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| US 09167820 | Demuth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald R. Demuth (Louisville, Kentucky); Frederick A. Luzzio (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald R. Demuth (Louisville, Kentucky); Frederick A. Luzzio (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides non-peptide compounds of formula (I) wherein: X is —(C1-C8)allcyl-, aryl or -aryl(C1-C8)alkyl-; Y is —(C1-C8)alkyl- or absent; W is heteroaryl, (C3-C7)carbocycle or aryl, wherein any heteroaryl, (C3-C7)carbocycle or, aryl of W is optionally substituted with one or more (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) Z1 groups; R1 is (C1-C8)alkyl, (C2-C8)alkenyl, (C2-C8)alkynyl or aryl, wherein aryl is optionally substituted with one or more (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) groups selected from (C1-C8)alkyl, (C2-C8)alkenyl, (C2-C8)alkynyl, (C3-C7)carbocycle, halo(C1-C3)alkyl, —CN, NO2, halogen, —ORa, —SRa, —S(O)2NRbRc, —NRbRc, —NRaCORd, —C(O)Ra, —C(O)ORa, and —C(O)NRbRc; R2 is (C1-C8)alkyl, (C2-C8)alkenyl, (C2-C8)Jalkynyl or aryl, wherein aryl is optionally substituted with one or more (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) groups selected from (C1-C8)alkyl, (C2-C8)alkenyl, (C2-C8)alkynyl, (C3-C7)carbocycle, halo(C1-C3)alkyl, —CN, NO2, halogen, —ORe, —SRe, —S(O)2NRfRg, —NRfRg—NReCORh, —C(O)Re, —C(O)ORe and —C(O)NRfRg; I that mimic the streptococcal; SspB Adherence Region (BAR) and function as inhibitors of P. gingivalis adherence to streptococci. The invention also provides methods of making and using the inhibitors. |
| FILED | Friday, July 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/234343 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 43/76 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 413/06 (20130101) C07D 413/10 (20130101) C07D 413/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09167959 | Rubtsov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Rubtsov (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Rubtsov (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Light is directed between the arms of a forceps to illuminate an area under debridement of foreign material with a color selected to enhance contrast of foreign material that needs to be removed. The light comes from a multicolor source such as an LED chip having RGBW dies and is transmitted by a light transmitting element such as an elongated waveguide or a light pipe to illuminate the area under examination. The color is selectable so as to obtain a color that has good contrast for the foreign material. The apparatus has a docking station to install the forceps so that it is properly located with respect to the illumination. A camera can be part of the apparatus to transmit imagery to a display. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/072697 |
| ART UNIT | 3779 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/018 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09167970 | Gratton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabriele Gratton (Champaign, Illinois); Monica Fabiani (Champaign, Illinois); Kathy Low (Champaign, Illinois); Edward Maclin (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriele Gratton (Champaign, Illinois); Monica Fabiani (Champaign, Illinois); Kathy Low (Champaign, Illinois); Edward Maclin (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical imaging system and a method for generating a report regarding elasticity of arteries in the brain of a subject under test. Light output from the light source of the imaging system non-invasively illuminates at least one blood vessel or region of interest in the brain and, upon the interaction with the vessel, is registered with an optical detector to obtain a shape parameter of a hemodynamic pulse in the vessel. The shape parameter is further correlated to an elasticity parameter of the blood vessel(s) feeding the brain region of interest and presented in a form of report that may be a two- or a three-dimensional image of the parameter across the tested region of the brain. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/504401 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0059 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/02007 (20130101) A61B 5/02028 (20130101) A61B 5/7207 (20130101) |
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| US 09168214 | Brem et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold Brem (Bronx, New York); Marjana Tomic-Canic (Hillsdale, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold Brem (Bronx, New York); Marjana Tomic-Canic (Hillsdale, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | It has been discovered that vascular endothelial growth factor (“VEGF”) promotes migration of activated (but not differentiating) keratinocytes to skin. This growth factor specifically increases migration of keratinocytes of the “wounded skin” phenotype but does not have significant effects upon differentiated keratinocytes. It also increases collagen deposition and reduces wrinkles, enhances skin quality, and increases skin thickness to normal levels in individuals where skin has thinned due to age or disorder such as diabetes. It is particularly well suited for use as cosmeceuticals when applied in purified form and in known amounts. The data presented in the examples demonstrate efficacy and specificity of VEGF in enhancing migration of normal human keratinocytes as well as formation of new granulation tissue including collagen formation. VEGF induces keratinocyte and fibroblast migration, formation of new tissue, and not only induces deposition of collagen but improves alignment of the collagen fibers. Accordingly, this growth factor is highly suitable for use as a cosmeceutical, especially for skin resurfacing and reduction in wrinkles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/858828 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1866 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 19/08 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2799/04 (20130101) C12N 2799/022 (20130101) |
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| US 09168257 | Starczynowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Starczynowski (Cincinnati, Ohio); Garrett W. Rhyasen (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for the treatment of disorders such as myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The disclosed methods include administering to an individual in need of such treatment a composition that may include an IRAK1/4 inhibitor. In other aspects, the method may include administration of a BLC2 inhibitor. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/284521 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) |
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| US 09168262 | Voskuhl |
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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) | Rhonda R. Voskuhl (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses administering steroid hormones to mammals to treat autoimmune related diseases, more particularly, Th1-mediated (cell-mediated) autoimmune diseases including: multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), autoimmune thyroiditis and uveitis. Most preferably the invention is used to treat a patient with a therapeutically effective amount of estriol of 8 milligrams once daily via oral administration to treat the symptoms or prevent the onset of multiple sclerosis. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/763814 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/57 (20130101) A61K 31/57 (20130101) A61K 31/565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/565 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09168266 | Maciag et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna E. Maciag (Frederick, Maryland); Larry K. Keefer (Bethesda, Maryland); Joseph E. Saavedra (Thurmont, Maryland); Xinhua Ji (Frederick, Maryland); Vandana Kumari (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are hybrid compounds that release both nitric oxide and a moiety that inhibits poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), e.g., a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of formula (I), wherein R1-4 and m-p are as described herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use including treating cancer and enhancing the chemotherapeutic treatment of chemotherapeutic agents and high energy radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/352096 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/655 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 291/02 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 237/30 (20130101) C07D 237/32 (20130101) C07D 295/28 (20130101) C07D 403/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09168269 | Koyuncu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emre Koyuncu (Princeton, New Jersey); Joshua D. Rabinowitz (Princeton, New Jersey); Thomas Shenk (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emre Koyuncu (Princeton, New Jersey); Joshua D. Rabinowitz (Princeton, New Jersey); Thomas Shenk (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compounds for treating viral infections using modulators of host cell enzymes relating to long chain fatty acid and lipid droplet metabolism. It includes a method of treating viral infections using triacsin C and its relatives, analogs and derivatives as well as other inhibitors of long chain fatty acid metabolism and lipid droplet metabolism. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/579967 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/46 (20130101) A61K 31/439 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 31/536 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4155 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09168291 | Berzofsky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Service (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of Birmingham, of Edgbaston (Birmingham, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of Birmingham (Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay A. Berzofsky (Bethesda, Maryland); Jessica J. O'Konek (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Masaki Terabe (Bethesda, Maryland); Petr A. Illarionov (Birmingham, United Kingdom); Gurdyal S. Besra (West Midlands, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | β-mannosylceramides or salts or solvates thereof in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, for use as a Type I NKT cell agonist in conjunction with a therapeutically effective amount of α-galactosylceramide or a salt or a solvate thereof, and/or at least one or more T-cell co-stimulatory molecules, disclosed. Compositions comprising β-mannosylceramide, as well as methods of treatment of tumors are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/453829 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7004 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/585 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09168296 | Mozaffarian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neelufar Mozaffarian (Mercer Island, Washington); Anne M. Stevens (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of treatment of autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as well as clinical assays for detection of autoimmune disease activity in patients utilizing a PD1 ligand. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/630364 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 38/06 (20130101) A61K 38/06 (20130101) A61K 38/07 (20130101) A61K 38/07 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/564 (20130101) G01N 2800/56 (20130101) G01N 2800/102 (20130101) |
