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Patent Details for Tuesday, September 22, 2015
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| US 09138172 | Borkholder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Borkholder (Canandaigua, New York); Brian Derek DeBusschere (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Borkholder (Canandaigua, New York); Brian Derek DeBusschere (Los Gatos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus that includes obtaining, by a dosimetry computing device, sensor readings from at least one sensor. An event is identified, by the dosimetry computing device, based on at least one of one or more of the obtained sensor readings or one or more determinations based on the obtained sensor readings meeting one or more selection. At least one of the one or more determinations or the sensor readings which meet one or more of the selection criteria when the event is identified is stored by the dosimetry computing device. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/371226 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4064 (20130101) A61B 5/7275 (20130101) A61B 2560/0242 (20130101) |
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| US 09138420 | D'Agostino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dominic Paul D'Agostino (Tampa, Florida); Patrick Arnold (Champaign, Illinois); Shannon Kesl (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dominic Paul D'Agostino (Tampa, Florida); Patrick Arnold (Champaign, Illinois); Shannon Kesl (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Beta-hydroxybutyrate mineral salts in combination with medium chain fatty acids or an ester thereof such as medium chain triglycerides were used to induce ketosis, achieving blood ketone levels of (2-7 mmol/L), with or without dietary restriction. The combination results in substantial improvements in metabolic biomarkers related to insulin resistance, diabetes, weight loss, and physical performance in a short period of time. Further, use of these supplements to achieve ketosis yields a significant elevation of blood ketones and reduction of blood glucose levels. Use of these substances does not adversely affect lipid profiles. By initiating rapid ketosis and accelerating the rate of ketoadaptation, this invention is useful for the avoidance of glucose withdrawal symptoms commonly experienced by individuals initiating a ketogenic diet, and minimizes the loss of lean body mass during dietary restriction. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/455385 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 2/52 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/19 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/23 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09138443 | Banas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stemnion, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STEMNION, INC. (Pitttsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A Banas (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania); Vivienne S Marshall (San Antonio, Texas); Catherine J Trumpower (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to novel methods for modulating inflammatory and/or immune responses. Such methods utilize compositions comprising extraembryonic cells (herein referred to as EE cells) including but not limited to extraembryonic HLA-G positive cells (herein referred to as EHP cells) and amnion-derived multipotent progenitor cells (herein referred to as AMP cells); compositions comprising expanded EE cell populations, and/or cell lysates and/or conditioned media derived therefrom, alone or in combination with each other and/or in combination with various extracellular matrices and/or devices and/or other suitable active agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/942877 |
| 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 35/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/50 (20130101) A61K 38/21 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 39/001 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0634 (20130101) C12N 2502/025 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09138965 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Liangbing Hu (Mountain View, California); Jang Wook Choi (Daejeon, South Korea); Yuan Yang (Stanford, California); Yi Cui (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liangbing Hu (Mountain View, California); Jang Wook Choi (Daejeon, South Korea); Yuan Yang (Stanford, California); Yi Cui (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | As consistent with various embodiments, an electronic device includes a fibrous material having a conductive coating thereon. The conductive coating includes conductive nanoparticles coupled to fibers in the fibrous material. The structure is implemented in connection with a variety of devices, such as a capacitive device or a battery. Other embodiments are directed to forming conductive fibrous sheets, in dispersing a nanomaterial in a solution and applying the solution to a fibrous sheet, such as commercial paper, to form a conductive sheet. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/916053 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09138971 | Jones |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary E. Jones (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Portable apparatus for curing a part includes a wheeled frame having sliding part supports that move the part from a loading position to a curing position. A part clamping assembly is slidably mounted on the frame to apply clamping pressure to the part when the part is in the curing position in order to compact the part during a cure cycle. The clamping assembly includes a set of electrically heated shoes that heat the part to a cure temperature. A fan is provided to accelerate cool down the part after curing is complete. The heating and cooling operations are automatically performed by a programmed controller. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/779095 |
| ART UNIT | 1747 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 35/02 (20130101) B29C 70/46 (20130101) B29C 70/74 (20130101) B29C 70/76 (20130101) B29C 70/887 (20130101) B29C 2035/1658 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2063/00 (20130101) B29K 2707/04 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/08 (20130101) B29L 2031/082 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/17 (20150115) Y10T 156/1007 (20150115) |
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| US 09139262 | Skaggs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk D. Skaggs (Kent, Washington); Gregory W. Swanson (Burien, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is an apparatus for transporting and reorienting an object on a base surface includes a first header coupled to a first side of the object, and a second header coupled to a second side of the object. The object is between the first and second headers. Each of the first and second headers includes a first flat surface that is contactable with the base surface for supporting the object in a first orientation, a second flat surface that is contactable with the base surface for supporting the object in a second orientation, and a curved surface that couples the first and second flat surfaces. The curved surface is contactable with the base surface as the object transitions between the first and second orientations. A radius of curvature of the curved surface is based on a position of a center of gravity of the object. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/975006 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 35/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transport or Storage Devices, e.g Conveyors for Loading or Tipping, shop Conveyor Systems Or pneumatic Tube Conveyors B65G 47/24 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 41/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09139297 | White |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Owen White (Orillia, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GROEN BROTHERS AVIATION, INC. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Owen White (Orillia, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor blade having conduits for supporting control lines is disclosed. The control lines extend from a rotor hub to a tip jet mounted near a distal end of the rotor blade. The conduits mount within leading and trailing edge fairings mounted to a blade spar. The conduits may be supported by bulkheads secured at discrete locations along the blade spar and secured to the leading and trailing edge fairings. The conduits may also be secured to support webs secured to the leading or trailing edge fairing and extending longitudinally therealong. The conduit may have a tapered inner surface and a tapered fitting may secure to the control line to engage the tapered inner surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/317750 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Working or Processing of Sheet Metal or Metal Tubes, Rods or Profiles Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal B21D 53/78 (20130101) Making Forged or Pressed Metal Products, e.g Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts or Wheels B21K 3/00 (20130101) B21K 3/04 (20130101) Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 11/06 (20130101) B64C 11/20 (20130101) B64C 11/24 (20130101) B64C 15/14 (20130101) B64C 27/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 27/22 (20130101) B64C 27/24 (20130101) B64C 27/26 (20130101) B64C 27/82 (20130101) B64C 27/473 (20130101) B64C 2027/8245 (20130101) |
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| US 09139417 | Trusov 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) | Alexander A. Trusov (Irvine, California); Doruk Senkal (Irvine, California); Andrei M. Shkel (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high temperature micro-glassblowing process and a novel inverted-wineglass architecture that provides self-aligned stem structures. The fabrication process involves the etching of a fused quartz substrate wafer. A TSG or fused quartz device layer is then bonded onto the fused quartz substrate, creating a trapped air pocket or cavity between the substrate and the TSG device layer. The substrate and TSG device layer 14 are then heated at an extremely high temperature of approximately 1700° C., forming an inverted wineglass structure. Finally, the glassblown structure is cut or etched from the substrate to create a three dimensional wineglass resonator micro-device. The inverted wineglass structure may be used as a high performance resonator for use as a key element in precision clock resonators, dynamic MEMS sensors, and MEMS inertial sensors. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/838132 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0018 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81B 2201/0271 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00134 (20130101) B81C 1/00634 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/5691 (20130101) |
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| US 09139467 | Ballato et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clemson University (Anderson, South Carolina); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina); Board of Trustees of the Univ. of Illiniois Urbana (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Ballato (Clemson, South Carolina); Peter D. Dragic (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an optical fiber formed from a preform that includes a clad component and a core component. The core component includes one or more precursor core materials. The precursor core materials and the clad materials are selected such that that the photoelastic constants of at least one precursor core material and the clad material are of opposite sign resulting in a final glass optical fiber of tailored Brillouin performance. The clad material may include an oxide glass having a positive photoelastic constant and the core component may include a precursor core material that has a negative photoelastic constant. During formation, the precursor core material can melt and interact with clad material that precipitates into the core to form a glass of at least one tailored Brillouin property, such as very low Brillouin gain. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/245448 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 37/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C03B 2201/10 (20130101) C03B 2201/28 (20130101) C03B 2201/32 (20130101) C03B 2201/54 (20130101) C03B 2205/72 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/03694 (20130101) |
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| US 09139480 | Raybould et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Derek Raybould (Denville, New Jersey); Paul Chipko (Blairstown, New Jersey); Bradley Reed Tucker (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derek Raybould (Denville, New Jersey); Paul Chipko (Blairstown, New Jersey); Bradley Reed Tucker (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A coated component is provided comprising a silicon-based substrate and a braze layer overlying the silicon-based substrate. The braze layer comprises silicon, tantalum, and a metal element having substantially the same melt temperature with silicon as tantalum has with silicon. The braze layer further comprises ceramic particles. Protective coatings are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/036803 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/565 (20130101) C04B 35/584 (20130101) C04B 35/806 (20130101) C04B 35/806 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/52 (20130101) C04B 41/89 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 41/4527 (20130101) C04B 41/4527 (20130101) C04B 41/4527 (20130101) C04B 41/4539 (20130101) C04B 41/5024 (20130101) C04B 41/5027 (20130101) C04B 41/5042 (20130101) C04B 41/5042 (20130101) C04B 41/5096 (20130101) C04B 41/5133 (20130101) C04B 41/5133 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 28/042 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/288 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/90 (20130101) F05D 2300/222 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/67 (20130101) Y02T 50/672 (20130101) |
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| US 09139614 | Medintz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Igor L. Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); Lorenzo Berti (Bologna, Italy); Paolo Facci (Genoa, Italy); Hedi M. Mattoussi (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor L. Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); Lorenzo Berti (Bologna, Italy); Paolo Facci (Genoa, Italy); Hedi M. Mattoussi (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular linker includes an inorganic binding entity having an affinity for a substantially inorganic substance, and an organic binding entity capable of binding with an organic substance covalently bonded thereto. The modular linker is capable of being stored in a stable condition for later use. The modular linker may be synthesized by modifying the inorganic binding entity to be covalently bonded to an organic binding entity and storing the modular linker in an inert environment from about a day up to at least 1 week. The modular linker may be conjugated to an organic substance and to a substantially inorganic substance in substantially a 1:1 ratio. The modular linker may have more than one organic binding entity covalently bonded to an inorganic binding entity or vice-versa. Also, a particular modular linker may have an organic binding entity capable of binding with a nucleic acid sequence. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/739969 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09139624 | Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bal Ram Singh (Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Shashi Kant Sharma (New Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bal Ram Singh (North Dartmouth, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bal Ram Singh (Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Shashi Kant Sharma (New Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated, biologically active 33 kDa hemagglutinin purified from the type A Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin complex and its uses are described. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/463925 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/08 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/33 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 530/825 (20130101) |
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| US 09139684 | Coneski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter N. Coneski (Alexandria, Virginia); James H Wynne (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter N. Coneski (Alexandria, Virginia); James H Wynne (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound having the formula: X−N+(CH3)(CH2CH2OH)2[(CH2)n—COO—R1] and a polymer having the repeat unit: X−{—OCH2CH2—N+(CH3)[(CH2)n—CO—Y]—CH2CH2O—CO—NH—R2—NH—CO—}. R1 is an ester protecting group, R2 is an organic group, X is a halide, and n is a positive integer. Each Y is O−Z+ or O—R1, where Z+ is a cation from an aqueous base. A method of reacting N-methyldiethanolamine with an ω-halo-n-alkanoate ester to form the above compound. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/783481 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 227/02 (20130101) C07C 227/02 (20130101) C07C 227/10 (20130101) C07C 229/12 (20130101) C07C 229/12 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/73 (20130101) C08G 18/82 (20130101) C08G 18/381 (20130101) C08G 18/791 (20130101) C08G 18/792 (20130101) C08G 18/0833 (20130101) C08G 18/3206 (20130101) C08G 18/3804 (20130101) C08G 18/3821 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 18/7831 (20130101) C08G 2210/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09139694 | Davis |
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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 C. Davis (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cured polycyanurate, thermoset resins, and methods of producing the same that will have both high thermal resistance as well as high hydrophobicity. Naturally occurring 5-alkylresorcinols and synthetic analogs can be made into cyanate ester. Composites made from these products will have greater durability against atmospheric water exposure. Applications include use in fiber-reinforced composite materials for lightweight, strong, and water-resistant aerospace components. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/894684 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 263/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09139696 | Tan 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) | Loon-Seng Tan (Centerville, Ohio); David Huabin Wang (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions and methods of preparation for symmetrical and unsymmetrical diamines containing three ether-linked benzonitrile moieties that may be used as monomers for the manufacture of a variety of functional polymers. For example, the presently disclosed multi(ether-benzonitrile) diamines may polymerize with: (i) a dianhydride to form a polyimide; (ii) a diacid chloride directly or with a dicarboxylic acid (diacid) in conjunction with a suitable promoter/catalyst combination such as triethylphosphite/pyridine to form a polyamide; and (iii) 1,2,4-benzenetricarboxylic anhydride (trimellitic anhydride), trimellitic anhydride chloride, or a diacid/diacid chloride derived from trimellitic anhydride and an aromatic diamine to form a poly(amide-imide). |
| FILED | Friday, March 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/229251 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 231/06 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 255/54 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/14 (20130101) C08G 73/1071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 430/107 (20130101) |
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| US 09139753 | Iezzi |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erick B. Iezzi (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erick B. Iezzi (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Moisture-curable single-component (1K) coatings based on N-substituted urea polymers with extended chains and terminal alkoxysilane groups. The coatings are highly flexible, are gloss retentive, provide fast tack-free and dry-through times, provide high solvent resistance, and provide excellent exterior color stability to sunlight. The coatings can be formulated to produce high-gloss, semi-gloss and low-gloss finishes, and thus have application as both commercial and military coatings. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/187568 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 175/00 (20130101) C09D 175/02 (20130101) C09D 183/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09139855 | Kurosawa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kazuhiko Kurosawa (Somerville, Massachusetts); Anthony John Sinskey (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments disclosed herein relate to bacterial cell production of triacylglycerides from renewable biomass resources. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/655897 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/6463 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 19/14 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12C - C12Q, Relating to Microorganisms C12R 1/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09139920 | Kauffman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas Kauffman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christopher Matranga (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Huifeng Qian (Pearland, Texas); Rongchao Jin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Dominic R. Alfonso (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Kauffman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christopher Matranga (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Huifeng Qian (Pearland, Texas); Rongchao Jin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Dominic R. Alfonso (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for CO2 reduction using an Au25 electrode. The Au25 electrode is comprised of ligand-protected Au25 having a structure comprising an icosahedral core of 13 atoms surrounded by a shell of six semi-ring structures bonded to the core of 13 atoms, where each semi-ring structure is typically —SR—Au—SR—Au—SR or —SeR—Au—SeR—Au—SeR. The 12 semi-ring gold atoms within the six semi-ring structures are stellated on 12 of the 20 faces of the icosahedron of the Au13 core, and organic ligand —SR or —SeR groups are bonded to the Au13 core with sulfur or selenium atoms. The Au25 electrode and a counter-electrode are in contact with an electrolyte comprising CO2 and H+, and a potential of at least −0.1 volts is applied from the Au25 electrode to the counter-electrode. |
| FILED | Friday, October 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/045886 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 9/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140212 | Moon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis R. Moon (Granby, Connecticut); Daniel Bernard Kupratis (Wallingford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis R. Moon (Granby, Connecticut); Daniel Bernard Kupratis (Wallingford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine includes a bypass flow path. A core flow path has a reverse duct configured to reverse a direction of core flow. The core flow path includes an exhaust duct in fluid communication with the bypass flow path and is configured to introduce core exhaust flow in the core flow path back into the bypass flow path. A splitter is arranged in the bypass flow path and adjoins the exhaust duct. |
| FILED | Monday, June 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/531787 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 3/06 (20130101) F02K 3/11 (20130101) F02K 3/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140213 | Sadil et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andreas Sadil (Newington, Connecticut); Marc J. Muldoon (Malborough, Connecticut); Bessem Jlidi (Rocky Hill, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andreas Sadil (Newington, Connecticut); Marc J. Muldoon (Malborough, Connecticut); Bessem Jlidi (Rocky Hill, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine engine fuel delivery system includes a mounting platform, a spray bar assembly and a leaf spring damper with a stack of a plurality of leaf springs. The stack includes a base segment connected longitudinally between a first spray bar contact segment and a second spray bar contact segment. The base segment is connected to the mounting platform and is located a first distance from the spray bar assembly. The first spray bar contact segment engages the spray bar assembly and is located a second distance from the mounting platform. The second spray bar contact segment engages the spray bar assembly and is located a third distance from the mounting platform. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/312621 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/222 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 3/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/96 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/20 (20130101) F23R 3/283 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140283 | Lukowski, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florian P. Lukowski, Jr. (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Florian P. Lukowski, Jr. (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite joint includes a first member having a groove therein, a second member adjacent to the first member, and a connector member disposed between the second member and the first member. The connector member is received in the groove so as to bias a load path between the first member and the second member from a peripheral portion to a central portion of the connector member. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945548 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 2/02 (20130101) F16B 11/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pipes; Joints or Fittings for Pipes; Supports for Pipes, Cables or Protective Tubing; Means for Thermal Insulation in General F16L 13/007 (20130101) F16L 13/103 (20130101) F16L 47/24 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 2275/025 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49947 (20150115) Y10T 403/471 (20150115) Y10T 403/472 (20150115) Y10T 403/7062 (20150115) Y10T 403/7073 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140339 | Dickinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Todd Dickinson (Hopatcong, New Jersey); Michael N. Norris (Highland Lakes, New Jersey); Lewis F. Campanile (Denville, New Jersey); Frank Petrosillo (West Milford, New Jersey); Bryan W. Anderson (Andover, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd Dickinson (Hopatcong, New Jersey); Michael N. Norris (Highland Lakes, New Jersey); Lewis F. Campanile (Denville, New Jersey); Frank Petrosillo (West Milford, New Jersey); Bryan W. Anderson (Andover, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A turret includes a rotary bearing with an inner race, an outer race and a central axis of rotation. An internal tooth drive sprocket is fixed to the outer race of the bearing and centered on the central axis of rotation of the bearing. A turret plinth is fixed to the inner race of the bearing. A drive mechanism for rotating the turret plinth with respect to the internal tooth drive sprocket includes first and second sprocket assemblies each having a pair of upper and lower external tooth sprockets fixed to a shaft. The middle chain row of a triple roller chain engages the internal tooth drive sprocket. One of the outer chain rows engages the upper sprockets of the first and second sprocket assemblies and the other of the outer chain rows engages the lower sprockets of the first and second sprocket assemblies. Hand wheels connected to the shafts of the sprocket assemblies provide input motion to the drive mechanism. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/687381 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Gearing F16H 7/06 (20130101) F16H 7/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140504 | Schultz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Schultz (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan); Adam Blot (Schenectady, New York); Matthew Marsh (Green Island, New York); David Cassidy (Watervliet, New York); Victor E. Nerses (Voorheesville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Schultz (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan); Adam Blot (Schenectady, New York); Matthew Marsh (Green Island, New York); David Cassidy (Watervliet, New York); Victor E. Nerses (Voorheesville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A testing apparatus measures cooling power of an electrically-powered Microclimate Cooling Unit (MCU) at the point of use of the MCU. The tester includes fluid supply and return ports for fluidly connecting to the MCU. A fluid heater provides a heat load to fluid in the tester. Fluid temperatures upstream and downstream of the heater are measured. The fluid flow rate is adjustable and measurable. A digital processor extracts the temperature and fluid flow rate data and computes cooling watts. The computed cooling watts are compared to the manufacturer's specifications to determine if the MCU is operating properly. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/748776 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140507 | Holmes |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward William Holmes (Valley Falls, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward William Holmes (Valley Falls, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An obturator assembly for sealing the breech of a breech-loaded cannon includes a generally annular seal, a front split ring, a rear split ring, a rear inner ring, an annular disc, and a plurality of magnets disposed in the seal. The seal has a front portion with a leading angled surface and a rear portion. The rear portion includes a trailing angled surface and a flat surface. A plurality of magnets is disposed in holes in the leading angled surface of the front portion and in the flat surface of the rear portion. Magnets in the holes in the front portion hold the front split ring in abutment with the seal. Magnets in the holes in the rear portion hold the annular disc in abutment with the rear split ring and rear inner ring. The front split ring, rear split ring, rear inner ring, and annular disc may rotate with respect to the seal when the breech is opened or closed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/847634 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 3/76 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140522 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael E. Miller (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Lyonel E. Reinhardt (Boonton, New Jersey); Stephen Recchia (Flanders, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Miller (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Lyonel E. Reinhardt (Boonton, New Jersey); Stephen Recchia (Flanders, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A transparent ceramic composite armor is made of a crystalline transparent ceramic material and an amorphous glass phase material. The armor includes a first portion containing 100 per cent ceramic material; a second portion contiguous and integral with the first portion and containing a combination of the ceramic material and the glass phase material; and a third portion contiguous and integral with the second portion and containing 100 per cent glass phase material. Relative volumetric amounts of the ceramic material and the glass phase material in the second portion are inversely related and a greatest volume percentage of the ceramic material is adjacent the first portion. The volume percentage of the ceramic material in the second portion decreases a direction away from the strike face of the armor, while the volume percentage of the glass phase material increases in the same direction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/603875 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 41/85 (20130101) C04B 41/4533 (20130101) C04B 41/4539 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/0407 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140551 | Trinkle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Joseph Trinkle (Arlington, Massachusetts); William Goethals (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments described herein provide a method of modulating an input light beam of a fiber optic coil of an IFOG. The method includes intermittently jumping the phase step of a feedback signal to suppress dead band. Jumping the phase step includes: creating a jumped phase step during a first cycle of the IFOG, the jumped phase step having a whole value configured to cause a phase jump in the feedback signal and a fractional value corresponding to the fractional value from a phase step of a cycle immediately preceding the first cycle. Jumping the phase step also includes generating the feedback signal from a sum of the bias modulation value and the jumped phase step. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/942861 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 19/726 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140557 | Taylor, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David W. A. Taylor, Jr. (Greensboro, North Carolina); Bradley David Farnsworth (Alexandria, Virginia); William Todd Faulkner (Sylva, North Carolina); Christopher Matthew Foster (Fairfax, Virginia); Robert Barlow Alwood (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ENSCO, INC. (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. A. Taylor, Jr. (Greensboro, North Carolina); Bradley David Farnsworth (Alexandria, Virginia); William Todd Faulkner (Sylva, North Carolina); Christopher Matthew Foster (Fairfax, Virginia); Robert Barlow Alwood (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for estimating the position of an object, such as a person, animal, or machine. The system includes first and second inertial measurement units, a first and second originator antennas, and a first and second transponder antennas. The system uses data from the inertial measurement units to estimate a position of the object. The system also calculates a range measurement between the first originator antenna and first transponder antenna. The system calculates a first CPD measurement between the second transponder antenna and the first originator antenna, and a second CPD measurement between the second originator antenna and the first transponder antenna. The range measurement and at least one CPD measurement are used to update a Kalman filter for estimating the position of the object. The system determines also updates the Kalman filter when one of the inertial measurement units is in a zero-velocity condition. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/107156 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 21/20 (20130101) G01C 21/165 (20130101) G01C 21/206 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 13/84 (20130101) G01S 19/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140558 | Snyder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Snyder (Mahtomedi, Minnesota); Benjamin Mohr (St. Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Snyder (Mahtomedi, Minnesota); Benjamin Mohr (St. Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An example embodiment includes a method for initializing a navigation system. The method includes receiving inertial measurement data from an inertial measurement unit over time and storing the inertial measurement data in a buffer with an indication of a time of validity for the inertial measurement data. The method also includes receiving navigation data from an aiding source, the navigation data having a time of validity, and initializing a navigation solution with the navigation data. The method also includes summing inertial measurement data from the buffer to produce an inertial motion estimate for a time increment after the time of validity of the navigation data, applying at least one of coning or sculling compensation to the inertial motion estimate to produce a compensated inertial motion estimate, and propagating the navigation solution forward based on the compensated inertial motion estimate. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/188847 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 25/005 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 19/49 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140677 | Mershin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andreas Mershin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Asmamaw Wassie (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yael Maguire (Boston, Massachusetts); David Kong (Lexington, Massachusetts); Shuguang Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Patrick Moran (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Karolina Corin (Johannesburg, South Africa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andreas Mershin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Asmamaw Wassie (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yael Maguire (Boston, Massachusetts); David Kong (Lexington, Massachusetts); Shuguang Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Patrick Moran (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Karolina Corin (Johannesburg, South Africa) |
| ABSTRACT | In exemplary implementations of this invention, an electronic olfactor determines whether a scent being tested matches the scent of a positive control. The electronic olfactor can perform this scent matching even in a changing olfactory environment, and even if the positive control scent is a combination of hundreds or thousands of different odorants. No prior training is needed, and no attempt is made to identify a single odorant that is unambiguously responsible for a scent. Instead, a computer compares the total scent pattern of a positive control sample with the total scent pattern of a test sample, across a sweep of many permutations of electrical inputs to scent sensors, to try to find any condition under which the total scent patterns do not match. If such a condition cannot be found, then the computer declares a match between the test and target scents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/966169 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/00 (20130101) G01N 33/0031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140684 | Sniadecki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan J. Sniadecki (Seattle, Washington); Lucas Ting (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present technology relates generally to devices to expose cells to fluid shear forces and associated systems and methods. In particular, several embodiments are directed toward devices to expose cells to fluid shear forces in order to measure changes in internal cell forces. In some embodiments, a fluidic device includes a flow unit configured to induce fluid flow through the device. The device further includes a fluid channel configured to accept a biological sample dispersed on an array of flexible structures. The flow unit can be configured to induce disturbed and/or laminar flow in the fluid channel. The device can further include optical or magnetic detection means configured to measure a degree of deflection of one or more flexible structures in the array. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/663339 |
| 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 Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502746 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 35/04 (20130101) C12M 41/46 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/4905 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5302 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140765 | Bulsara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adi Ratan Bulsara (San Diego, California); Salvatore Baglio (San Giovanni la Punta, Italy); Bruno Ando (Aci Catena, Italy); Fabio Antoci (Ragusa, Italy); Carlo Trigona (Syracuse, Italy); Nigel Stocks (Coventry, United Kingdom); Alexander Nikitin (Coventry, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adi Ratan Bulsara (San Diego, California); Salvatore Baglio (San Giovanni la Punta, Italy); Bruno Ando (Aci Catena, Italy); Fabio Antoci (Ragusa, Italy); Carlo Trigona (Syracuse, Italy); Nigel Stocks (Coventry, United Kingdom); Alexander Nikitin (Coventry, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A nonlinear dynamic system comprising: a number N of nonlinear components, wherein each nonlinear component experiences intrinsic oscillation when a coupling parameter λ is tuned past a threshold value, and wherein the nonlinear components are unidirectionally coupled together in a ring configuration; and a signal generator configured to generate N coherent locking signals; wherein each locking signal is phase shifted by 2π/N with respect to the other locking signals; and wherein the signal generator is coupled to the nonlinear components such that each locking signal locks a frequency of the intrinsic oscillation of one of the nonlinear components to a frequency of the locking signal. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/609796 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/04 (20130101) G01R 33/0029 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/093 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140810 | Karonis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (DeKalb, Illinois); FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC (Batavia, Illinois); UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG (Wollongong, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University (Dekalb, Illinois); Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (Batavia, Illinois); University of Wollongong (New South Wales, Australia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Karonis (West Chicago, Illinois); George Coutrakon (Redlands, California); Kirk Duffin (Dekalb, Illinois); Bela Erdelyi (Romeoville, Illinois); Kevin Naglich (Elgin, Illinois); Scott Penfold (Adelaide, Australia); Paul Rubinov (Batavia, Illinois); Victor Rykalin (Aurora, Illinois); Vishnu Zutshi (Dekalb, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A proton computed tomography (pCT) detector system, including two tracking detectors in sequence on a first side of an object to be imaged, two tracking detectors in sequence on an opposite side of the object to be imaged, a calorimeter, and a computer cluster, wherein the tracking detectors include plastic scintillation fibers. All fibers in the detector system are read out by Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM). A method of imaging an object by emitting protons from a source through two tracking detectors, through and around the object, and through two opposite tracking detectors, detecting energy of the protons with a calorimeter, and imaging the object. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/319684 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/29 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/201 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140914 | Ptasinski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joanna N. Ptasinski (La Jolla, California); Lin Pang (San Diego, California); Iam Choon Khoo (State College, Pennsylvania); Yeshaiahu Fainman (San Diego, California); Sungwoon Kim (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joanna N. Ptasinski (La Jolla, California); Lin Pang (San Diego, California); Iam Choon Khoo (State College, Pennsylvania); Yeshaiahu Fainman (San Diego, California); Sungwoon Kim (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A temperature-stabilized photonic circuit comprising: a material platform; a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible, photonic device integrated on the material platform, wherein the photonic device has a positive thermo-optic coefficient; and a liquid crystal layer clad over the photonic device, wherein the liquid crystal layer has a negative thermo-optic coefficient such that the temperature of the circuit is passively stabilized through adjustment of the effective refractive index of the photonic device. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/231367 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — 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 1/132 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09141473 | Luo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiao Luo (Cupertino, California); Adrian E. Ong (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiao Luo (Cupertino, California); Adrian E. Ong (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system implementing parallel memory error detection and correction divides data having a word length of K bits into multiple N-bit portions. The system has a separate error processing subsystem for each of the N-bit portions, and utilizes each error processing subsystem to process the associated N-bit portion of the K-bit input data. During memory write operations, each error processing subsystem generates parity information for the N-bit data, and writes the N-bit data and parity information into a separate memory array that corresponds to the error processing subsystem. During memory read operations, each error processing subsystem reads N-bits of data and the associated parity information. If, based on the parity information, an error is detected from the N-bit data, the error processing subsystem attempts to correct the error. The corrected N-bit data from each of the error processing subsystems are combined to reproduce the K-bit word. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/427465 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/1048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09141845 | Ivanov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Iankov Ivanov (Hyattsville, Maryland); John S. Baras (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for authenticating a biometric scanner, such as area type finger print scanners, involves estimating unique intrinsic characteristics of the scanner (scanner pattern), that are permanent over time, and can identify a scanner even among scanners of the same manufacturer and model. Image processing and analysis are used to extract a scanner pattern from images acquired with the scanner. The scanner pattern is used to verify whether the scanner that acquired a particular image is the same as the scanner that acquired one or several images during enrollment of the biometric information. Authenticating the scanner can prevent subsequent security attacks using counterfeit biometric information on the scanner, or on the user authentication system. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/603388 |
| 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 9/00013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/6202 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/001 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09141877 | Linderman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Linderman (Rome, New York); Oinru Qiu (Manlius, New York); Qing Wu (Manlius, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Linderman (Rome, New York); Oinru Qiu (Manlius, New York); Qing Wu (Manlius, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for context-aware text recognition employing two neuromorphic computing models, auto-associative neural network and cogent confabulation. The neural network model performs the character recognition from input image and produces one or more candidates for each character in the text image input. The confabulation models perform the context-aware text extraction and completion, based on the character recognition outputs and the word and sentence knowledge bases. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/573899 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — 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 9/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/64 (20130101) G06K 9/723 (20130101) G06K 2209/01 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142102 | Trossbach, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ICF International (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ICF INTERNATIONAL (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee C. Trossbach, Jr. (Hanover, Maryland); Robinson E. Pino (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus can be configured to perform the steps of displaying, on a display, a first visual representation of volume in three-dimensional space. The method can also display, on the display, a visual representation of a network security alert. The network security alert can correspond to a notification of a network attack, a network intrusion, or an unwanted activity. The representation of the network security alert can be positioned within the first visual representation of volume. The position of the representation of the network security alert within the first visual representation of volume reflects at least one characteristic of the network security alert. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/933885 |
| ART UNIT | 2687 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 5/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142144 | Meglan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dwight Meglan (Westwood, Massachusetts); Howard Champion (Annapolis, Maryland); Chih-hao Ho (Reston, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIMQUEST LLC (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dwight Meglan (Westwood, Massachusetts); Howard Champion (Annapolis, Maryland); Chih-hao Ho (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A simulator trains for hemorrhage control using hemostatic agents, tourniquets, and/or other hemorrhage control techniques in a simulator that works with a wide variety of existing human surrogates. The simulator merges a live video feed of the surrogate and trainee's hands (or objects interacting with the surrogate) with a computer-generated visual representation of the wound and hemorrhaging blood to provide an immersive display experience to the trainee without requiring different surrogates for different simulated wounds. The trainee may wear pulse-generating glove(s) that simulate the patient's pulse where the trainee's finger tip contacts the surrogate. A sensorized substrate (e.g., load sensors, haptic output generators) may automatically be moved between the trainee and the surrogate to sense interaction with the surrogate and provide haptic feedback. The substrate may replace the surrogate altogether. The simulator may alternatively simulate events and objects other than wounds and humans. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/318016 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 23/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G09B 23/30 (20130101) G09B 23/303 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142146 | Merkle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew C. Merkle (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jack C. Roberts (Columbia, Maryland); Catherine M. Carneal (Silver Spring, Maryland); Jeffrey M. Paulson (Catonsville, Maryland); Matthew S. Johannes (Catonsville, Maryland); Liming M. Voo (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew C. Merkle (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jack C. Roberts (Columbia, Maryland); Catherine M. Carneal (Silver Spring, Maryland); Jeffrey M. Paulson (Catonsville, Maryland); Matthew S. Johannes (Catonsville, Maryland); Liming M. Voo (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A surrogate multilayered material includes a first fiber reinforced layer; the first reinforced layer including a crosslinked polymer and fibers; a second fiber reinforced layer; the second reinforced layer including the crosslinked polymer and the fibers; a foam layer; the foam layer disposed between the first fiber reinforced layer and the second fiber reinforced layer; where opposite faces of the foam layer are in direct contact with the first fiber reinforced layer and the second fiber reinforced layer; the foam layer having a compressive strength of about 3.5 to about 4.5 MPa, when measured as per ASTM-D-1621-73, and a shear strength of 1.50 to about 2.15 MPa, when measured as per ASTM-C-273. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/487492 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — 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 44/326 (20130101) B29C 44/1228 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2075/00 (20130101) B29K 2995/0063 (20130101) B29K 2995/0097 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2009/00 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/20 (20130101) B32B 27/38 (20130101) B32B 27/065 (20130101) B32B 2250/40 (20130101) B32B 2262/02 (20130101) B32B 2262/101 (20130101) B32B 2266/06 (20130101) B32B 2266/0278 (20130101) B32B 2305/07 (20130101) B32B 2305/022 (20130101) B32B 2305/22 (20130101) B32B 2307/54 (20130101) B32B 2307/72 (20130101) B32B 2307/558 (20130101) B32B 2535/00 (20130101) Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 23/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/249991 (20150401) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142400 | Brueck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen D. Hersee (Cudjoe Key, Florida); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making a heteroepitaxial layer. The method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate. A seed area delineated with a selective growth mask is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The seed area comprises a first material and has a linear surface dimension of less than 100 nm. A heteroepitaxial layer is grown on the seed area, the heteroepitaxial layer comprising a second material that is different from the first material. Devices made by the method are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/944808 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02107 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/1211 (20130101) H01L 29/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142626 | Corrion et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL LABORATORIES, LLC. (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea Corrion (Oak Park, California); Keisuke Shinohara (Thousand Oaks, California); Miroslav Micovic (Thousand Oaks, California); Rongming Chu (Newbury Park, California); David F. Brown (Woodland Hills, California); Alexandros D. Margomenos (Pasadena, California); Shawn D. Burnham (Oxnard, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a stepped field gate for an FET including forming a first passivation layer on a barrier layer, defining a first field plate by using electron beam (EB) lithography and by depositing a first negative EB resist, forming a second passivation layer over first negative EB resist and the first passivation layer, planarizing the first negative EB resist and the second passivation layer, defining a second field plate by using EB lithography and by depositing a second negative EB resist connected to the first negative EB resist, forming a third passivation layer over second negative EB resist and the second passivation layer, planarizing the second negative EB resist and the third passivation layer, removing the first and second negative EB resist, and forming a stepped field gate by using lithography and plating in a void left by the removed first and second negative EB resist. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/014915 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142631 | Mieczkowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Van Mieczkowski (Apex, North Carolina); Helmut Hagleitner (Zebulon, North Carolina); Zoltan Ring (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Van Mieczkowski (Apex, North Carolina); Helmut Hagleitner (Zebulon, North Carolina); Zoltan Ring (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor Schottky barrier devices include a wide bandgap semiconductor layer, a Schottky barrier metal layer on the wide bandgap semiconductor layer and forming a Schottky junction, a current spreading layer on the Schottky barrier metal layer remote from the wide bandgap semiconductor layer and two or more diffusion barrier layers between the current spreading layer and the Schottky barrier metal layer. The first diffusion barrier layer reduces mixing of the current spreading layer and the second diffusion barrier layer at temperatures of the Schottky junction above about 300° C. and the second diffusion barrier layer reduces mixing of the first diffusion barrier layer and the Schottky barrier metal layer at the temperatures of the Schottky junction above about 300° C. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/725812 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) H01L 29/42316 (20130101) |
