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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 18, 2015
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 09107595 | Smyth |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Smyth (Fallston, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for estimating brain activity of a human subject from the measurement of electroencephalograms (EEG) are disclosed. In one method, cortical neural sources in the cerebral cortex of the brain of the subject are specified. Next, using a model of the human brain which treats the cortical neural sources as nodes in a cortical source network, cortical source activations are estimated from the measured electroencephalograms for each of the cortical neural sources in the network for the subject. Source network modulation control signals are then determined for the subject from the cortical source activations which are assumed to correspond to control modulators in the human brain. And a network activity classification is computed from determined modulation control signals for the subject. The innovative technology may be included in an automated aiding system in the electronic aiding of tasks performed by human operators. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/499562 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0476 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09107866 | Savarino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen J Savarino (Kensington, Maryland); Randall K Holmes (Golden, Colorado); Michael G Jobling (Aurora, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents Of The University Of Colorado, A Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J Savarino (Kensington, Maryland); Randall K Holmes (Golden, Colorado); Michael G Jobling (Aurora, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventive subject matter relates to an immunogenic composition composed of a chimeric molecule including a conformationally stable adhesin from Escherichia coli fused to a bacterial toxin A subunit, such as cholera toxin A subunit or heat-labile Escherichia coli toxin A subunit. The invention also relates to the adhesin-toxin chimera noncovalently associated with a toxin B subunit of the same or different species as the A subunit. The invention also relates to a method of utilizing an adhesin/toxin fusion composition to elicit an immune response. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/988598 |
| 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 2039/54 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/627 (20130101) A61K 2039/6037 (20130101) |
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| US 09108247 | Epshteyn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Albert Epshteyn (College Park, Maryland); Andrew P. Purdy (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert Epshteyn (College Park, Maryland); Andrew P. Purdy (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanopowder and a method of making are disclosed. The nanopowder may be in the form of nanoparticles with an average size of less than about 200 nm and contain a reactive transition metal, such as hafnium, zirconium, or titanium. The nanopowder can be formed in a liquid under sonication by reducing a halide of the transition metal. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/280135 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0018 (20130101) B22F 1/0085 (20130101) B22F 9/007 (20130101) B22F 9/007 (20130101) B22F 9/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22F 9/24 (20130101) B22F 2202/01 (20130101) B22F 2202/01 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) B22F 2999/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 6/02 (20130101) C01B 31/303 (20130101) C01B 31/305 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/62 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) |
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| US 09108310 | Thull |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zachariah Thull (Lexington Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zachariah Thull (Lexington Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A fueldraulic actuator installation and removal tool that includes a base, an actuator chassis, and at least one articulating arm. The actuator chassis is able to communicate with a jet fueldraulic actuator located in a jet engine bay such that the actuator can be removed from the jet engine bay. The actuator chassis is connectable to the actuator at three predetermined points on the actuator. The at least one articulating arm, which is attached to the base, communicates with the actuator chassis such that the actuator chassis can be moved forward (frontwards) and backwards and left and right, and oriented at different inclines and adjusted to allow the actuator chassis to align and interface with the jet fueldraulic actuator. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/349625 |
| ART UNIT | 3727 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Tools or Bench Devices Not Otherwise Provided For, for Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging or Holding B25B 27/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/53913 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09108364 | Caruso et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary M. Caruso (Urbana, Illinois); David A. Delafuente (Augusta, Georgia); Benjamin J. Blaiszik (Urbana, Illinois); Jason M. Kamphaus (Missouri City, Texas); Nancy R. Sottos (Champaign, Illinois); Scott R. White (Champaign, Illinois); Jeffrey S. Moore (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary M. Caruso (Urbana, Illinois); David A. Delafuente (Augusta, Georgia); Benjamin J. Blaiszik (Urbana, Illinois); Jason M. Kamphaus (Missouri City, Texas); Nancy R. Sottos (Champaign, Illinois); Scott R. White (Champaign, Illinois); Jeffrey S. Moore (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite material includes a solid polymer matrix, a plurality of capsules and a liquid, in the capsules. The liquid includes from 50 to 100 wt % of a solvent, and from 0 to 50 wt % of a polymerizer. There is no polymerizer outside of the capsules. The solid polymer matrix may include a native activating moiety for the polymerizer. The solvent may have a swelling ratio with the solid polymer matrix of at least 1.1 and/or may have a polarity ET of from 0.10 to 0.50. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/739537 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 73/22 (20130101) B29C 73/163 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09108370 | Joshi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prakash B. Joshi (Andover, Massachusetts); David B. Oakes (Reading, Massachusetts); Edward J. Salley (Andover, Massachusetts); Allan Dokhan (Belmont, Massachusetts); Kophu Chiang (North Andover, Massachusetts); Alan Gelb (Boston, Massachusetts); John Hagge (Laporte, Minnesota); B. David Green (Methuen, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a metalized polymeric bubble in a space, microgravity environment is described. A liquid polymer bubble having a predetermined diameter is formed from a mixture comprising a liquid polymer and at least one of a UV curing material, a stabilizer, a UV absorber, or a surfactant. The liquid polymer bubble is cured with radiation to form a rigid polymer bubble. The rigid polymer bubble is then metalized with a metal to form the metalized polymeric bubble. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/655240 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/00865 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/1355 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09108601 | Lebsock |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert A. Lebsock (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Lebsock (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for a trailer braking system for use with a fifth wheel hitch, a gooseneck hitch, or the like. A braking system for a trailer pulled by a tow vehicle includes an arm member extending downward from and pivotally connected to an upper portion of the trailer and a surge brake actuator connected to the upper portion of the trailer that is configured to control braking of wheels of the trailer. When the tow vehicle decelerates, inertial force caused by forward momentum of the trailer pivots the arm member such that force is exerted on the surge brake actuator to actuate the brakes of the trailer. |
| FILED | Monday, July 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/539752 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Vehicle Brake Control Systems or Parts Thereof; Brake Control Systems or Parts Thereof, in General; Arrangement of Braking Elements on Vehicles in General; Portable Devices for Preventing Unwanted Movement of Vehicles; Vehicle Modifications to Facilitate Cooling of Brakes B60T 7/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60T 13/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09108727 | Hoover |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric D. Hoover (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric D. Hoover (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor blade fold system for an aircraft includes one or more actuators operably connected to one or more blade components of one or more rotor blades of the aircraft. One or more sensors are located at the one or more rotor blades and are configured to sense operation of the one or more blade components. A fold control system is configured to monitor output from the one or more sensors and is capable of stopping operation of the blade fold system, via communication with the one or more actuators, if the one or more blade components are not operating within predetermined limits. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/086003 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09108825 | Kjolseth |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul M. Kjolseth (Edgewater, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul M. Kjolseth (Edgewater, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of controlling a crane and a manipulator including determining the relative motion between a first platform including the crane and a second platform, determining the current position of the manipulator, and repositioning the manipulator to compensate for the relative motion between the first platform and the second platform and in accordance with operator commands. |
| FILED | Monday, December 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/654198 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Conjoint Control of Vehicle Sub-units of Different Type or Different Function; Control Systems Specially Adapted for Hybrid Vehicles; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems for Purposes Not Related to the Control of a Particular Sub-unit B60W 2510/20 (20130101) B60W 2520/10 (20130101) B60W 2520/14 (20130101) Cranes; Load-engaging Elements or Devices for Cranes, Capstans, Winches, or Tackles B66C 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09108949 | Peng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Youyi Peng (New York, New York); Lawrence P. Wennogle (New York, New York); Qiang Zhang (New York, New York); John Tomesch (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTRA-CELLULAR THERAPIES, INC. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Youyi Peng (New York, New York); Lawrence P. Wennogle (New York, New York); Qiang Zhang (New York, New York); John Tomesch (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | It is an object of the present invention that the novel nicotinic receptor antagonists disclosed herein may be used in a broad array of clinical or medicinal facets. For example, it is a contemplated use of the present invention that the novel nicotinic receptor antagonists be used to inhibit the growth cycle of non-small cell lung cancer cells. Without being bound by theory, it is an object of the present invention that the nicotinic receptor antagonists disclosed herein are believed to possess reversible binding properties. Moreover, the compounds of the present invention are selective for 0.7 nAChR. For example, the compounds of the present invention are not believed to bind to 0.4 (32 nAChR neuromuscular receptors. It is also contemplated that the nicotinic receptor antagonists of the present invention will be used as a counter measure to treat exposure, or potential exposure, to a wide array of potential neurotoxins. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/127699 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09109222 | Eshoo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Eshoo (Solana Beach, California); John Picuri (Carlsbad, California); Stanley Motley (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | IBIS BIOSCIENCES, INC. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Eshoo (Solana Beach, California); John Picuri (Carlsbad, California); Stanley Motley (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for preparing a nucleic acid library in a multi-purpose buffer (e.g., employing whole genome amplification), where nucleic acid purification is not required between or during steps. In certain embodiments, small amounts of starting nucleic acid (e.g., genomic DNA) are employed and the steps are accomplished in a single container. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid library is subjected to sequencing methodologies or rolling circle amplification. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/337828 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1093 (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 1/686 (20130101) C12Q 1/686 (20130101) C12Q 2521/501 (20130101) C12Q 2525/191 (20130101) |
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| US 09109270 | Xia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Younan Xia (St. Louis, Missouri); Sang-Hyuk Im (Pohang-Shi, South Korea); Yugang Sun (Naperville, Illinois); Yun Tack Lee (Seattle, Washington); Benjamin Wiley (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Younan Xia (St. Louis, Missouri); Sang-Hyuk Im (Pohang-Shi, South Korea); Yugang Sun (Naperville, Illinois); Yun Tack Lee (Seattle, Washington); Benjamin Wiley (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing silver nanostructures with improved dimensional control, yield, purity, monodispersity, and scale of synthesis. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/367217 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0025 (20130101) B22F 9/24 (20130101) B22F 2001/0037 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Alloys C22C 5/02 (20130101) C22C 5/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/00 (20130101) C30B 29/02 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09109299 | Motakef et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shariar Motakef (Weston, Massachusetts); Piotr Becla (Arlington, Massachusetts); Krzysztof Becla (Arlington, Massachusetts); Matthew R. Overholt (Upton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CapeSym, Inc. (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shariar Motakef (Weston, Massachusetts); Piotr Becla (Arlington, Massachusetts); Krzysztof Becla (Arlington, Massachusetts); Matthew R. Overholt (Upton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An alloy semiconductor can be grown using a container including a lower section containing a composition-control source material and an upper section containing a solid. The composition-control source material is heated to produce a vapor, and the solid charge is melted to form a melt with a melt meniscus extending to an inner surface of the container. The vaporized composition-control source material flows from the lower section to the upper and contacts the melt meniscus. The melt is then cooled to form a crystal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/075520 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 11/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09109354 | Toubia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elias Toubia (Dayton, Ohio); Danny Tilton (Burnside, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular structure formed by panels is disclosed, having a center compartment and first and second side compartments coupled to the opposing sides of the center compartment. Each panel of the modular structure is joined to each respective adjacent panel via a panel joining assembly to substantially prevent moisture from entering the modular structure. An upper roof panel coupled to the center compartment is joined to first and second lower roof panels coupled to the first side compartment and the second side compartment, respectively, via first structural joining assemblies so that the upper roof panel is elevated relative to the first and second lower roof panels to substantially prevent moisture from entering the modular structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/943964 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | General Building Constructions; Walls, e.g Partitions; Roofs; Floors; Ceilings; Insulation or Other Protection of Buildings E04B 1/34315 (20130101) E04B 1/34321 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Roof Coverings; Sky-lights; Gutters; Roof-working Tools E04D 13/04 (20130101) Buildings or Like Structures for Particular Purposes; Swimming or Splash Baths or Pools; Masts; Fencing; Tents or Canopies, in General E04H 1/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09109999 | Beard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shawn J. Beard (Livermore, California); Chang Zhang (Santa Clara, California); Xinlin Qing (Cupertino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ACELLENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn J. Beard (Livermore, California); Chang Zhang (Santa Clara, California); Xinlin Qing (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of performing transducer self-diagnostics and self-healing on an array of sensor transducers bonded to a structure for health monitoring includes measuring impedance to detect whether a transducer is missing, or a connection is damaged. Pitch-catch signals generated between one or more pairs of transducers are analyzed for detecting defects according to selected criteria of defect size and location to determine whether the sensors are damaged or partially/fully disbonded. Based on the resulting map of operational transducers, signal transmission paths are added/extended between additional pairs of transducers to maintain inspection coverage of the structure according to the selected criteria. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/039600 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/36 (20130101) G01N 29/041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/4463 (20130101) G01N 2291/106 (20130101) G01N 2291/0427 (20130101) |
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| US 09110010 | Ateya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel A. Ateya (Alexandria, Virginia); Peter B Howell, Jr. (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Frances S. Ligler (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Ateya (Alexandria, Virginia); Peter B Howell, Jr. (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Frances S. Ligler (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device having: a laminar flow channel for liquids; two or more electrodes; a confining fluid inlet; a sample inlet; and a meter for measuring the impedance of any fluid between the electrodes. The device may have one or more specific binding sites, or it may have sheathing and unsheathing fluid transporting structures. A method of: providing the device; flowing a confining fluid and a conductive liquid that may contain cells or particles through the channel as described herein; and measuring the impedance between the electrodes. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/118028 |
| 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 | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/3276 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09110022 | Clough et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Clough (Arlington, Virginia); Jingle Liu (Troy, New York); Xi-Cheng Zhang (Melrose, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Clough (Arlington, Virginia); Jingle Liu (Troy, New York); Xi-Cheng Zhang (Melrose, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for detecting radiation for example, terahertz radiation, with the aid of acoustic signal generation and detection include: directing an optical beam into a volume of gas; ionizing at least a portion of the volume of gas with the optical beam to produce a plasma; and detecting an acoustic signal produced from an interaction of a radiation wave with the plasma. The methods and systems are particularly adapted for remote detection of chemicals, biological substances, and explosives, among others. The capability of the methods and systems can be enhanced by employing multi-color laser excitation to produce the plasma and varying the time delay between the multi-color pulses. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/643871 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/63 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/3504 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) |
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| US 09110158 | Habif |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan L. Habif (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for range finding of a target including: generating a first photon and a second photon identical to the first photon; transmitting the first photon towards the target and delaying the second photon by a time delay; receiving the first photon reflected from the target and the delayed second photon; interacting the reflected first photon and the delayed second photon to produce HOM interference; detecting photo-statistics at an output of the HOM interference; when the two photons are output at the same output port, repeating the above processes; when the reflected first single photon and the delayed second single photon are output at different output ports, changing the time delay and repeating the above processes; repeating the above processes for a number of times to arrive at a final estimate for a value of the time delay corresponding to the final estimate of the target range. |
| FILED | Monday, October 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/064592 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 17/107 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09110221 | Agarwal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anuradha M. Agarwal (Weston, Massachusetts); Antonio Canciamilla (Olgiate Olona, Italy); Francesco Morichetti (Novara, Italy); Stefano Grillanda (Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy); Lionel C. Kimerling (Concord, Massachusetts); Andrea Melloni (Milan, Italy); Jurgen Michel (Arlington, Massachusetts); Vivek Raghunathan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vivek Singh (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In a photonic waveguide, there is provided an undercladding layer and a waveguide core, having a cross-sectional height and width, that is disposed on the undercladding layer. The waveguide core comprises a waveguide core material having a thermo-optic coefficient. A refractive index tuning cladding layer is disposed on top of the waveguide core. The refractive index tuning cladding layer comprises a refractive index tuning cladding material having an adjustable refractive index and an absorption length at a refractive index tuning radiation wavelength. A thermo-optic coefficient compensation cladding layer is disposed on top of the refractive index tuning cladding layer. The thermo-optic coefficient compensation cladding layer comprises a thermo-optic coefficient compensation material having a thermo-optic coefficient that is of opposite sign to the thermo-optic coefficient of the waveguide core material. The thermo-optic coefficient compensation cladding layer provides at least partial compensation for the waveguide core thermo-optic coefficient. |
