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Patent Details for Tuesday, May 05, 2015
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| US 09021783 | Hill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Hill (Tolland, Connecticut); Michael J. Cuozzo (Palm City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The engine (10) includes at least one firing tube (12) wherein an exhaust stream (32) from the firing tube (12) drives a turbine (30). A scroll ejector attenuator (40) is secured between and in fluid communication with an outlet end (28) of the firing tube (12) and an inlet (76) of the turbine (30). The attenuator (40) defines a turning, narrowing passageway (72) that extends a distance the exhaust stream (32) travels before entering the turbine (30) to attenuate shockwaves and mix the pulsed exhaust stream (32) into an even stream with minimal temperature differences to thereby enhance efficient operation of the turbine (30) without any significant pressure decline of exhaust stream (32) pressure and without any backpressure from the attenuator (40) on the firing tube (12). |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/650523 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 5/00 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/52 (20130101) F23R 7/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09021865 | D'Onofrio |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Terrence G. D'Onofrio (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terrence G. D'Onofrio (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A testing apparatus and method includes a PTFE layer; placing a sorbent pad on the PTFE layer; applying contaminants to a protective material; placing the protective material adjacent to the sorbent pad with the side having contaminants opposite the sorbent pad; applying a weight to the protective material causing the protective material to contact the sorbent pad, and determining any permeation of contaminants through said protective material causing exposure on the sorbent pad to the contaminants; and measuring a level of contamination of the sorbent pad upon exposure to any contaminants which permeated the protective material. A second PTFE layer may be placed in between the weight and the protective material. Additionally, another PTFE layer may be placed in between the protective material and the sorbent pad. The protective material may include any of air impermeable materials, air permeable materials, and semi-permeable materials. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/404538 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 11/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 15/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09021893 | Schmidt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Exquadrum, Inc. (Adelanto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Exquadrum, Inc. (Adelanto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Schmidt (Hesperia, California); Elias Wilson (Adelanto, California); Landon Stevens (Apple Valley, California); Lior Inberg (Adelanto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high survivability fluid flow sensor includes a sensor housing defining an interior space. A sensor probe has a first end disposed within the interior space. The sensor probe also includes a second end opposite the first end outside the interior space. At least one load cell is disposed within the interior space and is operatively engaged with the first end of the sensor probe. The load cell is configured to detect loading on the sensor probe as a result of fluid flow impinging on the sensor probe adjacent to the second end. The sensor is operable to capture fluid flow data history through an over pressure event via the sensor probe, which exerts pressure upon the piezoelectric load cell(s), thereby enabling analysis of the wave fluid dynamics. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/710107 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 1/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 5/02 (20130101) G01P 5/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09021934 | Hagerty |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew C. Hagerty (Sonora, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew C. Hagerty (Sonora, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for deployment of sensors for surveillance and operational security which allows transmission of real time video (as well as high data rate sensor data) in a secure manner from remote locations. The system provides data linkage in a manner that resists interception and blockade without revealing either the origin or the destination of the data. Ultra wideband transmissions are used to transmit video data in a difficult to detect or intercept manner. A preferred use of the system is to wirelessly transmit images from a weapon site video camera to a wearable unit which displays the image directly to an operator. The system provides low latency video manipulation that enables a computer implemented sighting reticle that can be zeroed in a manner analogous to a traditional optical weapon sight. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/844444 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Weapon Sights; Aiming F41G 3/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F41G 3/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09021954 | Morris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Morris (Silver Spring, Maryland); Paul Wilkins (Oakland, California); Chadd May (Livermore, California); Eugene Zakar (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided among other things are reactive energetic material systems used for conductors in detonators for increased efficiencies. According to an embodiment, a detonator may include: a conductor including at least two constituents including (i) an electrically conductive constituent, and (ii) an electrically non-conductive constituent, that when subjected to sufficient electrical energy, result in an exothermic reaction; and a flyer plate having a non-conductive surface in contact with said conductor. When the sufficient electrical energy is supplied to said conductor, rapid heating and vaporization of at least a portion of the conductor occurs so as to explosively drive at least a portion of the flyer plate away from said conductor. In an embodiment, a multilayer conductor may be formed of alternating layers of at least one electrically conductive layer, and at least one electrically non-conductive layer, that when subjected to sufficient electrical energy, result in an exothermic reaction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/685884 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 3/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 3/18 (20130101) F42B 3/124 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09021956 | Chamberlain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keith Chamberlain (Waldorf, Maryland); Thomas Higdon (La Plata, Maryland); Anthony Kummerer (La Plata, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith Chamberlain (Waldorf, Maryland); Thomas Higdon (La Plata, Maryland); Anthony Kummerer (La Plata, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanical firing adapter for an igniter, such as an M81, to enable remotely firing the igniter using a robot, such as a MTRS. MTRS are used in the disposal/disruption of IEDs. Igniters are generally used with a shock tube, a type of fuse that is used with explosive charges, like shape charges. The adapter has a base plate with a first area to secure the igniter, a second area to withdraw the igniter's pull-rod by the attached pull-ring, and a compound assembly that interfaces with a robot. The pull-ring is attached to a sled that moves rearward when a clinching force is applied to opposing paddles, which causes the connected angled articulating struts to spread open. The paddles are moved closer by a remote controlled robotic jaw, and this closing movement causes the sled to move rearward, pulling out the pull-rod, which sets off the explosive. |
| FILED | Friday, May 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/986711 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 7/12 (20130101) Blasting F42D 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09021957 | Farina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony P. Farina (Hackettstown, New Jersey); Brian Wong (Hamburg, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony P. Farina (Hackettstown, New Jersey); Brian Wong (Hamburg, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A gun-launched, non-lethal, anti-personnel projectile includes a variable thrust, solid propellant rocket motor. The rocket motor has a variable thrust profile that maintains a substantially constant kinetic energy of the projectile below a lethal threshold from a range of about 5 meters to about 400 meters. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/169500 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/02 (20130101) F42B 15/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09021960 | Cahayla |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason Cahayla (West Milford, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Cahayla (West Milford, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated, coaxial, high pressure feed-through fitting provides two electrical paths through a barrier. The fitting includes an outer dielectric disposed in an opening in the barrier. A conductive housing with a central through bore is disposed in the outer dielectric. An inner dielectric is disposed in the through bore in the conductive housing. A central conductor is disposed in the inner dielectric. One electrical path includes the central conductor and another electrical path includes the conductive housing. Flanged portions on the conductive housing and the central conductor bear on flanged portions of the outer dielectric and the inner dielectric, respectively, to create a high pressure seal. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/911472 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 5/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Installation of Electric Cables or Lines, or of Combined Optical and Electric Cables or Lines H02G 3/22 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09021961 | Manole et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leon Manole (Great Meadows, New Jersey); Arthur Ricardo Pizza (Maywood, New Jersey); Ernest Lee Logsdon (Newton, New Jersey); Gary Anthony Pacella (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); Anthony J. Sebasto (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Wilfredo Toledo (Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey); John Shelp (Cresco, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leon Manole (Great Meadows, New Jersey); Arthur Ricardo Pizza (Maywood, New Jersey); Ernest Lee Logsdon (Newton, New Jersey); Gary Anthony Pacella (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); Anthony J. Sebasto (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Wilfredo Toledo (Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey); John Shelp (Cresco, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A cartridge launched in an M203/M320 gun launcher device, which cartridge has fins of 1-5 inches in length to insure flight stability without spinning the cartridge. The non spin makes the cartridge capable of having a guidance navigation and control, canard actuating system added between the body and nose. The guidance navigation and control, canard actuating system features now make the cartridge suitable for successfully attacking stationary and moving targets not heretofore possible. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/788326 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 10/46 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09022314 | van der Westhuizen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacob Johannes van der Westhuizen (South Jordan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Johannes van der Westhuizen (South Jordan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor system of a reactive drive rotary wing maintains rigidity and stiffness and resists slack and backlash by mounting swashplate actuators to a flange rigidly secured to the mast, and may be monolithic therewith. A mast tilt actuator and a mast pivot may secure to the mast flange, with vibration suppressors. A shroud may provide a sealed fluid path for airflow therethrough encircling portions of the rotor hub and restricting airflow between the rotor hub and shroud. A rotor cavity, in fluid communication with blade ducts (hollow portions of the blade spars), and either or both contoured to reduce pressure losses, may assist in temperature control, and may feed into tip jets on the blades. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/199684 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/18 (20130101) B64C 27/025 (20130101) B64C 27/52 (20130101) B64C 27/605 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 2027/002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09022649 | Lewis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Research Triangle Institute, International (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Lewis (Durham, North Carolina); Ethan Klem (Durham, North Carolina); Jeffrey Robert Piascik (Raleigh, North Carolina); Garry Brian Cunningham (Fuquay Varina, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A temperature sensor includes a photon source, a fluorescent element and a photodetector. The fluorescent element includes a temperature-insensitive first fluorophore and a temperature-sensitive second fluorophore. The photodetector includes a first photosensor exhibiting a first spectral responsivity and a second photosensor exhibiting a second spectral responsivity. To measure a temperature of a surface, the fluorescent element may be placed adjacent to the surface and irradiated with a photon beam. First photons emitted from the first fluorophore and second photons emitted from the second fluorophore are collected. The first and second photons may be transmitted as a single dichromatic beam to the photodetector. The photosensors generate two different photodetector output signals, the ratio of which may be correlated to temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/645765 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 11/3213 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09022738 | Silberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric J. Silberg (Potomac, Maryland); Daniel Everson (Joppa, Maryland); David J. Haas (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric J. Silberg (Potomac, Maryland); Daniel Everson (Joppa, Maryland); David J. Haas (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | According to typical inventive practice, a cylindrical or prolate spheroidal marine hull has two congruent contra-rotative propellers coaxially situated at or near its axial ends. Each propeller has plural blades mechanically and/or flexibly attributed with changeability of blade pitch angles and blade flap angles. A blade-pitch control system adjusts the individual blade pitch angles of both propellers. The blade-pitch control system may be electronically and/or mechanically actuated, and is capable of: (i) cyclically adjusting the blade pitch angles of the two propellers so as to select two respective blade-tip-path planes, each characterized by a direction of thrust that is associated with the blade flap angles and is generally perpendicular to the blade-tip-path plane; (ii) collectively adjusting the blade pitch angles of the two propellers so as to select two respective magnitudes of thrust. The cyclic and collective blade commands, algorithmically coordinated, determine the direction, orientation, and speed of the hull. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/336348 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Offensive or Defensive Arrangements on Vessels; Mine-laying; Mine-sweeping; Submarines; Aircraft Carriers B63G 8/001 (20130101) B63G 8/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Marine Propulsion or Steering B63H 5/10 (20130101) B63H 25/42 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09023089 | Mahadevan-Jansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anita Mahadevan-Jansen (Nashville, Tennessee); Jonathon D. Wells (Seattle, Washington); E. Duco Jansen (Nashville, Tennessee); Peter E. Konrad (Old Hickory, Tennessee); Changquing C. Kao (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anita Mahadevan-Jansen (Nashville, Tennessee); Jonathon D. Wells (Seattle, Washington); E. Duco Jansen (Nashville, Tennessee); Peter E. Konrad (Old Hickory, Tennessee); Changquing C. Kao (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention, in one aspect, relates to a system for stimulating neural tissue of a living subject. The system comprises an energy source capable of generating optical energy, a connector having a first end and a second end capable of transmitting optical energy, and a probe operably coupled to the second end of the connector and having an end portion for delivering optical energy to a target neural tissue. In one embodiment, the energy source comprises a tunable laser. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/117850 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/0601 (20130101) A61N 5/0613 (20130101) A61N 5/0619 (20130101) A61N 5/0622 (20130101) A61N 2005/067 (20130101) A61N 2005/0659 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09023248 | Jen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kwan-Yue Jen (Kenmore, Washington); Zhengwei Shi (Seattle, Washington); Jingdong Luo (Shoreline, Washington); Su Huang (Seattle, Washington); Xinghua Zhou (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwan-Yue Jen (Kenmore, Washington); Zhengwei Shi (Seattle, Washington); Jingdong Luo (Shoreline, Washington); Su Huang (Seattle, Washington); Xinghua Zhou (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Diels-Alder crosslinkable dendritic nonlinear optical chromophore compounds, films and crosslinked polymer composites formed from the chromophore compounds, methods for making and using the chromophore compounds, films, and crosslinked polymer composites, and electro-optic devices that include films and crosslinked polymer composites formed from the chromophore compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/463231 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 222/1006 (20130101) C08F 228/06 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 83/002 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/3614 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09023291 | Genovese et al. |
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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) | James A. Genovese (Street, Maryland); Edward Rychwalski, III (Abingdon, Maryland); Kevin Ridgley (Newark, Germany); Richard Kreis (Bel Air, Maryland); Kevin M Murphy (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward a colorimetric detection kit comprising a unit containing chemical reagents and a sample collector for collecting a sample analyte from a surface and a separate unit for visualizing a possible reaction of the chemical reagent and sample, the unit holding the chemical reagents and sample collector being placeable on the visualization unit, whereby when the chemical reagents are released, they are directed onto the sample collector for reaction and the reacted reagents absorbed on a visualization media, such that the presence of a specified analyte in the sample results in a color change in the visualization media. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/658222 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/0293 (20130101) B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/5085 (20130101) B01L 2200/16 (20130101) B01L 2200/0673 (20130101) B01L 2300/044 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/63 (20130101) G01N 21/78 (20130101) G01N 31/22 (20130101) G01N 31/227 (20130101) G01N 33/227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/028 (20130101) |
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| US 09023478 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ilsoon Lee (Okemos, Michigan); Lawrence T. Drzal (Okemos, Michigan); Jue Lu (Okemos, Michigan); Troy R. Hendricks (Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilsoon Lee (Okemos, Michigan); Lawrence T. Drzal (Okemos, Michigan); Jue Lu (Okemos, Michigan); Troy R. Hendricks (Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods involve a combination of polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) coating or silane self assembly on a substrate; microcontact printing; and conductive graphite particles, especially size controlled highly conductive exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets. The conductive graphite particles are coated with a charged polymer such as sulfonated polystyrene. The graphite particles are patterned using microcontact printing and intact pattern transfer on a substrate that has an oppositely-charged surface. The method allows for conductive organic patterning on both flat and curved surfaces and can be used in microelectronic device fabrication. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/619696 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/04 (20130101) 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 7/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 3/1275 (20130101) H05K 2201/0323 (20130101) H05K 2203/09 (20130101) H05K 2203/105 (20130101) H05K 2203/0108 (20130101) |
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| US 09023631 | Tawfik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan S. Tawfik (Jerusalem, Israel); Amir Aharoni (Tel Aviv, Israel); Leonid Gaydukov (Moscow, Russian Federation); Joel L. Sussman (Rehovot, Israel); Israel Silman (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded therefrom are provided. These include mutated PON enzymes with increased, modified or substantially the same substrate specificity as compared to respective wild-type PON. Also provided are kits and methods using these enzymes. |
