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Patent Details for Tuesday, June 23, 2015
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| US 09060714 | Bajcsy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ruzena Bajcsy (Berkeley, California); Allen Y. Yang (Berkeley, California); S. Shankar Sastry (Berkeley, California); Roozbeh Jafari (Richardson, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruzena Bajcsy (Berkeley, California); Allen Y. Yang (Berkeley, California); S. Shankar Sastry (Berkeley, California); Roozbeh Jafari (Richardson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for classifying aggregated data in a distributed sensor system are provided and illustrated with a wearable motion sensor network. The classification is operated in a distributed fashion on individual sensor nodes and a base station computer. The method classifies actions using a set of training motion sequences as prior examples and may reject outlying actions that are not in the training categories. Acquired sensor data is processed at the node by taking projections of the data to reduce dimensionality, calculating sparse representations of features using training sequences; validating and classifying local measurements and then transmitting classified measurements to a network base station. The base station aggregates local sensor measurements and performs a global classification of the data by forming global features from the local measurements; calculating sparse representations of global features; validating and classifying valid global features; and labeling global features and their corresponding local features. |
| FILED | Friday, December 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/631714 |
| ART UNIT | 2681 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/11 (20130101) A61B 5/1112 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1117 (20130101) A61B 5/6804 (20130101) A61B 5/6823 (20130101) A61B 5/6824 (20130101) A61B 5/6828 (20130101) A61B 5/6829 (20130101) A61B 5/6887 (20130101) A61B 5/7232 (20130101) A61B 2562/0219 (20130101) |
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| US 09060781 | Farritor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shane Farritor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tom Frederick (Lincoln, Nebraska); Joe Bartels (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shane Farritor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tom Frederick (Lincoln, Nebraska); Joe Bartels (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments disclosed herein relate to various medical device components, including components that can be incorporated into robotic and/or in vivo medical devices, and more specifically including end effectors that can be incorporated into such devices. Certain end effector embodiments include various vessel cautery devices that have rotational movement as well as cautery and cutting functions while maintaining a relatively compact structure. Other end effector embodiments include various dual end effector devices that have more than one end effector. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493725 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/1445 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 19/2203 (20130101) A61B 2018/0063 (20130101) A61B 2018/00345 (20130101) A61B 2018/1455 (20130101) |
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| US 09061054 | Quinn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas P. Quinn (Columbia, Missouri); Natalia G. Karasseva (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of The University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Quinn (Columbia, Missouri); Natalia G. Karasseva (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The ErbB-2 receptor, a member of the tyrosine kinase type 1 family of receptors, has been implicated in many human malignancies. Bacteriophage display technology was employed to identify peptides that bound to the extracellular domain of human ErbB-2. The peptide KCCYSL, most frequently occurring in the affinity selected population, was chemically synthesized and characterized for its binding activities to the recombinant extracellular domain of ErbB-2. The synthetic peptide exhibits high specificity to ErbB-2 as well as to ErbB-1, another member of ErbB family. Thus, this peptide can be employed in cancer imaging or therapeutic agent targeting to malignant cells ErbB-2 receptor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/555375 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0071 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 33/245 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/10 (20130101) A61K 49/0045 (20130101) A61K 51/088 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/74 (20130101) G01N 33/57492 (20130101) |
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| US 09061085 | Sagripanti |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command (APG, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Luis Sagripanti (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A hand-held device and method of processing a biological threat agent sample such that any infectious organism is rendered harmless while preserving it for subsequent testing, the method comprising placing a sample comprising a biological threat agent in a reservoir; adding a first reagent comprising peracetic acid in sufficient concentration to reach a predetermined minimal concentration after mixing with the sample in the reservoir; inactivating the sample upon interaction of the sample with the first reagent for a predetermined period of time at a predetermined temperature; removing the inactivated sample from the reservoir; and providing the inactivated sample for subsequent diagnostic testing, wherein the subsequent diagnostic testing is unaffected by inactivation of the sample. In another embodiment, the first reagent comprises a cupric salt, which is mixed with ascorbic acid and hydrogen peroxide to generate cupric ascorbate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/184212 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| 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 2/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09061101 | Salinas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia); Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Unites States of America as represented by The Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia); Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Salinas (San Antonio, Texas); George C. Kramer (Galveston, Texas); Leopoldo C. Cancio (San Antonio, Texas); Kevin Chung (San Antonio, Texas); Elizabeth Mann (San Antonio, Texas); Steven E. Wolf (San Antonio, Texas); Drew A. Guy (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for providing decision-assist to medical staff resuscitating a burn patient includes receiving patient information, calculating an infusion rate, outputting the infusion rate, obtaining a urinary output, calculating a new infusion rate using infusion rate model based constants, and outputting the new infusion rate. In some embodiments, the method includes notifying medical staff when problems arise, displaying information regarding the resuscitation, and setting limits regarding the infusion rates. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/083004 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/20 (20130101) A61B 5/412 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/1723 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2202/0496 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/345 (20130101) G06F 19/3468 (20130101) |
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| US 09061352 | Lipp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael M. Lipp (Framingham, Massachusetts); Jean C. Sung (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pulmatrix, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Lipp (Framingham, Massachusetts); Jean C. Sung (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward respirable dry particles for delivery of divalent metal cation salts and/or monovalent cation salts to the respiratory tract and methods for treating a subject having a respiratory disease and/or infection. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/817963 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/02 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 15/00 (20130101) Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 3/1125 (20130101) B22F 5/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Alloys C22C 21/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09061415 | McInroy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John E. McInroy (Laramie, Wyoming); John F. O'Brien (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. McInroy (Laramie, Wyoming); John F. O'Brien (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | A two degree-of-freedom parallel device for orienting or pointing an end effector with vibration suppression is described. The two end effector degrees-of-freedom are decoupled by connecting fast actuators to the effector by passive joints. The stiffness of the linkages and the high speed of the revolute and prismatic actuators employed permit the application of large feedback useful for disturbance rejection. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/099299 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/0072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 74/20207 (20150115) Y10T 74/20305 (20150115) |
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| US 09061431 | Amerine, Sr. |
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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) | Timothy J. Amerine, Sr. (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cutting tool apparatus, methods, and kit for removing damaged surfaces, more specifically, a portable cutting tool for removing cracked inner wing spars from hard to access surfaces. The portable cutting tool assembly includes at least one cutting tool, at least one alignment cutting mechanism, at least one cutting mechanism, angle plate assembly, and at least one fastening means, where fastening means secures the angle plate assembly to an aircraft wing, and where at least one cutting tool cuts a desired shape from an aircraft wing. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/758681 |
| ART UNIT | 3724 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Cutting; Details Common to Machines for Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out or Severing B26D 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09061558 | Kalantari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arash Kalantari (Chicago, Illinois); Matthew Spenko (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arash Kalantari (Chicago, Illinois); Matthew Spenko (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A vehicle capable of both aerial and terrestrial locomotion. The terrestrial and aerial vehicle includes a flying device and a rolling cage connected to the flying device by at least one revolute joint. The rolling cage at least partially surrounds the flying device and is free-rolling and not separately powered. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/043490 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Toys, e.g Tops, Dolls, Hoops or Building Blocks A63H 27/12 (20130101) A63H 33/005 (20130101) Vehicles for Use Both on Rail and on Road; Amphibious or Like Vehicles; Convertible Vehicles B60F 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 25/36 (20130101) B64C 39/024 (20130101) B64C 39/028 (20130101) B64C 2201/027 (20130101) B64C 2201/042 (20130101) B64C 2201/127 (20130101) |
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| US 09061739 | Thomson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bret R. Thomson (San Diego, California); Steve Whiteside (Jamul, California); Brandon J. Wiedemeier (San Diego, California); Steven J. Horstman (El Cajon, California); Michael Tall (San Diego, California); Ronald Allen Skala (Murrieta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bret R. Thomson (San Diego, California); Steve Whiteside (Jamul, California); Brandon J. Wiedemeier (San Diego, California); Steven J. Horstman (El Cajon, California); Michael Tall (San Diego, California); Ronald Allen Skala (Murrieta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-stabilizing buoy and deployment methods can include a main body and a cage that can be attached to the main body. A ballast can be slidably positioned within the cage so that the ballast moves from within said cage to outside of the cage when the buoy is deployed. The cage can be formed with at least one slot. The buoy can include a locking mechanism to fix the ballast at the distal end of cage after deployment, which can include a locking head that can be fixed to the ballast and inserted into the slot, and at least one flexible cantilevered arm that can extend from the cage into the slot at its distal end. As the buoy is deployed, the weight of the ballast can be sufficient to urge the locking head past the cantilevered arm to fix and lock the ballast during buoy deployment. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/153118 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 22/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09061886 | Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL LABORATORIES, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hung Nguyen (Los Angeles, California); Deborah J. Kirby (Calabasas, California); David T. Chang (Calabasas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A resonator includes a base substrate with anchor pads, and a quartz resonator device including a resonant microbridge with an electrode, a first flexure beam connected to an end of the microbridge, a second flexure beam connected to a second end of the microbridge, a first and second spring connected between the first flexure beam and first and second anchor mounts, respectively, a third and fourth spring connected between the second flexure beam and third and fourth anchor mounts, respectively, the anchor mounts connected to anchor pads on the base substrate. A single crystal quartz includes the microbridge, the flexure beams, the springs, and the anchor mounts. The flexure beams and the springs prevent buildup of stress in the microbridge. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/840160 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/0015 (20130101) |
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| US 09061902 | Cui et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Li-Feng Cui (Palo Alto, California); Candace K. Chan (San Antonio, Texas); Riccardo Ruffo (Bresso, Italy); Hailin Peng (Beijing, China PRC); Yi Cui (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li-Feng Cui (Palo Alto, California); Candace K. Chan (San Antonio, Texas); Riccardo Ruffo (Bresso, Italy); Hailin Peng (Beijing, China PRC); Yi Cui (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrodes, batteries, methods for use and manufacturing are implemented to provide ion-based electrical power sources and related devices. Consistent with one such method, a battery electrode is produced having nanowires of a first material. The electrode is produced using a single growth condition to promote growth of crystalline nanowires on a conductive substrate and of the first material, and promote, by maintaining the growth condition, growth of an amorphous portion that surrounds the crystalline nanowires. |
| FILED | Friday, December 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/642057 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — 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 30/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/06 (20130101) C08J 5/047 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/413 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) H01M 10/44 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
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| US 09061913 | Lashmore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David S. Lashmore (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Jared Chaffee (Pembroke, New Hampshire); Mark Schauer (Dublin, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanocomp Technologies, Inc. (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Lashmore (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Jared Chaffee (Pembroke, New Hampshire); Mark Schauer (Dublin, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for use with a reactor for synthesis of nanostructures is provided. The apparatus includes a chamber having one end in fluid communication with the reactor and defining a pathway along which a fluid mixture for the synthesis of nanostructures can be injected into the reactor. The apparatus also has a tube in fluid communication with an opposite of the chamber to impart a venturi effect in order to generate from the fluid mixture small droplets prior to introducing the fluid mixture into the chamber. A heating zone is situated downstream from the tube to provide a temperature range sufficient to permit the formation, from components within the fluid mixture, of catalyst particles upon which nanostructures can be generated. A mechanism is further provided at a distal end of the chamber to minimize turbulent flow as the fluid mixture exits the chamber, and to impart a substantially laminar flow thereto. A method for synthesis of nanostructures is also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/140263 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 4/002 (20130101) B01J 19/02 (20130101) B01J 19/24 (20130101) B01J 2219/00157 (20130101) B01J 2219/0209 (20130101) B01J 2219/0263 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0233 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2202/02 (20130101) C01B 2202/36 (20130101) |
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| US 09062107 | Daugherty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick S. Daugherty (Santa Barbara, California); Jeffrey Rice (Grayson, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick S. Daugherty (Santa Barbara, California); Jeffrey Rice (Grayson, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of making and using bacterial display polypeptide libraries using circularly permuted OmpX (CPX) variants are disclosed. The invention further relates to methods for enhancing the display of proteins and peptides at the surface of bacteria by optimizing linkers and incorporating mutations at positions 165 and 166 of CPX. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/615072 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/195 (20130101) C07K 14/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/00 (20130101) C12N 15/1037 (20130101) |
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| US 09062320 | Medford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | June Medford (Fort Collins, Colorado); Mauricio S. Antunes (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | June Medford (Fort Collins, Colorado); Mauricio S. Antunes (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A eukaryotic input circuit: computationally designed receptors, synthetic eukaryotic signal transduction pathways, and a synthetic signal sensitive promoter that allow highly specific transcriptional induction in response to an externally provided ligand is disclosed. The input circuit is able to specifically bind a targeted substance and transmit a signal to the nucleus where transcription of a gene is activated. An output circuit serves as a simple readout system of the substance detected by the input circuit. The readout circuit exemplified here is a degreening circuit which causes plants to turn white. Activation of the degreening circuit can be detected by eye, or remotely with a variety of machines (hand-held, aircraft or satellite based) and is also resettable. When linked the input circuit if operably linked to the output circuit, produces a functional plant detector. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/437828 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8237 (20130101) C12N 15/8238 (20130101) C12N 15/8241 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 113/12007 (20130101) C12Y 302/01023 (20130101) C12Y 302/01031 (20130101) |
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| US 09062321 | Mor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tsafrir S. Mor (Tempe, Arizona); Brian C. Geyer (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tsafrir S. Mor (Tempe, Arizona); Brian C. Geyer (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns the production of human butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) in plants expressing a codon-optimized polynucleotides for the production thereof and use of the derived BuChE as effective counter measures against toxic agents such as pesticides, toxins, certain drugs and non-conventional warfare agents, as well as treatments for diseases and conditions associated with depressed cholinesterase levels. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/792985 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8257 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09062331 | Benning et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christoph Benning (East Lansing, Michigan); Rachel Miller (Holt, Michigan); Eric R. Moellering (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is related to biosynthetic oil compositions and methods of making thereof. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the use of endogenous enzymes in plants capable of synthesizing oil. In preferred embodiments, said plants are algae. In further embodiments, said algae are from the family Chlamydomonas, Nannochloropsis, Dunaliella, Chiarella and Scenedesmus. In still further embodiments, said endogenous enzymes are diacylglycerol acyltransferases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/719868 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1029 (20130101) C12N 15/79 (20130101) C12N 15/8247 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/6463 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09062336 | Benner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven A Benner (Gainesville, Florida); Nidhi Sharma (Gainesville, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A Benner (Gainesville, Florida); Nidhi Sharma (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention covers methods for isothermal amplification of DNA. It is based on the unexpected discovery that primers having, at some positions, adenine substituted by 2-aminopurine or diaminopurine, guanine by inosine, thymine by 2-thiothymine, and cytosine by N4-ethylcytosine (“substituted primers”) were accepted by enzymes used in the standard recombinase polymerase assay (RPA). Further unexpected was the discovery that target nucleotides are efficiently amplified in an RPA-like process (hereinafter abbreviated as simply RPA) using substituted primers. RPA-like processes were also discovered to amplify target DNA with substituted primers tagged with oligonucleotides incorporating nucleotides from an artificially expanded genetic information system (AEGIS). |
| FILED | Thursday, March 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/789022 |
| 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 | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09062345 | Benner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven A Benner (Gainesville, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A Benner (Gainesville, Florida); Daniel Hutter (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed invention provides processes to synthesize DNA analogs that contain non-standard nucleotides, defined as those which form nucleobase pairs that fit standard Watson-Crick geometry, but are joined to their complements by hydrogen bonding patterns different from those that join standard A:T and G:C pairs. The disclosed process resembles “rolling circle amplification”, but uses primers that contain non-standard nucleotides, as well as 2′-deoxynucleotide triphosphates whose heterocyclic “nucleobases” are also non-standard. An example is provided that shows this process using 6-amino-5-nitro-3-(1′-beta-D-2′-deoxyribofuranosyl)-2(1H)-pyridone to implement the non-standard “small” donor-donor-acceptor (pyDDA) hydrogen bonding pattern, and 2-amino-8-(1′-beta-D-2′-deoxyribofuranosyl)-imidazo[1,2-a]-1,3,5-triazin-4(8H)-one to implement the “large” acceptor-acceptor-donor (puAAD) pattern. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/138532 |
| 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 | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (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 1/6853 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2521/101 (20130101) C12Q 2525/117 (20130101) |
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| US 09062389 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shu-Jen Han (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Lian Guo (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Xuesong Li (Wappingers Falls, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shu-Jen Han (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Lian Guo (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Xuesong Li (Wappingers Falls, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An electroplating etching apparatus includes a power supply to output current, and a container configured to contain an electrolyte. A cathode is coupled to the container and configured to fluidly communicate with the electrolyte. An anode is electrically connected to the output, and includes a graphene layer. A metal substrate layer is formed on the graphene layer, and is etched from the graphene layer in response to the current flowing through the anode. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/618564 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 38/10 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0453 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic Removal of Materials From Objects; Apparatus Therefor C25F 3/02 (20130101) C25F 5/00 (20130101) C25F 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09062558 | Joe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher R. Joe (Wethersfield, Connecticut); Paul M. Lutjen (Kennebunkport, Michigan); Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr. (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher R. Joe (Wethersfield, Connecticut); Paul M. Lutjen (Kennebunkport, Michigan); Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr. (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A blade outer air seal member includes a body that extends between two circumferential sides, axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge, and between a gas path side and a radially outer side opposite the gas path side. A ceramic coating is initially disposed on a portion of the gas path side outside of a blade rub area of the gas path side such that the blade rub area is bare with regard to any ceramic coating. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/183891 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/90 (20130101) F05D 2250/292 (20130101) F05D 2260/202 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 09062641 | Simon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING, S.arl (Bascharage, Luxembourg) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L. (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome Simon (Vineuil, France); Christophe Breant (St. Sulpice de Pommeray, France); Guillaume Priet (Blois, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A plug assembly is provided for a high-pressure valve of the type with a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis and in which, under the action of a piloted actuator, a needle moves longitudinally between a closed position and an open position. The plug assembly includes a plug having a flat part able to be fixed onto the body transversally to the longitudinal axis, and a spring intended to apply to the needle a force biasing it axially towards the closed position. The spring is fixed to the plug forming with it an integrated assembly. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/662602 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 51/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02M 63/0017 (20130101) F02M 63/0071 (20130101) F02M 63/0075 (20130101) F02M 2200/50 (20130101) F02M 2200/8084 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09062927 | Tepaske |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Derrick Marcus Tepaske (King George, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derrick Marcus Tepaske (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An attachment is provided for operably connecting a shotgun to a weapons station. The shotgun includes a trigger and a butt stock. The weapons station can accommodate one of a Mk19 grenade launcher, an M2 .50 cal machine gun and an M240G machine gun. The attachment includes a trigger module, a pump grip adapter, and a gun frame. The module actuates the trigger and includes an actuator for pulling the trigger and an adapter for engaging the butt stock. The pump grip adapter includes slots for traveling pins on the weapons station to absorb recoil. The gun frame enables installation of the shotgun therein and mounts the trigger module and the adapter to the weapon station. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/385028 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 25/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09062938 | McIntosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scotlund McIntosh (Framingham, Massachusetts); Lisa Bareiss Hepfinger (Holliston, Massachusetts); Cheryl Ann Stewardson (Hopedale, Massachusetts); Anabela Dugas (Rochester, Massachusetts); James George Fairneny (Roslindale, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Camouflage patterns on a substrate such as a fabric comprise in a first aspect a substrate having a camouflage pattern with a set of intermixed colored blotches thereon, the colors of the set of intermixed colored blotches being selected from a group of colors comprising an Olive 527 color, a Dark Green 528 color, a Tan 525 color, a Brown 529 color, a Bark Brown 561 color and a Dark Cream 559 color. In another aspect the colors of the set of intermixed colored blotches being selected from a group of colors comprising an Olive 527 color, a Dark Green 528 color, a Light Sage 560 color, a Tan 525 color, a Brown 529 color, a Bark Brown 561 color and a Dark Cream 559 color. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/569317 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/00 (20130101) Woven Fabrics; Methods of Weaving; Looms D03D 1/00 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 3/00 (20130101) F41H 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 2/90 (20130101) Y10S 428/919 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09062954 | Treadway et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Corvid Technologies (Mooresville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORVID TECHNOLOGIES (Mooresville, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean Kevin Treadway (Mooresville, North Carolina); John R. Cogar (Mooresville, North Carolina); Andrew Nicholas Lloyd (Mooresville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A barrier for reduction of a shock wave. The barrier has a spatially graded structure in which a density of the structure varies across a thickness thereof. The graded structure includes a polymer having hollow containers dispersed in the polymer to provide the density of the graded structure. The barrier can be included in at least one of 1) an explosive device, 2) a war head, 3) a demolition charge, and 4) an explosive containment. These devices have an exterior housing and at least one partitioned segment inside the housing with the partitioned segment including the barrier for reduction of the shock wave. Partitioned sections of the explosive devices are selectively or in total detonated. |
