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| US 09119824 | Dudakov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jarrod Dudakov (New York, New York); Marcel van den Brink (New York, New York); Alan Hanash (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jarrod Dudakov (New York, New York); Marcel van den Brink (New York, New York); Alan Hanash (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for the use of IL-22 to promote thymic growth following thymic insult. In particularly preferred embodiments, the present invention provides methods of using therapeutic IL-22 compositions for treating patients with thymic atrophy and alterations in bone marrow derived white blood cells, including cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, patients exposed to radiation (i.e. cancer therapy, nuclear disaster, terrorist attack, etc.), patients with HIV infections/AIDS, patients with organ transplantation, aging patients, and the like. In a further embodiment, therapeutic IL-22 compositions are contemplated as a prophylactic to boost immune response when additional T-cell function is needed, i.e. to boost immune response during vaccination. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/474319 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09119828 | Alving |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carl R. Alving (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by The Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl R. Alving (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Antibodies and method of making antibodies, either monoclonal or polyclonal wherein said antibodies have dual or multi-specific binding capacity to more than one type of antigenic epitope. The antibodies have simultaneous or independent recognition subsites to each of the epitopes. Antigenic epitopes include lipids, peptides, proteins, amino acid sequences, sugars and carbohydrates. Monoclonal antibodies and a method of making monoclonal antibodies of the invention include monoclonal antibodies that are broadly neutralizing to HIV-1 or other envelop viruses wherein the monoclonal antibody has subsites that simultaneously recognize protein and lipid epitopes from the virus. |
| FILED | Friday, September 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/525574 |
| 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 Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/468 (20130101) C07K 16/1063 (20130101) |
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| US 09120230 | Lipson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hod Lipson (Ithaca, New York); John R. Amend, Jr. (Ithaca, New York); Heinrich Jaeger (Chicago, Illinois); Eric Brown (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive universal gripper includes a mass of granular material encased in an elastic membrane. Using a combination of positive and negative pressure, the gripper can rapidly grip and release a wide range of objects that are typically challenging for conventional universal grippers, such as flat objects, soft objects, or objects with complex geometries. The gripper passively conforms to the shape of a target object, then vacuum-hardens to grip it rigidly; later using positive pressure to reverse this transition—releasing the object and returning to a deformable state. The apparatus and method enable the fast ejection of objects from the gripper, as well as essentially instantaneous reset time between releasing and gripping. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/518184 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 15/0023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/31 (20130101) |
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| US 09120245 | Pechenik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Pechenik (Getzville, New York); Wesley P. Hoffman (Palmdale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This present invention describes interface-defined nanolaminates (IDnLs), which are novel nanolaminate materials fabricated from metals and ceramics, and new methods for fabricating these IDnL materials, including new methods for manufacturing high aspect ratio parts comprising IDnL materials according to the present invention. IDnLs are fundamentally different from ordinary laminates in that their properties are defined by the interfaces between the layers rather by the properties of the bulk materials comprising the individual layers. In contrast to superlattice materials, IDnLs may be made thermally stable due to the wide selection of interface-defining materials, which allows judicial use of equilibrium phase diagrams. The degree of interface coherency in IDnLs may be varied to optimize material properties. In addition, IDnLs may be manufactured inexpensively in bulk, industrial quantities and large sizes by the techniques disclosed in this invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/083516 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| 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 35/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09120546 | Geder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason D. Geder (Arlington, Virginia); John S. Palmisano (Silver Spring, Maryland); Marius D. Pruessner (Silver Spring, Maryland); Ravi Ramamurti (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason D. Geder (Arlington, Virginia); John S. Palmisano (Silver Spring, Maryland); Marius D. Pruessner (Silver Spring, Maryland); Ravi Ramamurti (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic mechanical fin, having a motor housing containing a plurality of rib rotation motors, rib spars, and a plurality of ribs, mechanically movable and communicatively coupled to the plurality of rib rotation motors and shafts, where the plurality of ribs are rotationally coupled to and actuated by the plurality of rib rotation motors and shafts. The mechanical fin further includes a flexible fin casing, within which the ribs reside, forming the complete actively controlled curvature robotic propulsion and steering apparatus. The mechanical fin is connected to a plurality of control electronics circuits and a computer processor programmed with actuation code that when executed by the computer processor causes automated actuation of simultaneous propulsion and steering maneuverability of the actively controlled curvature, robotic, mechanical fin. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/710706 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Marine Propulsion or Steering B63H 1/37 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B63H 5/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09120564 | White |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Owen White (Orilla, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GROEN BROTHERS AVIATION, INC. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Owen White (Orilla, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor blade assembly is disclosed including a blade spar having a duct extending therethrough and having upper and lower surfaces. A mounting structure is secured to the blade spar and defines a fluid path in fluid communication with the duct. The mounting structure likewise has upper and lower surfaces. A tip jet is secured to the mounting structure in fluid communication with the fluid path. The blade spar and mounting structure abut one another at a joint and the upper surfaces of the blade spar and mounting structure lie on a common airfoil contour extending across the joint. The lower surfaces of the blade spar and mounting structure also lie on the common airfoil contour. One or both of the blade and mounting structure include a composite material. The mounting structure may include two portions secured to one another having a distal portion of the blade spar captured therebetween. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/199720 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 11/06 (20130101) B64C 11/20 (20130101) B64C 11/24 (20130101) B64C 15/14 (20130101) B64C 27/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 27/22 (20130101) B64C 27/26 (20130101) B64C 27/82 (20130101) B64C 27/473 (20130101) B64C 2027/8245 (20130101) |
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| US 09120669 | Choi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hyungryul Choi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Chih-Hao Chang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kyoo Chul Park (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gareth H McKinley (Acton, Massachusetts); George Barbastathis (Boston, Massachusetts); Jeong-gil Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hyungryul Choi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Chih-Hao Chang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kyoo Chul Park (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gareth H McKinley (Acton, Massachusetts); George Barbastathis (Boston, Massachusetts); Jeong-gil Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Fabrication method. At least first and second hardmasks are deposited on a substrate, the thickness and materials of the first and second hardmask selected to provided etch selectivity with respect to the substrate. A nanoscale pattern of photoresist is created on the first hardmask and the hardmask is etched through to create the nanoscale pattern on a second hardmask. The second hardmask is etched through to create the desired taper nanocone structures in the substrate. Reactive ion etching is preferred. A glass manufacturing process using a roller imprint module is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/446053 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00103 (20130101) B81C 1/00111 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81C 2201/0132 (20130101) |
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| US 09120679 | Qadri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Syed B Qadri (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Arne W Fliflet (Alexandria, Virginia); M Ashraf Imam (Great Falls, Virginia); Bhakta B Rath (Oakton, Virginia); Edward P Gorzkowski, III (Odenton, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Syed B Qadri (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Arne W Fliflet (Alexandria, Virginia); M Ashraf Imam (Great Falls, Virginia); Bhakta B Rath (Oakton, Virginia); Edward P Gorzkowski, III (Odenton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure concerns a method of making silicon carbide involving adding agricultural husk material to a container, creating a vacuum or an inert atmosphere inside the container, applying conventional heating or microwave heating, heating rapidly, and reacting the material and forming silicon carbide (SiC). |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/299901 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/16 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) |
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| US 09120710 | Crouse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher A. Crouse (Valparaiso, Florida); Jonathan E. Spowart (Dayton, Ohio); Christian J. Pierce (Alamogordo, New Mexico); Breanna K. Hardenstein (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Reactive nanocomposites, foams, and structures comprising functionalized metal nanoparticles that are incorporated into a fluorinated polymer matrix using an in-situ polymerization process and methods of making and using the same. The reactive nanocomposites, foams, and structures according to the present invention demonstrate enhanced mechanical properties due to the direct chemical integration of the nano-metal fuel particles into the fluoropolymer matrix. In addition, the reactive nanocomposites, foams, and structures may be processed using conventional polymer processing and may be used to fabricate materials such as reactive liners, casings, and other components and inserts. The intense heat produced during reaction may further be used in a variety of applications such as disinfection, decontamination, and/or destruction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/795651 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 43/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C06B 45/12 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 2/44 (20130101) |
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| US 09120774 | Blagg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian S. J. Blagg (Lawrence, Kansas); Huiping Zhao (Lawrence, Kansas); Alison Catherine Donnelly (Grand Island, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian S. J. Blagg (Lawrence, Kansas); Huiping Zhao (Lawrence, Kansas); Alison Catherine Donnelly (Grand Island, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides novobiocin analogues with noviose replacements which are useful as Hsp90 inhibitors in the treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, February 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/202382 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 407/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 487/14 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09120799 | Fahrenbach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert C. Fahrenbach (Lebanon, Indiana); Jonathan C. Barnes (Evanston, Illinois); Hao Li (Austin, Texas); J. Fraser Stoddart (Evanston, Illinois); Ashish Neil Basuray (Chicago, Illinois); Srinivasan Sampath (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods of generating 4,4′-bipyridinium radical cations (BIPY•+), and methods for utilizing the radical-radical interactions between two or more BIPY•+ radical cations that ensue for the creation of novel materials for applications in nanotechnology. Synthetic methodologies, crystallographic engineering techniques, methods of physical characterization, and end uses are described. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/623935 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/89 (20130101) C07D 471/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0046 (20130101) C07F 15/0053 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/00 (20130101) C30B 29/54 (20130101) C30B 29/62 (20130101) C30B 30/04 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09120967 | Medintz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Igor L. Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); W. Russ Algar (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor L. Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); W. Russ Algar (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a Förster (or fluorescence) resonance energy transfer (FRET) configuration with three energy transfer pathways between three luminescent components, where two of the energy transfer steps occur in sequence as a relay, and the first step of the relay is in competition with a third energy transfer process (energy transfer from the donor to the intermediary is in competition with energy transfer from the donor directly to the terminal acceptor). |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/201279 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0093 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09K 11/06 (20130101) C09K 11/025 (20130101) C09K 11/565 (20130101) C09K 11/883 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/542 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/588 (20130101) G01N 2021/6441 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/00 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 51/56 (20130101) |
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| US 09121017 | Walker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeremy P. Walker (Oakmont, Pennsylvania); Anna M. Leech (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FLIR Detection, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy P. Walker (Oakmont, Pennsylvania); Anna M. Leech (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a thermoresponsive nanoparticle useful for the stabilization of enzymes in environments having a temperature greater than thirty degrees Centigrade. The thermoresponsive nanoparticle has (a) a functionalized enzyme conjugate having one or more enzymes or biological catalysts, the enzymes or biological catalysts are modified with palmitic acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester and acryclic acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester, and (b) a thermally responsive polymer, wherein the functionalized enzyme conjugate is encapsulated within the thermally responsive polymer. A nanocatalyst is provided that has one or more proteins. The proteins are covalently immobilized and encapsulated within a thermally responsive polymer shell. The proteins are one or more enzymes or biological catalysts. A method for protecting the proteins is also set forth. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/888771 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/74 (20130101) A61K 47/48046 (20130101) A61K 47/48176 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/96 (20130101) C12N 11/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 101/03004 (20130101) C12Y 301/08001 (20130101) |
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| US 09121058 | Stern et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seth Stern (Palo Alto, California); Stevan Bogdan Jovanovich (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntegenX Inc. (Pleasanton, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth Stern (Palo Alto, California); Stevan Bogdan Jovanovich (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides systems, devices, methods, and kits for performing an integrated analysis. The integrated analysis can include sample processing, library construction, amplification, and sequencing. The integrated analysis can be performed within one or more modules that are fluidically connected to each other. The one or more modules can be controlled and/or automated by a computer. The integrated analysis can be performed on a tissue sample, a clinical sample, or an environmental sample. The integrated analysis system can have a compact format and return results within a designated period of time. |
| FILED | Saturday, August 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/202884 |
| 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 | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2200/16 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/043 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (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 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0015 (20130101) F16K 99/0059 (20130101) F16K 2099/0084 (20130101) |
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| US 09121290 | Jenne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas C. Jenne (West Hartford, Connecticut); Matthew S. Gleiner (Vernon, Connecticut); Matthew A. Devore (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas C. Jenne (West Hartford, Connecticut); Matthew S. Gleiner (Vernon, Connecticut); Matthew A. Devore (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine engine component includes a platform and one or more microcircuit cooling passages embedded within one or more walls of an airfoil portion of the component. Each microcircuit cooling passage terminates within the thickness of the platform so as to provide cooling to the initial 10% span of the airfoil portion. Each microcircuit cooling passage has an inlet for receiving cooling fluid, which inlet is also embedded within the platform. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/774771 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/187 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/81 (20130101) F05D 2260/204 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49341 (20150115) |
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| US 09121432 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joey Wong (Enfield, Connecticut); Jose E. Ruberte Sanchez (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A nut plate fastener includes a basket and a nut. The basket includes a web that extends laterally between a plurality of lipped flanges. The web and the lipped flanges form a channel that extends longitudinally through the basket. The web includes a fastener aperture, with an elongated cross-sectional geometry, that extends vertically through the web. The nut is arranged within the channel and aligned longitudinally with the fastener aperture. The lipped flanges retain the nut laterally and vertically within the channel. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/714975 |
| ART UNIT | 3677 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 37/044 (20130101) F16B 37/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16B 37/064 (20130101) |
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| US 09121679 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Kim (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Mark Minisi (Stanhope, New Jersey); Stephen McFarlane (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Kim (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Mark Minisi (Stanhope, New Jersey); Stephen McFarlane (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A limited range projectile includes pyrotechnic material and reactive material. The pyrotechnic material is ignited at projectile launch. The pyrotechnic material ignites the reactive material. If the projectile reaches a maximum desired range prior to impact with a target, the ignited reactive material transforms the projectile into an aerodynamically unstable object. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/888649 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F42B 12/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09121713 | Samarasekera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Supun Samarasekera (Princeton, New Jersey); Rakesh Kumar (West Windsor, New Jersey); Taragay Oskiper (East Windsor, New Jersey); Zhiwei Zhu (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Oleg Naroditsky (Princeton, New Jersey); Harpreet Sawhney (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Supun Samarasekera (Princeton, New Jersey); Rakesh Kumar (West Windsor, New Jersey); Taragay Oskiper (East Windsor, New Jersey); Zhiwei Zhu (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Oleg Naroditsky (Princeton, New Jersey); Harpreet Sawhney (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for efficiently locating in 3D an object of interest in a target scene using video information captured by a plurality of cameras. The system and method provide for multi-camera visual odometry wherein pose estimates are generated for each camera by all of the cameras in the multi-camera configuration. Furthermore, the system and method can locate and identify salient landmarks in the target scene using any of the cameras in the multi-camera configuration and compare the identified landmark against a database of previously identified landmarks. In addition, the system and method provide for the integration of video-based pose estimations with position measurement data captured by one or more secondary measurement sensors, such as, for example, Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) and Global Positioning System (GPS) units. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/451037 |
| ART UNIT | 2451 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/005 (20130101) G01C 21/165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/3216 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0044 (20130101) |