| FILED | Friday, February 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/763090 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/122 (20130101) G02B 6/02033 (20130101) G02B 6/03694 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110372 | Guerrero et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas J. Guerrero (Rolla, Missouri); Robert Christian Cox (Rolla, Missouri); Marc W. Weimer (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brewer Science Inc. (Rolla, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas J. Guerrero (Rolla, Missouri); Robert Christian Cox (Rolla, Missouri); Marc W. Weimer (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel, wet developable anti-reflective coating compositions and methods of using those compositions are provided. The compositions comprise a polymer and/or oligomer having acid functional groups and dissolved in a solvent system along with a crosslinker and a photoacid generator. The preferred acid functional group is a carboxylic acid, while the preferred crosslinker is a vinyl ether crosslinker. In use, the compositions are applied to a substrate and thermally crosslinked. Upon exposure to light, the cured compositions will decrosslink, rendering them soluble in typical photoresist developing solutions (e.g., alkaline developers). |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/973552 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 43/166 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/11 (20130101) G03F 7/039 (20130101) G03F 7/40 (20130101) G03F 7/091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03F 7/094 (20130101) G03F 7/168 (20130101) G03F 7/0392 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 438/952 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110748 | Patnaik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gopal Patnaik (Silver Spring, Maryland); Keith Stephen Obenschain (Burk, Virginia); Adam Joseph Moses (Falls Church, Virginia); Jay Paul Boris (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gopal Patnaik (Silver Spring, Maryland); Keith Stephen Obenschain (Burk, Virginia); Adam Joseph Moses (Falls Church, Virginia); Jay Paul Boris (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Computer implemented methods and systems work cooperatively to calculate and display plume arrival time of a CBR contaminant and to alert responders to take action, associated with mitigating the CBR contaminant. The methods and systems comprise: performing, plume arrival time operational use routines, including: sensing an unknown CBR contaminant released in a geographic area of interest and then, over a communications network, alerting and causing responders to mitigate the CBR contaminant by displaying realtime graphics on handheld computer implemented graphics devices, as well as host computers and distributed computers, showing current and predicted paths of plumes of the CBR plume, by estimating an initial source location of the unknown contaminant, calculating and displaying on graphic displays, an arrival time of at least one or more plumes associated with the CBR contaminant. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/629842 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/94 (20130101) G01N 33/00 (20130101) G01N 33/0075 (20130101) G01N 2015/0088 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110771 | Hoppensteadt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank C. Hoppensteadt (New York, New York); Varun Narendra (Jamaica, New York); Eugene M. Izhikevich (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank C. Hoppensteadt (New York, New York); Varun Narendra (Jamaica, New York); Eugene M. Izhikevich (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a polychronous wave propagation system that is based on relative timing between two or more propagated waves through a wave propagation medium. The relative timing may be associated with interference patterns of energy between the propagated waves. Operational behavior of the polychronous wave propagation system is based on the relative timing of the propagated waves and distances between initiators that transmit the propagated waves and responders that receive the propagated waves. The operational behavior may include arithmetical computations, memory storage, Boolean functions, frequency-based computations, or the like. The polychronous wave propagation system relies on time delays between the propagated waves that result from propagation velocities of the propagated waves through the wave propagation medium. By incorporating the time delays into the system, operational capacity may be greatly enhanced. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/015147 |
| ART UNIT | 2682 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110808 | Guthrie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guy L. Guthrie (Austin, Texas); William J. Starke (Round Rock, Texas); Jeffrey Stuecheli (Austin, Texas); Derek E. Williams (Austin, Texas); Phillip G. Williams (Leander, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guy L. Guthrie (Austin, Texas); William J. Starke (Round Rock, Texas); Jeffrey Stuecheli (Austin, Texas); Derek E. Williams (Austin, Texas); Phillip G. Williams (Leander, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In response to a memory access request of a processor core that targets a target cache line, the lower level cache of a vertical cache hierarchy associated with the processor core supplies a copy of the target cache line to an upper level cache in the vertical cache hierarchy and retains a copy in a shared coherence state. The upper level cache holds the copy of the target cache line in a private shared ownership coherence state indicating that each cached copy of the target memory block is cached within the vertical cache hierarchy associated with the processor core. In response to the upper level cache signaling replacement of the copy of the target cache line in the private shared ownership coherence state, the lower level cache updates its copy of the target cache line to the exclusive ownership coherence state without coherency messaging with other vertical cache hierarchies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/649725 |
| ART UNIT | 2138 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/3834 (20130101) G06F 12/0811 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 12/0815 (20130101) G06F 12/0831 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/1225 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110816 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teleputers, LLC (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teleputers, LLC (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruby B. Lee (Princeton, New Jersey); Zhenghong Wang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for accessing, storing and replacing data in a cache memory are provided, wherein a plurality of index bits and a plurality of tag bits at the cache memory are received. The plurality of index bits are processed to determine whether a matching index exists in the cache memory and the plurality of tag bits are processed to determine whether a matching tag exists in the cache memory, and a data line is retrieved from the cache memory if both a matching tag and a matching index exist in the cache memory. A random line in the cache memory can be replaced with a data line from a main memory, or evicted without replacement, based on the combination of index and tag misses, security contexts and protection bits. User-defined and/or vendor-defined replacement procedures can be utilized to replace data lines in the cache memory. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/039223 |
| ART UNIT | 2138 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0802 (20130101) G06F 12/0811 (20130101) G06F 12/0846 (20130101) G06F 12/0864 (20130101) G06F 12/0891 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2212/1021 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/1225 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110862 | O'Brien, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. O'Brien, Jr. (Newport, Rhode Island); Nathan Johnnie (Middletown, Rhode Island); Aimee M. Ross (New Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. O'Brien, Jr. (Newport, Rhode Island); Nathan Johnnie (Middletown, Rhode Island); Aimee M. Ross (New Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method to characterize a signal structure is provided. The method may receive a first set of time-dependent data vectors; select a sample size of data vectors; determine a minimum number of lags to process to characterize the first set of data vectors; calculate a cross-product term for each data vector in the sample size for each lag, a mean value and a variance value based on the sum of the cross-product term for each lag; calculate a circular correlation function for each lag; determine an upper and a lower correlation bound for the circular correlation based on the mean value, the variance value, and a desired false alarm rate; and characterize the signal structure based on the number of calculated circular correlation functions that exceed the upper or lower correlation bounds so as to generate a signal characterization data signal. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/561178 |
| 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 7/539 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/40 (20130101) G06K 9/0051 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110885 | Arimilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for performing cache injection includes monitoring addresses on a bus. Ownership of input/output data on the bus is acquired by a cache when an address on the bus (that is associated with the input/output data) corresponds to an address of a data block stored in the cache. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/212917 |
| ART UNIT | 2133 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0835 (20130101) G06F 13/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2212/507 (20130101) G06F 2212/621 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09111147 | Thornton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason R. Thornton (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Daniel J. Butler (Rochester, New York); Jeanette T. Baran-Gale (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and media are described for computer-assisted video surveillance. Methods may support detection of moving persons in video frames, extraction of features of the detected moving persons and identification of which detected moving persons are likely matches to a person of interest. Identification of the likely matches may be determined using an attribute-based search, and/or using a specific person-based search. The method may include using likely matches confirmed as images of the person of interest to reconstruct a path of the person of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/677183 |
| ART UNIT | 2422 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00771 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00805 (20130101) G06K 9/3241 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09111182 | Chelian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suhas E. Chelian (Encino, California); Narayan Srinivasa (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system for multispectral image processing with spiking dynamics. For example, the system receives an input image and compresses the image through space and spectrally variant sampling. Center-surround dynamics are modeled to control high dynamic ranges of the image and provide gain control. Further, habituative dynamics are modeled to produce outputs specialized for static or dynamic image content. Finally, neural spikes are generated based on the habituative dynamics. The neural spikes are saved or provided to other systems for further image processing. |
| FILED | Friday, September 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/019797 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09111217 | Garvey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Raphael Garvey (Duxbury, Massachusetts); John Denis Crowley, Jr. (Concord, Massachusetts); Bruce W. Lamar (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mitre Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Raphael Garvey (Duxbury, Massachusetts); John Denis Crowley, Jr. (Concord, Massachusetts); Bruce W. Lamar (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system and method for analyzing competing and non-competing hypothesis. Diagnostic strength of evidence in connection with a competing hypothesis analysis is analyzed. Veracity of evidence in connection with a non-competing hypothesis analysis is analyzed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/860590 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09111230 | Gambetta 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) | Jay M. Gambetta (Yorktown Heights, New York); John Smolin (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A device lattice arrangement including a plurality of devices, a plurality of physical connections for the plurality of devices, wherein each of the plurality of devices are coupled to at least two of the plurality of physical connections, a plurality of identity labels associated with individual devices of the plurality of devices and an arrangement of identity labels such that pairs of devices of the plurality of devices connected by some number of the plurality of connections have different identity labels. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827326 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09111355 | Honda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander L Honda (Sunnyvale, California); Yang Chen (Westlake Village, California); Shinko Y. Cheng (Cupertino, California); Deepak Khosla (Camarillo, California); Kyungnam Kim (Oak Park, California); Changsoo S. Jeong (Rancho Palos, California); Lei Zhang (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system for selective color processing for vision systems. The system receives a multi-band image as input. As an optional step, the multi-band image is preprocessed, and a transformation is performed to transform the multi-band image into a color space. A metric function is applied to the transformed image to generate a distance map comprising intensities which vary based on a similarity between an intensity of a pixel color and an intensity of a target color. A contrast enhancement process is applied to the distance map to normalize the distance map to a range of values. The range of values is expanded near the intensity of the target color. Finally, an output response map for the target color of interest is generated, such that the output response map has high responses in regions which are similar to the target color to aid in detection and recognition processes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/205327 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 5/40 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09111786 | Kub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael A. Mastro (Fairfax, Virginia); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Jennifer K. Hite (Arlington, Virginia) |
| 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); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael A. Mastro (Fairfax, Virginia); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Jennifer K. Hite (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device with N-Channel and P-Channel III-Nitride field effect transistors comprising a non-inverted P-channel III-Nitride field effect transistor on a first nitrogen-polar nitrogen face III-Nitride material, a non-inverted N-channel III-Nitride field effect transistor, epitaxially grown, a first III-Nitride barrier layer, two-dimensional hole gas, second III-Nitride barrier layer, and a two-dimensional hole gas. A method of making complementary non-inverted P-channel and non-inverted N-channel III-Nitride FET comprising growing epitaxial layers, depositing oxide, defining opening, growing epitaxially a first nitrogen-polar III-Nitride material, buffer, back barrier, channel, spacer, barrier, and cap layer, and carrier enhancement layer, depositing oxide, growing AlN nucleation layer/polarity inversion layer, growing gallium-polar III-Nitride, including epitaxial layers, depositing dielectric, fabricating P-channel III-Nitride FET, and fabricating N-channel III-Nitride FET. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/578146 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/8228 (20130101) H01L 21/8238 (20130101) H01L 27/092 (20130101) H01L 27/095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/201 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/365 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7782 (20130101) H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) H01L 29/7831 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09111919 | Lichtenwalner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Jenner Lichtenwalner (Raleigh, North Carolina); Anant Kumar Agarwal (Arlington, Virginia); Lin Cheng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Vipindas Pala (Morrisville, North Carolina); John Williams Palmour (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertically oriented field effect device has a body and an enhance gate structure. The body includes a JFET (junction field effect transistor) region disposed between junction implants that extend into the body from a top surface of the body. The gate structure includes a supplemental gate dielectric, a primary gate dielectric, and a gate contact. The supplemental gate dielectric is formed over the top surface of the body above the JFET region, such that the supplemental dielectric is separated from the junction implants by a gap. The primary gate dielectric is formed over the supplemental gate dielectric, above the gap over the top surface of the body, and over at least a portion of the junction implants. The gate contact is formed over the primary gate dielectric. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/045466 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/4925 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/7802 (20130101) H01L 29/66712 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09112164 | Xue et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiangeng Xue (Gainesville, Florida); Soichi Uchida (Yokohama, Japan); Barry P. Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided, having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoactive region includes a first photoactive organic layer that is a mixture of an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material, wherein the first photoactive organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.8 characteristic charge transport lengths; a second photoactive organic layer in direct contact with the first organic layer, wherein the second photoactive organic layer is an unmixed layer of the organic acceptor material of the first photoactive organic layer, and the second photoactive organic layer has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths; and a third photoactive organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and in direct contact with the first photoactive organic layer. The third photoactive organic layer is an unmixed layer of the organic donor layer of the first photoactive organic layer and has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/068430 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0256 (20130101) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0059 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/4246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09112230 | Feaver et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron M. Feaver (Seattle, Washington); Henry R. Costantino (Woodinville, Washington); William D. Scott (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application is generally directed to ultrapure synthetic carbon materials having both high surface area and high porosity, ultrapure polymer gels and devices containing the same. The disclosed ultrapure synthetic carbon materials find utility in any number of devices, for example, in electric double layer capacitance devices and batteries. Methods for making ultrapure synthetic carbon materials and ultrapure polymer gels are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/767711 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/00 (20130101) C01B 31/02 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/042 (20130101) H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/34 (20130101) H01G 11/48 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/583 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09112258 | Church et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Justin A. Church (San Diego, California); John H. Meloling (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin A. Church (San Diego, California); John H. Meloling (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient electrically small circularly polarized SATCOM antenna includes two crossed half loops which are encapsulated by a capacitive cage structure which acts as an internal matching network for the antenna. The cage structure induces two orthogonal electric fields which are 90 degrees out of phase, which produces omni-directional circularly polarized radiation patterns. The gain and impedance performance surpasses that of prior art of similar size. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/494111 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 7/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 21/26 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09112275 | Bedinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Bedinger (Garland, Texas); Michael A. Moore (Fort Worth, Texas); Waid A. Paine (McKinney, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Bedinger (Garland, Texas); Michael A. Moore (Fort Worth, Texas); Waid A. Paine (McKinney, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A radome is provided and includes a substrate formed of moisture permeable material and a coating disposed on a surface of the SCFS substrate. The coating includes a layer of inorganic material disposed adjacent to at least one layer of organic material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/604204 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| 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 35/14 (20130101) C04B 2235/72 (20130101) C04B 2235/6027 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09112282 | Nurnberger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael W. Nurnberger (Springfield, Virginia); Christopher P. Amend (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive intermodulation modulation reducing structure for a multicarrier reflector system, including a plurality of flexible reflector gores, each gore having a thin layer of conductive metal, a first layer of dielectric material laminated to one face of the conductive metal, and a second layer of dielectric material laminated to an opposite face of the conductive metal. Capacitive coupling joins the reflector's RF components. The structure can be a deployable parabolic reflector for a satellite antenna. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/735769 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/288 (20130101) H01Q 15/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 15/161 (20130101) H01Q 19/134 (20130101) |
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| US 09112329 | Fan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tso Yee Fan (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tso Yee Fan (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Stimulating emission via thulium's lasing transition from the 3H4 manifold to the 3H6 manifold yields light at wavelength of about 820 nm. Unfortunately, excited thulium ions also transition from the 3H4 manifold to the long-lived 3F4 manifold, where they become trapped and can no longer participate in the lasing transition. If the enough of the thulium population becomes trapped in the 3F4 manifold, the gain medium becomes transparent at the pump wavelength, rendering population inversion difficult or impossible. Fortunately, the size of the population in the 3F4 manifold can be limited by selecting an appropriate crystal host and thulium doping concentration, pumping the thulium with pulses shorter than the 3F4 manifold's lifetime, cooling the gain medium to low temperature (e.g., 77 K), stimulating emission from the 3F4 manifold, upconversion pumping of the thulium from the 3F4 manifold to the 3H4 manifold, or transferring energy from thulium in the 3F4 manifold to a co-dopant. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/949864 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/11 (20130101) H01S 3/042 (20130101) H01S 3/092 (20130101) H01S 3/0407 (20130101) H01S 3/1616 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/1643 (20130101) H01S 3/1696 (20130101) H01S 3/1698 (20130101) H01S 3/09403 (20130101) H01S 3/09415 (20130101) |
