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| US 09125385 | Luo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Liqun Luo (Palo Alto, California); Ruby Yanru Tsai (San Jose, California); Bosiljka Tasic (Palo Alto, California); Simon Hippenmeyer (Menlo Park, California); Hui Zong (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liqun Luo (Palo Alto, California); Ruby Yanru Tsai (San Jose, California); Bosiljka Tasic (Palo Alto, California); Simon Hippenmeyer (Menlo Park, California); Hui Zong (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a method of making a mammal (e.g., a rodent, such as a mouse) by integrating an intact polynucleotide sequence into a specific genomic locus of the mammal to result in a transgenic mammal. A transgenic mammal made by the methods of the present disclosure would contain a known copy number (e.g., one) of the inserted polynucleotide sequence at a predetermined location. The method involves introducing a site-specific recombinase and a targeting construct, containing a first recombination site and the polynucleotide sequence of interest, into the mammalian cell. The genome of the cell contains a second recombination site and recombination between the first and second recombination sites is facilitated by the site-specific, uni-directional recombinase. The result of the recombination is site-specific integration of the polynucleotide sequence of interest in the genome of the mammal. This inserted sequence is then also transmitted to the progeny of the mammal. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/293890 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01K 2217/072 (20130101) A01K 2217/206 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1241 (20130101) C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2795/00022 (20130101) C12N 2800/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09125572 | Noo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederic Noo (Midvale, Utah); Dominic Heuscher (Park City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederic Noo (Midvale, Utah); Dominic Heuscher (Park City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A collimator for a computed tomography imaging device can include first and second leaves positioned on opposing sides of a primary radiation delivery window. The first and second leaves can include first and second gratings having a plurality of attenuating members with a plurality of secondary radiation delivery windows extending between adjacent attenuating members. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/531472 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/06 (20130101) A61B 6/027 (20130101) A61B 6/032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/469 (20130101) A61B 6/481 (20130101) A61B 6/488 (20130101) A61B 6/507 (20130101) A61B 6/542 (20130101) A61B 6/4035 (20130101) A61B 6/5205 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09125574 | Zia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammad Zia (North Brunswick, New Jersey); Benjamin Griffel (Highland Park, New Jersey); John Semmlow (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for acoustic detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) and automated editing of heart sound data are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/138993 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/02007 (20130101) A61B 7/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2562/14 (20130101) A61B 2562/168 (20130101) |
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| US 09125595 | Clarke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SmartMove, Inc. (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SmartMove, Inc. (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Clarke (Fort Collins, Colorado); Douglas E. Bartlett (Fort Collins, Colorado); Harold L. Baeverstad, Jr. (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An insole can include: an upper conductive ground plane layer; an upper compressible insulating layer physically coupled to the upper conductive ground plane layer; a conductive sensor layer physically coupled to the upper compressible insulating layer, the conductive sensor layer comprising one or more sensors are configured to a force applied to the insole by the foot; a lower compressible insulating layer physically coupled to conductive sensor layer; a lower conductive ground plane layer physically coupled to the lower compressible insulating layer and electrically coupled to the upper conductive ground plane layer; and at least one computational unit communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors. The upper conductive ground plane layer and the lower conductive ground plane layer are configured to substantially electrically shield the upper compressible insulating layer, the conductive sensor layer, and the lower compressible insulating layer from the shoe and the foot. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/137485 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1038 (20130101) A61B 5/6807 (20130101) A61B 2562/0252 (20130101) |
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| US 09125719 | Martin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David P. Martin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Said Rizk (Salem, New Hampshire); Ajay Ahuja (Needham, Massachusetts); Simon F. Williams (Sherborn, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tepha, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Martin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Said Rizk (Salem, New Hampshire); Ajay Ahuja (Needham, Massachusetts); Simon F. Williams (Sherborn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with prolonged strength retention have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available, and could offer additional benefits such as anti-adhesion properties, reduced risks of infection or other post-operative problems resulting from absorption and eventual elimination of the device, and competitive cost. The devices may also be particularly suitable for use in pediatric populations where their absorption should not hinder growth, and provide in all patient populations wound healing with long-term mechanical stability. The devices may additionally be combined with autologous, allogenic and/or xenogenic tissues to provide implants with improved mechanical, biological and handling properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/228056 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| 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 2/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/16 (20130101) D01D 5/088 (20130101) D01D 5/098 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/62 (20130101) D01F 6/84 (20130101) D01F 6/625 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/1362 (20150115) Y10T 428/1369 (20150115) Y10T 428/249922 (20150401) Y10T 442/10 (20150401) Y10T 442/183 (20150401) Y10T 442/184 (20150401) Y10T 442/2525 (20150401) |
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| US 09125817 | Rawls et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Auston, Texas); Janice Plymale (Davison, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | H. Ralph Rawls (San Antonio, Texas); Kyumin Whang (Helotes, Texas); Nasser Barghi (San Antonio, Texas); Dong-Hoon Shin (Cheonan, South Korea); Richard Plymale (Davison, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a light-cure and dual-cure resin that have low color and is color stable over conventional light, self and dual-cured resins. Additionally, the light-cure resin has enhanced degree of cure over conventional light-cure resins. Finally, due to the low color and enhanced color stability of the dual-cure resins, their inherent property of having lower shrinkage stress as compared to light-cure resins can now be utilized in various dental applications and other resin applications. |
| FILED | Monday, January 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/165190 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Dentistry; Apparatus or Methods for Oral or Dental Hygiene A61C 19/003 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 6/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 6/0017 (20130101) A61K 6/0023 (20130101) A61K 6/0052 (20130101) A61K 6/083 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 2/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09125821 | Tamanoi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); NOF CORPORATION (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); NOF CORPORATION (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fuyuhiko Tamanoi (Los Angeles, California); Jie Lu (Los Angeles, California); Kohei Yoshimura (Kawasaki, Japan); Ohyun Kwon (Los Angeles, California); Hannah Fiji (Fontana, California); Masaru Watanabe (Yahaba, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, for example, to a liposome, which can be a basic liposome, a transferrin-conjugated liposome, or a pH-sensitive liposome, which encapsulates a compound that specifically inhibits the activity of a protein prenyltransferase, such as a RabGGTase and/or a GGTase I. The liposomes can be used as anti-cancer therapeutics including as part of methods for treating cancer, in assays, and in kits. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/447176 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/216 (20130101) A61K 31/216 (20130101) A61K 31/402 (20130101) A61K 31/4418 (20130101) A61K 31/4418 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/20 (20130101) C07D 207/48 (20130101) C07D 211/96 (20130101) C07D 213/89 (20130101) |
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| US 09125835 | Sinko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick J. Sinko (Annandale, New Jersey); Jieming Gao (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Manjeet Deshmukh (Edison, New Jersey); Xiaoping Zhang (Edison, New Jersey); Matthew S. Palombo (Marmora, New Jersey); Sherif Ibrahim (Old Bridge, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick J. Sinko (Annandale, New Jersey); Jieming Gao (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Manjeet Deshmukh (Edison, New Jersey); Xiaoping Zhang (Edison, New Jersey); Matthew S. Palombo (Marmora, New Jersey); Sherif Ibrahim (Old Bridge, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinomas (NSCLCs) are treated with Gel Micro-Particles (GMPs) that passively accumulate in the lungs and contain Nano-Particles (NPs) combining one or more therapeutic agents that are cytotoxic to the NSCLC with one or more NSCLC active targeting ligands, as well as one or more other optional agents that increase cellular uptake, enhance the pro-apoptotic effect of the chemotherapeutic agent(s), and the like. NPs targeting other cancer cells are also disclosed, as well as NP-containing GMPs that reduce the occurrence of tumor metastasis. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/296203 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5146 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/65 (20130101) A61K 31/65 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/385 (20130101) A61K 31/385 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 65/329 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 2203/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09125848 | Tuohy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vincent K. Tuohy (Broadview Heights, Ohio); Justin M. Johnson (Willoughby Hills, Ohio); Ritika Jaini (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent K. Tuohy (Broadview Heights, Ohio); Justin M. Johnson (Willoughby Hills, Ohio); Ritika Jaini (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for immunization against human breast cancer are disclosed. A breast cancer vaccine comprises an immunogenic polypeptide comprising human α-lactalbumin. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/157990 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/572 (20130101) |
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| US 09125856 | Paik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Choohyun Paik (Cheltenham, Pennsylvania); Stephen Trokel (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Choohyun Paik (Cheltenham, Pennsylvania); Stephen Trokel (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds and related methods useful for cross-linking collagen and stabilizing collagenous tissues using formaldehyde-donating compounds or nitrogen oxide-containing compounds such as β-Nitro Alcohols. Also disclosed are compounds and related methods for modulating the rate or degree of collagen cross-linking using nitrogen oxide-containing compounds such as β-Nitro Alcohols. The formaldehyde-donating, nitrogen oxide-containing and/or β-Nitro Alcohol compounds disclosed are capable of stabilizing collagenous tissues such as the corneal and scleral tissues and are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases such as alterations in corneal curvature, keratoconus, keratectasia, progressive myopia and glaucoma. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/623690 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09125863 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ying-jie Lu (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Richard Malley (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ying-jie Lu (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Richard Malley (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An immunogenic composition comprising a fusion protein-polysaccharide conjugate consisting of a polysaccharide (PS) or pneumococcal bacterial cell wall polysaccharide (CWPS) conjugated to X:PdT where PdT represents the nonhemolytic variant of pneumolysin and X represents an antigenic peptide or protein of interest is provided. The immunity to X is synergistically enhanced by the fusion conjugate. Methods of protecting a subject from pneumococcal colonization or disease by administering an immunogenic composition including a fusion protein (PsaA:PdT) containing truncated PsaA and the nonhemolytic variant of pneumolysin (PdT) conjugated with CWPS (PsaA:PdT-CWPS) is also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/992282 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/092 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/6068 (20130101) A61K 2039/6087 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09125894 | Edge |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Albert Edge (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert Edge (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods for promoting reinnervation of auditory hair cells, specifically, by inhibiting Repulsive Guidance Molecule a (RGMa), a repulsive axonal guidance molecule that is expressed in the cochlea, or its receptor, neogenin. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/877356 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 35/30 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/22 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09125899 | Ness et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angela-Wandinger Ness (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Laurie Hudson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Larry Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Zurab Surviladze (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Tudor Oprea (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela-Wandinger Ness (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Laurie Hudson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Larry Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Zurab Surviladze (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Tudor Oprea (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to molecules which function as modulators (i.e., inhibitors and agonists) of the Ras-homologous (Rho) family of small GTPases (e.g. Rac, Cdc42 and Rho GTPases) and their use to treat diseases, including cancers (including solid tumors-medulloblastoma, ovarian, breast, head and neck, testicular, prostate among others and hematologic malignancies-B cell lymphoma, where these GTPases are overexpressed or hyperactivated), sporadic and genetic diseases where activation of Rho GTPases plays a pivotal role (Menkes disease, rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, diabetes (type 1), Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease) which are mediated through these proteins. Compounds according to the present invention may also be used as a therapy for the treatment of Entamoeba spp. or Acanthamoeba spp, infections, especially including Entamoeba histolytica. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/161766 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/403 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09125923 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xin W. Wang (Rockville, Maryland); Junfang Ji (Bethesda, Maryland); Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Hui-chuan Sun (Shanghai, China PRC); Zhao-you Tang (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio); Fudan University (Shanghai, China PRC); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xin W. Wang (Rockville, Maryland); Junfang Ji (Bethesda, Maryland); Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Hui-chuan Sun (Shanghai, China PRC); Zhao-you Tang (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | It is disclosed herein that expression of microRNA-26 is decreased in hepatocellular (HCC) tumor tissue relative to non-cancerous tissue, and that a low level of microRNA-26 is associated with a poor clinical outcome. It is also disclosed herein that a low expression level of microRNA-26 is correlated with a favorable response to interferon (IFN)-α therapy in HCC patients. Thus, provided herein is a method of predicting the clinical outcome of a patient diagnosed with HCC comprising detecting the level of microRNA-26 expression in a sample obtained from the patient. Also provided is a method of selecting a patient diagnosed with HCC as a candidate for IFN-α therapy, comprising detecting the level of microRNA-26 expression in a sample obtained from the patient. A method of identifying therapeutic agents for the treatment of HCC, comprising screening candidate agents in vitro to select an agent that increases expression of microRNA-26 in HCC cells are also provided. Further provided are methods of treating a patient diagnosed with HCC and expressing a low level of miR-26, wherein treatment comprises IFN-α therapy. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/997419 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2525/207 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) |
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| US 09125931 | Belmont et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian J. Belmont (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Stephen J. Goldfless (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael A. Marletta (Berkeley, California); Jacquin C. Niles (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian J. Belmont (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Stephen J. Goldfless (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael A. Marletta (Berkeley, California); Jacquin C. Niles (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In vitro SELEX has been used to discover high affinity RNA aptamers interacting with the tetracycline repressor protein in a tetracycline-dependent manner. Using in silico RNA folding predictions to guide the design of both aptamer truncations and mutants, minimized tetracycline repressor protein high affinity binding aptamers have been defined. Using one such aptamer, inducible post-transcriptional regulation in vivo has been demonstrated that is predicated on a direct interaction between a tetracycline repressor protein and a RNA aptamer element. These aptamer components can be integrated in any organism to inducibly regulate RNA translation of a gene of interest. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/755121 |
| 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 31/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09125941 | Perez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesus Manuel Perez (Orlando, Florida); Sudip Nath (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention discloses an aqueous method of making polymer coated superparamagnetic nanoparticles. Nanoparticles made by the method are included in the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/315082 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/1836 (20130101) A61K 49/1848 (20130101) A61K 49/1863 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/1866 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 49/08 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/16 (20130101) C01P 2004/32 (20130101) C01P 2004/62 (20130101) C01P 2004/84 (20130101) C01P 2006/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09125942 | Manus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lisa M. Manus (Evanston, Illinois); Daniel J. Mastarone (Evanston, Illinois); Dean Ho (Chicago, Illinois); Thomas J. Meade (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa M. Manus (Evanston, Illinois); Daniel J. Mastarone (Evanston, Illinois); Dean Ho (Chicago, Illinois); Thomas J. Meade (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for the synthesis of conjugates of paramagnetic metal ions and nanodiamonds, and uses thereof. In particular, the present invention provides synthesis of paramagnetic metal-nanodiamond conjugates and methods using such compositions as molecular imaging probes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/008576 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/1881 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09125950 | Bergeron, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond J. Bergeron, Jr. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An immunogenic composition comprising a siderophore covalently linked to a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier molecule wherein the antigenicity of the siderophore moiety is sufficient to stimulate an immunologic response to the siderophore when the composition is circulating in the bloodstream of a human or non-human animal and vaccine. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/486504 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/107 (20130101) A61K 39/385 (20130101) A61K 47/4833 (20130101) A61K 47/48276 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48284 (20130101) A61K 2039/6031 (20130101) A61K 2039/6068 (20130101) A61K 2039/6081 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1239 (20130101) |
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| US 09125967 | Denry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Isabelle Denry (Iowa City, Iowa); Julie Holloway (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a highly-sintered fluorapatite glass-ceramic comprising a high Ca/Al or Sr/Al mole-ratio, that possesses a microstructure that induces apatite/bone deposition. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/075754 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 24/02 (20130101) A61L 24/0005 (20130101) A61L 27/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/3834 (20130101) |