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| US 09121747 | Mian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Electronic Machines Corporation (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Electronic Machines Corp. (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zahid F. Mian (Loudonville, New York); Ronald W. Gamache (East Greenbush, New York); Carl W. Liebfried (Rensselaer, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A solution for evaluating an object, which accounts for various motion-related dynamic forces is provided. In an embodiment, the object is a vehicle and the evaluation includes determining a set of static weights corresponding to the vehicle as it moves through a sensing element. The sensing element can include a load plate with vertical force sensing devices and horizontal force sensing devices located below the load plate. Analysis of measurement data acquired by the force sensing devices can enable calculation of the set of static weights corresponding to the vehicle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/622111 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Weighing G01G 19/035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01G 19/047 (20130101) G01G 23/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09121757 | Herzinger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J.A. WOOLLAM CO., INC. (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | J.A. WOOLLAM CO., INC. (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A terahertz ellipsometer, the basic preferred embodiment being a sequential system having a backward wave oscillator (BWO); a first rotatable polarizer that includes a wire grid (WGP1); a rotating polarizer that includes a wire grid (RWGP); a stage (STG) for supporting a sample (S); a rotating retarder (RRET) comprising first (RP), second (RM1), third (RM2) and fourth (RM3) elements; a second rotatable polarizer that includes a wire grid (WGP2); and a Golay cell detector (DET). |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/120194 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 4/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 5/20 (20130101) G01J 5/42 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/211 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) G01N 2021/3595 (20130101) |
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| US 09121771 | Tadigadapa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Srinivas A. Tadigadapa (State College, Pennsylvania); Marcelo Pisani (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivas A. Tadigadapa (State College, Pennsylvania); Marcelo Pisani (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and systems to improve thermal sensitivity of resonant circuits. One aspect utilizes tracking near-resonance complex impedance for a quartz resonator based calorimeter sensor to derive ultra-sensitive temperature measurement from the sensor. Another aspect includes a quartz resonant or -based calorimetric sensor placed close to but not touching the analyte being measured to eliminate mass loading effect on the temperature measurement. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/049632 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01K 17/006 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/42 (20150115) Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09121789 | Stanley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christine Stanley (Lexington Park, Maryland); Adam Carlisle (Lexington Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine Stanley (Lexington Park, Maryland); Adam Carlisle (Lexington Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser based lens analysis device comprising of a laser for emitting a laser beam, a beam expander for increasing the diameter of the laser beam, a beam collimator for collimating the increased diameter laser beam, an aperture for controlling the collimated laser beam and rendering the collimated laser beam to be substantially symmetrical, and a beam profiler for analyzing the laser beam characteristics after the controlled-symmetrical laser beam passes through the lens being tested. A method for lens analysis comprising the steps of emitting a laser beam, increasing the diameter of the laser beam, collimating the increased diameter laser beam, rendering the collimated laser beam substantially symmetrical, directing the symmetrical laser beam towards the lens being tested, and analyzing characteristics of the directed laser beam after the directed laser beam passes through the lens being tested. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/048488 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 11/0228 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 9/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09121860 | Cronyn |
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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) | Willard M. Cronyn (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method involve determining the airspeed of a vehicle using the propagation time of an acoustic signal from a transmitter located at one end of the vehicle to a receiver located at the other end of the vehicle. A digital representation of the acoustic signal is created and stored within non-volatile memory within the transmitter, then converted into an electrical signal which is filtered, amplified, and input into a transducer contained within the transmitter. The transducer radiates an acoustic signal toward the receiver, which receives and filters the acoustic signal, converts it into a digital signal, and processes the digital signal to determine the acoustic signal propagation time. The acoustic signal may have a continuous wave form, a duty cycle of about 100%, a peak to average amplitude ratio of less than about 2.5, and Fourier components of substantially equal amplitude and random phase. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/780182 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 3/00 (20130101) G01P 5/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01P 5/248 (20130101) |
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| US 09121940 | Psiaki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Coherent Navigation, Inc. (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Coherent Navigation, Inc. (San Mateo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Lockwood Psiaki (Brooktondale, New York); Isaac Thomas Miller (El Granada, California); Brent Michael Ledvina (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A navigation system includes a navigation radio and a sensor onboard a vehicle. The navigation radio receives and processes low earth orbit RF signals to derive range observables for a corresponding LEO satellite. A sensor is operable to generate at least one of vehicle speed data, acceleration data, angular rate data and rotational angle data under high vehicle dynamics. The navigation radio includes a navigation code operable to obtain a position, velocity and time solution (a “navigation solution”) based on the one or more range observables, ephemerides for the corresponding LEO satellite, a heading pseudomeasurement, a navigation radio altitude pseudomeasurement; one or more vehicle velocity pseudomeasurements orthogonal to the altitude pseudomeasurements; and the generated at least one of vehicle speed data, acceleration data, angular rate data and rotational angle data. The navigation radio uses the navigation solution to acquire a GPS signal during interference with a coarse acquisition GPS signal. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/188604 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/28 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 19/31 (20130101) G01S 19/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 19/45 (20130101) G01S 19/215 (20130101) |
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| US 09121948 | Marcheschi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Barbara A. Marcheschi (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Brian L. Justus (Springfield, Virginia); Alan L. Huston (Aldie, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara A. Marcheschi (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Brian L. Justus (Springfield, Virginia); Alan L. Huston (Aldie, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dosimeter system. An OSL reader configured to produce data indicative of a radiation exposure, one or more OSL dosimeters fabricated from a thermoluminescent material, a light stimulation source configured to stimulate the OSL dosimeter to produce luminescence emissions, and a light-detection system that measures the intensity of such luminescence emissions and converts the electrical signal to a binary string that can be processed by an appropriately programmed computer configured to analyze data from the reader and produce data indicative of an extent of radiation exposure. Dose information is obtained without requiring heating of the dosimeter. The dosimeter can be interrogated multiple times with minimal loss of dose information. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/198912 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09122039 | Hegg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald G. Hegg (Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical system incorporating a compact internal field of view switch configured to switch the field of view of the optical system between a narrow field of view and a wide field of view while maintaining a constant exit aperture size. In one example the optical system includes an active imaging sub-system optically coupled to the exit aperture, and the field of view switch is positioned between the exit aperture and the active imaging sub-system. In one example the field of view switch is configured as a pupil relay having non-unity magnification. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/787013 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 13/14 (20130101) G02B 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 15/02 (20130101) G02B 17/0647 (20130101) G02B 17/0657 (20130101) G02B 17/0694 (20130101) G02B 19/0085 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/33 (20130101) H04N 5/2259 (20130101) |
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| US 09122055 | Aizenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joanna Aizenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Philseok Kim (Arlington, Massachusetts); Jack Alvarenga (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joanna Aizenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Philseok Kim (Arlington, Massachusetts); Jack Alvarenga (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A substrate having a second material on a surface of the substrate or embedded as a layer within the substrate are described. The second material has a different index of refraction and/or stiffness than the substrate so that stretching and unstretching of the substrate and the second material can induce wrinkles in the second material that interacts with light thereby allowing reversible change from a transparent state to an opaque or iridescent state, and vice versa. The present disclosure is useful as a shading system and/or displays. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/702933 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/0074 (20130101) Fixed or Movable Closures for Openings in Buildings, Vehicles, Fences or Like Enclosures in General, e.g Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates E06B 9/24 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 1/0131 (20130101) |
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| US 09122610 | Jungwirth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Jungwirth (New Market, Alabama); Patrick La Fratta (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a microprocessor architecture for efficiently running an operating system. The improved architecture provides higher performance, improved operating system efficiency, enhanced security, and reduced power consumption. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/029053 |
| ART UNIT | 2132 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/38 (20130101) G06F 12/0846 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 12/0855 (20130101) G06F 12/0875 (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 09122820 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray T. Chen (Austin, Texas); Xiaochuan Xu (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system or device for configuring an optical coupling device including obtaining characteristics of an optical signal and ambient conditions for storage in memory, utilizing a processor for identifying an optimum effective subwavelength area refractive index and a grating period for the input signal and ambient characteristics stored in memory, and utilizing the processor for identifying a preferred filling factor for a transverse polarization. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/188569 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/13 (20130101) G02B 6/124 (20130101) G02B 6/126 (20130101) G02B 6/136 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09122956 | Fink |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wolfgang Fink (Montrose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel methods and systems for automated data analysis are disclosed. Data can be automatically analyzed to determine features in different applications, such as visual field analysis and comparisons. Anomalies between groups of objects may be detected through clustering of objects. |
| FILED | Monday, November 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/077134 |
| 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 9/42 (20130101) G06K 9/6218 (20130101) G06K 9/6247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09123022 | Skarin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce Skarin (Millbury, Massachusetts); Andrew Duchon (Somerville, Massachusetts); Paul Allopenna (Storrs, Connecticut); Rich Dejordy (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aptima, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Skarin (Millbury, Massachusetts); Andrew Duchon (Somerville, Massachusetts); Paul Allopenna (Storrs, Connecticut); Rich Dejordy (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the subject invention comprise a computer based system and methods to collect and compare the attributes of a group of entities using data representing topic data of the entity and interaction data between entities. Embodiments of the invention comprise using minimally invasive means to automatically collect and model both an entity's attributes such as their knowledge/work/interest as well as model the social interactions of the entity together with a means to identify opportunities to influence changes in the entity attributes. Minimally invasive means to collect and model attributes include semantic analysis and topic modeling techniques. Means to model social interactions include social network analysis techniques that can incorporate location data of the entity. Embodiments of the invention further provide a sharable index of the attributes of the entities and the group of entities. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/993907 |
| ART UNIT | 2169 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | 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) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09123114 | Meyers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald E Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); Keith S Deacon (Coumbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for generating an image utilizing entangled quantum particle pairs comprising at least one processor; at least one source of entangled quantum particles having first and second channels, the first and second channel s outputting first and second pairs of entangled quantum particles, respectively, a first beam splitter operatively connected to the first channel; the first beam splitter configured to split the first pairs of entangled particles for entry into first and second spatial detectors; at least one focusing device operatively connected to the second channel configured to direct the second pairs of entangled quantum particles towards a distant target; each of the first and second spatial detectors detecting one particle of the first pairs of entangled quantum particles; the at least one processor operating to record the detection of entangled quantum particles by the first and second spatial detectors and create image data for display. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/461625 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/42 (20130101) G01J 1/0411 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/002 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/4053 (20130101) G06T 5/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 5/50 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/70 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/23232 (20130101) |
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| US 09123116 | Debevec et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul E. Debevec (Culver City, California); Abhijeet Ghosh (London, United Kingdom); Graham Fyffe (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Debevec (Culver City, California); Abhijeet Ghosh (London, United Kingdom); Graham Fyffe (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiview face capture system may acquire detailed facial geometry with high resolution diffuse and specular photometric information from multiple viewpoints. A lighting system may illuminate a face with polarized light from multiple directions. The light may be polarized substantially parallel to a reference axis during a parallel polarization mode of operation and substantially perpendicular to the reference axis during a perpendicular polarization mode of operation. Multiple cameras may each capture an image of the face along a materially different optical axis and have a linear polarizer configured to polarize light traveling along its optical axis in a direction that is substantially parallel to the reference axis. A controller may cause each of the cameras to capture an image of the face while the lighting system is in the parallel polarization mode of operation and again while the lighting system is in the perpendicular polarization mode of operation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/449729 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00255 (20130101) G06K 9/2036 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0073 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/10152 (20130101) G06T 2207/30201 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 13/0253 (20130101) H04N 13/0282 (20130101) |
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| US 09123487 | Rastegar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OMNITEK PARTNERS LLC (Ronkonkoma, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for initiating a thermal battery including: releasing an engagement between an element and a striker mass upon an acceleration time and magnitude greater than a first threshold; and moving at least one member into a path of the element to prevent the element from releasing the striker mass only where the acceleration time and magnitude is greater than a second threshold, the second threshold being greater than the first threshold. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/180469 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Domestic Stoves or Ranges; Details of Domestic Stoves or Ranges, of General Application F24C 15/24 (20130101) Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 19/00 (20130101) Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 35/14 (20130101) H01H 35/142 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01H 35/145 (20130101) |
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| US 09123895 | Gaudiana et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Merck Patent GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Merck Patent GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell Gaudiana (Lyndeborough, New Hampshire); Richard Kingsborough (North Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Xiaobo Shi (Centennial, Colorado); David Waller (Lexington, Massachusetts); Zhengguo Zhu (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Photovoltaic cells with thiazole-containing polymers, as well as related components, systems, and methods, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, October 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/046567 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/123 (20130101) C08G 75/06 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/4226 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09124062 | Wunderer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); John E. Northrup (Palo Alto, California); Mark R. Teepe (Menlo Park, California); Noble M. Johnson (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); John E. Northrup (Palo Alto, California); Mark R. Teepe (Menlo Park, California); Noble M. Johnson (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Optically pumped laser structures incorporate reflectors that have high reflectivity and are bandwidth limited to a relatively narrow band around the central laser radiation wavelength. In some cases, the reflectors may be ¾-wavelength distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs). |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/427335 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/109 (20130101) H01S 5/041 (20130101) H01S 5/0092 (20130101) H01S 5/141 (20130101) H01S 5/02461 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/02469 (20130101) H01S 5/18361 (20130101) H01S 5/18366 (20130101) H01S 5/18369 (20130101) H01S 5/34333 (20130101) |
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| US 09124755 | Kelly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin F. Kelly (Houston, Texas); Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas); Gary Woods (Houston, Texas); Ting Sun (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Matthew Turner (Moscow, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin F. Kelly (Houston, Texas); Richard G. Baraniuk (Houston, Texas); Gary Woods (Houston, Texas); Ting Sun (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Matthew Turner (Moscow, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Compressive imaging apparatus employing multiple modulators in various optical schemes to generate the modulation patterns before the signal is recorded at a detector. The compressive imaging apparatus is equally valid when applying compressive imaging to structured light embodiments where the placement is shifted from the acquisition path between the subject and the detector into the illumination path between the source and the subject to be imaged. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/511475 |
| ART UNIT | 2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 7/3062 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/335 (20130101) H04N 5/2254 (20130101) H04N 19/90 (20141101) |