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| US 09112331 | Northrup et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John E. Northrup (Palo Alto, California); Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); Noble M. Johnson (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Northrup (Palo Alto, California); Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); Noble M. Johnson (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Surface emitting laser structures that include a partially reflecting element disposed in the laser optical cavity are disclosed. A vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL) structure includes a pump source configured to emit radiation at a pump wavelength, λpump, an external out-coupling reflector, a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR,) and an active region arranged between the DBR and the out-coupling reflector. The active region is configured to emit radiation at a lasing wavelength, λlase. The VECSEL structure also includes partially reflecting element (PRE) arranged between the gain element and the external out-coupling reflector. The PRE has reflectivity of between about 30% and about 70% for the radiation at the lasing wavelength and reflectivity of between about 30% and about 70% for the radiation at the pump wavelength. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/427105 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/109 (20130101) H01S 5/041 (20130101) H01S 5/141 (20130101) H01S 5/3201 (20130101) H01S 5/18361 (20130101) H01S 5/18366 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/18369 (20130101) H01S 5/18377 (20130101) H01S 5/18383 (20130101) H01S 5/34333 (20130101) |
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| US 09112332 | Wunderer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); Noble M. Johnson (Menlo Park, California); John E. Northrup (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); Noble M. Johnson (Menlo Park, California); John E. Northrup (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL) structure includes a heterostructure and first and second reflectors. The heterostructure comprises an active region having one or more quantum well structures configured to emit radiation at a wavelength, λlase, in response to pumping by an electron beam. One or more layers of the heterostructure may be doped. The active region is disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector and is spaced apart from the first reflector by an external cavity. An electron beam source is configured to generate the electron beam directed toward the active region. At least one electrical contact is electrically coupled to the heterostructure and is configured to provide a current path between the heterostructure and ground. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/523681 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/109 (20130101) H01S 5/04 (20130101) H01S 5/14 (20130101) H01S 5/0222 (20130101) H01S 5/305 (20130101) H01S 5/327 (20130101) H01S 5/343 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/1838 (20130101) H01S 5/02461 (20130101) H01S 5/3086 (20130101) H01S 5/18358 (20130101) H01S 5/18369 (20130101) H01S 5/18383 (20130101) H01S 5/34333 (20130101) |
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| US 09112390 | Rastegar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jahangir S Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York); Richard T Murray (Patchogue, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OMNITEK PARTNERS LLC (Ronkonkoma, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York); Richard T Murray (Patchogue, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A generator including: a housing having an opening; a rotatable member having a slot formed for an angular length less than 360 degrees; a cable disposed in the slot and having a free end protruding from the opening in the housing; a cable stop disposed in a predetermined position in the slot; a spring for storing energy as the cable is unwound from the slot by pulling on the free end until the rotatable member rotates relative to the housing and the cable stop aligns with the opening; and an electromagnetic generator operatively connected to the spring such that the stored energy of the spring is transferred to an input side of the electromagnetic generator. |
| FILED | Saturday, February 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/176076 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 11/008 (20130101) F42C 15/40 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 7/1853 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09112483 | Delos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter L. Delos (Mt. Laurel, New Jersey); Francis X. McGroary (Brick, New Jersey); Edward F. Gross (Swedesboro, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A frequency synthesizing circuit comprising a first mixer configured to receive a first input signal, a first filter configured to receive an output of the first mixer and to remove undesired frequency signals from the output signal of the first mixer, and a feedback loop configured to provide an output of the first filter to an input of the first mixer. The feedback loop comprises a second mixer arranged within the feedback loop configured to receive the output of the first filter and to mix the output of the first filter with a second input signal. |
| FILED | Monday, September 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/034087 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 3/013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09112756 | Fleizach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory K. Fleizach (San Diego, California); Gary Lau (Poway, California); Ralph W. Hunt (San Marcos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method involve channelizing a received signal into two or more narrowband channels, each narrowband channel having an overlapping frequency portion, creating matched narrowband channels by matching the unknown amplitude, phase, and delay of at least two of the narrowband channels, coherently summing the matched narrowband channels into a wideband channel, and equalizing the wideband channel using an equalizing filter to generate a coherent wideband channel. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/209672 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 25/0204 (20130101) H04L 27/01 (20130101) H04L 27/2602 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09112773 | Lane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rita A. Lane (San Diego, California); Eric Jay Coolbaugh (Encinitas, California); Alice Hoff (San Diego, California); Jeffrey B. Lee (Lakeside, California); Walter M. Seay (Poway, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rita A. Lane (San Diego, California); Eric Jay Coolbaugh (Encinitas, California); Alice Hoff (San Diego, California); Jeffrey B. Lee (Lakeside, California); Walter M. Seay (Poway, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining communications interoperability comprising the following steps: (a) collecting communication asset data that describes communication equipment used by emergency and first responders from local, state and federal entities in a geographical region; (b) determining the communications interoperability between the entities based on the collected communication asset data, wherein the communications interoperability describes the ability of the communication equipment used by emergency and first responders of a given entity to be interoperable or not interoperable with the communication equipment used by emergency and first responders in the other entities in the geographic region; and (c) displaying the communications asset data and the communications interoperability of the entities in a geo-spatial referenced map to geographically-disparate users via an internet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/096931 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/173 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/10 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 43/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09113026 | Jacobs |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Trent Jacobs (McKinney, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a CCD sensor comprising a pixel array having a first segment configured to produce a first tap signal responsive to receipt of electromagnetic radiation from a scene to be imaged, a second segment configured to produce a second tap signal responsive to receipt of the electromagnetic radiation from the scene, a region of interest including a portion of the first segment adjacent the second segment and a portion of the second segment adjacent the first segment, and a processor configured to receive the first and second tap signals, perform level correction on one of the first and second tap signals based on magnitudes of the first and second tap signals, and perform gain correction on one of the first and second tap signals based on a comparison between magnitudes of the first and second tap signals corresponding to the region of interest. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/103947 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/243 (20130101) H04N 5/361 (20130101) H04N 5/3653 (20130101) H04N 5/23258 (20130101) H04N 9/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09113249 | Miles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald N. Miles (Newark Valley, New York); Weili Cui (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A rigid, flat plate diaphragm for an acoustic device is illustrated. The internal supporting structure of the diaphragm provides a combination of torsional and translational stiffeners, which resemble a number of crossbars. These stiffeners brace and support the diaphragm motion, thus causing its response to not be adversely affected by fabrication stresses and causing it to be very similar in dynamic response to an ideal flat plate operating in a frequency range that extends well beyond the audible. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/077685 |
| ART UNIT | 2655 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 1/083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04R 7/04 (20130101) H04R 7/16 (20130101) H04R 19/04 (20130101) H04R 19/005 (20130101) H04R 2201/003 (20130101) |
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| US 09113535 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Viacheslav Diev (Los Angeles, California); Kenneth Hanson (Carrboro, North Carolina); Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Viacheslav Diev (Los Angeles, California); Kenneth Hanson (Carrboro, North Carolina); Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound that can be used as a donor material in organic photovoltaic devices comprising a non-activated porphyrin fused with one or more non-activated polycyclic aromatic rings or one or more non-activated heterocyclic rings can be obtained by a thermal fusion process. The compounds can include structures of Formula I: By heating the reaction mixture of non-activated porphyrins with non-activated polycyclic aromatic rings or heterocyclic rings to a fusion temperature and holding for a predetermined time, fusion of one or more polycyclic rings or heterocyclic rings to the non-activated porphyrin core in meso,β fashion is achieved resulting in hybrid structures containing a distorted porphyrin ring with annulated aromatic rings. The porphyrin core can be olygoporphyrins. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/985439 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/22 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 47/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 2211/188 (20130101) C09K 2211/1007 (20130101) C09K 2211/1011 (20130101) C09K 2211/1029 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0072 (20130101) H01L 51/0077 (20130101) H01L 51/0092 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09113559 | Heikenfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason C. Heikenfeld (Cincinnati, Ohio); Brad L. Cumby (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason C. Heikenfeld (Cincinnati, Ohio); Brad L. Cumby (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A reconfigurable electromagnetic device includes a first and second planar layer having facing surfaces. One of the surfaces includes one or more micro-trenches. The area between the two surfaces is filled with an electro-fluid, such as a liquid metal and a second immiscible fluid, such as an inert gas. When pressure is applied, forcing the two surfaces together, Laplace pressure causes the electro-fluid to flow into the trench as the inert fluid is evacuated from the area between the two surfaces, forming an electromagnetic device. The shape of the trenches defines the reconfigurable device, such as circuitry, switch, antenna or the like. When the inert fluid is reintroduced into the area between the two surfaces, the electro-fluid withdraws from the trench, which is the off position, in which the device does not function. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/971344 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/004 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/00 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/364 (20130101) H01Q 3/01 (20130101) H01Q 9/145 (20130101) H01Q 15/24 (20130101) H01Q 15/0066 (20130101) H01Q 15/148 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/0286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 3/107 (20130101) H05K 2201/10053 (20130101) H05K 2203/128 (20130101) H05K 2203/0278 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An example method of representing cardiac information associated with a heart rhythm disorder is disclosed. The method includes accessing a plurality of neighboring cardiac signals obtained from a patient. The method also includes eliminating far-field activations from the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals using one or more divergence criteria that define local activations in the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals, the divergence criteria being associated with divergence among the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals. The method further includes constructing a clinical representation of local activations in the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/473572 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/7239 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) |
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| US 09107814 | Kwon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glen S. Kwon (Waunakee, Wisconsin); Marcus L. Forrest (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen S. Kwon (Waunakee, Wisconsin); Marcus L. Forrest (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Hydrophobic drugs become more practical for treatments by being encapsulated in micelle compositions for increasing solubility. Micelle compositions may include an excipient tocopherol and/or prodrug formulations of the drug. Micelles extend the time period the drug remains in the micelles to improve drug circulation time and thereby drug delivery. Hydrophobic drugs for micelle encapsulation may include rapamycin, geldanamycin, and paclitaxel. Administration of these micelle compositions does not require Cremophor EL or Tween 80, avoiding serious side effects associated with these products which would previously accompany such drug administration. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/460366 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/107 (20130101) A61K 9/1075 (20130101) A61K 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) |
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| US 09107826 | Ryan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert O. Ryan (El Cerrito, California); Michael N. Oda (Fairfield, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for delivery of a bioactive agent to an individual. Delivery vehicles are provided that include a bioactive agent in disc shaped particles that include one or more lipid binding polypeptides circumscribing the perimeter of a lipid bilayer in which the bioactive agent is localized. Chimeric lipid binding polypeptides are also provided and may be used to add additional functional properties to the delivery particles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/939089 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/661 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) |
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| US 09107858 | Denes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ferencz S. Denes (Madison, Wisconsin); Zsuzsanna Fabry (Madison, Wisconsin); Matyas Sandor (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ferencz S. Denes (Madison, Wisconsin); Zsuzsanna Fabry (Madison, Wisconsin); Matyas Sandor (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for targeting dendritic cells of the immune system. In particular, the compositions comprise carbon nanoparticles, optionally magnetic carbon nanoparticles comprising iron, which are preferentially endocytosed by dendritic cells compared to macrophages when contacted with a biological sample. The nanoparticles of the present invention may be functionalized to enhance delivery of biomolecules to dendritic cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/999509 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/0005 (20130101) A61K 2039/5154 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/28 (20130101) |
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| US 09107868 | Ambron et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Ambron (Lake Success, New York); Ying-Ju Sung (Prospect Park, New Jersey); Donald W. Landry (New York, New York); Shi-Xian Deng (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Ambron (Lake Success, New York); Ying-Ju Sung (Prospect Park, New Jersey); Donald W. Landry (New York, New York); Shi-Xian Deng (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the discovery of a novel molecular pathway involved in long-term hyperexcitability of sensory neurons, which, in higher animals, is associated with persistent pain. It is based on the discovery that, following injury to an axon of a neuron, an increase in nitric oxide synthase activity results in increased nitric oxide production, which, in turn, activates guanylyl cyclase, thereby increasing levels of cGMP. Increased cGMP results in activation of protein kinase G (“PKG”), which then is retrogradely transported along the axon to the neuron cell body, where it phosphorylates MAPKerk. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/569510 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/7023 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/4422 (20130101) A61K 38/02 (20130101) A61K 38/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/07 (20130101) A61K 38/465 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1205 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 301/04017 (20130101) |
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| US 09107879 | Parello et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Parello (Nashville, Tennessee); Keya Bandyopadhyay (San Diego, California); Jean-Louis Baneres (Montpellier, France); Casimir Blonski (Villebon-sur-Yvette, France); Ruth Anne Gjerset (San Diego, California); Aimee Martin (Montpellier, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Parello (Nashville, Tennessee); Keya Bandyopadhyay (San Diego, California); Jean-Louis Baneres (Montpellier, France); Casimir Blonski (Villebon-sur-Yvette, France); Ruth Anne Gjerset (San Diego, California); Aimee Martin (Montpellier, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a first amount of a compound of the HAT inhibitor of the following formula: wherein R is chosen from coenzyme A, (CH2)2NHCO(CH2)2NHCOR2; (CH2)2NHCOR3; (CH2)2NHCO(CH2)2NHCOR4; R1 is H, NH2, NH, N, and R1 can optionally cyclize with at least one other X2 to form a C3-8 membered ring containing C, O, S, or N; R2 is chosen from alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl; R3 is chosen from an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl; R4 is chosen from CH(OH)C(CH3)2CH2)OCOR2; X1 is chosen from H or can cyclize with one other X2 or R1 to form a C3-8 membered ring containing C, O, S, or N; and X2 is chosen from C, N, NH, and can optionally cyclize with at least one other X2 or R1 to form a C3-8 membered ring containing C, O, S, or N; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, thereby treating the cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, April 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/078837 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09107881 | Mehta 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) | Rajeshwari R Mehta (Orland Park, Illinois); Brad N Taylor (Chicago, Illinois); Tohru Yamada (Oak Park, Illinois); Craig W Beattie (Chicago, Illinois); Tapas K Das Gupta (River Forest, Illinois); Ananda M Chakrabarty (Villa Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions comprising cupredoxins, and their use to inhibit angiogenesis in mammalian cells, tissues, and animals, and particularly the angiogenesis that accompanies tumor development and particularly in humans. Specifically, the present invention relates to compositions comprising the cupredoxin(s), and or peptides that are variants, derivatives or structural equivalents of cupredoxins, which retain the ability to inhibit angiogenesis in mammalian cells, tissues or animals. These compositions may be peptides or pharmaceutical compositions, among others. The compositions of the invention may be used to treat any pathological condition that has as a symptom or cause, inappropriate angiogenesis, and particularly inappropriate angiogenesis related to tumor development. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/763962 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 67/0271 (20130101) A01K 2207/15 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0331 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/164 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/21 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) |
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| US 09107883 | Hammer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan); ATTEROCOR, INC. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Atterocor, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Hammer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Tom Kerppola (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Raili Kerppola (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for treatment of disorders associated with aberrant adrenal cortex cell behavior, including (but not limited to) treatment of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), Cushing's syndrome and/or pituitary ACTH excess (Cushing's Disease). Such methods involve administration of an effective amount N-(2,6-bis(1-methylethyl)phenyl)-N′-((1-(4-(dimethylamino)phenyl)cyclopentyl)-methyl)urea hydrochloride to the patient. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/802047 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/03 (20130101) A61K 31/03 (20130101) A61K 31/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/17 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/155 (20130101) A61K 31/155 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/567 (20130101) A61K 31/567 (20130101) A61K 31/568 (20130101) A61K 31/568 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (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) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09107892 | O'Keefe |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Denise S. O'Keefe (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Denise S. O'Keefe (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing an immune response to a benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) virus are disclosed herein. In several examples, the immune response is a protective immune response. In additional embodiments, methods are disclosed for inhibiting an infection with BPH virus, or treating an infection with BPH virus. Also disclosed are methods for detecting presence of BPH virus in a subject. The methods include detecting the presence of one or more BPH virus polynucleotides or polypeptides in a sample from the subject, or presence of at least one antibody that specifically binds to a BPH virus polypeptide. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/282888 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/545 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/13011 (20130101) C12N 2740/13021 (20130101) C12N 2740/13022 (20130101) C12N 2740/13034 (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 1/00 (20130101) C12Q 1/686 (20130101) C12Q 1/701 (20130101) C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 1/6846 (20130101) |
