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| US 09056102 | Quinn |
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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) | Timothy P. Quinn (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides fusion proteins comprising an extracellular domain of a VEGF receptor and a death ligand. The fusion proteins bind to VEGF and to death receptors on tumor cells thereby inhibiting VEGF activation of VEGF receptors and inducing apoptosis in the tumor cells. Fusion proteins of the present invention are useful for inducing apoptosis and cytotoxic effects in cells, treating cancer and diseases or disorders related to unregulated angiogenesis and/or vasculogenesis. Thus, this invention further provides methods for treating angiogenesis related diseases using the fusion proteins, polynucleotides encoding the fusion proteins, vectors containing the polynucleotides, pharmaceutical compositions and kits containing the fusion proteins or the polynucleotides encoding the fusion proteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/655142 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/71 (20130101) C07K 14/525 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 14/70578 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/75 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09056679 | Langston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tye A. Langston (Lynn Haven, Florida); Rodolfo T. Arrieta (Panama City Beach, Florida); Ted R. Clem (Lynn Haven, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tye A. Langston (Lynn Haven, Florida); Rodolfo T. Arrieta (Panama City Beach, Florida); Ted R. Clem (Lynn Haven, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An airborne deployment system and method for deploying an object designed. for a waterborne task. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has an object such as an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) releasably coupled thereto. The UAV is guided to a target site on a body of water in accordance with navigation. rules predicated on navigation capability of the UAV. The UUV Is released from the UAV at a location that is one of in the air and on the water in accordance with release rules predicated on the navigation capability of UAV. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/965311 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09056786 | Peters et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Carl Peters (Shelby, North Carolina); Juan Camilo Serrano (Gastonia, North Carolina); Hong Li (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Cheryl A. Richards (Monroeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Carl Peters (Shelby, North Carolina); Juan Camilo Serrano (Gastonia, North Carolina); Hong Li (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Cheryl A. Richards (Monroeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to fabrics, composites, prepregs, laminates, and other products incorporating glass fibers formed from glass compositions. The glass fibers, in some embodiments, are incorporated into composites that can be adapted for use in high energy impact applications such as ballistic or blast resistance applications. Glass fibers formed from some embodiments of the glass compositions can have certain desirable properties that can include, for example, desirable electrical properties (e.g. low Dk) or desirable mechanical properties (e.g., specific strength). |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/232576 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/06 (20130101) B29C 70/22 (20130101) B29C 70/24 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2309/08 (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 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/0471 (20130101) |
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| US 09056802 | Kirby et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glen Harold Kirby (Cincinnati, Ohio); Brett Allen Boutwell (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen Harold Kirby (Cincinnati, Ohio); Brett Allen Boutwell (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods or making an environmental barrier coating using a sintering aid including combining at least water, a primary transition material selected from mullite, BSAS, or a mullite/BSAS mixture, and a slurry sintering aid to produce a transition layer slurry; applying the transition layer slurry to a ceramic component; combining at least water, and a primary outer material of BSAS to produce an outer layer slurry; applying the outer layer slurry to the component having the applied transition layer slurry; and sintering the component to produce the environmental barrier coating having at least a transition layer and an outer layer where the transition layer comprises a porosity of from 0% to about 30% by volume of the transition layer, and the outer layer comprises a porosity of from 0% to about 15% by volume of the outer layer. |
| FILED | Monday, November 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/627538 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/565 (20130101) C04B 35/584 (20130101) C04B 35/806 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/89 (20130101) C04B 41/4523 (20130101) C04B 41/4539 (20130101) C04B 41/4539 (20130101) C04B 41/5024 (20130101) C04B 41/5024 (20130101) C04B 41/5037 (20130101) C04B 41/5096 (20130101) |
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| US 09056868 | Wright |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Wright (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to the synthesis of CL-20 using only a three step synthesis and because of increased catalyst activity and lifetimes, a continuous flow process can be used with a tremendous reduction in total cost of producing CL-20. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/023182 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09056902 | Broder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher C. Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland); Katharine N. Bossart (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland); Katharine N. Bossart (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. In particular, this invention relates to compositions comprising soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus and also to diagnostic and therapeutic methods using the soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. Further, the invention relates to therapeutic antibodies including neutralizing antibodies, and vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infection by Hendra and Nipah viruses. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/530866 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/07 (20130101) C07K 14/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1027 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2760/18222 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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| US 09056951 | Kotov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas A. Kotov (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Paul Podsiadlo (Easton, Pennsylvania); Bong Sup Shim (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anthony Waas (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas A. Kotov (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Paul Podsiadlo (Easton, Pennsylvania); Bong Sup Shim (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anthony Waas (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A stiff layered polymer nanocomposite comprising a substrate adapted to receive a plurality of alternating layers of a first material and a second material; wherein the first material and second material are a polyelectrolyte, an organic polymer or an inorganic colloid and said first material and said second material have a chemical affinity for each other, said plurality of layers crosslinked using a chemical or physical crosslinking agent. Thin films that are consolidated and optionally crosslinked can be manufactured into hierarchical laminates with rigid and stress resistant properties. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/681298 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — 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) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/04 (20130101) C08K 3/22 (20130101) C08K 3/34 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/18 (20130101) C09D 7/1216 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/25 (20150115) |
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| US 09057071 | Koepke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LanzaTech New Zealand Limited (Auckland, New Zealand) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LanzaTech New Zealand Limited (Auckland, New Zealand) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Koepke (Auckland, New Zealand); Shilpa Nagaraju (Auckland, New Zealand); Wendy Yiting Chen (Auckland, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for the production of chemical compounds, particularly but not exclusively ethanol, by microbial fermentation. Also described are genetically modified micro-organisms capable of using carbon monoxide to produce one or more products, particularly but not exclusively ethanol as a main product, and producing a reduced amount or substantially no 2,3-butanediol and/or a precursor thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/876563 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/20 (20130101) C12N 9/0006 (20130101) C12N 9/88 (20130101) C12N 9/1022 (20130101) C12N 15/00 (20130101) C12N 15/52 (20130101) C12N 15/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2510/02 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/40 (20130101) C12P 7/42 (20130101) C12P 7/46 (20130101) C12P 7/48 (20130101) C12P 7/50 (20130101) C12P 7/56 (20130101) C12P 7/065 (20130101) C12P 13/06 (20130101) C12P 13/08 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/17 (20130101) |
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| US 09057415 | Plangetis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gus F. Plangetis (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gus F. Plangetis (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention's vibration/shock amelioration device, as typically embodied, has a geometric device axis and includes two axial endplates, an intermediate support structure, and at least six truncated-conical resilient (e.g., elastomeric) elements. The intermediate support structure is equidistant between the endplates and lies in a geometric bisector plane that is perpendicular to the device axis. Each resilient element has a geometric conical axis, a larger-diameter axial end, and a smaller-diameter axial end. The resilient elements are fixed between the support structure and an endplate and are arranged symmetrically with respect to the device axis whereby the conical axes intersect the device axis at oblique angles and the smaller-diameter axial ends are closer to the bisector plane than are the larger-diameter axial ends. The intermediate support structure can include a single rigid piece, or a composite unit having a pair of rigid members and a resilient (e.g., elastomeric) member sandwiched therebetween. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/162983 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 1/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16F 1/406 (20130101) F16F 3/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09057590 | Marino 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) | Steven H. Marino (Gap, Pennsylvania); Marathurai S. Jayakumar (Lexington, Massachusetts); Christopher E. Kohl (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for a piston actuator comprising a configuration with lead styphnate charge material and Nichrome® bridgewire, wherein the device configuration provides very high reliability, including piston actuator applications; resistance of the bridgewire is carefully controlled to optimize power transfer from the firing circuit to the bridgewire and charge material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/077648 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 3/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 3/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09057604 | Fink |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Fink (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Fink (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Point-ahead laser pointer-tracker systems with stabilization and wavefront correction in both transmit and receive directions provide arrangements for sensing the wavefront correction required in two different directions, one in the received target image direction for good image quality in the tracker and the other in the point-ahead direction for good beam quality on the target. In the several embodiments, a marker beam is aligned with the target image. Wavefront aberration correction signals are produced by an output wave sensor that senses the wavefront of the marker beam in the received target image direction and the wavefront of the source laser beam in the point-ahead transmit direction. The alignment is maintained by use of the output wave sensor signals together with signals from the tracker of the target and current aimpoint positions. These signals, compared in selected pairs, control mirrors in various legs of the optical system to put the current aimpoint on the desired aimpoint and to align the marker beam along the received target image direction. |
| FILED | Friday, April 14, 1989 |
| APPL NO | 07/338009 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| 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 Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 1/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09057639 | Robinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeremy T. Robinson (Washington, District of Columbia); Eric S Snow (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy T. Robinson (Washington, District of Columbia); Eric S Snow (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Spin coating a mixture of graphene oxide platelets, water, and an organic solvent by placing a drop of the mixture on a spinning substrate while blowing a drying gas onto the substrate and allowing the water and the organic solvent on the substrate to evaporate; and repeating the spin coating one or more times to form a graphene oxide film in contact with the substrate. An about 1-100 nm thick film of overlapping platelets of reduced graphene oxide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/455563 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/005 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 2037/243 (20130101) B32B 2309/105 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Weighing G01G 3/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 5/00 (20130101) Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 1/0036 (20130101) H01H 59/0009 (20130101) H01H 2203/012 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/30 (20150115) Y10T 428/24562 (20150115) |
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| US 09057673 | Rogacs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anita Rogacs (Los Altos, California); Juan G. Santiago (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for preparing RNA from ribonuclease-rich sources while avoiding RNA degradation are described. The lysis protocol for ribonuclease-containing samples is performed at high pH to accelerate cell lysis and with a reducing agent that inactivates ribonucleases (RNases) by reducing disulfide bonds essential for RNase activity. Samples are briefly incubated for up to five minutes at high pH followed by addition of a reagent to lower the pH to a level at which the RNA is stable. This method of RNA extraction has many advantages over existing methods of RNA preparation, including that cell lysis is efficient, RNases are rapidly inactivated, and sample incubation times are short (less than 5 minutes), which protects RNA from degradation. The lysing procedure is performed entirely in aqueous solution with no heating, precipitations, or buffer exchanges required. Thus, a quick, simple procedure for extracting RNA is provided, which can easily be automated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/972655 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1003 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09057681 | MacDowell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alastair A. MacDowell (Berkeley, California); James Nasiatka (San Francisco, California); Abdel Haboub (Richmond, California); Robert O. Ritchie (Berkeley, California); Hrishikesh A. Bale (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alastair A. MacDowell (Berkeley, California); James Nasiatka (San Francisco, California); Abdel Haboub (Richmond, California); Robert O. Ritchie (Berkeley, California); Hrishikesh A. Bale (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to the high temperature mechanical testing of materials. In one aspect, a method includes providing an apparatus. The apparatus may include a chamber. The chamber may comprise a top portion and a bottom portion, with the top portion and the bottom portion each joined to a window material. A first cooled fixture and a second cooled fixture may be mounted to the chamber and configured to hold the sample in the chamber. A plurality of heating lamps may be mounted to the chamber and positioned to heat the sample. The sample may be placed in the first and the second cooled fixtures. The sample may be heated to a specific temperature using the heating lamps. Radiation may be directed though the window material, the radiation thereafter interacting with the sample and exiting the chamber through the window material. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/081948 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2223/419 (20130101) G01N 2223/607 (20130101) G01N 2223/3106 (20130101) |
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| US 09057702 | Ozcan 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) | Aydogan Ozcan (Los Angeles, California); Hongying Zhu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Wide-field fluorescent imaging on a mobile device having a camera is accomplished with a compact, light-weight and inexpensive optical components that are mechanically secured to the mobile device in a removable housing. Battery powered light-emitting diodes (LEDs) contained in the housing pump the sample of interest from the side using butt-coupling, where the pump light is guided within the sample holder to uniformly excite the specimen. The fluorescent emission from the sample is then imaged using an additional lens that is positioned adjacent to the existing lens of the mobile device. A color filter is sufficient to create the dark-field background required for fluorescent imaging, without the need for expensive thin-film interference filters. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/769043 |
| 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 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/0221 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 7/02 (20130101) G02B 7/006 (20130101) G02B 13/0025 (20130101) G02B 23/243 (20130101) Telephonic Communication H04M 1/21 (20130101) H04M 1/0254 (20130101) H04M 2250/52 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2254 (20130101) |
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| US 09057738 | Sterling et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Sterling (McLean, Virginia); Michael George Hanback (Bethesda, Maryland); Stephen Paul Ebner (Silver Spring, Maryland); Daniel Richard Nashold (Bristol, Rhode Island); Paul Michael Strano (Fairfax, Virginia); David Marcus Pickett (Selbyville, Delaware); Dana Carl Colegrove (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Sterling (McLean, Virginia); Michael George Hanback (Bethesda, Maryland); Stephen Paul Ebner (Silver Spring, Maryland); Daniel Richard Nashold (Bristol, Rhode Island); Paul Michael Strano (Fairfax, Virginia); David Marcus Pickett (Selbyville, Delaware); Dana Carl Colegrove (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A typical inventive device is self-contained and is designed for adjunctive placement at the unconnected end of a towed body in order to test dynamic motions of the towed body. The inventive device includes an IMU, a computer, wired/wireless communication electronics, a fluid-dynamically shaped member, and a cylindrical housing (which encloses the IMU, the computer, and the communication electronics). The housing is connected to the towed body aft of the towed body, and the shaped member is connected to the housing aft of the housing. Data is acquired that is indicative of the inertial dynamics of the towed body while in motion through a fluidic medium. Differently shaped members can be independently connected to the housing at different times, each influencing in its own way the inertial dynamics of the towed body and yielding its own set of data. Comparisons can thus be drawn between/among differently shaped members. |