| FILED | Friday, November 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/536132 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/02 (20130101) Blasting F42D 5/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09063039 | Tsantinis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Tsantinis (Auburn, Massachusetts); Richard P. Gallimore (Milford, Massachusetts); Gary N. Proulx (Harrisville, Rhode Island); Jason C. Parker (Grafton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly for testing a durability of a soft body armor system includes a top mounting assembly, a bottom mounting assembly, the soft body armor system being fixedly disposed between the top mounting assembly and the bottom mounting assembly, a rotary actuator coupled to the top mounting assembly, the rotary actuator configured to rotate the top mounting assembly in a range of approximately +90 degrees to and including −90 degrees, a linear bearing on each end of the bottom mounting assembly, and a bearing rod on which each linear bearing is configured to ride. A rotation of the top mounting assembly induces torsional, axial and bending forces substantially simultaneously on the soft body armor system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/030285 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 1/02 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 5/24 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09063046 | Sagripanti |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command (APG, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Luis Sagripanti (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A hand-held device and method of processing a biological threat agent sample such that any infectious organism is rendered harmless while preserving it for subsequent testing, the method comprising placing a sample comprising a biological threat agent in a reservoir; adding a first reagent comprising peracetic acid in sufficient concentration to reach a predetermined minimal concentration after mixing with the sample in the reservoir; inactivating the sample upon interaction of the sample with the first reagent for a predetermined period of time at a predetermined temperature; removing the inactivated sample from the reservoir; and providing the inactivated sample for subsequent diagnostic testing, wherein the subsequent diagnostic testing is unaffected by inactivation of the sample. In another embodiment, the first reagent comprises a cupric salt, which is mixed with ascorbic acid and hydrogen peroxide to generate cupric ascorbate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/184320 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09063063 | Friedman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam L. Friedman (Silver Spring, Maryland); F. Keith Perkins (Alexandria, Virginia); Enrique Cobas (Capitol Heights, Maryland); Paul M Campbell (Alexandria, Virginia); Glenn G. Jernigan (Waldorf, Maryland); Berend T Jonker (Davidsonville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam L. Friedman (Silver Spring, Maryland); F. Keith Perkins (Alexandria, Virginia); Enrique Cobas (Capitol Heights, Maryland); Paul M Campbell (Alexandria, Virginia); Glenn G. Jernigan (Waldorf, Maryland); Berend T Jonker (Davidsonville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a low-dimensional material chemical vapor sensor comprising exfoliating MoS2, applying the monolayer flakes of MoS2 onto a SiO2/Si wafer, applying a methylmethacrylate (MMA)/polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) film, defining trenches for the deposition of metal contacts, and depositing one of Ti/Au, Au, and Pt in the trench and resulting in a MoS2 sensor. A low-dimensional material chemical vapor sensor comprising monolayer flakes of MoS2, trenches in the SiO2/Si wafer, metal contacts in the trenches, and thereby resulting in a MoS2 sensor. A full spectrum sensing suite comprising similarly fabricated parallel sensors made from a variety of low-dimensional materials including graphene, carbon nanotubes, MoS2, BN, and the family of transition metal dichalcogenides. The sensing suites are small, robust, sensitive, low-power, inexpensive, and fast in their response to chemical vapor analytes. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/075840 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/02 (20130101) G01N 27/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0027 (20130101) G01N 33/0036 (20130101) G01N 33/0057 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49117 (20150115) Y10T 436/17 (20150115) Y10T 436/173845 (20150115) Y10T 436/174614 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09063118 | Henry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael D. Henry (Iowa City, Iowa); J. Matthew Barnes (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Henry (Iowa City, Iowa); J. Matthew Barnes (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for isolating viable cancer cells from a sample that comprises a mixture of cancerous cells and normal (non-cancerous) cells are provided. In the methods, a fluid preparation comprising a mixture of cancerous and normal cells is repeatedly exposed to fluid shear stresses, whereby the repeated exposure to the fluid shear stresses preferentially imparts fluid shear stress-resistance to the cancerous cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/006761 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — 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 5/0693 (20130101) C12N 2521/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/487 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/5026 (20130101) G01N 33/5044 (20130101) G01N 33/5091 (20130101) |
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| US 09063143 | Lancaster et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Johnathan Lancaster (Tampa, Florida); Douglas C. Marchion (Seminole, Florida); Dung-Tsa Chen (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johnathan Lancaster (Tampa, Florida); Douglas C. Marchion (Seminole, Florida); Dung-Tsa Chen (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The phosphorylation status of the BAD protein is a determinant of ovarian cancer cell responsiveness to platinum chemotherapy. Indirect manipulation of BAD phosphorylation status influences cisplatin sensitivity. BAD phosphorylation represents a biomarker that predicts platinum sensitivity and is a therapeutic target to increase platinum sensitivity. The methods employ phospho-specific antibody against a particular amino acid residue or site. Phospho-specific protein characterization methods include immunohistochemical (IHC), flow cytometric, immunofluorescent, capture-and-detection, or reversed phase assay. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/975970 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57449 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09063148 | Ossetrova |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Natalia Ossetrova (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINCE, INC. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Natalia Ossetrova (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and kits are provided for assessing radiation injury and exposure in a mammal. The methods comprise the steps of: obtaining one or more test samples from the mammal, contacting the test samples with an antibody immunoreactive with a citrullinated protein to form an immunocomplex; and detecting the immunocomplex with an ELISA; wherein a decrease in the quantity of the immunocomplex in the test samples, as compared to the quantity of immunocomplexes formed under identical conditions with the same antibody and a control sample from one or more mammals known to have a lower degree of radiation injury or exposure, indicates a higher degree of radiation injury and exposure to the mammal. The information obtained from such methods can be used by a clinician to accurately assess the extent of radiation injury/exposure in the mammal, and thus will provide a valuable tool for determining treatment protocols on a subject by subject basis. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/125018 |
| 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 33/6812 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2800/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09063189 | Menon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suresh M. Menon (San Diego, California); David E. Newman (Fallbrook, California); Steven C. Chan (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Menon Biosensors, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suresh M. Menon (San Diego, California); David E. Newman (Fallbrook, California); Steven C. Chan (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided to detect target analytes based on magnetic resonance measurements. Magnetic structures produce distinct magnetic field regions having a size comparable to the analyte. When the analyte is bound in those regions, magnetic resonance signals from the sample are changed, leading to detection of the analyte. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/605539 |
| 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 | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 25/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/084 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/307 (20130101) G01R 33/448 (20130101) G01R 33/465 (20130101) G01R 33/1269 (20130101) G01R 33/1276 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/24 (20150115) |
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| US 09063232 | McNeill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James McNeill (Orlando, Florida); Todd Mackey (Satellite Beach, Florida); Tim Dyson (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James McNeill (Orlando, Florida); Todd Mackey (Satellite Beach, Florida); Tim Dyson (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for enabling transmission of a stepped-frequency radar signal can involve a first antenna and a second antenna. The system can also involve receiving circuitry configured to receive detected reflections from the antennas and to generate data including information associated with frequency and phase shifts. The system can further involve a processor configured to receive the generated data from the receiving circuitry and to analyze the generated data to determine information associated with a moving object located at a side of a wall opposite to the system by differentiating reflections of the transmitted signal detected with the first antenna from reflections of the transmitted signal detected with the second antenna. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/391909 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 3/48 (20130101) G01S 7/35 (20130101) G01S 7/038 (20130101) G01S 7/4004 (20130101) G01S 13/38 (20130101) G01S 13/42 (20130101) G01S 13/56 (20130101) G01S 13/90 (20130101) G01S 13/584 (20130101) G01S 13/888 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09063344 | Griffin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven Griffin (Kihei, Hawaii); Brandoch Calef (Kihei, Hawaii); David R. Gerwe (West Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Griffin (Kihei, Hawaii); Brandoch Calef (Kihei, Hawaii); David R. Gerwe (West Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for reducing blur in an image generated by an imaging system is provided. A blur model for the image is identified with respect to an exposure time for the image using a sequence of reference images of an artificial reference point object generated during the exposure time for the image. A source of the artificial reference point object is inertially stabilized over the exposure time. The image is deconvolved with the blur model identified for the image to form a modified image having a desired reduction in blur relative to the image generated by the imaging system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/425747 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09063352 | Ford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph E. Ford (Solana Beach, California); Eric Tremblay (Fruitvale, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph E. Ford (Solana Beach, California); Eric Tremblay (Fruitvale, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques, systems and apparatus are described for implementing a telescopic contact lens. In one aspect, a telescopic contact lens includes an inner lens including optical apertures and aspheric reflectors, an outer lens of a biocompatible material, and a switching device that rapidly switches between normal and telescopic vision. The optical apertures of the inner lens includes a center aperture that allows light to pass through for normal vision and an annular aperture located on the periphery of the inner lens that allows light to enter for telescopic vision, The aspheric reflectors are configured between the annular aperture and the center aperture to reflect the light and magnify a visual image for telescopic vision. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/878987 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 17/0808 (20130101) G02B 23/06 (20130101) Spectacles; Sunglasses or Goggles Insofar as They Have the Same Features as Spectacles; Contact Lenses G02C 7/04 (20130101) G02C 7/044 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02C 7/088 (20130101) G02C 7/101 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09063573 | Plagemann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christian Plagemann (Menlo Park, California); Hendrik Dahlkamp (Palo Alto, California); Hariraam Varun Ganapathi (Palo Alto, California); Sebastian Thrun (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian Plagemann (Menlo Park, California); Hendrik Dahlkamp (Palo Alto, California); Hariraam Varun Ganapathi (Palo Alto, California); Sebastian Thrun (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a system and computerized method for receiving image information and translating it to computer inputs. In an embodiment of the invention, image information is received for a predetermined action space to identify an active body part. From such image information, depth information is extracted to interpret the actions of the active body part. Predetermined gestures can then be identified to provide input to a computer. For example, gestures that can be interpreted to mimic computerized touchscreen operation. Also, touchpad or mouse operations can be mimicked. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/030071 |
| ART UNIT | 2623 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/005 (20130101) G06F 3/017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09063807 | Kailas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Krishnan Kunjunny Kailas (Tarrytown, New York); Brian Chan Monwai (Austin, Texas); Viresh Paruthi (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krishnan Kunjunny Kailas (Tarrytown, New York); Brian Chan Monwai (Austin, Texas); Viresh Paruthi (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A random number generator includes a fairness checker and correction module that ensures that a complete random sequence within a predetermined period of time will be output by the random number generator. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/594253 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 13/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09064091 | Ditto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Ditto (Kaneohe, Hawaii); Behnam Kia (Honolulu, Hawaii); Sarvenaz Kia (Tabriz, Iran) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Ditto (Kaneohe, Hawaii); Behnam Kia (Honolulu, Hawaii); Sarvenaz Kia (Tabriz, Iran) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems and methods for coupled dynamical systems for chaos computing. For example, a system for the coupled dynamical system comprises a first, second, and third circuit. The first circuit comprising a plurality of single dynamical systems forms a coupled dynamical system that reduces local noises in the plurality of single dynamical systems by diffusing the local noises across the coupled dynamical system. The second circuit, connected to the first circuit, receives the data and control inputs and builds an encoding map that translates the data and control inputs to an initial condition on an unstable manifold of the plurality of single dynamical systems in the coupled dynamical system. After the coupled dynamical system evolves, a third circuit, connected to the first circuit, samples a state of one of the plurality of single dynamical systems in the coupled dynamical system and builds a decoding map. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/222218 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/76 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pulse Technique H03K 19/20 (20130101) H03K 19/1733 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/001 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09064213 | Deng 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) | Yu Deng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Rafah A. Hosn (New York, New York); Ruchi Mahindru (Elmsford, New York); Harigovind V. Ramasamy (Ossining, New York); Soumitra Sarkar (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for model-based analysis of a data center. A method includes creating a metamodel based on domain knowledge to represent a type of object and/or relationship of a data center, using static and dynamic configuration and data analysis techniques to discover topology of elements of the data center and represent the topology as a model that is an instance of the metamodel, using the model to perform analysis of the data center in connection with a specified task, leveraging domain knowledge represented in nodes of the metamodel to guide the analysis in terms of determining guidelines to apply to each node and determining relationships to traverse to continue the analysis, extending the domain knowledge by updating the metamodel upon discovery of additional knowledge for use in improving analysis tasks, and extending the model on-demand using dynamic analysis techniques upon detection of multiple analysis failures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/759503 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/04 (20130101) G06N 5/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 7/005 (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 10/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09064315 | Meyers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald E Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); Keith S Deacon (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for image improvement comprising providing a plurality of frames; determining the value of each pixel within each frame to form a first array of pixel values; selecting pixel locations within a frame; summing the intensity values of those pixels; multiplying the pixels in the first array by the summation of intensity values for selected pixel locations to produce a first product array for each frame; summing the first product arrays; determining the average of first product arrays; determining the average value of each pixel for the plurality of frames to form an a second array of averaged pixel values; determining the average of the summation of intensity values for the selected pixel locations; multiplying the array of average pixel values and the average of the summation of intensity values to form a second product array; subtracting the second product array from the average of first product arrays. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/086463 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 5/50 (20130101) G06T 2207/10032 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09064321 | Walker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Walker (Charlettesville, Virginia); Drake A. Guenther (Dublin, Ohio); Kevin Owen (Crozet, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and system components for optimizing contrast resolution of an imaging or sensing system utilizing multiple channels of broadband data associated with an array of transducers. Channels of data are filtered by passing the channels of data through finite impulse response (FIR) filters on each channel. The filters each have multiple taps having tap weights pre-calculated as a function of distance of the array from an object that energy is being transmitted to or reflected from. The weights are pre-computed through a deterministic equation based on an a priori system model. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/293771 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/52046 (20130101) G01S 15/8927 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/002 (20130101) G06T 5/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10132 (20130101) G06T 2207/20024 (20130101) Sound-producing Devices; Methods or Devices for Protecting Against, or for Damping, Noise or Other Acoustic Waves in General; Acoustics Not Otherwise Provided for G10K 11/346 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack Y. Dea (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack Y. Dea (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable gap switch includes a first electrode having a first gap surface; a second electrode having a second gap surface, the second gap surface formed in an initial fluid state that hardens to substantially conform to the first gap surface, the first electrode being moveable with respect to the second electrode; an alignment guide providing substantially parallel and substantially opposed alignment of the first gap surface and the second gap surface; and a displacement mechanism positioned to provide selective movement of the first electrode with respect to the second electrode so that a gap between the electrodes is selectively adjustable. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/436246 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 57/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09064676 | Sullivan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neal T. Sullivan (Lunenburg, Massachusetts); Steve Bachman (North Attleboro, Massachusetts); Philippe de Rouffignac (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Anton Tremsin (Lafayette, California); David Beaulieu (Groton, Massachusetts); Dmitry Gorelikov (Ashland, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arradiance, Inc. (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neal T. Sullivan (Lunenburg, Massachusetts); Steve Bachman (North Attleboro, Massachusetts); Philippe de Rouffignac (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Anton Tremsin (Lafayette, California); David Beaulieu (Groton, Massachusetts); Dmitry Gorelikov (Ashland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A microchannel plate includes a substrate defining a plurality of channels extending from a top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the substrate. A resistive layer is formed over an outer surface of the plurality of channels that provides ohmic conduction with a predetermined resistivity that is substantially constant. An emissive layer is formed over the resistive layer. A top electrode is positioned on the top surface of the substrate. A bottom electrode positioned on the bottom surface of the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/829108 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 43/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 43/246 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09064738 | Van Brunt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Robert Van Brunt (Raleigh, North Carolina); Vipindas Pala (Morrisville, North Carolina); Lin Cheng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Anant Kumar Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming a power semiconductor device having an edge termination are provided in which the power semiconductor device that has a drift region of a first conductivity type is formed on a substrate. A junction termination extension is formed on the substrate adjacent the power semiconductor device, the junction termination extension including a plurality of junction termination zones that are doped with dopants having a second conductivity type. The junction termination zones have different effective doping concentrations. A dopant activation process is performed to activate at least some of the dopants in the junction termination zones. An electrical characteristic of the power semiconductor device is measured. Then, the junction termination extension is etched in order to reduce the effective doping concentration within the junction termination extension. |
| FILED | Friday, July 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/946035 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 22/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0615 (20130101) H01L 29/0619 (20130101) H01L 29/0661 (20130101) H01L 29/872 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09064748 | Haensch 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) | Wilfried Ernst-August Haensch (Somers, New York); Zihong Liu (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Transistor devices having a self-aligned gate structure on transparent substrates and techniques for fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a method of fabricating a transistor device includes the following steps. A channel material is formed on a transparent substrate. Source and drain electrodes are formed in contact with the channel material. A dielectric layer is deposited on the channel material. A photoresist is deposited on the dielectric layer and developed using UV light exposure through the transparent substrate. A gate metal(s) is deposited on the exposed portions of the dielectric layer and the undeveloped portions of the photoresist. The undeveloped portions of the photoresist are removed along with portions of the gate metal over the source and drain regions to form a gate of the device on the dielectric layer over the channel material which is self-aligned to the source and drain electrodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/323212 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/283 (20130101) H01L 21/308 (20130101) H01L 21/2686 (20130101) H01L 29/43 (20130101) H01L 29/122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0669 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/7781 (20130101) H01L 29/42364 (20130101) H01L 29/42376 (20130101) H01L 29/66068 (20130101) H01L 29/66431 (20130101) H01L 29/66515 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/78684 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09064774 | Kuech et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas F. Kuech (Madison, Wisconsin); Kevin L. Schulte (Madison, Wisconsin); Luke J. Mawst (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Tae Wan Kim (Madison, Wisconsin); Brian T. Zutter (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Virtual substrates made by hydride vapor phase epitaxy are provided comprising a semiconductor growth substrate and a substantially strain-relaxed metamorphic buffer layer (MBL) structure comprising one or more layers of a semiconductor alloy on the growth substrate. The MBL structure is compositionally graded such that its lattice constant transitions from a lattice constant at the interface with the growth substrate that is substantially the same as the lattice constant of the growth substrate to a lattice constant at a surface opposite the interface that is different from the lattice constant of the growth substrate. The virtual substrates comprise relatively thick MBL structures (e.g., >20 μm) and relatively thick growth substrates (e.g., >0.5 mm). |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/894681 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0251 (20130101) H01L 21/02395 (20130101) H01L 21/02433 (20130101) H01L 21/02455 (20130101) H01L 21/02463 (20130101) H01L 21/02507 (20130101) H01L 21/02546 (20130101) H01L 21/02617 (20130101) H01L 21/02664 (20130101) H01L 29/155 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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) |