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| US 09107909 | Pelus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Louis M. Pelus (Indianapolis, Indiana); Jonathan Hoggatt (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Pratibha Singh (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis M. Pelus (Indianapolis, Indiana); Jonathan Hoggatt (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Pratibha Singh (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure is directed to the methods of enhancing hematopoietic stem cells (HSPC) and progenitor cell (HSPC) engraftment procedure. Treatment in vivo of a HSPC donor with compounds that reduce PGE2 biosynthesis or PGE2 receptor antagonists alone, or in combination with other hematopoietic mobilization agents such as AMD3100 and G-CSF, increases the circulation of available HSPCs. Compounds that reduce the cellular synthesis of PGE2 include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory compounds such as indomethacin. Treatment ex vivo of HSPC with an effective amount of PGE2 or at least one of its derivatives such as 16,16-dimethyl prostaglandin E2 (dmPGE2), promotes HSPC engraftment. Similar methods may also be used to increase viral-mediated gene transduction efficacy into HSPC. |
| FILED | Friday, November 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/128074 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/5415 (20130101) A61K 35/14 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 35/50 (20130101) A61K 35/51 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/16 (20130101) C12N 5/0647 (20130101) C12N 9/0083 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2501/02 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 114/99001 (20130101) |
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| US 09107913 | Rossignol |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Romark Laboratories, L.C. (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ROMARK LABORATORIES, L.C. (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean-Francois Rossignol (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to methods for treating viral hepatitis, compounds useful in the treatment of viral hepatitis, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. In one embodiment, pharmaceutical compositions comprising nitazoxanide, tizoxanide, or derivatives and/or mixtures thereof are provided, as well as methods of treating hepatitis C using such compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/137280 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/426 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 38/21 (20130101) A61K 38/21 (20130101) A61K 38/212 (20130101) A61K 38/212 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09107917 | Wang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ping Wang (Roslyn, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Feinstein Institute For Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ping Wang (Roslyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for treating a mammal undergoing sepsis, or at risk for sepsis. Also provided are methods of preventing or treating a physiological effect of sepsis in a mammal. Additionally provided are methods of inhibiting an inflammatory response in a mammal. Further provided is the use of an α2A-adrenergic antagonist for the manufacture of a medicament for preventing or treating a physiologic effect of sepsis in a mammal, and the use of an α2A-adrenergic antagonist for the treatment of a mammal having sepsis or at risk for sepsis. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/920309 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/138 (20130101) A61K 31/138 (20130101) A61K 31/417 (20130101) A61K 31/417 (20130101) A61K 31/475 (20130101) A61K 31/475 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4174 (20130101) A61K 31/4174 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09107940 | Ng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Phrixus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Phrixus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rainer Ng (Seattle, Washington); Joseph M. Metzger (St. Paul, Minnesota); Lorraine Reeve (Dexter, Michigan); Bruce Markham (Novi, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating and preventing skeletal muscle deficiencies. In particular, the present invention provides compositions comprising poloxamers (e.g., poloxamer 188-P188) and methods of using the same for treating and preventing skeletal muscle deficiencies and injuries (e.g., dystrophin-deficient skeletal muscle; skeletal muscle having a contraction force deficit; skeletal muscle having a Ca2+ imbalance; skeletal muscle having microtears). |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/508599 |
| 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 31/765 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09107942 | Guo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jia Guo (Pittsford, New York); Xin Lin (Rochester, New York); Steve Georas (Rochester, New York); Patricia Sime (Pittsford, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jia Guo (Pittsford, New York); Xin Lin (Rochester, New York); Steve Georas (Rochester, New York); Patricia Sime (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of diagnosing and treating a fibrotic condition in a mammalian subject. These methods involve measuring the levels of trimethylation at lysine residue 27 of histone-3 and/or measuring the expression levels of EZH2 or YY-1. Agents useful for treating fibrosis or a fibrotic condition are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, November 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/126875 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 39/395 (20130101) A61K 39/39533 (20130101) A61K 39/39583 (20130101) A61K 45/00 (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 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09107947 | 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); Chandagalu D. Raghavendra Gowda (Hershey, Pennsylvania); Dhimant H. Desai (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania); Shantu G. Amin (Union City, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and pharmaceutical compositions including one or more selenium-containing COX-2 inhibitors are provided according to aspects of the present invention. Methods of treating a subject having or suspected of having cancer are provided according to aspects of the present invention which include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition including a selenium-containing COX-2 inhibitor. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/169639 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 31/095 (20130101) A61K 31/415 (20130101) A61K 31/415 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/10 (20130101) C07D 231/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09108035 | Shapiro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland College Park (College Park, Maryland); The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Shapiro (Washington, District of Columbia); Michael R. Emmert-Buck (Easton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are disclosed for directing magnetizable particles comprising therapeutic agents to a target volume, or for guiding magnetizable particles comprising therapeutic agents from a first target volume to a second target volume, at a distance using a magnetic field, to enable the treatment of diseased areas including areas deep inside a patient's body. The methods may be used to diagnose or treat diseased areas within a patient, for example tumors of the lungs, intestines, and liver, and is also useful in enhancing the permeability of solid tumors to chemotherapeutic agents. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/075408 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/406 (20130101) A61N 2/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 2/02 (20130101) A61N 2/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09108052 | Jarrard |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerry Jarrard (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Asthmatx, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry Jarrard (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of controlling the application of energy to tissue using measurements of impedance are described. The impedance, correlated to the temperature, may be set at a desired level, such as a percentage of initial impedance. The set impedance may be a function of the initial impedance, the size and spacing of the electrodes, the size of a targeted passageway, and so on. The set impedance may then be entered into a PID algorithm or other control loop algorithm in order to extract a power to be applied to a treatment device. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/179301 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/1206 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) A61B 2018/00214 (20130101) A61B 2018/00267 (20130101) A61B 2018/00541 (20130101) A61B 2018/00702 (20130101) A61B 2018/00791 (20130101) A61B 2018/00875 (20130101) A61B 2018/00898 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36128 (20130101) A61N 1/36146 (20130101) |
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| US 09108056 | McClure et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California); Scott B. Dunbar (Sylmar, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelly H McClure (Simi Valley, California); Richard A Castro (Santa Monica, California); Arup Roy (Valencia, California); Scott Loftin (Rosamond, California); Rongqing Dai (Valencia, California); Robert J Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Sumit Yadav (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A video processing unit configured to convert a video image to stimulation patterns for stimulating neural tissue in a subject's eye and comprising a power button, wherein the video processing unit is configured to be powered on after a first time interval upon activation of a power button, wherein the video processing unit is configured to be powered off after a second time interval upon activation of a power button. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/310907 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| 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 9/08 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/37252 (20130101) |
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| US 09108195 | Herr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amy E. Herr (Oakland, California); Alex James Hughes (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amy E. Herr (Oakland, California); Alex James Hughes (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic devices and methods for using the same are provided. Aspects of the present disclosure include microfluidic devices that include a separation medium having functional groups which covalently bond to one or more analytes of interest, e.g., proteins, in a sample upon application of an applied stimulus, e.g., light. Also provided are methods of using the devices as well as systems and kits that include the devices. The devices, systems and methods find use in a variety of different applications, including diagnostic and validation assays. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/529995 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 2300/069 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/1861 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44756 (20130101) G01N 33/561 (20130101) G01N 33/54366 (20130101) |
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| US 09108217 | Hoerr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert A. Hoerr (Shoreview, Minnesota); John V. Carlson (St. Michael, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanocopoeia, Inc. (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Hoerr (Shoreview, Minnesota); John V. Carlson (St. Michael, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoparticle coated hydrogel may be formed by a method of electrospraying nanoparticles on to a surface includes providing a drug and polymer combination in solvent to an inner capillary of a coaxial dual capillary spray nozzle. A coating with a drug that releases over time may be provided. Open and closed matrixes may be selectively formed to help modify time release periods. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/023747 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B05D 1/34 (20130101) B05D 1/36 (20130101) |
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| US 09108314 | Gracias et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Gracias (Baltimore, Maryland); Timothy G. Leong (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithographically structured device has an actuation layer and a control layer operatively connected to the actuation layer. The actuation layer includes a stress layer and a neutral layer that is constructed of materials and with a structure such that it stores torsional energy upon being constructed. The control layer is constructed to maintain the actuation layer substantially in a first configuration in a local environmental condition and is responsive to a change in the local environmental condition such that it permits a release of stored torsional energy to cause a change in a structural configuration of the lithographically structured device to a second configuration, the control layer thereby providing a trigger mechanism. The lithographically structured device has a maximum dimension that is less than about 10 mm when it is in the second configuration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/206585 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0024 (20130101) B81B 3/0032 (20130101) B81B 2201/031 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 99/002 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/11 (20150115) |
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| US 09108923 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, Maryland); The Broad Institute (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Drew Adams (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mingji Dai (West Lafayette, Indiana); Stuart Schreiber (Boston, Massachusetts); Mahmud Mustaqim Hussain (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zarko Boskovic (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds including various oligomers of piperlongumine and/or piperlongumine analogues as well as certain piperlongumine analogues that exhibit improved toxicity to cancer cells are disclosed. Also provided are compositions that comprise the compounds, methods of making compositions comprising the compounds, methods of making the compounds, and the use of compounds in methods for treating cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, July 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/946959 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/45 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/4015 (20130101) A61K 31/4015 (20130101) A61K 31/4412 (20130101) A61K 31/4412 (20130101) A61K 31/4436 (20130101) A61K 31/4436 (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) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 233/91 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/38 (20130101) C07D 211/74 (20130101) C07D 211/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 223/10 (20130101) C07D 225/02 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) C07D 409/04 (20130101) C07D 409/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09108930 | Cravatt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Cravatt (La Jolla, California); Alexander Adibekian (Hanover, Germany); Katsunori Tsuboi (Osaka, Japan); Ku-Lung Hsu (El Cajon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Cravatt (La Jolla, California); Alexander Adibekian (Hanover, Germany); Katsunori Tsuboi (Osaka, Japan); Ku-Lung Hsu (El Cajon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides inhibitors of a wide variety of serine hydrolase enzymes. The inhibitors of the present invention are N1- and N2-carbamoyl-1,2,3-triazole compounds such as those of Formula (I): in which N1, N2, and N3 are the nitrogen atoms at positions 1, 2, and 3, respectively, of the triazole ring, and R4, R5, R6 and R7 in Formula (I) are as described herein. Methods of inhibiting serine hydrolase enzymes and methods of preparing carbamoyl-1,2,3-triazole compounds also are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/009452 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 249/06 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (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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| US 09108943 | Petukhov |
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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) | Pavel Petukhov (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The design, modeling, synthesis, biological evaluation, and photoaffinity labeling studies of a series of photoreactive potent and selective HDACs 1 and 2 benzamide based probes are disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/308094 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 247/16 (20130101) C07C 247/18 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 333/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09108949 | Peng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Youyi Peng (New York, New York); Lawrence P. Wennogle (New York, New York); Qiang Zhang (New York, New York); John Tomesch (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTRA-CELLULAR THERAPIES, INC. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Youyi Peng (New York, New York); Lawrence P. Wennogle (New York, New York); Qiang Zhang (New York, New York); John Tomesch (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | It is an object of the present invention that the novel nicotinic receptor antagonists disclosed herein may be used in a broad array of clinical or medicinal facets. For example, it is a contemplated use of the present invention that the novel nicotinic receptor antagonists be used to inhibit the growth cycle of non-small cell lung cancer cells. Without being bound by theory, it is an object of the present invention that the nicotinic receptor antagonists disclosed herein are believed to possess reversible binding properties. Moreover, the compounds of the present invention are selective for 0.7 nAChR. For example, the compounds of the present invention are not believed to bind to 0.4 (32 nAChR neuromuscular receptors. It is also contemplated that the nicotinic receptor antagonists of the present invention will be used as a counter measure to treat exposure, or potential exposure, to a wide array of potential neurotoxins. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/127699 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09108955 | Cuny et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts); THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts); TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory D. Cuny (Somerville, Massachusetts); Xin Teng (Framingham, Massachusetts); Junying Yuan (Newton, Massachusetts); Alexei Degterev (Brookline, Massachusetts); John A. Porco, Jr. (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features a series of heterocyclic derivatives that inhibit tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) induced necroptosis. The heterocyclic compounds of the invention are described by Formulas (I) and (Ia)-(Ie) and are shown to inhibit TNF-α induced necroptosis in FADD-deficient variant of human Jurkat T cells. The invention further features pharmaceutical compositions featuring the compounds of the invention. The compounds and compositions of the invention may also be used to treat disorders where necroptosis is likely to play a substantial role. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/152703 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/34 (20130101) C07D 231/14 (20130101) C07D 241/24 (20130101) C07D 263/34 (20130101) C07D 277/56 (20130101) C07D 285/06 (20130101) C07D 307/68 (20130101) C07D 307/84 (20130101) C07D 333/38 (20130101) C07D 417/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09109011 | Banchereau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacques F. Banchereau (Montclair, New Jersey); Gerard Zurawski (Midlothian, Texas); Anne-Laure Flamar (Dallas, Texas); Amanda Cobb (Forth Worth, Texas); Holly Mead (Plano, Texas); Monica Montes (Dallas, Texas); Sandra Zurawski (Midlothian, Texas); SangKon Oh (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor Research Institute (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacques F. Banchereau (Montclair, New Jersey); Gerard Zurawski (Midlothian, Texas); Anne-Laure Flamar (Dallas, Texas); Amanda Cobb (Forth Worth, Texas); Holly Mead (Plano, Texas); Monica Montes (Dallas, Texas); Sandra Zurawski (Midlothian, Texas); SangKon Oh (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions and methods for making and using a vaccine that includes a DC-specific antibody or fragment thereof to which an engineered Gag antigen is attached to form an antibody-antigen complex, wherein the Gag antigen is less susceptible to proteolytic degradation by eliminating one or more proteolytic sites or a DC-specific antibody or fragment thereof to which an engineered Nef antigen is attached to form an antibody-antigen complex, wherein the Nef antigen comprises one or more codon usage optimization that increase antibody-antigen complex secretion, or both, wherein the vaccine is able to elicit an HIV-specific T cell immune response to Gag p17, Gag p24, Nef and/or Cyclin D1. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/504463 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 47/4833 (20130101) A61K 47/48538 (20130101) A61K 47/48561 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/15 (20130101) C07K 16/2878 (20130101) C07K 2319/01 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) C07K 2319/035 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16011 (20130101) C12N 2740/16222 (20130101) C12N 2740/16234 (20130101) C12N 2740/16322 (20130101) C12N 2740/16334 (20130101) |
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| US 09109012 | Williams |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James A. Williams (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NATURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Williams (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved DNA vaccine plasmids are disclosed that contain novel immunostimulatory RNA compositions. The improved plasmids eliminate all extraneous sequences, incorporate a novel antibiotic free short RNA based selectable marker, increase eukaryotic expression using a novel chimeric promoter, improve yield and stability during bacterial production, and improve immunostimulation. These vectors are utilized in immunization to elicit improved immune responses or therapy to induce type 1 interferon production. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/601970 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/117 (20130101) C12N 2310/17 (20130101) C12N 2310/111 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) C12N 2320/50 (20130101) C12N 2710/10322 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2800/106 (20130101) C12N 2800/107 (20130101) C12N 2830/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09109013 | Kawaoka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Taisuke Horimoto (Tokyo, Japan); Shin Murakami (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Taisuke Horimoto (Tokyo, Japan); Shin Murakami (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a composition useful to prepare high titer influenza viruses, e.g., in the absence of helper virus, which includes internal genes from an influenza virus vaccine strain or isolate, e.g., one that is safe in humans, for instance, one that does not result in significant disease, and genes from vaccine seed virus isolates which include a HA gene segment with a HA2 sequence encoding a HA2 that confers enhanced growth in cells in culture, such as Vero cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/912411 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/525 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16152 (20130101) |
