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Patent Details for Tuesday, May 12, 2015
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| US 09027226 | Polavarapu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murty S. Polavarapu (Vienna, Virginia); Nadim F. Haddad (Oakton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for implementing a prompt dose mitigating capacitor is disclosed. Initially, a flip chip is provided with multiple capacitors. The flip chip is then placed on top of a substrate having multiple electronic devices connected to a set of power rails. The terminals of the capacitors within the flip chip are subsequently connected to the power rails within the substrate in order to regulate voltages appeared on the power rails during a radiation pulse. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/851804 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 2/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 4/33 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 24/01 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) |
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| US 09027336 | Onal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cagdas Denizel Onal (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniela Rus (Weston, Massachusetts); Xin Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cagdas Denizel Onal (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniela Rus (Weston, Massachusetts); Xin Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Self-regulating pressure source. The pressure source includes a chamber enclosing a chemical monopropellant. A moveable boss is attached to a deformable membrane sealing an air chamber, the moveable boss and air chamber being disposed within the chamber. A catalyst is disposed around the membrane so as to be covered by the boss in a retracted position so that the monopropellant is broken down by the catalyst to produce a gas. The gas pressure will increase within the chamber causing air in the air chamber to compress thereby to pull the boss into the retracted position to cover the catalyst thereby to regulate the pressure within the chamber. The self-regulating pressure source is particularly suited to power fluidic elastomeric actuators. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/420886 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 21/06 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 16/0636 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09027455 | Woodall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C Woodall (Panama City, Florida); Gregory A Reitmeyer (Panama City, Florida); Felipe A Garcia (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A mine clearing system and method remotely deploys line hose from a remotely controlled two-wheeled vehicle. The wheels are connected together via a central hub shaft. Individual battery operated hub motors on each wheel communicate to a central controller inside the hub shaft. The power source for the motors is contained within the hub shaft, with battery recharge ports located on the hub shaft. The line hose is wrapped around the central hub shaft. An operator uses a remote control console in communication with the central controller to independently control each wheel of the vehicle. A camera can hang from a hub shaft bearing on the outside of one wheel so as to be gravitationally stabilized during vehicle movement. The camera can broadcast signals to a display at the remote control console. Explosive slurry is pumped into the line hose and detonated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/669725 |
| 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 11/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09028188 | Muskat |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Muskat (Mooresville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved retention pin assembly and method of forming a pin assembly that uses a melt in a pocket without a metallurgical joint having been formed. The assembly can be generated by a method of forming a joint which includes providing a metal shaft and a member that is operable to receive the shaft. A pocket is formed within the member which operates to receive a melt pool. Next the shaft is inserted into apertures in the member. A welding or melting operation is then performed to create a melted portion that occupies the pocket. A joint is created using a retention pin. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/101814 |
| ART UNIT | 3677 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/023 (20130101) F01D 11/005 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/28 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/23 (20130101) F05D 2240/57 (20130101) Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 19/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09028583 | Myers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James F. Myers (Palm City, Florida); Scott Ohm (Coldwater, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James F. Myers (Palm City, Florida); Scott Ohm (Coldwater, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for producing refractory metal alloy powders includes the steps of blending at least one powder with at least one solvent and at least one binder to form a slurry; forming a plurality of agglomerates from the slurry; screening the plurality of agglomerates; sintering the plurality of agglomerates; and melting said plurality of agglomerates to form a plurality of homogenous, densified powder particles. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570415 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 3/1017 (20130101) B22F 9/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22F 9/06 (20130101) Alloys C22C 1/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09028603 | Detty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Ray Detty (Rochester, New York); Frank V. Bright (Williamsville, New York); Stephanie Marie Bennett (Grand Island, New York); Anastasiya Sokolova (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Ray Detty (Rochester, New York); Frank V. Bright (Williamsville, New York); Stephanie Marie Bennett (Grand Island, New York); Anastasiya Sokolova (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A xerogel film exhibiting antifouling properties. The films are made using long-chain alkyltrialkoxysilanes, short-chain alkyltrialkoxysilanes, aminoalkyltrialkoxysilanes, alkylaminoalkyltrialkoxysilanes, dialkylaminoalkyltrialkoxysilanes, and perfluororalkyltrialkoxysilanes as sol-gel precursors. The films can be used as coatings on surfaces to reduce or eliminate fouling resulting from attachment and/or growth of biofoulants such as algae, diatoms, bacteria, barnacles, and biofilms. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493116 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 33/16 (20130101) C01B 33/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/1675 (20130101) C09D 5/1681 (20130101) |
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| US 09028807 | Dickerson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UES, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UES, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew B. Dickerson (Beavercreek, Ohio); Rajesh R. Naik (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a biocidal halogenated organic/inorganic composite material may include providing at least one inorganic precursor, providing at least one organic agent, precipitating an organic/inorganic composite material by contacting the at least one inorganic precursor with the at least one organic agent, and halogenating the organic/inorganic composite material by contacting the organic/inorganic composite material with a halogen. Also, a halogenated organic/inorganic composite material may include an inorganic composition comprising a metal oxide and a halogenated organic composition. The inorganic composition and the halogenated organic composition are dispersed throughout the composite material. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/803448 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — 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 25/10 (20130101) A01N 25/12 (20130101) A01N 33/04 (20130101) A01N 37/18 (20130101) A01N 59/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 59/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09028871 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington); Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington); Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Particular aspects provide bioresorbable and biocompatible compositions for bioengineering, restoring or regenerating tissue or bone, comprising a three-dimensional porous or non-porous scaffold material comprising a calcium phosphate-based ceramic having at least one dopant therein selected from metal ion or ion dopants and metal oxide dopants, wherein the composition is sufficiently biocompatible to provide for a cell or tissue scaffold, and resorbable at a controlled resorption rate for controlled strength loss, depending on dopant composition, under body, body fluid or simulated body fluid conditions. Preferably, the at least one dopant is selected from the group consisting of Zn2+, Mg2+, Si2+, Na+, K+, Sr2+, Cu2+, Fe3+/Fe2+, Ag+, Ti4+, CO32−, F−, MgO, ZnO, NaF, KF, FeO/Fe2O3, SrO, CuO, SiO2, TiO2, Ag2O and CaCO3, present in an amount between 0 and about 10 w %, from about 0.5 to about 5 w %, or from about 1 to about 3 w %, and methods of using same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/298012 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/12 (20130101) A61L 27/32 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/425 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/447 (20130101) C04B 35/6261 (20130101) C04B 2235/34 (20130101) C04B 2235/77 (20130101) C04B 2235/80 (20130101) C04B 2235/96 (20130101) C04B 2235/442 (20130101) C04B 2235/445 (20130101) C04B 2235/608 (20130101) C04B 2235/786 (20130101) C04B 2235/3201 (20130101) C04B 2235/3206 (20130101) C04B 2235/3208 (20130101) C04B 2235/3212 (20130101) C04B 2235/3213 (20130101) C04B 2235/3232 (20130101) C04B 2235/3272 (20130101) C04B 2235/3281 (20130101) C04B 2235/3284 (20130101) C04B 2235/3291 (20130101) C04B 2235/3418 (20130101) C04B 2235/5445 (20130101) |
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| US 09028873 | McDonough et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph A. McDonough (Helotes, Texas); Hong Dixon (Helotes, Texas); Larry A. Cabell (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. McDonough (Helotes, Texas); Hong Dixon (Helotes, Texas); Larry A. Cabell (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for producing nanoparticles to provide relatively more rapid delivery of such particles across the blood-brain barrier. The nanoparticles may be formed from bis-quaternary pyridinium-aldoxime salts that may also be of a specific polymorphic structure and which may be formed in either hydrophobic or hydrophilic type liquid media. In addition, the nanoparticle for transport across the blood-brain barrier may comprise a polymeric resin encapsulating a bis-quaternary pyridinium-2-aldoxime salt. |
| FILED | Monday, February 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/702095 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5021 (20130101) A61K 9/5115 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09028919 | Garces et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nelson Garces (Alexandria, Virginia); Virginia D. Wheeler (Alexandria, Virginia); David Kurt Gaskill (Alexandria, Virginia); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Glenn G. Jernigan (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nelson Garces (Alexandria, Virginia); Virginia D. Wheeler (Alexandria, Virginia); David Kurt Gaskill (Alexandria, Virginia); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Glenn G. Jernigan (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes for preparation of an epitaxial graphene surface to make it suitable for deposition of high-κ oxide-based dielectric compounds such as Al2O3, HfO2, TaO5, or TiO2 are provided. A first process combines ex situ wet chemistry conditioning of an epitaxially grown graphene sample with an in situ pulsing sequence in the ALD reactor. A second process combines ex situ dry chemistry conditioning of the epitaxially grown graphene sample with the in situ pulsing sequence. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/315356 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) 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 16/02 (20130101) C23C 16/403 (20130101) C23C 16/45525 (20130101) 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 25/186 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02315 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09028955 | Ferrando |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William A. Ferrando (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Ferrando (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical cell comprises an ion permeable, liquid and vapor impermeable, membrane made by a solvent casting process. Two mutually insoluble polymers are cast together with the aide of mutually soluble co-solvents. The ion permeable membrane comprises a high molecular weight polyisobutylene polymer structural component. The linearized poly(acrylic acid) polymer ion conducting component comprises which is 4 wt % to 6 wt % of the membrane. The dried ion permeable membrane has a thickness of about 0.1 millimeters. The membrane is hydrated and used for transporting ions in an electrochemical cell. The cell demonstrates good reversibility, i.e. rechargability. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/571459 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/40 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/1653 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/36 (20130101) H01M 4/66 (20130101) H01M 4/1399 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/26 (20150115) |
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| US 09029144 | Szczypka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Szczypka (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Evangelos Tziampazis (East Lyme, Connecticut); Angela J. Westover (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Innovative Bio Therapies, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); CytoPherx, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Szczypka (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Evangelos Tziampazis (East Lyme, Connecticut); Angela J. Westover (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to methods for the isolation and propagation of cells. For example, embodiments of the present invention relate to isolation and propagation methods for the manufacture of a large number of cells for use, for example, in biotherapeutic devices, such as devices for renal replacement therapy for the treatment of acute renal failure (ARF), acute tubular necrosis (ATN), multi-organ failure (MOF), sepsis, cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/485575 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0687 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/385 (20130101) |
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| US 09029168 | McAlpine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael C. McAlpine (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Manu Sebastian Mannoor (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. McAlpine (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Manu Sebastian Mannoor (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A biosensor and method of making are disclosed. The biosensor is configured to detect a target and may include a peptide immobilized on a sensing component, the sensing component having an anode and a cathode. The immobilized peptide may comprise an antimicrobial peptide binding motif for the target. The sensing component has an electrical conductivity that changes in response to binding of the immobilized peptide to the target. The immobilized peptide may bind one or more targets selected from the list consisting of: bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, Gram-positive bacteria, pathogens, protozoa, fungi, viruses, and cancerous cells. The biosensor may have a display with a readout that is responsive to changes in electrical conductivity of the sensing component. The display unit may be wirelessly coupled to the sensing component. A resonant circuit with an inductive coil may be electrically coupled to the sensing component. A planar coil antenna may be disposed in proximity to the resonant circuit, the planar coil antenna being configured to provide power to the sensing component. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/171120 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/126 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09029245 | Daniel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jurgen H. Daniel (San Francisco, California); Ana Claudia Arias (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A first patterned contact layer, for example a gate electrode, is formed over an insulative substrate. Insulating and functional layers are formed at least over the first patterned contact layer. A second patterned contact layer, for example source/drain electrodes, is formed over the functional layer. Insulative material is then selectively deposited over at least a portion of the second patterned contact layer to form first and second wall structures such that at least a portion of the second patterned contact layer is exposed, the first and second wall structures defining a well therebetween. Electrically conductive or semiconductive material is deposited within the well, for example by jet-printing, such that the first and second wall structures confine the conductive or semiconductive material and prevent spreading and electrical shorting to adjacent devices. The conductive or semiconductive material is in electrical contact with the exposed portion of the second patterned contact layer to form, e.g., an operative transistor. |
| FILED | Monday, December 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/094677 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/368 (20130101) H01L 21/02288 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02488 (20130101) H01L 21/02628 (20130101) H01L 27/1292 (20130101) H01L 29/7869 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/66772 (20130101) H01L 29/78684 (20130101) H01L 51/0004 (20130101) |
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| US 09029259 | Stupar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip A. Stupar (Oxnard, California); Yu-Hua K. Lin (Oak Park, California); Donald E. Cooper (Moorpark, California); Jeffrey F. DeNatale (Thousand Oaks, California); William E. Tennant (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-aligning hybridization method enabling small pixel pitch hybridizations with self-alignment and run-out protection. The method requires providing a first IC, the surface of which includes at least one electrical contact for connection to a mating IC, depositing an insulating layer on the IC's surface, patterning and etching the insulating layer to provide recesses in the insulating layer above each of the electrical contacts, and depositing a deformable conductive material in each of the recesses. A mating IC is provided which includes conductive pins positioned to align with the deformable conductive material in respective ones of the recesses on the first chip. The first and mating ICs are then hybridized by bringing the conductive pins into contact with the deformable conductive material in the recesses, such that the conductive material deforms and the pins make electrical contact with the first IC's electrical contacts. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/716759 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/13 (20130101) H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/02005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09029286 | Neltner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusettes Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Neltner (Boulder, Colorado); Angela M. Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a metal oxide nanoparticle comprising contacting an aqueous solution of a metal salt with an oxidant. The method is safe, environmentally benign, and uses readily available precursors. The size of the nanoparticles, which can be as small as 1 nm or smaller, can be controlled by selecting appropriate conditions. The method is compatible with biologically derived scaffolds, such as virus particles chosen to bind a desired material. The resulting nanoparticles can be porous and provide advantageous properties as a catalyst. |