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| US 09124828 | Lu 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) | Ryan P. Lu (San Diego, California); Bienvenido Melvin L. Pascoguin (La Mesa, California); Ayax D. Ramirez (Chula Vista, California); James Adleman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for simultaneously producing multiple images of a subject are provided. The multiple images include images having different light intensity ranges that can be combined into a single image with a high dynamic range (HDR). The apparatus include a fly's eye lens system and at least one optical sensor. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/031894 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/0062 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2355 (20130101) H04N 5/35545 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jesus Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida); Atul Asati (Orlando, Florida); Sudip Nath (Orlando, Florida); Charalambos Kaittanis (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesus Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida); Atul Asati (Orlando, Florida); Sudip Nath (Orlando, Florida); Charalambos Kaittanis (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and compositions are disclosed wherein normal, non-transformed, healthy biological cells are protected from oxidative stress, radiation therapy and chemotherapy while diseased, transformed cells, such as, cancer cells, are provided no protection by the biocompatible, polymer coated nanoceria composition of the present invention. The polymer-coated nanoceria preparation herein exhibits no toxicity to normal cells and exhibits pH-dependent antioxidant properties at neutral or physiological pH values, between approximately 6.5 to approximately 11.0 and is inactive as an antioxidant at acidic pH values between approximately 2.0 to approximately 6.4. Improved therapeutic agents and cytoprotecting devices are based on the newly discovered, pH dependent properties of polymer-coated nanoceria that provide selective cytoprotection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/169179 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09119563 | Buckland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioptigen, Inc. (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric L. Buckland (Hickory, North Carolina); Andrew Murnan (Saratoga Springs, New York); Christopher Saxer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert H. Hart (Cary, North Carolina); Nestor O. Farmiga (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Scanning optical beam imaging systems for imaging extended structures of an eye and providing biometry of an eye are provided. The systems include a focal system for shifting the focus of the scanning system from the front to the back of the eye. The systems provide for converging rays that can scan through the pupil of the eye, enabling scanning of the anterior and posterior segments of the eye using a common objective and a fixed working distance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/513439 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/14 (20130101) A61B 3/0025 (20130101) A61B 3/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 3/1005 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 15/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09119714 | Shandas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robin Shandas (Boulder, Colorado); Avery Nelson (Boulder, Colorado); Bryan Rech (Boulder, Colorado); Devatha P. Nair (Lakewood, Colorado); Michael B. Lyons (Boulder, Colorado); Jeffrey Paul Castleberry (Longmont, Colorado); Timothy Francis Scott (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin Shandas (Boulder, Colorado); Avery Nelson (Boulder, Colorado); Bryan Rech (Boulder, Colorado); Devatha P. Nair (Lakewood, Colorado); Michael B. Lyons (Boulder, Colorado); Jeffrey Paul Castleberry (Longmont, Colorado); Timothy Francis Scott (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A prosthetic medical device is formed by the combination of a biological tissue a shape memory polymer structure. The biological tissue provides an in-situ physiological function of the device. The shape memory polymer provides a capability for minimizing the device profile during insertion and then deploying after placement into a memory shape that achieves suitable mechanical structure and stability within an anatomical lumen or cavity. This configuration may be applied to form various prosthetic devices including aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valves in the heart; venous valves; anti-reflux valves for the lower esophageal sphincter; and other biological valve structures. Alternatively, an entirely non-biologic implementation using only shape memory polymer-based structures may be used as a prosthetic valve device. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/608714 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/88 (20130101) A61F 2/2412 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/2418 (20130101) A61F 2/2436 (20130101) A61F 2/2469 (20130101) A61F 2/2475 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 61/0608 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/7534 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/1031 (20150115) |
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| US 09119757 | Triolo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald J. Triolo (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Thomas C. Bulea (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a self leveling walker to assist persons who have insufficient strength or movement in their legs when standing and walking on uneven surfaces, and for traversing ramps and stairs. The inventive self leveling walker includes a frame assembly with a leveling assembly for adapting the relative length of the four legs of the walker to accommodate a substantially constant level of the walker so that the user may maintain an erect standing posture at all times, without the need to lean forward or back to accommodate uneven surfaces. The invention employs a fluid or gas based circuit between the front and back walker legs on each respective side, so as to shorten or lengthen each front and back leg with respect to each other, thereby maintaining the overall level of the walker on the subject surface being traversed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/059667 |
| ART UNIT | 3636 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61H 2003/001 (20130101) A61H 2201/0192 (20130101) A61H 2201/1246 (20130101) A61H 2201/5051 (20130101) A61H 2201/5058 (20130101) A61H 2201/5069 (20130101) A61H 2201/5071 (20130101) A61H 2201/5084 (20130101) |
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| US 09119802 | Simpson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth W. Simpson (Ithaca, New York); Belgin Dogan (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth W. Simpson (Ithaca, New York); Belgin Dogan (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of microbial infections and for the enhancement of resistance to infection. The disclosure includes administration of an effective amount of an E. coli LpfA antigen to enhance the immune system to prevent infections that cause, e.g., inflammatory bowel diseases, bovine mastitis and metritis. The disclosure also includes methods for diagnosing microbial infection and conditions associated with microbial infection by detecting an E. coli LpfA polypeptide or nucleic acid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/318590 |
| 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 Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56916 (20130101) G01N 2333/245 (20130101) G01N 2800/065 (20130101) |
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| US 09119810 | Montelione et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gaetano T. Montelione (Highland Park, New Jersey); Robert M. Krug (Austin, Texas); Yin Cuifeng (Princeton, New Jersey); Ma Lichung (Plainsboro, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Robert M. Krug (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gaetano T. Montelione (Highland Park, New Jersey); Robert M. Krug (Austin, Texas); Yin Cuifeng (Princeton, New Jersey); Ma Lichung (Plainsboro, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel models of interactions of the Nonstructural Protein of influenza A and influenza B viruses (NS1A and NS1B, respectively) with dsRNA are presented. On the basis of the models, novel recombinant viruses and vaccines against influenza A and influenza B viruses are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, November 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/094114 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16234 (20130101) |
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| US 09119812 | Jin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MEDIMMUNE, LLC (Gaithersburg, Maryland); The United States of America, National Institutes of Health (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MedImmune, LLC (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Jin (Cupertino, California); Xing Cheng (Sunnyvale, California); Kanta Subbarao (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptides, polynucleotides, reassortant viruses, immunogenic compositions and vaccines comprising influenza hemagglutinin and neuraminidase variants and method using thereof are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/086902 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) |
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| US 09119824 | Dudakov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jarrod Dudakov (New York, New York); Marcel van den Brink (New York, New York); Alan Hanash (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jarrod Dudakov (New York, New York); Marcel van den Brink (New York, New York); Alan Hanash (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for the use of IL-22 to promote thymic growth following thymic insult. In particularly preferred embodiments, the present invention provides methods of using therapeutic IL-22 compositions for treating patients with thymic atrophy and alterations in bone marrow derived white blood cells, including cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, patients exposed to radiation (i.e. cancer therapy, nuclear disaster, terrorist attack, etc.), patients with HIV infections/AIDS, patients with organ transplantation, aging patients, and the like. In a further embodiment, therapeutic IL-22 compositions are contemplated as a prophylactic to boost immune response when additional T-cell function is needed, i.e. to boost immune response during vaccination. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/474319 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09119837 | Hammock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce D. Hammock (Davis, California); Ahmet Bora Inceoglu (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce D. Hammock (Davis, California); Ahmet Bora Inceoglu (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for relieving pain and itching, of promoting wound healing, of reducing sickness behavior and of reducing inflammatory bowel disease or acne lesions in a subject by the topical administration of an inhibitor of soluble epoxide hydrolase, or of a cis-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (“EET”), or by both. |
| FILED | Friday, August 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/063653 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/335 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09119858 | Yan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Genesys Research Institute (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genesys Research Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xinhua Yan (Boston, Massachusetts); James P. Morgan (Boston, Massachusetts); Lewis C. Cantley (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods and compositions feature lapatinib and/or rapamycin for treating or preventing a cardiac condition induced by anthracycline treatment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/971281 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/704 (20130101) |
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| US 09119869 | Shebuski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald J. Shebuski (Alexandria, Virginia); Samuel B. Ho (San Diego, California); Laurie Shekels (Orono, Minnesota); Robert L. Heinrikson (Plainwell, Michigan) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald J. Shebuski (Alexandria, Virginia); Samuel B. Ho (San Diego, California); Laurie Shekels (Orono, Minnesota); Robert L. Heinrikson (Plainwell, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated MUC17, Muc3 or MUC3 derived polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding the same are described. The MUC17, Muc3 or MUC3 derived polypeptides, polynucleotides, and pharmaceutical compositions can be used to treat gastrointestinal tract diseases and disorders including, inflammatory bowel disease and its associated colitides, for example, Crohn's Disease. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/097680 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/1735 (20130101) A61K 38/1735 (20130101) A61K 39/0008 (20130101) A61K 39/0008 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4727 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/22 (20130101) C07K 2319/23 (20130101) C07K 2319/036 (20130101) C07K 2319/41 (20130101) C07K 2319/43 (20130101) C07K 2319/60 (20130101) C07K 2319/61 (20130101) |
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| US 09119884 | Lam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kit S. Lam (Oakland, California); Ruiwu Liu (Oakland, California); Wei Yao (Oakland, California); Nancy Lane (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kit S. Lam (Oakland, California); Ruiwu Liu (Oakland, California); Wei Yao (Oakland, California); Nancy Lane (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of a peptidomimetic ligand, e.g. LLP2A, conjugated with a bisphosphonate drug, e.g. Alendronate. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention are useful in the treatment of osteoporosis and for the promotion of bone growth due to their specificity for the α4β1 integrin on mesenchymal stem cells and for the surface of bone. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/820362 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/66 (20130101) A61K 31/661 (20130101) A61K 31/663 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 47/48084 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/02 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/101 (20130101) C07K 5/0817 (20130101) C07K 5/1016 (20130101) C07K 5/1019 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09119957 | Gantz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce J Gantz (Iowa City, Iowa); James Finlay Patrick (Roseville, Australia); John L Parker (Roseville, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cochlear Limited (Lane Cove, NSW, Australia); The University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce J Gantz (Iowa City, Iowa); James Finlay Patrick (Roseville, Australia); John L Parker (Roseville, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrode array (30) which is able to be inserted to a desired depth within the cochlea to provide useful percepts for the recipient which will also preferably not cause damage to the sensitive structures of the cochlea. The electrode array (30) is insertable through an opening in the cochlea and into at least the basal region of the cochlea and comprises an elongate carrier (31) having a proximal end, a distal end, and a plurality of electrodes (32) supported by the carrier at respective spaced locations thereon in a region between the proximal end and the distal end. A stabilizing collar (35) extends outwardly from the elongate carrier (31) at or adjacent a proximal end thereof and has an abutment surface adapted to abut a portion of the cochlea surface around the cochleostomy and at least substantially prevent movement of the carrier (31) following completion of insertion of the array (30) into the cochlea. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/711031 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Organic Chemistry |
| 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 11/004 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0541 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36032 (20130101) |
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| US 09120744 | Lawrence et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel A. Lawrence (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Cory Emal (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jacqueline Cale (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Enming J. Su (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark Warnock (Brighton, Michigan); Shih-Hon Li (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Jeanne A. Cupp (Fenton, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan); EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Lawrence (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Cory Emal (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jacqueline Cale (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Enming J. Su (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark Warnock (Brighton, Michigan); Shih-Hon Li (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Jeanne A. Cupp (Fenton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to plasminogen activator-1 (PAI-1) inhibitor compounds and uses thereof in the treatment of any disease or condition associated with elevated PAI-1. The invention includes, but is not limited to, the use of such compounds to modulate lipid metabolism and treat conditions associated with elevated PAI-1, cholesterol, or lipid levels. |
| FILED | Monday, November 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/624126 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 69/88 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 69/90 (20130101) C07C 229/12 (20130101) C07C 229/34 (20130101) C07C 271/22 (20130101) C07C 271/54 (20130101) C07C 311/29 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 13/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09120750 | Silverman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Silverman (Winnetka, Illinois); Qing Jing (Morton Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Aminopyridine compounds, as can be used in conjunction with methods for modulation of nitric oxide synthase activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/199599 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/73 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09120774 | Blagg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian S. J. Blagg (Lawrence, Kansas); Huiping Zhao (Lawrence, Kansas); Alison Catherine Donnelly (Grand Island, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian S. J. Blagg (Lawrence, Kansas); Huiping Zhao (Lawrence, Kansas); Alison Catherine Donnelly (Grand Island, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides novobiocin analogues with noviose replacements which are useful as Hsp90 inhibitors in the treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, February 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/202382 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 407/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 487/14 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09120787 | Heil et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marintha L. Heil (Frederick, Maryland); Nicholas D. P. Cosford (La Jolla, California); Nicholas Pagano (La Jolla, California); Peter Teriete (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama); Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marintha L. Heil (Frederick, Maryland); Nicholas D. P. Cosford (La Jolla, California); Nicholas Pagano (La Jolla, California); Peter Teriete (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of Formula (I) wherein B is selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; Y is a linker moiety selected from the group consisting of a direct bond. R, R1, R2, and R3 are each individually selected from the group consisting substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, or heterocycle. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/238374 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/22 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09120820 | Barrett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Douglas Barrett (Hartland, Michigan); Daniel Austin Bochar (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Levi Lynn Blazer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Fred Lawrence Ciske (Dexter, Michigan); Gregory William Endres (Saline, Michigan); Jeffrey Keith Johnson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gregory Scott Keyes (Dexter, Michigan); Ranjinder Singh Sidhu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Raymond C. Trievel (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Margaret Lynn Collins (Canton, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CAYMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY, INCORPORATED (Ann Arbor, Michigan); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Douglas Barrett (Hartland, Michigan); Daniel Austin Bochar (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Levi Lynn Blazer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Fred Lawrence Ciske (Dexter, Michigan); Gregory William Endres (Saline, Michigan); Jeffrey Keith Johnson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gregory Scott Keyes (Dexter, Michigan); Ranjinder Singh Sidhu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Raymond C. Trievel (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Margaret Lynn Collins (Canton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Assay methods may generally comprise forming homogeneous assay mixtures comprising target SAM-utilizing protein, fluorescent detection analyte, and test compound, incubating, and measuring FP or TR-FRET signal emitted in order to determine a measure of test compound-SAM -utilizing protein binding. Assay mixtures comprise a SAM-utilizing protein, and a fluorescent detection analyte that binds with the SAM-utilizing protein in the absence of test compound. Assay mixtures may further comprise a test compound. Assay mixture embodiments may generate FP or TR-FRET signal properties that are a function of the inherent binding interactions of both the test compound and the detection analyte with the SAM-utilizing protein. Fluorescent detection analytes comprise a fluorophore moiety, a covalent linker moiety, and a SAM-utilizing protein ligand moiety and could be utilized in FP or TR-FRET assays to measure test compound binding. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/475618 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 519/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) |
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| US 09120838 | Demchenko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexei Demchenko (Glen Carbon, Illinois); Michael R. Nichols (St. Charles, Missouri); Sophon Kaeothip (Bangkok, Thailand) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexei Demchenko (Glen Carbon, Illinois); Michael R. Nichols (St. Charles, Missouri); Sophon Kaeothip (Bangkok, Thailand) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a series of novel Lipid A analogs that are structually simple, synthetically accessible, and capable of blocking the cellular receptor within the signal transduction pathway. The novel Lipid A analogs can include a monosaccharide core with hydrophobic side chains and amino acid ionic motif. The invention further provides methods of using the compounds and compositions thereof in various therapeutic methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/112830 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/008 (20130101) A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/2018 (20130101) A61K 9/2027 (20130101) A61K 9/2054 (20130101) A61K 9/2059 (20130101) A61K 9/4858 (20130101) A61K 47/02 (20130101) A61K 47/06 (20130101) A61K 47/10 (20130101) A61K 47/12 (20130101) A61K 47/32 (20130101) A61K 47/38 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09120867 | Valenzuela et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Government of the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Rockville, Maryland); Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesus G. Valenzuela (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jose M. C. Ribeiro (Rockville, Maryland); Aldina Barral (Bahia, Brazil); Manoel Netto (Bahia, Brazil); Claudia I. Brodskyn (Bahia, Brazil); Regis Gomes (Bahia, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | Substantially purified salivary Lu. longipalpis polypeptides, and polynucleotides encoding these polypeptides are disclosed. Vectors and host cells including the Lu. longipalpis polynucleotides are also disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed for inducing an immune response to sand fly saliva. In other embodiments, methods for treating, diagnosing, or preventing Leishmaniasis are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/097991 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0003 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/43577 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/20 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/63 (20130101) |