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| US 09109022 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis Young (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of making carrier polypeptide that include incorporating a first unnatural amino acid into a carrier polypeptide variant, incorporating a second unnatural amino acid into a target polypeptide variant, and reacting the first and second unnatural amino acids to produce the conjugate. Conjugates produced using the provided methods are also provided. In addition, orthogonal translation systems in methylotrophic yeast and methods of using these systems to produce carrier and target polypeptide variants comprising unnatural amino acids are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, October 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/065111 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) C07K 14/765 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 19/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/62 (20130101) C12N 15/815 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09109023 | Wang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ping Wang (Roslyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a CIRP inhibitor. A method of treating a subject suffering from an inflammatory condition comprising administering to said subject a CIRP inhibitor is also described herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/196354 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09109030 | Sigal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tunitas Therapeutics, Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TUNITAS THERAPEUTICS, INC. (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nolan Sigal (Los Altos, California); Gizette Sperinde (El Granada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Epsi-gam provides a novel fusion protein with the ability to cross-link either of the FcεRI or FcεRII cell surface receptors with an FcγRIIb cell surface receptor in order to block IgE-mediated biological responses. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/594003 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/2851 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/30 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 424/81 (20130101) Y10S 424/805 (20130101) |
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| US 09109033 | Choi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yongwon Choi (New York, New York); Brian Wong (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of modulating immune response in an animal is disclosed. Such a method interacting the immature dendritic cells from the animal with an antigen ex vivo so that the immature dendritic cells present the antigen on their surfaces, inducing maturation of the immature dendritic cells ex vivo, and contacting the mature dendritic cells ex vivo with a modulator comprising TRANCE, conservative variants thereof, fragments thereof, analogs or derivatives thereof, or a fusion protein comprising the amino acid sequence of TRANCE, conservative variants thereof, or fragments thereof. After contacting the modulator ex vivo, the mature dendritic cells are introduced into the animal. As a result, immune response in the animal towards the antigen is modulated relative to the immune response against the antigen in an animal in which dendritic cells did not interact with the antigen ex vivo, and did not contact a modulator ex vivo. Preferably, the method of the present invention results in increasing immune response towards the antigen in the animal. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/135292 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/2875 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09109042 | Petersen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bryon E. Petersen (Gainesville, Florida); Seh-Hoon Oh (Gainesville, Florida); Thomas Shupe (Mocksville, North Carolina); Houda Darwiche (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryon E. Petersen (Gainesville, Florida); Seh-Hoon Oh (Gainesville, Florida); Thomas Shupe (Mocksville, North Carolina); Houda Darwiche (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Type-1 diabetes (T1 D) results from the autoimmune recognition of insulin producing β-cells within the pancreatic islet. The present application discloses a new protein, islet homeostasis protein (IHoP), that has a role in glucagon synthesizing-cell functions, and in post-onset T1 D islet differential expression of IHoP. Methods of delaying the onset of diabetes are disclosed, as well as compositions including an iHoP modulating agent. Also disclosed are methods of screening for iHoP modulating agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/116368 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09109228 | Rigby |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William F. C. Rigby (Etna, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. C. Rigby (Etna, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for regulating CD154 gene expression are provided that rely on the interaction of hnRNP L with the CA-dinucleotide rich sequence of the 3′-untranslated region of CD154. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/854148 |
| 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 15/63 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09109255 | Levy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald Levy (Stanford, California); Wen-Kai Weng (Saratoga, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Levy (Stanford, California); Wen-Kai Weng (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for determining whether a subject suffering from a neoplastic condition is responsive to an antineoplastic therapy, such as antibody therapy, e.g., Rituximab. In practicing the subject methods, the subject is genotyped to determine whether the subject has a least one favorable FcγR polymorphism, e.g., the 131 H/H genotype or the 158 V/V genotype. In addition, reagents, devices and kits thereof, that find use in practicing the subject methods are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/155308 |
| 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 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/172 (20130101) |
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| US 09109264 | Linnen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey M. Linnen (Poway, California); Daniel P. Kolk (Ramona, California); Janel M. Dockter (Oceanside, California); Damon K. Getman (Poway, California); Tadashi Yoshimura (Chiba, Japan); Martha K. Ho-Sing-Loy (San Diego, California); Reinhold B. Pollner (San Diego, California); Leslie A. Stringfellow (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gen-Probe Incorporated (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M. Linnen (Poway, California); Daniel P. Kolk (Ramona, California); Janel M. Dockter (Oceanside, California); Damon K. Getman (Poway, California); Tadashi Yoshimura (Chiba, Japan); Martha K. Ho-Sing-Loy (San Diego, California); Reinhold B. Pollner (San Diego, California); Leslie A. Stringfellow (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, methods and kits for detecting viral nucleic acids. Targets that can be detected in accordance with the invention include HBV and/or HIV-1 and/or HCV nucleic acids. Particularly described are oligonucleotides that are useful as hybridization probes and amplification primers that facilitate detection of very low levels of HBV nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/830574 |
| 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 1/706 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09109270 | Xia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Younan Xia (St. Louis, Missouri); Sang-Hyuk Im (Pohang-Shi, South Korea); Yugang Sun (Naperville, Illinois); Yun Tack Lee (Seattle, Washington); Benjamin Wiley (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Younan Xia (St. Louis, Missouri); Sang-Hyuk Im (Pohang-Shi, South Korea); Yugang Sun (Naperville, Illinois); Yun Tack Lee (Seattle, Washington); Benjamin Wiley (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing silver nanostructures with improved dimensional control, yield, purity, monodispersity, and scale of synthesis. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/367217 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0025 (20130101) B22F 9/24 (20130101) B22F 2001/0037 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Alloys C22C 5/02 (20130101) C22C 5/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/00 (20130101) C30B 29/02 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09109861 | Blattner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederick R. Blattner (Madison, Wisconsin); Schuyler F. Baldwin (Madison, Wisconsin); Timothy J. Durfee (Madison, Wisconsin); Daniel A. Nash (Madison, Wisconsin); Kenneth C. Dullea (Madison, Wisconsin); Richard D. Nelson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DNASTAR, INC. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick R. Blattner (Madison, Wisconsin); Schuyler F. Baldwin (Madison, Wisconsin); Timothy J. Durfee (Madison, Wisconsin); Daniel A. Nash (Madison, Wisconsin); Kenneth C. Dullea (Madison, Wisconsin); Richard D. Nelson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods automatically assemble a set of read sequences into one or more larger nucleotide sequences using a set of comparing sequences as a template. The sequences of each set are divided into smaller mer sequences and sorted to arrange the mer sequences in order, and the sets of mers originating from the read sequence set and the comparing sequence set are compared pairwise to determine matching regions between the sequences of the read sequence set and the sequences of the comparing set. The sorting of the sequence sets prior to the pairwise comparison reduces the amount of volatile memory required to assemble the read sequence set and also reduces the overall time to assemble the read sequence set into one or more larger nucleotide sequences. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/720638 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 13/0056 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09110008 | Baer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas Steven Baer (Menlo Park, California); Elena Simone Franklin Berman (Mountain View, California); Manish Gupta (Mountain View, California); David A. Wagner (Nashua, New Hampshire); Daniel L. Bolt (Medford, Massachusetts); Susan Lauren Fortson (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Gatos Research (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Steven Baer (Menlo Park, California); Elena Simone Franklin Berman (Mountain View, California); Manish Gupta (Mountain View, California); David A. Wagner (Nashua, New Hampshire); Daniel L. Bolt (Medford, Massachusetts); Susan Lauren Fortson (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Biological fluid samples containing proteins (e.g., blood plasma or saliva) are prepared for isotopic analysis by precipitating the proteins while leaving the isotopic ratio unaffected. This precipitation can involve adding metal ions, salts, organic solvents, or organic polymers. The sample is then centrifuged to allow transfer of the supernatant for isotopic analysis, e.g. by tunable diode laser absorption spectrometry to obtain a quantitative measure of the 2H and 18O isotope levels in the water relative to reference standards. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/191269 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/31 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/1702 (20130101) G01N 2021/399 (20130101) G01N 2021/3595 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/20 (20150115) |
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| US 09110029 | O'Farrell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Diagnostic Consulting Network, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Diagnostic Consulting Network, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brendan O'Farrell (Santa Ana, California); Hans Boehringer (San Diego, California); Roy Chung (Carlsbad, California); Winnie Tong (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions, kits, methods and devices for cyanide detection, particularly for cyanide detection in biological samples such as whole blood. The method comprises (1) contacting a sample with a cobinamide conjugate comprising a cobinamide moiety and a carrier; and (2) measuring the absorbance of light by the cobinamide conjugate. The present disclosure provides field-deployable cyanide detection methods, compositions, kits and devices, which provide rapid, accurate readout at the point of contact. Further provided herein is a method for determining exposure of a subject to cyanide. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/830302 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5014 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) |
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| US 09110057 | Herr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amy E. Herr (Oakland, California); Mei He (Albany, California); Chenlu Hou (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amy E. Herr (Oakland, California); Mei He (Albany, California); Chenlu Hou (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-directional microfluidic devices and methods for using the same are provided. Aspects of the invention include microfluidic devices that are configured to subject a sample to two or more directionally distinct flow fields, and include a separation medium and a binding medium, where the binding medium is in fluid communication with the separation medium. Also provided are methods of using the devices as well as systems and kits that include the devices. The devices, systems and methods find use in a variety of different applications, including diagnostic and validation assays. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/055679 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/069 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2400/0421 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5302 (20130101) G01N 33/54386 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09110064 | Braun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan Braun (Tarzana, California); Madhuri Wadehra (Fontana, California); Sathima Natarajan (Los Angeles, California); Robert Soslow (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Braun (Tarzana, California); Madhuri Wadehra (Fontana, California); Sathima Natarajan (Los Angeles, California); Robert Soslow (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses methods of using epithelial membrane protein 2 (EMP2) as a biomarker for stratification of endometrial premalignancy, diagnosing, staging and imaging of endometrial neoplasia. Further, methods for identifying pharmaceutical/therapeutic modalities are described, including compositions which modulate glycolipid-enriched lipid raft microdomains (GEMs). |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/339247 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57407 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/57442 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09110078 | Block et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy M. Block (Dolyestown, Pennsylvania); Mary Ann Comunale (Bangor, Pennsylvania); Anand Mehta (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Block (Dolyestown, Pennsylvania); Mary Ann Comunale (Bangor, Pennsylvania); Anand Mehta (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for diagnosing pathology of the liver in subject suspected of having such pathology by measuring the glycosylation of anti-gal IgG in various biological fluids of the subject. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/062715 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6842 (20130101) G01N 33/6854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/57438 (20130101) G01N 2800/085 (20130101) |
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| US 09110171 | Nalcioglu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Orhan Nalcioglu (Newport Coast, California); Werner Roeck (Irvine, California); Keum Sil Lee (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Orhan Nalcioglu (Newport Coast, California); Werner Roeck (Irvine, California); Keum Sil Lee (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for obtaining a high-resolution nuclear image of a biological object, which image is acquired by a nuclear detector inside an MRI system includes the steps of acquiring MRI information pertaining to a wide field of view; focusing a field of view of the nuclear detector to a small region that covers only the target region; obtaining a nuclear image of the small region; and using a priori information included in the MRI information to eliminate image artifacts in the nuclear image. An apparatus for performing the method and a data image formed by practice of the method is also included. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/339174 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 6/037 (20130101) A61B 6/5247 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/481 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/1603 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09110282 | Lanzano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luca Lanzano (Irvine, California); Michelle Digman (Irvine, California); Enrico Gratton (San Clemente, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luca Lanzano (Irvine, California); Michelle Digman (Irvine, California); Enrico Gratton (San Clemente, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical imaging method based on a feedback principle in which the specific scan pattern is adapted according to the shape of the sample. The feedback approach produces nanometer-resolved three dimensional images of very small and moving features in live cells and in a matter of seconds. Images of microvilli in live cultured opossum kidney cells expressing NaPi co-transporter proteins with different GFP constructs and images of cell protrusions in a collagen matrix are produced with a resolution of about 20 nm. Along cell protrusions in three dimensional cellular adhesions could be identified to the extracellular matrix. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/435387 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/04 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6458 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2207/113 (20130101) |
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| US 09111458 | Michalowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin Michalowski (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Todd P. Carpenter (St. Paul, Minnesota); Kyle S. Nelson (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Andamio Games LLC (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Michalowski (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Todd P. Carpenter (St. Paul, Minnesota); Kyle S. Nelson (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, devices, and methods associated with interactive educational tools are described herein. One device includes instructions executable by a processor to cause a plurality of mobile devices to each represent a respective subsystem associated with an objective, cause an interaction between at least two of the plurality of mobile devices to represent a relationship between the respective subsystems represented by the at least two mobile devices, and aggregate a number of interactions between the at least two of the plurality of mobile devices to form a coordinated response associated with achieving a particular objective. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/336822 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 5/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bulent Aydogan (Orland Park, Illinois); Tijana Rajh (Argonne, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois); UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bulent Aydogan (Orland Park, Illinois); Tijana Rajh (Argonne, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions comprising nanoparticles and uses thereof. Such nanoparticles include gold nanoparticles conjugated to glucose or a glucose derivative, which are useful as contrast agents in imaging methods such as computed tomography (CT). Nanoparticles disclosed herein are useful in imaging various cells, tissues, and organs, and are particularly useful in imaging tumors and tumor cells in vitro and in vivo. |
| FILED | Monday, July 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/843664 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7004 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/0485 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 23/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09108190 | Fan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Fan (Amherst, Massachusetts); Chun-Chih Chang (Amherst, Massachusetts); Paul Dornath (Amherst, Massachusetts); Zhuopeng Wang (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Fan (Amherst, Massachusetts); Chun-Chih Chang (Amherst, Massachusetts); Paul Dornath (Amherst, Massachusetts); Zhuopeng Wang (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for rapidly synthesizing heteroatom containing zeolites including Sn-Beta, Si-Beta, Ti-Beta, Zr-Beta and Fe-Beta. The methods for synthesizing heteroatom zeolites include using well-crystalline zeolite crystals as seeds and using a fluoride-free, caustic medium in a seeded dry-gel conversion method. The Beta zeolite catalysts made by the methods of the invention catalyze both isomerization and dehydration reactions. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/025557 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 29/04 (20130101) B01J 29/88 (20130101) B01J 29/89 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 29/7007 (20130101) B01J 29/7057 (20130101) B01J 29/7615 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 39/06 (20130101) C01B 39/065 (20130101) C01B 39/087 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/50 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 1/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09108276 | Seals |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BABCOCK and WILCOX TECHNICAL SERVICES Y-12, L.L.C. (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roland D. Seals (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates generally to hardface coating systems and methods for metal alloys and other materials for wear and corrosion resistant applications. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to hardface coatings that include a network of titanium monoboride (TiB) needles or whiskers in a matrix, which are formed from titanium (Ti) and titanium diboride (TiB2) precursors by reactions enabled by the inherent energy provided by the process heat associated with coating deposition and, optionally, coating post-heat treatment. These hardface coatings are pyrophoric, thereby generating further reaction energy internally, and may be applied in a functionally graded manner. The hardface coatings may be deposited in the presence of a number of fluxing agents, beta stabilizers, densification aids, diffusional aids, and multimode particle size distributions to further enhance their performance characteristics. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/630982 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 35/34 (20130101) B23K 35/325 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 35/327 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 35/04 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 4/127 (20130101) C23C 10/30 (20130101) C23C 12/02 (20130101) C23C 18/08 (20130101) C23C 18/1204 (20130101) C23C 18/1241 (20130101) C23C 18/1275 (20130101) C23C 24/04 (20130101) C23C 24/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09109022 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis Young (San Diego, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of making carrier polypeptide that include incorporating a first unnatural amino acid into a carrier polypeptide variant, incorporating a second unnatural amino acid into a target polypeptide variant, and reacting the first and second unnatural amino acids to produce the conjugate. Conjugates produced using the provided methods are also provided. In addition, orthogonal translation systems in methylotrophic yeast and methods of using these systems to produce carrier and target polypeptide variants comprising unnatural amino acids are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, October 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/065111 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) C07K 14/765 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 19/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/62 (20130101) C12N 15/815 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09109049 | Kuzhiyil et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Najeeb M. Kuzhiyil (Ames, Iowa); Robert C. Brown (Ames, Iowa); Dustin Lee Dalluge (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for pretreating lignocellulosic biomass containing alkali and/or alkaline earth metal (AAEM). The method comprises providing a lignocellulosic biomass containing AAEM; determining the amount of the AAEM present in the lignocellulosic biomass; identifying, based on said determining, the amount of a mineral acid sufficient to completely convert the AAEM in the lignocellulosic biomass to thermally-stable, catalytically-inert salts; and treating the lignocellulosic biomass with the identified amount of the mineral acid, wherein the treated lignocellulosic biomass contains thermally-stable, catalytically inert AAEM salts. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827769 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 8/00 (20130101) Destructive Distillation of Carbonageous Materials for Production of Gas, Coke, Tar, or Similar Materials C10B 53/02 (20130101) C10B 57/06 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09109175 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Taek Soon Lee (Albany, California); Pamela Peralta-Yahya (Atlanta, Georgia); Jay D. Keasling (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Taek Soon Lee (Albany, California); Pamela Peralta-Yahya (Atlanta, Georgia); Jay D. Keasling (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fuel compositions are provided comprising a hydrogenation product of a monocyclic sesquiterpene (e.g., hydrogenated bisabolene) and a fuel additive. Methods of making and using the fuel compositions are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/883987 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/04 (20130101) C10L 1/08 (20130101) C10L 1/1608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 43/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09109213 | Schooneveld-Bergmans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schooneveld-Bergmans (Delft, Netherlands); Wilbert Herman Marie Heijne (Dordrecht, Netherlands); Monica Diana Vlasie (The Hague, Netherlands); Robbertus Antonius Damveld (Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schooneveld-Bergmans (Delft, Netherlands); Wilbert Herman Marie Heijne (Dordrecht, Netherlands); Monica Diana Vlasie (The Hague, Netherlands); Robbertus Antonius Damveld (Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 73% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 73% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional polypeptide and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/806132 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/2434 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) C12P 2203/00 (20130101) |