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| US 09126910 | Robertson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gavin P. Robertson (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Arati K. Sharma (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Arun K. Sharma (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Shantu G. Amin (Union City, Pennsylvania); Dhimant H. Desai (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Anti-cancer compositions and methods are described including one or more isothiocyanates and/or isoselenocyanates. Methods of treating a subject are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including an isothiocyanate and/or isoselenocyanate to a subject having a condition characterized by Akt dysregulation. Administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including an isothiocyanate and/or isoselenocyanate to a subject detectably increases apoptosis and/or decreases proliferation of cancer cells, particularly cancer cells characterized by Akt dysregulation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/785731 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/21 (20130101) A61K 31/095 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 251/00 (20130101) C07C 391/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09126911 | Robertson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gavin P. Robertson (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Arati K. Sharma (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Arun K. Sharma (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Shantu G. Amin (Union City, New Jersey); Dhimant H. Desai (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Anti-cancer compositions and methods are described including one or more isothiocyanates and/or isoselenocyanates. Methods of treating a subject are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including an isothiocyanate and/or isoselenocyanate to a subject having a condition characterized by Akt dysregulation. Administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including an isothiocyanate and/or isoselenocyanate to a subject detectably increases apoptosis and/or decreases proliferation of cancer cells, particularly cancer cells characterized by Akt dysregulation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/785778 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/21 (20130101) A61K 31/095 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 251/00 (20130101) C07C 391/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09126938 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Cohen (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Neil Wagle (Brookline, Massachusetts); Gregory D. Cuny (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jun Xian (Sharon, Massachusetts); Marcie Glicksman (Winchester, Massachusetts); Ross L. Stein (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ekaterina Y. Shishova (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Cohen (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Neil Wagle (Brookline, Massachusetts); Gregory D. Cuny (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jun Xian (Sharon, Massachusetts); Marcie Glicksman (Winchester, Massachusetts); Ross L. Stein (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ekaterina Y. Shishova (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to compounds of Formulas I, II, and III, and their use as inhibitors of phosphatidylcholine transfer protein (PC-TP). The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of disorders related to the inhibition of PC-TP using the compounds of Formulas I, II, and III. Such disorders include obesity and disorders associated with obesity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/390910 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 239/32 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09126941 | Sawyers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Sawyers (New York, New York); Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Charlie D. Chen (Los Angeles, California); Samedy Ouk (Los Angeles, California); Chris Tran (New York, New York); John Wongvipat (Nanuet, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Sawyers (New York, New York); Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Charlie D. Chen (Los Angeles, California); Samedy Ouk (Los Angeles, California); Chris Tran (New York, New York); John Wongvipat (Nanuet, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to diarylhydantoin compounds, including diarylthiohydantoins, and methods for synthesizing them and using them in the treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/448964 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/70 (20130101) C07D 233/74 (20130101) C07D 233/86 (20130101) C07D 235/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 471/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09126960 | Horne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Horne (Altadena, California); Christopher Lincoln (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are novel compounds that inhibit ribonucleotide reductase (RR) by binding to RRM2 and interfering with the activity of the RRM1/RRM2 holoenzyme, as well as methods of synthesizing these novel compounds. The compounds may be used to inhibit RR activity and to treat various conditions associated with RRM2 expression, such as for example certain cancer types, mitochondrial diseases, or degenerative diseases. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/444172 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 45/68 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/40 (20130101) C07D 277/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09126971 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yung-chi Cheng (Woodbridge, Connecticut); Hiromichi Tanaka (Tsuzuki-ku, Japan); Masanori Baba (Kagoshima, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yung-chi Cheng (Woodbridge, Connecticut); Hiromichi Tanaka (Tsuzuki-ku, Japan); Masanori Baba (Kagoshima, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel compounds according to the general formulas I, II, III, IV or V: wherein B is nucleoside base according to the structure: and the remaining variables as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The compounds are useful interalia as anti-viral agents in viral therapy. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/465315 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/522 (20130101) A61K 31/522 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 405/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/06 (20130101) C07H 19/10 (20130101) C07H 19/16 (20130101) C07H 19/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09126992 | Rossignol et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Romark Laboratories, L.C. (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Romark Laboratories, L.C. (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean-Francois Rossignol (St. Petersburg, Florida); J. Edward Semple (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new class of haloalkyl heteroaryl benzamides is described. These compounds show strong activity against hepatitis viruses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/451637 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/433 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/497 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/4196 (20130101) A61K 31/4245 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/40 (20130101) C07D 231/44 (20130101) C07D 233/88 (20130101) C07D 233/90 (20130101) C07D 249/14 (20130101) C07D 261/14 (20130101) C07D 263/48 (20130101) C07D 271/07 (20130101) C07D 271/113 (20130101) C07D 275/03 (20130101) C07D 277/46 (20130101) C07D 277/56 (20130101) C07D 285/08 (20130101) C07D 285/135 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 409/06 (20130101) C07D 413/12 (20130101) C07D 417/06 (20130101) C07D 417/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09126997 | Budunova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Irina Budunova (Chicago, Illinois); Alexander Yemelyanov (Wheeling, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irina Budunova (Chicago, Illinois); Alexander Yemelyanov (Wheeling, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression and activity. The disclosed methods typically include administering to a patient in need thereof a proteasome inhibitor and administering to the patient in need thereof a glucocorticoid receptor (GR) agonist, either before, concurrently with, or after the proteasome inhibitor is administered. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/226865 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 43/42 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 271/00 (20130101) C07D 471/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09127016 | Day et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Billy W. Day (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Waikok Michael Tsang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Vasiliy N. Korotchenko (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Billy W. Day (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Waikok Michael Tsang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Vasiliy N. Korotchenko (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds that stimulate fibroblast growth factor production, and thus cell growth are provided. Also provided are compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds. The compounds can be used to treat wounds, to expand cell populations, such as hematopoietic cells, or to grow tissue in vitro, among other uses. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/256584 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09127027 | Imig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John David Imig (Pewaukee, Wisconsin); William B. Campbell (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin); John Russell Falck (University Park, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John David Imig (Pewaukee, Wisconsin); William B. Campbell (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin); John Russell Falck (University Park, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and compositions comprising epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) analogs that act as EET agonists and are useful as medications in the treatment of drug-induced nephrotoxicity, hypertension and other related conditions. Methods of making and using the compounds and compositions are further described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/009658 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 233/46 (20130101) C07C 233/47 (20130101) C07C 233/56 (20130101) C07C 237/22 (20130101) C07C 275/20 (20130101) C07C 309/15 (20130101) C07C 311/18 (20130101) C07C 311/19 (20130101) C07C 311/51 (20130101) C07C 317/28 (20130101) C07C 323/44 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/12 (20130101) C07D 257/04 (20130101) C07D 271/06 (20130101) C07D 271/07 (20130101) C07D 277/34 (20130101) C07D 277/82 (20130101) C07D 277/593 (20130101) C07D 285/08 (20130101) C07D 291/04 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09127033 | Prakash et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thazha P. Prakash (Carlsbad, California); Punit P. Seth (Carlsbad, California); Eric E. Swayze (Encinitas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thazha P. Prakash (Carlsbad, California); Punit P. Seth (Carlsbad, California); Eric E. Swayze (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides 5′ modified nucleosides and oligomeric compounds prepared therefrom. More particularly, the present invention provides modified nucleosides having at least one 5′-substituent and an optional 2′ substituent, oligomeric compounds comprising at least one of these modified nucleosides and methods of using the oligomeric compounds. In some embodiments, the oligomeric compounds provided herein are expected to hybridize to a portion of a target RNA resulting in loss of normal function of the target RNA. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/642809 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07H 19/067 (20130101) C07H 21/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09127056 | Dimitrov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Frederick, Maryland); Weizao Chen (Frederick, Maryland); Yang Feng (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), antigen binding fragments and engineered antibody domains (eAds) that specifically bind IGF-II are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, these mAbs and eAds are included in a bispecific mAb. In some embodiments, the bispecific antibody specifically binds two different epitopes of IGF-II. Methods of using these mAbs, antigen binding fragments, and eAds, bispecific antibodies, and nucleic acids encoding these mAbs, antigen binding fragments, and eAds, bispecific antibodies are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/352312 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/60 (20130101) C07K 2317/64 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/74 (20130101) G01N 33/57488 (20130101) |
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09127078 — Methods and compositions using splicing regulatory proteins involved in tumor suppression
| US 09127078 | Carstens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russ P. Carstens (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Claude Warzecha (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); John Hogenesch (Wallingford, Pennsylvania); Trey Sato (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russ P. Carstens (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Claude Warzecha (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); John Hogenesch (Wallingford, Pennsylvania); Trey Sato (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for diagnosis and prognosis of mammalian carcinoma or cancer derived from primary epithelial cells and tissue fibrosis are designed using newly identified epithelial cell-type specific splicing factors ESRP1 and ESRP2, which have roles in tumor suppression. Diagnostic reagents for the detection of these splicing factors in nucleotide or protein form are useful in such methods. Therapeutic compositions can provide epithelial cells with these factors to maintain FGFR2 and assist in suppressing metastasis. A high throughput splicing assay to identify compounds that change splicing events is described. RNCP1 is also identified as a splicing factor and a diagnostic for conditions characterized by inappropriate FGFR2-splicing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/003968 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/4702 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/574 (20130101) |
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| US 09127081 | Spitzer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dirk Spitzer (Webster Groves, Missouri); William G Hawkins (Olivette, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Fusion polypeptides comprising a TRAIL trimer and a targeting domain are disclosed. The targeting domain can be, in some embodiments, a sequence that binds MUC16, which is prevalent on some tumor cells such as pancreatic and ovarian tumor cells. A sequence that binds MUC 16 can be mesothelin or a MUC16-binding fragment thereof, such as amino acids 1-64 of mesothelin. A fusion polypeptide of the present teachings can induce apoptosis in a target cell such as a MUC16-expressing cancer cell. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the fusion polypeptides, and methods of use of the fusion polypeptides and nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Friday, May 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/892238 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/17 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/525 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 14/4747 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/70575 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/62 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) C12N 15/74 (20130101) C12N 15/79 (20130101) |
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| US 09127085 | Kitajewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jan Kitajewski (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Carrie Shawber (Township of Washington, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jan Kitajewski (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Carrie Shawber (Township of Washington, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a fusion protein comprising a single peptide, an extracellular domain of human Notch receptor protein and an Fc portion of an antibody bound thereto. This invention also provides a method for treating a subject having a tumor, a method for inhibiting angiogenesis in a subject, a method for treating a subject having ovarian cancer, and a method for treating a subject having a metabolic disorder, comprising administering to the subject an amount of the above fusion protein effective to treat the subject. This invention further provides uses of the above fusion protein for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a subject having a tumor, for inhibiting angiogenesis in a subject, for treating a subject having ovarian cancer, and for treating a subject having a metabolic disorder. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/733329 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09127242 | Guertin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick M. Guertin (Mendon, Massachusetts); Parrish M. Galliher (Littleton, Massachusetts); Michael Fisher (Ashland, Massachusetts); Joseph D. Crowell (S. Hamilton, Massachusetts); Colin R. Tuohey (Medway, Massachusetts); Laura A. Niklason (Greenwich, Connecticut); William E. Tente (Seekonk, Massachusetts); Shannon M. Dahl (Durham, North Carolina); Juliana Blum (Wake Forest, North Carolina); Justin Strader (Cary, North Carolina) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick M. Guertin (Mendon, Massachusetts); Parrish M. Galliher (Littleton, Massachusetts); Michael Fisher (Ashland, Massachusetts); Joseph D. Crowell (S. Hamilton, Massachusetts); Colin R. Tuohey (Medway, Massachusetts); Laura A. Niklason (Greenwich, Connecticut); William E. Tente (Seekonk, Massachusetts); Shannon M. Dahl (Durham, North Carolina); Juliana Blum (Wake Forest, North Carolina); Justin Strader (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A single-use, single or multiple tissue, organ, and graft bioreactor and environmental control system is designed to replicate the necessary conditions for growth of tissues, organs, or grafts, while addressing problems in scaling up the tissue growth; adaptation to a single-use or disposable format; and operation as a stand-alone unit that provides full environmental control of cell culture conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/262155 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/08 (20130101) C12M 23/14 (20130101) C12M 23/28 (20130101) C12M 25/14 (20130101) C12M 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 29/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09127252 | Crawford et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith D. Crawford (Westwood, Massachusetts); Christopher Southgate (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a quiescent stem cell having the capacity to differentiate into ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm, and which does not express cell surface markers including MHC class I, MHC class II, CD44, CD45, CD13, CD34, CD49c, CD73, CD105 and CD90. The invention further provides a proliferative stem cell, which expresses genes including Oct-4, Nanog, Sox2, GDF3, P16INK4, BMI, Notch, HDAC4, TERT, Rex-1 and TWIST but does not express cell surface markers including MHC class I, MHC class II, CD44, CD45, CD13, CD34, CD49c, CD73, CD105 and CD90. The cells of the invention can be isolated from adult mammals, have embryonic cell characteristics, and can form embryoid bodies. Methods for obtaining the stem cells, as well as methods of treating diseases and the differentiated stem cells, are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/798720 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0662 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0668 (20130101) C12N 2500/25 (20130101) C12N 2500/36 (20130101) C12N 2500/38 (20130101) C12N 2501/11 (20130101) C12N 2501/39 (20130101) C12N 2501/41 (20130101) C12N 2501/105 (20130101) C12N 2501/135 (20130101) C12N 2501/155 (20130101) C12N 2501/235 (20130101) C12N 2501/2303 (20130101) C12N 2501/2306 (20130101) |
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| US 09127253 | Sengupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srikumar Sengupta (Madison, Wisconsin); James Thomson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing mature hepatocytes having functional hepatic enzyme activity from human pluripotent cells is disclosed. The method includes the step of transferring an external vector that includes a microRNA having the seed sequence of the microRNA miR-122, a DNA sequence coding for such a microRNA, a microRNA having the seed sequence of the microRNA miR-let-7c, a DNA sequence coding for such a microRNA, or a combination these, into one or more fetal hepatocytes. The resulting cells differentiate into mature hepatocytes that exhibit functional hepatic enzyme activity, and that can be used in drug metabolism and toxicity testing, in the study of viruses that target hepatic tissue, and as therapeutics. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/772802 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/407 (20130101) A61K 35/545 (20130101) A61K 38/38 (20130101) A61K 38/44 (20130101) A61K 38/45 (20130101) A61K 38/57 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0672 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 114/13017 (20130101) C12Y 114/14001 (20130101) C12Y 206/01005 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5014 (20130101) |
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| US 09127269 | Barany et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Weiguo Cao (Central, South Carolina); Jie Tong (Forest Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a mutant thermostable ligase having substantially higher fidelity than either T4 ligase or Thermus thermophilus ligase. The ligase of the present invention is a mutant of a wild-type thermostable ligase having a histidine adjacent a KXDG motif, where the mutant thermostable ligase has a mutation in its amino sequence where the histidine adjacent the KXDG motif in the wild-type thermostable ligase is replaced with an arginine, and wherein X is any amino acid. The DNA molecule encoding this enzyme as well as expression systems and host cells containing it are also disclosed. The thermostable ligase of the present invention is useful in carrying out a ligase detection reaction process and a ligase chain reaction process. |
| FILED | Monday, September 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/028151 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/93 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09127285 | Turkewitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Turkewitz (Chicago, Illinois); Joseph Briguglio (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Ciliate organisms are provided that comprise reduced proteolytic processing in granules. For example, ciliates are provided that lack detectable expression of one or more sortilin (SOR) gene product. Methods for producing such genetically altered ciliates and methods for protein production in a these organisms are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/773327 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/44 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/79 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09127304 | Wei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fang Wei (Santa Monica, California); Wei Liao (Santa Monica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fang Wei (Santa Monica, California); Wei Liao (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of making polymer-based biosensors and the biosensors made by said methods, wherein the biosensors comprise conducting polymers and negatively charged nanoparticles comprising a capture moiety. The present invention also provides methods of detecting analytes in a solution by contacting the solution with said polymer-based biosensors. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/823988 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6804 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6825 (20130101) C12Q 1/6825 (20130101) C12Q 2525/313 (20130101) C12Q 2525/313 (20130101) C12Q 2563/155 (20130101) C12Q 2563/155 (20130101) |
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| US 09127938 | Adelson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward H. Adelson (Winchester, Massachusetts); Micah K. Johnson (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward H. Adelson (Winchester, Massachusetts); Micah K. Johnson (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, devices, and methods for capturing and measuring surface topography. This disclosure provides a high resolution retrographic sensor comprising a volume of elastomer and a thin, opaque reflective membrane. The reflective membrane is arranged to conform to a specimen that contacts it. The disclosure provides a high resolution visualization system comprising the retrographic sensor and an illumination source. Also provided are high resolution measurement systems comprising the retrographic sensor, an illumination source, an imaging device, and a processing component. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/561712 |
| ART UNIT | 2422 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0077 (20130101) A61B 5/441 (20130101) A61B 5/1172 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/303 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0304 (20130101) |
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| US 09128080 | Robbins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul F. Robbins (Potomac, Maryland); Richard A. Morgan (Columbia, Maryland); Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul F. Robbins (Potomac, Maryland); Richard A. Morgan (Columbia, Maryland); Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a modified T cell receptor (TCR) comprising an amino acid sequence of a wild-type (WT) TCR with no more than three amino acid substitutions, wherein the modified TCR, as compared to the WT TCR, (i) has an enhanced ability to recognize target cells when expressed by CD4+ T cells and (ii) does not exhibit a decrease in antigen specificity when expressed by CD8+ T cells. Polypeptides, proteins, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, antibodies, and pharmaceutical compositions related to the modified TCR also are part of the invention. Further, the invention is directed to methods of detecting a diseased cell in a host, methods of treating or preventing a disease in a host, and methods of identifying a candidate adoptive immunotherapy TCR. |
