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| US 09095126 | Flavell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard A. Flavell (Guilford, Connecticut); Terrence C. Town (Bel-Air, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Flavell (Guilford, Connecticut); Terrence C. Town (Bel-Air, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compositions and methods for enhancing peripheral macrophage Aβ phagocytosis activity. The methods include inhibiting the TGF-β signaling pathway and activating the BMP signaling pathway in peripheral macrophages to promote central nervous system infiltration and enhance macrophage Aβ phagocytosis activity. Inhibition of TGF-β signaling and activation of BMP signaling in peripheral macrophages represents an advantageous anti-amyloid therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/994412 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — 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 67/0275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01K 2217/15 (20130101) A01K 2217/052 (20130101) A01K 2217/056 (20130101) A01K 2217/206 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0312 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1841 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/71 (20130101) C07K 14/4711 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2830/008 (20130101) |
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| US 09095267 | Halpern et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Modular Bionics Inc. (Santa Ana, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Modular Bionics Inc. (Santa Ana, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ian Loren Halpern (San Francisco, California); Mark William Merlo (Santa Ana, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An implanted neural micro interface device is provided. The device comprises microfilaments of various materials and forms embedded within a body. The microfilaments form interaction sites with surrounding neural tissue at their exit points from the implantable body. The body and filaments are configurable in a multitude of positions to provide increased engagement of a given neural tissue section as well as interaction and closed loop feedback between the microfilament sites. Such configurations allow for a range of recording, stimulating, and treatment modalities for the device within research and clinical settings. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/725732 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0478 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/685 (20130101) A61B 5/04001 (20130101) A61B 2560/0219 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0502 (20130101) A61N 1/0529 (20130101) A61N 1/0531 (20130101) A61N 1/0558 (20130101) |
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| US 09095360 | Chiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason Chiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher Brace (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Chiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher Brace (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual slot microwave probe for tissue ablation provides axially spaced slots producing an improved heating pattern with reduced axial extent. Degradation in this heating pattern caused by the addition of ceramic support elements and/or fluid cooling is realized through a feeding structure delivering separate sources of microwave energy to the different slots of the probe aligned with the slots of the probe. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441189 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/1815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2018/183 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2018/1869 (20130101) |
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| US 09095414 | Jester et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James V. Jester (Irvine, California); Tibor Juhasz (Corona del Mar, California); Donald J. Brown (Santa Clarita, California); Dongyui Chai (Costa Mesa, California); Moritz Winkler (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James V. Jester (Irvine, California); Tibor Juhasz (Corona del Mar, California); Donald J. Brown (Santa Clarita, California); Dongyui Chai (Costa Mesa, California); Moritz Winkler (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments include method of nonlinear optical photodynamic therapy of tissue including the steps of providing pulsed infrared laser light for two-photon excited fluorescence tissue exposure, and selectively focusing the pulsed infrared laser light within the tissue at a focal plane to activate a photosensitizing agent to generate free radicals within a highly resolved axial and lateral spatial domain in the tissue. The invention is also directed to an apparatus for performing nonlinear optical photodynamic therapy of tissue including a pulsed infrared laser for providing two-photon excited fluorescence beam tissue exposure, a scanner for selectively and controllably moving the tissue and the beam relative to each other, and optics for selectively focusing the pulsed infrared laser light within the tissue at a point in a focal plane to activate a photosensitizing agent to generate free radicals within a highly resolved axial and lateral spatial domain in the tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, June 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/919547 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| 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 9/008 (20130101) A61F 9/00804 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 9/00825 (20130101) A61F 2009/00872 (20130101) A61F 2009/00893 (20130101) A61F 2009/00895 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/062 (20130101) |
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| US 09095455 | Kao 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); Cambridge Enterprise Limited (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan C. Kao (Stanford, California); Paul Nuyujukian (Stanford, California); Mark M. Churchland (New York, New York); John P. Cunningham (Saratoga, California); Krishna V. Shenoy (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A brain-machine interface is provided that incorporates a neural dynamical structure in the control of a prosthetic device to restore motor function and is able to significantly enhance the control performance compared to existing technologies. In one example, a neural dynamical state is inferred from neural observations, which are obtained from a neural implant. In another example, the neural dynamical state can be inferred from both the obtained neural observations and from the kinematics. A controller interfaced with the prosthetic device uses the inferred neural dynamical state as input to the controller to control kinematic variables of the prosthetic device. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/187814 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/04001 (20130101) A61B 5/7278 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/704 (20130101) Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 2230/105 (20130101) |
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| US 09095521 | Wickline et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel A. Wickline (St. Louis, Missouri); Gregory M. Lanza (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for improving muscle strength and treating muscular dystrophy. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/376145 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/51 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5115 (20130101) A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) |
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| US 09095540 | Schneewind et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Olaf Schneewind (Chicago, Illinois); Alice G. Cheng (Boston, Massachusetts); Dominique M. Missiakas (Chicago, Illinois); Hwan Keun Kim (Naperville, Illinois); Hye-Young Kim (Rancho Cucamonga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olaf Schneewind (Chicago, Illinois); Alice G. Cheng (Boston, Massachusetts); Dominique M. Missiakas (Chicago, Illinois); Hwan Keun Kim (Naperville, Illinois); Hye-Young Kim (Rancho Cucamonga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a Staphylococcus bacterium. The invention provides methods and compositions for stimulating an immune response against the bacteria. In certain embodiments, the methods and compositions involve a non-toxigenic Protein A (SpA) variant. In some embodiments, the methods and compositions involve SdrD, ClfA, and/or FnbpB polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/821943 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/31 (20130101) |
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| US 09095558 | Mayes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarah Mayes (Austin, Texas); Christine E. Schmidt (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah Mayes (Austin, Texas); Christine E. Schmidt (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-synthetic, hydrophilic, biodegradable, biocompatible polysaccharide based non-toxic anti-adhesion hydrogel barrier is disclosed herein. The barrier of the present invention is formed by constructing a unique interpenetrating, crosslinked network with a unique porosity. Furthermore, the barrier of the present invention is comprised of tunable biopolymers for controllable mechanical robustness and degradation. The barrier of the present invention effectively reduces unwanted adhesions using non-synthetic components. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/269344 |
| 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 31/192 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/195 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 31/041 (20130101) A61L 31/041 (20130101) A61L 31/041 (20130101) A61L 31/145 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/04 (20130101) C08L 5/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09095571 | McKnight et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. McKnight (Dallas, Texas); Andrew A. Pieper (Iowa City, Iowa); Joseph M. Ready (Carrollton, Texas); Jef K. De Brabander (Flower Mound, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, e.g., post-natal hippocampal neurogenesis) and protecting from neuron cell death. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/709531 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/403 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/4045 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 209/14 (20130101) C07D 209/88 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 413/06 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09095572 | McKnight et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven L. McKnight (Dallas, Texas); Andrew A. Pieper (Plano, Texas); Joseph M. Ready (Carrollton, Texas); Jef K. De Brabander (Flower Mound, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. McKnight (Dallas, Texas); Andrew A. Pieper (Plano, Texas); Joseph M. Ready (Carrollton, Texas); Jef K. De Brabander (Flower Mound, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This technology relates generally to compounds and methods for stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, including post-natal hippocampal and hypothalamic neurogenesis) and/or protecting neuronal cell from cell death. Various compounds are disclosed herein. In vivo activity tests suggest that these compounds may have therapeutic benefits in neuropsychiatric and/or neurodegenerative diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, normal aging, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, spinocerebellar ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, stroke, radiation therapy, chronic stress, abuse of a neuro-active drug, retinal degeneration, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, physiological weight loss associated with various conditions, as well as cognitive decline associated with normal aging, chemotherapy, and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/177981 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/403 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/4045 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 209/82 (20130101) C07D 209/86 (20130101) C07D 209/88 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 413/06 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/022 (20130101) |
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09095578 — Adenylyl cyclases as novel targets for the treatment of infection by eukaryotic pathogens
| US 09095578 | Levin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lonny Levin (New York, New York); Jochen Buck (Old Greenwich, Connecticut); Leo Brizuela (Hamilton, Massachusetts); Michael Pinnisi (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lonny Levin (New York, New York); Jochen Buck (Old Greenwich, Connecticut); Leo Brizuela (Hamilton, Massachusetts); Michael Pinnisi (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of preventing or treating a disease caused by infection by a eukaryotic pathogen, wherein the method comprises administering an effective amount of a modulator of a eukaryotic pathogen's adenylyl cyclase. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions useful for preventing or treating a disease, with the compositions containing a therapeutically effective amount of a modulator of a eukaryotic pathogen's adenylyl cyclase. The invention also provides screening methods for identifying selective modulators of a eukaryotic pathogen's adenylyl cyclase that do not substantially modulate an adenylyl cyclase of the subject. The invention also provides methods for culturing eukaryotic pathogens and methods for inducing the pathogenic state in vitro. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/523019 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/045 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4406 (20130101) |
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| US 09095579 | Bier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ethan Bier (San Diego, California); Margery Smelkinson (San Diego, California); Robert Krug (Austin, Texas); Meghana Malur (Austin, Texas); Michael Oldstone (La Jolla, California); John Teijaro (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and composition for protection and treatment against influenza viral infection by modulating the activity of at least one essential host signaling pathways, including the Hedgehog (Hh), the Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP), the Notch (N) signaling pathways or combinations thereof, which activity is altered by the viral protein NS1. The method and composition comprise use of a compound that modulates at least one of these essential host signaling pathways for preventing or controlling symptoms associated with influenza viral infection. The method or composition can also be used either alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents for treating or protecting against influenza infection, and associated syndromes. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/761922 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/10 (20130101) A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/435 (20130101) A61K 31/438 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/438 (20130101) A61K 31/4402 (20130101) A61K 45/00 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09095592 | Conklin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation Of State University Of New York At Albany (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas S. Conklin (Niskayuna, New York); Cheryl Eifert (Huntington Station, New York); Antonis Kourtidis (Saint Augustine, Florida); Xianhui Wang (Albany, New York); Leila Kokabee (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Receptor protein kinases (RPTKs) transmit extracellular signals across the plasma membrane to cytosolic proteins, stimulating formation of complexes that regulate key cellular functions. Over half of the known tyrosine kinases are implicated in human cancers and are therefore highly promising drug targets. A large-scale loss-of-function analysis of tyrosine kinases using RNA interference in the clinically relevant Erb-B2 positive, BT474 breast cancer cell line showed that Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK), a cytosolic, non-receptor tyrosine kinase that has been extensively studied for its role in B cell development, is required, in altered form, for BT474 breast cancer survival. This alternative form contains an amino-terminal extension that is also present in tumorigenic breast cells at significantly higher levels than in normal breast cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/971662 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1205 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/10001 (20130101) C12Y 207/10002 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 2333/9121 (20130101) |
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| US 09095596 | Grimaldi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maurizio Grimaldi (Birmingham, Alabama); Judith Varady Hobrath (Pinson, Alabama); Subramaniam Ananthan (Birmingham, Alabama); Joseph A. Maddry (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maurizio Grimaldi (Birmingham, Alabama); Judith Varady Hobrath (Pinson, Alabama); Subramaniam Ananthan (Birmingham, Alabama); Joseph A. Maddry (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for enhancing memory and/or learning and prevent neurodegeneration by administration of certain heterocyclic and aromatic compounds are described. The methods are particularly useful for treating patients suffering from a neurodegenerative disease such as (without limitation) Alzheimer's, Parkinsons's, Lou Gehrig's (ALS) disease or memory or learning impairment. A neuronal human cell-based assay that assess NF-kB gene up-regulation using a luciferase reporter is also provided that screens for compounds useful in methods for enhancing memory or learning. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/501934 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09095597 | Huizing et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marjan Huizing (Kensington, Maryland); William A. Gahl (Kensington, Maryland); Irini Manoli (Rockville, Maryland); Enriko Klootwijk (London, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions and methods for treating kidney and muscle dysfunction that involves use of therapeutic amounts of N-acetyl mannosamine. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/791576 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09095598 | Radominska-Pandya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anna Radominska-Pandya (Little Rock, Arkansas); Paul L. Prather (Little Rock, Arkansas); Luis Fabricio Medina-Bolivar (Memphis, Tennessee); Philip R. Mayeux (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas); Arkansas State University Jonesboro (Jonesboro, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna Radominska-Pandya (Little Rock, Arkansas); Paul L. Prather (Little Rock, Arkansas); Luis Fabricio Medina-Bolivar (Memphis, Tennessee); Philip R. Mayeux (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally provides stilbenoid derivatives and methods for using stilbenoid derivatives to modulate the activity of cannabinoid receptors or scavenge reactive nitrogen species. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/339163 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7034 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09095601 | Becker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew L. Becker (St. Louis, Missouri); Huafeng Fang (St. Louis, Missouri); Xiaoxu Li (St. Louis, Missouri); Dipanjan Pan (St. Louis, Missouri); Raffaella Rossin (St. Louis, Missouri); Xiankai Sun (St. Louis, Missouri); John Stephen Taylor (St. Louis, Missouri); Jeffrey L. Turner (St. Louis, Missouri); Michael John Welch (St. Louis, Missouri); Karen L. Wooley (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A functional biologically active particle conjugate useful for diagnosis and treating cancer as a bioportal comprises a nanoscale particle having associated therewith an intracellular targeting ligand comprising a PNA, or another nuclease resistant oligonucleotide analog such as MOE-mRNA (2′-methoxyethyl mRNA) or LNA (locked nucleic acid), having a sequence that binds selectively to an uniquely expressed or overexpressed mRNA specific to the cancer or disease state in a living mammal. In one aspect the uniquely overexpressed target specific to the cancer or disease state is the unr mRNA which can be targeted by the antisense sequence PNA50. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/705682 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/1251 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/64 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/3181 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2310/3513 (20130101) C12N 2310/3517 (20130101) C12N 2310/3525 (20130101) C12N 2320/10 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) |
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| US 09095610 | Levy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); DREXEL UNIVERSITY (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Levy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Boris Polyak (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael Chorny (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ilia Fishbein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ivan Alferiev (Clementon, New Jersey); Gennady Friedman (Richboro, Pennsylvania); Darryl Williams (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for magnetic targeting of therapeutic particles are provided. Therapeutic particles comprise one or more magnetic or magnetizable materials and at least one therapeutic agent. Therapeutic particles are specifically targeted using uniform magnetic fields capable of magnetizing magnetizable materials, and can be targeted to particular locations in the body, or can be targeted for capture, containment, and removal. Also provided are bioresorbable nanoparticles prepared without the use of organic solvents, and methods for therapeutically using such bioresorbable nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/041646 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5094 (20130101) A61K 9/5115 (20130101) A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 9/5169 (20130101) A61K 9/5192 (20130101) A61K 31/203 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 35/44 (20130101) A61K 35/761 (20130101) A61K 41/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/42 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48323 (20130101) A61K 47/48861 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) A61K 48/0008 (20130101) A61K 48/0041 (20130101) A61K 48/0083 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) C12N 2710/10345 (20130101) |
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| US 09095611 | Perez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida); Santimukal Santra (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a hyperbranched amphiphilic polyester compound includes drying under vacuum a mixture of 2-(4-hydroxybutyl)-malonic acid and p-toluene sulphonic acid as catalyst. The vacuum is then released with a dry inert gas after drying. The dried mixture is heated under the inert gas at a temperature sufficient for polymerization. The inert gas is evacuated while continuing to heat the mixture. The formed polymer is then dissolved in dimethylformamide and precipitated out by adding methanol. Modifications of the method yield nanoparticles of polyesters having properties suited for coencapsulating fluorescent dyes together with therapeutic drugs, resulting in theranostic nanoparticles, that is, nanoparticles useful in both therapeutic treatments and diagnostic methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/626955 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/146 (20130101) A61K 9/1647 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 49/0032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/0093 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09095625 | Bogdanov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexei A. Bogdanov (Westborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a method of preparing nanoparticles and novel nanoparticles. The nanoparticle preparation comprises the generation of a mixture comprising a plurality of metal-containing compounds and a copolymer of a polyethylene glycol and an amine-containing polyamino acid such as polylysine where a metal core and polymer shell nanoparticle is formed. The novel nanoparticles have a metallic core and a graft copolymer shell of polyethylene glycol and an amine-containing polyamino acid where the shell least partially surrounds the metallic core and is non-ionically bound to the metallic core via metal-amine bonds. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/826064 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48315 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48884 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2998 (20150115) |