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| US 09168297 | Hearing et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vincent J. Hearing (Leesburg, Virginia); Wonseon Choi (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Ludger Kolbe (Dohren, Germany); Rainer Wolber (Hamburg, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent J. Hearing (Leesburg, Virginia); Wonseon Choi (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Ludger Kolbe (Dohren, Germany); Rainer Wolber (Hamburg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions and methods of using such compositions to modulate pigmentation and proliferation of a melanocyte, such as to prevent or treat skin disorders, including skin cancer or for use for cosmetic purposes. In one example, a method of modulating pigmentation of a melanocyte includes contacting the melanocyte (such as a human melanocyte) with an agent that modulates neuregulin-1 (NRG-1) activity, such as an agent that increases or decreases NRG-1 activity, thereby modulating pigmentation of the melanocyte. In one particular example, the method of increasing melanocyte pigmentation or proliferation can be used to reduce UV skin damage, including that associated with skin cancer. In another example, the method of decreasing melanocyte pigmentation can be used to treat a skin pigmentation disorder associated with undesired increased skin pigmentation. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/805638 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/1883 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/4756 (20130101) |
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| US 09168307 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Anderson (Iowa City, Iowa); Mei-ling A. Joiner (Iowa City, Iowa); Aliasger K. Salem (Coralville, Iowa); Amaraporn Wongrakpanich (Iowa City, Iowa); Frederick E. Domann (Iowa City, Iowa); Duane D. Hall (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Olha M. Koval (Iowa City, Iowa); Douglas R. Spitz (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating or preventing diseases or disorders associated with mitochondrial CaMKII activity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/017847 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48238 (20130101) A61K 47/48907 (20130101) A61K 47/48915 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09168312 | Schellenberger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amunix Operating Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amunix Operating Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California); Joshua Silverman (Sunnyvale, California); Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Chia-wei Wang (Milpitas, California); Nathan Geething (Santa Clara, California); Jeffrey L. Cleland (San Carlos, California); Benjamin Spink (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions comprising growth hormone linked to extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN), isolated nucleic acids encoding the compositions and vectors and host cells containing the same, and methods of making and using such compositions in treatment of growth hormone-related diseases, disorders, and conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/152692 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/27 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/001 (20130101) C07K 14/61 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/31 (20130101) C07K 2319/75 (20130101) |
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| US 09168523 | Ludowise et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter D. Ludowise (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); David A. Whitman (St. Paul, Minnesota); Kyle C. Armantrout (Los Angeles, California); Maurice Exner (San Clemente, California); Lucien A. E. Jacky (Orange, California); Michelle Tabb (Santa Ana, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota); Focus Diagnostics, Inc. (Cypress, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter D. Ludowise (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); David A. Whitman (St. Paul, Minnesota); Kyle C. Armantrout (Los Angeles, California); Maurice Exner (San Clemente, California); Lucien A. E. Jacky (Orange, California); Michelle Tabb (Santa Ana, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for processing sample processing devices. The system can include a sample processing device comprising a detection chamber, a motor configured to rotate the sample processing device about an axis of rotation, and an optical module operatively positioned relative to the sample processing device and configured to determine whether a selected volume of material is present in the detection chamber of the sample processing device. The method can include rotating the sample processing device about an axis of rotation, and determining whether a selected volume of material is present in the detection chamber, while rotating the sample processing device. In some embodiments, determining whether a selected volume of material is present can be performed by optically interrogating the detection chamber for an optical property of the material. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/474903 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 2200/0605 (20130101) B01L 2300/087 (20130101) B01L 2400/0409 (20130101) |
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| US 09168555 | Tsai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chen S. Tsai (Irvine, California); Shirley C. Tsai (Irvine, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Chen S. Tsai (Irvine, California); Shirley C. Tsai (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Ultrasonic nozzle devices without a central channel but employing a design of cascaded multiple Fourier horns in resonance produce micrometer-sized monodisperse or narrowly-sized droplets with greatly reduced electrical drive power requirements. The liquid to be atomized is brought externally to or adjacent to the endface of the nozzle tip. The above liquid transport method is equally applicable to the ultrasonic nozzle-array devices that are made up of a plurality of ultrasonic single-nozzle devices configured in parallel. The longitudinal length, transverse width, shape, and area of the nozzle endface of single-nozzle and nozzle-array devices may be tailored or designed (e.g. enlarged) to obtain optimum or large quantities of product droplets to achieve high throughput. By increasing the drive frequency to 8 MHz or higher, sub-micrometer-sized monodisperse or narrowly-sized droplets can be produced using the ultrasonic single-nozzle and nozzle-array devices or any solid endface. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/764353 |
| ART UNIT | 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 11/005 (20130101) A61M 15/0085 (20130101) Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 17/0623 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B05B 17/0669 (20130101) |
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| US 09169182 | Bewley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carole A. Bewley (Bethesda, Maryland); Peter Wipf (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia); UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carole A. Bewley (Bethesda, Maryland); Peter Wipf (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of antimicrobial chrysophaentin compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including the chrysophaentin compounds, methods for using the chrysophaentin compounds, and methods for synthesizing the chrysophaentin compounds are disclosed. Certain embodiments of the chrysophaentin compounds inhibit FtsZ protein, thereby inhibiting the growth of clinically relevant bacteria, including drug-resistant strains. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/000761 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/055 (20130101) A61K 31/085 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 37/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 39/373 (20130101) C07C 43/23 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 321/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09169190 | Brouillette et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne J. Brouillette (Pelham, Alabama); Donald D. Muccio (Hoover, Alabama); Venkatram Reddy Atigadda (Birmingham, Alabama); John M. Ruppert (Birmingham, Alabama); Susan M. Lobo Ruppert (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods for making retinoids. Also described herein are retinoids and methods of use thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/856631 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/09 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 29/14 (20130101) C07C 29/14 (20130101) C07C 33/16 (20130101) C07C 45/29 (20130101) C07C 45/30 (20130101) C07C 45/61 (20130101) C07C 45/61 (20130101) C07C 45/68 (20130101) C07C 45/68 (20130101) C07C 45/292 (20130101) C07C 45/513 (20130101) C07C 45/513 (20130101) C07C 45/513 (20130101) C07C 45/673 (20130101) C07C 45/673 (20130101) C07C 45/673 (20130101) C07C 47/238 (20130101) C07C 49/403 (20130101) C07C 49/403 (20130101) C07C 49/417 (20130101) C07C 49/417 (20130101) C07C 49/603 (20130101) C07C 49/603 (20130101) C07C 49/683 (20130101) C07C 49/683 (20130101) C07C 49/713 (20130101) C07C 49/713 (20130101) C07C 49/753 (20130101) C07C 49/753 (20130101) C07C 51/09 (20130101) C07C 51/09 (20130101) C07C 51/09 (20130101) C07C 57/26 (20130101) C07C 57/26 (20130101) C07C 57/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 57/50 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 69/618 (20130101) C07C 403/08 (20130101) C07C 403/14 (20130101) C07C 403/20 (20130101) C07C 2101/02 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) C07C 2101/16 (20130101) C07C 2102/10 (20130101) C07C 2102/28 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/96 (20130101) Beer; Preparation of Beer by Fermentation; Preparation of Malt for Making Beer; Preparation of Hops for Making Beer C12C 11/02 (20130101) |
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09169204 — Retinal derivatives and methods for the use thereof for the treatment of visual disorders
| US 09169204 | Palczewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Krzysztof Palczewski (Bay Village, Ohio); Matthew Batten (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krzysztof Palczewski (Bay Village, Ohio); Matthew Batten (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of and methods for using synthetic retinal derivatives as retinoid replacements and opsin agonists are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/619731 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/22 (20130101) A61K 31/215 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/09 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 403/10 (20130101) C07C 403/12 (20130101) C07C 403/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 403/20 (20130101) C07C 2101/10 (20130101) C07C 2101/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09169247 | Piazza et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary A. Piazza (Mobile, Alabama); Ashraf H. Abadi (Cairo, Egypt) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary A. Piazza (Mobile, Alabama); Ashraf H. Abadi (Cairo, Egypt) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain 2-halophenyl, 2,4-dihalophenyl (e.g. 2,4-dichlorophenyl), 3,4-dichlorophenyl (e.g. 3,4-dichlorophenyl), 2,6-dichlorophenyl (2,6-dichlorophenyl) and 2,5-diakoxyphenyl (e.g. 2,5-dimethoxyphenyl) derivatives of tetrahydro-β-carbolines are provided, along with their pharmaceutically acceptable salts; prodrugs and solvates, and compositions containing the compounds. The compounds are useful for the prevention and treatment of cancer, and other indications where PDE5 inhibitors have shown benefits including erectile dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension, enhancing cognitive function, cystic fibrosis, or enhancing the activity of conventional chemotherapeutic drugs. Methods for fabricating the compounds are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/510810 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09169277 | Jamison et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy F. Jamison (Somerville, Massachusetts); Yutaka Ikeuchi (Kanagawa, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to methods for the synthesis of catalysts, including epoxidation catalysts, and related compounds and catalyst compositions. Embodiments described herein may provide efficient processes for providing catalysts (e.g., epoxidation catalysts) in large quantities and using simplified methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/174301 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 317/20 (20130101) C07D 317/26 (20130101) C07D 493/20 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/1844 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09169294 | Zha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Runye H. Zha (Chicago, Illinois); Ming Zhang (Glencoe, Illinois); Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure is generally directed toward the design and synthesis of peptide amphiphile (PA) molecules that comprises a peptide configured to inhibit angiogenesis. The peptide amphiphile comprises a hydrophobic tail, peptide sequence capable of beta-sheet formation; and a peptide, wherein the peptide is configured to inhibit angiogenesis. Optionally the PA further comprises a flexible linker between the peptide sequence capable of beta-sheet formation and the peptides. Further this disclosure is directed to nanostructures comprising peptide amphiphiles configured to inhibit angiogenesis. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/202682 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09169296 | Jiang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Baoming Jiang (Duluth, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baoming Jiang (Duluth, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Group C rotaviruses are a cause of acute gastroenteritis in children and adults that is distinct from group A RV. However, human group C rotaviruses cannot be grown in culture, resulting in a lack of tools for detection and treatment of GrpC RV disease. Consequently, the burden of GpC RV disease has not been clearly established. Isolated recombinant human rotavirus group C virus-like particles are provided according to embodiments of the present invention along with methods of their production and use in, inter alia, detection of Grp C RV infection, diagnostic assays and immunogenic compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/995024 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/14143 (20130101) C12N 2720/12322 (20130101) C12N 2720/12323 (20130101) C12N 2720/12334 (20130101) |
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| US 09169297 | Pang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaowu Pang (Rockville, Maryland); Andrew I. Dayton (Knoxville, Maryland); Mingjie Zhang (Bethesda, 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) | Xiaowu Pang (Rockville, Maryland); Andrew I. Dayton (Knoxville, Maryland); Mingjie Zhang (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses the construction of dengue virus subgenomic replicons containing large deletions in the structural region (C-preM-E) of the genome, which replicons are useful as vaccines to protect against dengue virus infection. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/242036 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2770/24123 (20130101) C12N 2770/24143 (20130101) C12N 2770/24161 (20130101) C12N 2840/203 (20130101) |
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| US 09169298 | Kinney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Claire Y. H. Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Véronique Barban (Craponne, France); Jean Lang (Mions, France); Bruno Guy (Lyons, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanofi Pasteur (Lyons, France); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Claire Y. H. Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Véronique Barban (Craponne, France); Jean Lang (Mions, France); Bruno Guy (Lyons, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to live attenuated VDV1 (VERO-Derived Dengue serotype 1 virus) strains which have been derived from the wild-type dengue-1 strain 16007 by passaging on PDK and sanitization on Vero cells and nucleic acids thereof. The invention further relates to a vaccine composition which comprises a VDV1 strain. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/281240 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/24121 (20130101) C12N 2770/24122 (20130101) C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) C12N 2770/24164 (20130101) |
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| US 09169299 | Lisowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leszek Lisowski (San Mateo, California); Mark A. Kay (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELEAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leszek Lisowski (San Mateo, California); Mark A. Kay (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant adeno-associated viral (AAV) capsid proteins are provided. Methods for generating the recombinant adeno-associated viral capsid proteins and a library from which the capsids are selected are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/594773 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) C12N 2750/14151 (20130101) |
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| US 09169303 | Kickhoefer 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) | Valerie A. Kickhoefer (Sherman Oaks, California); Leonard H. Rome (Tarzana, California); Kathleen A. Kelly (Pacific Palisades, California); Cheryl I. Champion (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided herein for immunizing a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of an immunogenic peptide or an immunogenic fragment or variant thereof incorporated within a vault-like particle carrier. The methods and compositions advantageously exhibit enhanced ability to induce cell-mediated immunity and/or antibody-based immunity. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/341782 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/118 (20130101) A61K 39/385 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/295 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/30 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) |
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| US 09169304 | Allen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pfenex Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PFENEX INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Allen (Poway, California); Greg Cantin (Encinitas, California); Ryan Haverstock (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to processes for purifying high-quality recombinant Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein at high yields. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/844261 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/445 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09169305 | Borhan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Babak Borhan (Okemos, Michigan); James Geiger (Webberville, Michigan); Wenjing Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Chrysoula Vasileiou (East Lansing, Michigan); Kin Sing Lee (Davis, California); Tetyana Berbasova (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Babak Borhan (Okemos, Michigan); James Geiger (Webberville, Michigan); Wenjing Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Chrysoula Vasileiou (East Lansing, Michigan); Kin Sing Lee (Davis, California); Tetyana Berbasova (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to intracellular lipid binding proteins that bind retinoids and/or dye ligands and that are modified to transmit or emit light at a variety of different wavelengths. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/636499 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/60 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
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| US 09169307 | Lambris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John D. Lambris (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Madan Katragadda (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Lambris (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Madan Katragadda (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds comprising peptides and peptidomimetics capable of binding C3 protein and inhibiting complement activation are disclosed. These compounds display greatly improved complement activation-inhibitory activity as compared with currently available compounds. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/007196 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/472 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09169321 | Daugherty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Sean Daugherty (Santa Barbara, California); Nancy Stagliano (Santa Barbara, California); Jerry Thomas (Goleta, California); Kathryn Kamath (Santa Barbara, California); James W. West (Santa Barbara, California); Sanjay Khare (Newbury Park, California); Jason Sagert (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Activatable binding polypeptides (ABPs), which contain a target binding moiety (TBM), a masking moiety (MM), and a cleavable moiety (CM) are provided. Activatable antibody compositions, which contain a TBM containing an antigen binding domain (ABD), a MM and a CM are provided. Furthermore, ABPs which contain a first TBM, a second TBM and a CM are provided. The ABPs exhibit an “activatable” conformation such that at least one of the TBMs is less accessible to target when uncleaved than after cleavage of the CM in the presence of a cleaving agent capable of cleaving the CM. Further provided are libraries of candidate ABPs, methods of screening to identify such ABPs, and methods of use. Further provided are ABPs having TBMs that bind VEGF, CTLA-4, or VCAM, ABPs having a first TBM that binds VEGF and a second TBM that binds FGF, as well as compositions and methods of use. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/950174 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/2818 (20130101) C07K 16/2836 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) C07K 2319/50 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1034 (20130101) C12N 15/1044 (20130101) |
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| US 09169327 | Goldberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gary S. Goldberg (Voorhees, New Jersey); Yongquan Shen (Voorhees, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rowan University (Glassboro, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary S. Goldberg (Voorhees, New Jersey); Yongquan Shen (Voorhees, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Lectin compositions and methods for reducing tumor cell growth and preventing or treating cancer are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/218717 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 38/178 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/28 (20130101) C07K 16/3046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/73 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09169328 | Spriggs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Spriggs (New York, New York); Dharmarao Thapi (Bayside Hills, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Spriggs (New York, New York); Dharmarao Thapi (Bayside Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to a polypeptide, or antigenic portion thereof, wherein the polypeptide is selected from a) MUC16 ectodomain polypeptide, b) MUC16 cytoplasmic domain polypeptide, and c) MUC16 extracellular domain polypeptide that contains a cysteine loop polypeptide. The invention's antibodies and compositions containing them are useful in diagnostic and therapeutic applications for diseases in which MUC16 is overexpressed, such as cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/635090 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/3092 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) |