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09109214 — Host cell capable of producing enzymes useful for degradation of lignocellulosic material
| US 09109214 | Los et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alrik Pieter Los (The Hague, Netherlands); Cornelis Maria Jacobus Sagt (Utrecht, Netherlands); Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schooneveld-Bergmans (Delft, Netherlands); Robbertus Antonius Damveld (Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alrik Pieter Los (The Hague, Netherlands); Cornelis Maria Jacobus Sagt (Utrecht, Netherlands); Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schooneveld-Bergmans (Delft, Netherlands); Robbertus Antonius Damveld (Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a host cell comprising at least four different heterologous polynucleotides chosen from the group of polynucleotides encoding cellulases, hemicellulases and pectinases, wherein the host cell is capable of producing the at least four different enzymes chosen from the group of cellulases, hemicellulases and pectinases, wherein the host cell is a filamentous fungus and is capable of secretion of the at least four different enzymes. This host cell can suitably be used for the production of an enzyme composition that can be used in a process for the saccharification of cellulosic material. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/578152 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/2477 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/14 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/343 (20130101) |
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| US 09109215 | Spodsberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/765222 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2482 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 302/01008 (20130101) |
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| US 09109467 | Dalsania et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Prakash Bavanjibhai Dalsania (Bangalore, India); Antanu Sadhu (Bangalore, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prakash Bavanjibhai Dalsania (Bangalore, India); Antanu Sadhu (Bangalore, India) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust system for use with a steam turbine is provided. An exhaust hood includes an input and an output, the input receiving fluid from the steam turbine. The exhaust hood includes a first side wall that extends between the input and the output. The first side wall includes an aperture. An ejector is coupled to the exhaust hood. The ejector includes inlets and an outlet. At least one of the inlets receives fluid from the exhaust hood via the aperture. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542492 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 25/305 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/31 (20130101) F05D 2260/601 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49234 (20150115) |
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| US 09109608 | Little et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Little (Chuluota, Florida); Zhengxiang Pu (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Little (Chuluota, Florida); Zhengxiang Pu (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A compressor airfoil tip clearance optimization system for reducing a gap between a tip of a compressor airfoil and a radially adjacent component of a turbine engine is disclosed. The turbine engine may include ID and OD flowpath boundaries configured to minimize compressor airfoil tip clearances during turbine engine operation in cooperation with one or more clearance reduction systems that are configured to move the rotor assembly axially to reduce tip clearance. The configurations of the ID and OD flowpath boundaries enhance the effectiveness of the axial movement of the rotor assembly, which includes movement of the ID flowpath boundary. During operation of the turbine engine, the rotor assembly may be moved axially to increase the efficiency of the turbine engine. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/326399 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/22 (20130101) Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 29/052 (20130101) F04D 29/164 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09109989 | Hamann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hendrik F. Hamann (Yorktown Heights, New York); Levente I. Klein (Tuckahoe, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hendrik F. Hamann (Yorktown Heights, New York); Levente I. Klein (Tuckahoe, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact corrosion measurement apparatus and system includes an air fan, a corrosion sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a heater element, and an air flow sensor all under control to monitor and maintain constant air parameters in an environment and minimize environmental fluctuations around the corrosion sensor to overcome the variation commonly encountered in corrosion rate measurement. The corrosion measurement apparatus includes a structure providing an enclosure within which are located the sensors. Constant air flow and temperature is maintained within the enclosure where the corrosion sensor is located by integrating a variable speed air fan and a heater with the corresponding feedback loop control. Temperature and air flow control loops ensure that corrosivity is measured under similar conditions in different facilities offering a general reference point that allow a one to one comparison between facilities with similar or different pollution levels. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/439514 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 17/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110006 | Hovde et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Southwest Sciences Incorporated (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Sciences Incorporated (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Christian Hovde (Cincinnati, Ohio); Anthony Gomez (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A spectrometer comprising an optical cavity, a light source capable of producing light at one or more wavelengths transmitted by the cavity and with the light directed at the cavity, a detector and optics positioned to collect light transmitted by the cavity, feedback electronics causing oscillation of amplitude of the optical signal on the detector at a frequency that depends on cavity losses, and a sensor measuring the oscillation frequency to determine the cavity losses. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/309495 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/255 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110024 | Piltch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin S. Piltch (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Perry Clayton Gray (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Richard Rubenstein (Staten Island, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin S. Piltch (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Perry Clayton Gray (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Richard Rubenstein (Staten Island, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | System is provided for detecting the presence of an analyte of interest in a sample, said system comprising an elongated, transparent container for a sample; an excitation source in optical communication with the sample, wherein radiation from the excitation source is directed along the length of the sample, and wherein the radiation induces a signal which is emitted from the sample; and, at least two linear arrays disposed about the sample holder, each linear array comprising a plurality of optical fibers having a first end and a second end, wherein the first ends of the fibers are disposed along the length of the container and in proximity thereto; the second ends of the fibers of each array are bundled together to form a single end port. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/258727 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/65 (20130101) G01N 21/645 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/4833 (20130101) G01N 2021/6467 (20130101) G01N 2021/6484 (20130101) |
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| US 09110147 | Mason et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Mason (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Louis A. Romero (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An unknown location of a transmitter of interest is determined based on wireless signals transmitted by both the transmitter of interest and a reference transmitter positioned at a known location. The transmitted signals are received at a plurality of non-earthbound platforms each moving in a known manner, and phase measurements for each received signal are used to determine the unknown location. |
| FILED | Friday, November 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/667594 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09110175 | Henry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathaniel F. Henry (Clinton, Tennessee); Alex K. Moses (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ciena Corporation (Hanover, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathaniel F. Henry (Clinton, Tennessee); Alex K. Moses (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Computed radiography imaging plates incorporating an intensifying material that is coupled to or intermixed with the phosphor layer, allowing electrons and/or low energy x-rays to impart their energy on the phosphor layer, while decreasing internal scattering and increasing resolution. The radiation needed to perform radiography can also be reduced as a result. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/206221 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/2012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 42/02 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 2004/04 (20130101) G21K 2004/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09110178 | Vu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cung Khac Vu (Houston, Texas); Christopher Skelt (Houston, Texas); Kurt Nihei (Oakland, California); Paul A. Johnson (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Robert Guyer (Reno, Nevada); James A. Ten Cate (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pierre-Yves Le Bas (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Carène S. Larmat (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico); CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. (San Ramon, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cung Khac Vu (Houston, Texas); Christopher Skelt (Houston, Texas); Kurt Nihei (Oakland, California); Paul A. Johnson (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Robert Guyer (Reno, Nevada); James A. Ten Cate (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pierre-Yves Le Bas (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Carène S. Larmat (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of interrogating a formation includes generating a conical acoustic signal, at a first frequency—a second conical acoustic signal at a second frequency each in the between approximately 500 Hz and 500 kHz such that the signals intersect in a desired intersection volume outside the borehole. The method further includes receiving, a difference signal returning to the borehole resulting from a non-linear mixing of the signals in a mixing zone within the intersection volume. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/292935 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01V 1/44 (20130101) G01V 1/46 (20130101) G01V 1/50 (20130101) G01V 1/52 (20130101) G01V 2210/125 (20130101) G01V 2210/127 (20130101) G01V 2210/588 (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 15/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110179 | Vu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cung Khac Vu (Houston, Texas); Christopher Skelt (Houston, Texas); Kurt Nihei (Oakland, California); Paul A. Johnson (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Robert Guyer (Reno, Nevada); James A. Ten Cate (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pierre-Yves Le Bas (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Carène S. Larmat (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. (San Ramon, California); LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cung Khac Vu (Houston, Texas); Christopher Skelt (Houston, Texas); Kurt Nihei (Oakland, California); Paul A. Johnson (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Robert Guyer (Reno, Nevada); James A. Ten Cate (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pierre-Yves Le Bas (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Carène S. Larmat (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for investigating non-linear properties of a rock formation around a borehole is provided. The system includes a first sub-system configured to perform data acquisition, control and recording of data; a second subsystem in communication with the first sub-system and configured to perform non-linearity and velocity preliminary imaging; a third subsystem in communication with the first subsystem and configured to emit controlled acoustic broadcasts and receive acoustic energy; a fourth subsystem in communication with the first subsystem and the third subsystem and configured to generate a source signal directed towards the rock formation; and a fifth subsystem in communication with the third subsystem and the fourth subsystem and configured to perform detection of signals representative of the non-linear properties of the rock formation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/292941 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01V 1/44 (20130101) G01V 1/46 (20130101) G01V 1/50 (20130101) G01V 1/52 (20130101) G01V 2210/125 (20130101) G01V 2210/127 (20130101) G01V 2210/588 (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 15/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110453 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Shu-Xing Cheng (Folsom, California); Steven L. Mulkey (Cameron Park, California); Qiang Wang (Sacramento, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Cybernation Group Inc. (Rancho Cordova, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Shu-Xing Cheng (Folsom, California); Steven L. Mulkey (Cameron Park, California); Qiang Wang (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel 3-Input-3-Output (3×3) Model-Free Adaptive (MFA) controller with a set of artificial neural networks as part of the controller is introduced. A 3×3 MFA control system using the inventive 3×3 MFA controller is described to control key process variables including Power, Steam Throttle Pressure, and Steam Temperature of boiler-turbine-generator (BTG) units in conventional and advanced power plants. Those advanced power plants may comprise Once-Through Supercritical (OTSC) Boilers, Circulating Fluidized-Bed (CFB) Boilers, and Once-Through Supercritical Circulating Fluidized-Bed (OTSC CFB) Boilers. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441610 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 13/024 (20130101) G05B 13/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05B 13/042 (20130101) G05B 13/0265 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110476 | David et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Milnes P. David (Fishkill, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Foster City, California); Roger R. Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milnes P. David (Fishkill, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Foster City, California); Roger R. Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Energy efficient control of a cooling system cooling an electronic system is provided based, in part, on projected conditions. The control includes automatically determining an adjusted control setting(s) for an adjustable cooling component(s) of the cooling system. The automatically determining is based, at least in part, on projected power consumed by the electronic system at a future time and projected temperature at the future time of a heat sink to which heat extracted is rejected. The automatically determining operates to reduce power consumption of the cooling system and/or the electronic system while ensuring that at least one targeted temperature associated with the cooling system or the electronic system is within a desired range. The automatically determining may be based, at least in part, on an experimentally obtained model(s) relating the targeted temperature and power consumption of the adjustable cooling component(s) of the cooling system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/527909 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 23/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05D 23/1919 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20836 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110695 | Bent et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John M. Bent (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Sorin Faibish (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Bent (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Sorin Faibish (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Interactive requests are processed from users of log-in nodes. A metadata server node is provided for use in a file system shared by one or more interactive nodes and one or more batch nodes. The interactive nodes comprise interactive clients to execute interactive tasks and the batch nodes execute batch jobs for one or more batch clients. The metadata server node comprises a virtual machine monitor; an interactive client proxy to store metadata requests from the interactive clients in an interactive client queue; a batch client proxy to store metadata requests from the batch clients in a batch client queue; and a metadata server to store the metadata requests from the interactive client queue and the batch client queue in a metadata queue based on an allocation of resources by the virtual machine monitor. The metadata requests can be prioritized, for example, based on one or more of a predefined policy and predefined rules. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/730112 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/45533 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110820 | Bent et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Bent (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Sorin Faibish (Newton, Massachusetts); Uday K. Gupta (Westford, Massachusetts); Percy Tzelnic (Concord, Massachusetts); Dennis P. J. Ting (Groton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-executable method, system, and computer program product for managing I/O requests from a compute node in communication with a data storage system, including a first burst buffer node and a second burst buffer node, the computer-executable method, system, and computer program product comprising striping data on the first burst buffer node and the second burst buffer node, wherein a first portion of the data is communicated to the first burst buffer node and a second portion of the data is communicated to the second burst buffer node, processing the first portion of the data at the first burst buffer node, and processing the second portion of the data at the second burst buffer node. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/230804 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 13/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09111216 | Hohimer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan E. Hohimer (West Richland, Washington); Frank L. Greitzer (Richland, Washington); Shawn D. Hampton (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Information processing systems, reasoning modules, and reasoning system design methods are described. According to one aspect, an information processing system includes working memory comprising a semantic graph which comprises a plurality of abstractions, wherein the abstractions individually include an individual which is defined according to an ontology and a reasoning system comprising a plurality of reasoning modules which are configured to process different abstractions of the semantic graph, wherein a first of the reasoning modules is configured to process a plurality of abstractions which include individuals of a first classification type of the ontology and a second of the reasoning modules is configured to process a plurality of abstractions which include individuals of a second classification type of the ontology, wherein the first and second classification types are different. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/195694 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09111656 | Schmidt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oliver A. Schmidt (Lombard, Illinois); Mohan Ramanathan (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oliver A. Schmidt (Lombard, Illinois); Mohan Ramanathan (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for collimating a radiation beam, the method comprising subjecting the beam to a collimator that yaws and pitches, either separately or simultaneously relative to the incident angle of the beam. Also provided is a system for collimating radiation beams, the system comprising a collimator body, and a stage for pitching and yawing the body. A feature of the invention is that a single, compact mask body defines one or a plurality of collimators having no moving surfaces relative to each other, whereby the entire mask body is moved about a point in space to provide various collimator opening dimensions to oncoming radiation beams. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/972440 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09112066 | Dennis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tim Dennis (Canton, Texas); Scott Harrington (Oakland, California); Jane Manning (Woodside, California); David D. Smith (Campbell, California); Ann Waldhauer (La Honda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method of fabricating solar cells with tunnel dielectric layers are described. Solar cells with tunnel dielectric layers are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/157386 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/068 (20130101) H01L 31/182 (20130101) H01L 31/0216 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0236 (20130101) H01L 31/1804 (20130101) H01L 31/1872 (20130101) H01L 31/02168 (20130101) H01L 31/03682 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/546 (20130101) Y02E 10/547 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09112100 | Nielson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Jose Luis Cruz-Campa (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeffrey S. Nelson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Benjamin John Anderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus and system for flexible, ultra-thin, and high efficiency pixelated silicon or other semiconductor photovoltaic solar cell array fabrication is disclosed. A structure and method of creation for a pixelated silicon or other semiconductor photovoltaic solar cell array with interconnects is described using a manufacturing method that is simplified compared to previous versions of pixelated silicon photovoltaic cells that require more microfabrication steps. |