| FILED | Monday, October 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/058334 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — 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) C12N 9/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09023662 | Demkov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander A. Demkov (Austin, Texas); Agham-Bayan S. Posadas (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander A. Demkov (Austin, Texas); Agham-Bayan S. Posadas (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A spintronic device and a method for making said spintronic device. The spintronic device includes an epitaxial crystalline ferromagnetic oxide formed directly on the semiconductor material thereby allowing spin-polarized current to be efficiently injected from the ferromagnetic oxide into the semiconductor material. A host crystal lattice includes multiple sets of stacked oxide layers of material A and B of a perovskite structure with a formula of ABO3. After an oxide layer of B is grown, magnetic ions are introduced to intermix with the B material, which may replace some of the ions of the B material. The process of growing additional stacked oxide layers of material A and B and introducing further magnetic ions after the deposition of the oxide layer of B continues until enough magnetic ions are sufficiently close to one another that they align in the same direction thereby forming a ferromagnetic oxide on the semiconductor material. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/465185 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 43/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09023954 | Wright |
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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) | Michael E. Wright (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient synthesis of polymer end-caps and poly-p-phenylene oligomers that absorb little water and provide new processing and curing strategies, and more specifically, high-performance resins and adhesives with low moisture uptake can have a two stage cure path with an unprecedented range of curing temperatures. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/133723 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 65/02 (20130101) Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 161/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09023989 | Birge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Rekha Rangarajan (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Rekha Rangarajan (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein-based photovoltaic cells and the manufacture and use of protein-based photovoltaic cells are described. In one embodiment, bacteriorhodopsin from Halobacterium salinarum, which undergoes structural transitions when irradiated with a given wavelength of light, is used as the protein in the protein-based photovoltaic cells. In another embodiment, mutant bacteriorhodopsin from H. salinarum is used. Exposure of the protein to sunlight causes proton transfer across a membrane resulting in the generation of an electrical charge. The protein can be oriented and/or layered on a substrate and modified by mutation to enhance transmembrane proton transfer, covalent binding to a substrate and layering. The protein-based photovoltaic cells sequentially or simultaneously generate hydrogen gas from water or salt, which also can be harnessed to produce electricity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/365289 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/215 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/42 (20130101) H01L 51/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09024037 | Tan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Loon-Seng Tan (Centerville, Ohio); Ramamurthi Kannan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Matthew Dalton (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Loon-Seng Tan (Centerville, Ohio); Ramamurthi Kannan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Matthew Dalton (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Diphenylamine-benzobisthiazole-diphenylamine monomers having two-photon absorption cross-sections and high solubility in organic solvents are provided. Also provided are the corresponding organo-soluble, wholly conjugated and two-photon absorbing benzobisthiazole-triarylamine polymers. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/475187 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 2261/91 (20130101) C08G 2261/3142 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0059 (20130101) |
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| US 09024238 | Stofko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pavol Stofko (Milford, Pennsylvania); Pasquale Carlucci (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Mark Mellini (Denville, New Jersey); Christopher Mougeotte (Wharton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pavol Stofko (Milford, Pennsylvania); Pasquale Carlucci (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Mark Mellini (Denville, New Jersey); Christopher Mougeotte (Wharton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A ground surface reconnaissance projectile includes a tube-launched 60 mm inert mortar round, which remotely relays reconnaissance and surveillance data back to an operator, after it has landed and uprighted itself. The types of collected data include for example, visual imagery of the target area in 360 degrees, acoustic target tracking and voice recognition, infra-red motion detection, and magnetic field disturbance sensing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/798615 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 13/00 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 5/08 (20130101) F42B 12/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 30/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09024246 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Princeton Lightwave, Inc. (Cranbury, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton Lightwave, Inc. (Cranbury, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xudong Jiang (Princeton, New Jersey); Mark Allen Itzler (Princeton, New Jersey); Ketan Mukund Patel (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A negative feedback avalanche diode for detecting the receipt of a single photon is described. The photodetector comprises a load element having two load states, one characterized by high impedance and the other characterized by low impedance. The load state of the load element is controlled by a control signal generated within the negative feedback avalanche diode itself. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/716977 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 17/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09024295 | Wang 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) | Deli Wang (San Diego, California); Cesare Soci (La Jolla, California); Yu-Hwa Lo (San Diego, California); Arthur Zhang (San Diego, California); David Aplin (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom); Lingquan Wang (Santa Clara, California); Shadi Dayeh (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Xin Yu Bao (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A 1D nanowire photodetector device includes a nanowire that is individually contacted by electrodes for applying a longitudinal electric field which drives the photocurrent. An intrinsic radial electric field to inhibits photo-carrier recombination, thus enhancing the photocurrent response. Circuits of 1D nanowire photodetectors include groups of photodetectors addressed by their individual 1D nanowire electrode contacts. Placement of 1D nanostructures is accomplished with registration onto a substrate. A substrate is patterned with a material, e.g., photoresist, and trenches are formed in the patterning material at predetermined locations for the placement of 1D nanostructures. The 1D nanostructures are aligned in a liquid suspension, and then transferred into the trenches from the liquid suspension. Removal of the patterning material places the 1D nanostructures in predetermined, registered positions on the substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/793545 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14643 (20130101) H01L 31/035227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/035236 (20130101) |
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| US 09024326 | Actis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Actis (Burlington, Massachusetts); Pane-chane Chao (Nashua, New Hampshire); Robert J. Lender, Jr. (Pepperell, Massachusetts); Kanin Chu (Nashua, New Hampshire); Bernard J. Schmanski (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Sue May Jessup (Windham, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Actis (Burlington, Massachusetts); Pane-chane Chao (Nashua, New Hampshire); Robert J. Lender, Jr. (Pepperell, Massachusetts); Kanin Chu (Nashua, New Hampshire); Bernard J. Schmanski (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Sue May Jessup (Windham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | In summary, a vertical metalized transition in the form of a via goes from the back side of a high thermal conductivity substrate and through any semiconductor layers thereon to a patterned metalized strip, with the substrate having a patterned metalized layer on the back side that is provided with a keep away zone dimensioned to provide impedance matching for RF energy coupled through the substrate to the semiconductor device while at the same time permitting the heat generated by the semiconductor device to flow through the high thermal conductivity substrate, through the back side of the substrate and to a beat sink. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/879696 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/66 (20130101) H01L 23/373 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/481 (20130101) H01L 2223/6622 (20130101) H01L 2223/6627 (20130101) H01L 2224/4847 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/1033 (20130101) H01L 2924/1421 (20130101) H01L 2924/3011 (20130101) H01L 2924/3011 (20130101) H01L 2924/10272 (20130101) H01L 2924/30111 (20130101) |
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| US 09024349 | Chitnis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashay Chitnis (Santa Barbara, California); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Arpan Chakraborty (Goleta, California); Eric J. Tarsa (Goleta, California); Bernd Keller (Santa Barbara, California); James Seruto (Orcutt, California); Yankun Fu (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashay Chitnis (Santa Barbara, California); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Arpan Chakraborty (Goleta, California); Eric J. Tarsa (Goleta, California); Bernd Keller (Santa Barbara, California); James Seruto (Orcutt, California); Yankun Fu (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) chips comprising providing a plurality of LEDs typically on a substrate. Pedestals are deposited on the LEDs with each of the pedestals in electrical contact with one of the LEDs. A coating is formed over the LEDs with the coating burying at least some of the pedestals. The coating is then planarized to expose at least some of the buried pedestals while leaving at least some of said coating on said LEDs. The exposed pedestals can then be contacted such as by wire bonds. The present invention discloses similar methods used for fabricating LED chips having LEDs that are flip-chip bonded on a carrier substrate and for fabricating other semiconductor devices. LED chip wafers and LED chips are also disclosed that are fabricated using the disclosed methods. |
| FILED | Monday, January 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/656759 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/3114 (20130101) H01L 33/38 (20130101) H01L 33/44 (20130101) H01L 33/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/387 (20130101) H01L 33/501 (20130101) H01L 33/507 (20130101) H01L 33/508 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2933/0041 (20130101) |
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| US 09024447 | Kapusta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher James Kapusta (Delanson, New York); James Sabatini (Scotia, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher James Kapusta (Delanson, New York); James Sabatini (Scotia, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprises a first chip layer comprising a first component coupled to a first side of a first flex layer, the first component comprising a plurality of electrical pads. The first chip layer also comprises a first plurality of feed-thru pads coupled to the first side of the first flex layer and a first encapsulant encapsulating the first component, the first encapsulant having a portion thereof removed to form a first plurality of cavities in the first encapsulant and to expose the first plurality of feed-thru pads by way of the first plurality of cavities. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/418492 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/3128 (20130101) H01L 23/4985 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/5389 (20130101) H01L 23/49827 (20130101) H01L 24/18 (20130101) H01L 24/82 (20130101) H01L 25/105 (20130101) H01L 2224/18 (20130101) H01L 2224/92144 (20130101) H01L 2225/1035 (20130101) H01L 2225/1058 (20130101) H01L 2924/014 (20130101) H01L 2924/14 (20130101) H01L 2924/01006 (20130101) H01L 2924/01024 (20130101) H01L 2924/01029 (20130101) H01L 2924/01033 (20130101) H01L 2924/01042 (20130101) H01L 2924/01047 (20130101) H01L 2924/01075 (20130101) H01L 2924/01078 (20130101) H01L 2924/01079 (20130101) H01L 2924/01082 (20130101) H01L 2924/3025 (20130101) H01L 2924/18162 (20130101) |
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| US 09024656 | Johnson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark B. Johnson (Potomac, Maryland) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Mark B. Johnson (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetoelectronic (ME) logic circuits and methods of operating the same are disclosed. Microsystems of different circuits made from different types of ME devices can be constructed and employed in applications such as sensors, smart dust, etc. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/133055 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/017581 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09024661 | Rooks |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United Sates of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Rooks (Rome, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus for glitch-free switching between two clock sources on an integrated circuit. Clock gaters provide a clock from a single source that can be turned on and off without causing partial pulses to be created. Control circuitry going to the individual clock gaters provides the ability to shut all clocks off for a period of time equal to the longest clock period. By combining the clocks with an OR gate and gating all clocks off before switching from one clock to another, a glitch-free train of clock pulses can be created from individual clock inputs. Since clock glitches can cause erratic behavior in integrated circuits, this invention allows one to switch between different (unrelated) clocks without causing erratic behavior. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/150843 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/0016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09024691 | Banerjee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aritra Banerjee (Atlanta, Georgia); Abhijit Chatterjee (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an adaptive power amplifier comprising a transistor, a resistive load, and a tuning circuit. The transistor has a drain, a source, and a gate. The resistive load can be electrically coupled to the drain. The tuning circuit can be electrically coupled to the drain in parallel with the transistor. The tuning circuit can comprise an inductor and a capacitive element. The inductor and capacitive element can be in series connection. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/897152 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 3/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03F 3/191 (20130101) |
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| US 09025067 | Gray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Curtis Gray (Niskayuna, New York); Kevin George Harding (Niskayuna, New York); Frederick Wilson Wheeler (Niskayuna, New York); Gil Abramovich (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An image capture device includes an electro-optics arrangement having an arrangement of polarizers, polarization sensitive optical elements, and polarization modulating elements. First and second polarization sensitive optical elements are provided having an edge displaced relative to a plane normal to an optical axis of the electro-optics arrangement. A control system coupled to the electro-optics arrangement controls the application of voltages to the polarization modulating elements to control the polarization rotation of the light input to the polarization sensitive optical elements, such that the optical path length of the polarization sensitive optical elements is changed to provide for capture of the object images at each of the different focal planes. The first and second polarization sensitive optical elements generate lateral image shifts between respective object images captured at the different focal planes responsive to the polarization rotation of the light input thereto. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/049368 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/3083 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/0136 (20130101) G02F 1/1313 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/238 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09025316 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of The Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey); The United States of America, as Represented by The Secretary of The Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Woo Young Lee (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Linh Le (New York, New York); De Kong (Hoboken, New Jersey); Matthew Henderson Ervin (Clarksville, Maryland); James L. Zunino, III (Boonton Township, New Jersey); Brian E. Fuchs (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical component includes an inkjet-printed graphene electrode. Graphene oxide flakes are deposited on a substrate in a graphene oxide ink using an inkjet printer. The deposited graphene oxide is thermally reduced to graphene. The electrical properties of the electrode are comparable to those of electrodes made using activated carbon, carbon nanotubes or graphene made by other methods. The electrical properties of the graphene electrodes may be tailored by adding nanoparticles of other materials to the ink to serve as conductivity enhancers, spacers, or to confer pseudocapacitance. Inkjet-printing can be used to make graphene electrodes of a desired thickness in preselected patterns. Inkjet printing can be used to make highly-transparent graphene electrodes. Inkjet-printed graphene electrodes may be used to fabricate double-layer capacitors that store energy by nanoscale charge separation at the electrode-electrolyte interface (i.e., “supercapacitors”). |
| FILED | Thursday, July 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/327716 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/36 (20130101) H01G 11/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/48 (20130101) H01G 11/80 (20130101) H01G 11/86 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/092 (20130101) H05K 1/162 (20130101) H05K 1/0393 (20130101) H05K 3/125 (20130101) H05K 2201/0323 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09025333 | Spowart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan E. Spowart (Dayton, Ohio); Wynn S. Sanders (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania); Garth B. Wilks (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Airforce (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan E. Spowart (Dayton, Ohio); Wynn S. Sanders (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania); Garth B. Wilks (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A new multifunctional, thermoelastic cellular structure is described. The new structure provides tunable thermal transport behaviors particularly important for thermal switching. In its simplest example embodiment of a single or unit cell, opposing bimetallic elements bend in response to temperature changes and, below a tunable switching temperature, are separated in an open or insulating position and, at and above the switching temperature, bend to come into contact in a closed or conducting position. Multiple cells are combined in different lattice arrays to create structures that are both switchable and load bearing. The cells can be switched by both temperature and other external fields. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/302535 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09025365 | Perner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick Perner (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for reading the state of a memory element within a crossbar memory array includes storing a first electric current sensed from a half-selected target memory element within the crossbar memory array; and outputting a final electric current based on the stored first electric current and a second electric current sensed from the target memory element when the target memory element is fully selected. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899283 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 13/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09025607 | Zeger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linda M. Zeger (Lexington, Massachusetts); Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts); Amanda Peters (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method to reduce the number of data transmissions between nodes in a network is described. In one embodiment, a system and method for reducing the amount of ACK and NAK traffic in a network is described. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/668758 |
| ART UNIT | 2414 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0077 (20130101) H04L 1/1829 (20130101) H04L 12/1868 (20130101) H04L 45/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 2001/0093 (20130101) |
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| US 09025640 | Haker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marshall E Haker (Englewood, Ohio); John F Raquet (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus is provided for intra-PIT signal decomposition of a signal received with RF front end hardware. The method begins by aligning a signal received by RF front end hardware into integer multiples of a duration of a pseudorandom noise code sequence. A search grid is computed based on an integer multiple of the aligned signal. A plurality of initial ray parameters associated with the computed search grid is coarsely estimated. Using the coarsely estimated plurality of initial ray parameters, a fine estimation of the plurality of initial ray parameters is initiated utilizing stochastic search and optimization techniques. A stopping criteria statistic is computed by comparing a peak power of the search grid with a noise power present in the search grid. Finally, in response to determining the stopping criteria statistic being less than a stopping criteria threshold, processing a next integer multiple of the aligned signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/915649 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 19/22 (20130101) G01S 19/24 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/707 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 1/7075 (20130101) |