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| US 09095629 | Dravid et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vinayak P. Dravid (Glenview, Illinois); Saurabh Sharma (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Tadanori Tomita (Glenview, Illinois); Kirsten L. Viola (Lake Forest, Illinois); William L. Klein (Winnetka, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois); ANN and ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vinayak P. Dravid (Glenview, Illinois); Saurabh Sharma (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Tadanori Tomita (Glenview, Illinois); Kirsten L. Viola (Lake Forest, Illinois); William L. Klein (Winnetka, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to magnetic nanostructures as theranostic agents, which provide dual function as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. In particular, the present invention relates to compositions comprising magnetic nanostructures and their use as targeted therapeutic agents for cancers (e.g., medulloblastoma) and Alzheimer's disease and related diseases and conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, November 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/505167 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 41/0052 (20130101) A61K 47/48623 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48861 (20130101) A61K 49/186 (20130101) A61K 49/1833 (20130101) A61K 49/1875 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09095709 | McClure et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Richard Agustin Castro (Pasadena, California); Sanjay Gaikwad (Valencia, California); Da-Yu Chang (Rowland Heights, California); Scott M. Loftin (Rosamond, California); Rongqing Dai (Valencia, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Richard Agustin Castro (Pasadena, California); Sanjay Gaikwad (Valencia, California); Da-Yu Chang (Rowland Heights, California); Scott M. Loftin (Rosamond, California); Rongqing Dai (Valencia, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A visor for retinal stimulation of visually impaired. The visor comprises a frame, an external coil, a camera and a mounting system. A connector allows the external coil to be positioned along a first direction. A sliding device allows the external coil to be positioned along a second direction. Positioning of the visor on a subject's nose allows the external coil to be positioned along a third direction. Positioning of the external coil along the first, second or third direction is useful to maximize coupling RF coupling between the external coil and an internal coil implanted on a subject wearing the visor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/893260 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0543 (20130101) A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09095710 | Horsager et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Matthew Horsager (Los Angeles, California); Geoffrey M Boynton (Seattle, Washington); Robert J Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Ione Fine (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a visual prosthesis for stimulating visual neurons to create the perception of light. The visual prosthesis electrically stimulating the retina with implanted electrodes exhibits interaction between electrodes stimulated closely together in both space and time. The visual prosthesis of the present invention includes means for determining a minimum distance at which spatiotemporal interactions occur, determining a minimum time at which spatiotemporal interactions occur, and avoiding stimulation of electrodes within the minimum distance during the minimum time. The minimum are ideally established for each individual patient. Alternatively, approximate minimums have been established by the applicants at 2 mm and 1.8 milliseconds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/091973 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0543 (20130101) A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09095722 | Mech et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Mech (Stevenson Ranch, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Honggang Jiang (Valencia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Mech (Stevenson Ranch, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Honggang Jiang (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable micro-miniature device is disclosed. The device comprises a thin hermetic insulating coating and at least one thin polymer or metal secondary coating over the hermetic insulating layer in order to protect the insulating layer from the erosive action of body fluids or the like. In one embodiment the insulating layer is ion beam assisted deposited (IBAD) alumina and the secondary coating is a parylene polymer. The device may be a small electronic device such as a silicon integrated circuit chip. The thickness of the insulating layer may be ten microns or less and the thickness of the secondary layer may be between about 0.1 and about 15 microns. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/343170 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/05 (20130101) A61N 1/372 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/375 (20130101) A61N 1/37205 (20130101) |
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| US 09096501 | Lawrence 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); UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (Baltimore, Maryland); EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Lawrence (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dudley Strickland (Brookville, Maryland); Jacqueline Cale (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Enming Joe Su (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Cory Emal (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark Warnock (Brighton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to plasminogen activator-1 (PAI-1) inhibitor compounds and uses thereof in the treatment of any disease or condition associated with elevated PAI-1. The invention includes, but is not limited to, the use of such compounds to modulate lipid metabolism and treat conditions associated with elevated PAI-1, cholesterol, or lipid levels. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/284021 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 69/88 (20130101) C07C 271/22 (20130101) C07C 311/29 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 2101/14 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 13/08 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/92 (20130101) G01N 2333/8132 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09096505 | Robertson 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) | Gavin P. Robertson (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Arati K. Sharma (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Arun K. Sharma (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Shantu G. Amin (Union City, New Jersey); Dhimant H. Desai (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Anti-cancer compositions and methods are described including one or more isothiocyanates and/or isoselenocyanates. Methods of treating a subject are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including an isothiocyanate and/or isoselenocyanate to a subject having a condition characterized by Akt dysregulation. Administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including an isothiocyanate and/or isoselenocyanate to a subject detectably increases apoptosis and/or decreases proliferation of cancer cells, particularly cancer cells characterized by Akt dysregulation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/785552 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/21 (20130101) A61K 31/095 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 251/00 (20130101) C07C 391/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096519 | Morandi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bill Morandi (Pasadena, California); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California); Zachary K. Wickens (Pasadena, California); Michael M. Lerch (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods for oxidizing internal olefins to ketones. In various embodiments, each method comprising contacting an organic substrate, having an initial internal olefin, with a mixture of (a) a biscationic palladium salt; and (b) an oxidizing agent; dissolved or dispersed in a solvent system to form a reaction mixture, said solvent system comprising at least one C2-6 carbon nitrile and optionally at least one secondary alkyl amide, said method conducted under conditions sufficient to convert at least 50 mol % of the initial internal olefin to a ketone, said ketone positioned on a carbon of the initial internal olefin. The transformation occurs at room temperature and shows wide substrate scope. Applications to the oxidation of seed oil derivatives and a bioactive natural product are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/149924 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 41/06 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 45/28 (20130101) C07C 45/28 (20130101) C07C 45/28 (20130101) C07C 45/28 (20130101) C07C 45/28 (20130101) C07C 45/28 (20130101) C07C 45/28 (20130101) C07C 45/28 (20130101) C07C 49/04 (20130101) C07C 49/84 (20130101) C07C 49/173 (20130101) C07C 49/175 (20130101) C07C 49/255 (20130101) C07C 49/403 (20130101) C07C 49/784 (20130101) C07C 51/373 (20130101) C07C 51/373 (20130101) C07C 59/76 (20130101) C07C 67/29 (20130101) C07C 67/29 (20130101) C07C 67/29 (20130101) C07C 67/29 (20130101) C07C 67/313 (20130101) C07C 67/313 (20130101) C07C 69/14 (20130101) C07C 69/78 (20130101) C07C 69/84 (20130101) C07C 69/716 (20130101) C07C 201/12 (20130101) C07C 201/12 (20130101) C07C 205/57 (20130101) C07C 231/12 (20130101) C07C 231/12 (20130101) C07C 235/74 (20130101) C07C 247/04 (20130101) C07C 303/30 (20130101) C07C 303/30 (20130101) C07C 303/40 (20130101) C07C 303/40 (20130101) C07C 309/73 (20130101) C07C 311/16 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096541 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jordan Tang (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Xiangping Huang (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Deborah Downs (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jordan Tang (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Xiangping Huang (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Deborah Downs (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Proteases such as memapsin-1 are import enzymes, playing roles in a variety of diseases including diabetes. The inventors have developed inhibitors of memapsin 1 and methods of use therefore in the treatment of disease. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/794031 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/18 (20130101) A61K 31/166 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 38/05 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 311/08 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/84 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 241/04 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 413/12 (20130101) C07D 417/12 (20130101) C07D 513/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/0207 (20130101) |
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| US 09096544 | Fontana et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph A. Fontana (Detroit, Michigan); Marcia Dawson (La Jolla, California); Zebin Xia (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan); Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (LaJolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Fontana (Detroit, Michigan); Marcia Dawson (La Jolla, California); Zebin Xia (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds of formula I or a salt thereof as described herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I, processes for preparing compounds of formula I, intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula I and therapeutic methods for inducing apoptosis or treating cancer using compounds of formula I. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/519098 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/497 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 31/4965 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/06 (20130101) C07D 213/55 (20130101) C07D 213/60 (20130101) C07D 237/08 (20130101) C07D 239/26 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) C07D 241/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096550 | Keck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary E Keck (Salt Lake City, Utah); Matthew B Kraft (Salt Lake City, Utah); Anh P Truong (Burlingame, California); Carina C Sanchez (Somerville, Massachusetts); Wei Li (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jonathan A Covel (San Diego, California); Dennie Welch (Lake Bluff, Illinois); Yam Poudel (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary E Keck (Salt Lake City, Utah); Matthew B Kraft (Salt Lake City, Utah); Anh P Truong (Burlingame, California); Carina C Sanchez (Somerville, Massachusetts); Wei Li (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jonathan A Covel (San Diego, California); Dennie Welch (Lake Bluff, Illinois); Yam Poudel (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are tricyclic macrolactones. The macrolactones have a high binding affinity for PKC. The compounds described herein can be used in a number of therapeutic applications including cancer and Alzheimer's prevention and treatment. The compounds described herein can also treat memory loss. Also described herein are methods for producing macrolactones. The methods permit the high-yield synthesis of macrolactones in fewer steps and with a higher degree of substitution and specificity. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/937793 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/351 (20130101) A61K 31/695 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 259/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 309/22 (20130101) C07D 323/00 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 493/18 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09096553 | Bergeron, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond J. Bergeron, Jr. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds represented by structural formulas described herein, such as Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are useful in treating conditions such as metal overload, oxidative stress, and neoplastic and preneoplastic conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/264959 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/10 (20130101) C07D 277/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096585 | Shaw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Megan Shaw (New York, New York); Hans-Heinrich Hoffmann (New York, New York); Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Peter Palese (Leonia, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Megan Shaw (New York, New York); Hans-Heinrich Hoffmann (New York, New York); Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Peter Palese (Leonia, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are Compounds, compositions comprising such Compounds, and the use of such Compounds and compositions as anti-viral agents. In one aspect, provided herein are methods of inhibiting viral replication using Compounds described herein or compositions thereof. In another aspect, provided herein are methods for preventing a symptom of a viral infection using a Compound, or a composition thereof. In another aspect, provided herein are methods of treating and/or managing viral infection using a compound or a composition thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/700049 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/4245 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 413/10 (20130101) C07D 413/12 (20130101) C07D 413/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096594 | Wagner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Florence Fevrier Wagner (Ashland, Massachusetts); Jennifer Q. Pan (Acton, Massachusetts); Sivaraman Dandapani (Malden, Massachusetts); Andrew Germain (Somerville, Massachusetts); Edward Holson (Newton, Massachusetts); Benito Munoz (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Partha P. Nag (Somerville, Massachusetts); Michel Weiwer (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael C. Lewis (Boston, Massachusetts); Stephen J. Haggarty (Gloucester, Massachusetts); Joshua A. Bishop (Southborough, Massachusetts); Kimberly Stegmaier (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Versha Banerji (Winnipeg, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds of formula I, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting kinase (e.g., GSK3 (e.g., GSK3α or GSK3β) or CK1) activity. The present invention further provides methods of using the compounds described herein for treating kinase-mediated disorders, such as neurological diseases, psychiatric disorders, metabolic disorders, and cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/052661 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 471/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09096597 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kineta Four, LLC (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kineta Four, LLC (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongcheng Dai (Corvallis, Oregon); Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon); Tove C. Bolken (N. Keizer, Oregon); Sean M. Amberg (Corvallis, Oregon); Ryan A. Larson (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods for preparing the compounds and methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by the Arenavirus family such as Lassa fever, Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, and Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/272060 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/18 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096607 | Greene et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark I. Greene (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Ramachandran Murali (Beverly Hills, California); Xin Cheng (Wallingford, Pennsylvania); Raphael Ottenbrite (Midlothian, Virginia); Yingxin Xiao (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compounds that are allosteric inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor receptor I, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds and compositions thereof in the treatment of TNF-α mediated conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/279506 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/15 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/365 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 251/86 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/82 (20130101) C07D 493/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096635 | Turos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Turos (Wesley Chapel, Florida); Kevin D. Revell (Murray, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Turos (Wesley Chapel, Florida); Kevin D. Revell (Murray, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides N-alkylthio β-lactams and disulfide compounds (e.g., alkyl-coenzyme A asymmetric disulfides or aryl-alkyl disulfides), compositions containing such compounds, and methods of their use as anti-bacterial agents. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/267795 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 41/12 (20130101) A01N 57/16 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/105 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 321/28 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 205/08 (20130101) C07D 213/71 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/16 (20130101) C07H 19/207 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096644 | Tan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Tan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Xi Jiang (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A substituted Norovirus capsid protein monomer, having only the P-domain, includes a foreign antigen inserted into one or more of three surface loops present on each P-domain monomer by molecular cloning. The antigen-P-domain monomer can assemble spontaneously into an octahedral, antigen-Norovirus P-particle, composed of 24 copies of the monomer. Each substituted P-domain monomer can contain one to three copies of the foreign antigen, for a total of 24-72 antigen copies on each antigen-P-particle. The antigen-P-particle is useful in methods for diagnosing, immunizing and treating individuals infected with a foreign virus and as a carrier for development of vaccines against many infectious and non-infectious diseases. The substituted monomer can be readily produced in E. coli and yeast, are highly stable and tolerate a wide range of physio-chemical conditions. The P-particle-VP8 chimeras may also serve as a dual vaccine, for example, against both rotavirus and norovirus. |
| FILED | Monday, June 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/924906 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/125 (20130101) A61K 2039/58 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/645 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) A61K 2039/6075 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/10 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2720/12334 (20130101) C12N 2770/16034 (20130101) |
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| US 09096647 | Olma 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) | Sebastian Olma (Muenster, Germany); Clifton Kwang-Fu Shen (Archerfield, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-aqueous single pot synthesis of [18F]SFB is set forth. The [18F]SFB produced with this method is then used, for example, to label a peptide or an engineered antibody fragment (diabody) targeting human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) as representative examples of labeled compounds for use as an injectable composition to locate abnormal tissue, specifically tumors within an animal or human using a PET scan. |
| FILED | Friday, June 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/924397 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/26 (20130101) C07D 207/46 (20130101) C07D 207/444 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096652 | Stowell Laurence et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jennifer Ann Stowell Laurence (Lawrence, Kansas); Anthony Andrew Vartia (Lawrence, Kansas); Mary Elizabeth Krause (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer Ann Stowell Laurence (Lawrence, Kansas); Anthony Andrew Vartia (Lawrence, Kansas); Mary Elizabeth Krause (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions comprising a tripeptide having the sequence XC1C2; wherein X is any amino acid such that XC1C2 is capable of binding a metal in a square planar orientation or square pyramidal orientation or both; and wherein C1 and C2 are the same or different; and wherein C1 and C2 individually are chosen from a cysteine and a cysteine-like nonnatural amino acid, as well as metal-XC1C2 complexes and methods for forming such complexes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/596281 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 5/0819 (20130101) C07K 16/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096653 | Schneerson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rachel Schneerson (Bethesda, Maryland); Joanna Kubler-Kielb (Bethesda, Maryland); John B. Robbins (New York, New York); Fathy Majadly (Frederick, Maryland); Christopher P. Mocca (Columbia, Maryland); Jerry Keith (Olney, Maryland); Zuzana Biesova (Rockville, Maryland); Louis Miller (Cabin John, Maryland); Ruth Nussenzweig (New York, New York); Darrell T. Liu (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are immunogenic conjugates which elicit an immune response to Plasmodium proteins. In particular examples, the Plasmodium proteins include sexual stage surface proteins, circumsporozoite protein (CSP), or immunogenic portions of CSP. Also provided herein are immunogenic compositions including one or more of the disclosed immunogenic conjugates and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Further provided is a method of eliciting an immune response to Plasmodium in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an immunogenic composition disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/870547 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/015 (20130101) A61K 47/4833 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096659 | Mizel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven B. Mizel (Lewisville, North Carolina); Daniel J. Wozniak (Columbus, Ohio); Eric T. Weimer (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven B. Mizel (Lewisville, North Carolina); Daniel J. Wozniak (Columbus, Ohio); Eric T. Weimer (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and fusion proteins comprising a flagellin adjuvant and a Pseudomonas aeruginosa antigen. The invention further provides pharmaceutical formulations and methods for inducing an immune response against P. aeruginosa (e.g., to prevent and/or treat P. aeruginosa infection). |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/256882 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/104 (20130101) A61K 2039/6068 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/21 (20130101) C07K 16/1214 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
09096661 — Monoclonal antibodies for CSPG4 for the diagnosis and treatment of basal breast carcinoma
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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 Commonwwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Soldano Ferrone (Boston, Massachusetts); Xinhui Wang (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | It is disclosed herein that condroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4), also known as high molecular weight melanoma associated antigen, is overexpressed on basal breast carcinoma cells (BBC), specifically triple negative basal breast carcinoma cells (TNBC). Methods for detecting basal breast cancer in a subject are disclosed. Methods are also disclosed for inhibiting the growth of a basal breast cancer cell. These methods include contacting the basal breast cancer cell with an effective amount of an antibody that specifically binds CSPG4. Additional treatment methods, and the use of antibody panels, are also described herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/921133 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/3015 (20130101) C07K 16/3053 (20130101) C07K 2316/96 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/57415 (20130101) |
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| US 09096663 | Chaudhari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anita Chaudhari (Jacksonville, Florida); Ananda Chakrabarty (Villa Park, Illinois); Tapas Das Gupta (River Forest, Illinois); Arsenio Fialho (Lisbon, Portugal); Tohru Yamada (Lombard, Illinois); Yonghua Zhu (Hillsborough, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anita Chaudhari (Jacksonville, Florida); Ananda Chakrabarty (Villa Park, Illinois); Tapas Das Gupta (River Forest, Illinois); Arsenio Fialho (Lisbon, Portugal); Tohru Yamada (Lombard, Illinois); Yonghua Zhu (Hillsborough, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods of use of cupredoxins, and variants, derivatives and structural equivalents of cupredoxins that interfere with the ephrin signaling system in mammalian cells. Specifically, the invention relates to compositions and methods that use cupredoxins, such as azurin, rusticyanin and plastocyanin, and variants, derivatives and structural equivalents thereof, to treat cancer in mammals. The invention specifically includes mutants with altered Eph binding constants and selectivities. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/013122 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/52 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) |
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| US 09096677 | Emlen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexion Cambridge Corporation (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Woodruff Emlen (Greenwood Village, Colorado); V. Michael Holers (Denver, Colorado); Peter Flynn (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to humaneered anti-factor B antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof with reduced immunogenicity. The humaneered anti-factor B antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof are derived from murine monoclonal antibody 1379, which binds factor B in the third short consensus repeat (“SCR”) domain and selectively inhibits activation of the alternative complement pathway by preventing formation of the C3bBb complex. The invention also relates to methods of treating diseases or disorders in which activation of the alternative complement pathway plays a role, and methods of selectively inhibiting activation of the alternative complement pathway in an individual in need thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/722071 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/461 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) |
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| US 09096679 | Pereira |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heloise Anne Pereira (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptide compounds based on the CAP37 (cationic antimicrobial protein of Mr 37 kDa) protein are disclosed, along with methods for treating various infections, wounds, and conditions, and methods of promoting healing and acceptance of grafts, using compositions containing these peptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/095826 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/435 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096681 | Munshi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nikhil C. Munshi (Needham, Massachusetts); Kenneth C. Anderson (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Jooeun Bae (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikhil C. Munshi (Needham, Massachusetts); Kenneth C. Anderson (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Jooeun Bae (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure features, inter alia, immunogenic XBP1-, CD138-, and CS1-derived peptides (and pharmaceutical compositions thereof). The peptides can be used in a variety of methods such as methods for inducing an immune response, methods for producing an antibody, and methods for treating a cancer (e.g., a plasma cell disorder such as multiple myeloma or Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia). The peptides can also be included in MHC molecule multimer compositions and used in, e.g., methods for detecting a T cell in a population of cells. |