| ABSTRACT | An insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) includes a first conductivity type substrate and a second conductivity type drift layer on the substrate. The second conductivity type is opposite the first conductivity type. The IGBT further includes a current suppressing layer on the drift layer. The current suppressing layer has the second conductivity type and has a doping concentration that is larger than a doping concentration of the drift layer. A first conductivity type well region is in the current suppressing layer. The well region has a junction depth that is less than a thickness of the current suppressing layer, and the current suppressing layer extends laterally beneath the well region. A second conductivity type emitter region is in the well region. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/465931 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0834 (20130101) H01L 29/0847 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/7393 (20130101) H01L 29/7395 (20130101) H01L 29/66068 (20130101) H01L 29/66333 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09064842 | Bol et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ageeth Anke Bol (Yorktown Heights, New York); Aaron Daniel Franklin (Croton on Hudson, New York); Shu-Jen Han (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ageeth Anke Bol (Yorktown Heights, New York); Aaron Daniel Franklin (Croton on Hudson, New York); Shu-Jen Han (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device includes a substrate, first plural contacts formed in the substrate, a graphene layer formed on the substrate and on the first plural contacts and second plural contacts formed on the graphene layer such that the graphene layer is formed between the first plural contacts and the second plural contacts. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/425302 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0469 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02527 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/41733 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09064965 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yicheng Lu (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Pavel Ivanoff Reyes (Mountainside, New Jersey); Ki-Bum Lee (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Aniruddh Solanki (South Plainfield, New Jersey); Chieh-Jen Ku (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This application discloses ZnO film transistor-based immunosensors (ZnO-bioTFT), 2T biosensor arrays formed from two integrated ZnO-bioTFTs, 1T1R-based nonvolatile memory (NVM) arrays formed from ZnO-bioTFT (T) integrated with ZnO-based resistive switches (R), as well as integrated bioTFT (IBTFT) sensor systems formed from 2T biosensor arrays and 1T1R NVM arrays. Through biofunctionalization, these biosensors can perform immunosensing with high sensitivity and selectivity, and therefore have a wide range of applications, for example, in detecting target biomolecules or small molecules, and potential application in cancer diagnosis and treatment. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/776703 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/7869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09064980 | Chua et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher L. Chua (San Jose, California); Brent S. Krusor (Fremont, California); Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); Noble M. Johnson (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher L. Chua (San Jose, California); Brent S. Krusor (Fremont, California); Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); Noble M. Johnson (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One or more layers are epitaxially grown on a bulk crystalline AlN substrate. The epitaxial layers include a surface which is the initial surface of epitaxial growth of the epitaxial layers. The AlN substrate is substantially removed over a majority of the initial surface of epitaxial growth. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/217844 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/0079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09065010 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy D. Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xin Xu (West Windsor, New Jersey); Christopher Kyle Renshaw (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Universal Display Corporation (Ewing, New Jersey); The Regents of the University of Michigan, University of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy D. Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xin Xu (West Windsor, New Jersey); Christopher Kyle Renshaw (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating an optoelectronic device includes creating an optoelectronic structure on a first substrate. The optoelectronic structure includes a release layer and a plurality of inorganic semiconductor layers supported by the release layer. The plurality of inorganic semiconductor layers is configured to be active in operation of the optoelectronic device. The plurality of inorganic semiconductor layers are permanently attached to a second substrate, which is flexible. The plurality of inorganic semiconductor layers are released from the first substrate after the attaching step, and the second substrate is deformed to a non-planar configuration. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/536003 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1446 (20130101) H01L 31/075 (20130101) H01L 31/1844 (20130101) H01L 31/1892 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/03926 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) Y02E 10/548 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09065042 | Symko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Orest G. Symko (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ivan A. Rodriguez (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ryan Behunin (Salt Lake City, Utah); Marie Urry (Centerville, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermoacoustic energy converter for converting heat energy to electricity includes an annular resonator with a regenerator disposed therein. An electro-mechanical transducer is coupled to the annular resonator and in fluid communication with the working fluid. When heat is applied to one end of the annular resonator, a traveling acoustic wave is generated in the annular resonator causing vibrations in the working fluid that actuate the electro-mechanical transducer to generate electricity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/109558 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/1132 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09065093 | Chiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Weston, Massachusetts); Chang-Jun Bae (Palo Alto, California); John William Halloran (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Qiang Fu (Albany, New York); Antoni P. Tomsia (Pinole, California); Can K. Erdonmez (Miller Place, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Weston, Massachusetts); Chang-Jun Bae (Palo Alto, California); John William Halloran (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Qiang Fu (Albany, New York); Antoni P. Tomsia (Pinole, California); Can K. Erdonmez (Miller Place, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous electrodes in which the porosity has a low tortuosity are generally provided. In some embodiments, the porous electrodes can be designed to be filled with electrolyte and used in batteries, and can include low tortuosity in the primary direction of ion transport during charge and discharge of the battery. In some embodiments, the electrodes can have a high volume fraction of electrode active material (i.e., low porosity). The attributes outlined above can allow the electrodes to be fabricated with a higher energy density, higher capacity per unit area of electrode (mAh/cm2), and greater thickness than comparable electrodes while still providing high utilization of the active material in the battery during use. Accordingly, the electrodes can be used to produce batteries with high energy densities, high power, or both compared to batteries using electrodes of conventional design with relatively highly tortuous pores. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/442589 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/0411 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/1391 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (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 09065118 | Kaun |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas D. Kaun (New Lenox, Illinois) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas D. Kaun (New Lenox, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin, flexible, porous polymer composite film useful as a separator for a molten-salt thermal battery having a lower temperature electrolyte melt formulation 150-250° C. typical of molten alkyl nitrate/nitrite comprises 5-50 weight percent of electrically non-conductive ceramic comprising a thermoplastic in the range of 50-95 weight percent. The high-surface-area ceramic is comprised of MgO (preferred), Al2O3, AlSiO2, BN, AlN, or a mixture of two or more of the foregoing; and providing a porous network having a porosity of not less than 30 percent by volume. Likewise, the electrodes can be manufactured with polymer-bonded particulates of porous ceramic such as MgO. Cells for thermal batteries are fabricated in the uncharged state, e.g., Carbon/lithiated metal oxide. Additionally, a polymer-based thermal battery construction can free design from the rigid stacked-pellet battery design. Alternatively, a porous ceramic composite film of MgO coated non-conductive ceramic fibers may be used as a separator. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/463203 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/14 (20130101) H01M 2/145 (20130101) H01M 2/1613 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 6/30 (20130101) H01M 6/36 (20130101) H01M 10/399 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09065163 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nuvotronics, LLC (Radford, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUVOTRONICS, LLC (Radford, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald X. Wu (Diamond Bar, California); David W. Sherrer (Radford, Virginia); Jean-Marc Rollin (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers are provided which may include high power, wideband, microwave or millimeter-wave solid state power amplifiers based on waveguide power combiner/dividers. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/726073 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 3/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 11/002 (20130101) Amplifiers H03F 3/195 (20130101) H03F 3/211 (20130101) |
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| US 09065246 | 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 | Tuesday, September 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/480757 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/06 (20130101) H01S 3/10 (20130101) H01S 3/11 (20130101) H01S 3/083 (20130101) H01S 3/091 (20130101) H01S 3/113 (20130101) H01S 3/0906 (20130101) H01S 3/1106 (20130101) H01S 3/1112 (20130101) H01S 3/1118 (20130101) H01S 5/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/14 (20130101) H01S 5/028 (20130101) H01S 5/50 (20130101) H01S 5/0601 (20130101) H01S 5/1032 (20130101) H01S 5/1838 (20130101) H01S 5/3401 (20130101) |
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| US 09065249 | Chua et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Song Liang Chua (Singapore, Singapore); Ling Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Song Liang Chua (Singapore, Singapore); Ling Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser (PCSEL) includes a gain medium electromagnetically coupled to a photonic crystal whose energy band structure exhibits a Dirac cone of linear dispersion at the center of the photonic crystal's Brillouin zone. This Dirac cone's vertex is called a Dirac point; because it is at the Brillouin zone center, it is called an accidental Dirac point. Tuning the photonic crystal's band structure (e.g., by changing the photonic crystal's dimensions or refractive index) to exhibit an accidental Dirac point increases the photonic crystal's mode spacing by orders of magnitudes and reduces or eliminates the photonic crystal's distributed in-plane feedback. Thus, the photonic crystal can act as a resonator that supports single-mode output from the PCSEL over a larger area than is possible with conventional PCSELs, which have quadratic band edge dispersion. Because output power generally scales with output area, this increase in output area results in higher possible output powers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/525795 |
| 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 5/18 (20130101) H01S 5/34 (20130101) H01S 5/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/187 (20130101) |
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| US 09065400 | Larson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark R. Larson (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A device comprises a first amplifier, a first resistive element that comprises a first resistor and a first dummy switch, a second amplifier, a second resistive element that comprises a second resistor and a second dummy switch, and a programmable resistive gain element operable to receive control input, wherein a resistance value of the programmable resistive gain element is based at least in part on the received control input, wherein a first end of the programmable resistive gain element is connected to both the first inverting input of the first amplifier and to a second end of the first dummy switch, and wherein a second end of the programmable resistive gain element is connected to both the second inverting input of the second amplifier and to a second end of the second dummy switch. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/033113 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 3/45071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03F 2200/252 (20130101) H03F 2203/45528 (20130101) Control of Amplification H03G 1/0088 (20130101) H03G 3/3026 (20130101) |
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| US 09065452 | Inamdar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amol Ashok Inamdar (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amol Ashok Inamdar (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An important component in digital circuits is a phase rotator, which permits precise time-shifting (or equivalently, phase rotation) of a clock signal within a clock period. A digital phase rotator can access multiple discrete values of phase under digital control. Such a device can have application in digital clock synchronization circuits, and can also be used for a digital phase modulator that encodes a digital signal. A digital phase rotator has been implemented in superconducting integrated circuit technology, using rapid single-flux-quantum logic (RSFQ). This circuit can exhibit positive or negative phase shifts of a multi-phase clock. Arbitrary precision can be obtained by cascading a plurality of phase rotator stages. Such a circuit forms a phase-modulator that is the core of a direct digital synthesizer that can operate at multi-gigahertz radio frequencies. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/073942 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/0805 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03L 7/0814 (20130101) |
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| US 09065472 | McCue 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) | Jamin McCue (Columbus, Ohio); Vipul J. Patel (Dayton, Ohio); Waleed Khalil (Dublin, Ohio); Brian Dupaix (Columbus, Ohio); Tony Quach (Lebanon, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An interleaved digital to analog converter (DAC) includes at least a first signal path and a second signal path. The DAC further includes at least a first high speed DAC and a second high speed DAC each having an input and an output. The first signal path and the second signal path are electrically coupled to the first high speed DAC input and the second high speed DAC input, respectively. The DAC also includes a zero phase clock signal supplied to the first high speed DAC and a 180° phase shifted clock signal supplied to the second high speed DAC. A summation circuit, having at least two inputs and one output, is coupled to the outputs of the first high speed DAC and the second high speed DACs. A high-pass delta sigma modulator, a low-pass delta sigma modulator, a band pass delta sigma modulator, or notch filter delta sigma modulator is coupled between the first signal path and the first high speed DAC. A second a high-pass delta sigma modulator, a second low-pass delta sigma modulator, a second band pass delta sigma modulator, or a second notch filter delta sigma modulators electrically coupled between the second signal path and the second high speed DAC. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/639381 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 3/50 (20130101) H03M 3/404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09065521 | Dybdal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert B. Dybdal (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Christopher J. Clark (Hermosa Beach, California); Don J. Hinshilwood (Rolling Hills Estates, California); Lan Xu (Cerritos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Under one aspect, a system includes circuitry that digitizes and Fourier transforms first and second beams and outputs first and second sets of spectral bins. Each bin may include a portion of a group of signals or interference. The circuitry compares the collective power levels of each set of spectral bins to a predetermined threshold, and excises at least one bin of that set that contains the interference if the collective power level of that set exceeds the predetermined threshold. The circuitry determines an angular location of the interference based on excised bins, combines remaining bins with weights selected to form a null in a pattern of the first and second beams that is aligned with the interference's angular location, and inversely Fourier transforms the combined remaining bins and outputs the group of signals less any interference that was excised or excluded by the null. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/453949 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09065753 | Talpade et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajesh R. Talpade (Madison, New Jersey); Anjum Farooq (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TTI Inventions A LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajesh R. Talpade (Madison, New Jersey); Anjum Farooq (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | In packet-drop attacks in ad hoc networks, a malicious network node chooses to selectively drop packets that are supposed to be forwarded, which results in adverse impact on application good-put and network stability. A method and system for detection of packet-drop attacks in ad hoc networks requires network nodes to report statistics on IP flow packets originated, received, or forwarded to neighbors. These statistics are analyzed and correlated to determine nodes suspected of dropping packets. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/603182 |
| ART UNIT | 2646 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/142 (20130101) H04L 43/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 43/067 (20130101) H04L 43/0829 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) H04L 2463/143 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/12 (20130101) H04W 40/00 (20130101) H04W 84/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09060689 | Tearney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Johannes F. De Boer (Somerville, Massachusetts); Benjamin J. Vakoc (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Seok-Hyun Yun (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Johannes F. De Boer (Somerville, Massachusetts); Benjamin J. Vakoc (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Seok-Hyun Yun (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus, system and method are provided which utilize signals received from a reference and a sample. In particular, a radiation is provided which includes at least one first electro-magnetic radiation directed to the sample and at least one second electro-magnetic radiation directed to the reference. A frequency of the radiation varies over time. An interference can be detected between at least one third radiation associated with the first radiation and at least one fourth radiation associated with the second radiation. It is possible to obtain a particular signal associated with at least one phase of at least one frequency component of the interference, and compare the particular signal to at least one particular information. Further, it is possible to receive at least one portion of the radiation and provide a further radiation, such that the particular signal can be calibrated based on the further signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/445990 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0073 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2560/0223 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/45 (20130101) G01N 21/49 (20130101) G01N 21/4795 (20130101) |
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| US 09060699 | Nearing et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce D. Nearing (North Reading, Massachusetts); Richard L. Verrier (Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for predicting the onset of heart arrhythmias more accurately observes trends in abnormal or pathologic morphology of the electrocardiogram (ECG). A first set of ECG signals is monitored from a patient. A baseline measurement is generated from the monitored first set of ECG signals to contain nonpathologic ECG morphologies in each lead. A second set of ECG signals is monitored from the patient and the baseline measurement is subtracted from the second set of ECG signals on a beat-to-beat basis. Afterwards, a residuum signal is generated for each lead based on the subtraction. R-wave heterogeneity, T-wave heterogeneity, P-wave heterogeneity, or ST-segment heterogeneity or other indicators of arrhythmia risk or myocardial ischemia are quantified based on the generated residuum signals. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/624544 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0456 (20130101) A61B 5/0472 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/04525 (20130101) A61B 5/7246 (20130101) A61B 5/7275 (20130101) A61B 5/7278 (20130101) |
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| US 09060709 | Hall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Jon Hall (Madison, Wisconsin); Helen Marcie Feltovich (Park City, Utah); Lisa McGuire Reusch (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus uses a steered ultrasound beam to assess microstructure of the cervix revealed by backscatter power variation at a range of angles and depth. Analysis of a distribution of power loss at different angles and depths referenced to the structure of the cervix may be used to characterize cervical tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/840297 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/435 (20130101) A61B 5/6879 (20130101) A61B 8/12 (20130101) A61B 8/485 (20130101) A61B 8/0858 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 8/4494 (20130101) A61B 8/5223 (20130101) |
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| US 09060712 | Buckland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina); Nestor O. Farmiga (Rochester, New York); Robert H. Hart (Cary, North Carolina); Andrew Murnan (Saratoga Springs, New York); Christopher Saxer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments of the present inventive concept provide optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems for integration with a microscope. The OCT system includes a sample arm coupled to the imaging path of a microscope. The sample arm includes an input beam zoom assembly including at least two movable lenses configured to provide shape control for an OCT signal beam; a scan assembly including at least one scanning mirror and configured for telecentric scanning of the OCT signal beam; and a beam expander configured to set the OCT signal beam diameter incident on the microscope objective. The shape control includes separable controls for numerical aperture and focal position of the imaged OCT beam. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/302793 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/13 (20130101) A61B 3/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0066 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02039 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0012 (20130101) G02B 21/0048 (20130101) |
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| US 09060717 | Bailey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Melissa D. Bailey (Gahanna, Ohio); Chiu-Yen Kao (Claremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of measuring a tissue structure is provided. The method includes obtaining image data of the tissue structure. Also, an anatomical landmark in the image data is identified. A first geometric shape is applied to the image data of the tissue structure based on the anatomical landmark. For example, the geometric shape may have a linear portion, such as a square or diamond. The method also includes applying a second geometric shape to the image data of the tissue structure based on the anatomical landmark. The second geometric shape may be different than the first geometric shape, such as an arc or parabola. The method also includes segmenting a first substructure of the image data from a second substructure of the image data. These substructures may be, for example, a sclera and ciliary body of an eye. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/757243 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 3/102 (20130101) A61B 19/5225 (20130101) A61B 19/5244 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0081 (20130101) G06T 2207/20161 (20130101) G06T 2207/30041 (20130101) |
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| US 09060732 | O'Connor |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael K. O'Connor (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for molecular breast imaging (MBI) provides enhanced tumor analysis and, optionally, a real-time biopsy guidance. The system includes a detector head including a gamma ray detector and a multisegment collimator in a collimator frame. The collimator contains multiple collimation sections that have respectively different collimating characteristic and that are individually repositionable with respect to the detector. An image of the tissue acquired with the system may include spatially separate image portions containing image information about the same portion of the imaged tissue. A system of mounting the multisegment collimator in the detector head includes a collimator tray that is laterally moveable within the frame and/or slidable in and out of the frame. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/715217 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/502 (20130101) A61B 6/4258 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/4291 (20130101) A61B 6/4417 (20130101) A61B 8/00 (20130101) A61B 8/403 (20130101) A61B 8/485 (20130101) A61B 8/0825 (20130101) A61B 8/4411 (20130101) A61B 8/4416 (20130101) A61B 10/0233 (20130101) A61B 10/0266 (20130101) A61B 2017/3411 (20130101) A61B 2019/205 (20130101) A61B 2019/507 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/2985 (20130101) |
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| US 09060842 | Karp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Karp (Brookline, Massachusetts); Mahdavi Alborz (Markham, Canada); Lino Ferreira (Coimbra, Portugal); David Carter (Concord, Massachusetts); Andreas Zumbuehl (Nyon, Switzerland); Jeffrey Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Edwin Chan (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Christopher Bettinger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusettes Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Karp (Brookline, Massachusetts); Mahdavi Alborz (Markham, Canada); Lino Ferreira (Coimbra, Portugal); David Carter (Concord, Massachusetts); Andreas Zumbuehl (Nyon, Switzerland); Jeffrey Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Edwin Chan (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Christopher Bettinger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An adhesive article includes a biocompatible and at least partially biodegradable substrate having a surface; and a plurality of protrusions extending from the surface. The protrusions include a biocompatible and at least partially biodegradable material, and have an average height of less than approximately 1,000 micrometers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/743817 |
| ART UNIT | 3772 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/0077 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/30448 (20130101) A61F 2013/00774 (20130101) A61F 2220/005 (20130101) A61F 2220/0016 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 15/42 (20130101) A61L 15/58 (20130101) A61L 15/64 (20130101) A61L 31/005 (20130101) A61L 31/14 (20130101) A61L 31/148 (20130101) 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 65/18 (20130101) B29C 65/52 (20130101) B29C 66/1122 (20130101) Making Containers of Paper, Cardboard or Material Worked in a Manner Analogous to Paper B31B 19/90 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 37/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09060961 | Disis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary L. Disis (Renton, Washington); Vivian Goodell (San Diego, California); Hailing Lu (Seattle, Washington); Douglas G. McNeel (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary L. Disis (Renton, Washington); Vivian Goodell (San Diego, California); Hailing Lu (Seattle, Washington); Douglas G. McNeel (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for inhibiting proliferation of cancer cells, as well as methods for detecting and treating various cancers, including cancer of the ovary, breast, prostate and colon. The method comprises contacting a cancer cell with an IGF-related molecule of the invention or administering an IGF-related vaccine to the cancer patient. In one embodiment, the molecule is an immunogenic peptide derived from IGFBP-2 or from IGF1 R. The invention additionally provides methods for detecting and treating cancer using IGF-related molecules. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/446953 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1754 (20130101) A61K 38/1796 (20130101) A61K 39/0005 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57488 (20130101) G01N 2333/65 (20130101) G01N 2333/72 (20130101) G01N 2333/475 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09060970 | Ebright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard H. Ebright (New Brunswick, New Jersey); David Degen (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Katherine Y. Ebright (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Ebright (New Brunswick, New Jersey); David Degen (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Katherine Y. Ebright (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | It has been discovered that the Sal target represents a new and promising target for antibacterial drug discovery. The Sal target is distinct from the rifamycin target and from the CBR703 target. This indicates that antibacterial compounds that function through the Sal target should exhibit no, or minimal, cross-resistance with rifamycins and CBR703. This further implies that it should be possible to co-administer antibacterial compounds that function through the Sal target together with a rifamycin, together with CBR703, or together with both a rifamycin and CBR703, in order to achieve additive or synergistic antibacterial effects and in order to suppress or eliminate the emergence of resistance. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/006035 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/15 (20130101) A61K 31/15 (20130101) A61K 31/155 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 498/08 (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) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 2333/91275 (20130101) |