| FILED | Monday, November 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/304841 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/7051 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/505 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5091 (20130101) |
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| US 09128093 | Humes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. David Humes (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Deborah Buffington (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan); CYTOPHERX, INC. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | H. David Humes (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Deborah Buffington (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems and devices to treat and/or prevent inflammatory conditions within a subject and to related methods. More particularly, the invention relates to systems, devices, and related methods that sequester leukocytes and/or platelets and then inhibit their inflammatory action. |
| FILED | Monday, June 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/531870 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/34 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/3633 (20130101) A61M 1/3666 (20130101) A61M 1/3679 (20130101) A61M 1/3687 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56972 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09129392 | Gorman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert C. Gorman (Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania); Alison Pouch (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joseph H. Gorman, III (Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania); Chandra Sehgal (Wayne, Pennsylvania); Paul A. Yushkevich (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Benjamin Jackson (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Gorman (Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania); Alison Pouch (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joseph H. Gorman, III (Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania); Chandra Sehgal (Wayne, Pennsylvania); Paul A. Yushkevich (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Benjamin Jackson (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A series of rt-3DE images of the mitral valve are quantitatively analyzed so as to enable, for example, prediction of the degree of recurrent ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) and comprehensive assessments of leaflet tethering and “tenting” for the entire mitral valve. In accordance with the method, first, the rt-3DE images are registered with symmetric diffeomorphism to obtain information about how the mitral valve deforms over time. Second, the mitral valve is segmented with the level sets or other known segmentation method at each time point in the cardiac cycle with minimal user interaction. Third, the information about mitral valve structure is reduced into a 3D medial model, a compact representation of shape. In other words, a volumetric segmentation of the mitral valve is condensed to a form that is amenable to clinically relevant morphometry. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/580833 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 7/0083 (20130101) G06T 7/0097 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10076 (20130101) G06T 2207/20128 (20130101) G06T 2207/30048 (20130101) |
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| US 09129782 | Clemmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Edward Clemmer (Bloomington, Indiana); Michael A Ewing (Bloomington, Indiana); Steven M Zucker (Bloomington, Indiana); Christopher R. P. Conant (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | In a drift tube partitioned into a plurality of cascaded drift tube segments each followed by an ion elimination region, for any integer M greater than 1, a method of separating ions repeats the following multiple times to cause only ions entering the drift tube that have a predefined ion mobility or range to traverse the drift tube: for each integer N beginning with 1 and sequentially advancing to M, establishing for a time duration an Nth electric repulsive field in the Nth ion elimination region and in every following Mth ion elimination region and an Nth electric drift field in each remaining ion elimination region and in each drift tube segment while deactivating for the time duration all non-Nth electric drift fields and non-Nth electric repulsive fields in each of the ion elimination regions and drift tube segments. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/492468 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/622 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/26 (20130101) H01J 49/0031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09129789 | Krutchinsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew N. Krutchinsky (New York, New York); Vadim Sherman (Brooklyn, New York); Herbert Cohen (New York, New York); Brian T. Chait (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion trap includes a containment region for containing ions, and a plurality of electrodes positioned on a regular polyhedral structure encompassing the containment region. An electrode is positioned on each vertex of the encompassing structure and at least one of the polygonal surfaces includes additional electrodes configured to form a plurality of quadrupoles on the surface. Alternating RF voltage is applied to the plurality of electrodes, so that directly neighboring electrodes are of equal amplitude and opposite polarity at any point in time. This configuration on the polyhedral structure forms a potential barrier for repelling the ions from each of the regular polygonal surfaces and containing them in the trap. Mass selective filters can be formed from the quadrupoles for parallel mass analysis in different m/z windows. Application of a small DC potential to a plate electrode outside the quadrupoles preferentially depletes single charged ions for enhanced signal-to-noise analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/493776 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/02 (20130101) H01J 49/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/424 (20130101) |
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| US 09130742 | Yao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasedena, California); PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongyi Yao (Pasadena, California); Tracey C. Ho (Pasadena, California); Cristina Nita-Rotaru (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A network and related methods for transmitting processes in a network secretly and securely is described. The network use keys, through path-key establishment and a key pool bootstrapping, to ensure that packets are transmitted and received properly and secretly in the presence of one or more adversarial nodes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/853881 |
| ART UNIT | 2493 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0802 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 9/0827 (20130101) H04L 2209/34 (20130101) H04L 2209/80 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09131321 | Sabin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Sabin (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A hearing assistance device may be a hearing aid worn on a person or a mobile device. The hearing assistance device may perform a hearing assistance algorithm based on signal processing parameters. A set of audiological values for a population may be identified. The set of audiological values has a first number of dimensions. The set of audiological values is converted to a reduced data set. The reduced data has set has a second number of dimensions less than the first number of dimensions. A processor calculates a trajectory for the reduced data set. The trajectory provides signal processing parameters for the hearing assistance device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/258825 |
| ART UNIT | 2652 — Videophones and Telephonic Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 25/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09125415 | Schanze et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirk S. Schanze (Gainesville, Florida); Anand Parthasarathy (Naperville, Florida); Subhadip Goswami (Gainsville, Florida); David G. Whitten (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eunkyung Ji (Ervy le Chatel, France); Thomas S. Corbitt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dimitri Dascier (Ervy le Chatel, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC, UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk S. Schanze (Gainesville, Florida); Anand Parthasarathy (Naperville, Florida); Subhadip Goswami (Gainsville, Florida); David G. Whitten (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eunkyung Ji (Ervy le Chatel, France); Thomas S. Corbitt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dimitri Dascier (Ervy le Chatel, France) |
| ABSTRACT | Thiophene containing water-soluble oligomers were synthesized and characterized. The photophysical properties of these compounds were studied; transient absorption spectroscopy was used to probe the triplet excited state and their ability to sensitize singlet oxygen was spectroscopically monitored in deuterated methanol. The above compounds were tested for their light activated biocidal properties against S. aureus both under UV and visible radiation. Among the oligomers studied, the terthiophene derivative was found to kill the bacteria efficiently. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/127465 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 43/10 (20130101) A01N 43/82 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 43/647 (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 2/16 (20130101) A61L 2/084 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 409/14 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09125625 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Wang (San Diego, California); Joshua Ray Windmiller (Del Mar, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Wang (San Diego, California); Joshua Ray Windmiller (Del Mar, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques and systems are disclosed for implementing textile-based screen-printed amperometric or potentiometric sensors. The chemical sensor can include carbon based electrodes to detect at least one of NADH, hydrogen peroxide, potassium ferrocyanide, TNT or DNT, in liquid or vapor phase. In one application, underwater presence of chemicals such as heavy metals and explosives is detected using the textile-based sensors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/703333 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Outerwear; Protective Garments; Accessories A41D 1/002 (20130101) Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/021 (20130101) A61B 5/0205 (20130101) A61B 5/0245 (20130101) A61B 5/742 (20130101) A61B 5/1477 (20130101) A61B 5/02444 (20130101) A61B 5/4845 (20130101) A61B 5/4884 (20130101) A61B 5/6802 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/6804 (20130101) A61B 5/6807 (20130101) A61B 5/6831 (20130101) A61B 5/14517 (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 1/001 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/308 (20130101) G01N 27/3271 (20130101) G01N 33/22 (20130101) G01N 33/0057 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/038 (20130101) H05K 3/1216 (20130101) |
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| US 09126185 | Laskoski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition for the destruction of chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals having a polyoxometalate (POM) attached to an amine, carboxylic acid, or ammonium substituted porous polymer. Also disclosed is a method for attaching a POM to an amine, carboxylic acid, or ammonium substituted porous polymer by (1) dissolving the POM in water or an organic solvent, adding the functionalized porous polymer, whereby the POM ionically attaches to the amine, carboxylic acid or ammonium group, or (2) heating the POM and functionalized polymer in the presence of a dehydrating agent whereby an imide bond is produced between the POM and the functionality on the porous polymer. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/623194 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/30 (20130101) A62D 3/38 (20130101) A62D 2101/02 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/28 (20130101) B01J 23/30 (20130101) B01J 27/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 27/199 (20130101) B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 37/031 (20130101) B01J 37/0209 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/0694 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 79/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09126374 | Hanson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Russell B. Hanson (Jupiter, Florida) |
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| ABSTRACT | An iso-grid composite component includes a spacer transverse to a uni-tape ply bundle, the spacer interrupted by the uni-tape ply bundle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/892014 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/30 (20130101) B29C 70/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 28/005 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) Y10T 428/24612 (20150115) |
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| US 09126697 | Ullman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Z. Ullman (Northridge, California); Steven F. Griffin (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Z. Ullman (Northridge, California); Steven F. Griffin (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A vibration isolation assembly for an aerodynamic object comprises a viscoelastic inner layer disposed on the aerodynamic object and being configured to attenuate vibration. The vibration isolation assembly further comprises a rigid or stiff outer layer disposed on an inner layer. The vibration isolation assembly may attenuate the transmission of aerodynamically-induced vibration to components contained or mounted to the aerodynamic object. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/240754 |
| 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 1/40 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 47/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 9/306 (20130101) |
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| US 09126902 | Wright |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Wright (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A class of modified single-ring cyanate esters which have shown the ability to tailor and control the glass-transition (Tg) of the cured resins as well as the water uptake. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/681226 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 263/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09126937 | Du et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Baruch S. Blumberg Institute (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baruch S. Blumberg Institute (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yanming Du (Cheshire, Connecticut); Xiaodong Xu (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Hong Ye (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Jinhong Chang (Chalfont, Pennsylvania); Timothy M. Block (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise alkylated imino sugars derivatives having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with glucosidase activity that include Viral hemorrhagic fevers, and any other diseases involving glucosidase activity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/388175 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 211/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 413/06 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/591 (20130101) |
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| US 09126941 | Sawyers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Sawyers (New York, New York); Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Charlie D. Chen (Los Angeles, California); Samedy Ouk (Los Angeles, California); Chris Tran (New York, New York); John Wongvipat (Nanuet, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Sawyers (New York, New York); Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Charlie D. Chen (Los Angeles, California); Samedy Ouk (Los Angeles, California); Chris Tran (New York, New York); John Wongvipat (Nanuet, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to diarylhydantoin compounds, including diarylthiohydantoins, and methods for synthesizing them and using them in the treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/448964 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/70 (20130101) C07D 233/74 (20130101) C07D 233/86 (20130101) C07D 235/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 471/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09127085 | Kitajewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jan Kitajewski (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Carrie Shawber (Township of Washington, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jan Kitajewski (Ridgewood, New Jersey); Carrie Shawber (Township of Washington, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a fusion protein comprising a single peptide, an extracellular domain of human Notch receptor protein and an Fc portion of an antibody bound thereto. This invention also provides a method for treating a subject having a tumor, a method for inhibiting angiogenesis in a subject, a method for treating a subject having ovarian cancer, and a method for treating a subject having a metabolic disorder, comprising administering to the subject an amount of the above fusion protein effective to treat the subject. This invention further provides uses of the above fusion protein for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a subject having a tumor, for inhibiting angiogenesis in a subject, for treating a subject having ovarian cancer, and for treating a subject having a metabolic disorder. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/733329 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09127115 | Harvey 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) | Benjamin G Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Matthew C Davis (Ridgecrest, California); Heather A. Meylemans (Ridgecrest, California); William Lai (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to generate renewable high performance composites and thermoplastics. These materials can be generated from a renewable phenol (syringaldehyde) that can be derived from lignocellulosic biomass. The use of syringaldehyde as a precursor to composites has the potential to reduce the cost and environmental impact of structural materials, while meeting or exceeding the performance of current petroleum derived resins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/618836 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 63/19 (20130101) |
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| US 09127126 | Hong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wenbin Hong (Ballwin, Missouri); Tony D. Flaim (St. James, Missouri); Rama Puligadda (Rolla, Missouri); Susan Bailey (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brewer Science Inc. (Rolla, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenbin Hong (Ballwin, Missouri); Tony D. Flaim (St. James, Missouri); Rama Puligadda (Rolla, Missouri); Susan Bailey (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | New compositions and methods of using those compositions as bonding compositions for temporary wafer bonding are provided. The compositions are used to temporarily bond an active wafer to a carrier wafer or substrate in microelectronic fabrication using an in situ polymerization reaction of the components of the bonding composition to yield the bonding layer. The compositions form polymerized bonding layers that are mechanically strong and thermally resistant, but allow the wafers to be separated at the appropriate stage in the fabrication process. The bonding layer also retains its solubility so that residue can be cleaned from the debonded wafers using simple wet methods rather than etching or other harsh treatments. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/460372 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/08 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/0233 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 5/00 (20130101) C09J 2203/326 (20130101) C09J 2205/302 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/2007 (20130101) H01L 21/6835 (20130101) H01L 21/6836 (20130101) H01L 2221/6834 (20130101) H01L 2221/68318 (20130101) H01L 2221/68327 (20130101) H01L 2221/68381 (20130101) H01L 2221/68386 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) Y10T 428/31515 (20150401) Y10T 428/31551 (20150401) Y10T 428/31725 (20150401) Y10T 428/31786 (20150401) |
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| US 09127267 | Banta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Banta (Fairfield, Connecticut); Mark A. Blenner (Clemson, South Carolina); Ian Wheeldon (Riverside, California); Kevin Dooley (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to a peptide that forms a calcium-dependent hydrogel using a rationally engineered beta roll peptide. In the absence of calcium, the peptide is intrinsically disordered. Upon addition of calcium, the peptide forms a corkscrew-like structure. In one embodiment, one face of the beta roll is mutated to comprise leucine residues. In some embodiments, a leucine zipper forming helical domain to the engineered beta roll forms hydrogels by physical cross-linking in calcium rich environments. |
| FILED | Monday, November 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/674283 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 15/32 (20130101) A61L 15/42 (20130101) A61L 15/44 (20130101) A61L 15/46 (20130101) A61L 15/60 (20130101) A61L 15/60 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/227 (20130101) A61L 2400/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/88 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 406/01001 (20130101) |
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| US 09127338 | Johnson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ormco Corporation (Orange, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ormco Corporation (Orange, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfred David Johnson (San Leandro, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Dental arches of single-crystal shape memory alloys, methods of fabrication and apparatus for fabrication. The methods include drawing a single crystal of a shape memory alloy from a melt of the alloy. This is followed by heating, forming, and quenching the crystal sufficiently rapid to limit the formation of alloy precipitates to an amount which retains hyperelastic composition and properties of the crystal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/777216 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Dentistry; Apparatus or Methods for Oral or Dental Hygiene A61C 7/20 (20130101) Alloys C22C 9/01 (20130101) Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys C22F 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C22F 1/006 (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 29/52 (20130101) C30B 33/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09127370 | Jiang 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) | Rongzhong Jiang (Olney, Maryland); Dat Tien Tran (Perry Hall, Maryland); Deryn D. Chu (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for generating low pressure hydrogen gas from fuel solutions (i.e., alcohols) without the use of an external power source or external heat source. The apparatus comprises (a) a first chamber for fuel storage having an aperture, (b) a second chamber for the temporary storage of hydrogen gas generated having an aperture, (c) a first electrochemical cell (Cell-1) and (d) a second electrochemical cell (Cell-2). Cell-2 is disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber so that its anode is in fluid communication with the first chamber and its cathode is in fluid communication with the second chamber. Cell-1 is disposed on the opposite side of the first chamber from Cell-2 so that the anode therein is in fluid communication with the first chamber, and the cathode therein is in fluid communication with an oxidizing agent. The first chamber is sandwiched between Cell-1 and Cell-2. An air convection window or like device making ambient air available to the apparatus via Cell-1 is positioned on the side of Cell-1 opposite the fuel chamber. In operation, fuel is provided to the first chamber, the anode of Cell-1 is connected to the cathode of Cell-2, and the cathode of Cell-1 is connected to the anode of Cell-2, and hydrogen gas is continuously generated from the hydrogen chamber. The present invention may be used at room temperature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/030123 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 9/18 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 16/003 (20130101) |