| FILED | Friday, November 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/667833 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09057778 | Gurton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristan Peter Gurton (Olney, Maryland); Yongle Pan (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting composition of a physical space comprising: a laser beam source; an acoustic sensor; a beam focusing mechanism for focusing the laser beam at predetermined points in the physical space to generate a thermal inhomogeneity which results in the propagation of a pressure wave that propagates outward from the predetermined excitation point at a propagation velocity approximating the speed of sound for the particular composition of the media; at least one processor for controlling the timing for the laser beam focusing to generate thermal inhomogeneities; whereby the laser focal point is moved sequentially along the light-of-sight at various excitation points by the beam focusing mechanism approximately at the phase front velocity to define a series of predetermined excitation points and pressure wave propagations such that the series of pressure wave propagations combine to produce a coherent pressure wave detectable by the acoustic sensor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/693367 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/1702 (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 15/74 (20130101) G01S 17/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09057783 | Martone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony F. Martone (Ellicott City, Maryland); Kenneth I. Ranney (Rockville, Maryland); Calvin Duc Le (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony F. Martone (Ellicott City, Maryland); Kenneth I. Ranney (Rockville, Maryland); Calvin Duc Le (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for locating a moving target behind a wall or barrier comprising: providing a plurality of images of the region of interest; selecting a reference image from the plurality of images; forming a predetermined number of difference images by subtracting the absolute value of the pixels of the reference image from the absolute values of pixels in a predetermined number of the plurality of images; eliminating negative pixel values in the predetermined number of difference images; minimizing the side lobes to form a combined difference image for each reference frame, selecting another reference image from the plurality of images and performing the steps of forming a plurality of difference images, eliminating negative pixel values, averaging the resulting predetermined number of difference images and minimizing the side lobes for each selected reference image to form a set of combined difference images which contain the moving target signature. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/233434 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 13/56 (20130101) G01S 13/888 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09057825 | Erickson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Erickson (Ithaca, New York); Yih-Fan Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Erickson (Ithaca, New York); Yih-Fan Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of photonic crystal resonator optical trapping apparatuses and a plurality optical trapping methods using the plurality of photonic crystal resonator optical trapping apparatuses include located and formed over a substrate a photonic waveguide that is coupled (i.e., either separately coupled or integrally coupled) with a photonic crystal resonator. In a particular embodiment, the photonic waveguide and the photonic crystal resonator comprise a monocrystalline silicon (or other) photonic material absent any chemical functionalization. In another particular embodiment, the photonic waveguide and the photonic crystal resonator comprise a silicon nitride material which when actuating the photonic crystal resonator optical trapping apparatus with a 1064 nanometer resonant photonic radiation wavelength (or other resonant photonic radiation wavelength in a range from about 700 to about 1200 nanometers) provides no appreciable heating of an aqueous sample fluid that is analyzed by the photonic crystal resonator optical trapping apparatus. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/520033 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0668 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2400/0454 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/10 (20130101) G01N 2015/0038 (20130101) G01N 2015/0053 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/1225 (20130101) G02B 2006/12061 (20130101) G02B 2006/12147 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/025 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09057830 | Hamam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafif E. Hamam (Toronto, Canada); Peter Bermel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ivan Celanovic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); Adrian Y. X. Yeng (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael Ghebrebrhan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafif E. Hamam (Toronto, Canada); Peter Bermel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ivan Celanovic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); Adrian Y. X. Yeng (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael Ghebrebrhan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems, articles, and methods for discriminating electromagnetic radiation based upon the angle of incidence of the electromagnetic radiation. In some cases, the materials and systems described herein can be capable of inhibiting reflection of electromagnetic radiation (e.g., the materials and systems can be capable of transmitting and/or absorbing electromagnetic radiation) within a given range of angles of incidence at a first incident surface, while substantially reflecting electromagnetic radiation outside the range of angles of incidence at a second incident surface (which can be the same as or different from the first incident surface). A photonic material comprising a plurality of periodically occurring separate domains can be used, in some cases, to selectively transmit and/or selectively absorb one portion of incoming electromagnetic radiation while reflecting another portion of incoming electromagnetic radiation, based upon the angle of incidence. In some embodiments, one domain of the photonic material can include an isotropic dielectric function, while another domain of the photonic material can include an anisotropic dielectric function. In some instances, one domain of the photonic material can include an isotropic magnetic permeability, while another domain of the photonic material can include an anisotropic magnetic permeability. In some embodiments, non-photonic materials (e.g., materials with relatively large scale features) can be used to selectively absorb incoming electromagnetic radiation based on angle of incidence. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/186159 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Optics |
| 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 6/1225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02168 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 10/30 (20141201) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09057891 | Stievater et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Todd H. Stievater (Arlington, Virginia); Jacob B. Khurgin (Pikesville, Maryland); Doewon Park (Herndon, Virginia); Marcel W. Pruessner (Silver Spring, Maryland); William S. Rabinovich (Silver Spring, Maryland); Rita Mahon (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd H. Stievater (Arlington, Virginia); Jacob B. Khurgin (Pikesville, Maryland); Doewon Park (Herndon, Virginia); Marcel W. Pruessner (Silver Spring, Maryland); William S. Rabinovich (Silver Spring, Maryland); Rita Mahon (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A waveguide device for frequency mixing or conversion through birefringent phase matching, having a horizontal waveguide suspended above a substrate. The waveguide is formed of a zinc blend type III-V semiconductor material with a high nonlinear susceptibility. |
| FILED | Monday, April 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/868056 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/355 (20130101) G02F 1/365 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick Charles Henry Blechen (Redmond, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick Charles Henry Blechen (Redmond, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus, and computer program product are present for operating an aircraft. Responsive to a command to hold an altitude of the aircraft, an adjustment to a pitch angle of the aircraft needed to substantially maintain the altitude of the aircraft is identified using a lift for the aircraft to form an identified adjustment to the pitch angle to reduce altitude deviations from at least one of a change in configuration of a number of flight surfaces and changes in wind. The pitch angle of the aircraft is adjusted using the identified adjustment during flight. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/394299 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/044 (20130101) G05D 1/085 (20130101) G05D 1/0623 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09058561 | Stacy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | E. Webb Stacy (Andover, Massachusetts); Alexandra Geyer (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aptima, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | E. Webb Stacy (Andover, Massachusetts); Alexandra Geyer (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A processor based system and method of generating cognitive pattern knowledge of a sensory input is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of receiving sensory input to create at least one concrete pattern, receiving at least one abstract pattern comprising abstract segments and vertically blending the concrete pattern with the abstract pattern by selectively projecting abstract segments to create a vertically blended pattern whereby the vertically blended pattern represents cognitive pattern knowledge of the sensory input. In some embodiments, the systems and methods further comprise creating a measure of a degree of vertical blending and when the measure of the degree of vertical blending exceeds a threshold, horizontally blending at least two abstract patterns to create a horizontally blended abstract pattern. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/052543 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09058868 | Elmegreen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce G. Elmegreen (Goldens Bridge, New York); Glenn J. Martyna (Croton on Hudson, New York); Dennis M. Newns (Yorktown Heights, New York); Paul M. Solomon (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory element includes a first piezotronic transistor coupled to a second piezotronic transistor; the first and second piezotronic transistors each comprising a piezoelectric (PE) material and a piezoresistive (PR) material, wherein an electrical resistance of the PR material is dependent upon an applied voltage across the PE material by way of an applied pressure to the PR material by the PE material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/719965 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/22 (20130101) G11C 13/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 49/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09058915 | Zarras 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) | Peter Zarras (Ridgecrest, California); Alfred Baca (Ridgecrest, California); John D. Stenger-Smith (Ridgecrest, California); Andrew P. Chafin (Ridgecrest, California); William Lai (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A new class of polymers based upon the radialene group as the parent repeating group and characterized by the following general formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4 are each independently any pi electron conjugated group, but not limited to: pyrrole, thiophene, benzene, naphthalene, furan, ethene, aniline, and n is an integer from 2 to 20,000. Furthermore, the individual R groups can be further functionalized with an alky group having 1 to 22 carbons; alkoxy group having 1 to 22 carbons; alkyl sulfonate having 1 to 22 carbons; alkyl phosphate group containing 1 to 22 carbons, alkoxy phosphate group having 1 to 22 carbons; ethenylendioxy group; propylene dioxy group. |
| FILED | Monday, April 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/862609 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 13/28 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 333/00 (20130101) C07D 339/02 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/0611 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/24 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 3/00 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/124 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09058931 | Long et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey W Long (Alexandria, Virginia); Debra R Rolison (Arlington, Virginia); Megan B. Sassin (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey W Long (Alexandria, Virginia); Debra R Rolison (Arlington, Virginia); Megan B. Sassin (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a composite involving the steps of providing a porous carbon electrode structure having a surface and pores wherein the pores have an average diameter that ranges from about 2 nm to about 1 μm, depositing a coating comprising FeOx via self-limiting electroless deposition without completely filling or obstructing a majority of the pores, wherein the coating comprising FeOx covers most to all of the interior and exterior surfaces of the prefabricated porous carbon electrode structure and can be deposited in a homogenous form and wherein it can be used directly as an electrode without requiring additional conductive additives or binders to be processed into a device-suitable electrode. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/644604 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — 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 9/042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 9/048 (20130101) H01G 9/145 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/583 (20130101) H01M 4/1393 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09058954 | Sanborn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Graham Sanborn (Atlanta, Georgia); William Judson Ready (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods are described for a cathode having a plurality of apertures in an insulating layer, pits in a substrate layer, and emitters in the pit. The device can also have gate layer on top of the insulating layer which has an opening that is substantially aligned with the pit and the aperture. The emitter can be an array of substantially aligned carbon nanotubes. The device and method produces cathodes that are designed to avoid shorting of the cathode due to emitter-gate contact and other fabrication challenges. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/771845 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/304 (20130101) H01J 1/3042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 3/021 (20130101) H01J 9/025 (20130101) H01J 2201/30469 (20130101) |
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| US 09058967 | Ouyang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Liang Gao (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of interfacing atmospheric pressure ion sources, including electrospray and desorption electrospray ionization sources, to mass spectrometers, for example miniature mass spectrometers, in which the ionized sample is discontinuously introduced into the mass spectrometer. Discontinuous introduction improves the match between the pumping capacity of the instrument and the volume of atmospheric pressure gas that contains the ionized sample. The reduced duty cycle of sample introduction is offset by operation of the mass spectrometer under higher performance conditions and by ion accumulation at atmospheric pressure. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/478529 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/004 (20130101) H01J 49/0013 (20130101) H01J 49/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/26 (20130101) H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/165 (20130101) |
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| US 09058993 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xudong Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Fei Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Jung-Hun Seo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides continuous, free-standing metal oxide films and methods for making said films. The methods are able to produce large-area, flexible, thin films having one or more continuous, single-crystalline metal oxide domains. The methods include the steps of forming a surfactant monolayer at the surface of an aqueous solution, wherein the headgroups of the surfactant molecules provide a metal oxide film growth template. When metal ions in the aqueous solution are exposed to the metal oxide film growth template in the presence of hydroxide ions under suitable conditions, a continuous, free-standing metal oxide film can be grown from the film growth template downward into the aqueous solution. |
| FILED | Monday, May 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/892446 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Optics |
| 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 7/14 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0259 (20130101) H01L 21/02554 (20130101) H01L 21/02628 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/7869 (20130101) H01L 33/28 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09059081 | Khan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Asif Khan (Irmo, South Carolina); Vinod Adivarahan (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Asif Khan (Irmo, South Carolina); Vinod Adivarahan (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally directed to methods of selectively doping a substrate and the resulting selectively doped substrates. The methods include doping an epilayer of a substrate with the selected doping material to adjust the conductivity of either the epilayers grown over a substrate or the substrate itself. The methods utilize lithography to control the location of the doped regions on the substrate. The process steps can be repeated to form a cyclic method of selectively doping different areas of the substrate with the same or different doping materials to further adjust the properties of the resulting substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/442953 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/2258 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0847 (20130101) H01L 29/0891 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) H01L 33/025 (20130101) H01L 33/325 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) |
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| US 09059140 | Margomenos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandros D. Margomenos (Pasadena, California); Miroslav Micovic (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of mounting a plurality of semiconductor or microelectronic chips or dies, the method including providing a carrier, temporarily adhering the plurality of semiconductor or microelectronic chips or dies to the carrier with active faces of the chips or dies facing towards the carrier, covering backsides of the chips and filling empty spaces between the chips or dies with a metallic material to thereby define an assembly of the chips or dies and the metallic material, and releasing the assembly from the carrier, wherein each chip or die comprises at least one bonding ring higher than a height of the active face of the respective chip or die or any connections on the active face of the respective chip or die. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/054572 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/561 (20130101) H01L 21/6835 (20130101) H01L 23/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 24/73 (20130101) H01L 24/96 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09059197 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina); Anant Kumar Agarwal (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Electronic device structures including semiconductor ledge layers for surface passivation and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the electronic device includes a number of semiconductor layers of a desired semiconductor material having alternating doping types. The semiconductor layers include a base layer of a first doping type that includes a highly doped well forming a first contact region of the electronic device and one or more contact layers of a second doping type on the base layer that have been etched to form a second contact region of the electronic device. The etching of the one or more contact layers causes substantial crystalline damage, and thus interface charge, on the surface of the base layer. In order to passivate the surface of the base layer, a semiconductor ledge layer of the semiconductor material is epitaxially grown on at least the surface of the base layer. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/310358 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/66234 (20130101) H01L 29/66363 (20130101) H01L 29/66378 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09059264 | Spanier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan E Spanier (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Guannan Chen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Eric M Gallo (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Baris Taskin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan E Spanier (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Guannan Chen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Eric M Gallo (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Baris Taskin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are multimaterial devices, such as coaxial nanowires, that effect hot photoexcited electron transfer across the interface of the materials. Modulation of the transfer rates, manifested as a large tunability of the voltage onset of negative differential resistance and of voltage-current phase, may be effected by modulating electrostatic gating, incident photon energy, and the incident photon intensity. Dynamic manipulation of this transfer rate permits the introduction and control of an adjustable phase delay within a device element. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/626934 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/068 (20130101) H01L 29/413 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0256 (20130101) H01L 31/035227 (20130101) |
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| US 09059265 | Gunlycke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | L. Daniel Gunlycke (Alexandria, Virginia); Carter T. White (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | L. Daniel Gunlycke (Alexandria, Virginia); Carter T. White (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A graphene device having a ribbon structure with soft boundaries formed between two thin parallel transport barriers in a “railroad track” configuration. Such a structure permits transport along the ribbon, and also permits transport of electrons across the barriers by means of resonant tunneling through quasi-bound states within the railroad track confinement. The transport barriers can be of any form of so long as transport through the barriers leads to the formation of isolated resonant bands with a transport gap. In some embodiments, the transport barriers can be in the form of a pair of parallel line defects, wherein the line defects delineate the central ribbon section and the two lateral sections. In some such embodiments, the line defects are chemically decorated by the adsorption of diatomic gases. In other embodiments, the transport barriers can be formed by the application of large local potentials directly to the graphene sheet. |