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| US 09025908 | Vidal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rene Esteban Vidal (Baltimore, Maryland); Avinash Aghoram Ravichandran (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rene Esteban Vidal (Baltimore, Maryland); Avinash Aghoram Ravichandran (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and Systems for aligning multiple video sequences of a similar scene. It is determined which video sequences should be aligned with each other using linear dynamic system (LDS) modeling. The video sequences are then spatially aligned with each other. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/755862 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00624 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0038 (20130101) G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) |
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| US 09025937 | Congedo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter D. Congedo (Clarksville, Maryland); David J. Fry (North Potomac, Maryland); Calvin D. Krishen (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) | Peter D. Congedo (Clarksville, Maryland); David J. Fry (North Potomac, Maryland); Calvin D. Krishen (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | According to typical practice of the present invention, temporal identifiers are simultaneously associated with (i) video and (ii) numerical data while these data are contemporaneously collected by, respectively, (i) a video camera filming an event and (ii) a data acquisition system acquiring numerical data from sensor(s) obtaining sensory information relating to the event. Various modes of inventive practice provide for time codes and/or markers as the temporal identifiers. The video and the numerical data are each converted to a digital form that furthers their mutual compatibility, the video to a compressed/encoded video file, the numerical data to an Adobe XMP data file. The compressed/encoded video file and the XMP data file are merged whereby the temporal identifiers are aligned with each other. The merged video file has numerical data embedded therein and is displayable so that the video and the numerical data are synchronized in comportment with actual real-time occurrence. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/662172 |
| ART UNIT | 2484 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 27/034 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11B 27/036 (20130101) |
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| US 09026065 | Peterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Peterson (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Timothy S. Loos (Fort Wayne, Indiana); David F. Ring (Fort Wayne, Indiana); James F. Keating (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Peterson (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Timothy S. Loos (Fort Wayne, Indiana); David F. Ring (Fort Wayne, Indiana); James F. Keating (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for voice and data interlacing in a system having a shared antenna. In one embodiment, a voice and data communication system has a shared antenna for transmitting and receiving information in time slots, wherein the antenna can only be used for transmit or receive at a given time. The system determines timing requirements for data transmission and reception and interrupts data transmission for transmission of speech in selected intervals while meeting the data transmission timing and throughput requirements. The speech can be manipulated to fit with the selected intervals, to preserve the intelligibility of the manipulated speech. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/425519 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 19/167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G10L 25/78 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/48 (20130101) H04B 2001/485 (20130101) |
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| US 09026247 | White et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lee Woodruff White (Seattle, Washington); Timothy Mariusz Kowalewski (Seattle, Washington); Thomas S. Lendvay (Seattle, Washington); Blake Hannaford (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Communication (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee Woodruff White (Seattle, Washington); Timothy Mariusz Kowalewski (Seattle, Washington); Thomas S. Lendvay (Seattle, Washington); Blake Hannaford (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present technology is directed to motion and video capture for tracking and evaluating robotic surgery. In one embodiment, the system includes at least one tracking device coupled to a remote surgical tool. The tracking device is configured to use one or more sensors to sense one or more physical variables such as movement and electrical contact. In some embodiments, the data from multiple individual sensors is synchronized, received, and stored by a digital information system. The digital information system is configured to analyze the data to objectively assess surgical skill. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/434585 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 19/2203 (20130101) A61B 19/5244 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2019/223 (20130101) A61B 2019/5248 (20130101) A61B 2019/5251 (20130101) A61B 2019/5259 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bradley Tecumseh Knaus (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley Tecumseh Knaus (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A Center of Gravity Determination Apparatus for Fixed Wing Aerial Systems (NC#102046) comprising a lifting support structure designed to support a fixed wing aerial system (FWAS) wherein the lifting support structure allows the FWAS to freely pitch, a 3-D translation mechanism, operatively coupled to the lifting support structure, designed to precisely position the lifting support structure in the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis, a base support structure, operatively coupled to the 3-D translation mechanism, designed to support other components, at least one resting support structure, operatively coupled to the base support structure, designed to support the FWAS when the lifting support structure is not providing support to the FWAS and wherein the at least one resting support structure is designed to prevent the FWAS from pitching, rolling, or yawing when the lifting support structure is not providing support to the FWAS. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/668616 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 1/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5095 (20130101) |
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09026404 — Methods of improving detectors and classifiers using optimized stochastic resonance noise
| US 09026404 | Peng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Renbin Peng (San Jose, California); Pramod K. Varshney (Fayetteville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Renbin Peng (San Jose, California); Pramod K. Varshney (Fayetteville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for improving the performance of a threshold-based detector or classifier, or a generic detector or classifier and increasing the probability of detecting at least one object in an image using novel algorithms and stochastic resonance noise is provided, where a suitable dose of noise is introduced to the image data such that the performance of the above-referenced detectors or classifiers is improved without altering the detector's or classifier's parameters. Several stochastic resonance (SR) noise-based detection and classification enhancement schemes are presented. The SR noise-enhanced detection and classification schemes can improve any algorithms and systems. To implement these schemes, the only knowledge that is needed is the original input data (no matter 1D, 2D, 3D or others) and the output (detection results) of the existing algorithms and systems. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/410949 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/502 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/002 (20130101) G06T 5/20 (20130101) G06T 2207/10116 (20130101) G06T 2207/30068 (20130101) Transmission H04B 17/007 (20130101) |
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| US 09026541 | Mahmud 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) | Jalal U. Mahmud (San Jose, California); Nimrod Megiddo (Palo Alto, California); Jeffrey W. Nichols (San Jose, California); Michelle X. Zhou (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to optimizing user response rate in social media. One embodiment includes generating a statistical model for modeling a likelihood of social media user response from data collected from social media using a set of available features. The social media users are ranked in an estimation set based on the statistical model. The ranked social media users are placed in a rank ordered list. A sub-interval on the rank ordered list is selected for maximizing the response rate. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/774273 |
| ART UNIT | 2155 — Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09027067 | Michael et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher J. Michael (Mandeville, Louisiana); Bruce Y. Lin (New Orleans, Louisiana); Elias Z. K. Ioup (New Orleans, Louisiana); John T. Sample (Pearl River, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Michael (Mandeville, Louisiana); Bruce Y. Lin (New Orleans, Louisiana); Elias Z. K. Ioup (New Orleans, Louisiana); John T. Sample (Pearl River, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for providing a probabilistic order of tiles relative to a current section of a video that a user is viewing. A cache implementation uses this ordering to decide what tiles to evict from the cache, i.e. which tiles will probably not be accessed within a particular timeframe, but not when to evict (this is up to the cache implementation). A cache implementation can also use the prioritized list of the present embodiment to pre-fetch tiles. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/040979 |
| ART UNIT | 2426 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 1/60 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 21/23106 (20130101) H04N 21/25825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09022570 | Applegate et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond A. Applegate (Houston, Texas); Jason D. Marsack (Houston, Texas); Konrad Pesudovs (Glenelg, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond A. Applegate (Houston, Texas); Jason D. Marsack (Houston, Texas); Konrad Pesudovs (Glenelg, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of manufacturing an optical lens using image simulation and/or predictive metrics to determine optical aberrations and an iterative algorithm to correct the aberrations to create a custom-designed surface for the optical lens and to implement the manufacture of the custom-designed surface onto the lens. Also, a computer program product storing the method is provided. In addition, there are provided a customized optical lens designed by the method and a method of correcting optical aberration to improve visual using the customized optical lens. Further provided is a method of manufacturing a custom lens effective to mimic a subset of optical aberrations. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/084881 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Spectacles; Sunglasses or Goggles Insofar as They Have the Same Features as Spectacles; Contact Lenses G02C 7/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02C 7/027 (20130101) G02C 7/028 (20130101) G02C 7/047 (20130101) G02C 7/048 (20130101) G02C 2202/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09023321 | Borrelli |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Borrelli (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Borrelli (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for the preparation of gas-filled microbubbles, and methods of using for therapeutic and/or diagnostic applications. In particular, the methods of the invention allow for the preparation of gas-filled microbubbles having narrow size distributions and defined ultrasonic properties. |
| FILED | Friday, March 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/867772 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/223 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09023352 | Shoemaker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles B. Shoemaker (North Grafton, Massachusetts); Hanping Feng (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles B. Shoemaker (North Grafton, Massachusetts); Hanping Feng (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions and kits are provided for treating a subject exposed to or at risk for exposure to a disease agent using a pharmaceutical composition including at least one recombinant heteromultimeric neutralizing binding protein including two or multiple binding regions, such that the binding regions are not identical, and each binding region specifically binds a non-overlapping portion of the disease agent, thereby treating the subject for exposure to the disease agent. In a related embodiment, the heteromultimeric neutralizing binding protein includes two or multiple binding regions that neutralize a plurality of disease agents. In certain embodiments, the disease agent includes a bacterium, a bacterial protein, a virus, a viral protein, a cancer cell, and a protein or molecule produced therefrom. In certain embodiments, the disease agent is a plurality of different disease agents. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/566524 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 39/39591 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 16/1282 (20130101) C07K 2316/96 (20130101) C07K 2317/62 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09023353 | Owens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel Michael Owens (Little Rock, Arkansas); Ralph Henry (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Alicia Brown (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses compositions and methods for effectively treating at least one symptom or sign of methamphetamine use, or for slowing the rate of (+) methamphetamine entry into the brain of a subject. The method comprises administering an effective amount of an anti-(+) methamphetamine antibody to a subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/802688 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09023362 | Pohlmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paula R. Pohlmann (Nashville, Tennessee); Raymond L. Mernaugh (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns antibodies that react immunologically with an epitope comprising VDKSRWQQG (SEQ ID NO: 1), including those that bind to cancer cells, and methods relating thereto. In particular, the antibodies that react immunologically with a particular epitope found in anti-tumor antigen antibodies are not only indicative of favorable therapy using the anti-tumor antigen antibodies, but are therapeutic in and of themselves. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/943159 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/19 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) |
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| US 09023372 | Geddes |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris D. Geddes (Bel-Air, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris D. Geddes (Bel-Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to nanoparticles comprising a metallic core with a surface coating, wherein the coating comprises at least an excitable radiative molecule attached thereto or impregnated therein, and wherein the excitable molecule is positioned at a sufficient distance from metallic core to enhance emissions when excited. The nanoparticles are included in compositions that may be used for surface coatings, cosmetics, assays, flow velocity measurements and targeting of tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/016247 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/19 (20130101) A61K 8/498 (20130101) A61K 49/0021 (20130101) A61K 49/0041 (20130101) A61K 49/0043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/0093 (20130101) A61K 2800/413 (20130101) A61K 2800/434 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 1/02 (20130101) A61Q 1/06 (20130101) A61Q 1/08 (20130101) A61Q 1/10 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2991 (20150115) |
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| US 09023458 | Lahav et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michal Lahav (Rehovot, Israel); Adam Winkleman (Brookline, Massachusetts); Max Narovlyansky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Raquel Perez-Castillejos (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Emily A. Weiss (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Leonard N. J. Rodriguez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michal Lahav (Rehovot, Israel); Adam Winkleman (Brookline, Massachusetts); Max Narovlyansky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Raquel Perez-Castillejos (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Emily A. Weiss (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Leonard N. J. Rodriguez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, methods of patterning of thin films of an ionotropic polymer (e.g., poly(acrylic acid)) are provided. These processes can create micron or sub-micron-scale patterns of ionotropic polymers such as cation crosslinked poly(acrylic acid) (CCL-PAA). In one embodiment, patterning may be performed within microfluidic channels by flowing a solution of crosslinking agent (e.g., metal cations such as Ag+, Ca2+, Pd2+, Al3+, La3+, and Ti4+) that can crosslink a portion of an ionotropic polymer in contact with the solution. In another embodiment, methods of patterning ionotropic polymers involve photolithography. Upon patterning a positive photoresist (e.g., diazonaphthoquinone-novolac resin) on a film of CCL-PAA, the exposed regions of CCL-PAA can be etched by an aqueous solution. Advantageously, the patterned, crosslinked polymer may also serve as both a reactant and a matrix for subsequent chemistry. For example, in some embodiments, the initial crosslinking cation can be exchanged for a second cation that could not be patterned photolithographically. Patterned films of CCL-PAA can also be used to host and template the reduction of metallic cations to metallic nanoparticles, and to fabricate porous, low-k dielectric substrates. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/311811 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) 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 7/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24479 (20150115) |
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| US 09023594 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Kevin M. Esvelt (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Kevin M. Esvelt (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses generalizable methods of evolving nucleic acids and proteins utilizing continuous directed evolution. The invention discloses methods of passing a nucleic acid from cell to cell in a desired function-dependent manner. The linkage of the desired function and passage of the nucleic acid from cell to cell allows for continuous selection and mutation of the nucleic acid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/062098 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/1024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1037 (20130101) C12N 15/1058 (20130101) |
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09023598 — Methods for diagnosing pancreatic cancer using miR-103-1, miR-103-2, miR-24-2 and miR-107
| US 09023598 | 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 | 13/405567 |
| 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 09023603 | Kawaoka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Gabriele Neumann (Nanuet, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Gabriele Neumann (Nanuet, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods useful to prepare segmented, negative strand RNA viruses, e.g., orthomyxoviruses such as influenza A viruses, entirely from cloned cDNAs and in the absence of helper virus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/331314 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 48/0091 (20130101) A61K 2039/525 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16151 (20130101) |
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| US 09023611 | Frangioni et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John V. Frangioni (Wayland, Massachusetts); Maged M. Henary (Lawrenceville, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts); Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Frangioni (Wayland, Massachusetts); Maged M. Henary (Lawrenceville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods of optically imaging tissues or cells using imaging agents have in vivo properties that result in signal-to-background ratios of at least about 1:1. TL is a targeting ligand and n is −1, 0 or +1. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/148137 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/02 (20130101) C07D 255/02 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 23/0066 (20130101) C09B 23/086 (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 1/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09023617 | Bloom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David C. Bloom (Gainesville, Florida); Antonio L. Amelio (Vera Beach, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Bloom (Gainesville, Florida); Antonio L. Amelio (Vera Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are genetic expression cassettes, and vector comprising them useful for the delivery of nucleic acid segments encoding selected therapeutic constructs (including for example, peptides, polypeptides, ribozymes, and catalytic RN molecules), to selected cells and tissues of vertebrate animals. The disclosed genetic constructs are useful in the development of gene therapy vectors, including for example, viral vectors such as HSV, retroviral, lentiviral, AV, and rAAV vectors. The expression cassettes disclosed herein provide new tools in the field of gene therapy, and for the treatment of mammalian, and in particular, human diseases, disorders, and dysfunctions. The disclosed compositions may be utilized in a variety of investigative, diagnostic and therapeutic regimens, including the prevention and treatment of a variety of human diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/590136 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2710/16611 (20130101) C12N 2710/16642 (20130101) C12N 2710/16643 (20130101) C12N 2830/007 (20130101) C12N 2830/40 (20130101) C12N 2830/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09023644 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guokai Chen (Rockville, Maryland); James A. Thomson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided that exploit thermostable FGF-1 proteins for support of human pluripotent stem cell cultures. Also provided are compositions containing thermostable FGF-1 for culturing of human pluripotent stem cells. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/717055 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0696 (20130101) C12N 2501/91 (20130101) C12N 2501/113 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/1307 (20130101) |
