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Patent Details for Tuesday, October 13, 2015
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| US 09155494 | Iseberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steve Iseberg (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); Mead C. Killion (Elk Grove Village, Illinois); Jonathan Siegel (Skokie, Illinois); Sumitrajit Dhar (Skokie, Illinois); Viorel Drambarean (Lincolnwood, Illinois); Dan Mapes-Riordan (Evanston, Illinois); Steve Viranyi (Palatine, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ETYMOTIC RESEARCH, INC. (Elk Grove Village, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steve Iseberg (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); Mead C. Killion (Elk Grove Village, Illinois); Jonathan Siegel (Skokie, Illinois); Sumitrajit Dhar (Skokie, Illinois); Viorel Drambarean (Lincolnwood, Illinois); Dan Mapes-Riordan (Evanston, Illinois); Steve Viranyi (Palatine, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments provide a hearing testing probe apparatus. The hearing testing probe apparatus includes a probe tube detachably coupled at a first end to a probe body and extending through a center hole in an eartip to align proximate a face of the eartip at a second end. The probe tube includes a plurality of stimulus lumens for receiving and carrying stimulus from the first end of the probe tube for output at the second end of the probe tube. The probe tube includes one or more microphone lumens for receiving and carrying one or more measured responses from the second end of the probe tube to one or more microphones at the first end of the probe tube. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/357184 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/6817 (20130101) |
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| US 09155634 | Lipschutz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Lipschutz (Chicago, Illinois); Dennis Tkach (Chicago, Illinois); Blair Lock (Chicago, Illinois); Levi Hargrove (Chicago, Illinois); Todd Kuiken (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Lipschutz (Chicago, Illinois); Dennis Tkach (Chicago, Illinois); Blair Lock (Chicago, Illinois); Levi Hargrove (Chicago, Illinois); Todd Kuiken (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provides myoelectric prosthesis control system that include a gel liner that has a plurality of layers and a plurality of leads at least partially positioned between the plurality of layers. In addition, a plurality of electrodes can be coupled to the leads and portions of the electrodes can also be positioned between the plurality of layers. At least some of the electrodes can include an electrode pole that is configured to contract the residual limb to detect electromyographic signals. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/587755 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/60 (20130101) A61F 2/68 (20130101) A61F 2/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/7812 (20130101) A61F 2002/607 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49224 (20150115) |
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| US 09155723 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rakesh K. Jain (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Dan G. Duda (Belmont, Massachusetts); Sergey V. Kozin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dai Fukumura (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rakesh K. Jain (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Dan G. Duda (Belmont, Massachusetts); Sergey V. Kozin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dai Fukumura (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibition of CXCR4 can inhibit tumor growth and metastasis during certain therapeutic windows. Disclosed are novel methods for treating and preventing cancer in a subject related to administration of CXCR4 inhibitors during a therapeutic window following treatment with another anti-tumor therapy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/806929 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09155924 | Grove et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Corey M. Grove (Red Lion, Pennsylvania); Stephen E. Chase (Jarrettsville, Missouri); Daniel J. Barker (Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Corey M. Grove (Red Lion, Pennsylvania); Stephen E. Chase (Jarrettsville, Missouri); Daniel J. Barker (Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular chemical/biological headgear system includes a helmet liner of a resilient shock absorbing material that conforms generally to the shape of a wearer's head, provides a cavity for removable installation of one or more modular filters in the back, and a duct to convey filtered air from the one or more modular filters to a face mask. The helmet liner may be equipped and configured with a variety of interchangeable modular components including hardened outer shells, communications modules, enhanced chemical biological filters, and the like, to meet a wide variety of operational needs. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/672570 |
| ART UNIT | 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Hats; Head Coverings A42B 3/28 (20130101) A42B 3/288 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 16/0627 (20140204) Devices, Apparatus or Methods for Life-saving A62B 7/10 (20130101) A62B 18/02 (20130101) A62B 18/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A62B 18/08 (20130101) A62B 23/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09156004 | Brueck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Deying Xia (Belmont, Massachusetts); Yuliya Kuznetsova (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Alexander Neumann (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Deying Xia (Belmont, Massachusetts); Yuliya Kuznetsova (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Alexander Neumann (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the invention, there is a method of forming a nanochannel including depositing a photosensitive film stack over a substrate and forming a pattern on the film stack using interferometric lithography. The method can further include depositing a plurality of silica nanoparticles to form a structure over the pattern and removing the pattern while retaining the structure formed by the plurality of silica nanoparticles, wherein the structure comprises an enclosed nanochannel. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/831537 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 69/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00071 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/2051 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/78 (20130101) Y10S 977/84 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0324 (20150401) Y10T 137/3006 (20150401) |
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| US 09156037 | Yung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chong Wing Yung (San Jose, California); Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Jason O. Fiering (Boston, Massachusetts); Mathew Varghese (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chong Wing Yung (San Jose, California); Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Jason O. Fiering (Boston, Massachusetts); Mathew Varghese (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device for separating target components from a source fluid includes one or more source channels connected to one or more collection channels by one or more transfer channels. The target components of the source fluid can be magnetic or bound to magnetic particles using a know binding agent. A source fluid containing magnetically bound target components can be pumped through the source channel of the microfluidic device. A magnetic field gradient can be applied to the source fluid in the source channel causing the magnetically bound target components to migrate through the transfer channel into the collection channel. The collection channel can include a collection fluid that is stagnant until a predefined volume of source fluid is processed or a predefined volume of target components accumulate in the collection channel, at which point collection fluid can be pumped into the collection channel to flush the target components out of the collection channel. The target components can be subsequently analyzed for detection and diagnosis. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/144572 |
| 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 | Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 1/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B03C 1/288 (20130101) B03C 2201/18 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/40 (20130101) G01N 33/54326 (20130101) G01N 33/54366 (20130101) |
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| US 09156041 | Mancinho |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Derek J. Mancinho (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derek J. Mancinho (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | A DMMP vapor generator, system, and method includes a mixing chamber that receives heated air; at least one heating coil operatively connected to the mixing chamber, wherein the at least one heating coil receives liquid DMMP and uses the heated air to heat the liquid DMMP; a mist sprayer operatively connected to the mixing chamber, wherein the mist sprayer receives the heated liquid DMMP and atomizes the heated liquid DMMP into a DMMP aerosol; and a tube operatively connected to the mixing chamber, wherein the tube receives and vaporizes the DMMP aerosol. The DMMP vapor generator may further include a heater operatively connected to the tube, wherein the heater maintains a temperature in at least a portion of the tube to continue a steady vaporization of the DMMP aerosol. The heated air in the mixing chamber and in the at least a portion of the tube is approximately 195° F. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/465293 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Means for Generating Smoke or Mist; Gas-attack Compositions; Generation of Gas for Blasting or Propulsion C06D 3/00 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 9/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09156189 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tza-Huei Wang (Timonium, Maryland); Weijie Beh (Baltimore, Maryland); Dara L. Kraitchman (Oxford, Maryland); Hsa-Quan Mao (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tza-Huei Wang (Timonium, Maryland); Weijie Beh (Baltimore, Maryland); Dara L. Kraitchman (Oxford, Maryland); Hsa-Quan Mao (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for producing microbeads includes a microfluidic device defining a supply channel and a shearing channel, a microbead precursor material disposed in the supply channel, a carrier fluid disposed in the shearing channel, and a pressure distribution system fluidly connected to each of the supply channel and the shearing channel to control at least relative pressures of the microbead precursor material and the carrier fluid. The supply channel includes a check valve adapted to be subjected to a bias pressure that is sufficient to close the check valve to flow of microbead precursor material when a supply pressure of the microbead precursor material is below a threshold pressure and is open to flow of the microbead precursor material when the supply pressure of the microbead precursor material is greater than the threshold pressure. An end of the supply channel opens into the shearing channel such that the microbead precursor material is sheared into droplets by the carrier fluid flowing through the shearing channel. A pressure of the carrier fluid is less than the bias pressure. The microbead precursor material and the carrier fluid are substantially immiscible. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/822983 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/16 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/0052 (20130101) Preparation or Pretreatment of the Material to be Shaped; Making Granules or Preforms; Recovery of Plastics or Other Constituents of Waste Material Containing Plastics B29B 9/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09156559 | Grip et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Erik Grip (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Blaine Knight Rawdon (San Pedro, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Erik Grip (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Blaine Knight Rawdon (San Pedro, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An aircraft wing has a plurality of wing segments mounted on a wing spar by joints that allow relative movement between the spar and the wing segments. Tuning of coefficients of thermal expansion is employed to reduce induced stresses from changes in temperature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/276750 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 3/18 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 27/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64D 2211/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/62 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) |
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| US 09156600 | Scharf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sara R. Scharf (Redondo Beach, California); Randy M. Villahermosa (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sara R. Scharf (Redondo Beach, California); Randy M. Villahermosa (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Moisture interactive materials and products formed with a polyimide material that includes metal salt (e.g., cobalt salt) portions imbedded therein such that the polyimide material is capable of absorbing, permeating, and desorbing moisture and such that the polyimide material changes in color depending upon how much moisture is currently retained by the polyimide material, the polyimide material being substantially free of oxide. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/266355 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 2253/202 (20130101) B01D 2257/80 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/0225 (20130101) B01J 20/262 (20130101) B01J 20/0288 (20130101) B01J 20/2805 (20130101) B01J 20/28026 (20130101) B01J 2220/49 (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 2079/08 (20130101) Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 79/02 (20130101) B65D 81/264 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 31/222 (20130101) |
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| US 09156728 | Peters et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Carl Peters (Shelby, North Carolina); Juan Camilo Serrano (Gastonia, North Carolina); Hong Li (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Cheryl A. Richards (Monroeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Carl Peters (Shelby, North Carolina); Juan Camilo Serrano (Gastonia, North Carolina); Hong Li (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Cheryl A. Richards (Monroeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to fabrics, composites, prepregs, laminates, and other products incorporating glass fibers formed from glass compositions. The glass fibers, in some embodiments, are incorporated into composites that can be adapted for use in high energy impact applications such as ballistic or blast resistance applications. Glass fibers formed from some embodiments of the glass compositions can have certain desirable properties that can include, for example, desirable electrical properties (e.g. low Dk) or desirable mechanical properties (e.g., specific strength). |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/232614 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/22 (20130101) B29C 70/24 (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 2086/00 (20130101) B29K 2105/0845 (20130101) B29K 2309/08 (20130101) Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/0471 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/249921 (20150401) Y10T 442/30 (20150401) |
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| US 09156792 | Njar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vincent C. O. Njar (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Lalji K. Gediya (Secane, Pennsylvania); Aakanksha Khandelwal (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent C. O. Njar (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Lalji K. Gediya (Secane, Pennsylvania); Aakanksha Khandelwal (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Retinoic acid metabolism blocking agents (RAMBAs). The RAMBAs may be used for treatment of cancer, including breast and prostate cancers. Methods for preparing novel retinamide RAMBAs. The methods include reacting RAMBAs with terminal polar carboxylic acid group with a variety of amines in the presence of suitable coupling reagents. The retinamide RAMBAs are potent inhibitors of the growth of prostate and breast cancer cells and may be useful for the treatment of these diseases in humans. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/991822 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/41 (20130101) A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4196 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 233/60 (20130101) C07D 249/02 (20130101) C07D 251/02 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09156906 | Franco |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alessandra Franco (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alessandra Franco (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the invention provides glycopeptides (or carbohydrate-peptide conjugates) comprising TACAs that direct against (e.g., bind specifically to) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) or helper T cells for, e.g., CTL- or T-helper-based immunotherapy of carcinomas, and methods for making and using the glycopeptides of the invention. In one embodiment, the invention provides novel glycopeptides comprising tumor-derived carbohydrate or tumor-derived epitopes that specifically bind to major histocompatibility (MHC) class I molecules on cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) or MHC molecules on helper T cells, and methods for using same, e.g., as a vaccine, including a pan-cancer vaccine. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/918155 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/06 (20130101) A61K 39/0007 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 9/001 (20130101) C07K 14/4727 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09156938 | Swager et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Jeewoo Lim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yohei Takeda (Minoo, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Jeewoo Lim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yohei Takeda (Minoo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to compositions, methods, and systems comprising polymers that are fluorous-soluble and/or organize at interfaces between a fluorous phase and a non-fluorous phase. In some embodiments, emulsions or films are provided comprising a polymer. The polymers, emulsions, and films can be used in many applications, including for determining, treating, and/or imaging a condition and/or disease in a subject. The polymer may also be incorporated into various optoelectronic device such as photovoltaic cells, organic light-emitting diodes, organic field effect transistors, or the like. In some embodiments, the polymers comprise pi-conjugated backbones, and in some cases, are highly emissive. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/213647 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1468 (20130101) A61B 5/1486 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/74 (20130101) A61K 49/0019 (20130101) A61K 49/126 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 2261/124 (20130101) C08G 2261/146 (20130101) C08G 2261/148 (20130101) C08G 2261/312 (20130101) C08G 2261/3422 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0035 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0043 (20130101) H01L 51/424 (20130101) H01L 51/0558 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09156945 | Watterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur C. Watterson (Lowell, Massachusetts); Ravi Mosurkal (Natick, Massachusetts); Jayant Kumar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Virinder S. Parmar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Lynne A. Samuelson (Natick, Massachusetts); Rajesh Kumar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Vincent B. Tucci (Lowell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer is characterized by a repeat unit represented by Structural Formula (I): or a copolymer thereof. A crosslinked polymer characterized by a repeat unit represented by Structural Formula (II), (III), (IV) or (V): or a copolymer thereof, wherein at least one such repeat unit of a first polymer strand is crosslinked with at least one repeat unit of a second polymer strand by at least one bridging unit, the first and second polymer strands and the repeat unit being components of the crosslinked polymer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/894173 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 69/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 77/445 (20130101) C08G 77/455 (20130101) |
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| US 09157040 | Harvey |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for synthesizing cyclic hydrocarbons with linear hydrocarbon side chains from a renewable source, or biomass by naturally occurring or bioengineered fungal strains, or hydrodistillation of plants. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/861198 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 3/42 (20130101) C10G 45/44 (20130101) C10G 45/60 (20130101) C10G 2300/308 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/04 (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 5/002 (20130101) C12P 7/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09157060 | Ligler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frances S. Ligler (Fuquay Varina, North Carolina); André A. Adams (Burke, Virginia); Michael Daniele (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frances S. Ligler (Fuquay Varina, North Carolina); André A. Adams (Burke, Virginia); Michael Daniele (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber includes one or more layers of polymer surrounding a central lumen, and living animal cells disposed within the lumen and/or within at least one of the one or more layers, wherein the fiber has an outer diameter of between 5 and 8000 microns and wherein each individual layer of polymer has a thickness of between 0.1 and 250 microns. Also disclosed are model tissues including such fibers, and method of making such fibers. The fibers can serve as synthetic blood vessels, ducts, or nerves. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/784216 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0093 (20130101) B01J 2219/0086 (20130101) B01J 2219/0093 (20130101) B01J 2219/00783 (20130101) B01J 2219/00831 (20130101) B01J 2219/00833 (20130101) B01J 2219/00873 (20130101) B01J 2219/00889 (20130101) B01J 2219/00891 (20130101) B01J 2219/00936 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502746 (20130101) B01L 3/502776 (20130101) B01L 2200/0636 (20130101) B01L 2400/084 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 99/0078 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0602 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/032 (20130101) G02B 2006/0325 (20130101) |
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| US 09157113 | Walt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Tufts College, Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College, Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Walt (Lexington, Massachusetts); Todd A. Dickinson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for combining the output obtained from redundant sensor elements in a sensor array. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/179135 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/005 (20130101) B01J 2219/0045 (20130101) B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00466 (20130101) B01J 2219/00524 (20130101) B01J 2219/00585 (20130101) B01J 2219/00648 (20130101) B01J 2219/00659 (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 1/682 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6834 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 60/14 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 21/7703 (20130101) G01N 33/0031 (20130101) G01N 33/54313 (20130101) G01N 2201/0846 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/101666 (20150115) Y10T 436/109163 (20150115) |
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| US 09157328 | Pope et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Edward Pope (Greenwood, Indiana); Jeffery Forest Rhodes (Zionsville, Indiana); Douglas J. Snyder (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Edward Pope (Greenwood, Indiana); Jeffery Forest Rhodes (Zionsville, Indiana); Douglas J. Snyder (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine component is disclosed having a cooling fluid passageway that provides relatively cool fluid to a surface of the gas turbine engine component. The cooling fluid passageway can be shaped in cross section to reduce a stress present in the gas turbine engine component. One form of the shape is non-circular. The gas turbine engine component can be formed such that an overhanging material otherwise formed by the intersection of a cooling fluid passageway and a surface of the gas turbine engine component is absent. The gas turbine engine component can also have a depression formed near the surface of the gas turbine engine component such that the cooling fluid passageway exits into an upstream portion and a downstream portion of the depression. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/334751 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/186 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 25/12 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2250/70 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 09157638 | Ponziani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Louis Ponziani (West Chester, Ohio); Donald Corsmeier (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Louis Ponziani (West Chester, Ohio); Donald Corsmeier (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly is provided with a housing, a guide sleeve, and a spring. The guide sleeve may be at least partially housed within the housing. The spring may be disposed to abut against the housing and the guide sleeve. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/362332 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/266 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 403/52 (20150115) Y10T 403/255 (20150115) Y10T 403/602 (20150115) |