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| US 09142662 | Ryu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sei-Hyung Ryu (Cary, North Carolina); Doyle Craig Capell (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Lin Cheng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Sarit Dhar (Cary, North Carolina); Charlotte Jonas (Morrisville, North Carolina); Anant Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John Palmour (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sei-Hyung Ryu (Cary, North Carolina); Doyle Craig Capell (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Lin Cheng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Sarit Dhar (Cary, North Carolina); Charlotte Jonas (Morrisville, North Carolina); Anant Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John Palmour (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device includes a drift layer having a first conductivity type, a well region in the drift layer having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type, and a source region in the well region, The source region has the first conductivity type and defines a channel region in the well region. The source region includes a lateral source region adjacent the channel region and a plurality of source contact regions extending away from the lateral source region opposite the channel region. A body contact region having the second conductivity type is between at least two of the plurality of source contact regions and is in contact with the well region. A source ohmic contact overlaps at least one of the source contact regions and the body contact region. A minimum dimension of a source contact area of the semiconductor device is defined by an area of overlap between the source ohmic contact and the at least one source contact region. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/108440 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/0696 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/7395 (20130101) H01L 29/7802 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142663 | Das et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mrinal K. Das (Durham, North Carolina); Michael Laughner (Clayton, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming silicon carbide power devices are provided. An n− silicon carbide layer is provided on a silicon carbide substrate. A p-type silicon carbide well region is provided on the n− silicon carbide layer. A buried region of p+ silicon carbide is provided on the p-type silicon carbide well region. An n+ region of silicon carbide is provided on the buried region of p+ silicon carbide. A channel region of the power device is adjacent the buried region of p+ silicon carbide and the n+ region of silicon carbide. An n− region is provided on the channel region and a portion of the n− region is removed from the channel region so that a portion of the n− region remains on the channel region to provide a reduction in a surface roughness of the channel region. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/482137 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/0873 (20130101) H01L 29/0886 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/7802 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66068 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 438/931 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142692 | Sheu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yeuan-Ming Sheu (Berwyn Heights, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method utilizing thyristor-based Photo-Conductive Semiconductor Switches (PCSS) for short pulse switching in high power microwave and/or broadband electromagnetic pulse generation is disclosed. The PCSS consists of thyristor-type NPNP structure having multiple emitter regions enclosed by the base region and multiple emitter shorts to divert leakage currents for voltage holding. The PCSS also includes an optical aperture comprised of patterned metallic grids for light illumination and current collection. The device structure is so constructed that there is only one single bevel around the peripheral. The thyristor-based PCSS have dual polarities of voltage blocking and have better efficiency for light requirement to operate at longer pulse duration compared to diode-based and bulk-semiconductor-based PCSS. |
| FILED | Monday, July 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/947451 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/74 (20130101) H01L 31/1113 (20130101) H01L 31/02016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/022408 (20130101) H01L 31/035272 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142698 | Cunningham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California); Jin Yao (San Diego, California); Ivan Shubin (San Diego, California); Guoliang Li (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Shiyun Lin (San Diego, California); Hiren D. Thacker (San Diego, California); Stevan S. Djordjevic (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated optical device includes an electro-absorption modulator disposed on a top surface of an optical waveguide. The electro-absorption modulator includes germanium disposed in a cavity between an n-type doped silicon sidewall and a p-type doped silicon sidewall. By applying a voltage between the n-type doped silicon sidewall and the p-type doped silicon sidewall, an electric field can be generated in a plane of the optical waveguide, but perpendicular to a propagation direction of the optical signal. This electric field shifts a band gap of the germanium, thereby modulating the optical signal. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/252607 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142741 | Shatalov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maxim S. Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Alexander Dobrinsky (Providence, Rhode Island); Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maxim S. Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Alexander Dobrinsky (Providence, Rhode Island); Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A profiled surface for improving the propagation of radiation through an interface is provided. The profiled surface includes a set of large roughness components providing a first variation of the profiled surface having a characteristic scale approximately an order of magnitude larger than a target wavelength of the radiation. The profiled surface also includes a set of small roughness components superimposed on the set of large roughness components and providing a second variation of the profiled surface having a characteristic scale on the order of the target wavelength of the radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/517711 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 5/002 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/007 (20130101) H01L 33/20 (20130101) H01L 33/22 (20130101) H01L 33/0045 (20130101) H01L 33/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2933/0083 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142787 | Omenetto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tufts University/Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TUFTS UNIVERSITY (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fiorenzo Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Jason Amsden (Durham, North Carolina); Raffaella Capelli (Bologna, Italy); Stefano Toffanin (Padova, Italy); Valentina Benfenati (Bologna, Italy); Michele Muccini (Bologna, Italy); Roberto Zamboni (Bologna, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to ecosustainable and biocompatible, low cost, ambient friendly electronic and optoelectronic devices, such as transistors and light-emitting transistors, made with silk fibroin or blended with other biopolymers, methods for fabrication and methods of using the silk-based electronics and optoelectronics. The silk-based electronics and optoelectronics can be implanted in vivo and in vitro for biomedical applications, such as for drug discovery or drug screening assays and devices. The silk-based devices may be used in the food industry and embedded in packaging for tracking and sensing, for security purposes or exploited as disposable not harmful for the environment efficient general electronic and optoelectronic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/651379 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/43586 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/502 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/052 (20130101) H01L 51/0053 (20130101) H01L 51/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0545 (20130101) H01L 51/0562 (20130101) H01L 51/0566 (20130101) H01L 51/5296 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142833 | Tolbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarah H. Tolbert (Encino, California); Eric J. Nemanick (Santa Monica, California); Chris Byung-Hwa Kang (Cypress, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah H. Tolbert (Encino, California); Eric J. Nemanick (Santa Monica, California); Chris Byung-Hwa Kang (Cypress, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithium ion battery that incorporates an anode formed from a Group IV semiconductor material such as porous silicon is disclosed. The battery includes a cathode, and an anode comprising porous silicon. In some embodiments, the anode is present in the form of a nanowire, a film, or a powder, the porous silicon having a pore diameters within the range between 2 nm and 100 nm and an average wall thickness of within the range between 1 nm and 100 nm. The lithium ion battery further includes, in some embodiments, a non-aqueous lithium containing electrolyte. Lithium ion batteries incorporating a porous silicon anode demonstrate have high, stable lithium alloying capacity over many cycles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/702990 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0561 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09143266 | Mower 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 ON THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Mower (New York, New York); Dirk R. Englund (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for converting signal and idler photons generated by a nonlinear optical system into a deterministic stream of single photons including receiving a heralded, nondeterministic source of signal and idler photons from the nonlinear optical process, separating one or more received signal photons from one or more received temporally corresponding idler photons, determining whether at least one of the one or more signal photons should be variably delayed, and if so, determining a delay length, and variably delaying the emission of one of the one or more signal photons, if any, by the determined delay length. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/149531 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/70 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 14/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09143274 | Zeger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Linda M. Zeger (Lexington, Massachusetts); Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts); Arman Rezaee (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linda M. Zeger (Lexington, Massachusetts); Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts); Arman Rezaee (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Network coding and multiple packet reception (MPR) are used together to improve message dissemination speed in a wireless network using half duplex communication. In at least one embodiment, MPR is used to initially distribute data packets from a number of source nodes in the network to the other nodes of the network. Network coding techniques may then be used to perform backfilling within the network to supply data packets to the source nodes that were originally missed due to the half duplex constraint. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/654866 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0057 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 1/0075 (20130101) H04L 1/0076 (20130101) H04L 5/16 (20130101) H04L 63/12 (20130101) H04L 63/0428 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09143366 | Boggan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Garry H. Boggan (League City, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garry H. Boggan (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Under one aspect of the present invention, a structure for providing galvanically isolated communication between first and second spacecraft electronic components includes a semi-insulating substrate; an input port disposed on the substrate and configured to receive a signal from the first spacecraft electronic component; a coupling structure disposed on the substrate, coupled to the input port so as to receive the signal, and configured to provide an isolated replica of the received signal as an output; a signal conditioner disposed on the substrate, coupled to the coupling structure so as to receive the isolated replica of the received signal, and configured to condition the isolated replica; and an output port disposed on the substrate, coupled to the signal conditioner so as to receive the conditioned isolated replica, and configured to provide the conditioned isolated replica to the second spacecraft electronic component. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/606841 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 25/0266 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49117 (20150115) |
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| US 09143580 | Freimuth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas M. Freimuth (New York, New York); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York); Sumedh W. Sathaye (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas M. Freimuth (New York, New York); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York); Sumedh W. Sathaye (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Network resources are provisioned within an application broker according to aggregated requests in an optical network. Resource requests are sorted to form sorted resource requests. The sorted resource requests are sorted according to destinations of the resource requests. The sorted resource requests are aggregated to form aggregated resource requests. Resource allocation is requested for each of the aggregated resource requests from a network border controller based on requirements of the set of set of aggregated resource requests. A set of allocated resources is received from the network border controller. The set of allocated resources is based on requirements of the aggregated resource requests. For each of the aggregated resource requests, network transmissions network receptions are executed utilizing associated allocated resources. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/548442 |
| ART UNIT | 2449 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/27 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 14/0227 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 69/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09143702 | Englund |
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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) | Dirk R. Englund (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for lens-free imaging using optical resonance, including providing a series of standing waves indexed by a wave vector to an optical resonator having a predetermined dispersion relation. The intensity of the wavelengths corresponding to the standing waves can be measured with a photodetector. A magnitude and shift of the wave vector corresponding to each of the standing waves can be determined, and spatial information in k-space can be determined from the magnitude and shift of the wave vector corresponding to each of the standing waves using an inversion relationship. A transform can be applied to the spatial information to generate an image. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/150380 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2021/391 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/30 (20130101) G02B 6/241 (20130101) G02B 27/58 (20130101) G02B 2006/1213 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09144168 | Sedillo 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) | Michael R. Sedillo (Dayton, Ohio); Gregory M. Burnett (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An appendage-mounted display apparatus comprising a device mount for attaching electronic devices and a cuff assembly that provides a uniform tension fit around a user's appendage. The cuff assembly comprises a multi-layer blend of soft and rigid components and a ratcheting lacing or strap system to achieve a customizable, non-slip fit that may be quickly and easily adjusted with one hand. The device mount may be adapted to accommodate a variety of electronic devices including mobile phones, smartphones, and other communication devices, portable computers, maps, audio and music devices, global positioning system devices, and other interactive electronic devices and displays, as well as paper maps, checklists, and other static forms of guidance and instruction. In addition, the device mount may include a rail system for attaching a flashlight and/or other tools. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790221 |
| ART UNIT | 3782 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Travelling or Camp Equipment: Sacks or Packs Carried on the Body A45F 5/00 (20130101) A45F 2005/008 (20130101) A45F 2200/0516 (20130101) A45F 2200/0566 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/163 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09138175 | Ernst et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER (Honolulu, Hawaii); THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII (Honolulu, Hawaii); THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, INC. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); UWM RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Queen's Medical Center (Honolulu, Hawaii); The University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii); The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); UWM Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Michael Ernst (Honolulu, Hawaii); Thomas Edmund Prieto (Grafton, Wisconsin); Brian Stewart Randall Armstrong (Shorewood, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a system that adaptively compensates for subject motion in real-time in an imaging system. An object orientation marker (30), preferably a retro-grate reflector (RGR), is placed on the head or other body organ of interest of a patient (P) during a scan, such as an MRI scan. The marker (30) makes it possible to measure the six degrees of freedom (x, y, and z-translations, and pitch, yaw, and roll), or “pose”, required to track motion of the organ of interest. A detector, preferably a camera (40), observes the marker (30) and continuously extracts its pose. The pose from the camera (40) is sent to the scanner (120) via an RGR processing computer (50) and a scanner control and processing computer (100), allowing for continuous correction of scan planes and position (in real-time) for motion of the patient (P). This invention also provides for internal calibration and for co-registration over time of the scanner's and tracking system's reference frames to compensate for drift and other inaccuracies that may arise over time. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/698350 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/721 (20130101) A61B 5/1127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1128 (20130101) A61B 6/0492 (20130101) A61B 6/547 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00624 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09138287 | Curley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael G. Curley (Weston, Massachusetts); Fredrick J. Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thermedical, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Curley (Weston, Massachusetts); Fredrick J. Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods for efficiently and reproducibly heating fluid for use in fluid enhanced ablation are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an ablation device is provided having an elongate body, at least one wire extending through an inner lumen of the elongate body, and at least one spacer disposed within the inner lumen. The at least one wire extends through the at least one spacer such that the at least one spacer is effective to maintain an adjacent portion of the at least one wire in a substantially fixed geometric relationship with the inner lumen, thereby preventing electrical shorts and providing for the consistent and uniform heating of fluid flowing through the inner lumen of the elongate body. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/445036 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/082 (20130101) A61B 18/1477 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2018/00029 (20130101) A61B 2018/046 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2018/00642 (20130101) A61B 2018/00791 (20130101) A61B 2018/00797 (20130101) A61B 2018/00809 (20130101) A61B 2018/00821 (20130101) A61B 2018/1425 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thermedical, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thermedical, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Curley (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, systems, and methods for degassing fluid prior to applying fluid to a treatment site during ablation therapy are provided. In one embodiment, an ablation system can include an elongate body, an ablation element, a heating assembly, and a fluid source. Fluid in the fluid source can be at least partially degassed prior to being provided as part of the system, or, in some embodiments, a degassing apparatus can be provided that can be configured to degas fluid within the system prior to applying the fluid to the treatment site. The degassing apparatus can include one or more gas-permeable and fluid-impermeable tubes disposed therein, which can allow gas to be removed from fluid passing through the apparatus. Other exemplary devices, systems, and methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, November 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/536212 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/082 (20130101) A61B 18/1477 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2018/00029 (20130101) A61B 2018/046 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2018/00642 (20130101) A61B 2018/00791 (20130101) A61B 2018/00797 (20130101) A61B 2018/00809 (20130101) A61B 2018/00821 (20130101) A61B 2018/1425 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey W. Stansbury (Centennial, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey W. Stansbury (Centennial, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides soluble nanogel polymers produced by polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising a monovinyl monomer, multivinyl monomer, and an iniferter. The disclosure also provides a reactive nanogel with pendant reactive groups such as oxirane or (meth)acrylate groups. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/328089 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 6/0008 (20130101) A61K 6/0047 (20130101) A61K 6/083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09138424 | Dorsett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri); Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale Dorsett (St. Louis, Missouri); Justin Fay (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and compositions for treating subjects with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS). Specifically disclosed are methods for using Indomethacin or Acemetacin to treat subjects with CdLS. Also disclosed are methods for identifying compounds beneficial for the treatment of CdLS using an assay based on the expression of NIPBL or NIPBL homologous or orthologous genes. Also disclosed is a method of identifying compounds beneficial for the treatment of CdLS based on administering a test compound to Drosophila lava with reduced expression of Nipbl, and determining the normalization of CdLS phenotypes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/889314 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09138433 | Orlow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seth J. Orlow (New York, New York); Li Ni Komatsu (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth J. Orlow (New York, New York); Li Ni Komatsu (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are indole alkaloid compounds of formula I, for example, pubescine, and the use of such compounds and compositions thereof to promote (e.g., enhance) melanogenesis and pigmentation. Also provided are plant extracts containing a compound of formula I, for example, pubescine, and the use of such a plant extract to promote (e.g., enhance) melanogenesis and pigmentation. The compound or plant extract may be prepared as pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of conditions that are related to aberrant melanogenesis activity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/885685 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/4906 (20130101) A61K 8/4926 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 36/72 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 17/04 (20130101) A61Q 19/04 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/14 (20130101) C07D 491/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09138439 | Marmorstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Wistar Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Wistar Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronen Marmorstein (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Xin Liu (Menlo Park, California); Philip A. Cole (Baltimore, Maryland); Ling Wang (Seattle, Washington); Erin M. Bowers (Baltimore, Maryland); David J. Meyers (Towson, Maryland); Chandrani Mukherjee (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for identifying compounds that modulate the activity of p300/CBP. Compounds of the invention are identified by designing or screening for a compound which binds to at least one amino acid residue of the newly identified lysine-CoA inhibitor binding site, L1 loop, electronegative pocket, or electronegative groove of the HAT domain of p300/CBP and testing the compound for its ability to modulate the activity of p300/CBP. Compositions and methods for preventing or treating diseases or disorders associated with p300/CBP are also provided as is a method for producing a semi-synthetic HAT domain. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/905222 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/402 (20130101) A61K 31/4015 (20130101) A61K 31/4025 (20130101) A61K 31/5585 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 405/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1029 (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 1/48 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 203/01048 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 30/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/91057 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09138457 | Sullivan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Sullivan (San Diego, California); Tannin A. Schmidt (Calgary, Canada); David A. Sullivan (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Sullivan (San Diego, California); Tannin A. Schmidt (Calgary, Canada); David A. Sullivan (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are ophthalmically acceptable pharmaceutical compositions comprising a PRG4 inducing compound in combination with PRG4 (including a lubricant fragments, homologs, or isoforms thereof), and methods of using the same. The PRG4 inducing compound in the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention upregulates PRG4 expression and localization in the ocular surface for efficient surface boundary lubrication. In some instances, pharmaceutical compositions described herein are utilized for treating ophthalmic conditions, e.g., ocular boundary deficiency and symptoms associated therewith. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/940425 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 9/0051 (20130101) A61K 31/568 (20130101) A61K 31/568 (20130101) A61K 31/715 (20130101) A61K 31/728 (20130101) A61K 38/13 (20130101) A61K 38/13 (20130101) A61K 38/17 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1841 (20130101) A61K 38/1841 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09138468 | Lien et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Egil Lien (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jon D. Goguen (Holden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are microorganisms that are modified so that they have an increased ability to be recognized by the innate immune system of a eukaryote, relative to an unmodified microorganism. A microorganism may be a gram-negative bacterium that has been modified to produce high potency lipopolysaccharide, e.g., Yersinia pestis expressing LpxL. Such modified microorganisms may be used as vaccines for protection against an infection by the unmodified microorganism. They may also be used as delivery vehicles of one or more heterologous antigens, e.g., antigens from pathogens or those associated with a hyperproliferative eukaryotic cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/306815 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/025 (20130101) A61K 39/098 (20130101) A61K 39/118 (20130101) A61K 39/0208 (20130101) A61K 39/0291 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/025 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56911 (20130101) |
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| US 09138470 | Roden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard B. S. Roden (Severna Park, Maryland); Ratish Gambhira (Baltimore, Maryland); Hannah H. Alphs (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. S. Roden (Severna Park, Maryland); Ratish Gambhira (Baltimore, Maryland); Hannah H. Alphs (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and compositions for generating an antibody response against HPV epitopes using multi-component vaccines. One such multi-component vaccine requires a T cell helper component and a toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist. In one embodiment, the inventors described a lipopeptide composition comprising an HPV L2 epitope. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/740873 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/645 (20130101) A61K 2039/6018 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/20022 (20130101) C12N 2710/20034 (20130101) |
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| US 09138472 | Amara et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rama Rao Amara (Decatur, Georgia); Lilin Lai (Decatur, Georgia); Sue Fen Kwa (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rama Rao Amara (Decatur, Georgia); Lilin Lai (Decatur, Georgia); Sue Fen Kwa (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to vaccinating a subject against a viral infection, compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to the use of CD40L expressed on viral like particle as an adjuvant, in combination with a viral antigen, to vaccinate a subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/247484 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/15023 (20130101) C12N 2740/15034 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2740/16234 (20130101) C12N 2810/855 (20130101) |