| FILED | Monday, June 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/995661 |
| 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) Peptides C07K 14/4702 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/70507 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09096689 | Volpert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Olga Volpert (Wilmette, Illinois); Yelena Mirochnik (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olga Volpert (Wilmette, Illinois); Yelena Mirochnik (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modulating angiogenesis. In particular, the present invention relates to Pigment Epithelial-derived Factor (PEDF) fragments for use in modulating angiogenesis and treating angiogenesis mediated disease. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/492357 |
| 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 14/811 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096844 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Williams (Duarte, California); David Horne (Duarte, California); Jun Xie (Duarte, California); Shubbir Ahmed (Duarte, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided, inter alia, photolabile compounds and methods useful for the formation of dimers of biological molecules and subsequent dissociation of the dimers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/083938 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/90 (20130101) C12N 9/93 (20130101) C12N 9/96 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 502/01008 (20130101) |
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| US 09096856 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Binghe Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Minyong Li (Shandong, China PRC); Zhen Huang (Marietta, Georgia); Na Lin (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Binghe Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Minyong Li (Shandong, China PRC); Zhen Huang (Marietta, Georgia); Na Lin (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure encompasses oligonucleotide aptamers selectively binding a target glycosylated polypeptide or protein, and having biased affinity for the glycan through a boronic acid linked to a nucleosidic base of a nucleotide(s). The disclosure further encompasses methods for isolating an aptamer(s) selectively binding a target glycosylated polypeptide, where, from a population of randomized oligonucleotides that have at least one nucleotide having a boronic acid label linked to a base, is selected a first subpopulation of aptamers binding to the target glycosylated polypeptide or protein. This subpopulation is then amplified without using boronic acid-modified TTP, and amplification products not binding to a target glycosylated polypeptide or protein are selected. The second subpopulation of aptamers is then amplified using boronic acid-modified TTP to provide a population of boronic acid-modified aptamers capable of selectively binding to a glycosylation site of a target polypeptide or protein. Other aspects of the disclosure encompass methods for the use of the modified aptamers to detect glycosylated species of a polypeptide or protein. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/669593 |
| 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 | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/04 (20130101) C07H 21/00 (20130101) C07H 23/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1048 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2310/33 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/86 (20130101) G01N 33/6893 (20130101) |
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| US 09096899 | Eltoukhy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Helmy A. Eltoukhy (Woodside, California); Tarun Khurana (Fremont, California); Behnam Javanmardi (San Jose, California); Poorya Sabounchi (Pleasant Hill, California); Majid Aghababazadeh (Cupertino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illumina, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helmy A. Eltoukhy (Woodside, California); Tarun Khurana (Fremont, California); Behnam Javanmardi (San Jose, California); Poorya Sabounchi (Pleasant Hill, California); Majid Aghababazadeh (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Biosensor cartridge includes a flow cell having inlet and outlet ports and a flow channel that extends therebetween. The flow cell includes a substrate field having a plurality of reaction chambers. The reaction chambers have apertures that open onto the flow channel. The biosensor cartridge also includes an activity detector that is coupled to the flow cell and has an array of pixels that has a fixed position relative to the substrate field of the flow cell. The pixels are assigned to select reaction chambers such that activity detected by the pixels indicates that a desired reaction has occurred within the select reaction chamber. The biosensor cartridge also includes an exterior side surface having a plurality of electrical contacts thereon that are communicatively coupled to the pixels. The electrical contacts of the side surface are configured to engage corresponding mating contacts of a bioassay system. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/882088 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5085 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502746 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 9/527 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0877 (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 1/6874 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/05 (20130101) G01N 21/11 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 35/1097 (20130101) G01N 2021/058 (20130101) G01N 2021/0346 (20130101) |
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| US 09096902 | Weier |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (, None) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heinz-Ulrich G. Weier (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein are described multicolor FISH probe sets termed “genetic barcodes” targeting several cancer or disease-related loci to assess gene rearrangements and copy number changes in tumor cells. Two, three or more different fluorophores are used to detect the genetic barcode sections thus permitting unique labeling and multilocus analysis in individual cell nuclei. Gene specific barcodes can be generated and combined to provide both numerical and structural genetic information for these and other pertinent disease associated genes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/849452 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6841 (20130101) C12Q 1/6841 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2537/16 (20130101) C12Q 2537/157 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09096908 | Tatti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kathleen M. Tatti (Lawrenceville, Georgia); Kansas Sparks (Lenoir City, Tennessee); M. Lucia Tondella (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathleen M. Tatti (Lawrenceville, Georgia); Kansas Sparks (Lenoir City, Tennessee); M. Lucia Tondella (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for detecting Bordetella spp. nucleic acid in a biological sample includes producing an amplification product(s) by amplifying one or more Bordetella spp. in a multiplex single chamber PCR assay, and measuring the amplification product(s) to detect or distinguish Bordetella spp. in the biological sample. Also provided are reagents and methods for detecting and distinguishing Bordetella spp. from each other and other bacteria or viruses. A kit is provided for detecting and quantifying one or more Bordetella spp. in a biological sample. |
| FILED | Monday, April 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/266099 |
| 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 1/686 (20130101) C12Q 1/686 (20130101) C12Q 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2537/143 (20130101) |
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| US 09097644 | Josephson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lee Josephson (Reading, Massachusetts); Rui Hong (Tucson, Arizona); Michael J. Cima (Winchester, Massachusetts); Ralph Weissleder (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee Josephson (Reading, Massachusetts); Rui Hong (Tucson, Arizona); Michael J. Cima (Winchester, Massachusetts); Ralph Weissleder (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to magnetic resonance (MR)-based methods and kits for measuring the viscosity of liquid samples. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/673866 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/745 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/50 (20130101) G01R 33/465 (20130101) G01R 33/5601 (20130101) |
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| US 09097664 | Chung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jae-Hyun Chung (Bellevue, Washington); Woonhong Yeo (Seattle, Washington); Kyong-Hoon Lee (Redmond, Washington); Jeffrey W. Chamberlain (Seattle, Washington); Gareth Fotouhi (Sonoma, California); Shieng Liu (Bellevue, Washington); Kie Seok Oh (Seattle, Washington); Daniel M. Ratner (Seattle, Washington); Dayong Gao (Bellevue, Washington); Fong-Li Chou (Issaquah, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for concentrating particles (e.g., bacteria, viruses, cells, and nucleic acids) suspended in a liquid. Electric-field-induced forces urge the particles towards a first electrode immersed in the liquid. When the particles are in close proximity to (e.g., in contact with) the first electrode, the electrode is withdrawn from the liquid and capillary forces formed between the withdrawing electrode and the surface of the liquid immobilize the particles on the electrode. Upon withdrawal of the electrode from the liquid, the portion of the electrode previously immersed in the liquid has particles immobilized on its surface. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/106357 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/40 (20130101) G01N 27/447 (20130101) G01N 27/44791 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/569 (20130101) G01N 2001/4038 (20130101) |
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| US 09097707 | Isacoff 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) | Ehud Y. Isacoff (Berkeley, California); Richard H. Kramer (Oakland, California); Dirk Trauner (Munich, Germany); Matthew R. Banghart (Oakland, California); Matthew Volgraf (Oakland, California); Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa (Barcelona, Spain); Katharine Borges (Centerport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a synthetic regulator of protein function, which regulator is a light-sensitive regulator. The present invention further provides a light-regulated polypeptide that includes a subject synthetic regulator. Also provided are cells and membranes comprising a subject light-regulated polypeptide. The present invention further provides methods of modulating protein function, involving use of light. The present invention further provides methods of identifying agents that modulate protein function. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/671908 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/70571 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/53 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09097712 | Bystryak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allied Innovative Systems, LLC (Budd Lake, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Allied Innovative Systems LLC (Budd Lake, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon Bystryak (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Rasa Santockyte (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for quantitatively measuring white blood cell (leukocyte) count and/or white blood cell (leukocyte) subsets count involves adding specific antibodies labeled with a marker to the biological fluid sample, capture of white blood cells from a fluid sample by a retainer, removal of other than leukocyte cells and other interfering substances by washing or using specific magnetic beads, and reading the result. The device for use in the present method includes a retainer for leukocyte cells and an absorption pad for taking up all excess washing solution flowing past the sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/863490 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5023 (20130101) B01L 2200/04 (20130101) B01L 2300/0825 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5047 (20130101) G01N 33/54313 (20130101) G01N 33/56972 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/70514 (20130101) G01N 2333/70517 (20130101) |
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| US 09097713 | Dye et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John M. Dye (Frederick, Maryland); Ana I. Kuehne (Frederick, Maryland); Shawn B. Guest (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY ON BEHALF OF USAMRMC (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Dye (Frederick, Maryland); Ana I. Kuehne (Frederick, Maryland); Shawn B. Guest (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | We disclose Ebola Sudan Boniface virus GP Monoclonal antibodies, epitopes recognized by these monoclonal antibodies, and the sequences of the variable regions of some of these antibodies. Also provided are mixtures of antibodies of the present invention, as well as methods of using individual antibodies or mixtures thereof for the detection, prevention, and/or therapeutic treatment of Ebola Sudan Boniface virus infections in vitro and in vivo. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/393622 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/10 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2760/14111 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09097721 | Kay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian K. Kay (Chicago, Illinois); Kritika Pershad (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the use of protein scaffolds for producing affinity reagents that are polypeptides that specifically bind to phosphopeptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/781079 |
| 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 | Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 40/10 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09098904 | Ji et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Songbai Ji (Lebanon, New Hampshire); David W. Roberts (Lyme, New Hampshire); Alex Hartov (Enfield, New Hampshire); Keith D. Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Songbai Ji (Lebanon, New Hampshire); David W. Roberts (Lyme, New Hampshire); Alex Hartov (Enfield, New Hampshire); Keith D. Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and methods are presented for emulating the appearance of prominent features captured in ultrasound through directional dilation of a magnetic resonance gradient image along a direction determined by the relative ultrasound scan-head location with respect to the magnetic resonance gradient image in order to improve the robustness and reliability of registration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/885270 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/0068 (20130101) G06T 7/0024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09099271 | Constantin 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) | Dragos E. Constantin (Los Altos, California); Rebecca Fahrig (Palo Alto, California); Paul J. Keall (Greenwich, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of configuring an electron gun for generating and injecting an electron beam into a linac accelerating waveguide operating in magnetic fringe fields of an MRI scanner in the absence of a magnetic shield is provided using an appropriately programmed computer to determining an anode drift tube diameter at an injection point of a linac according to a magnetic field value from an MRI scanner and to a predetermined current density, where the magnetic field has an isocenter, determining a transverse diameter of a Type M cathode in an electron gun, according to the anode drift tube diameter and the current density, and minimizing an emittance value in an electron beam of the electron gun at an entry point of the anode drift tube by optimizing the distance between the cathode and the anode, where the electron beam is along an axis of symmetry of the magnetic field. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/622212 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 3/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 3/029 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 7/08 (20130101) H05H 2007/084 (20130101) |
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| US 09095291 | Soller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Babs R. Soller (Northboro, Massachusetts); John Coates (Newton, Connecticut); Ye Yang (Scarborough, Maine); Chunguang Jin (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Babs R. Soller (Northboro, Massachusetts); John Coates (Newton, Connecticut); Ye Yang (Scarborough, Maine); Chunguang Jin (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are sensors that include: (a) a circuit board that includes an electronic processor; (b) a plurality of radiation sources, each source being attached to the circuit board; and (c) a spectral detector attached to the circuit board, the spectral detector being configured to analyze radiation derived from one or more of the plurality of radiation sources. During use, the sensors are configured to be worn on a portion of a body of a subject. The electronic processor is configured to cause two or more of the plurality of radiation sources to direct incident radiation to the subject, to cause the spectral detector to analyze radiation from the subject, and to determine one or more properties of the subject based on the radiation from the subject. Methods of making and using these sensors are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/057617 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0082 (20130101) A61B 5/145 (20130101) A61B 5/412 (20130101) A61B 5/1455 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/6801 (20130101) A61B 5/14539 (20130101) A61B 5/14552 (20130101) A61B 2562/04 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) A61B 2562/0233 (20130101) A61B 2562/0238 (20130101) A61B 2562/0242 (20130101) |
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| US 09095455 | Kao 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); Cambridge Enterprise Limited (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan C. Kao (Stanford, California); Paul Nuyujukian (Stanford, California); Mark M. Churchland (New York, New York); John P. Cunningham (Saratoga, California); Krishna V. Shenoy (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A brain-machine interface is provided that incorporates a neural dynamical structure in the control of a prosthetic device to restore motor function and is able to significantly enhance the control performance compared to existing technologies. In one example, a neural dynamical state is inferred from neural observations, which are obtained from a neural implant. In another example, the neural dynamical state can be inferred from both the obtained neural observations and from the kinematics. A controller interfaced with the prosthetic device uses the inferred neural dynamical state as input to the controller to control kinematic variables of the prosthetic device. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/187814 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/04001 (20130101) A61B 5/7278 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/704 (20130101) Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 2230/105 (20130101) |
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| US 09095539 | Savarino |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen J. Savarino (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Savarino (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to an immunogenic composition and method of the immunogenic composition for the production and administration of a passive immunoprophylactic against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. The immunoprophylactic is made collecting anti-adhesin in the colostrum or milk of vaccinated domesticated animals such as cows. The immunoprophylactic is administered either as a dietary supplement or in capsular or tablet form. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/822429 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0258 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1232 (20130101) C07K 2316/96 (20130101) |
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| US 09095592 | Conklin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation Of State University Of New York At Albany (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas S. Conklin (Niskayuna, New York); Cheryl Eifert (Huntington Station, New York); Antonis Kourtidis (Saint Augustine, Florida); Xianhui Wang (Albany, New York); Leila Kokabee (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Receptor protein kinases (RPTKs) transmit extracellular signals across the plasma membrane to cytosolic proteins, stimulating formation of complexes that regulate key cellular functions. Over half of the known tyrosine kinases are implicated in human cancers and are therefore highly promising drug targets. A large-scale loss-of-function analysis of tyrosine kinases using RNA interference in the clinically relevant Erb-B2 positive, BT474 breast cancer cell line showed that Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK), a cytosolic, non-receptor tyrosine kinase that has been extensively studied for its role in B cell development, is required, in altered form, for BT474 breast cancer survival. This alternative form contains an amino-terminal extension that is also present in tumorigenic breast cells at significantly higher levels than in normal breast cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/971662 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1205 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/10001 (20130101) C12Y 207/10002 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 2333/9121 (20130101) |
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| US 09095852 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abraham P. Lee (Irvine, California); Andrew C. Hatch (Queen Creek, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abraham P. Lee (Irvine, California); Andrew C. Hatch (Queen Creek, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A multilayer well device includes a first substrate comprising an array of wells having a first pattern disposed therein and a second substrate comprising an array of wells having a second pattern, complementary to the first pattern disposed therein, wherein the second substrate is secured adjacent to a face of the first substrate. A common channel is interposed between the array of wells of the respective first and second substrates and is coupled to an inlet and an outlet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/592071 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/5085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/50851 (20130101) B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2200/0642 (20130101) B01L 2200/0684 (20130101) B01L 2200/0689 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2300/0874 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2300/0893 (20130101) B01L 2400/0406 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09095863 | Galbraith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen L. Galbraith (Butte, Montana); Michael F. Deily (Butte, Montana); Lawrence C. Farrar (Butte, Montana); Kevin M. Lane (Butte, Montana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen L. Galbraith (Butte, Montana); Michael F. Deily (Butte, Montana); Lawrence C. Farrar (Butte, Montana); Kevin M. Lane (Butte, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for forming a fusible coating or structure comprising a combustor that is operative to combust a fuel and contain the resulting flame to produce combustion products; components for cooling the combustion products to produce a hot carrier gas stream; and elements for introducing fusible material into the hot carrier gas stream; made lightweight and easier to operate through the addition of a continuous electronic ignition system and a single air manifold. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/374201 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 7/0075 (20130101) B05B 7/205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B05B 11/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 09096034 | Sherman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew J. Sherman (Kirtland Hills, Ohio); Brian Doud (Cleaveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Powdermet, Inc. (Euclid, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Sherman (Kirtland Hills, Ohio); Brian Doud (Cleaveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A syntactic metal foam composite that is substantially fully dense except for syntactic porosity is formed from a mixture of ceramic microballoons and matrix forming metal. The ceramic microballoons have a uniaxial crush strength and a much higher omniaxial crush strength. The mixture is continuously constrained while it is consolidated. The constraining force is less than the omniaxial crush strength. The substantially fully dense syntactic metal foam composite is then constrained and deformation worked at a substantially constant volume. The deformation working is typically performed at a yield strength that is adjusted by way of selecting a working temperature at which the yield strength is approximately less than the omniaxial crush strength of the included ceramic microballoons. This deformation causes at least work hardening and grain refinement in the matrix metal. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/445810 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working or Processing of Sheet Metal or Metal Tubes, Rods or Profiles Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal B21D 31/00 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096283 | Albin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | QinetiQ North America, Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Foster-Miller, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott R. Albin (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Anthony Chesna (Saugus, Massachusetts); Geoffrey Blake Lansberry (Andover, Massachusetts); David J Shane (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic robot includes a chassis and at least one track assembly associated with the chassis. The track assembly has a linear series of non-circulating magnet modules displaceably mounted with respect to the chassis. A driven track circulates about the magnet modules and travels on guide portions of the magnet modules. |