| FILED | Friday, December 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/098589 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/1606 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09059305 | Abraham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Abraham (Croton, New York); Jerry M. Chow (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An interdigitated capacitor includes a substrate and a pair of comb-like electrodes both formed on the semiconductor substrate and horizontally arranged thereon, each of the pair of comb-like electrodes including finger electrodes having a curved profile. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/783705 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 28/82 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 28/88 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09059335 | Cavallo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francesca Cavallo (Madison, Wisconsin); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Richard Rojas-Delgado (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Electronic devices for the generation of electromagnetic radiation are provided. Also provided are methods for using the devices to generate electromagnetic radiation. The radiation sources include an anisotropic electrically conducting thin film that is characterized by a periodically varying charge carrier mobility in the plane of the film. The periodic variation in carrier mobility gives rise to a spatially varying electric field, which produces electromagnetic radiation as charged particles pass through the film. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/778770 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 31/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bernie F. Carpenter (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernie F. Carpenter (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar energy collection system includes a solar cell, a transparent covering, and a eutectic interlayer binding the solar cell and the transparent covering together. At least some of a compound of the eutectic interlayer bonds with the transparent covering, raising the melting temperature of the eutectic interlayer above the melting temperature with the full amount of the compound present. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/453128 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/048 (20130101) H01L 31/0481 (20130101) |
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| US 09059409 | Newkome et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an example for the construction of stable quantum dots, such as CdS quantum dots, on the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) templated and stabilized, such as by attached 1→3 C-branched amide-based dendrons. The construction and method of preparation is applicable to both single- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes, other types of appropriately modified polymeric and oligomeric materials, along with the use of many other types of dendrons, and other materials capable of forming quantum dots. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/301255 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/565 (20130101) C09K 11/574 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/42 (20130101) H01L 51/0049 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/50 (20130101) H01L 51/0095 (20130101) H01L 51/426 (20130101) |
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| US 09059417 | Wei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Wei (Orlando, Florida); R. Casey Boutwell (Oviedo, Florida); Winston V. Schoenfeld (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A photodetector (PD) includes a substrate, and a ZnO nucleation layer on the substrate. A wurtzite MgxZn1-xO layer is on the ZnO nucleation layer, wherein x is a mole fraction between 0 and 0.62. A level of crystallinity of the wurtzite MgxZn1-xO layer characterized by x-ray diffraction with a deconvolution of a triple-crystal ω rocking curve of a ZnO (0002) peak has a narrow component with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) less than or equal to (≦) 20 arc/s. First and second spaced apart electrodes are on a surface of the wurtzite MgxZn1-xO layer. The mole fraction x can be between 0.20 and 0.46, including between 0.37 and 0.46, and provide a PD responsivity of at least 20 A/W at 5V in the solar blind region from 200 nm to 290 nm. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/291793 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14 (20130101) H01L 51/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09059496 | Glushchenko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anatoliy Volodymyrovych Glushchenko (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Zbigniew Jan Celinski (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Robert Edwin Camley (Colorado Springs, Colorado); John August Kosinski (Wall Township, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anatoliy Volodymyrovych Glushchenko (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Zbigniew Jan Celinski (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Robert Edwin Camley (Colorado Springs, Colorado); John August Kosinski (Wall Township, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoparticle-enhanced liquid crystal phase shifter is provided including a first substrate layer, a plurality of electrodes attached to the substrate layer, a ground plane layer attached to a second substrate layer, and a liquid crystal layer between the ground plane layer and the first substrate layer, including a suspension of a liquid crystal material and highly polarizable nanoparticles having specific shape and size characteristics. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/296181 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 1/184 (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 09059559 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Coriant Advanced Technology, LLC (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Coriant Advanced Technology, LLC (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Zhang (Jersey City, New Jersey); Shuyu Yang (Jersey City, New Jersey); Michael J. Hochberg (New York, New York); Thomas Baehr-Jones (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | We have demonstrated a novel Sagnac loop and micro-ring based laser cavity which is simple and reliable, with accurately controlled reflectivity and negligible excess loss. The resonant wavelength of a 2 μm radius micro-ring is shown to be lithographically controlled to a standard deviation of 3.6 nm. Both C- and O-Band lasers based on Sagnac loop mirror and micro-ring cavity have been demonstrated. The lasers are shown to be able to be modulated at 40 Gb/s. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/549130 |
| 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 3/005 (20130101) H01S 3/0078 (20130101) H01S 3/081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/14 (20130101) H01S 5/141 (20130101) H01S 5/146 (20130101) H01S 5/4062 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09059562 | Priest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allen Priest (Escondido, California); David P. Caffey (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DAYLIGHT SOLUTIONS, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allen Priest (Escondido, California); David P. Caffey (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly (10) for providing an assembly output beam comprises a laser assembly (12), a power source (14), and a system controller (16). The power source (14) is electrically coupled to the laser assembly (12). The system controller (16) directs power from the power source (14) to the laser assembly (12). Additionally, the system controller (16) includes a capacitor assembly (22) that is electrically connected to the laser assembly (12), and a current source (20) that directs power from the power source (14) to the capacitor assembly (22) and the laser assembly (12). The power source (14) and the capacitor assembly (22) cooperate to provide power to the laser assembly (12). Further, the capacitor assembly (22) provides pulses of power and the current source (20) directs the pulses of power to the laser assembly (12). Moreover, the current source (20) charges the capacitor assembly (22) in between the pulses of power. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/531381 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Weapon Sights; Aiming F41G 1/35 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09059565 | Kub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Marc Currie (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Marc Currie (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Laser devices are presented in which a graphene saturable absorber and an optical amplifier are disposed in a resonant optical cavity with an optical or electrical pump providing energy to the optical amplifier. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/608022 |
| 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 3/10 (20130101) H01S 3/081 (20130101) H01S 3/083 (20130101) H01S 3/091 (20130101) H01S 3/113 (20130101) H01S 3/0813 (20130101) H01S 3/0815 (20130101) H01S 3/0906 (20130101) H01S 3/1106 (20130101) H01S 3/1112 (20130101) H01S 3/1115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/1118 (20130101) |
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| US 09059570 | Vurgaftman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Igor Vurgaftman (Severna Park, Maryland); Jerry R. Meyer (Catonsville, Maryland); Chadwick Lawrence Canedy (Washington, District of Columbia); William W. Bewley (Falls Church, Virginia); Chul Soo Kim (Springfield, Virginia); Mijin Kim (Springfield, Virginia); Charles D. Merritt (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Vurgaftman (Severna Park, Maryland); Jerry R. Meyer (Catonsville, Maryland); Chadwick Lawrence Canedy (Washington, District of Columbia); William W. Bewley (Falls Church, Virginia); Chul Soo Kim (Springfield, Virginia); Mijin Kim (Springfield, Virginia); Charles D. Merritt (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for improving the performance of type-II and type-I ICLs, particularly in the mid-IR wavelength range, are provided. The electron injector of a type-II or a type-I ICL can be heavily n-doped to increase the ratio of electrons to holes in the active quantum wells, thereby increasing the probability of radiative recombination in the active quantum wells and reducing the threshold current density Jth needed to achieve lasing. For both type-II and type-I ICLs, the doping should have a sheet density in the low-1012 range. In either the type-II or the type-I case, in some embodiments, heavy doping can be concentrated in the middle quantum wells of the electron injector, while in other embodiments, doping with silicon can be shifted towards the active quantum wells. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/308768 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/3402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/3407 (20130101) H01S 5/3422 (20130101) H01S 5/34313 (20130101) |
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| US 09059674 | Chow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerry M. Chow (White Plains, New York); Antonio D. Corcoles Gonzalez (Mount Kisco, New York); Jay M. Gambetta (Yorktown Heights, New York); Matthias Steffen (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry M. Chow (White Plains, New York); Antonio D. Corcoles Gonzalez (Mount Kisco, New York); Jay M. Gambetta (Yorktown Heights, New York); Matthias Steffen (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of characterizing a tunable superconducting circuit, includes selecting an operating direct current (DC) flux for a first charge island from a plurality of coupled charge islands residing in the tunable superconducting circuit coupled to a first resonator and a second resonator, tuning operating DC flux values for at least two charge islands from the plurality of coupled charge islands, measuring coupling energies of the first resonator and the second resonator and measuring frequencies from each of the plurality of coupled charge islands. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/566127 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 23/02 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/002 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/00 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/20381 (20130101) H01P 3/082 (20130101) H01P 7/00 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 7/0115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03H 7/0138 (20130101) H03H 7/0153 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Courtney (Janesville, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one aspect, a resolver-to-digital converter includes a first filter configured to receive a first delta-sigma modulated resolver input. A second filter is configured to receive a second delta-sigma modulated resolver input. A summing junction is configured to output a difference between a scaled output of the first filter and a scaled output of the second filter. A controller is configured to generate a controller output based on a product of a demodulator and an output of the summing junction. An integrator is configured to generate an estimated position based on the controller output. The resolver-to-digital converter also includes a compensator configured to generate a compensated estimated position based on the controller output and a compensation offset delay adjustment. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/848208 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/485 (20130101) H03M 1/645 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 3/322 (20130101) |
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| US 09059832 | Suter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce W. Suter (Whitesboro, New York); Zhiyuan Yan (Easton, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Rank deficient decoding for linear network coding. The decoding problem is first decomposed into multiple parallel sub-problems. A determination is made whether the decoding problem is or is not rank deficient. If rank deficient, and for each sub-problem, a rank deficient decoder is applied to obtain a solution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/949319 |
| ART UNIT | 2477 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 13/3761 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09059847 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kang-Won Lee (Nanuet, New York); Ramya Raghavendra (White Plains, New York); Yang Song (San Jose, California); Ho Yin Starsky Wong (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism is provided for transmitting a multicast session to a plurality of receivers over a wireless network. A forward error correction (FEC) overhead and a transmission rate are determined for transmission of a next data block of the multicast session based on received channel conditions. The next data block is multicast using the determined FEC overhead and transmission rate. Responsive to an indication of common missing packets from the next data block from more than one receiver in the plurality of receivers, the common missing packets are multicast to the plurality of receivers using the determined FEC overhead and transmission rate. Responsive to an indication of uncommon missing packets from the data block from one or more receivers, for each receiver in the one or more receivers, the uncommon missing packets identified by the receiver are unicast using the determined FEC overhead and transmission rate. |
| FILED | Friday, April 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/871562 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0002 (20130101) H04L 1/0035 (20130101) H04L 1/1607 (20130101) H04L 1/1819 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 1/1838 (20130101) H04L 2001/0093 (20130101) |
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| US 09060017 | Marion et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LOGOS TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Logos Technologies LLC (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Marion (Annandale, Virginia); George Chamales (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting and manipulating a malicious actor/communication on a computer network or system. The method includes the steps of incorporating one or more synthetic vulnerabilities into the computer system at distinct locations, where each synthetic vulnerability presents an opportunity for exploitation by a malicious actor/communication, detecting an exploitation of one of the vulnerabilities by an actor, analyzing the actor to determine if the actor is a malicious actor/communication; and manipulating the malicious actor/communication. A computer program on a storage medium is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/362265 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/55 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1416 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1441 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09060252 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donnie H. Kim (Santa Clara, California); Kang-Won Lee (Nanuet, New York); Ramya Raghavendra (White Plains, New York); Yang Song (Ossining, New York); Ho Yin Starsky Wong (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donnie H. Kim (Santa Clara, California); Kang-Won Lee (Nanuet, New York); Ramya Raghavendra (White Plains, New York); Yang Song (Ossining, New York); Ho Yin Starsky Wong (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Mechanisms are provided for broadcasting data to a plurality of receiver devices. A data broadcast transmission rate and a level of error correction to be used when broadcasting data are determined based on prior feedback received from the plurality of receiver devices. The feedback comprises channel condition information specifying conditions of one or more connections of a channel over which data was previously broadcast to the receiver devices. Data to be broadcast to the plurality of receivers is encoded in accordance with the determined level of error correction. The encoded data is broadcast at the determined data broadcast transmission rate over the channel to the plurality of receiver devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562506 |
| ART UNIT | 2411 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 13/353 (20130101) H03M 13/635 (20130101) H03M 13/1515 (20130101) H03M 13/6527 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Lewis Buchman (Northfield, Illinois); Meenakshi Rammohan (Woodridge, Illinois); Amelita Reyes (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Lewis Buchman (Northfield, Illinois); Meenakshi Rammohan (Woodridge, Illinois); Amelita Reyes (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides dietary compositions for mammalian consumption. In particular, the present invention provides compositions comprising pectin, a component comprising electrolytes, thickening agents, a sweetening agent, and water, and methods for making such compositions. In some embodiments, the dietary compositions are used for preventing and/or treating malabsorption dysfunction and associated disorders (e.g., short bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease). In some embodiments, the dietary compositions are used for preventing and/or treating colonic disorders (e.g., ulcerative colitis). The dietary compositions further find use in subjects with diarrhea, regardless of cause, subject suffering from gastric dumping syndrome, and obese patients or patients seeking to lose weight, as the composition delays gastric emptying (e.g., creating feeling of early satiety). In some embodiments, the dietary composition is a prebiotic food supplement. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/358041 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/308 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A23L 1/0524 (20130101) A23L 1/05625 (20130101) A23L 2/38 (20130101) A23L 2/52 (20130101) A23L 2/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09055876 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An example system and method of processing cardiac activation information are disclosed. The method includes accessing a first cardiac signal and a second cardiac signal obtained from a patient. The first cardiac signal and the second cardiac signal are processed to determine whether there is a point of change in the first cardiac signal at which a derivative of the first cardiac signal diverges with respect to a derivative of the second cardiac signal above a threshold. An activation onset time is assigned in the first cardiac signal at the point of change to define a cardiac activation if the point of change is in the first cardiac signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/074619 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0205 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/04011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 5/7239 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) |
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| US 09055877 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An example system and method of processing cardiac activation information are disclosed. The method includes accessing a first cardiac signal and a second cardiac signal obtained from a patient. The first cardiac signal and the second cardiac signal are processed to identify a point of change in the first cardiac signal at which a derivative of the first cardiac signal diverges with respect to a derivative of the second cardiac signal. An activation onset time is assigned in the first cardiac signal at the point of change to define a cardiac activation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/077250 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0205 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/04011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 5/7239 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) |
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| US 09055878 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An example system and method of reconstructing cardiac activation information are disclosed. In accordance therewith, there are accessed pairs of cardiac signals out of a plurality of cardiac signals obtained from a patient. The pairs have a first cardiac signal that is common among the pairs and second cardiac signals that are different among the pairs. The first cardiac signal and the second cardiac signals of the pairs are processed to determine whether there are points of change in the first cardiac signal at which a derivative of the first cardiac signal diverges with respect to derivatives of the second cardiac signals above a threshold. An activation onset time is assigned at a point in the first cardiac signal based on correspondence of the points of change to define a cardiac activation indicating a beat if the points of change are in the first signal. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/473905 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0205 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/04011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 5/7239 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) |