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| US 09138473 | Koelle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M. Koelle (Seattle, Washington); Zhi Liu (Seattle, Washington); Lawrence Corey (Mercer Island, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Koelle (Seattle, Washington); Zhi Liu (Seattle, Washington); Lawrence Corey (Mercer Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of identifying an immunologically active antigen of a virus that attacks skin, as well as a method of enriching a population of lymphocytes for T lymphocytes that are specific to a virus that attacks skin. Also provided are HSV antigens and epitopes that are useful for the prevention and treatment of HSV infection that have been identified via the methods of the invention. T-cells having specificity for antigens of the invention have demonstrated cytotoxic activity against cells loaded with virally-encoded peptide epitopes, and in many cases, against cells infected with HSV. The identification of immunogenic antigens responsible for T-cell specificity provides improved anti-viral therapeutic and prophylactic strategies. Compositions containing antigens or polynucleotides encoding antigens of the invention provide effectively targeted vaccines for prevention and treatment of HSV infection. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/471272 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/16622 (20130101) C12N 2710/16634 (20130101) C12N 2710/24143 (20130101) |
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| US 09138568 | Swoboda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marek Swoboda (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Matias Gabriel Hochman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Mark Evan Mattiucci (Newton Square, Pennsylvania); Frederick J. Fritz (Skillman, New Jersey); Joseph R. Madsen (Newton Center, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ShuntCheck, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey); The Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marek Swoboda (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Matias Gabriel Hochman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Mark Evan Mattiucci (Newton Square, Pennsylvania); Frederick J. Fritz (Skillman, New Jersey); Joseph R. Madsen (Newton Center, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus capable of generating flow in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt systems by vibrating the shunt, tubing or shunt valve dome, or applying cyclical pressure to the various parts of the shunt system. A method of generating flow and method of using the apparatus in shunt patency assessment, for example, hydraulic resistance assessment, is also disclosed. The apparatus allows, in conjunction with a thermal dilution method or radionuclide method, a quick CSF shunt patency assessment based upon CSF shunt resistance and not upon CSF flow or intracranial pressure (ICP) separately. This provides a more objective measure of shunt obstruction compared to other methods. Furthermore, the apparatus can be used to enhance flow in shunts, identify partial occlusion before symptoms occur, differentiate between patent, partially-occluded and occluded shunts. The apparatus can be used to generate flow in shunts if there is a need to lower ICP or move drugs administered via an injection chamber or a shunt dome. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/698477 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 27/002 (20130101) A61M 27/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HEALTH RESEARCH, INC. (Menands, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Menands, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan R. Wolpaw (Delmar, New York); Gerwin Schalk (Glenmont, New York); Aiko K. Thompson (Garnerville, New York); Peter Brunner (Albany, New York); Xiang Yang Chen (Albany, New York); Dennis J. McFarland (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for restoring or improving nervous system function of a subject. Provided is a method involving: (i) providing an operant conditioning protocol effective to produce targeted neural plasticity (TNP) in a primary targeted central nervous system (CNS) pathway of a subject; and (ii) administering the operant conditioning protocol to the subject to elicit TNP in the primary targeted CNS pathway and to elicit generalized neural plasticity (GNP) in one or more other CNS pathway. The elicitation of the GNP in the one or more other CNS pathway serves to restore or improve a nervous system function of the subject. Provided is a device comprising a nerve stimulation-electromyographic recording component and a controller for operating the nerve stimulation-electromyographic recording component in accordance with an operant conditioning protocol. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/502295 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0488 (20130101) A61B 5/0492 (20130101) A61B 5/742 (20130101) A61B 5/4848 (20130101) A61B 5/6828 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0456 (20130101) A61N 1/0476 (20130101) A61N 1/36003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36014 (20130101) A61N 1/36082 (20130101) A61N 1/36103 (20130101) A61N 2001/36039 (20130101) |
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| US 09138700 | Van Dam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | R. Michael Van Dam (Los Angeles, California); Kan Liu (Culver City, California); Kwang-Fu Clifton Shen (West Lake Village, California); Hsian-Rong Tseng (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Michael Van Dam (Los Angeles, California); Kan Liu (Culver City, California); Kwang-Fu Clifton Shen (West Lake Village, California); Hsian-Rong Tseng (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention may provide a microfluidic mixer having a droplet generator and a droplet mixer in selective fluid connection with the droplet generator. The droplet generator comprises first and second fluid chambers that are structured to be filled with respective first and second fluids that can each be held in isolation for a selectable period of time. The first and second fluid chambers are further structured to be reconfigured into a single combined chamber to allow the first and second fluids in the first and second fluid chambers to come into fluid contact with each other in the combined chamber for a selectable period of time prior to being brought into the droplet mixer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/863276 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 13/0071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01F 15/0462 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/8593 (20150401) |
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| US 09139426 | Ramsey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Michael Ramsey (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Laurent Menard (Cary, North Carolina); Valeri Gorbounov (Kingsport, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Michael Ramsey (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Laurent Menard (Cary, North Carolina); Valeri Gorbounov (Kingsport, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming at least one nanochannel include: (a) providing a substrate having a thick single or a thick multi-layer overlayer; (b) milling at least one channel through the overlayer into the substrate; then (c) removing the overlayer; and (d) forming at least one nanochannel in the substrate having an average width and depth dimension that is less than about 10 nm in response to the milling and removing steps. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/824767 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0896 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 3/30 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 2201/058 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00071 (20130101) B81C 1/00547 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81C 2201/0132 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44756 (20130101) G01N 2021/0346 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24479 (20150115) Y10T 428/24975 (20150115) |
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| US 09139565 | Oyelere et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Adegboyega Oyelere (Marietta, Georgia); Berkley Gryder (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adegboyega Oyelere (Marietta, Georgia); Berkley Gryder (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of Formula (I), and methods of making and using thereof, are described herein; wherein AR is an aryl group, ZBG is a Zinc Binding Group, and other substituents are as defined herein. The compounds can be administered as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, or solvate. The compounds may be useful to treat and/or prevent hyperproliferative disorders which may include hormone sensitive and hormone refractory prostate cancers. The compounds can be formulated with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and, optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, for enteral or parenteral administration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/824661 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 403/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 403/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09139575 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benhur Lee (Los Angeles, California); Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Jihye Lee (Los Angeles, California); Frederic Vigant (Hollywood, California); Peter J. Bradley (Los Angeles, California); Michael C. Wolf (Washington, District of Columbia); Bettina E. Hajagos (Corona Del Mar, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benhur Lee (Los Angeles, California); Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Jihye Lee (Los Angeles, California); Frederic Vigant (Hollywood, California); Peter J. Bradley (Los Angeles, California); Michael C. Wolf (Washington, District of Columbia); Bettina E. Hajagos (Corona Del Mar, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds represented by the formulae: (I) and (II) where the compounds are useful in treating, for example, viral and/or parasitic infections. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of treatment using the compounds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/640732 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 405/06 (20130101) C07D 413/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09139588 | Townsend et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig Arthur Townsend (Baltimore, Maryland); Micah Jeffrey Bodner (Dexter, Oregon); Ryan Martin Phelan (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael Francis Freeman (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig Arthur Townsend (Baltimore, Maryland); Micah Jeffrey Bodner (Dexter, Oregon); Ryan Martin Phelan (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael Francis Freeman (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed subject matter demonstrates that ThnG and ThnQ enzymes encoded by the thienamycin gene cluster in Streptomyces cattleya oxidize the C-2 and C-6 moieties of carbapenems, respectively. ThnQ stereospecifically hydroxylates PS-5 giving N-acetyl thienamycin. ThnG catalyzes sequential desaturation and sulfoxidation of PS-5, giving PS-7 and its sulfoxide. The ThnG and ThnQ enzymes are relatively substrate selective, but give rise to the oxidative diversity of carbapenems produced by S. cattleya, and orthologues likely function similarly in allied streptomyces. |
| FILED | Monday, December 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/515114 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 477/20 (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 17/184 (20130101) |
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| US 09139595 | Boyd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Boyd (Mobile, Alabama); Kirk R. Gustafson (Frederick, Maryland); Charles L. Cantrell (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a compound of the formula (I) or (II), wherein R1 is H, alkyl, alkenyl or aryl, R2 is H, alkyl or aryl, R3 is H, a alkyl, alkenyl or aryl, R4 and R4-R8 are independently R10, C(O)R10 or SO2R10, wherein R10 is H, alkyl, alkenyl or aryl, and R9 is R9a, C(O)R9a or SO2R9a, wherein R9a is H, alkyl, alkenyl or aryl. R9a can be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more oxo(═O), OR9b, OC(O)R9b, OSO2R9b, NHR9b, NHC(O)R9b and NHSO2R9b groups. R9b is H, alkyl, alkenyl, or aryl. R9b can be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more groups such as oxo(═O), OR9c, CO2R9c, CO2R9c and OC(O)R9c. R9c is H, or a unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, alkenyl or aryl. The present invention further provides a composition comprising at least one compound of the present invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, alone or in combination with at least one additional active agent. The present invention further provides a method of treating a condition treatable by the inhibition of vacuolar-type (H+)-ATPase and a method of treating cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, May 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/275336 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 498/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 498/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09139596 | Boger |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale L. Boger (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides prodrugs of DNA-reactive analogs of duocarmycin and CC-1065 anticancer agents, wherein a cyclic prodrug form, such as carbamate, thionocarbamate, or carbamimidate, can be hydrolyzed by the patient in vivo to yield a respective bioactive agent comprising a DNA-alkylating moiety and a binding/targeting moiety. The DNA-reactive moiety is a γ-spirocyclohexenone fused to a heterocyclyl group which can be produced by endogenous hydrolysis of a cyclic carbamate prodrug of the invention. The cyclic carbamate prodrug produces no residual byproduct during activation in vivo. Methods of synthesis and biological methods and data are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/389448 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/62 (20130101) C07D 498/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09139610 | Cook et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BIOSEARCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Petaluma, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BIOSEARCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Petaluma, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald M. Cook (Novato, California); Matt Lyttle (San Rafael, California); Daren Dick (San Rafael, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a family of dark quenchers, termed Black Hole Quenchers (“BHQs”), that are efficient quenchers of excited state energy but which are themselves substantially non-fluorescent. Also provided are methods of using the BHQs, probes incorporating the BHQs and methods of using the probes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/066041 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/11 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 245/08 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 241/46 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/091 (20130101) C07F 9/2408 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 31/043 (20130101) C09B 56/00 (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 1/6818 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 40/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/542 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
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| US 09139622 | Shanks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Michael Queen Shanks (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Daniel E. Kadouri (Livingston, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods for treating planktonic bacteria or a biofilm. The methods include contacting the planktonic bacteria or biofilm with an effective amount of an isolated Citrobacter freundii colicin A polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide has an antibacterial activity against the planktonic bacteria or the biofilm. Methods are also provided herein for treating a subject that has a bacterial infection, for example caused by a biofilm. The methods can be used to treat a biofilm on a living or non-living surface. Also provided herein are Citrobacter freundii colicin A polypeptides that have an antibacterial activity against planktonic bacteria or surface attached bacteria, and nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. Medical devices comprising a surface having an antimicrobial effective amount of a Citrobacter freundii colicin A polypeptide, or a nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/079458 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| 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 37/46 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09139624 | Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bal Ram Singh (Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Shashi Kant Sharma (New Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bal Ram Singh (North Dartmouth, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bal Ram Singh (Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Shashi Kant Sharma (New Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated, biologically active 33 kDa hemagglutinin purified from the type A Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin complex and its uses are described. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/463925 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/08 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/33 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 530/825 (20130101) |
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| US 09139629 | Chugh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sumant S Chugh (Mountain Brook, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a method for treating and/or preventing nephrotic syndrome, such as but not limited to minimal change disease and membranous nephropathy, and conditions related to nephrotic syndrome, such as but not limited to, proteinuria and edema, as well as diabetic nephropathy, diabetes mellitus, lupus nephritis or primary glomerular disease. The present disclosure further provides methods for reducing proteinuria and other disease states as discussed herein. Such methods comprise the therapeutic delivery of an Angptl4 polypeptide or Angptl4 polypeptide derivative to a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/841240 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1275 (20130101) A61K 35/16 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/04 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) A61K 38/38 (20130101) A61K 38/42 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/76 (20130101) C07K 14/515 (20130101) C07K 14/765 (20130101) C07K 14/775 (20130101) |
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| US 09139630 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianjie Ma (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Noah Weisleder (Elizabeth, New Jersey); Chuanxi Cai (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianjie Ma (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Noah Weisleder (Elizabeth, New Jersey); Chuanxi Cai (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode novel polypeptides. In particular, the present invention provides nucleic acid molecules that include optimization features that enhance the expression and/or recovery and/or activity of encoded polypeptides. Also disclosed are polypeptides encoded by these nucleic acid sequences, and antibodies, which immunospecifically-bind to the polypeptide, as well as derivatives, variants, mutants, or fragments of the aforementioned polypeptide, polynucleotide, or antibody. The invention further discloses therapeutic, diagnostic and research methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders involving any one of these novel human nucleic acids and proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/526954 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0276 (20130101) A01K 2217/075 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0375 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/435 (20130101) C07K 14/475 (20130101) C07K 14/4702 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 2319/10 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/24 (20130101) C07K 2319/35 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/00 (20130101) C12N 15/09 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2310/351 (20130101) C12N 2800/22 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 30/06 (20130101) C40B 40/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09139634 | Morrison et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sherie L. Morrison (Los Angeles, California); Tzu-Hsuan Huang (Houston, Texas); Caiyun Xuan (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sherie L. Morrison (Los Angeles, California); Tzu-Hsuan Huang (Houston, Texas); Caiyun Xuan (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides novel chimeric moieties that show significant efficacy against cancers. In certain embodiments the chimeric moieties comprise a targeting moiety attached to an interferon. In certain embodiments, the chimeric moieties comprise fusion proteins where an antibody that specifically binds to a cancer marker is fused to interferon alpha (IFN-α). |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/678981 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/212 (20130101) A61K 38/215 (20130101) A61K 47/48423 (20130101) A61K 47/48569 (20130101) A61K 47/48584 (20130101) A61K 47/48661 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/555 (20130101) C07K 14/565 (20130101) C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) C07K 16/2887 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) |
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| US 09139637 | Wittrup et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Dane Wittrup (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); David M. Kranz (Champaign, Illinois); Michele Kieke (Urbana, Illinois); Eric T. Boder (Media, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a genetic method of tethering polypeptides to the yeast cell wall in a form accessible for binding to macromolecules. Combining this method with fluorescence-activated cell sorting provides a means of selecting proteins with increased or decreased affinity for another molecule, altered specificity, or conditional binding. As one embodiment, attaching an scFv antibody fragment to the Aga2p agglutinin effectively mimics the cell surface display of antibodies by B cells in the immune system for affinity maturation in vivo. As another embodiment, T cell receptor mutants can be isolated by this method that are efficiently displayed on the yeast cell surface, providing a means of altering T cell receptor binding affinity and specificity by library screening. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/765486 |
| 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 14/705 (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 40/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 2333/39 (20130101) |
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| US 09139638 | Caron et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marc G. Caron (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Vania F. Prado (Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Marco A. Prado (Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Raul Gainetdinov (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Grace S. Pereira (Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Braulio M. Castro (Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Cristina M. Silva (Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Ivan A. Izquierdo (Porto Alegre, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc G. Caron (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Vania F. Prado (Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Marco A. Prado (Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Raul Gainetdinov (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Grace S. Pereira (Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Braulio M. Castro (Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Cristina M. Silva (Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Ivan A. Izquierdo (Porto Alegre, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant non-human mammals having reduced or no expression of vesicular acetylcholine transporter protein (VAChT) as compared to the corresponding wild-type mammal are provided. The mammal may have, e.g., impaired performance in object and social recognition and/or impaired neuromuscular performance and/or alterations in autonomic nervous system function as compared to the corresponding wild-type mammal. Methods of screening a compound for cholinergic activity or activity in treating a cholinergic neurotransmission disorder are also provided. In addition, a cell such as a nerve cell isolated from a mammal as described herein is provided, along with cell cultures, which are useful in vitro for screening the activity of candidate compounds for their effect on cholinergic neurotransmission, and for their activity in treating cholinergic neurotransmission disorders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/842406 |
| 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 67/0276 (20130101) A01K 2217/20 (20130101) A01K 2217/075 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0356 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/70571 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2800/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09139641 | Lim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yow-Pin Lim (East Providence, Rhode Island); Edward S. Sirya (New York, New York); Peter Brne (Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ProThera Biologics, Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yow-Pin Lim (East Providence, Rhode Island); Edward S. Sirya (New York, New York); Peter Brne (Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally provides processes for purification of Inter-alpha inhibitor proteins (IαIp) and compositions thereof from blood. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/995141 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/811 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09139643 | Sigurdsson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Einar Sigurdsson (New York, New York); Ayodeji Asuni (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Einar Sigurdsson (New York, New York); Ayodeji Asuni (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of treating and preventing Alzheimer's Disease or other tauopathies in a subject by administering a tau protein, its immunogenic epitopes, or antibodies recognizing the tau protein or its immunogenic epitopes under conditions effective to treat or prevent Alzheimer's Disease of other tauopathies. Also disclosed are methods of promoting clearance of aggregates from the brain of the subject and of slowing progression of tangle-related behavioral phenotype in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/225148 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4711 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09139809 | Porcelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven A. Porcelli (Bronx, New York); Manjunatha M. Venkataswamy (Bronx, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Porcelli (Bronx, New York); Manjunatha M. Venkataswamy (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed compositions and methods related to bacterial cells physically associated with ceramide-like glycolipids. The invention allows for delivery of ceramide-like glycolipid adjuvants directly to the same cells that become infected with a bacterial vaccine. The compositions and methods of the present invention are useful for the prevention and treatment of diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/684685 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/04 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/55511 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09139827 | Mirkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); David A. Giljohann (Chicago, Illinois); Dwight Seferos (Evanston, Illinois); Andrew E. Prigodich (Evanston, Illinois); Pinal C. Patel (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); David A. Giljohann (Chicago, Illinois); Dwight Seferos (Evanston, Illinois); Andrew E. Prigodich (Evanston, Illinois); Pinal C. Patel (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns nanoparticles functionalized with duplex RNA for a variety of uses, including but not limited to gene regulation. More specifically, the disclosure provides a new strategy for conjugating RNA to a nanoparticle to achieve increased stability and activity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/625537 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48861 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/351 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09139830 | Croce |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for assessing a pathological condition in a subject include measuring one or more markers where a difference is indicative of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or a predisposition to ALL, uses and compositions are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/916699 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1138 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5041 (20130101) G01N 33/57426 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09139835 | Giangrande 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) | Paloma Giangrande (Iowa City, Iowa); Francis Miller (Iowa City, Iowa); William Thiel (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to optimized aptamers and methods of using these aptamers. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/964904 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1048 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2310/3519 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 106/03001 (20130101) |