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| US 09127622 | Clark et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jim A. Clark (Jupiter, Florida); Craig W. Irwin (Jupiter, Florida); Reed A. Kakuska (Juno, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jim A. Clark (Jupiter, Florida); Craig W. Irwin (Jupiter, Florida); Reed A. Kakuska (Juno, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A rocket engine fluid-flow system includes a pump fluidly interconnecting a fluid source to a combustion chamber. A nozzle is in fluid communication with the combustion chamber and includes coolant tubes fluidly arranged between the pump and the combustion chamber. An orifice has a throat and is fluidly arranged between the pump and the coolant tubes. The orifice has entrance and exit ramps arranged on either side of the throat. The exit ramp has an exit ramp surface with a divergent angle that is less than a right angle. The entrance ramp provides a smooth approach to the orifice throat. In one example, the exit ramp includes an exit ramp surface having a divergent angle of 20-60°. The exit ramp radius is less than twice the throat radius in one example. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/300775 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 9/566 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pipes; Joints or Fittings for Pipes; Supports for Pipes, Cables or Protective Tubing; Means for Thermal Insulation in General F16L 55/027 (20130101) |
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| US 09127770 | Rice |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward Claude Rice (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Claude Rice (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A seal system having a rotating seal section and a static seal section operable for working together to restrict fluid flow there between. An arm connected to the static seal is tuned to move the static seal asymmetrically to correspond with asymmetric movement of the rotating seal during operation to maintain a desired relative position between the static and rotating seals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/002908 |
| ART UNIT | 3675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/444 (20130101) F16J 15/447 (20130101) F16J 15/3224 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16J 15/3288 (20130101) |
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| US 09128157 | Smith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Doran Smith (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Doran Smith (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A probe for scanning a surface of an arbitrarily sized sample in magnetic resonance force microscopy comprising a magnetic sensor having a support element coupled to a magnetic particle, an RF antenna, at least partially circumscribing the magnetic sensor, for emitting an RF magnetic field across a portion of the sample and an optical sensor, positioned proximate the magnetic sensor, for detecting displacement of the support element. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/361056 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 60/52 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/323 (20130101) G01R 33/341 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09128188 | Hilde |
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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) | Jeffrey Jay Hilde (Onyx, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for automatic target recognition. A hypothesis about a target's classification, position and orientation relative to a LADAR sensor that generates range image data of a scene including the target is simulated and a synthetic range image is generated. The range image and synthetic range image are then electronically processed to determine whether the hypothesized model and position and orientation are correct. If the score is sufficiently high then the hypothesis is declared correct, otherwise a new hypothesis is formed according to a search strategy. |
| FILED | Monday, July 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/942234 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 17/89 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00624 (20130101) G06K 9/6201 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/004 (20130101) G06T 7/60 (20130101) G06T 17/10 (20130101) G06T 2207/10004 (20130101) G06T 2207/10024 (20131010) G06T 2207/30212 (20130101) |
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| US 09128192 | Christophersen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marc Christophersen (Berwyn Heights, Maryland); Bernard F. Phlips (Great Falls, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc Christophersen (Berwyn Heights, Maryland); Bernard F. Phlips (Great Falls, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Caesium-137 irradiates electronic paper. An incoming gamma-ray from the Cs-137 interacts with a particle inside a micro-container by generating a recoil electron and/or a hole. Because the recoil electron physically leaves the particle, the particle is charged depending on the dose from the radiation source. And, the charge of the particles change, which results in a movement of the particles within the micro-container. After refreshing the electronic paper, a visible difference in the gray-scale can be seen. Thus, the visible difference in the gray-scale is an effect caused by the irradiation of the electronic paper, showing sensitivity to high energy radiation—thus, non-optimized electronic paper is sensitive to high energy radiation and can be used as a radiation dosimeter. In addition, electronic paper can be used for sensing chemical and bio-chemical agents, as well as detecting high energy radiation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/019675 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/02 (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 1/167 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 3/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09128246 | Hafezi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mohammad Hafezi (Washington, District of Columbia); Peter Rabl (Innsbruck, Austria) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammad Hafezi (Washington, District of Columbia); Peter Rabl (Innsbruck, Austria) |
| ABSTRACT | On-chip non-reciprocity can be achieved by employing micron-sized optomechanical (OM) devices that are fabricated on-chip and which can be integrated with other optical elements. Non-linear coupling between light and a mechanical mode inside a resonator can provide a non-reciprocal response of the OM system, which can be induced and fully controlled by an external driving electromagnetic field. By choosing different resonator and/or waveguide configurations and by tuning different system parameters, the same OM coupling mechanism can be used to provide isolation (e.g., as an optical diode), non-reciprocal phase shifting, and/or routing applications. Even in the presence of a finite intrinsic mode coupling inside the resonator, non-reciprocal effects remain large for a sufficiently strong OM coupling. The disclosed systems, methods, and devices can be applied on a single photon level, which may find use for various non-reciprocal applications in the classical optical as well as the quantum regime. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/654262 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/3546 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/0126 (20130101) G02F 1/0134 (20130101) G02F 2203/15 (20130101) |
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| US 09128496 | Waters et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California); Paul David Swanson (Santee, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California); Paul David Swanson (Santee, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for increasing the accuracy of a time-domain apparatus comprising the following steps: initiating a periodic oscillation with the time-domain apparatus; measuring time intervals between trigger events during each oscillation, wherein the trigger events correspond to the oscillation passing known values; detecting a perturbation to the oscillation by monitoring changes in the time intervals between trigger events; and adjusting a parameter of the oscillation based on the perturbation such that measurement error is reduced. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920217 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/097 (20130101) G01P 15/125 (20130101) G01P 21/00 (20130101) Systems for Regulating Electric or Magnetic Variables G05F 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09128868 | Lastras-Montano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luis A. Lastras-Montano (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Piyush C. Patel (Cary, North Carolina); Eric E. Retter (Austin, Texas); Barry M. Trager (Yorktown Heights, New York); Michael R. Trombley (Cary, North Carolina); Shmuel Winograd (Scarsdale, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luis A. Lastras-Montano (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Piyush C. Patel (Cary, North Carolina); Eric E. Retter (Austin, Texas); Barry M. Trager (Yorktown Heights, New York); Michael R. Trombley (Cary, North Carolina); Shmuel Winograd (Scarsdale, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system to improve error code decoding with retries may include a processing unit that requests data packets, and a queue to hold the data packets for the processing unit. The system may also include a decoder to determine a processing time for each data packet in the queue based upon any errors in each data packet, and if the processing time for a particular data packet is greater than a threshold, then to renew any requests for the data packets that are in the queue. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/023356 |
| ART UNIT | 2157 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/08 (20130101) G06F 11/14 (20130101) G06F 11/1044 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/00 (20130101) H04W 28/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09128885 | Rasmussen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James L. Rasmussen (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The MITRE Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Rasmussen (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system that remove an unwanted signal and its harmonics from an input signal in a computationally efficient manner are disclosed. Embodiments include processing the FFT matrix to selectively zero-out rows of the matrix before multiplying the matrix with the Inverse FFT (IFFT) matrix. The resulting product (which is a sparse matrix) is then used to generate coefficients for a linear Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter to process the input. The filtered output signal has the unwanted signal and its harmonics removed with minimal effect on a desired signal. The method produces a stable, physically realizable filter, requiring fewer computations than current methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/653966 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/156 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 17/0213 (20130101) H03H 17/0251 (20130101) |
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| US 09129110 | Mason 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) | Mark L. Mason (San Antonio, Texas); Ming-Shih Wong (San Antonio, Texas); Jeffrey A. Rhines (Adkins, Texas); Josh Mitchell (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved approach for classifying computer files as malicious (malware) or benign (whiteware) is disclosed. The invention classifies any computer file as malware or whiteware after using Bayes Theorem to evaluate each observable feature of each file with respect to other observable features of the same computer file with reference to statistical information gathered from repositories of known whiteware and malware files. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/042592 |
| ART UNIT | 2432 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/562 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/566 (20130101) G06F 21/577 (20130101) G06F 2221/033 (20130101) |
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| US 09129253 | Schofield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce Schofield (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts); Franco Travostino (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RPX Clearinghouse LLC (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Schofield (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts); Franco Travostino (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A closed loop system is described for enhanced adaptive network capabilities in support of workflow missions. Multiple workflow-locked loops with different sampling rates are employed. A faster, lower loop is employed to gather data from the field and deal with network level exceptions such as faults, fades, and changing conditions. A slower, upper loop is employed to handle mission level exceptions. The result is a system capable of integrating management of multiple workflow missions, including reallocation of resources in response to changes in mission goal statements and network resource availability. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/469422 |
| ART UNIT | 2443 — Computer Networks |
| 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 Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/0681 (20130101) H04L 41/0893 (20130101) H04L 43/026 (20130101) H04L 67/12 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 84/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09129369 | Wayne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Thomas Wayne (San Diego, California); Colin Norris Reinhardt (Santee, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Thomas Wayne (San Diego, California); Colin Norris Reinhardt (Santee, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for characterizing an atmospheric propagation channel comprising: generating a database of atmospheric modulation transfer functions (MTFs) over a range of known values for at least one image-quality-related parameter; capturing at least one image of an object with an image capture device, wherein the image capture device is separated from the object by the atmospheric channel; deconvolving the captured image with every atmospheric MTF in the database to create a plurality of deconvolved, captured images; scoring each deconvolved, captured image according to an image quality metric (IQM); using an optimization-decision algorithm to find the best IQM score; and characterizing the atmospheric propagation channel as possessing the type and value of the image-quality-related parameters that are associated with the corresponding MTFs used to deconvolve the image having the best IQM score. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/267127 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 5/003 (20130101) G06T 5/009 (20130101) G06T 7/0002 (20130101) G06T 7/2033 (20130101) G06T 2207/20048 (20130101) G06T 2207/20182 (20130101) G06T 2207/20201 (20130101) G06T 2207/30192 (20130101) |
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| US 09129493 | St. George et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul St. George (Vadnais Heights, Minnesota); Patrick Vue (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | APG CASH DRAWER, LLC (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul St. George (Vadnais Heights, Minnesota); Patrick Vue (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Cash drawers that are operated by wireless devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a cash drawer includes a network interface and a controller. The network interface enables the cash drawer to communicate with one or more wireless devices. The controller optionally controls access of the one or more wireless devices to the cash drawer based on a collection of biometric information. The collection of biometric information may be collected by the cash drawer, by the one or more wireless devices, or by an input device that is communicatively coupled to the one or more wireless devices. The collection of biometric information is illustratively used to verify an identity of a user. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/472907 |
| ART UNIT | 2689 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Registering the Receipt of Cash, Valuables, or Tokens G07G 1/009 (20130101) G07G 1/14 (20130101) G07G 1/0018 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G07G 1/0081 (20130101) |
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| US 09129519 | Aoude et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachussetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georges Aoude (Dallas, Texas); Vishnu Rajeswar Desaraju (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan P. How (Arlington, Massachusetts); Thomas Edward Pilutti (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for predicting whether a vehicle will come to a stop at an intersection is provided. Generally, the system contains a memory; and a processor configured by the memory to perform the steps of: generating a prediction of whether the vehicle will or will not stop at the intersection before a first time based on vehicle data measured during a first time window; and at a second time, the second time being before the first time and approximately equal to a time at which the time window ends, providing an indication that the vehicle will not stop at the intersection before the first time based upon the prediction, wherein generating the prediction comprises using a classification model, the classification model configured to indicate whether the vehicle will or will not stop at the intersection before the first time based on a plurality of input parameters, and wherein the plurality of input parameters are selected from the group consisting of speed, acceleration, and distance to the intersection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/954954 |
| ART UNIT | 3668 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Traffic Control Systems G08G 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08G 1/162 (20130101) G08G 1/166 (20130101) G08G 1/0962 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09129520 | Limbaugh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas V. Limbaugh (Phoenix, Arizona); David H. Barnhard (Lilburn, Georgia); Thomas H. Rychener (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kutta Technologies, Inc. (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas V. Limbaugh (Phoenix, Arizona); David H. Barnhard (Lilburn, Georgia); Thomas H. Rychener (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An unmanned aerial system (UAS) position reporting system may include an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) coupled with a ground control station (GCS) of an unmanned aerial system. The ATC-RS may include an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver and one or more telecommunications modems. The ATC-RS may be adapted to receive position data of the UAS in an airspace from the GCS and to selectively communicate the position of the UAS in the airspace to a civilian air traffic control center (ATC), to a military command and control (C2) communication center, or to both the civilian ATC and the military C2 communication center through the ADS-B and TIS-B transceiver. The ATC-RS may also be adapted to display the position of the UAS in the airspace on a display screen coupled with the ATC-RS. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/752438 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Traffic Control Systems G08G 5/0013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09129676 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Douglas Natelson (Houston, Texas); Lin Zhong (Houston, Texas); Tao He (Zhongguancun, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Douglas Natelson (Houston, Texas); Lin Zhong (Houston, Texas); Tao He (Zhongguancun, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxide as a switching element are described herein. The electronic devices are two-terminal devices containing a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact in which at least one of the first electrical contact or the second electrical contact is deposed on a substrate to define a gap region therebetween. A switching layer containing a switchably conductive silicon oxide resides in the gap region between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The electronic devices exhibit hysteretic current versus voltage properties, enabling their use in switching and memory applications. Methods for configuring, operating and constructing the electronic devices are also presented herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/050589 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 13/0002 (20130101) G11C 13/0007 (20130101) G11C 13/0069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 2013/0073 (20130101) G11C 2213/33 (20130101) G11C 2213/77 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/2463 (20130101) H01L 45/04 (20130101) H01L 45/145 (20130101) H01L 45/1226 (20130101) H01L 45/1233 (20130101) H01L 45/1253 (20130101) H01L 45/1608 (20130101) H01L 45/1616 (20130101) H01L 45/1675 (20130101) H01L 45/1683 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09129691 | Khalili Amiri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pedram Khalili Amiri (Los Angeles, California); Kang L. Wang (Santa Monica, California); Kosmas Galatsis (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Voltage controlled magnetic tunnel junctions and memory devices are described which provide efficient high speed switching of non-volatile magnetic devices at high cell densities. Implementations are described which provide a wide range of voltage control alternatives with in-plane and perpendicular magnetization, bidirectionally switched magnetization, and control of domain wall dynamics. |