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| US 09061010 | Einav et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shirit Einav (Stanford, California); Jeffrey S. Glenn (Palo Alto, California); Robert McDowell (San Francisco, California); Wenjin Yang (Foster City, California); Hadas Dvory-Sobol (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shirit Einav (Stanford, California); Jeffrey S. Glenn (Palo Alto, California); Robert McDowell (San Francisco, California); Wenjin Yang (Foster City, California); Hadas Dvory-Sobol (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treating a host infected with a virus from the Flaviviridae family of viruses, methods of treating HCV replication in a host, methods of inhibiting the binding of NS4B polypeptide to the 3′UTR of HCV negative strand RNA in a host, methods of treating liver fibrosis in a host, and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/677989 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/67 (20130101) A61K 31/67 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7056 (20130101) A61K 31/7056 (20130101) A61K 38/212 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 235/08 (20130101) C07D 235/12 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2770/24222 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/186 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09061032 | El-Deiry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wafik S. El-Deiry (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Joshua E. Allen (Hershey, Pennsylvania); Gen Sheng Wu (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions relating to TIC10 are described according to aspects of the present invention. The compositions and methods have utility in treating disease, particularly cancer in a subject in need thereof, including a human subject as well as subjects of other species. The compositions have utility in treating brain cancer in a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/192329 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/4188 (20130101) A61K 31/4545 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09061043 | Sullenger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce A. Sullenger (Durham, North Carolina); Kristin M. Bompiani (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce A. Sullenger (Durham, North Carolina); Kristin M. Bompiani (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, in general, to glycoprotein VI (GPVI) and, in particular, to aptamers to GPVI and to compositions comprising same. The invention also relates to methods of inhibiting platelet aggregation using an aptamer that binds to and inhibits the activity of GPVI. The invention further relates to antidotes to GPVI aptamers and to methods of using such antidotes to reverse aptamer-induced platelet inhibition. The invention also relates to aptamers that bind to and enhance the activity of GPVI. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/878539 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09061048 | Portnoy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel A. Portnoy (Albany, California); Joshua J. Woodward (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Portnoy (Albany, California); Joshua J. Woodward (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of modulating type-I interferon production in a cell are provided. Aspects of the methods include modulating cytosolic cyclic di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) activity in the cell in a manner sufficient to modulate type-I interferon production in the cell. Additional aspects of the invention include c-di-AMP activity modulatory compositions, e.g., c-di-AMP, mutant Listeria bacteria, cyclase and/or phosphodiesterase nucleic acid or protein compositions, etc. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of applications, including therapeutic applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/327514 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/15 (20130101) A61K 35/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 2501/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09061076 | Franzen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stefan Franzen (Apex, North Carolina); Richard Guenther (Cary, North Carolina); Steven A. Lommel (Cary, North Carolina); LiNa Loo (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stefan Franzen (Apex, North Carolina); Richard Guenther (Cary, North Carolina); Steven A. Lommel (Cary, North Carolina); LiNa Loo (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is a process for the manufacture of a plant viral capsid to be used for the targeted delivery of therapeutics to diseased cells. The process uses a plant virus as the starting material. The choice of the plant virus overcomes a problem in the manufacture of a uniform starting material. The final product has an advantage over other plant virus-based delivery systems in that the plant virus selected has a natural structure that is resistant to breakdown during the delivery process. This system takes advantage of the reversible divalent cation switch that this capsid employs to assemble and disassemble. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/601736 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5184 (20130101) A61K 47/48276 (20130101) A61K 47/48315 (20130101) A61K 47/48776 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/09 (20130101) C12N 2770/38023 (20130101) C12N 2770/38043 (20130101) C12N 2799/02 (20130101) C12N 2810/855 (20130101) |
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| US 09061077 | Lipowska et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Malgorzata Lipowska (Decatur, Georgia); Andrew T. Taylor, Jr. (Atlanta, Georgia); Luigi Marzilli (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malgorzata Lipowska (Decatur, Georgia); Andrew T. Taylor, Jr. (Atlanta, Georgia); Luigi Marzilli (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to the methods of imaging the kidneys and measuring renal function using the renal tracer 99mTc(CO)3(NTA) (technetium-99m tricarbonyl-nitrilotriacetic acid). The disclosure encompasses methods of imaging the kidneys and measuring effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) in an animal or human subject using renal scintigraphy, comprising administering to an animal or human subject an amount of a renal tracer, wherein the renal tracer comprises 99mTc-(CO)3(NTA). Another aspect of the disclosure are methods of measuring effective renal plasma flow in an animal or human subject, comprising administering to an animal or human subject an amount of a renal tracer, wherein the renal tracer comprises 99mTc-(CO)3(NTA), isolating a series of plasma samples from the animal or human subject after administering the renal tracer and quantitatively detecting the amount of the renal tracer in the biological samples. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/990144 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0004 (20130101) A61K 51/0478 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09061079 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California); Juliana Hamzah (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California); Juliana Hamzah (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of targeting atherosclerotic plaques using LyP-1 related peptides are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include administering a peptide comprising a LyP peptide to an animal, wherein the peptide homes to an atherosclerotic plaque, thereby targeting the atherosclerotic plaque. Also provided are methods for ameliorating a sign or symptom associated with an inflammatory condition using LyP-1 related peptides. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/531245 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/03 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 49/00 (20130101) A61K 49/005 (20130101) A61K 51/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09061134 | Askin, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert E. Askin, III (Salt Lake City, Utah); Scott D. Hiatt (Salt Lake City, Utah); Kenneth S. Guillory (Salt Lake City, Utah); Daniel McDonnall (Salt Lake City, Utah); Christopher F. Smith (North Salt Lake, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ripple LLC (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Askin, III (Salt Lake City, Utah); Scott D. Hiatt (Salt Lake City, Utah); Kenneth S. Guillory (Salt Lake City, Utah); Daniel McDonnall (Salt Lake City, Utah); Christopher F. Smith (North Salt Lake, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems and methods for producing and using electrodes, which may be flexible and/or stretchable, and interconnection structures that can be used both externally and/or implanted within the body. Electrodes according to various embodiments disclosed herein may be produced by depositing patterned layers of insulating and conductive polymers to form multi-layer circuits. The conductive materials and layers in the structure can be exposed on the surface of the structures for use as electrodes. A plurality of electrodes may be formed into an electrode array. In various embodiments, electrode arrays may be associated with telemetry modules configured to wirelessly transmit data collected by the electrode array to a receiver module. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/889310 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0408 (20130101) A61B 5/0478 (20130101) A61B 5/0492 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/375 (20130101) |
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| US 09061150 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Alan Matthew Horsager (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Matthew J. McMahon (Los Angeles, California); Peter Meilstrup (Seattle, Washington); Neha Jagdish Parikh (Los Angeles, California); Arup Roy (Valencia, California); James D. Weiland (Valencia, California); Chunhong Zhou (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Alan Matthew Horsager (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Matthew J. McMahon (Los Angeles, California); Peter Meilstrup (Seattle, Washington); Neha Jagdish Parikh (Los Angeles, California); Arup Roy (Valencia, California); James D. Weiland (Valencia, California); Chunhong Zhou (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a saliency-based apparatus and methods for visual prostheses. A saliency-based component processes video data output by a digital signal processor before the video data are input to the retinal stimulator. In a saliency-based method, an intensity stream is extracted from an input image, feature maps based on the intensity stream are developed, plural most salient regions of the input image are detected and one of the regions is selected as a highest saliency region. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/043830 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/605 (20130101) G06K 9/4628 (20130101) Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 21/008 (20130101) |
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| US 09061994 | Maltese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Maltese (Toledo, Ohio); Paul W. Erhardt (Toledo, Ohio); Jean H. Overmeyer (Perrysburg, Ohio); Christopher Trabbic (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides materials and methods to induce cell death by methuosis, a non-apoptotic cell death mechanism, to induce vacuolization without cell death, or to induce cell death without vacuolization. Small molecules herein are useful for treating cell proliferation disorders or anomalies, particularly, but not exclusively, cancer. Methods related to the research and pharmaceutical use of the small molecules are also provided herein. |
| FILED | Friday, February 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/616390 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09062042 | Zaveri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nurulain T. Zaveri (Saratoga, California); Faming Jiang (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Astraea Therapeutics, LLC (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nurulain T. Zaveri (Saratoga, California); Faming Jiang (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are novel and selective high affinity α3β4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ligands and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. In other embodiments, provided herein are methods of treatment, prevention, or amelioration of a variety of medical disorders such as, for example, drug addiction or pain using the compounds and compositions disclosed herein. In still other embodiments, provided herein are methods for modulating a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). In still other embodiments, provided herein are methods of selectively antagonizing receptors such as, for example, the α3β4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor using the compounds and compositions disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/004801 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/439 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 451/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09062072 | Van Meir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erwin G. Van Meir (Tucker, Georgia); Binghe Wang (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); Georgia State University Research Foundation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erwin G. Van Meir (Tucker, Georgia); Binghe Wang (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibitors of the Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF) and angiogenesis and their methods of use including the treatment of cancer, hypoxia related pathologies, disorders leading to ischemia, for example stroke and ischemic heart disease, and non-cancerous angiogenic diseases are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/642836 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 215/12 (20130101) C07D 307/81 (20130101) C07D 311/04 (20130101) C07D 311/58 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 491/052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09062073 | Verkman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan S. Verkman (San Francisco, California); David S. Snyder (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan S. Verkman (San Francisco, California); David S. Snyder (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are benzopyrimido-pyrrolo-oxazine-dione (BPO) compounds and pyrimido-pyrrolo-quinoxalinedione (PPQ) compounds, and compositions comprising these compounds, that inhibit cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mediated ion transport and that are useful for treating diseases and disorders associated with aberrantly increased CFTR chloride channel activity, such as polycystic kidney disease and secretory diarrheas. The compounds and compositions comprising the compounds described herein may be used for inhibiting expansion or preventing formation of cysts in persons who have polycystic kidney disease. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/119405 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/14 (20130101) C07D 498/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09062093 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuqing E. Chen (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Changyong Xue (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jifeng Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to peptide compositions and methods of using the peptide compositions to treat prediabetes, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome. |
| FILED | Friday, November 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/087247 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/0806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09062103 | Prockop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darwin J. Prockop (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joo Youn Oh (Temple, Texas); Barry Berkowitz (Framingham, Massachusetts); Gavin W. Roddy (Rochester, Minnesota); Robert Rosa (Holland, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas); Temple Therapeutics, Inc. (Framingham, Massachusetts); Scott and White Healthcare (Temple, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darwin J. Prockop (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joo Youn Oh (Temple, Texas); Barry Berkowitz (Framingham, Massachusetts); Gavin W. Roddy (Rochester, Minnesota); Robert Rosa (Holland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses methods and compositions for treating an ocular disease, disorder or condition in a mammal. The invention includes a population of mesenchymal stromal cells that possess anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, immune modulatory and anti-tumorigenic properties. The invention includes administration of TSG-6, STC-1, or a combination thereof to the ocular as a treatment for an ocular disease, disorder or condition in a mammal. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/250807 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 9/0051 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0663 (20130101) C12N 2501/25 (20130101) C12N 2501/48 (20130101) |
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| US 09062110 | Cheung |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nai-Kong V. Cheung (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides an antibody that binds the same antigen as that of monoclonal antibody 8H9, wherein the heavy chain CDR (Complementary Determining Region)1 comprises NYDIN, heavy chain CDR2 comprises WIFPGDGSTQY, heavy chain CDR3 comprises QTTATWFAY, and the light chain CDR1 comprises RASQSISDYLH, light chain CDR2 comprises YASQSIS, and light chain CDR3 comprises QNGHSFPLT. In another embodiment, there is provided a polypeptide that binds the same antigen as that of monoclonal antibody 8H9, wherein the polypeptide comprises NYDIN, WIFPGDGSTQY, QTTATWFAY, RASQSISDYLH, YASQSIS, and QNGHSFPLT. |
| FILED | Monday, April 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/858234 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2217/05 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48623 (20130101) A61K 47/48653 (20130101) A61K 49/0004 (20130101) A61K 49/0006 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/00 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/3053 (20130101) C07K 16/4208 (20130101) C07K 16/4266 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2317/732 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09062112 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lieping Chen (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lieping Chen (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel polypeptides useful for co-stimulating T cells, isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding them, vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules, and cells containing the vectors. Also included are methods of making and using these co-stimulatory polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/347492 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 16/2827 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09062118 | Imperial et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Julita S. Imperial (Midvale, Utah); Baldomero M. Olivera (Salt Lake City, Utah); Paul F. Alewood (Queensland, Australia); Heinz Terlau (Eckernfoerde, Germany); David J. Craik (Queensland, Australia); Estuardo Lopez-Vera (Salt Lake City, Utah); Pradip K. Bandyopadhyay (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah); The University of Queensland (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia); Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (Munich, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julita S. Imperial (Midvale, Utah); Baldomero M. Olivera (Salt Lake City, Utah); Paul F. Alewood (Queensland, Australia); Heinz Terlau (Eckernfoerde, Germany); David J. Craik (Queensland, Australia); Estuardo Lopez-Vera (Salt Lake City, Utah); Pradip K. Bandyopadhyay (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to relatively short peptides (termed J-Superfamily conotoxin peptides, J-conotoxins or J-conotoxin peptides herein), about 25 residues in length, which are naturally available in minute amounts in the venom of the cone snails or analogous to the naturally available peptides, and which preferably include two disulfide bonds. The J-conotoxins are useful for treating disorders involving voltage gated ion channels and/or receptors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/301827 |
| 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 14/43504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09062121 | Grandis 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) | Jennifer R. Grandis (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Daniel Johnson (Glenshaw, Pennsylvania); Danith Ly (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is based, at least in part, on novel, unimolecular STAT3 oligonucleotide decoys exhibiting increased in vivo stability as compared to previously known decoys which are effective in inhibiting STAT3 when administered systemically. The invention is also based on pharmaceutical compositions comprising these unimolecular decoys, and methods for using these decoys in the treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/245911 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (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 15/115 (20130101) C12N 2310/13 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/341 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2320/51 (20130101) |
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| US 09062122 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gordon Keller (Toronto, Canada); Stefan Irion (Toronto, Canada); Herve Luche (Ulm, Germany); Paul Gadue (New York, New York); Hans Joerg Fehling (Ulm, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon Keller (Toronto, Canada); Stefan Irion (Toronto, Canada); Herve Luche (Ulm, Germany); Paul Gadue (New York, New York); Hans Joerg Fehling (Ulm, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for generating a transgenic eukaryotic cell population having a modified human Rosa26 locus, which method includes introducing a functional DNA sequence into the human Rosa26 locus of starting eukaryotic cells. Also provided are targeting vectors useful in the method, as well as a cell population and a transgenic non-human animal comprising a modified human Rosa26 locus. Finally, the invention provides an isolated DNA sequence corresponding to the human Rosa26 locus. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/523632 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2207/15 (20130101) A01K 2217/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4702 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0606 (20130101) C12N 15/907 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) C12N 2800/30 (20130101) C12N 2840/44 (20130101) |
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| US 09062297 | Curtiss, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy Curtiss, III (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Wei Sun (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Curtiss, III (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Wei Sun (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses a recombinant Yersinia pestis bacterium and a vaccine comprising a recombinant Yersinia pestis bacterium. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/006072 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0291 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/24 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09062299 | Schellenberger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California); Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Nathan C. Geething (Santa Clara, California); Wayne To (Fremont, California); Joshua Silverman (Sunnyvale, California); Chia-wei Wang (Milpitas, California); Benjamin Spink (San Carlos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AMUNIX OPERATING INC. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California); Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Nathan C. Geething (Santa Clara, California); Wayne To (Fremont, California); Joshua Silverman (Sunnyvale, California); Chia-wei Wang (Milpitas, California); Benjamin Spink (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions comprising factor DC coagulation factors linked to extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN), isolated nucleic acids encoding the compositions and vectors and host cells containing the same, and methods of making and using such compositions in treatment of coagulation factor-related diseases, disorders, and conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, August 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/392511 |
| 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 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/50 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/644 (20130101) C12N 9/6437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 304/21022 (20130101) |
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| US 09062304 | Rothberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lewis Rothberg (Pittsford, New York); Barbara Stwertka (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lewis Rothberg (Pittsford, New York); Barbara Stwertka (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for separating double-stranded nucleic acids out of a mixture comprising single-stranded nucleic acids and/or dNTPs and/or enzymes. The method uses spatially inhomogenously functionalized nanoporous materials. For example, the compositions and methods of the present invention can be used to purify DNA amplification reaction products. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/704277 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09062308 | Sukumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Saraswati Sukumar (Columbia, Maryland); Kideok Jin (Parkville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saraswati Sukumar (Columbia, Maryland); Kideok Jin (Parkville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventors found that the gene, HOXB7, was frequently overexpressed in breast cancer, and is a major upstream regulator of events leading to tamoxifen resistance. The present invention provides double-stranded short interfering nucleic acid (siNA) molecules that targets the HOXB7 gene in cells, and also provides methods of use of this siNA molecule for methods of screening, diagnosis and prediction of treatment outcomes as well as treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/002183 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (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 1/6897 (20130101) |
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| US 09062310 | de Fougerolles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonin de Fougerolles (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Akin Akinc (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of the Factor VII gene. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/156193 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/32 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/322 (20130101) C12N 2310/3515 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 304/21021 (20130101) |
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| US 09062339 | Cunningham |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The “instant evolution” system was initially developed in E. coli, primarily because of the ease with which this organism can be genetically manipulated. Because many of the functionally important regions of rRNA are conserved among bacteria, drug leads developed against conserved targets in the E. coli system may produce broad-spectrum anti-infectives. In order the develop a system to product narrow-spectrum anti-infectives, herein we disclose methods for identifying functional mutant P. aeruginosa ribosomes suitable as drug targets and for identifying drug candidates that do not bind to the human 16S rRNA. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/654911 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/67 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) C12N 15/1034 (20130101) C12N 15/1086 (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) C12Q 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/21 (20130101) |