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| US 09139849 | Larionov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir L. Larionov (Potomac, Maryland); William C. Earnshaw (Cingletie Peeples, United Kingdom); Reto Gassman (Zurich, Switzerland); Stefanie Kandels-Lewis (Dielheim-Balzfeld, Germany); Hiroshi Masumoto (Rockville, Maryland); Megumi Nakano (Rockville, Maryland); Vladimir Noskov (Rockville, Maryland); Natalay Y. Kouprina (Potomac, Maryland); Carl J. Barrett (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Stefano Cardinale (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Government of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The University Court of the University of Edinburgh (Edinburg, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir L. Larionov (Potomac, Maryland); William C. Earnshaw (Cingletie Peeples, United Kingdom); Reto Gassman (Zurich, Switzerland); Stefanie Kandels-Lewis (Dielheim-Balzfeld, Germany); Hiroshi Masumoto (Rockville, Maryland); Megumi Nakano (Rockville, Maryland); Vladimir Noskov (Rockville, Maryland); Natalay Y. Kouprina (Potomac, Maryland); Carl J. Barrett (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Stefano Cardinale (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for construction of long synthetic arrays of DNA repeats, such as alphoid repeats or other repeat sequences. The methods include concatamerization of DNA into short repeats (for instance using rolling circle amplification or directional in vitro ligation), followed by assembling the short repeats into long arrays by homologous recombination during transformation into microbe cells. These methods can be described generally as Recombinational Amplification of Repeats (RAR). The long arrays are engineered centromere-like regions that allow one to construct mammalian artificial chromosomes with a predefined centromeric region structure. Artificial chromosomes, including human artificial chromosomes with a regulated centromere, and methods of their use are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/910973 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2800/204 (20130101) C12N 2800/206 (20130101) C12N 2800/208 (20130101) C12N 2830/003 (20130101) |
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| US 09139865 | Pollack et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (San Diego, California); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC. (San Diego, California); DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Philip Paik (Chula Vista, California); Vamsee K. Pamula (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of embodiments of the invention relate to a simulator including a visual display capable of outputting to a user a display one or more effects of a command series selected and a system including a droplet microactuator electronically coupled to and controlled by a processor capable of executing instructions, the droplet microactuator including a substrate comprising electrodes for conducting droplet operations. Further aspects of embodiments of the invention relate to a droplet operations troubleshooting apparatus. Other aspects of embodiments of the invention relate to a computer implemented method of displaying simulated microactuator droplets. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680979 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| 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 1/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2563/149 (20130101) C12Q 2565/301 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44791 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/25 (20150115) |
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| US 09140682 | Lindsay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stuart Lindsay (Phoenix, Arizona); Shuai Chang (Tempe, Arizona); Jin He (Mesa, Arizona); Peiming Zhang (Gilbert, Arizona); Shuo Huang (Tempe, 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) | Stuart Lindsay (Phoenix, Arizona); Shuai Chang (Tempe, Arizona); Jin He (Mesa, Arizona); Peiming Zhang (Gilbert, Arizona); Shuo Huang (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes compositions, devices, and methods for analyzing a polymer and/or polymer unit. The polymer may be a homo or hetero-polymer such as DNA, RNA, a polysaccharide, or a peptide. The device includes electrodes that form a tunnel gap through which the polymer can pass. The electrodes are functionalized with a reagent attached thereto, and the reagent is capable of forming a transient bond to a polymer unit. When the transient bond forms between the reagent and the unit, a detectable signal is generated and used to analyze the polymer. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/395956 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09140684 | Sniadecki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan J. Sniadecki (Seattle, Washington); Lucas Ting (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present technology relates generally to devices to expose cells to fluid shear forces and associated systems and methods. In particular, several embodiments are directed toward devices to expose cells to fluid shear forces in order to measure changes in internal cell forces. In some embodiments, a fluidic device includes a flow unit configured to induce fluid flow through the device. The device further includes a fluid channel configured to accept a biological sample dispersed on an array of flexible structures. The flow unit can be configured to induce disturbed and/or laminar flow in the fluid channel. The device can further include optical or magnetic detection means configured to measure a degree of deflection of one or more flexible structures in the array. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/663339 |
| 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 Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502746 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 35/04 (20130101) C12M 41/46 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/4905 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5302 (20130101) |
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| US 09140687 | Blonder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Josip Blonder (Frederick, Maryland); Bih-Rong Wei (Rockville, Maryland); Donald J. Johann, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method of identifying a tumor biomarker. In one example, a tumor biomarker is identified by obtaining a peripheral biological fluid sample from a subject with a tumor as well as a tumor sample and an adjacent non-tumor sample from such subject. A protein expression profile is detected in the peripheral biological fluid sample, tumor sample and adjacent non-tumor sample. The protein expression profiles of the peripheral biological fluid sample, tumor sample and adjacent non-tumor sample are then compared, wherein an increase in expression of a specific protein in the tumor sample and peripheral biological fluid sample but not in the adjacent non-tumor sample indicates that the specific protein is a biomarker of the tumor. Also disclosed herein is a gene profiling signature that can be used to diagnosis a subject with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) or to identify agents with therapeutic potential to treat RCC. Thus, methods of diagnosing a subject with RCC are disclosed. Methods are also provided for identifying agents that alter an activity of a RCC biomarker. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/305263 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/6842 (20130101) G01N 33/6848 (20130101) G01N 33/57438 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09140697 | Tseng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hsian-Rong Tseng (Los Angeles, California); Shutao Wang (Los Angeles, California); Hao Wang (Los Angeles, California); Kan Liu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hsian-Rong Tseng (Los Angeles, California); Shutao Wang (Los Angeles, California); Hao Wang (Los Angeles, California); Kan Liu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides devices and methods for capturing rare cells. The devices and methods described herein can be used to facilitate the diagnosis and monitoring of metastatic cancers. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/256879 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0668 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0877 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54366 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09140698 | Orth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kim Orth (Dallas, Texas); Hyeilin Ham (Dallas, Texas); Anne-Marie Krachler (Malvern, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kim Orth (Dallas, Texas); Hyeilin Ham (Dallas, Texas); Anne-Marie Krachler (Malvern, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to methods and compositions for preventing or inhibiting pathogenic bacterial infections in a subject caused by pathogenic bacteria expressing a multivalent adhesion molecule (MAM) polypeptide by administering to a subject a composition comprising a MAM polypeptide or a non-pathogenic bacterium expressing a MAM polypeptide, or a combination thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/009724 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/3014 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/74 (20130101) A61K 35/741 (20130101) A61K 38/164 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/554 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2333/195 (20130101) |
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| US 09140701 | Robinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William H. Robinson (Palo Alto, California); Peggy Pui-Kay Ho (Cupertino, California); Xiaoyan Zhao (Stanford, California); Lawrence M. Steinman (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Robinson (Palo Alto, California); Peggy Pui-Kay Ho (Cupertino, California); Xiaoyan Zhao (Stanford, California); Lawrence M. Steinman (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for prognostic classification of rheumatoid arthritis disease patients into subtypes, which subtypes are informative of the patient's need for therapy and responsiveness to a therapy of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/806081 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/564 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5082 (20130101) G01N 2333/75 (20130101) G01N 2500/00 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/56 (20130101) G01N 2800/102 (20130101) |
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| US 09140703 | Hazen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stanley L. Hazen (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Renliang Zhang (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley L. Hazen (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Renliang Zhang (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Diagnostic tests for characterizing an individual's risk of developing or having a cardiovascular disease. In one embodiment the present diagnostic test comprises determining the level of myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in a bodily sample obtained from the individual or test subject. In another embodiment, the diagnostic test comprises determining the level of MPO mass in a bodily sample obtained from the test subject. In another embodiment, the diagnostic test comprises determining the level of one or more select MPO-generated oxidation products in a bodily sample obtained from the test subject. The select MPO-generated oxidation products are dityrosine, nitrotyrosine, methionine sulphoxide or an MPO-generated lipid peroxidation products. Levels of MPO activity, MPO mass, or the select MPO-generated oxidation product in bodily samples from the test subject are then compared to a predetermined value that is derived from measurements of MPO activity, MPO mass, or the select MPO-generated oxidation product in comparable bodily samples obtained from healthy controls. Such comparison characterizes the test subject's risk of developing CVD. |
| FILED | Monday, October 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/911425 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/28 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09140705 | Liang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peng Liang (Nashville, Tennessee); Yong-Jig Cho (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Liang (Nashville, Tennessee); Yong-Jig Cho (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a new tumor suppressor, designated Killin. Also described are diagnostic and therapeutic uses of the Killin protein and the killin gene, alone or in combination with traditional cancer therapies. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/427295 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/4747 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57484 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/4704 (20130101) |
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| US 09140769 | van Zijl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter van Zijl (Ellicott City, Maryland); Josh Friedman (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter van Zijl (Ellicott City, Maryland); Josh Friedman (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the current invention provides a method for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging or spectroscopy, comprising: (a) selectively exciting exchangeable solute protons or protons of exchangeable solute-based water molecules within a frequency range in a subject using at least one frequency-selective radio frequency (RF) pulse, wherein the frequency range encompasses characteristic resonance frequencies of the exchangeable solute protons or protons of exchangeable solute-based water molecules, wherein the frequency range is substantially non-overlapping with a characteristic resonance frequency of bulk water protons in the subject, wherein the at least one frequency selective RF pulse performs a substantially minimal excitation on the bulk water protons, and wherein the at least one frequency-selective RF pulse, sometimes in combination with a time period that separates the at least one frequency-selective RF pulse, magnetically labels the exchangeable solute protons or the exchangeable solute-based water molecules; (b) allowing a portion of the magnetically labeled exchangeable solute protons to exchange with the bulk water protons or allowing the magnetically labeled exchangeable solute-based water molecules to exchange with bulk water molecules; (c) repeating (a) and (b) a plurality of times to enhance a population size of the magnetically labeled exchangeable solute protons or the magnetically labeled exchangeable solute-based water molecules; (d) irradiating the subject under observation with a water excitation RF pulse that is adapted to excite the bulk water protons; (e) recording a magnetic resonance (MR) signal from the subject under observation in response to the water excitation RF pulse; and (f) analyzing the recorded MR signal to estimate a quantity associated with the exchangeable solute protons or the exchangeable solute-based water molecules. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/509085 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/5601 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09140771 | Carroll et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy J. Carroll (Chicago, Illinois); Michael Hurley (Chicago, Illinois); Parmede Vakil (Chicago, Illinois); Rajiv Menon (Schaumburg, Illinois); Sumeeth Vijay Jonathan (Manalapan, New Jersey); Renee Qian (Palatine, Illinois); Sameer Ansari (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Carroll (Chicago, Illinois); Michael Hurley (Chicago, Illinois); Parmede Vakil (Chicago, Illinois); Rajiv Menon (Schaumburg, Illinois); Sumeeth Vijay Jonathan (Manalapan, New Jersey); Renee Qian (Palatine, Illinois); Sameer Ansari (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect of the disclosure, an MRI-based system includes an MRI scanner having a first axis and a first plane perpendicular to the first axis, a pulse sequence module configured to provide a 3D pulse sequence to the MRI scanner, and a control module configured to instruct the MRI scanner to conduct radial k-space samples having N second planes that each are perpendicular to the first plane and through which the first axis passes, N being an integer greater than 1. The 3D pulse sequence instructs the MRI scanner to a radio-frequency (RF) pulse, conduct a gradient readout in the first plane, and conduct a gradient readout in one of the N second planes. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/405126 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0042 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 2576/026 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/5602 (20130101) G01R 33/5616 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/56366 (20130101) |
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| US 09141756 | Hillis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | W. Daniel Hillis (Encino, California); David B. Agus (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California); Applied Invention, LLC (Glendale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Daniel Hillis (Encino, California); David B. Agus (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods and systems to measure dynamics of disease progression, including cancer growth and response, at multiple scales by multiple techniques on the same biologic system. Methods and systems according to the invention permit personalized virtual disease models. Moreover, the invention allows for the integration of previously unconnected data points into an in silico disease model, providing for the prediction of disease progression with and without therapeutic intervention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/187115 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/10 (20130101) G06F 19/12 (20130101) G06F 19/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09142042 | Gerig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guido Gerig (Salt Lake City, Utah); Stanley Durrleman (Paris, France); James Fishbaugh (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guido Gerig (Salt Lake City, Utah); Stanley Durrleman (Paris, France); James Fishbaugh (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of estimating changes in an anatomical structure over time. The method includes steps of obtaining a plurality of shapes of an anatomical structure from a plurality of points in time, wherein the plurality of shapes of the anatomical structure includes a baseline shape of the anatomical structure; continuously deforming the baseline shape of the anatomical structure using a growth model parameterized by acceleration; fitting the deformed baseline shape to at least one of the plurality of shapes of the anatomical structure; and using the deformed baseline shape to estimate at least one shape of the anatomical structure at a time corresponding to a time that is different than any of the plurality of points in time. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/613850 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0016 (20130101) G06T 11/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10088 (20130101) G06T 2207/30016 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kedar G. Shah (San Francisco, California); William J. Bennett (Livermore, California); Satinderpall S. Pannu (Pleasanton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kedar G. Shah (San Francisco, California); William J. Bennett (Livermore, California); Satinderpall S. Pannu (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high density percutaneous chronic connector, having first and second connector structures each having an array of magnets surrounding a mounting cavity. A first electrical feedthrough array is seated in the mounting cavity of the first connector structure and a second electrical feedthrough array is seated in the mounting cavity of the second connector structure, with a feedthrough interconnect matrix positioned between a top side of the first electrical feedthrough array and a bottom side of the second electrical feedthrough array to electrically connect the first electrical feedthrough array to the second electrical feedthrough array. The two arrays of magnets are arranged to attract in a first angular position which connects the first and second connector structures together and electrically connects the percutaneously connected device to the external electronics, and to repel in a second angular position to facilitate removal of the second connector structure from the first connector structure. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/898418 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 39/0247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2039/0261 (20130101) A61M 2039/0267 (20130101) |
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| US 09138683 | Siriwardane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ranjani V. Siriwardane (Morgantown, West Virginia); Shira Rosencwaig (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ranjani V. Siriwardane (Morgantown, West Virginia); Shira Rosencwaig (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a clay-alkali-amine CO2 sorbent composition prepared by integrating a clay substrate, basic alkali salt, and amine liquid. The basic alkali salt is present relative to the clay substrate in a weight ratio of from about 1 part to about 50 parts per 100 parts of the clay substrate. The amine liquid is present relative to a clay-alkali combination in a weight ratio of from about 1 part to about 10 parts per 10 parts of the clay-alkali combination. The clay-alkali-amine C02 sorbent is particularly advantageous for low temperature CO2 removal cycles in a gas stream having a C02 concentration less than around 2000 ppm and an oxygen concentration around 21%, such as air. |
| FILED | Friday, June 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/297848 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09138700 | Van Dam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | R. Michael Van Dam (Los Angeles, California); Kan Liu (Culver City, California); Kwang-Fu Clifton Shen (West Lake Village, California); Hsian-Rong Tseng (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Michael Van Dam (Los Angeles, California); Kan Liu (Culver City, California); Kwang-Fu Clifton Shen (West Lake Village, California); Hsian-Rong Tseng (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention may provide a microfluidic mixer having a droplet generator and a droplet mixer in selective fluid connection with the droplet generator. The droplet generator comprises first and second fluid chambers that are structured to be filled with respective first and second fluids that can each be held in isolation for a selectable period of time. The first and second fluid chambers are further structured to be reconfigured into a single combined chamber to allow the first and second fluids in the first and second fluid chambers to come into fluid contact with each other in the combined chamber for a selectable period of time prior to being brought into the droplet mixer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/863276 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 13/0071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01F 15/0462 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/8593 (20150401) |
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| US 09138897 | Salisbury et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curt Michael Salisbury (San Ramon, California); Kevin J. Dullea (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies pertaining to a robotic hand are described herein. A protection apparatus is positioned in a joint of the robotic hand, where movement of a link about the joint is driven by a motor. The protection apparatus absorbs torque about the joint caused by an external force. At least a portion of the robotic hand can be covered by an anthropomorphic skin. An apparatus suitable for controlling operation of the robotic hand is also described herein. |
| FILED | Monday, October 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/047624 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 15/0009 (20130101) B25J 15/0233 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 19/063 (20130101) |
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| US 09139364 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yifeng Wang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Charles R. Bryan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas Dewers (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jason E. Heath (Edgewood, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for geo-sequestration of a carbon dioxide includes selection of a target water-laden geological formation with low-permeability interbeds, providing an injection well into the formation and injecting supercritical carbon dioxide (SC—CO2) into the injection well under conditions of temperature, pressure and density selected to cause the fluid to enter the formation and splinter and/or form immobilized ganglia within the formation. This process allows for the immobilization of the injected SC—CO2 for very long times. The dispersal of scCO2 into small ganglia is accomplished by alternating injection of SC—CO2 and water. The injection rate is required to be high enough to ensure the SC—CO2 at the advancing front to be broken into pieces and small enough for immobilization through viscous instability. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/951036 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Transport or Storage Devices, e.g Conveyors for Loading or Tipping, shop Conveyor Systems Or pneumatic Tube Conveyors B65G 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09139441 | Anguchamy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yogesh Kumar Anguchamy (Newark, California); Charan Masarapu (Fremont, California); Haixia Deng (Fremont, California); Yongbong Han (San Francisco, California); Subramanian Venkatachalam (Pleasanton, California); Sujeet Kumar (Newark, California); Herman A. Lopez (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Envia Systems, Inc. (Newark, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yogesh Kumar Anguchamy (Newark, California); Charan Masarapu (Fremont, California); Haixia Deng (Fremont, California); Yongbong Han (San Francisco, California); Subramanian Venkatachalam (Pleasanton, California); Sujeet Kumar (Newark, California); Herman A. Lopez (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A porous silicon based material comprising porous crystalline elemental silicon formed by reducing silicon dioxide with a reducing metal in a heating process followed by acid etching is used to construct negative electrode used in lithium ion batteries. Gradual temperature heating ramp(s) with optional temperature steps can be used to perform the heating process. The porous silicon formed has a high surface area from about 10 m2/g to about 200 m2/g and is substantially free of carbon. The negative electrode formed can have a discharge specific capacity of at least 1800 mAh/g at rate of C/3 discharged from 1.5V to 0.005V against lithium with in some embodiments loading levels ranging from about 1.4 mg/cm2 to about 3.5 mg/cm2. In some embodiments, the porous silicon can be coated with a carbon coating or blended with carbon nanofibers or other conductive carbon material. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/354096 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 33/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/362 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/622 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) H01M 2010/4292 (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 09139472 | Fernandez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALERA CORPORATION (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calera Corporation (Los Gatos, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miguel Fernandez (San Jose, California); Irvin Chen (Santa Clara, California); Patricia Tung Lee (Oxford, United Kingdom); Matthew Ginder-Vogel (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions, methods, and systems for a material containing metastable carbonate and stabilizer. Methods for making the compositions and using the compositions are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/566304 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 11/182 (20130101) C01F 11/183 (20130101) C01F 11/184 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2006/37 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 7/345 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 14/28 (20130101) C04B 14/28 (20130101) C04B 14/28 (20130101) C04B 22/16 (20130101) C04B 22/16 (20130101) C04B 22/141 (20130101) C04B 22/141 (20130101) C04B 22/142 (20130101) C04B 22/142 (20130101) C04B 22/147 (20130101) C04B 22/147 (20130101) C04B 22/165 (20130101) C04B 22/165 (20130101) C04B 24/02 (20130101) C04B 24/02 (20130101) C04B 24/04 (20130101) C04B 24/04 (20130101) C04B 24/18 (20130101) C04B 24/18 (20130101) C04B 24/32 (20130101) C04B 24/32 (20130101) C04B 24/045 (20130101) C04B 24/045 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) C04B 28/02 (20130101) C04B 28/28 (20130101) C04B 28/28 (20130101) |