| FILED | Monday, April 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/872280 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/10 (20130101) B01J 23/96 (20130101) B01J 23/894 (20130101) B01J 31/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 35/006 (20130101) B01J 35/06 (20130101) B01J 35/0013 (20130101) B01J 35/1019 (20130101) B01J 35/1038 (20130101) B01J 37/0018 (20130101) B01J 37/031 (20130101) B01J 37/36 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/326 (20130101) C01B 2203/0233 (20130101) C01B 2203/1041 (20130101) C01B 2203/1058 (20130101) C01B 2203/1064 (20130101) C01B 2203/1229 (20130101) |
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| US 09029328 | Jay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven M. Jay (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Linda G. Griffith (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Richard T. Lee (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Jay (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Linda G. Griffith (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Richard T. Lee (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for reducing, preventing or reversing cardio toxicity side effects associated with certain therapeutic agents. The invention also provides methods and compositions for treating heart dysfunction including heart failure, and for reversing the effects of myocardial infarction. The various aspects of the invention involve the use of ligand dimers, such as neuregulin dimers, that selectively induce the dimerization of certain EGF receptors in cardiac tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/636578 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1808 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1883 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/485 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09029408 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee); GTx, Inc. (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GTx, Inc. (Memphis, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duane D. Miller (Collierville, Tennessee); Wei Li (Germanton, Tennessee); Jianjun Chen (Memphis, Tennessee); James T. Dalton (Lakeland, Tennessee); Chien-Ming Li (Memphis, Tennessee); Sunjoo Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a compound of formula XXII and a compound of formula 17ya, which are defined as anywhere in the specification, to a composition comprising the same, and to a method of using thereof in the treatment of various forms of cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/049950 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/02 (20130101) C07D 233/22 (20130101) C07D 233/54 (20130101) C07D 263/06 (20130101) C07D 263/14 (20130101) C07D 263/32 (20130101) C07D 277/04 (20130101) C07D 277/24 (20130101) C07D 277/28 (20130101) C07D 277/56 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 413/04 (20130101) C07D 413/06 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09029437 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PRC-DeSoto International, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRC-DeSoto International, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence G. Anderson (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); Elizabeth A. Furar (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Thor G. Lingenfelter (Evans City, Pennsylvania); Michael A. Mayo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robin M. Peffer (Valencia, Pennsylvania); Joseph Theodore Valko (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A coating/sealant system that includes a coating and a sealant deposited over at least a portion of the coating, in which the coating includes a reaction product formed from reactants comprising a phosphated epoxy resin and a curing agent, and the sealant includes a sulfur-containing polymer. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/649144 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/1483 (20130101) C08G 59/1488 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 163/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029784 | Mathur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Veerendra K. Mathur (Beltsville, Maryland); John H. Barkyoumb (Kensington, Maryland); Noel A. Guardala (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Veerendra K. Mathur (Beltsville, Maryland); John H. Barkyoumb (Kensington, Maryland); Noel A. Guardala (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Typical practice of the present invention performs measurement and processing of two forms of light emissions—viz., unfiltered and filtered—of a core-valence luminescent (CVL) scintillator impinged by ionizing radiation emanating from a radioactive source. When unfiltered, the CVL scintillator light emission is inclusive of gamma emissions and neutron emissions. When filtered by a filtering apparatus that transmits CVL light only, the CVL scintillator light emission is inclusive of gamma emissions but is exclusive of neutron emissions. Algorithmic comparison between the two sets of empirical data provides discriminative information regarding gamma emissions versus neutron emissions. Essentially, the difference is taken between the unfiltered pulse height spectra data and the filtered pulse height data. The set of pulse height spectral data thus computed via subtraction is indicative of the portion of the CVL scintillator light emissions that is inclusive of neutron emissions but is exclusive of gamma emissions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/247010 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/2023 (20130101) G01T 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029833 | Kub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Virginia); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Virginia); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Ultraviolet or Extreme Ultraviolet and/or visible detector apparatus and fabrication processes are presented, in which the detector includes a thin graphene electrode structure disposed over a semiconductor surface to provide establish a potential in the semiconductor material surface and to collect photogenerated carriers, with a first contact providing a top side or bottom side connection for the semiconductor structure and a second contact for connection to the graphene layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/471001 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/148 (20130101) H01L 27/14643 (20130101) H01L 27/14692 (20130101) H01L 27/14694 (20130101) H01L 31/028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0336 (20130101) |
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| US 09029836 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jung-Ung Park (Ulsan, South Korea); SungWoo Nam (Champaign, Illinois); Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jung-Ung Park (Ulsan, South Korea); SungWoo Nam (Champaign, Illinois); Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for fabricating a graphene structure, there is formed on a fabrication substrate a pattern of a plurality of distinct graphene catalyst materials. In one graphene synthesis step, different numbers of graphene layers are formed on the catalyst materials in the formed pattern. In a method for fabricating a graphene transistor, on a fabrication substrate at least one graphene catalyst material is provided at a substrate region specified for synthesizing a graphene transistor channel and at least one graphene catalyst material is provided at a substrate region specified for synthesizing a graphene transistor source, and at a substrate region specified for synthesizing a graphene transistor drain. Then in one graphene synthesis step, at least one layer of graphene is formed at the substrate region for the graphene transistor channel, and at the regions for the transistor source and drain there are formed a plurality of layers of graphene. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/817885 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0453 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02488 (20130101) H01L 21/02491 (20130101) H01L 21/02494 (20130101) H01L 21/02502 (20130101) H01L 21/02527 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02645 (20130101) H01L 21/02664 (20130101) H01L 23/53276 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/7781 (20130101) H01L 29/66477 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/78618 (20130101) H01L 29/78684 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/936 (20130101) Y10S 977/938 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029837 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Eric K. Yu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Cong Trinh (Los Angeles, California); Matthew Whited (Northfield, Minnesota); Vlacheslav Diev (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Eric K. Yu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Cong Trinh (Los Angeles, California); Matthew Whited (Northfield, Minnesota); Vlacheslav Diev (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Coordinating additives are included in porphyrinoid-based materials to promote intermolecular organization and improve one or more photoelectric characteristics of the materials. The coordinating additives are selected from fullerene compounds and organic compounds having free electron pairs. Combinations of different coordinating additives can be used to tailor the characteristic properties of such porphyrinoid-based materials, including porphyrin oligomers. Bidentate ligands are one type of coordinating additive that can form coordination bonds with a central metal ion of two different porphyrinoid compounds to promote porphyrinoid alignment and/or pi-stacking. The coordinating additives can shift the absorption spectrum of a photoactive material toward higher wavelengths, increase the external quantum efficiency of the material, or both. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/271993 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/001 (20130101) H01L 51/0003 (20130101) H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0047 (20130101) H01L 51/56 (20130101) H01L 51/0077 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/0092 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/424 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) H01L 51/5012 (20130101) H01L 51/5056 (20130101) H01L 51/5072 (20130101) |
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| US 09029945 | Ryu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sei-Hyung Ryu (Cary, North Carolina); Doyle Craig Capell (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Lin Cheng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Sarit Dhar (Cary, North Carolina); Charlotte Jonas (Morrisville, North Carolina); Anant Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John Palmour (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sei-Hyung Ryu (Cary, North Carolina); Doyle Craig Capell (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Lin Cheng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Sarit Dhar (Cary, North Carolina); Charlotte Jonas (Morrisville, North Carolina); Anant Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John Palmour (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device includes a drift layer having a first conductivity type, a well region in the drift layer having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type, and a source region in the well region. The source region has the first conductivity type and defines a channel region in the well region. The source region includes a lateral source region adjacent the channel region and a plurality of source contact regions extending away from the lateral source region opposite the channel region. A body contact region having the second conductivity type is between at least two of the plurality of source contact regions and is in contact with the well region. A source ohmic contact overlaps at least one of the source contact regions and the body contact region. A minimum dimension of a source contact area of the semiconductor device is defined by an area of overlap between the source ohmic contact and the at least one source contact region. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/102510 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/0696 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/7395 (20130101) H01L 29/7802 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09030079 | Roberts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | M. Joseph Roberts (Ridgecrest, California); Alfred J. Baca (Ridgecrest, California); William W. Lai (Ridgecrest, California); Lawrence C. Baldwin (Ridgecrest, California); Michael T. Owens (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Joseph Roberts (Ridgecrest, California); Alfred J. Baca (Ridgecrest, California); William W. Lai (Ridgecrest, California); Lawrence C. Baldwin (Ridgecrest, California); Michael T. Owens (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy harvesting device using auxetic materials includes a first auxetic conductive electrode layer. A second auxetic conductive electrode layer is associated with the first auxetic conductive electrode layer. The auxetic conductive electrode layers have negative Poisson ratios. At least one dielectric elastomer layer is associated in layered orientation between the first and second auxetic conductive electrode layers. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/553744 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Ignition; Extinguishing-devices F23Q 3/002 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 2/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09030134 | Whittum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Whittum (Sunnyvale, California); James E. Clayton (San Jose, California); George Merdinian (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanan Medical Systems, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Whittum (Sunnyvale, California); James E. Clayton (San Jose, California); George Merdinian (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Man-portable radiation generation sources and systems that may be carried by hand to a site of interest by one or two people, are disclosed. Methods of use of such sources and systems are also disclosed. Battery operated radiation generation sources, air cooled radiation generation sources, and charged particle accelerators, are also disclosed. A radiation generation source, a radiation scanning system, and a target assembly comprising target material having a thickness of less than 0.20 mm are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/366963 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 2235/08 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 9/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09030320 | Reinpoldt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Reinpoldt (Windermere, Florida); Willem H. Reinpoldt, III (Tarpon Springs, Florida); Lurama Wheeler Foster (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thermal Matrix USA, Inc. (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Reinpoldt (Windermere, Florida); Willem H. Reinpoldt, III (Tarpon Springs, Florida); John W. Foster (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A real-time threat detection system incorporating a plurality of sensors adapted to detect radiation across the majority of the electromagnetic spectrum. The system also includes an aided or automatic target recognition module which compares the data from the sensors against known radiation signatures and issues an alert when an anomalous signature is detected. The system further includes an operator station which displays sensor information allowing the operator to intervene. The sensors detect radiation which is normally emitted by persons or other bodies and display areas to the operator where normal emissions are blocked. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/478151 |
| ART UNIT | 2682 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00771 (20130101) G06K 2009/00644 (20130101) G06K 2209/09 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/2494 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09030327 | Cochran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward L. Cochran (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Kwong Wing Au (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward L. Cochran (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Kwong Wing Au (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes receiving radiation sensor data from two radiation sensors that are positioned separately from each other about a path. Position information identifying a source of radiation as it passes by the two radiation sensors is received. The sensor data from the two radiation sensors is time shifted to correlate the sensor data to the identified source of radiation. The time shifted sensor signals are summed. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/167372 |
| ART UNIT | 2683 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 5/0066 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01V 5/0075 (20130101) |
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| US 09030491 | Gilbreath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary Gilbreath (San Diego, California); Darren Powell (San Diego, California); David Barbour (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Gilbreath (San Diego, California); Darren Powell (San Diego, California); David Barbour (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method involves using a first software module loaded within a storage device to publish a first paint method under a first window object, the first window object covering a first portion of a display operatively connected to the storage device, using a second software module loaded within the storage device to publish a second paint method under a second window object, wherein the second window object at least partially overlaps the first window object and at least partially covers the first portion of the display, and displaying data within the first portion of the display by calling the first paint method and the second paint method in order based upon a property, such as a hierarchical-based property, of both the first window object and the second window object, where data originates from more than one hardware devices operatively connected to the storage device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/449499 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0481 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 5/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sean A. Moore (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean A. Moore (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An innovative anamorphic eyepiece is described, which uses a microlens array with complex surface features used in conjunction with a modified microdisplay to provide a high resolution image with a panoramic field of view. An optical system can be based on such an eyepiece with a microlens array and modified microdisplay that can provide a large, panoramic field of view to the user. The microdisplay is modified to increase the resolution in the horizontal axis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/008194 |
| ART UNIT | 2693 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/0172 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2027/0123 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 3/2074 (20130101) G09G 2300/0443 (20130101) G09G 2340/0457 (20130101) |
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| US 09030657 | Kuhn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William P. Kuhn (Tucson, Arizona); John C. Stover (Tucson, Arizona); Robert S. LeCompte (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William P. Kuhn, Ph.D., LLC (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William P. Kuhn (Tucson, Arizona); John C. Stover (Tucson, Arizona); Robert S. LeCompte (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method for subaperture stray light detection and diagnosis. A test light beam is generated. Stray light is detected. Based on the detected stray light, potential paths that light may have taken to arrive at the detection surface are determined. A testing device comprises a test light beam source whereby the cross sectional area of the test light beam is made less than the cross sectional area of the system aperture. A relative lateral positioning stage and an angular beam directing stage launch the test light beam into the aperture. A detector and a data processing system produce a data set relating the stray light to the location and directional angles of the test light beam to identify the sources of stray light. A light trap and test light beam delivery system are provided. |