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| US 09062345 | Benner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven A Benner (Gainesville, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A Benner (Gainesville, Florida); Daniel Hutter (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed invention provides processes to synthesize DNA analogs that contain non-standard nucleotides, defined as those which form nucleobase pairs that fit standard Watson-Crick geometry, but are joined to their complements by hydrogen bonding patterns different from those that join standard A:T and G:C pairs. The disclosed process resembles “rolling circle amplification”, but uses primers that contain non-standard nucleotides, as well as 2′-deoxynucleotide triphosphates whose heterocyclic “nucleobases” are also non-standard. An example is provided that shows this process using 6-amino-5-nitro-3-(1′-beta-D-2′-deoxyribofuranosyl)-2(1H)-pyridone to implement the non-standard “small” donor-donor-acceptor (pyDDA) hydrogen bonding pattern, and 2-amino-8-(1′-beta-D-2′-deoxyribofuranosyl)-imidazo[1,2-a]-1,3,5-triazin-4(8H)-one to implement the “large” acceptor-acceptor-donor (puAAD) pattern. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/138532 |
| 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 | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (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 1/6853 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2521/101 (20130101) C12Q 2525/117 (20130101) |
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| US 09062347 | Taylor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew R. G. Taylor (Denver, Colorado); Luisa Mestroni (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew R. G. Taylor (Denver, Colorado); Luisa Mestroni (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns the use of methods for evaluating β-adrenergic receptor targeting agent treatment for a patient, particularly one with a heart condition. In general, the disclosed methods entail determining the presence or absence of one or more polymorphisms in an endothelin gene system member. Based on the results of this determination, a β-adrenergic receptor targeting agent may be prescribed, administered or a treatment regimen altered, including the administration of a β-blocker. Accordingly, methods of treatment are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/670966 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/404 (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 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/172 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20130101) |
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| US 09062351 | Chang 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) | Howard Y. Chang (Stanford, California); David J. Wong (Palo Alto, California); Tiffany Hung (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and methods of using them diagnostically and therapeutically for treatment of cancer, stem cell therapy, or regenerative medicine are disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to lncRNAs that that play roles in regulation of genes involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Such lncRNAs can be used as biomarkers to monitor cell proliferation and differentiation during cancer progression or tissue regeneration. One of the identified lncRNAs, referred to as PANDA (a P21-Associated NcRNA, DNA damage Activated), inhibits the expression of apoptotic genes normally activated by the transcription factor NF-YA. Inhibitors of PANDA sensitize cancerous cells to chemotherapy and can be used in combination with chemotherapeutic agents for treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Saturday, September 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/020811 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (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) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09062353 | Weiss 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) | Gregory A. Weiss (Irvine, California); Reginald M. Penner (Newport Beach, California); Jessica A. Arter (Laguna Beach, California); David K. Taggart (Mission Viejo, California); Keith C. Donavan (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Grafting M13 bacteriophage into an array of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) nanowires generated hybrids of conducting polymers and replicable genetic packages (rgps) such as viruses. The incorporation of rgps into the polymeric backbone of PEDOT occurs during electropolymerization via lithographically patterned nanowire electrodeposition (LPNE). The resultant arrays of rgps-PEDOT nanowires enable real-time, reagent-free electrochemical biosensing of analytes in physiologically relevant buffers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/960703 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/701 (20130101) C12Q 1/6825 (20130101) C12Q 1/6825 (20130101) C12Q 2563/116 (20130101) C12Q 2563/137 (20130101) C12Q 2563/157 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/127 (20130101) |
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| US 09063066 | Peterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lori J. Peterson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Cameron A. Mortillaro (Sante Fe, New Mexico); Benjamin P. Warner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Nathan H. Zahler (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pratima Bharti (Chandigarh, India); Chang-Tai Hsieh (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Emilia A. Solomon (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | XRpro Sciences, Inc. (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lori J. Peterson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Cameron A. Mortillaro (Sante Fe, New Mexico); Benjamin P. Warner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Nathan H. Zahler (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pratima Bharti (Chandigarh, India); Chang-Tai Hsieh (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Emilia A. Solomon (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method to quantify biomarkers. The method uses an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to perform an X-ray fluorescence analysis on the sample to obtain spectral features derived from the biomarker; and quantifying the X-ray fluorescence signal of the biomarker. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/317341 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/485 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/223 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2223/076 (20130101) G01N 2223/0766 (20130101) |
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| US 09063072 | Lee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Claudia Yi-Chen Lee (Altadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Maven Technologies, LLC (Monrovia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Claudia Yi-Chen Lee (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, apparatus and method for analysis of a specimen using ellipsometric analysis. Polarization distortions caused by the propagation of polarized light within a substrate upon which a specimen is located are reduced by directing light at selected polarizations at the substrate alone and the specimen on the substrate. Image data is collected for each of the selected polarizations and processed to remove errors due to birefringence. Fourier transform processing is used to obtain polarization phase data for correcting polarization caused by any birefringence in the substrate, and optionally amplitude data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/494866 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 4/04 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/19 (20130101) G01N 21/23 (20130101) G01N 21/274 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/553 (20130101) G01N 21/648 (20130101) G01N 2021/212 (20130101) |
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| US 09063086 | Garimella et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandilya V. B. Garimella (Richland, Washington); Yehia M. Ibrahim (Richland, Washington); Gordon A. Anderson (Benton City, Washington); Richard D. Smith (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandilya V. B. Garimella (Richland, Washington); Yehia M. Ibrahim (Richland, Washington); Gordon A. Anderson (Benton City, Washington); Richard D. Smith (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for compressing ions inside an ion mobility device is disclosed. Ions are introduced into the mobility device. The ions are subjected to a non-constant electric field to form a potential gradient along a portion of the device so that ions with similar mobilities bunch together into sharper peaks while maintaining separation between other ions. The potential gradient progressively increases or decreases along the length of the device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/179329 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/622 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/10 (20130101) H01J 49/0027 (20130101) |
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| US 09063118 | Henry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael D. Henry (Iowa City, Iowa); J. Matthew Barnes (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Henry (Iowa City, Iowa); J. Matthew Barnes (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for isolating viable cancer cells from a sample that comprises a mixture of cancerous cells and normal (non-cancerous) cells are provided. In the methods, a fluid preparation comprising a mixture of cancerous and normal cells is repeatedly exposed to fluid shear stresses, whereby the repeated exposure to the fluid shear stresses preferentially imparts fluid shear stress-resistance to the cancerous cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/006761 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — 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 5/0693 (20130101) C12N 2521/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/487 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/5026 (20130101) G01N 33/5044 (20130101) G01N 33/5091 (20130101) |
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| US 09063124 | Zuker 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) | Charles Zuker (San Diego, California); Jon E. Adler (San Diego, California); Nick Ryba (Bethesda, Maryland); Ken Mueller (San Diego, California); Mark Hoon (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for a novel family of taste transduction G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of taste transduction G-protein coupled receptors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/085403 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/025 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/5041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5044 (20130101) G01N 2333/726 (20130101) |
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| US 09063125 | Julius 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) | David Julius (San Francisco, California); David D. McKemy (Seal Beach, California); Werner M. Neuhausser (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to regulation of cold sensation and pain. More particularly, the present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding a member of the transient regulatory protein family, CMR1, which is involved in modulation of the perception of cold sensations and pain. The invention further relates to methods for identifying and using agents that modulate cold responses and pain responses stimulated by cold via modulation of CMR1 and CMR1-related signal transduction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/247811 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09063133 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaohua Huang (La Jolla, California); Kristopher D. Barbee (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaohua Huang (La Jolla, California); Kristopher D. Barbee (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of assembling high density biomolecular arrays. The disclosed methods and devices combine a photolithographic step with the assembly of particles conjugated to biomolecules. The methods provided herein are particularly useful for the assembly of large, high density biomolecular arrays like protein arrays for chip-based assays and DNA arrays for genomic analysis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/525068 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) B01J 2219/005 (20130101) B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00466 (20130101) B01J 2219/00468 (20130101) B01J 2219/00576 (20130101) B01J 2219/00648 (20130101) B01J 2219/00655 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54326 (20130101) G01N 33/54346 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54353 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/00 (20130101) G03F 7/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09063139 | Allikmets et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rando L. Allikmets (Cornwall on Hudson, New York); Gregory S. Hageman (Salt Lake City, Utah); Michael C. Dean (Frederick, Maryland); Albert M. Gold (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York); University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); The United States of America, As Represented By the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rando L. Allikmets (Cornwall on Hudson, New York); Gregory S. Hageman (Salt Lake City, Utah); Michael C. Dean (Frederick, Maryland); Albert M. Gold (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for identifying a subject at risk for developing AMD are disclosed, as are kits which can be used to practice the methods. The methods include identifying specific protective or risk polymorphisms or genotypes from the subject's genetic material, including polymorphisms in the BF, C2 and/or CFH genes. Microarrays and kits for use in these methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/196121 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/172 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 30/04 (20130101) C40B 40/06 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/564 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/4716 (20130101) G01N 2800/164 (20130101) |
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| US 09063142 | Mohapatra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Subhra Mohapatra (Lutz, Florida); W. Jack Pledger (Odessa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subhra Mohapatra (Lutz, Florida); W. Jack Pledger (Odessa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A treatment for prostate cancer using cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CKIs) and a method of determining patient sensitivity to such CKIs is provided. The effects of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors on the survival of prostate cancer cells was examined. Roscovitine, R-roscovitine, and CGP74514A were shown to induce the apoptosis of LNCaP and LNCaP-Rf cells, both of which express wild-type p53. The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors of the present invention induce the mitochondria-mediated apoptosis of prostate cancer cells by a dual mechanism: p53 accumulation and XIAP depletion. |
| FILED | Friday, March 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/229221 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/52 (20130101) A61K 31/366 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09063150 | Basile |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alison Jane Basile (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alison Jane Basile (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a rapid and universal assay for the detection of antigen-specific antibodies in biological samples. The assay allows for the detection of antigen-specific antibodies in any species, including species for which secondary antibodies or antisera have not been developed or are not available. Biological samples to be tested are directly labeled, such as with biotin, and contacted with antigen-bound microparticles. The presence of antigen-specific antibodies in the biological samples is detected using a binding partner for the label, such as a biotin binding partner, conjugated to a detectable label, such as a fluorophore. This improved test provides a total antibody assay that is capable of detecting all classes of antibodies simultaneously. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/060399 |
| 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 33/564 (20130101) G01N 33/569 (20130101) G01N 33/585 (20130101) G01N 33/6854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09063152 | Fine |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel H. Fine (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel H. Fine (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for site-specific detection and early diagnosis of periodontal disease using periodontal pocket fluid biomarkers is disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/183550 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6863 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/523 (20130101) G01N 2800/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09063154 | Warner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | XRpro Sciences, Inc. (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caldera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin P. Warner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Rebecca L. E. Miller (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Lori J. Peterson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jennifer A. Berger (White Rock, New Mexico); Eva R. Birnbaum (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises a method for measuring the transport of analytes through a cell. The method comprises the steps of providing one or more cells containing at least 10 picograms of an analyte within a volume defined by the area of an x-ray excitation beam and a depth of live times the 1/e attenuation, depth for at least one characteristic x-ray signal of the analyte as attenuated by water. The method further comprises the step of removing at least a of portion of the analyte from the cells. The method also comprises the steps of exciting at least a portion of the analyte that has been removed from the cells with an x-ray beam; and using an x-ray detector to measure x-ray fluorescence. |
| FILED | Friday, April 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/871697 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/223 (20130101) G01N 33/502 (20130101) G01N 33/6872 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2223/076 (20130101) |
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| US 09063196 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jian Zhi Hu (Richland, Washington); Ju Feng (Richland, Washington); Hardeep S. Mehta (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Zhi Hu (Richland, Washington); Ju Feng (Richland, Washington); Hardeep S. Mehta (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A slow Magic-Angle Spinning NMR device and method are detailed that provide high resolution and high sensitivity metabolic profiling of biological samples. A new 1H-PASS sequence suppresses line broadening in the various biological samples. The device and method allow metabolic changes in small animals to be tracked through continuous investigations of minimally-invasive blood and tissue biopsy samples over a sustained period and allow intact biological objects with sizes up to a few centimeters to be studied. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/433038 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/30 (20130101) G01R 33/307 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/465 (20130101) |
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| US 09063204 | Guo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jia Guo (La Jolla, California); Eric C. Wong (Del Mar, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jia Guo (La Jolla, California); Eric C. Wong (Del Mar, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques, systems computer program products are disclosed increasing tagging efficiency in velocity selective arterial spin labeling using multiple velocity selective saturation modules. In one aspect, a magnetic resonance imaging method for tagging arterial blood includes using two or more velocity selective saturation (VSS) modules to tag arterial blood. The tagged arterial blood is imaged. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/452518 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4838 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/56366 (20130101) |
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| US 09064188 | Kavanau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher L. Kavanau (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Luisa Montesano (Santa Monica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Christopher L. Kavanau (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher L. Kavanau (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Luisa Montesano (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, L dimensional images are trained, mapped, and aligned to an M dimensional topology to obtain azimuthal angles. The aligned L dimensional images are then trained and mapped to an N dimensional topology to obtain 2N vertex classifications. The azimuthal angles and the 2N vertex classifications are used to map L dimensional images into 0 dimensional images. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/960231 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/32 (20130101) G06K 9/00134 (20130101) G06K 9/6217 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/6251 (20130101) G06K 2209/403 (20130101) |
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| US 09064190 | Geisler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wilson S. Geisler (Austin, Texas); Jeffrey S. Perry (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wilson S. Geisler (Austin, Texas); Jeffrey S. Perry (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system and computer program product for improving accuracy and computation efficiency in interpolation, upsampling and color channel estimation. A Bayesian estimator used to estimate the value of a pixel in an image is constructed using measurements of high-order (e.g., 3rd, 4th, 5th) statics for nearby points in natural images. These measurements reveal highly systematic statistical regularities that were ignored from the prior algorithms due to their restrictive measurements and assumptions. As a result, the accuracy in interpolation, upsampling and color channel prediction is improved. Furthermore, the process for constructing a Bayesian estimator is simpler and more direct by storing in a table the mean value of the pixel value to be estimated for each combination of values of nearby points in training samples. As a result of having a simpler and more direct approach than existing methods, the computational efficiency is improved. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/816189 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/4007 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 1/46 (20130101) H04N 1/60 (20130101) H04N 1/387 (20130101) |
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| US 09064321 | Walker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Walker (Charlettesville, Virginia); Drake A. Guenther (Dublin, Ohio); Kevin Owen (Crozet, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and system components for optimizing contrast resolution of an imaging or sensing system utilizing multiple channels of broadband data associated with an array of transducers. Channels of data are filtered by passing the channels of data through finite impulse response (FIR) filters on each channel. The filters each have multiple taps having tap weights pre-calculated as a function of distance of the array from an object that energy is being transmitted to or reflected from. The weights are pre-computed through a deterministic equation based on an a priori system model. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/293771 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/52046 (20130101) G01S 15/8927 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/002 (20130101) G06T 5/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10132 (20130101) G06T 2207/20024 (20130101) Sound-producing Devices; Methods or Devices for Protecting Against, or for Damping, Noise or Other Acoustic Waves in General; Acoustics Not Otherwise Provided for G10K 11/346 (20130101) |
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| US 09065161 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianping Hu (Arlington, Massachusetts); Judith Herzfeld (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianping Hu (Arlington, Massachusetts); Judith Herzfeld (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A pseudo-Marchand balun, compound balun and tunable multi-resonant coaxial balun, and NMR probes employing each such balun, and a fine balance and impedance adjustment module and a multi-layer transmission line for use in such NMR probes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/065446 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 5/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09066169 | Dunn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Frank Dunn (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Etymotic Research, Inc. (Elk Grove Village, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Frank Dunn (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for enhancing speech intelligibility using a companion microphone system can include microphones, a position sensor and a microcontroller. In certain embodiments, the position sensor is configured to generate position data corresponding to a position of the companion microphone system. In various embodiments, the microphones and the position sensor include a fixed relationship in three-dimensional space. In certain embodiments, the microcontroller is configured to receive the position data from the position sensor and select one or more of the microphones to receive an audio input based on the received position data. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/463556 |
| ART UNIT | 2655 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 3/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09060466 | Chance et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald Chance (Naples, Florida); William J. Koros (Atlanta, Georgia); Benjamin McCool (Bonita Springs, Florida); James Noel (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Algenol Biotech LLC (Fort Myers, Florida); Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Chance (Naples, Florida); William J. Koros (Atlanta, Georgia); Benjamin McCool (Bonita Springs, Florida); James Noel (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides systems and methods for the delivery of carbon to photoautotrophs. The invention utilizes low energy regeneration of adsorbent for CO2 capture and provides for effective CO2 loading into liquids useful for photoautotroph growth and/or production of photosynthetic products, such as biofuels, via photoautotrophic culture media. The inventive system comprises a fluid/membrane/fluid contactor that provides selective transfer of molecular CO2 via a dense (non-porous) membrane from a carbonate-based CO2 snipping solution to a culture medium where the CO2 is consumed by a photoautotroph for the production of biofuels, biofuel precursors or other commercial products. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/417172 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Horticulture; Cultivation of Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops or Seaweed; Forestry; Watering A01G 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09061286 | Dooley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James H. Dooley (Federal Way, Washington); David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of comminution of wood chips (C) having a grain direction to produce a mixture of wood particles (P), wherein the wood chips are characterized by an average length dimension (LC) as measured substantially parallel to the grain, an average width dimension (WC) as measured normal to LC and aligned cross grain, and an average height dimension (HC) as measured normal to WC and LC, wherein WC>LC, and wherein the comminution process comprises the step of feeding the wood chips in a direction of travel substantially randomly to the grain direction through a counter rotating pair of intermeshing arrays of cutting discs (D) arrayed axially perpendicular to the direction of wood chip travel, wherein the cutting discs have a uniform thickness (TD), and wherein at least one of LC, WC, and HC is less than TD. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/964740 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Horticulture; Cultivation of Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops or Seaweed; Forestry; Watering A01G 13/0262 (20130101) Crushing, Pulverising, or Disintegrating in General; Milling Grain B02C 18/142 (20130101) B02C 18/182 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B02C 23/08 (20130101) Removing Bark or Vestiges of Branches; Splitting Wood; Manufacture of Veneer, Wooden Sticks, Wood Shavings, Wood Fibres or Wood Powder B27L 11/02 (20130101) Fibrous Raw Materials or Their Mechanical Treatment D21B 1/061 (20130101) |
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| US 09061912 | Zhang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuegang Zhang (Cupertino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuegang Zhang (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of fabricating graphene nanoribbons include depositing a catalyst layer on a substrate. A masking layer is deposited on the catalyst layer. The masking layer and the catalyst layer are etched to form a structure on the substrate, the structure comprising a portion of the catalyst layer and a portion of the masking layer disposed on the catalyst layer, with sidewalls of the catalyst layer being exposed. A graphene layer is formed on a sidewall of the catalyst layer with a carbon-containing gas. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/910327 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0213 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 31/0453 (20130101) C01B 2204/06 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/891 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/26 (20150115) Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) |