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| US 09139493 | Firth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce E. Firth (Woodridge, Illinois); Sharon E. Kirk (New Lenox, Illinois); Vasudeo S. Gavaskar (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. (Woodridge, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce E. Firth (Woodridge, Illinois); Sharon E. Kirk (New Lenox, Illinois); Vasudeo S. Gavaskar (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for suppressing isomerization of an olefin metathesis product produced in a metathesis reaction includes adding an isomerization suppression agent to a mixture that includes the olefin metathesis product and residual metathesis catalyst from the metathesis reaction under conditions that are sufficient to passivate at least a portion of the residual metathesis catalyst. The isomerization suppression agent is phosphorous acid, a phosphorous acid ester, phosphinic acid, a phosphinic acid ester or combinations thereof. Methods of refining natural oils are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/335466 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 7/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 7/20 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) Producing, e.g by Pressing Raw Materials or by Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining or Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g Lanolin, Fatty Oils or Waxes; Essential Oils; Perfumes C11B 1/10 (20130101) C11B 3/006 (20130101) Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils or Waxes; Candles; Fats, Oils or Fatty Acids by Chemical Modification of Fats, Oils, or Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom C11C 3/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09139550 | Jiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hong Jiao (Santa Clara, California); Hannah Catterall (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Gatos Research (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Jiao (Santa Clara, California); Hannah Catterall (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluorescent dye or fluorophore capable of forming complexes with mercury comprises 6,8-difluoro-7-hydroxy-2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carboxylate amide, wherein the amide is formed by reacting the succinimidyl ester (Pacific Blue™) with an amino acid containing a thiol group, such as cysteine or glutathione. Mercury complexes of the fluorophore fluoresce when excited by a UV or violet laser diode, and the detected intensity can be calibrated to quantify the concentration of mercury in a sample reacted with the fluorophore. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570548 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 405/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09139605 | Schrodi |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ELEVANCE RENEWABLE SCIENCES, INC. (Woodridge, Illinois) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yann Schrodi (Agoura Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to olefin metathesis, and more particularly relates to the synthesis of terminal alkenes from internal alkenes using a cross-metathesis reaction catalyzed by a selected olefin metathesis catalyst. In one embodiment of the invention, for example, a method is provided for synthesizing a terminal olefin, the method comprising contacting an olefinic substrate comprised of at least one internal olefin with ethylene, in the presence of a metathesis catalyst, wherein the catalyst is present in an amount that is less than about 1000 ppm relative to the olefinic substrate, and wherein the metathesis catalyst has the structure of formula (II) wherein the various substituents are as defined herein. The invention has utility, for example, in the fields of catalysis, organic synthesis, and industrial chemistry. |
| FILED | Monday, June 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/913814 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2265 (20130101) B01J 2231/543 (20130101) B01J 2531/821 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 67/333 (20130101) C07C 67/333 (20130101) C07C 69/533 (20130101) C07C 2531/22 (20130101) C07C 2531/24 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09139805 | Miller, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Algenol Biofuels Inc. (Bonita Springs, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Algenol Biotech LLC (Fort Myers, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harlan Miller, III (Fort Myers, Florida); George Meichel (Fort Myers, Florida); Edward Legere (Lake Worth, Florida); Edwin Malkiel (Naples, Florida); Robert Paul Woods (Naples, Florida); Oliver Ashley (Fort Myers, Florida); Joseph Katz (Baltimore, Maryland); Jason Ward (Fort Myers, Florida); Paul Petersen (West Palm Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a mixing system comprising a magnetically coupled drive system and a foil for cultivating algae, or cyanobacteria, in an open or enclosed vessel. The invention provides effective mixing, low energy usage, low capital expenditure, and ease of drive system component maintenance while maintaining the integrity of a sealed mixing vessel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/765593 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 13/08 (20130101) B01F 13/0015 (20130101) B01F 13/0827 (20130101) B01F 15/00545 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/02 (20130101) C12M 27/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09139823 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ye Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Junxin Duan (Beijing, China PRC); Lan Tang (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ye Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Junxin Duan (Beijing, China PRC); Lan Tang (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also provides nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cell comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, November 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/876529 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/50 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (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 7/14 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01004 (20130101) |
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| US 09139905 | Elam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Illinois); Seon W. Lee (Westmont, Illinois); Hsien-Hau Wang (Downers Grove, Illinois); Michael J. Pellin (Naperville, Illinois); Karen Byrum (Batavia, Illinois); Henry J. Frisch (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Illinois); Seon W. Lee (Westmont, Illinois); Hsien-Hau Wang (Downers Grove, Illinois); Michael J. Pellin (Naperville, Illinois); Karen Byrum (Batavia, Illinois); Henry J. Frisch (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for providing a micro-channel plate detector. An anodized aluminum oxide membrane is provided and includes a plurality of nanopores which have an Al coating and a thin layer of an emissive oxide material responsive to incident radiation, thereby providing a plurality of radiation sensitive channels for the micro-channel plate detector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/032395 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/407 (20130101) C23C 16/45527 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 16/45553 (20130101) |
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| US 09139920 | Kauffman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas Kauffman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christopher Matranga (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Huifeng Qian (Pearland, Texas); Rongchao Jin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Dominic R. Alfonso (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Kauffman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christopher Matranga (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Huifeng Qian (Pearland, Texas); Rongchao Jin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Dominic R. Alfonso (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for CO2 reduction using an Au25 electrode. The Au25 electrode is comprised of ligand-protected Au25 having a structure comprising an icosahedral core of 13 atoms surrounded by a shell of six semi-ring structures bonded to the core of 13 atoms, where each semi-ring structure is typically —SR—Au—SR—Au—SR or —SeR—Au—SeR—Au—SeR. The 12 semi-ring gold atoms within the six semi-ring structures are stellated on 12 of the 20 faces of the icosahedron of the Au13 core, and organic ligand —SR or —SeR groups are bonded to the Au13 core with sulfur or selenium atoms. The Au25 electrode and a counter-electrode are in contact with an electrolyte comprising CO2 and H+, and a potential of at least −0.1 volts is applied from the Au25 electrode to the counter-electrode. |
| FILED | Friday, October 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/045886 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 9/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09140145 | Brady et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick V. Brady (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James L. Krumhansl (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick V. Brady (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James L. Krumhansl (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system including a vessel including a heat source and a flue; a turbine; a condenser; a fluid conduit circuit disposed between the vessel, the turbine and the condenser; and a diverter coupled to the flue to direct a portion of an exhaust from the flue to contact with a cooling medium for the condenser water. A method including diverting a portion of exhaust from a flue of a vessel; modifying the pH of a cooling medium for a condenser with the portion of exhaust; and condensing heated fluid from the vessel with the pH modified cooling medium. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/207830 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Steam Engine Plants; Steam Accumulators; Engine Plants Not Otherwise Provided For; Engines Using Special Working Fluids or Cycles F01K 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01K 17/00 (20130101) F01K 17/04 (20130101) F01K 25/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09140159 | Gonze et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eugene V. Gonze (Pinckney, Michigan); Michael J. Paratore, Jr. (Howell, Michigan); Garima Bhatia (Bangalore, India) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene V. Gonze (Pinckney, Michigan); Michael J. Paratore, Jr. (Howell, Michigan); Garima Bhatia (Bangalore, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a particulate matter (PM) filter, an electric heater, and a control circuit. The electric heater includes multiple zones, which each correspond to longitudinal zones along a length of the PM filter. A first zone includes multiple discontinuous sub-zones. The control circuit determines whether regeneration is needed based on an estimated level of loading of the PM filter and an exhaust flow rate. In response to a determination that regeneration is needed, the control circuit: controls an operating parameter of an engine to increase an exhaust temperature to a first temperature during a first period; after the first period, activates the first zone; deactivates the first zone in response to a minimum filter face temperature being reached; subsequent to deactivating the first zone, activates a second zone; and deactivates the second zone in response to the minimum filter face temperature being reached. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/950545 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Machines or Engines in General; Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines F01N 3/025 (20130101) F01N 3/027 (20130101) F01N 3/035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01N 9/002 (20130101) F01N 13/009 (20140603) F01N 2240/16 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 41/029 (20130101) F02D 41/0245 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/26 (20130101) Y02T 10/47 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael G. Reynolds (Troy, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Reynolds (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust system for an engine comprises an exhaust heat recovery apparatus configured to receive exhaust gas from the engine and comprises a first flow passage in fluid communication with the exhaust gas and a second flow passage in fluid communication with the exhaust gas. A heat exchanger/energy recovery unit is disposed in the second flow passage and has a working fluid circulating therethrough for exchange of heat from the exhaust gas to the working fluid. A control valve is disposed downstream of the first and the second flow passages in a low temperature region of the exhaust heat recovery apparatus to direct exhaust gas through the first flow passage or the second flow passage. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/752648 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Machines or Engines in General; Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines F01N 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01N 2240/02 (20130101) Hot Gas or Combustion-product Positive-displacement Engine Plants; Use of Waste Heat of Combustion Engines; Not Otherwise Provided for F02G 5/02 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/16 (20130101) Y02T 10/166 (20130101) |
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| US 09140199 | Mond et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Mond (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Li Jiang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for switching between low- and high-dilution combustion modes in an internal combustion engine having an intake passage with an exhaust-driven turbocharger, a crankshaft-driven positive displacement supercharger downstream of the turbocharger and having variable boost controllable with a supercharger bypass valve, and a throttle valve downstream of the supercharger. The current combustion mode and mass air flow are determined. A switch to the target combustion mode is commanded when an operating condition falls within a range of predetermined operating conditions. A target mass air flow to achieve a target air-fuel ratio corresponding to the current operating condition and the target combustion mode is determined. The degree of opening of the supercharger bypass valve and the throttle valve are controlled to achieve the target mass air flow. The amount of residual exhaust gas is manipulated. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679010 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Cyclically Operating Valves for Machines or Engines F01L 1/34 (20130101) Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 1/14 (20130101) F02B 37/04 (20130101) F02B 37/12 (20130101) F02B 37/183 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 13/0207 (20130101) F02D 23/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02D 2021/083 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/18 (20130101) Y02T 10/144 (20130101) |
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| US 09140209 | Ernst et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CUMMINS INC. (Columbus, Indiana); PACCAR, INC. (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CUMMINS INC. (Columbus, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy C. Ernst (Columbus, Indiana); Christopher R. Nelson (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A waste heat recovery (WHR) system connects a working fluid to fluid passages formed in an engine block and/or a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, forming an engine heat exchanger. The fluid passages are formed near high temperature areas of the engine, subjecting the working fluid to sufficient heat energy to vaporize the working fluid while the working fluid advantageously cools the engine block and/or cylinder head, improving fuel efficiency. The location of the engine heat exchanger downstream from an EGR boiler and upstream from an exhaust heat exchanger provides an optimal position of the engine heat exchanger with respect to the thermodynamic cycle of the WHR system, giving priority to cooling of EGR gas. The configuration of valves in the WHR system provides the ability to select a plurality of parallel flow paths for optimal operation. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679885 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Machines or Engines in General; Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines F01N 5/02 (20130101) Hot Gas or Combustion-product Positive-displacement Engine Plants; Use of Waste Heat of Combustion Engines; Not Otherwise Provided for F02G 5/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 25/07 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/121 (20130101) Y02T 10/166 (20130101) |
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| US 09140231 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Wilson (Tijeras, New Mexico); Diana L. Bull (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Rush D. Robinett, III (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A wave energy converter (WEC) is described, the WEC including a power take off (PTO) that converts relative motion of bodies of the WEC into electrical energy. A controller controls operation of the PTO, causing the PTO to act as a motor to widen a wave frequency spectrum that is usable to generate electrical energy. |
| FILED | Monday, October 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/047700 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines or Engines for Liquids F03B 13/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F03B 15/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09140454 | Lacy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greer, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Baifang Zuo (Simpsonville, South Carolina); William David York (Greer, South Carolina); Jong Ho Uhm (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greer, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Baifang Zuo (Simpsonville, South Carolina); William David York (Greer, South Carolina); Jong Ho Uhm (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbomachine includes a compressor, a combustor operatively connected to the compressor, an end cover mounted to the combustor, and an injection nozzle assembly operatively connected to the combustor. The injection nozzle assembly includes a cap member having a first surface that extends to a second surface. The cap member further includes a plurality of openings. A plurality of bundled mini-tube assemblies are detachably mounted in the plurality of openings in the cap member. Each of the plurality of bundled mini-tube assemblies includes a main body section having a first end section and a second end section. A fluid plenum is arranged within the main body section. A plurality of tubes extend between the first and second end sections. Each of the plurality of tubes is fluidly connected to the fluid plenum. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/358805 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Burners F23D 2900/00008 (20130101) F23D 2900/00012 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/10 (20130101) F23R 3/34 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09140460 | Woods et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance For Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Woods (Boulder, Colorado); Erik Kozubal (Superior, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A control method for operating an indirect evaporative cooler to control temperature and humidity. The method includes operating an airflow control device to provide supply air at a flow rate to a liquid desiccant dehumidifier. The supply air flows through the dehumidifier and an indirect evaporative cooler prior to exiting an outlet into a space. The method includes operating a pump to provide liquid desiccant to the liquid desiccant dehumidifier and sensing a temperature of an airstream at the outlet of the indirect evaporative cooler. The method includes comparing the temperature of the airstream at the outlet to a setpoint temperature at the outlet and controlling the pump to set the flow rate of the liquid desiccant. The method includes sensing space temperature, comparing the space temperature with a setpoint temperature, and controlling the airflow control device to set the flow rate of the supply air based on the comparison. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/801210 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Air-conditioning; Air-humidification; Ventilation; Use of Air Currents for Screening F24F 3/1417 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F24F 5/0035 (20130101) F24F 2001/0092 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 30/62 (20130101) |
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| US 09140471 | Kozubal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance For Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Kozubal (Superior, Colorado); Jason Woods (Boulder, Colorado); Ron Judkoff (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A separator plate assembly for use in an indirect evaporative cooler (IEC) with an air-to-air heat exchanger. The assembly includes a separator plate with a first surface defining a dry channel and a second surface defining a wet channel. The assembly includes heat transfer enhancements provided on the first surface for increasing heat transfer rates. The heat transfer enhancements may include slit fins with bodies extending outward from the first surface of separator plate or may take other forms including vortex generators, offset strip fins, and wavy fins. In slit fin implementations, the separator plate has holes proximate to each of the slit fins, and the separator plate assembly may include a sealing layer applied to the second surface of the separator plate to block air flow through the holes. The sealing layer can be a thickness of adhesive, and a layer of wicking material is applied to the adhesive. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/801395 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Air-conditioning; Air-humidification; Ventilation; Use of Air Currents for Screening F24F 6/02 (20130101) F24F 12/006 (20130101) Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 5/00 (20130101) F28D 21/0014 (20130101) F28D 21/0015 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 30/62 (20130101) |
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| US 09140477 | Gomes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alberto Regio Gomes (St. Joseph, Michigan); Stephen L. Keres (Watervliet, Michigan); Stephen J. Kuehl (Stevensville, Michigan); Andrew D. Litch (St. Joseph, Michigan); Peter J. Richmond (Berrien Springs, Michigan); Guolian Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alberto Regio Gomes (St. Joseph, Michigan); Stephen L. Keres (Watervliet, Michigan); Stephen J. Kuehl (Stevensville, Michigan); Andrew D. Litch (St. Joseph, Michigan); Peter J. Richmond (Berrien Springs, Michigan); Guolian Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A refrigerator appliance configuration, and associated methods of operation, for an appliance with a controller, a condenser, at least one evaporator, a compressor, and two refrigeration compartments. The configuration may be equipped with a variable-speed or variable-capacity compressor, variable speed evaporator or compartment fans, a damper and/or a dual-temperature evaporator with a valve system to control flow of refrigerant through one or more pressure reduction devices. The controller, by operation of the compressor, fans, damper and/or valve system, depending on the appliance configuration, controls the cooling rate in one or both compartments to synchronize, alternating cycles of cooling the compartments to their set point temperatures. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/476385 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 5/02 (20130101) F25B 2600/2511 (20130101) Refrigerators; Cold Rooms; Ice-boxes; Cooling or Freezing Apparatus Not Otherwise Provided for F25D 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F25D 29/00 (20130101) F25D 2700/12 (20130101) F25D 2700/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09140478 | Gomes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alberto Regio Gomes (St. Joseph, Michigan); Stephen L. Keres (Watervliet, Michigan); Steven J. Kuehl (Stevensville, Michigan); Andrew D. Litch (St. Joseph, Michigan); Peter J. Richmond (Berrien Springs, Michigan); Guolian Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alberto Regio Gomes (St. Joseph, Michigan); Stephen L. Keres (Watervliet, Michigan); Steven J. Kuehl (Stevensville, Michigan); Andrew D. Litch (St. Joseph, Michigan); Peter J. Richmond (Berrien Springs, Michigan); Guolian Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of operation for refrigerator appliance configurations with a controller, a condenser, at least one evaporator, a compressor, and two refrigeration compartments. The configuration may be equipped with a variable-speed or variable-capacity compressor, variable speed evaporator or compartment fans, a damper, and/or a dual-temperature evaporator with a valve system to control flow of refrigerant through one or more pressure reduction devices. The methods may include synchronizing alternating cycles of cooling each compartment to a temperature approximately equal to the compartment set point temperature by operation of the compressor, fans, damper and/or valve system. The methods may also include controlling the cooling rate in one or both compartments. Refrigeration compartment cooling may begin at an interval before or after when the freezer compartment reaches its lower threshold temperature. Freezer compartment cooling may begin at an interval before or after when the freezer compartment reaches its upper threshold temperature. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/476435 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 5/02 (20130101) F25B 2600/2511 (20130101) Refrigerators; Cold Rooms; Ice-boxes; Cooling or Freezing Apparatus Not Otherwise Provided for F25D 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F25D 29/00 (20130101) F25D 2700/12 (20130101) F25D 2700/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09140479 | Gomes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alberto Regio Gomes (St. Joseph, Michigan); Stephen L. Keres (Watervliet, Michigan); Steven J. Kuehl (Stevensville, Michigan); Andrew D. Litch (St. Joseph, Michigan); Peter J. Richmond (Berrien Springs, Michigan); Guolian Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alberto Regio Gomes (St. Joseph, Michigan); Stephen L. Keres (Watervliet, Michigan); Steven J. Kuehl (Stevensville, Michigan); Andrew D. Litch (St. Joseph, Michigan); Peter J. Richmond (Berrien Springs, Michigan); Guolian Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A refrigerator appliance configuration, and associated methods of operation, for an appliance with a controller, a condenser, at least one evaporator, a compressor, and two refrigeration compartments. The configuration may be equipped with a variable-speed or variable-capacity compressor, variable speed evaporator or compartment fans, a damper, and/or a dual-temperature evaporator with a valve system to control flow of refrigerant through one or more pressure reduction devices. The controller, by operation of the compressor, fans, damper and/or valve system, depending on the appliance configuration, synchronizes alternating cycles of cooling each compartment to a temperature approximately equal to the compartment set point temperature. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/476475 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 5/02 (20130101) F25B 2600/2511 (20130101) Refrigerators; Cold Rooms; Ice-boxes; Cooling or Freezing Apparatus Not Otherwise Provided for F25D 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F25D 29/00 (20130101) F25D 2700/12 (20130101) F25D 2700/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09140633 | Van Berkel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary J. Van Berkel (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Richard C. King (Quakertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Van Berkel (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Richard C. King (Quakertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for performing surface sampling of an analyte, includes the step of placing the analyte on a stage with a material in molar excess to the analyte, such that analyte-analyte interactions are prevented and the analyte can be solubilized for further analysis. The material can be a matrix material that is mixed with the analyte. The material can be provided on a sample support. The analyte can then be contacted with a solvent to extract the analyte for further processing, such as by electrospray mass spectrometry. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/488141 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/383 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0404 (20130101) H01J 49/0468 (20130101) |