| FILED | Monday, January 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/158931 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/1804 (20130101) H01L 31/1876 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1896 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09112164 | Xue et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiangeng Xue (Gainesville, Florida); Soichi Uchida (Yokohama, Japan); Barry P. Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided, having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoactive region includes a first photoactive organic layer that is a mixture of an organic acceptor material and an organic donor material, wherein the first photoactive organic layer has a thickness not greater than 0.8 characteristic charge transport lengths; a second photoactive organic layer in direct contact with the first organic layer, wherein the second photoactive organic layer is an unmixed layer of the organic acceptor material of the first photoactive organic layer, and the second photoactive organic layer has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths; and a third photoactive organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and in direct contact with the first photoactive organic layer. The third photoactive organic layer is an unmixed layer of the organic donor layer of the first photoactive organic layer and has a thickness not less than about 0.1 optical absorption lengths. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/068430 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0256 (20130101) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0059 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/4246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09112219 | Schneider et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan Schneider (Honeoye Falls, New York); Karl J. Haltiner, Jr. (Fairport, New York); Charles J. Badura (Penfield, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Schneider (Honeoye Falls, New York); Karl J. Haltiner, Jr. (Fairport, New York); Charles J. Badura (Penfield, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-stack fuel cell system is disclosed where multiple fuel cell stacks can be efficiently connected together. The fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cell modules include a sealed planar fuel cell stack that has internal manifold channels for transport of fuel and air to fuel cells within the stack and transport of tail gas and spent air away from fuel cells within the stack. Each of the fuel cell stacks is mounted on a base manifold, and the base manifold has side openings in fluid communication with the stack internal manifold channels. The side openings on the base manifold are configured so that the modules can be efficiently connected together. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/840578 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/249 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/2415 (20130101) H01M 8/2485 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) Y02E 60/525 (20130101) |
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| US 09112243 | Shao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuyan Shao (Richland, Washington); Jun Liu (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | For a metal anode in a battery, the capacity fade is a significant consideration. In energy storage devices having an anode that includes Mg, the cycling stability can be improved by an electrolyte having a first salt, a second salt, and an organic solvent. Examples of the organic solvent include diglyme, triglyme, tetraglyme, or a combination thereof. The first salt can have a magnesium cation and be substantially soluble in the organic solvent. The second salt can enhance the solubility of the first salt and can have a magnesium cation or a lithium cation. The first salt, the second salt, or both have a BH4 anion. |
| FILED | Monday, April 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/858764 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/054 (20130101) H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09112490 | Hamlet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason R. Hamlet (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jackson R. Mayo (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention describe a Boolean circuit having a voter circuit and a plurality of approximate circuits each based, at least in part, on a reference circuit. The approximate circuits are each to generate one or more output signals based on values of received input signals. The voter circuit is to receive the one or more output signals generated by each of the approximate circuits, and is to output one or more signals corresponding to a majority value of the received signals. At least some of the approximate circuits are to generate an output value different than the reference circuit for one or more input signal values; however, for each possible input signal value, the majority values of the one or more output signals generated by the approximate circuits and received by the voter circuit correspond to output signal result values of the reference circuit. |
| FILED | Monday, October 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/052896 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/505 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09113535 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Viacheslav Diev (Los Angeles, California); Kenneth Hanson (Carrboro, North Carolina); Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Viacheslav Diev (Los Angeles, California); Kenneth Hanson (Carrboro, North Carolina); Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound that can be used as a donor material in organic photovoltaic devices comprising a non-activated porphyrin fused with one or more non-activated polycyclic aromatic rings or one or more non-activated heterocyclic rings can be obtained by a thermal fusion process. The compounds can include structures of Formula I: By heating the reaction mixture of non-activated porphyrins with non-activated polycyclic aromatic rings or heterocyclic rings to a fusion temperature and holding for a predetermined time, fusion of one or more polycyclic rings or heterocyclic rings to the non-activated porphyrin core in meso,β fashion is achieved resulting in hybrid structures containing a distorted porphyrin ring with annulated aromatic rings. The porphyrin core can be olygoporphyrins. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 12/985439 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/22 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 47/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 2211/188 (20130101) C09K 2211/1007 (20130101) C09K 2211/1011 (20130101) C09K 2211/1029 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0072 (20130101) H01L 51/0077 (20130101) H01L 51/0092 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 09108217 | Hoerr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert A. Hoerr (Shoreview, Minnesota); John V. Carlson (St. Michael, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanocopoeia, Inc. (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Hoerr (Shoreview, Minnesota); John V. Carlson (St. Michael, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoparticle coated hydrogel may be formed by a method of electrospraying nanoparticles on to a surface includes providing a drug and polymer combination in solvent to an inner capillary of a coaxial dual capillary spray nozzle. A coating with a drug that releases over time may be provided. Open and closed matrixes may be selectively formed to help modify time release periods. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/023747 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B05D 1/34 (20130101) B05D 1/36 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09108314 | Gracias et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Gracias (Baltimore, Maryland); Timothy G. Leong (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithographically structured device has an actuation layer and a control layer operatively connected to the actuation layer. The actuation layer includes a stress layer and a neutral layer that is constructed of materials and with a structure such that it stores torsional energy upon being constructed. The control layer is constructed to maintain the actuation layer substantially in a first configuration in a local environmental condition and is responsive to a change in the local environmental condition such that it permits a release of stored torsional energy to cause a change in a structural configuration of the lithographically structured device to a second configuration, the control layer thereby providing a trigger mechanism. The lithographically structured device has a maximum dimension that is less than about 10 mm when it is in the second configuration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/206585 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0024 (20130101) B81B 3/0032 (20130101) B81B 2201/031 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 99/002 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/11 (20150115) |
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| US 09108364 | Caruso et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary M. Caruso (Urbana, Illinois); David A. Delafuente (Augusta, Georgia); Benjamin J. Blaiszik (Urbana, Illinois); Jason M. Kamphaus (Missouri City, Texas); Nancy R. Sottos (Champaign, Illinois); Scott R. White (Champaign, Illinois); Jeffrey S. Moore (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary M. Caruso (Urbana, Illinois); David A. Delafuente (Augusta, Georgia); Benjamin J. Blaiszik (Urbana, Illinois); Jason M. Kamphaus (Missouri City, Texas); Nancy R. Sottos (Champaign, Illinois); Scott R. White (Champaign, Illinois); Jeffrey S. Moore (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite material includes a solid polymer matrix, a plurality of capsules and a liquid, in the capsules. The liquid includes from 50 to 100 wt % of a solvent, and from 0 to 50 wt % of a polymerizer. There is no polymerizer outside of the capsules. The solid polymer matrix may include a native activating moiety for the polymerizer. The solvent may have a swelling ratio with the solid polymer matrix of at least 1.1 and/or may have a polarity ET of from 0.10 to 0.50. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/739537 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 73/22 (20130101) B29C 73/163 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09108850 | O'Brien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen O'Brien (New York, New York); Limin Huang (Jersey City, New Jersey); Brian Edward White (Walton, New York); Samuel Jonas Wind (White Plains, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen O'Brien (New York, New York); Limin Huang (Jersey City, New Jersey); Brian Edward White (Walton, New York); Samuel Jonas Wind (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for forming the apparatus include nanoparticles, catalyst nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes generated from catalyst nanoparticles, and methods of fabrication of such nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/299875 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0233 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2202/02 (20130101) C01B 2202/34 (20130101) C01B 2202/36 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) |
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| US 09109039 | Ryan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clarence A. Ryan (Pullman, Washington); Gregory L. Pearce (Palouse, Washington); Alisa Huffaker (Pullman, Washington); Yube Yamaguchi (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A 23 amino acid peptide, AtPep1, plays an important role as a signaling component of the innate immune system of Arabidopsis. The peptide precursor gene is transcribed in response to elicitors generated by pathogens, and AtPep1 is produced to amplify the signaling pathways. Seven paralogs of the AtproPep1 gene have been identified in the Arabidopsis genome, and orthologs have been identified in species of several agriculturally important families. AtPep1 and its paralogs and orthologs play important roles as endogenous signals to amplify innate immunity. The sequences of two AtPep1 receptors from Arabidopsis are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/169224 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8279 (20130101) C12N 15/8282 (20130101) |
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| US 09109162 | Dutta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Partha S. Dutta (Clifton Park, New York); Aloka Khanna (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the present invention provide a family of phosphor compositions that may be used in the field of lighting applications. These phosphor compositions have crystal structures and chemical bond arrangements that enable broad band absorption and excitation using radiation up to and including the blue wavelength region. A preferred embodiment of the phosphor compositions has a general formula of (AxAy . . . Az)3−(1+q)m(W1−rMor)O6:Lnm,Dqm, wherein x+y+ . . . +z=1; 0≦r≦1; 0≦q≦1; 0<m≦0.12; and A=Divalent element from group IIA and/or IIB (e.g., Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, Zn2+, etc.), W=tungsten with 6+ charge state, Mo=Molybdenum with 6+ charge state, Ln=Trivalent rare earth lanthanide element (e.g., Ce3+ to Lu3+), D=Monovalent element from group IA and/or IB (e.g., Li1+, Na1+, Cu1+, etc.), and O=Oxygen (O2−). |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/395550 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/7708 (20130101) C09K 11/7729 (20130101) C09K 11/7736 (20130101) C09K 11/7765 (20130101) C09K 11/7794 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence; Light Sources Using Electrochemiluminescence; Light Sources Using Charges of Combustible Material; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices as Light-generating Elements; Light Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F21K 9/56 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09109270 | Xia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Younan Xia (St. Louis, Missouri); Sang-Hyuk Im (Pohang-Shi, South Korea); Yugang Sun (Naperville, Illinois); Yun Tack Lee (Seattle, Washington); Benjamin Wiley (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Younan Xia (St. Louis, Missouri); Sang-Hyuk Im (Pohang-Shi, South Korea); Yugang Sun (Naperville, Illinois); Yun Tack Lee (Seattle, Washington); Benjamin Wiley (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing silver nanostructures with improved dimensional control, yield, purity, monodispersity, and scale of synthesis. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/367217 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0025 (20130101) B22F 9/24 (20130101) B22F 2001/0037 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Alloys C22C 5/02 (20130101) C22C 5/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/00 (20130101) C30B 29/02 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09109883 | Ansari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Farhad Ansari (Naperville, Illinois); Seyed Asadollah Bassam (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farhad Ansari (Naperville, Illinois); Seyed Asadollah Bassam (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A structural displacement sensor that includes an arched member having two ends, where each end is attached to a fastening member. In an embodiment of the invention, the fastening members are configured to be attached to a structure. Further, a strain gauge is attached to the arched member, and the strain gauge is operatively connected to a signal processing device. In an embodiment, the arched member and strain gauge are configured to measure a displacement of the structure based on the amount of strain detected on the strain gauge. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/320885 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 5/0041 (20130101) G01M 5/0091 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09110022 | Clough et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Clough (Arlington, Virginia); Jingle Liu (Troy, New York); Xi-Cheng Zhang (Melrose, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Clough (Arlington, Virginia); Jingle Liu (Troy, New York); Xi-Cheng Zhang (Melrose, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for detecting radiation for example, terahertz radiation, with the aid of acoustic signal generation and detection include: directing an optical beam into a volume of gas; ionizing at least a portion of the volume of gas with the optical beam to produce a plasma; and detecting an acoustic signal produced from an interaction of a radiation wave with the plasma. The methods and systems are particularly adapted for remote detection of chemicals, biological substances, and explosives, among others. The capability of the methods and systems can be enhanced by employing multi-color laser excitation to produce the plasma and varying the time delay between the multi-color pulses. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/643871 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/63 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/3504 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) |
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| US 09110029 | O'Farrell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Diagnostic Consulting Network, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Diagnostic Consulting Network, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brendan O'Farrell (Santa Ana, California); Hans Boehringer (San Diego, California); Roy Chung (Carlsbad, California); Winnie Tong (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions, kits, methods and devices for cyanide detection, particularly for cyanide detection in biological samples such as whole blood. The method comprises (1) contacting a sample with a cobinamide conjugate comprising a cobinamide moiety and a carrier; and (2) measuring the absorbance of light by the cobinamide conjugate. The present disclosure provides field-deployable cyanide detection methods, compositions, kits and devices, which provide rapid, accurate readout at the point of contact. Further provided herein is a method for determining exposure of a subject to cyanide. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/830302 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5014 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Myoseon Jang (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods for measuring the acidity of airborne matter are provided. A filter can be impregnated with an indicator dye which changes color in response to changes in acidity. After the sample passes through the filter, the filter can be analyzed using UV-visible spectrometry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/022810 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/78 (20130101) G01N 21/80 (20130101) G01N 21/783 (20130101) G01N 31/22 (20130101) G01N 31/221 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/156666 (20150115) |
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| US 09110533 | Colgate et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Edward Colgate (Evanston, Illinois); Michael A. Peshkin (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A haptic device includes a substrate that is subjected to lateral motion such as lateral oscillation with one or more degrees of freedom together with modulation of a friction reducing oscillation in a manner that can create a shear force on the user's finger or on an object on the device. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/303388 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/016 (20130101) G06F 3/041 (20130101) G06F 3/0362 (20130101) G06F 3/0414 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 3/0421 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 6/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09110816 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teleputers, LLC (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teleputers, LLC (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruby B. Lee (Princeton, New Jersey); Zhenghong Wang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for accessing, storing and replacing data in a cache memory are provided, wherein a plurality of index bits and a plurality of tag bits at the cache memory are received. The plurality of index bits are processed to determine whether a matching index exists in the cache memory and the plurality of tag bits are processed to determine whether a matching tag exists in the cache memory, and a data line is retrieved from the cache memory if both a matching tag and a matching index exist in the cache memory. A random line in the cache memory can be replaced with a data line from a main memory, or evicted without replacement, based on the combination of index and tag misses, security contexts and protection bits. User-defined and/or vendor-defined replacement procedures can be utilized to replace data lines in the cache memory. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/039223 |
| ART UNIT | 2138 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0802 (20130101) G06F 12/0811 (20130101) G06F 12/0846 (20130101) G06F 12/0864 (20130101) G06F 12/0891 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2212/1021 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/1225 (20130101) |
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| US 09108178 | Calle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luz M. Calle (Merritt Island, Florida); Wenyan N. Li (Orlando, Florida); Jerry W. Buhrow (Melbourne, Florida); Stephen A. Perusich (Merritt Island, Florida); Scott T. Jolley (Titusville, Florida); Tracy L. Gibson (Melbourne, Florida); Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida) |
| 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) | Luz M. Calle (Merritt Island, Florida); Wenyan N. Li (Orlando, Florida); Jerry W. Buhrow (Melbourne, Florida); Stephen A. Perusich (Merritt Island, Florida); Scott T. Jolley (Titusville, Florida); Tracy L. Gibson (Melbourne, Florida); Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Elongated microcapsules, such as elongated hydrophobic-core and hydrophilic-core microcapsules, may be formed by pulse stirring an emulsion or shearing an emulsion between two surfaces moving at different velocities. The elongated microcapsules may be dispersed in a coating formulation, such as paint. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/354576 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/14 (20130101) B01J 13/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 7/1291 (20130101) C09D 105/00 (20130101) Non-mechanical Removal of Metallic Material From Surface; Inhibiting Corrosion of Metallic Material or Incrustation in General; Multi-step Processes for Surface Treatment of Metallic Material Involving at Least One Process Provided for in Class C23 and at Least One Process Covered by Subclass C21D or C22F or Class C25 C23F 11/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09109088 | Meador et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ohio Aerospace Institute (Brook Park, Ohio); The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE (Brook Park, Ohio); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary Ann B. Meador (Strongsville, Ohio); Haiquan Guo (Avon, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous cross-linked polyimide networks are provided. The networks comprise an anhydride end-capped polyamic acid oligomer. The oligomer (i) comprises a repeating unit of a dianhydride and a diamine and terminal anhydride groups, (ii) has an average degree of polymerization of 10 to 50, (iii) has been cross-linked via a cross-linking agent, comprising three or more amine groups, at a balanced stoichiometry of the amine groups to the terminal anhydride groups, and (iv) has been chemically imidized to yield the porous cross-linked polyimide network. Also provided are porous cross-linked polyimide aerogels comprising a cross-linked and imidized anhydride end-capped polyamic acid oligomer, wherein the oligomer comprises a repeating unit of a dianhydride and a diamine, and the aerogel has a density of 0.10 to 0.333 g/cm3 and a Young's modulus of 1.7 to 102 MPa. Also provided are thin films comprising aerogels, and methods of making porous cross-linked polyimide networks. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/756855 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/1007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 73/1082 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 2205/026 (20130101) C08J 2379/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09109843 | Iacomini |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christine Schroeder Iacomini (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine Schroeder Iacomini (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Radiator systems utilizing controlling features for shutdown and restart for varying heat load applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/826625 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 15/00 (20130101) F28D 15/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F28D 15/0266 (20130101) |