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| US 09157705 | Majerus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark E. Majerus (Middletown, Delaware); Richard L. Vanaman (West Orange, New Jersey); William J. Bergeria (Montclair, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Majerus (Middletown, Delaware); Richard L. Vanaman (West Orange, New Jersey); William J. Bergeria (Montclair, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An relatively small anti-personnel mine device having a housing about 2 to about 3 inches in diameter, by about 2 to about 4 inches in length, which device projects a dispersion pattern of ⅛ to ⅜ inch diameter hard fragments over at least a 3 to 4 inch radius circle to neutralize a typical, buried, anti-personnel mine. The device contains about 125 to 190 grams of plastic explosive, which when detonated impacts a gas push plate against which an array of the fragments are lodged—the gas push plate and the fragments being encased in a puck shaped matrix of plastic or resin. The effect of the device is such that in addition to neutralizing the mine, the overburden atop the buried mine is expelled exposing the mine, providing enhanced safety in removal and a warning if the mine is daisy-chained to other mines. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/905714 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 11/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09157708 | Kostka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Kostka (Denville, New Jersey); Jason D. Mishock (Sussex, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Kostka (Denville, New Jersey); Jason D. Mishock (Sussex, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An EMF hardened igniter for electrically fired ammunition includes a central electrode, a dielectric that surrounds the central electrode, and a conductive body that surrounds the dielectric. A hot wire is fixed to an output end of the central electrode and to the conductive body. An ignition mixture is in contact with the hot wire. A cup surrounds and contains the ignition mixture. The cup is sealed to the conductive body. An outer surface of the central electrode is mechanically locked with an inner surface of the dielectric. An outer surface of the dielectric is mechanically locked with an inner surface of the conductive body. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/888589 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 3/11 (20130101) F42B 3/103 (20130101) F42B 5/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09157716 | Ginetto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Ginetto (Carlstadt, New Jersey); Andrew Moramarco (Staten Island, New York); Leanne Mohla (Blairstown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Ginetto (Carlstadt, New Jersey); Andrew Moramarco (Staten Island, New York); Leanne Mohla (Blairstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A shot start ring for obtaining consistent chamber pressure in a gun tube includes an annular ring having a central longitudinal axis, an axial width and a circumferential gap defined by two opposing ends of the ring. The ring includes first and second opposing faces lying in respective planes that are perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis. One of the faces has a groove formed therein that extends around a complete circumference of the ring. A plurality of notches are formed in a radially inner surface of the ring. After the desired chamber pressure is reached, the ring fails at the circumferential groove and the notches. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/499471 |
| 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 21/18 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 14/02 (20130101) F42B 14/067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09157814 | Swanson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul David Swanson (Santee, California); Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California); Charles Tally (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul David Swanson (Santee, California); Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California); Charles Tally (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for perturbation analysis of harmonic oscillations in the time domain according to several embodiments can include a time domain switching sensor and a resonator for imposing a first oscillation and a second oscillation on the sensor. The first and second oscillations can have the same amplitude A and period P, but can have a known phase shift. The sensor can use a time interval, which can be defined by the time between when the sensor passes a reference point due to motion caused by the first oscillation and when the sensor passes the same reference point, but due to motion caused by the second oscillation. With this configuration an improved accuracy of measurement for the system can be realized. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/230764 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/044 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01L 5/0057 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/097 (20130101) |
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| US 09157832 | Uluyol et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Onder Uluyol (Fridley, Minnesota); Chris Hickenbottom (Phoenix, Arizona); Kyusung Kim (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Onder Uluyol (Fridley, Minnesota); Chris Hickenbottom (Phoenix, Arizona); Kyusung Kim (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for estimating wear damage of a rolling-element bearing system including at least one rolling-element bearing are provided. A first number of first condition indicators representative of the wear damage of the at least one rolling-element bearing are generated. A second number of second condition indicators are generated based on the first plurality of first condition indicators. The second number is less than the first number an indication of the wear damage of the at least one rolling-element bearing is generated based on the second number of second condition indicators. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/790340 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 1/00 (20130101) G01H 3/00 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 13/04 (20130101) G01M 13/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 23/00 (20130101) G05B 23/0205 (20130101) Time or Attendance Registers; Registering or Indicating the Working of Machines; Generating Random Numbers; Voting or Lottery Apparatus; Arrangements, Systems or Apparatus for Checking Not Provided for Elsewhere G07C 3/00 (20130101) G07C 3/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09157842 | Ancona et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mario Ancona (Alexandria, Virginia); Arthur W. Snow (Alexandria, Virginia); F. Keith Perkins (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mario Ancona (Alexandria, Virginia); Arthur W. Snow (Alexandria, Virginia); F. Keith Perkins (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A molecular concentrator comprising a thermal ratchet for driving molecules from one place to another. A plurality of linear, two-dimensional, and/or three-dimensional arrangements of heater structures are arranged on or suspended above a substrate. Each of the heater structures is configured to strongly sorb a vapor of interest when the heater structure is at room temperature and to rapidly desorb the vapor when the heater structure is at an elevated temperature. The vapor sorption of the individual heater structures is made selective by surface treatments, by monomolecular film depositions or by thicker absorbent polymer depositions. By selectively heating and cooling the heater structures, vapor molecules incident on the heater structures can be directed in a desired manner, e.g., from heater structures closest to a vapor-containing environment to a sensor. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/614481 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/0462 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 30/38 (20130101) |
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| US 09157852 | White et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack E. White (Santa Barbara, California); Kenneth W. Brown (Yucaipa, California); Steven L. Kaufman (Port Hueneme, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for detecting explosive materials. The system includes radiated high power electromagnetic radiation at one or more frequencies in the millimeter wave spectrum or above to interact with a sample and be reflected therefrom. The system also includes at least one electromagnetic sensor to measure emissions at harmonic frequencies and characteristics unique to one or more explosive materials. The system also includes a processor to collate and maintain a lookup table to identify specific explosive material types. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/961168 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/62 (20130101) G01N 21/636 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 22/00 (20130101) G01N 33/227 (20130101) G01N 2021/1793 (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 7/411 (20130101) G01S 7/412 (20130101) G01S 13/887 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 8/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09157942 | Rutheiser |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua M. Rutheiser (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua M. Rutheiser (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical power diagnostic device and methods are disclosed. A power-supply-side connector is operable to couple to a power supply, and a load-side connector is operable to couple to a load. At least one conductive path for electricity to flow between the power-supply-side connector and the load-side connector, and a diagnostic monitor is operable to monitor and change electrical properties of the power-supply-side connector and the load-side connector. |
| FILED | Monday, January 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/351152 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 23/15 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 31/008 (20130101) |
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| US 09157946 | Dawson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RESCON LTD (Farnborough, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RESCON LTD (Farnborough, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Andrew Dawson (Aldershot, United Kingdom); Christian Macedonia (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-resistive contact sensor assembly, includes a non-resistive contact sensor device, a first inner region of material in which the sensor device is surrounded or embedded, a boundary region, around the first inner region, that is at least partly comprised of a conducting material and that picks up electrical charge from the first inner region, a second inner region around the boundary region, an outer region around the second inner region, and at least one diode, disposed in the second inner region and connected between the boundary region through the second inner region to the outer region. |
| FILED | Monday, March 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/846263 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/04 (20130101) A61B 5/6831 (20130101) A61B 2562/182 (20130101) A61B 2562/0214 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 27/2605 (20130101) G01R 29/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09157950 | Ferriss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Ferriss (Tarrytown, New York); Arun S. Natarajan (White Plains, New York); Benjamin D. Parker (Peekskill, New York); Alexander V. Rylyakov (Mount Kisco, New York); Jose A. Tierno (Stamford, Connecticut); Soner Yaldiz (Pittburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Ferriss (Tarrytown, New York); Arun S. Natarajan (White Plains, New York); Benjamin D. Parker (Peekskill, New York); Alexander V. Rylyakov (Mount Kisco, New York); Jose A. Tierno (Stamford, Connecticut); Soner Yaldiz (Pittburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system are disclosed for measuring a specified parameter in a phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer (PLL). In one embodiment, the method comprises introducing multiple phase errors in the PLL, measuring a specified aspect of the introduced phase errors, and determining a value for the specified parameter using the measured aspects of the introduced phase errors. In one embodiment, the phase errors are introduced repetitively in the PLL, and these phase errors produce a modified phase difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal in the PPL. In one embodiment, crossover times, when this modified phase difference crosses over a preset value, are determined, and these crossover times are used to determine the value for the specified parameter. In an embodiment, the parameter is calculated as a mathematical function of the crossover times. The parameter may be, for example, the bandwidth of the PLL. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/088949 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/2824 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/18 (20130101) H03L 7/093 (20130101) H03L 7/1075 (20130101) H03L 7/1077 (20130101) H03L 2207/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09158054 | Giurgiutiu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor Giurgiutiu (Columbia, South Carolina); Matthieu Gresil (Columbia, South Carolina); Roman Catalin (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the present subject matter is directed to a sensor. The sensor includes an encapsulated fiber optic sensor and a ring shaped structure. The encapsulated fiber optic sensor passes through the ring shaped structure. The ring shaped structure is configured to resonate at a predetermined frequency. |
| FILED | Friday, November 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/667710 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Generating or Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations of Infrasonic, Sonic, or Ultrasonic Frequency, for Performing Mechanical Work in General B06B 1/0651 (20130101) 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 5/35383 (20130101) Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 9/004 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 5/0033 (20130101) G01M 5/0066 (20130101) G01M 5/0091 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 10/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09158065 | Fini |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OFS Fitel, LLC (Norcross, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OFS FITEL, LLC (Norcross, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M Fini (Metuchen, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A hollow core fiber having polarization dependent loss is provided. The hollow core fiber embedded in a cellular cladding having a plurality of cells arranged in a nominally regular cellular lattice. A pre-determined number of cells at pre-determined locations within a cellular cladding are substituted by leakage cells that differ in at least one property including a physical or a chemical property, or both. The leakage cells collectively provide a leakage path that may preferably be made polarization sensitive, such that a core mode with a particular polarization state is selectively coupled to the cladding, thereby inducing polarization dependent loss. The leakage cells may be dispersed along a symmetry axis in a radial distance longer than one or more lattice spacing away from the core. The polarization dependent loss may be controlled further by asymmetric core shapes and/or by introducing additional surface features along the core-cladding interface. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/202079 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/14 (20130101) G02B 6/024 (20130101) G02B 6/02309 (20130101) G02B 6/02328 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/02352 (20130101) G02B 6/02357 (20130101) |
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| US 09158137 | Abbas |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory L. Abbas (Fall City, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eospace Inc. (Redmond, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory L. Abbas (Fall City, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical modulator has a continuous wave laser input, an RF input, a bias and dither input and an output. A photodiode connected to an output tap produces a voltage that is amplified. Noise is removed from the amplified output. A spread-spectrum dither harmonic is generated and supplied to a multiplier with the amplified and filtered feedback and is used to create a DC bias. A spread-spectrum dither is created and added to the DC bias. Spread spectrum dither and bias both are applied to the bias input of optical modulator. The bias and spread spectrum dither controller is usable with other non-optical modulators and other electronic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/601726 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| 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 1/0123 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission H04B 10/508 (20130101) |
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| US 09158176 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zenghu Chang (Oviedo, Florida); Qi Zhang (Orlando, Florida); Kun Zhao (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical filtering method that utilizes a Microchannel Plate (MCP) and an optical system that utilizes the optical filtering method. As an example, a XUV/SXR generation system that includes a MCP as a dispersionless, broadband IR pump filter. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/154443 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — 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 1/353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 35/24 (20130101) H01J 2235/06 (20130101) H01J 2235/08 (20130101) X-ray Technique H05G 2/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09158595 | Lindholm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Erik Lindholm (Saratoga, California); Tero Tapani Karras (Helsinki, Finland); Samuli Matias Laine (Vantaa, Finland); Timo Aila (Tuusula, Finland) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment sets forth a technique for scheduling the execution of ordered critical code sections by multiple threads. A multithreaded processor includes an instruction scheduling unit that is configured to schedule threads to process ordered critical code sections. A ordered critical code section is preceded by a barrier instruction and when all of the threads have reached the barrier instruction, the instruction scheduling unit controls the thread execution order by selecting each thread for execution based on logical identifiers associated with the threads. The logical identifiers are mapped to physical identifiers that are referenced by the multithreaded processor during execution of the threads. The logical identifiers are used by the instruction scheduling unit to control the order in which the threads execute the ordered critical code section. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/660741 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/522 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/4881 (20130101) G06F 2209/484 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09158837 | Gedik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed for adaptive source filtering and load shedding in such data stream processing systems. For example, in one aspect of the invention, a method for use in filtering data in a distributed data stream processing system, wherein a server receives and processes one or more data streams from one or more data sources, comprises the steps of the server periodically re-configuring one or more filters and sending the one or more periodically re-configured filters to the one or more data sources, and the one or more data sources performing data filtering based on the one or more periodically re-configured filters received from the server. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/870099 |
| ART UNIT | 2156 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3066 (20130101) G06F 17/30657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09158841 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiangen Hu (Germantown, Tennessee); Zhiqiang Cai (Germantown, Tennessee); Arthur C. Graesser (Memphis, Tennessee); Scotty Craig (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Memphis Research Foundation (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiangen Hu (Germantown, Tennessee); Zhiqiang Cai (Germantown, Tennessee); Arthur C. Graesser (Memphis, Tennessee); Scotty Craig (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the invention provides a method of evaluating semantic differences between a first item in a first semantic space and a second item in a second semantic space. The method includes: calculating a first ordered list of N nearest neighbors of the first item within the first semantic space; calculating a second ordered list of N nearest neighbors of the second item within the second semantic space; and computing a plurality of similarity measures between the first n nearest neighbors of the first item and the first n nearest neighbors of the second item, wherein n and N are positive integers and 1≦n≦N. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/523442 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/2785 (20130101) G06F 17/30675 (20130101) G06F 17/30731 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09158859 | Snyder, II et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Daniel Snyder, II (Cedar Park, Texas); Craig Michael Chase (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A planning and search system are described wherein a graph search and segment matching are used to handle very large searches at a higher speed. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679848 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30327 (20130101) G06F 17/30545 (20130101) G06F 17/30958 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09159020 | Alcarez-Icaza Rivera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rodrigo Alcarez-Icaza Rivera (San Jose, California); John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); Andrew S. Cassidy (San Jose, California); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodrigo Alcarez-Icaza Rivera (San Jose, California); John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); Andrew S. Cassidy (San Jose, California); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to a multiplexed neural core circuit. One embodiment comprises a neural core circuit including a memory device that maintains neuronal attributes for multiple neurons. The memory device has multiple entries. Each entry maintains neuronal attributes for a corresponding neuron. The core circuit further comprises a controller for managing the memory device and processing neuronal firing events targeting each neuron. The controller multiplexes computation and control logic for the neurons. In response to neuronal firing events targeting one of the neurons, the controller retrieves neuronal attributes for the target neuron from a corresponding entry of the memory device, and integrates the firing events based on the retrieved neuronal attributes to generate a firing event for the target neuron. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/619433 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 3/049 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09159033 | Abraham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Internatinal Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Abraham (Croton, New York); Jerry M. Chow (White Plains, New York); Antonio D. Corcoles Gonzalez (Egham, United Kingdom); Jay M. Gambetta (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method, and chip to control Purcell loss are described. The chip includes qubits formed on a first surface of a substrate. The method includes determining frequencies of the qubits, and controlling a separation between the frequencies of the qubits and chip mode frequencies of the chip. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/828263 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09159446 | Schultz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth I. Schultz (Lexington, Massachusetts); Brian Tyrrell (Brookline, New Hampshire); Michael W. Kelly (North Reading, Massachusetts); Curtis Colonero (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Lawrence M. Candell (Arlington, Massachusetts); Daniel Mooney (Dracut, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth I. Schultz (Lexington, Massachusetts); Brian Tyrrell (Brookline, New Hampshire); Michael W. Kelly (North Reading, Massachusetts); Curtis Colonero (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Lawrence M. Candell (Arlington, Massachusetts); Daniel Mooney (Dracut, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Digital focal plane arrays (DFPAs) with multiple counters per unit cell can be used to convert analog signals to digital data and to filter the digital data. Exemplary DFPAs include two-dimensional arrays of unit cells, where each unit cell is coupled to a corresponding photodetector in a photodetector array. Each unit cell converts photocurrent from its photodetector to a digital pulse train that is coupled to multiple counters in the unit cell. Each counter in each unit cell can be independently controlled to filter the pulse train by counting up or down and/or by transferring data as desired. For example, a unit cell may perform in-phase/quadrature filtering of homodyne- or heterodyne-detected photocurrent with two counters: a first counter toggled between increment and decrement modes with an in-phase signal and a second counter toggled between increment and decrement modes with a quadrature signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/073338 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pulse Technique H03K 21/023 (20130101) H03K 23/548 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/001 (20130101) H03M 1/004 (20130101) H03M 1/60 (20130101) H03M 1/123 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Sandilya Venkata Garimella (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jason David Harper (Lafayette, Indiana); Nicholas Alan Charipar (Batavia, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to systems and methods for transferring ions for analysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample including an ionizing source for converting molecules of a sample into gas phase ions in a region at about atmospheric pressure, an ion analysis device, and an ion transfer member operably coupled to a gas flow generating device, in which the gas flow generating device produces a laminar gas flow that transfers the gas phase ions through the ion transfer member to an inlet of the ion analysis device. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/594217 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0422 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09159602 | Andry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul S. Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); John M. Cotte (New Fairfield, Connecticut); John U. Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Cornelia K. Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul S. Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); John M. Cotte (New Fairfield, Connecticut); John U. Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Cornelia K. Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods are provided for high density packaging of semiconductor chips using silicon space transformer chip level package structures, which allow high density chip interconnection and/or integration of multiple chips or chip stacks high I/O interconnection and heterogeneous chip or function integration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/543827 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/6835 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/50 (20130101) H01L 23/147 (20130101) H01L 23/49827 (20130101) H01L 23/49833 (20130101) H01L 24/81 (20130101) H01L 25/0655 (20130101) H01L 25/0657 (20130101) H01L 2221/68345 (20130101) H01L 2224/16225 (20130101) H01L 2224/81801 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/01019 (20130101) H01L 2924/01077 (20130101) H01L 2924/01079 (20130101) H01L 2924/3025 (20130101) H01L 2924/10253 (20130101) H01L 2924/10253 (20130101) H01L 2924/15174 (20130101) H01L 2924/15311 (20130101) H01L 2924/19041 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harvey Hamel (Cedarville, New York); John Ulrich Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Samuel McKnight (New Paltz, New York); Chirag S. Patel (Peekskill, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harvey Hamel (Cedarville, New York); John Ulrich Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Samuel McKnight (New Paltz, New York); Chirag S. Patel (Peekskill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicon carrier space transformer assembly includes one or more silicon structures, which provide space transformer scaling to permit interconnection for fine pitch input/output interconnections with a semiconductor die or wafer, and fine pitch test probe tips connected to the one or more silicon structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/569915 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/2889 (20130101) G01R 31/2893 (20130101) G01R 31/2894 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/76885 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 28/10 (20130101) H01L 28/40 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09159641 | Hobart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Virginia); Marko J. Tadjer (Springfield, Virginia); Tatyana I. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia); Bradford B. Pate (Arlington, Virginia); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Virginia); Marko J. Tadjer (Springfield, Virginia); Tatyana I. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia); Bradford B. Pate (Arlington, Virginia); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An array of through-silicon vias (TSVs) are formed in a silicone substrate. The vias can be tapered such that the diameter of the via at the surface of the substrate is larger than the diameter of the via at its bottom, with the diameter varying continuously along its depth. After the via is formed, it is seeded with a thin layer of nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) particles, and a NCD film is grown on the bottom and along the sidewalls of the via. The presence of the diamond-filled vias provides improved thermal management to semiconductor devices formed on the silicon substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/211247 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02527 (20130101) H01L 21/02645 (20130101) H01L 23/367 (20130101) H01L 23/481 (20130101) H01L 23/3677 (20130101) H01L 23/3732 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/0657 (20130101) H01L 29/1602 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09159861 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chaoqi Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia); Hiren D. Thacker (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | During a fabrication technique, trenches are defined partially through the thickness of a substrate. Then, photonic integrated circuits are coupled to the substrate. These photonic integrated circuits may be in a diving-board configuration, so that they at least partially overlap the trenches. While this may preclude the use of existing dicing techniques, individual hybrid integrated photonic chips (which each include a portion of the substrate and at least one of the photonic integrated circuits) may be singulated from the substrate by: coupling a carrier to a front surface of the substrate; thinning the substrate from a back surface until the partial trenches are reached (for example, by grinding the substrate); attaching a support mechanism (such as tape) to the back surface of the substrate; removing the carrier; and then removing the support mechanism. |
| FILED | Monday, October 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/059288 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09159888 | Chitnis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashay Chitnis (Goleta, California); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Bernd Keller (Santa Barbara, California); David T. Emerson (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John Edmond (Cary, North Carolina); Michael J. Bergmann (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jasper S. Cabalu (Cary, North Carolina); Jeffrey C. Britt (Cary, North Carolina); Arpan Chakraborty (Goleta, California); Eric Tarsa (Goleta, California); Yankun Fu (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashay Chitnis (Goleta, California); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Bernd Keller (Santa Barbara, California); David T. Emerson (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John Edmond (Cary, North Carolina); Michael J. Bergmann (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jasper S. Cabalu (Cary, North Carolina); Jeffrey C. Britt (Cary, North Carolina); Arpan Chakraborty (Goleta, California); Eric Tarsa (Goleta, California); James Seruto (Goleta, California); Yankun Fu (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) chips comprising providing a plurality of LEDs typically on a substrate. Pedestals are deposited on the LEDs with each of the pedestals in electrical contact with one of the LEDs. A coating is formed over the LEDs with the coating burying at least some of the pedestals. The coating is then planarized to expose at least some of the buried pedestals while leaving at least some of said coating on said LEDs. The exposed pedestals can then be contacted such as by wire bonds. The present invention discloses similar methods used for fabricating LED chips having LEDs that are flip-chip bonded on a carrier substrate and for fabricating other semiconductor devices. LED chip wafers and LED chips are also disclosed that are fabricated using the disclosed methods. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/899790 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/36 (20130101) H01L 33/44 (20130101) H01L 33/54 (20130101) H01L 33/62 (20130101) H01L 33/0095 (20130101) H01L 33/387 (20130101) H01L 33/505 (20130101) H01L 33/508 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2933/0091 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09160024 | Moore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary E. Moore (Huntsville, Alabama); Yolanda Meriah Arias-Thode (San Diego, California); Brett R. Goldsmith (Coronado, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary E. Moore (Huntsville, Alabama); Yolanda Meriah Arias-Thode (San Diego, California); Brett R. Goldsmith (Coronado, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for enhancing a microbial environment for a fuel cell can include the initial step of oxidizing the outer surface of the fuel cell anode to establishing reactive chemical functional groups. The anode surface can be oxidized by washing the anode with a solution of 4-carboxybenzene diazonium tetrafluoroborate, followed by washing with acetone, methanol and water. Once the anode surface has been oxidized, the methods can include the step of binding a surface graft matrix to the reactive chemical functional groups (the activated carboxyl groups on the anode surface). EDAC and sulfo-NHS can be used as a surface graft matrix, to bind to the activated carboxyl groups. A biological substance, such as a biological agent or biomolecule, can be chemically attached to the outer terminal reactive groups of the surface graft matrix. The result is a microbial fuel cell with increased power generation and durability properties. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/530781 |
| 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 8/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/527 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moog Inc. (East Aurora, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Moog Inc. (East Aurora, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul James Keas (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for acoustic quieting and reduction of vibration of an electromechanical actuator (“EMA”) accomplished by using closed loop control techniques using vibration feedback from an EMA mounted sensor to modify the current command in the motor drive electronics to minimize the resultant motor torque ripple. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/305551 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulation of Electric Motors, Electric Generators or Dynamo-electric Converters; Controlling Transformers, Reactors or Choke Coils H02P 6/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09160286 | Kalantari 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) | Nader Kalantari (Laguna Niguel, California); James Buckwalter (San Clemente, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency power amplifier amplifies an input signal at an input port, and produces an output signal at an output port. The power amplifier may include one or more amplifier stages. An amplifier stage may include an active device, and a feedback network. The feedback network may include one or more reactive elements configured to resonate at a predetermined frequency, to provide an impedance match at the input to the amplifier stage, and to provide an impedance match at the output of the amplifier stage. In some example implementations, the input and output impedance matching is caused by biasing the active device to produce a transconductance at least one of equal to or greater than a critical transconductance. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/356677 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 1/34 (20130101) H03F 3/19 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03F 3/21 (20130101) H03F 2200/138 (20130101) H03F 2200/451 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09160440 | Medard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Muriel Medard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Atilla Eryilmaz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Asuman Ozdaglar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muriel Medard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Atilla Eryilmaz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Asuman Ozdaglar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus and computer program product for -based, delay-efficient data transmission for broadcasting a single file is presented. A file (f) comprised of K packets to be broadcast to a plurality of receivers is determined. A plurality of packets (Pk) of the file are selected for transmission during a timeslot (t). Next, a linear combination of the selected packets (P[t]) are produced, the linear combination of packets are selected at random within the file. The linear combination of selected packets is then transmitted to a plurality of receivers over unreliable channels. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/756191 |
| ART UNIT | 2645 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/15521 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0076 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09160523 | Weyna 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) | Lisa Weyna (Manlius, New York); John W. Rooks (Rome, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for obscuring round 1 power consumption of hardware implementation of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm. Additional hardware circuitry will provide consistent power consumption during round 1 of the AES algorithm. This prevents the opportunity to determine the AES key value during a side channel power attack. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/151944 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Ciphering or Deciphering Apparatus for Cryptographic or Other Purposes Involving the Need for Secrecy G09C 1/00 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/003 (20130101) H04L 9/0631 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 2209/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09160553 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Architecture Technology Corporation (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Architecture Technology Corporation (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Wu (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Nathan Bahr (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Maher Kaddoura (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Ranga Ramanujan (Medina, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure is directed to techniques for communicating in an adaptive multicast network. In general, the disclosure is directed to communicating in an adaptive multicast network. This may be done by archiving, at a rendezvous point, multicast subscription information for terminal nodes in the adaptive multicast network, wherein the multicast subscription information comprises a dynamic list of receiver terminal nodes located within the adaptive multicast network that subscribe to particular multicast streams from one or more terminal nodes in the adaptive multicast network. A router receives a multicast stream from a sender terminal node. The router receives the multicast subscription information for the multicast stream sent by the sender terminal node from the rendezvous point. The router forwards the multicast stream to all receiver terminal nodes in the dynamic list of receiver terminal nodes indicated as subscribing to the multicast stream sent by the sender terminal node. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/216732 |
| ART UNIT | 2467 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/185 (20130101) H04L 12/189 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 29/06455 (20130101) |
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| US 09160589 | Ramlall |
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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) | Rohan Y. Ramlall (Brentwood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method involve subtracting a positive bias from a symbol timing offset estimate determined by an estimator in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) receiver. The bias may be determined based upon a channel order and/or the length of a cyclic prefix of a received OFDM symbol. If based upon the length of the cyclic prefix, the bias may be less than or equal to half the length of the cyclic prefix. The estimator may be a blind estimator, a coarse estimator, or a blind coarse estimator. The OFDM receiver may have parallel channels, where Ncp is the number of samples of a cyclic prefix of the received OFDM symbol, where the positive bias is different for each channel. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/212859 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09160617 | Alvarez-Icaza Rivera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza Rivera (San Jose, California); John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); John E. Barth, Jr. (Williston, Vermont); Andrew S. Cassidy (San Jose, California); Subramanian Iyer (Mount Kisco, New York); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to faulty recovery mechanisms for a three-dimensional (3-D) network on a processor array. One embodiment comprises a multidimensional switch network for a processor array. The switch network comprises multiple switches for routing packets between multiple core circuits of the processor array. The switches are organized into multiple planes. The switch network further comprises a redundant plane including multiple redundant switches. Multiple data paths interconnect the switches. The redundant plane is used to facilitate full operation of the processor array in the event of one or more component failures. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/631544 |
| ART UNIT | 2463 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/803 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/0654 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 49/101 (20130101) H04L 49/552 (20130101) H04L 49/557 (20130101) H04L 49/1523 (20130101) |
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| US 09160687 | Haeupler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernhard Haeupler (Boston, Massachusetts); Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for performing finite memory network coding in an arbitrary network limit an amount of memory that is provided within a node of the network for the performance of network coding operations during data relay operations. When a new data packet is received by a node, the data stored within the limited amount of memory may be updated by linearly combining the new packet with the stored data. In some implementations, different storage buffers may be provided within a node for the performance of network coding operations and decoding operations. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/761799 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0057 (20130101) H04L 1/0077 (20130101) H04L 12/5693 (20130101) H04L 49/90 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 49/901 (20130101) H04L 49/9094 (20130101) H04L 2001/0097 (20130101) |
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| US 09160761 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas); ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jung Gun Lee (Mountain View, California); Chun-Jen Chung (Chandler, Arizona); Pankaj Kumar Khatkar (Tempe, Arizona); Tianyi Xing (Tempe, Arizona); Dijiang Huang (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples disclose a method, executable by a processor, to assign a metric of vulnerability to a virtual machine. Based on the metric of vulnerability, the method places the virtual machine into a detection phase. Additionally, the examples disclose the method is to receive an alert corresponding to the virtual machine and based this received alert, the method implements a countermeasure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/955552 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1433 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1441 (20130101) |
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| US 09161214 | Baras et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John S. Baras (Potomac, Maryland); Paul L. Yu (Silver Spring, Maryland); Brian M. Sadler (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject authentication scheme encompasses a large family of authentication systems which may be built over existing transmission systems. By superimposing a carefully designed secret modulation on the waveforms, authentication is added to the signal without requiring additional bandwidth. The authentication information (tag signal) is sent concurrently with data (message signal). The authentication is designed to be stealthy to the uninformed user, robust to interference, and secure for identity verification. The tradeoffs between these three goals are identified and analyzed. The use of the authentication for channel estimation is also considered, and improved bit errors are demonstrated for time-varying channels. With a long enough authentication code word an authentication system is achieved with very slight data degradation. Additionally, by treating the authentication tag as a sequence of pilot symbols, the data recovery may be improved by the aware receiver. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/770181 |
| ART UNIT | 2493 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Broadcast Communication H04H 20/57 (20130101) Secret Communication; Jamming of Communication H04K 3/25 (20130101) H04K 3/255 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 12/06 (20130101) H04W 12/10 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary E. Carver (Wilmington, Vermont); Sheetal K. Chanda (Brattleboro, Vermont); William A. Morrison (East Dummerston, Vermont); Sarah A. Locknar (South Pomfret, Vermont); Robert L. Johnson, Jr. (Brattleboro, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omega Optical, Inc. (Brattleboro, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary E. Carver (Wilmington, Vermont); Sheetal K. Chanda (Brattleboro, Vermont); William A. Morrison (East Dummerston, Vermont); Sarah A. Locknar (South Pomfret, Vermont); Robert L. Johnson, Jr. (Brattleboro, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A confocal scanning system for the multispectral imaging of fluorescence from a tissue sample based on time domain mapping of spectral components of the fluorescence using coated fiber tips disposed on multimode optical fibers. A fiber grating spectrometer based on two serial arrays of coated fiber tips disposed on multi-mode fiber, and delay lines between them provide spectral slices of the florescence. The coated fiber tips are arranged such that the shortest wavelength spectral components are reflected first and the longest wavelength components last. Fiber-based delay lines delay the reflections from each successive fiber tip such that they are uniformly separated in time, and in the order of its spectral wavelength number. The spectral bins are used to colorize the images to show the presence of abnormal tissue at cellular spatial resolution. A second scan with increased laser flux can destroy the diseased tissue revealed by the first scan. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/966639 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/00 (20130101) A61B 1/07 (20130101) A61B 1/043 (20130101) A61B 5/0059 (20130101) A61B 5/0068 (20130101) A61B 5/0071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 18/20 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/062 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guang-Hong Chen (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Described here are systems and methods for generating x-ray phase contrast images from conventional x-ray attenuation data. X-ray attenuation coefficients generated over a range of x-ray energies are used to compute the x-ray phase signal up to a calibration constant. This calibration constant is computed from provided calibration data, which may be obtained using a dedicated x-ray differential phase contrast imaging system to measure the decrement of the refractive index of a calibration phantom. |