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| US 09140657 | Ledbetter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Micah P. Ledbetter (Oakland, California); Charles W. Crawford (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David E. Wemmer (Berkeley, California); Alexander Pines (Berkeley, California); Svenja Knappe (Boulder, Colorado); John Kitching (Boulder, Colorado); Dmitry Budker (El Cerrito, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Micah P. Ledbetter (Oakland, California); Charles W. Crawford (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David E. Wemmer (Berkeley, California); Alexander Pines (Berkeley, California); Svenja Knappe (Boulder, Colorado); John Kitching (Boulder, Colorado); Dmitry Budker (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of a method of detecting a J-coupling includes providing a polarized analyte adjacent to a vapor cell of an atomic magnetometer; and measuring one or more J-coupling parameters using the atomic magnetometer. According to an embodiment, measuring the one or more J-coupling parameters includes detecting a magnetic field created by the polarized analyte as the magnetic field evolves under a J-coupling interaction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/264376 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 24/087 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/26 (20130101) G01R 33/46 (20130101) G01R 33/445 (20130101) G01R 33/4608 (20130101) G01R 33/5605 (20130101) |
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| US 09140763 | Gilchrist et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron Gilchrist (Nibley, Utah); Hunter Wu (Salt Lake City, Utah); Kylee D. Sealy (Providence, Utah); Paul D. Israelsen (Logan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Utah State University (N. Logan, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Gilchrist (Nibley, Utah); Hunter Wu (Salt Lake City, Utah); Kylee D. Sealy (Providence, Utah); Paul D. Israelsen (Logan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A testing system for wireless power transfer systems, including a stationary plate, a rotating plate, and a driver to rotate the rotating plate with respect to the stationary plate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/622895 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 11/182 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 19/0092 (20130101) G01R 31/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 90/14 (20130101) Y02T 90/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09140810 | Karonis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (DeKalb, Illinois); FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC (Batavia, Illinois); UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG (Wollongong, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University (Dekalb, Illinois); Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (Batavia, Illinois); University of Wollongong (New South Wales, Australia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Karonis (West Chicago, Illinois); George Coutrakon (Redlands, California); Kirk Duffin (Dekalb, Illinois); Bela Erdelyi (Romeoville, Illinois); Kevin Naglich (Elgin, Illinois); Scott Penfold (Adelaide, Australia); Paul Rubinov (Batavia, Illinois); Victor Rykalin (Aurora, Illinois); Vishnu Zutshi (Dekalb, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A proton computed tomography (pCT) detector system, including two tracking detectors in sequence on a first side of an object to be imaged, two tracking detectors in sequence on an opposite side of the object to be imaged, a calorimeter, and a computer cluster, wherein the tracking detectors include plastic scintillation fibers. All fibers in the detector system are read out by Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM). A method of imaging an object by emitting protons from a source through two tracking detectors, through and around the object, and through two opposite tracking detectors, detecting energy of the protons with a calorimeter, and imaging the object. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/319684 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/29 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/201 (20130101) |
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| US 09141413 | Cruz-Campa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Luis Cruz-Campa (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ralph W. Young (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul J. Resnick (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Vipin P. Gupta (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies pertaining to designing microsystems-enabled photovoltaic (MEPV) cells are described herein. A first restriction for a first parameter of an MEPV cell is received. Subsequently, a selection of a second parameter of the MEPV cell is received. Values for a plurality of parameters of the MEPV cell are computed such that the MEPV cell is optimized with respect to the second parameter, wherein the values for the plurality of parameters are computed based at least in part upon the restriction for the first parameter. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/633970 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/455 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142339 | Sampayan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Sampayan (Manteca, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Sampayan (Manteca, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact radiation-modulated transconductance varistor device having both a radiation source and a photoconductive wide bandgap semiconductor material (PWBSM) integrally formed on a substrate so that a single interface is formed between the radiation source and PWBSM for transmitting PWBSM activation radiation directly from the radiation source to the PWBSM. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/928322 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Resistors H01C 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01C 7/1013 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/0808 (20130101) H01L 29/93 (20130101) |
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| US 09142350 | Pinkerton |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick E. Pinkerton (Shelby Township, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Particles of iron and nickel are added to a flowing plasma stream which does not chemically alter the iron or nickel. The iron and nickel are heated and vaporized in the stream, and then a cryogenic fluid is added to the stream to rapidly cause the formation of nanometer size particles of iron and nickel. The particles are separated from the stream. The particles are preferably formed as single crystals in which the iron and nickel atoms are organized in a tetragonal L10 crystal structure which displays magnetic anisotropy. A minor portion of an additive, such as titanium, vanadium, aluminum, boron, carbon, phosphorous, or sulfur, may be added to the plasma stream with the iron and nickel to enhance formation of the desired crystal structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/798292 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 9/14 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/068 (20130101) H01F 41/0266 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09142408 | Curtis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Calvin J. Curtis (Lakewood, Colorado); Alexander Miedaner (Boulder, Colorado); Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van Hest (Lakewood, Colorado); David S. Ginley (Denver, Colorado); Peter A. Hersh (Denver, Colorado); Louay Eldada (Austin, Texas); Billy J. Stanbery (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable 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 (Denver, Colorado); Peter A. Hersh (Denver, Colorado); Louay Eldada (Austin, Texas); Billy J. Stanbery (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Liquid precursors containing indium 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 method of depositing a liquid precursor on a substrate are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/136982 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 18/1204 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02568 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02628 (20130101) H01L 31/20 (20130101) H01L 31/0322 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/541 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142465 | Bender |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Bender (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Precise annealing of identified defective regions of a Focal Plane Array (“FPA”) (e.g., exclusive of non-defective regions of the FPA) facilitates removal of defects from an FPA that has been hybridized and/or packaged with readout electronics. Radiation is optionally applied under operating conditions, such as under cryogenic temperatures, such that performance of an FPA can be evaluated before, during, and after annealing without requiring thermal cycling. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/956868 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/0081 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 22/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142634 | Jozwiak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chris Jozwiak (Oakland, California); Cheol-Hwan Park (Seoul, South Korea); Kenneth Gotlieb (Berkeley, California); Steven G Louie (Berkeley, California); Zahid Hussain (Orinda, California); Alessandra Lanzara (Piedmont, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Chris Jozwiak (Oakland, California); Cheol-Hwan Park (Seoul, South Korea); Kenneth Gotlieb (Berkeley, California); Steven G Louie (Berkeley, California); Zahid Hussain (Orinda, California); Alessandra Lanzara (Piedmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One or more embodiments relate generally to the field of photoelectron spin and, more specifically, to a method and system for creating a controllable spin-polarized electron source. One preferred embodiment of the invention generally comprises: method for creating a controllable spin-polarized electron source comprising the following steps: providing one or more materials, the one or more materials having at least one surface and a material layer adjacent to said surface, wherein said surface comprises highly spin-polarized surface electrons, wherein the direction and spin of the surface electrons are locked together; providing at least one incident light capable of stimulating photoemission of said surface electrons; wherein the photon polarization of said incident light is tunable; and inducing photoemission of the surface electron states. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/185651 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/66007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66984 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142829 | Keyser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Keyser (Arvada, Colorado); Eric Darcy (League City, Texas); Dirk Long (Golden, Colorado); Ahmad Pesaran (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Keyser (Arvada, Colorado); Eric Darcy (League City, Texas); Dirk Long (Golden, Colorado); Ahmad Pesaran (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive safety device for an energy storage cell for positioning between two electrically conductive layers of the energy storage cell. The safety device also comprising a separator and a non-conductive layer. A first electrically conductive material is provided on the non-conductive layer. A first opening is formed through the separator between the first electrically conductive material and one of the electrically conductive layers of the energy storage device. A second electrically conductive material is provided adjacent the first electrically conductive material on the non-conductive layer, wherein a space is formed on the non-conductive layer between the first and second electrically conductive materials. A second opening is formed through the non-conductive layer between the second electrically conductive material and another of the electrically conductive layers of the energy storage device. The first and second electrically conductive materials combine and exit at least partially through the first and second openings to connect the two electrically conductive layers of the energy storage device at a predetermined temperature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/882316 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/348 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/48 (20130101) H01M 10/4235 (20130101) H01M 10/4285 (20130101) H01M 2200/00 (20130101) H01M 2200/10 (20130101) H01M 2200/103 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142833 | Tolbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarah H. Tolbert (Encino, California); Eric J. Nemanick (Santa Monica, California); Chris Byung-Hwa Kang (Cypress, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah H. Tolbert (Encino, California); Eric J. Nemanick (Santa Monica, California); Chris Byung-Hwa Kang (Cypress, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithium ion battery that incorporates an anode formed from a Group IV semiconductor material such as porous silicon is disclosed. The battery includes a cathode, and an anode comprising porous silicon. In some embodiments, the anode is present in the form of a nanowire, a film, or a powder, the porous silicon having a pore diameters within the range between 2 nm and 100 nm and an average wall thickness of within the range between 1 nm and 100 nm. The lithium ion battery further includes, in some embodiments, a non-aqueous lithium containing electrolyte. Lithium ion batteries incorporating a porous silicon anode demonstrate have high, stable lithium alloying capacity over many cycles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/702990 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0561 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09143053 | Lentine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony L. Lentine (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Brian Benjamin Johnson (Champaign, Illinois); Philip T. Krein (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Microinverters useable in association with photovoltaic modules are described. A three phase-microinverter receives direct current output generated by a microsystems-enabled photovoltaic cell and converts such direct current output into three-phase alternating current out. The three-phase microinverter is interleaved with other three-phase-microinverters, wherein such microinverters are integrated in a photovoltaic module with the microsystems-enabled photovoltaic cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/741546 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 7/537 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 09139443 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of North Dakoa (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Dakoa (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julia Xiaojun Zhao (Grand Forks, North Dakota); Jiao Chen (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention is a hollow silica nanomaterial (HSN). The HSN includes silicon dioxide (SiO2) molecules which join together to form a shell. The shell extends from a first end to a second end and has a generally circular cross section, an inner surface and an opposite outer surface. Another embodiment of the present invention includes a method for forming an HSN. The method includes combining polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and an alcohol to form a mixture, adding water to the mixture, adding sodium citrate to the mixture, adding a silicon-containing compound to the mixture, adding a catalyst to the mixture, and collecting hollow silica nanomaterials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/010670 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 33/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 33/18 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/61 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09139599 | Eddaoudi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mohamed Eddaoudi (Tampa, Florida); Jarrod F. Eubank (Land O' Lakes, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohamed Eddaoudi (Tampa, Florida); Jarrod F. Eubank (Land O' Lakes, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for chemical assemblies, multidimensional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), supermolecular building layers (SBLs), inorganic molecular building blocks (MBBs), organic MBBs (designed ligands), methods of making each, and methods of using each, and the like. In an embodiment, the composition can be used in catalysis, separations, gas storage, and drug delivery. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/911505 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09139739 | Megaridis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constantine M. Megaridis (Oak Park, Illinois); Thomas M. Schutzius (Tinley Park, Illinois); Ilker S. Bayer (Genova, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and materials for the production of hydrophobic coatings, which may be thermally treated to produce binary hydrophobic-hydrophilic regions. |
| FILED | Monday, July 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/942494 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 5/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) Y10T 428/31663 (20150401) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09141878 | Perlmutter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | AOL Inc. (Dulles, Virginia); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Isis Innovation Limited (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AOL Inc. (Dulles, Virginia); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Isis Innovation Limited (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sharon M Perlmutter (Pacific Palisades, California); Keren O Perlmutter (Pacific Palisades, California); Joshua Alspector (South Riding, Virginia); Alex Holub (Kensington, California); Mark Everingham (Oxford, United Kingdom); Pietro Perona (Altadena, California); Andrew Zisserman (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Similar faces may be determined within images based on human perception of facial similarity. The user may provide an image including a query face to which the user wishes to find faces that are similar. Similar faces may be determined based on similarity information. Similarity information may be generated from information related to a human perception of facial similarity. Images that include faces determined to be similar, based on the similarity information, may be provided to the user as search result images. The user then may provide feedback to indicate the user's perception of similarity between the query face and the search result images. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/013096 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00288 (20130101) G06K 9/622 (20130101) G06K 9/6253 (20130101) G06K 9/6261 (20130101) G06K 9/6263 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142400 | Brueck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen D. Hersee (Cudjoe Key, Florida); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making a heteroepitaxial layer. The method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate. A seed area delineated with a selective growth mask is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The seed area comprises a first material and has a linear surface dimension of less than 100 nm. A heteroepitaxial layer is grown on the seed area, the heteroepitaxial layer comprising a second material that is different from the first material. Devices made by the method are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/944808 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02107 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/1211 (20130101) H01L 29/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142870 | Harris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vincent Harris (Sharon, Massachusetts); Anton Geiler (Auburndale, Massachusetts); Carmine Vittoria (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Harris (Sharon, Massachusetts); Anton Geiler (Auburndale, Massachusetts); Carmine Vittoria (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Tunable microwave magnetic devices that provide increased performance with reduced size, weight, and cost. The disclosed microwave magnetic devices are voltage-tunable devices that include ferrite substrates. To tune the devices, the magnetic permeability of the respective ferrite substrates is varied by external, voltage-tuned, magnetic fringe fields created by one or more magnetoelectric (ME) transducers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/574780 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/12 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/19 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09143032 | Le et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lion Semiconductor Inc. (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LION SEMICONDUCTOR INC. (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hanh-Phuc Le (Richmond, California); John Crossley (Oakland, California); Wonyoung Kim (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure shows a hybrid regulator topology that can be more easily integrated and that can maintain high efficiency across a wide output and input voltage range, even with a small inductor. The hybrid regulator topology can include two types of regulators: a flying switched-inductor regulator and a step-down regulator that divides the input voltage into an M/N fraction of the input voltage. The disclosed embodiments of the hybrid regulator topology can reduce the capacitive loss of the flying switched-inductor regulator by limiting the voltage swing across the switches in the flying switched-inductor regulator. The disclosed embodiments of the hybrid regulator topology can reduce the inductor resistive loss of the flying switched-inductor regulator by operating the flying switched-inductor regulator at a high switching frequency and with a small amount of current flow through the inductor. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/250970 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/0052 (20130101) H02J 2007/0062 (20130101) Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 3/07 (20130101) H02M 3/156 (20130101) H02M 3/158 (20130101) H02M 2001/007 (20130101) H02M 2001/0093 (20130101) H02M 2003/072 (20130101) |
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| US 09143086 | Guthaus |
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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) | Matthew Guthaus (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Power-efficient resonant clock meshes and multiple frequency resonant clock distribution networks. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/133089 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 11/28 (20130101) Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 28/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 09143144 | Kuppambatti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jayanth Kuppambatti (New York, New York); Junhua Shen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peter Kinget (Summit, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jayanth Kuppambatti (New York, New York); Junhua Shen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peter Kinget (Summit, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems comprising: a first MDAC stage comprising: a sub-ADC that outputs a value based on an input signal; at least two reference capacitors that are charged to a Vref; at least two sampling capacitors that are charged to a Vin; and a plurality of switches that couple the at least two reference capacitors so that they are charged during a sampling phase, that couple the at least two sampling capacitors so that they are charged during the sampling phase, that couple at least one of the reference capacitors so that it is parallel to one of the at least two sampling capacitors during a hold phase, and that couple the other of the at least two sampling capacitors so that it couples the at least one of the reference capacitors and the one of the at least two sampling capacitors to a reference capacitor of a second MDAC stage. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/005887 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/08 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 1/442 (20130101) H03M 1/1245 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 09140283 | Lukowski, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florian P. Lukowski, Jr. (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Florian P. Lukowski, Jr. (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite joint includes a first member having a groove therein, a second member adjacent to the first member, and a connector member disposed between the second member and the first member. The connector member is received in the groove so as to bias a load path between the first member and the second member from a peripheral portion to a central portion of the connector member. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945548 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 2/02 (20130101) F16B 11/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pipes; Joints or Fittings for Pipes; Supports for Pipes, Cables or Protective Tubing; Means for Thermal Insulation in General F16L 13/007 (20130101) F16L 13/103 (20130101) F16L 47/24 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 2275/025 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49947 (20150115) Y10T 403/471 (20150115) Y10T 403/472 (20150115) Y10T 403/7062 (20150115) Y10T 403/7073 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140556 | Sheikh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ASTER LABS, INC. (Shoreview, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aster Labs, Inc. (Shoreview, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suneel I. Sheikh (Shoreview, Minnesota); Chuck Hisamoto (Woodbury, Minnesota); Zaven Arzoumanian (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for spacecraft navigation using distant celestial gamma-ray bursts which offer detectable, bright, high-energy events that provide well-defined characteristics conducive to accurate time-alignment among spatially separated spacecraft. Utilizing assemblages of photons from distant gamma-ray bursts, relative range between two spacecraft can be accurately computed along the direction to each burst's source based upon the difference in arrival time of the burst emission at each spacecraft's location. Correlation methods used to time-align the high-energy burst profiles are provided. The spacecraft navigation may be carried out autonomously or in a central control mode of operation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/178458 |
| ART UNIT | 3668 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09140612 | Snyder |
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| APPLICANT(S) | G. Jeffrey Snyder (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | G. Jeffrey Snyder (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high temperature Seebeck coefficient measurement apparatus and method with various features to minimize typical sources of errors is described. Common sources of temperature and voltage measurement errors which may impact accurate measurement are identified and reduced. Applying the identified principles, a high temperature Seebeck measurement apparatus and method employing a uniaxial, four-point geometry is described to operate from room temperature up to 1300K. These techniques for non-destructive Seebeck coefficient measurements are simple to operate, and are suitable for bulk samples with a broad range of physical types and shapes. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/403835 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 25/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09140896 | Norman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colin A. Norman (Baltimore, Maryland); Laurent A. Pueyo (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An active optical beam shaping system includes a first deformable mirror arranged to at least partially intercept an entrance beam of light and to provide a first reflected beam of light, a second deformable mirror arranged to at least partially intercept the first reflected beam of light from the first deformable mirror and to provide a second reflected beam of light, and a signal processing and control system configured to communicate with the first and second deformable mirrors. The first deformable mirror, the second deformable mirror and the signal processing and control system together provide a large amplitude light modulation range to provide an actively shaped optical beam. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/052599 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 19/0019 (20130101) G02B 23/02 (20130101) G02B 26/0816 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission H04B 10/25 (20130101) H04B 10/60 (20130101) H04B 10/516 (20130101) |