| FILED | Sunday, December 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/726154 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09030659 | Tysk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shane M. Tysk (Arlington, Massachusetts); John P. D'Angelo (Medford, Massachusetts); William D. Herzog (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A spark-induced breakdown spectroscopy apparatus can have a housing with an inlet and an outlet that define an analyte flow path. A laser can define a laser pathway generally transverse to an intersecting the analyte flow path. A pair of electrodes, which can have insulating shields, can be mounted within the housing and can define a spark path. An optical detection element defines an optical path. The apparatus can be used to identify an aerosolized analyte. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/948767 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/67 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09030661 | Mieher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | KLA-Tencor Corporation (Milpitas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KLA-Tencor Corporation (Milpitas, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter D. Mieher (Los Gatos, California); Michael R. Gluszczak (San Jose, California); Joseph A. DiRegolo (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment relates to an apparatus for alignment measurement. A laser source generates an incident laser beam which is directed to a two-dimensional target grating on a target substrate such that multiple diffracted beams are created. A beam splitter transmits a first plurality of the multiple diffracted beams onto a first optical path and directs a second plurality of the multiple diffracted beams onto a second optical path. Each of the two optical paths includes a reference grating and a detector. Another embodiment relates to a method of measuring alignment of a target substrate. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/161549 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 9/7003 (20130101) G03F 9/7046 (20130101) G03F 9/7069 (20130101) G03F 9/7088 (20130101) |
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| US 09030780 | Edelstein |
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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) | Alan S. Edelstein (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for reading electronic memory comprising a current source, a spin transfer oscillator, an external field source, coupled to the current source, for generating an RF signal, the spin torque oscillator positioned proximate a magnetic media comprising a plurality of bit regions of varying magnetic permeability, wherein a frequency of the RF signal varies in response to the permeability of a bit region in the plurality of bit regions being proximate the spin torque oscillator. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/717745 |
| ART UNIT | 2688 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 5/09 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11B 5/33 (20130101) G11B 5/332 (20130101) G11B 11/14 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09030915 | Bourgeois et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian S Bourgeois (Slidell, Louisiana); Lewis F. Jones, III (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian S Bourgeois (Slidell, Louisiana); Lewis F. Jones, III (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for rapidly determining the geographic areas where spatial overlap of arbitrarily oriented (i.e. not just parallel) swath sensor data meets a pre-selected specified percentage of swath width. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/603642 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/53 (20130101) G01S 15/89 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhiqiang Liu (Henrico, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiqiang Liu (Henrico, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for mobile underwater acoustic communications includes double differentially (DD) encoding a communication signal to produce a DD-encoded communication signal, applying direct sequence spread spectrum (SS) to the DD-encoded signal to produce a DD-SS communication output signal, and transmitting the DD-SS communication output signal. The method i) increases the SNR via processing gain, ii) eliminates the ISI through multipath suppression, and iii) enables bandwidth efficiency improvement via data multiplexing. The method is shown capable of facilitating simple receiver processing and offering performance robustness against unpredictable channel fluctuations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/795971 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 11/00 (20130101) H04B 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09031285 | Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UtopiaCompression Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UtopiaCompression Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hieu Tat Nguyen (Cypress, California); Prakash Ramu (Sunnyvale, California); Hai Wei (Los Angeles, California); Xiaoqing Liu (El Cerrito, California); Jacob Yadegar (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting floating objects in maritime video is disclosed. The horizon is detected within the video. Modeling of the sky and water is performed on the video. Objects are detected that are not water and sky within the video. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/864551 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09031362 | Lipson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York); Lucas Heitzmann Gabrielli (Sao Paulo, Brazil); Steven G. Johnson (Arlington, Massachusetts); David Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques and devices are disclosed to provide controlled inter-mode cross-talk in multimode optical waveguides. The structure of a bent multimode optical waveguide can be designed or configured in a way that either substantially minimizes inter-mode cross talk or achieves a desired inter-mode cross-talk. Specific examples based on the disclosed waveguide designs are provided for semiconductor integrated waveguide devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/309552 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/13 (20130101) G02B 6/14 (20130101) G02B 6/125 (20130101) G02B 2006/12166 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09031412 | Nagarajan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Radhakrishnan L. Nagarajan (Cupertino, California); Fred A. Kish, Jr. (Palo Alto, California); David F. Welch (Menlo Park, California); Drew D. Perkins (Saratoga, California); Masaki Kato (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Infinera Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radhakrishnan L. Nagarajan (Cupertino, California); Fred A. Kish, Jr. (Palo Alto, California); David F. Welch (Menlo Park, California); Drew D. Perkins (Saratoga, California); Masaki Kato (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A coolerless photonic integrated circuit (PIC), such as a semiconductor electro-absorption modulator/laser (EML) or a coolerless optical transmitter photonic integrated circuit (TxPIC), may be operated over a wide temperature range at temperatures higher then room temperature without the need for ambient cooling or hermetic packaging. Since there is large scale integration of N optical transmission signal WDM channels on a TxPIC chip, a new DWDM system approach with novel sensing schemes and adaptive algorithms provides intelligent control of the PIC to optimize its performance and to allow optical transmitter and receiver modules in DWDM systems to operate uncooled. Moreover, the wavelength grid of the on-chip channel laser sources may thermally float within a WDM wavelength band where the individual emission wavelengths of the laser sources are not fixed to wavelength peaks along a standardized wavelength grid but rather may move about with changes in ambient temperature. However, control is maintained such that the channel spectral spacing between channels across multiple signal channels, whether such spacing is periodic or aperiodic, between adjacent laser sources in the thermally floating wavelength grid are maintained in a fixed relationship. Means are then provided at an optical receiver to discover and lock onto floating wavelength grid of transmitted WDM signals and thereafter demultiplex the transmitted WDM signals for OE conversion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/612646 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/293 (20130101) G02B 6/2813 (20130101) G02B 6/12019 (20130101) G02B 6/12033 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/29317 (20130101) G02B 6/29338 (20130101) G02B 6/29352 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/005 (20130101) H01S 5/12 (20130101) H01S 5/024 (20130101) H01S 5/0085 (20130101) H01S 5/0261 (20130101) H01S 5/0265 (20130101) H01S 5/0268 (20130101) H01S 5/0683 (20130101) H01S 5/1032 (20130101) H01S 5/1221 (20130101) H01S 5/2231 (20130101) H01S 5/02248 (20130101) H01S 5/4031 (20130101) H01S 5/4087 (20130101) H01S 5/34306 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/506 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09031413 | Doniec et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marek W. Doniec (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniela Rus (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of optical underwater communications comprises applying a Fountain code to a plurality of data blocks. A sequence of optical data packets is transmitted through an underwater communications channel. Each optical data packet comprises one of the plurality of data blocks preceded by a preamble. The sequence of optical data packets transmitted through the underwater communication channel is received to generate a sequence of received data packets. The sequence of received data packets is sampled with the sampling clock to recover the plurality of data blocks. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/938291 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 13/02 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 7/0075 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven C. Tidwell (Kirkland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven C. Tidwell (Kirkland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, the present invention provides an apparatus and process that includes control electronics that generate an electronic control signal; and a plurality of optically or electrically pumped semiconductor lasers, quantum-cascade lasers, optical parametric generators, or optical parametric oscillators, operatively coupled to the control electronics, that output an optical signal having a plurality of wavelengths, each wavelength having an output intensity that each of which is varied over time to simulate a combustion signature of a weapon. In some embodiments, the optical signal includes at least two different infrared wavelengths that are varied differently with time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/228277 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/25 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09031697 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wesley Hanan Huang (Burlington, Massachusetts); Emilie A. Phillips (Mason, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wesley Hanan Huang (Burlington, Massachusetts); Emilie A. Phillips (Mason, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present teachings provide a method of controlling a remote vehicle having an end effector and an image sensing device. The method includes obtaining an image of an object with the image sensing device, determining a ray from a focal point of the image to the object based on the obtained image, positioning the end effector of the remote vehicle to align with the determined ray, and moving the end effector along the determined ray to approach the object. |
| FILED | Monday, April 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/448043 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 5/005 (20130101) B25J 9/162 (20130101) B25J 9/1697 (20130101) B25J 11/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 19/023 (20130101) Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 2219/39391 (20130101) G05B 2219/40003 (20130101) G05B 2219/40062 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/09 (20130101) Y10S 901/47 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09031714 | Everett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hobart R. Everett (San Diego, California); Lisa Albuquerque (Dumfries, Virginia); Paul Scerri (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gregory T. Kogut (San Diego, California); Darren N. Powell (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hobart R. Everett (San Diego, California); Lisa Albuquerque (Dumfries, Virginia); Paul Scerri (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gregory T. Kogut (San Diego, California); Darren N. Powell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system for integrated human-trained animal-robot interaction comprising: an operator control unit linked to receive trained animal detection information representative of locations of detected IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices), the operator control unit further linked to one or more unmanned robotic vehicles for providing control information to a selected robotic vehicle, the control information including an optimal path leading the selected robotic vehicle to a detected IED in order for the selected robotic vehicle to neutralize the detected IED. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/753614 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 11/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond S. DiEsposti (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for time-space-position-information (TSPI) includes at least one air-based platform having an on-board navigation system. The on-board navigation system includes a dedicated on-board transmitter and a dedicated on-board receiver. A plurality of ground-based receiver nodes are in communication with the on-board transmitter of the air-based platform. A plurality of ground-based pseudolite transmitter nodes are in communication with the on-board receiver of the air-based platform. The system can provide TSPI solutions for the air-based platform during range and field testing. A ground-based station controls and monitors system components and processes data. |
| FILED | Friday, November 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/069992 |
| ART UNIT | 3669 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 39/024 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/16 (20130101) G01C 21/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 25/00 (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 19/11 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09031733 | Licis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Licis (Tiverton, Rhode Island); Michael B. Lockwood (Exeter, Rhode Island); Richard P. Berube (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); James A. DelSavio (East Providence, Rhode Island); Alan J. Basilica (Bradford, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Licis (Tiverton, Rhode Island); Michael B. Lockwood (Exeter, Rhode Island); Richard P. Berube (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); James A. DelSavio (East Providence, Rhode Island); Alan J. Basilica (Bradford, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A casualty monitoring system is provided in communication with a vehicle controller and configured to monitor and shut down an undersea vehicle. The casualty monitoring processor and the vehicle controller receives, but is not limited to receiving; sensing notification by a depth cutoff switch, a battery over-temperature switch, an over-pressure switch which responds to internal pressure of the vehicle; and a watchdog timer which responds to a failing casualty monitor processor. Before the casualty monitoring processor or the vehicle controller responds to a predetermined setting from these components; casualty logic of the monitoring system will have immediately removed power to the vehicle via a start-up circuit. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768001 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09031782 | Lemay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lee C. Lemay (San Diego, California); Justin E. Gorgen (San Diego, California); Demoz Gebre-Egzhiabher (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee C. Lemay (San Diego, California); Justin E. Gorgen (San Diego, California); Demoz Gebre-Egzhiabher (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | In one preferred embodiment, the present invention provide a navigation system for a movable platform comprising a GNSS receiver sensor for providing position signals representative of the estimated current position of the movable platform; a camera sensor for providing photographic images representative of the surroundings of the movable platform; and an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) sensor for providing specific force and angular rate signals representative of the current specific forces and rate of the movable platform. A processor is responsive to the camera photographic images to estimate the position and attitude of the movable platform, the covariance of the position and attitude estimates and the covariance of consecutive position and attitude estimates. The processor is responsive to the GNSS receiver's estimated position signal, the camera's estimated position and attitude signal, the camera's estimated position and attitude covariance, the camera's estimated correlation of the covariance of consecutive position and attitude estimates, and the specific force and angular rate signals, for providing a navigation solution representative of the estimated current position, velocity, and attitude of the movable platform. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/744047 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09031809 | Kumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rakesh Kumar (West Windsor, New Jersey); Supun Samarasekera (Princeton, New Jersey); Han-Pang Chiu (Princeton, New Jersey); Zhiwei Zhu (Princeton, New Jersey); Taragay Oskiper (East Windsor, New Jersey); Lu Wang (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Raia Hadsell (West Windsor, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rakesh Kumar (West Windsor, New Jersey); Supun Samarasekera (Princeton, New Jersey); Han-Pang Chiu (Princeton, New Jersey); Zhiwei Zhu (Princeton, New Jersey); Taragay Oskiper (East Windsor, New Jersey); Lu Wang (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Raia Hadsell (West Windsor, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for providing three-dimensional navigation for a node comprising an inertial measurement unit for providing gyroscope, acceleration and velocity information (collectively IMU information); a ranging unit for providing distance information relative to at least one reference node; at least one visual sensor for providing images of an environment surrounding the node; a preprocessor, coupled to the inertial measurement unit, the ranging unit and the plurality of visual sensors, for generating error states for the IMU information, the distance information and the images; and an error-state predictive filter, coupled to the preprocessor, for processing the error states to produce a three-dimensional pose of the node. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/182987 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/005 (20130101) G01C 21/165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 1/00 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/012 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00671 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0042 (20130101) G06T 7/0044 (20130101) G06T 7/0075 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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) | Hsiang-Tsung Kung (Belmont, Massachusetts); Tsung-Han Lin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for medium access control. Some techniques include receiving, at a first computing device, a solicitation for at least a first medium access request that specifies at least one time period for transmitting the first medium access request to the second computing device; encoding the first medium access request at least in part by using a compressive sensing encoding technique to obtain a first encoded medium access request; and transmitting the first encoded medium access request to the second computing device during the at least one time period specified in the received solicitation. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/649854 |