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| US 09120869 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John H. Adams (Tampa, Florida); Francis B. Ntumngia (Tampa, Florida); Jesse L. Schloegel (Five Dock, Australia); Samantha J. Barnes (Tampa, Florida); Amy M. McHenry (Keene, Texas); Patchanee Chootong (Bangkok, Thailand) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Adams (Tampa, Florida); Francis B. Ntumngia (Tampa, Florida); Jesse L. Schloegel (Five Dock, Australia); Samantha J. Barnes (Tampa, Florida); Amy M. McHenry (Keene, Texas); Patchanee Chootong (Bangkok, Thailand) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides compositions that are useful for eliciting a strain-transcending immune response in an animal or human directed against the blood-stage of the malarial parasite Plasmodium vivax. The compositions are based on the ligand domain of Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein (PvDBPII). Polar charged polymorphic residues within the dominant strain-specific B-cell epitope were mutated to uncharged residues (e.g. serine, alanine and threonine). This DEKnull variant of PvDBPII produced in bacteria can be purified and refolded in vitro to mimic conformation and erythrocyte binding function of native DBPII. Immunogenicity of DEKnull was confirmed by administration to mice. Compared to the naturally-occurring, strain variant DBPII, DEKnull elicits antibodies that are more broadly reactive with different strain variants of DBPII and enhances production of functional inhibitory antibodies to the shared protective epitopes of native DBPII. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/224265 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/015 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/445 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09121009 | Chancellor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael B. Chancellor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jay Pasricha (Cupertino, California); Ronald Jankowski (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ryan Pruchnic (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonweath System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael B. Chancellor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jay Pasricha (Cupertino, California); Ronald Jankowski (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ryan Pruchnic (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides muscle-derived progenitor cells that show long-term survival following transplantation into body tissues and which can augment soft tissue following introduction (e.g. via injection, transplantation, or implantation) into a site of soft tissue. Also provided are methods of isolating muscle-derived progenitor cells, and methods of genetically modifying the cells for gene transfer therapy. The invention further provides methods of using compositions comprising muscle-derived progenitor cells for the augmentation and bulking of mammalian, including human, soft tissues in the treatment of various cosmetic or functional conditions, including malformation, injury, weakness, disease, or dysfunction. In particular, the present invention provides treatments and amelioration of symptoms for gastro-esophageal pathologies like gastro-esophageal reflux. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/959054 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/34 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2509/00 (20130101) C12N 2533/54 (20130101) |
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| US 09121018 | Zamore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip D. Zamore (Northboro, Massachusetts); Gyorgy Hutvagner (Castle Hill, Australia); Dianne Schwarz (Watertown, Massachusetts); Martin Simard (Deschambault, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of enhancing the efficacy and specificity of RNA silencing. The invention also provides compositions for mediating RNA silencing. In particular, the invention provides siRNAs, siRNA-like molecules, shRNAs, vectors and transgenes having improved specificity and efficacy in mediating silencing of a target gene. Therapeutic methods are also featured. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/654199 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/331 (20130101) C12N 2310/333 (20130101) C12N 2310/336 (20130101) C12N 2320/51 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajendra S. Apte (Clayton, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treatment of diseases that include or are characterized by inappropriate or pathological neovascularization are disclosed. These diseases include diseases of the eye, such as diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, and choroidal neovascularization which can occur in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Disclosed methods include administering agents that cause directly or indirectly upregulation of the ABCA1 transporter protein in macrophages. These agents include, without limitation, LXR agonists. In some embodiments, inhibitors of CETP expression or activity can also be effective. Administration routes can include, without limitation, intraocular, periocular, or systemic administration. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/918453 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 31/18 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 31/421 (20130101) A61K 31/575 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09121048 | Blanco et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sigmovir Biosystems, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sigmovir Biosystems, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland); Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jorge C. G. Blanco (Washington, District of Columbia); Adriana E. Kajon (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, kits, and compositions are disclosed for vaccinating a human or animal against human rhinovirus infection. Also provided are methods of using a cotton rat model for identifying and testing vaccines and therapeutic agents that prevent or ameliorate human rhinovirus infection. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/026485 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — 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 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09121771 | Tadigadapa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Srinivas A. Tadigadapa (State College, Pennsylvania); Marcelo Pisani (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivas A. Tadigadapa (State College, Pennsylvania); Marcelo Pisani (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and systems to improve thermal sensitivity of resonant circuits. One aspect utilizes tracking near-resonance complex impedance for a quartz resonator based calorimeter sensor to derive ultra-sensitive temperature measurement from the sensor. Another aspect includes a quartz resonant or -based calorimetric sensor placed close to but not touching the analyte being measured to eliminate mass loading effect on the temperature measurement. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/049632 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01K 17/006 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/42 (20150115) Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) |
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| US 09121823 | Drndic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marija Drndic (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Meni Wanunu (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Tali Dadosh (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marija Drndic (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Meni Wanunu (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Tali Dadosh (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are solid-state nanopore devices having pores of nanometer-scale thickness, which ultrathin (e.g., less than 10 nm thick) pores enable devices having improved resolution. Also provided are methods of fabricating such devices and of using such devices. The invention also provides nanometer-thick membranes and related methods of fabricating such membranes, which membranes are useful in high resolution microscopy applications. Further disclosed are devices for detection of analytes—including miRNA—that may be small in size and may also be present in only small quantities. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/587141 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| 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 1/6813 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44791 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/48721 (20130101) |
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| US 09121843 | Meller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit Meller (Brookline, Massachusetts); Meni Wanunu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Meller (Brookline, Massachusetts); Meni Wanunu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Chemical functionalization of solid-state nanopores and nanopore arrays and applications thereof. Nanopores are extremely sensitive single-molecule sensors. Recently, electron beams have been used to fabricate synthetic nanopores in thin solid-state membranes with sub-nanometer resolution. A new class of chemically modified nanopore sensors are provided with two approaches for monolayer coating of nanopores by: (1) self-assembly from solution, in which nanopores −10 nm diameter can be reproducibly coated, and (2) self-assembly under voltage-driven electrolyte flow, in which 5 nm nanopores may be coated. Applications of chemically modified nanopore are provided including: the detection of biopolymers such as DNA and RNA; immobilizing enzymes or other proteins for detection or for generating chemical gradients; and localized pH sensing. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/599440 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09121847 | Kamm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger D. Kamm (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Seok Chung (Somerville, Massachusetts); Vernella V. Vickerman-Kelley (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachussetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger D. Kamm (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Seok Chung (Somerville, Massachusetts); Vernella V. Vickerman-Kelley (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and devices for formation and study of three-dimensional biological systems, including prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell migration, proliferation, and differentiation. |
| FILED | Friday, April 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/936954 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (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) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5029 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5082 (20130101) G01N 2333/515 (20130101) |
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| US 09121852 | Gerner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona); The Regents of the University of California, a California Corporation (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene W. Gerner (Tucson, Arizona); Jason A. Zell (Dana Point, California); Christine E. McLaren (Irvine, California); Frank L. Meyskens, Jr. (Irvine, California); Hoda Anton-Culver (Irvine, California); Patricia A. Thompson (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and kits a) for predicting colorectal cancer patient survival, as well as the survival of patients harboring other invasive cancers where cellular proliferation and carcinogenesis is linked, in part, to high levels of ODC activity and increased cellular polyamine contents, and b) for selecting the corresponding treatment options for such patients based on the allelic nucleotide sequence or SNP at position +316 of the ODC1 promoter gene as well as cancer treatment methods, in each case, which include the determination of the ODC1 promoter +316 position genotype, as a means to guide treatment selection. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/709753 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/192 (20130101) A61K 31/415 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57419 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09121855 | Golding et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hana Golding (Rockville, Maryland); Surender Khurana (Haryana, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hana Golding (Rockville, Maryland); Surender Khurana (Haryana, India) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention concerns methods for detecting the presence of an anti-HIV-1 antibody in a biological sample, the method comprising conducting an immunoassay comprising: (a) contacting the biological sample with at least one epitope that is recognized by the anti-HIV-1 antibody, wherein the contacting being under conditions sufficient to permit the anti-HIV-1 antibody if present in the sample to bind to the epitope and form an epitope-anti-HIV-1 antibody complex; (b) contacting the formed epitope-anti-HIV-1 antibody complex with an anti-HIV-1 antibody binding molecule, the contacting being under conditions sufficient to permit the anti- HIV-1 antibody binding molecule to bind to anti-HIV-1 antibody of the formed epitope-anti-HIV-1 antibody complex and form an extended complex; and (c) determining the presence or concentration of the anti-HIV-1 antibody in the biological sample by determining the presence or concentration of the formed extended complex; the epitope being present on a peptide comprising SEQ ID No. 55. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/977411 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/161 (20130101) C07K 14/162 (20130101) C07K 14/163 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16111 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2740/16222 (20130101) C12N 2740/16322 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/56988 (20130101) G01N 2333/162 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09121915 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Holden H Wu (Mountain View, California); Bob S Hu (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); Palo Alto Medical Foundation for Healthcare, Research and Education (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Holden H Wu (Mountain View, California); Bob S Hu (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A 5-dimensional imaging method and system is provided to acquire and display the effect of dynamic physiologic changes (either spontaneous or induced) on cardiac function of a patient's heart to elucidate their effects on diastolic myocardial function. In a patient free-breathing magnetic resonance imaging study, 3-dimensional spatial information is encoded by a non-Cartesian 3-dimensional k-space readout trajectory and acquired concurrently with recordings of cardiac and respiratory cycles. The advantage of using non-Cartesian sampling in this invention compared to, for example, Cartesian sampling is higher scan acceleration, improved robustness to motion/flow effects (incoherent instead of coherent artifacts) and robustness to missing data points in k-space. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/374045 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/05 (20130101) A61B 6/503 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4826 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/5602 (20130101) G01R 33/5635 (20130101) G01R 33/5673 (20130101) G01R 33/56341 (20130101) G01R 33/56366 (20130101) |
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| US 09121917 | Song et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaolei Song (Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland); Jeff W. M. Bulte (Fulton, Maryland); Assaf A. Gilad (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael T. McMahon (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaolei Song (Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland); Jeff W. M. Bulte (Fulton, Maryland); Assaf A. Gilad (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael T. McMahon (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a method for obtaining a magnetic resonance image (MRI) or spectrum. The method includes a step of performing a chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) or magnetization transfer (MT) magnetic labeling experiment of a subject using an MRI machine. When performing the CEST or MT magnetic labeling experiment aspects of a saturation pulse or a serial saturation pulse sequence, such as length (tsat), number (Nsat), offset (Δω), modulation frequency (ωs) and power (B1) can be varied in specific-designed schemes. Data is generated from the CEST magnetic labeling experiment and is transmitted to a data processing unit. The data is processed to generate a visual representation of the data. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/452221 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4838 (20130101) G01R 33/5601 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/5605 (20130101) |
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| US 09122951 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shih-Jong J. Lee (Bellevue, Washington); Seho Oh (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DRVision Technologies LLC (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shih-Jong J. Lee (Bellevue, Washington); Seho Oh (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A teachable object contour mapping method for region partition receives an object boundary and a teaching image. An object contour mapping recipe creation is performed using the object boundary and the teaching image to generate object contour mapping recipe output. An object contour mapping is applied to an application image using the object contour mapping recipe and the application image to generate object contour map output. An object region partition using the object contour map to generate object region partition output. An updateable object contour mapping method receives a contour mapping recipe and a validation image. An object contour mapping is performed using the object contour mapping recipe and the validation image to generate validation contour map output. An object region partition receives a region mask to generate validation object region partition output. A boundary correction is performed using the validation object region partition to generate corrected object boundary output. An update contour mapping is performed using the corrected object boundary, the validation image and the contour mapping recipe to generate updated contour mapping recipe output. |
| FILED | Monday, November 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/925874 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0014 (20130101) G06K 9/342 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09123120 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shih-Jong J. Lee (Bellevue, Washington); Samuel V. Alworth (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DR Vision Technologies LLC (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shih-Jong J. Lee (Bellevue, Washington); Samuel V. Alworth (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A computerized image guided biological cellular process progressive selection method receives at least one state cell image. A state cell region recognition is performed using the state cell image to generate state cell region output. A state cell measurement is performed using the state cell region to generate at least one state cell feature output. A state cell decision is performed using the state cell feature to generate state cell selection decision output. The selected cell is progressively selected in at least one follow-on states by its image guided state cell selection method. The method further includes at least one additional image acquired in a later frame of same state and state cell feature includes temporal features of growth patterns. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573136 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 41/36 (20130101) C12M 41/48 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5005 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00127 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 7/0081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0097 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) |
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| US 09125290 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Jordan Matthew Neysmith (Pasadena, California); James S Little (Newhall, California); Brian V Mech (Santa Clarita, California); Mark S Humayun (Glendale, California); Dilek Guven (Sisli-Istanbul, Turkey); Anne Marie Ripley (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymer materials are useful as electrode array bodies for neural stimulation. They are particularly useful for retinal stimulation to create artificial vision, cochlear stimulation to create artificial hearing, or cortical stimulation many purposes. The pressure applied against the retina, or other neural tissue, by an electrode array is critical. Too little pressure causes increased electrical resistance, along with electric field dispersion. Too much pressure may block blood flow. Common flexible circuit fabrication techniques generally require that a flexible circuit electrode array be made flat. Since neural tissue is almost never flat, a flat array will necessarily apply uneven pressure. Further, the edges of a flexible circuit polymer array may be sharp and cut the delicate neural tissue. By applying the right amount of heat to a completed array, a curve can be induced. With a thermoplastic polymer it may be further advantageous to repeatedly heat the flexible circuit in multiple molds, each with a decreasing radius. Further, it is advantageous to add material along the edges. It is further advantageous to provide a fold or twist in the flexible circuit array. Additional material may be added inside and outside the fold to promote a good seal with tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/146681 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0541 (20130101) A61N 1/0543 (20130101) A61N 1/36032 (20130101) A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 3/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49124 (20150115) |