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| US 09141113 | Ivanov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tonislav I. Ivanov (Los Angeles, California); Andres Huertas (Woodland Hills, California); Andrew E. Johnson (Glendale, California) |
| 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) | Tonislav I. Ivanov (Los Angeles, California); Andres Huertas (Woodland Hills, California); Andrew E. Johnson (Glendale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses, systems, computer programs and methods for performing hazard detection and avoidance for landing vehicles are provided. Hazard assessment takes into consideration the geometry of the lander. Safety probabilities are computed for a plurality of pixels in a digital elevation map. The safety probabilities are combined for pixels associated with one or more aim points and orientations. A worst case probability value is assigned to each of the one or more aim points and orientations. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/456451 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 13/94 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0676 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09142961 | Krasowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Krasowski (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); Norman F. Prokop (South Euclid, Ohio); Lawrence C. Greer, III (Avon, Ohio); Jennifer M. Nappier (Bay Village, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Krasowski (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); Norman F. Prokop (South Euclid, Ohio); Lawrence C. Greer, III (Avon, Ohio); Jennifer M. Nappier (Bay Village, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method are provided for communicating over power lines. The apparatus includes a coupling modem that is situated between a power line and a device. The coupling modem is configured to demodulate a signal received from the power line into a sine signal and a cosine signal. The coupling modem is also configured to modulate a communicated bit stream received from the device into a transmitted signal in order to impose the transmitted signal onto the power line. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/218847 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09143084 | Siles Perez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jose Vicente Siles Perez (Pasadena, California); Goutam Chattopadhyay (Pasadena, California); Choonsup Lee (La Palma, California); Erich T. Schlecht (Pasadena, California); Cecile D. Jung-Kubiak (Pasadena, California); Imran Mehdi (South Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Vicente Siles Perez (Pasadena, California); Goutam Chattopadhyay (Pasadena, California); Choonsup Lee (La Palma, California); Erich T. Schlecht (Pasadena, California); Cecile D. Jung-Kubiak (Pasadena, California); Imran Mehdi (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel MMIC on-chip power-combined frequency multiplier device and a method of fabricating the same, comprising two or more multiplying structures integrated on a single chip, wherein each of the integrated multiplying structures are electrically identical and each of the multiplying structures include one input antenna (E-probe) for receiving an input signal in the millimeter-wave, submillimeter-wave or terahertz frequency range inputted on the chip, a stripline based input matching network electrically connecting the input antennas to two or more Schottky diodes in a balanced configuration, two or more Schottky diodes that are used as nonlinear semiconductor devices to generate harmonics out of the input signal and produce the multiplied output signal, stripline based output matching networks for transmitting the output signal from the Schottky diodes to an output antenna, and an output antenna (E-probe) for transmitting the output signal off the chip into the output waveguide transmission line. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/595964 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/77 (20130101) H01L 23/66 (20130101) H01L 27/0814 (20130101) H01L 2223/6627 (20130101) H01L 2223/6677 (20130101) H01L 2223/6683 (20130101) H01L 2224/48091 (20130101) H01L 2224/48091 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 19/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03B 19/18 (20130101) H03B 2200/0032 (20130101) H03B 2200/0076 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09137990 | Seybold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven J. Seybold (Davis, California); Paul L. Dallara (Pleasanton, California); Lori J. Nelson (Alameda, California); Andrew D. Graves (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stacy M. Hishinuma (Burbank, California); Regine Gries (Coquitlam, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Seybold (Davis, California); Paul L. Dallara (Pleasanton, California); Lori J. Nelson (Alameda, California); Andrew D. Graves (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stacy M. Hishinuma (Burbank, California); Regine Gries (Coquitlam, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods which include exposing a beetle of the species Pityophthorus juglandis and/or treating surfaces susceptible to infestation by the species or to infection by Geosmithia morbida with compositions including one or more semiochemicals capable of being produced by Pityophthorus juglandis. The semiochemicals can be 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol, conophthorin or chalcogran. Also disclosed are compositions and systems used in the methods. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/548319 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| 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 31/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 43/90 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09139624 | Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bal Ram Singh (Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Shashi Kant Sharma (New Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bal Ram Singh (North Dartmouth, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bal Ram Singh (Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Shashi Kant Sharma (New Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated, biologically active 33 kDa hemagglutinin purified from the type A Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin complex and its uses are described. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/463925 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/08 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/33 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 530/825 (20130101) |
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| US 09139689 | Flynn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Lapol, LLC (Santa Barbarba, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Lapol, LLC (Santa Barbara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allison Flynn (El Cerrito, California); Lennard F Torres (Pleasanton, California); William J Orts (Burlingame, California); Artur Klamczynski (Orinda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioderived plasticizer for biopolymers includes a compatibilizing unit and a polyester plasticizing unit. The plasticizer improves the flexibility of biopolymers while not adversely affecting the modulus of the biopolymer. The compatibilizing unit renders the plasticizer more miscible with the desired base biopolymer, and may increase crystallization and includes a lower alkyl (C3 to C7) organic acid including enantiomeric isomers of the base polymer. The polyester plasticizing unit is formed from monomers comprising a multifunctional alcohol and an aliphatic anhydride or its equivalent dicarboxylic acid and ester derivatives. The polyester plasticizing unit may optionally include one or more difunctional alcohols in combination with the multifunctional alcohol. The resulting bioderived plasticizer lowers glass transition temperature (Tg), can improve brittleness, may increases heat deflection temperature and improves melt viscosity. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/725802 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/52 (20130101) C08G 63/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 63/66 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/00 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 91/005 (20130101) |
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| US PP25939 | Meerow |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan W Meerow (Davie, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct tetraploid 2n=44 Hippeastrum interspecific hybrid plant named ‘Miami’ measuring approximately 11-14 cm long, approximately 14-16 cm wide laterally, 16-17.5 cm wide dorsal-ventrally. The flowers are densely striated orange red approximately RHS Orange Red 33A on their inner surfaces, with a sharp white RHS 155C keel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/987958 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/402 |
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| US PP25940 | Meerow |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan W Meerow (Davie, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct aneuploid (2n=43) moderately tall Hippeastrum hybrid plant named ‘Orlando’ measuring approximately 13-14.5 cm long, approximately 14-16 cm wide laterally, approximately 17-19 cm wide dorsal-ventrally. The flowers are densely striated pink-purple approximately RHS Red Purple 66A on their upper surfaces, with a broad white RHS 155D keel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/987957 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/402 |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09138727 | Greenlee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Institute of Standards and Technology (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lauren F. Greenlee (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Core-shell nanoparticles and techniques for their synthesis are described herein. Generally, the nanoparticles comprise a core that includes iron and at least one shell disposed about the core that includes nickel. In certain versions, the nanoparticles are free of precious metals. |
| FILED | Monday, August 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/958770 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/755 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/008 (20130101) B01J 35/0013 (20130101) B01J 35/0033 (20130101) B01J 37/16 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/9041 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09140283 | Lukowski, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florian P. Lukowski, Jr. (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Florian P. Lukowski, Jr. (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite joint includes a first member having a groove therein, a second member adjacent to the first member, and a connector member disposed between the second member and the first member. The connector member is received in the groove so as to bias a load path between the first member and the second member from a peripheral portion to a central portion of the connector member. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945548 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 2/02 (20130101) F16B 11/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pipes; Joints or Fittings for Pipes; Supports for Pipes, Cables or Protective Tubing; Means for Thermal Insulation in General F16L 13/007 (20130101) F16L 13/103 (20130101) F16L 47/24 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 2275/025 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49947 (20150115) Y10T 403/471 (20150115) Y10T 403/472 (20150115) Y10T 403/7062 (20150115) Y10T 403/7073 (20150115) |
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| US 09140657 | Ledbetter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Micah P. Ledbetter (Oakland, California); Charles W. Crawford (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David E. Wemmer (Berkeley, California); Alexander Pines (Berkeley, California); Svenja Knappe (Boulder, Colorado); John Kitching (Boulder, Colorado); Dmitry Budker (El Cerrito, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Micah P. Ledbetter (Oakland, California); Charles W. Crawford (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David E. Wemmer (Berkeley, California); Alexander Pines (Berkeley, California); Svenja Knappe (Boulder, Colorado); John Kitching (Boulder, Colorado); Dmitry Budker (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of a method of detecting a J-coupling includes providing a polarized analyte adjacent to a vapor cell of an atomic magnetometer; and measuring one or more J-coupling parameters using the atomic magnetometer. According to an embodiment, measuring the one or more J-coupling parameters includes detecting a magnetic field created by the polarized analyte as the magnetic field evolves under a J-coupling interaction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/264376 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 24/087 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/26 (20130101) G01R 33/46 (20130101) G01R 33/445 (20130101) G01R 33/4608 (20130101) G01R 33/5605 (20130101) |
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| US 09142864 | Roberts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Alan Roberts (Oakland, California); Rainer J Fasching (Mill Valley, California); Constantin I Stefan (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amprius, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Alan Roberts (Oakland, California); Rainer J Fasching (Mill Valley, California); Constantin I Stefan (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are novel electrolytes for use in rechargeable lithium ion cells containing high capacity active materials, such as silicon, germanium, tin, and/or aluminum. These novel electrolytes include one or more pyrocarbonates and, in certain embodiments, one or more fluorinated carbonates. For example, dimethyl pyrocarbonate (DMPC) may be combine with mono-fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC). Alternatively, DMPC or other pyrocarbonates may be used without any fluorinated carbonates. A weight ratio of pyrocarbonates may be between about 0% and 50%, for example, about 10%. Pyrocarbonates may be combined with other solvents, such as ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC), dimethyl carbonate (DMC), diethyl carbonate (DEC), and/or ethyl-methyl carbonate (EMC). Alternatively, pyrocarbonates may be used without such solvents. Experimental results conducted using electrochemical cells with silicon based electrodes demonstrated substantial improvements in cycle life when pyrocarbonate containing electrolytes were used in comparison with pyrocarbonate free electrolytes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/296753 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/0428 (20130101) H01M 4/483 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0034 (20130101) H01M 2300/0037 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09143583 | Brockway |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Brockway (Ellicott, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An interface device for provisioning Internet Protocol (IP) communications to be established for base station equipment that employ proprietary device specific protocols. A fixed station interface (FSI) translates between a V.24 High-Level-Data-Link Control (HDLC) protocols used for external data connections on base station equipment to a Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VOIP) open-standard protocol. Upon being deployed in First Responder communications networks (that use legacy base station equipment), the FSI provisions for the retention of existing installed base station equipment while providing a low cost solution to support VOIP communications interconnectivity and reliability, thereby enhancing the effectiveness and safety of the First Responder systems. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/246553 |
| ART UNIT | 2464 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 69/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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European Union (EU)
| US 09142841 | Tsotridis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgios Tsotridis (KH Alkmaar, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE EUROPEAN UNION, REPRESENTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (, Belgium) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georgios Tsotridis (KH Alkmaar, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-tubular solid oxide fuel cell arrangement includes two micro-tubular elements having a tubular inner electrode, covered on its outer surface with an electrolyte, the electrolyte being covered on its outer surface with a tubular outer electrode; and a connection element arranged between the micro-tubular elements for connecting one end of one micro-tubular element to one end of the other micro-tubular element, where the micro-tubular element has a first end portion with an inner cone arranged in the tubular inner electrode and a second end portion with an outer cone arranged in the tubular outer electrode, where the connection element comprises a metallic interconnector plate having a first side and an opposite second side, where the plate is provided with at least one hole; a first metallic connector on the first side and arranged around the hole and a second metallic connector on the second side and arranged around the hole. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/119249 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/243 (20130101) H01M 8/0247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/0252 (20130101) H01M 8/2465 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
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National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 09139262 | Skaggs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk D. Skaggs (Kent, Washington); Gregory W. Swanson (Burien, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is an apparatus for transporting and reorienting an object on a base surface includes a first header coupled to a first side of the object, and a second header coupled to a second side of the object. The object is between the first and second headers. Each of the first and second headers includes a first flat surface that is contactable with the base surface for supporting the object in a first orientation, a second flat surface that is contactable with the base surface for supporting the object in a second orientation, and a curved surface that couples the first and second flat surfaces. The curved surface is contactable with the base surface as the object transitions between the first and second orientations. A radius of curvature of the curved surface is based on a position of a center of gravity of the object. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/975006 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 35/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transport or Storage Devices, e.g Conveyors for Loading or Tipping, shop Conveyor Systems Or pneumatic Tube Conveyors B65G 47/24 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 41/00 (20130101) |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09143484 | Maggenti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Maggenti (San Diego, California); Douglas M. Crockett (San Diego, California); Eric C. Rosen (San Deigo, California); Sacchindra K. G. Kalantri (New Delhi, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Maggenti (San Diego, California); Douglas M. Crockett (San Diego, California); Eric C. Rosen (San Deigo, California); Sacchindra K. G. Kalantri (New Delhi, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for providing security in a group communication network provides for receiving an encryption key, encrypting media for transmission to a controller using the received encryption key, the encrypted media being directed to another communication device, and communicating the encrypted media to the controller. In one embodiment, the communicating includes wireless communication. The method and apparatus further provides for receiving encrypted media from a controller and blocking the encrypted media if the communication device is not enabled to receive encrypted-media transmission, or if the media is not encrypted based on an encryption key previously specified by the communication device. In another aspect, the communication device is a push-to-talk (PTT) device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/694915 |
| ART UNIT | 3627 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/08 (20130101) H04L 63/065 (20130101) H04L 63/0428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/0442 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/10 (20130101) H04W 76/005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09140682 | Lindsay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stuart Lindsay (Phoenix, Arizona); Shuai Chang (Tempe, Arizona); Jin He (Mesa, Arizona); Peiming Zhang (Gilbert, Arizona); Shuo Huang (Tempe, 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) | Stuart Lindsay (Phoenix, Arizona); Shuai Chang (Tempe, Arizona); Jin He (Mesa, Arizona); Peiming Zhang (Gilbert, Arizona); Shuo Huang (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes compositions, devices, and methods for analyzing a polymer and/or polymer unit. The polymer may be a homo or hetero-polymer such as DNA, RNA, a polysaccharide, or a peptide. The device includes electrodes that form a tunnel gap through which the polymer can pass. The electrodes are functionalized with a reagent attached thereto, and the reagent is capable of forming a transient bond to a polymer unit. When the transient bond forms between the reagent and the unit, a detectable signal is generated and used to analyze the polymer. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/395956 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09139290 | Litwinowicz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony Litwinowicz (Derby, Connecticut); Stephen Kubik (Shelton, Connecticut); Steven W. Hong (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments are directed to receiving, by a computing device comprising a processor, at least one control input associated with an aircraft, obtaining, by the computing device, a predicted response to the at least one control input by filtering on a trim position, wherein the predicted response is based on a model of the aircraft, obtaining, by the computing device, an actual response of the aircraft to the at least one control input, comparing, by the computing device, the predicted response and the actual response, and determining, by the computing device, at least one attribute based on the comparison. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/022623 |
| ART UNIT | 3668 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140278 | Sorvino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alfred Sorvino (Vail, Arizona); Donald N. McDuffee (Vail, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfred Sorvino (Vail, Arizona); Donald N. McDuffee (Vail, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A connection joint includes a first plate (186, 286), a second plate (182, 282), and connection members (184, 284). The connection members are coupled to the first plate and the second plate and positioned between the first plate and the second plate. The connection members are configured to resist rotation of the first plate with respect to the second plate around a first axis and allow a compression or expansion of the first plate with respect to the second plate on the first axis. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/619487 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 11/06 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 403/45 (20150115) Y10T 403/32181 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09140901 | Staver |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip R. Staver (Wilton, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Staver (Wilton, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for scanning a wide band beam is presented. An apparatus includes a pair of prism triplets. Each prism triplet includes a first wedge prism, a second wedge prism and a third wedge prism all formed with different optical materials. In operation, a beam passing through the wide band team scanning apparatus first passes through the first, second and third wedge prisms of the first prism triplet. The beam then passes through the wedge prisms of the second prism triplet in a mirrored order (the third, then second, then first wedge prisms) than that of the first prism triplet. This apparatus with two prism triplets allows wide band light transmitted through it to emerge with its plurality of different wavelengths of light travelling in the same direction to equalize net dispersive effects each of different wavelengths. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/879543 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/108 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 26/0891 (20130101) G02B 27/0025 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09142287 | Ordentlich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erik Ordentlich (San Jose, California); Ron M. Roth (Haifa, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Ordentlich (San Jose, California); Ron M. Roth (Haifa, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for encoding bits to be stored within a crossbar memory architecture performed by a physical computing system includes designating, with the physical computing system, a subset of crosspoints within a crossbar matrix, the crossbar matrix comprising a number of disjointed intersecting wire segments, the subset corresponding to a predetermined path through the crossbar matrix; and encoding, with the physical computing system, a number of data bits to be placed along the predetermined path; in which the encoding causes bits pertaining to at least one of the wire segments to be subject to a constraint when the data bits are placed along the predetermined path. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/383644 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 13/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 2213/77 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09143709 | Winn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stuart Martin Winn (Salem, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Exelis, Inc. (Herndon, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Martin Winn (Salem, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of non-uniformity correction (NUC) for a pixel in an imaging array includes: a storage module for storing (a) a first gain coefficient for correcting a gain error of the pixel and (b) multiple damping factors, including a first damping factor, for adjusting the first gain coefficient, in response to multiple respective light levels that the pixel senses during operation. Also included is a NUC corrector module for receiving a first intensity value from the pixel in response to a first light level. The NUC corrector module extracts the first gain coefficient and a first damping factor from the storage module, and then corrects the first intensity value of the pixel using the (a) first gain coefficient and (b) first damping factor. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/365611 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/367 (20130101) H04N 5/3651 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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 22, 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.
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THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
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We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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ABSTRACT
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FILED
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APPL NO
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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CURRENT CPC
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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.
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