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| US 09061940 | 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); Patricia Tung Lee (Oxford, United Kingdom); Joshua Patterson (Watsonville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions, methods, and systems for cementitious compositions containing calcium carbonate compositions and aggregate. The compositions find use in a variety of applications, including use in a variety of building materials and building applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573786 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/24 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 7/34 (20130101) C04B 7/364 (20130101) C04B 7/421 (20130101) C04B 7/424 (20130101) C04B 12/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 14/06 (20130101) C04B 14/28 (20130101) C04B 14/28 (20130101) C04B 14/106 (20130101) C04B 18/08 (20130101) C04B 18/062 (20130101) C04B 18/141 (20130101) C04B 20/008 (20130101) C04B 28/10 (20130101) C04B 28/10 (20130101) C04B 28/021 (20130101) C04B 38/0074 (20130101) C04B 2111/1037 (20130101) |
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| US 09062110 | Cheung |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nai-Kong V. Cheung (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides an antibody that binds the same antigen as that of monoclonal antibody 8H9, wherein the heavy chain CDR (Complementary Determining Region)1 comprises NYDIN, heavy chain CDR2 comprises WIFPGDGSTQY, heavy chain CDR3 comprises QTTATWFAY, and the light chain CDR1 comprises RASQSISDYLH, light chain CDR2 comprises YASQSIS, and light chain CDR3 comprises QNGHSFPLT. In another embodiment, there is provided a polypeptide that binds the same antigen as that of monoclonal antibody 8H9, wherein the polypeptide comprises NYDIN, WIFPGDGSTQY, QTTATWFAY, RASQSISDYLH, YASQSIS, and QNGHSFPLT. |
| FILED | Monday, April 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/858234 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2217/05 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48623 (20130101) A61K 47/48653 (20130101) A61K 49/0004 (20130101) A61K 49/0006 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/00 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/3053 (20130101) C07K 16/4208 (20130101) C07K 16/4266 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2317/732 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09062368 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Garen Vartanian (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Cedric Rolin (Lasne, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for in-situ monitoring of gas-phase photoactive organic molecules in real time while depositing a film of the photoactive organic molecules on a substrate in a processing chamber for depositing the film includes irradiating the gas-phase photoactive organic molecules in the processing chamber with a radiation from a radiation source in-situ while depositing the film of the one or more organic materials and measuring the intensity of the resulting photoluminescence emission from the organic material. One or more processing parameters associated with the deposition process can be determined from the photoluminescence intensity data in real time providing useful feedback on the deposition process. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/652593 |
| ART UNIT | 1718 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 14/24 (20130101) C23C 14/52 (20130101) C23C 14/547 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 21/6489 (20130101) G01N 2021/8416 (20130101) |
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| US 09062545 | Roberts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffery James Roberts (Livermore, California); Tarabay H. Antoun (Danville, California); Ilya N. Lomov (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery James Roberts (Livermore, California); Tarabay H. Antoun (Danville, California); Ilya N. Lomov (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of fracturing a geological formation penetrated by a borehole. At least one borehole is drilled into or proximate the geological formation. An energetic charge is placed in the borehole. The energetic charge is detonated fracturing the geological formation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/533795 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/263 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09062890 | Benoit et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey T. Benoit (Willington, Connecticut); Gregory M. Dobbs (South Glastonbury, Connecticut); Norberto O. Lemcoff (Simsbury, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CARRIER CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey T. Benoit (Willington, Connecticut); Gregory M. Dobbs (South Glastonbury, Connecticut); Norberto O. Lemcoff (Simsbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy recovery heat exchanger (100) includes a housing (102). The housing has a first flowpath (144) from a first inlet (104) to a first outlet (106). The housing has a second flowpath (146) from a second inlet (108) to a second outlet (110). Either of two cores may be in an operative position in the housing. Each core has a number of first passageways having open first and second ends and closed first and second sides. Each core has a number of second such passageways interspersed with the first passageways. The ends of the second passageways are aligned with the sides of the first passageways and vice versa. A number of heat transfer member sections separate adjacent ones of the first and second passageways. An actuator is coupled to the carrier to shift the cores between first and second conditions. In the first condition, the first core (20) is in the operative position and the second core (220) is not. In the second condition, the second core is in the operative position and the first core is not. When a core is in the operative position, its first passageways are along the first flowpath and the second passageways are along the second flowpath. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/002866 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Air-conditioning; Air-humidification; Ventilation; Use of Air Currents for Screening F24F 12/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F24F 2012/007 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 9/0062 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 30/563 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09062952 | Sullivan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kyle T. Sullivan (Pleasanton, California); Alexander E. Gash (Brentwood, California); Joshua D. Kuntz (Livermore, California); Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyle T. Sullivan (Pleasanton, California); Alexander E. Gash (Brentwood, California); Joshua D. Kuntz (Livermore, California); Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A product includes: a part including at least one component characterized as an energetic material, where the at least one component is at least partially characterized by physical characteristics of being deposited by an electrophoretic deposition process. A method includes: providing a plurality of particles of an energetic material suspended in a dispersion liquid to an EPD chamber or configuration; applying a voltage difference across a first pair of electrodes to generate a first electric field in the EPD chamber; and depositing at least some of the particles of the energetic material on at least one surface of a substrate, the substrate being one of the electrodes or being coupled to one of the electrodes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570085 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 21/0083 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 13/12 (20130101) C25D 13/18 (20130101) C25D 13/22 (20130101) Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 19/0803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09063047 | Van Berkel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary Van Berkel (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Thomas Covey (Richmond Hill, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); DH Technologies Development PTE. LTD. (UOB Plaza, Singapore) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Van Berkel (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Thomas Covey (Richmond Hill, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is disclosed for extracting a sample from a sample surface. A sample is provided and a sample surface receives the sample which is deposited on the sample surface. A hydrophobic material is applied to the sample surface, and one or more devices are configured to dispense a liquid on the sample, the liquid dissolving the sample to form a dissolved sample material, and the one or more devices are configured to extract the dissolved sample material from the sample surface. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/102606 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502715 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/4055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/028 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09063086 | Garimella et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandilya V. B. Garimella (Richland, Washington); Yehia M. Ibrahim (Richland, Washington); Gordon A. Anderson (Benton City, Washington); Richard D. Smith (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandilya V. B. Garimella (Richland, Washington); Yehia M. Ibrahim (Richland, Washington); Gordon A. Anderson (Benton City, Washington); Richard D. Smith (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for compressing ions inside an ion mobility device is disclosed. Ions are introduced into the mobility device. The ions are subjected to a non-constant electric field to form a potential gradient along a portion of the device so that ions with similar mobilities bunch together into sharper peaks while maintaining separation between other ions. The potential gradient progressively increases or decreases along the length of the device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/179329 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/622 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/10 (20130101) H01J 49/0027 (20130101) |
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| US 09063354 | Rakich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter T. Rakich (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael R. Watts (Hingham, Massachusetts); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter T. Rakich (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael R. Watts (Hingham, Massachusetts); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermal control devices, photonic systems and methods of stabilizing a temperature of a photonic system are provided. A thermal control device thermally coupled to a substrate includes a waveguide for receiving light, an absorption element optically coupled to the waveguide for converting the received light to heat and an optical filter. The optical filter is optically coupled to the waveguide and thermally coupled to the absorption element. An operating point of the optical filter is tuned responsive to the heat from the absorption element. When the operating point is less than a predetermined temperature, the received light is passed to the absorption element via the optical filter. When the operating point is greater than or equal to the predetermined temperature, the received light is transmitted out of the thermal control device via the optical filter, without being passed to the absorption element. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/368127 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/35 (20130101) G02B 6/3576 (20130101) G02B 6/3582 (20130101) G02B 6/29389 (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 1/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09063363 | Weiss 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) | Shimon Weiss (Pinole, California); Michael C. Schlamp (Plainsboro, New Jersey); A. Paul Alivisatos (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multicolor electronic display is based on an array of luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals. Nanocrystals which emit light of different colors are grouped into pixels. The nanocrystals are optically pumped to produce a multicolor display. Different sized nanocrystals are used to produce the different colors. A variety of pixel addressing systems can be used. |
| FILED | Monday, March 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/223890 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (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 1/133362 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/133617 (20130101) G02F 2202/36 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/3211 (20130101) H01L 51/5012 (20130101) H01L 2251/5369 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Koch (Troy, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Koch (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes: generating a first age factor value for a battery based on: a cycle period of the battery; a required operational life of the battery; and a cycle life of the battery. The method further includes generating a second age factor value for the battery based on: the required operational life; and a resting life of the battery. The method further includes generating a third age factor value for the battery based on: the required operational life; the first age factor value; the second age factor value; and at least one of an expected period of cycling of the battery during the required operational life and expected period of resting of the battery during the required operational life. The method further includes: generating an expected life of the battery based on the required operational life and the third age factor value; and displaying the expected life. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/467526 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/3679 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2217/76 (20130101) G06F 2217/78 (20130101) |
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| US 09064678 | Ferenc |
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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) | Daniel Ferenc (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A scalable vacuum photosensor configured to simplify mass production with a housing having an evacuated first side at an ultrahigh vacuum and a second side which does not require high vacuum. The first side of the device is sealed to a base plate, having a central electron readout element, using an oxide-free sealing technique, with the deposited sealing areas serving as high voltage throughputs from the first to second sides. A conductive photocathode layer on the transparent first side converts photons to photoelectrons and concentrates the photoelectrons upon the readout. The first and second sides together form an electrostatic lens for accelerating and focusing photoelectrons upon the readout, preferably having a scintillator which generates secondary light measured by an optical detector in the second side of the housing. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/660837 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 40/16 (20130101) H01J 43/00 (20130101) H01J 43/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09064680 | Van Berkel |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Van Berkel (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrospray system comprises a liquid extraction surface sampling probe. The probe comprises a probe body having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet, and having a liquid extraction tip. A solvent delivery conduit is provided for receiving solvent liquid from the liquid inlet and delivering the solvent liquid to the liquid extraction tip. An open liquid extraction channel extends across an exterior surface of the probe body from the liquid extraction tip to the liquid outlet. An electrospray emitter tip is in liquid communication with the liquid outlet of the liquid extraction surface sampling probe. A system for analyzing samples, a liquid junction surface sampling system, and a method of analyzing samples are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/265912 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 30/14 (20130101) G01Q 70/08 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/26 (20130101) H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0459 (20130101) |
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| US 09065067 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiangfei Qi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Slootsky (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to efficient organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). More specifically, the present invention relates to white-emitting OLEDs, or WOLEDs. The devices of the present invention employ three emissive sub-elements, typically emitting red, green and blue, to sufficiently cover the visible spectrum. The sub-elements are separated by charge generating layers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/287272 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/3206 (20130101) H01L 27/3209 (20130101) H01L 27/3211 (20130101) H01L 51/504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/5016 (20130101) H01L 51/5036 (20130101) H01L 51/5278 (20130101) |
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| US 09065093 | Chiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Weston, Massachusetts); Chang-Jun Bae (Palo Alto, California); John William Halloran (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Qiang Fu (Albany, New York); Antoni P. Tomsia (Pinole, California); Can K. Erdonmez (Miller Place, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Weston, Massachusetts); Chang-Jun Bae (Palo Alto, California); John William Halloran (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Qiang Fu (Albany, New York); Antoni P. Tomsia (Pinole, California); Can K. Erdonmez (Miller Place, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous electrodes in which the porosity has a low tortuosity are generally provided. In some embodiments, the porous electrodes can be designed to be filled with electrolyte and used in batteries, and can include low tortuosity in the primary direction of ion transport during charge and discharge of the battery. In some embodiments, the electrodes can have a high volume fraction of electrode active material (i.e., low porosity). The attributes outlined above can allow the electrodes to be fabricated with a higher energy density, higher capacity per unit area of electrode (mAh/cm2), and greater thickness than comparable electrodes while still providing high utilization of the active material in the battery during use. Accordingly, the electrodes can be used to produce batteries with high energy densities, high power, or both compared to batteries using electrodes of conventional design with relatively highly tortuous pores. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/442589 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/0411 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/1391 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09065115 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zonghai Chen (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oakbrook, Illinois); Ilias Belharouak (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zonghai Chen (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oakbrook, Illinois); Ilias Belharouak (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes modifying a surface of an electrode active material including providing a solution or a suspension of a surface modification agent; providing the electrode active material; preparing a slurry of the solution or suspension of the surface modification agent, the electrode active material, a polymeric binder, and a conductive filler; casting the slurry in a metallic current collector; and drying the cast slurry. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/546440 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/62 (20130101) H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/139 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0416 (20130101) H01M 4/0421 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/1391 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49115 (20150115) |
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| US 09065122 | Orilall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mahendra C. Orilall (Santa Clara, California); Raman Talwar (Palo Alto, California); Karl M. Brown (San Jose, California); Lu Yang (Milpitas, California); Hooman Bolandi (San Jose, California); Victor Pebenito (San Jose, California); Connie P. Wang (Mountain View, California); Robert Z. Bachrach (Burlingame, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mahendra C. Orilall (Santa Clara, California); Raman Talwar (Palo Alto, California); Karl M. Brown (San Jose, California); Lu Yang (Milpitas, California); Hooman Bolandi (San Jose, California); Victor Pebenito (San Jose, California); Connie P. Wang (Mountain View, California); Robert Z. Bachrach (Burlingame, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to lithium-ion batteries, and more specifically, to batteries having integrated separators and methods of fabricating such batteries. In one embodiment, a lithium-ion battery having an electrode structure is provided. The lithium-ion battery comprises an anode stack, a cathode stack, and a porous electrospun polymer separator comprising a nano-fiber backbone structure. The anode stack comprises an anodic current collector and an anode structure formed over a first surface of the anodic current collector. The cathode stack comprises a cathodic current collector and a cathode structure formed over a first surface of the cathodic current collector. The porous electrospun polymer separator is positioned between the anode structure and the cathode structure. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/224709 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 5/0255 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/162 (20130101) H01M 2/1646 (20130101) H01M 2/1686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/5825 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09065142 | Strmcnik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dusan Strmcnik (Woodridge, Illinois); Angel Cuesta (Madrid, Spain); Vojislav Stamenkovic (Naperville, Illinois); Nenad Markovic (Hinsdale, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dusan Strmcnik (Woodridge, Illinois); Angel Cuesta (Madrid, Spain); Vojislav Stamenkovic (Naperville, Illinois); Nenad Markovic (Hinsdale, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A process includes patterning a surface of a platinum group metal-based electrode by contacting the electrode with an adsorbate to form a patterned platinum group metal-based electrode including platinum group metal sites blocked with adsorbate molecules and platinum group metal sites which are not blocked. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/536612 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 22/02 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/86 (20130101) H01M 4/92 (20130101) H01M 4/921 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/8621 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09065249 | Chua et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Song Liang Chua (Singapore, Singapore); Ling Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Song Liang Chua (Singapore, Singapore); Ling Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser (PCSEL) includes a gain medium electromagnetically coupled to a photonic crystal whose energy band structure exhibits a Dirac cone of linear dispersion at the center of the photonic crystal's Brillouin zone. This Dirac cone's vertex is called a Dirac point; because it is at the Brillouin zone center, it is called an accidental Dirac point. Tuning the photonic crystal's band structure (e.g., by changing the photonic crystal's dimensions or refractive index) to exhibit an accidental Dirac point increases the photonic crystal's mode spacing by orders of magnitudes and reduces or eliminates the photonic crystal's distributed in-plane feedback. Thus, the photonic crystal can act as a resonator that supports single-mode output from the PCSEL over a larger area than is possible with conventional PCSELs, which have quadratic band edge dispersion. Because output power generally scales with output area, this increase in output area results in higher possible output powers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/525795 |
| 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 5/18 (20130101) H01S 5/34 (20130101) H01S 5/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/187 (20130101) |
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| US 09065716 | Bynum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leo Bynum (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark R. Gramann (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Larry D. Bacon (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio communications device has a modulator that modulates each of a number of different carrier signals with the same message. A combiner combines the modulated carrier signals into a single combined output signal. A radio transmitter receives the single combined output signal and in response simultaneously transmits the modulated carrier signals over the air. Other embodiments are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/077824 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/2637 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09065839 | Miller |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas R. Miller (Albert Lea, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas R. Miller (Albert Lea, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and products for minimally buffered data transfers between nodes in a data communications network are disclosed that include: receiving, by a messaging module on an origin node, a storage identifier, a origin data type, and a target data type, the storage identifier specifying application storage containing data, the origin data type describing a data subset contained in the origin application storage, the target data type describing an arrangement of the data subset in application storage on a target node; creating, by the messaging module, origin metadata describing the origin data type; selecting, by the messaging module from the origin application storage in dependence upon the origin metadata and the storage identifier, the data subset; and transmitting, by the messaging module to the target node, the selected data subset for storing in the target application storage in dependence upon the target data type without temporarily buffering the data subset. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/865981 |
| ART UNIT | 2453 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/546 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/1097 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 09060713 | Rajamani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajesh Rajamani (Saint Paul, Minnesota); Peng Peng (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Ahmet Serdar Sezen (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Arthur G. Erdman (New Brighton, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajesh Rajamani (Saint Paul, Minnesota); Peng Peng (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Ahmet Serdar Sezen (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Arthur G. Erdman (New Brighton, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments of a tissue sensor may include a micro-fabricated structure that can be coupled to a medical instrument, such as a probe, an endoscopic tool, or another minimally invasive instrument. The tissue sensor can be configured to provide information indicate of tissue properties, such as tissue elasticity characteristics or the type of tissue. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/263411 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4514 (20130101) A61B 5/4533 (20130101) A61B 2562/12 (20130101) A61B 2562/028 (20130101) A61B 2562/043 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) A61B 2562/164 (20130101) |
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| US 09060722 | Teixeira |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rodrigo E. Teixeira (Madison, Alabama) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Rodrigo E. Teixeira (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A pulse oximeter system comprises a data processor configured to perform a method that combines a sigma point Kalman filter (SPKF) or sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) algorithm with Bayesian statistics and a mathematical model comprising a cardiovascular model and a plethysmography model to remove contaminating noise and artifacts from the pulse oximeter sensor output and measure blood oxygen saturation, heart rate, left-ventricular stroke volume, aortic pressure and systemic pressures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/796512 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0402 (20130101) A61B 5/7267 (20130101) A61B 5/14552 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09060781 | Farritor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shane Farritor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tom Frederick (Lincoln, Nebraska); Joe Bartels (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shane Farritor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tom Frederick (Lincoln, Nebraska); Joe Bartels (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments disclosed herein relate to various medical device components, including components that can be incorporated into robotic and/or in vivo medical devices, and more specifically including end effectors that can be incorporated into such devices. Certain end effector embodiments include various vessel cautery devices that have rotational movement as well as cautery and cutting functions while maintaining a relatively compact structure. Other end effector embodiments include various dual end effector devices that have more than one end effector. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493725 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/1445 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 19/2203 (20130101) A61B 2018/0063 (20130101) A61B 2018/00345 (20130101) A61B 2018/1455 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09060842 | Karp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Karp (Brookline, Massachusetts); Mahdavi Alborz (Markham, Canada); Lino Ferreira (Coimbra, Portugal); David Carter (Concord, Massachusetts); Andreas Zumbuehl (Nyon, Switzerland); Jeffrey Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Edwin Chan (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Christopher Bettinger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusettes Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Karp (Brookline, Massachusetts); Mahdavi Alborz (Markham, Canada); Lino Ferreira (Coimbra, Portugal); David Carter (Concord, Massachusetts); Andreas Zumbuehl (Nyon, Switzerland); Jeffrey Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Edwin Chan (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Christopher Bettinger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An adhesive article includes a biocompatible and at least partially biodegradable substrate having a surface; and a plurality of protrusions extending from the surface. The protrusions include a biocompatible and at least partially biodegradable material, and have an average height of less than approximately 1,000 micrometers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/743817 |