| FILED | Monday, November 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/684661 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 55/265 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 7/0231 (20130101) |
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| US 09096294 | Dong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qing Dong (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania); Donald D. Dalessandro (Williamstown, New Jersey); Albert Ortiz (Chalfont, Pennsylvania); Saroj K. Biswas (Voorhees, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Dong (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania); Donald D. Dalessandro (Williamstown, New Jersey); Albert Ortiz (Chalfont, Pennsylvania); Saroj K. Biswas (Voorhees, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is particularly efficacious when practiced as a system for transferring payloads between sideways-adjacent vessels at sea. As typically embodied, an inventive inter-locational transfer system includes: a trolley; a set of parallel cable-rails upon and along which the trolley is rollable; a pair of pulling cables, respectively connected to the two sideways-adjacent ships, for exerting pulling forces on the trolley in opposite directions along the cable-rails; at least four hoisting cables, separately and distantly attached at the bottom of the trolley and at peripheral points of the payload, for suspending a rectangular payload (e.g., ISO container with contents) from the trolley; a first computer control capability; for controlling the impelling and restraining of the trolley by the respective pulling cables; and, a second computer control capability, for controlling the lengthening and shortening of the respective hoisting cables in a coordinated manner to reduce or minimize payload pendulation. |
| FILED | Monday, June 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/164172 |
| ART UNIT | 3654 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 27/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cranes; Load-engaging Elements or Devices for Cranes, Capstans, Winches, or Tackles B66C 13/063 (20130101) B66C 21/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09096327 | Tucker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian E. Tucker (Fort Worth, Texas); Stephen R. Johnston (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, a system for assessing health of an aircraft includes a receiver, a flight spectrum analyzer, and a health assessment analyzer. The receiver receives, from an aircraft, a plurality of measurements associated with two or more flight parameters. The plurality of measurements includes measurements spanning at least one period of time. The flight spectrum analyzer determines, based on a comparison of the plurality of measurements to a plurality of flight spectrum definitions, an amount of time the aircraft spent in each flight spectrum of a plurality of flight spectrums during the at least one period of time. The health assessment analyzer assesses a change in health of the aircraft over the at least one period of time based on the determination of the amount of time the aircraft spent in each flight spectrum and a plurality of spectrum health profiles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/770039 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 45/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 5/0033 (20130101) Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 23/0283 (20130101) Time or Attendance Registers; Registering or Indicating the Working of Machines; Generating Random Numbers; Voting or Lottery Apparatus; Arrangements, Systems or Apparatus for Checking Not Provided for Elsewhere G07C 5/006 (20130101) |
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| US 09096426 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel I. Smith (Ellicott City, Maryland); Brendan Hanrahan (Liburn, Georgia); Christopher M Waits (Silver Spring, Maryland); Ronald G Polcawich (Derwood, Maryland); Luz Sanchez (Columbia, Maryland); Sarah Salah Bedair (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A physical structure and a method for forming a electronic devices on a substrate comprising: providing a substrate; forming a plurality of layers on the substrate, the layers comprising at least two layers of conducting material and a layer of insulating material therebetween; depositing photoresist material onto predetermined regions of the plurality of layers, the photoresist material varying in thickness; utilizing gray scale illumination on the photoresist material; removing a portion of the layers using physical etching to expose predetermined portions of the conducting layers. Optionally, the photoresist may be utilized on a plurality of discrete electronic devices concurrently, such that the gray scale illumination is conducted on a plurality of discrete electronic devices concurrently. Similarly, the physical etching may be conducted on the discrete electronic devices concurrently; removing different thicknesses of material concurrently. Also claimed is a product made by the claimed method. |
| FILED | Friday, April 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/857343 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0018 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00349 (20130101) B81C 1/00396 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096437 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Zhengzong Sun (Houston, Texas); Zheng Yan (Houston, Texas); Gedeng Ruan (Houston, Texas); Zhiwei Peng (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Zhengzong Sun (Houston, Texas); Zheng Yan (Houston, Texas); Gedeng Ruan (Houston, Texas); Zhiwei Peng (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods of forming graphene films by: (1) depositing a non-gaseous carbon source onto a catalyst surface; (2) exposing the non-gaseous carbon source to at least one gas with a flow rate; and (3) initiating the conversion of the non-gaseous carbon source to the graphene film, where the thickness of the graphene film is controllable by the gas flow rate. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to graphene films made in accordance with the methods of the present disclosure. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/561889 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0446 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2204/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09096455 | Gibson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel J. Gibson (Cheverly, Maryland); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Frederic H. Kung (Alexandria, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Gibson (Cheverly, Maryland); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Frederic H. Kung (Alexandria, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally directed to a photonic bad gap fiber and/or fiber preform with a central structured region comprising a first non-silica based glass and a jacket comprising a second non-silica based glass surrounding the central structured region, where the Littleton softening temperature of the second glass is at least one but no more than ten degrees Celsius lower than the Littleton softening temperature of the first glass, or where the base ten logarithm of the glass viscosity in poise of the second glass is at least 0.01 but no more than 2 lower than the base ten logarithm of the glass viscosity in poise of the first glass at a fiber draw temperature. Also disclosed is a method of making a photonic bad gap fiber and/or fiber preform. |
| FILED | Monday, December 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/960638 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 37/0122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C03B 37/0279 (20130101) C03B 2201/60 (20130101) C03B 2201/80 (20130101) C03B 2201/84 (20130101) C03B 2201/86 (20130101) C03B 2203/14 (20130101) C03B 2203/42 (20130101) C03B 2203/222 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/02328 (20130101) G02B 6/02347 (20130101) |
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| US 09096530 | Matzger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam Matzger (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Onas Bolton (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Matzger (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Onas Bolton (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An explosive material in the form of a cocrystal comprising 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20 or HNIW) and at least one energetic material. The energetic material is selected from 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), and 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane (HMX). |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/368965 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 21/0066 (20130101) C06B 25/34 (20130101) C06B 31/28 (20130101) C06B 33/08 (20130101) C06B 45/18 (20130101) C06B 45/24 (20130101) C06B 45/34 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 235/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096644 | Tan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Tan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Xi Jiang (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A substituted Norovirus capsid protein monomer, having only the P-domain, includes a foreign antigen inserted into one or more of three surface loops present on each P-domain monomer by molecular cloning. The antigen-P-domain monomer can assemble spontaneously into an octahedral, antigen-Norovirus P-particle, composed of 24 copies of the monomer. Each substituted P-domain monomer can contain one to three copies of the foreign antigen, for a total of 24-72 antigen copies on each antigen-P-particle. The antigen-P-particle is useful in methods for diagnosing, immunizing and treating individuals infected with a foreign virus and as a carrier for development of vaccines against many infectious and non-infectious diseases. The substituted monomer can be readily produced in E. coli and yeast, are highly stable and tolerate a wide range of physio-chemical conditions. The P-particle-VP8 chimeras may also serve as a dual vaccine, for example, against both rotavirus and norovirus. |
| FILED | Monday, June 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/924906 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/125 (20130101) A61K 2039/58 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/645 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) A61K 2039/6075 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/10 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2720/12334 (20130101) C12N 2770/16034 (20130101) |
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| US 09096689 | Volpert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Olga Volpert (Wilmette, Illinois); Yelena Mirochnik (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olga Volpert (Wilmette, Illinois); Yelena Mirochnik (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modulating angiogenesis. In particular, the present invention relates to Pigment Epithelial-derived Factor (PEDF) fragments for use in modulating angiogenesis and treating angiogenesis mediated disease. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/492357 |
| 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 14/811 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096833 | Espina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Virginia Espina (Rockville, Maryland); Lance Liotta (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Virginia Espina (Rockville, Maryland); Lance Liotta (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are progenitor cancer cells and cell lines isolated from human breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) lesions and the uses of these cells or cell lines in drug design, drug screening, and monitoring in vivo therapy. The DCIS malignant precursor cells or cell lines are epithelial in origin, are positive for markers of autophagy, show at least one genetic difference from normal cells of said fragment, form 3-D tube-like structures or ball aggregates, or are inhibited in formation of 3-D structures and migration by treatment with chloroquine. In one embodiment, there is a loss of heterozygosity (LOH) that is narrowly confined to a region of chromosome 6p (6p21.1-6p12.3) that contains the SUPT3H gene. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/914830 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/22 (20130101) A61K 31/22 (20130101) A61K 31/52 (20130101) A61K 31/52 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0695 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5026 (20130101) G01N 33/57415 (20130101) |
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| US 09096849 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marie J. Archer (Alexandria, Virginia); Baochuan Lin (Bethesda, Maryland); David A Stenger (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marie J. Archer (Alexandria, Virginia); Baochuan Lin (Bethesda, Maryland); David A Stenger (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of: providing a solid surface having a dendrimer molecule bound thereto and a single-stranded probe nucleic acid immobilized to the dendrimer; contacting the solid surface with a sample suspected or known to contain a double-stranded complimentary target nucleic acid; denaturing the target nucleic acids at thermal conditions and in a salt concentration sufficient to denature the target nucleic acids to produce denatured nucleic acids; and cooling the sample to allow hybridization of the denatured nucleic acids to the probe nucleic acids. An article having: one or more paramagnetic microbeads; a dendrimer molecule bound to the beads; and a probe nucleic acid immobilized to the dendrimer. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/751096 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/11 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1013 (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 1/68 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 30/04 (20130101) C40B 40/08 (20130101) C40B 50/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09096875 | Gardner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Gardner (Bozeman, Montana); Brent Peyton (Bozeman, Montana); Keith E. Cooksey (Manhattan, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Gardner (Bozeman, Montana); Brent Peyton (Bozeman, Montana); Keith E. Cooksey (Manhattan, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides bicarbonate containing and/or bicarbonate-producing compositions and methods to induce lipid accumulation in an algae growth system, wherein the algae growth system is under light-dark cycling condition. By adding said compositions at a specific growth stage, said methods lead to much higher lipid accumulation and/or significantly reduced total time required for accumulating lipid in the algae growth system. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/825934 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/12 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/6463 (20130101) |
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| US 09096948 | Botez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan Botez (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas F. Kuech (Madison, Wisconsin); Luke J. Mawst (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Steven Christopher Ruder (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan Botez (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas F. Kuech (Madison, Wisconsin); Luke J. Mawst (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Steven Christopher Ruder (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the fabrication of orientation-patterned semiconductor structures are provided. The structures are light-waveguiding structures for nonlinear frequency conversion. The structures are periodically poled semiconductor heterostructures comprising a series of material domains disposed in a periodically alternating arrangement along the optical propagation axis of the waveguide. The methods of fabricating the orientation-patterned structures utilize a series of surface planarization steps at intermediate stages of the heterostructure growth process to provide interlayer interfaces having extremely low roughnesses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562560 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/42 (20130101) C30B 29/44 (20130101) C30B 29/403 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/122 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Borja (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Borja (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine engine system includes a turbine engine shaft, a first rotor, a second rotor and an engine monitoring system. The shaft includes a shaft bore formed by a shaft wall. The shaft bore extends along an axial centerline through the shaft between a first shaft end and a second shaft end. The first rotor is connected to the shaft at the first shaft end, and the second rotor is connected to the shaft at the second shaft end. The engine monitoring system includes a sensor connected to the second rotor, a transmitter arranged at the first shaft end, and a plurality of conduit assemblies. Each conduit assembly includes a conduit that extends axially within the shaft bore and is connected to the shaft wall. A first of the conduit assemblies also includes a wire that extends through a respective conduit and connects the sensor and the transmitter. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/361573 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 21/003 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/61 (20130101) F05D 2260/80 (20130101) |
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| US 09097142 | Adair et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Ronald Adair (Escondido, California); Pete Simpson (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Ronald Adair (Escondido, California); Pete Simpson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A first structural static component having an outer diameter is aligned with a second structural static component having an inner diameter to the centerline of a gas turbine engine rotating assembly. The first static component is centered inside the second static component leaving a gap between the outer diameter of the first component and the inner diameter of the second component to permit them to mate at operating temperatures. Tabs and slots are placed on the periphery of the static components to align the static components with the centerline at build temperature. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/488562 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/64 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49778 (20150115) |
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| US 09097199 | Neama et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger Neama (Windsor, Connecticut); Brian London (Atascosa, Texas); Larry R. Breen (Plantsville, Connecticut); Rocco S. Cuva (South Glastonbury, Connecticut); Alun L. Buttermore (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Neama (Windsor, Connecticut); Brian London (Atascosa, Texas); Larry R. Breen (Plantsville, Connecticut); Rocco S. Cuva (South Glastonbury, Connecticut); Alun L. Buttermore (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed method and system utilizes inspection information from individual components to predict a value for a system performance parameter. The predicted system performance parameter is utilized to determine if corrective action is required for any of the system components. No corrective action is recommended if the predicted system performance parameter is within desired limits. Further, corrective action for a specific component of the system is performed and indicated independent of the inspection results of a specific component. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/529305 |
| ART UNIT | 3667 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 41/22 (20130101) F02D 41/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09097583 | Gupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Gatos Research (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Gatos Research (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manish Gupta (Mountain View, California); J. Brian Leen (Sunnyvale, California); Douglas S. Baer (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable mid-infrared laser operated in a pulsed mode is coupled off-axis into a high-finesse optical cavity to produce a long-path spectrometer. The cavity receives a gas sample. Laser pulses may be wavelength-scanned by stepping an external grating, allowing the grating to mechanically settle, then measuring the ring-down with a set of laser pulses, before moving on the next wavelength. A detector receiving infrared light exiting the cavity supplies a cavity ring-down trace representative of sample absorption of the infrared pulses. A processor determines an absolute absorption spectrum of the gas sample from the ring-down trace and analyzes sample gas composition and trace concentration from that spectrum. The absorption baseline is highly reproducible and stable, improving the accuracy of multivariate fits, and the spectral resolution can be better than 0.001 cm−1 (contingent upon the laser source), allowing for high-resolution measurements of sharp absorption features. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899358 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/39 (20130101) G01N 21/3504 (20130101) |
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| US 09097624 | Bottiger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (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) | Jerold R. Bottiger (Aberdeen, Maryland); Jana S. Kesavan (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An external filter assembly adapted for modifying a suction cleaning device to sample relatively small particles from various surfaces and/or the ambient air, includes a housing having a first open end, a second open end and a throughbore between the first and second open ends, a filter adapted for capturing particles with particle sizes greater than 0.1 micrometer, the filter being mounted on and enclosing the first open end, and means for securely retaining the second open end of the housing on an exhaust port of the suction cleaning device in communication with the housing throughbore. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/782344 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Domestic Washing or Cleaning; Suction Cleaners in General A47L 7/00 (20130101) A47L 9/12 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 1/2205 (20130101) |
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| US 09097676 | Meinhart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl D. Meinhart (Santa Barbara, California); Brian Piorek (Santa Barbara, California); Seung Joon Lee (Santa Barbara, California); Martin Moskovits (Santa Barbara, California); Sanjoy Banerjee (Santa Barbara, California); Juan Santiago (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods, devices and systems that utilize free-surface fluidics and SERS for analyte detection with high sensitivity and specificity. The molecules can be airborne agents, including but not limited to explosives, narcotics, hazardous chemicals, or other chemical species. The free-surface fluidic architecture is created using an open microchannel, and exhibits a large surface to volume ratio. The free-surface fluidic interface can filter interferent molecules, while concentrating airborne analyte molecules. The microchannel flow enables controlled aggregation of SERS-active probe particles in the flow, thereby enhancing the detector's sensitivity. |
| FILED | Monday, April 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/872778 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/05 (20130101) G01N 21/0332 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0057 (20130101) G01N 2021/0346 (20130101) G01N 2201/1087 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/902 (20130101) |