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| US 09056068 | Nutman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas B. Nutman (Chevy Chase, Maryland); David Abraham (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas B. Nutman (Chevy Chase, Maryland); David Abraham (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The polynucleotide encoding the SSIR gene from the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis is provided, along with the polypeptide encoded by the SSIR gene. It was found that when mice were immunized with the SSIR polypeptide vaccine, it provided immunity to mice which were implanted with Strongyloides stercoralis L3 implants. Methods for making the SSIR protein, recombinant vectors encoding the SSIR gene, a vaccine made from the SSIR protein, and methods of use are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/575987 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/4354 (20130101) |
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| US 09056080 | Dewhirst et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark W. Dewhirst (Durham, North Carolina); Jonathan S. Stamler (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Timothy J. McMahon (Durham, North Carolina); Pierre D. Sonveaux (Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods for increasing perfusion in hypoxic regions of tissues in subjects. Also provided are methods for treating diseases and/or disorders associated with hypoxia in subjects, methods for increasing sensitivity of tumors to radiation and/or chemotherapy treatments, methods for delaying tumor growth in subjects, and methods for inhibiting tumor blood vessel growth in subjects. In some embodiments, the presently disclosed methods involve administering to subjects in need thereof a first composition selected from the group consisting of a nitrosylated hemoglobin and an agent that induces nitrosylation of endogenous hemoglobin in the subject and a second composition comprising a hyperoxic gas. In some embodiments, the presently disclosed methods also include treating a tumor with radiation therapy, chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy, immunotherapy, or combinations thereof. Also provided are inhalable gases that can be employed in the presently disclosed methods. |
| FILED | Monday, June 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/919377 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/21 (20130101) A61K 31/21 (20130101) A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 35/18 (20130101) A61K 35/18 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/42 (20130101) A61K 38/42 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/08 (20130101) A61K 47/16 (20130101) A61K 47/48307 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09056102 | Quinn |
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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) | Timothy P. Quinn (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides fusion proteins comprising an extracellular domain of a VEGF receptor and a death ligand. The fusion proteins bind to VEGF and to death receptors on tumor cells thereby inhibiting VEGF activation of VEGF receptors and inducing apoptosis in the tumor cells. Fusion proteins of the present invention are useful for inducing apoptosis and cytotoxic effects in cells, treating cancer and diseases or disorders related to unregulated angiogenesis and/or vasculogenesis. Thus, this invention further provides methods for treating angiogenesis related diseases using the fusion proteins, polynucleotides encoding the fusion proteins, vectors containing the polynucleotides, pharmaceutical compositions and kits containing the fusion proteins or the polynucleotides encoding the fusion proteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/655142 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/191 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/71 (20130101) C07K 14/525 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 14/70578 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/75 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09056104 | Blagg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian S. J. Blagg (Lawrence, Kansas); Bhaskar Reddy Kusuma (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian S. J. Blagg (Lawrence, Kansas); Bhaskar Reddy Kusuma (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | An inhibitor of heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) can include a coumermycin A1 analog having a structure that inhibits HSP90 greater than coumermycin A1. That is, the coumermycin A1 analog is not coumermycin A1. The coumermycin A1 analog can have an antiproliferative biological activity, which can be superior to coumermycin A1. The activity can include the coumermycin A1 analog inhibiting a C-terminus of HSP90. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/473046 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/4545 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7048 (20130101) |
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| US 09056105 | Yokota et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hiroki Yokota (Carmel, Indiana); Ping Zhang (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INDIANA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiroki Yokota (Carmel, Indiana); Ping Zhang (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compounds, compositions, and methods useful for treating bone diseases or defects. Also described herein are compounds, compositions and methods for treating bone diseases or defects by inhibiting phosphatase complexes. |
| FILED | Friday, July 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/055399 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09056111 | Larson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Smith Larson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Larry A. Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bruce S. Edwards (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Juan Jacob Strouse (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Irena Ivnitski-Steele (Coral Springs, Florida); Hadya M. Khawaja (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jerec Warren Ricci (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeffrey Aube (Lawrence, Kansas); Jennifer Elizabeth Golden (Olathe, Kansas); Tuanli Yao (Lawrence, Kansas); Warren S. Weiner (Lawrence, Kansas); Chad E. Schroeder (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds which inhibit cancer-associated transporter proteins, methods of treating or preventing the onset of a cancer-associated transporter protein-mediated disease by administering such compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. In one embodiment, the invention provides pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine efflux inhibitors that are selective toward ABCG2 over ABCB1. Compounds and compositions according to the present invention may be used to treat cancer, including drug resistant (DR) and multiple drug resistant (MDR) cancers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/622651 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09056129 | Hanson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert N. Hanson (Newton, Massachusetts); Mansoor Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Volkmar Weissig (Peoria, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert N. Hanson (Newton, Massachusetts); Mansoor Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Volkmar Weissig (Peoria, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing multifunctionalized nanoparticles involves using a modular system of half-linkers to attach functional moieties that serve to deliver the nanoparticles to a desired target, exert an effect at the target, or track the nanoparticles within a cell or an animal. The modular chemistry of the half-linker system permits the custom design and synthesis of functionalized nanoparticles bearing multiple groups and therefore results in precise delivery to desired cell types and intracellular locations. The functionalized nanoparticles can be used to treat or diagnose a variety of medical conditions, including neoplastic diseases, infectious diseases, and chronic diseases. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/526297 |
| 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 9/51 (20130101) A61K 47/48861 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/1244 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09056135 | Dmitrovsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ethan Dmitrovsky (Hanover, New Hampshire); Xi Liu (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Sarah Freemantle (Hanover, New Hampshire); Lorenzo F. Sempere (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Charles Cole (Thetford, Vermont); Sakari Kauppinen (Smoerum, Denmark); Mads Bak (Vanloese, Denmark); Mette Christensen (Valby, Denmark) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire); Koebenhavns Universitet (University of Copenhagen) (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ethan Dmitrovsky (Hanover, New Hampshire); Xi Liu (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Sarah Freemantle (Hanover, New Hampshire); Lorenzo F. Sempere (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Charles Cole (Thetford, Vermont); Sakari Kauppinen (Smoerum, Denmark); Mads Bak (Vanloese, Denmark); Mette Christensen (Valby, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel molecular markers for diagnosis and classification of human breast cancer and lung cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/478408 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (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 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2320/12 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09056841 | Pomper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin Pomper (Baltimore, Maryland); Ronnie Charles Mease (Fairfax, Virginia); Ray Sangeeta (Ellicott City, Maryland); Ying Chen (Timonium, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Pomper (Baltimore, Maryland); Ronnie Charles Mease (Fairfax, Virginia); Ray Sangeeta (Ellicott City, Maryland); Ying Chen (Timonium, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeting compounds are described. Uses of the compounds for imaging, therapy, cell sorting, and tumor mapping are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/257499 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/14 (20130101) C07D 213/04 (20130101) C07D 249/04 (20130101) C07D 255/02 (20130101) C07D 257/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 311/14 (20130101) C07D 311/82 (20130101) |
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| US 09056851 | Tonge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Tonge (Setauket, New York); Carl Machutta (Boyertown, Pennsylvania); Gopal Reddy Bommineni (Port Jefferson, New York); Kanishk Kapilashrami (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Tonge (Setauket, New York); Carl Machutta (Boyertown, Pennsylvania); Gopal Reddy Bommineni (Port Jefferson, New York); Kanishk Kapilashrami (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a compound having the structure wherein R1 is H, wherein n and q are independently an integer from 0 to 8; A is absent or present and when present is wherein m is an integer from 0 to 8; R3 is an amino, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, diol, piperazine, morpholine, piperidine, triazole, azide or biphenyl, each with or without substitution, branched or unbranched, or and R4 is alkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl, each with or without substitution, branched or unbranched, R2 is H, CH3, or alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, pyrrole, diazole, or triazole, each with or without substitution, branched or unbranched, or wherein n and q are independently an integer from 0 to 8; A is absent or present and when present is and R6 is azide, methoxy, trifluoromethyl, biphenyl, substituted phenyl, substituted triazole, or alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl, with or without substitution, branched or unbranched, when R1 is H then R2 is other than H or CH3, and when R2 is H or CH3 then R1 is other than H, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, March 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/007265 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/381 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 333/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 409/06 (20130101) C07D 409/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09056875 | 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); James M Salovich (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted pyrazolo[3′,4′:4,5]thieno[2,3-c]pyridazine-3-amine analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4); 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 | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/974858 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09056876 | Conn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey P. Conn (Brentwood, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, Tennessee); Michael R. Wood (Brentwood, Tennessee); Corey R. Hopkins (Nolensville, Tennessee); James M. Salovich (Nashville, Tennessee); Bruce J. Melancon (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 1H-pyrazolo[3′,4′:4,5]thieno[2,3-b]pyridin-3-amine analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4); 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, September 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/345244 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09056891 | Tarasova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nadya I. Tarasova (Frederick, Maryland); Alan O. Perantoni (Fairfield, Pennsylvania); Shunsuke Tanigawa (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A peptide or peptidomimetic comprising the amino acid sequence KKRLSVXLTSSLFR (SEQ ID NO: 1) or the inverse thereof, or comprising at least eight contiguous amino acids of helix C of β-catenin (SEQ ID NO: 41) or inverse thereof, wherein the peptide or peptidomimetic comprises a total of about 50 or fewer amino acids and inhibits the Wnt pathway, as well as a method of inhibiting the Wnt pathway in a cell, a method of treating or preventing a disease mediated by the Wnt pathway, and related compounds, compositions, and methods. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/917958 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4703 (20130101) |
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| US 09056892 | Pun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suzie H. Pun (Seattle, Washington); Drew L. Sellers (Seattle, Washington); Jamie M. Bergen (Mountain View, California); Philip J. Horner (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzie H. Pun (Seattle, Washington); Drew L. Sellers (Seattle, Washington); Jamie M. Bergen (Mountain View, California); Philip J. Horner (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Transport peptides, alone or attached to a cargo moiety, are capable of targeted axonal import into the spinal cord and other structures of the central nervous system. The transport peptides can be used to deliver therapeutic agents and other molecules of interest from the periphery to the central nervous system, providing a means to detect, treat or prevent neurodegenerative diseases, stroke, chronic pain and other conditions via minimally invasive techniques of administration. |
| FILED | Saturday, September 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/238724 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09056898 | Pekosz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Pekosz (Towson, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Pekosz (Towson, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention encompasses an attenuated RNA virus and methods of using an attenuated RNA virus. The RNA virus comprises, in part, an ion channel protein comprising a peptide tag. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/235011 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/41 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/00022 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16162 (20130101) |
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| US 09056899 | Collins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James J Collins (Newton Center, Massachusetts); Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J Collins (Newton Center, Massachusetts); Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the treatment and prevention of bacteria and bacterial infections. In particular, the present invention relates to engineered bacteriophages used in combination with antimicrobial agents to potentiate the antimicrobial effect and bacterial killing by the antimicrobial agent. The present invention generally relates to methods and compositions comprising engineered bacteriophages and antimicrobial agents for the treatment of bacteria, and more particularly to bacteriophages comprising agents that inhibit antibiotic resistance genes and/or cell survival genes, and/or bacteriophages comprising repressors of SOS response genes or inhibitors of antimicrobial defense genes and/or expressing an agent which increases the sensitivity of bacteria to an antimicrobial agent in combination with at least one antimicrobial agent, and their use thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/812212 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/76 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2330/30 (20130101) C12N 2795/14122 (20130101) C12N 2795/14132 (20130101) |
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| US 09056902 | Broder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher C. Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland); Katharine N. Bossart (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland); Katharine N. Bossart (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. In particular, this invention relates to compositions comprising soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus and also to diagnostic and therapeutic methods using the soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. Further, the invention relates to therapeutic antibodies including neutralizing antibodies, and vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infection by Hendra and Nipah viruses. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/530866 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/07 (20130101) C07K 14/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1027 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2760/18222 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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| US 09056907 | Dimitrov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Frederick, Maryland); Weizao Chen (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) | Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Frederick, Maryland); Weizao Chen (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides antibodies or antibody fragments that bind to insulin-like growth factor (IGF) 1 receptor (IGF-1R) or IGF-2, as well as method of using the antibodies for inhibiting the IGF-mediated signaling pathway, inhibiting IGF-1R signaling, and treating cancer. The invention also provides a method of detecting the presence of IGF-1R or IGF-2 in a sample using the inventive antibodies and antibody fragments. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/499758 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/39591 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2863 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09056923 | Popel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aleksander S. Popel (Lutherville, Maryland); Elena V. Rosca (Baltimore, Maryland); Jacob E. Koskimaki (Baltimore, Maryland); Corban G. Rivera (Baltimore, Maryland); Niranjan B. Pandey (White Marsh, Maryland); Amir P. Tamiz (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleksander S. Popel (Lutherville, Maryland); Elena V. Rosca (Baltimore, Maryland); Jacob E. Koskimaki (Baltimore, Maryland); Corban G. Rivera (Baltimore, Maryland); Niranjan B. Pandey (White Marsh, Maryland); Amir P. Tamiz (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Mimetic peptides having anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic properties and methods of their use for treating cancer, ocular diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, and other-angiogenesis-dependent diseases are disclosed. More particularly, active non-cysteine analogs (mimetics), which exhibit anti-angiogenic activity in endothelial cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and tube formation assays, anti-migratory activity in human breast cancer cells in vitro, anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic activity in vivo in breast cancer xenograft models, and age-related macular degeneration models are disclosed. The presently disclosed mimetic peptides also exhibit anti-lymphangiogenic and directly anti-tumorigenic properties. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/992998 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09056924 | Sawyers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Sawyers (Los Angeles, California); Mercedes E. Gorre (Los Angeles, California); Neil Pravin Shah (Woodland Hills, California); John Nicoll (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Sawyers (Los Angeles, California); Mercedes E. Gorre (Los Angeles, California); Neil Pravin Shah (Woodland Hills, California); John Nicoll (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein relates to novel genes and their encoded proteins, termed Mutants Associated with Resistance to STI-571 (e.g., T315I Bcr-Abl), and to diagnostic and therapeutic methods and compositions useful in the management of various cancers that express MARS. The invention further provides methods for identifying molecules that bind to and/or modulate the functional activity of MARS. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/080596 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/82 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/485 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09057053 | Wernig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marius Wernig (Stanford, California); Thomas C. Sudhof (Stanford, California); Thomas Vierbuchen (Stanford, California); Austin Ostermeier (West Plains, Missouri); Zhiping Pang (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marius Wernig (Stanford, California); Thomas C. Sudhof (Stanford, California); Thomas Vierbuchen (Stanford, California); Austin Ostermeier (West Plains, Missouri); Zhiping Pang (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions and kits for producing functional neurons, astroctyes, oligodendrocytes and progenitor cells thereof are provided. These methods, compositions and kits find use in producing neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and progenitor cells thereof for transplantation, for experimental evaluation, as a source of lineage- and cell-specific products, and the like, for example for use in treating human disorders of the CNS. Also provided are methods, compositions and kits for screening candidate agents for activity in converting cells into neuronal cells, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and progenitor cells thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/522002 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0619 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0622 (20130101) C12N 5/0623 (20130101) C12N 2501/60 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/14 (20130101) C12N 2506/1307 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5058 (20130101) |