| ART UNIT | 2445 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/40013 (20130101) H04L 41/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09032348 | Barnaby et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona); University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona); University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugh James Barnaby (Tempe, Arizona); Ivan Sanchez Esqueda (Venice, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for simulating physical active semiconductor components using in silico active semiconductor components. To simulate charge degradation effect(s) in a circuit simulation, a simulated defect signal level is produced. More specifically, the simulated defect signal level simulates at least one charge degradation effect in the in silico active semiconductor component as a function of simulation time and a simulated input signal level of a simulated input signal. As such, the charge degradation effect(s) are simulated externally with respect to the in silico active semiconductor component. In this manner, the in silico active semiconductor component does not need to be reprogrammed in order to simulate charge degradation effects. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/100712 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/5081 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE45512 | Tearney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Milen Shishkov (Watertown, Massachusetts); Brett E. Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Milen Shishkov (Watertown, Massachusetts); Brett E. Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method are provided for transmitting at least one electro-magnetic radiation is provided. In particular, at least one optical fiber having at least one end extending along a first axis may be provided. Further, a light transmissive optical arrangement may be provided in optical cooperation with the optical fiber. The optical arrangement may have a first surface having a portion that is perpendicular to a second axis, and a second surface which includes a curved portion. The first axis can be provided at a particular angle that is more than 0° and less than 90° with respect to the second axis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/611926 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex Communication H04J 14/0267 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yoichiro Ito (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoichiro Ito (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A plate apparatus for use in countercurrent chromatography is disclosed which comprises a disk shaped tube support (60) having a tube support pattern form in an upper surface (63) of the support and configured to accommodate at least one layer of fluid flow tubing (70), wherein the pattern comprises at least one spiral groove (62) and at least one return path (72). |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/746436 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/18 (20130101) B01D 15/1807 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 30/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09028796 | Maltese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William A. Maltese (Toledo, Ohio); Paul W. Erhardt (Toledo, Ohio); Michael W. Robinson (Toledo, Ohio); Jean H. Overmeyer (Perrysburg, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Maltese (Toledo, Ohio); Paul W. Erhardt (Toledo, Ohio); Michael W. Robinson (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. 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 | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/001313 |
| 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) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09028798 | Weiner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard Weiner (Brookline, Massachusetts); Francisco J. Quintana (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for identifying compounds that modulate the generation of regulatory T cells (Treg) in vivo and in vitro, i.e., compounds that act on the transcription factors that increase or decrease expression of Foxp3. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/745416 |
| 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 31/135 (20130101) A61K 31/357 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) A61K 31/407 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4045 (20130101) A61K 2035/122 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 2501/38 (20130101) C12N 2501/60 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5088 (20130101) |
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| US 09028809 | Stinchcomb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan T. Stinchcomb (Fort Collins, Colorado); Jorge E. Osorio (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin); Timothy D. Powell (Fort Collins, Colorado); Joseph N. Brewoo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Takeda Vaccines, Inc. (Deerfield, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan T. Stinchcomb (Fort Collins, Colorado); Jorge E. Osorio (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin); Timothy D. Powell (Fort Collins, Colorado); Joseph N. Brewoo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention generally disclose methods, compositions and uses for generating and expressing enterobacterial-associated peptides. In some embodiments, enterobacterial-associated peptides include, but are not limited to plague-associated peptides. In certain embodiments, methods generally relate to making and using compositions of constructs including, but not limited to, attenuated or modified vaccinia virus vectors expressing enterobacterial-associated peptides. In other embodiments, vaccine compositions are reported of use in a subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/511652 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/0291 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/24134 (20130101) C12N 2710/24141 (20130101) |
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| US 09028811 | Zon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leonard I. Zon (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Trista E. North (Newton Center, Massachusetts); Wolfram Goessling (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard I. Zon (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Trista E. North (Newton Center, Massachusetts); Wolfram Goessling (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for compositions and methods for modulating hematopoetic stem cell populations by using HCS modulators, which are agents that either increase HSC numbers or decrease HSC numbers as desired by a particular indication. For example, HSC modulators found to increase HSC numbers include prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and agents that stimulate the PGE2 pathway. Conversely, HSC modulators that prevent PGE2 synthesis decrease HSC numbers. HCS modulators may be used in vitro, in vivo, or ex vivo. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/431563 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0647 (20130101) C12N 2501/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09028812 | Sentman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Sentman (West Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Sentman (West Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to modified T cells, methods of making and using isolated, modified T cells, and methods of using these isolated, modified T cells to address diseases and disorders. In one embodiment, this invention broadly relates to TCR-deficient T cells, isolated populations thereof, and compositions comprising the same. In another embodiment of the invention, these TCR-deficient T cells are designed to express a functional non-TCR receptor. The invention also pertains to methods of making said TCR-deficient T cells, and methods of reducing or ameliorating, or preventing or treating, diseases and disorders using said TCR-deficient T cells, populations thereof, or compositions comprising the same. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/502978 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/515 (20130101) |
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| US 09028829 | Levy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Levy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Michael Chorny (Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania); Vladimir Muzykantov (Warwick, Pennsylvania); Elizabeth Hood (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Levy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Michael Chorny (Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania); Vladimir Muzykantov (Warwick, Pennsylvania); Elizabeth Hood (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for magnetic targeting of therapeutic particles are provided. Therapeutic particles comprise one or more magnetic or magnetizable materials and at least one therapeutic agent. Therapeutic particles are specifically targeted using uniform magnetic fields capable of magnetizing magnetizable materials, and can be targeted to particular locations in the body, or can be targeted for capture, containment, and removal. Therapeutic particles can comprise antioxidant enzymes, and can be targeted to cells to protect the cells from oxidative damage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/653465 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5094 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5115 (20130101) A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 9/5169 (20130101) A61K 9/5192 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48315 (20130101) A61K 47/48323 (20130101) A61K 47/48561 (20130101) A61K 47/48853 (20130101) A61K 47/48915 (20130101) A61K 48/0008 (20130101) A61K 48/0041 (20130101) A61K 48/0083 (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 31/16 (20130101) A61L 2300/60 (20130101) A61L 2300/416 (20130101) A61L 2300/624 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) |
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| US 09028835 | Strominger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack L. Strominger (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Masha Fridkis-Hareli (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack L. Strominger (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Masha Fridkis-Hareli (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Random three- and four-amino acid copolymers having lengths of 14-, 35- and 50-amino acid residues are provided. The random copolymers have amino acids alanine, lysine and one or more of the hydrophobic amino acids valine, phenylalanine, tryptophan and tyrosine. Random three-amino acid copolymer FAK efficiently suppressed EAE induced in SJL/J (H-2S) mice with the encephalitogenic epitope PLP 139-151. Random four-amino acid copolymers VYAK and tryptophan-containing VWAK were efficacious in alleviating severity and duration of symptoms of EAE induced by MBP 85-99 (SEQ ID NO:2), in a humanized mouse model expressing genes for both an HLA-DR-2 linked to multiple sclerosis (MS) in humans and for a T cell receptor from an MS patient. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/181079 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/02 (20130101) A61K 38/02 (20130101) A61K 38/215 (20130101) A61K 38/215 (20130101) A61K 38/2026 (20130101) A61K 38/2026 (20130101) A61K 38/2066 (20130101) A61K 38/2066 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 435/975 (20130101) |
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09028842 — Compositions and methods for treatment, research and therapeutic applications for malaria
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kasturi Haldar (Chicago, Illinois); Pamela Tamez (Chicago, Illinois); Souvik Bhattacharjee (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides anti-Plasmodium immunogenic compositions comprising EVP1 (PFD0495c) or an antigenic portion thereof, as well as methods of immunizing against malaria employing these compositions. In other embodiments, the present invention provides methods of identifying Plasmodium infection employing agents that bind to EVP1 or an antibody generated thereto. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/918339 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/015 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56905 (20130101) G01N 2333/445 (20130101) |
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| US 09029076 | Espina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Mason Research Foundation, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Research Foundation, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Virginia A. Espina (Rockville, Maryland); Lance A. Liotta (Bethesda, Maryland); David Geho (Stratham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates, e.g., to a composition that, at room temperature, when contacted with a sample comprising phosphoproteins, can fix and stabilize cellular phosphoproteins, preserve cellular morphology, and allow the sample to be frozen to generate a cryostat frozen section suitable for molecular analysis. The composition comprises (1) a fixative that stabilizes the proteins in the sample and that has a sufficient water content for a stabilizer and/or a permeability enhancing agent to be soluble therein; (2) a stabilizer, comprising (a) a kinase inhibitor and (b) a phosphatase inhibitor and, optionally, (c) a protease (e.g., proteinase) inhibitor; (3) a permeability enhancing agent; and (4) lactic acid. Methods and kits are described for preserving phosphoproteins, using such a composition. Also described are endogenous surrogate markers for monitoring protein degradation, including the loss of posttranslational modifications (such as phosphorylation), e.g. following removal of a cell or tissue from a subject; and exogenous molecular sentinels (e.g. phosphoproteins attached to magnetic nanoparticles) that allow one to evaluate the processing history of a cellular or tissue population sample. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/836995 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| 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 1/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lindon H. Young (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lindon H. Young (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a solution for preservation, perfusion, and/or reperfusion of an organ, especially the heart, for transplantation. The solution contains peptide inhibitor(s) of protein kinase C βII (PKC βII) and/or of protein kinase C ζ (PKC ζ) and/or peptide activator(s) of protein kinase C δ (PKCδ). Methods for using the inventive solution are also disclosed, including methods for preserving an organ for transplantation, for protecting an ischemic organ from damage, for attenuating organ dysfunction after ischemia, for maintaining nitric oxide release and/or inhibiting superoxide release in an ischemic organ, and for protecting an organ from damage when isolated from the circulatory system. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/301405 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| 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 1/02 (20130101) A01N 1/0226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09029087 | Zheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New England Biolabs, Inc. (Ipswich, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New England Biolabs, Inc. (Ipswich, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Zheng (Topsfield, Massachusetts); Richard J. Roberts (Wenham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, methods and related uses are provided relating to cleaving modified DNA. For example, a set of DNA fragments obtainable by enzymatic cleavage of a large DNA is described where at least 50% are similarly sized and have a centrally positioned modified nucleotide. In addition, an enzyme preparation is provided that includes one or more enzymes that recognize a modified nucleotide in a DNA and cleave the DNA at a site that is at a non-random distance from the modified nucleotide. The one or more enzymes are further characterized by an N-terminal conserved domain with greater than 90% amino acid sequence homology to WXD(X)10YXGD. The related uses include creating a methylome, methods of purifying DNA fragments containing a modified nucleotide and diagnostic applications. |
| FILED | Friday, August 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/969418 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/22 (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 1/6809 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2521/331 (20130101) |
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| US 09029089 | Yen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yun Yen (Arcadia, California); Qiang Liu (Upland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yun Yen (Arcadia, California); Qiang Liu (Upland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for survival prediction in cancer patients is provided. In one embodiment, the survival prediction is determined by the presence or absence of KRAS gene region deletion and/or loss of Chromosome 12 (Ch. 12) in cancer tumor tissue. In another embodiment, the presence or absence of KRAS gene region deletion and/or loss of Ch. 12 in cancer tumor tissue is used to predict survival in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/049691 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 09029144 | Szczypka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Szczypka (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Evangelos Tziampazis (East Lyme, Connecticut); Angela J. Westover (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Innovative Bio Therapies, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); CytoPherx, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Szczypka (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Evangelos Tziampazis (East Lyme, Connecticut); Angela J. Westover (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to methods for the isolation and propagation of cells. For example, embodiments of the present invention relate to isolation and propagation methods for the manufacture of a large number of cells for use, for example, in biotherapeutic devices, such as devices for renal replacement therapy for the treatment of acute renal failure (ARF), acute tubular necrosis (ATN), multi-organ failure (MOF), sepsis, cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/485575 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0687 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/385 (20130101) |
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| US 09029147 | Colton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clark K. Colton (Newton, Massachusetts); Daryl E. Powers (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeffrey R. Millman (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clark K. Colton (Newton, Massachusetts); Daryl E. Powers (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jeffrey R. Millman (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for differentiating pluripotent stem cells such as ES cells with improved progenitor and differentiated cell yield using low oxygen conditions and optionally in the absence of exogenously added differentiation factors. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/664763 |
| 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 5/0657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2500/25 (20130101) C12N 2500/34 (20130101) C12N 2500/38 (20130101) C12N 2501/235 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2533/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09029328 | Jay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven M. Jay (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Linda G. Griffith (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Richard T. Lee (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Jay (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Linda G. Griffith (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Richard T. Lee (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for reducing, preventing or reversing cardio toxicity side effects associated with certain therapeutic agents. The invention also provides methods and compositions for treating heart dysfunction including heart failure, and for reversing the effects of myocardial infarction. The various aspects of the invention involve the use of ligand dimers, such as neuregulin dimers, that selectively induce the dimerization of certain EGF receptors in cardiac tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/636578 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1808 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1883 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/485 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09029338 | de Fougerolles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Antonin de Fougerolles (Brookline, Massachusetts); Anna Borodovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonin de Fougerolles (Brookline, Massachusetts); Anna Borodovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to lipid formulated double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of a gene from the Ebola virus. |