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| US 09023648 | Stevenson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mario Stevenson (Coconut Grove, Florida); Rajnish Kaushik (Grafton, Massachusetts); Xiaonan Zhu (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mario Stevenson (Coconut Grove, Florida); Rajnish Kaushik (Grafton, Massachusetts); Xiaonan Zhu (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a chimeric gammaretrovirus comprising an gammaretroviral virion which contains a lentiviral Vpx protein and methods of use thereof. In a particular aspect, the chimeric gammaretrovirus is a chimeric murine leukemia virus (MLV) comprising an MLV virion which contains a lentiviral Vpx protein. The invention is also directed to use of the chimeric gammaretrovirus to produce a MLV that can transduce a non-dividing cell (G1/S/G2), transduce a non-dividing cell; enhance the ability of a MLV to transduce a non-dividing cell; transduce a quiescent (G0) cell; and enhance the ability of a human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) to transduce a quiescent (G0) cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/980938 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2740/13043 (20130101) C12N 2740/13045 (20130101) C12N 2740/13052 (20130101) C12N 2740/15022 (20130101) C12N 2740/15033 (20130101) C12N 2740/16043 (20130101) C12N 2740/16045 (20130101) C12N 2740/16052 (20130101) |
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| US 09023649 | Mali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prashant G. Mali (Somerville, Massachusetts); George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Luhan Yang (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of altering a eukaryotic cell is provided including transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding RNA complementary to genomic DNA of the eukaryotic cell, transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme that interacts with the RNA and cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner, wherein the cell expresses the RNA and the enzyme, the RNA binds to complementary genomic DNA and the enzyme cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/319100 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/01 (20130101) C12N 15/81 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/87 (20130101) C12N 15/8201 (20130101) C12N 2810/55 (20130101) |
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| US 09023653 | Furdui et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cristina M. Furdui (Clemmons, North Carolina); Allen W. Tsang (Clemmons, North Carolina); Jiang Qian (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cristina M. Furdui (Clemmons, North Carolina); Allen W. Tsang (Clemmons, North Carolina); Jiang Qian (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of labeling a sulfenic acid (—SOH) group of a cysteine residue in a protein; or peptide, comprises contacting said protein or peptide with a beta-ketoester to covalently couple said beta-ketoester to said cysteine residue and form a beta-ketoester-labeled cysteine residue in said protein or peptide. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/594040 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 1/13 (20130101) C07K 1/1077 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/58 (20130101) G01N 33/64 (20130101) |
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| US 09023767 | Shelton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher Chad Shelton (Alexandria, Virginia); Yuan Tian (New York, New York); Yueming Li (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Chad Shelton (Alexandria, Virginia); Yuan Tian (New York, New York); Yueming Li (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptide substrates based on modifications or fragments of the various APP isoforms, assay methods based on the use of these substrates, and screening methods directed toward identifying inhibitors of γ-secretase activity. The assay methods and the screening methods are adapted for use in high throughput multi-well plate assay apparatuses. In many embodiments the substrate polypeptides are labeled for ease of detection, and/or may bind specific ligands that themselves are labeled. Generally the labels promote high specificity as well as high sensitivity of detection. These features render the assay and screening methods that employ the labeled substrates especially suited for use in high throughput assay formats. This disclosure further identifies small polypeptides based on a subsequence motif of Aβ that are shown herein to be potent inhibitors of the activity of γ-secretase. |
| FILED | Friday, May 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/776141 |
| 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 14/4711 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/542 (20130101) G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) G01N 2800/2814 (20130101) |
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| US 09023787 | Yaffe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael B. Yaffe (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Isaac A. Manke (New York, New York); Hans Christian Reinhardt (Cologne, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treating cellular proliferative disorders, e.g., in patients having one or more p53-deficient cells, screening assays for identifying such compounds, and methods for treating such disorders. |
| FILED | Monday, May 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/893141 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/553 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7034 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 2299/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1205 (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 1/485 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 33/57407 (20130101) G01N 2333/4748 (20130101) G01N 2333/9121 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/16 (20130101) G06F 19/20 (20130101) G06F 19/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09023825 | Croce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Nicola Valeri (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides materials and methods related to modulation of mismatch repair and genomic stability by miR-155. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/284706 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Omid Akbari (Santa Monica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Omid Akbari (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides methods for treating asthma or an associated disorder in a patient in need thereof, by administering to the patient an effective amount of an autophagy inducing agent, thereby treating the asthma or the associated disorder. Disorders that can be treated include, allergic asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung inflammation, respiratory tolerance and a lung infection or disorder. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/565644 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/138 (20130101) A61K 31/277 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/4168 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4703 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5091 (20130101) G01N 2800/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09023871 | Maltese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Maltese (Toledo, Ohio); Paul W. Erhardt (Toledo, Ohio); Christopher Trabbic (Toledo, Ohio); Jean H. Overmeyer (Perrysburg, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides materials and methods to induce cell death by methuosis, a non-apoptotic cell death mechanism, to induce vacuolization without cell death, or to induce cell death without vacuolization. Small molecules herein are useful for treating cell proliferation disorders or anomalies, particularly, but not exclusively, cancer. Methods related to the research and pharmaceutical use of the small molecules are also provided herein. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/246558 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 209/12 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 40/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09023887 | Singh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vijay Prem Singh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijay Prem Singh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for treating pancreatitis and/or organ failure comprising administering, to a subject in need of such treatment, an effective amount of a lipase inhibitor. It is based, at least in part, on the discoveries that lipotoxicity contributes to inflammation, multisystem organ failure, necrotic pancreatic acinar cell death and in acute pancreatitis, and that inhibition of lipolysis was able to reduce indices associated with these conditions. Accordingly, in various embodiments, the present invention provides for methods and compositions for limiting lipotoxicity and thereby reducing the likelihood of poor outcomes associated with acute pancreatitis and other severe systemic conditions, especially in obese individuals. |
| FILED | Monday, April 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/447850 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09023972 | Chu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hunghao Chu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yadong Wang (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); Zhengwei You (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hunghao Chu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yadong Wang (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); Zhengwei You (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Polyester compositions and functionalized polyester compositions are provided along with methods of making the compositions as well as methods of using the compositions, for example as a tissue engineering bioscaffold and as a drug-delivery vehicle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/522996 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/34 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 2300/41 (20130101) A61L 2300/258 (20130101) A61L 2300/406 (20130101) A61L 2300/416 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 2/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/14 (20130101) C08F 8/32 (20130101) C08F 8/40 (20130101) C08F 8/46 (20130101) C08F 222/10 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 63/42 (20130101) C08G 63/78 (20130101) C08G 63/91 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09023989 | Birge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Rekha Rangarajan (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Rekha Rangarajan (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein-based photovoltaic cells and the manufacture and use of protein-based photovoltaic cells are described. In one embodiment, bacteriorhodopsin from Halobacterium salinarum, which undergoes structural transitions when irradiated with a given wavelength of light, is used as the protein in the protein-based photovoltaic cells. In another embodiment, mutant bacteriorhodopsin from H. salinarum is used. Exposure of the protein to sunlight causes proton transfer across a membrane resulting in the generation of an electrical charge. The protein can be oriented and/or layered on a substrate and modified by mutation to enhance transmembrane proton transfer, covalent binding to a substrate and layering. The protein-based photovoltaic cells sequentially or simultaneously generate hydrogen gas from water or salt, which also can be harnessed to produce electricity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/365289 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/215 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/42 (20130101) H01L 51/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09023998 | Chakraborty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subhasish K. Chakraborty (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mingrui Zhang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alan S. Waggoner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Tissue slices and whole organisms offer substantial challenges to fluorescence imaging. Autofluorescence and absorption via intrinsic chromophores, such as flavins, melanin, and hemoglobins, confound and degrade output from all fluorescent tags. An “optical window,” farther red than most autofluorescence sources and in a region of low hemoglobin and water absorbance, lies between 650 and 900 nm. This valley of relative optical clarity is an attractive target for fluorescence-based studies within tissues, intact organs, and living organisms. Novel fluorescent tags were developed herein, based upon a genetically targeted fluorogen activating protein and cognate fluorogenic dye that yields emission with a peak at 733 nm exclusively when complexed as a “fluoromodule”. This tool improves substantially over previously described far-red/NIR fluorescent proteins in terms of brightness, wavelength, and flexibility by leveraging the flexibility of synthetic chemistry to produce novel chromophores. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920775 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0021 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 251/30 (20130101) C07C 309/18 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/46 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 2317/515 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09024038 | Ghosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana); Hiroaki Mitsuya (Kumamoto, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana); Bruno D. Chapsal (Astoria, New York); Hiroaki Mitsuya (Kumamoto, Japan); Cuthbert D. Martyr (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibitors of HIV-1 protease and compositions containing them are described. Use of the inhibitors and compositions containing them to treat HIV, AIDS, and AIDS-related diseases is described. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/929395 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09024071 | Booth |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond G. Booth (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond G. Booth (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to protein binding interacting/binding compounds and methods of identifying and using them. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating 5-HT2C and/or RSK disorders, including diseases and disorders mediated by GPCRs and/or RSKs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/318877 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/13 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 211/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09024507 | Lewis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George K. Lewis (Ithaca, New York); William Olbricht (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George K. Lewis (Ithaca, New York); William Olbricht (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, there is provided in an ultrasound wave generating apparatus a low output impedance transistor based driver circuit that has the ability to apply a drive signal at a frequency corresponding to an ultrasound transducer's resonant frequency. The low output impedance of the driver circuit allows for a substantial portion of the energy to be delivered to the ultrasound transducer and converted to ultrasound energy. The power transfer efficiency of the presented circuit allows ultrasound drivers to be powered by portable battery packs, while still delivering high ultrasound acoustic power. The ultrasound driver can provide energy in sufficient amounts making it suitable for a range of ultrasound driving application including but not limited to therapeutic low and high power clinical systems, high intensity focused ultrasound HIFU, acoustical welding, industrial inspection, and other various forms of low-to-high power acoustic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, July 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/003201 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Methods or Apparatus for Generating or Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations of Infrasonic, Sonic, or Ultrasonic Frequency, for Performing Mechanical Work in General B06B 1/023 (20130101) |
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| US 09025159 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yong Huang (Baltimore, Maryland); Jin U. Kang (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical coherence tomography imaging system includes a Fourier domain optical coherence tomography sensor system, a signal processing system configured to communicate with the Fourier domain optical coherence tomography sensor system to receive detection signals therefrom and to provide imaging signals, and an image display system configured to communicate with the signal processing system to receive the imaging signals. The signal processing system includes a parallel processor configured to calculate structure information and Doppler information from the detection signals in real time such that the imaging signals provide a real time display of combined structure and flow of an object under observation. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/710009 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/102 (20130101) A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0261 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/0207 (20130101) G01B 9/02044 (20130101) G01B 9/02045 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09025843 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaochuan Pan (Chicago, Illinois); Yu Zou (Naperville, Illinois); Lifeng Yu (Rochester, Minnesota); Chien-Min Kao (Wilmette, Illinois); Martin King (Chicago, Illinois); Maryellen Giger (Elmhurst, Illinois); Dan Xia (Chicago, Illinois); Howard Halpern (Chicago, Illinois); Charles Pelizzari (Chicago, Illinois); Emil Y. Sidky (Chicago, Illinois); Seungryong Cho (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaochuan Pan (Chicago, Illinois); Yu Zou (Naperville, Illinois); Lifeng Yu (Rochester, Minnesota); Chien-Min Kao (Wilmette, Illinois); Martin King (Chicago, Illinois); Maryellen Giger (Elmhurst, Illinois); Dan Xia (Chicago, Illinois); Howard Halpern (Chicago, Illinois); Charles Pelizzari (Chicago, Illinois); Emil Y. Sidky (Chicago, Illinois); Seungryong Cho (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for reconstruction of a region of interest for an object is provided. The reconstruction of the object may be based on chords which may fill a part, all, or more than all of the region of interest. Using chords for reconstruction may allow for reducing data acquired and/or processing for reconstructing a substantially exact image of the ROI. Moreover, various methodologies may be used in reconstructing the image, such as backprojection-filtration, and modified filtration backprojection. |
| FILED | Monday, February 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/400503 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/027 (20130101) A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/484 (20130101) A61B 6/508 (20130101) A61B 6/587 (20130101) A61B 6/5288 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09026224 | Jung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ranu Jung (Miami Beach, Florida); Kenneth Horch (Fountain Hills, Arizona); James J. Abbas (Scottsdale, Arizona); Stephen Phillips (Gilbert, Arizona); Bertan Bakkaloglu (Scottsdale, Arizona); Seung-Jae Kim (Phoenix, Arizona) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ranu Jung (Miami Beach, Florida); Kenneth Horch (Fountain Hills, Arizona); James J. Abbas (Scottsdale, Arizona); Stephen Phillips (Gilbert, Arizona); Bertan Bakkaloglu (Scottsdale, Arizona); Seung-Jae Kim (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques, apparatuses, and systems for interfacing multiple sensors with a biological system can include amplifying signals from respective sensors associated with an external device; modulating the amplified signals based on respective different frequency values; and summing the modulated signals to produce an output signal to stimulate a biological system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/264777 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| 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 2/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/6827 (20130101) A61F 2002/7615 (20130101) A61F 2002/7625 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36014 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Anupam Vivek (Columbus, Ohio); Glenn S. Daehn (Columbus, Ohio); Geoffrey A. Taber (Columbus, Ohio); Jason R. Johnson (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a piece of a sheet metal is performed by positioning a consumable body, made of metal, proximate to the piece of the sheet metal. The consumable body is rapidly vaporized, and the gas pressure generated thereby is directed into the piece of the sheet metal. This results in acceleration of the piece of sheet metal, and it is collided into a stationary body at a velocity, generally in excess of 200 m/s. Depending upon the type of stationary body, the piece of sheet metal is deformed into a predetermined shape or is welded onto the stationary body. The vaporization is accomplished by passing a high current of electricity into the consumable body. The effect of the vaporized metal may be augmented by additional components in the consumable body. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/838556 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Working or Processing of Sheet Metal or Metal Tubes, Rods or Profiles Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal B21D 26/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 20/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 72/707 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09021954 | Morris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Morris (Silver Spring, Maryland); Paul Wilkins (Oakland, California); Chadd May (Livermore, California); Eugene Zakar (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided among other things are reactive energetic material systems used for conductors in detonators for increased efficiencies. According to an embodiment, a detonator may include: a conductor including at least two constituents including (i) an electrically conductive constituent, and (ii) an electrically non-conductive constituent, that when subjected to sufficient electrical energy, result in an exothermic reaction; and a flyer plate having a non-conductive surface in contact with said conductor. When the sufficient electrical energy is supplied to said conductor, rapid heating and vaporization of at least a portion of the conductor occurs so as to explosively drive at least a portion of the flyer plate away from said conductor. In an embodiment, a multilayer conductor may be formed of alternating layers of at least one electrically conductive layer, and at least one electrically non-conductive layer, that when subjected to sufficient electrical energy, result in an exothermic reaction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/685884 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 3/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 3/18 (20130101) F42B 3/124 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09022032 | Holzrichter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Holzrichter (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawwrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Holzrichter (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An implanted stimulation device or air control device are activated by an external radar-like sensor for controlling apnea. The radar-like sensor senses the closure of the air flow cavity, and associated control circuitry signals (1) a stimulator to cause muscles to open the air passage way that is closing or closed or (2) an air control device to open the air passage way that is closing or closed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/425133 |