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| US 09109898 | Hayden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Ethan Hayden (Ellicot City, Maryland); David Albert Kubalak (Wheaton, Maryland); Theodore John Hadjimichael (Washington, District of Columbia); Bente Hoffmann Eegholm (Columbia, Maryland); Raymond George Ohl, IV (Dayton, Maryland); Randal Crawford Telfer (Baltimore, Maryland); Phillip Coulter (Sewell, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sigma Space Corporation (Lanham, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Ethan Hayden (Ellicot City, Maryland); David Albert Kubalak (Wheaton, Maryland); Theodore John Hadjimichael (Washington, District of Columbia); Bente Hoffmann Eegholm (Columbia, Maryland); Raymond George Ohl, IV (Dayton, Maryland); Randal Crawford Telfer (Baltimore, Maryland); Phillip Coulter (Sewell, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for corrections of measurements of points of interests measured by beams of radiation propagating through stratified media including performance of ray-tracing of at least one ray lunched from a metrology instrument in a direction of an apparent point of interest, calculation a path length of the ray through stratified medium, and determination of coordinates of true position of the point interest using the at least one path length and the direction of propagation of the ray. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/945260 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 25/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09107938 | Donoghue et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel James Donoghue (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Ann Marian Donoghue (Fayettevile, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel James Donoghue (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Ann Marian Donoghue (Fayettevile, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for selecting a bacterium capable of reducing pathogenic bacterial colonization of the intestinal tract in a subject comprising selecting the bacterium capable of migrating at least 0.75 cm from the point of inoculation on motility agar after incubation for 24 hours at 37° C. or capable of migrating from the point of inoculation to a diameter of at least 1.5 cm based on the farthest colonies from the point of inoculation on motility agar after incubation for 24 hours at 37° C. Bacteria selected using the method and compositions comprising these bacteria are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/876743 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/3014 (20130110) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/74 (20130101) A61K 35/741 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2035/11 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/20 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09108909 | Imam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Syed H. Imam (Walnut Creek, California); Greg M. Glenn (American Canyon, California); Bor-Sen Chiou (Walnut Creek, California); William J. Orts (Burlingame, California); Dustin Rains (Pleasanton, California); Allison Fretwell (Pleasanton, California); Greg Piche (Pleasanton, California); Adam Slaboski (Pleasanton, California); Stephen Fisher (Pleasanton, California); Tomas Colussi (Pleasanton, California); Don Swatling (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Syed H. Imam (Walnut Creek, California); Greg M. Glenn (American Canyon, California); Bor-Sen Chiou (Walnut Creek, California); William J. Orts (Burlingame, California); Dustin Rains (Pleasanton, California); Allison Fretwell (Pleasanton, California); Greg Piche (Pleasanton, California); Adam Slaboski (Pleasanton, California); Stephen Fisher (Pleasanton, California); Tomas Colussi (Pleasanton, California); Don Swatling (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The cereal-based charcoal binder utilizes unrefined non-corn whole grains to replace the conventional cornstarch binder in solid charcoal fuels. The whole grain material is ground up, mixed with water, gelatinized, and then mixed with at least one dry ingredient to produce the solid charcoal fuel product. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/239897 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 323/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 323/25 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/08 (20130101) C07D 211/58 (20130101) C07D 211/60 (20130101) C07D 213/32 (20130101) C07D 215/06 (20130101) C07D 233/64 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) C07D 239/58 (20130101) C07D 251/38 (20130101) C07D 277/56 (20130101) C07D 309/38 (20130101) C07D 317/22 (20130101) C07D 317/28 (20130101) C07D 319/06 (20130101) |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09108890 | Vu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Doan-Trang T. Vu (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for manufacturing training aid materials for detecting homemade explosives includes spreading an explosive powder on a porous surface, storing the surface in a container that facilitates sublimation of the explosive powder such that the explosive powder redeposits onto the surface and into the pores over a period of time, and removing the surface from the container after the period of time to yield training aid materials. An additional method includes preparing a dilute solution of an explosive reaction mixture, and depositing the dilute solution on a surface prior to formation of an explosive product by the explosive reaction mixture. The surface is stored in a contain that facilitates formation of the explosive product, and removed after a period of time and cleaned to remove unreacted precursors to yield training aid materials. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/775463 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 21/00 (20130101) C06B 21/0083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C06B 23/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09110022 | Clough et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Clough (Arlington, Virginia); Jingle Liu (Troy, New York); Xi-Cheng Zhang (Melrose, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Clough (Arlington, Virginia); Jingle Liu (Troy, New York); Xi-Cheng Zhang (Melrose, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for detecting radiation for example, terahertz radiation, with the aid of acoustic signal generation and detection include: directing an optical beam into a volume of gas; ionizing at least a portion of the volume of gas with the optical beam to produce a plasma; and detecting an acoustic signal produced from an interaction of a radiation wave with the plasma. The methods and systems are particularly adapted for remote detection of chemicals, biological substances, and explosives, among others. The capability of the methods and systems can be enhanced by employing multi-color laser excitation to produce the plasma and varying the time delay between the multi-color pulses. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/643871 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/63 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/3504 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09107600 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An example method of representing cardiac information associated with a heart rhythm disorder is disclosed. The method includes accessing a plurality of neighboring cardiac signals obtained from a patient. The method also includes eliminating far-field activations from the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals using one or more divergence criteria that define local activations in the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals, the divergence criteria being associated with divergence among the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals. The method further includes constructing a clinical representation of local activations in the plurality of neighboring cardiac signals. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/473572 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/7239 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) |
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| US 09107932 | Simard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Marc Simard (Baltimore, Maryland); Mingkui Chen (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition comprising a novel Ca2+-activated, [ATP]i-sensitive nonspecific cation (NCCa-ATP) channel is described. The channel is found in mammalian neural cells and exhibits a different sensitivity to block by various adenine nucleotides, and is activated by submicromolar [Ca]i. The NCCa-ATP channel is activated under conditions of ATP depletion, which causes severe cell depolarization, followed by cell swelling. The NCCa-ATP channel is regulated by a sulfonylurea receptor and is inhibited by sulfonylurea compounds glibenclamide and tolbutamide. Methods employing compositions comprising the NCCa-ATP channel to screen for compounds that block the channel and the use of such antagonists as therapeutics in preventing brain swelling and damage are described. In addition, methods employing compositions comprising the Kir2.3 channel to screen for compounds that open the channel and the use of such antagonists as therapeutics in preventing brain swelling and damage are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/184947 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/18 (20130101) A61K 31/64 (20130101) A61K 31/175 (20130101) A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 31/197 (20130101) A61K 31/403 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/4015 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 31/4453 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0093 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/756 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/1292 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6872 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 514/87 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09111149 | Lehnert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas R. Lehnert (Herndon, Virginia); Jeffrey C. Boushell (Chantilly, Virginia); Peng Yuan (Leesburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas R. Lehnert (Herndon, Virginia); Jeffrey C. Boushell (Chantilly, Virginia); Peng Yuan (Leesburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for identifying an unknown individual from a plurality of enrolled individuals is provided. In an embodiment, the method comprises comparing at least two parameters of the unknown individual to at least two enrolled parameters of the enrolled individuals. The method then determines a score correlating to the closeness of the comparison and then stores the score. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/046051 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00677 (20130101) G06K 9/00885 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09111925 | Colgan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Bushiness Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evan George Colgan (Armonk, New York); SAmpath Purushothaman (Armonk, New York); Roy R. Yu (Armonk, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An enhanced 3D integration structure comprises a logic microprocessor chip bonded to a collection of vertically stacked memory slices and an optional set of outer vertical slices comprising optoelectronic devices. Such a device enables both high memory content in close proximity to the logic circuits and a high bandwidth for logic to memory communication. Additionally, the provision of optoelectronic devices in the outer slices of the vertical slice stack enables high bandwidth direct communication between logic processor chips on adjacent enhanced 3D modules mounted next to each other or on adjacent packaging substrates. A method to fabricate such structures comprises using a template assembly which enables wafer format processing of vertical slice stacks. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/974983 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 11/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/78 (20130101) H01L 23/49816 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/11 (20130101) H05K 1/14 (20130101) H05K 7/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09112212 | Fasching et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rainer J Fasching (Mill Valley, California); Gregory Alan Roberts (Oakland, California); Yi Cui (Stanford, California); Song Han (Foster City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amprius, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rainer J Fasching (Mill Valley, California); Gregory Alan Roberts (Oakland, California); Yi Cui (Stanford, California); Song Han (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are novel methods of fabricating electrochemical cells containing high capacity active materials that form multilayered solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) structures on the active material surface during cell fabrication. Combining multiple different SEI layers on one surface can substantially improve cell performance by providing each layer with different properties. For example, an outer layer having a high electronic resistance may be combined with an inner layer having a high ionic permeability. To form such multilayered SEI structures, formation may involve changing electrolyte composition, functionalizing surfaces, and/or varying formation conditions. For example, formation may start with a boron containing electrolyte. This initial electrolyte is then replaced with an electrolyte that does not contain boron and instead may contain fluorine additives. In certain embodiments, cell's temperature is changed during formation to initiate different chemical reactions during SEI formation. Variations in multilayered SEI structures may be also achieved by varying current rates. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/281252 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/02 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09108608 | Cutright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Dale Cutright (Charlottesville, Virginia); Chinnarao Mokkapati (Export, Pennsylvania); Robert Dennis Pascoe (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Dale Cutright (Charlottesville, Virginia); Chinnarao Mokkapati (Export, Pennsylvania); Robert Dennis Pascoe (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of adjusting one or more of braking parameters used in a braking function to control braking of a train includes determining an adjustment factor based on a joint stopping distance probability distribution, the joint stopping distance probability distribution representing the composite effect on stopping distance of a plurality of predetermined train characteristic parameters, each of the predetermined train characteristic parameters being variable, and applying the adjustment factor to each of the one or more of braking parameters. Also, a method of adjusting braking parameters that includes determining an adjustment factor based on a nominal value, a worst case limit value and a best case limit value of each of a plurality of predetermined train characteristic parameters, each of the predetermined train characteristic parameters being variable, and applying the adjustment factor to each of the one or more of braking parameters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/237060 |
| ART UNIT | 3669 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Vehicle Brake Control Systems or Parts Thereof; Brake Control Systems or Parts Thereof, in General; Arrangement of Braking Elements on Vehicles in General; Portable Devices for Preventing Unwanted Movement of Vehicles; Vehicle Modifications to Facilitate Cooling of Brakes B60T 13/665 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60T 17/228 (20130101) |
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National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 09108370 | Joshi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prakash B. Joshi (Andover, Massachusetts); David B. Oakes (Reading, Massachusetts); Edward J. Salley (Andover, Massachusetts); Allan Dokhan (Belmont, Massachusetts); Kophu Chiang (North Andover, Massachusetts); Alan Gelb (Boston, Massachusetts); John Hagge (Laporte, Minnesota); B. David Green (Methuen, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a metalized polymeric bubble in a space, microgravity environment is described. A liquid polymer bubble having a predetermined diameter is formed from a mixture comprising a liquid polymer and at least one of a UV curing material, a stabilizer, a UV absorber, or a surfactant. The liquid polymer bubble is cured with radiation to form a rigid polymer bubble. The rigid polymer bubble is then metalized with a metal to form the metalized polymeric bubble. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/655240 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/00865 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/1355 (20150115) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09110453 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Shu-Xing Cheng (Folsom, California); Steven L. Mulkey (Cameron Park, California); Qiang Wang (Sacramento, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Cybernation Group Inc. (Rancho Cordova, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Shu-Xing Cheng (Folsom, California); Steven L. Mulkey (Cameron Park, California); Qiang Wang (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel 3-Input-3-Output (3×3) Model-Free Adaptive (MFA) controller with a set of artificial neural networks as part of the controller is introduced. A 3×3 MFA control system using the inventive 3×3 MFA controller is described to control key process variables including Power, Steam Throttle Pressure, and Steam Temperature of boiler-turbine-generator (BTG) units in conventional and advanced power plants. Those advanced power plants may comprise Once-Through Supercritical (OTSC) Boilers, Circulating Fluidized-Bed (CFB) Boilers, and Once-Through Supercritical Circulating Fluidized-Bed (OTSC CFB) Boilers. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441610 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 13/024 (20130101) G05B 13/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05B 13/042 (20130101) G05B 13/0265 (20130101) |
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Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09108849 | Strauss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teledyne Scientific Imaging, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis Strauss (Ventura, California); Vivek Mehrotra (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device for producing an aligned carbon nanotube array. The arrays of aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) may be formed by drying liquid dispersions of CNTs on a nanoporous substrate under an applied electrostatic field. The array may be used in a number of applications including electronics, optics, and filtration, including desalination. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/933335 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05C 9/02 (20130101) Nanostructures Formed by Manipulation of Individual Atoms, Molecules, or Limited Collections of Atoms or Molecules as Discrete Units; Manufacture or Treatment Thereof B82B 3/0014 (20130101) B82B 3/0066 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 31/0266 (20130101) C01B 31/0273 (20130101) C01B 2202/36 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24132 (20150115) Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) |
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| US 09110051 | Lange et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yvonne Lange (Chicago, Illinois); Theodore L. Steck (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois); Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yvonne Lange (Chicago, Illinois); Theodore L. Steck (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a screening method for identifying test agents that modulate cell membrane cholesterol activity. The modulating activity of the test agents may be measured using lytic compounds, which cause cell lysis or increases in cell permeability in response to cell membrane cholesterol levels. The invention further provides therapeutic agents that are identified using the screening method. The therapeutic agents either increase or decrease the cell membrane cholesterol activity, cholesterol concentration and/or both in vivo and/or in vitro. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/594564 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/80 (20130101) G01N 33/92 (20130101) G01N 33/502 (20130101) G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 33/5014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5044 (20130101) G01N 2800/044 (20130101) |
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| US 09111918 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Yang (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Leonard Hilton (Buffalo, Minnesota); Yuandong Gu (Plymouth, Minnesota); Jong Park (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Yang (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Leonard Hilton (Buffalo, Minnesota); Yuandong Gu (Plymouth, Minnesota); Jong Park (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A process to fabricate a fin for a heat sink includes creating an array of micro diameter holes on a substrate, and then coupling the substrate to a mold. The mold includes angular dimples such that one or more of the micro diameter holes on the substrate come into contact with the angular dimples in the mold, thereby forming an angle between the micro diameter holes and a surface of the substrate. The process further includes placing the substrate onto a plate. The plate includes micro air channels such that the micro air channels are in communication with the micro diameter holes. In another embodiment, two pieces of substrate, each with micro diameter holes and embossed micro air channels are coupled together to form a fin. |
| FILED | Monday, November 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/955449 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Working or Processing of Sheet Metal or Metal Tubes, Rods or Profiles Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal B21D 19/08 (20130101) B21D 22/04 (20130101) B21D 31/02 (20130101) B21D 53/04 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4878 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/467 (20130101) H01L 2224/05099 (20130101) H01L 2224/05599 (20130101) H01L 2224/13099 (20130101) H01L 2224/13599 (20130101) H01L 2224/29099 (20130101) H01L 2224/29599 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/00013 (20130101) H01L 2924/00013 (20130101) H01L 2924/00013 (20130101) H01L 2924/00013 (20130101) H01L 2924/00013 (20130101) H01L 2924/00013 (20130101) H01L 2924/00013 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20563 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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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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