| FILED | Saturday, November 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/082118 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/161 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 11/1675 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 43/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09129799 | Mahadik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nadeemullah A. Mahadik (Springfield, Virginia); Robert E. Stahlbush (Silver Spring, Maryland); Marko J. Tadjer (Springfield, Virginia); Eugene A. Imhoff (Washington, District of Columbia); Boris N. Feigelson (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nadeemullah A. Mahadik (Springfield, Virginia); Robert E. Stahlbush (Silver Spring, Maryland); Marko J. Tadjer (Springfield, Virginia); Eugene A. Imhoff (Washington, District of Columbia); Boris N. Feigelson (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to remove basal plane dislocations in post growth silicon carbide epitaxial layers by capping post growth silicon carbide epilayers with a graphite cap and annealing the capped silicon carbon epilayers at a temperature of 1750° C. or greater with a nitrogen overpressure of 60-110 psi, wherein basal plane dislocations in the epilayers are removed while surface morphology is preserved. Also disclosed is the related silicon carbide substrate material made by this method. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/498065 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02378 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/1608 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09129977 | Marchand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hugues Marchand (Somerville, Massachusetts); Brendan J. Moran (San Jose, California); Umesh K. Mishra (Montecito, California); James S. Speck (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugues Marchand (Somerville, Massachusetts); Brendan J. Moran (San Jose, California); Umesh K. Mishra (Montecito, California); James S. Speck (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of controlling stress in GaN films deposited on silicon and silicon carbide substrates and the films produced therefrom are disclosed. A typical method comprises providing a substrate and depositing a graded gallium nitride layer on the substrate having a varying composition of a substantially continuous grade from an initial composition to a final composition formed from a supply of at least one precursor in a growth chamber without any interruption in the supply. A typical semiconductor film comprises a substrate and a graded gallium nitride layer deposited on the substrate having a varying composition of a substantially continuous grade from an initial composition to a final composition formed from a supply of at least one precursor in a growth chamber without any interruption in the supply. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/306763 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/02 (20130101) C30B 29/403 (20130101) C30B 29/406 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0251 (20130101) H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02378 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02458 (20130101) H01L 23/562 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 33/12 (20130101) H01L 33/0025 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) H01L 33/0066 (20130101) H01L 33/0075 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William H. Butler (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Butler (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system provide a magnetic junction. A free layer, a symmetry filter, and a pinned layer are provided. The free layer has a magnetic moment switchable between stable states when a write current is passed through the magnetic junction. The symmetry filter transmits charge carriers having a first symmetry with higher probability than charge carriers having another symmetry. The symmetry filter resides between the free layer and the pinned layer. The free layer and/or the pinned layer lies in a plane, has the charge carriers of the first symmetry in a spin channel at a Fermi level, lacks the charge carriers of the first symmetry at the Fermi level in another spin channel, and has a nonzero magnetic moment component perpendicular to the plane. The free layer and/or the pinned layer and the symmetry filter has at least one lattice mismatch of less than seven percent. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/549331 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 25/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/161 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 10/123 (20130101) H01F 10/329 (20130101) H01F 10/3254 (20130101) H01F 10/3286 (20130101) H01F 41/307 (20130101) H01F 41/325 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/228 (20130101) H01L 43/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 43/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09130347 | Scofield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam C. Scofield (Los Angeles, California); Diana Huffaker (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanopillar photonic crystal laser includes a plurality of nanopillars and a support structure in contact with at least a portion of each of the nanopillars. Each nanopillar has an axial dimension and two mutually orthogonal cross dimensions. The axial dimension of each of the nanopillars is greater than the two mutually orthogonal cross dimensions, where there mutually orthogonal cross dimensions are less than about 1 μm and greater than about 1 nm. The support structure holds the plurality of nanopillars in preselected relative orientations and displacements relative to each other to form an array pattern that confines light of a preselected wavelength to a resonance region that intercepts at least one nanopillar of the plurality of nanopillars. The at least one nanopillar includes a lasing material to provide an output laser beam of light at the preselected wavelength. |
| FILED | Monday, November 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/071283 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/041 (20130101) H01S 5/105 (20130101) H01S 5/341 (20130101) H01S 5/1042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 2301/176 (20130101) |
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| US 09130508 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL LABORATORIES, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jongchan Kang (Moorpark, California); Ara K. Kurdoghlian (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mixer including a field effect transistor having a source, a drain and a gate, an input port coupled to the source or to the drain of the field effect transistor, an output port coupled to the drain of the field effect transistor if the input port is coupled to the source, or coupled to the source of the field effect transistor if the input port is coupled to the drain, a local oscillator for mixing a first frequency on the input port to a second frequency on the output port, a first micro-strip line coupling the local oscillator to the gate, and a shunt resistor capacitor termination coupled to the gate. The shunt resistor capacitor termination includes a resistor in series with a capacitor. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/930935 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Demodulation or Transference of Modulation From One Carrier to Another H03D 7/1483 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09130533 | Mumcu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gokhan Mumcu (Tampa, Florida); Thomas McCrea Weller (Lutz, Florida); Ibrahim Turki Nassar (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gokhan Mumcu (Tampa, Florida); Thomas McCrea Weller (Lutz, Florida); Ibrahim Turki Nassar (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a non-dispersive phase shifter includes a composite right- and left-handed (CRLH) circuit that can be toggled between a first phase delay state and a second phase delay state with a substantially constant phase shift over a range of frequencies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/096446 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 7/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09130586 | Raz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gil M. Raz (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SYSTEMS and TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, LLC (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gil M. Raz (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for reconstructing broadband analog signals from digital information includes a digital processing unit for decomposing a digital input signal into a plurality of multirate, digital input signal sub-components with optimized quantization levels, and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) bank for converting the plurality of digital input signal sub-components into a corresponding set of analog signal sub-components, which are then combined and time-aligned. The digital processing unit preferably includes a multirate filterbank for separating the digital input signal through discrete wavelet decomposition, such through Haar wavelet decomposition. The DAC bank includes an array of digital-to-analog converters (DACs) with sample rates that vary by a constant factor. By combining the broadband capabilities of one or more relatively fast DACs with the accuracy associated with one or more relatively slow DACs, the digital-to-analog conversion system is able to achieve high bandwidth capabilities at an acceptable level of dynamic range. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/541584 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/74 (20130101) H03M 1/661 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09130595 | Fleizach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory K. Fleizach (Newport, Rhode Island); Gary Lau (Poway, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method involves receiving at least one analog signal from a transmitter, converting the analog signal to digital waveform data representing the analog signal and storing the digital waveform data in a first memory storage area. The digital waveform data includes cyclic redundancy check (CRC) error-checking code and informational message data, and is modulated by an unknown frequency rate parameter. A chirp adjustment function is performed that includes multiplying the digital waveform data by a non-linear data array to correct for the unknown frequency rate parameter. An error-checking function is performed using the CRC error-checking code. If an error is found, the method involves iteratively performing the chirp adjustment function and the error-checking function. The method may be implemented in a receiver in a mobile communications system to correct for acceleration effects of the receiver. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/073950 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 13/09 (20130101) H03M 13/29 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/005 (20130101) H04L 1/0045 (20130101) H04L 1/0061 (20130101) |
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| US 09130742 | Yao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasedena, California); PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongyi Yao (Pasadena, California); Tracey C. Ho (Pasadena, California); Cristina Nita-Rotaru (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A network and related methods for transmitting processes in a network secretly and securely is described. The network use keys, through path-key establishment and a key pool bootstrapping, to ensure that packets are transmitted and received properly and secretly in the presence of one or more adversarial nodes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/853881 |
| ART UNIT | 2493 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0802 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 9/0827 (20130101) H04L 2209/34 (20130101) H04L 2209/80 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09130906 | Sheehan |
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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) | Matthew M. Sheehan (Venture, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to a method and system for one-way data transmission from an open network to a closed network. A data transmission controller on an open network provides a data stream to first, second, and third transmitter nodes on the open network. The first and second transmitter nodes transmit the data stream to corresponding receiver nodes on a closed network. The third transmitter node transmits the data stream to a receiver node on the open network. Data transmission verification is performed at both the open network and the closed network. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/285880 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/12 (20130101) H04L 63/029 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09130937 | Ostermann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason E. Ostermann (Plano, Texas); Teresa M. Bieda (Murphy, Texas); Matthew J. Hicks (Dallas, Texas); Alan T. Huch (Richardson, Texas); Richard J. Ernst (Rowlett, Texas); Shelli J. Richard (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason E. Ostermann (Plano, Texas); Teresa M. Bieda (Murphy, Texas); Matthew J. Hicks (Dallas, Texas); Alan T. Huch (Richardson, Texas); Richard J. Ernst (Rowlett, Texas); Shelli J. Richard (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In certain embodiments, a method includes receiving a message at a first network interface of a first node. The first network interface communicates with a first network while a second network interface communicates with a second network. The method includes determining a set of expected tokens and an expected order of tokens. A plurality of tokens are accessed that were generated for the message, each of the plurality of tokens associated with a policy service of a plurality of policy services. The method includes generating a plurality of decrypted tokens from the plurality of tokens using a first parameter associated with the plurality of policy services and validating the decrypted tokens by comparing the decrypted tokens to the set of expected tokens. In response to validating the decrypted tokens and determining that the decrypted tokens are in the expected order, an approval is generated. |
| FILED | Monday, March 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/042300 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/60 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/417 (20130101) H04L 63/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/12 (20130101) H04L 63/16 (20130101) H04L 63/029 (20130101) H04L 63/102 (20130101) H04L 63/108 (20130101) H04L 63/168 (20130101) H04L 63/0807 (20130101) |
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| US 09131128 | 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 (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | According to some embodiments, system and methods for image improvement comprise: receiving a plurality of frames of a given region of interest, the frames comprised of a plurality of pixels; determining, based on a quantum property of the frames, a normalized pixel intensity value for each pixel of each of the plurality of frames; and generating an improved image of the given region of interest based on the plurality of frames and the corresponding normalized pixel intensity values for the frames, the order of the image being two. Also embodiments for generating an image of a target illuminated by quantum entangled particles, such as, photons, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/303078 |
| 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 9/40 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/005 (20130101) G06T 5/007 (20130101) G06T 5/008 (20130101) G06T 5/50 (20130101) G06T 2207/10004 (20130101) G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) G06T 2207/10032 (20130101) G06T 2207/20216 (20130101) G06T 2207/20224 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/211 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/2256 (20130101) |
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| US 09131402 | Wang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaodong Wang (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaodong Wang (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and media for detecting usage of a radio channel are provided. In some embodiments, methods for detecting usage of a radio channel are provided, the methods comprising: collecting noise samples on the radio channel from a radio receiver; determining a noise empirical cumulative distribution function using a hardware processor; collecting signal samples on the radio channel from the radio receiver; determining a signal empirical cumulative distribution function using a hardware processor; calculating a largest absolute difference between the noise empirical cumulative distribution function and the signal empirical cumulative distribution function using a hardware processor; and determining that the radio channel is being used when the largest absolute difference is greater than a threshold using a hardware processor. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/993049 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 5/00 (20130101) H04L 5/0023 (20130101) H04L 27/0006 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 16/14 (20130101) H04W 24/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 24/10 (20130101) |
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| US D738416 | Pitera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Pitera (Colonia, New Jersey); Damien Marianucci (Secaucus, New Jersey); C. Marc Dalangin (Piscataway, New Jersey); David Hosier (Hopatcong, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Pitera (Colonia, New Jersey); Damien Marianucci (Secaucus, New Jersey); C. Marc Dalangin (Piscataway, New Jersey); David Hosier (Hopatcong, New Jersey) |
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| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 29/456492 |
| ART UNIT | 2915 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Photography and optical equipment D16/136 |
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| US 09125596 | Leclerc et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marion Leclerc (Berkeley, California); Benjamin Bowen (Walnut Creek, California); Trent Northen (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Several embodiments described herein are drawn to methods of identifying an analyte on a subject's skin, methods of generating a fingerprint, methods of determining a physiological change in a subject, methods of diagnosing health status of a subject, and assay systems for detecting an analyte and generating a fingerprint, by nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry (NIMS). |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/631687 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1172 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4845 (20130101) A61B 5/4848 (20130101) A61B 5/6826 (20130101) A61B 5/14507 (20130101) A61B 5/14546 (20130101) A61B 2576/02 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0053 (20130101) G06K 9/00885 (20130101) G06K 2009/00946 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/04 (20130101) H01J 49/0027 (20130101) H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/0418 (20130101) H01J 49/0463 (20130101) |
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| US 09126150 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Argonne, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | YuPo J. Lin (Naperville, Illinois); Seth W. Snyder (Lincolnwood, Illinois); Michael S. Trachtenberg (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Robert M. Cowan (Dayton, New Jersey); Saurav Datta (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a resin-wafer electrodeionization (RW-EDI) apparatus including cathode and anode electrodes separated by a plurality of porous solid ion exchange resin wafers, which when in use are filled with an aqueous fluid. The apparatus includes one or more wafers comprising a basic ion exchange medium, and preferably includes one or more wafers comprising an acidic ion exchange medium. The wafers are separated from one another by ion exchange membranes. The fluid within the acidic and/or basic ion exchange wafers preferably includes, or is in contact with, a carbonic anhydrase (CA) enzyme to facilitate conversion of bicarbonate ion to carbon dioxide within the acidic medium. A pH suitable for exchange of CO2 is electrochemically maintained within the basic and acidic ion exchange wafers by applying an electric potential across the cathode and anode. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/500294 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/62 (20130101) B01D 53/1425 (20130101) B01D 61/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 61/48 (20130101) B01D 61/50 (20130101) B01D 61/422 (20130101) B01D 61/445 (20130101) B01D 61/485 (20130101) B01D 2251/404 (20130101) B01D 2251/606 (20130101) B01D 2257/404 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/20 (20130101) C01B 31/24 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/04 (20130101) Y02C 10/06 (20130101) Y02C 10/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09126175 | Lewis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada, Canada); Jordan Katz (Berkeley, California); Todd Gingrich (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada, Canada); Jordan Katz (Berkeley, California); Todd Gingrich (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to compositions, devices and methods for screening of photocatalysts for water-splitting. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/540255 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/00378 (20130101) B01J 2219/00387 (20130101) B01J 2219/00533 (20130101) B01J 2219/00603 (20130101) B01J 2219/00612 (20130101) B01J 2219/00653 (20130101) B01J 2219/00659 (20130101) B01J 2219/00704 (20130101) B01J 2219/00747 (20130101) B01J 2219/00754 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/403 (20130101) |
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09126230 — Fogging formulations for fixation of particulate contamination in ductwork and enclosures
| US 09126230 | Maresca, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph W. Maresca, Jr. (Sunnyvale, California); Lori M. Kostelnik (Aiken, South Carolina); James R. Kriskivich (Richland, Washington); Rick L. Demmer (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Julia L. Tripp (Pocatello, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vista Engineering Technologies, Inc. (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph W. Maresca, Jr. (Sunnyvale, California); Lori M. Kostelnik (Aiken, South Carolina); James R. Kriskivich (Richland, Washington); Rick L. Demmer (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Julia L. Tripp (Pocatello, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and an apparatus using aqueous fixatives for fogging of ventilation ductwork, enclosures, or buildings containing dust, lint, and particulates that may be contaminated by radionuclides and other dangerous or unsafe particulate contaminants, which method and apparatus are capable of (1) obtaining full coverage within the ductwork and (2) penetrating and fixing the lint, dust and large particles present in the ductwork so that no airborne particles are released during or after the application of the fixative. New aqueous fogging solutions outperform conventional glycerin-based solutions. These aqueous solutions will fog using conventional methods of application and contain a surfactant to aid wetting and penetration of the lint and dust, a binder to stabilize loose or respirable particles, and an agent to aid in fogging and enhance adhesiveness. The solutions are safe and easy to use. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/317831 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 7/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 9/307 (20130101) |
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| US 09126392 | Nielson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jose Luis Cruz-Campa (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Paul J. Resnick (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlos Anthony Sanchez (Belen, New Mexico); Peggy J. Clews (Tijeras, New Mexico); Vipin P. Gupta (Reno, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jose Luis Cruz-Campa (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Paul J. Resnick (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carlos Anthony Sanchez (Belen, New Mexico); Peggy J. Clews (Tijeras, New Mexico); Vipin P. Gupta (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | A process including forming a photovoltaic solar cell on a substrate, the photovoltaic solar cell comprising an anchor positioned between the photovoltaic solar cell and the substrate to suspend the photovoltaic solar cell from the substrate. A surface of the photovoltaic solar cell opposite the substrate is attached to a receiving substrate. The receiving substrate may be bonded to the photovoltaic solar cell using an adhesive force or a metal connecting member. The photovoltaic solar cell is then detached from the substrate by lifting the receiving substrate having the photovoltaic solar cell attached thereto and severing the anchor connecting the photovoltaic solar cell to the substrate. Depending upon the type of receiving substrate used, the photovoltaic solar cell may be removed from the receiving substrate or remain on the receiving substrate for use in the final product. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/240520 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 38/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/6835 (20130101) |
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| US 09126588 | Hessell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven M. Hessell (Clarkston, Michigan); Robert L. Morris (Milford, Michigan); Sean W. McGrogan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anthony H. Heap (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gil J. Mendoza (Novi, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Hessell (Clarkston, Michigan); Robert L. Morris (Milford, Michigan); Sean W. McGrogan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anthony H. Heap (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gil J. Mendoza (Novi, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A powertrain including an engine and torque machines is configured to transfer torque through a multi-mode transmission to an output member. A method for controlling the powertrain includes employing a closed-loop speed control system to control torque commands for the torque machines in response to a desired input speed. Upon approaching a power limit of a power storage device transferring power to the torque machines, power limited torque commands are determined for the torque machines in response to the power limit and the closed-loop speed control system is employed to determine an engine torque command in response to the desired input speed and the power limited torque commands for the torque machines. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/495037 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Arrangement or Mounting of Propulsion Units or of Transmissions in Vehicles; Arrangement or Mounting of Plural Diverse Prime-movers in Vehicles; Auxiliary Drives for Vehicles; Instrumentation or Dashboards for Vehicles; Arrangements in Connection With Cooling, Air Intake, Gas Exhaust or Fuel Supply of Propulsion Units in Vehicles B60K 6/365 (20130101) B60K 6/445 (20130101) Conjoint Control of Vehicle Sub-units of Different Type or Different Function; Control Systems Specially Adapted for Hybrid Vehicles; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems for Purposes Not Related to the Control of a Particular Sub-unit B60W 10/06 (20130101) B60W 10/08 (20130101) B60W 20/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60W 2710/0644 (20130101) B60W 2710/0666 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 2200/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/6239 (20130101) Y02T 10/6286 (20130101) |