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| US 09057054 | Zhang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Zhang (Wallingford, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Zhang (Wallingford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions, methods, and systems for generating antigen-specific long-term memory T-cells using mTOR pathway inhibitors. The present invention provides compositions, systems, and methods for administering antigen-specific long-term memory T-cells to a subject (e.g., to a subject with cancer in adoptive transfer type of procedures). |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/379075 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (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 2501/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09057057 | Chandrasegaran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Srinivasan Chandrasegaran (Baltimore, Maryland); Sivaprakash Ramalingam (Baltimore, Maryland); Karthikeyan Kandavelou (Pondicherry, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland); PONDICHERRY BIOTECH PRIVATE LIMITED (PBPL) (Pondicherry, India) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivasan Chandrasegaran (Baltimore, Maryland); Sivaprakash Ramalingam (Baltimore, Maryland); Karthikeyan Kandavelou (Pondicherry, India) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of making and using engineered FokI cleavage domain variants. Also disclosed are methods, compositions and fusion proteins containing obligate heterodimers of engineered FokI cleavage domain variants and DNA binding domains, such as zinc finger protein (ZFP) domains and transcription activator-like effector (TALE) domains. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/812857 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/4702 (20130101) C07K 2319/70 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09057068 | de la Chapelle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert de la Chapelle (Delaware, Ohio); Ann-Kathrin Eisfeld (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions comprising therapeutic oligonucleotide compounds that target the expression of genes associated with tumorigenesis or cell transformation are provided. Methods are described to manipulate and treat the oncogenic deregulation of the TP53-associated apoptosis pathway. Markers for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and uses thereof are described. |
| FILED | Monday, April 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/854643 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — 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 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/141 (20130101) |
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09057070 — Generation of Bacteriodes fragilis capsular polysaccharide A-only producing mutant strain
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasedena, California); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarkis K. Mazmanian (Porter Ranch, California); Sung-Eun Lee (Los Angeles, California); Dennis L. Kasper (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is an isolated B. fragilis bacterial cell producing a native capsular polysaccharide A (PSA), wherein the cell is incapable of producing capsular polysaccharides PSB, PSC, PSD, PSE, PSF, PSG, and PSH because the cell's biosynthetic genes for native capsular polysaccharides PSB, PSC, PSD, PSE, PSF, PSG, and PSH have been deleted from the cell's genome. The isolated or wild type B. fragilis cell, or an extract obtained from said B. fragilis cell, can be used to treat individuals with inflammation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573695 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/74 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/20 (20130101) C12N 15/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09057094 | Perez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida); Charalambos Kaittanis (Orlando, Florida); Sudip Nath (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Orlando, Florida); NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida); Charalambos Kaittanis (Orlando, Florida); Sudip Nath (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of testing bacterial cells for antimicrobial susceptibility includes preparing a suspension of the bacterial cells in a non-nutrient medium, mixing with the suspension an antimicrobial, a carbohydrate usable by the bacterial cells, metallic nanoparticles, and a lectin, and incubating the mixture while monitoring a parameter of the nanoparticles responsive to use of the carbohydrate by the bacterial cells. More broadly stated, the invention includes a method of testing an agent for its effect on cell metabolism by preparing a suspension of cells in a non-nutrient medium, mixing the suspension with the agent, adding a carbohydrate usable by the cells, metallic nanoparticles, and a lectin with binding specificity for the added carbohydrate, and monitoring a nanoparticle parameter responsive to the cells. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/258785 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/1821 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09057099 | Erickson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Erickson (Ithaca, New York); Yun Suk Huh (Daejeon, South Korea); Carl A. Batt (Groton, New York); Adam Joseph Lowe (Syracuse, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Erickson (Ithaca, New York); Yun Suk Huh (Daejeon, South Korea); Carl A. Batt (Groton, New York); Adam Joseph Lowe (Syracuse, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting target nucleic acids such as SNPs is provided. The method comprises performing a ligase detection reaction (LDR), performing surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) on the LDR, and analyzing the outcome of the LDR using analysis and/or quantification of the SERS by detecting an emitted Raman signature. The LDR-SERS method can be used for sensitive and specific detection of any nucleic acid sequence of interest. A microfluidic SERS detection device is also provided. The device comprises electrokinetically active microwells for mixing and concentrating analytes and in which analytes can be quantified. The device can be used for performing the LDR-SERS method in optofluidic chip format. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/124296 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 13/0076 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0809 (20130101) B01L 2300/0829 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0424 (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 1/6827 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6862 (20130101) C12Q 2531/137 (20130101) C12Q 2563/137 (20130101) C12Q 2565/632 (20130101) C12Q 2565/632 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) |
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| US 09057108 | Yeatman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy Yeatman (Thonotosassa, Florida); Barbara A. Centeno (Tampa, Florida); Gregory C. Bloom (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Yeatman (Thonotosassa, Florida); Barbara A. Centeno (Tampa, Florida); Gregory C. Bloom (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A two-tiered classification system that can be integrated with the current algorithm used by pathologists for identification of the site of origin for ‘malignancy with unknown primary’ is presented. In use, morphology, immunohistochemical (IHC) studies, and microarray-based top tier gene expression classifiers first subclassify cytokeratin positive carcinomas into adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, neuroendocrine carcinoma and urothelial carcinoma. Subsequently, organ-specific IHC-markers, if available, are used in conjunction with microarray-based second tier gene expression classifiers to assign the primary site of origin to the sample. This new hybrid approach combines IHC with a hierarchy of quantitative gene expression based classifiers into an algorithmic method that can assist pathologists to further refine and support their decision making process. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/611584 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/20 (20130101) G06F 19/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09057594 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin U. Kang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Mingtao Zhao (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A probe for an optical coherence tomography system according to an embodiment of the current invention includes a sheath having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a lumen therein, an optical fiber disposed at least partially within the lumen of said sheath, and a sapphire lens attached to the distal end of the sheath to form a fluid-tight seal to prevent fluid from entering the lumen of said sheath. The optical fiber has an end arranged in an optical path with the sapphire lens to provide optical coupling between the sapphire lens and the optical fiber. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/709984 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/102 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/0205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01B 9/02035 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) |
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| US 09057702 | Ozcan 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) | Aydogan Ozcan (Los Angeles, California); Hongying Zhu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Wide-field fluorescent imaging on a mobile device having a camera is accomplished with a compact, light-weight and inexpensive optical components that are mechanically secured to the mobile device in a removable housing. Battery powered light-emitting diodes (LEDs) contained in the housing pump the sample of interest from the side using butt-coupling, where the pump light is guided within the sample holder to uniformly excite the specimen. The fluorescent emission from the sample is then imaged using an additional lens that is positioned adjacent to the existing lens of the mobile device. A color filter is sufficient to create the dark-field background required for fluorescent imaging, without the need for expensive thin-film interference filters. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/769043 |
| 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 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/0221 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 7/02 (20130101) G02B 7/006 (20130101) G02B 13/0025 (20130101) G02B 23/243 (20130101) Telephonic Communication H04M 1/21 (20130101) H04M 1/0254 (20130101) H04M 2250/52 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2254 (20130101) |
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| US 09057705 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peidong Yang (El Cerrito, California); Martin Mulvihill (Berkeley, California); Andrea R. Tao (Santa Barbara, California); Prasert Sinsermsuksakul (Berkeley, California); John Arnold (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peidong Yang (El Cerrito, California); Martin Mulvihill (Berkeley, California); Andrea R. Tao (Santa Barbara, California); Prasert Sinsermsuksakul (Berkeley, California); John Arnold (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrate formed from a plurality of monolayers of polyhedral silver nanocrystals, wherein at least one of the monolayers has polyvinypyrrolidone (PVP) on its surface, and thereby configured for sensing arsenic is described. Highly active SERS substrates are formed by assembling high density monolayers of differently shaped silver nanocrystals onto a solid support. SERS detection is performed directly on this substrate by placing a droplet of the analyte solution onto the nanocrystal monolayer. Adsorbed polymer, polyvinypyrrolidone (PVP), on the surface of the nanoparticles facilitates the binding of both arsenate and arsenite near the silver surface, allowing for highly accurate and sensitive detection capabilities. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/372672 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0245 (20130101) H01L 29/518 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) |
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| US 09057722 | Singbartl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kai Singbartl (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); John A. Kellum (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is related to the field of the prevention and treatment of kidney disease. The treatment of kidney disease may be tailored depending upon the need for, or expectation of, long-term dialysis. For example, prediction of long-term dialysis treatment can be determined by monitoring urine biomarkers related to the development of chronic kidney disease. For example, a normalized time course of hyaluronic acid can be used to determine whether a patient having suffered acute kidney injury will require long-term dialysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/331694 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/14 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/543 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2400/40 (20130101) G01N 2800/347 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/00 (20150115) Y10T 436/14 (20150115) Y10T 436/142222 (20150115) Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09057727 | Gardella et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Gardella (Needham, Massachusetts); John T. Potts, Jr. (Newton, Massachusetts); Masaru Shimizu (Shizuoka, Japan); Fumihiko Ichikawa (Tokyo, Japan); Harald Jüppner (Lexington, Massachusetts); Makoto Okazaki (Shizuoka, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides screening methods for GPCRs based on the discovery that the affinity of a receptor agonist for a GPCR (such as the parathyroid hormone receptor) when not bound to a G-protein is correlated with the length of time over which the agonist is effective, independently of its pharmacokinetic properties. The invention also provides PTH- and PTHrP-derived polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/036989 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/74 (20130101) G01N 33/56966 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/645 (20130101) G01N 2333/726 (20130101) |
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| US 09057731 | Merchant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael L. Merchant (Louisville, Kentucky); Jon B. Klein (Louisville, Kentucky); Michael E. Brier (New Albany, Indiana); Adam E. Gaweda (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Merchant (Louisville, Kentucky); Jon B. Klein (Louisville, Kentucky); Michael E. Brier (New Albany, Indiana); Adam E. Gaweda (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for predicting a response to an erythropoietic agent in a subject include providing a biological sample from the subject, and determining an amount in the sample of at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-17. If there is a measurable difference in the amount of the at least one peptide in the sample, when compared to a control level of the same peptide, the subject is then predicted to have a good response or a poor response to the erythropoietic agent. Kits for predicting a response to an erythropoietic agent are further provided and include one or more antibodies, or fragments thereof, that specifically recognize a peptide of SEQ ID NOS: 1-17. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/167478 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6863 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09057734 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam E. Cohen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joel M. Kralj (Somerville, Massachusetts); Adam D. Douglass (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam E. Cohen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joel M. Kralj (Somerville, Massachusetts); Adam D. Douglass (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods, cells and constructs for optical measurement of membrane potential. These methods can be used in cells that are not accessible to presently available methods using electrodes. The methods can be directed to, for example, high-throughput drug screening assays to determine agents that can affect membrane potential of a target cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/818432 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/195 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/62 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/625 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/566 (20130101) G01N 33/6872 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/726 (20130101) |
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| US 09057825 | Erickson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Erickson (Ithaca, New York); Yih-Fan Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Erickson (Ithaca, New York); Yih-Fan Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of photonic crystal resonator optical trapping apparatuses and a plurality optical trapping methods using the plurality of photonic crystal resonator optical trapping apparatuses include located and formed over a substrate a photonic waveguide that is coupled (i.e., either separately coupled or integrally coupled) with a photonic crystal resonator. In a particular embodiment, the photonic waveguide and the photonic crystal resonator comprise a monocrystalline silicon (or other) photonic material absent any chemical functionalization. In another particular embodiment, the photonic waveguide and the photonic crystal resonator comprise a silicon nitride material which when actuating the photonic crystal resonator optical trapping apparatus with a 1064 nanometer resonant photonic radiation wavelength (or other resonant photonic radiation wavelength in a range from about 700 to about 1200 nanometers) provides no appreciable heating of an aqueous sample fluid that is analyzed by the photonic crystal resonator optical trapping apparatus. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/520033 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0668 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2400/0454 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/10 (20130101) G01N 2015/0038 (20130101) G01N 2015/0053 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/1225 (20130101) G02B 2006/12061 (20130101) G02B 2006/12147 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09058354 | Dolan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Dolan (Webster, New York); Peter Veazie (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Integrated multi-criteria decision frameworks disclosed herein can facilitate making good decisions when faced with a complex choice among several alternatives with different combinations of strengths and weaknesses. Some decision support systems using multi-criteria methods can combine multiple multi-criteria methods in a single adaptable decision support intervention. In some embodiments, the framework can include some or all of the following modules: a decision strategy module; a balance sheet module; an interactive decision dashboard module; an ordinal ranking module; a direct weighting module; and an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) module. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/750922 |
| ART UNIT | 2164 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30424 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/345 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 50/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09055886 | Garretson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin Garretson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Clinton G. Hobart (Albquerque, New Mexico); Thomas S. Gladwell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark J. Monda (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin Garretson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Clinton G. Hobart (Albquerque, New Mexico); Thomas S. Gladwell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark J. Monda (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies pertaining to backscatter x-ray scanning systems are described herein. The backscatter x-ray scanning system includes an x-ray source, which directs collimated x-rays along a plurality of output vectors towards a target. A detector detects diffusely reflected x-rays subsequent to respective collimated x-rays impacting the target, and outputs signals indicative of parameters of the detected x-rays. An image processing system generates an x-ray image based upon parameters of the detected x-rays, wherein each pixel in the image corresponds to a respective output vector. A user selects a particular portion of the image, and a tool is positioned such that its directional axis is coincident with the output vector corresponding to at least one pixel in the portion of the image. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/336146 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 7/08 (20130101) Smallarms, e.g Pistols, Rifles; Accessories Therefor F41C 27/06 (20130101) Apparatus for Launching Projectiles or Missiles From Barrels, e.g Cannons; Launchers for Rockets or Torpedoes; Harpoon Guns F41F 3/04 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/10 (20130101) G01N 23/20 (20130101) G01N 23/203 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 5/0025 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/3045 (20130101) |