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| US 09120079 | Dietz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Dean Dietz (Englewood, Colorado); Gokhan Alptekin (Boulder, Colorado); Ambalavanan Jayaraman (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a sorbent for the removal of carbon dioxide from gas streams, comprising: a CO2 capacity of at least 9 weight percent when measured at 22° C. and 1 atmosphere; an H2O capacity of at most 15 weight percent when measured at 25° C. and 1 atmosphere; and an isosteric heat of adsorption of from 5 to 8.5 kilocalories per mole of CO2. The invention also provides a carbon sorbent in a powder, a granular or a pellet form for the removal of carbon dioxide from gas streams, comprising: a carbon content of at least 90 weight percent; a nitrogen content of at least 1 weight percent; an oxygen content of at most 3 weight percent; a BET surface area from 50 to 2600 m2/g; and a DFT micropore volume from 0.04 to 0.8 cc/g. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/217218 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09120712 | Wheeler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marshall Clayton Wheeler (Orono, Maine); Adriaan R. P. van Heiningen (Orono, Maine); Paige A. Case (Windham, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marshall Clayton Wheeler (Orono, Maine); Adriaan R. P. van Heiningen (Orono, Maine); Paige A. Case (Windham, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming liquid hydrocarbons through thermal deoxygenation of cellulosic compounds are disclosed. Aspects cover methods including the steps of mixing a levulinic acid salt-containing feedstock with a formic acid salt, exposing the mixture to a high temperature condition to form hydrocarbon vapor, and condensing the hydrocarbon vapor to form liquid hydrocarbons, where both the formic acid salt and the levulinic acid salt-containing feedstock decompose at the high temperature condition and wherein one or more of the mixing, exposing, and condensing steps is carried out a pressure between about vacuum and about 10 bar. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/331210 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/2078 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 1/2078 (20130101) C07C 1/2078 (20130101) C07C 1/2078 (20130101) C07C 9/08 (20130101) C07C 9/10 (20130101) C07C 11/04 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 3/40 (20130101) C10G 3/44 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) |
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| US 09120742 | Abraham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy W. Abraham (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Hiroki Kaido (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Choon Woo Lee (La Canada, California); Richard L. Pederson (San Gabriel, California); Yann Schrodi (Agoura Hills, California); Michael John Tupy (Crystal, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. (Woodridge, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy W. Abraham (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Hiroki Kaido (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Choon Woo Lee (La Canada, California); Richard L. Pederson (San Gabriel, California); Yann Schrodi (Agoura Hills, California); Michael John Tupy (Crystal, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are methods of making organic compounds by metathesis chemistry. The methods of the invention are particularly useful for making industrially-important organic compounds beginning with starting compositions derived from renewable feedstocks, such as natural oils. The methods make use of a cross-metathesis step with an olefin compound to produce functionalized alkene intermediates having a pre-determined double bond position. Once isolated, the functionalized alkene intermediate can be self-metathesized or cross-metathesized (e.g., with a second functionalized alkene) to produce the desired organic compound or a precursor thereto. The method may be used to make bifunctional organic compounds, such as diacids, diesters, dicarboxylate salts, acid/esters, acid/amines, acid/alcohols, acid/aldehydes, acid/ketones, acid/halides, acid/nitriles, ester/amines, ester/alcohols, ester/aldehydes, ester/ketones, ester/halides, ester/nitriles, and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, April 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/422096 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2265 (20130101) B01J 31/2278 (20130101) B01J 2231/543 (20130101) B01J 2531/821 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 67/31 (20130101) C07C 67/31 (20130101) C07C 67/307 (20130101) C07C 67/307 (20130101) C07C 67/333 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 67/333 (20130101) C07C 67/333 (20130101) C07C 67/475 (20130101) C07C 67/475 (20130101) C07C 67/475 (20130101) C07C 69/65 (20130101) C07C 69/65 (20130101) C07C 69/73 (20130101) C07C 69/533 (20130101) C07C 69/593 (20130101) C07C 69/734 (20130101) C07C 2531/22 (20130101) C07C 2531/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09120799 | Fahrenbach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert C. Fahrenbach (Lebanon, Indiana); Jonathan C. Barnes (Evanston, Illinois); Hao Li (Austin, Texas); J. Fraser Stoddart (Evanston, Illinois); Ashish Neil Basuray (Chicago, Illinois); Srinivasan Sampath (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods of generating 4,4′-bipyridinium radical cations (BIPY•+), and methods for utilizing the radical-radical interactions between two or more BIPY•+ radical cations that ensue for the creation of novel materials for applications in nanotechnology. Synthetic methodologies, crystallographic engineering techniques, methods of physical characterization, and end uses are described. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/623935 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/89 (20130101) C07D 471/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0046 (20130101) C07F 15/0053 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/00 (20130101) C30B 29/54 (20130101) C30B 29/62 (20130101) C30B 30/04 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09120834 | Campos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Campos (Atglen, Pennsylvania); Andrew Edward Feiring (Wilmington, Delaware); Sudipto Majumdar (Newark, Delaware); Stuart Nemser (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CMS TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC. (Newport, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Campos (Atglen, Pennsylvania); Andrew Edward Feiring (Wilmington, Delaware); Sudipto Majumdar (Newark, Delaware); Stuart Nemser (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A membrane separation process using a highly fluorinated polymer membrane that selectively permeates water of an aqueous ionic liquid solution to provide dry ionic liquid. Preferably the polymer is a polymer that includes polymerized perfluoro-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxole (PDD). The process is also capable of removing small molecular compounds such as organic solvents that can be present in the solution. This membrane separation process is suitable for drying the aqueous ionic liquid byproduct from precipitating solutions of biomass dissolved in ionic liquid, and is thus instrumental to providing usable lignocellulosic products for energy consumption and other industrial uses in an environmentally benign manner. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/527732 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 61/362 (20130101) B01D 71/36 (20130101) B01D 71/80 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 209/86 (20130101) C07C 209/86 (20130101) C07C 211/63 (20130101) C07C 213/10 (20130101) C07C 213/10 (20130101) C07C 217/08 (20130101) C07C 261/04 (20130101) C07C 303/44 (20130101) C07C 303/44 (20130101) C07C 303/44 (20130101) C07C 303/44 (20130101) C07C 303/44 (20130101) C07C 303/44 (20130101) C07C 305/06 (20130101) C07C 309/04 (20130101) C07C 309/06 (20130101) C07C 309/30 (20130101) C07C 311/48 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/06 (20130101) C07D 213/18 (20130101) C07D 233/58 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/5407 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09121012 | Scott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Algenol Biofuels Inc. (Fort Myers, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Algenol Biotech LLC (Fort Myers, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brendan Scott (Fort Myers, Florida); George Meichel (Fort Myers, Florida); Jesse Phillips-Kress (Fort Myers, Florida); Jessica Blanks (Fort Myers, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of rapid simultaneous inoculation of cyanobacteria to multiple commercial-scale closed photobioreactors for the production of a target molecule such as ethanol. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/145203 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/02 (20130101) C12M 21/12 (20130101) C12M 23/58 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 1/20 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/14 (20130101) C12P 7/065 (20130101) |
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| US 09121013 | Schooneveld-Bergmans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Margot Elisabeth Francoise Schooneveld-Bergmans (Delft, Netherlands); Wilbert Herman Marie Heijne (Dordrecht, Netherlands); Rene Marcel De Jong (Amsterdam, 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); Rene Marcel De Jong (Amsterdam, 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 70% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 70% 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 | 13/806124 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/2445 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01021 (20130101) |
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| US 09121285 | Ristau |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil Ristau (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Ristau (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine includes a rotor and a casing that circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the rotor. The rotor and the casing at least partially define a gas path through the turbine. A last stage of rotating blades is circumferentially arranged around the rotor and includes a downstream swept portion radially outward from the rotor. A method for reducing shock losses in a turbine includes removing a last stage of rotating blades circumferentially arranged around a rotor and replacing the last stage of rotating blades with rotating blades having a downstream swept portion radially outward from the rotor. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479935 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/141 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/145 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/302 (20130101) F05D 2240/307 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49238 (20150115) |
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| US 09121288 | Campbell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christian X. Campbell (Oviedo, Florida); Stephen J Messmann (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian X. Campbell (Oviedo, Florida); Stephen J Messmann (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine blade is provided comprising: a root; an airfoil comprising an external wall extending radially from the root and having a radially outermost portion; and a damping structure. The external wall may comprise first and second side walls joined together to define an inner cavity of the airfoil. The damping structure may be positioned within the airfoil inner cavity and coupled to the airfoil so as to define a tuned mass damper. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/464108 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/20 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2300/6033 (20130101) |
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| US 09121504 | Dietle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kalsi Engineering, Inc. (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kalsi Engineering, Inc. (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lannie Laroy Dietle (Houston, Texas); John Erick Schroeder (Richmond, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a generally circular rotary seal that establishes sealing between relatively rotatable machine components for lubricant retention and environmental exclusion, and incorporates seal geometry that interacts with the lubricant during relative rotation to distribute a lubricant film within the dynamic sealing interface. The features of a variable inlet size, a variable dynamic lip flank slope, and a reduction in the magnitude and circumferentially oriented portion of the lubricant side interfacial contact pressure zone at the narrowest part of the lip, individually or in combination thereof, serve to maximize interfacial lubrication in severe operating conditions, and also serve to minimize lubricant shear area, seal torque, seal volume, and wear, while ensuring retrofitability into the seal grooves of existing equipment. |
| FILED | Monday, September 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/028066 |
| ART UNIT | 3675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/164 (20130101) F16J 15/324 (20130101) F16J 15/3208 (20130101) F16J 15/3236 (20130101) F16J 15/3244 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09121612 | Uhm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jong Ho Uhm (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Baifang Zuo (Simpsonville, South Carolina); William David York (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jong Ho Uhm (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Baifang Zuo (Simpsonville, South Carolina); William David York (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for reducing combustion dynamics in a combustor includes an end cap having an upstream surface axially separated from a downstream surface, and tube bundles extend from the upstream surface through the downstream surface. A divider inside a tube bundle defines a diluent passage that extends axially through the downstream surface, and a diluent supply in fluid communication with the divider provides diluent flow to the diluent passage. A method for reducing combustion dynamics in a combustor includes flowing a fuel through tube bundles, flowing a diluent through a diluent passage inside a tube bundle, wherein the diluent passage extends axially through at least a portion of the end cap into a combustion chamber, and forming a diluent barrier in the combustion chamber between the tube bundle and at least one other adjacent tube bundle. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/409309 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 3/30 (20130101) Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air F23C 2900/07022 (20130101) Burners F23D 14/62 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/002 (20130101) F23R 3/32 (20130101) F23R 3/54 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23R 2900/00013 (20130101) |
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| US 09121644 | Badger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Phillip C. Badger (Florence, Alabama); Kenneth J. Dunn, Jr. (Florence, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RENEWABLE OIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC (Florence, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip C. Badger (Florence, Alabama); Kenneth J. Dunn, Jr. (Florence, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A moving bed gasification/thermal treatment reactor includes a geometry in which moving bed reactor particles serve as both a moving bed filter and a heat carrier to provide thermal energy for thermal treatment reactions, such that the moving bed filter and the heat carrier are one and the same to remove solid particulates or droplets generated by thermal treatment processes or injected into the moving bed filter from other sources. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/441045 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/02 (20130101) Destructive Distillation of Carbonageous Materials for Production of Gas, Coke, Tar, or Similar Materials C10B 49/16 (20130101) C10B 49/18 (20130101) C10B 53/02 (20130101) C10B 57/18 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09121807 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shelly Xiaowei Li (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Brian Robert Westphal (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Steven Douglas Herrmann (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shelly Xiaowei Li (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Brian Robert Westphal (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Steven Douglas Herrmann (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device for the real-time, in-situ monitoring of Plutonium content in U—Pu Alloys comprising providing a crucible. The crucible has an interior non-reactive to a metallic U—Pu alloy within said interior of said crucible. The U—Pu alloy comprises metallic uranium and plutonium. The U—Pu alloy is heated to a liquid in an inert or reducing atmosphere. The heated U—Pu alloy is then cooled to a solid in an inert or reducing atmosphere. As the U—Pu alloy is cooled, the temperature of the U—Pu alloy is monitored. A solidification temperature signature is determined from the monitored temperature of the U—Pu alloy during the step of cooling. The amount of Uranium and the amount of Plutonium in the U—Pu alloy is then determined from the determined solidification temperature signature. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/710533 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 25/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09121817 | Roach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis P. Roach (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen O. Neidigk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kirk A. Rackow (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Randy L. Duvall (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis P. Roach (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen O. Neidigk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kirk A. Rackow (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Randy L. Duvall (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasonic testing device having a variable fluid column height is disclosed. An operator is able to adjust the fluid column height in real time during an inspection to to produce optimum ultrasonic focus and separate extraneous, unwanted UT signals from those stemming from the area of interest. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/544177 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09121861 | Malone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Security Technologies, LLC (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Security Technologies, LLC (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Malone (White Rock, New Mexico); Morris I. Kaufman (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A probe including a multiple lens array is disclosed to measure velocity distribution of a moving surface along many lines of sight. Laser light, directed to the moving surface is reflected back from the surface and is Doppler shifted, collected into the array, and then directed to detection equipment through optic fibers. The received light is mixed with reference laser light and using photonic Doppler velocimetry, a continuous time record of the surface movement is obtained. An array of single-mode optical fibers provides an optic signal to the multiple lens array. Numerous fibers in a fiber array project numerous rays to establish many measurement points at numerous different locations. One or more lens groups may be replaced with imaging lenses so a stereo image of the moving surface can be recorded. Imaging a portion of the surface during initial travel can determine whether the surface is breaking up. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/214234 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 3/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/4812 (20130101) G01S 7/4813 (20130101) G01S 7/4818 (20130101) G01S 7/4917 (20130101) G01S 17/58 (20130101) G01S 17/89 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/322 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09121947 | Nikolic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rebecca J. Nikolic (Oakland, California); Adam Conway (Livermore, California); Qinghui Shao (Fremont, California); Lars Voss (Livermore, California); Chin Li Cheung (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mushtaq A. Dar (Srinagar, India) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, an apparatus for detecting neutrons includes an array of pillars, wherein each of the pillars comprises a rounded cross sectional shape where the cross section is taken perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the respective pillar, a cavity region between each of the pillars, and a neutron sensitive material located in each cavity region. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/742298 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 3/008 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09121952 | Williams |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard T. Williams (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Scintillators of various constructions and methods of making and using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a scintillator comprises at least one radiation absorption region and at least one spatially discrete radiative exciton recombination region. |
| FILED | Friday, June 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/298020 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/616 (20130101) C09K 11/7733 (20130101) C09K 11/7772 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/202 (20130101) G01T 1/2023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 4/00 (20130101) G21K 2004/06 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/153 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09121953 | Bolotnikov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aleksey E. Bolotnikov (South Setauket, New York); Ge Yang (Moriches, New York); Giuseppe Camarda (Shoreham, New York); Yonggang Cui (Miller Place, New York); Anwar Hossain (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Ki Hyun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea); Ralph B. James (Ridge, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleksey E. Bolotnikov (South Setauket, New York); Ge Yang (Moriches, New York); Giuseppe Camarda (Shoreham, New York); Yonggang Cui (Miller Place, New York); Anwar Hossain (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Ki Hyun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea); Ralph B. James (Ridge, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation detector system that solves the electron trapping problem by optimizing shielding of the individual virtual Frisch-grid detectors in an array configuration with a common cathode. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/695899 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/241 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/247 (20130101) G01T 1/2928 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/115 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09122260 | Lou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xinsheng Lou (West Hartford, Connecticut); Carl H. Neuschaefer (Enfield, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ALSTOM Technology Ltd (Baden, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xinsheng Lou (West Hartford, Connecticut); Carl H. Neuschaefer (Enfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system (207) for optimizing a chemical looping process of a power plant includes an optimizer (420), an income algorithm (230) and a cost algorithm (225) and a chemical looping process models. The process models are used to predict the process outputs from process input variables. Some of the process in puts and output variables are related to the income of the plant; and some others are related to the cost of the plant operations. The income algorithm (230) provides an income input to the optimizer (420) based on a plurality of input parameters (215) of the power plant. The cost algorithm (225) provides a cost input to the optimizer (420) based on a plurality of output parameters (220) of the power plant. The optimizer (420) determines an optimized operating parameter solution based on at least one of the income input and the cost input, and supplies the optimized operating parameter solution to the power plant. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/394654 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 13/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09122603 | Rao |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nageswara S. Rao (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A programmable media includes a processing unit capable of independent operation in a machine that is capable of executing 1018 floating point operations per second. The processing unit is in communication with a memory element and an interconnect that couples computing nodes. The programmable media includes a logical unit configured to execute arithmetic functions, comparative functions, and/or logical functions. The processing unit is configured to detect computing component failures, memory element failures and/or interconnect failures by executing programming threads that generate one or more chaotic map trajectories. The central processing unit or graphical processing unit is configured to detect a computing component failure, memory element failure and/or an interconnect failure through an automated comparison of signal trajectories generated by the chaotic maps. |