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| US 09169481 | Cornish et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Virginia W. Cornish (New York, New York); Pamela P. Perlata-Yahya (Oakland, California); Jonathan Eiseman Bronson (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Virginia W. Cornish (New York, New York); Pamela P. Perlata-Yahya (Oakland, California); Jonathan Eiseman Bronson (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems which harness the molecular biology of a living cell to direct evolution of biological entities of interest. According to the invention, a host cell is engineered to facilitate mutation of a nucleic acid target corresponding to that entity and select for desirable mutants. As applied to populations of host cells, the invention provides a means to generate and contemporaneously select mutants of interest, allowing for the production of extremely diverse libraries enriched in the most ‘fit’ mutants. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/348693 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1055 (20130101) C12N 15/1058 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1086 (20130101) |
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| US 09169489 | Alfano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. Alfano (Lincoln, Nebraska); Anna Joe (Lincoln, Nebraska); Thomas E. Clemente (Lincoln, Nebraska); Zhengqing Fu (Cary, North Carolina); Ming Guo (Lincoln, Nebraska); Byeong-Ryool Jeong (Omaha, Nebraska); Thomas Elthon (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Alfano (Lincoln, Nebraska); Anna Joe (Lincoln, Nebraska); Thomas E. Clemente (Lincoln, Nebraska); Zhengqing Fu (Cary, North Carolina); Ming Guo (Lincoln, Nebraska); Byeong-Ryool Jeong (Omaha, Nebraska); Thomas Elthon (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides for transgenic soybean plants expressing a soybean homolog of glycine-rich protein 7 (GRP7) and exhibiting improved innate immunity and methods of making such plants. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/608702 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8279 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8281 (20130101) |
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| US 09169490 | Jaenisch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rudolf Jaenisch (Brookline, Massachusetts); Konrad Hochedlinger (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for reprogramming somatic cells to generate multipotent or pluripotent cells. Such methods are useful for a variety of purposes, including treating or preventing a medical condition in an individual. The invention further provides methods for identifying an agent that reprograms somatic cells to a less differentiated state. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/646430 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0273 (20130101) A01K 67/0275 (20130101) A01K 2217/05 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4702 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0696 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 15/8775 (20130101) C12N 2830/003 (20130101) C12N 2830/006 (20130101) |
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| US 09169492 | Monahan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul E. Monahan (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Richard Jude Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Monahan (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Richard Jude Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for enhanced transduction of an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector comprising a heterologous nucleic acid of interest wherein the AAV vector genome is oversized relative to a wild type AAV genome by employing a proteasome inhibitor. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/575975 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| US 09169494 | Hewitt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curtis Hewitt (Austin, Texas); Richard Jude Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis Hewitt (Austin, Texas); Richard Jude Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to modified parvovirus inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) that do not functionally interact with wild-type large Rep proteins, synthetic Rep proteins that functionally interact with the modified ITRs, and methods of using the same for delivery of nucleic acids to a cell or a subject. The modifications provide a novel Rep-ITR interaction that limits vector mobilization, increasing the safety of viral vectors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/521448 |
| 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 | Peptides C07K 14/005 (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 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) C12N 2750/14162 (20130101) C12N 2820/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09169507 | Tuschl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Tuschl (New York, New York); Janos Ludwig (New York, New York); Yi Pei (New York, New York); Carolina Lin (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a novel truncated mutated T4 RNA ligase 2. In addition, methods are provided for ligating pre-adenlylated donor molecules to the 3′ hydroxyl group of RNA in the absence of ATP using the ligase. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/326016 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/93 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09169510 | Ju et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jingyue Ju (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Jian Wu (New York, New York); Dae H. Kim (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingyue Ju (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Jian Wu (New York, New York); Dae H. Kim (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods for pyrosequencing and compositions comprising 3′-O— modified deoxynucleoside triphosphates. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/922385 |
| 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 1/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/686 (20130101) C12Q 1/686 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2334/20 (20130101) C12Q 2525/113 (20130101) C12Q 2525/113 (20130101) C12Q 2525/186 (20130101) C12Q 2525/186 (20130101) C12Q 2565/301 (20130101) C12Q 2565/301 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5308 (20130101) G01N 33/54353 (20130101) |
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| US 09170138 | Giovangrandi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Laurent Giovangrandi (Palo Alto, California); Antonio J. Ricco (Los Gatos, California); Gregory Kovacs (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurent Giovangrandi (Palo Alto, California); Antonio J. Ricco (Los Gatos, California); Gregory Kovacs (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for enhanced microfluidic impedance spectroscopy include causing a core fluid to flow into a channel between two sheath flows of one or more sheath fluids different from the core fluid. Flow in the channel is laminar. A dielectric constant of a fluid constituting either sheath flow is much less than a dielectric constant of the core fluid. Electrical impedance is measured in the channel between at least a first pair of electrodes. In some embodiments, enhanced optical measurements include causing a core fluid to flow into a channel between two sheath flows of one or more sheath fluids different from the core fluid. An optical index of refraction of a fluid constituting either sheath flow is much less than an optical index of refraction of the core fluid. An optical property is measured in the channel. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/250605 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 1/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01F 1/584 (20130101) G01F 1/586 (20130101) G01F 1/588 (20130101) |
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| US 09170230 | Gundlach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jens H. Gundlach (Seattle, Washington); Michael Niederweis (Homewood, Alabama); Thomas Z. Butler (Seattle, Washington); Mikhail Pavlenok (Birmingham, Alabama); Mark A. Troll (Seattle, Washington); Suja Sukumaran (Dublin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are Mycobacterium smegmatis porin nanopores, systems that comprise these nanopores, and methods of using and making these nanopores. Such nanopores may be wild-type MspA porins, mutant MspA porins, wild-type MspA paralog porins, wild-type MspA homolog porins, mutant MspA paralog porins, mutant MspA homolog porins, or single-chain Msp porins. Also provided are bacterial strains capable of inducible Msp porin expression. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/215871 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/35 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 13/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2523/31 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44704 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6872 (20130101) G01N 33/48721 (20130101) |
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| US 09170260 | Hazen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stanley Hazen (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Renliang Zhang (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley Hazen (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Renliang Zhang (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Diagnostic tests for characterizing an individual's risk of developing or having a cardiovascular disease. In one embodiment the present diagnostic test comprises determining the level of myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in a bodily sample obtained from the individual or test subject. In another embodiment, the diagnostic test comprises determining the level of MPO mass in a bodily sample obtained from the test subject. In another embodiment, the diagnostic test comprises determining the level of one or more select MPO-generated oxidation products in a bodily sample obtained from the test subject. The select MPO-generated oxidation products are dityrosine, nitrotyrosine, methionine sulphoxide or an MPO-generated lipid peroxidation products. Levels of MPO activity, MPO mass, or the select MPO-generated oxidation product in bodily samples from the test subject are then compared to a predetermined value that is derived from measurements of MPO activity, MPO mass, or the select MPO-generated oxidation product in comparable bodily samples obtained from the general population or a select population of human subjects. Such comparison characterizes the test subject's risk of developing CVD. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/753799 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — 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 1/28 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09170312 | Larson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peder Larson (Redwood City, California); Adam B. Kerr (Menlo Park, California); John M. Pauly (Stanford, California); Daniel B. Vigneron (Corte Madera, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peder Larson (Redwood City, California); Adam B. Kerr (Menlo Park, California); John M. Pauly (Stanford, California); Daniel B. Vigneron (Corte Madera, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for imaging a substrate and product over time is provided. The substrate and product are magnetically tagged with at least one magnetic gradient where magnetically tagging provides a tag-dependent signal phase for the substrate and a different tag-dependent signal phase for the product. At least one readout of magnetically tagged substrate and product is provided over time. The tag-dependent signal phase is used to determine product that has been transformed from magnetically tagged substrate and substrate that has been transformed from magnetically tagged product over time. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/360510 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/485 (20130101) G01R 33/4608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4616 (20130101) G01R 33/5601 (20130101) G01R 33/5605 (20130101) G01R 33/56333 (20130101) |