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| US 09055905 | Watkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael L. Watkins (Richland, Washington); Paul Edwin Keller (Richland, Washington); Ivan A. Amaya (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Watkins (Richland, Washington); Paul Edwin Keller (Richland, Washington); Ivan A. Amaya (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of, and apparatus for, determining if a person operating equipment is experiencing an elevated cognitive load, wherein the person's use of a device at a first time is monitored so as to set a baseline signature. Then, at a later time, the person's use of the device is monitored to determine the person's performance at the second time, as represented by a performance signature. This performance signature can then be compared against the baseline signature to predict whether the person is experiencing an elevated cognitive load. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/414107 |
| ART UNIT | 2689 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Conjoint Control of Vehicle Sub-units of Different Type or Different Function; Control Systems Specially Adapted for Hybrid Vehicles; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems for Purposes Not Related to the Control of a Particular Sub-unit B60W 40/09 (20130101) B60W 2050/0089 (20130101) B60W 2530/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09056790 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALERA CORPORATION (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calera Corporation (Los Gatos, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irvin Chen (Santa Clara, California); Miguel Fernandez (San Jose, California); Joshua Patterson (Watsonville, California); Martin Devenney (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods including hydraulic cement, supplementary cementitious material, and/or self-cementing material. Methods for making the compositions and using the compositions are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/563138 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 14/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 28/02 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09056794 | Reimanis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ivar Reimanis (Golden, Colorado); Subramanian Ramalingam (Lakewood, Colorado) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ivar Reimanis (Golden, Colorado); Subramanian Ramalingam (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is drawn to a lithia alumina silica material that exhibits a low CTE over a broad temperature range and a method of making the same. The low CTE of the material allows for a decrease in microcracking within the material. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/866883 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 33/26 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/19 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 35/624 (20130101) C04B 35/645 (20130101) C04B 35/6264 (20130101) C04B 35/62635 (20130101) C04B 35/62655 (20130101) C04B 35/62675 (20130101) C04B 35/62685 (20130101) C04B 2235/77 (20130101) C04B 2235/80 (20130101) C04B 2235/81 (20130101) C04B 2235/441 (20130101) C04B 2235/442 (20130101) C04B 2235/443 (20130101) C04B 2235/446 (20130101) C04B 2235/447 (20130101) C04B 2235/3203 (20130101) C04B 2235/3205 (20130101) C04B 2235/3217 (20130101) C04B 2235/3222 (20130101) C04B 2235/3224 (20130101) C04B 2235/3284 (20130101) C04B 2235/3418 (20130101) C04B 2235/5436 (20130101) C04B 2235/6565 (20130101) C04B 2235/6567 (20130101) C04B 2235/6581 (20130101) C04B 2235/9607 (20130101) |
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| US 09057086 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Feng Xu (Davis, California); Matthew Sweeney (Sacramento, California); Jason Quinlan (Woodland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Xu (Davis, California); Matthew Sweeney (Sacramento, California); Jason Quinlan (Woodland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions comprising: a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity and a bicyclic compound. The present invention also relates to methods of using the compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/816111 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/96 (20130101) C12N 9/2402 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (20130101) C12N 9/2445 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/10 (20130101) C12P 7/14 (20130101) C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 2203/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01021 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09057146 | Rosen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary J. Rosen (Manchester, Massachusetts); Frank Sinclair (Quincy, Massachusetts); Alexander Soskov (Danvers, Massachusetts); James S. Buff (Brookline, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (Gloucester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Rosen (Manchester, Massachusetts); Frank Sinclair (Quincy, Massachusetts); Alexander Soskov (Danvers, Massachusetts); James S. Buff (Brookline, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A sheet of a material is disposed in a melt of the material. The sheet is formed using a cooling plate in one instance. An exciting coil and sensing coil are positioned downstream of the cooling plate. The exciting coil and sensing coil use eddy currents to determine a thickness of the solid sheet on top of the melt. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/862187 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 11/143 (20130101) B22D 11/1206 (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 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 15/00 (20130101) C30B 29/06 (20130101) C30B 29/08 (20130101) C30B 29/36 (20130101) C30B 29/64 (20130101) C30B 29/406 (20130101) C30B 35/00 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 7/105 (20130101) G01B 7/107 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 117/1004 (20150115) Y10T 117/1008 (20150115) Y10T 117/1032 (20150115) Y10T 117/1044 (20150115) Y10T 117/1048 (20150115) Y10T 117/1068 (20150115) Y10T 117/1088 (20150115) |
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| US 09057483 | Espinosa-Loza et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francisco Espinosa-Loza (Livermore, California); Timothy O. Ross (Patterson, California); Vernon A. Switzer (Livermore, California); Salvador M. Aceves (Livermore, California); Nicholas J. Killingsworth (Pleasanton, California); Elias Ledesma-Orozco (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An insert for a cryogenic capable pressure vessel for storage of hydrogen or other cryogenic gases at high pressure. The insert provides the interface between a tank and internal and external components of the tank system. The insert can be used with tanks with any or all combinations of cryogenic, high pressure, and highly diffusive fluids. The insert can be threaded into the neck of a tank with an inner liner. The threads withstand the majority of the stress when the fluid inside the tank that is under pressure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/179398 |
| ART UNIT | 3781 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F17C 13/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09057681 | MacDowell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alastair A. MacDowell (Berkeley, California); James Nasiatka (San Francisco, California); Abdel Haboub (Richmond, California); Robert O. Ritchie (Berkeley, California); Hrishikesh A. Bale (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alastair A. MacDowell (Berkeley, California); James Nasiatka (San Francisco, California); Abdel Haboub (Richmond, California); Robert O. Ritchie (Berkeley, California); Hrishikesh A. Bale (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to the high temperature mechanical testing of materials. In one aspect, a method includes providing an apparatus. The apparatus may include a chamber. The chamber may comprise a top portion and a bottom portion, with the top portion and the bottom portion each joined to a window material. A first cooled fixture and a second cooled fixture may be mounted to the chamber and configured to hold the sample in the chamber. A plurality of heating lamps may be mounted to the chamber and positioned to heat the sample. The sample may be placed in the first and the second cooled fixtures. The sample may be heated to a specific temperature using the heating lamps. Radiation may be directed though the window material, the radiation thereafter interacting with the sample and exiting the chamber through the window material. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/081948 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2223/419 (20130101) G01N 2223/607 (20130101) G01N 2223/3106 (20130101) |
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| US 09057705 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peidong Yang (El Cerrito, California); Martin Mulvihill (Berkeley, California); Andrea R. Tao (Santa Barbara, California); Prasert Sinsermsuksakul (Berkeley, California); John Arnold (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peidong Yang (El Cerrito, California); Martin Mulvihill (Berkeley, California); Andrea R. Tao (Santa Barbara, California); Prasert Sinsermsuksakul (Berkeley, California); John Arnold (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrate formed from a plurality of monolayers of polyhedral silver nanocrystals, wherein at least one of the monolayers has polyvinypyrrolidone (PVP) on its surface, and thereby configured for sensing arsenic is described. Highly active SERS substrates are formed by assembling high density monolayers of differently shaped silver nanocrystals onto a solid support. SERS detection is performed directly on this substrate by placing a droplet of the analyte solution onto the nanocrystal monolayer. Adsorbed polymer, polyvinypyrrolidone (PVP), on the surface of the nanoparticles facilitates the binding of both arsenate and arsenite near the silver surface, allowing for highly accurate and sensitive detection capabilities. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/372672 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0245 (20130101) H01L 29/518 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) |
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| US 09057731 | Merchant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael L. Merchant (Louisville, Kentucky); Jon B. Klein (Louisville, Kentucky); Michael E. Brier (New Albany, Indiana); Adam E. Gaweda (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Merchant (Louisville, Kentucky); Jon B. Klein (Louisville, Kentucky); Michael E. Brier (New Albany, Indiana); Adam E. Gaweda (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for predicting a response to an erythropoietic agent in a subject include providing a biological sample from the subject, and determining an amount in the sample of at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-17. If there is a measurable difference in the amount of the at least one peptide in the sample, when compared to a control level of the same peptide, the subject is then predicted to have a good response or a poor response to the erythropoietic agent. Kits for predicting a response to an erythropoietic agent are further provided and include one or more antibodies, or fragments thereof, that specifically recognize a peptide of SEQ ID NOS: 1-17. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/167478 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6863 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09057825 | Erickson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Erickson (Ithaca, New York); Yih-Fan Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Erickson (Ithaca, New York); Yih-Fan Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of photonic crystal resonator optical trapping apparatuses and a plurality optical trapping methods using the plurality of photonic crystal resonator optical trapping apparatuses include located and formed over a substrate a photonic waveguide that is coupled (i.e., either separately coupled or integrally coupled) with a photonic crystal resonator. In a particular embodiment, the photonic waveguide and the photonic crystal resonator comprise a monocrystalline silicon (or other) photonic material absent any chemical functionalization. In another particular embodiment, the photonic waveguide and the photonic crystal resonator comprise a silicon nitride material which when actuating the photonic crystal resonator optical trapping apparatus with a 1064 nanometer resonant photonic radiation wavelength (or other resonant photonic radiation wavelength in a range from about 700 to about 1200 nanometers) provides no appreciable heating of an aqueous sample fluid that is analyzed by the photonic crystal resonator optical trapping apparatus. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/520033 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0668 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2400/0454 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/10 (20130101) G01N 2015/0038 (20130101) G01N 2015/0053 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/1225 (20130101) G02B 2006/12061 (20130101) G02B 2006/12147 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09057830 | Hamam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafif E. Hamam (Toronto, Canada); Peter Bermel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ivan Celanovic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); Adrian Y. X. Yeng (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael Ghebrebrhan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafif E. Hamam (Toronto, Canada); Peter Bermel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ivan Celanovic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); Adrian Y. X. Yeng (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael Ghebrebrhan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems, articles, and methods for discriminating electromagnetic radiation based upon the angle of incidence of the electromagnetic radiation. In some cases, the materials and systems described herein can be capable of inhibiting reflection of electromagnetic radiation (e.g., the materials and systems can be capable of transmitting and/or absorbing electromagnetic radiation) within a given range of angles of incidence at a first incident surface, while substantially reflecting electromagnetic radiation outside the range of angles of incidence at a second incident surface (which can be the same as or different from the first incident surface). A photonic material comprising a plurality of periodically occurring separate domains can be used, in some cases, to selectively transmit and/or selectively absorb one portion of incoming electromagnetic radiation while reflecting another portion of incoming electromagnetic radiation, based upon the angle of incidence. In some embodiments, one domain of the photonic material can include an isotropic dielectric function, while another domain of the photonic material can include an anisotropic dielectric function. In some instances, one domain of the photonic material can include an isotropic magnetic permeability, while another domain of the photonic material can include an anisotropic magnetic permeability. In some embodiments, non-photonic materials (e.g., materials with relatively large scale features) can be used to selectively absorb incoming electromagnetic radiation based on angle of incidence. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/186159 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Optics |
| 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 6/1225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02168 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 10/30 (20141201) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09057994 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Jang-Ung Park (Ulsan Metropolitan, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Jang-Ung Park (Ulsan Metropolitan, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of printing a pattern of charge on a substrate surface, such as by electrohydrodynamic (e-jet) printing. The methods relate to providing a nozzle containing a printable fluid, providing a substrate having a substrate surface and generating from the nozzle an ejected printable fluid containing net charge. The ejected printable fluid containing net charge is directed to the substrate surface, wherein the net charge does not substantially degrade and the net charge retained on the substrate surface. Also provided are functional devices made by any of the disclosed methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/947120 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Typewriters; Selective Printing Mechanisms,, i.e Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From a Forme; Correction of Typographical Errors B41J 2/06 (20130101) Electrography; Electrophotography; Magnetography G03G 15/323 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09058453 | Keckler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen William Keckler (San Jose, California); William J. Dally (Los Altos Hills, California); Steven Lee Scott (Eau Claire, Wisconsin); Brucek Kurdo Khailany (Austin, Texas); Michael Allen Parker (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for configuring a plurality of pin resources. The method includes identifying a plurality of pin resources of a primary application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) device and configuring the plurality of pin resources based on a pin distribution between a first interface and a second interface, where the first interface provides a first communication path between the primary ASIC device and a first device, and the second interface provides a second communication path between the primary ASIC device and a second device. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/902701 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5054 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09058482 | Smith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fred Hewitt Smith (Old Town, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ANGEL SECURE NETWORKS, INC. (Old Town, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred Hewitt Smith (Old Town, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are devices and techniques for remotely controlling user access to a restricted computer resource. The process includes pre-determining an association of the restricted computer resource and computer-resource-proximal environmental information. Indicia of user-proximal environmental information are received from a user requesting access to the restricted computer resource. Received indicia of user-proximal environmental information are compared to associated computer-resource-proximal environmental information. User access to the restricted computer resource is selectively granted responsive to a favorable comparison in which the user-proximal environmental information is sufficiently similar to the computer-resource proximal environmental information. In at least some embodiments, the process further includes comparing user-supplied biometric measure and comparing it with a predetermined association of at least one biometric measure of an authorized user. Access to the restricted computer resource is granted in response to a favorable comparison. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/410287 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/3231 (20130101) H04L 63/107 (20130101) |
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| US 09059079 | Quick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); AppliCote LLC. (Lake Mary, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); APPLICOTE, LLC (Lake Mary, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathaniel R Quick (Lake Mary, Florida); Pooran C Joshi (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chad Edward Duty (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gerald Earle Jellison, Jr. (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Joseph Attilio Angelini (Henderson, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for processing an insulator material or a semiconductor material. The method includes pulsing a plasma lamp onto the material to diffuse a doping substance into the material, to activate the doping substance in the material or to metallize a large area region of the material. The method may further include pulsing a laser onto a selected region of the material to diffuse a doping substance into the material, to activate the doping substance in the material or to metallize a selected region of the material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/036925 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/223 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 3/44 (20130101) |
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| US 09059335 | Cavallo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francesca Cavallo (Madison, Wisconsin); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Richard Rojas-Delgado (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Electronic devices for the generation of electromagnetic radiation are provided. Also provided are methods for using the devices to generate electromagnetic radiation. The radiation sources include an anisotropic electrically conducting thin film that is characterized by a periodically varying charge carrier mobility in the plane of the film. The periodic variation in carrier mobility gives rise to a spatially varying electric field, which produces electromagnetic radiation as charged particles pass through the film. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/778770 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 31/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09059356 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary A. Miller (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mary H. Crawford (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Andrew A. Allerman (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A p-type superlattice is used to laterally inject holes into an III-nitride multiple quantum well active layer, enabling efficient light extraction from the active area. Laterally-injected light-emitting diodes and laser diodes can enable brighter, more efficient devices that impact a wide range of wavelengths and applications. For UV wavelengths, applications include fluorescence-based biological sensing, epoxy curing, and water purification. For visible devices, applications include solid state lighting and projection systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/549233 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/24 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) H01L 33/38 (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 5/22 (20130101) H01S 5/0425 (20130101) H01S 5/34333 (20130101) |