| FILED | Monday, June 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/919601 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/0709 (20130101) G06F 11/3006 (20130101) G06F 11/3447 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09122700 | Grider et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico); UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary A. Grider (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Stephen W. Poole (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Collective buffering and data pattern solutions are provided for storage, retrieval, and/or analysis of data in a collective parallel processing environment. For example, a method can be provided for data storage in a collective parallel processing environment. The method comprises receiving data to be written for a plurality of collective processes within a collective parallel processing environment, extracting a data pattern for the data to be written for the plurality of collective processes, generating a representation describing the data pattern, and saving the data and the representation. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/722946 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30224 (20130101) G06F 17/30227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09123467 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Utah State University (North Logan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Utah State University (North Logan, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hunter Wu (Logan, Utah); Kylee Sealy (Logan, Utah); Aaron Gilchrist (Logan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for switch wear leveling includes a switching module that controls switching for two or more pairs of switches in a switching power converter. The switching module controls switches based on a duty cycle control technique and closes and opens each switch in a switching sequence. The pairs of switches connect to a positive and negative terminal of a DC voltage source. For a first switching sequence a first switch of a pair of switches has a higher switching power loss than a second switch of the pair of switches. The apparatus includes a switch rotation module that changes the switching sequence of the two or more pairs of switches from the first switching sequence to a second switching sequence. The second switch of a pair of switches has a higher switching power loss than the first switch of the pair of switches during the second switching sequence. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/748074 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 11/182 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 38/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 3/33576 (20130101) H02M 7/53871 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/92 (20130101) Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 90/14 (20130101) Y02T 90/122 (20130101) Y02T 90/127 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09123520 | Ewing et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert G. Ewing (Kennewick, Washington); David A. Atkinson (Richland, Washington); Brian H. Clowers (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert G. Ewing (Kennewick, Washington); David A. Atkinson (Richland, Washington); Brian H. Clowers (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for selective detection of volatile and non-volatile explosives in a mass spectrometer or ion mobility spectrometer at a parts-per-quadrillion level without preconcentration is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of ionizing a carrier gas with an ionization source to form reactant ions or reactant adduct ions comprising nitrate ions (NO3−); selectively reacting the reactant ions or reactant adduct ions with at least one volatile or non-volatile explosive analyte at a carrier gas pressure of at least about 100 Ton in a reaction region disposed between the ionization source and an ion detector, the reaction region having a length which provides a residence time (tr) for reactant ions therein of at least about 0.10 seconds, wherein the selective reaction yields product ions comprising reactant ions or reactant adduct ions that are selectively bound to the at least one explosive analyte when present therein; and detecting product ions with the ion detector to determine presence or absence of the at least one explosive analyte. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/437718 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/0057 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/26 (20130101) H01J 49/0077 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09123538 | Wheeler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lance Michael Wheeler (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Uwe Richard Kortshagen (Roseville, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Silicon nanocrystal inks and films, and methods of making and using silicon nanocrystal inks and films, are disclosed herein. In certain embodiments the nanocrystal inks and films include halide-terminated (e.g., chloride-terminated) and/or halide and hydrogen-terminated nanocrystals of silicon or alloys thereof. Silicon nanocrystal inks and films can be used, for example, to prepare semiconductor devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/870554 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 11/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02612 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09123611 | McKisson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. McKisson (Williamsburg, Virginia); Fernando Barbosa (Toano, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for designing a completely passive bias compensation circuit to stabilize the gain of multiple pixel avalanche photo detector devices. The method includes determining circuitry design and component values to achieve a desired precision of gain stability. The method can be used with any temperature sensitive device with a nominally linear coefficient of voltage dependent parameter that must be stabilized. The circuitry design includes a negative temperature coefficient resistor in thermal contact with the photomultiplier device to provide a varying resistance and a second fixed resistor to form a voltage divider that can be chosen to set the desired slope and intercept for the characteristic with a specific voltage source value. The addition of a third resistor to the divider network provides a solution set for a set of SiPM devices that requires only a single stabilized voltage source value. |
| FILED | Friday, October 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/063627 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14643 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09123847 | Reese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason A. Reese (Auburn, Michigan); James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Ryan S. Gaston (Midland, Michigan); Keith L. Kauffmann (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Joseph A. Langmaid (Caro, Michigan); Leonardo C. Lopez (Midland, Michigan); Kevin D. Maak (Midland, Michigan); Michael E. Mills (Midland, Michigan); Narayan Ramesh (Midland, Michigan); Samar R. Teli (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason A. Reese (Auburn, Michigan); James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Ryan S. Gaston (Midland, Michigan); Keith L. Kauffmann (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Joseph A. Langmaid (Caro, Michigan); Leonardo C. Lopez (Midland, Michigan); Kevin D. Maak (Midland, Michigan); Michael E. Mills (Midland, Michigan); Narayan Ramesh (Midland, Michigan); Samar R. Teli (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is premised upon an improved photovoltaic device (“PV device”), more particularly to an improved photovoltaic device (10) with a multilayered photovoltaic cell assembly (100) and a body portion (200) joined at an interface region (410) and including an intermediate layer (500), at least one interconnecting structural member (1500), relieving feature (2500), unique component geometry, or any combination thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/991525 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/048 (20130101) H01L 31/0481 (20130101) H01L 31/0483 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 20/00 (20130101) H02S 20/25 (20141201) H02S 40/34 (20141201) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 10/12 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09123931 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liyu Li (Richland, Washington); Soowhan Kim (Seoul, South Korea); Zhenguo Yang (Bellevue, Washington); Wei Wang (Kennewick, Washington); Zimin Nie (Richland, Washington); Baowei Chen (Richland, Washington); Jianlu Zhang (Dalian, China PRC); Guanguang Xia (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Redox flow battery systems having a supporting solution that contains Cl− ions can exhibit improved performance and characteristics. Furthermore, a supporting solution having mixed SO42− and Cl− ions can provide increased energy density and improved stability and solubility of one or more of the ionic species in the catholyte and/or anolyte. According to one example, a vanadium-based redox flow battery system is characterized by an anolyte having V2+ and V3+ in a supporting solution and a catholyte having V4+ and V5+ in a supporting solution. The supporting solution can contain Cl− ions or a mixture of SO42− and Cl− ions. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/105823 |
| 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 8/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/20 (20130101) H01M 8/188 (20130101) H01M 2300/0005 (20130101) H01M 2300/0011 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09123943 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Travis Mark Anderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David Ingersoll (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Chad Staiger (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Harry Pratt (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis Mark Anderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David Ingersoll (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Chad Staiger (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Harry Pratt (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed to synthesizing metal ionic liquids with transition metal coordination cations, where such metal ionic liquids can be used in a flow battery. A cation of a metal ionic liquid includes a transition metal and a ligand coordinated to the transition metal. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/565619 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/364 (20130101) H01M 8/20 (20130101) H01M 8/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09123959 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILDCAT DISCOVERY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Li (San Diego, California); Marissa Caldwell (San Diego, California); Wei Tong (San Diego, California); Steven Kaye (San Diego, California); Vinay Bhat (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition for use in a battery electrode comprising a compound including lithium, manganese, nickel, and oxygen. The composition is characterized by a powder X-ray diffraction pattern having peaks including 18.6±0.2, 35.0±0.2, 36.4±0.2, 37.7±0.2, 42.1±0.2, and 44.5±0.2 degrees 2θ as measured using Cu Kα radiation. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/176704 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 45/1235 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/32 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/505 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09124066 | Sridharan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun K. Sridharan (Fremont, California); Paul H. Pax (Livermore, California); John E. Heebner (Livermore, California); Derrek R. Drachenberg (Livermore, California); James P. Armstrong (Livermore, California); Jay W. Dawson (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Spatial mode conversion modules are described, with the capability of efficiently transforming a given optical beam profile, at one plane in space into another well-defined optical beam profile at a different plane in space, whose detailed spatial features and symmetry properties can, in general, differ significantly. The modules are comprised of passive, high-efficiency, low-loss diffractive optical elements, combined with Fourier transform optics. Design rules are described that employ phase retrieval techniques and associated algorithms to determine the necessary profiles of the diffractive optical components. System augmentations are described that utilize real-time adaptive optical techniques for enhanced performance as well as power scaling. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/791563 |
| 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 3/005 (20130101) H01S 3/1307 (20130101) H01S 3/2333 (20130101) H01S 3/2383 (20130101) H01S 3/06729 (20130101) H01S 3/10007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/10015 (20130101) H01S 3/10023 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09124136 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Liming Liu (Tallahassee, Florida); Hui Li (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liming Liu (Tallahassee, Florida); Hui Li (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for the integration of distributed renewable energy sources/storages utilizing a cascaded DC-AC inverter, thereby eliminating the need for a DC-DC converter. The ability to segment the energy sources and energy storages improves the maintenance capability and system reliability of the distributed generation system, as well as achieve wide range reactive power compensation. In the absence of a DC-DC converter, single stage energy conversion can be achieved to enhance energy conversion efficiency. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/493528 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09125287 | Douglas |
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| APPLICANT(S) | JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Douglas (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A separated-orbit bisected energy-recovered linear accelerator apparatus and method. The accelerator includes a first linac, a second linac, and a plurality of arcs of differing path lengths, including a plurality of up arcs, a plurality of downgoing arcs, and a full energy arc providing a path independent of the up arcs and downgoing arcs. The up arcs have a path length that is substantially a multiple of the RF wavelength and the full energy arc includes a path length that is substantially an odd half-integer multiple of the RF wavelength. Operation of the accelerator includes accelerating the beam utilizing the linacs and up arcs until the beam is at full energy, at full energy executing a full recirculation to the second linac using a path length that is substantially an odd half-integer of the RF wavelength, and then decelerating the beam using the linacs and downgoing arcs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/503554 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 7/00 (20130101) H05H 7/06 (20130101) H05H 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Banglin Chen (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Banglin Chen (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides, but is not limited to, methods of using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with open metal sites for acetylene storage. Also provided are compositions and materials comprising MOFs with open metal sites and acetylene, e.g., an acetylene storage material comprising HKUST-1 and acetylene. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/576131 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/2808 (20130101) 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 3/04 (20130101) Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 11/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09120088 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qi Li (Shanyang, China PRC); Jian-Ku Shang (Mahomet, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qi Li (Shanyang, China PRC); Jian-Ku Shang (Mahomet, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a doped metal oxide includes heating a first doped metal oxide by rapid thermal annealing, to form a second doped metal oxide. The crystal structure of the second doped metal oxide is different from the crystal structure of the first doped metal oxide. The method may provide a doped titanium oxide, where the atomic ratio of dopant nonmetal to titanium is from 2% to 20%, and at least 10% of the doped titanium oxide is in the rutile phase. The method also can provide a doped tin oxide, where the atomic ratio of dopant nonmetal to tin is from 2% to 20%, and at least 50% of 900 the doped tin oxide is in the rutile phase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/994437 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/063 (20130101) B01J 27/24 (20130101) B01J 35/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 37/08 (20130101) B01J 37/0226 (20130101) B01J 37/346 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 23/047 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/52 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) |
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| US 09120671 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Toh-Ming Lu (Loudonville, New York); Gwo-Ching Wang (Loudonville, New York); Fu Tang (Troy, New York); Thomas Parker (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanostructure includes a plurality of metal nanoblades positioned with one edge on a substrate. Each of the plurality of metal nanoblades has a large surface area to mass ratio and a width smaller than a length. A method of storing hydrogen includes coating a plurality of magnesium nanoblades with a hydrogen storage catalyst and storing hydrogen by chemically forming magnesium hydride with the plurality of magnesium nanoblades. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/097479 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — 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 2001/0033 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0026 (20130101) C01B 3/0084 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/16 (20130101) C23C 14/24 (20130101) C23C 14/226 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 23/00 (20130101) C30B 29/02 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/327 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/23993 (20150401) Y10T 428/24174 (20150115) |
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| US 09120712 | Wheeler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marshall Clayton Wheeler (Orono, Maine); Adriaan R. P. van Heiningen (Orono, Maine); Paige A. Case (Windham, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marshall Clayton Wheeler (Orono, Maine); Adriaan R. P. van Heiningen (Orono, Maine); Paige A. Case (Windham, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming liquid hydrocarbons through thermal deoxygenation of cellulosic compounds are disclosed. Aspects cover methods including the steps of mixing a levulinic acid salt-containing feedstock with a formic acid salt, exposing the mixture to a high temperature condition to form hydrocarbon vapor, and condensing the hydrocarbon vapor to form liquid hydrocarbons, where both the formic acid salt and the levulinic acid salt-containing feedstock decompose at the high temperature condition and wherein one or more of the mixing, exposing, and condensing steps is carried out a pressure between about vacuum and about 10 bar. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/331210 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/2078 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 1/2078 (20130101) C07C 1/2078 (20130101) C07C 1/2078 (20130101) C07C 9/08 (20130101) C07C 9/10 (20130101) C07C 11/04 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 3/40 (20130101) C10G 3/44 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) |