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| US 09170984 | Cormode et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | AT and T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, Georgia); Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AT and T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, Georgia); Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Graham Cormode (Morristown, New Jersey); Philip Korn (New York, New York); Srikanta Tirthapura (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Aggregates are calculated from a data stream in which data is sent in a sequence of tuples, in which each tuple comprises an item identifier and a timestamp indicating when the tuple was transmitted. The tuples may arrive at a data receiver out-of-order, that is, the sequence in which the tuples arrive are not necessarily in the same sequence as their corresponding timestamps. In calculating aggregates, more recent data may be given more weight by a decay function which is a function of the timestamp associated with the tuple and the current time. The statistical characteristics of the tuples are summarized by a set of linear data summaries. The set of linear data summaries are generated such that only a single linear data summary falls between a set of boundaries calculated from the decay function and a set of timestamps. Aggregates are calculated from the set of linear data summaries. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/850438 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/18 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/142 (20130101) H04L 43/106 (20130101) |
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| US 09171707 | Syka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John E. P. Syka (Charlottesville, Virginia); Philip D. Compton (Charlottesville, Virginia); Donald F. Hunt (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. P. Syka (Charlottesville, Virginia); Philip D. Compton (Charlottesville, Virginia); Donald F. Hunt (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides improvements in reagents for use in electron transfer dissociation ionization techniques for use in mass spectrometry, particularly for sequencing peptides and proteins using mass spectrometric techniques involving electrospray ionization and MS/MS characterization of fragment ions. The novel reagents used in the inventive methods allow for more effective determination of protein sequences, especially of long peptides or post-translationally modified protein fragments. Use of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons azulene, homoazulene, and acenaphthylene, and homodimers and heterodimers thereof, are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/391331 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/24 (20150115) |
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| US 09173041 | Alexander |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua M. Alexander (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Among other things, a sound processing device system is disclosed to assist a hearing-impaired human listener recognize speech sounds or phonemes. The device system may be configured at least to generate an output audio signal at least by transposing and causing a negative rank ordering of frequency of at least a portion of the input audio signal. Compression also may be performed on the at least the portion of the input audio signal as part of generating the output audio signal. The negative rank ordering may be performed on a high-frequency portion of the input audio signal that becomes a low-frequency portion of the output audio signal by the transposing. The low-frequency portion of the output audio signal may represent an inverted ordering of frequencies or frequency segments present in the high-frequency portion of the input audio signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/906021 |
| ART UNIT | 2651 — Videophones and Telephonic Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 15/08 (20130101) G10L 15/22 (20130101) G10L 15/265 (20130101) G10L 17/005 (20130101) G10L 21/0208 (20130101) Control of Amplification H03G 5/00 (20130101) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 25/00 (20130101) H04R 25/35 (20130101) H04R 25/40 (20130101) H04R 25/50 (20130101) H04R 25/353 (20130101) H04R 25/356 (20130101) H04R 25/407 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04R 25/502 (20130101) H04R 25/505 (20130101) H04R 2225/43 (20130101) |
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| US 09168484 | Hornbostel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc D Hornbostel (Menlo Park, California); Gopala N Krishnan (Menlo Park, California); Angel Sanjurjo (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and reactor for removing a component from a gas stream is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes providing the gas stream containing the component that is to be removed and adsorbing the component out of the gas stream as the gas stream rises via microbeads of a sorbent falling down an adsorber section of a reactor. |
| FILED | Monday, June 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/754638 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/0407 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2253/102 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) |
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| US 09168574 | Riha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian D. Riha (Augusta, Georgia); Brian B. Looney (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian D. Riha (Augusta, Georgia); Brian B. Looney (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A thixotropic gel suitable for use in subsurface bioremediation is provided along with a process of using the gel. The thixotropic gel provides a non-migrating injectable substrate that can provide below ground barrier properties. In addition, the gel components provide for a favorable environment in which certain contaminants are preferentially sequestered in the gel and subsequently remediated by either indigenous or introduced microorganisms. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/507068 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Reclamation of Contaminated Soil B09C 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B09C 1/10 (20130101) Inorganic Fertilisers Not Covered by Subclasses C05B, C05C; Fertilisers Producing Carbon Dioxide C05D 9/00 (20130101) C05D 9/00 (20130101) Organic Fertilisers Not Covered by Subclasses C05B, C05C, e.g Fertilisers From Waste or Refuse C05F 11/00 (20130101) C05F 11/08 (20130101) Mixtures of Fertilisers Covered Individually by Different Subclasses of Class C05; Mixtures of One or More Fertilisers With Materials Not Having a Specific Fertilising Activity, e.g Pesticides, Soil-conditioners, Wetting Agents; Fertilisers Characterised by Their Form C05G 3/007 (20130101) |
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| US 09168580 | Cao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Cao (Wilmette, Illinois); Rajiv Malhotra (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A forming system includes first and second tools, moving assemblies, and a control unit. The moving assemblies move the first tool and the second tool relative to the sheet. The control unit is configured to control movement of the first tool and the second tool by the one or more moving assemblies by moving at least one of the first tool or the second tool in a first deformation direction to deform the sheet, then moving the first and second tools laterally relative to the sheet to a subsequent location while engaging the sheet, then moving at least one of the first tool or the second tool in the first deformation direction or an opposite second deformation direction to deform the sheet, and then continue moving the first and second tools to deform the sheet in order to create a three-dimensional component from the sheet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/654071 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Working or Processing of Sheet Metal or Metal Tubes, Rods or Profiles Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal B21D 31/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09169139 | Viswanathan |
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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) | Tito Viswanathan (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of separating a liquid hydrocarbon material from a body of water, includes: (a) mixing magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites with a liquid hydrocarbon material dispersed in a body of water to allow the magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites each to be adhered by the liquid hydrocarbon material to form a mixture; (b) applying a magnetic force to the mixture to attract the magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites each adhered by the liquid hydrocarbon material; and (c) removing the body of water from the magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites each adhered by the liquid hydrocarbon material while maintaining the applied magnetic force. The magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites is formed by subjecting one or more metal lignosulfonates or metal salts to microwave radiation, in presence of lignin/derivatives either in presence of alkali or a microwave absorbing material, for a period of time effective to allow the carbon-metal nanocomposites to be formed. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/134992 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/288 (20130101) C02F 1/488 (20130101) C02F 2101/32 (20130101) C02F 2305/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09169140 | Chung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hoon Taek Chung (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Piotr Zelenay (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hoon Taek Chung (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Piotr Zelenay (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Catalyst comprising graphitic carbon and methods of making thereof; said graphitic carbon comprising a metal species, a nitrogen-containing species and a sulfur containing species. A catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction for an alkaline fuel cell was prepared by heating a mixture of cyanamide, carbon black, and a salt selected from an iron sulfate salt and an iron acetate salt at a temperature of from about 700° C. to about 1100° C. under an inert atmosphere. Afterward, the mixture was treated with sulfuric acid at elevated temperature to remove acid soluble components, and the resultant mixture was heated again under an inert atmosphere at the same temperature as the first heat treatment step. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/239109 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/745 (20130101) B01J 27/24 (20130101) B01J 27/043 (20130101) Reclamation of Contaminated Soil B09C 1/002 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/66 (20130101) C02F 1/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 2103/06 (20130101) C02F 2209/06 (20130101) C02F 2209/22 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/9041 (20130101) H01M 4/9083 (20130101) |