| ART UNIT | 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0826 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/3601 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09022652 | Chupas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter J. Chupas (Naperville, Illinois); Karena W. Chapman (Naperville, Illinois); Charles A. Kurtz (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Olaf J. Borkiewicz (Naperville, Illinois); Kamila Magdelena Wiaderek (Naperville, Illinois); Badri Shyam (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicgo, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter J. Chupas (Naperville, Illinois); Karena W. Chapman (Naperville, Illinois); Charles A. Kurtz (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Olaf J. Borkiewicz (Naperville, Illinois); Kamila Magdelena Wiaderek (Naperville, Illinois); Badri Shyam (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a test chamber that can be used to perform a variety of X-ray and neutron spectroscopy experiments including powder diffraction, small-angle scattering, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and pair distribution functions, such chamber comprising a first electrode with an X-ray transparent window; a second electrode with an X-ray transparent window; a plurality of insulating gaskets providing a hermetic seal around the sample and preventing contact between said first and second electrodes; and an insulating housing into which the first electrode is secured. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/631207 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/20025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2223/307 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/48 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09022736 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Nan Jiang (Jupiter, Florida); John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida); Ronald J. Rudolph (Jensen Beach, Florida); John P. Dalton (Wellington, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida); Mikro Systems, Inc. (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Nan Jiang (Jupiter, Florida); John J. Marra (Winter Springs, Florida); Ronald J. Rudolph (Jensen Beach, Florida); John P. Dalton (Wellington, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A continuous serpentine cooling circuit forming a progression of radial passages (44, 45, 46, 47A, 48A) between pressure and suction side walls (52, 54) in a MID region of a turbine airfoil (24). The circuit progresses first axially, then tangentially, ending in a last radial passage (48A) adjacent to the suction side (54) and not adjacent to the pressure side (52). The passages of the axial progression (44, 45, 46) may be adjacent to both the pressure and suction side walls of the airfoil. The next to last radial passage (47A) may be adjacent to the pressure side wall and not adjacent to the suction side wall. The last two radial passages (47A, 48A) may be longer along the pressure and suction side walls respectively than they are in a width direction, providing increased direct cooling surface area on the interiors of these hot walls. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/027333 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/186 (20130101) F01D 5/187 (20130101) F01D 5/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2250/185 (20130101) F05D 2260/2212 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09023306 | Hemley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russell J. Hemley (Washington, District of Columbia); Ho-Kwang Mao (Washington, District of Columbia); Chih-Shiue Yan (Washington, District of Columbia); Qi Liang (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell J. Hemley (Washington, District of Columbia); Ho-Kwang Mao (Washington, District of Columbia); Chih-Shiue Yan (Washington, District of Columbia); Qi Liang (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a single crystal boron doped CVD diamond that has a toughness of at least about 22 MPa m1/2. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing single crystal boron doped CVD diamond. The growth rate of the diamond can be from about 20-100 μm/h. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435565 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/274 (20130101) C23C 16/278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 23/00 (20130101) C30B 25/00 (20130101) C30B 25/16 (20130101) C30B 25/105 (20130101) C30B 25/165 (20130101) C30B 29/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09023307 | Hemley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russell J. Hemley (Washington, District of Columbia); Yu-fei Meng (Washington, District of Columbia); Chih-Shiue Yan (Washington, District of Columbia); Ho-kwang Mao (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell J. Hemley (Washington, District of Columbia); Yu-fei Meng (Washington, District of Columbia); Chih-Shiue Yan (Washington, District of Columbia); Ho-kwang Mao (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to single crystal diamond with high optical quality and methods of making the same. The diamond possesses an intensity ratio of the second-order Raman peak to the fluorescence background of around 5 or greater. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/109528 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/105 (20130101) C30B 29/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09023310 | Basu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arunabha Basu (Aurora, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arunabha Basu (Aurora, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for recovering sulfur from a hydrogen sulfide-bearing gas utilizes an aqueous reaction medium, a temperature of about 110-150° C., and a high enough pressure to maintain the aqueous reaction medium in a liquid state. The process reduces material and equipment costs and addresses the environmental disadvantages associated with known processes that rely on high boiling point organic solvents. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/262216 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09023528 | Liang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chengdu Liang (Knoxville, Tennessee); Nancy J. Dudney (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jane Y. Howe (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chengdu Liang (Knoxville, Tennessee); Nancy J. Dudney (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jane Y. Howe (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed in a first aspect to a sulfur-carbon composite material comprising: (i) a bimodal porous carbon component containing therein a first mode of pores which are mesopores, and a second mode of pores which are micropores; and (ii) elemental sulfur contained in at least a portion of said micropores. The invention is also directed to the aforesaid sulfur-carbon composite as a layer on a current collector material; a lithium ion battery containing the sulfur-carbon composite in a cathode therein; as well as a method for preparing the sulfur-composite material. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/874254 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/12 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/136 (20130101) H01M 4/362 (20130101) H01M 4/364 (20130101) H01M 4/581 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 4/1393 (20130101) H01M 4/1397 (20130101) H01M 4/5815 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0565 (20130101) H01M 10/0566 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09023529 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jun Liu (Richland, Washington); Yuliang Cao (Wuhan, China PRC); Lifen Xiao (Wuhan, China PRC); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington); Wei Wang (Kennewick, Washington); Daiwon Choi (Richland, Washington); Zimin Nie (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Liu (Richland, Washington); Yuliang Cao (Wuhan, China PRC); Lifen Xiao (Wuhan, China PRC); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington); Wei Wang (Kennewick, Washington); Daiwon Choi (Richland, Washington); Zimin Nie (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A crystalline nanowire and method of making a crystalline nanowire are disclosed. The method includes dissolving a first nitrate salt and a second nitrate salt in an acrylic acid aqueous solution. An initiator is added to the solution, which is then heated to form polyacrylatyes. The polyacrylates are dried and calcined. The nanowires show high reversible capacity, enhanced cycleability, and promising rate capability for a battery or capacitor. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/474963 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — 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 4/50 (20130101) H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/054 (20130101) H01M 14/00 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/298 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09023550 | Brinkman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kyle S. Brinkman (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyle S. Brinkman (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are solid fuel cells, including solid oxide fuel cells and PEM fuel cells that include nanocrystalline cerium oxide materials as a component of the fuel cells. A solid oxide fuel cell can include nanocrystalline cerium oxide as a cathode component and microcrystalline cerium oxide as an electrolyte component, which can prevent mechanical failure and interdiffusion common in other fuel cells. A solid oxide fuel cell can also include nanocrystalline cerium oxide in the anode. A PEM fuel cell can include cerium oxide as a catalyst support in the cathode and optionally also in the anode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/297826 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/9025 (20130101) H01M 8/126 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) H01M 2300/0074 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/521 (20130101) Y02E 60/525 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09023553 | Santurri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pasco R. Santurri (Mentor, Ohio); James H. Duvall (Reno, Nevada); Denise M. Katona (Perry, Ohio); Joseph T. Mausar (Mentor, Ohio); Berryinne Decker (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chemsultants International, Inc. (Mentor, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pasco R. Santurri (Mentor, Ohio); James H. Duvall (Reno, Nevada); Denise M. Katona (Perry, Ohio); Joseph T. Mausar (Mentor, Ohio); Berryinne Decker (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A multilayered membrane for use with fuel cells and related applications. The multilayered membrane includes a carrier film, at least one layer of an undoped conductive polymer electrolyte material applied onto the carrier film, and at least one layer of a conductive polymer electrolyte material applied onto the adjacent layer of polymer electrolyte material. Each layer of conductive polymer electrolyte material is doped with a plurality of nanoparticles. Each layer of undoped electrolyte material and doped electrolyte material may be applied in an alternating configuration, or alternatively, adjacent layers of doped conductive polymer electrolyte material is employed. The process for producing a multilayered composite membrane includes providing a carrier substrate and solution casting a layer of undoped conductive polymer electrolyte material and a layer of conductive polymer electrolyte material doped with nanoparticles in an alternating arrangement or in an arrangement where doped layers are adjacent to one another. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/231501 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — 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 8/106 (20130101) H01M 8/1023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/1027 (20130101) H01M 8/1032 (20130101) H01M 8/1039 (20130101) H01M 8/1048 (20130101) H01M 8/1051 (20130101) H01M 8/1053 (20130101) H01M 8/1067 (20130101) H01M 8/1081 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/522 (20130101) Y02E 60/523 (20130101) |
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| US 09023650 | Farquar 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) | George Roy Farquar (Livermore, California); Roald N. Leif (San Ramon, California); Elizabeth Wheeler (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A simulant that includes a carrier and DNA encapsulated in the carrier. Also a method of making a simulant including the steps of providing a carrier and encapsulating DNA in the carrier to produce the simulant. |
| FILED | Friday, November 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/070395 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| 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 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/58 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 2458/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09023765 | Rimmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Rimmer (Yorktown, Virginia); Pedro E. Frigola (Culver City, California); Alex Y. Murokh (Encino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An additive manufacturing method for forming nearly monolithic SRF niobium cavities and end group components of arbitrary shape with features such as optimized wall thickness and integral stiffeners, greatly reducing the cost and technical variability of conventional cavity construction. The additive manufacturing method for forming an SRF cavity, includes atomizing niobium to form a niobium powder, feeding the niobium powder into an electron beam melter under a vacuum, melting the niobium powder under a vacuum in the electron beam melter to form an SRF cavity; and polishing the inside surface of the SRF cavity. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/169193 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/249 (20130101) H01L 39/2406 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 39/2419 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 7/06 (20130101) H01P 11/008 (20130101) |
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| US 09024111 | Schoeniger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph S. Schoeniger (Oakland, California); Masood Zia Hadi (Castro Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph S. Schoeniger (Oakland, California); Masood Zia Hadi (Castro Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells, and plants useful in the production of biofuels. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences and peptides from extremophile organisms, such as SSO1949 and Ce1A, that are useful for hydrolyzing plant cell wall materials. In further embodiments, the invention relates to modified versions of such sequences that have been optimized for production in one or both of monocot and dicot plants. In other embodiments, the invention provides for targeting peptide production or activity to a certain location within the cell or organism, such as the apoplast. In further embodiments, the invention relates to transformed cells or plants. In additional embodiments, the invention relates to methods of producing biofuel utilizing such nucleic acids, peptides, targeting sequences, vectors, cells, and/or plants. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/436508 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8247 (20130101) C12N 15/8255 (20130101) |
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| US 09024367 | Regan 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) | William Regan (Washington, District of Columbia); Alexander Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to field-effect p-n junctions. In one aspect, a device includes an ohmic contact, a semiconductor layer disposed on the ohmic contact, at least one rectifying contact disposed on the semiconductor layer, a gate including a layer disposed on the at least one rectifying contact and the semiconductor layer and a gate contact disposed on the layer. A lateral width of the rectifying contact is less than a semiconductor depletion width of the semiconductor layer. The gate contact is electrically connected to the ohmic contact to create a self-gating feedback loop that is configured to maintain a gate electric field of the gate. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/773985 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66356 (20130101) H01L 31/06 (20130101) H01L 31/07 (20130101) |
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| US 09024395 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong Lin Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenzhuo Wu (Atlanta, Georgia); Xiaonan Wen (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A tactile sensing matrix includes a substrate, a first plurality of elongated electrode structures, a plurality of vertically aligned piezoelectric members, an insulating layer infused into the piezoelectric members and a second plurality of elongated electrode structures. The first plurality of elongated electrode structures is disposed on the substrate along a first orientation. The vertically aligned piezoelectric members is disposed on the first plurality of elongated electrode structures and form a matrix having columns of piezoelectric members disposed along the first orientation and rows of piezoelectric members disposed along a second orientation that is transverse to the first orientation. The second plurality of elongated electrode structures is disposed on the insulating layer along the second orientation. The elongated electrode structures form a Schottky contact with the piezoelectric members. When pressure is applied to the piezoelectric members, current flow therethrough is modulated. |
| FILED | Friday, September 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/019691 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0414 (20130101) G06F 2203/04103 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/20 (20130101) H01L 29/84 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 41/22 (20130101) H01L 41/1132 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lonnie Curt Maxey (Powell, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar light distribution system includes a solar light concentrator that is affixed externally to a light transfer tube. Solar light waves are processed by the concentrator into a collimated beam of light, which is then transferred through a light receiving port and into the light transfer tube. A reflector redirects the collimated beam of light through the tube to a light distribution port. The interior surface of the light transfer tube is highly reflective so that the light transfers through the tube with minimal losses. An interchangeable luminaire is attached to the light distribution port and provides light inside of a structure. A sun tracking device rotates the concentrator and the light transfer tube to optimize the receiving of solar light by the concentrator throughout the day. The system provides interior lighting that uses only renewable energy sources, and releases no carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/100069 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-portable Lighting Devices; Systems Thereof; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted for Vehicle Exteriors F21S 11/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F21S 11/005 (20130101) F21S 11/007 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/10 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 10/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09025722 | Shaber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric L. Shaber (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Randall S. Fielding (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric L. Shaber (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Randall S. Fielding (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a nuclear fuel comprising a fissile material, one or more hollow microballoons, a phenolic resin, and metal matrix. The fissile material, phenolic resin and the one or more hollow microballoons are combined. The combined fissile material, phenolic resin and the hollow microballoons are heated sufficiently to form at least some fissile material carbides creating a nuclear fuel particle. The resulting nuclear fuel particle comprises one or more fission product collection spaces. In a preferred embodiment, the fissile material, phenolic resin and the one or more hollow microballoons are combined by forming the fissile material into microspheres. The fissile material microspheres are then overcoated with the phenolic resin and microballoon. In another preferred embodiment, the fissile material, phenolic resin and the one or more hollow microballoons are combined by overcoating the microballoon with the fissile material, and phenolic resin. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/302150 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Nuclear Reactors G21C 3/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09025919 | Sullivan 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) | James S. Sullivan (Livermore, California); David M. Sanders (Livermore, California); Steven A. Hawkins (Livermore, California); Stephen A. Sampayan (Manteca, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photo-conductive switch package module having a photo-conductive substrate or wafer with opposing electrode-interface surfaces metalized with first metallic layers formed thereon, and encapsulated with a dielectric encapsulation material such as for example epoxy. The first metallic layers are exposed through the encapsulation via encapsulation concavities which have a known contour profile, such as a Rogowski edge profile. Second metallic layers are then formed to line the concavities and come in contact with the first metal layer, to form profiled and metalized encapsulation concavities which mitigate enhancement points at the edges of electrodes matingly seated in the concavities. One or more optical waveguides may also be bonded to the substrate for coupling light into the photo-conductive wafer, with the encapsulation also encapsulating the waveguides. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/657746 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/015 (20130101) G02F 1/0102 (20130101) G02F 2201/02 (20130101) G02F 2201/50 (20130101) G02F 2202/10 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pulse Technique H03K 17/78 (20130101) |