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| US 09097713 | Dye et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John M. Dye (Frederick, Maryland); Ana I. Kuehne (Frederick, Maryland); Shawn B. Guest (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY ON BEHALF OF USAMRMC (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Dye (Frederick, Maryland); Ana I. Kuehne (Frederick, Maryland); Shawn B. Guest (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | We disclose Ebola Sudan Boniface virus GP Monoclonal antibodies, epitopes recognized by these monoclonal antibodies, and the sequences of the variable regions of some of these antibodies. Also provided are mixtures of antibodies of the present invention, as well as methods of using individual antibodies or mixtures thereof for the detection, prevention, and/or therapeutic treatment of Ebola Sudan Boniface virus infections in vitro and in vivo. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/393622 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/10 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2760/14111 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09097751 | Longhini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick Longhini (San Diego, California); Visarath In (Chula Vista, California); Anna Leese de Escobar (Encinitas, California); Antonio Palacios (San Diego, California); Oleg Mukhanov (Putnam Valley, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Longhini (San Diego, California); Visarath In (Chula Vista, California); Anna Leese de Escobar (Encinitas, California); Antonio Palacios (San Diego, California); Oleg Mukhanov (Putnam Valley, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An amplifier and method for improving linear response includes a plurality of N bi-SQUIDs. Each bi-SQUID has a non-uniform bi-SQUID parameter βi, described by βi=2πLiIciΦ0 can be defined for each bi-SQUIDs from i=1 to N, where Li is the loop inductance, ic is the critical current, and Φ0 is a flux quantum for each bi-SQUID. The non-uniform bi-SQUIDs can be connected in series or in parallel to establish a Superconducting Quantum Interference Filter (SQIF) array of bi-SQUIDs. Once connected, a mutual inductance between the connected bi-SQUIDs can be established. If the mutual inductance between connected bi-SQUIDs is accounted for, careful manipulation of the critical current or the loop size, or both, of each bi-SQUID can result in extremely uniform behavior (linear response) of the SQIF when considered as a whole, even though the behavior of the element bi-SQUIDs is non-uniform (different βi, parameters). |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/686994 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/0356 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09097790 | Zhou |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weimin Zhou (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weimin Zhou (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for providing RF-photonic filtering link. Specifically, one embodiment is an apparatus comprising a radio frequency (RF)-photonic filter for filtering an RF signal, where the RF-photonic filter comprises a loop comprising an electro-optical modulator, an optical fiber, a photo detector. Another embodiment is a method of operating an RF-photonic filter comprising applying a reference signal to the RF-photonic filter; selecting a reference frequency for the RF-photonic filter upon the RF-photonic filter locking to the reference frequency, disconnecting the reference signal; and applying an RF input signal to the RF-photonic filter to lock the RF input signal to the RF-photonic filter. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/364401 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission H04B 2210/006 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09097792 | Kelly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Kelly (Bristow, Virginia); Kwame Osei-Wusu (Owings Mills, Maryland); Edward E. Hume, Jr. (Eldersburg, Maryland); Shadrian B. Strong (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Kelly (Bristow, Virginia); Kwame Osei-Wusu (Owings Mills, Maryland); Edward E. Hume, Jr. (Eldersburg, Maryland); Shadrian B. Strong (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An atmospheric correction system (ACS) is proposed, which accounts for the errors resulting from the in-homogeneities in the operational atmosphere along the slant path by constructing atmospheric profiles from the data along the actual target to sensor slant-range path. The ACS generates a slant-range path based on the arbitrary geometry that models the sensor to target relationship. This path takes the atmosphere and obstructions between the two endpoints into account when determining the atmospheric profile. The ACS uses assimilation to incorporate weather data from multiple sources and constructs an atmospheric profile from the best available data. The ACS allows the user to take advantage of variable weather and information along the path that can lead to increased accuracy in the derived atmospheric compensation value. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/174864 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| 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 3/7803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Meteorology G01W 1/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09098351 | Bell, Jr. 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) | Robert H. Bell, Jr. (Raleigh, North Carolina); Luigi Brochard (Paris, France); Donald R. DeSota (Liberty Hill, Texas); Rajendra D. Panda (Austin, Texas); Francois Thomas (Alencon, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A job scheduler can select a processor core operating frequency for a node in a cluster to perform a job based on energy usage and performance data. After a job request is received, an energy aware job scheduler accesses data that specifies energy usage and job performance metrics that correspond to the requested job and a plurality of processor core operating frequencies. A first of the plurality of processor core operating frequencies is selected that satisfies an energy usage criterion for performing the job based, at least in part, on the data that specifies energy usage and job performance metrics that correspond to the job. The job is assigned to be performed by a node in the cluster at the selected first of the plurality of processor core operating frequencies. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/084232 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/5094 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/142 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09098354 | Arimilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Piyush Chaudhary (Highland, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Piyush Chaudhary (Highland, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism is provided for managing an input/output device communication request. A first operating system passes a call from a first application intended for an input/output device in a second data processing system to a first host fabric interface controller in the first data processing system without processing the call. The first host fabric interface processes the call to determine the second data processing system with which the call is associated. The first host fabric interface initiates a connection to a second host fabric interface in the second data processing system and transfers the call to a second operating system associated with the input/output device in the second data processing system via the connection to the second host fabric interface. The second operating system then processes the call intended for the input/output device without assistance from any application running on the second data processing system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/342881 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09098698 | Ghosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anup Ghosh (Centreville, Virginia); Yih Huang (Fairfax, Virginia); Jiang Wang (Fairfax, Virginia); Angelos Stavrou (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Research Foundation, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anup Ghosh (Centreville, Virginia); Yih Huang (Fairfax, Virginia); Jiang Wang (Fairfax, Virginia); Angelos Stavrou (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Processor(s) for detecting malicious software. A hardware virtual machine monitor (HVMM) operates under a host OS. Container(s) initialized with network application template(s) operate under a guest OS VM. A detection module operates under the guest OS VM includes a trigger detection module, a logging module and a container command module. The trigger detection module monitors activity on container(s) for a trigger event. The logging module writes activity report(s) in response to trigger event(s). The container command module issues command(s) in response to trigger event(s). The command(s) include a container start, stop and revert commands. A virtual machine control console operates under the host OS and starts/stops the HVMM. A container control module operates under the guest OSVM and controls container(s) in response to the command(s). The server communication module sends activity report(s) to a central collection network appliance that maintains a repository of activities for infected devices. |
| FILED | Monday, September 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/558841 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2221/2149 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09098700 | Sethumadhavan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lakshminarasimhan Sethumadhavan (New York, New York); Adam Waksman (Pleasantville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lakshminarasimhan Sethumadhavan (New York, New York); Adam Waksman (Pleasantville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for detecting design-level attacks against a digital circuit which includes various functional units. A target unit is selected from among the functional units for monitoring and a predictor unit is arranged to receive events before they reach the target unit. A reactor unit is selected from among the functional units of the digital circuit which are arranged to receive events after they pass through the target unit. A monitor unit is arranged to receive predicted event messages from the predictor unit and actual event messages from the reactor unit. The monitor unit is configured to indicate an alarm based on a comparison of the predicted event messages received from the predictor unit and the actual event messages received from the reactor unit. |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/580121 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/3867 (20130101) G06F 9/30145 (20130101) G06F 12/14 (20130101) G06F 15/16 (20130101) G06F 21/00 (20130101) G06F 21/71 (20130101) G06F 21/554 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2221/2101 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09099074 | Lucon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter A. Lucon (Butte, Montana); Milan Ivosevic (Kinnelon, New Jersey); Scott L. Coguill (Butte, Montana); Lawrence C. Farrar (Butte, Montana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Peter A. Lucon (Butte, Montana); Milan Ivosevic (Kinnelon, New Jersey); Scott L. Coguill (Butte, Montana); Lawrence C. Farrar (Butte, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | Acoustic insulation comprising tuned resonant absorbers to absorb sound energy and prevent it from being emitted and a method of installation of the acoustic insulation. The acoustic insulation is preferably placed or sprayed by a thermal spray process. The resonant absorbers are strategically placed in the placed or thermally sprayed material to maximize sound absorption. Discrete mass absorbers may be sealed or left open. |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/807216 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | General Building Constructions; Walls, e.g Partitions; Roofs; Floors; Ceilings; Insulation or Other Protection of Buildings E04B 1/84 (20130101) E04B 1/6801 (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 11/165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09099375 | Kub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Boris N. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia); Scooter Johnson (Hyattsville, 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); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Boris N. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia); Scooter Johnson (Hyattsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure having: a substrate and a diamond layer on the substrate having diamond nanoparticles. The diamond nanoparticles are formed by colliding diamond particles with the substrate. A method of: directing an aerosol of submicron diamond particles toward a substrate, and forming on the substrate a diamond layer of diamond nanoparticles formed by the diamond particles colliding with the substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899433 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| 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 24/082 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0245 (20130101) H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/0405 (20130101) H01L 21/02444 (20130101) H01L 21/02507 (20130101) H01L 21/02513 (20130101) H01L 21/02527 (20130101) H01L 21/02601 (20130101) H01L 21/02628 (20130101) H01L 29/1602 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09099384 | May et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven May (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jonathan Spanier (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); James Rondinelli (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Mitra Taheri (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Robert Charles Devlin (Abington, Pennsylvania); Andrew Marshall Rappe (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertical charge ordered transistor is disclosed. A thin charge ordered layer is employed as a tunnel barrier between two electrodes. A gate-induced accumulation of charge destabilizes the charge ordered state around the circumference of the device, opening up a parallel ohmic conduction channel, which leads to an exponential increase in source-drain current. VCOT devices have the potential to exhibit very large on/off ratios, low off-state currents, and sub-threshold slopes below 60 mV/dec. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/373267 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/7827 (20130101) H01L 29/66666 (20130101) H01L 49/003 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09099436 | Rajagopal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aditya Rajagopal (Irvine, California); Axel Scherer (Barnard, Vermont); Michael D. Henry (Altadena, California); Sameer Walavalkar (Studio City, California); Thomas A. Tombrello (Altadena, California); Andrew P. Homyk (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The basic structure and functionality of a probe as disclosed herein allows for flexibly incorporating into the probe, various sensing elements for various sensing applications. Two example applications among these various sensing applications include bio-sensing and chemical-sensing applications. For bio-sensing applications the probe, which is fabricated upon a silicon substrate, includes a bio-sensing element such as a nano-pillar transistor, and for chemical-sensing applications the probe includes a sensing element that has a functionalized contact area whereby the sensing element generates a voltage when exposed to one or more chemicals of interest. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/852476 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/04001 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/3275 (20130101) G01N 27/4146 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 1/06711 (20130101) G01R 1/07342 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/413 (20130101) H01L 29/4966 (20130101) H01L 29/7831 (20130101) H01L 29/42376 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66477 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09099581 | Na et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yun-Chung Neil Na (Palo Alto, California); Yuval Saado (Qiriyat Gat, Israel); Yimin Kang (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yun-Chung Neil Na (Palo Alto, California); Yuval Saado (Qiriyat Gat, Israel); Yimin Kang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic integrated circuit (I/C) includes a focusing sidewall or in-plane surface that redirects and focuses light from a waveguide to a photodetector structure. The focusing includes redirecting an optical signal to a width smaller than a width of the waveguide. The focusing of the light allows the photodetector structure to be outside a waveguide defined by parallel oxide structures. With the photodetector structure outside the waveguide, the contacts can be placed closer together, which reduces contact resistance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/996528 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/0204 (20130101) G01J 1/0411 (20130101) G01J 1/0414 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/43 (20130101) G02B 6/4204 (20130101) G02B 6/4214 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/0274 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09099606 | Baker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colin C. Baker (Alexandria, Virginia); Woohong Kim (Lorton, Virginia); Shyam S. Bayya (Ashburn, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colin C. Baker (Alexandria, Virginia); Woohong Kim (Lorton, Virginia); Shyam S. Bayya (Ashburn, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for synthesizing Cu(InxGa1-x)S2 and Cu(InxGa1-x)Se2 nanopowders using flame spray pyrolysis to form solar cell absorber materials. The flame spray product is the oxide nanoparticles of the absorber materials (copper indium gallium oxide). The oxide nanoparticles may be deposited directly onto glass substrates. The oxide nanoparticles are then sulfurdized or selenized with a post deposition anneal directly on the substrate to form the absorber layer for a solar cell device. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/191486 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0322 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09099652 | 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); Brian E. Lassiter (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Jeramy D. Zimmerman (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a tandem organic photosensitive device involves depositing a first layer of an organic electron donor type material film by solution-processing of the organic electron donor type material dissolved in a first solvent; depositing a first layer of an organic electron acceptor type material over the first layer of the organic electron donor type material film by a dry deposition process; depositing a conductive layer over the interim stack by a dry deposition process; depositing a second layer of the organic electron donor type material over the conductive layer by solution-processing of the organic electron donor type material dissolved in a second solvent, wherein the organic electron acceptor type material and the conductive layer are insoluble in the second solvent; depositing a second layer of an organic electron acceptor type material over the second layer of the organic electron donor type material film by a dry deposition process, resulting in a stack. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/473995 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/307 (20130101) H01L 51/0008 (20130101) H01L 51/0028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09099758 | Kumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Binod Kumar (Dayton, Ohio); Jitendra Kumar (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Binod Kumar (Dayton, Ohio); Jitendra Kumar (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithium-air cell is provided which incorporates a cathode comprised of a lithium aluminum germanium phosphate (LAGP) glass-ceramic material for facilitating an oxygen reduction reaction. The lithium-air cell further includes a lithium anode and a solid electrolyte which may be in the form of a membrane comprising LAGP glass-ceramic and/or polymer ceramic materials. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/153042 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/447 (20130101) C04B 2235/3203 (20130101) C04B 2235/3217 (20130101) C04B 2235/3287 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/1686 (20130101) H01M 4/96 (20130101) H01M 4/382 (20130101) H01M 4/9016 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0068 (20130101) H01M 2300/0082 (20130101) H01M 2300/0091 (20130101) H01M 2300/0094 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09099759 | Caldwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Caldwell (Carlsbad, California); Peter J. Carian (Inglewood, California); Michael A. Willhoff (Playa del Rey, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Caldwell (Carlsbad, California); Peter J. Carian (Inglewood, California); Michael A. Willhoff (Playa del Rey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multimode power module system automatically selects one of multiple operating modes to maximize power transfer in varying conditions by using direct energy transfer, boost peak power tracking, buck peak power tracking, charge limit, and eclipse standby modes with reduced switching losses, reduced component count, and scalability through connections of multiple power modules system. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789014 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02021 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/465 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/35 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09099835 | Shaw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leslie Brandon Shaw (Woodbridge, Virginia); Ishwar Dayal Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Jasbinder Singh Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Daniel Joseph Gibson (Cheverly, Maryland); Frederic Hau Kung (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leslie Brandon Shaw (Woodbridge, Virginia); Ishwar Dayal Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Jasbinder Singh Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Daniel Joseph Gibson (Cheverly, Maryland); Frederic Hau Kung (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Fiber optic amplification in a spectrum of infrared electromagnetic radiation is achieved by creating a chalcogenide photonic crystal fiber (PCF) structure having a radially varying pitch. A chalcogenide PCF system can be tuned during fabrication of the chalcogenide PCF structure, by controlling, the size of the core, the size of the cladding, and the hole size to pitch ratio of the chalcogenide PCF structure and tuned during exercising of the chalcogenide PCF system with pump laser and signal waves, by changing the wavelength of either the pump laser wave or the signal wave, maximization of nonlinear conversion of the chalcogenide PCF, efficient parametric conversion with low peak power pulses of continuous wave laser sources, and minimization of power penalties and minimization of the need for amplification and regeneration of pulse transmissions over the length of the fiber, based on a dispersion factor. |
| FILED | Sunday, July 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/505498 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/02295 (20130101) G02B 6/02342 (20130101) G02B 6/02357 (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 3/171 (20130101) H01S 3/1083 (20130101) H01S 3/06741 (20130101) H01S 3/06754 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/094096 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09099908 | Konkola |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Konkola (West Linn, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eyekon Systems LLC (West Linn, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Konkola (West Linn, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Particular embodiment of the invention relates to motors that produce reaction force cancellation and are thus well suited to applications where accelerations and reaction forces are relatively large. Such motors are particularly well suited to precision machinery that can benefit from fast accelerations with short settling times. In particular, the motors include movable and counter-movable motor members, where the counter-movable motor member has a reaction mass to counter the reaction force of the first movable motor member. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/962604 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/105 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 37/02 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 16/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49009 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09100086 | Olsen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randall B. Olsen (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall B. Olsen (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless communications basestation that utilizes a light weight high directivity electronically-steerable antenna mounted on an aircraft to providing relay broadband communication service among mobile units in a geographic area is provided. The aircraft carries aloft the antenna; a radio and a switching device for routing. A gateway may also be provided to enable communications with a wide area network. A communication system for a geographic area utilizing the airborne wireless communications basestation is also presented. The system includes a number of user equipment units located in the geographic area in communication with the airborne wireless communications basestation. The user equipment units may utilize omni-directional antennas for low data rate communications, and/or a high directivity antenna. |
| FILED | Monday, January 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/345957 |
| ART UNIT | 2644 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/18504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 7/18506 (20130101) |
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| US 09100094 | Tell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen G. Tell (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John W. Poulton (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for tuning a serial link. The method includes receiving, by a receiver circuit, an offset correction pattern transmitted over a serial link and sampling the received offset correction pattern based on an offset correction parameter to generate a sampled signal. A distribution of the sampled signal is computed and the offset correction parameter is set based on the distribution. The system includes a receiver circuit that is coupled to the serial link and an offset correction unit that is coupled to the receiver circuit. The receiver circuit is configured to receive the offset correction pattern and sample the received offset correction pattern based on the offset correction parameter to generate the sampled signal. The offset correction unit is configured to compute the distribution of the sampled signal and set the offset correction parameter based on the distribution. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/870921 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 2001/305 (20130101) |
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| US 09100317 | Xia |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ying H. Xia (Saunderstown, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ying H. Xia (Saunderstown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-surveying range includes a base station and a plurality of nodes. Each node has a transmitter, a receiver and a processor and is capable of transmitting a signal encoded with a node identifier, the transmission time. The node can also receive transmitted signals from other nodes. The base station also has a transmitter, a receiver and a processor. The base station is capable of determining its location, transmitting an encoded signal with the transmission time and receiving transmitted signals from said plurality of nodes at a definite time. The base station processor can determine the location of each node from the base station location, the node transmission time and the definite reception time. There is further provided a method for establishing a self-surveying range. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/090386 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 09095705 | Trbojevic |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dejan Trbojevic (Wading River, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A particle beam to treat malignant tissue is delivered to a patient by a gantry. The gantry includes a plurality of small magnets sequentially arranged along a beam tube to transfer the particle beam with strong focusing and a small dispersion function, whereby a beam size is very small, allowing for the small magnet size. Magnets arranged along the beam tube uses combined function magnets where the magnetic field is a combination of a bending dipole field with a focusing or defocusing quadrupole field. A triplet set of combined function magnets defines the beam size at the patient. A scanning system of magnets arranged along the beam tube after the bending system delivers the particle beam in a direction normal to the patient, to minimize healthy skin and tissue exposure to the particle beam. |
| FILED | Friday, December 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/099061 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/1043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 5/1081 (20130101) A61N 2005/1087 (20130101) |
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| US 09095837 | Viswanathan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BROAD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tito Viswanathan (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Metal nanocomposites and methods of producing the same are disclosed. The nanocomposites have metal nanoparticles dispersed in a matrix carrier and can be produced by: treating a matrix material having a functional group with a quaternary amine compound to form a function site; treating the matrix material with a metal salt such that a metal ion of the metal salt is chelated with the functional site; treating the matrix material with an alkali; and microwaving the matrix material to form the metal nanocomposites. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/843106 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/24 (20130101) B01J 20/3085 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/281 (20130101) C02F 1/286 (20130101) C02F 1/288 (20130101) C02F 2101/103 (20130101) C02F 2101/105 (20130101) C02F 2101/106 (20130101) C02F 2305/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09095846 | Hull et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan F. Hull (Oakland, California); Yuichiro Himeda (Ibaraki, Japan); Etsuko Fujita (Port Jefferson, New York); James T. Muckeman (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York); National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan F. Hull (Oakland, California); Yuichiro Himeda (Ibaraki, Japan); Etsuko Fujita (Port Jefferson, New York); James T. Muckeman (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a ligand that may be used to create a catalyst including a coordination complex is formed by the addition of two metals; Cp, Cp* or an unsubstituted or substituted π-arene; and two coordinating solvent species or solvent molecules. The bimetallic catalyst may be used in the hydrogenation of CO2 to form formic acid and/or salts thereof, and in the dehydrogenation of formic acid and/or salts thereof to form H2 and CO2. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/240587 |