| FILED | Saturday, October 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/052722 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/03 (20130101) A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/482 (20130101) A61B 6/484 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/582 (20130101) A61B 6/583 (20130101) A61B 6/4405 (20130101) A61B 6/4441 (20130101) A61B 6/5205 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 9/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/046 (20130101) G01N 23/087 (20130101) G01N 23/20083 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09155723 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rakesh K. Jain (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Dan G. Duda (Belmont, Massachusetts); Sergey V. Kozin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dai Fukumura (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rakesh K. Jain (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Dan G. Duda (Belmont, Massachusetts); Sergey V. Kozin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dai Fukumura (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibition of CXCR4 can inhibit tumor growth and metastasis during certain therapeutic windows. Disclosed are novel methods for treating and preventing cancer in a subject related to administration of CXCR4 inhibitors during a therapeutic window following treatment with another anti-tumor therapy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/806929 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter B. Rahl (Natick, Massachusetts); Richard A. Young (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter B. Rahl (Natick, Massachusetts); Richard A. Young (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In some aspects, the invention provides compositions and methods of use for treating a variety of diseases. In some aspect, the compositions and methods involve combined modulation of transcriptional modulators. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/577098 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 31/453 (20130101) A61K 31/453 (20130101) A61K 31/4025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4025 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 2333/4704 (20130101) |
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| US 09155740 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard J. Johnson (Gainesville, Florida); Takahiko Nakagawa (Gainesville, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Johnson (Gainesville, Florida); Takahiko Nakagawa (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of delaying the onset or treating diabetes that comprises administering a uric acid lowering agent. The inventors have made the remarkable discovery that elevated uric acid levels are not a corollary to insulin resistance, but rather a primary mediator of insulin resistance. Specifically exemplified are methods that involve administering to a patient susceptible to development of diabetes a composition comprising a uric acid lowering agent in a regimen that maintains serum uric acid levels below at least 5.5 mg/dl, or below at least 5.2 mg/dl. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/364313 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4439 (20130101) |
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| US 09155741 | Deutschman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clifford S. Deutschman (Narbert, Pennsylvania); Richard J. Levy (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clifford S. Deutschman (Narbert, Pennsylvania); Richard J. Levy (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions and methods for treating various diseases or medical conditions by administering a methylxanthine compound. Specifically, the invention relates to compositions and methods for treating cytochrome oxidase (CcOX) mediated diseases or medical conditions by administering compositions comprising a methyl xanthine compound. |
| FILED | Monday, June 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/000184 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/522 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09155762 | Ratajczak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mariusz Ratajczak (Louisville, Kentucky); Magdalena Kucia (Louisville, Kentucky); Janina Ratajczak (Louisville, Kentucky); Roberto Bolli (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mariusz Ratajczak (Louisville, Kentucky); Magdalena Kucia (Louisville, Kentucky); Janina Ratajczak (Louisville, Kentucky); Roberto Bolli (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed subject matter provides populations of stem cells that are purified from bone marrow, peripheral blood, and/or other sources. Also provided are methods of using the stem cells for treating tissue and/or organ damage in a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/740718 |
| 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 | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 10/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 38/18 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) |
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| US 09155774 | Jameson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Katherine LaRoque Jameson (Nashville, Tennessee); Paul A. Khavari (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katherine LaRoque Jameson (Nashville, Tennessee); Paul A. Khavari (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the invention include compositions and methods for inhibiting the interaction between scaffold proteins and kinases. These compositions and methods find a number of uses including, for example, suppressing tumor growth and metastasis and reducing tumor size and number in a mammal with cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/123953 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — 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 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4703 (20130101) |
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| US 09155784 | Schuchman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward H. Schuchman (Haworth, New Jersey); Calogera M. Simonaro (Haworth, New Jersey); Gary E. Striker (New York, New York); Helen Vlassara (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward H. Schuchman (Haworth, New Jersey); Calogera M. Simonaro (Haworth, New Jersey); Gary E. Striker (New York, New York); Helen Vlassara (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of treating a subject with a lysosomal disorder, by administering an agent for enzyme replacement therapy and an agent for anti-TNF-α therapy; by administering a pentosan polysulfate therapy; or by administering a substrate reduction therapy and an anti-TNF-α therapy. The invention further relates to a method of reducing inflammatory cytokines in a subject with a lysosomal disorder that is being treated by enzyme replacement therapy, by administering an agent for anti-TNF-α therapy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/128411 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/737 (20130101) A61K 31/737 (20130101) A61K 38/46 (20130101) A61K 38/46 (20130101) A61K 38/465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09155787 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Jiang (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Leonard Chess (Scarsdale, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for preventing rejection by an immune system of a recipient subject of a tissue transplanted from a donor subject into the recipient subject without the need for long-term administration of non-specific immunosuppressive drugs. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/540452 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/15 (20130101) A61K 35/15 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 39/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/577 (20130101) A61K 2039/5154 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2875 (20130101) |
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| US 09155789 | Tsuji |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Moriya Tsuji (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moriya Tsuji (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to the discovery that allogenic or syngenic adjuvant stimulation can cause local inflammation which increases the antigen presentation capability of cells in the vicinity of adjuvant stimulation. By discovering this phenomenon, the present invention provides a novel method for augmenting the immunogencity of an antigen by conjointly administering an allogenic or syngenic MHC molecule (as a universal adjuvant) to trigger a local inflammatory reaction to enhance antigen presentation at the site of delivery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/412149 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/54 (20130101) A61K 2039/605 (20130101) A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) A61K 2039/6006 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) |
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| US 09155790 | Tezel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tongalp H. Tezel (Louisville, Kentucky); Henry J. Kaplan (Louisville, Kentucky); Robert A. Mitchell (Louisville, Kentucky); John O. Trent (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Lousiville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tongalp H. Tezel (Louisville, Kentucky); Henry J. Kaplan (Louisville, Kentucky); Robert A. Mitchell (Louisville, Kentucky); John O. Trent (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for modulating eye damage associated with a disease or disorder, and/or damage incident to trauma including but not limited to trauma associated with ocular surgery are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include administering an effective amount of a modulator of a migration inhibitory factor (MIF) polypeptide biological activity to a subject. Also provided are methods for modulating the severity of delaying the onset of and/or inhibiting and/or preventing the development of an ocular disease, and methods for modulating the severity of delaying the onset of and/or inhibiting and/or preventing the development of scarring and/or other consequence of wound healing incident to ocular surgery, as well as modulating the survival, function, and/or differentiation of engrafted cells that can be employed as part of tissue engineering procedures to correct structural, functional, and/or cellular defects of the eye. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/698518 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09155791 | Pandey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravindra K. Pandey (East Amherst, New York); Heinz Baumann (Buffalo, New York); Yihui Chen (Amherst, New York); Penny Joshi (Amherst, New York); Nayan Patel (Buffalo, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound in the form of a metallized tetrapyrollic photosensitizer linked to a fluorescent dye where the photosensitizer (PS), is linked by a structure that does not have detrimental radiation emittance or absorbing characteristics, to a fluorophore, usually a cyanine dye (CD). The photosensitizer in accordance the invention is a metallized analog of porphyrins, chlorins, purpurinimides, bacterio pupurinimides, phthalocyanines, expanded porphyrins, benzoporphyrin derivatives and purpurins. The fluorophore is usually a cyanine dye with variable substituents. And, A method for determining effectiveness of PDT by comparing proportion of STAT-3 monomer with crosslinked STAT-3 dimer after PDT where the relative proportion of STAT-3 monomer to crosslinked STAT-3 directly correlates to efficacy of the PDT. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/088983 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 41/0071 (20130101) A61K 41/0076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/0036 (20130101) A61K 49/0052 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/22 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 23/0033 (20130101) C09B 23/0066 (20130101) C09B 47/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09155798 | Vallera |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel A. Vallera (St. Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Vallera (St. Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure features, inter alia, receptor-targeting reagents (e.g., immunotoxic receptor-targeting reagents), methods of binding a receptor-targeting reagent to a cell and methods for treating a variety of disorders. Also featured are methods, compositions, and kits for selecting an appropriate treatment modality for a subject and/or treating a variety of disorders. |
| FILED | Monday, August 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/675081 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48269 (20130101) A61K 51/088 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/485 (20130101) C07K 14/5406 (20130101) C07K 14/5437 (20130101) C07K 2319/04 (20130101) C07K 2319/55 (20130101) C07K 2319/74 (20130101) |
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| US 09155913 | Fahrig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rebecca Fahrig (Palo Alto, California); Dragos E. Constantin (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rebecca Fahrig (Palo Alto, California); Dragos E. Constantin (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An in-line MRI-linac apparatus is provided that includes an MRI magnet of an MRI scanner, where the MRI magnet generates a magnetic field, where the magnetic field has a quasi-uniform fringe field, where the fringe field is proximal to an axis of symmetry of the MRI magnet, and a magnetically unshielded dynamically moveable linac that includes a treatment beam that is aligned with field lines of the fringe field in a quasi axial symmetric configuration, where a position of the linac in the fringe field continuously adapts according to a target position to enable continuous dose delivery to the target. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/565343 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/1067 (20130101) A61N 5/1083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 2005/1055 (20130101) |
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| US 09156189 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tza-Huei Wang (Timonium, Maryland); Weijie Beh (Baltimore, Maryland); Dara L. Kraitchman (Oxford, Maryland); Hsa-Quan Mao (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tza-Huei Wang (Timonium, Maryland); Weijie Beh (Baltimore, Maryland); Dara L. Kraitchman (Oxford, Maryland); Hsa-Quan Mao (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for producing microbeads includes a microfluidic device defining a supply channel and a shearing channel, a microbead precursor material disposed in the supply channel, a carrier fluid disposed in the shearing channel, and a pressure distribution system fluidly connected to each of the supply channel and the shearing channel to control at least relative pressures of the microbead precursor material and the carrier fluid. The supply channel includes a check valve adapted to be subjected to a bias pressure that is sufficient to close the check valve to flow of microbead precursor material when a supply pressure of the microbead precursor material is below a threshold pressure and is open to flow of the microbead precursor material when the supply pressure of the microbead precursor material is greater than the threshold pressure. An end of the supply channel opens into the shearing channel such that the microbead precursor material is sheared into droplets by the carrier fluid flowing through the shearing channel. A pressure of the carrier fluid is less than the bias pressure. The microbead precursor material and the carrier fluid are substantially immiscible. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/822983 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/16 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/0052 (20130101) Preparation or Pretreatment of the Material to be Shaped; Making Granules or Preforms; Recovery of Plastics or Other Constituents of Waste Material Containing Plastics B29B 9/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09156772 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaoming Xu (Metairie, Louisiana); Shailaja Jayaramachandran (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoming Xu (Metairie, Louisiana); Shailaja Jayaramachandran (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Chelating monomers and fluoride-releasing compositions are disclosed that may be incorporated into dental composite restorative materials, dental bonding agents or other dental materials, to produce materials with high fluoride release rates, and high fluoride recharge capability. Such dental restorative materials may help reduce the level of dental caries in patients, particularly the level of caries occurring on the margins of the restorative materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/077279 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 69/734 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 233/49 (20130101) C07C 237/22 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/46 (20130101) C07D 213/69 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/006 (20130101) |
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| US 09156775 | Thiele et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dennis J. Thiele (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daniel W. Neef (Durham, North Carolina); Jose S. Mendoza (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina); CHAPERONE THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis J. Thiele (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daniel W. Neef (Durham, North Carolina); Jose S. Mendoza (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to 1,3-thiazole compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, mixtures (including both R and S enantiomeric forms and racemic mixtures thereof), and pharmaceutical Formulations thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/884666 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/415 (20130101) A61K 31/415 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/4155 (20130101) A61K 31/4155 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 211/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/38 (20130101) C07D 231/40 (20130101) C07D 277/38 (20130101) C07D 277/42 (20130101) C07D 277/60 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 409/04 (20130101) C07D 413/12 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) |
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| US 09156778 | Appella et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel H. Appella (Rockville, Maryland); Christopher Micklitsch (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel H. Appella (Rockville, Maryland); Christopher Micklitsch (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for lowering the detection limit in a method of detecting a nucleic acid comprising (i) contacting a solution comprising a first PNA with a substrate having a second PNA affixed thereto, the second PNA comprising at least one trans-cyclopentane residue, wherein the first PNA has two linker-attached biotins attached thereto and the first and second PNAs being complementary to different portions of a target DNA; (ii) contacting a sample suspected of containing the nucleic acid with the first and second PNAs; and (iii) determining the presence of the reporter molecule on the substrate. Also disclosed are a detection assay and a kit for detecting a target nucleic acid. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/592490 |
| 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 | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/07 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 271/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 303/40 (20130101) C07C 303/40 (20130101) C07C 311/20 (20130101) C07C 2101/08 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/003 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09156787 | McKnight et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. McKnight (Dallas, Texas); Joseph M. Ready (Carrollton, Texas); Andew A. Pieper (Iowa City, Iowa); Jef K. De Brabander (Flower Mound, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, e.g., post-natal hippocampal neurogenesis) and protection from neuron cell death. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/339742 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/403 (20130101) A61K 31/415 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 209/86 (20130101) C07D 209/88 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 413/06 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09156790 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Shih Chen (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Matthew David Ringel (Columbus, Ohio); Motoyashi Saji (Dublin, Ohio); Yihui Ma (Zhenghou, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds according to formula I: wherein Ar is a fused aryl group, R1 is selected from alkyl and aryl amides, CF3, and CH2OH, and R2 is selected from hydrogen, —C(═O)CH2NH2, and —C(═O)CH2CH2NH2 are described. The compounds are effective for inhibiting p21-activated kinases, and can be used for prevention and treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/230689 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/415 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 231/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09156792 | Njar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vincent C. O. Njar (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Lalji K. Gediya (Secane, Pennsylvania); Aakanksha Khandelwal (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent C. O. Njar (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Lalji K. Gediya (Secane, Pennsylvania); Aakanksha Khandelwal (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Retinoic acid metabolism blocking agents (RAMBAs). The RAMBAs may be used for treatment of cancer, including breast and prostate cancers. Methods for preparing novel retinamide RAMBAs. The methods include reacting RAMBAs with terminal polar carboxylic acid group with a variety of amines in the presence of suitable coupling reagents. The retinamide RAMBAs are potent inhibitors of the growth of prostate and breast cancer cells and may be useful for the treatment of these diseases in humans. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/991822 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/41 (20130101) A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4196 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 233/60 (20130101) C07D 249/02 (20130101) C07D 251/02 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09156821 | Wentland |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark P. Wentland (Watervliet, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | 8-Substituted-2,6-methano-3-benzazocines of general structure are useful as analgesics, anti-diarrheal agents, anticonvulsants, antitussives and anti-addiction medications. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/529832 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 211/32 (20130101) C07D 221/22 (20130101) C07D 221/26 (20130101) C07D 221/28 (20130101) C07D 223/04 (20130101) C07D 241/04 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 489/00 (20130101) C07D 489/08 (20130101) C07D 489/09 (20130101) C07D 489/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09156822 | Jin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jian Jin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Bryan Roth (Durham, North Carolina); Stephen Frye (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Jin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Bryan Roth (Durham, North Carolina); Stephen Frye (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel functionally selective ligands of dopamine D2 receptors, including agonists, antagonists, and inverse agonists. The invention further relates to the use of these compounds for treating central nervous system disorders related to D2 receptors. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/807347 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/538 (20130101) A61K 31/4725 (20130101) A61K 31/4965 (20130101) A61K 45/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 215/20 (20130101) C07D 217/24 (20130101) C07D 231/56 (20130101) C07D 235/26 (20130101) C07D 241/04 (20130101) C07D 277/62 (20130101) C07D 295/088 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 413/12 (20130101) C07D 413/14 (20130101) C07D 417/12 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09156825 | Raines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts); ANNOVATION BIOPHARMA, LLC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts); ANNOVATION BIOPHARMA, LLC (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas E. Raines (Wayland, Massachusetts); Syed Shaukat Husain (Newton, Massachusetts); John C. R. Randle (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compounds according to formula (I): Provided herein is also a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a method for providing anesthesia in a subject by administering such a pharmaceutical composition. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/371651 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/54 (20130101) C07D 233/90 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09156867 | Hostetler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California, a California Corporation (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Y. Hostetler (Del Mar, California); James R. Beadle (San Diego, California); Nadejda Valiaeva (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates, inter alia, to compositions and methods for treating viral diseases and cancer. There are disclosed lipophilic antiviral and anticancer acyclic nucleoside phosphonate diesters, preparation thereof, and methods of using the compounds to treat viral diseases and cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/463908 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/6561 (20130101) C07F 9/65121 (20130101) C07F 9/65583 (20130101) C07F 9/65616 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09156873 | Prakash et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thazha P. Prakash (Carlsbad, California); Punit P. Seth (Carlsbad, California); Muthiah Manoharan (Weston, Massachusetts); Eric E. Swayze (Encinitas, California); Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev (Wayland, Massachusetts); Ivan Zlatev (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Carlsbad, California); Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thazha P. Prakash (Carlsbad, California); Punit P. Seth (Carlsbad, California); Muthiah Manoharan (Weston, Massachusetts); Eric E. Swayze (Encinitas, California); Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev (Wayland, Massachusetts); Ivan Zlatev (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are modified 5′ diphosphate nucleosides and oligomeric compounds prepared therefrom. More particularly, modified 5′ diphosphate nucleosides are provided that can be further modified at the 2′ and 5′ positions. In some embodiments, the oligomeric compounds provided herein are expected to hybridize to a portion of a target RNA resulting in loss of normal function of the target RNA. The oligomeric compounds are also expected to be useful as primers and probes in diagnostic applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/642804 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) |