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| US 09126830 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BETTERGY CORP. (Peekskill, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BETTERGY CORP. (Peekskill, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong Tang (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Lin-Feng Li (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Hongmin Jiang (Croton-on-Hudson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses composite inorganic membranes, methods for making the same, and methods of separating gases, vapors, and liquids using the same. The composite zeolite membrane is prepared by TS-1 zeolite membrane synthesis, and subsequent palladium doping. In the composite zeolite membrane synthesis, two different methods can be employed, including in-situ crystallization of one or more layers of zeolite crystals an a porous membrane substrate, and a second growth method by in-situ crystallization of a continuous second layer of zeolite crystals on a seed layer of MFI zeolite crystals supported on a porous membrane substrate. The membranes in the form of disks, tubes, or hollow fibers have high gas selectivity over other small gases, very good impurity resistance, and excellent thermal and chemical stability over polymer membranes and other inorganic membranes for gas, vapor, and liquid, separations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/452658 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 63/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0078 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 3/503 (20130101) C01B 2203/025 (20130101) C01B 2203/041 (20130101) C01B 2203/0233 (20130101) C01B 2203/0283 (20130101) C01B 2203/0435 (20130101) |
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| US 09126833 | Berry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Berry (Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania); Daniel J. Haynes (Morgantown, West Virginia); Dushyant Shekhawat (Morgantown, West Virginia); Mark W. Smith (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Berry (Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania); Daniel J. Haynes (Morgantown, West Virginia); Dushyant Shekhawat (Morgantown, West Virginia); Mark W. Smith (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the rapid and continuous production of crystalline mixed-metal oxides from a precursor solution comprised of a polymerizing agent, chelated metal ions, and a solvent. The method discharges solution droplets of less than 500 μm diameter using an atomizing or spray-type process into a reactor having multiple temperature zones. Rapid evaporation occurs in a first zone, followed by mixed-metal organic foam formation in a second zone, followed by amorphous and partially crystalline oxide precursor formation in a third zone, followed by formation of the substantially crystalline mixed-metal oxide in a fourth zone. The method operates in a continuous rather than batch manner and the use of small droplets as the starting material for the temperature-based process allows relatively high temperature processing. In a particular embodiment, the first zone operates at 100-300° C., the second zone operates at 300-700° C., and the third operates at 700-1000° C., and fourth zone operates at at least 700° C. The resulting crystalline mixed-metal oxides display a high degree of crystallinity and sphericity with typical diameters on the order of 50 μm or less. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/296643 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 13/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/32 (20130101) C01P 2004/62 (20130101) |
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| US 09126844 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Argonne, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Johnson (Naperville, Illinois); Sun-Ho Kang (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A positive electrode is disclosed for a non-aqueous electrolyte lithium rechargeable cell or battery. The electrode comprises a lithium containing material of the formula NayLixNizMn1-z-z′Mz′Od, wherein M is a metal cation, x+y>1, 0<z<0.5, 0≦z′<0.5, y+x+1 is less than d, and the value of d depends on the proportions and average oxidation states of the metallic elements, Li, Na, Mn, Ni, and M, if present, such that the combined positive charge of the metallic elements is balanced by the number of oxygen anions, d. The inventive material preferably has a spinel or spinel-like component in its structure. The value of y preferably is less than about 0.2, and M comprises one or more metal cations selected preferably from one or more monovalent, divalent, trivalent or tetravalent cations, such as Mg2+, Co2+, Co3+, B3+, Ga3+, Fe2+, Fe3+, Al3+, and Ti4+. The electrode material can be synthesized using an ion-exchange reaction with a lithium salt in an organic-based solvent to partially replace sodium ions of a precursor material with lithium ions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/048663 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds of Alkali Metals, i.e Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, or Francium C01D 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 53/44 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/32 (20130101) C01P 2002/50 (20130101) C01P 2002/52 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/61 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/122 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09127263 | Gray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin A. Gray (San Diego, California); Lishan Zhao (Emmeryville, California); Michelle H. Cayouette (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BP Corporation North America Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin A. Gray (San Diego, California); Lishan Zhao (Emmeryville, California); Michelle H. Cayouette (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to polypeptides having any cellulolytic activity, e.g., a cellulase activity, e.g., endoglucanase, cellobiohydrolase, beta-glucosidase, xylanase, mannanse, β-xylosidase, arabinofuranosidase, and/or oligomerase activity, including thermostable and thermotolerant activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, and making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The polypeptides of the invention can be used in a variety of pharmaceutical, agricultural, food and feed processing and industrial contexts. The invention also provides compositions or products of manufacture comprising mixtures of enzymes comprising at least one enzyme of this invention. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/354503 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/248 (20130101) C12N 9/2402 (20130101) C12N 9/2405 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 302/01004 (20130101) C12Y 302/01006 (20130101) C12Y 302/01008 (20130101) C12Y 302/01021 (20130101) C12Y 302/01023 (20130101) C12Y 302/01039 (20130101) C12Y 302/01055 (20130101) C12Y 302/01091 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) Y02E 50/17 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/249921 (20150401) |
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| US 09127295 | Rondinone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam J. Rondinone (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ji Won Moon (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Lonnie J. Love (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lucas W. Yeary (Painted Post, New York); Tommy J. Phelps (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam J. Rondinone (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ji Won Moon (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Lonnie J. Love (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lucas W. Yeary (Painted Post, New York); Tommy J. Phelps (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles, the method comprising: (i) subjecting a combination of reaction components to conditions conducive to microbial-mediated formation of metal oxide nanoparticles, wherein said combination of reaction components comprise: metal-reducing microbes, a culture medium suitable for sustaining said metal-reducing microbes, an effective concentration of one or more surfactants, a reducible metal oxide component containing one or more reducible metal species, and one or more electron donors that provide donatable electrons to said metal-reducing microbes during consumption of the electron donor by said metal-reducing microbes; and (ii) isolating said metal oxide nanoparticles, which contain a reduced form of said reducible metal oxide component. The invention is also directed to metal oxide nanoparticle compositions produced by the inventive method. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/357523 |
| 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 | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09127325 | Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Quang A. Nguyen (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies, LLC. (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Quang A. Nguyen (Chesterfield, Missouri); Murray J. Burke (Oakville, Canada); Sunalie N. Hillier (Georgetown, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for treating, pre-treating, preparing and conveying a cellulosic feedstock, such as for ethanol production, are disclosed. More specifically, the invention relates to methods and apparatus for treating a cellulosic feedstock by mixing and heating the cellulosic feedstock and/or by moistening and heating the cellulosic feedstock. The invention also relates to a holding tank, and a method of utilizing the holding tank whereby bridging may be reduced or eliminated and may result in a product stream from autohydrolysis or hydrolysis having an improved yield. The invention further relates to methods and apparatus for obtaining and conveying a cellulosic feedstock, which may be used for the subsequent production of a fermentable sugar stream from the cellulose and hemicellulose in the cellulosic feedstock wherein the fermentable sugar stream may be used for subsequent ethanol production. The invention also relates to a method and apparatus for withdrawing one or more feedstock stream from a holding tank. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/014327 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 45/06 (20130101) C12M 45/20 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/10 (20130101) C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 2201/00 (20130101) Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources or by Hydrolysis of Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides or Polysaccharides C13K 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09127550 | Hunt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. Hunt (Orlando, Florida); David B. Allen (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Hunt (Orlando, Florida); David B. Allen (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Voids, cracks or other similar defects in substrates of thermal barrier coated superalloy components, such as turbine blades or vanes, are filled with resin, without need to remove substrate material surrounding the void by grinding or other processes. The resin is cured at a temperature under 200° C., eliminating the need for post void-filling heat treatment. The void-filled substrate and resin are then coated with a thermal barrier coating. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/571678 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/80 (20130101) F05D 2300/44 (20130101) F05D 2300/175 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) Y10T 428/24926 (20150115) |
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| US 09127554 | Charron et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard C. Charron (West Palm Beach, Florida); Matthew D. Montgomery (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard C. Charron (West Palm Beach, Florida); Matthew D. Montgomery (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An industrial gas turbine engine (10), including: a can annular combustion assembly (80), having a plurality of discrete flow ducts configured to receive combustion gas from respective combustors (82) and deliver the combustion gas along a straight flow path at a speed and orientation appropriate for delivery directly onto the first row (56) of turbine blades (62); and a compressor diffuser (32) having a redirecting surface (130, 140) configured to receive an axial flow of compressed air and redirect the axial flow of compressed air radially outward. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/602422 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/02 (20130101) F01D 9/04 (20130101) F01D 9/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 3/14 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/46 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/671 (20130101) |
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| US 09127601 | Cowgill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel Cowgill (White Lake, Michigan); Ben W. Moscherosch (Waterford, Michigan) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Joel Cowgill (White Lake, Michigan); Ben W. Moscherosch (Waterford, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system for an engine includes an valve actuator, a cylinder pressure module, and a valve control module. The valve actuator opens a valve of a cylinder at a first target opening timing during a first combustion cycle of the cylinder. The cylinder pressure module receives a cylinder pressure measured by a cylinder pressure sensor of the cylinder and, at a predetermined crankshaft angle after the valve opens during the first combustion cycle, sets a valve opening pressure equal to the cylinder pressure. The valve control module receives a reference cylinder pressure and generates a second target opening timing for a second combustion cycle of the cylinder based on the valve opening pressure and the reference cylinder pressure. The second combustion cycle is after the first combustion cycle. During the second combustion cycle, the valve actuator opens the valve at the second target opening timing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/568624 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 13/0203 (20130101) F02D 13/0207 (20130101) F02D 35/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02D 41/0085 (20130101) F02D 2041/001 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09127983 | Cox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Albert Cox (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Anthony L. Lentine (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The resonant frequency of an optical micro-resonator may be controlled by “locking” an operating frequency/wavelength of the resonator using CMOS compatible electronic components. |
| FILED | Friday, April 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/871887 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — 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 1/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09128142 | Qu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Danru Qu (Baltimore, Maryland); Bingfeng Miao (Nanjing, China PRC); Chia-Ling Chien (Cockeysville, Maryland); Ssu-Yen Huang (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a spintronics device. The spintronics can include a ferromagnetic metal layer, a positive electrode disposed on a first surface portion of the ferromagnetic metal layer, and a negative electrode disposed on a second surface portion of the ferromagnetic metal. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/263523 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/1284 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 43/04 (20130101) H01L 43/06 (20130101) H01L 43/10 (20130101) H01L 43/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09128308 | Zortman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Zortman (Corrales, New Mexico); Anthony L. Lentine (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Alexander H. Hsia (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael R. Watts (Hingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Photonic modulators and methods of modulating an input optical signal are provided. A photonic modulator includes at least one modulator section and differential drive circuitry. The at least one modulator section includes a P-type layer and an N-type layer forming a PN junction in the modulator section. The differential drive circuitry is electrically coupled to the P-type layer and the N-type layer of the at least one modulator section. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/770501 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09129039 | Brettin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas S. Brettin (Knoxville, Tennessee); Robert W. Cottingham (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Shelton D. Griffith (Jackson, Mississippi); Daniel J. Quest (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of integrating diverse sources of data and data streams is presented. The method can include selecting a scenario based on a topic, creating a multi-relational directed graph based on the scenario, identifying and converting resources in accordance with the scenario and updating the multi-directed graph based on the resources, identifying data feeds in accordance with the scenario and updating the multi-directed graph based on the data feeds, identifying analytical routines in accordance with the scenario and updating the multi-directed graph using the analytical routines and identifying data outputs in accordance with the scenario and defining queries to produce the data outputs from the multi-directed graph. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/654152 |
| ART UNIT | 2159 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30958 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/28 (20130101) G06F 19/3493 (20130101) |
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| US 09129337 | Chassin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Chassin (Pasco, Washington); Robert G. Pratt (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for distributing a resource (such as electricity) using a resource allocation system. In one exemplary embodiment, a plurality of requests for electricity are received from a plurality of end-use consumers. The requests indicate a requested quantity of electricity and a consumer-requested index value indicative of a maximum price a respective end-use consumer will pay for the requested quantity of electricity. A plurality of offers for supplying electricity are received from a plurality of resource suppliers. The offers indicate an offered quantity of electricity and a supplier-requested index value indicative of a minimum price for which a respective supplier will produce the offered quantity of electricity. A dispatched index value is computed at which electricity is to be supplied based at least in part on the consumer-requested index values and the supplier-requested index values. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/964996 |
| ART UNIT | 3696 — Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance |
| 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 20/102 (20130101) G06Q 30/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 30/0611 (20130101) G06Q 40/04 (20130101) G06Q 50/06 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 50/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09129676 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Douglas Natelson (Houston, Texas); Lin Zhong (Houston, Texas); Tao He (Zhongguancun, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Douglas Natelson (Houston, Texas); Lin Zhong (Houston, Texas); Tao He (Zhongguancun, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxide as a switching element are described herein. The electronic devices are two-terminal devices containing a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact in which at least one of the first electrical contact or the second electrical contact is deposed on a substrate to define a gap region therebetween. A switching layer containing a switchably conductive silicon oxide resides in the gap region between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The electronic devices exhibit hysteretic current versus voltage properties, enabling their use in switching and memory applications. Methods for configuring, operating and constructing the electronic devices are also presented herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/050589 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 13/0002 (20130101) G11C 13/0007 (20130101) G11C 13/0069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 2013/0073 (20130101) G11C 2213/33 (20130101) G11C 2213/77 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/2463 (20130101) H01L 45/04 (20130101) H01L 45/145 (20130101) H01L 45/1226 (20130101) H01L 45/1233 (20130101) H01L 45/1253 (20130101) H01L 45/1608 (20130101) H01L 45/1616 (20130101) H01L 45/1675 (20130101) H01L 45/1683 (20130101) |
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| US 09129714 | Noonan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Noonan (Naperville, Illinois); Dean Walters (Naperville, Illinois); Matt Virgo (Chicago, Illinois); John Lewellen (Seaside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Noonan (Naperville, Illinois); Dean Walters (Naperville, Illinois); Matt Virgo (Chicago, Illinois); John Lewellen (Seaside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and isotope linac system are provided for producing radio-isotopes and for recovering isotopes. The isotope linac is an energy recovery linac (ERL) with an electron beam being transmitted through an isotope-producing target. The electron beam energy is recollected and re-injected into an accelerating structure. The ERL provides improved efficiency with reduced power requirements and provides improved thermal management of an isotope target and an electron-to-x-ray converter. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/248209 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 7/02 (20130101) H05H 9/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09130084 | Curtis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado); HelioVolt Corporation (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Substainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Calvin J. Curtis (Lakewood, Colorado); Alexander Miedaner (Boulder, Colorado); Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria Van Hest (Lakewood, Colorado); David S. Ginley (Evergreen, Colorado); Peter A. Hersh (Denver, Colorado); Louay Eldada (Austin, Texas); Billy J. Stanbery (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Liquid precursors containing copper and selenium suitable for deposition on a substrate to form thin films suitable for semiconductor applications are disclosed. Methods of preparing such liquid precursors and methods of depositing a precursor on a substrate are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/026516 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02568 (20130101) H01L 21/02628 (20130101) H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/0322 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/541 (20130101) |