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| US 09026347 | Gadh 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) | Rajit Gadh (Los Angeles, California); Siddhartha Mal (Santa Monica, California); Shivanand Prabhu (Los Angeles, California); Chi-Cheng Chu (Laguna Beach, California); Omar Sheikh (Valencia, California); Ching-Yen Chung (New Taipei, Taiwan); Lei He (Irvine, California); Bingjun Xiao (Los Angeles, California); Yiyu Shi (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | An expert system manages a power grid wherein charging stations are connected to the power grid, with electric vehicles connected to the charging stations, whereby the expert system selectively backfills power from connected electric vehicles to the power grid through a grid tie inverter (if present) within the charging stations. In more traditional usage, the expert system allows for electric vehicle charging, coupled with user preferences as to charge time, charge cost, and charging station capabilities, without exceeding the power grid capacity at any point. A robust yet accurate state of charge (SOC) calculation method is also presented, whereby initially an open circuit voltage (OCV) based on sampled battery voltages and currents is calculated, and then the SOC is obtained based on a mapping between a previously measured reference OCV (ROCV) and SOC. The OCV-SOC calculation method accommodates likely any battery type with any current profile. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/693747 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 11/1824 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60L 11/1842 (20130101) B60L 11/1844 (20130101) B60L 2230/22 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/3624 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/14 (20130101) H02J 2003/146 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 70/3225 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/721 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) Y02T 10/7088 (20130101) Y02T 90/14 (20130101) Y02T 90/128 (20130101) Y02T 90/163 (20130101) Y02T 90/168 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 10/126 (20130101) Y04S 20/222 (20130101) Y04S 20/224 (20130101) Y04S 30/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09026473 | Chassin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Chassin (Pasco, Washington); Robert G. Pratt (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for distributing a resource (such as electricity) using a resource allocation system. In one exemplary embodiment, a plurality of requests for electricity are received from a plurality of end-use consumers. The requests indicate a requested quantity of electricity and a consumer-requested index value indicative of a maximum price a respective end-use consumer will pay for the requested quantity of electricity. A plurality of offers for supplying electricity are received from a plurality of resource suppliers. The offers indicate an offered quantity of electricity and a supplier-requested index value indicative of a minimum price for which a respective supplier will produce the offered quantity of electricity. A dispatched index value is computed at which electricity is to be supplied based at least in part on the consumer-requested index values and the supplier-requested index values. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/965049 |
| ART UNIT | 3696 — Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 20/102 (20130101) G06Q 30/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 30/0611 (20130101) G06Q 40/04 (20130101) G06Q 50/06 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 50/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09026543 | Franks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kasian Franks (Kensington, California); Cornelia A. Myers (St. Louis, Missouri); Raf M. Podowski (Pleasant Hill, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kasian Franks (Kensington, California); Cornelia A. Myers (St. Louis, Missouri); Raf M. Podowski (Pleasant Hill, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented system and process for generating a relationship network is disclosed. The system provides a set of data items to be related and generates variable length data vectors to represent the relationships between the terms within each data item. The system can be used to generate a relationship network for documents, images, or any other type of file. This relationship network can then be queried to discover the relationships between terms within the set of data items. |
| FILED | Monday, July 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/190365 |
| ART UNIT | 2169 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09026847 | Sridharan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vilas Sridharan (Brookline, Massachusetts); Sudhanva Gurumurthi (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for verifying computation output using computer hardware are provided. Instances of computation are generated and processed on hardware-based processors. As instances of computation are processed, each instance of computation receives a load accessible to other instances of computation. Instances of output are generated by processing the instances of computation. The instances of output are verified against each other in a hardware based processor to ensure accuracy of the output. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/724968 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/0778 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Younan Xia (Atlanta, Georgia); Shuifen Xie (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Younan Xia (Atlanta, Georgia); Shuifen Xie (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method of generating a nanocrystal with a core-frame structure, a seed crystal, including a first substance, is exposed to a capping agent. The seed nanocrystal has a plurality of first portions that each has a first characteristic and a plurality of second portions that each has a second characteristic, different from the first characteristic. The capping agent has a tendency to adsorb to portions having the first characteristic and has a tendency not to adsorb to portions having the second characteristic. As a result, a selectively capped seed nanocrystal is generated. The selectively capped seed nanocrystal is exposed to a second substance that has a tendency to nucleate on the plurality of second portions and that does not have a tendency to nucleate on portions that have adsorbed the capping agent, thereby generating a frame structure from the plurality of second portions of the seed nanocrystal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/481256 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 19/12 (20130101) C30B 29/52 (20130101) C30B 29/607 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09023230 | Sun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luyi Sun (Pearland, Texas); Zhanhu Guo (Beaumont, Texas); Jiahua Zhu (Beaumont, Texas); Suying Wei (Beaumont, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lamar University, A Component of the Texas State University System, An Agency of the State of Texas (Beaumont, Texas); Texas State University San Marcos, A Component of the Texas State University System, An Agency of the State of Texas (San Marcos, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luyi Sun (Pearland, Texas); Zhanhu Guo (Beaumont, Texas); Jiahua Zhu (Beaumont, Texas); Suying Wei (Beaumont, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates facile method to synthesize magnetic PNCs with highly dispersed and narrow size distributed NPs. The PNCs have highly thermal stability and unique electrical and dielectric properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/306964 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0054 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09023248 | Jen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kwan-Yue Jen (Kenmore, Washington); Zhengwei Shi (Seattle, Washington); Jingdong Luo (Shoreline, Washington); Su Huang (Seattle, Washington); Xinghua Zhou (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwan-Yue Jen (Kenmore, Washington); Zhengwei Shi (Seattle, Washington); Jingdong Luo (Shoreline, Washington); Su Huang (Seattle, Washington); Xinghua Zhou (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Diels-Alder crosslinkable dendritic nonlinear optical chromophore compounds, films and crosslinked polymer composites formed from the chromophore compounds, methods for making and using the chromophore compounds, films, and crosslinked polymer composites, and electro-optic devices that include films and crosslinked polymer composites formed from the chromophore compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/463231 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 222/1006 (20130101) C08F 228/06 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 83/002 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/3614 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09023306 | Hemley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russell J. Hemley (Washington, District of Columbia); Ho-Kwang Mao (Washington, District of Columbia); Chih-Shiue Yan (Washington, District of Columbia); Qi Liang (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell J. Hemley (Washington, District of Columbia); Ho-Kwang Mao (Washington, District of Columbia); Chih-Shiue Yan (Washington, District of Columbia); Qi Liang (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a single crystal boron doped CVD diamond that has a toughness of at least about 22 MPa m1/2. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing single crystal boron doped CVD diamond. The growth rate of the diamond can be from about 20-100 μm/h. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435565 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/274 (20130101) C23C 16/278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 23/00 (20130101) C30B 25/00 (20130101) C30B 25/16 (20130101) C30B 25/105 (20130101) C30B 25/165 (20130101) C30B 29/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09023307 | Hemley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russell J. Hemley (Washington, District of Columbia); Yu-fei Meng (Washington, District of Columbia); Chih-Shiue Yan (Washington, District of Columbia); Ho-kwang Mao (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell J. Hemley (Washington, District of Columbia); Yu-fei Meng (Washington, District of Columbia); Chih-Shiue Yan (Washington, District of Columbia); Ho-kwang Mao (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to single crystal diamond with high optical quality and methods of making the same. The diamond possesses an intensity ratio of the second-order Raman peak to the fluorescence background of around 5 or greater. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/109528 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/105 (20130101) C30B 29/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09023458 | Lahav et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michal Lahav (Rehovot, Israel); Adam Winkleman (Brookline, Massachusetts); Max Narovlyansky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Raquel Perez-Castillejos (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Emily A. Weiss (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Leonard N. J. Rodriguez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michal Lahav (Rehovot, Israel); Adam Winkleman (Brookline, Massachusetts); Max Narovlyansky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Raquel Perez-Castillejos (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Emily A. Weiss (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Leonard N. J. Rodriguez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, methods of patterning of thin films of an ionotropic polymer (e.g., poly(acrylic acid)) are provided. These processes can create micron or sub-micron-scale patterns of ionotropic polymers such as cation crosslinked poly(acrylic acid) (CCL-PAA). In one embodiment, patterning may be performed within microfluidic channels by flowing a solution of crosslinking agent (e.g., metal cations such as Ag+, Ca2+, Pd2+, Al3+, La3+, and Ti4+) that can crosslink a portion of an ionotropic polymer in contact with the solution. In another embodiment, methods of patterning ionotropic polymers involve photolithography. Upon patterning a positive photoresist (e.g., diazonaphthoquinone-novolac resin) on a film of CCL-PAA, the exposed regions of CCL-PAA can be etched by an aqueous solution. Advantageously, the patterned, crosslinked polymer may also serve as both a reactant and a matrix for subsequent chemistry. For example, in some embodiments, the initial crosslinking cation can be exchanged for a second cation that could not be patterned photolithographically. Patterned films of CCL-PAA can also be used to host and template the reduction of metallic cations to metallic nanoparticles, and to fabricate porous, low-k dielectric substrates. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/311811 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) 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 7/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24479 (20150115) |
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| US 09023478 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ilsoon Lee (Okemos, Michigan); Lawrence T. Drzal (Okemos, Michigan); Jue Lu (Okemos, Michigan); Troy R. Hendricks (Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilsoon Lee (Okemos, Michigan); Lawrence T. Drzal (Okemos, Michigan); Jue Lu (Okemos, Michigan); Troy R. Hendricks (Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods involve a combination of polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) coating or silane self assembly on a substrate; microcontact printing; and conductive graphite particles, especially size controlled highly conductive exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets. The conductive graphite particles are coated with a charged polymer such as sulfonated polystyrene. The graphite particles are patterned using microcontact printing and intact pattern transfer on a substrate that has an oppositely-charged surface. The method allows for conductive organic patterning on both flat and curved surfaces and can be used in microelectronic device fabrication. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/619696 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/04 (20130101) 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 7/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 3/1275 (20130101) H05K 2201/0323 (20130101) H05K 2203/09 (20130101) H05K 2203/105 (20130101) H05K 2203/0108 (20130101) |
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| US 09023618 | Papoutsakis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis (Newark, Delaware); Stefan Marcus Gaida (Newark, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eleftherios Papoutsakis and Stefan Gaida (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis (Newark, Delaware); Stefan Marcus Gaida (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a recombinant E. coli exhibiting a complex phenotype, comprising one or more RNA polymerase subunit genes, one or more functional genes, and, optionally, one or more transcription factors from a heterologous prokaryote. Also provided are methods for screening such a recombinant E. coli. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/151909 |
| 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 1/36 (20130101) C12N 9/1247 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1058 (20130101) C12N 15/1079 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12C - C12Q, Relating to Microorganisms C12R 1/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09023758 | Bais et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harsh Bais (Newark, Delaware); Amutha Sampath Kumar (Newark, Delaware); Venkatachalam Lakshmanan (Newark, Delaware); Thimmaraju Rudrappa (Bangalore, India); Darla Janine Sherrier (Hockessin, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for promoting the health of a plant comprises administering malic acid to the plant or the soil in an amount effective to recruit plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) to the plant. Administration of malic acid promotes biofilm formation of PGPR on the plant's roots, thereby restricting entry of a foliar pathogen through stomatal pores present in the leaves. Another method for promoting the health of a plant comprises administering acetoin to the plant or the soil in an amount effective to increase pathogen resistance in aerial parts of the plant. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/026425 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| 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 35/02 (20130101) A01N 37/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 63/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09023759 | Eulgem 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) | Thomas Eulgem (Riverside, California); Melinda Rodriguez-Salus (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Colleen M. Knoth (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods and compositions for enhancing pathogen immunity in plants and improving plant growth. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/205134 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| 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 43/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/56 (20130101) |
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| US 09023964 | Jeffries-EL et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malika Jeffries-EL (Ames, Iowa); Jeremy J. Intermann (Seattle, Washington); Brian C. Tlach (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to conjugated polymers. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a conjugated polymer including a repeating unit including a benzene ring conjugated with the polymer backbone, wherein the benzene ring is fused to two 5-membered rings, wherein each fused 5-membered ring includes N and at least one of O and S. In various embodiments, the present invention provides semiconductor devices including the polymer, and methods of making the polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/207033 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0035 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/5012 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09023989 | Birge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Rekha Rangarajan (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Birge (Coventry, Connecticut); Rekha Rangarajan (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein-based photovoltaic cells and the manufacture and use of protein-based photovoltaic cells are described. In one embodiment, bacteriorhodopsin from Halobacterium salinarum, which undergoes structural transitions when irradiated with a given wavelength of light, is used as the protein in the protein-based photovoltaic cells. In another embodiment, mutant bacteriorhodopsin from H. salinarum is used. Exposure of the protein to sunlight causes proton transfer across a membrane resulting in the generation of an electrical charge. The protein can be oriented and/or layered on a substrate and modified by mutation to enhance transmembrane proton transfer, covalent binding to a substrate and layering. The protein-based photovoltaic cells sequentially or simultaneously generate hydrogen gas from water or salt, which also can be harnessed to produce electricity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/365289 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/215 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/42 (20130101) H01L 51/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09024106 | Kuo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Louis Y. Kuo (Portland, Oregon); Yusef A. Shari'ati (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lewis and Clark College (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis Y. Kuo (Portland, Oregon); Yusef A. Shari'ati (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Degradation of phosphate esters, particularly neurotoxins and pesticides, is performed using high oxidative state molybdenum complexes, more particularly molybdenum(VI) complexes. A molybdenum(VI) complex is dissolved in water and then reacted with a phosphate ester. The phosphate esters can include, but are not limited to, VX, VE, VG, VM, GB, GD, GA, GF, parathion, paraoxon, triazophos, oxydemeton-methyl, chlorpyrifos, fenitrothion and pirimiphos-methyl, representing both chemical warfare agents as well as pesticides and insecticides. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/905381 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/30 (20130101) A62D 3/35 (20130101) A62D 3/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A62D 2101/02 (20130101) A62D 2101/04 (20130101) A62D 2101/26 (20130101) A62D 2101/28 (20130101) Reclamation of Contaminated Soil B09C 1/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09024254 | Cooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Chien-Hsun Chen (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ziqing Lin (West Lafayette, Indiana); Livia Schiavinato (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Chien-Hsun Chen (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ziqing Lin (West Lafayette, Indiana); Livia Schiavinato (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to enclosed desorption electrospray ionization probes, systems, and methods. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a source of DESI-active spray, in which a distal portion of the source is enclosed within a transfer member such that the DESI-active spray is produced within the transfer member. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/486824 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/145 (20130101) A61B 5/157 (20130101) A61B 5/1405 (20130101) A61B 5/150015 (20130101) A61B 5/150992 (20130101) A61B 10/0045 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2001/028 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09024256 | Ruan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chong-Yu Ruan (Okemos, Michigan); Martin Berz (DeWitt, Michigan); Zhensheng Tao (Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron microscope is provided. In another aspect, an electron microscope employs a radio frequency which acts upon electrons used to assist in imaging a specimen. Furthermore, another aspect provides an electron beam microscope with a time resolution of less than 1 picosecond with more than 105 electrons in a single shot or image group. Yet another aspect employs a super-cooled component in an electron microscope. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/453235 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/26 (20130101) H01J 37/28 (20130101) H01J 37/045 (20130101) H01J 37/065 (20130101) H01J 37/073 (20130101) H01J 37/228 (20130101) H01J 37/263 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 37/1471 (20130101) H01J 2237/0432 (20130101) H01J 2237/2802 (20130101) H01J 2237/06333 (20130101) |