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| US 09156884 | Du |
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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) | Xiaoping Du (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compounds that inhibit a binding interaction between a β integrin and a G protein subunit, as well as compositions, e.g., pharmaceutical compositions, comprising the same, and related kits. In some embodiments, the compound is an antibody or antibody analog, and, in other embodiments, the compound is a peptide or peptide analog. Also provided are methods of using the compounds, including methods of treating or preventing a medical condition, such as stroke, heart attack, cancer, or inflammation. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/176930 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4722 (20130101) C07K 14/70546 (20130101) C07K 14/70557 (20130101) |
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| US 09156888 | Moore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick S. Moore (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yuan Chang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Huichen Feng (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides murine monoclonal antibody molecules that bind to Merkel cell carcinoma virus (MCV) polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, July 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/951679 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/084 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/22022 (20130101) C12N 2710/22023 (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 1/18 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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| US 09157061 | Terskikh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexey Terskikh (San Diego, California); Ruchi Bajpai (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BURNHAM INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexey Terskikh (San Diego, California); Ruchi Bajpai (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | We used ACCUTASE®, a commercially available cell detachment solution, for single cell propagation of pluripotent hESCs. Unlike trypsin dissociation, ACCUTASE® treatment does not significantly affect the plating efficiency of hESC dissociation into single cells. Cultures dissociated with ACCUTASE® to single cells at each passage maintain a higher proportion of pluripotent cells as compared to collagenase-passaged hESCs. ACCUTASE®-treated hESCs can be grown to a high density as monolayers, and yet retain their pluripotency. |
| FILED | Monday, June 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/164639 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2509/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09157064 | Heller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stefan Heller (Stanford, California); Mohammad Ronaghi (Stanford, California); Kazuo Oshima (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stefan Heller (Stanford, California); Mohammad Ronaghi (Stanford, California); Kazuo Oshima (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions and kits are provided for generating inner ear cells in vitro. These methods find use a number of applications, such as in preparing inner ear cells for in vitro screening for agents that are toxic to inner ear cells, for in vitro screening for agents that prevent against, mitigate, or reverse the toxic effects of such agents, and for in vitro screening for agents that promote otoregeneration. |
| FILED | Monday, January 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/980837 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/062 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/105 (20130101) C12N 2501/115 (20130101) C12N 2501/119 (20130101) C12N 2501/155 (20130101) C12N 2501/727 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/45 (20130101) C12N 2533/52 (20130101) C12N 2533/54 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5044 (20130101) |
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| US 09157066 | Eberwine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Eberwine (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jai-Yoon Sul (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Tae Kyung Kim (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Vickas Patel (Berwyn, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Eberwine (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jai-Yoon Sul (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Tae Kyung Kim (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Vickas Patel (Berwyn, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes methods for effecting phenotype conversion in a cell by transfecting the cell with phenotype-converting nucleic acid. Expression of the nucleic acids results in a phenotype conversion in the transfected cell. Preferably the phenotype-converting nucleic acid is a transcriptome, and more preferably an mRNA transcriptome. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/186232 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0622 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0657 (20130101) C12N 2501/998 (20130101) C12N 2506/00 (20130101) C12N 2506/08 (20130101) C12N 2506/1307 (20130101) |
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| US 09157096 | Kawaoka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Gabriele Neumann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods useful to prepare segmented, negative strand RNA viruses, e.g., orthomyxoviruses such as influenza A viruses, entirely from cloned cDNAs and in the absence of helper virus. |
| FILED | Friday, January 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/157915 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 48/0091 (20130101) A61K 2039/525 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (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 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16123 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16143 (20130101) C12N 2760/16151 (20130101) C12N 2800/30 (20130101) C12N 2810/6081 (20130101) |
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| US 09157098 | Zhong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li Zhong (Gainesville, Florida); Sergei Zolotukhin (Gainesville, Florida); Lakshmanan Govindasamy (Gainesville, Florida); Mavis Agbandje-McKenna (Gainesville, Florida); Arun Srivastava (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are tyrosine-modified rAAV vectors, as well as infectious virions, compositions, and pharmaceutical formulations that comprise them. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and methods for using the disclosed tyrosine-phosphorylated capsid protein mutant rAAV vectors in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications including in vivo and ex vivo gene therapy, and large-scale production of rAAV vectors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/855640 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/005 (20130101) A61K 48/0091 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/8645 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mingzhao Michael Xing (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mingzhao Michael Xing (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | We examined IQGAP1 copy gain and its relationship with clinicopathologic outcomes of thyroid cancer and investigated its role in cell invasion and molecules involved in the process. We found IQGAP1 copy number (CN) gain ?3 in 1 of 30 (3%) of benign thyroid tumor, 24 of 74 (32%) follicular variant papillary thyroid cancer (FVPTC), 44 of 107 (41%) follicular thyroid cancer (FTC), 8 of 16 (50%) tall cell papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), and 27 of 41 (66%) anaplastic thyroid cancer, in increasing order of invasiveness of these tumors. A similar tumor distribution trend of CN ?4 was also seen. IQGAP1 copy gain was positively correlated with IQGAP1 protein expression. It was significantly associated with extrathyroidal and vascular invasion of FVPTC and FTC and, remarkably, a 50%-60% rate of multifocality and recurrence of BRAF mutation-positive PTC (P=0.01 and 0.02, respectively). The siRNA knock-down of IQGAP1 dramatically inhibited thyroid cancer cell invasion and colony formation. Co-immunoprecipitation assay showed direct interaction of IQGAP1 with E-cadherin, a known invasion-suppressing molecule, which was upregulated when IQGAP1 was knocked down. IQGAP1, through genetic copy gain, plays an important role in the invasiveness of thyroid cancer and represents a useful prognostic marker and therapeutic target for this and other cancers. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/641994 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (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) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57484 (20130101) |
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| US 09157125 | Samuels et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yardena R. Samuels (Potomac, Maryland); Wei Xiaomu (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yardena R. Samuels (Potomac, Maryland); Wei Xiaomu (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is the identification of 68 genes with an elevated frequency of somatic mutations in melanoma. Nine genes were identified that exhibited recurring mutations in melanoma. The TRRAP gene was mutated at nucleotide 2165 (C2165T) in six different melanoma tumor samples. In addition, 16 genes were identified that were highly mutated in melanoma samples. The most highly mutated gene identified was GRIN2A, which was mutated in 34% of melanoma tumor samples. The study disclosed herein identified 34 different nonsynonymous somatic mutations in GRIN2A among 36 melanoma tumor samples. Provided is a method of diagnosing a subject as having melanoma or susceptible to developing melanoma by detecting one or more mutations in the TRRAP or GRIN2A genes. Further provided is a method of selecting an appropriate therapy for a subject diagnosed with melanoma by detecting the presence or absence of a mutation in TRRAP or GRIN2A. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/982392 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09157126 | Hu 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) | Shen Hu (Simi Valley, California); David T. W. Wong (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the identification of novel oral cancer and periodontal disease biomarkers. Further, the present invention provides novel methods of diagnosing and for providing a prognosis for oral cancer and periodontal disease. The present invention additionally provides novel methods of distinguishing between oral cancer and periodontal disease. Finally, kits are provided that find use in the practice of the methods of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/169634 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — 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) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 33/57407 (20130101) G01N 2800/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09157551 | Hua et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhishan Hua (Durham, North Carolina); Erdogan Gulari (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark A. Burns (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Rohit Pal (Fishkill, New York); Onnop Srivannavit (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A microactuator may be configured by activating a source of electromagnetic radiation to heat and melt a selected set of phase-change plugs embedded in a substrate of the microactuator, pressurizing a common pressure chamber adjacent to each of the plugs to deform the melted plugs, and deactivating the source of electromagnetic radiation to cool and solidify the melted plugs. |
| FILED | Friday, October 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/046331 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502746 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) B01L 2400/0677 (20130101) Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 15/10 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16K 99/0044 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/218 (20150401) Y10T 137/0391 (20150401) Y10T 137/1624 (20150401) Y10T 137/1812 (20150401) Y10T 137/2142 (20150401) Y10T 137/2191 (20150401) Y10T 137/2196 (20150401) Y10T 137/2202 (20150401) Y10T 137/2218 (20150401) Y10T 428/23 (20150115) Y10T 428/234 (20150115) Y10T 428/24322 (20150115) Y10T 428/24331 (20150115) Y10T 428/24612 (20150115) |
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| US 09157839 | Chiu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel T. Chiu (Seattle, Washington); Jason S. Kuo (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel T. Chiu (Seattle, Washington); Jason S. Kuo (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | This document discloses, among other things, a method and system for a substrate having a bypass region for fluid flow. The substrate includes a plurality of fluid flow channels with each channel configured to concurrently allow fluid flow while precluding passage of a target particle or object. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/450297 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502753 (20130101) B01L 2200/0668 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) B01L 2400/0409 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09157894 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jingfeng Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Timothy Jon Hall (Madison, Wisconsin); Amy Marie Sommer (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingfeng Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Timothy Jon Hall (Madison, Wisconsin); Amy Marie Sommer (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Image data and E-mode images used in ultrasonic elasticity imaging may be automatically evaluated for quality to provide a single value used as operator feedback or for automatic selection of images for averaging or animation. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/607213 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/08 (20130101) A61B 8/485 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/50 (20130101) G01N 29/265 (20130101) G01N 29/0609 (20130101) G01N 2291/02475 (20130101) G01N 2291/02827 (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 7/5205 (20130101) G01S 7/52042 (20130101) |
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| US 09157906 | Greengard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Greengard (New York, New York); David Repaske (Loveland, Ohio); Gretchen Snyder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY (New York, New York); THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Greengard (New York, New York); David Repaske (Loveland, Ohio); Gretchen Snyder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating the activity of phosphodiesterase 1B (PDE1B) in intracellular signaling pathways, including but not limited to, dopamine D1 intracellular signaling pathways. The invention also provides methods and compositions for modulating the activities of intracellular signaling molecules, including, but not limited to, DARPP-32 and GluR1 AMPA receptor, via modulation of PDE1B. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of screening for compounds that modulate PDE1B activity. The invention also provides methods of treating or ameliorating the symptoms of a disorder, including but not limited to a PDE1B-related disorder or a dopamine D1 receptor intracellular signaling pathway disorder, by administering a modulator of PDE1B, preferably, but not limited to, an inhibitor of PDE1B or an agent that decreases the production of PDE1B. |
| FILED | Monday, November 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/951775 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 49/0008 (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 1/44 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/9413 (20130101) G01N 2333/916 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2800/2835 (20130101) |
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| US 09157908 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Miqin Zhang (Bothell, Washington); Forrest Kievit (Brier, Washington); Matthew Chi-hang Leung (Seattle, Washington); Stephen Florczyk (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miqin Zhang (Bothell, Washington); Forrest Kievit (Brier, Washington); Matthew Chi-hang Leung (Seattle, Washington); Stephen Florczyk (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for culturing cancer cells in vitro using a three-dimensional scaffold, scaffolds that include the cultured cancer cells, and methods for using the cultured cancer cells and the scaffolds that include the cultured cancer cells in anticancer therapeutic drug development. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/453672 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0693 (20130101) C12N 2513/00 (20130101) C12N 2533/72 (20130101) C12N 2533/74 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/5082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09157921 | Cooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Livia Schiavinato Eberlin (Lafayette, Indiana); Christina Ramires Ferreira (West Lafayette, Indiana); Allison Lisa Dill (Indianapolis, Indiana); Demian R. Ifa (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Livia Schiavinato Eberlin (Lafayette, Indiana); Christina Ramires Ferreira (West Lafayette, Indiana); Allison Lisa Dill (Indianapolis, Indiana); Demian R. Ifa (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to mass spectral analysis. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve analyzing a lipid containing sample using a mass spectrometry technique, in which the technique utilizes a liquid phase that does not destroy native tissue morphology during analysis. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/475305 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/92 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0004 (20130101) H01J 49/142 (20130101) |
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| US 09157976 | Reddy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravinder Reddy (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania); Hari Hariharan (Mount Laurel, New Jersey); Catherine DeBrosse (Norristown, Pennsylvania); Ravi Prakash Reddy Nanga (Secane, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | CEST imaging technique and MR scanning are used as an MRI method for measuring glutaminase mediated tumors. The method takes advantage of the fact that glutamine does not exhibit a significant Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) effect while glutamate does. In accordance with this method, one first obtains a glutamate CEST MRI map of the area of a tumor. L-glutamine (nontoxic up to several millimolar level) or glutaminase blocker is then injected and a post injection Glutamate CEST map is obtained. The difference in the spatial maps indicates the level of expression of glutaminase in the tumor. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/230739 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4828 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/5601 (20130101) G01R 33/5605 (20130101) |
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| US 09159128 | Madabhushi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anant Madabhushi (South Plainfield, New Jersey); Satish Viswanath (Highland Park, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anant Madabhushi (South Plainfield, New Jersey); Satish Viswanath (Highland Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a system and method for analysis of multimodal imaging and non-imaging biomedical data, using a multi-parametric data representation and integration framework. The present invention makes use of (1) dimensionality reduction to account for differing dimensionalities and scale in multimodal biomedical data, and (2) a supervised ensemble of embeddings to accurately capture maximum available class information from the data. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/978812 |
| 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 9/6232 (20130101) G06K 9/6251 (20130101) G06K 9/6256 (20130101) G06K 2209/051 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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09159465 — Structures incorporating conformationally flexible conjugated polymers and methods of use
| US 09159465 | Bazan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Bin Liu (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Bin Liu (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving conformationally flexible conjugated polymers are provided. A structure is provided comprising the conformationally flexible conjugated polymer bound to or associated with at least one member of a binding pair comprising a sensor molecule and a target molecule or the complex they form. The conformationally flexible conjugated polymer comprises at least one angled linker having bonds to its two adjacent polymeric units which form an angle of less than about 155° with respect to one another. Methods of use of such structures and solutions comprising them are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/075172 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/02 (20130101) C08G 61/10 (20130101) C08G 61/123 (20130101) C08G 61/126 (20130101) C08G 73/02 (20130101) C08G 73/08 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 40/04 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09155879 | Cela et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carlos J. Cela (Salt Lake City, Utah); Gianluca Lazzi (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos J. Cela (Salt Lake City, Utah); Gianluca Lazzi (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The present embodiments are directed to implantable electrode arrays having virtual electrodes. The virtual electrodes may improve the resolution of the implantable electrode array without the burden of corresponding complexity of electronic circuitry and wiring. In a particular embodiment, a virtual electrode may include one or more passive elements to help steer current to a specific location between the active electrodes. For example, a passive element may be a metalized layer on a substrate that is adjacent to, but not directly connected to an active electrode. In certain embodiments, an active electrode may be directly coupled to a power source via a conductive connection. Beneficially, the passive elements may help to increase the overall resolution of the implantable array by providing additional stimulation points without requiring additional wiring or driver circuitry for the passive elements. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/440925 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0531 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0553 (20130101) A61N 1/36185 (20130101) |
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| US 09155992 | Blount |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Alken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald C. Blount (North Augusta, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and apparatus for separating components of a source gas is provided in which more soluble components of the source gas are dissolved in an aqueous solvent at high pressure. The system can utilize hydrostatic pressure to increase solubility of the components of the source gas. The apparatus includes gas recycle throughout multiple mass transfer stages to improve mass transfer of the targeted components from the liquid to gas phase. Separated components can be recovered for use in a value added application or can be processed for long-term storage, for instance in an underwater reservoir. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/487235 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 53/1406 (20130101) B01D 53/1425 (20130101) B01D 53/1475 (20130101) B01D 2252/103 (20130101) Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/04248 (20130101) B01F 3/04262 (20130101) |