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| US 09130091 | Keenihan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Joseph A Langmaid (Caro, Michigan); Leonardo C Lopez (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Joseph A Langmaid (Caro, Michigan); Leonardo C Lopez (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is premised’ upon an assembly that includes at least a photovoltaic building sheathing element capable of being affixed on a building structure, the photovoltaic building sheathing element. The element including a photovoltaic cell assembly, a body portion attached to one or more portions of the photovoltaic cell assembly; and at feast a first and a second connector assembly capable of directly or indirectly electrically connecting the photovoltaic cell assembly to one or more adjoining devices; wherein the body portion includes one or more geometric features adapted to engage a vertically adjoining device before installation. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/004499 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for 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 20/25 (20141201) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 10/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09130092 | Nielson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Vipin P. Gupta (Reno, Nevada); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Michael R. Watts (Hingham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Vipin P. Gupta (Reno, Nevada); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Michael R. Watts (Hingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A photovoltaic solar concentrator is disclosed with one or more transverse-junction solar cells (also termed point contact solar cells) and a lens located above each solar cell to concentrate sunlight onto the solar cell to generate electricity. Piezoelectric actuators tilt or translate each lens to track the sun using a feedback-control circuit which senses the electricity generated by one or more of the solar cells. The piezoelectric actuators can be coupled through a displacement-multiplier linkage to provide an increased range of movement of each lens. Each lens in the solar concentrator can be supported on a frame (also termed a tilt plate) having three legs, with the movement of the legs being controlled by the piezoelectric actuators. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/882976 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09130170 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiaoran Tong (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jun Yeob Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yong Joo Cho (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiaoran Tong (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jun Yeob Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yong Joo Cho (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed a method for preparing the surface of a metal substrate. The present disclosure also relates to an organic photovoltaic device including a metal substrate made by such method. Also disclosed herein is an inverted photosensitive device including a stainless steel foil reflective electrode, an organic donor-acceptor heterojunction over the reflective electrode, and a transparent electrode over the donor-acceptor heterojunction. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/666664 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/30 (20130101) H01L 27/14643 (20130101) H01L 51/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0053 (20130101) H01L 51/0077 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/0097 (20130101) H01L 51/424 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09130218 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Wang (Kennewick, Washington); Wu Xu (Richland, Washington); Liyu Li (Richland, Washington); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Wang (Kennewick, Washington); Wu Xu (Richland, Washington); Liyu Li (Richland, Washington); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Redox flow batteries (RFB) have attracted considerable interest due to their ability to store large amounts of power and energy. Non-aqueous energy storage systems that utilize at least some aspects of RFB systems are attractive because they can offer an expansion of the operating potential window, which can improve on the system energy and power densities. One example of such systems has a separator separating first and second electrodes. The first electrode includes a first current collector and volume containing a first active material. The second electrode includes a second current collector and volume containing a second active material. During operation, the first source provides a flow of first active material to the first volume. The first active material includes a redox active organic compound dissolved in a non-aqueous, liquid electrolyte and the second active material includes a redox active metal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/439083 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — 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 8/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 12/08 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
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| US 09130226 | Thackeray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Argonne, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); Sun-Ho Kang (Naperville, Illinois); Christopher S. Johnson (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A stabilized electrode comprising a metal oxide or lithium-metal-oxide electrode material is formed by contacting a surface of the electrode material, prior to cell assembly, with an aqueous or a non-aqueous acid solution having a pH greater than 4 but less than 7 and containing a stabilizing salt, to etch the surface of the electrode material and introduce stabilizing anions and cations from the salt into said surface. The structure of the bulk of the electrode material remains unchanged during the acid treatment. The stabilizing salt comprises fluoride and at least one cationic material selected from the group consisting of ammonium, phosphorus, titanium, silicon, zirconium, aluminum, and boron. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/740682 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 45/125 (20130101) C01G 51/50 (20130101) C01G 53/50 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/32 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2004/80 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/364 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/1391 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
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| US 09130241 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zonghai Chen (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Lithium-air cells employing poly(ethyleneoxide) phosphate-based electrolytes may be prepared and exhibit improved charge carrying capacity. Such PEO phosphates generally have the formulas IIa, IIb, IIc, where: |
| FILED | Friday, June 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/912390 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/90 (20130101) H01M 4/382 (20130101) H01M 10/056 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0565 (20130101) H01M 12/06 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) H01M 2300/0025 (20130101) H01M 2300/0085 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
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| US 09130945 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rhett Smith (Kuna, Idaho); Colin Gordon (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A communication gateway consistent with the present disclosure may detect unauthorized physical or electronic access and implement security actions in response thereto. A communication gateway may provide a communication path to an intelligent electronic device (IED) using an IED communications port configured to communicate with the IED. The communication gateway may include a physical intrusion detection port and a network port. The communication gateway may further include control logic configured to evaluate physical intrusion detection signal. The control logic may be configured to determine that the physical intrusion detection signal is indicative of an attempt to obtain unauthorized access to one of the communication gateway, the IED, and a device in communication with the gateway; and take a security action based upon the determination that the indication is indicative of the attempt to gain unauthorized access. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/829047 |
| ART UNIT | 2496 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1416 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 40/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09125942 | Manus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lisa M. Manus (Evanston, Illinois); Daniel J. Mastarone (Evanston, Illinois); Dean Ho (Chicago, Illinois); Thomas J. Meade (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa M. Manus (Evanston, Illinois); Daniel J. Mastarone (Evanston, Illinois); Dean Ho (Chicago, Illinois); Thomas J. Meade (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for the synthesis of conjugates of paramagnetic metal ions and nanodiamonds, and uses thereof. In particular, the present invention provides synthesis of paramagnetic metal-nanodiamond conjugates and methods using such compositions as molecular imaging probes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/008576 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/1881 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09126271 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaochun Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Arindom Datta (Goleta, California); Xudong Cheng (Oak Creek, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaochun Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Arindom Datta (Goleta, California); Xudong Cheng (Oak Creek, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An embedded sensor or other desired device is provided within a completed structure through a solid-state bonding process or through a dynamic bonding process. The embedded sensor or other desired device is provided on a substrate through any known or later-developed method. A cover is then bonded to the substrate using a solid-state bonding process or a dynamic bonding process. The solid-state bonding process may include providing heat and pressure to the substrate and the cover to bond the substrate and the cover together. The dynamic bonding process may include heating a bonding agent and distributing the heated bonding agent between the substrate and cover to bond the substrate and the cover together. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/247035 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Turning; Boring B23B 51/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23B 2226/69 (20130101) B23B 2226/125 (20130101) Cutting; Details Common to Machines for Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out or Severing B26D 1/0006 (20130101) B26D 5/00 (20130101) B26D 7/00 (20130101) B26D 7/27 (20130101) Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Severing by Means Other Than Cutting B26F 1/44 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 5/0061 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49103 (20150115) Y10T 83/04 (20150401) Y10T 83/849 (20150401) Y10T 156/10 (20150115) |
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| US 09126830 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BETTERGY CORP. (Peekskill, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BETTERGY CORP. (Peekskill, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong Tang (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Lin-Feng Li (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Hongmin Jiang (Croton-on-Hudson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses composite inorganic membranes, methods for making the same, and methods of separating gases, vapors, and liquids using the same. The composite zeolite membrane is prepared by TS-1 zeolite membrane synthesis, and subsequent palladium doping. In the composite zeolite membrane synthesis, two different methods can be employed, including in-situ crystallization of one or more layers of zeolite crystals an a porous membrane substrate, and a second growth method by in-situ crystallization of a continuous second layer of zeolite crystals on a seed layer of MFI zeolite crystals supported on a porous membrane substrate. The membranes in the form of disks, tubes, or hollow fibers have high gas selectivity over other small gases, very good impurity resistance, and excellent thermal and chemical stability over polymer membranes and other inorganic membranes for gas, vapor, and liquid, separations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/452658 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 63/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0078 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 3/503 (20130101) C01B 2203/025 (20130101) C01B 2203/041 (20130101) C01B 2203/0233 (20130101) C01B 2203/0283 (20130101) C01B 2203/0435 (20130101) |
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| US 09127025 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Banglin Chen (San Antonio, Texas); Shengchang Xiang (Fuzhou, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Banglin Chen (San Antonio, Texas); Shengchang Xiang (Fuzhou, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are highly interpenetrated robust metal-organic frameworks having the repeat unit Zn5(BTA)6(TDA)2, useful for applications such as selective gas storage, selective gas sorption and/or separation, and gas detection. |
| FILED | Monday, August 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/589746 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 2253/204 (20130101) B01D 2256/245 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2257/7022 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/226 (20130101) B01J 20/28057 (20130101) B01J 20/28071 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0015 (20130101) C01B 21/24 (20130101) C01B 21/36 (20130101) C01B 21/0472 (20130101) C01B 23/0073 (20130101) C01B 2210/0034 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/08 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/328 (20130101) |
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| US 09127087 | Pancer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zeev Pancer (Baltimore, Maryland); Roy A. Mariuzza (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Satoshi Tasumi (Hamamatsu, Japan); Carlos A. Velikovsky (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zeev Pancer (Baltimore, Maryland); Roy A. Mariuzza (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Satoshi Tasumi (Hamamatsu, Japan); Carlos A. Velikovsky (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a Yeast Surface Display (YSD) vector for expression of VLR proteins by yeast, wherein the vector includes nucleotide sequences encoding segments of yeast flocculation proteins Flo1p, such as the leader and C-terminal segments, a homologous recombinant cassette and a geneticin/kanamycin resistance gene. The vector can be used for expression of VLR that may be effective in diagnostic applications (e.g., protein chip, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry), immunoaffinity purification, and for engineering novel fusion proteins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/132086 |
| 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 | Peptides C07K 14/7158 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1037 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 40/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09127096 | Kornfield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Julia A. Kornfield (Pasadena, California); Artemis Ailianou (Pasadena, California); Sara Ronca (Loughborough, United Kingdom); Sanjay Rastogi (Eindhoven, Netherlands); Giuseppe Forte (Loughborough, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY (, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julia A. Kornfield (Pasadena, California); Artemis Ailianou (Pasadena, California); Sara Ronca (Loughborough, United Kingdom); Sanjay Rastogi (Eindhoven, Netherlands); Giuseppe Forte (Loughborough, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for controlling the physical state of an ultra-high molecular weight polymer to make the ultra-high molecular weight polymer suitable for further processing, and related polymers compositions methods and systems, wherein the method comprises combining a catalyst, monomers, and an additive, for a time and under condition to allow synthesis of a nascent polymer and co-crystallization of the nascent polymer with the additive. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/276304 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 2/14 (20130101) C08F 10/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 10/02 (20130101) C08F 110/02 (20130101) C08F 110/02 (20130101) C08F 210/08 (20130101) C08F 210/16 (20130101) C08F 210/16 (20130101) C08F 2500/01 (20130101) C08F 2500/08 (20130101) C08F 2500/10 (20130101) C08F 2500/12 (20130101) C08F 2500/22 (20130101) C08F 2500/24 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 69/02 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 75/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09127938 | Adelson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward H. Adelson (Winchester, Massachusetts); Micah K. Johnson (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward H. Adelson (Winchester, Massachusetts); Micah K. Johnson (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, devices, and methods for capturing and measuring surface topography. This disclosure provides a high resolution retrographic sensor comprising a volume of elastomer and a thin, opaque reflective membrane. The reflective membrane is arranged to conform to a specimen that contacts it. The disclosure provides a high resolution visualization system comprising the retrographic sensor and an illumination source. Also provided are high resolution measurement systems comprising the retrographic sensor, an illumination source, an imaging device, and a processing component. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/561712 |
| ART UNIT | 2422 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0077 (20130101) A61B 5/441 (20130101) A61B 5/1172 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/303 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0304 (20130101) |
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| US 09128739 | Juels et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ari Juels (Brookline, Massachusetts); Kevin D. Bowers (Melrose, Massachusetts); Benjamin Farley (Seattle, Washington); Venkatanathan Varadarajan (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas Ristenpart (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael M. Swift (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes the step of running a set of instances on at least one cloud for a first time interval, each of the instances comprising a bundle of virtualized resources. The method also includes the step of evaluating one or more performance characteristics of each of the instances in the set of instances over the first time interval. The method further includes the step of determining a first subset of the set of instances to maintain for a second time interval and a second subset of the set of instances to terminate for the second time interval responsive to the evaluating step. The steps are performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. |
| FILED | Monday, December 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/731663 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/4856 (20130101) G06F 9/5077 (20130101) G06F 9/45533 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09129676 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Douglas Natelson (Houston, Texas); Lin Zhong (Houston, Texas); Tao He (Zhongguancun, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Douglas Natelson (Houston, Texas); Lin Zhong (Houston, Texas); Tao He (Zhongguancun, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxide as a switching element are described herein. The electronic devices are two-terminal devices containing a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact in which at least one of the first electrical contact or the second electrical contact is deposed on a substrate to define a gap region therebetween. A switching layer containing a switchably conductive silicon oxide resides in the gap region between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The electronic devices exhibit hysteretic current versus voltage properties, enabling their use in switching and memory applications. Methods for configuring, operating and constructing the electronic devices are also presented herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/050589 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 13/0002 (20130101) G11C 13/0007 (20130101) G11C 13/0069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 2013/0073 (20130101) G11C 2213/33 (20130101) G11C 2213/77 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/2463 (20130101) H01L 45/04 (20130101) H01L 45/145 (20130101) H01L 45/1226 (20130101) H01L 45/1233 (20130101) H01L 45/1253 (20130101) H01L 45/1608 (20130101) H01L 45/1616 (20130101) H01L 45/1675 (20130101) H01L 45/1683 (20130101) |
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| US 09129720 | Asokan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subashini Asokan (Houston, Texas); Michael Sha-nang Wong (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides non-spherical nanoparticle compositions that are the reaction product of a source of a Group 12, 13, 14, or 15 metal or metalloid; a source of a Group 15 or 16 element; and a source of a quaternary ammonium compound or phosphonium compound; wherein nanoparticle tetrapods comprise 75-100 number percent of the nanoparticle products. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/653872 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 17/20 (20130101) C01B 19/007 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/84 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/30 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/565 (20130101) C09K 11/883 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01B 1/16 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09129786 | Ouyang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Tsung-Chi Chen (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to systems and methods for sample analysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides systems for analyzing a sample that include an electric source, a vacuum chamber including a conducting member, in which the conducting member is coupled to the electric source, a sample introduction member coupled to the vacuum chamber, and a mass analyzer. The system is configured such that a distal end of the sample introduction member resides within the vacuum chamber and proximate the conducting member, such that an electrical discharge may be produced between the sample introduction member and the conducting member. A neutral gas that has been introduced into the vacuum chamber interacts with the generated discharge, producing ions within the vacuum chamber that are subsequently transferred into the mass analyzer in the vacuum chamber. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/305489 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/10 (20130101) H01J 49/0013 (20130101) H01J 49/24 (20130101) H01J 49/26 (20130101) H01J 49/168 (20130101) H01J 49/0422 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0495 (20130101) |
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| US 09129803 | Grebel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Newark, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haim Grebel (Livingston, New Jersey); Amrita Banerjee (Newark, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, devices, systems and/or articles related to techniques for forming a graphene film on a substrate, and the resulting graphene layers and graphenated substrates are generally disclosed. Some example techniques may be embodied as methods or processes for forming graphene. Some other example techniques may be embodied as devices employed to manipulate, treat, or otherwise process substrates, graphite, graphene and/or graphenated substrates as described herein. Graphene layers and graphenated substrates produced by the various techniques and devices provided herein are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920814 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0237 (20130101) H01L 21/02425 (20130101) H01L 21/02488 (20130101) H01L 21/02527 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02664 (20130101) H01L 29/16 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/78684 (20130101) |
