, such as pathogens. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827450 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8245 (20130101) C12N 15/8246 (20130101) C12N 15/8247 (20130101) C12N 15/8251 (20130101) C12N 15/8261 (20130101) C12N 15/8271 (20130101) C12N 15/8274 (20130101) C12N 15/8279 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/11 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09018077 | Herbots et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicole Herbots (Tempe, Arizona); Robert J. Culbertson (Tempe, Arizona); James Bradley (Gilbert, Arizona); Murdock Allen Hart (Tempe, Arizona); David Alexander Sell (Tempe, Arizona); Shawn David Whaley (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicole Herbots (Tempe, Arizona); Robert J. Culbertson (Tempe, Arizona); James Bradley (Gilbert, Arizona); Murdock Allen Hart (Tempe, Arizona); David Alexander Sell (Tempe, Arizona); Shawn David Whaley (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Substrates may be bonded according to a method comprising contacting a first bonding surface of a first substrate with a second bonding surface of a second substrate to form an assembly; and compressing the assembly in the presence of an oxidizing atmosphere under suitable conditions to form a bonding layer between the first and second surfaces, wherein the first bonding surface comprises a polarized surface layer; the second bonding surface comprises a hydrophilic surface layer; the first and second bonding surfaces are different. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/259278 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/18 (20130101) H01L 24/27 (20130101) H01L 24/29 (20130101) H01L 24/32 (20130101) H01L 24/83 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 24/94 (20130101) H01L 25/0657 (20130101) H01L 33/0079 (20130101) H01L 2224/2919 (20130101) H01L 2224/2919 (20130101) H01L 2224/8385 (20130101) H01L 2224/8389 (20130101) H01L 2224/83894 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0104 (20130101) H01L 2924/0105 (20130101) H01L 2924/0132 (20130101) H01L 2924/0132 (20130101) H01L 2924/0132 (20130101) H01L 2924/0132 (20130101) H01L 2924/0132 (20130101) H01L 2924/0665 (20130101) H01L 2924/0665 (20130101) H01L 2924/0665 (20130101) H01L 2924/01005 (20130101) H01L 2924/01006 (20130101) H01L 2924/01006 (20130101) H01L 2924/01013 (20130101) H01L 2924/01014 (20130101) H01L 2924/01014 (20130101) H01L 2924/01022 (20130101) H01L 2924/01023 (20130101) H01L 2924/01031 (20130101) H01L 2924/01032 (20130101) H01L 2924/01032 (20130101) H01L 2924/01033 (20130101) H01L 2924/01033 (20130101) H01L 2924/01041 (20130101) H01L 2924/01051 (20130101) H01L 2924/01052 (20130101) H01L 2924/01057 (20130101) H01L 2924/01067 (20130101) H01L 2924/01068 (20130101) H01L 2924/01072 (20130101) H01L 2924/01073 (20130101) H01L 2924/01074 (20130101) H01L 2924/01074 (20130101) H01L 2924/01075 (20130101) H01L 2924/01077 (20130101) H01L 2924/01082 (20130101) H01L 2924/3025 (20130101) H01L 2924/3512 (20130101) H01L 2924/07802 (20130101) H01L 2924/10329 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09018594 | Ahlen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven P. Ahlen (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Andrew Inglis (Brighton, Massachusetts); Hidefumi Tomita (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal neutron detector includes a planar detector housing having two glass panels spaced apart by a gas-tight seal defining a detection chamber. Lithium foils adhered to inner surfaces of the glass panel emit alpha particles and tritons in response to incident thermal neutrons, and an inert detection gas is ionized to generate drift electrons. A planar array of detection wires is spaced from the lithium foils and extends outside the detection chamber. Electronic bias applies a field voltage between the wires and the lithium foils to establish a drift electric field to attract the drift electrons to the wires and provide a large electric field to cause electron multiplication. Detection circuitry detects electric signals in the wires generated by the drift of positive ions away from the wires and interprets the electrical signals as incidence of thermal neutrons on the detector. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/833420 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 09018020 | Chiu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Chiu (La Crescenta, California); Shoghig Mesropian (Tarzana, California); Dimitri D. Krut (Encino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and systems for treating shunts on solar cell substrates. Also provided are solar cells including such substrates. A shunt detected on a substrate proximate to a metallized grid pattern is electrically disconnected from at least the bus portion of the grid, which reduces shunt's impact on performance on the solar cell. An antireflective layer may be disposed between the shunt and a portion of the grid extending over the shunt. The exposure pattern of a photoresist used to form the antireflective layer may be adjusted accordingly to achieve this result. In some embodiments, the metallized grid may be modified by adjusting the exposure pattern of a photoresist used to form this grid. The grid may be modified to avoid any contact between the grid and the shunt or to disconnect a portion of the grid contacting the shunt from the bus portion area of the grid. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/901774 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/186 (20130101) H01L 31/0201 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1896 (20130101) H01L 31/06875 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 136/29 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09016970 | Close et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald R. Close (Fairfax, Virginia); Scott R. Bombaugh (Burke, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald R. Close (Fairfax, Virginia); Scott R. Bombaugh (Burke, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The technology disclosed provides a joint for connecting carrier units together so as to dissipate and absorb axial forces experienced by the carrier units. The joint may be comprised of a joint housing and an elastomeric insert. The housing may be comprised of a body portion and a head portion and the head portion may include an annular flange in which the elastomeric insert is configured to be secured. The elastomeric joint is capable of absorbing and dissipating horizontal, rotational, and vertical forces experienced by the carrier units in non-linear travel along a track. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/156227 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Transport or Storage Devices, e.g Conveyors for Loading or Tipping, shop Conveyor Systems Or pneumatic Tube Conveyors B65G 17/22 (20130101) B65G 47/96 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) Y10T 403/54 (20150115) Y10T 403/455 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09016960 | Gutierrez |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony Gutierrez (Stewartstown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony Gutierrez (Stewartstown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A macro photographic apparatus for creating focus stacked images of a specimen may include a rigid longitudinal member having a longitudinal axis and including a camera mount thereon. A translation device may be fixed to the member for translating the specimen along the member toward and away from the camera mount. A rotation device may be mounted on the translation device. The rotation device may support the specimen and enable rotation of the specimen around first and second axes that are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the member. At any single position of the translation device along the longitudinal axis of the member, as the specimen is rotated around the first and second axes, the spatial location of the specimen remains substantially the same. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/983620 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Frames, Casings or Beds of Engines, Machines or Apparatus, Not Specific to Engines, Machines or Apparatus Provided for Elsewhere; Stands; Supports F16M 11/06 (20130101) F16M 11/043 (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 15/00 (20130101) G03B 17/561 (20130101) G03B 35/02 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 13/0203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09018449 | Dong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Niu Dong (Albany, California); Katrina Cornish (Pinole, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, represented by The Secretary of Agiculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Niu Dong (Albany, California); Katrina Cornish (Pinole, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is directed to a new technique of genetic transformation using low light conditions and leaf strips in the Guayule plant, Parthenium argentatum. The invention also relates to new lines of Guayule, created through this technique. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/797346 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09020026 | Cupo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert L. Cupo (Eatontown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LGS Innovations LLC (Herndon, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert L. Cupo (Eatontown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for compensating for frequency dependent phase and amplitude imbalances is provided. A plurality of frequency sub-bands is extracted from a received wideband signal. Each of the plurality of frequency sub-bands is compensated to produce an associated plurality of compensated frequency sub-bands. The compensated sub-bands are summed in order to produce a compensated signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/985564 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/3863 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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