| 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 31/1815 (20130101) B01J 31/2295 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2231/625 (20130101) B01J 2531/0216 (20130101) B01J 2531/821 (20130101) B01J 2531/822 (20130101) B01J 2531/824 (20130101) B01J 2531/825 (20130101) B01J 2531/827 (20130101) B01J 2531/828 (20130101) B01J 2531/842 (20130101) B01J 2531/845 (20130101) B01J 2531/847 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0015 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 51/15 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/48 (20130101) C07D 239/52 (20130101) C07D 239/56 (20130101) C07D 239/58 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/324 (20130101) |
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| US 09096437 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Zhengzong Sun (Houston, Texas); Zheng Yan (Houston, Texas); Gedeng Ruan (Houston, Texas); Zhiwei Peng (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Zhengzong Sun (Houston, Texas); Zheng Yan (Houston, Texas); Gedeng Ruan (Houston, Texas); Zhiwei Peng (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods of forming graphene films by: (1) depositing a non-gaseous carbon source onto a catalyst surface; (2) exposing the non-gaseous carbon source to at least one gas with a flow rate; and (3) initiating the conversion of the non-gaseous carbon source to the graphene film, where the thickness of the graphene film is controllable by the gas flow rate. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to graphene films made in accordance with the methods of the present disclosure. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/561889 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0446 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2204/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09096453 | Charbonneau |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark William Charbonneau (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Johns Manville (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark William Charbonneau (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes of controlling submerged combustion melters, and systems for carrying out the methods. One process includes feeding vitrifiable material into a melter vessel, the melter vessel including a fluid-cooled refractory panel in its floor, ceiling, and/or sidewall, and heating the vitrifiable material with a burner directing combustion products into the melting zone under a level of the molten material in the zone. Burners impart turbulence to the molten material in the melting zone. The fluid-cooled refractory panel is cooled, forming a modified panel having a frozen or highly viscous material layer on a surface of the panel facing the molten material, and a sensor senses temperature of the modified panel using a protected thermocouple positioned in the modified panel shielded from direct contact with turbulent molten material. Processes include controlling the melter using the temperature of the modified panel. Other processes and systems are presented. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493219 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 3/023 (20130101) C03B 5/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C03B 5/24 (20130101) C03B 5/44 (20130101) C03B 5/167 (20130101) C03B 5/205 (20130101) C03B 5/2356 (20130101) C03B 7/06 (20130101) C03B 2211/22 (20130101) C03B 2211/70 (20130101) |
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| US 09096647 | Olma 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) | Sebastian Olma (Muenster, Germany); Clifton Kwang-Fu Shen (Archerfield, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-aqueous single pot synthesis of [18F]SFB is set forth. The [18F]SFB produced with this method is then used, for example, to label a peptide or an engineered antibody fragment (diabody) targeting human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) as representative examples of labeled compounds for use as an injectable composition to locate abnormal tissue, specifically tumors within an animal or human using a PET scan. |
| FILED | Friday, June 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/924397 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/26 (20130101) C07D 207/46 (20130101) C07D 207/444 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09096823 | Branch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Darren W. Branch (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Erika Jane Cooley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gennifer Tanabe Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Conrad D. James (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jaime L. McClain (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darren W. Branch (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Erika Jane Cooley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gennifer Tanabe Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Conrad D. James (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jaime L. McClain (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic acoustic-based cell lysing device that can be integrated with on-chip nucleic acid extraction. Using a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) transducer array, acoustic waves can be coupled into microfluidic cartridges resulting in the lysis of cells contained therein by localized acoustic pressure. Cellular materials can then be extracted from the lysed cells. For example, nucleic acids can be extracted from the lysate using silica-based sol-gel filled microchannels, nucleic acid binding magnetic beads, or Nafion-coated electrodes. Integration of cell lysis and nucleic acid extraction on-chip enables a small, portable system that allows for rapid analysis in the field. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/872919 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 11/0241 (20130101) B01F 13/0059 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/10 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 2400/0439 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) C12M 47/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/066 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2035/00554 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
09096861 — Stable, fertile, high polyhydroxyalkanoate producing plants and methods of producing them
| US 09096861 | Bohmert-Tatarev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karen Bohmert-Tatarev (Brookline, Massachusetts); Susan McAvoy (Milford, Massachusetts); Oliver P. Peoples (Arlington, Massachusetts); Kristi D. Snell (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Metabolix, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen Bohmert-Tatarev (Brookline, Massachusetts); Susan McAvoy (Milford, Massachusetts); Oliver P. Peoples (Arlington, Massachusetts); Kristi D. Snell (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Transgenic plants that produce high levels of polyhydroxybutyrate and methods of producing them are provided. In a preferred embodiment the transgenic plants are produced using plastid transformation technologies and utilize genes which are codon optimized. Stably transformed plants able to produce greater than 10% dwt PHS in tissues are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718498 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8214 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8257 (20130101) |
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| US 09096875 | Gardner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Gardner (Bozeman, Montana); Brent Peyton (Bozeman, Montana); Keith E. Cooksey (Manhattan, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Gardner (Bozeman, Montana); Brent Peyton (Bozeman, Montana); Keith E. Cooksey (Manhattan, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides bicarbonate containing and/or bicarbonate-producing compositions and methods to induce lipid accumulation in an algae growth system, wherein the algae growth system is under light-dark cycling condition. By adding said compositions at a specific growth stage, said methods lead to much higher lipid accumulation and/or significantly reduced total time required for accumulating lipid in the algae growth system. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/825934 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/12 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/6463 (20130101) |
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| US 09096876 | Stephanopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Mitchell Tai (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to engineering microbial cells for utilization of cellulosic materials as a carbon source, including xylose. |
| FILED | Friday, June 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/923607 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0006 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/649 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/6463 (20130101) C12P 2203/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 101/0101 (20130101) C12Y 101/01009 (20130101) C12Y 101/01307 (20130101) C12Y 503/01005 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09096902 | Weier |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (, None) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heinz-Ulrich G. Weier (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein are described multicolor FISH probe sets termed “genetic barcodes” targeting several cancer or disease-related loci to assess gene rearrangements and copy number changes in tumor cells. Two, three or more different fluorophores are used to detect the genetic barcode sections thus permitting unique labeling and multilocus analysis in individual cell nuclei. Gene specific barcodes can be generated and combined to provide both numerical and structural genetic information for these and other pertinent disease associated genes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/849452 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6841 (20130101) C12Q 1/6841 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2537/16 (20130101) C12Q 2537/157 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09096955 | Naskar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Kumar Naskar (Knoxville, Tennessee); Marcus Andrew Hunt (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Tomonori Saito (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the preparation of carbon fiber from polyolefin fiber precursor, wherein the polyolefin fiber precursor is partially sulfonated and then carbonized to produce carbon fiber. Methods for producing hollow carbon fibers, wherein the hollow core is circular- or complex-shaped, are also described. Methods for producing carbon fibers possessing a circular- or complex-shaped outer surface, which may be solid or hollow, are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/628463 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/24 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Treatment, Not Provided for Elsewhere in Class D06, of Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers or Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials D06M 11/52 (20130101) D06M 11/54 (20130101) D06M 11/55 (20130101) D06M 13/248 (20130101) D06M 13/256 (20130101) D06M 13/262 (20130101) D06M 2101/20 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2918 (20150115) |
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| US 09096959 | Naskar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit K. Naskar (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit K. Naskar (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for the preparation of a non-woven mat or paper made of carbon fibers, the method comprising carbonizing a non-woven mat or paper preform (precursor) comprised of a plurality of bonded sulfonated polyolefin fibers to produce said non-woven mat or paper made of carbon fibers. The preforms and resulting non-woven mat or paper made of carbon fiber, as well as articles and devices containing them, and methods for their use, are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/402139 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/36 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 1/10 (20130101) D01F 9/21 (20130101) Making Textile Fabrics, e.g From Fibres or Filamentary Material; Fabrics Made by Such Processes or Apparatus, e.g Felts, Non-woven Fabrics; Cotton-wool; Wadding D04H 1/4242 (20130101) Original (OR) Class D04H 3/007 (20130101) D04H 3/10 (20130101) Treatment, Not Provided for Elsewhere in Class D06, of Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers or Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials D06M 11/54 (20130101) D06M 11/56 (20130101) D06M 13/256 (20130101) Pulp Compositions; Preparation Thereof Not Covered by Subclasses D21C or D21D; Impregnating or Coating of Paper; Treatment of Finished Paper Not Covered by Class B31 or Subclass D21G; Paper Not Otherwise Provided for D21H 13/40 (20130101) D21H 13/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09097174 | Sellnau |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark C. Sellnau (Bloomfield, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Sellnau (Bloomfield, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for conditioning the intake air to an internal combustion engine includes a means to boost the pressure of the intake air to the engine and a liquid cooled charge air cooler disposed between the output of the boost means and the charge air intake of the engine. Valves in the coolant system can be actuated so as to define a first configuration in which engine cooling is performed by coolant circulating in a first coolant loop at one temperature, and charge air cooling is performed by coolant flowing in a second coolant loop at a lower temperature. The valves can be actuated so as to define a second configuration in which coolant that has flowed through the engine can be routed through the charge air cooler. The temperature of intake air to the engine can be controlled over a wide range of engine operation. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/469404 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cooling of Machines or Engines in General; Cooling of Internal-combustion Engines F01P 3/20 (20130101) F01P 7/165 (20130101) F01P 2060/02 (20130101) Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 37/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/144 (20130101) |
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| US 09097197 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Li Jiang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Donghoon Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hakan Yilmaz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Stefanopoulou (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li Jiang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Donghoon Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hakan Yilmaz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Stefanopoulou (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for engine control optimization are provided. One or more operating conditions of a vehicle engine are detected. A value for each of a plurality of engine control parameters is determined based on the detected one or more operating conditions of the vehicle engine. A range of the most commonly detected operating conditions of the vehicle engine is identified and a region of optimization is defined based on the range of the most commonly detected operating conditions of the vehicle engine. The engine control optimization routine is initiated when the one or more operating conditions of the vehicle engine are within the defined region of optimization. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/435575 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 13/0215 (20130101) F02D 19/084 (20130101) F02D 37/02 (20130101) F02D 41/08 (20130101) F02D 41/248 (20130101) F02D 41/1406 (20130101) F02D 41/1408 (20130101) F02D 41/2432 (20130101) F02D 41/2438 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02D 41/2445 (20130101) F02D 2041/001 (20130101) F02D 2041/1419 (20130101) F02D 2041/1432 (20130101) Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, for Internal-combustion Engines; Testing of Ignition Timing in Compression-ignition Engines F02P 5/153 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/18 (20130101) Y02T 10/36 (20130101) Y02T 10/46 (20130101) |
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| US 09097503 | Perry, III |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Leroy Perry, III (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A munition according to a preferred embodiment can include a detonator system having a detonator that is selectively coupled to a microwave source that functions to selectively prime, activate, initiate, and/or sensitize an insensitive explosive material for detonation. The preferred detonator can include an explosive cavity having a barrier within which an insensitive explosive material is disposed and a waveguide coupled to the explosive cavity. The preferred system can further include a microwave source coupled to the waveguide such that microwaves enter the explosive cavity and impinge on the insensitive explosive material to sensitize the explosive material for detonation. In use the preferred embodiments permit the deployment and use of munitions that are maintained in an insensitive state until the actual time of use, thereby substantially preventing unauthorized or unintended detonation thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/722671 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 3/18 (20130101) F42B 3/22 (20130101) F42B 3/113 (20130101) Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 15/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09097602 | DeTeresa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven John DeTeresa (Livermore, California); Scott Eric Groves (Brentwood, California); Roberto Joseph Sanchez (Pleasanton, California); William Andrew Andrade (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, an apparatus, includes: a mandrel; an expansion cylinder, comprising: opposite first and second ends; an inner circumferential surface extending between the ends and characterized by an inner diameter, the inner circumferential surface defining a hollow cavity; an outer circumferential surface extending between the ends and characterized by an outer diameter that is greater than the inner diameter; and a plurality of slots extending from the inner circumferential surface to the outer circumferential surface and latitudinally oriented between the ends; and one or more base plates configured to engage one of the ends of the expansion cylinder. In another embodiment, a method includes: arranging an expansion cylinder inside a test cylinder; arranging a mandrel inside the expansion cylinder; applying a force to the mandrel for exerting a radial force on the expansion cylinder; and detecting one or more indicia of structural failure of the test cylinder. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/748443 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 33/128 (20130101) E21B 43/105 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 5/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/12 (20130101) G01N 2203/0266 (20130101) G01N 2203/0274 (20130101) |
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| US 09097633 | Grindstaff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Quirinus Grindstaff (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Ashley Clinton Stowe (Knoxville, Tennessee); Norm Smyrl (Knoxville, Tennessee); Louis Powell (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Sam McLane (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Quirinus Grindstaff (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Ashley Clinton Stowe (Knoxville, Tennessee); Norm Smyrl (Knoxville, Tennessee); Louis Powell (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Sam McLane (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a reactor cell assembly that utilizes a novel design and that is wholly or partially manufactured from Aluminum, such that reactions involving Hydrogen, for example, including solid-gas reactions and thermal decomposition reactions, are not affected by any degree of Hydrogen outgassing. This reactor cell assembly can be utilized in a wide range of optical and laser spectroscopy applications, as well as optical microscopy applications, including high-temperature and high-pressure applications. The result is that the elucidation of the role of Hydrogen in the reactions studied can be achieved. Various window assemblies can be utilized, such that high temperatures and high pressures can be accommodated and the signals obtained can be optimized. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/834811 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 7/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/03 (20130101) G01N 21/0332 (20130101) G01N 2021/0325 (20130101) G01N 2021/0389 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/25 (20150115) |
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| US 09097647 | Baba |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin S. Baba (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are systems, devices, and methods facilitating optical characterization of scattering samples. A polarized optical beam can be directed to pass through a sample to be tested. The optical beam exiting the sample can then be analyzed to determine its degree of polarization, from which other properties of the sample can be determined. In some cases, an apparatus can include a source of an optical beam, an input polarizer, a sample, an output polarizer, and a photodetector. In some cases, a signal from a photodetector can be processed through attenuation, variable offset, and variable gain. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/962826 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/51 (20130101) |
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| US 09097738 | Jesse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Jesse (Knoxville, Tennessee); Sergei V. Kalinin (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Scanning probe microscopy may include a method for generating a band excitation (BE) signal and simultaneously exciting a probe at a plurality of frequencies within a predetermined frequency band based on the excitation signal. A response of the probe is measured across a subset of frequencies of the predetermined frequency band and the excitation signal is adjusted based on the measured response. |
| FILED | Friday, May 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/886748 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 10/06 (20130101) G01Q 20/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01Q 30/04 (20130101) G01Q 60/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09099233 | Aronson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Igor Aronson (Darien, Illinois); Oleksiy Snezhko (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Aronson (Darien, Illinois); Oleksiy Snezhko (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic colloidal system confined at the interface between two immiscible liquids and energized by an alternating magnetic field dynamically self-assembles into localized asters and arrays of asters. The colloidal system exhibits locomotion and shape change. By controlling a small external magnetic field applied parallel to the interface, structures can capture, transport, and position target particles. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/200494 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 1/288 (20130101) B03C 1/0335 (20130101) B03C 2201/18 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09099253 | Adzic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC/Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radoslav Adzic (Setauket, New York); Stoyan Blyznakov (South Setauket, New York); Miomir Vukmirovic (Port Jefferson Station, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Elongated noble-metal nanoparticles and methods for their manufacture are disclosed. The method involves the formation of a plurality of elongated noble-metal nanoparticles by electrochemical deposition of the noble metal on a high surface area carbon support, such as carbon nanoparticles. Prior to electrochemical deposition, the carbon support may be functionalized by oxidation, thus making the manufacturing process simple and cost-effective. The generated elongated nanoparticles are covalently bound to the carbon support and can be used directly in electrocatalysis. The process provides elongated noble-metal nanoparticles with high catalytic activities and improved durability in combination with high catalyst utilization since the nanoparticles are deposited and covalently bound to the carbon support in their final position and will not change in forming an electrode assembly. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/624149 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/36 (20130101) H01G 11/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/926 (20130101) H01M 4/8657 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09099601 | Ren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Qinyong Zhang (Chengdu, China PRC); Qian Zhang (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Qinyong Zhang (Chengdu, China PRC); Qian Zhang (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials having improved thermoelectric properties are disclosed. In some embodiments, lead telluride/selenide based materials with improved figure of merit and mechanical properties are disclosed. In some embodiments, the lead telluride/selenide based materials of the present disclosure are p-type thermoelectric materials formed by adding sodium (Na), silicon (Si) or both to thallium doped lead telluride materials. In some embodiments, the lead telluride/selenide based materials are formed by doping lead telluride/selenides with potassium. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/799498 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 19/002 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/50 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09099652 | 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); Brian E. Lassiter (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Jeramy D. Zimmerman (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a tandem organic photosensitive device involves depositing a first layer of an organic electron donor type material film by solution-processing of the organic electron donor type material dissolved in a first solvent; depositing a first layer of an organic electron acceptor type material over the first layer of the organic electron donor type material film by a dry deposition process; depositing a conductive layer over the interim stack by a dry deposition process; depositing a second layer of the organic electron donor type material over the conductive layer by solution-processing of the organic electron donor type material dissolved in a second solvent, wherein the organic electron acceptor type material and the conductive layer are insoluble in the second solvent; depositing a second layer of an organic electron acceptor type material over the second layer of the organic electron donor type material film by a dry deposition process, resulting in a stack. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/473995 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/307 (20130101) H01L 51/0008 (20130101) H01L 51/0028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09101036 | Guzan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kimberly A. Guzan (Clayton, North Carolina); Karmann C. Mills (Apex, North Carolina); Li Han (Apex, North Carolina); James Lynn Davis (Holly Springs, North Carolina); Paul G. Hoertz (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kimberly A. Guzan (Clayton, North Carolina); Karmann C. Mills (Apex, North Carolina); Li Han (Apex, North Carolina); James Lynn Davis (Holly Springs, North Carolina); Paul G. Hoertz (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A photoluminescent nanofiber composite includes a nanofiber substrate, first luminescent particles, and second luminescent particles. The first luminescent particles are supported by the nanofibers and span at least a portion of a substrate surface, as a layer on the substrate surface, or with some particles located in a bulk of the substrate, or both. The second luminescent particles are disposed on the substrate. The second luminescent particles may be disposed directly on the substrate surface or on the first luminescent particles. The second luminescent particles may be deposited in a pattern of deposition units. The first and second luminescent particles are configured for emitting light of different respective wavelengths in response to excitation by a light beam. One or more surface treatment coatings may be provided at different locations. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/817896 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Dyeing or Printing Textiles; Dyeing Leather, Furs or Solid Macromolecular Substances in Any Form D06P 1/0012 (20130101) Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 9/16 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/14 (20130101) H05B 33/20 (20130101) H05B 33/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2481 (20150115) |