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| US 09169174 | Firth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce E. Firth (Woodridge, Illinois); Sharon E. Kirk (Woodridge, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. (Woodridge, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce E. Firth (Woodridge, Illinois); Sharon E. Kirk (Woodridge, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for suppressing isomerization of an olefin metathesis product produced in a metathesis reaction includes adding an isomerization suppression agent that includes nitric acid to a mixture that includes the olefin metathesis product and residual metathesis catalyst from the metathesis reaction under conditions that are sufficient to passivate at least a portion of the residual metathesis catalyst. Methods of refining a natural oil are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/335495 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 7/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 7/20 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) Producing, e.g by Pressing Raw Materials or by Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining or Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g Lanolin, Fatty Oils or Waxes; Essential Oils; Perfumes C11B 1/10 (20130101) C11B 3/006 (20130101) Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils or Waxes; Candles; Fats, Oils or Fatty Acids by Chemical Modification of Fats, Oils, or Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom C11C 3/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09169447 | Firth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce E. Firth (Buffalo Grove, Illinois); Sharon E. Kirk (New Lenox, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. (Woodridge, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce E. Firth (Buffalo Grove, Illinois); Sharon E. Kirk (New Lenox, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of refining a natural oil includes: (a) providing a feedstock that includes a natural oil; (b) reacting the feedstock in the presence of a metathesis catalyst to form a metathesized product that includes olefins and esters; (c) passivating residual metathesis catalyst with an agent that comprises nitric acid; (d) separating the olefins in the metathesized product from the esters in the metathesized product; and (e) transesterifying the esters in the presence of an alcohol to form a transesterified product and/or hydrogenating the olefins to form a fully or partially saturated hydrogenated product. Methods for suppressing isomerization of olefin metathesis products produced in a metathesis reaction, and methods of producing fuel compositions are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/335584 |
| 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 45/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 45/58 (20130101) C10G 2300/304 (20130101) C10G 2300/308 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) C10G 2400/04 (20130101) C10G 2400/08 (20130101) C10G 2400/20 (20130101) C10G 2400/22 (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) C10L 1/026 (20130101) C10L 2200/0469 (20130101) C10L 2200/0476 (20130101) C10L 2270/04 (20130101) C10L 2270/026 (20130101) Producing, e.g by Pressing Raw Materials or by Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining or Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g Lanolin, Fatty Oils or Waxes; Essential Oils; Perfumes C11B 3/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09169467 | Govindarajan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS, LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sridhar Govindarajan (Los Altos, California); Yougen Li (Pennington, New Jersey); Der-Ing Liao (Wilmington, Delaware); Daniel P. O'Keefe (Ridley Park, Pennsylvania); Jeremy Stephen Minshull (Los Altos, California); Steven Cary Rothman (Wilminton, Delaware); Alexander Vincent Tobias (Hockessin, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are polypeptides having ketol-aid reductoisomerase activity as well as microbial host cells comprising such polypeptides. Polypeptides provided herein may be used in biosynthetic pathways, including, but not limited to, isobutanol biosynthetic pathways. |
| FILED | Friday, May 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/891963 |
| 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) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/16 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 101/01086 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09169473 | Spodsberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/765267 |
| 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 9/2482 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 302/01008 (20130101) |
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| US 09170028 | Beer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California); William J. Benett (Livermore, California); James M. Frank (Lewisville, Texas); Joshua R. Deotte (Southlake, Texas); Christopher Spadaccini (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California); William J. Benett (Livermore, California); James M. Frank (Lewisville, Texas); Joshua R. Deotte (Southlake, Texas); Christopher Spadaccini (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The rapid thermal cycling of a material is targeted. A microfluidic heat exchanger with an internal porous medium is coupled to tanks containing cold fluid and hot fluid. Fluid flows alternately from the cold tank and the hot tank into the porous medium, cooling and heating samples contained in the microfluidic heat exchanger's sample wells. A valve may be coupled to the tanks and a pump, and switching the position of the valve may switch the source and direction of fluid flowing through the porous medium. A controller may control the switching of valve positions based on the temperature of the samples and determined temperature thresholds. A sample tray for containing samples to be thermally cycled may be used in conjunction with the thermal cycling system. A surface or internal electrical heater may aid in heating the samples, or may replace the necessity for the hot tank. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/267767 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid Heaters, e.g Water or Air Heaters, Having Heat Generating Means, in General F24H 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F24H 1/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09170060 | Beer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neil Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California); Kambiz Vafai (Mission Viejo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California); Kambiz Vafai (Mission Viejo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for thermal cycling a material to be thermal cycled including a microfluidic heat exchanger; a porous medium in the microfluidic heat exchanger; a microfluidic thermal cycling chamber containing the material to be thermal cycled, the microfluidic thermal cycling chamber operatively connected to the microfluidic heat exchanger; a working fluid at first temperature; a first system for transmitting the working fluid at first temperature to the microfluidic heat exchanger; a working fluid at a second temperature, a second system for transmitting the working fluid at second temperature to the microfluidic heat exchanger; a pump for flowing the working fluid at the first temperature from the first system to the microfluidic heat exchanger and through the porous medium; and flowing the working fluid at the second temperature from the second system to the heat exchanger and through the porous medium. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/270348 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5023 (20130101) B01L 3/502784 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 2300/185 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0838 (20130101) B01L 2300/1838 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 3/12 (20130101) F28F 13/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F28F 2260/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09170242 | Derenzo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen E. Derenzo (Pinole, California); William W. Moses (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen E. Derenzo (Pinole, California); William W. Moses (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of a liquid chromatography detection unit includes a fluid channel and a radiation detector. The radiation detector is operable to image a distribution of a radiolabeled compound as the distribution travels along the fluid channel. An embodiment of a liquid chromatography system includes an injector, a separation column, and a radiation detector. The injector is operable to inject a sample that includes a radiolabeled compound into a solvent stream. The position sensitive radiation detector is operable to image a distribution of the radiolabeled compound as the distribution travels along a fluid channel. An embodiment of a method of liquid chromatography includes injecting a sample that comprises radiolabeled compounds into a solvent. The radiolabeled compounds are then separated. A position sensitive radiation detector is employed to image distributions of the radiolabeled compounds as the radiolabeled compounds travel along a fluid channel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/391725 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 30/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2030/77 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09170303 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bin Lu (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Thomas G. Habetler (Snellville, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Lu (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Thomas G. Habetler (Snellville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for determining electric motor efficiency includes a monitoring system having a processor programmed to determine efficiency of an electric motor under load while the electric motor is online. The determination of motor efficiency is independent of a rotor speed measurement. Further, the efficiency is based on a determination of stator winding resistance, an input voltage, and an input current. The determination of the stator winding resistance occurs while the electric motor under load is online. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/088846 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/343 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Control or Regulation of Electric Motors, Electric Generators or Dynamo-electric Converters; Controlling Transformers, Reactors or Choke Coils H02P 23/14 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09170340 | Derzon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. Derzon (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul C. Galambos (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A directional neutron detector has an ion chamber formed in a dielectric material; a signal electrode and a ground electrode formed in the ion chamber; a neutron absorbing material filling the ion chamber; readout circuitry which is electrically coupled to the signal and ground electrodes; and a signal processor electrically coupled to the readout circuitry. The ion chamber has a pair of substantially planar electrode surfaces. The chamber pressure of the neutron absorbing material is selected such that the reaction particle ion trail length for neutrons absorbed by the neutron absorbing material is equal to or less than the distance between the electrode surfaces. The signal processor is adapted to determine a path angle for each absorbed neutron based on the rise time of the corresponding pulse in a time-varying detector signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/539972 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 47/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09170367 | Messerly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Messerly (Danville, California); Paul H. Pax (Livermore, California); Jay W. Dawson (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Field-flattening strands may be added to and arbitrarily positioned within a field-flattening shell to create a waveguide that supports a patterned, flattened mode. Patterning does not alter the effective index or flattened nature of the mode, but does alter the characteristics of other modes. Compared to a telecom fiber, a hexagonal pattern of strands allows for a three-fold increase in the flattened mode's area without reducing the separation between its effective index and that of its bend-coupled mode. Hexagonal strand and shell elements prove to be a reasonable approximation, and, thus, to be of practical benefit vis-à-vis fabrication, to those of circular cross section. Patterned flattened modes offer a new and valuable path to power scaling. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/804252 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 37/01211 (20130101) C03B 37/01413 (20130101) C03B 37/01807 (20130101) C03B 2203/22 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/02 (20130101) G02B 6/0008 (20130101) G02B 6/02042 (20130101) G02B 6/02338 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/06741 (20130101) |