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| US 09024295 | Wang 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) | Deli Wang (San Diego, California); Cesare Soci (La Jolla, California); Yu-Hwa Lo (San Diego, California); Arthur Zhang (San Diego, California); David Aplin (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom); Lingquan Wang (Santa Clara, California); Shadi Dayeh (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Xin Yu Bao (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A 1D nanowire photodetector device includes a nanowire that is individually contacted by electrodes for applying a longitudinal electric field which drives the photocurrent. An intrinsic radial electric field to inhibits photo-carrier recombination, thus enhancing the photocurrent response. Circuits of 1D nanowire photodetectors include groups of photodetectors addressed by their individual 1D nanowire electrode contacts. Placement of 1D nanostructures is accomplished with registration onto a substrate. A substrate is patterned with a material, e.g., photoresist, and trenches are formed in the patterning material at predetermined locations for the placement of 1D nanostructures. The 1D nanostructures are aligned in a liquid suspension, and then transferred into the trenches from the liquid suspension. Removal of the patterning material places the 1D nanostructures in predetermined, registered positions on the substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/793545 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14643 (20130101) H01L 31/035227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/035236 (20130101) |
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| US 09024370 | Wessels et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce W. Wessels (Wilmette, Illinois); Steven J. May (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce W. Wessels (Wilmette, Illinois); Steven J. May (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Ferromagnetic Group III-V semiconductor/non-magnetic Group III-V semiconductor heterojunctions, with a magnetodiode device, to detect heterojunction magnetoresistance responsive to an applied magnetic field. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/097688 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/267 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09024395 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong Lin Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Wenzhuo Wu (Atlanta, Georgia); Xiaonan Wen (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A tactile sensing matrix includes a substrate, a first plurality of elongated electrode structures, a plurality of vertically aligned piezoelectric members, an insulating layer infused into the piezoelectric members and a second plurality of elongated electrode structures. The first plurality of elongated electrode structures is disposed on the substrate along a first orientation. The vertically aligned piezoelectric members is disposed on the first plurality of elongated electrode structures and form a matrix having columns of piezoelectric members disposed along the first orientation and rows of piezoelectric members disposed along a second orientation that is transverse to the first orientation. The second plurality of elongated electrode structures is disposed on the insulating layer along the second orientation. The elongated electrode structures form a Schottky contact with the piezoelectric members. When pressure is applied to the piezoelectric members, current flow therethrough is modulated. |
| FILED | Friday, September 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/019691 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0414 (20130101) G06F 2203/04103 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/20 (20130101) H01L 29/84 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 41/22 (20130101) H01L 41/1132 (20130101) |
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| US 09024631 | Beach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geoffrey Stephen Beach (Arlington, Massachusetts); Elizabeth Ashera Rapoport (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey Stephen Beach (Arlington, Massachusetts); Elizabeth Ashera Rapoport (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus, method and computer-readable medium configured to transport a constituent of fluid sample that binds to a functionalized magnetic particle. The apparatus includes a substrate connected to an input port, a magnetic nanowire, and either a temporally changing magnetic field generator or a spin-polarized current source. The magnetic nanowire is disposed in a surface of the substrate. The width and thickness of the magnetic nanowire are configured so that a domain wall propagating along the nanowire in response to the temporally changing magnetic field continuously couples to a superparamagnetic particle introduced into the input port. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/297059 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/02 (20130101) G01R 33/1276 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/96 (20130101) Y10S 977/901 (20130101) Y10S 977/902 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) Y10S 977/953 (20130101) |
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| US 09024691 | Banerjee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aritra Banerjee (Atlanta, Georgia); Abhijit Chatterjee (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an adaptive power amplifier comprising a transistor, a resistive load, and a tuning circuit. The transistor has a drain, a source, and a gate. The resistive load can be electrically coupled to the drain. The tuning circuit can be electrically coupled to the drain in parallel with the transistor. The tuning circuit can comprise an inductor and a capacitive element. The inductor and capacitive element can be in series connection. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/897152 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 3/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03F 3/191 (20130101) |
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| US 09025160 | Moore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Moore (Boulder, Colorado); Robert McLeod (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Moore (Boulder, Colorado); Robert McLeod (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Interferometric path length measurements using frequency-domain interferometry form the basis of several measurement techniques, including optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR), optical coherence tomography (OCT), and frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar and lidar. A phase-sensitive and self-referenced approach to frequency-domain interferometry yields absolute and relative path length measurements with axial precision orders of magnitude better than the transform-limited axial resolution of the system. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/361888 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/0207 (20130101) G01B 9/02004 (20130101) G01B 9/02044 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01B 2290/70 (20130101) 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 7/4915 (20130101) G01S 17/325 (20130101) |
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| US 09025163 | Wysocki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerard Wysocki (Princeton, New Jersey); Michal Nikodem (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustess of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard Wysocki (Princeton, New Jersey); Michal Nikodem (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for detecting refractive index variations in a sample is disclosed. The apparatus includes a multi frequency laser source configured to generate a mixed laser beam having at least two optical frequencies. A sinusoidal function generator is configured to modulate the optical frequencies to generate a chirp-modulated mixed laser beam. The chirp-modulated mixed laser beam being configured to pass through the sample. A detector is configured to detect the chirp-modulated mixed beam. A signal processer is configured to process the detected chirp-modulated mixed beam to measure refractive index variations in the sample. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/453499 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/451 (20130101) |
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| US 09025908 | Vidal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rene Esteban Vidal (Baltimore, Maryland); Avinash Aghoram Ravichandran (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rene Esteban Vidal (Baltimore, Maryland); Avinash Aghoram Ravichandran (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and Systems for aligning multiple video sequences of a similar scene. It is determined which video sequences should be aligned with each other using linear dynamic system (LDS) modeling. The video sequences are then spatially aligned with each other. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/755862 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00624 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0038 (20130101) G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) |
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| US 09026819 | Nguyen Tien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dung Nguyen Tien (Newport News, Virginia); Gang Zhou (Williamsburg, Virginia); Xin Qi (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of affecting power used by an electronic device is provided for an electronic device having storage media and running at least one application. Each application interfaces with the storage media through an input/output (I/O) path executing I/O activities that access the storage media in accordance with configurable parameters of the I/O path. A run-time I/O pattern defined by the I/O activities is determined during a run-time period of the electronic device. At least one of the I/O path's configurable parameters is then modified based on the run-time I/O pattern. The method is readily adapted for power conservation by providing selections for the configurable parameters with each of the selections optimizing power usage for a hypothetical I/O pattern. Then, one or more configurable parameters are modified in accordance with one of the selections for which the hypothetical I/O pattern associated therewith is closest to the run-time I/O pattern. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/715076 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/3203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 1/3209 (20130101) G06F 1/3253 (20130101) G06F 9/5061 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/1235 (20130101) |
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| US 09021782 | Campbell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan W. Campbell (Madison, Alabama); David L. Edwards (Huntsville, Alabama); Jason J. Campbell (Harvest, 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) | Jonathan W. Campbell (Madison, Alabama); David L. Edwards (Huntsville, Alabama); Jason J. Campbell (Harvest, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser ignition/ablation propulsion system that captures the advantages of both liquid and solid propulsion. A reel system is used to move a propellant tape containing a plurality of propellant material targets through an ignition chamber. When a propellant target is in the ignition chamber, a laser beam from a laser positioned above the ignition chamber strikes the propellant target, igniting the propellant material and resulting in a thrust impulse. The propellant tape is advanced, carrying another propellant target into the ignition chamber. The propellant tape and ignition chamber are designed to ensure that each ignition event is isolated from the remaining propellant targets. Thrust and specific impulse may by precisely controlled by varying the synchronized propellant tape/laser speed. The laser ignition/ablation propulsion system may be scaled for use in small and large applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/862510 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/406 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Producing a Reactive Propulsive Thrust, Not Otherwise Provided for F03H 1/00 (20130101) Nuclear Power Plant G21D 5/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09022311 | Thomas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russell H. Thomas (Yorktown, Virginia); Michael J Czech (Issaquah, Washington); Alaa A. Elmiligui (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell H. Thomas (Yorktown, Virginia); Michael J Czech (Issaquah, Washington); Alaa A. Elmiligui (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An active pylon noise control system for an aircraft includes a pylon structure connecting an engine system with an airframe surface of the aircraft and having at least one aperture to supply a gas or fluid therethrough, an intake portion attached to the pylon structure to intake a gas or fluid, a regulator connected with the intake portion via a plurality of pipes, to regulate a pressure of the gas or fluid, a plenum chamber formed within the pylon structure and connected with the regulator, and configured to receive the gas or fluid as regulated by the regulator, and a plurality of injectors in communication with the plenum chamber to actively inject the gas or fluid through the plurality of apertures of the pylon structure. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/214481 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 21/08 (20130101) B64C 2230/04 (20130101) B64C 2230/06 (20130101) B64C 2230/14 (20130101) B64C 2230/16 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 27/18 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/166 (20130101) |
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| US 09022742 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeff H. Miller (Canoga Park, California); Kelvin Sorensen (Canoga Park, California); John Fung (Canoga Park, California); Thaddeus Pearce Chilcoat (Canoga Park, California); Fabian Bitar (Canoga Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc. (Canoga Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeff H. Miller (Canoga Park, California); Kelvin Sorensen (Canoga Park, California); John Fung (Canoga Park, California); Thaddeus Pearce Chilcoat (Canoga Park, California); Fabian Bitar (Canoga Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed fluid elements include radial blades extending to trailing edges and that are integral with front and rear shrouds to provide a fluid exit. Fillets adjoin the trailing edge and the front and rear shrouds at the exit. The front and rear shrouds respectively have first and second perimeter thicknesses at the impeller outer perimeter. The first perimeter thickness is greater than the second perimeter thickness at the trailing edge and adjacent to the exit, which provides greater high cycle fatigue in the area of the fillets. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/343026 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/34 (20130101) F01D 5/048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/304 (20130101) |
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| US 09023182 | Cooper |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George W. Cooper (Milpitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method for making an enantiomeric organic compound having a high amount of enantiomer excesses including the steps of a) providing an aqueous solution including an initial reactant and a catalyst; and b) subjecting said aqueous solution simultaneously to a magnetic field and photolysis radiation such that said photolysis radiation produces light rays that run substantially parallel or anti-parallel to the magnetic field passing through said aqueous solution, wherein said catalyst reacts with said initial reactant to form the enantiomeric organic compound having a high amount of enantiomer excesses. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/322767 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 19/087 (20130101) B01J 19/123 (20130101) B01J 19/127 (20130101) |
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| US 09023642 | Kleis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stanley J. Kleis (Houston, Texas); Sandra K. Geffert (Kingwood, Texas); Steve R. Gonda (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley J. Kleis (Houston, Texas); Sandra K. Geffert (Kingwood, Texas); Steve R. Gonda (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioreactor and method that permits continuous and simultaneous short, moderate, or long term cell culturing of one or more cell types or tissue in a laminar flow configuration is disclosed, where the bioreactor supports at least two laminar flow zones, which are isolated by laminar flow without the need for physical barriers between the zones. The bioreactors of this invention are ideally suited for studying short, moderate and long term studies of cell cultures and the response of cell cultures to one or more stressors such as pharmaceuticals, hypoxia, pathogens, or any other stressor. The bioreactors of this invention are also ideally suited for short, moderate or long term cell culturing with periodic cell harvesting and/or medium processing for secreted cellular components. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/774550 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/04 (20130101) C12M 23/24 (20130101) C12M 29/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 29/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09023773 | Richmond 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) | Robert Chaffee Richmond (Huntsville, Alabama); Harry F. Schramm, Jr. (Winchester, Tennessee); Francis G. Defalco (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Lubrication additives of the current invention require formation of emulsions in base lubricants, created with an aqueous salt solution plus a single-phase compound such that partitioning within the resulting emulsion provides thermodynamically targeted compounds for boundary layer organization thus establishing anti-friction and/or anti-wear. The single-phase compound is termed “boundary layer organizer”, abbreviated BLO. These emulsion-contained compounds energetically favor association with tribologic surfaces in accord with the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and will organize boundary layers on those surfaces in ways specific to the chemistry of the salt and BLO additives. In this way friction modifications may be provided by BLOs targeted to boundary layers via emulsions within lubricating fluids, wherein those lubricating fluids may be water-based or oil-based. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/900452 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 141/02 (20130101) C10M 141/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09024344 | Hoenk |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael E. Hoenk (Valencia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Hoenk (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device has a multilayer doping to provide improved passivation by quantum exclusion. The multilayer doping includes at least two doped layers fabricated using MBE methods. The dopant sheet densities in the doped layers need not be the same, but in principle can be selected to be the same sheet densities or to be different sheet densities. The electrically active dopant sheet densities are quite high, reaching more than 1×1014 cm−2, and locally exceeding 1022 per cubic centimeter. It has been found that silicon detector devices that have two or more such dopant layers exhibit improved resistance to degradation by UV radiation, at least at wavelengths of 193 nm, as compared to conventional silicon p-on-n devices. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/791671 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/041 (20130101) H01L 31/0216 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/02167 (20130101) |