| FILED | Friday, August 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/390095 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/0075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09029340 | Lupold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn Edward Lupold (Ellicott City, Maryland); Theodore L. DeWeese (Baltimore, Maryland); Xiaohua Ni (Baltimore, Maryland); Yonggang Zhang (Nottingham, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn Edward Lupold (Ellicott City, Maryland); Theodore L. DeWeese (Baltimore, Maryland); Xiaohua Ni (Baltimore, Maryland); Yonggang Zhang (Nottingham, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for sensitizing neoplastic cells to radiotherapy. The invention provides aptamer-inhibitory nucleic acid chimeras that selectively inliibit the expression of radiosensitizing genes in neoplastic cells expressing a cell surface molecule that binds the aptamer. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/811442 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09029344 | Shi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Genbin Shi (Frederick, Maryland); Gary X. Shaw (North Potomac, Maryland); Xinhua Ji (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Genbin Shi (Frederick, Maryland); Gary X. Shaw (North Potomac, Maryland); Xinhua Ji (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides linked purine pterin compounds and analogs thereof that are novel HPPK inhibitors. The HPPK inhibitors described herein are compounds and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof of general Formula I The variables, e.g. A1 to A3, R1 to R4, L1, L2, B1, and B2 are described herein. Compounds and salts of Formula I bind to HPPK with high affinity and specificity. Pharmaceutical compositions containing an HPPK inhibitor of Formula I and methods of treating a bacterial infection in a patient by providing one or more HPPK inhibitors of Formula I to the patient are also provided. Processes and intermediates useful for preparing compounds of Formula I are also provided. Methods of using the disclosed compounds to guide the development of additional novel anti-bacterial agents are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/704857 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 475/04 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09029345 | Berdis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony J. Berdis (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Irene Lee (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony J. Berdis (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Irene Lee (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An agent for inhibiting P-glycoproteins comprises a non-natural adenine ribose analog. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/515382 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7052 (20130101) A61K 31/7056 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/16 (20130101) C07H 19/20 (20130101) C07H 19/173 (20130101) |
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| US 09029346 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc M. Greenberg (Baltimore, Maryland); Dumitru Arian (Chisinau, Moldova); Theodore L. Deweese (Towson, Maryland); Mohammad Hedayati (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compounds are disclosed for irreversibly inhibiting a DNA repair enzyme that possesses lyase activity. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/106016 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
09029366 — Substituted bicyclic alkoxy pyrazole analogs as allosteric modulators of mGluR5 receptors
| US 09029366 | Conn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Shaun R. Stauffer (Brentwood, Tennessee); José Manuel Bartolomé-Nebreda (Toledo, Spain); Susana Conde-Ceide (Toledo, Spain); Gregor James Macdonald (Beerse, Belgium); Han Min Tong (Toledo, Spain); Miguel Angel Pena-Piñón (Toledo, Spain); Manuel Jesús Alcázar-Vaca (Toledo, Spain); José Ignacio Andrés-Gil (Toledo, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted bicyclic alkoxy pyrazole analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/922223 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029376 | Byrd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chelsea M. Byrd (Corvallis, Oregon); Robert Jordan (Corvallis, Oregon); Dongcheng Dai (Corvallis, Oregon); Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siga Technologies, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chelsea M. Byrd (Corvallis, Oregon); Robert Jordan (Corvallis, Oregon); Dongcheng Dai (Corvallis, Oregon); Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by flavivirus is disclosed, i.e., including but not limited to, Dengue virus, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and tick-borne encephalitis virus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/736965 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) |
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| US 09029401 | Hammock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce D. Hammock (Davis, California); Sung Hee Hwang (Davis, California); Aaron T. Wecksler (Davis, California); Christophe Morisseau (West Sacramento, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce D. Hammock (Davis, California); Sung Hee Hwang (Davis, California); Aaron T. Wecksler (Davis, California); Christophe Morisseau (West Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds for the inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase and associated disease conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/985039 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 275/26 (20130101) C07C 275/30 (20130101) C07C 275/34 (20130101) C07C 275/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 2101/14 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/64 (20130101) C07D 213/79 (20130101) C07D 213/81 (20130101) C07D 213/643 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09029408 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee); GTx, Inc. (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GTx, Inc. (Memphis, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duane D. Miller (Collierville, Tennessee); Wei Li (Germanton, Tennessee); Jianjun Chen (Memphis, Tennessee); James T. Dalton (Lakeland, Tennessee); Chien-Ming Li (Memphis, Tennessee); Sunjoo Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a compound of formula XXII and a compound of formula 17ya, which are defined as anywhere in the specification, to a composition comprising the same, and to a method of using thereof in the treatment of various forms of cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/049950 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/02 (20130101) C07D 233/22 (20130101) C07D 233/54 (20130101) C07D 263/06 (20130101) C07D 263/14 (20130101) C07D 263/32 (20130101) C07D 277/04 (20130101) C07D 277/24 (20130101) C07D 277/28 (20130101) C07D 277/56 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 413/04 (20130101) C07D 413/06 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09029413 | Munger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Josh Munger (Rochester, New York); Bryson Bennett (Metuchen, New Jersey); Thomas Shenk (Princeton, New Jersey); Joshua Rabinowitz (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Josh Munger (Rochester, New York); Bryson Bennett (Metuchen, New Jersey); Thomas Shenk (Princeton, New Jersey); Joshua Rabinowitz (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Alterations of certain metabolite concentrations and fluxes that occur in response to viral infection are described. Host cell enzymes in the involved metabolic pathways are selected as targets for intervention; i.e., to restore metabolic flux to disadvantage viral replication, or to further derange metabolic flux resulting in “suicide” of viral-infected cells (but not uninfected cells) to limit viral propagation. While any of the enzymes in the relevant metabolic pathway can be selected, pivotal enzymes at key control points in these metabolic pathways are preferred as candidate antiviral drug targets. Inhibitors of these enzymes are used to reverse, or redirect, the effects of the viral infection. Drug candidates are tested for antiviral activity using screening assays in vitro and host cells, and in animal models. Animal models are then used to test efficacy of candidate compounds in preventing and treating viral infections. Antiviral activity of enzyme inhibitors is demonstrated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/438616 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/22 (20130101) A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/52 (20130101) A61K 31/221 (20130101) A61K 31/336 (20130101) A61K 31/341 (20130101) A61K 31/341 (20130101) A61K 31/351 (20130101) A61K 31/365 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/365 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) A61K 31/522 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/706 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09029457 | Hanson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Ronald Hanson (Lawrence, Kansas); Alan Rolfe (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Ronald Hanson (Lawrence, Kansas); Alan Rolfe (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A particle-polymer hybrid material can include: a substance having the structure of Formula 1 Z(Y-FP)m, wherein Z is a particle smaller than 1 mm; m is an integer; Y is a linker including a silicon atom linked to the particle; FP is a functionalized polymer having: a first structure derived from a first norbornene compound linked to the Y; and one or more repeating units linked to the first structure, each unit being derived from a second norbornene compound and having a functional group. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/152531 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 30/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 232/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/754 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029502 | Nyati et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mukesh K. Nyati (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Theodore S. Lawrence (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mukesh K. Nyati (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Theodore S. Lawrence (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compounds that inhibit a binding interaction between an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and a heat shock protein 90 (HSP90), as well as compositions, e.g., pharmaceutical compositions, comprising the same, and related kits. In some embodiments, the compound is an antibody or antibody analog, and, in other embodiments, the compound is a peptide or peptide analog. Also provided are methods of using the compounds, including methods of increasing degradation of an EGFR, methods of treating cancer, and methods of sensitizing tumors to radiation therapy. |
| FILED | Monday, December 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/329800 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/71 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09029509 | Craik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles S. Craik (San Francisco, California); Krishna Sai Duriseti (San Francisco, California); David H. Goetz (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles S. Craik (San Francisco, California); Krishna Sai Duriseti (San Francisco, California); David H. Goetz (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to binding agents (e.g. antibodies) that bind to and/or modulate the activity of a urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR/CD87), compositions comprising the antibodies, and methods involving use of the antibodies or compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/522653 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/4833 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2896 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/566 (20130101) G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 2333/70546 (20130101) |
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| US 09029550 | Hammock 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) | Bruce D. Hammock (Davis, California); Paul D. Jones (Matawan, New Jersey); Christophe Morisseau (West Sacramento, California); Huazhang Huang (Davis, California); Hsing-Ju Tsai (Davis, California); Richard Gless, Jr. (Hayward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibitors of the soluble epoxide exemplary hydrolase (sEH) are provided that incorporate multiple pharmacophores and are useful in the treatment of diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/918837 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 211/26 (20130101) C07D 211/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 211/96 (20130101) C07D 213/40 (20130101) C07D 235/30 (20130101) C07D 295/20 (20130101) C07D 295/205 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 487/18 (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 1/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09029557 | Mukherjee 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) | Jogeshwar Mukherjee (Irvine, California); Sharon A. Kuruvilla (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Contemplated compositions and methods are employed to bind in vitro and in vivo to an α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in a highly selective manner. Where such compounds are labeled, compositions and methods employing such compounds can be used for PET and SPECT analysis. Alternatively, and/or additionally contemplated compounds can be used as antagonists, partial agonists or agonists in the treatment of diseases or conditions associated with α4β2 dysfunction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/760703 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/044 (20130101) A61K 51/0455 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keqiang Ye (Lilburn, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keqiang Ye (Lilburn, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and methods related to the activation of the TrkB receptor are provided. The methods include administering a 7,8-dihydroxyflavone derivative with modified flavone or heterocyclic ring to a subject in need thereof. Methods and compounds for the treatment of disorders including neurologic disorders, neuropsychiatric disorders, and metabolic disorders (e.g., obesity) are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/643769 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/37 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09029563 | Lindsley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); P. Jeffrey Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Michael R. Wood (Brentwood, Tennessee); Bruce J. Melancon (Nashville, Tennessee); Michael S. Poslusney (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 1-benzylindolin-2-one analog compounds, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Sunday, January 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/735017 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/416 (20130101) A61K 31/416 (20130101) A61K 31/4155 (20130101) A61K 31/4155 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 403/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09029760 | Beddar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | A. Sam Beddar (Houston, Texas); Radhe Mohan (Houston, Texas); Michael Gillin (Houston, Texas); Louis Archambault (Quebec City, Canada); Falk Poenisch (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. Sam Beddar (Houston, Texas); Radhe Mohan (Houston, Texas); Michael Gillin (Houston, Texas); Louis Archambault (Quebec City, Canada); Falk Poenisch (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquid scintillator detector for three-dimensional dosimetric measurement of a radiation beam is provided wherein a volumetric phantom liquid scintillator is exposed to the radiation beam to produce light that is captured by the cameras that provide a three-dimensional image of the beam. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/382483 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/04 (20130101) G01T 1/204 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09031100 | Wise et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank W. Wise (Ithaca, New York); Andy Chong (Dayton, Ohio); William Renninger (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Implementations and examples of fiber lasers based on fiber laser cavity designs that produce self-similar pulses (“similaritons”) to achieve a pulse spectral bandwidth greater than a gain spectral bandwidth based on a spectral broadening fiber segment and a spectral filter to ensure the proper similariton conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/377841 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/0675 (20130101) H01S 3/1118 (20130101) H01S 3/1618 (20130101) H01S 3/06725 (20130101) H01S 3/06791 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/08027 (20130101) |
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| US 09031306 | Parvin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bahram Parvin (Mill Valley, California); Hang Chang (Moraga, California); Ju Han (Albany, California); Gerald V. Fontenay (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Determining at least one of a prognosis or a therapy for a patient based on a stained tissue section of the patient. An image of a stained tissue section of a patient is processed by a processing device. A set of features values for a set of cell-based features is extracted from the processed image, and the processed image is associated with a particular cluster of a plurality of clusters based on the set of feature values, where the plurality of clusters is defined with respect to a feature space corresponding to the set of features. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/886213 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0033 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/7275 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0014 (20130101) G06T 2207/20076 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) G06T 2207/30096 (20130101) |
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| US 09031644 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angel Medical Systems, Inc. (Fair Haven, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Angel Medical Systems, Inc. (Fair Haven, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. Johnson (Fair Haven, New Jersey); Bruce Hopenfeld (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A heart monitor is disclosed. The monitor computes ST segment deviations and stores the results in heart rate based histograms. Periodically, the monitor analyzes the histogram data to determine heart rate dependent acute ischemia detection thresholds. If the statistical distribution associated with a heart rate range is insufficient, the threshold for that heart rate range is set as a function of the threshold for a neighboring heart rate range. Thresholds are also increased for heart rate ranges associated with statistical distributions that are sufficient but that have a relatively small number of entries. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/770206 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0031 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0468 (20130101) A61B 2560/0204 (20130101) A61B 2560/0219 (20130101) |
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| US 09031701 | Viola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francesco Viola (Charlottesville, Virginia); William F. Walker (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HemoSonics LLC (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francesco Viola (Charlottesville, Virginia); William F. Walker (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated system for determining a hemostasis and oxygen transport parameter of a blood sample, such as blood, is disclosed. The system includes a measurement system, such as an ultrasonic sensor, configured to determine data characterizing the blood sample. For example, the data could be displacement of the blood sample in response to ultrasonic pulses. An integrated aspect of the system may be a common sensor, sample portion or data for fast and efficient determination of both parameters. The parameters can also be used to correct or improve measured parameters. For example, physiological adjustments may be applied to the hemostatic parameters using a HCT measurement. Also, physical adjustments may be applied, such as through calibration using a speed or attenuation of the sound pulse through or by the blood sample. These parameters may be displayed on a GUI to guide treatment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/397481 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/024 (20130101) G01N 29/028 (20130101) G01N 33/49 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2291/02466 (20130101) G01N 2291/02818 (20130101) |