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| US 09120799 | Fahrenbach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert C. Fahrenbach (Lebanon, Indiana); Jonathan C. Barnes (Evanston, Illinois); Hao Li (Austin, Texas); J. Fraser Stoddart (Evanston, Illinois); Ashish Neil Basuray (Chicago, Illinois); Srinivasan Sampath (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods of generating 4,4′-bipyridinium radical cations (BIPY•+), and methods for utilizing the radical-radical interactions between two or more BIPY•+ radical cations that ensue for the creation of novel materials for applications in nanotechnology. Synthetic methodologies, crystallographic engineering techniques, methods of physical characterization, and end uses are described. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/623935 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/89 (20130101) C07D 471/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0046 (20130101) C07F 15/0053 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/00 (20130101) C30B 29/54 (20130101) C30B 29/62 (20130101) C30B 30/04 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09120892 | Stahl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shannon S. Stahl (Madison, Wisconsin); Samuel H. Gellman (Madison, Wisconsin); Sarah Lee (Buffalo Grove, Illinois); Bernard Weisblum (Madison, Wisconsin); Denis Kissounko (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shannon S. Stahl (Madison, Wisconsin); Samuel H. Gellman (Madison, Wisconsin); Sarah Lee (Buffalo Grove, Illinois); Mehmet F. Ilker (Madison, Wisconsin); Bernard Weisblum (Madison, Wisconsin); Denis Kissounko (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of making β-polypeptides. The method includes polymerizing β-lactam-containing monomers in the presence of a base initiator and a co-initiator which is not a metal-containing molecule to yield the product β-polypeptides. Specifically disclosed are methods wherein the base initiator is potassium t-butoxide, lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide (LiN(TMS)2), potassium bis(trimethyl-silyl)amide, and sodium ethoxide, and the reaction is carried out in a solvent such as chloroform, dichloromethane, dimethylsulfoxide, or tetrahydrofuran. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/075218 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 205/08 (20130101) C07D 205/12 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/02 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 69/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09120953 | Sitti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Metin Sitti (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael Murphy (Arlington, Massachusetts); Burak Aksak (Lubbock, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Metin Sitti (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael Murphy (Arlington, Massachusetts); Burak Aksak (Lubbock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming dry adhesives including a method of making a dry adhesive including applying a liquid polymer to the second end of the stem, molding the liquid polymer on the stem in a mold, wherein the mold includes a recess having a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the second end of the stem, curing the liquid polymer in the mold to form a tip at the second end of the stem, wherein the tip includes a second layer stem; corresponding to the recess in the mold, and removing the tip from the mold after the liquid polymer cures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/533412 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| 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 39/10 (20130101) B29C 39/24 (20130101) B29C 39/42 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09J 2201/626 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/23929 (20150401) Y10T 428/23957 (20150401) Y10T 428/24479 (20150115) |
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| US 09121065 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | So Jung Park (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Xi-Jun Chen (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | So Jung Park (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Xi-Jun Chen (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to hybrid structures comprising an amphiphilic nucleic acid-block co-polymer assembly on the exterior and a nanoparticle core, and methods of use thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/814652 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/10 (20130101) C12N 15/87 (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 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2563/155 (20130101) C12Q 2563/155 (20130101) C12Q 2565/113 (20130101) C12Q 2565/113 (20130101) |
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| US 09121705 | Ljubicic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Insititute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Marko Ljubicic (Somerville, Massachusetts); Brian W. Anthony (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | System for measuring thickness and lateral position of a transparent object. The system includes a camera having a sensor for receiving light, the camera including an objective lens for focusing on an object plane and having an optical axis and a field of view. A source of light is provided to illuminate a surface having variations in reflected light intensity. The surface is spaced apart from the objective lens and disposed at an angle with respect to the optical axis of the objective lens. A transparent object disposed fully or partially between the objective lens and the surface will shift the position of the object plane, the shift in object plane being proportional to the thickness of the object, and the transparent object, when partially inserted between the objective lens and the surface, will focus a fraction of the light on a lower plane, this fraction of light being proportional to the fraction of the lens field of view occupied by the transparent object that is related to lateral position. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/788507 |
| ART UNIT | 2488 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/06 (20130101) G01B 11/028 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09121757 | Herzinger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J.A. WOOLLAM CO., INC. (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | J.A. WOOLLAM CO., INC. (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A terahertz ellipsometer, the basic preferred embodiment being a sequential system having a backward wave oscillator (BWO); a first rotatable polarizer that includes a wire grid (WGP1); a rotating polarizer that includes a wire grid (RWGP); a stage (STG) for supporting a sample (S); a rotating retarder (RRET) comprising first (RP), second (RM1), third (RM2) and fourth (RM3) elements; a second rotatable polarizer that includes a wire grid (WGP2); and a Golay cell detector (DET). |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/120194 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 4/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 5/20 (20130101) G01J 5/42 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/211 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) G01N 2021/3595 (20130101) |
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| US 09121771 | Tadigadapa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Srinivas A. Tadigadapa (State College, Pennsylvania); Marcelo Pisani (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivas A. Tadigadapa (State College, Pennsylvania); Marcelo Pisani (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and systems to improve thermal sensitivity of resonant circuits. One aspect utilizes tracking near-resonance complex impedance for a quartz resonator based calorimeter sensor to derive ultra-sensitive temperature measurement from the sensor. Another aspect includes a quartz resonant or -based calorimetric sensor placed close to but not touching the analyte being measured to eliminate mass loading effect on the temperature measurement. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/049632 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01K 17/006 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/42 (20150115) Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) |
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| US 09121806 | Bhansali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shekhar Bhansali (Tampa, Florida); Abdur Rub Abdur Rahman (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shekhar Bhansali (Tampa, Florida); Abdur Rub Abdur Rahman (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical impedance sensing device which integrates multielectrode automated impedance spectroscopy capability with automatic parameter extraction and data analysis to create an automated cell behavior monitoring system. The device comprises radial electrodes and an out-of-plane counter electrode. Quantitative impedance data provided information on cell adhesion, spreading, proliferation and detachment due to cell cycle processes as well as cell-drug interaction, with spatio-temporal resolution. The resulting dataset is processed for impedance distribution and used to characterize cellular motion, morphology, electrochemical and dielectric properties. Also, a method is described for studying cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, determining electrical characteristics of cell layers, and identifying specific impedance parameters for cancer screening, drug screening, bacterial growth monitoring, organ transplant compatibility, and cell-drug interaction among other applications. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/180982 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/145 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/4836 (20130101) G01N 33/54366 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) |
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| US 09121828 | Daugherty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the Universtiy of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Sean Daugherty (Santa Barbara, California); Kevin Todd Boulware (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions including peptide display scaffolds that present at least one candidate peptide and at least one detectable moiety in at least one of the N-terminal and C-terminal candidate peptide presenting domains that when expressed in a cell are accessible at a surface of the cell outermembrane. In addition, the present invention also provides kits and methods for screening a library of cells presenting the candidate peptides in peptide display scaffolds to identify a ligand for an enzyme. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/631206 |
| 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 15/1037 (20130101) C12N 15/1044 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 40/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09121843 | Meller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit Meller (Brookline, Massachusetts); Meni Wanunu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Meller (Brookline, Massachusetts); Meni Wanunu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Chemical functionalization of solid-state nanopores and nanopore arrays and applications thereof. Nanopores are extremely sensitive single-molecule sensors. Recently, electron beams have been used to fabricate synthetic nanopores in thin solid-state membranes with sub-nanometer resolution. A new class of chemically modified nanopore sensors are provided with two approaches for monolayer coating of nanopores by: (1) self-assembly from solution, in which nanopores −10 nm diameter can be reproducibly coated, and (2) self-assembly under voltage-driven electrolyte flow, in which 5 nm nanopores may be coated. Applications of chemically modified nanopore are provided including: the detection of biopolymers such as DNA and RNA; immobilizing enzymes or other proteins for detection or for generating chemical gradients; and localized pH sensing. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/599440 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09122316 | Li |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dong Ge Li (Hoffman Estates, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zienon, LLC (Rolling Meadows, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Ge Li (Hoffman Estates, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for facilitating virtual input in devices that differentiates input objects are provided. Various methods for automatically configuring component settings and features of such devices are described. Changes in the component settings of the device and the corresponding operational characteristics of the device that triggered said changes may be grouped into profiles and selected by users. The component settings may include useful assisting features such as additional lighting provide by a LED and illuminated visual guides of the virtual input interface projected by a laser or LED. The characteristics of such assisting features may be modified dynamically in response to changes in the state of a reference object. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/031412 |
| ART UNIT | 2621 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 3/038 (20130101) G06F 3/0418 (20130101) G06F 3/0426 (20130101) |
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| US 09122325 | Peshkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Peshkin (Evanston, Illinois); J. Edward Colgate (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Peshkin (Evanston, Illinois); J. Edward Colgate (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A touch interface device includes a touch surface, an actuator, and an electrode. The actuator is coupled with the touch surface and is configured to move the touch surface in one or more directions. The electrode is coupled with the touch surface and is configured to impart a normal electrostatic force on one or more appendages of a human operator that engage the touch surface when an electric current is conveyed to the electrode. Movement of the touch surface by the actuator and the electrostatic force provided by the electrode are synchronized to control one or more of a magnitude or a direction of a shear force applied to the one or more appendages that engage the touch surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/468695 |
| ART UNIT | 2697 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/016 (20130101) G06F 3/041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 3/0416 (20130101) |
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| US 09123538 | Wheeler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lance Michael Wheeler (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Uwe Richard Kortshagen (Roseville, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Silicon nanocrystal inks and films, and methods of making and using silicon nanocrystal inks and films, are disclosed herein. In certain embodiments the nanocrystal inks and films include halide-terminated (e.g., chloride-terminated) and/or halide and hydrogen-terminated nanocrystals of silicon or alloys thereof. Silicon nanocrystal inks and films can be used, for example, to prepare semiconductor devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/870554 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 11/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02612 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 09119831 | Kentner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ACell, Inc. (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ACell, Inc. (Columbia, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kimberly A. Kentner (Columbia, Maryland); Katherine A. Stuart (Columbia, Maryland); Abram D. Janis (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of manufacturing bioactive gels from ECM material, i.e., gels which retain bioactivity, and can serve as scaffolds for preclinical and clinical tissue engineering and regenerative medicine approaches to tissue reconstruction. The manufacturing methods take advantage of a new recognition that bioactive gels from ECM material can be created by digesting particularized ECM material in an alkaline environment and neutralizing to provide bioactive gels. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/332465 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 38/1825 (20130101) A61K 38/1866 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/3633 (20130101) A61L 27/3683 (20130101) A61L 27/3687 (20130101) A61L 2300/414 (20130101) |
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| US 09120220 | Bergelin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bryan J Bergelin (Houston, Texas); Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Donald R. Davis (Novi, Michigan); Douglas Martin Linn (White Lake, Michigan); Adam M Sanders (Huntersville, North Carolina); R. Scott Askew (Houston, Texas); Evan Laske (Troy, Michigan); Kody Ensley (Polson, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America As Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan J Bergelin (Houston, Texas); Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Donald R. Davis (Novi, Michigan); Douglas Martin Linn (White Lake, Michigan); Adam M Sanders (Huntersville, North Carolina); R. Scott Askew (Houston, Texas); Evan Laske (Troy, Michigan); Kody Ensley (Polson, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A grasp assist system includes a glove and sleeve. The glove includes a digit, i.e., a finger or thumb, and a force sensor. The sensor measures a grasping force applied to an object by an operator wearing the glove. The glove contains a tendon connected at a first end to the digit. The sleeve has an actuator assembly connected to a second end of the tendon and a controller in communication with the sensor. The controller includes a configuration module having selectable operating modes and a processor that calculates a tensile force to apply to the tendon for each of the selectable operating modes to assist the grasping force in a manner that differs for each of the operating modes. A method includes measuring the grasping force, selecting the mode, calculating the tensile force, and applying the tensile force to the tendon using the actuator assembly. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/408675 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Outerwear; Protective Garments; Accessories A41D 19/0024 (20130101) Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/225 (20130101) A61B 5/1107 (20130101) Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 1/0288 (20130101) A61H 2201/165 (20130101) A61H 2201/0184 (20130101) A61H 2201/1246 (20130101) A61H 2201/1638 (20130101) A61H 2201/5002 (20130101) A61H 2201/5061 (20130101) A61H 2201/5097 (20130101) A61H 2230/605 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/0006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 9/104 (20130101) B25J 13/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09120224 | Sanders et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam M. Sanders (Holly, Michigan); Leandro G. Barajas (Troy, Michigan); Frank Noble Permenter (Webster, Texas); Philip A. Strawser (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America as Represented By The Administrator of the national Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam M. Sanders (Holly, Michigan); Leandro G. Barajas (Troy, Michigan); Frank Noble Permenter (Webster, Texas); Philip A. Strawser (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic system for performing an autonomous task includes a humanoid robot having a plurality of compliant robotic joints, actuators, and other integrated system devices that are controllable in response to control data from various control points, and having sensors for measuring feedback data at the control points. The system includes a multi-level distributed control framework (DCF) for controlling the integrated system components over multiple high-speed communication networks. The DCF has a plurality of first controllers each embedded in a respective one of the integrated system components, e.g., the robotic joints, a second controller coordinating the components via the first controllers, and a third controller for transmitting a signal commanding performance of the autonomous task to the second controller. The DCF virtually centralizes all of the control data and the feedback data in a single location to facilitate control of the robot across the multiple communication networks. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/564094 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/161 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 19/4141 (20130101) G05B 19/4148 (20130101) G05B 2219/33218 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09120555 | Kendall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Greg T. Kendall (Glendale, California); Derek L. Lisoski (Simi Valley, California); Walter R. Morgan (Simi Valley, California); John A. Griecci (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AeroVironment Inc. (Monrovia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Greg T. Kendall (Glendale, California); Derek L. Lisoski (Simi Valley, California); Walter R. Morgan (Simi Valley, California); John A. Griecci (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A span-loaded, highly flexible flying wing, having horizontal control surfaces mounted aft of the wing on extended beams to form local pitch-control devices. Each of five spanwise wing segments of the wing has one or more motors and photovoltaic arrays, and produces its own lift independent of the other wing segments, to minimize inter-segment loads. Wing dihedral is controlled by separately controlling the local pitch-control devices consisting of a control surface on a boom, such that inboard and outboard wing segment pitch changes relative to each other, and thus relative inboard and outboard lift is varied. |
| FILED | Monday, August 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/804988 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 3/38 (20130101) B64C 3/42 (20130101) B64C 3/52 (20130101) B64C 15/02 (20130101) B64C 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 39/10 (20130101) B64C 39/024 (20130101) B64C 2201/028 (20130101) B64C 2201/042 (20130101) B64C 2201/102 (20130101) B64C 2201/122 (20130101) B64C 2201/126 (20130101) B64C 2201/127 (20130101) B64C 2201/146 (20130101) B64C 2201/165 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 27/24 (20130101) B64D 31/06 (20130101) B64D 2211/00 (20130101) Transmission H04B 7/18504 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/12 (20130101) Y02T 50/44 (20130101) Y02T 50/69 (20130101) Y02T 50/145 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09120677 | Watson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Institute of Aerospace Associates (Hampton, Virginia); U.S.A., as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institute of Aerospace Associates (Hampton, Virginia); The United States of America as represented by the Administration of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent Watson (New Kent, Virginia); Yi Lin (Yorktown, Virginia); Sayata Ghose (Sammamish, Washington); John Connell (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A scalable method allows preparation of bulk quantities of holey carbon allotropes with holes ranging from a few to over 100 nm in diameter. Carbon oxidation catalyst nanoparticles are first deposited onto a carbon allotrope surface in a facile, controllable, and solvent-free process. The catalyst-loaded carbons are then subjected to thermal treatment in air. The carbons in contact with the carbon oxidation catalyst nanoparticles are selectively oxidized into gaseous byproducts such as CO or CO2, leaving the surface with holes. The catalyst is then removed via refluxing in diluted nitric acid to obtain the final holey carbon allotropes. The average size of the holes correlates strongly with the size of the catalyst nanoparticles and is controlled by adjusting the catalyst precursor concentration. The temperature and time of the air oxidation step, and the catalyst removal treatment conditions, strongly affect the morphology of the holes. |
| FILED | Monday, April 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/986105 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/00 (20130101) C01B 31/026 (20130101) C01B 31/043 (20130101) C01B 31/0213 (20130101) C01B 31/0253 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09121368 | Gallagher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward J. Gallagher (West Hartford, Connecticut); Byron R. Monzon (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Gallagher (West Hartford, Connecticut); Byron R. Monzon (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine includes a spool, a turbine coupled to drive the spool, and a propulsor that is coupled to be driven by the turbine through the spool. A gear assembly is coupled between the propulsor and the spool such that rotation of the turbine drives the propulsor at a different speed than the spool. The propulsor includes a hub and a row of propulsor blades that extends from the hub. The row includes no more than 20 of the propulsor blades. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/484858 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 17/14 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 1/06 (20130101) F02K 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/327 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09121429 | Hartman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timm E. Hartman (Phoenix, Arizona); Casey Hanlon (Queen Creek, Arizona); Mitchell Laidlaw (Tempe, Arizona); Kellan Geck (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a shaft, a device, a fastener, and an anti-rotation clip. The shaft is configured for rotation. The device is mounted on, and surrounds at least a portion of, the shaft, and has first and second protrusions that are formed on one side and are spaced apart to define a tab space. The fastener is rotationally mounted relative to the shaft, and includes a tab slot formed in its outer surface that extends radially inwardly and is disposed radially inwardly of the tab space. The anti-rotation clip includes a main body portion and a head portion that has a first tab portion and a second tab portion. At least a portion the main body portion is disposed between the device and the fastener, the first tab is disposed in the tab space, and the second tab is disposed in the tab slot. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/856875 |