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| US 09129969 | Busnaina et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed Busnaina (Needham, Massachusetts); Cihan Yilmaz (Boston, Massachusetts); TaeHoon Kim (Revere, Massachusetts); Sivasubramanian Somu (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a fast, scalable, room temperature process for fabricating metallic nanorods from nanoparticles or fabricating metallic or semiconducting nanorods from carbon nanotubes suspended in an aqueous solution. The assembled nanorods are suitable for use as nanoscale interconnects in CMOS-based devices and sensors. Metallic nanoparticles or carbon nanotubes are assembled into lithographically patterned vias by applying an external electric field. Since the dimensions of nanorods are controlled by the dimensions of vias, the nanorod dimensions can be scaled down to the low nanometer range. The aqueous assembly process is environmentally friendly and can be used to make nanorods using different types of metallic particles as well as semiconducting and metallic nanotubes. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/570020 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 13/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/2885 (20130101) H01L 21/76879 (20130101) H01L 23/53242 (20130101) H01L 23/53276 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2221/1094 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 09130144 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rhode Island Board of Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing (Ken) Yang (Saunderstown, Rhode Island); Ruihua Cheng (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A ferromagnetic/ferroelectric heterostructure thin film is disclosed that exhibits significant magneto-electric coupling. The ferromagnetic/ferroelectric heterostructure thin film includes a) a base layer of silicon substrate, b) a first copper layer deposited on the silicon substrate, c) a first iron layer deposited on the copper layer, d) first aluminum layer deposited on the first iron layer, e) a polymer layer exhibiting ferroelectric properties deposited on the first aluminum layer, f) a second aluminum layer deposited on the polymer layer; g) a second iron layer deposited on the second aluminum layer, and h) a second copper layer deposited on the second iron layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/397044 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/04 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 10/265 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 43/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09130742 | Yao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasedena, California); PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongyi Yao (Pasadena, California); Tracey C. Ho (Pasadena, California); Cristina Nita-Rotaru (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A network and related methods for transmitting processes in a network secretly and securely is described. The network use keys, through path-key establishment and a key pool bootstrapping, to ensure that packets are transmitted and received properly and secretly in the presence of one or more adversarial nodes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/853881 |
| ART UNIT | 2493 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0802 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 9/0827 (20130101) H04L 2209/34 (20130101) H04L 2209/80 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09131238 | Bursalioglu Yilmaz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ozgun Bursalioglu Yilmaz (Los Angeles, California); Giuseppe Caire (South Pasadena, California); Maria Fresia (Munich, Germany); Harold Vincent Poor (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ozgun Bursalioglu Yilmaz (Los Angeles, California); Giuseppe Caire (South Pasadena, California); Maria Fresia (Munich, Germany); Harold Vincent Poor (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A source channel encoder, source channel decoder and methods for implementing such devices are disclosed herein. The source channel encoder includes a linear transform encoder configured to generate a plurality of source components. A successive refinement quantizer is configured to generate a plurality of bit planes based on the source components. A systematic linear encoder configured to map the bit planes into channel-encoded symbols. The linear transform encoder may be configured to apply a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) or a Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT). The linear transform encoder may be configured for differential encoding. |
| FILED | Monday, June 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/164364 |
| ART UNIT | 2482 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 19/34 (20141101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09125854 | Bottje et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Walter Bottje (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Billy Hargis (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Luc Berghman (College Station, Texas); Young Min Kwon (Springdale, Arkansas); Kimberly Cole (Raymond, Ohio); Sherryll Layton (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas); The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter Bottje (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Billy Hargis (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Luc Berghman (College Station, Texas); Young Min Kwon (Springdale, Arkansas); Kimberly Cole (Raymond, Ohio); Mandy Cox (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Sherryll Layton (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Vaccines comprising fliC and CD 154 polypeptides and Salmonella enteritidis vaccine vectors comprising fliC polypeptides are provided. Also provided arc methods of enhancing an immune response against flagellated bacteria and methods of reducing morbidity associated with infection with flagellated bacteria. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/740631 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/552 (20130101) |
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| US 09126909 | Murray 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) | Rex E. Murray (Peoria, Illinois); Grigor B. Bantchev (Peoria, Illinois); Kenneth M. Doll (Peoria, Illinois); Robert O. Dunn (Peoria, Illinois); Kim L. Ascherl (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | We have now discovered a novel process for the removal or extraction of metal species from a variety of solid, liquid or gas phase materials. Metal species may be removed by contacting the material suspected of containing one or more metals with a thiolated fatty acid or ester thereof for a period of time and under conditions effective for the sequestration of the metal species by the thiolated fatty acid or ester thereof. The thiolated fatty acid or ester thereof comprising sequestered metal species may then be separated and recovered from the treated material. Moreover, following the treatment of aqueous liquids or mixtures, or suspensions or dispersions of solids in aqueous liquids, the resultant thiolated fatty acid or ester thereof comprising the sequestered metal species is insoluble in water and forms a separate layer from the aqueous liquid phase, which layer may be readily removed. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/706551 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/1493 (20130101) B01D 2252/205 (20130101) B01D 2257/60 (20130101) Reclamation of Contaminated Soil B09C 1/08 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/286 (20130101) C02F 1/683 (20130101) C02F 2101/20 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 321/02 (20130101) C07C 323/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09125719 | Martin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David P. Martin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Said Rizk (Salem, New Hampshire); Ajay Ahuja (Needham, Massachusetts); Simon F. Williams (Sherborn, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tepha, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Martin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Said Rizk (Salem, New Hampshire); Ajay Ahuja (Needham, Massachusetts); Simon F. Williams (Sherborn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with prolonged strength retention have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available, and could offer additional benefits such as anti-adhesion properties, reduced risks of infection or other post-operative problems resulting from absorption and eventual elimination of the device, and competitive cost. The devices may also be particularly suitable for use in pediatric populations where their absorption should not hinder growth, and provide in all patient populations wound healing with long-term mechanical stability. The devices may additionally be combined with autologous, allogenic and/or xenogenic tissues to provide implants with improved mechanical, biological and handling properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/228056 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| 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 2/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/16 (20130101) D01D 5/088 (20130101) D01D 5/098 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/62 (20130101) D01F 6/84 (20130101) D01F 6/625 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/1362 (20150115) Y10T 428/1369 (20150115) Y10T 428/249922 (20150401) Y10T 442/10 (20150401) Y10T 442/183 (20150401) Y10T 442/184 (20150401) Y10T 442/2525 (20150401) |
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| US 09131321 | Sabin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Sabin (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A hearing assistance device may be a hearing aid worn on a person or a mobile device. The hearing assistance device may perform a hearing assistance algorithm based on signal processing parameters. A set of audiological values for a population may be identified. The set of audiological values has a first number of dimensions. The set of audiological values is converted to a reduced data set. The reduced data has set has a second number of dimensions less than the first number of dimensions. A processor calculates a trajectory for the reduced data set. The trajectory provides signal processing parameters for the hearing assistance device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/258825 |
| ART UNIT | 2652 — Videophones and Telephonic Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 25/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09125719 | Martin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David P. Martin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Said Rizk (Salem, New Hampshire); Ajay Ahuja (Needham, Massachusetts); Simon F. Williams (Sherborn, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tepha, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Martin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Said Rizk (Salem, New Hampshire); Ajay Ahuja (Needham, Massachusetts); Simon F. Williams (Sherborn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with prolonged strength retention have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available, and could offer additional benefits such as anti-adhesion properties, reduced risks of infection or other post-operative problems resulting from absorption and eventual elimination of the device, and competitive cost. The devices may also be particularly suitable for use in pediatric populations where their absorption should not hinder growth, and provide in all patient populations wound healing with long-term mechanical stability. The devices may additionally be combined with autologous, allogenic and/or xenogenic tissues to provide implants with improved mechanical, biological and handling properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/228056 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| 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 2/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/16 (20130101) D01D 5/088 (20130101) D01D 5/098 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/62 (20130101) D01F 6/84 (20130101) D01F 6/625 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/1362 (20150115) Y10T 428/1369 (20150115) Y10T 428/249922 (20150401) Y10T 442/10 (20150401) Y10T 442/183 (20150401) Y10T 442/184 (20150401) Y10T 442/2525 (20150401) |
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Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
| US 09128075 | Dewalt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederic G Dewalt (Landenberg, Pennsylvania); David C. Cox (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Frederic G Dewalt (Landenberg, Pennsylvania); David C. Cox (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of changing the response level for any chemical test kits designed for the determination of a metal or compound (such as lead) in paint and other media is disclosed. The invention solves two common problems that exist with using chemical test kits for the detection of lead in paint or other coatings and media: (1) conversion of the paint sample into particles small enough to dissolve the metal in the sample; and, (2) controlling the amount of (paint) sample that gets exposed to the chemicals. This is accomplished by using a coffee grinder or equivalent tool plus a solid (food) product to break up the paint sample into small particles and at the same time dilute the concentration of the metal, while in solid form, down to a level that results in obtaining a positive response at the desired concentration. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/539317 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/38 (20130101) G01N 31/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/2866 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/25625 (20150115) |
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 09126165 | Rublee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Parke A. Rublee (Greensboro, North Carolina); Vincent C. Henrich, III (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Parke A. Rublee (Greensboro, North Carolina); Vincent C. Henrich, III (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are arrays for monitoring ecosystems, such as bodies of water, and methods and systems for making such arrays. In one embodiment, the array may include a plurality of oligonucleotides immobilized at known locations on a substrate, such that each location on the array is an oligonucleotide having a sequence derived from a single, predetermined operational taxonomic unit (OTU). The sequences immobilized on the array may be from known, or unknown organisms. Also disclosed are methods for identifying and isolating bioindicators diagnostic of specific ecosystems. The arrays and bioindicators of the invention may be used for rapid, and continual monitoring of ecosystems. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/716450 |
| 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 8/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09127469 | England et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Dwight England (Arab, Alabama); Anthony R. Kelley (Somerville, Alabama); Raymond J. Cronise (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A safety system includes a sleeve fitted within a pool's suction line at the inlet thereof. An open end of the sleeve is approximately aligned with the suction line's inlet. The sleeve terminates with a plate that resides within the suction line. The plate has holes formed therethrough. A housing defining a plurality of distinct channels is fitted in the sleeve so that the distinct channels lie within the sleeve. Each of the distinct channels has a first opening on one end thereof and a second opening on another end thereof. The second openings reside in the sleeve. Each of the distinct channels is at least approximately three feet in length. The first openings are in fluid communication with the water in the pool, and are distributed around a periphery of an area of the housing that prevents coverage of all the first openings when a human interacts therewith. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/796693 |
| ART UNIT | 3754 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Buildings or Like Structures for Particular Purposes; Swimming or Splash Baths or Pools; Masts; Fencing; Tents or Canopies, in General E04H 4/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09130937 | Ostermann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason E. Ostermann (Plano, Texas); Teresa M. Bieda (Murphy, Texas); Matthew J. Hicks (Dallas, Texas); Alan T. Huch (Richardson, Texas); Richard J. Ernst (Rowlett, Texas); Shelli J. Richard (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason E. Ostermann (Plano, Texas); Teresa M. Bieda (Murphy, Texas); Matthew J. Hicks (Dallas, Texas); Alan T. Huch (Richardson, Texas); Richard J. Ernst (Rowlett, Texas); Shelli J. Richard (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In certain embodiments, a method includes receiving a message at a first network interface of a first node. The first network interface communicates with a first network while a second network interface communicates with a second network. The method includes determining a set of expected tokens and an expected order of tokens. A plurality of tokens are accessed that were generated for the message, each of the plurality of tokens associated with a policy service of a plurality of policy services. The method includes generating a plurality of decrypted tokens from the plurality of tokens using a first parameter associated with the plurality of policy services and validating the decrypted tokens by comparing the decrypted tokens to the set of expected tokens. In response to validating the decrypted tokens and determining that the decrypted tokens are in the expected order, an approval is generated. |
| FILED | Monday, March 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/042300 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/60 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/417 (20130101) H04L 63/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/12 (20130101) H04L 63/16 (20130101) H04L 63/029 (20130101) H04L 63/102 (20130101) H04L 63/108 (20130101) H04L 63/168 (20130101) H04L 63/0807 (20130101) |
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Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 09129392 | Gorman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert C. Gorman (Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania); Alison Pouch (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joseph H. Gorman, III (Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania); Chandra Sehgal (Wayne, Pennsylvania); Paul A. Yushkevich (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Benjamin Jackson (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Gorman (Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania); Alison Pouch (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Joseph H. Gorman, III (Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania); Chandra Sehgal (Wayne, Pennsylvania); Paul A. Yushkevich (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Benjamin Jackson (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A series of rt-3DE images of the mitral valve are quantitatively analyzed so as to enable, for example, prediction of the degree of recurrent ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) and comprehensive assessments of leaflet tethering and “tenting” for the entire mitral valve. In accordance with the method, first, the rt-3DE images are registered with symmetric diffeomorphism to obtain information about how the mitral valve deforms over time. Second, the mitral valve is segmented with the level sets or other known segmentation method at each time point in the cardiac cycle with minimal user interaction. Third, the information about mitral valve structure is reduced into a 3D medial model, a compact representation of shape. In other words, a volumetric segmentation of the mitral valve is condensed to a form that is amenable to clinically relevant morphometry. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/580833 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 7/0083 (20130101) G06T 7/0097 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10076 (20130101) G06T 2207/20128 (20130101) G06T 2207/30048 (20130101) |
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U.S. State Government
| US 09130172 | Wagner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carl Wagner (Glendale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl Wagner (Glendale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Naphthyl-containing compounds having structural formula S2R for use in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). R may include an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, or a group that is both aromatic and heterocylic. In some examples, R is phenyl, biphenyl, and thiophenyl. OLEDs including these compounds are shown to emit in a range between 400 nm and 700 nm. These OLEDs are suitable for devices including televisions, laptop computers, computer monitors, personal digital assistants, mobile phones, portable media players, watches, test devices, advertising displays, information displays, indication displays, and large-area light-emitting elements for general illumination. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/399620 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 211/58 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 333/20 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) C09K 2211/1007 (20130101) C09K 2211/1011 (20130101) C09K 2211/1014 (20130101) C09K 2211/1092 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/3241 (20130101) H01L 51/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0058 (20130101) H01L 51/0068 (20130101) H01L 51/5012 (20130101) H01L 51/5056 (20130101) |
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Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09126140 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang-Yu Wu (Gainesville, Florida); Yu-Mei Hsu (Hsin-Chu County, Taiwan); Alex Theodore (Plantation, Florida); Lin Shou (Gainesville, Florida); Danielle Lyon Hall (Sarasota, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for collection devices, methods of making collection devices, methods of collecting gases and aerosol particles, and the like. |
| FILED | Monday, April 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/854261 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 46/0036 (20130101) B01D 53/0407 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/2205 (20130101) G01N 1/2208 (20130101) |
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| US 09128028 | McBrady et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adam D. McBrady (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Robert Higashi (Shorewood, Minnesota); Karen M. Newstrom-Peitso (Hopkins, Minnesota); Fouad Nusseibeh (Champlin, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam D. McBrady (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Robert Higashi (Shorewood, Minnesota); Karen M. Newstrom-Peitso (Hopkins, Minnesota); Fouad Nusseibeh (Champlin, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermal conductivity detectors and methods of operating thermal conductivity detectors are described herein. One or more device embodiments include a single fluidic channel, wherein the single fluidic channel includes a single inlet and a single outlet, and multiple sensors configured to determine one or more properties associated with a thermal conductivity of a fluid in the single fluidic channel. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/846506 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 30/66 (20130101) |
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| US 09128530 | Yin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lijun Yin (Vestal, New York); Shaun Canavan (Vestal, New York); Kaoning Hu (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Hand pointing has been an intuitive gesture for human interaction with computers. A hand pointing estimation system is provided, based on two regular cameras, which includes hand region detection, hand finger estimation, two views' feature detection, and 3D pointing direction estimation. The technique may employ a polar coordinate system to represent the hand region, and tests show a good result in terms of the robustness to hand orientation variation. To estimate the pointing direction, Active Appearance Models are employed to detect and track, e.g., 14 feature points along the hand contour from a top view and a side view. Combining two views of the hand features, the 3D pointing direction is estimated. |
| FILED | Monday, March 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/635094 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00355 (20130101) G06K 2009/4666 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09129424 | Xue et al. |
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| FUNDED BY |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hui Xue (Franklin Park, New Jersey); Peter Kellman (Bethesda, Maryland); Andreas Greiser (Erlangen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, Germany); The United States of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Xue (Franklin Park, New Jersey); Peter Kellman (Bethesda, Maryland); Andreas Greiser (Erlangen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Phase sensitive T1 mapping is provided in magnetic resonance (MR). The phase from samples of a modified Look-Locker inversion recovery sequence may be used to normalize contrast, allowing for accurate motion registration without extra information acquisition. The sign may be estimated, allowing T1 mapping with a single application of a non-linear fit. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/864716 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/50 (20130101) G01R 33/56509 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, September 08, 2015.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2015/fedinvent-patents-20150908.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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