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| US 09027360 | Chainer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); David P. Graybill (Staatsburg, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Woodstock, New York); Vinod Kamath (Raleigh, North Carolina); Bejoy J. Kochuparambil (Apex, North Carolina); Roger R. Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York); Mark E. Steinke (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); David P. Graybill (Staatsburg, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Woodstock, New York); Vinod Kamath (Raleigh, North Carolina); Bejoy J. Kochuparambil (Apex, North Carolina); Roger R. Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York); Mark E. Steinke (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronic component. The apparatus includes a liquid-cooled structure, a thermal conduction path coupling the electronic component and the liquid-cooled structure, a coolant loop in fluid communication with a coolant-carrying channel of the liquid-cooled structure, and an outdoor-air-cooled heat exchange unit coupled to facilitate heat transfer from the liquid-cooled structure via, at least in part, the coolant loop. The thermoelectric array facilitates transfer of heat from the electronic component to the liquid-cooled structure, and the heat exchange unit cools coolant passing through the coolant loop by dissipating heat from the coolant to outdoor ambient air. In one implementation, temperature of coolant entering the liquid-cooled structure is greater than temperature of the outdoor ambient air to which heat is dissipated. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/102195 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigerators; Cold Rooms; Ice-boxes; Cooling or Freezing Apparatus Not Otherwise Provided for F25D 17/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09027387 | Blackburn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bryan M. Blackburn (Gainesville, Florida); Eric D. Wachsman (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan M. Blackburn (Gainesville, Florida); Eric D. Wachsman (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a gas sensor and method for sensing one or more gases. An embodiment incorporates an array of sensing electrodes maintained at similar or different temperatures, such that the sensitivity and species selectivity of the device can be fine tuned between different pairs of sensing electrodes. A specific embodiment pertains to a gas sensor array for monitoring combustion exhausts and/or chemical reaction byproducts. An embodiment of the subject device related to this invention operates at high temperatures and can withstand harsh chemical environments. Embodiments of the device are made on a single substrate. The devices can also be made on individual substrates and monitored individually as if they were part of an array on a single substrate. The device can incorporate sensing electrodes in the same environment, which allows the electrodes to be coplanar and, thus, keep manufacturing costs low. Embodiments of the device can provide improvements to sensitivity, selectivity, and signal interference via surface temperature control. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/682365 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/4075 (20130101) |
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| US 09027668 | Zediker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark S. Zediker (Castle Rock, Colorado); Siamak Makki (Novato, California); Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); Ronald A. DeWitt (Katy, Texas); Erik C. Allen (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Lance D. Underwood (Morrison, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Foro Energy, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. Zediker (Castle Rock, Colorado); Siamak Makki (Novato, California); Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); Ronald A. DeWitt (Katy, Texas); Erik C. Allen (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Lance D. Underwood (Morrison, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A control and monitoring system controls and monitors a high power laser system for performing high power laser operations. The control and monitoring system is configured to perform high power laser operation on, and in, remote and difficult to access locations. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/403692 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 7/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E21B 7/15 (20130101) E21B 44/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09028612 | Bondokov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert T. Bondokov (Watervliet, New York); Shailaja P. Rao (Albany, New York); Shawn Robert Gibb (Clifton Park, New York); Leo J. Schowalter (Latham, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Crystal IS, Inc. (Green Island, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert T. Bondokov (Watervliet, New York); Shailaja P. Rao (Albany, New York); Shawn Robert Gibb (Clifton Park, New York); Leo J. Schowalter (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, non-zero thermal gradients are formed within a growth chamber both substantially parallel and substantially perpendicular to the growth direction during formation of semiconductor crystals, where the ratio of the two thermal gradients (parallel to perpendicular) is less than 10, by, e.g., arrangement of thermal shields outside of the growth chamber. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/173213 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 23/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/403 (20130101) |
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| US 09028720 | Repasky |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Michael Repasky (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provide cost-effective systems and methods for producing a synthesis gas product using a steam reformer system and an ion transport membrane (ITM) reactor having multiple stages, without requiring inter-stage reactant injections. Embodiments of the present invention also provide techniques for compensating for membrane performance degradation and other changes in system operating conditions that negatively affect synthesis gas production. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/197546 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/382 (20130101) C01B 3/386 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2203/02 (20130101) C01B 2203/0216 (20130101) C01B 2203/0261 (20130101) |
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| US 09028775 | Hering et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susanne Vera Hering (Berkeley, California); Gregory Stephen Lewis (Berkeley, California); Steven Russel Spielman (Oakland, California); Charles Sherman Henry (Fort Collins, Colorado); Scott Douglas Noblitt (Fort Collins, Colorado); Jeffrey Lee Collett, Jr. (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerosol Dynamics Inc. (Berkeley, California); Colorado State University Research (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susanne Vera Hering (Berkeley, California); Gregory Stephen Lewis (Berkeley, California); Steven Russel Spielman (Oakland, California); Charles Sherman Henry (Fort Collins, Colorado); Scott Douglas Noblitt (Fort Collins, Colorado); Jeffrey Lee Collett, Jr. (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This technology is a method and apparatus for the semi-continuous measurement of the concentration of constituents of airborne particles which couples a laminar flow, water condensation particle collector to a microfluidic device for assay of particle chemical composition by electrophoresis. The technology has been used for the assay of sulfates, nitrates, chlorides, and organic acids contained in fine and submicrometer atmospheric particles. For these compounds the apparatus and method described is capable of one-minute time resolution at concentrations at the level of micrograms of analyte species per cubic meter of air. Extension to other analytes is possible. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246608 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/2208 (20130101) G01N 27/44743 (20130101) G01N 27/44791 (20130101) G01N 35/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/2223 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09028958 | Mao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samuel S. Mao (Castro Valley, California); Vasileia Zormpa (Berkeley, California); Xiaobo Chen (Albany, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel S. Mao (Castro Valley, California); Vasileia Zormpa (Berkeley, California); Xiaobo Chen (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of a superhydrophilic nanostructure includes nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are formed into porous clusters. The porous clusters are formed into aggregate clusters. An embodiment of an article of manufacture includes the superhydrophilic nanostructure on a substrate. An embodiment of a method of fabricating a superhydrophilic nanostructure includes applying a solution that includes nanoparticles to a substrate. The substrate is heated to form aggregate clusters of porous clusters of the nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/265377 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 23/047 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/52 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/60 (20130101) Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 17/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C03C 2217/75 (20130101) C03C 2217/425 (20130101) |
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| US 09029013 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhengcheng Zhang (Naperville, Illinois); Shengwen Yuan (Chicago, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An electroactive composition includes an anodic material; a poly(arylene oxide); and stabilized lithium metal particles; where the stabilized lithium metal particles have a size less than about 200 μm in diameter, are coated with a lithium salt, are present in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 5 wt %, and are dispersed throughout the composition. Lithium secondary batteries including the electroactive composition along with methods of making the electroactive composition are also discussed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/800938 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/364 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/606 (20130101) |
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| US 09029027 | Friesen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fluidic, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fluidic, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cody A. Friesen (Fort McDowell, Arizona); Robert A. Zeller (Scottsdale, Arizona); Paul B. Johnson (Phoenix, Arizona); Elise E. Switzer (Napa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to an electrochemical cell comprising: (i) a fuel electrode comprising a metal fuel, (ii) a positive electrode, (iii) an ionically conductive medium, and (iv) a dopant; the electrodes being operable in a discharge mode wherein the metal fuel is oxidized at the fuel electrode and the dopant increases the conductivity of the metal fuel oxidation product. In an embodiment, the oxidation product comprises an oxide of the metal fuel which is doped degenerately. In an embodiment, the positive electrode is an air electrode that absorbs gaseous oxygen, wherein during discharge mode, oxygen is reduced at the air electrode. Embodiments of the invention also relate to methods of producing an electrode comprising a metal and a doped metal oxidation product. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/044813 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/42 (20130101) H01M 4/463 (20130101) H01M 4/628 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 12/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029114 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brady D. Lee (West Richland, Washington); Deborah T. Newby (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Francisco F. Roberto (Highlands Ranch, Colorado); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods for modulating or altering recombination inside or outside of a cell using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and/or nucleic acid sequences from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/055966 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/00 (20130101) C12N 9/52 (20130101) C12N 9/1007 (20130101) C12N 15/87 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029239 | Tauke-Pedretti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna Tauke-Pedretti (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeffrey G. Cederberg (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jose Luis Cruz-Campa (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes etching a release layer that is coupled between a plurality of semiconductor devices and a substrate with an etch. The etching includes etching the release layer between the semiconductor devices and the substrate until the semiconductor devices are at least substantially released from the substrate. The etching also includes etching a protuberance in the release layer between each of the semiconductor devices and the substrate. The etch is stopped while the protuberances remain between each of the semiconductor devices and the substrate. The method also includes separating the semiconductor devices from the substrate. Other methods and apparatus are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/067433 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0735 (20130101) H01L 31/1852 (20130101) H01L 31/1892 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Y02E 10/544 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029681 | Nielson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William C. Sweatt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William C. Sweatt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A microsystem enabled photovoltaic (MEPV) module including: an absorber layer; a fixed optic layer coupled to the absorber layer; a translatable optic layer; a translation stage coupled between the fixed and translatable optic layers; and a motion processor electrically coupled to the translation stage to controls motion of the translatable optic layer relative to the fixed optic layer. The absorber layer includes an array of photovoltaic (PV) elements. The fixed optic layer includes an array of quasi-collimating (QC) micro-optical elements designed and arranged to couple incident radiation from an intermediate image formed by the translatable optic layer into one of the PV elements such that it is quasi-collimated. The translatable optic layer includes an array of focusing micro-optical elements corresponding to the QC micro-optical element array. Each focusing micro-optical element is designed to produce a quasi-telecentric intermediate image from substantially collimated radiation incident within a predetermined field of view. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/914441 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/06 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/054 (20141201) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029739 | Ranish et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California); Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. Ranish (San Jose, California); Aaron Muir Hunter (Santa Cruz, California); Thomas F. Soules (Livermore, California); Alexander M. Rubenchik (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus and methods for performing rapid thermal processing. One embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for processing a substrate. The apparatus includes a heating source disposed outside a chamber body and configured to provide thermal energy towards a processing volume. The substrate support defines a substrate supporting plane, and the substrate support is configured to support the substrate in the substrate supporting plane. The heating source includes a frame member having an inner wall surrounding an area large enough to encompass a surface area of the substrate, and a plurality of diode laser tiles mounted on the inner wall of the frame member. Each of the plurality of diode laser tiles is directed towards a corresponding area in the processing volume. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/904810 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/268 (20130101) H01L 21/67115 (20130101) H01L 21/67248 (20130101) H01L 21/68792 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 148/09 (20130101) Y10S 148/093 (20130101) |
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| US 09029792 | Stradins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pauls Stradins (Golden, Colorado); Howard M. Branz (Boulder, Colorado); Qi Wang (Littleton, Colorado); Harold R. McHugh (Santa Ynez, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus (200) for detecting slow or thermal neutrons (160). The apparatus (200) includes an alpha particle-detecting layer (240) that is a hydrogenated amorphous silicon p-i-n diode structure. The apparatus includes a bottom metal contact (220) and a top metal contact (250) with the diode structure (240) positioned between the two contacts (220, 250) to facilitate detection of alpha particles (170). The apparatus (200) includes a neutron conversion layer (230) formed of a material containing boron-10 isotopes. The top contact (250) is pixilated with each contact pixel extending to or proximate to an edge of the apparatus to facilitate electrical contacting. The contact pixels have elongated bodies to allow them to extend across the apparatus surface (242) with each pixel having a small surface area to match capacitance based upon a current spike detecting circuit or amplifier connected to each pixel. The neutron conversion layer (860) may be deposited on the contact pixels (830) such as with use of inkjet printing of nanoparticle ink. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/026429 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/00 (20130101) G01T 3/08 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02 (20130101) H01L 31/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09029807 | Feng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick L. Feng (Livermore, California); Joseph G. Cordaro (Oakland, California); Mitchell R. Anstey (Oakland, California); Alfredo M. Morales (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition capable of producing a unique scintillation response to neutrons and gamma rays, comprising (i) at least one surfactant; (ii) a polar hydrogen-bonding solvent; and (iii) at least one luminophore. A method including combining at least one surfactant, a polar hydrogen-bonding solvent and at least one luminophore in a scintillation cell under vacuum or an inert atmosphere. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/834227 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/204 (20130101) |
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| US 09029837 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Eric K. Yu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Cong Trinh (Los Angeles, California); Matthew Whited (Northfield, Minnesota); Vlacheslav Diev (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Eric K. Yu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Cong Trinh (Los Angeles, California); Matthew Whited (Northfield, Minnesota); Vlacheslav Diev (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Coordinating additives are included in porphyrinoid-based materials to promote intermolecular organization and improve one or more photoelectric characteristics of the materials. The coordinating additives are selected from fullerene compounds and organic compounds having free electron pairs. Combinations of different coordinating additives can be used to tailor the characteristic properties of such porphyrinoid-based materials, including porphyrin oligomers. Bidentate ligands are one type of coordinating additive that can form coordination bonds with a central metal ion of two different porphyrinoid compounds to promote porphyrinoid alignment and/or pi-stacking. The coordinating additives can shift the absorption spectrum of a photoactive material toward higher wavelengths, increase the external quantum efficiency of the material, or both. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/271993 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/001 (20130101) H01L 51/0003 (20130101) H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0047 (20130101) H01L 51/56 (20130101) H01L 51/0077 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/0092 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/424 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) H01L 51/5012 (20130101) H01L 51/5056 (20130101) H01L 51/5072 (20130101) |