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| US 09156068 | Klebanoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | KLA-Tencor Corporation (Milpitas, California); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KLA-Tencor Corporation (Milpitas, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard E. Klebanoff (Dublin, California); Gildardo R. Delgado (Livermore, California); Jeromy T. Hollenshead (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Karl R. Umstadter (Livermore, California); Elena Starodub (Sunnyvale, California); Guorong V. Zhuang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical instrument, including a chamber, an object exposed to an interior of the chamber, a source of low-pressure gas, the gas comprising at least one of low-pressure molecular hydrogen gas, low-pressure molecular oxygen and a low-pressure noble gas, the source of low pressure gas being fluidly coupled to the chamber, a low voltage source electrically coupled between the object and a remaining portion of the instrument that is exposed to the interior of the chamber so as to maintain the object at a low voltage relative to the remaining portion, and an EUV/VUV light source adapted to direct EUV/VUV light through the low pressure gas in the chamber onto the object. In such a system, when the EUV/VUV light source is activated ions of the low-pressure gas are formed and directed to the object. The ions may be ions of Hydrogen, Oxygen or a noble gas. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/482510 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning in General; Prevention of Fouling in General B08B 7/0057 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/70925 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Allister W. James (Chuluota, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allister W. James (Chuluota, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-component vane segment and method for forming the same. Assembly includes: positioning a pre-formed airfoil component (12) and a preformed shroud heat resistant material (18) in a mold, wherein the airfoil component (12) and the shroud heat resistant material (18) each comprises an interlocking feature (24); preheating the mold; introducing molten structural material (46) into the mold; and solidifying the molten structural material such that it interlocks the pre-formed airfoil component (12) with respect to the preformed shroud heat resistant material (18) and is effective to provide structural support for the shroud heat resistant material (18). Surfaces between the airfoil component (12) and the structural material (46), between the airfoil component (12) and the shroud heat resistant material (18), and between the shroud heat resistant material (18) and the structural material (46) are free of metallurgical bonds. |
| FILED | Monday, June 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/795002 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Foundry Moulding B22C 9/04 (20130101) Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Alloys C22C 19/03 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/28 (20130101) F01D 5/147 (20130101) F01D 5/187 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/211 (20130101) F05D 2300/607 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4932 (20150115) Y10T 29/49341 (20150115) |
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| US 09156364 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Miller (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Steven L. Campbell (Oliver Springs, Tennessee); Paul H. Chambon (Knoxville, Tennessee); Larry E. Seiber (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Clifford P. White (Seymour, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for wirelessly charging a battery of an electric vehicle is provided with a point of load control. The apparatus includes a base unit for generating a direct current (DC) voltage. The base unit is regulated by a power level controller. One or more point of load converters can be connected to the base unit by a conductor, with each point of load converter comprising a control signal generator that transmits a signal to the power level controller. The output power level of the DC voltage provided by the base unit is controlled by power level controller such that the power level is sufficient to power all active load converters when commanded to do so by any of the active controllers, without generating excessive power that may be otherwise wasted. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/739198 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 11/182 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 5/005 (20130101) H02J 7/025 (20130101) H02J 17/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 90/14 (20130101) Y02T 90/122 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroZeus, LLC (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold Stalford (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro transport machine may include a substrate and a movable device comprising a drive component responsive to a wireless power source. The movable device is operable to move between a plurality of disparate areas on the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/757341 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81B 2201/032 (20130101) B81B 2201/034 (20130101) B81B 2201/037 (20130101) B81B 2201/051 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 1/008 (20130101) |
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| US 09156682 | Russell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Sung Woo Hong (Amherst, Massachusetts); Doug Hyun Lee (Amherst, Massachusetts); Soojin Park (Ulsan, South Korea); Ting Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Massachusetts); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); UNIST ACADEMY-INDUSTRY RESEARCH CORPORATION (, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Sung Woo Hong (Amherst, Massachusetts); Doug Hyun Lee (Amherst, Massachusetts); Soojin Park (Ulsan, South Korea); Ting Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A block copolymer film having a line pattern with a high degree of long-range order is formed by a method that includes forming a block copolymer film on a substrate surface with parallel facets, and annealing the block copolymer film to form an annealed block copolymer film having linear microdomains parallel to the substrate surface and orthogonal to the parallel facets of the substrate. The line-patterned block copolymer films are useful for the fabrication of magnetic storage media, polarizing devices, and arrays of nanowires. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/480506 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 3/10 (20130101) B05D 3/107 (20130101) B05D 3/0254 (20130101) B05D 5/02 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81C 1/00055 (20130101) B81C 1/00063 (20130101) B81C 1/00071 (20130101) B81C 1/00079 (20130101) B81C 2201/0149 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24521 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Jeewoo Lim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yohei Takeda (Minoo, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Jeewoo Lim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yohei Takeda (Minoo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to compositions, methods, and systems comprising polymers that are fluorous-soluble and/or organize at interfaces between a fluorous phase and a non-fluorous phase. In some embodiments, emulsions or films are provided comprising a polymer. The polymers, emulsions, and films can be used in many applications, including for determining, treating, and/or imaging a condition and/or disease in a subject. The polymer may also be incorporated into various optoelectronic device such as photovoltaic cells, organic light-emitting diodes, organic field effect transistors, or the like. In some embodiments, the polymers comprise pi-conjugated backbones, and in some cases, are highly emissive. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/213647 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1468 (20130101) A61B 5/1486 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/74 (20130101) A61K 49/0019 (20130101) A61K 49/126 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 2261/124 (20130101) C08G 2261/146 (20130101) C08G 2261/148 (20130101) C08G 2261/312 (20130101) C08G 2261/3422 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0035 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0043 (20130101) H01L 51/424 (20130101) H01L 51/0558 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09157075 | Morant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marc D. Morant (Copenhagen, Denmark); Paul Harris (Carnation, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc D. Morant (Copenhagen, Denmark); Paul Harris (Carnation, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/992003 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (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 19/14 (20130101) C12P 21/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01091 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Algenol Biofuels Inc. (Fort Myers, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Algenol Biotech LLC (Ft. Myers, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irina Piven (Berlin, Germany); Alexandra Friedrich (Berlin, Germany); Ulf Dühring (Berlin, Germany); Frank Uliczka (Berlin, Germany); Kerstin Baier (Kleinmachnow, Germany); Masami Inaba (Berlin, Germany); Tuo Shi (San Diego, California); Kui Wang (Fort Myers, Florida); Heike Enke (Berlin, Germany); Dan Kramer (Berlin, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A genetically enhanced cyanobacterial host cell, Cyanobacterium sp. ABICyano1, is disclosed. The enhanced Cyanobacterium sp. ABICyano1 produces a compound or compounds of interest. |
| FILED | Sunday, December 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/138123 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0006 (20130101) C12N 9/88 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12C - C12Q, Relating to Microorganisms C12R 1/01 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/17 (20130101) |
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| US 09157102 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elliot N. Miller (Indianapolis, Indiana); Xueli Zhang (Tianjin, China PRC); Lorraine P. Yomano (Gainesville, Florida); Xuan Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Keelnatham T. Shanmugam (Gainesville, Florida); Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elliot N. Miller (Indianapolis, Indiana); Xueli Zhang (Tianjin, China PRC); Lorraine P. Yomano (Gainesville, Florida); Xuan Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Keelnatham T. Shanmugam (Gainesville, Florida); Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to the discovery that the NADH-dependent propanediol oxidoreductase (FucO) can reduce furfural. This allows for a new approach to improve furfural tolerance in bacterial and/or yeast cells used to produce desired products. Thus, novel biocatalysts (bacterial, fungal or yeast cells) exhibiting increased tolerance to furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) are provided as are methods of making and using such biocatalysts for the production of a desired product. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/008015 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0006 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/06 (20130101) C12P 7/10 (20130101) C12P 7/46 (20130101) C12P 7/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/065 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 101/01202 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) Y02E 50/17 (20130101) |
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| US 09157130 | Brennan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy Charles R. Brennan (Brisbane, Australia); Bradley M. Holmes (Oakland, California); Blake A. Simmons (San Francisco, California); Harvey W. Blanch (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Charles R. Brennan (Brisbane, Australia); Bradley M. Holmes (Oakland, California); Blake A. Simmons (San Francisco, California); Harvey W. Blanch (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a composition comprising a solution comprising (a) an ionic liquid (IL) or ionic liquid-aqueous (ILA) phase and (b) an organic phase, wherein the solution comprises a sugar and a boronic acid. The present invention also provides for a method of removing a sugar from a solution, comprising: (a) providing a solution comprising (i) an IL or ILA phase and (ii) an organic phase, wherein the solution comprises an IL, a sugar and a boronic acid; (b) contacting the sugar with the boronic acid to form a sugar-boronic acid complex, (c) separating the organic phase and the aqueous phase, wherein the organic phase contains the sugar-boronic acid complex, and optionally (d) separating the sugar from the organic phase. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/434714 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2250/60 (20130101) Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources or by Hydrolysis of Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides or Polysaccharides C13K 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09157161 | Brozik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Susan M. Brozik (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jason C. Harper (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Ronen Polsky (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Wheeler (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dulce C. Arango (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Shawn M. Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan M. Brozik (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jason C. Harper (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Ronen Polsky (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Wheeler (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dulce C. Arango (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Shawn M. Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin film with multiple binding functionality can be prepared on an electrode surface via consecutive electroreduction of two or more aryl-onium salts with different functional groups. This versatile and simple method for forming multifunctional surfaces provides an effective means for immobilization of diverse molecules at close proximities. The multifunctional thin film has applications in bioelectronics, molecular electronics, clinical diagnostics, and chemical and biological sensing. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/183099 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 28/00 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 5/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09157875 | Warner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin P. Warner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); T. Mark McCleskey (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Anthony K. Burrell (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin P. Warner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); T. Mark McCleskey (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Anthony K. Burrell (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry has been used for detecting binding events and measuring binding selectivities between chemicals and receptors. XRF may also be used for estimating the therapeutic index of a chemical, for estimating the binding selectivity of a chemical versus chemical analogs, for measuring post-translational modifications of proteins, and for drug manufacturing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/880388 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/223 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/50 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) G01N 2223/076 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 430/167 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/16 (20150115) Y10T 436/18 (20150115) Y10T 436/153333 (20150115) Y10T 436/156666 (20150115) |
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| US 09158008 | Boatner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lynn A. Boatner (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); John T. Mihalczo (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynn A. Boatner (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); John T. Mihalczo (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed below are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for detecting particles, such as radiation or charged particles. One exemplary embodiment disclosed herein is particle detector comprising an optical fiber with a first end and second end opposite the first end. The optical fiber of this embodiment further comprises a doped region at the first end and a non-doped region adjacent to the doped region. The doped region of the optical fiber is configured to scintillate upon interaction with a target particle, thereby generating one or more photons that propagate through the optical fiber and to the second end. Embodiments of the disclosed technology can be used in a variety of applications, including associated particle imaging and cold neutron scattering. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/600084 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/48 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/201 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 3/06 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 2237/31706 (20130101) H01J 2237/31708 (20130101) |
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| US 09158540 | Tzelnic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Percy Tzelnic (Concord, Massachusetts); Sorin Faibish (Newton, Massachusetts); Uday K. Gupta (Westford, Massachusetts); John Bent (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Gary Alan Grider (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Hsing-bung Chen (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Solid-State Drive (SSD) burst buffer nodes are interposed into a parallel supercomputing cluster to enable fast burst checkpoint of cluster memory to or from nearby interconnected solid-state storage with asynchronous migration between the burst buffer nodes and slower more distant disk storage. The SSD nodes also perform tasks offloaded from the compute nodes or associated with the checkpoint data. For example, the data for the next job is preloaded in the SSD node and very fast uploaded to the respective compute node just before the next job starts. During a job, the SSD nodes perform fast visualization and statistical analysis upon the checkpoint data. The SSD nodes can also perform data reduction and encryption of the checkpoint data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/676019 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/30043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09158871 | Neergaard |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mike Neergaard (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and a method for vulnerability and reliability modeling are provided. The method generally includes constructing a graph model of a physical network using a computer, the graph model including a plurality of terminating vertices to represent nodes in the physical network, a plurality of edges to represent transmission paths in the physical network, and a non-terminating vertex to represent a non-nodal vulnerability along a transmission path in the physical network. The method additionally includes evaluating the vulnerability and reliability of the physical network using the constructed graph model, wherein the vulnerability and reliability evaluation includes a determination of whether each terminating and non-terminating vertex represents a critical point of failure. The method can be utilized to evaluate wide variety of networks, including power grid infrastructures, communication network topologies, and fluid distribution systems. |
| FILED | Friday, April 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/857180 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09159209 | Livesay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Jason Livesay (Knoxville, Tennessee); Brandon William Mason (New Market, Maryland); Michael Joseph Kuhn (Knoxville, Tennessee); Nathan Carl Rowe (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are several examples of a system and method for detecting if an article is being tampered with. Included is a covering made of a substrate that is coated with a layer of an electrically conductive material that forms an electrically conductive surface having an electrical resistance. The covering is configured to at least partially encapsulate the article such that the article cannot be tampered with, without modifying the electrical resistance of the electrically conductive surface of the covering. A sensing device is affixed to the electrically conductive surface of the covering and the sensing device monitors the condition of the covering by producing a signal that is indicative of the electrical resistance of the electrically conductive surface of the covering. A measured electrical resistance that differs from a nominal electrical resistance is indicative of a covering that is being tampered with and an alert is communicated to an observer. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/832093 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/126 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09159851 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiangxin Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Alvin D. Compaan (Holland, Ohio); Naba Raj Paudel (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiangxin Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Alvin D. Compaan (Holland, Ohio); Naba Raj Paudel (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Photovoltaic (PV) cell structures having an integral light scattering interface layer configured to diffuse or scatter light prior to entering a semiconductor material and methods of making the same are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/699231 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/073 (20130101) H01L 31/0296 (20130101) H01L 31/0749 (20130101) H01L 31/1828 (20130101) H01L 31/1864 (20130101) H01L 31/02363 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Y02E 10/541 (20130101) Y02E 10/543 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09160003 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zhengcheng Zhang (Naperville, Illinois); Jian Dong (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhengcheng Zhang (Naperville, Illinois); Jian Dong (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrode includes a binder and an electroactive material, wherein the binder includes a polymer including a linear polysiloxane or a cyclic polysiloxane. The polymer may be generally represented by Formula I: |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/331110 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/46 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/602 (20130101) H01M 4/621 (20130101) H01M 4/622 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09160021 | Hamrock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Hamrock (Stillwater, Minnesota); Mark S. Schaberg (Lake Elmo, Minnesota); Neeraj Sharma (Woodbury, Minnesota); John E. Abulu (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials are provided that may be useful as ionomers or polymer ionomers, including compounds including bis sulfonyl imide groups which may be highly fluorinated and may be polymers. |