| ART UNIT | 3659 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 39/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Gearing F16H 48/42 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacqueline H. Hines (Arnold, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SenSanna Incorporated (Arnold, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacqueline H. Hines (Arnold, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A surface acoustic wave (SAW) based thin film deposition monitor device and system for monitoring the deposition of ultra-thin films and nanomaterials and the analysis thereof is characterized by acoustic wave device embodiments that include differential delay line device designs, and which can optionally have integral reference devices fabricated on the same substrate as the sensing device, or on a separate device in thermal contact with the film monitoring/analysis device, in order to provide inherently temperature compensated measurements. These deposition monitor and analysis devices can include inherent temperature compensation, higher sensitivity to surface interactions than quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) devices, and the ability to operate at extreme temperatures. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/485317 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/546 (20130101) Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 11/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/12 (20130101) G01N 29/022 (20130101) G01N 29/036 (20130101) G01N 29/2462 (20130101) G01N 2291/0256 (20130101) G01N 2291/0422 (20130101) G01N 2291/0423 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 9/205 (20130101) |
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| US 09121792 | Agui et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Juan H Agui (Strongsville, Ohio); Rajagopal Vijayakumar (Liverpool, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan H Agui (Strongsville, Ohio); Rajagopal Vijayakumar (Liverpool, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular pre-filtration apparatus may be beneficial to extend the life of a filter. The apparatus may include an impactor that can collect a first set of particles in the air, and a scroll filter that can collect a second set of particles in the air. A filter may follow the pre-filtration apparatus, thus causing the life of the filter to be increased. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/527181 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/2208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/2223 (20130101) G01N 2015/0261 (20130101) |
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| US 09123845 | Ashpis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David E Ashpis (Beachwood, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E Ashpis (Beachwood, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar panel cleaning device includes a solar panel having a plurality of photovoltaic cells arranged in rows and embedded in the solar panel with space between the rows. A transparent dielectric overlay is affixed to the solar panel. A plurality of electrode pairs each of which includes an upper and a lower electrode are arranged on opposite sides of the transparent dielectric and are affixed thereto. The electrodes may be transparent electrodes which may be arranged without concern for blocking sunlight to the solar panel. The solar panel may be a dielectric and its dielectric properties may be continuously and spatially variable. Alternatively the dielectric used may have dielectric segments which produce different electrical field and which affects the wind “generated.” |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/198896 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/048 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 40/10 (20141201) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 1/2406 (20130101) H05H 2001/2412 (20130101) H05H 2001/2418 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 136/291 (20130101) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09119869 | Shebuski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald J. Shebuski (Alexandria, Virginia); Samuel B. Ho (San Diego, California); Laurie Shekels (Orono, Minnesota); Robert L. Heinrikson (Plainwell, Michigan) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald J. Shebuski (Alexandria, Virginia); Samuel B. Ho (San Diego, California); Laurie Shekels (Orono, Minnesota); Robert L. Heinrikson (Plainwell, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated MUC17, Muc3 or MUC3 derived polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding the same are described. The MUC17, Muc3 or MUC3 derived polypeptides, polynucleotides, and pharmaceutical compositions can be used to treat gastrointestinal tract diseases and disorders including, inflammatory bowel disease and its associated colitides, for example, Crohn's Disease. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/097680 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/1735 (20130101) A61K 38/1735 (20130101) A61K 39/0008 (20130101) A61K 39/0008 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4727 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/22 (20130101) C07K 2319/23 (20130101) C07K 2319/036 (20130101) C07K 2319/41 (20130101) C07K 2319/43 (20130101) C07K 2319/60 (20130101) C07K 2319/61 (20130101) |
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| US 09121747 | Mian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Electronic Machines Corporation (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Electronic Machines Corp. (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zahid F. Mian (Loudonville, New York); Ronald W. Gamache (East Greenbush, New York); Carl W. Liebfried (Rensselaer, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A solution for evaluating an object, which accounts for various motion-related dynamic forces is provided. In an embodiment, the object is a vehicle and the evaluation includes determining a set of static weights corresponding to the vehicle as it moves through a sensing element. The sensing element can include a load plate with vertical force sensing devices and horizontal force sensing devices located below the load plate. Analysis of measurement data acquired by the force sensing devices can enable calculation of the set of static weights corresponding to the vehicle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/622111 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Weighing G01G 19/035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01G 19/047 (20130101) G01G 23/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09121757 | Herzinger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J.A. WOOLLAM CO., INC. (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | J.A. WOOLLAM CO., INC. (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Herzinger (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A terahertz ellipsometer, the basic preferred embodiment being a sequential system having a backward wave oscillator (BWO); a first rotatable polarizer that includes a wire grid (WGP1); a rotating polarizer that includes a wire grid (RWGP); a stage (STG) for supporting a sample (S); a rotating retarder (RRET) comprising first (RP), second (RM1), third (RM2) and fourth (RM3) elements; a second rotatable polarizer that includes a wire grid (WGP2); and a Golay cell detector (DET). |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/120194 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 4/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 5/20 (20130101) G01J 5/42 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/211 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) G01N 2021/3595 (20130101) |
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| US 09123487 | Rastegar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OMNITEK PARTNERS LLC (Ronkonkoma, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for initiating a thermal battery including: releasing an engagement between an element and a striker mass upon an acceleration time and magnitude greater than a first threshold; and moving at least one member into a path of the element to prevent the element from releasing the striker mass only where the acceleration time and magnitude is greater than a second threshold, the second threshold being greater than the first threshold. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/180469 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Domestic Stoves or Ranges; Details of Domestic Stoves or Ranges, of General Application F24C 15/24 (20130101) Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 19/00 (20130101) Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 35/14 (20130101) H01H 35/142 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01H 35/145 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09119862 | Prabhu 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) | Kumble Sandeep Prabhu (State College, Pennsylvania); Robert Frank Paulson (State College, Pennsylvania); Shailaja Hegde (Union, Kentucky); Naveen Kaushal (Chandigarh, India); Ujjawal Hitendra Gandhi (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, kits and methods for treating leukemia in a subject (e.g., human) include a first anti-cancer drug consisting of: Δ12-prostaglandin J3 or a derivative thereof, or a prostaglandin D receptor (DP) agonist. The compositions may further include a second anti-cancer drug. Δ12-prostaglandin J3 is a stable metabolite of omega-3 fatty acid, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and was discovered to have anti-leukemic properties. Δ12-prostaglandin J3 was shown to be highly effective in eradicating the leukemia stem cells (LSC) in two murine models of leukemia, thus increasing the survival of the mice. DP agonists were shown to induce apoptosis of human primary Acute Myelogenous Leukemia cells and may be used in compositions, kits and methods for treating leukemia in a subject. The compositions, kits and methods may be particularly useful for treating human subjects who are resistant to one or more anti-cancer drugs. |
| FILED | Friday, July 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/335020 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/202 (20130101) A61K 31/202 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/5575 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09121010 | Larocco et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A Larocco (Mattituck, New York); Barry Baxt (Valley Stream, New York); Hernando Duque (Greenport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Foot and out disease virus (FMDV) is worldwide problem. Rapid isolation, serotyping and vaccine matching of FMDV from infected animals is critical to enable the implementation of effective vaccination programs and to stop the spread of infection during outbreaks. Current virus isolation protocols use primary cells, known to be susceptible to FMDV, or baby hamster kidney cells (BHK-21) and other cell lines that are not highly sensitive to some strains of FMDV. The αVβ6 integrin is a principal receptor for FMDV. We therefore transduced the porcine kidney cell line, LFBK, to stably express both the αV and β6 bovine integrin subunits. The LFBK-αVβ6 cell line showed both β6 expression and enhanced susceptibility to FMDV infection for at least 100 cell passages. LFBK-αVβ6 cells are highly sensitive for detecting all serotypes of FMDV from experimentally infected animals, including the porcinophillic strain O/TAW/97 and are thus a sensitive tool for FMDV isolation. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/662104 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0684 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2510/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09121031 | Verdier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerome A. Verdier (Ardnore, Oklahoma); Jian Zhao (Ardmore, Oklahoma); Richard A. Dixon (Sulphur, Oklahoma); Michael K. Udvardi (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome A. Verdier (Ardnore, Oklahoma); Jian Zhao (Ardmore, Oklahoma); Richard A. Dixon (Sulphur, Oklahoma); Michael K. Udvardi (Ardmore, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for the modulation of proanthocynidin (“PA;” condensed tannin) production in plants. The methods of the invention allow creation of plants having novel phenotypes, such as alterations in levels of PA or in the types of tissues in which PAs are produced. Altered expression of PA in plants may be achieved, for instance without significantly affecting anthocyanin content or overall secondary metabolite profiles. Alternatively, expression of PA in plants may be achieved while also affecting anthocyanin content. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/444507 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 09120079 | Dietz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Dean Dietz (Englewood, Colorado); Gokhan Alptekin (Boulder, Colorado); Ambalavanan Jayaraman (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a sorbent for the removal of carbon dioxide from gas streams, comprising: a CO2 capacity of at least 9 weight percent when measured at 22° C. and 1 atmosphere; an H2O capacity of at most 15 weight percent when measured at 25° C. and 1 atmosphere; and an isosteric heat of adsorption of from 5 to 8.5 kilocalories per mole of CO2. The invention also provides a carbon sorbent in a powder, a granular or a pellet form for the removal of carbon dioxide from gas streams, comprising: a carbon content of at least 90 weight percent; a nitrogen content of at least 1 weight percent; an oxygen content of at most 3 weight percent; a BET surface area from 50 to 2600 m2/g; and a DFT micropore volume from 0.04 to 0.8 cc/g. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/217218 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09120834 | Campos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Campos (Atglen, Pennsylvania); Andrew Edward Feiring (Wilmington, Delaware); Sudipto Majumdar (Newark, Delaware); Stuart Nemser (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CMS TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC. (Newport, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Campos (Atglen, Pennsylvania); Andrew Edward Feiring (Wilmington, Delaware); Sudipto Majumdar (Newark, Delaware); Stuart Nemser (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A membrane separation process using a highly fluorinated polymer membrane that selectively permeates water of an aqueous ionic liquid solution to provide dry ionic liquid. Preferably the polymer is a polymer that includes polymerized perfluoro-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxole (PDD). The process is also capable of removing small molecular compounds such as organic solvents that can be present in the solution. This membrane separation process is suitable for drying the aqueous ionic liquid byproduct from precipitating solutions of biomass dissolved in ionic liquid, and is thus instrumental to providing usable lignocellulosic products for energy consumption and other industrial uses in an environmentally benign manner. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/527732 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 61/362 (20130101) B01D 71/36 (20130101) B01D 71/80 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 209/86 (20130101) C07C 209/86 (20130101) C07C 211/63 (20130101) C07C 213/10 (20130101) C07C 213/10 (20130101) C07C 217/08 (20130101) C07C 261/04 (20130101) C07C 303/44 (20130101) C07C 303/44 (20130101) C07C 303/44 (20130101) C07C 303/44 (20130101) C07C 303/44 (20130101) C07C 303/44 (20130101) C07C 305/06 (20130101) C07C 309/04 (20130101) C07C 309/06 (20130101) C07C 309/30 (20130101) C07C 311/48 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/06 (20130101) C07D 213/18 (20130101) C07D 233/58 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/5407 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09121395 | Gray, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Administator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotating group of a bent-axis axial piston pump/motor is assembled as a subassembly with a removable stabilizing component that holds together and compresses the subassembly while it is outside of the pump/motor case. A yoke that carries a permanent or attachable back plate is installed in the case and positioned aside to allow clearance for installation of the rotating group. After the rotating group is installed, the yoke is moved back into proximity with the barrel, the stabilizing component is removed, and the remaining connections are completed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/036182 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps F04B 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F04B 1/24 (20130101) F04B 1/2014 (20130101) F04B 1/2085 (20130101) F04B 53/22 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09119757 | Triolo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald J. Triolo (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Thomas C. Bulea (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a self leveling walker to assist persons who have insufficient strength or movement in their legs when standing and walking on uneven surfaces, and for traversing ramps and stairs. The inventive self leveling walker includes a frame assembly with a leveling assembly for adapting the relative length of the four legs of the walker to accommodate a substantially constant level of the walker so that the user may maintain an erect standing posture at all times, without the need to lean forward or back to accommodate uneven surfaces. The invention employs a fluid or gas based circuit between the front and back walker legs on each respective side, so as to shorten or lengthen each front and back leg with respect to each other, thereby maintaining the overall level of the walker on the subject surface being traversed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/059667 |
| ART UNIT | 3636 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61H 2003/001 (20130101) A61H 2201/0192 (20130101) A61H 2201/1246 (20130101) A61H 2201/5051 (20130101) A61H 2201/5058 (20130101) A61H 2201/5069 (20130101) A61H 2201/5071 (20130101) A61H 2201/5084 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09119869 | Shebuski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald J. Shebuski (Alexandria, Virginia); Samuel B. Ho (San Diego, California); Laurie Shekels (Orono, Minnesota); Robert L. Heinrikson (Plainwell, Michigan) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald J. Shebuski (Alexandria, Virginia); Samuel B. Ho (San Diego, California); Laurie Shekels (Orono, Minnesota); Robert L. Heinrikson (Plainwell, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated MUC17, Muc3 or MUC3 derived polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding the same are described. The MUC17, Muc3 or MUC3 derived polypeptides, polynucleotides, and pharmaceutical compositions can be used to treat gastrointestinal tract diseases and disorders including, inflammatory bowel disease and its associated colitides, for example, Crohn's Disease. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/097680 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/1735 (20130101) A61K 38/1735 (20130101) A61K 39/0008 (20130101) A61K 39/0008 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4727 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/22 (20130101) C07K 2319/23 (20130101) C07K 2319/036 (20130101) C07K 2319/41 (20130101) C07K 2319/43 (20130101) C07K 2319/60 (20130101) C07K 2319/61 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09121412 | Gallagher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward J. Gallagher (West Hartford, Connecticut); Jun Jiang (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Becky E. Rose (Colchester, Connecticut); Jason Elliott (Huntington, Indiana); Anthony R. Bifulco (Ellington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Gallagher (West Hartford, Connecticut); Jun Jiang (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Becky E. Rose (Colchester, Connecticut); Jason Elliott (Huntington, Indiana); Anthony R. Bifulco (Ellington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine includes a spool, a turbine coupled to drive the spool and a propulsor that is coupled to be driven by the turbine through the spool. A gear assembly is coupled between the propulsor and the spool such that rotation of the spool drives the propulsor at a different speed than the spool. The propulsor includes a hub and a row of propulsor blades that extends from the hub. The row includes no more than 16 of the propulsor blades. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/176255 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/36 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 3/06 (20130101) F02K 3/075 (20130101) Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 25/022 (20130101) F04D 25/024 (20130101) F04D 29/321 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors, to Machines or Engines for Liquids Covered by Subclasses F03B, F03D and F03G F05B 2220/306 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/4031 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US D737898 | Felix et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shea R. Felix (Washington, District of Columbia); Kate A. Sobel (Washington, District of Columbia); Rachel E. Clausen (Washington, District of Columbia) |
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| FILED | Friday, September 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 29/466403 |
| ART UNIT | 2913 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Office supplies; artists and teachers materials D19/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09120868 | Angov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Evelina Angov (Bethesda, Maryland); Elke Bergmann-Leitner (Kensington, Maryland); Christian Ockenhouse (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secratary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evelina Angov (Bethesda, Maryland); Elke Bergmann-Leitner (Kensington, Maryland); Christian Ockenhouse (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthetic nucleotide, which transcribes as the cell-traversal protein for ookinetes and sporozoites (CelTOS) antigen of Malaria Plasmodium, and methods of use thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, November 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/261255 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/445 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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