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| US 09170980 | Dally et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Dally (Los Altos Hills, California); Jonah M. Alben (San Jose, California); John W. Poulton (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Thomas Hastings Greer, III (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of interconnected chips comprising a multi-chip module (MCM) includes a processor chip, a system functions chip, and an MCM package configured to include the processor chip, the system functions chip, and an interconnect circuit. The processor chip is configured to include a first ground-referenced single-ended signaling interface circuit. A first set of electrical traces manufactured within the MCM package and configured to couple the first single-ended signaling interface circuit to the interconnect circuit. The system functions chip is configured to include a second single-ended signaling interface circuit and a host interface. A second set of electrical traces manufactured within the MCM package and configured to couple the host interface to at least one external pin of the MCM package. In one embodiment, each single-ended signaling interface advantageously implements ground-referenced single-ended signaling. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/973952 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/7864 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09171068 | Xu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Songhua Xu (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A personalized content recommendation system includes a client interface device configured to monitor a user's information data stream. A collaborative filter remote from the client interface device generates automated predictions about the interests of the user. A database server stores personal behavioral profiles and user's preferences based on a plurality of monitored past behaviors and an output of the collaborative user personal interest inference engine. A programmed personal content recommendation server filters items in an incoming information stream with the personal behavioral profile and identifies only those items of the incoming information stream that substantially matches the personal behavioral profile. The identified personally relevant content is then recommended to the user following some priority that may consider the similarity between the personal interest matches, the context of the user information consumption behaviors that may be shown by the user's content consumption mode. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/785117 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30699 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30867 (20130101) |
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| US 09171085 | Xu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Songhua Xu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A personalized content recommendation system includes a client interface configured to automatically monitor a user's information data stream transmitted on the Internet. A hybrid contextual behavioral and collaborative personal interest inference engine resident to a non-transient media generates automatic predictions about the interests of individual users of the system. A database server retains the user's personal interest profile based on a plurality of monitored information. The system also includes a server programmed to filter items in an incoming information stream with the personal interest profile and is further programmed to identify only those items of the incoming information stream that substantially match the personal interest profile. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/960509 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30699 (20130101) G06F 17/30867 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09171110 | Deindl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Deindl (Tuebingen, Germany); Jeffrey Joseph Ruedinger (Rochester, Minnesota); Christian G. Zoellin (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Deindl (Tuebingen, Germany); Jeffrey Joseph Ruedinger (Rochester, Minnesota); Christian G. Zoellin (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Illustrative embodiments include a method, system, and computer program product for accelerating functional verification in simulation testing of an integrated circuit (IC). Using a processor and a memory, a serial operation is replaced with a direct register access operation, wherein the serial operation is configured to perform bit shifting operation using a register in a simulation of the IC. The serial operation is blocked from manipulating the register in the simulation of the IC. Using the register in the simulation of the IC, the direct register access operation is performed in place of the serial operation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/534189 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09171453 | Warmack et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Bruce Warmack (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Dennis A. Wolf (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Steven Shane Frank (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Various apparatus and methods for smoke detection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of training a classifier for a smoke detector comprises inputting sensor data from a plurality of tests into a processor. The sensor data is processed to generate derived signal data corresponding to the test data for respective tests. The derived signal data is assigned into categories comprising at least one fire group and at least one non-fire group. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) training is performed by the processor. The derived signal data and the assigned categories for the derived signal data are inputs to the LDA training. The output of the LDA training is stored in a computer readable medium, such as in a smoke detector that uses LDA to determine, based on the training, whether present conditions indicate the existence of a fire. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/162547 |
| ART UNIT | 2683 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 3/10 (20130101) G08B 17/10 (20130101) G08B 17/117 (20130101) G08B 29/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09171607 | Dally et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Dally (Los Altos Hills, California); John W. Poulton (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Thomas Hastings Greer, III (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Brucek Kurdo Khailany (Austin, Texas); Carl Thomas Gray (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of interconnected chips comprising a multi-chip module (MCM) includes a first processor chip, a system function chip, and an MCM package configured to include the first processor chip and the system function chip. The first processor chip is configured to include a first ground-referenced single-ended signaling (GRS) interface circuit. The system function chip is configured to include a second GRS interface circuit. A first set of electrical traces are fabricated within the MCM package and coupled to the first GRS interface circuit and to the second GRS interface circuit. The first GRS interface circuit and second GRS interface circuit together provide a communication channel between the first processor chip and the system function chip. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/938161 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 7/1057 (20130101) G11C 7/1069 (20130101) G11C 11/4096 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 25/0276 (20130101) |
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| US 09171646 | Moses et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward I. Moses (Livermore, California); Jeffery F. Latkowski (Livermore, California); Kevin J. Kramer (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward I. Moses (Livermore, California); Jeffery F. Latkowski (Livermore, California); Kevin J. Kramer (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser inertial-confinement fusion-fission energy power plant is described. The fusion-fission hybrid system uses inertial confinement fusion to produce neutrons from a fusion reaction of deuterium and tritium. The fusion neutrons drive a sub-critical blanket of fissile or fertile fuel. A coolant circulated through the fuel extracts heat from the fuel that is used to generate electricity. The inertial confinement fusion reaction can be implemented using central hot spot or fast ignition fusion, and direct or indirect drive. The fusion neutrons result in ultra-deep burn-up of the fuel in the fission blanket, thus enabling the burning of nuclear waste. Fuels include depleted uranium, natural uranium, enriched uranium, spent nuclear fuel, thorium, and weapons grade plutonium. LIFE engines can meet worldwide electricity needs in a safe and sustainable manner, while drastically shrinking the highly undesirable stockpiles of depleted uranium, spent nuclear fuel and excess weapons materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/681165 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Fusion Reactors G21B 1/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21B 1/19 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 30/16 (20130101) Y02E 50/30 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/678 (20130101) |
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| US 09171679 | Gogotsi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yury Gogotsi (Warminster, Pennsylvania); Volker Presser (Saarbrucken, Germany); Emin Caglan Kumbur (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yury Gogotsi (Warminster, Pennsylvania); Volker Presser (Saarbrucken, Germany); Emin Caglan Kumbur (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to devices for energy storage technologies, and more particularly to electrochemical flow capacitor systems and applications. In some aspects, these flow capacitors have at least one electrode comprising a non-stationary solid or semi-solid composition comprising supercapacitive particles and an electrolytic solvent in electrical communication with at least one current collector, and energy is stored and/or released by charging and/or discharging the electrode(s). |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/985434 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/32 (20130101) H01G 11/52 (20130101) H01G 11/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/60 (20130101) H01G 11/62 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 10/30 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) |