| FILED | Friday, June 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/912768 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/3834 (20130101) C07F 9/4021 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/32 (20130101) C08F 8/32 (20130101) C08F 8/36 (20130101) C08F 8/36 (20130101) C08F 8/40 (20130101) C08F 8/40 (20130101) C08F 14/18 (20130101) C08F 14/18 (20130101) C08F 14/18 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/20 (20130101) C08J 5/225 (20130101) C08J 5/2237 (20130101) C08J 2327/12 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/1023 (20130101) H01M 8/1039 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/1051 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/521 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09160333 | Jain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ankit Jain (West Lafayette, Indiana); Muhammad Ashraful Alam (West Lafayette, Indiana); Pradeep R Nair (Maharashtra, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ankit Jain (West Lafayette, Indiana); Muhammad Ashraful Alam (West Lafayette, Indiana); Pradeep R Nair (Maharashtra, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A microelectromechanical system (MEMS)-based electrical switch. The electrical switch includes a moveable electrode, a dielectric layer positioned adjacent the moveable electrode on a first side of the dielectric layer and spaced apart from the moveable electrode when the moveable electrode is in an inactivated position and in contact with the moveable electrode when the moveable electrode is in an activated position, and a substrate attached to the dielectric layer on a second side opposite to the first side, the moveable electrode is configured to brake prior to coming in contact with the dielectric layer when the moveable electrode is switched between the inactivated state and the activated state. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/466006 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 17/975 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09161429 | Schenkel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas Schenkel (San Francisco, California); Arun Persaud (El Cerrito, California); Rehan Kapadia (Berkeley, California); Ali Javey (Emeryville, California); Constance Chang-Hasnain (Palo Alto, California); Ivo Rangelow (Baunatal, Germany); Joe Kwan (Castro Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Schenkel (San Francisco, California); Arun Persaud (El Cerrito, California); Rehan Kapadia (Berkeley, California); Ali Javey (Emeryville, California); Constance Chang-Hasnain (Palo Alto, California); Ivo Rangelow (Baunatal, Germany); Joe Kwan (Castro Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A neutron generator includes a conductive substrate comprising a plurality of conductive nanostructures with free-standing tips and a source of an atomic species to introduce the atomic species in proximity to the free-standing tips. A target placed apart from the substrate is voltage biased relative to the substrate to ionize and accelerate the ionized atomic species toward the target. The target includes an element capable of a nuclear fusion reaction with the ionized atomic species to produce a one or more neutrons as a reaction by-product. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/451475 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 4/02 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05H 6/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eniko Todorov Enikov (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for measuring intraocular pressure (IOP) of an eye, comprising a plurality of force sensors that are adapted to contact a surface of an eye, measuring the forces exerted on the force sensors when in contact with the eye surface, and processing the measured forces to determine the 10P of the eye as a function of the measured forces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/712653 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09155497 | Plumley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John B. Plumley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Erin D. Milligan (Placitas, New Mexico); Marek Osinski (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John B. Plumley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Erin D. Milligan (Placitas, New Mexico); Marek Osinski (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a quantum dot (QD) modified optical fiber-based biosensor which characterizes matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) enzyme activity at pain signaling sites in the central nervous system (CNS) in vivo. Related systems and peptide biomarker screening methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/487933 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1455 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1459 (20130101) A61B 2562/0233 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/588 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cang Ye (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable robotic device (PRD) as well as related devices and methods are described herein. The PRD includes a 3-D imaging sensor configured to acquire corresponding intensity data frames and range data frames of the environment. An imaging processing module configured to identify a matched feature in the intensity data frames, obtain sets of 3-D coordinates representing the matched feature in the range data frames, and determine a pose change of the PRD based on the 3-D coordinates; and perform 3-D data segmentation of the range data frames to extract planar surfaces. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/651206 |
| ART UNIT | 2486 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 3/061 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61H 3/068 (20130101) A61H 2003/063 (20130101) A61H 2201/5007 (20130101) A61H 2201/5048 (20130101) A61H 2201/5058 (20130101) A61H 2201/5084 (20130101) A61H 2201/5092 (20130101) A61H 2201/5097 (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 17/89 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/10028 (20130101) G06T 2207/20076 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09156006 | Yip et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ngai Yin Yip (New Haven, Connecticut); William Anthony Phillip (New Haven, Connecticut); Jessica Deborah Schiffman (New Haven, Connecticut); Menachem Elimelech (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ngai Yin Yip (New Haven, Connecticut); William Anthony Phillip (New Haven, Connecticut); Jessica Deborah Schiffman (New Haven, Connecticut); Menachem Elimelech (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the invention relates to customized thin-film composite membranes comprising: a porous support; a selective barrier; and one or more polymeric additives dispersed in the porous support in an amount from at least about 1% and about 50% by weight of the porous support. Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of fabricating a porous support comprising the steps of: preparing a polymer solution comprising a polymer, a polymeric additive, and a first liquid; contacting a surface with the polymer solution; and evaporating the liquid. Another aspect of the invention relates to the use of the thin-film composite membranes disclosed herein in osmotically driven membrane processes. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/512788 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 61/002 (20130101) B01D 61/005 (20130101) B01D 69/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 71/56 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09156682 | Russell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Sung Woo Hong (Amherst, Massachusetts); Doug Hyun Lee (Amherst, Massachusetts); Soojin Park (Ulsan, South Korea); Ting Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Massachusetts); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); UNIST ACADEMY-INDUSTRY RESEARCH CORPORATION (, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Sung Woo Hong (Amherst, Massachusetts); Doug Hyun Lee (Amherst, Massachusetts); Soojin Park (Ulsan, South Korea); Ting Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A block copolymer film having a line pattern with a high degree of long-range order is formed by a method that includes forming a block copolymer film on a substrate surface with parallel facets, and annealing the block copolymer film to form an annealed block copolymer film having linear microdomains parallel to the substrate surface and orthogonal to the parallel facets of the substrate. The line-patterned block copolymer films are useful for the fabrication of magnetic storage media, polarizing devices, and arrays of nanowires. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/480506 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 3/10 (20130101) B05D 3/107 (20130101) B05D 3/0254 (20130101) B05D 5/02 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81C 1/00055 (20130101) B81C 1/00063 (20130101) B81C 1/00071 (20130101) B81C 1/00079 (20130101) B81C 2201/0149 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24521 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09157091 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ling Li (Ames, Iowa); Eve Syrkin Wurtele (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ling Li (Ames, Iowa); Eve Syrkin Wurtele (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of modifying the amount of at least one biochemical component in a plant comprising expressing Qua-Quine Starch (QQS) in the plant, the wild-type of which does not express QQS; a transgenic plant, or part thereof, which comprises and expresses QQS as a transgene and in which the amount of at least one biochemical component is modified; a tissue culture of regenerable cells of the transgenic plant; a vector comprising a nucleotide sequence, which encodes the coding sequence of QQS, operably linked to a non-native promoter, which promotes expression of the nucleotide sequence in a plant, which is other than Arabidopsis; and a method of producing a food or industrial product from a plant. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/314139 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/10 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8245 (20130101) C12N 15/8247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8251 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09157149 | Winter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles H. Winter (Bloomfield Hills, Maine); Joseph Peter Klesko (Sterling Heights, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A first compound having an atom in an oxidized state is reacted with a bis(trimethylsilyl) six-membered ring system or related compound to form a second compound having the atom in a reduced state relative to the first compound. The atom in an oxidized state is selected from the group consisting of Groups 2 to 12 of the Periodic Table, As, Sb, Bi, Se, and Te. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/930471 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 16/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 16/18 (20130101) C23C 16/45525 (20130101) C23C 16/45553 (20130101) |
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| US 09157497 | Magleby et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Spencer P. Magleby (Provo, Utah); Joseph O. Jacobsen (Pleasant Grove, Utah); Larry L. Howell (Orem, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Spencer P. Magleby (Provo, Utah); Joseph O. Jacobsen (Pleasant Grove, Utah); Larry L. Howell (Orem, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A torsional joint assembly formed from a substantially planar material sheet comprises a plurality of contiguous segments. The contiguous segments include at least two, substantially parallel hinge segments, each being coupleable to a loading structure; and at least a first connecting element connecting the hinge segments one to another, the connecting element extending substantially orthogonally to the hinge segments. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/916110 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 1/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09157551 | Hua et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhishan Hua (Durham, North Carolina); Erdogan Gulari (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark A. Burns (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Rohit Pal (Fishkill, New York); Onnop Srivannavit (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A microactuator may be configured by activating a source of electromagnetic radiation to heat and melt a selected set of phase-change plugs embedded in a substrate of the microactuator, pressurizing a common pressure chamber adjacent to each of the plugs to deform the melted plugs, and deactivating the source of electromagnetic radiation to cool and solidify the melted plugs. |
| FILED | Friday, October 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/046331 |
| ART UNIT | 1781 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502746 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) B01L 2400/0677 (20130101) Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 15/10 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16K 99/0044 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/218 (20150401) Y10T 137/0391 (20150401) Y10T 137/1624 (20150401) Y10T 137/1812 (20150401) Y10T 137/2142 (20150401) Y10T 137/2191 (20150401) Y10T 137/2196 (20150401) Y10T 137/2202 (20150401) Y10T 137/2218 (20150401) Y10T 428/23 (20150115) Y10T 428/234 (20150115) Y10T 428/24322 (20150115) Y10T 428/24331 (20150115) Y10T 428/24612 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09157908 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Miqin Zhang (Bothell, Washington); Forrest Kievit (Brier, Washington); Matthew Chi-hang Leung (Seattle, Washington); Stephen Florczyk (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miqin Zhang (Bothell, Washington); Forrest Kievit (Brier, Washington); Matthew Chi-hang Leung (Seattle, Washington); Stephen Florczyk (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for culturing cancer cells in vitro using a three-dimensional scaffold, scaffolds that include the cultured cancer cells, and methods for using the cultured cancer cells and the scaffolds that include the cultured cancer cells in anticancer therapeutic drug development. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/453672 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0693 (20130101) C12N 2513/00 (20130101) C12N 2533/72 (20130101) C12N 2533/74 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/5082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09158176 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zenghu Chang (Oviedo, Florida); Qi Zhang (Orlando, Florida); Kun Zhao (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical filtering method that utilizes a Microchannel Plate (MCP) and an optical system that utilizes the optical filtering method. As an example, a XUV/SXR generation system that includes a MCP as a dispersionless, broadband IR pump filter. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/154443 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — 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 1/353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 35/24 (20130101) H01J 2235/06 (20130101) H01J 2235/08 (20130101) X-ray Technique H05G 2/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09158361 | Fu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin E. Fu (Hadley, Massachusetts); Jacob Sorber (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Mastooreh Salajegheh (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin E. Fu (Hadley, Massachusetts); Jacob Sorber (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Mastooreh Salajegheh (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for providing lime information in intermittently powered devices that are batteryless and operate purely on harvested energy (also referred to as zero power devices). The method of these teachings for improving security of zero power devices includes determining an estimate of time using a decay of data in a volatile device, and deciding whether to respond to a query based on the estimate of time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/705410 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/3212 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/81 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/1292 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09158548 | Szalay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandor Szalay (Baltimore, Maryland); Edward Givelberg (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandor Szalay (Baltimore, Maryland); Edward Givelberg (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for operating a data-intensive computer is provided. The data-intensive computer includes a processing sub-system formed by a plurality of processing node servers and a database sub-system formed by a plurality of database servers configured to form a collective database in excess of a petabyte of storage. The data-intensive computer also includes an operating system sub-system formed by a plurality of operating system servers that extend a unifying operating system environment across the processing sub-system, the database sub-system, and the operating system sub-system to act as components in a single data-intensive computer. The operating system sub-system is configured to coordinate execution of a single application as distributed processes having at least one of the distributed processes executed on the processing sub-system and at least one of the distributed processes executed on the database sub-system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/078083 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/4881 (20130101) G06F 9/5072 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09158704 | Basu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arkaprava Basu (Madison, Wisconsin); Mark Donald Hill (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael Mansfield Swift (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer system using virtual memory provides hybrid memory access either through a conventional translation between virtual memory and physical memory using a page table possibly with a translation lookaside buffer, or a high-speed translation using a fixed offset value between virtual memory and physical memory. Selection between these modes of access may be encoded into the address space of virtual memory eliminating the need for a separate tagging operation of specific memory addresses. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/749334 |
| ART UNIT | 2132 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/10 (20130101) G06F 12/1027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09158841 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiangen Hu (Germantown, Tennessee); Zhiqiang Cai (Germantown, Tennessee); Arthur C. Graesser (Memphis, Tennessee); Scotty Craig (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Memphis Research Foundation (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiangen Hu (Germantown, Tennessee); Zhiqiang Cai (Germantown, Tennessee); Arthur C. Graesser (Memphis, Tennessee); Scotty Craig (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the invention provides a method of evaluating semantic differences between a first item in a first semantic space and a second item in a second semantic space. The method includes: calculating a first ordered list of N nearest neighbors of the first item within the first semantic space; calculating a second ordered list of N nearest neighbors of the second item within the second semantic space; and computing a plurality of similarity measures between the first n nearest neighbors of the first item and the first n nearest neighbors of the second item, wherein n and N are positive integers and 1≦n≦N. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/523442 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/2785 (20130101) G06F 17/30675 (20130101) G06F 17/30731 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09158965 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees for the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fei-Fei Li (Stanford, California); Jia Deng (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jonathan Krause (Stanford, California); Alexander C. Berg (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | As visual recognition scales up to ever larger numbers of categories, maintaining high accuracy is increasingly difficult. Embodiment of the present invention include methods for optimizing accuracy-specificity trade-offs in large scale recognition where object categories form a semantic hierarchy consisting of many levels of abstraction. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/831833 |
| 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 9/00369 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00664 (20130101) G06K 9/6282 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09159710 | Lal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amit Lal (Ithaca, New York); Kwame Amponsah (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Lal (Ithaca, New York); Kwame Amponsah (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A device including a NEMS/MEMS machine(s) and associated electrical circuitry. The circuitry includes at least one transistor, preferably JFET, that is used to: (i) actuate the NEMS/MEMS machine; and/or (ii) receive feedback from the operation of the NEMS/MEMS machine. The transistor (e.g., the JFET) and the NEMS/MEMS machine are monolithically integrated for enhanced signal transduction and signal processing. Monolithic integration is preferred to hybrid integration (e.g., integration using wire bonds, flip chip contact bonds or the like) due to reduce parasitics and mismatches. In one embodiment, the JFET is integrated directly into a MEMS machine, that is in the form of a SOI MEMS cantilever, to form an extra-tight integration between sensing and electronic integration. When a cantilever connected to the JFET is electrostatically actuated, its motion directly affects the current in the JFET through monolithically integrated conduction paths (e.g., traces, vias, etc.). In one embodiment, devices according to the present invention were realized in 2 μm thick SOI cross-wire beams, with a MoSi2 contact metallization for stress minimization and ohmic contact. In this embodiment, the pull-in voltage for the MEMS cantilever was 21V and the pinch-off voltage of the JFET was −19V. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/990830 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00246 (20130101) B81C 2203/075 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 25/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/735 (20130101) H01L 29/8086 (20130101) H01L 29/8126 (20130101) H01L 29/42316 (20130101) H01L 29/66893 (20130101) H01L 29/66901 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 09160305 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | I-Tsang Wu (Tampa, Florida); Julio Mario Dewdney (Greensboro, North Carolina); Jing Wang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | I-Tsang Wu (Tampa, Florida); Julio Mario Dewdney (Greensboro, North Carolina); Jing Wang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a hybrid micromechanical resonator includes a capacitive resonator element and a piezoelectric resonator element, wherein the resonator can be capacitively and piezoelectrically transduced. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/050860 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 3/04 (20130101) H03H 9/542 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09160440 | Medard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Muriel Medard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Atilla Eryilmaz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Asuman Ozdaglar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muriel Medard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Atilla Eryilmaz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Asuman Ozdaglar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus and computer program product for -based, delay-efficient data transmission for broadcasting a single file is presented. A file (f) comprised of K packets to be broadcast to a plurality of receivers is determined. A plurality of packets (Pk) of the file are selected for transmission during a timeslot (t). Next, a linear combination of the selected packets (P[t]) are produced, the linear combination of packets are selected at random within the file. The linear combination of selected packets is then transmitted to a plurality of receivers over unreliable channels. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/756191 |
| ART UNIT | 2645 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/15521 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0076 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen T. Archer (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NeuroPace, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen T. Archer (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A current management system for use in the stimulation output stage of a neurostimulation system can be programmed to steer different amounts of current through different stimulation electrodes to vary how strongly the tissue adjacent each electrode is stimulated during a particular programmed stimulation episode. An stimulation electrode drive circuit associated with each electrode that is available for stimulation allows independent control of the flow of current through that electrode. A reference electrode is provided in the circuit to source or sink current as necessary to balance the currents going into and out of the patient, so that no stimulation electrode is required to serve that purpose. More specifically, by configuring the circuit to maintain a constant potential at the reference electrode (e.g., a potential that is approximately half way between a top and bottom voltage rail), the reference electrode will source or sink currents as necessary to cause the net current flow into the patient to be equal to the net current flowing out of the patient, thus satisfying Kirchhoff's current law. |