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| US 09029985 | Driscoll et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judith L. Driscoll (Cambridge, United Kingdom); ShinBuhm Lee (Oak Ridge, California); Quanxi Jia (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Films having a comb-like structure of nanocolumns of Sm2O3 embedded in a SrTiO3 formed spontaneously on a substrate surface by pulsed laser deposition. In an embodiment, the nanocolumns had a width of about 20 nm with spaces between nanocolumns of about 10 nm. The films exhibited memristive behavior, and were extremely uniform and tunable. Oxygen deficiencies were located at vertical interfaces between the nanocolumns and the matrix. The substrates may be single-layered or multilayered. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/282910 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/02 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 2300/0842 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 13/0007 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 45/146 (20130101) H01L 45/147 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 45/1608 (20130101) |
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| US 09031098 | Soh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel B. S. Soh (Pleasanton, California); Scott E. Bisson (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel B. S. Soh (Pleasanton, California); Scott E. Bisson (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments relate to an all fiber passively Q-switched laser. The laser includes a large core doped gain fiber having a first end. The large core doped gain fiber has a first core diameter. The laser includes a doped single mode fiber (saturable absorber) having a second core diameter that is smaller than the first core diameter. The laser includes a mode transformer positioned between a second end of the large core doped gain fiber and a first end of the single mode fiber. The mode transformer has a core diameter that transitions from the first core diameter to the second core diameter and filters out light modes not supported by the doped single mode fiber. The laser includes a laser cavity formed between a first reflector positioned adjacent the large core doped gain fiber and a second reflector positioned adjacent the doped single mode fiber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/551762 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/113 (20130101) H01S 3/1608 (20130101) H01S 3/1618 (20130101) H01S 3/06708 (20130101) H01S 3/094042 (20130101) |
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| US 09031306 | Parvin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bahram Parvin (Mill Valley, California); Hang Chang (Moraga, California); Ju Han (Albany, California); Gerald V. Fontenay (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Determining at least one of a prognosis or a therapy for a patient based on a stained tissue section of the patient. An image of a stained tissue section of a patient is processed by a processing device. A set of features values for a set of cell-based features is extracted from the processed image, and the processed image is associated with a particular cluster of a plurality of clusters based on the set of feature values, where the plurality of clusters is defined with respect to a feature space corresponding to the set of features. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/886213 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0033 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/7275 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0014 (20130101) G06T 2207/20076 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) G06T 2207/30096 (20130101) |
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| US 09032522 | Mulder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Mulder (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Moses Daniel Schwartz (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael Berg (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jonathan Roger Van Houten (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jorge Mario Urrea (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael Aaron King (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Abraham Anthony Clements (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jason Trent (Silver Spring, Maryland); Jennifer M. Depoy (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Joshua Jacob (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The various technologies presented herein relate to the determination of unexpected and/or malicious activity occurring between components communicatively coupled across a backplane. Control data, etc., can be intercepted at a backplane where the backplane facilitates communication between a controller and at least one device in an automation process. During interception of the control data, etc., a copy of the control data can be made, e.g., the original control data can be replicated to generate a copy of the original control data. The original control data can continue on to its destination, while the control data copy can be forwarded to an analyzer system to determine whether the control data contains a data anomaly. The content of the copy of the control data can be compared with a previously captured baseline data content, where the baseline data can be captured for a same operational state as the subsequently captured control data. |
| FILED | Monday, July 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/947887 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/552 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 09028775 | Hering et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susanne Vera Hering (Berkeley, California); Gregory Stephen Lewis (Berkeley, California); Steven Russel Spielman (Oakland, California); Charles Sherman Henry (Fort Collins, Colorado); Scott Douglas Noblitt (Fort Collins, Colorado); Jeffrey Lee Collett, Jr. (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerosol Dynamics Inc. (Berkeley, California); Colorado State University Research (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susanne Vera Hering (Berkeley, California); Gregory Stephen Lewis (Berkeley, California); Steven Russel Spielman (Oakland, California); Charles Sherman Henry (Fort Collins, Colorado); Scott Douglas Noblitt (Fort Collins, Colorado); Jeffrey Lee Collett, Jr. (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This technology is a method and apparatus for the semi-continuous measurement of the concentration of constituents of airborne particles which couples a laminar flow, water condensation particle collector to a microfluidic device for assay of particle chemical composition by electrophoresis. The technology has been used for the assay of sulfates, nitrates, chlorides, and organic acids contained in fine and submicrometer atmospheric particles. For these compounds the apparatus and method described is capable of one-minute time resolution at concentrations at the level of micrograms of analyte species per cubic meter of air. Extension to other analytes is possible. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246608 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/2208 (20130101) G01N 27/44743 (20130101) G01N 27/44791 (20130101) G01N 35/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/2223 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09028829 | Levy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Levy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Michael Chorny (Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania); Vladimir Muzykantov (Warwick, Pennsylvania); Elizabeth Hood (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Levy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Michael Chorny (Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania); Vladimir Muzykantov (Warwick, Pennsylvania); Elizabeth Hood (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for magnetic targeting of therapeutic particles are provided. Therapeutic particles comprise one or more magnetic or magnetizable materials and at least one therapeutic agent. Therapeutic particles are specifically targeted using uniform magnetic fields capable of magnetizing magnetizable materials, and can be targeted to particular locations in the body, or can be targeted for capture, containment, and removal. Therapeutic particles can comprise antioxidant enzymes, and can be targeted to cells to protect the cells from oxidative damage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/653465 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5094 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5115 (20130101) A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 9/5169 (20130101) A61K 9/5192 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48315 (20130101) A61K 47/48323 (20130101) A61K 47/48561 (20130101) A61K 47/48853 (20130101) A61K 47/48915 (20130101) A61K 48/0008 (20130101) A61K 48/0041 (20130101) A61K 48/0083 (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 31/16 (20130101) A61L 2300/60 (20130101) A61L 2300/416 (20130101) A61L 2300/624 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09028871 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington); Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susmita Bose (Pullman, Washington); Amit Bandyopadhyay (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Particular aspects provide bioresorbable and biocompatible compositions for bioengineering, restoring or regenerating tissue or bone, comprising a three-dimensional porous or non-porous scaffold material comprising a calcium phosphate-based ceramic having at least one dopant therein selected from metal ion or ion dopants and metal oxide dopants, wherein the composition is sufficiently biocompatible to provide for a cell or tissue scaffold, and resorbable at a controlled resorption rate for controlled strength loss, depending on dopant composition, under body, body fluid or simulated body fluid conditions. Preferably, the at least one dopant is selected from the group consisting of Zn2+, Mg2+, Si2+, Na+, K+, Sr2+, Cu2+, Fe3+/Fe2+, Ag+, Ti4+, CO32−, F−, MgO, ZnO, NaF, KF, FeO/Fe2O3, SrO, CuO, SiO2, TiO2, Ag2O and CaCO3, present in an amount between 0 and about 10 w %, from about 0.5 to about 5 w %, or from about 1 to about 3 w %, and methods of using same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/298012 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/12 (20130101) A61L 27/32 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/425 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/447 (20130101) C04B 35/6261 (20130101) C04B 2235/34 (20130101) C04B 2235/77 (20130101) C04B 2235/80 (20130101) C04B 2235/96 (20130101) C04B 2235/442 (20130101) C04B 2235/445 (20130101) C04B 2235/608 (20130101) C04B 2235/786 (20130101) C04B 2235/3201 (20130101) C04B 2235/3206 (20130101) C04B 2235/3208 (20130101) C04B 2235/3212 (20130101) C04B 2235/3213 (20130101) C04B 2235/3232 (20130101) C04B 2235/3272 (20130101) C04B 2235/3281 (20130101) C04B 2235/3284 (20130101) C04B 2235/3291 (20130101) C04B 2235/3418 (20130101) C04B 2235/5445 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09028880 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianjun Cheng (Champaign, Illinois); Li Tang (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianjun Cheng (Champaign, Illinois); Li Tang (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provide a silica nanoparticle comprising a non-porous matrix of silicon-oxygen bonds, wherein the matrix comprises organic agents conjugated to silicon or oxygen atoms in the matrix, the organic agents are conjugated to the matrix through linker L groups, wherein the linker L comprises, for example, an ester, urea, thiourea, or thio ether group, and wherein the diameter of the nanoparticle is about 15 nm to about 200 nm. The invention also provides novel methods of making and using the silica nanoparticles described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/990712 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/12 (20130101) A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/2054 (20130101) A61K 9/4858 (20130101) A61K 47/48861 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/0032 (20130101) A61K 49/0041 (20130101) A61K 49/0095 (20130101) Nanostructures Formed by Manipulation of Individual Atoms, Molecules, or Limited Collections of Atoms or Molecules as Discrete Units; Manufacture or Treatment Thereof B82B 1/008 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029189 | Gordon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy Gerald Gordon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Leonard Neil Jacques Rodriguez (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Gerald Gordon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Leonard Neil Jacques Rodriguez (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Bicyclic guanidine compounds are described. Metal bicyclic guanidinate and its use in vapor deposition processes to deposit a metal-containing thin film are also described. Methods of making alkaline earth metal N,N′dialkylacetamidinates or bicyclic guanidinates including dissolution of alkaline earth metal into liquid ammonia followed by addition of a solution of an amidine or guanidine ligand in the free base from are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/918785 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/00 (20130101) C07F 15/0053 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glenn C. Miller (Reno, Nevada); Ahmed Al-Taani (Irbid, Jordan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn C. Miller (Reno, Nevada); Ahmed Al-Taani (Irbid, Jordan) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method of fixing nitrogen. An amount of titania catalyst is provided and contacted with a feed stream that includes nitrogen. The titania catalyst is heated. The heated titania catalyst fixes nitrogen in the feed stream to form nitrogen products, such as nitrates. The nitrogen products are then removed from the titania catalyst. In some examples, the titania catalyst is treated with a base. In further examples, the catalytic process is carried out in the absence of light for photochemically activating the titania catalyst. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/074119 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/8621 (20130101) B01D 2255/802 (20130101) B01D 2255/20707 (20130101) B01D 2257/102 (20130101) B01D 2259/4558 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/20 (20130101) B01J 21/063 (20130101) B01J 37/06 (20130101) B01J 37/08 (20130101) B01J 38/02 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 21/48 (20130101) C01B 21/50 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 23/047 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2006/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luping Yu (Chicago, Illinois); Yongye Liang (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel semiconducting photovoltaic polymers with conjugated units that provide improved solar conversion efficiency that can be used in electro-optical and electric devices. The polymers exhibit increased solar conversion efficiency in solar devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/183151 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/18 (20130101) C08G 73/22 (20130101) C08G 75/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 69/109 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029524 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Si-Ping Han (Pasadena, California); Robert D. Barish (Pasadena, California); William A. Goddard, III (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Si-Ping Han (Pasadena, California); Robert D. Barish (Pasadena, California); William A. Goddard, III (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for signal activated RNA interference (saRNAi), preferably in vivo. The invention provides polynucleotides that switches between an inactive form and an active form upon covalent or non-covalent interaction with one or more specific chemical signals, such as disease-specific mRNA, miRNA, or other cellular RNA products with sequences that characterize diseased states of the cell. The interaction between the subject polynucleotides and the signals is preferably mediated by hybridization, which exposes, facilitates the formation, and/or allows the formation of a substrate that can be processed by proteins of the RNAi pathway (such as Dicer). The input and output of multiple different polynucleotides of the invention can form an in vivo signaling network. In addition, the multiple input signals can be integrated to modulate the activity of the subject polynucleotides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/316372 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/53 (20130101) C12N 2310/3517 (20130101) C12N 2310/3519 (20130101) C12N 2320/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09029804 | Hollis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thedford Keith Hollis (Oxford, Mississippi); Xiaofei Zhang (Oxford, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thedford Keith Hollis (Oxford, Mississippi); Xiaofei Zhang (Oxford, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | We report the synthesis and characterization of four novel CCC-NHC pincer platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes, which adopt a distorted square planar configuration. These complexes emit bright blue light in the solid state under UV irradiation with emissions that are stable in ambient atmosphere (O2 and H2O) for extended periods. We also report the synthesis and characterization of CCC-NHC pincer ligand nickel complexes, and solid state fluorescence spectra have been collected for two of the complexes reported. X-ray structural analysis of a representative compound exhibits a distorted square planar geometry. Finally, we report the synthesis and characterization of CCC-NHC pincer ligand complexes for abnormal carbenes, triazole, and BIA. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/502330 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) C09K 2211/183 (20130101) C09K 2211/185 (20130101) C09K 2211/1007 (20130101) C09K 2211/1044 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0083 (20130101) H01L 51/0084 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0087 (20130101) H01L 51/5016 (20130101) H01L 51/5036 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/10 (20130101) H05B 33/14 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09031100 | Wise et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank W. Wise (Ithaca, New York); Andy Chong (Dayton, Ohio); William Renninger (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Implementations and examples of fiber lasers based on fiber laser cavity designs that produce self-similar pulses (“similaritons”) to achieve a pulse spectral bandwidth greater than a gain spectral bandwidth based on a spectral broadening fiber segment and a spectral filter to ensure the proper similariton conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/377841 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/0675 (20130101) H01S 3/1118 (20130101) H01S 3/1618 (20130101) H01S 3/06725 (20130101) H01S 3/06791 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/08027 (20130101) |
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| US 09031180 | Rahul et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hariharan Shankar Rahul (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Swarun Suresh Kumar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hariharan Shankar Rahul (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Swarun Suresh Kumar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a distributed coherent transmission system enables transmissions from separate wireless transmitters with independent frequency or clock references to emulate a system where all the transmitters share a common frequency or clock reference. Differences in frequency and/or phase between transmitters are addressed by suitably precoding signals before modulation at one or more of the transmitters based on a synchronizing transmission from one of the transmitters (e.g., a master transmitter) received at a corresponding receiver sharing the frequency or clock reference with each of the one or more transmitters. Such a distributed coherent transmission system can allow N single-antenna transmitters with independent frequency or clock references to emulate a single N-antenna Multi Input Multi Output (MIMO) transmitter, or implement schemes such as distributed superposition coding or lattice codes that require coherence across separate transmitters. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/646176 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 25/0204 (20130101) H04L 27/2634 (20130101) H04L 27/2657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 27/2691 (20130101) H04L 27/2695 (20130101) |