| ART UNIT | 3772 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/0077 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/30448 (20130101) A61F 2013/00774 (20130101) A61F 2220/005 (20130101) A61F 2220/0016 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 15/42 (20130101) A61L 15/58 (20130101) A61L 15/64 (20130101) A61L 31/005 (20130101) A61L 31/14 (20130101) A61L 31/148 (20130101) 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 65/18 (20130101) B29C 65/52 (20130101) B29C 66/1122 (20130101) Making Containers of Paper, Cardboard or Material Worked in a Manner Analogous to Paper B31B 19/90 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 37/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09061150 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Alan Matthew Horsager (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Matthew J. McMahon (Los Angeles, California); Peter Meilstrup (Seattle, Washington); Neha Jagdish Parikh (Los Angeles, California); Arup Roy (Valencia, California); James D. Weiland (Valencia, California); Chunhong Zhou (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Alan Matthew Horsager (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Matthew J. McMahon (Los Angeles, California); Peter Meilstrup (Seattle, Washington); Neha Jagdish Parikh (Los Angeles, California); Arup Roy (Valencia, California); James D. Weiland (Valencia, California); Chunhong Zhou (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a saliency-based apparatus and methods for visual prostheses. A saliency-based component processes video data output by a digital signal processor before the video data are input to the retinal stimulator. In a saliency-based method, an intensity stream is extracted from an input image, feature maps based on the intensity stream are developed, plural most salient regions of the input image are detected and one of the regions is selected as a highest saliency region. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/043830 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/605 (20130101) G06K 9/4628 (20130101) Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 21/008 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09061268 | Soultanidis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nikolaos Soultanidis (Houston, Texas); Michael S. Wong (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaos Soultanidis (Houston, Texas); Michael S. Wong (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to the ultrasmall MOx nanoparticles that are made in a solvothermal method using water soluble inorganic ammonium salt precursors of the MOx and organic amines, and slow heating to generate uniform ultrasmall MOx nanoparticles of 5 nm or less, as well as methods to make and use same. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/702321 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/08 (20130101) B01J 23/22 (20130101) B01J 23/28 (20130101) B01J 23/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 27/188 (20130101) B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 35/0013 (20130101) B01J 35/1066 (20130101) B01J 37/04 (20130101) B01J 37/033 (20130101) B01J 37/086 (20130101) B01J 37/0211 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 13/18 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 31/02 (20130101) C01G 39/02 (20130101) C01G 41/02 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/50 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/16 (20130101) C01P 2004/32 (20130101) C01P 2004/52 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/14 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/90 (20130101) Y10S 977/762 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/811 (20130101) Y10S 977/896 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09062141 | Goodrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Dean Goodrich (Longmont, Colorado); Michael Lyons (Longmont, Colorado); Jeffrey Paul Castleberry (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ENDOSHAPE, INC. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Dean Goodrich (Longmont, Colorado); Michael Lyons (Longmont, Colorado); Jeffrey Paul Castleberry (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Radiopaque polymer compositions and methods for making the compositions are provided. These radiopaque polymer compositions include shape memory polymer compositions comprising a crosslinked polymer network, the network comprising a first repeating unit derived from a monofunctional iodinated monomer and a second repeating unit derived from a multifunctional non-iodinated monomer wherein neither of the two monomers is fluorinated. Devices formed from radiopaque polymer compositions are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/814691 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0442 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 214/16 (20130101) C08F 222/12 (20130101) C08F 222/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 222/1006 (20130101) C08F 263/02 (20130101) C08F 2218/20 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 2280/00 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 2201/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09062353 | Weiss 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) | Gregory A. Weiss (Irvine, California); Reginald M. Penner (Newport Beach, California); Jessica A. Arter (Laguna Beach, California); David K. Taggart (Mission Viejo, California); Keith C. Donavan (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Grafting M13 bacteriophage into an array of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) nanowires generated hybrids of conducting polymers and replicable genetic packages (rgps) such as viruses. The incorporation of rgps into the polymeric backbone of PEDOT occurs during electropolymerization via lithographically patterned nanowire electrodeposition (LPNE). The resultant arrays of rgps-PEDOT nanowires enable real-time, reagent-free electrochemical biosensing of analytes in physiologically relevant buffers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/960703 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/701 (20130101) C12Q 1/6825 (20130101) C12Q 1/6825 (20130101) C12Q 2563/116 (20130101) C12Q 2563/137 (20130101) C12Q 2563/157 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/127 (20130101) |
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| US 09062978 | Win et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moe Z. Win (Framingham, Massachusetts); Santiago Mazuelas (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yuan Shen (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moe Z. Win (Framingham, Massachusetts); Santiago Mazuelas (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yuan Shen (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A general framework for parametric filters is based on belief condensation (BC), which can cope with highly nonlinear and non-Gaussian system models. The methodology exploits the specific structure of the problem and decomposes it in such a way that the linear and Gaussian part can be solved in closed form, while the remaining parts are addressed by an optimization process, referred to as BC. Simulation results show that the performance of the proposed BC filter is close to that of the particle filter, but with a much lower complexity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/149120 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/165 (20130101) G01C 21/206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 5/0278 (20130101) G01S 19/45 (20130101) G01S 19/47 (20130101) |
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| US 09062985 | Demiryurek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ugur Demiryurek (Redondo Beach, California); Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Farnoush Banaei-Kashani (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ugur Demiryurek (Redondo Beach, California); Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Farnoush Banaei-Kashani (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The class of k Nearest Neighbor (k NN) queries in spatial networks has been studied in the literature. Existing approaches for k NN search in spatial networks assume that the weight of each edge in the spatial network is constant. However, real-world edge-weights are time-dependent and vary significantly in short durations, hence invalidating the existing solutions. The problem of k NN search in time-dependent spatial networks, where the weight of each edge is a function of time, is addressed herein. Two indexing schemes (Tight Network Index and Loose Network Index) are proposed to minimize the number of candidate nearest neighbor objects and reduce the invocation of the expensive fastest-path computation in time-dependent spatial networks. We demonstrate the efficiency of our proposed solution via experimental evaluations with real-world data-sets, including a variety of large spatial networks with real traffic-data. |
| FILED | Monday, October 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/059212 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/3446 (20130101) G01C 21/3476 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 21/3492 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 1/0116 (20130101) G08G 1/0129 (20130101) G08G 1/096816 (20130101) |
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| US 09063133 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaohua Huang (La Jolla, California); Kristopher D. Barbee (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaohua Huang (La Jolla, California); Kristopher D. Barbee (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of assembling high density biomolecular arrays. The disclosed methods and devices combine a photolithographic step with the assembly of particles conjugated to biomolecules. The methods provided herein are particularly useful for the assembly of large, high density biomolecular arrays like protein arrays for chip-based assays and DNA arrays for genomic analysis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/525068 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) B01J 2219/005 (20130101) B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00466 (20130101) B01J 2219/00468 (20130101) B01J 2219/00576 (20130101) B01J 2219/00648 (20130101) B01J 2219/00655 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54326 (20130101) G01N 33/54346 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54353 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/00 (20130101) G03F 7/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09063667 | Ancajas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dean Michael Ancajas (Logan, Utah); Koushik Chakraborty (Logan, Utah); Sanghamitra Roy (Logan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Utah State University (North Logan, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Michael Ancajas (Logan, Utah); Koushik Chakraborty (Logan, Utah); Sanghamitra Roy (Logan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | For dynamic memory relocation, a tracking module tracks accesses to a plurality of memory devices. Each of the plurality of memory devices is in communication with one memory controller of a plurality of memory controllers embedded in a computing device comprising a plurality of nodes. A migration module migrates first data from a first memory device in communication with a first memory controller to a second memory device in communication with a second memory controller. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/056690 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0604 (20130101) G06F 3/0638 (20130101) G06F 3/0647 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 3/0683 (20130101) |
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| US 09063987 | Haas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter J Haas (San Jose, California); Ravindranath Jampani (Gainesville, Florida); Christopher M Jermaine (Ocala, Florida); Luis L Perez (Gainsville, Florida); Mingxi Wu (Belmont, California); Fei Xu (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter J Haas (San Jose, California); Ravindranath Jampani (Gainesville, Florida); Christopher M Jermaine (Ocala, Florida); Luis L Perez (Gainsville, Florida); Mingxi Wu (Belmont, California); Fei Xu (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for managing uncertain data is provided. The method includes specifying data uncertainty using at least one variable generation (VG) function. The VG function generates pseudorandom samples of uncertain data values. A random database based on the VG function is specified and multiple Monte Carlo instantiations of the random database are generated. Using a Monte Carlo method, a query is repeatedly executed over the multiple Monte Carlo instantiations to output a Monte Carlo method result and associated query-results. The Monte Carlo method result may then be used to estimate statistical properties of a probability distribution of the query-result. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/495610 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30536 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09064147 | Ouyang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tom Yu Ouyang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Randall Davis (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Handwriting interpretation tools, such as optical character recognition (OCR), have improved over the years such that OCR is a common tool in business for interpreting typed text and sometimes handwritten text. OCR does not apply well to non-text-only diagrams, such as chemical structure diagrams. A method according to an embodiment of the present invention of interpreting a human-drawn sketch includes determining a local metric indicating whether a candidate symbol belongs to a certain classification based on a set of features. The set of features includes, as a feature, scores generated from feature images of the candidate symbol. Also included is determining a joint metric of multiple candidate symbols based on their respective classifications and interpreting the sketch as a function of the local and joint metrics. Sketches can be chemical composition, biological composition, electrical schematic, mechanical, or any other science- or engineering-based diagrams for which human-drawn symbols have well-known counterparts. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/219176 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00416 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00422 (20130101) G06K 9/00476 (20130101) |
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| US 09064312 | Majumder 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) | Aditi Majumder (Irvine, California); Behzad Sajadi (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An augmented reality scene may be registered onto an arbitrary surface. A camera may capture an image of the arbitrary surface. The camera may analyze the surface geometry of the arbitrary surface. In some embodiments, a processing computing device may analyze data captured by the camera and an adjacent camera to reconstruct the surface geometry of the arbitrary surface. A scene may be registered to a three dimensional coordinate system corresponding to the arbitrary surface. A projector may project the scene onto the arbitrary surface according to the registration so that the scene may not display as being distorted. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/625657 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/0068 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0057 (20130101) G06T 2207/10028 (20130101) Displaying; Advertising; Signs; Labels or Name-plates; Seals G09F 19/226 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 9/3147 (20130101) H04N 9/3185 (20130101) H04N 9/3194 (20130101) |
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| US 09064318 | Price et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adobe Systems Incorporated (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Adobe Systems Incorporated (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian L. Price (San Jose, California); Scott D. Cohen (Sunnyvale, California); Jacqueline L. Feild (Amherst, Massachusetts); Gavin Stuart Peter Miller (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Image matting and alpha value techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are described in which matting operations are applied to image data that is in a raw or substantially raw image format. This may be used to decompose image data into foreground and background images as well as to generate an alpha value that describes a linear combination of the foreground and background images for a respective pixel. Further, implementations are also described in which a plurality of alpha values is generated for each of a plurality of pixels. These alpha values may be utilized to support a variety of different functionality, such as matting operations and so on. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/660159 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) G06T 2207/20144 (20130101) |
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| US 09064774 | Kuech et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas F. Kuech (Madison, Wisconsin); Kevin L. Schulte (Madison, Wisconsin); Luke J. Mawst (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Tae Wan Kim (Madison, Wisconsin); Brian T. Zutter (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Virtual substrates made by hydride vapor phase epitaxy are provided comprising a semiconductor growth substrate and a substantially strain-relaxed metamorphic buffer layer (MBL) structure comprising one or more layers of a semiconductor alloy on the growth substrate. The MBL structure is compositionally graded such that its lattice constant transitions from a lattice constant at the interface with the growth substrate that is substantially the same as the lattice constant of the growth substrate to a lattice constant at a surface opposite the interface that is different from the lattice constant of the growth substrate. The virtual substrates comprise relatively thick MBL structures (e.g., >20 μm) and relatively thick growth substrates (e.g., >0.5 mm). |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/894681 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0251 (20130101) H01L 21/02395 (20130101) H01L 21/02433 (20130101) H01L 21/02455 (20130101) H01L 21/02463 (20130101) H01L 21/02507 (20130101) H01L 21/02546 (20130101) H01L 21/02617 (20130101) H01L 21/02664 (20130101) H01L 29/155 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09064965 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yicheng Lu (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Pavel Ivanoff Reyes (Mountainside, New Jersey); Ki-Bum Lee (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Aniruddh Solanki (South Plainfield, New Jersey); Chieh-Jen Ku (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This application discloses ZnO film transistor-based immunosensors (ZnO-bioTFT), 2T biosensor arrays formed from two integrated ZnO-bioTFTs, 1T1R-based nonvolatile memory (NVM) arrays formed from ZnO-bioTFT (T) integrated with ZnO-based resistive switches (R), as well as integrated bioTFT (IBTFT) sensor systems formed from 2T biosensor arrays and 1T1R NVM arrays. Through biofunctionalization, these biosensors can perform immunosensing with high sensitivity and selectivity, and therefore have a wide range of applications, for example, in detecting target biomolecules or small molecules, and potential application in cancer diagnosis and treatment. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/776703 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/7869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09065156 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongrui Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Chensha Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Chi-Wei Lo (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongrui Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Chensha Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Chi-Wei Lo (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device for harvesting and storing solar energy is provided. The device converts solar energy to electrical energy via the photovoltaic effect. The device includes a pair of electrodes, at least one of which is transparent to allow solar energy to pass through. A medium is disposed between the electrodes which exhibits a combination of photovoltaic and ferroelectric properties. When solar energy passes through the transparent electrode and is received by the medium, electron-hole pairs establish a voltage potential between electrodes in the device via the photovoltaic effect. The voltage potential may be retained and the mobile charge may be stored in the absence of solar energy via the ferroelectric effect. |
| FILED | Monday, August 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/205181 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/2045 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/44 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0565 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/542 (20130101) |
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| US 09065249 | Chua et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Song Liang Chua (Singapore, Singapore); Ling Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Song Liang Chua (Singapore, Singapore); Ling Lu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser (PCSEL) includes a gain medium electromagnetically coupled to a photonic crystal whose energy band structure exhibits a Dirac cone of linear dispersion at the center of the photonic crystal's Brillouin zone. This Dirac cone's vertex is called a Dirac point; because it is at the Brillouin zone center, it is called an accidental Dirac point. Tuning the photonic crystal's band structure (e.g., by changing the photonic crystal's dimensions or refractive index) to exhibit an accidental Dirac point increases the photonic crystal's mode spacing by orders of magnitudes and reduces or eliminates the photonic crystal's distributed in-plane feedback. Thus, the photonic crystal can act as a resonator that supports single-mode output from the PCSEL over a larger area than is possible with conventional PCSELs, which have quadratic band edge dispersion. Because output power generally scales with output area, this increase in output area results in higher possible output powers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/525795 |
| 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 5/18 (20130101) H01S 5/34 (20130101) H01S 5/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/187 (20130101) |
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| US 09065286 | Joannopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are embodiments of a source high-Q resonator, optionally coupled to an energy source, a second high-Q resonator, optionally coupled to an energy drain that may be located a distance from the source resonator. A third high-Q resonator, optionally coupled to an energy drain that may be located a distance from the source resonator. The source resonator and at least one of the second resonator and third resonator may be coupled to transfer electromagnetic energy from said source resonator to said at least one of the second resonator and third resonator. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/302662 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 11/182 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 9/04 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 5/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 17/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 10/7088 (20130101) Y02T 90/14 (20130101) Y02T 90/122 (20130101) |
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| US RE45578 | Adelson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Adelson (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Adelson (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A tactile sensor includes a photosensing structure, a volume of elastomer capable of transmitting an image, and a reflective skin covering the volume of elastomer. The reflective skin is illuminated through the volume of elastomer by one or more light sources, and has particles that reflect light incident on the reflective skin from within the volume of elastomer. The reflective skin is geometrically altered in response to pressure applied by an entity touching the reflective skin, the geometrical alteration causing localized changes in the surface normal of the skin and associated localized changes in the amount of light reflected from the reflective skin in the direction of the photosensing structure. The photosensing structure receives a portion of the reflected light in the form of an image, the image indicating one or more features of the entity producing the pressure. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/045594 |
| ART UNIT | 2482 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 2027/0187 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00026 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/006 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/15 (20130101) H04N 7/142 (20130101) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shane Farritor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tom Frederick (Lincoln, Nebraska); Joe Bartels (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shane Farritor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Tom Frederick (Lincoln, Nebraska); Joe Bartels (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments disclosed herein relate to various medical device components, including components that can be incorporated into robotic and/or in vivo medical devices, and more specifically including end effectors that can be incorporated into such devices. Certain end effector embodiments include various vessel cautery devices that have rotational movement as well as cautery and cutting functions while maintaining a relatively compact structure. Other end effector embodiments include various dual end effector devices that have more than one end effector. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493725 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/1445 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 19/2203 (20130101) A61B 2018/0063 (20130101) A61B 2018/00345 (20130101) A61B 2018/1455 (20130101) |
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| US 09062712 | Bruckner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Bruckner (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for passive thermal management of foil bearing systems are disclosed herein. The flow of the hydrodynamic film across the surface of bearing compliant foils may be disrupted to provide passive cooling and to improve the performance and reliability of the foil bearing system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/771833 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 17/024 (20130101) F16C 37/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09063002 | Wallace |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Kent Wallace (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Hybrid sensors comprising Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor (S-HWFS) and Zernike Wavefront Sensor (Z-WFS) capabilities are presented. The hybrid sensor includes a Z-WFS optically arranged in-line with a S-HWFS such that the combined wavefront sensor operates across a wide dynamic range and noise conditions. The Z-WFS may include the ability to introduce a dynamic phase shift in both transmissive and reflective modes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/747235 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 9/00 (20130101) G01J 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09064667 | Manohara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harish Manohara (Arcadia, California); Valerie Kristof (Altadena, California); Risaku Toda (Glendale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement carbon nanotube-based field emitters. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating a carbon nanotube field emitter includes: patterning a substrate with a catalyst, where the substrate has thereon disposed a diffusion barrier layer; growing a plurality of carbon nanotubes on at least a portion of the patterned catalyst; and heating the substrate to an extent where it begins to soften such that at least a portion of at least one carbon nanotube becomes enveloped by the softened substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/081932 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 9/022 (20130101) H01J 9/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/939 (20130101) |