| FILED | Monday, September 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/886279 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36157 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09157003 | Landorf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher Landorf (Springfield, Missouri); Carissa Jones (Springfield, Missouri); Marriana Nelson (Springfield, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brewer Science Inc. (Rolla, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Landorf (Springfield, Missouri); Carissa Jones (Springfield, Missouri); Marriana Nelson (Springfield, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | New methods for preparing carbon nanotube films having enhanced properties are provided. The method broadly provides reacting carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and compounds comprising a polyaromatic moieties in the presence a strong acid. During the reaction process, the polyaromatic moieties noncovalently bond with the carbon nanotubes. Additionally, the functionalizing moieties are further functionalized by the strong acid. This dual functionalization allows the CNTs to be dispersed at concentrations greater than 0.5 g/L in solution without damaging their desirable electronic and physical properties. The resulting solutions are stable on the shelf for months without observable bundling, and can be incorporated into solutions for printing conductive traces by a variety of means, including inkjet, screen, flexographic, gravure printing, or spin and spray coating. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/530471 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0273 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 11/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09157030 | Qiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ming Qiao (Pewaukee, Wisconsin); Elizabeth Woods (Middleton, Wisconsin); Paul Myren (Madison, Wisconsin); Randy Cortright (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Qiao (Pewaukee, Wisconsin); Elizabeth Woods (Middleton, Wisconsin); Paul Myren (Madison, Wisconsin); Randy Cortright (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides processes for deconstructing biomass using a solvent produced in a bioreforming reaction. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/539218 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 1/065 (20130101) C10G 3/42 (20130101) C10G 3/45 (20130101) C10G 3/46 (20130101) C10G 3/47 (20130101) C10G 3/48 (20130101) C10G 3/49 (20130101) C10G 2300/44 (20130101) C10G 2300/805 (20130101) C10G 2300/1011 (20130101) C10G 2300/4037 (20130101) C10G 2300/4081 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ming Qiao (Pewaukee, Wisconsin); Elizabeth Woods (Middleton, Wisconsin); Paul Myren (Madison, Wisconsin); Randy Cortright (Madison, Wisconsin); Sean Connolly (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Qiao (Pewaukee, Wisconsin); Elizabeth Woods (Middleton, Wisconsin); Paul Myren (Madison, Wisconsin); Randy Cortright (Madison, Wisconsin); Sean Connolly (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides processes for deconstructing biomass to produce aqueous and organic products using a solvent produced in a bioreforming reaction. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/539242 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 1/065 (20130101) C10G 3/00 (20130101) C10G 3/45 (20130101) C10G 3/47 (20130101) C10G 3/49 (20130101) C10G 2300/42 (20130101) C10G 2300/44 (20130101) C10G 2300/805 (20130101) C10G 2300/1011 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) C10G 2400/22 (20130101) C10G 2400/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09157859 | Walsworth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald Walsworth (Newton, Massachusetts); David Lesage (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Walsworth (Newton, Massachusetts); David Lesage (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Efficient fluorescence detection is achieved by optically guiding fluorescence light generated by color centers within a sample to photodetectors outside the sample. A fluorescence detection system may use a sample containing one or more fluorescence color centers that emit fluorescent light when irradiated with excitation light from an optical source. The sample has an index of refraction greater than its surrounding medium. The sample may include one or more output faces and further include at least two opposing faces configured to internally reflect the fluorescent light emitted by the fluorescent color centers, and to optically guide the emitted fluorescent light to the one or more output faces. The fluorescence detection system may include one or more optical detector configured to receive fluorescent light emitted through the one or more output faces, and a microwave source configured to manipulate the electronic spin of the fluorescent color centers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/125068 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/645 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/6489 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/1284 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
09156859 — Boron containing vegetable oil based antiwear/antifriction additive and their preparation
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| APPLICANT(S) | Glenn L. Heise (Britton, Michigan); Brajendra K. Sharma (Savoy, Illinois); Sevim Z. Erhan (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn L. Heise (Britton, Michigan); Brajendra K. Sharma (Savoy, Illinois); Sevim Z. Erhan (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Chemically-modified fatty acids prepared by reacting epoxidized fatty acids, their esters or triglyceride oils with borate compounds. The fatty acid derivatives produced are of the formula: wherein R is an H, branched or straight chain alkyl or alkenyl group, aromatic-containing group, glycerol, or glyceride, R″ is a C3 to C29 aliphatic chain comprising one or more of the derivatized methylene groups of the formula: wherein m, n, and p are independently selected from 0 and 1; X is selected from O, NH, C(O)O, S, —C≡N, —N═C═O, —N≡C; and a borate of the formula: and R1 is selected from aryl, and straight, branched, cyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbons or substituted hydrocarbons. These fatty acid derivatives have utility as antiwear/antifriction additives for industrial oils, fuels, and automotive applications. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/241572 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 139/00 (20130101) C10M 159/12 (20130101) C10M 2201/087 (20130101) C10M 2207/022 (20130101) C10M 2207/24 (20130101) C10M 2207/24 (20130101) C10M 2207/24 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10M Relating to Lubricating Compositions C10N 2230/06 (20130101) C10N 2260/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09157087 | Stewart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Neal Stewart (Knoxville, Tennessee); Wusheng Liu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Mitra Mazarei (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are isolated nucleic acid molecules (inducible promoters) capable of directing expression in plant cell. In some embodiments, the promoters include a nucleic acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2, or a variant thereof. In some embodiments, the promoter is capable of gene expression in plants of an operably linked nucleic acid sequence. Disclosed are transgenic plants or parts thereof, that can include expression cassettes and/or expression vectors, which can be stably incorporated into the genome of the plant. Methods of regulating the expression of a polynucleotide of interest in a plant cell are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/794255 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8237 (20130101) C12N 15/8239 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8285 (20130101) |
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| US 09157550 | Wheeler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew B. Wheeler (Tolono, Illinois); Dongshin Kim (Lexington, Massachusetts); David J. Beebe (Monona, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew B. Wheeler (Tolono, Illinois); Dongshin Kim (Lexington, Massachusetts); David J. Beebe (Monona, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic systems and methods. A microfluidic device for in vitro fertilization comprises a substrate and a plurality of microchannels disposed in the substrate, including an inlet of at least two of the plurality of microchannels arranged on the substrate to align with a fluid-handling device. Another microfluidic system for assaying a plurality of cells comprises a substrate and a plurality of microfluidic channels comprising a source channel, a sink channel, and a cell chamber. An insert for a microfluidic system comprises a substrate configured to be inserted into a dish and a plurality of microscale wells disposed in the substrate. A microfluidic channel comprises a substrate and at least one microchannel having an open inlet, an open outlet, a channel, and an opening in the substrate disposed over a portion of the channel. A device for providing an amount of fluid for a fluidic system comprises a main reservoir, an aspiration well, tubing coupling the reservoirs, and a seal closing the main reservoir. Air tubing having a hydrophobic end extends into the at least one aspiration well. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/652735 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/425 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5085 (20130101) B01L 2300/0829 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/06 (20130101) C12M 23/16 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16K 99/0017 (20130101) F16K 99/0028 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) Y10T 137/87249 (20150401) |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09157852 | White et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack E. White (Santa Barbara, California); Kenneth W. Brown (Yucaipa, California); Steven L. Kaufman (Port Hueneme, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for detecting explosive materials. The system includes radiated high power electromagnetic radiation at one or more frequencies in the millimeter wave spectrum or above to interact with a sample and be reflected therefrom. The system also includes at least one electromagnetic sensor to measure emissions at harmonic frequencies and characteristics unique to one or more explosive materials. The system also includes a processor to collate and maintain a lookup table to identify specific explosive material types. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/961168 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/62 (20130101) G01N 21/636 (20130101) G01N 21/3581 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 22/00 (20130101) G01N 33/227 (20130101) G01N 2021/1793 (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 7/411 (20130101) G01S 7/412 (20130101) G01S 13/887 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 8/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09159540 | Ouyang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Sandilya Venkata Garimella (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jason David Harper (Lafayette, Indiana); Nicholas Alan Charipar (Batavia, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to systems and methods for transferring ions for analysis. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample including an ionizing source for converting molecules of a sample into gas phase ions in a region at about atmospheric pressure, an ion analysis device, and an ion transfer member operably coupled to a gas flow generating device, in which the gas flow generating device produces a laminar gas flow that transfers the gas phase ions through the ion transfer member to an inlet of the ion analysis device. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/594217 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0422 (20130101) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09156957 | Gordon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith L. Gordon (Hampton, Virginia); Emilie J. Siochi (Newport News, Virginia); Brian W. Grimsley (Smithfield, Virginia); Roberto J. Cano (Yorktown, Virginia); Michael W. Czabaj (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite comprising a combination of a self-healing polymer matrix and a carbon fiber reinforcement is described. In one embodiment, the matrix is a polybutadiene graft copolymer matrix, such as polybutadiene graft copolymer comprising poly(butadiene)-graft-poly(methyl acrylate-co-acrylonitrile). A method of fabricating the composite is also described, comprising the steps of manufacturing a pre-impregnated unidirectional carbon fiber preform by wetting a plurality of carbon fibers with a solution, the solution comprising a self-healing polymer and a solvent, and curing the preform. A method of repairing a structure made from the composite of the invention is described. A novel prepreg material used to manufacture the composite of the invention is described. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/774422 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/28 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 7/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09160896 | Prokop |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norman F Prokop (South Euclid, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Analog circuits for detecting edges in pixel arrays are disclosed. A comparator may be configured to receive an all pass signal and a low pass signal for a pixel intensity in an array of pixels. A latch may be configured to receive a counter signal and a latching signal from the comparator. The comparator may be configured to send the latching signal to the latch when the all pass signal is below the low pass signal minus an offset. The latch may be configured to hold a last negative edge location when the latching signal is received from the comparator. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/749773 |
| ART UNIT | 2422 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/142 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09158837 | Gedik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bugra Gedik (White Plains, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed for adaptive source filtering and load shedding in such data stream processing systems. For example, in one aspect of the invention, a method for use in filtering data in a distributed data stream processing system, wherein a server receives and processes one or more data streams from one or more data sources, comprises the steps of the server periodically re-configuring one or more filters and sending the one or more periodically re-configured filters to the one or more data sources, and the one or more data sources performing data filtering based on the one or more periodically re-configured filters received from the server. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/870099 |
| ART UNIT | 2156 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3066 (20130101) G06F 17/30657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09159602 | Andry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul S. Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); John M. Cotte (New Fairfield, Connecticut); John U. Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Cornelia K. Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul S. Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); John M. Cotte (New Fairfield, Connecticut); John U. Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Cornelia K. Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods are provided for high density packaging of semiconductor chips using silicon space transformer chip level package structures, which allow high density chip interconnection and/or integration of multiple chips or chip stacks high I/O interconnection and heterogeneous chip or function integration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/543827 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/6835 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/50 (20130101) H01L 23/147 (20130101) H01L 23/49827 (20130101) H01L 23/49833 (20130101) H01L 24/81 (20130101) H01L 25/0655 (20130101) H01L 25/0657 (20130101) H01L 2221/68345 (20130101) H01L 2224/16225 (20130101) H01L 2224/81801 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/01019 (20130101) H01L 2924/01077 (20130101) H01L 2924/01079 (20130101) H01L 2924/3025 (20130101) H01L 2924/10253 (20130101) H01L 2924/10253 (20130101) H01L 2924/15174 (20130101) H01L 2924/15311 (20130101) H01L 2924/19041 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09155801 | Weisbart |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard H. Weisbart (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Weisbart (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides peptide conjugates having improved solubility as well as increased secretion during cell based production, as well as methods of utilizing such peptides. The peptide conjugates include a short peptide domain defined by the amino acid sequence AGIH (SEQ ID NO: 8) and may include a biologically active molecule useful in intracellular and intranuclear transport of the biologically active molecule to treat various disorders and diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/322914 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48415 (20130101) A61K 47/48538 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/036 (20130101) C07K 2319/41 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/625 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 09155997 | Holmes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ENERGY and ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ENERGY and ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Holmes (Thompson, North Dakota); John H. Pavlish (East Grand Forks, Minnesota); Edwin S. Olson (Grand Forks, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is provided for the removal of mercury from flue gas. Effective removal of mercury is obtained by oxidation of elemental mercury, with highly reactive halogen species derived from dissociation of halogen compounds at moderate temperatures brought into contact with the flue gas with or without the addition of carbon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/446992 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2251/404 (20130101) B01D 2257/602 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09155474 | Carver et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary E. Carver (Wilmington, Vermont); Sheetal K. Chanda (Brattleboro, Vermont); William A. Morrison (East Dummerston, Vermont); Sarah A. Locknar (South Pomfret, Vermont); Robert L. Johnson, Jr. (Brattleboro, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omega Optical, Inc. (Brattleboro, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary E. Carver (Wilmington, Vermont); Sheetal K. Chanda (Brattleboro, Vermont); William A. Morrison (East Dummerston, Vermont); Sarah A. Locknar (South Pomfret, Vermont); Robert L. Johnson, Jr. (Brattleboro, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A confocal scanning system for the multispectral imaging of fluorescence from a tissue sample based on time domain mapping of spectral components of the fluorescence using coated fiber tips disposed on multimode optical fibers. A fiber grating spectrometer based on two serial arrays of coated fiber tips disposed on multi-mode fiber, and delay lines between them provide spectral slices of the florescence. The coated fiber tips are arranged such that the shortest wavelength spectral components are reflected first and the longest wavelength components last. Fiber-based delay lines delay the reflections from each successive fiber tip such that they are uniformly separated in time, and in the order of its spectral wavelength number. The spectral bins are used to colorize the images to show the presence of abnormal tissue at cellular spatial resolution. A second scan with increased laser flux can destroy the diseased tissue revealed by the first scan. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/966639 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/00 (20130101) A61B 1/07 (20130101) A61B 1/043 (20130101) A61B 5/0059 (20130101) A61B 5/0068 (20130101) A61B 5/0071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 18/20 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/062 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09158771 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SEARETE LLC, a limited liability corporation of the State of Delaware (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Invention Science Fund I, LLC (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander J. Cohen (Mill Valley, California); Edward K. Y. Jung (Bellevue, Washington); Royce A. Levien (Lexington, Massachusetts); Robert W. Lord (Seattle, Washington); Mark A. Malamud (Seattle, Washington); William Henry Mangione-Smith (Kirkland, Washington); John D. Rinaldo, Jr. (Bellevue, Washington); Clarence T. Tegreene (Mercer Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a method related to receiving, retrieving and presenting information. In addition, other method, system, and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and/or text forming a part of the present disclosure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/095743 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30684 (20130101) Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 17/00 (20130101) Telephonic Communication H04M 3/42042 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 707/913 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09159071 | Gordon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy R. Gordon (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Wayne A. Wilkerson (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy R. Gordon (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Wayne A. Wilkerson (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and article for increasing the opening/reading rate of mail and thus adding value to advertising by mail. A coupon value is embedded within a machine readable code of an information based indicia used as postage evidence on each piece of a mailing. The amount of the coupon and type of coupon can be determined by the customer creating the mailing. The information based indicia is digitally signed prior to printing, allowing a redeeming vendor to verify the authenticity of a coupon, preventing fraud and changing of data within the information based indicia. In addition, the customer originating the mailing may obtain marketing information such as mailing date, type of products purchased, after the coupon is redeemed. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/450778 |
| ART UNIT | 3688 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 30/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 30/0225 (20130101) G06Q 30/0235 (20130101) G06Q 30/0277 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09158584 | Martz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON CYBER PRODUCTS, LLC (Herndon, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Martz (Laurel, Maryland); David Matthews (Ellicott City, Maryland); Joshua Edmison (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for distributing execution of a computer program to a plurality of hardware architectures of different types including: analyzing the computer program to identify a plurality of execution boundaries; selecting one or more execution boundaries from the plurality of execution boundaries; linking the computer program to the selected one or more execution boundaries; executing the computer program with linked execution boundaries; saving a hardware agnostic state of the execution of the computer program, when the execution encounters a boundary from the selected one or more execution boundaries; and transmitting the hardware agnostic state to a remote hardware architecture to be executed on the remote hardware architecture, responsive to the hardware agnostic state. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/856102 |
| ART UNIT | 2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/30 (20130101) G06F 9/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09159476 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Minxian Max Zhang (Mountain View, California); R Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Minxian Max Zhang (Mountain View, California); R Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods related to negative differential resistance (NDR) are provided. An NDR device includes a spaced pair of electrodes and at least two different materials disposed there between. One of the two materials is characterized by negative thermal expansion, while the other material is characterized by positive thermal expansion. The two materials are further characterized by distinct electrical resistivities. The NDR device is characterized by a non-linear electrical resistance curve that includes a negative differential resistance range. The NDR device operates along the curve in accordance with an applied voltage across the pair of electrodes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/982672 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Resistors H01C 7/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01C 7/041 (20130101) H01C 7/043 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/26 (20130101) H01L 47/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09160753 | Masiyowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Masiyowski (Oak Hill, Virginia); Raymond A. Magon (Fairfax, Virginia); Michael O. Tierney (Ashburn, Virginia); Robert L. Marchant (Severn, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Masiyowski (Oak Hill, Virginia); Raymond A. Magon (Fairfax, Virginia); Michael O. Tierney (Ashburn, Virginia); Robert L. Marchant (Severn, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, a communication system includes an analog voice bridge coupling one secure network domain to another. The analog voice bridge includes two codecs that are each coupled to a secure network domain and to each other through an analog voice line. One codec decapsulates an analog voice signal from a digital voice stream received from a terminal, and transmits the analog voice signal to the other codec through the analog voice line. The other codec encapsulate the analog voice signal in another digital voice stream and transmit the encapsulated digital voice stream to another terminal coupled through the other secure network domain. The analog voice line conveys the analog voice signal from the first codec to the second codec while restricting communication of the digital packet stream between the two secure network domains. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/686886 |
| ART UNIT | 2468 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/30 (20130101) H04L 63/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 65/103 (20130101) H04L 65/1076 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09161485 | Lahood et al. |
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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) | John W. Lahood (N. Andover, Massachusetts); Edward M. Hardy (Milford, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The system contains a lamination press. The first cavity is formed in a chassis. A film assembly is fitted within the chassis. A buffer mounts over the film assembly and within the chassis. A tool set is shaped to fit within the first cavity. The tool set and chassis are positioned within the lamination press to confer heat and pressure from the lamination press to the film assembly and chassis. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/100643 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/10 (20130101) B32B 37/0046 (20130101) B32B 2309/02 (20130101) B32B 2309/12 (20130101) B32B 2457/00 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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