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| US 09024510 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bin Chen (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Chen (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin film device for harvesting energy from wind. The thin film device includes one or more layers of a compliant piezoelectric material formed from a composite of a polymer and an inorganic material, such as a ceramic. Electrodes are disposed on a first side and a second side of the piezoelectric material. The electrodes are formed from a compliant material, such as carbon nanotubes or graphene. The thin film device exhibits improved resistance to structural fatigue upon application of large strains and repeated cyclic loadings. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/544752 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/29 (20130101) H01L 41/187 (20130101) H01L 41/193 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 41/293 (20130101) H01L 41/0477 (20130101) H01L 41/0478 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 2/186 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09024606 | Adell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philippe C. Adell (Pasadena, California); Bertan Bakkaloglu (Scottsdale, Arizona); Bert Vermeire (San Diego, California); Tao Liu (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Arizona State University, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philippe C. Adell (Pasadena, California); Bertan Bakkaloglu (Scottsdale, Arizona); Bert Vermeire (San Diego, California); Tao Liu (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A DC-DC converter for generating a DC output voltage includes: a digitally controlled pulse width modulator (DPWM) for controlling a switching power stage to supply a varying voltage to an inductor; and a digital voltage feedback circuit for controlling the DPWM in accordance with a feedback voltage corresponding to the DC output voltage, the digital voltage feedback circuit including: a first voltage controlled oscillator for converting the feedback voltage into a first frequency signal and to supply the first frequency signal to a first frequency discriminator; a second voltage controlled oscillator for converting a reference voltage into a second frequency signal and to supply the second frequency signal to a second frequency discriminator; a digital comparator for comparing digital outputs of the first and second frequency discriminators and for outputting a digital feedback signal; and a controller for controlling the DPWM in accordance with the digital feedback signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/332343 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 3/1588 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 2001/0009 (20130101) H02M 2001/0012 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 70/1466 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09023128 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaochun Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael Peter De Cicco (Madison, Wisconsin); Dake Wang (Sheboygan, Wisconsin); Hongseok Choi (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaochun Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael Peter De Cicco (Madison, Wisconsin); Dake Wang (Sheboygan, Wisconsin); Hongseok Choi (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming metal matrix nanocomposites are provided. The methods include the steps of introducing a master metal matrix nanocomposite into a molten metal at a temperature above the melting temperature of the master metal matrix nanocomposite, allowing at least a portion of the master metal matrix nanocomposite to mix with the molten metal and, then, solidifying the molten metal to provide a second metal matrix nanocomposite. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/331243 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 1/1036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C22C 21/00 (20130101) C22C 21/06 (20130101) C22C 32/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09023875 | Luesch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hendrik Luesch (Gainesville, Florida); Taori Kanchan (Gainesville, Florida); Valerie J. Paul (Fort Pierce, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention describes macrocyclic compounds having therapeutic activity, and methods of treating disorders such as cancer, tumors and cell proliferation related disorders, or affect cell differentiation, dedifferentiation or transdifferentiation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/747044 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/429 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 513/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 513/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09024298 | Birau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mihaela Maria Birau (Mississauga, Canada); Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S Ong (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mihaela Maria Birau (Mississauga, Canada); Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S Ong (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | An encapsulation, barrier, or protective layer for electronic devices is disclosed comprising a lac-based material, its synthetic form and variant, or a combination thereof, which protects electronic devices from adverse environmental effects. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/189259 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/10 (20130101) H01L 51/107 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0529 (20130101) H01L 51/0545 (20130101) H01L 51/5237 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09023181 | Goldberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil M. Goldberg (North Wales, Pennsylvania); Michael F. Dallmer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Akswasi A. Boateng (Royersford, Pennsylvania); Charles A. Mullen (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); David J. Milhalcik (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil M. Goldberg (North Wales, Pennsylvania); Michael F. Dallmer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Akswasi A. Boateng (Royersford, Pennsylvania); Charles A. Mullen (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); David J. Milhalcik (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A pyrolyzer apparatus (i.e. a “cracking pipe”) comprises a first screen, a second screen, and a catalyst material positioned between the first and second screens. The pyrolyzer is structured so that feedstock is pyrolyzed and pyrolyzer-generated gas is drawn through the first screen, through the catalyst material, and then through the second screen in series. The gas may then be directed to other processing equipment so that bio-oil is extracted from the gas. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/071890 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/02 (20130101) Destructive Distillation of Carbonageous Materials for Production of Gas, Coke, Tar, or Similar Materials C10B 49/02 (20130101) C10B 53/02 (20130101) C10B 57/18 (20130101) Purifying or Modifying the Chemical Composition of Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide C10K 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09026283 | Baldwin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David E. Baldwin (Madison, Wisconsin); Ahtasham Ashraf (Lewis Center, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Central Signal, LLC (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Baldwin (Madison, Wisconsin); Ahtasham Ashraf (Lewis Center, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Occupancy of a railroad track detection zone by one or more trains is determined using sensor devices located at gateways into and out of the track detection zone. Each sensor device has a sensing range that includes a portion of the railroad track in the detection zone and the sensor device generates data used to uniquely identify each train passing through a gateway and thus the sensing range of one or more sensor devices. Data from the detection zone's sensor device array is collected and evaluated to monitor or track the status of any detected trains and the occupancy of the zone. In some embodiments, the sensor devices utilize anisotropic magnetoresistive sensor elements whose analog waveform data is the basis of magnetic flux peak detection and mapping to generate unique train identification signature data that is transmitted to and evaluated by a detection zone processor, which in some cases can control crossing signals and/or other control apparatus related to the railroad track detection zone. The unique train identification signature data can include digitized amplitude peaks and their sequence for each train, based on that train's generated analog waveform data. |
| FILED | Monday, May 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/699549 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Guiding Railway Traffic; Ensuring the Safety of Railway Traffic B61L 29/282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09024229 | Quintana et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marie A. Quintana (Twinsburg, Ohio); Vaidyanath B. Rajan (Mentor, Ohio); Joe Daniel (Sagamore Hills, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lincoln Global, Inc. (City of Industry, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marie A. Quintana (Twinsburg, Ohio); Vaidyanath B. Rajan (Mentor, Ohio); Joe Daniel (Sagamore Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The method of optimizing performance of a weld includes determining a set of specified mechanical properties, such as hardness or toughness for the weld, selecting a base metal material, selecting a welding process and welding process conditions, and selecting a weld metal material. The weld metal material and/or the base metal material may be selected by determining a characterization of the weld or base metal material, the characterization including performing a thermal-mechanical simulation of the metal materials and determining the properties of the metals produced by the thermal-mechanical simulation, and subsequently correlating the characterization of the metal materials with the set of specified mechanical properties and the welding process conditions. The method may also include producing said weld having said set of mechanical properties. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/250420 |
| 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 31/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09026283 | Baldwin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David E. Baldwin (Madison, Wisconsin); Ahtasham Ashraf (Lewis Center, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Central Signal, LLC (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Baldwin (Madison, Wisconsin); Ahtasham Ashraf (Lewis Center, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Occupancy of a railroad track detection zone by one or more trains is determined using sensor devices located at gateways into and out of the track detection zone. Each sensor device has a sensing range that includes a portion of the railroad track in the detection zone and the sensor device generates data used to uniquely identify each train passing through a gateway and thus the sensing range of one or more sensor devices. Data from the detection zone's sensor device array is collected and evaluated to monitor or track the status of any detected trains and the occupancy of the zone. In some embodiments, the sensor devices utilize anisotropic magnetoresistive sensor elements whose analog waveform data is the basis of magnetic flux peak detection and mapping to generate unique train identification signature data that is transmitted to and evaluated by a detection zone processor, which in some cases can control crossing signals and/or other control apparatus related to the railroad track detection zone. The unique train identification signature data can include digitized amplitude peaks and their sequence for each train, based on that train's generated analog waveform data. |
| FILED | Monday, May 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/699549 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Guiding Railway Traffic; Ensuring the Safety of Railway Traffic B61L 29/282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09021934 | Hagerty |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew C. Hagerty (Sonora, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew C. Hagerty (Sonora, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for deployment of sensors for surveillance and operational security which allows transmission of real time video (as well as high data rate sensor data) in a secure manner from remote locations. The system provides data linkage in a manner that resists interception and blockade without revealing either the origin or the destination of the data. Ultra wideband transmissions are used to transmit video data in a difficult to detect or intercept manner. A preferred use of the system is to wirelessly transmit images from a weapon site video camera to a wearable unit which displays the image directly to an operator. The system provides low latency video manipulation that enables a computer implemented sighting reticle that can be zeroed in a manner analogous to a traditional optical weapon sight. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/844444 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Weapon Sights; Aiming F41G 3/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F41G 3/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09026283 | Baldwin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David E. Baldwin (Madison, Wisconsin); Ahtasham Ashraf (Lewis Center, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Central Signal, LLC (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Baldwin (Madison, Wisconsin); Ahtasham Ashraf (Lewis Center, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Occupancy of a railroad track detection zone by one or more trains is determined using sensor devices located at gateways into and out of the track detection zone. Each sensor device has a sensing range that includes a portion of the railroad track in the detection zone and the sensor device generates data used to uniquely identify each train passing through a gateway and thus the sensing range of one or more sensor devices. Data from the detection zone's sensor device array is collected and evaluated to monitor or track the status of any detected trains and the occupancy of the zone. In some embodiments, the sensor devices utilize anisotropic magnetoresistive sensor elements whose analog waveform data is the basis of magnetic flux peak detection and mapping to generate unique train identification signature data that is transmitted to and evaluated by a detection zone processor, which in some cases can control crossing signals and/or other control apparatus related to the railroad track detection zone. The unique train identification signature data can include digitized amplitude peaks and their sequence for each train, based on that train's generated analog waveform data. |
| FILED | Monday, May 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/699549 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Guiding Railway Traffic; Ensuring the Safety of Railway Traffic B61L 29/282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09023230 | Sun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luyi Sun (Pearland, Texas); Zhanhu Guo (Beaumont, Texas); Jiahua Zhu (Beaumont, Texas); Suying Wei (Beaumont, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lamar University, A Component of the Texas State University System, An Agency of the State of Texas (Beaumont, Texas); Texas State University San Marcos, A Component of the Texas State University System, An Agency of the State of Texas (San Marcos, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luyi Sun (Pearland, Texas); Zhanhu Guo (Beaumont, Texas); Jiahua Zhu (Beaumont, Texas); Suying Wei (Beaumont, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates facile method to synthesize magnetic PNCs with highly dispersed and narrow size distributed NPs. The PNCs have highly thermal stability and unique electrical and dielectric properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/306964 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0054 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09024094 | Sun |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Haoran Sun (Vermillion, South Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of South Dakota (Vermillion, South Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haoran Sun (Vermillion, South Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluorinated aromatic materials, their synthesis and their use in optoelectronics. In some cases, the fluorinated aromatic materials are perfluoroalkylated aromatic materials that may include perfluoropolyether substituents. |
| FILED | Friday, August 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/391375 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 17/32 (20130101) C07C 17/32 (20130101) C07C 25/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 25/22 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09024253 | De Ruyter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Howard M. De Ruyter (Palos Verdes Estates, California); James Steven Blackmon (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard M. De Ruyter (Palos Verdes Estates, California); James Steven Blackmon (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A calibration system and method for calibrating a detector are disclosed. In one example, the calibration system comprises a plurality of radiation sources configured to emit electromagnetic radiation, a positioning mechanism disposed opposite the plurality of radiation sources, having a single degree of freedom with respect to the plurality of radiation sources, and an optical element coupled to the positioning mechanism, and configured to rotate to a plurality of calibration positions, the optical element in each of the plurality of calibration positions being configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation from a corresponding radiation source and to reflect the electromagnetic radiation to the detector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/590685 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 1/0414 (20130101) G01J 5/047 (20130101) G01J 5/522 (20130101) G01J 5/0809 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09024285 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Gilberto Ribeiro (Menlo Park, California); R. Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Gilberto Ribeiro (Menlo Park, California); R. Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoscale switching device is provided. The device comprises: a first electrode of a nanoscale width; a second electrode of a nanoscale width; an active region disposed between the first and second electrodes, the active region having a non-conducting portion comprising an electronically semiconducting or nominally insulating and a weak ionic conductor switching material capable of carrying a species of dopants and transporting the dopants under an electric field and a source portion that acts as a source or sink for the dopants; and an oxide layer either formed on the first electrode, between the first electrode and the active region or formed on the second electrode, between the second electrode and the active region. A crossbar array comprising a plurality of the nanoscale switching devices is also provided. A process for making at least one nanoscale switching device is further provided. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/636814 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/2463 (20130101) H01L 45/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 45/146 (20130101) H01L 45/1253 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 438/90 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09024327 | Ward et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allan Ward (Durham, North Carolina); Jason Henning (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allan Ward (Durham, North Carolina); Jason Henning (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device structure is disclosed that includes a wide-bandgap semiconductor portion selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide and the Group III nitrides. An interconnect structure is made to the semiconductor portion, and the interconnect structure includes at least two diffusion barrier layers alternating with two respective high electrical conductivity layers. The diffusion barrier layers have a coefficient of thermal expansion different from and lower than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the high electrical conductivity layers. The difference in the respective coefficients of thermal expansions are large enough to constrain the expansion of the high conductivity layers but less than a difference that would create a strain between adjacent layers that would exceed the bond strength between the layers. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/956366 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/3171 (20130101) H01L 23/4827 (20130101) H01L 24/05 (20130101) H01L 29/24 (20130101) H01L 29/267 (20130101) H01L 29/475 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 29/8128 (20130101) H01L 29/41766 (20130101) H01L 2224/05 (20130101) H01L 2224/04026 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/14 (20130101) H01L 2924/01006 (20130101) H01L 2924/01013 (20130101) H01L 2924/01014 (20130101) H01L 2924/01019 (20130101) H01L 2924/01022 (20130101) H01L 2924/01024 (20130101) H01L 2924/01033 (20130101) H01L 2924/1033 (20130101) H01L 2924/01042 (20130101) H01L 2924/01047 (20130101) H01L 2924/01074 (20130101) H01L 2924/01078 (20130101) H01L 2924/01079 (20130101) H01L 2924/01082 (20130101) H01L 2924/1306 (20130101) H01L 2924/1306 (20130101) H01L 2924/1423 (20130101) H01L 2924/10272 (20130101) H01L 2924/10329 (20130101) H01L 2924/13063 (20130101) H01L 2924/13064 (20130101) H01L 2924/13064 (20130101) H01L 2924/13091 (20130101) H01L 2924/19041 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09026161 | Noble et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William B. Noble (Santa Monica, California); Walter F. Schoonover, Jr. (Leo, Indiana); Larisa Angelique Natalya Stephan (Los Angeles, California); James Skora (Arcola, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William B. Noble (Santa Monica, California); Walter F. Schoonover, Jr. (Leo, Indiana); Larisa Angelique Natalya Stephan (Los Angeles, California); James Skora (Arcola, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed subject matter relates to techniques for allowing multiple transmit/receive assignments to share antenna resources in an efficient manner. The techniques may be used with, for example, transmit/receive assignments that are non-deterministic in nature. In some implementations, transmit/receive assignments each have a corresponding priority value. Transmit/receive assignments are permitted to contend for available antenna resources based, at least in part, on priority. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/451107 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 16/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, May 05, 2015.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
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FUNDED BY
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APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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ABSTRACT
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FILED
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APPL NO
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ART UNIT
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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CURRENT CPC
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
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