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| US 09064852 | Hardesty |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert E. Hardesty (Danville, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Peregrine Falcon Corporation (Pleasanton, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Hardesty (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermally conductive composite material, a thermal transfer device made of the material, and a method for making the material are disclosed. Apertures or depressions are formed in aluminum or aluminum alloy. Plugs are formed of thermal pyrolytic graphite. An amount of silicon sufficient for liquid interface diffusion bonding is applied, for example by vapor deposition or use of aluminum silicon alloy foil. The plugs are inserted in the apertures or depressions. Bonding energy is applied, for example by applying pressure and heat using a hot isostatic press. The thermal pyrolytic graphite, aluminum or aluminum alloy and silicon form a eutectic alloy. As a result, the plugs are bonded into the apertures or depressions. The composite material can be machined to produce finished devices such as the thermal transfer device. Thermally conductive planes of the thermal pyrolytic graphite plugs may be aligned in parallel to present a thermal conduction path. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/310947 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4871 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/367 (20130101) |
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| US 09065242 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey R. Chen (Clarksville, Maryland); Kenji Numata (College Park, Maryland); Stewart T. Wu (Glen Burnie, Maryland); Guangning Yang (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey R. Chen (Clarksville, Maryland); Kenji Numata (College Park, Maryland); Stewart T. Wu (Glen Burnie, Maryland); Guangning Yang (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method is provided to enable precision and fast laser frequency tuning. For instance, a fast tunable slave laser may be dynamically offset-locked to a reference laser line using an optical phase-locked loop. The slave laser is heterodyned against a reference laser line to generate a beatnote that is subsequently frequency divided. The phase difference between the divided beatnote and a reference signal may be detected to generate an error signal proportional to the phase difference. The error signal is converted into appropriate feedback signals to phase lock the divided beatnote to the reference signal. The slave laser frequency target may be rapidly changed based on a combination of a dynamically changing frequency of the reference signal, the frequency dividing factor, and an effective polarity of the error signal. Feed-forward signals may be generated to accelerate the slave laser frequency switching through laser tuning ports. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/474053 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/484 (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 3/1304 (20130101) H01S 3/1305 (20130101) H01S 5/0687 (20130101) H01S 5/06256 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09066028 | Koshti |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ajay M. Koshti (League City, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ajay M. Koshti (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for converting an image contrast evolution of an object to a temperature contrast evolution and vice versa are disclosed, including methods for assessing an emissivity of the object; calculating an afterglow heat flux evolution; calculating a measurement region of interest temperature change; calculating a reference region of interest temperature change; calculating a reflection temperature change; calculating the image contrast evolution or the temperature contrast evolution; and converting the image contrast evolution to the temperature contrast evolution or vice versa, respectively. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/971919 |
| ART UNIT | 2483 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/33 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09060532 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack P Davis (Raleigh, North Carolina); Timothy H Sanders (Apex, North Carolina); Lauren Seifert (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the removal of mycotoxins from cereal or oil seed meal that includes the use of a mycotoxin sequestrant to form a food grade composition for human consumption wherein said composition contains no more or less than an FDA approved level of mycotoxin for a human food product. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/734264 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| 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 1/0156 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A23L 1/2115 (20130101) |
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| US 09060990 | Reddy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanjay Reddy (College Station, Texas); Blanca Lupiani (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjay Reddy (College Station, Texas); Blanca Lupiani (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Marek's disease virus (MDV), the etiologic agent of Marek's disease, is a potent oncogenic herpesvirus. MDV is highly contagious and elicits a rapid onset of malignant T-cell lymphomas in chickens within weeks after infection. MDV codes for an oncoprotein, Meq, that shares resemblance with the Jun/Fos family of b-ZIP transcription factors. Earlier studies showed that Meq is responsible for development for T-cell lymphomas in chicken. In order to identify specific regions within the Meq gene, a series of recombinant MDV were generated in which a mutated gene was introduced in place of parental Meq gene. Various mutations were introduced at the phosphorylation sites, basic region, leucine zipper region and transactivation regions of the Meq gene. Several of these mutations have been shown to have an attenuated phenotype in chickens. In one embodiment, the present invention contemplates exploiting these mutations to develop MDV vaccines that are able to protect against challenge with highly virulent MDV strains. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/502822 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/255 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/16321 (20130101) C12N 2710/16322 (20130101) C12N 2710/16334 (20130101) |
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| US 09061252 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yu Huang (Palo Alto, California); Richard W. Baker (Palo Alto, California); Tiem Aldajani (San Jose, California); Jennifer Ly (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (Newark, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Huang (Palo Alto, California); Richard W. Baker (Palo Alto, California); Tiem Aldajani (San Jose, California); Jennifer Ly (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes for removing water from organic compounds, especially polar compounds such as alcohols. The processes include a membrane-based dehydration step, using a membrane that has a dioxole-based polymer selective layer or the like and a hydrophilic selective layer, and can operate even when the stream to be treated has a high water content, such as 10 wt % or more. The processes are particularly useful for dehydrating ethanol. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/916435 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/268 (20130101) B01D 61/362 (20130101) B01D 69/12 (20130101) B01D 71/12 (20130101) B01D 71/32 (20130101) B01D 71/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 71/38 (20130101) B01D 71/80 (20130101) B01D 2325/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09062151 | Kim |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agiculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanghoon Kim (Washington, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoparticles which are comprised of a protein-poly(alkyl-cyanoacrylate) or protein-poly(alkenyl-cyanoacrylate) copolymer may be used as a surface treatment to alter the wetting properties of a variety of different materials. The nanoparticles are produced by the method comprising: a) providing a solution of a protein in an aqueous organic solvent mixture such as an acidified aqueous alcohol; b) adding an alkyl- or alkenyl-cyanoacrylate and mixing under conditions effective to react with the protein and produce the nanoparticles comprised of a protein-poly(alkyl-cyanoacrylate) or protein-poly(alkenyl-cyanoacrylate) copolymer; and c) recovering the nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are amphiphilic, and may alter the surface-wetting properties of an object when applied onto the surface thereof. When applied onto hydrophobic surfaces, the nanoparticles render the surfaces hydrophilic. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768069 |
| ART UNIT | 1768 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 69/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09063073 | Gunasekaran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sundaram Gunasekaran (Madison, Wisconsin); Jiang Yang (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A working electrode for cyclic voltammetry experiments and the like provides an electrode carrier releasably attaching to replaceable tips each holding a solid working electrode material that may be polished for receipt of a reactant material and which electrically connects to an electrode in the electrode carrier when the tip and carrier are connected. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/759490 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/307 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/308 (20130101) G01N 27/3278 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49117 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09061286 | Dooley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Forest Concepts, LLC (Auburn, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James H. Dooley (Federal Way, Washington); David N. Lanning (Federal Way, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of comminution of wood chips (C) having a grain direction to produce a mixture of wood particles (P), wherein the wood chips are characterized by an average length dimension (LC) as measured substantially parallel to the grain, an average width dimension (WC) as measured normal to LC and aligned cross grain, and an average height dimension (HC) as measured normal to WC and LC, wherein WC>LC, and wherein the comminution process comprises the step of feeding the wood chips in a direction of travel substantially randomly to the grain direction through a counter rotating pair of intermeshing arrays of cutting discs (D) arrayed axially perpendicular to the direction of wood chip travel, wherein the cutting discs have a uniform thickness (TD), and wherein at least one of LC, WC, and HC is less than TD. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/964740 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Horticulture; Cultivation of Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops or Seaweed; Forestry; Watering A01G 13/0262 (20130101) Crushing, Pulverising, or Disintegrating in General; Milling Grain B02C 18/142 (20130101) B02C 18/182 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B02C 23/08 (20130101) Removing Bark or Vestiges of Branches; Splitting Wood; Manufacture of Veneer, Wooden Sticks, Wood Shavings, Wood Fibres or Wood Powder B27L 11/02 (20130101) Fibrous Raw Materials or Their Mechanical Treatment D21B 1/061 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09062141 | Goodrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Dean Goodrich (Longmont, Colorado); Michael Lyons (Longmont, Colorado); Jeffrey Paul Castleberry (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ENDOSHAPE, INC. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Dean Goodrich (Longmont, Colorado); Michael Lyons (Longmont, Colorado); Jeffrey Paul Castleberry (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Radiopaque polymer compositions and methods for making the compositions are provided. These radiopaque polymer compositions include shape memory polymer compositions comprising a crosslinked polymer network, the network comprising a first repeating unit derived from a monofunctional iodinated monomer and a second repeating unit derived from a multifunctional non-iodinated monomer wherein neither of the two monomers is fluorinated. Devices formed from radiopaque polymer compositions are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/814691 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0442 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 214/16 (20130101) C08F 222/12 (20130101) C08F 222/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 222/1006 (20130101) C08F 263/02 (20130101) C08F 2218/20 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 2280/00 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 2201/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09062299 | Schellenberger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California); Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Nathan C. Geething (Santa Clara, California); Wayne To (Fremont, California); Joshua Silverman (Sunnyvale, California); Chia-wei Wang (Milpitas, California); Benjamin Spink (San Carlos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AMUNIX OPERATING INC. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California); Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Nathan C. Geething (Santa Clara, California); Wayne To (Fremont, California); Joshua Silverman (Sunnyvale, California); Chia-wei Wang (Milpitas, California); Benjamin Spink (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions comprising factor DC coagulation factors linked to extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN), isolated nucleic acids encoding the compositions and vectors and host cells containing the same, and methods of making and using such compositions in treatment of coagulation factor-related diseases, disorders, and conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, August 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/392511 |
| 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 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/50 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/644 (20130101) C12N 9/6437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 304/21022 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09062339 | Cunningham |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Cunningham (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The “instant evolution” system was initially developed in E. coli, primarily because of the ease with which this organism can be genetically manipulated. Because many of the functionally important regions of rRNA are conserved among bacteria, drug leads developed against conserved targets in the E. coli system may produce broad-spectrum anti-infectives. In order the develop a system to product narrow-spectrum anti-infectives, herein we disclose methods for identifying functional mutant P. aeruginosa ribosomes suitable as drug targets and for identifying drug candidates that do not bind to the human 16S rRNA. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/654911 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/67 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) C12N 15/1034 (20130101) C12N 15/1086 (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) C12Q 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/21 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09061907 | Bendersky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Institute of Standards and Technology (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce The National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonid A. Bendersky (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Edwin J. Heilweil (Potomac, Maryland); Zhuopeng Tan (Dongguan, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogen storage material is provided, the hydrogen storage material comprises a hydride-forming solid disposed in a film, a hydrogen-diffusing solid media disposed in the film with the hydride-forming solid, and a high density of interfaces between the hydride-forming solid and the hydrogen-diffusing solid media in the film. The hydrogen storage material may be made by co-depositing the hydride-forming solid and the hydrogen-diffusing solid media to form the film having different solid phases of the hydride-forming solid and the hydrogen-diffusing solid media and a high density of interfaces therebetween. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/623088 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 3/0031 (20130101) C01B 3/0078 (20130101) Alloys C22C 23/00 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/327 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09065045 | Nair et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Balakrishnan Nair (Sandy, Utah); Jesse Alan Nachlas (Salt Lake City, Utah); Andrew Joseph Gill (Salt Lake City, Utah); Zachary Murphree (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oscilla Power Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Balakrishnan Nair (Sandy, Utah); Jesse Alan Nachlas (Salt Lake City, Utah); Andrew Joseph Gill (Salt Lake City, Utah); Zachary Murphree (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for harvesting electrical power from mechanical energy is described. The apparatus includes: a flux path. The flux path includes: a magnetic material having a magnetic property that is a function of stress on the magnetic material; a first magnetically conductive material proximate the magnetic material; a magnet in the flux path, wherein a magnetomotive force of the magnet causes magnetic flux; and a component configured to transfer changes in load caused by an external source to the magnetic material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/541250 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49009 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09063189 | Menon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suresh M. Menon (San Diego, California); David E. Newman (Fallbrook, California); Steven C. Chan (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Menon Biosensors, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suresh M. Menon (San Diego, California); David E. Newman (Fallbrook, California); Steven C. Chan (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided to detect target analytes based on magnetic resonance measurements. Magnetic structures produce distinct magnetic field regions having a size comparable to the analyte. When the analyte is bound in those regions, magnetic resonance signals from the sample are changed, leading to detection of the analyte. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/605539 |
| 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 | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 25/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/084 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/307 (20130101) G01R 33/448 (20130101) G01R 33/465 (20130101) G01R 33/1269 (20130101) G01R 33/1276 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/24 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09064674 | 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); Jason David Harper (Lafayette, Indiana); Nicholas Alan Charipar (Batavia, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to a low temperature plasma probe for desorbing and ionizing at least one analyte in a sample material and methods of use thereof. In one embodiment, the invention generally relates to a low temperature plasma probe including: a housing having a discharge gas inlet port, a probe tip, two electrodes, and a dielectric barrier, in which the two electrodes are separated by the dielectric barrier, in which application of voltage from a power supply generates a low temperature plasma, and in which the low temperature plasma is propelled out of the discharge region by the electric field and/or the discharge gas flow. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/277191 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 27/022 (20130101) H01J 37/00 (20130101) H01J 37/32009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/02 (20130101) H01J 49/105 (20130101) H01J 49/142 (20130101) H01J 2237/0044 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 1/24 (20130101) H05H 1/30 (20130101) H05H 2240/10 (20130101) H05H 2240/20 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/24 (20150115) Y10T 436/145555 (20150115) Y10T 436/147777 (20150115) Y10T 436/173076 (20150115) Y10T 436/203332 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09064213 | Deng 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) | Yu Deng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Rafah A. Hosn (New York, New York); Ruchi Mahindru (Elmsford, New York); Harigovind V. Ramasamy (Ossining, New York); Soumitra Sarkar (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for model-based analysis of a data center. A method includes creating a metamodel based on domain knowledge to represent a type of object and/or relationship of a data center, using static and dynamic configuration and data analysis techniques to discover topology of elements of the data center and represent the topology as a model that is an instance of the metamodel, using the model to perform analysis of the data center in connection with a specified task, leveraging domain knowledge represented in nodes of the metamodel to guide the analysis in terms of determining guidelines to apply to each node and determining relationships to traverse to continue the analysis, extending the domain knowledge by updating the metamodel upon discovery of additional knowledge for use in improving analysis tasks, and extending the model on-demand using dynamic analysis techniques upon detection of multiple analysis failures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/759503 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/04 (20130101) G06N 5/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 7/005 (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 10/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09066270 | Cunningham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RAYTHEON APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Cunningham (Sunnyvale, California); Peter Guastaferro (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for determining a correspondence between an Abis signaling channel and an air channel frequency designator. A monitoring instrument may be connected to multiple E1 circuits, monitoring messages sent on Abis signaling channels. By repeatedly observing channel activation messages (135) preceding channel assignment messages (145) of interest, or channel assignment messages (145) following channel activation messages (135) of interest, the instrument may infer a correspondence between an Abis signaling channel and an air channel frequency designator. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/837271 |
| ART UNIT | 2641 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 24/08 (20130101) H04W 36/0066 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 09065820 | Leggette et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CLEVERSAFE, INC. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cleversafe, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wesley Leggette (Chicago, Illinois); Jason K. Resch (Chicago, Illinois); Bart Cilfone (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method begins by a processing module receiving a certificate chain and determining whether at least one of one or more signed certificates of the chain has a valid signature. When the at least one of the one or more signed certificates has a valid signature, the method continues with the processing module identifying one or more certificate authorities (CA) to produce identified CAs, accessing registry information that includes one or more realm identifiers (IDs) and a plurality of trusted CA IDs, determining whether one or more of the identified CAs is a trusted CA, and when the one or more of the identified CAs is a trusted CA, indicating that the certificate chain is valid, identifying a realm ID based on a trusted CA ID, and generating certificate chain validation information to include the realm ID, trusted CAs, and the indication of the validity of the certificate chain. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/030354 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/067 (20130101) G06F 3/0614 (20130101) G06F 3/0647 (20130101) G06F 11/1076 (20130101) G06F 2211/1057 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/0823 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 09065169 | Chamberlin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent A. Chamberlin (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna system including a loop antenna including a conductor; and a magnetic gain element positioned in an aperture defined by the loop antenna, the magnetic gain element including a magnetic material that has a relative permeability greater than one for an operating frequency range, the magnetic gain element configured to increase a magnetic flux density associated with a received magnetic-field component of an incident electromagnetic wave wherein a loop output voltage induced in the loop antenna is based, at least in part, on the increased magnetic flux density. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/926161 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission H04B 1/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09062350 | Platica |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ovidiu Platica (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ovidiu Platica (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting mutation in blood cell-free DNA, includes providing a serum sample, isolating DNA from the serum sample, amplifying the DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), subjecting the PCR product to primer extension (PE), and separating the PE reaction product and identifying the mutation by gel electrophoresis. In order to improve accuracy and sensitivity, the PE reaction can be carried out by using a primer that blocks the extension of the wild or non-mutated sequence. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/792423 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09064312 | Majumder 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) | Aditi Majumder (Irvine, California); Behzad Sajadi (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An augmented reality scene may be registered onto an arbitrary surface. A camera may capture an image of the arbitrary surface. The camera may analyze the surface geometry of the arbitrary surface. In some embodiments, a processing computing device may analyze data captured by the camera and an adjacent camera to reconstruct the surface geometry of the arbitrary surface. A scene may be registered to a three dimensional coordinate system corresponding to the arbitrary surface. A projector may project the scene onto the arbitrary surface according to the registration so that the scene may not display as being distorted. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/625657 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/0068 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0057 (20130101) G06T 2207/10028 (20130101) Displaying; Advertising; Signs; Labels or Name-plates; Seals G09F 19/226 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 9/3147 (20130101) H04N 9/3185 (20130101) H04N 9/3194 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09061849 | 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, Jr. (Louisville, Kentucky); Jacob L. Timm (Pasadena, Maryland); Matthew G. Good (Eldersburg, Maryland); William P. McConnell (Woodstock, Maryland); Robert L. Schlender (Columbia, Maryland); Christopher D. Austin (Parkville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a system and method for shingulating, singulating, and synchronizing articles in an article feeder system are disclosed. The article feeder system may include a shingulating device configured to receive a stack of articles and to produce a positively lapped stack of articles, a plurality of picking devices configured to pick one or more articles from the positively lapped stack of articles and to produce one or more singulated articles, and one or more synchronization devices configured to deliver the one or more singulated articles to one or more sorter windows. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827122 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Handling Thin or Filamentary Material, e.g Sheets, Webs, Cables B65H 3/124 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65H 2220/09 (20130101) B65H 2301/321 (20130101) B65H 2404/2691 (20130101) B65H 2406/32 (20130101) B65H 2406/32 (20130101) B65H 2701/1916 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09064992 | Nosho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brett Z Nosho (Santa Monica, California); Rajesh D Rajavel (Oak Park, California); Hasan Sharifi (Agoura Hills, California); Sevag Terterian (Van Nuys, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Z Nosho (Santa Monica, California); Rajesh D Rajavel (Oak Park, California); Hasan Sharifi (Agoura Hills, California); Sevag Terterian (Van Nuys, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual-band infrared detector structure based on Type-II superlattices (T2SL) has been developed and experimentally validated. The structure according to the principles of the present invention is designed for a single Indium bump architecture and utilizes a T2SL barrier design that omits the traditional p-n junction region. The barrier design comprises multiple periods where each period comprises multiple monolayers doped P type. By selecting the composition, number of monolayers per period and number of periods, a transition region is created in the conduction band between a first absorber layer and a second absorber layer that allows operation at low biases (<100 mV for both bands) and exhibits a dark current density in the longer wavelength band comparable to that obtained with single-color detectors. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/460173 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/035236 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
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Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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