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| US 09059361 | Legg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Legg (Newport News, Virginia); Kevin Jordan (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to fabricate boron nitride nanotubes incorporating magnesium diboride in their structure. In a first embodiment, magnesium wire is introduced into a reaction feed bundle during a BNNT fabrication process. In a second embodiment, magnesium in powder form is mixed into a nitrogen gas flow during the BNNT fabrication process. MgB2 yarn may be used for superconducting applications and, in that capacity, has considerably less susceptibility to stress and has considerably better thermal conductivity than these conventional materials when compared to both conventional low and high temperature superconducting materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/077256 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/121 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 35/146 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09059371 | Chaudhari |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karin Chaudhari (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Ashok Chaudhari (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Pia Chaudhari (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Solar-Tectic LLC (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Praveen Chaudhari (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns the enhancement of critical current densities in cuprate superconductors. Such enhancement of critical current densities include using wave function symmetry and restricting movement of Abrikosov (A) vortices, Josephson (J) vortices, or Abrikosov-Josephson (A-J) vortices by using the half integer vortices associated with d-wave symmetry present in the grain boundary. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/155508 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/2483 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09056125 | Schlenoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph B. Schlenoff (Tallahassee, Florida); David S. Salloum (Blue Ash, Ohio); Thomas C. Keller, III (Tallahassee, Florida); Scott G. Olenych (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph B. Schlenoff (Tallahassee, Florida); David S. Salloum (Blue Ash, Ohio); Thomas C. Keller, III (Tallahassee, Florida); Scott G. Olenych (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An article for controlling the attachment and growth of cells on a surface of the article, and a method for the use of the article is provided. The article comprises a substratum having a surface and a film on the surface, the film comprising a network of a net positively charged composition and a net negatively charged composition, wherein the net positively charged composition comprises a net positively charged polyelectrolyte or the net negatively charged composition comprises a net negatively charged polyelectrolyte, and the net positively charged polyelectrolyte or the net negatively charged polyelectrolyte contain (i) a polymer repeat unit having at least two fluorine atoms, or (ii) a polymer repeat unit having a zwitterion group. The method comprises contacting the article with living tissue, living organisms, or with water in an aqueous system comprising living organisms. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/130972 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/785 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09056129 | Hanson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert N. Hanson (Newton, Massachusetts); Mansoor Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Volkmar Weissig (Peoria, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert N. Hanson (Newton, Massachusetts); Mansoor Amiji (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Volkmar Weissig (Peoria, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing multifunctionalized nanoparticles involves using a modular system of half-linkers to attach functional moieties that serve to deliver the nanoparticles to a desired target, exert an effect at the target, or track the nanoparticles within a cell or an animal. The modular chemistry of the half-linker system permits the custom design and synthesis of functionalized nanoparticles bearing multiple groups and therefore results in precise delivery to desired cell types and intracellular locations. The functionalized nanoparticles can be used to treat or diagnose a variety of medical conditions, including neoplastic diseases, infectious diseases, and chronic diseases. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/526297 |
| 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 9/51 (20130101) A61K 47/48861 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/1244 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09056154 | Schwartz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Schwartz (Princeton, New Jersey); T. Joseph Dennes (Cranbury, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Schwartz (Princeton, New Jersey); T. Joseph Dennes (Cranbury, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymer surfaces coated with organometallic layers, wherein the organometallic layers and polymer surfaces have functional groups that react to bond the organometallic layer to the polymer surface with organometallic functional groups remaining unreacted for the subsequent covalent attachment of organic overlayers. Coating methods and coated articles are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/939736 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| 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 27/14 (20130101) A61L 27/28 (20130101) A61L 27/30 (20130101) A61L 27/38 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 31/005 (20130101) A61L 31/082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 1/06 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 7/04 (20130101) C08J 7/045 (20130101) C08J 2379/02 (20130101) Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 189/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09056263 | Kanatzidis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Joshua L. Mertz (Evanston, Illinois); Emmanouil Manos (Nicosia, Cyprus) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (Wilmette, Illinois); Joshua L. Mertz (Evanston, Illinois); Emmanouil Manos (Nicosia, Cyprus) |
| ABSTRACT | Chalcogenide compounds, including ternary and quaternary tin and antimony chalcogenides, for use as absorbents in the remediation of hazardous materials are provided. Also provided are methods for using the chalcogenides in the remediation of ionic and elemental metals from aqueous and non-aqueous fluids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/114227 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/02 (20130101) B01J 20/045 (20130101) B01J 20/0251 (20130101) B01J 20/0259 (20130101) B01J 20/0262 (20130101) B01J 20/0285 (20130101) B01J 20/3085 (20130101) B01J 39/02 (20130101) B01J 39/08 (20130101) B01J 47/001 (20130101) B01J 47/02 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/281 (20130101) C02F 2101/006 (20130101) C02F 2101/20 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 25/02 (20130101) C10G 2300/205 (20130101) C10G 2300/1025 (20130101) C10G 2300/1033 (20130101) Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 9/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09056289 | Weitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts); Adam R. Abate (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts); Adam R. Abate (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally related to systems and methods for producing droplets. The droplets may contain varying species, e.g., for use as a library. In some cases, at least one droplet is used to create a plurality of droplets, using techniques such as flow-focusing techniques. In one set of embodiments, a plurality of droplets, containing varying species, can be divided to form a collection of droplets containing the various species therein. A collection of droplets, according to certain embodiments, may contain various subpopulations of droplets that all contain the same species therein. Such a collection of droplets may be used as a library in some cases, or may be used for other purposes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/503588 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/0807 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01F 13/0062 (20130101) B01F 13/0071 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502784 (20130101) B01L 2200/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) |
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| US 09056299 | Romanowsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Romanowsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam R. Abate (San Francisco, California); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Romanowsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam R. Abate (San Francisco, California); David A. Weitz (Bolton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Parallel uses of microfluidic methods and devices for focusing and/or forming discontinuous sections of similar or dissimilar size in a fluid are described. In some aspects, the present invention relates generally to flow-focusing-type technology, and also to microfluidics, and more particularly parallel use of microfluidic systems arranged to control a dispersed phase within a dispersant, and the size, and size distribution, of a dispersed phase in a multi-phase fluid system, and systems for delivery of fluid components to multiple such devices. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/255342 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/0807 (20130101) B01F 13/0062 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/00015 (20130101) B01J 2219/0097 (20130101) B01J 2219/00783 (20130101) B01J 2219/00828 (20130101) B01J 2219/00831 (20130101) B01J 2219/00833 (20130101) B01J 2219/00837 (20130101) B01J 2219/00889 (20130101) B01J 2219/00891 (20130101) B01J 2219/00975 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502784 (20130101) |
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| US 09056777 | Markovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nina Markovic (Baltimore, Maryland); Christopher A. Merchant (Baltimore, Maryland); James R. Medford (Tequesta, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nina Markovic (Baltimore, Maryland); Christopher A. Merchant (Baltimore, Maryland); James R. Medford (Tequesta, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing carbon nanotubes includes directing a flow of a gas over a substrate to provide growth of at least one carbon nanotube in a carbon-nanotube-growth region of the substrate; applying an electric field to the carbon-nanotube-growth region of the substrate after the at least one carbon nanotube has begun to grow in the carbon-nanotube-growth region, the electric field being substantially in a first direction in the carbon-nanotube-growth region; and changing the electric field at a preselected time to be substantially in a second direction in the carbon-nanotube-growth region during growth of the at least one carbon nanotube. The second direction is different from the first direction resulting in a bend substantially at a selected position of the at least one carbon nanotube, the method of producing carbon nanotubes providing the production of the at least one carbon nanotube having at least one bend substantially at a selected position along the at least one carbon nanotube. |
| FILED | Monday, October 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/119875 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 31/0233 (20130101) C01B 31/0253 (20130101) |
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| US 09056892 | Pun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suzie H. Pun (Seattle, Washington); Drew L. Sellers (Seattle, Washington); Jamie M. Bergen (Mountain View, California); Philip J. Horner (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzie H. Pun (Seattle, Washington); Drew L. Sellers (Seattle, Washington); Jamie M. Bergen (Mountain View, California); Philip J. Horner (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Transport peptides, alone or attached to a cargo moiety, are capable of targeted axonal import into the spinal cord and other structures of the central nervous system. The transport peptides can be used to deliver therapeutic agents and other molecules of interest from the periphery to the central nervous system, providing a means to detect, treat or prevent neurodegenerative diseases, stroke, chronic pain and other conditions via minimally invasive techniques of administration. |
| FILED | Saturday, September 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/238724 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09056899 | Collins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James J Collins (Newton Center, Massachusetts); Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J Collins (Newton Center, Massachusetts); Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the treatment and prevention of bacteria and bacterial infections. In particular, the present invention relates to engineered bacteriophages used in combination with antimicrobial agents to potentiate the antimicrobial effect and bacterial killing by the antimicrobial agent. The present invention generally relates to methods and compositions comprising engineered bacteriophages and antimicrobial agents for the treatment of bacteria, and more particularly to bacteriophages comprising agents that inhibit antibiotic resistance genes and/or cell survival genes, and/or bacteriophages comprising repressors of SOS response genes or inhibitors of antimicrobial defense genes and/or expressing an agent which increases the sensitivity of bacteria to an antimicrobial agent in combination with at least one antimicrobial agent, and their use thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/812212 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/76 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2330/30 (20130101) C12N 2795/14122 (20130101) C12N 2795/14132 (20130101) |
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| US 09057698 | Sello et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason K. Sello (Providence, Rhode Island); Kyle A. Totaro (East Providence, Rhode Island); Babajide O. Okandeji (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason K. Sello (Providence, Rhode Island); Kyle A. Totaro (East Providence, Rhode Island); Babajide O. Okandeji (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | Chemoselective derivatization of biological amines, carboxylic acids, aldehydes or ketones are employed in methods to detect a plurality of components, or members of a component, such as metabolites, that vary in molecular structure. The methods of the invention can be employed in aqueous and nonaqueous conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/586193 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/08 (20130101) G01N 27/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/50 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/465 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/17 (20150115) Y10T 436/145555 (20150115) Y10T 436/147777 (20150115) Y10T 436/172307 (20150115) |
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| US 09057702 | Ozcan 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) | Aydogan Ozcan (Los Angeles, California); Hongying Zhu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Wide-field fluorescent imaging on a mobile device having a camera is accomplished with a compact, light-weight and inexpensive optical components that are mechanically secured to the mobile device in a removable housing. Battery powered light-emitting diodes (LEDs) contained in the housing pump the sample of interest from the side using butt-coupling, where the pump light is guided within the sample holder to uniformly excite the specimen. The fluorescent emission from the sample is then imaged using an additional lens that is positioned adjacent to the existing lens of the mobile device. A color filter is sufficient to create the dark-field background required for fluorescent imaging, without the need for expensive thin-film interference filters. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/769043 |
| 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 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/0221 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 7/02 (20130101) G02B 7/006 (20130101) G02B 13/0025 (20130101) G02B 23/243 (20130101) Telephonic Communication H04M 1/21 (20130101) H04M 1/0254 (20130101) H04M 2250/52 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2254 (20130101) |
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| US 09057830 | Hamam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rafif E. Hamam (Toronto, Canada); Peter Bermel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ivan Celanovic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); Adrian Y. X. Yeng (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael Ghebrebrhan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafif E. Hamam (Toronto, Canada); Peter Bermel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ivan Celanovic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts); Adrian Y. X. Yeng (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael Ghebrebrhan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems, articles, and methods for discriminating electromagnetic radiation based upon the angle of incidence of the electromagnetic radiation. In some cases, the materials and systems described herein can be capable of inhibiting reflection of electromagnetic radiation (e.g., the materials and systems can be capable of transmitting and/or absorbing electromagnetic radiation) within a given range of angles of incidence at a first incident surface, while substantially reflecting electromagnetic radiation outside the range of angles of incidence at a second incident surface (which can be the same as or different from the first incident surface). A photonic material comprising a plurality of periodically occurring separate domains can be used, in some cases, to selectively transmit and/or selectively absorb one portion of incoming electromagnetic radiation while reflecting another portion of incoming electromagnetic radiation, based upon the angle of incidence. In some embodiments, one domain of the photonic material can include an isotropic dielectric function, while another domain of the photonic material can include an anisotropic dielectric function. In some instances, one domain of the photonic material can include an isotropic magnetic permeability, while another domain of the photonic material can include an anisotropic magnetic permeability. In some embodiments, non-photonic materials (e.g., materials with relatively large scale features) can be used to selectively absorb incoming electromagnetic radiation based on angle of incidence. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/186159 |
| ART UNIT | 1757 — Optics |
| 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 6/1225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02168 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 10/30 (20141201) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09057994 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Jang-Ung Park (Ulsan Metropolitan, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Jang-Ung Park (Ulsan Metropolitan, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of printing a pattern of charge on a substrate surface, such as by electrohydrodynamic (e-jet) printing. The methods relate to providing a nozzle containing a printable fluid, providing a substrate having a substrate surface and generating from the nozzle an ejected printable fluid containing net charge. The ejected printable fluid containing net charge is directed to the substrate surface, wherein the net charge does not substantially degrade and the net charge retained on the substrate surface. Also provided are functional devices made by any of the disclosed methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/947120 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Typewriters; Selective Printing Mechanisms,, i.e Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From a Forme; Correction of Typographical Errors B41J 2/06 (20130101) Electrography; Electrophotography; Magnetography G03G 15/323 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09058993 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xudong Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Fei Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Jung-Hun Seo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides continuous, free-standing metal oxide films and methods for making said films. The methods are able to produce large-area, flexible, thin films having one or more continuous, single-crystalline metal oxide domains. The methods include the steps of forming a surfactant monolayer at the surface of an aqueous solution, wherein the headgroups of the surfactant molecules provide a metal oxide film growth template. When metal ions in the aqueous solution are exposed to the metal oxide film growth template in the presence of hydroxide ions under suitable conditions, a continuous, free-standing metal oxide film can be grown from the film growth template downward into the aqueous solution. |
| FILED | Monday, May 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/892446 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Optics |
| 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 7/14 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0259 (20130101) H01L 21/02554 (20130101) H01L 21/02628 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/7869 (20130101) H01L 33/28 (20130101) |