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| US 09031243 | LeBoeuf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jay LeBoeuf (San Francisco, California); Stephen Pope (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iZotope, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay LeBoeuf (San Francisco, California); Stephen Pope (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Controlling a multimedia software application using high-level metadata features and symbolic object labels derived from an audio source, wherein a first-pass of low-level signal analysis is performed, followed by a stage of statistical and perceptual processing, followed by a symbolic machine-learning or data-mining processing component is disclosed. This multi-stage analysis system delivers high-level metadata features, sound object identifiers, stream labels or other symbolic metadata to the application scripts or programs, which use the data to configure processing chains, or map it to other media. Embodiments of the invention can be incorporated into multimedia content players, musical instruments, recording studio equipment, installed and live sound equipment, broadcast equipment, metadata-generation applications, software-as-a-service applications, search engines, and mobile devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/892843 |
| ART UNIT | 2651 — Videophones and Telephonic Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 29/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09031413 | Doniec et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marek W. Doniec (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniela Rus (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of optical underwater communications comprises applying a Fountain code to a plurality of data blocks. A sequence of optical data packets is transmitted through an underwater communications channel. Each optical data packet comprises one of the plurality of data blocks preceded by a preamble. The sequence of optical data packets transmitted through the underwater communication channel is received to generate a sequence of received data packets. The sequence of received data packets is sampled with the sampling clock to recover the plurality of data blocks. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/938291 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 13/02 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 7/0075 (20130101) |
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| US 09031658 | Chiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jung-Chih Chiao (Grand Prairie, Texas); Thermpon Ativanichayaphong (Valencia, California); Yuan B. Peng (Grapevine, Texas); Ji Wei He (Arlington, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jung-Chih Chiao (Grand Prairie, Texas); Thermpon Ativanichayaphong (Valencia, California); Yuan B. Peng (Grapevine, Texas); Ji Wei He (Arlington, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods are provided for the management of neural activity in an individual. Nerve activity is sensed and correlated with sensations such as pain. In response and without requiring input from the individual, although external input is contemplated, a signal is transmitted to another component for electrical stimulation that alters neural activity. Also, the modulation of the signals between the sensor and stimulator may be modified by a third component independently, independent of, or including user inputs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/251368 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0551 (20130101) A61N 1/3756 (20130101) A61N 1/36017 (20130101) A61N 1/36071 (20130101) A61N 1/36082 (20130101) A61N 1/37205 (20130101) A61N 1/37229 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09032202 | Di Crescenzo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TT Government Solutions, Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vencore Labs, Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Giovanni Di Crescenzo (Madison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A server receives from a client at least one interest pseudonym produced by a double application of a pseudo random function to at least one interest of the client. The server encrypts an item. The server computes at least one intermediate topic pseudonym for at least one topic associated with the item by applying the function to each of the at least one topic associated with the item. The server transmits the at least one intermediate topic pseudonym, the at least one interest pseudonym, and the encrypted item to a third party. The third party may apply the function to the at least one intermediate topic pseudonym to produce at least one topic pseudonym associated with the item and transmit the encrypted item to the client for decryption when one of the at least one masked topic pseudonym is equal to one of the at least one interest pseudonym of the client. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/775912 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/602 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/062 (20130101) |
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| US 09028775 | Hering et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susanne Vera Hering (Berkeley, California); Gregory Stephen Lewis (Berkeley, California); Steven Russel Spielman (Oakland, California); Charles Sherman Henry (Fort Collins, Colorado); Scott Douglas Noblitt (Fort Collins, Colorado); Jeffrey Lee Collett, Jr. (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerosol Dynamics Inc. (Berkeley, California); Colorado State University Research (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susanne Vera Hering (Berkeley, California); Gregory Stephen Lewis (Berkeley, California); Steven Russel Spielman (Oakland, California); Charles Sherman Henry (Fort Collins, Colorado); Scott Douglas Noblitt (Fort Collins, Colorado); Jeffrey Lee Collett, Jr. (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This technology is a method and apparatus for the semi-continuous measurement of the concentration of constituents of airborne particles which couples a laminar flow, water condensation particle collector to a microfluidic device for assay of particle chemical composition by electrophoresis. The technology has been used for the assay of sulfates, nitrates, chlorides, and organic acids contained in fine and submicrometer atmospheric particles. For these compounds the apparatus and method described is capable of one-minute time resolution at concentrations at the level of micrograms of analyte species per cubic meter of air. Extension to other analytes is possible. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246608 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/2208 (20130101) G01N 27/44743 (20130101) G01N 27/44791 (20130101) G01N 35/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/2223 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029019 | Jang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithium secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode comprising a carbonaceous material which is capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, and a non-aqueous electrolyte disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. The carbonaceous material comprises a graphite crystal structure having an interplanar spacing d002 of at least 0.400 nm (preferably at least 0.55 nm) as determined from a (002) reflection peak in powder X-ray diffraction. This larger interplanar spacing implies a larger interstitial space between two graphene planes to accommodate a greater amount of lithium. The battery exhibits an exceptional specific capacity, excellent reversible capacity, and long cycle life. |
| FILED | Friday, August 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/893398 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/50 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/621 (20130101) H01M 4/624 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029144 | Szczypka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Szczypka (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Evangelos Tziampazis (East Lyme, Connecticut); Angela J. Westover (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Innovative Bio Therapies, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); CytoPherx, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Szczypka (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Evangelos Tziampazis (East Lyme, Connecticut); Angela J. Westover (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to methods for the isolation and propagation of cells. For example, embodiments of the present invention relate to isolation and propagation methods for the manufacture of a large number of cells for use, for example, in biotherapeutic devices, such as devices for renal replacement therapy for the treatment of acute renal failure (ARF), acute tubular necrosis (ATN), multi-organ failure (MOF), sepsis, cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/485575 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0687 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/385 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029457 | Hanson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Ronald Hanson (Lawrence, Kansas); Alan Rolfe (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Ronald Hanson (Lawrence, Kansas); Alan Rolfe (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A particle-polymer hybrid material can include: a substance having the structure of Formula 1 Z(Y-FP)m, wherein Z is a particle smaller than 1 mm; m is an integer; Y is a linker including a silicon atom linked to the particle; FP is a functionalized polymer having: a first structure derived from a first norbornene compound linked to the Y; and one or more repeating units linked to the first structure, each unit being derived from a second norbornene compound and having a functional group. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/152531 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 30/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 232/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/754 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09031285 | Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UtopiaCompression Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UtopiaCompression Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hieu Tat Nguyen (Cypress, California); Prakash Ramu (Sunnyvale, California); Hai Wei (Los Angeles, California); Xiaoqing Liu (El Cerrito, California); Jacob Yadegar (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting floating objects in maritime video is disclosed. The horizon is detected within the video. Modeling of the sky and water is performed on the video. Objects are detected that are not water and sky within the video. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/864551 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09027265 | Mueller 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 P. Mueller (Cocoa Beach, Florida); Andrew J. Nick (Cocoa, Florida); Jason M. Schuler (Rockledge, Florida); Jonathan D. Smith (Titusville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An excavator includes a mobile chassis with a first bucket drum and a second bucket drum coupled thereto. The first bucket drum and second bucket drum are coupled to the chassis for positioning thereof on the surface at opposing ends of the chassis. Each first scoop on the first bucket drum is a mirror image of one second scoop on the second bucket drum when (i) the first bucket drum and second bucket drum are on the surface adjacent opposing ends of the chassis, and (ii) the first bucket drum is rotated in one direction and the second bucket drum is simultaneously rotated in an opposing direction. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/896896 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Dredging; Soil-shifting E02F 3/188 (20130101) E02F 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09028135 | Quince et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Asia N. Quince (Houston, Texas); Alexander Stein (Secaucus, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Asia N. Quince (Houston, Texas); Alexander Stein (Secaucus, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-contact pyrometer and method for calibrating the same are provided. The pyrometer includes a radiation sensor configured to measure at least a portion of a radiance signal emitted from a target medium and output a voltage that is a function of an average of the absorbed radiance signal, and an optical window disposed proximate the radiation sensor and configured to control a wavelength range of the radiance signal that reaches the radiation sensor. The pyrometer may further include a reflective enclosure configured to receive the target medium therein, wherein the radiation sensor and the optical window are disposed within the reflective enclosure, an amplifier in communication with an output of the radiation sensor, and a data acquisition system in communication with an output of the amplifier. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/349265 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01K 19/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09029158 | Tai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Siyang Zheng (Pasadena, California); Jeffrey Chun-Hui Lin (Pasadena, California); Harvey Kasdan (Chatsworth, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are particular embodiments relating to a microfluidic device that may be utilized for cell sensing, counting, and/or sorting. Particular aspects relate to a microfabricated device that is capable of differentiating single cell types from dense cell populations. One particular embodiment relates a device and methods of using the same for sensing, counting, and/or sorting leukocytes from whole, undiluted blood samples. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/296199 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502753 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0636 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0822 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0877 (20130101) B01L 2400/086 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1056 (20130101) G01N 15/1484 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/5094 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2015/149 (20130101) G01N 2015/1006 (20130101) G01N 2015/1486 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09031689 | Fink et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick W. Fink (Missouri City, Texas); Gregory Y. Lin (Friendswood, Texas); Timothy F. Kennedy (Sugar Land, Texas); Phong H. Ngo (Friendswood, Texas); Diane Byerly (Seabrook, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatuses and systems for radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled information collection are disclosed, including an enclosure, a collector coupled to the enclosure, an interrogator, a processor, and one or more RFID field sensors, each having an individual identification, disposed within the enclosure. In operation, the interrogator transmits an incident signal to the collector, causing the collector to generate an electromagnetic field within the enclosure. The electromagnetic field is affected by one or more influences. RFID sensors respond to the electromagnetic field by transmitting reflected signals containing the individual identifications of the responding RFID sensors to the interrogator. The interrogator receives the reflected signals, measures one or more returned signal strength indications (“RSSI”) of the reflected signals and sends the RSSI measurements and identification of the responding RFID sensors to the processor to determine one or more facts about the influences. Other embodiments are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/791584 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Special Furniture, Fittings, or Accessories for Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants or the Like; Paying Counters A47F 1/126 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/087 (20130101) Coin-freed or Like Apparatus G07F 9/026 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09028887 | Joseph et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Joseph (Plymouth, Massachusetts); Agnes M. Rimando (Oxford, Mississippi); Barbara Shukitt-Hale (Milford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for treating oxidative stress comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a substantially pure compound of pterostilbene and a physiologically acceptable carrier. Pterostilbene is administered in an amount between about 2.5 mg to about 10 mg per kilogram of subject body weight. Also disclosed is a method for increasing a working memory of a subject, the method comprising administrating an effective amount of a substantially pure compound of pterostilbene, wherein the working memory for a subject increase and the therapeutic effectiveness is about 10 mg of pterostilbene per kilogram of subject body weight. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/284901 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/07 (20130101) A61K 31/09 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 36/45 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP25532 | Finn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad E Finn (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct blackberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the female blackberry plant ‘NZ 9629-1’ (unpatented) and the male parent blackberry plant ‘ORUS 1350-2’ (unpatented). This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by its high yields of large, very uniformly shaped berries with very good flavor, sweetness, and fruit chemistry as characterized by soluble solids, pH, and titratable acidity that make them well suited for processing. The new and distinct blackberry variety has fruit that are borne on vigorous, completely thornless plants and can be harvested by machine. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/815074 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 09029836 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jung-Ung Park (Ulsan, South Korea); SungWoo Nam (Champaign, Illinois); Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jung-Ung Park (Ulsan, South Korea); SungWoo Nam (Champaign, Illinois); Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for fabricating a graphene structure, there is formed on a fabrication substrate a pattern of a plurality of distinct graphene catalyst materials. In one graphene synthesis step, different numbers of graphene layers are formed on the catalyst materials in the formed pattern. In a method for fabricating a graphene transistor, on a fabrication substrate at least one graphene catalyst material is provided at a substrate region specified for synthesizing a graphene transistor channel and at least one graphene catalyst material is provided at a substrate region specified for synthesizing a graphene transistor source, and at a substrate region specified for synthesizing a graphene transistor drain. Then in one graphene synthesis step, at least one layer of graphene is formed at the substrate region for the graphene transistor channel, and at the regions for the transistor source and drain there are formed a plurality of layers of graphene. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/817885 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0453 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02488 (20130101) H01L 21/02491 (20130101) H01L 21/02494 (20130101) H01L 21/02502 (20130101) H01L 21/02527 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02645 (20130101) H01L 21/02664 (20130101) H01L 23/53276 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/7781 (20130101) H01L 29/66477 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/78618 (20130101) H01L 29/78684 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/936 (20130101) Y10S 977/938 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
| US 09032202 | Di Crescenzo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TT Government Solutions, Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vencore Labs, Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Giovanni Di Crescenzo (Madison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A server receives from a client at least one interest pseudonym produced by a double application of a pseudo random function to at least one interest of the client. The server encrypts an item. The server computes at least one intermediate topic pseudonym for at least one topic associated with the item by applying the function to each of the at least one topic associated with the item. The server transmits the at least one intermediate topic pseudonym, the at least one interest pseudonym, and the encrypted item to a third party. The third party may apply the function to the at least one intermediate topic pseudonym to produce at least one topic pseudonym associated with the item and transmit the encrypted item to the client for decryption when one of the at least one masked topic pseudonym is equal to one of the at least one interest pseudonym of the client. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/775912 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/602 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/062 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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