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| US 09095455 | Kao 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); Cambridge Enterprise Limited (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan C. Kao (Stanford, California); Paul Nuyujukian (Stanford, California); Mark M. Churchland (New York, New York); John P. Cunningham (Saratoga, California); Krishna V. Shenoy (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A brain-machine interface is provided that incorporates a neural dynamical structure in the control of a prosthetic device to restore motor function and is able to significantly enhance the control performance compared to existing technologies. In one example, a neural dynamical state is inferred from neural observations, which are obtained from a neural implant. In another example, the neural dynamical state can be inferred from both the obtained neural observations and from the kinematics. A controller interfaced with the prosthetic device uses the inferred neural dynamical state as input to the controller to control kinematic variables of the prosthetic device. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/187814 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/04001 (20130101) A61B 5/7278 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/704 (20130101) Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 2230/105 (20130101) |
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| US 09095558 | Mayes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarah Mayes (Austin, Texas); Christine E. Schmidt (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah Mayes (Austin, Texas); Christine E. Schmidt (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-synthetic, hydrophilic, biodegradable, biocompatible polysaccharide based non-toxic anti-adhesion hydrogel barrier is disclosed herein. The barrier of the present invention is formed by constructing a unique interpenetrating, crosslinked network with a unique porosity. Furthermore, the barrier of the present invention is comprised of tunable biopolymers for controllable mechanical robustness and degradation. The barrier of the present invention effectively reduces unwanted adhesions using non-synthetic components. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/269344 |
| 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 31/192 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/195 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 31/041 (20130101) A61L 31/041 (20130101) A61L 31/041 (20130101) A61L 31/145 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/04 (20130101) C08L 5/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09095598 | Radominska-Pandya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anna Radominska-Pandya (Little Rock, Arkansas); Paul L. Prather (Little Rock, Arkansas); Luis Fabricio Medina-Bolivar (Memphis, Tennessee); Philip R. Mayeux (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas); Arkansas State University Jonesboro (Jonesboro, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna Radominska-Pandya (Little Rock, Arkansas); Paul L. Prather (Little Rock, Arkansas); Luis Fabricio Medina-Bolivar (Memphis, Tennessee); Philip R. Mayeux (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally provides stilbenoid derivatives and methods for using stilbenoid derivatives to modulate the activity of cannabinoid receptors or scavenge reactive nitrogen species. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/339163 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7034 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09095601 | Becker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew L. Becker (St. Louis, Missouri); Huafeng Fang (St. Louis, Missouri); Xiaoxu Li (St. Louis, Missouri); Dipanjan Pan (St. Louis, Missouri); Raffaella Rossin (St. Louis, Missouri); Xiankai Sun (St. Louis, Missouri); John Stephen Taylor (St. Louis, Missouri); Jeffrey L. Turner (St. Louis, Missouri); Michael John Welch (St. Louis, Missouri); Karen L. Wooley (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A functional biologically active particle conjugate useful for diagnosis and treating cancer as a bioportal comprises a nanoscale particle having associated therewith an intracellular targeting ligand comprising a PNA, or another nuclease resistant oligonucleotide analog such as MOE-mRNA (2′-methoxyethyl mRNA) or LNA (locked nucleic acid), having a sequence that binds selectively to an uniquely expressed or overexpressed mRNA specific to the cancer or disease state in a living mammal. In one aspect the uniquely overexpressed target specific to the cancer or disease state is the unr mRNA which can be targeted by the antisense sequence PNA50. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/705682 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/1251 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/64 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/3181 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2310/3513 (20130101) C12N 2310/3517 (20130101) C12N 2310/3525 (20130101) C12N 2320/10 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) |
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| US 09095610 | Levy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); DREXEL UNIVERSITY (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Levy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Boris Polyak (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael Chorny (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ilia Fishbein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ivan Alferiev (Clementon, New Jersey); Gennady Friedman (Richboro, Pennsylvania); Darryl Williams (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for magnetic targeting of therapeutic particles are provided. Therapeutic particles comprise one or more magnetic or magnetizable materials and at least one therapeutic agent. Therapeutic particles are specifically targeted using uniform magnetic fields capable of magnetizing magnetizable materials, and can be targeted to particular locations in the body, or can be targeted for capture, containment, and removal. Also provided are bioresorbable nanoparticles prepared without the use of organic solvents, and methods for therapeutically using such bioresorbable nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/041646 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5094 (20130101) A61K 9/5115 (20130101) A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 9/5169 (20130101) A61K 9/5192 (20130101) A61K 31/203 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 35/44 (20130101) A61K 35/761 (20130101) A61K 41/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/42 (20130101) A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48323 (20130101) A61K 47/48861 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) A61K 48/0008 (20130101) A61K 48/0041 (20130101) A61K 48/0083 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2710/10343 (20130101) C12N 2710/10345 (20130101) |
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| US 09095808 | Taylor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | E. Jennings Taylor (Troy, Ohio); Maria I. Inman (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Joseph Kell (Dayton, Ohio); Heather McCrabb (Kettering, Ohio); Anthony Ferrante (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ross Youngs (Dublin, Ohio); John Nicholas Meister (Columbus, Ohio); James Robert Cook (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts); Faraday Technology, Inc. (Clayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | E. Jennings Taylor (Troy, Ohio); Maria I. Inman (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Joseph Kell (Dayton, Ohio); Heather McCrabb (Kettering, Ohio); Anthony Ferrante (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ross Youngs (Dublin, Ohio); John Nicholas Meister (Columbus, Ohio); James Robert Cook (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrolytic filtration method and apparatus for the concentration and collection of suspended particulates from aqueous solutions is disclosed. The electrolytic cell contains at least an anode and a cathode, and in one embodiment contains a plurality of anodes and cathodes. The electrolytic cell also contains a filter, and in one embodiment the filter is a moving belt filter. While not bound by theory, the electrolytic filtration method and apparatus is based on the electrophoretic movement of algae particles suspended in an aqueous solution away from the filter under the influence of an electric field. In one embodiment the electric field is a pulsed waveform with unidirectional voltage or current pulses. In another embodiment, the electric field is a pulsed waveform with bidirectional voltage or current pulses. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/249322 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 57/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09095837 | Viswanathan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BROAD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tito Viswanathan (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Metal nanocomposites and methods of producing the same are disclosed. The nanocomposites have metal nanoparticles dispersed in a matrix carrier and can be produced by: treating a matrix material having a functional group with a quaternary amine compound to form a function site; treating the matrix material with a metal salt such that a metal ion of the metal salt is chelated with the functional site; treating the matrix material with an alkali; and microwaving the matrix material to form the metal nanocomposites. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/843106 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/24 (20130101) B01J 20/3085 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/281 (20130101) C02F 1/286 (20130101) C02F 1/288 (20130101) C02F 2101/103 (20130101) C02F 2101/105 (20130101) C02F 2101/106 (20130101) C02F 2305/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09095840 | Cannon 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) | Frederick Scott Cannon (State Park, Pennsylvania); Nicole Robitaille Brown (University Park, Pennsylvania); Timothy M. Byrne (University Park, Pennsylvania); Pin Hou (University Park, Pennsylvania); Robert Parette (State College, Pennsylvania); Xin Gu (University Park, Pennsylvania); Colin C. Cash (University Park, Pennsylvania); Cesar Nieto Delgado (University Park, Pennsylvania); Siqi Hong (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An activated carbon material for removing a contaminant from a liquid. The activated carbon material can be a plurality carbon grains that have a pore volume of approximately 0.1 milliliters per gram (mL/g) in the range of less than about 15 angstroms in width. The carbon grains can also have or contain a nitrogen-containing species having a concentration of more than 2 atomic percent nitrogen. A plurality of the carbon grains can be used to make a contactor that is operable to remove or reduce perchlorate having a concentration of 20 parts per billion (ppb) to less than 4 ppb from 4,500 bed volumes of water with the nitrogen-containing species leaching off of the carbon grains less than 0.1 mg/L. The activated carbon material can also be electrochemically regenerated. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/733770 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/20 (20130101) B01J 20/3204 (20130101) B01J 20/3248 (20130101) B01J 20/28011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/281 (20130101) C02F 1/283 (20130101) C02F 2101/12 (20130101) C02F 2101/22 (20130101) C02F 2101/30 (20130101) C02F 2101/101 (20130101) C02F 2101/103 (20130101) C02F 2101/163 (20130101) C02F 2103/06 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09095886 | Simaan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marwan A. Simaan (Winter Park, Florida); John Pittner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marwan A. Simaan (Winter Park, Florida); John Pittner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Mill control system and method for metal strip rolling controlled in response to a sequence of controller scans are provided. A sensor suite is coupled to sense a plurality of parameters regarding the strip rolling. A model responsive to the sensed parameters is configured to estimate per scan at least one matrix based on the sensed parameters and indicative of state conditions of the strip rolling. A controller includes an inner control loop configured to effect a control law to generate a control vector per scan. The inner control loop may be configured to have dynamic characteristics, which remain substantially the same for each scan of the controller. The dynamic characteristics of the inner control loop are effective to determine a pointwise online control solution based on the matrix indicative of the state conditions of the strip rolling, without having to compute a Riccati control solution per scan. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/169469 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Rolling of Metal B21B 37/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5018 (20130101) |
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| US 09096430 | Xiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaoyin Xiao (Austin, Texas); Allen J. Bard (Austin, Texas); Fu-Ren F. Fan (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoyin Xiao (Austin, Texas); Allen J. Bard (Austin, Texas); Fu-Ren F. Fan (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes methods, compositions and kits for analyzing a chemical analyte having an electrochemical cell connected to a measuring apparatus. The electrochemical cell contains a solution having one or more nanoparticles, one or more chemical analytes, an indicator. In addition, the electrochemical cell contains one or more electrodes in communication with the solution. One or more electrocatalytic properties are generated by the interaction of the one or more nanoparticles and the liquid sample and measured at the one or more electrodes. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/139280 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/3278 (20130101) |
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| US 09096875 | Gardner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Gardner (Bozeman, Montana); Brent Peyton (Bozeman, Montana); Keith E. Cooksey (Manhattan, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Gardner (Bozeman, Montana); Brent Peyton (Bozeman, Montana); Keith E. Cooksey (Manhattan, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides bicarbonate containing and/or bicarbonate-producing compositions and methods to induce lipid accumulation in an algae growth system, wherein the algae growth system is under light-dark cycling condition. By adding said compositions at a specific growth stage, said methods lead to much higher lipid accumulation and/or significantly reduced total time required for accumulating lipid in the algae growth system. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/825934 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/12 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/6463 (20130101) |
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| US 09096984 | Somasundaran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ponisseril Somasundaran (Nyack, New York); Partha Patra (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ponisseril Somasundaran (Nyack, New York); Partha Patra (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Fibrillar bacterial proteins can be mixed with oil in or on water. The interaction of the proteins at the oil-water interface can result in oil dispersion in water in the form of droplets surrounded by an aggregated protein film. The film may be formed by multiple layers of the fibrillar proteins with water between adjacent protein layers. The proteins may be derived from bacterial cells, such as Bacillus subtilis. The encapsulated oil droplets can be collected from the water, for example, as part of an oil spill clean-up or oil storage. The oil may be removed from the collected droplets, for example, by evaporation to produce a three-dimensional network composed of the aggregated films. The three-dimensional network material can be used as a coating for transplant material, grafted onto implant material to improve biocompatibility, as a precursor for tissue growth or engineering, or provided into a human or animal body. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/991620 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 2300/62 (20130101) A61L 2300/802 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/32 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/00 (20130101) Hydraulic Engineering E02B 15/041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09097664 | Chung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jae-Hyun Chung (Bellevue, Washington); Woonhong Yeo (Seattle, Washington); Kyong-Hoon Lee (Redmond, Washington); Jeffrey W. Chamberlain (Seattle, Washington); Gareth Fotouhi (Sonoma, California); Shieng Liu (Bellevue, Washington); Kie Seok Oh (Seattle, Washington); Daniel M. Ratner (Seattle, Washington); Dayong Gao (Bellevue, Washington); Fong-Li Chou (Issaquah, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for concentrating particles (e.g., bacteria, viruses, cells, and nucleic acids) suspended in a liquid. Electric-field-induced forces urge the particles towards a first electrode immersed in the liquid. When the particles are in close proximity to (e.g., in contact with) the first electrode, the electrode is withdrawn from the liquid and capillary forces formed between the withdrawing electrode and the surface of the liquid immobilize the particles on the electrode. Upon withdrawal of the electrode from the liquid, the portion of the electrode previously immersed in the liquid has particles immobilized on its surface. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/106357 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/40 (20130101) G01N 27/447 (20130101) G01N 27/44791 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/569 (20130101) G01N 2001/4038 (20130101) |
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| US 09097676 | Meinhart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl D. Meinhart (Santa Barbara, California); Brian Piorek (Santa Barbara, California); Seung Joon Lee (Santa Barbara, California); Martin Moskovits (Santa Barbara, California); Sanjoy Banerjee (Santa Barbara, California); Juan Santiago (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods, devices and systems that utilize free-surface fluidics and SERS for analyte detection with high sensitivity and specificity. The molecules can be airborne agents, including but not limited to explosives, narcotics, hazardous chemicals, or other chemical species. The free-surface fluidic architecture is created using an open microchannel, and exhibits a large surface to volume ratio. The free-surface fluidic interface can filter interferent molecules, while concentrating airborne analyte molecules. The microchannel flow enables controlled aggregation of SERS-active probe particles in the flow, thereby enhancing the detector's sensitivity. |
| FILED | Monday, April 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/872778 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/05 (20130101) G01N 21/0332 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0057 (20130101) G01N 2021/0346 (20130101) G01N 2201/1087 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/902 (20130101) |
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| US 09097739 | Silverman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin David Silverman (Pacific Palisades, California); Adam Sean Jermyn (Longmeadow, Massachusetts); Nina Markovic (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin David Silverman (Pacific Palisades, California); Adam Sean Jermyn (Longmeadow, Massachusetts); Nina Markovic (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a system and method for image analysis and processing. The present invention provides a software package for processing AFM data. More particularly it can be used for characterizing carbon nanotubes found within AFM images, though it does offer editing features that are general in nature. Its features are split amongst five menus, one button, and four data panels. The software package can be used to determine physical characteristics related to the imaged subject, such as, for instance length data for imaged carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/534428 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 2202/34 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 30/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0014 (20130101) G06K 9/50 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0083 (20130101) G06T 7/602 (20130101) G06T 2207/30108 (20130101) |
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| US 09097979 | Gopalan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Fondation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Padma Gopalan (Madison, Wisconsin); Daniel Patrick Sweat (Madison, Wisconsin); Myungwoong Kim (Madison, Wisconsin); Eungnak Han (Hillsboro, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Block copolymer-based mask structures for the growth of patterned polymer brushes via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) are provided. Also provided are methods of making the mask structures and methods of using the mask structures to grow patterned polymer brushes. The mask structures comprise a substrate having a surface, a neutral layer comprising a crosslinked copolymer film disposed on the surface of the substrate and a domain-forming block copolymer film disposed on the crosslinked copolymer film. The crosslinked copolymer film comprises crosslinked random copolymer chains having pendant alkyl halide functional groups that are capable of acting as ATRP initiating sites. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/800178 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 5/00 (20130101) B05D 2506/00 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 1/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03F 7/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09098930 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott D. Cohen (Sunnyvale, California); Brian L. Price (San Jose, California); Chenxi Zhang (Lexington, Kentucky); Jonathan W. Brandt (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Adobe Systems Incorporated (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott D. Cohen (Sunnyvale, California); Brian L. Price (San Jose, California); Chenxi Zhang (Lexington, Kentucky); Jonathan W. Brandt (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of methods and systems for stereo-aware image editing are described. A three-dimensional model of a stereo scene is built from one or more input images. Camera parameters for the input images are computed. The three-dimensional model is modified. In some embodiments, the modifying the three-dimensional model includes modifying one or more of the images and applying results of the modifying one or more of the images to corresponding model vertices. The scene is re-rendered from the camera parameters to produce an edited stereo pair that is consistent with the three-dimensional model. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/629309 |
| 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 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 19/00 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 13/0246 (20130101) H04N 13/0271 (20130101) H04N 13/0275 (20130101) |