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| US 09059264 | Spanier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan E Spanier (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Guannan Chen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Eric M Gallo (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Baris Taskin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan E Spanier (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Guannan Chen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Eric M Gallo (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Baris Taskin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are multimaterial devices, such as coaxial nanowires, that effect hot photoexcited electron transfer across the interface of the materials. Modulation of the transfer rates, manifested as a large tunability of the voltage onset of negative differential resistance and of voltage-current phase, may be effected by modulating electrostatic gating, incident photon energy, and the incident photon intensity. Dynamic manipulation of this transfer rate permits the introduction and control of an adjustable phase delay within a device element. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/626934 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/068 (20130101) H01L 29/413 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0256 (20130101) H01L 31/035227 (20130101) |
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| US 09059409 | Newkome et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Newkome (Medina, Ohio); Charles N. Moorefield (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an example for the construction of stable quantum dots, such as CdS quantum dots, on the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) templated and stabilized, such as by attached 1→3 C-branched amide-based dendrons. The construction and method of preparation is applicable to both single- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes, other types of appropriately modified polymeric and oligomeric materials, along with the use of many other types of dendrons, and other materials capable of forming quantum dots. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/301255 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/565 (20130101) C09K 11/574 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/42 (20130101) H01L 51/0049 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/50 (20130101) H01L 51/0095 (20130101) H01L 51/426 (20130101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09055876 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An example system and method of processing cardiac activation information are disclosed. The method includes accessing a first cardiac signal and a second cardiac signal obtained from a patient. The first cardiac signal and the second cardiac signal are processed to determine whether there is a point of change in the first cardiac signal at which a derivative of the first cardiac signal diverges with respect to a derivative of the second cardiac signal above a threshold. An activation onset time is assigned in the first cardiac signal at the point of change to define a cardiac activation if the point of change is in the first cardiac signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/074619 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0205 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/04011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 5/7239 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) |
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| US 09055877 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An example system and method of processing cardiac activation information are disclosed. The method includes accessing a first cardiac signal and a second cardiac signal obtained from a patient. The first cardiac signal and the second cardiac signal are processed to identify a point of change in the first cardiac signal at which a derivative of the first cardiac signal diverges with respect to a derivative of the second cardiac signal. An activation onset time is assigned in the first cardiac signal at the point of change to define a cardiac activation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/077250 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0205 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/04011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 5/7239 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) |
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| US 09055878 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An example system and method of reconstructing cardiac activation information are disclosed. In accordance therewith, there are accessed pairs of cardiac signals out of a plurality of cardiac signals obtained from a patient. The pairs have a first cardiac signal that is common among the pairs and second cardiac signals that are different among the pairs. The first cardiac signal and the second cardiac signals of the pairs are processed to determine whether there are points of change in the first cardiac signal at which a derivative of the first cardiac signal diverges with respect to derivatives of the second cardiac signals above a threshold. An activation onset time is assigned at a point in the first cardiac signal based on correspondence of the points of change to define a cardiac activation indicating a beat if the points of change are in the first signal. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/473905 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0205 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/04011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 5/7239 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) |
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| US 09057731 | Merchant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael L. Merchant (Louisville, Kentucky); Jon B. Klein (Louisville, Kentucky); Michael E. Brier (New Albany, Indiana); Adam E. Gaweda (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Merchant (Louisville, Kentucky); Jon B. Klein (Louisville, Kentucky); Michael E. Brier (New Albany, Indiana); Adam E. Gaweda (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for predicting a response to an erythropoietic agent in a subject include providing a biological sample from the subject, and determining an amount in the sample of at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-17. If there is a measurable difference in the amount of the at least one peptide in the sample, when compared to a control level of the same peptide, the subject is then predicted to have a good response or a poor response to the erythropoietic agent. Kits for predicting a response to an erythropoietic agent are further provided and include one or more antibodies, or fragments thereof, that specifically recognize a peptide of SEQ ID NOS: 1-17. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/167478 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6863 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09057689 | Soller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Babs R. Soller (Northboro, Massachusetts); Fengmei Zou (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Ye Yang (Westbrook, Maine); Randy Ross (Northboro, Massachusetts); Boyan Peshlov (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts); Reflectance Medical, Inc. (Westboro, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Babs R. Soller (Northboro, Massachusetts); Fengmei Zou (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Ye Yang (Westbrook, Maine); Randy Ross (Northboro, Massachusetts); Boyan Peshlov (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for determining a value associated with an analyte in a sample. The methods include: determining a set of spectra from a model for light attenuation in the sample, where the model includes contributions from at least two different sources of light attenuation in the sample; determining a set of spectral correction factors associated with the analyte in the sample based on the set of spectra; and using the set of spectral correction factors to determine the value associated with the analyte of interest. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/011113 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/3577 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/4925 (20130101) |
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| US 09057780 | Bar-Sever et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoaz E. Bar-Sever (Altadena, California); William I. Bertiger (Altadena, California); Angela R. Dorsey (La Canada Flintridge, California); Nathaniel E. Harvey (La Canada Flintridge, California); Wenwen Lu (La Canada Flintridge, California); Kevin J. Miller (La Canada Flintridge, California); Mark A. Miller (La Canada Flintridge, California); Larry J. Romans (South Pasadena, California); Anthony J. Sibthorpe (La Canada Flintridge, California); Jan P. Weiss (La Canada Flintridge, California); Miquel Garcia Fernandez (La Canada Flintridge, California); Jason Gross (La Canada Flintridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel methods and systems for the accurate and efficient processing of real-time and latent global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) data are described. Such methods and systems can perform orbit determination of GNSS satellites, orbit determination of satellites carrying GNSS receivers, positioning of GNSS receivers, and environmental monitoring with GNSS data. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/256813 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 19/02 (20130101) G01S 19/05 (20130101) G01S 19/07 (20130101) G01S 19/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09058028 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kilsoo Kim (Atlanta, Georgia); Tansel Yucelen (Atlanta, Georgia); Anthony J. Calise (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kilsoo Kim (Atlanta, Georgia); Tansel Yucelen (Atlanta, Georgia); Anthony J. Calise (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for adaptive control are disclosed. The systems and methods can control uncertain dynamic systems. The control system can comprise a controller that employs a parameter dependent Riccati equation. The controller can produce a response that causes the state of the system to remain bounded. The control system can control both minimum phase and non-minimum phase systems. The control system can augment an existing, non-adaptive control design without modifying the gains employed in that design. The control system can also avoid the use of high gains in both the observer design and the adaptive control law. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/460663 |
| ART UNIT | 2126 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 13/0205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09059364 | Snyder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | G. Jeffrey Snyder (Pasadena, California); Yanzhong Pei (Alhambra, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | G. Jeffrey Snyder (Pasadena, California); Yanzhong Pei (Alhambra, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention teaches an effective mechanism for enhancing thermoelectric performance through additional conductive bands. Using heavily doped p-PbTe materials as an example, a quantitative explanation is disclosed, as to why and how these additional bands affect the figure of merit. A high zT of approaching 2 at high temperatures makes these simple, likely more stable (than nanostructured materials) and Tl-free materials excellent for thermoelectric applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/287941 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09055721 | Mei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chuansheng Mei (Danville, Virginia); Seonhwa Kim (Danville, Virginia); Kedong Da (Danville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED LEARNING AND RESEARCH (, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chuansheng Mei (Danville, Virginia); Seonhwa Kim (Danville, Virginia); Kedong Da (Danville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method and media formulation for high-quality and large-scale micropropagation of graminaceous plants such as M.×giganteus and switchgrass have been developed and include callus induction, callus propagation, plantlet regeneration, shoot multiplication, shoot quality improvement and rooting, resulting in high plant survival in the greenhouse and in the field. The systems and methods described herein are theoretically capable of producing more than 700 billion plants from one single shoot in one year. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/183992 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 4/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01H 4/008 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09057080 | Beck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Beck (Rocklin, California); Glory B. Merrill (El Cerrito, California); Jeffrey D. Palumbo (American Canyon, California); Teresa L. O'Keeffe (Albany, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Beck (Rocklin, California); Glory B. Merrill (El Cerrito, California); Jeffrey D. Palumbo (American Canyon, California); Teresa L. O'Keeffe (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to microorganisms capable of producing isolable amounts of styrene and/or 7-methyl-1,3,5-cyclooctatriene (MCOT) and uses thereof. The present invention also relates to methods for biosynthetically preparing styrene and/or 7-methyl-1,3,5-cyclooctatriene (MCOT) utilizing microorganisms capable of producing isolable amounts of styrene and/or 7-methyl-1,3,5-cyclooctatriene (MCOT). |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/265264 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 5/002 (20130101) C12P 5/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12C - C12Q, Relating to Microorganisms C12R 1/77 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09056275 | Buttry |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel A. Buttry (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AN ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Buttry (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Carbon dioxide capture and release includes contacting a gas comprising carbon dioxide with a mixture comprising a precursor and a solvent and reducing the precursor to form a capture agent. The capture agent is reacted with the carbon dioxide to form a non-volatile species containing carbon dioxide. The non-volatile species is oxidized to regenerate the precursor and to release carbon dioxide. The mixture may be formed by combining the precursor and the solvent. |
| FILED | Friday, August 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/238997 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 53/326 (20130101) B01D 53/965 (20130101) B01D 2252/30 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2258/0283 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/20 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US D732187 | Houkal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeff Houkal (Tempe, Arizona); Jordan Yaron (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona acting for an on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeff Houkal (Tempe, Arizona); Jordan Yaron (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 29/445084 |
| ART UNIT | 2914 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Medical and laboratory equipment D24/227 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09058967 | Ouyang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Liang Gao (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of interfacing atmospheric pressure ion sources, including electrospray and desorption electrospray ionization sources, to mass spectrometers, for example miniature mass spectrometers, in which the ionized sample is discontinuously introduced into the mass spectrometer. Discontinuous introduction improves the match between the pumping capacity of the instrument and the volume of atmospheric pressure gas that contains the ionized sample. The reduced duty cycle of sample introduction is offset by operation of the mass spectrometer under higher performance conditions and by ion accumulation at atmospheric pressure. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/478529 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/004 (20130101) H01J 49/0013 (20130101) H01J 49/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/26 (20130101) H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/165 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09059388 | Tahan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles George Tahan (McLean, Virginia); Rousko Todorov Hristov (College Park, Maryland); Oney O. Soykal (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland College Park (College Park, Maryland); The United States od America, as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Waahington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles George Tahan (McLean, Virginia); Rousko Todorov Hristov (College Park, Maryland); Oney O. Soykal (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An artificial composite object combines a quantum of sound with a matter excitation. A phonon in a confinement structure containing the matter excites it from an initial state to an excited state corresponding to a frequency of the phonon. Relaxation of the matter back to the initial state emits a phonon of the same frequency into the confinement structure. The phonon confinement structure, for example, a cavity, traps the emitted phonon thereby allowing further excitation of the matter. The coupling between the phonon and the matter results in a quantum quasi-particle referred to as a phoniton. The phoniton can find application in a wide variety of quantum systems such as signal processing and communications devices, imaging and sensing, and information processing. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/843131 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 49/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09056738 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Brown (Manassas, Virginia); Edward F. Houston (Bristow, Virginia); Juan A. Roman (Fairfax, Virginia); Leung M. Shiu (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Riley H. Mayhall (Germantown, Maryland); Thomas A. Hillerich (Louisville, Kentucky); Jacob L. Timm (Pasadena, Maryland); Reza Badri (Towson, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for reducing rotation of an article during singulation of a stack of articles is disclosed. The device may include a torsion element, a rotatable member configured to rotate about an elongated axis of the torsion element between a first position and a second position, and a revolving member coupled to the rotatable member. An outer surface of the revolving member contacts a drive belt in the first position and an article in the second position. The torsion element exerts torque on the rotatable member when it moves from the first position towards the second position. The torque causes the outer surface of the revolving member to apply a frictional force to the article, thereby minimizing rotation of the article. Systems and methods of singulating articles are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/801749 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Handling Thin or Filamentary Material, e.g Sheets, Webs, Cables B65H 1/025 (20130101) B65H 3/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65H 3/124 (20130101) B65H 7/16 (20130101) B65H 9/166 (20130101) B65H 2511/515 (20130101) B65H 2515/212 (20130101) B65H 2701/1916 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09056284 | Murphy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Patrick Murphy (Littleton, Colorado); Robert Lee Riley (La Jolla, California); Yuliana Elvira Porras Mendoza (Arvada, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Patrick Murphy (Littleton, Colorado); Robert Lee Riley (La Jolla, California); Yuliana Elvira Porras Mendoza (Arvada, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A chlorine resistant polyamide is formed from the reaction product of an amine and an acid chloride monomer wherein both the amine and the acid chloride monomer are modified with electron-withdrawing groups that exhibit sufficient activity to (i) minimize any chlorination on both the amine and acid chloride and (ii) minimize N-chlorination. A membrane is made from the polyamide for use, for example, in a desalination unit. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/572431 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 67/0006 (20130101) B01D 69/125 (20130101) B01D 71/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2325/30 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 69/32 (20130101) C08G 69/42 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 77/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09057796 | Nyffenegger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Armin Nyffenegger (Rockledge, Florida); Mark Andrew Tinker (Merritt Island, Florida); Arthur Owen Endress (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quantum Technology Sciences, Inc. (Cocoa Beach, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Armin Nyffenegger (Rockledge, Florida); Mark Andrew Tinker (Merritt Island, Florida); Arthur Owen Endress (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor system responsive to acoustic or seismic signals. One system includes a frame and a piezo-electric sensor element. The sensor element, responsive to a wavefield of seismic or acoustic energy, is positioned about the frame. Coupling between the sensor element and the frame is so limited as to render direct coupling of the sensor element with the wavefield the predominant means for stimulating the sensor element with seismic energy. Another system includes a frame and a cable element, responsive to a seismic or acoustic wavefield, extending about the frame. Coupling between the cable element and frame is so limited as to render direct coupling of the sensor element with the wavefield the predominant means for stimulating the sensor element with acoustic or seismic energy. The element may be coaxial cable or have piezo-electric properties to generate a charge differential measurable as a voltage between conductors. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/423589 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/186 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, June 16, 2015.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
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APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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