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| US 09099195 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Zhang (Princeton, New Jersey); Niraj K. Jha (Westfield, New Jersey); Li Shang (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Zhang (Princeton, New Jersey); Niraj K. Jha (Westfield, New Jersey); Li Shang (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid nanotube, high-performance, dynamically reconfigurable architecture, NATURE, is provided, and a design optimization flow method and system, NanoMap. A run-time reconfigurable architecture is provided by associating a non-volatile universal memory to each logic element to enable cycle-by-cycle reconfiguration and logic folding, while remaining CMOS compatible. Through logic folding, significant logic density improvement and flexibility in performing area-delay tradeoffs are possible. NanoMap incorporates temporal logic folding during the logic mapping, temporal clustering and placement steps. NanoMap provides for automatic selection of a best folding level, and uses force-direct scheduling to balance resources across folding stages. Mapping can thereby target various optimization objectives and user constraints. A high-density, high-speed carbon nanotube RAM can be implemented as the universal memory, allowing on-chip multi-context configuration storage, enabling fine-grain temporal logic folding, and providing a significant increase in relative logic density. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/314155 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/40615 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0052 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/1778 (20130101) H03K 19/17752 (20130101) H03K 19/17776 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | E. William Cowell, III (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STATE OF OREGON ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF OREGON STATE UNIVESITY (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | E. William Cowell, III (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | An amorphous metal thin-film non-linear resistor (AMNR) is provided. The AMNR is an electronic device possessing symmetric non-linear current-voltage (I-V) characteristics, an exemplary configuration of which may comprise three sequentially deposited layers which include a lower amorphous metal thin-film (AMTF) interconnect, a thin-film insulator located on top of the AMTF interconnect, and two upper conductive contacts located on top of the insulator and disposed in the same physical plane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/066945 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Resistors H01C 1/14 (20130101) H01C 1/142 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01C 7/006 (20130101) H01C 17/12 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 28/20 (20130101) H01L 28/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09099660 | Haley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael M. Haley (Eugene, Oregon); Daniel T. Chase (Eugene, Oregon); Brad Rose (Eugene, Oregon); Aaron G. Fix (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Haley (Eugene, Oregon); Daniel T. Chase (Eugene, Oregon); Brad Rose (Eugene, Oregon); Aaron G. Fix (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Indenofluorenes that include at least two alkynyl-containing substituents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/704571 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 13/62 (20130101) C07C 22/08 (20130101) C07C 25/24 (20130101) C07C 255/52 (20130101) C07C 2103/52 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/0809 (20130101) C07F 7/0818 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) C09K 2211/1011 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0055 (20130101) H01L 51/0094 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/5012 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/10 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09100557 | Ng 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) | Yi-Ren Ng (Stanford, California); Patrick M. Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California); Mark A. Horowitz (Menlo Park, California); Marc S. Levoy (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various approaches to imaging involve selecting directional and spatial resolution. According to an example embodiment, images are computed using an imaging arrangement to facilitate selective directional and spatial aspects of the detection and processing of light data. Light passed through a main lens is directed to photosensors via a plurality of microlenses. The separation between the microlenses and photosensors is set to facilitate directional and/or spatial resolution in recorded light data, and facilitating refocusing power and/or image resolution in images computed from the recorded light data. In one implementation, the separation is varied between zero and one focal length of the microlenses to respectively facilitate spatial and directional resolution (with increasing directional resolution, hence refocusing power, as the separation approaches one focal length). |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/219896 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/0056 (20130101) G02B 27/0075 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14627 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2173 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/23212 (20130101) H04N 5/23232 (20130101) H04N 5/23293 (20130101) H04N 13/0235 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dean C. Webster (Fargo, North Dakota); Partha Pratim Sengupta (Fargo, North Dakota); Zhigang Chen (Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin); Xiao Pan (Fargo, North Dakota); Adlina Paramarta (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean C. Webster (Fargo, North Dakota); Partha Pratim Sengupta (Fargo, North Dakota); Zhigang Chen (Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin); Xiao Pan (Fargo, North Dakota); Adlina Paramarta (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides highly functional epoxy resins that may be used themselves in coating formulations and applications but which may be further functionalized via ring-opening reactions of the epoxy groups yielding derivative resins with other useful functionalities. The highly functional epoxy resins are synthesized from the epoxidation of vegetable or seed oil esters of polyols having 4 or more hydroxyl groups/molecule. In one embodiment, the polyol is sucrose and the vegetable or seed oil is selected from corn oil, castor oil, soybean oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, linseed oil, tall oil fatty acid, tung oil, vernonia oil, and mixtures thereof. Methods of making of the epoxy resin and each of its derivative resins are disclosed as are coating compositions and coated objects using each of the resins. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/577043 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/02 (20130101) C08G 59/027 (20130101) C08G 59/34 (20130101) C08G 59/1438 (20130101) C08G 59/1455 (20130101) C08G 59/1466 (20130101) C08G 59/4207 (20130101) C08G 59/4215 (20130101) C08G 59/4223 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 63/00 (20130101) C08L 63/10 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 163/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
09096861 — Stable, fertile, high polyhydroxyalkanoate producing plants and methods of producing them
| US 09096861 | Bohmert-Tatarev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karen Bohmert-Tatarev (Brookline, Massachusetts); Susan McAvoy (Milford, Massachusetts); Oliver P. Peoples (Arlington, Massachusetts); Kristi D. Snell (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Metabolix, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen Bohmert-Tatarev (Brookline, Massachusetts); Susan McAvoy (Milford, Massachusetts); Oliver P. Peoples (Arlington, Massachusetts); Kristi D. Snell (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Transgenic plants that produce high levels of polyhydroxybutyrate and methods of producing them are provided. In a preferred embodiment the transgenic plants are produced using plastid transformation technologies and utilize genes which are codon optimized. Stably transformed plants able to produce greater than 10% dwt PHS in tissues are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718498 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8214 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8257 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09096862 | Xiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shunyuan Xiao (Rockville, Maryland); Wenming Wang (Chengdu, China PRC); Xiaohua Yang (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shunyuan Xiao (Rockville, Maryland); Wenming Wang (Chengdu, China PRC); Xiaohua Yang (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to plants and methods of producing modified plants that exhibit enhanced drought resistance and bacterial resistance relative to non-modified plants. |
| FILED | Friday, December 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/340833 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) C07K 2319/70 (20130101) C07K 2319/85 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/62 (20130101) C12N 15/8218 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8273 (20130101) C12N 15/8281 (20130101) |
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| US PP25769 | Pounders et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Capstone Plants Inc. (Grand Saline, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CAPSTONE PLANTS, INC. (Grand Saline, Texas); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cecil T Pounders (Poplarville, Mississippi); James B Berry (Mineola, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A new cultivar of Azalea named ‘AZ 47’, that is characterized by its repeat blooming habit, its floriferous blooming habit with fuchsia pink single flowers, its foliage that has been observed to be pest free, its high tolerance to heat and humidity when grown in Southern U.S.A., and its ability to be readily propagated by softwood stem cuttings with a high percentage of successful rooting. |
| FILED | Friday, August 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/987581 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP25786 | Meerow |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan W Meerow (Davie, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct diploid (2n=22) Hippeastrum interspecific hybrid plant named ‘JAX’ particularly characterized by semi-pendant trumpet-shaped flowers, measuring approximately 15-16 cm long, approximately 12-13.5 cm wide laterally, approximately 4-16 cm wide dorsal-ventrally, and with a unique color pattern of lightly striated amethyst (closest RHS Color Chart is red-purple 73A) on a white (RHS 155D) background, most prominently on the lateral inner tepals, with a picotee of the same color. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/987802 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP25787 | Meerow |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan W Meerow (Davie, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct aneuploid 2n=43 semi-dwarf Hippeastrum hybrid plant named ‘Tampa’ particularly characterized by funnel-shaped flowers, measuring approximately 13-17 cm long, approximately 13-14 cm wide laterally, approximately 16-17 cm wide dorsal-ventrally, the flowers are densely striated purple approximately RHS Red Purple 60A on their inner surfaces, with a broad white RHS 155D keel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998027 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP25788 | Meerow |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan W Meerow (Davie, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct tripolid (2n=33) Hippeastrum interspecific hybrid plant named ‘Boca’ particularly characterized by “butterfly” shape flowers, measuring approximately 13-14 cm and 15-16 cm long, approximately 12-13.5 cm and 14-15 cm wide laterally, approximately 14-16 cm and 16-18 cm wide dorsal-ventrally, The flowers are densely striated purple pink (approximately red purple RHS 57A) on their inner surfaces, with an irregular marginal white RHS 155D picotee and a faint white RHS 155D keel on the outer lateral segments; the outer surfaces are more lightly striated with infusions of green RHS 149B and maroon RHS 178B along the keels. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/987875 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09095291 | Soller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Babs R. Soller (Northboro, Massachusetts); John Coates (Newton, Connecticut); Ye Yang (Scarborough, Maine); Chunguang Jin (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Babs R. Soller (Northboro, Massachusetts); John Coates (Newton, Connecticut); Ye Yang (Scarborough, Maine); Chunguang Jin (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are sensors that include: (a) a circuit board that includes an electronic processor; (b) a plurality of radiation sources, each source being attached to the circuit board; and (c) a spectral detector attached to the circuit board, the spectral detector being configured to analyze radiation derived from one or more of the plurality of radiation sources. During use, the sensors are configured to be worn on a portion of a body of a subject. The electronic processor is configured to cause two or more of the plurality of radiation sources to direct incident radiation to the subject, to cause the spectral detector to analyze radiation from the subject, and to determine one or more properties of the subject based on the radiation from the subject. Methods of making and using these sensors are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/057617 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0082 (20130101) A61B 5/145 (20130101) A61B 5/412 (20130101) A61B 5/1455 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/6801 (20130101) A61B 5/14539 (20130101) A61B 5/14552 (20130101) A61B 2562/04 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) A61B 2562/0233 (20130101) A61B 2562/0238 (20130101) A61B 2562/0242 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09097585 | Sparks |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William B. Sparks (Hampstead, Maryland) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | William B. Sparks (Hampstead, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A single-shot real-time spectropolarimeter for use in astronomy and other sciences that captures and encodes some or all of the Stokes polarization parameters simultaneously using only static, robust optical components with no moving parts is described. The polarization information is encoded onto the spectrograph at each wavelength along the spatial dimension of the 2D output data array. The varying embodiments of the concept include both a two-Stokes implementation (in which any two of the three Stokes polarization parameters are measured) and a full Stokes implementation (in which all three of the Stokes polarization parameters are measured), each of which is provided in either single beam or dual beam forms. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/608539 |
| 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 3/44 (20130101) G01J 3/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09097609 | Kelley |
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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) | Anthony R. Kelley (Somerville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a versatile hermetic seal leak detection apparatus for testing hermetically sealed containers and devices for leaks without the need to create a custom or specially manufactured testing chamber conforming to the dimensions of the specific object under test. The size of the testing chamber may be mechanically adjusted by the novel use of bellows to reduce and optimize the amount of gas space in a test chamber which surrounds the hermetically sealed object under test. The present invention allows the size of the test chamber to be selectively adjusted during testing to provide an optimum test chamber gas space. The present invention may be further adapted to isolate and test specific portions of the hermetically sealed object under test for leaks. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/874182 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 3/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09097646 | Campbell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel F. Campbell (Poquoson, Virginia); Bing Lin (Yorktown, Virginia); Amin R. Nehrir (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A continuous wave Light Detection and Ranging (CW LiDAR) system utilizes two or more laser frequencies and time or range shifted pseudorandom noise (PN) codes to discriminate between the laser frequencies. The performance of these codes can be improved by subtracting out the bias before processing. The CW LiDAR system may be mounted to an artificial satellite orbiting the earth, and the relative strength of the return signal for each frequency can be utilized to determine the concentration of selected gases or other substances in the atmosphere. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/072019 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09099751 | Hays et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles C. Hays (Pasadena, California); Sri R. Narayan (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A series of binary and ternary Pt-alloys, that promote the important reactions for catalysis at an alloy surface; oxygen reduction, hydrogen oxidation, and hydrogen and oxygen evolution. The first two of these reactions are essential when applying the alloy for use in a PEMFC. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/081989 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/42 (20130101) B01J 23/8913 (20130101) B01J 35/0013 (20130101) B01J 37/347 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/921 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/928 (20130101) H01M 8/1011 (20130101) H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09095808 | Taylor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | E. Jennings Taylor (Troy, Ohio); Maria I. Inman (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Joseph Kell (Dayton, Ohio); Heather McCrabb (Kettering, Ohio); Anthony Ferrante (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ross Youngs (Dublin, Ohio); John Nicholas Meister (Columbus, Ohio); James Robert Cook (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts); Faraday Technology, Inc. (Clayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | E. Jennings Taylor (Troy, Ohio); Maria I. Inman (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Joseph Kell (Dayton, Ohio); Heather McCrabb (Kettering, Ohio); Anthony Ferrante (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ross Youngs (Dublin, Ohio); John Nicholas Meister (Columbus, Ohio); James Robert Cook (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrolytic filtration method and apparatus for the concentration and collection of suspended particulates from aqueous solutions is disclosed. The electrolytic cell contains at least an anode and a cathode, and in one embodiment contains a plurality of anodes and cathodes. The electrolytic cell also contains a filter, and in one embodiment the filter is a moving belt filter. While not bound by theory, the electrolytic filtration method and apparatus is based on the electrophoretic movement of algae particles suspended in an aqueous solution away from the filter under the influence of an electric field. In one embodiment the electric field is a pulsed waveform with unidirectional voltage or current pulses. In another embodiment, the electric field is a pulsed waveform with bidirectional voltage or current pulses. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/249322 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 57/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09096597 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kineta Four, LLC (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kineta Four, LLC (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongcheng Dai (Corvallis, Oregon); Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon); Tove C. Bolken (N. Keizer, Oregon); Sean M. Amberg (Corvallis, Oregon); Ryan A. Larson (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods for preparing the compounds and methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by the Arenavirus family such as Lassa fever, Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, and Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/272060 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/18 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09097712 | Bystryak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allied Innovative Systems, LLC (Budd Lake, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Allied Innovative Systems LLC (Budd Lake, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon Bystryak (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Rasa Santockyte (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for quantitatively measuring white blood cell (leukocyte) count and/or white blood cell (leukocyte) subsets count involves adding specific antibodies labeled with a marker to the biological fluid sample, capture of white blood cells from a fluid sample by a retainer, removal of other than leukocyte cells and other interfering substances by washing or using specific magnetic beads, and reading the result. The device for use in the present method includes a retainer for leukocyte cells and an absorption pad for taking up all excess washing solution flowing past the sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/863490 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5023 (20130101) B01L 2200/04 (20130101) B01L 2300/0825 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5047 (20130101) G01N 33/54313 (20130101) G01N 33/56972 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/70514 (20130101) G01N 2333/70517 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09096544 | Fontana et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph A. Fontana (Detroit, Michigan); Marcia Dawson (La Jolla, California); Zebin Xia (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan); Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (LaJolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Fontana (Detroit, Michigan); Marcia Dawson (La Jolla, California); Zebin Xia (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds of formula I or a salt thereof as described herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I, processes for preparing compounds of formula I, intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula I and therapeutic methods for inducing apoptosis or treating cancer using compounds of formula I. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/519098 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/497 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 31/4965 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/06 (20130101) C07D 213/55 (20130101) C07D 213/60 (20130101) C07D 237/08 (20130101) C07D 239/26 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) C07D 241/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09096853 | Schmitz, Sr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John C. Schmitz, Sr. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Edward Chu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William H. Gmeiner (Yadkinville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Schmitz, Sr. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Edward Chu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William H. Gmeiner (Yadkinville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthesized siRNA molecule having the sense strand with one or more uridine bases replaced by one or more respective nucleoside analogs, such as 5-fluoro-2′-deoxyuridine (FdU). |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/030327 |
| 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 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/335 (20130101) C12N 2310/344 (20130101) C12N 2310/3533 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09098310 | Ranganathan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anand Ranganathan (Fairfield, Connecticut); Anton V. Riabov (Westchester, New York); Octavian Udrea (Westchester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anand Ranganathan (Fairfield, Connecticut); Anton V. Riabov (Westchester, New York); Octavian Udrea (Westchester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A flow pattern is generated from a single flow, in which the flow pattern describes a plurality of flows that are structurally similar to one another and perform similar tasks. End users are then capable of exploring the different flows of the pattern and selecting one or more flows based on high-level goals. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/608689 |
| ART UNIT | 2197 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/10 (20130101) G06F 8/447 (20130101) G06F 9/4436 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09099581 | Na et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yun-Chung Neil Na (Palo Alto, California); Yuval Saado (Qiriyat Gat, Israel); Yimin Kang (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yun-Chung Neil Na (Palo Alto, California); Yuval Saado (Qiriyat Gat, Israel); Yimin Kang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic integrated circuit (I/C) includes a focusing sidewall or in-plane surface that redirects and focuses light from a waveguide to a photodetector structure. The focusing includes redirecting an optical signal to a width smaller than a width of the waveguide. The focusing of the light allows the photodetector structure to be outside a waveguide defined by parallel oxide structures. With the photodetector structure outside the waveguide, the contacts can be placed closer together, which reduces contact resistance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/996528 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/0204 (20130101) G01J 1/0411 (20130101) G01J 1/0414 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/43 (20130101) G02B 6/4204 (20130101) G02B 6/4214 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/0274 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 09096677 | Emlen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexion Cambridge Corporation (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Woodruff Emlen (Greenwood Village, Colorado); V. Michael Holers (Denver, Colorado); Peter Flynn (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to humaneered anti-factor B antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof with reduced immunogenicity. The humaneered anti-factor B antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof are derived from murine monoclonal antibody 1379, which binds factor B in the third short consensus repeat (“SCR”) domain and selectively inhibits activation of the alternative complement pathway by preventing formation of the C3bBb complex. The invention also relates to methods of treating diseases or disorders in which activation of the alternative complement pathway plays a role, and methods of selectively inhibiting activation of the alternative complement pathway in an individual in need thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/722071 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/461 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09099230 | Cowell, III |
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| APPLICANT(S) | E. William Cowell, III (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STATE OF OREGON ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF OREGON STATE UNIVESITY (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | E. William Cowell, III (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | An amorphous metal thin-film non-linear resistor (AMNR) is provided. The AMNR is an electronic device possessing symmetric non-linear current-voltage (I-V) characteristics, an exemplary configuration of which may comprise three sequentially deposited layers which include a lower amorphous metal thin-film (AMTF) interconnect, a thin-film insulator located on top of the AMTF interconnect, and two upper conductive contacts located on top of the insulator and disposed in the same physical plane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/066945 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Resistors H01C 1/14 (20130101) H01C 1/142 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01C 7/006 (20130101) H01C 17/12 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 28/20 (20130101) H01L 28/24 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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