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| US 09171988 | Caporaso |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George J Caporaso (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photoconductive switch is formed of a substrate that has a central portion of SiC or other photoconductive material and an outer portion of cvd-diamond or other suitable material surrounding the central portion. Conducting electrodes are formed on opposed sides of the substrate, with the electrodes extending beyond the central portion and the edges of the electrodes lying over the outer portion. Thus any high electric fields produced at the edges of the electrodes lie outside of and do not affect the central portion, which is the active switching element. Light is transmitted through the outer portion to the central portion to actuate the switch. |
| FILED | Monday, October 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/047643 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/09 (20130101) H01L 31/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49105 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09172111 | Doe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Ellis Doe (Norwood, Massachusetts); Craig Michael Downie (Waltham, Massachusetts); Christopher Fischer (Somerville, Massachusetts); George Hamilton Lane (St. Helens, Australia); Dane Morgan (Middleton, Wisconsin); Josh Nevin (Belmont, Massachusetts); Gerbrand Ceder (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Kristin Aslaug Persson (Orinda, California); David Eaglesham (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PELLION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Ellis Doe (Norwood, Massachusetts); Craig Michael Downie (Waltham, Massachusetts); Christopher Fischer (Somerville, Massachusetts); George Hamilton Lane (St. Helens, Australia); Dane Morgan (Middleton, Wisconsin); Josh Nevin (Belmont, Massachusetts); Gerbrand Ceder (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Kristin Aslaug Persson (Orinda, California); David Eaglesham (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrochemical devices which incorporate cathode materials that include layered crystalline compounds for which a structural modification has been achieved which increases the diffusion rate of multi-valent ions into and out of the cathode materials. Examples in which the layer spacing of the layered electrode materials is modified to have a specific spacing range such that the spacing is optimal for diffusion of magnesium ions are presented. An electrochemical cell comprised of a positive intercalation electrode, a negative metal electrode, and a separator impregnated with a nonaqeuous electrolyte solution containing multi-valent ions and arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode active material is described. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/794551 |
| 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 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/381 (20130101) H01M 4/583 (20130101) H01M 10/054 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09172208 | Dawson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay W. Dawson (Livermore, California); Graham S. Allen (Pleasanton, California); Paul H. Pax (Livermore, California); John E. Heebner (Livermore, California); Arun K. Sridharan (Fremont, California); Alexander M. Rubenchik (Livermore, California); Chrisopher B. J. Barty (Hayward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical source capable of enhanced scaling of pulse energy and brightness utilizes an ensemble of single-aperture fiber lasers as pump sources, with each such fiber laser operating at acceptable pulse energy levels. Beam combining involves stimulated Raman scattering using a Stokes' shifted seed beam, the latter of which is optimized in terms of its temporal and spectral properties. Beams from fiber lasers can thus be combined to attain pulses with peak energies in excess of the fiber laser self-focusing limit of 4 MW while retaining the advantages of a fiber laser system of high average power with good beam quality. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/771770 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/302 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09172245 | Lentine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony L. Lentine (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Justin R. Ford (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Shannon V. Spires (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Steven Y. Goldsmith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony L. Lentine (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Justin R. Ford (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Shannon V. Spires (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Steven Y. Goldsmith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies described herein pertain to an electrical outlet that autonomously manages loads in a microgrid. The electrical outlet can provide autonomous load control in response to variations in electrical power generation supply in the microgrid. The electrical outlet includes a receptacle, a sensor operably coupled to the receptacle, and an actuator configured to selectively actuate the receptacle. The sensor measures electrical parameters at the receptacle. Further, a processor autonomously controls the actuator based at least in part on the electrical parameters measured at the receptacle, electrical parameters from one or more disparate electrical outlets in the microgrid, and a supply of generated electric power in the microgrid at a given time. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/619469 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| 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 50/06 (20130101) Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements H02H 3/05 (20130101) H02H 3/006 (20130101) H02H 3/14 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 20/40 (20130101) Y02B 20/48 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 20/16 (20130101) Y04S 20/221 (20130101) |
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| US 09172698 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip G. Evans (Knoxville, Tennessee); Travis S. Humble (Knoxville, Tennessee); Nathanael R. Paul (Knoxville, Tennessee); Raphael C. Pooser (Knoxville, Tennessee); Stacy J. Prowell (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Functional randomness in security tokens (FRIST) may achieve improved security in two-factor authentication hardware tokens by improving on the algorithms used to securely generate random data. A system and method in one embodiment according to the present invention may allow for security of a token based on storage cost and computational security. This approach may enable communication where security is no longer based solely on onetime pads (OTPs) generated from a single cryptographic function (e.g., SHA-256). |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/052065 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/34 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/0853 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/06 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Seal Beach, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Martin Saint Clair (Seattle, Washington); David C. Soreide (Seattle, Washington); Robert P. Higgins (Seattle, Washington); Gary A. Ray (Issaquah, Washington); Tyler M. Anderson (Kent, Washington); Donald Allen Spurgeon (Port Orchard, Washington); Mitchell D. Voth (Lake Tapps, Washington); Paul F. Sjoholm (Renton, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-contact biometric sensing device is described. The device includes a processing device, a user interface communicatively coupled to the processing device, a display communicatively coupled to the processing device, a laser doppler vibrometer sensor communicatively coupled to the processing device, and an infrared camera communicatively coupled to the processing device. The processing device is programmed to utilize mechanical motion data received from the laser doppler vibrometer sensor and thermal distributions data from the infrared camera to calculate biometric data, when signals originating from the laser doppler vibrometer sensor and the infrared camera are reflected back towards the device from a target. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/914743 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/015 (20130101) A61B 5/0205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1114 (20130101) A61B 5/1126 (20130101) A61B 5/02055 (20130101) A61B 2560/0431 (20130101) |
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| US 09168373 | Nuccitelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Nuccitelli (Norfolk, Virginia); Stephen J. Beebe (Norfolk, Virginia); Karl H. Schoenbach (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eastern Virginia Medical School (Norfolk, Virginia); Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Nuccitelli (Norfolk, Virginia); Stephen J. Beebe (Norfolk, Virginia); Karl H. Schoenbach (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for a new, drug-free therapy for treating solid skin tumors through the application of nanosecond pulsed electric fields (“nsPEFs”) are provided. In one embodiment of the invention, the cells are melanoma cells, and the applied nsPEFs penetrate into the interior of tumor cells and cause tumor cell nuclei to rapidly shrink and tumor blood flow to stop. This new technique provides a highly localized targeting of tumor cells with only minor effects on overlying skin. |
| FILED | Monday, February 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/280280 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09169009 | van der Westhuizen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jacob Johannes van der Westhuizen (South Jordan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GROEN BROTHERS AVIATION, INC. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Johannes van der Westhuizen (South Jordan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor system is disclosed for a reactive drive rotary wing aircraft. Apparatus and methods are disclosed for mounting to the rotor hub certain controls, both electrical and mechanical, as well as fuel delivery for tipjets mounted to rotor blades. Air passively or actively drawn through rotor may feed the tipjets directly through the blades, while fuel and control is delivered along the blade to the tip thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/373421 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 7/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09169163 | Schmidt |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayde R. Schmidt (Pomfret Center, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating a preceramic material includes providing a preceramic polycarbosilane or polycarbosiloxane material that includes a moiety Si—O-M, where Si is silicon, O is oxygen and M is at least one metal, and thermally converting the preceramic polycarbosilane or polycarbosiloxane that includes the moiety Si—O-M material into a ceramic material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/203697 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/013 (20130101) C04B 35/56 (20130101) C04B 35/563 (20130101) C04B 35/571 (20130101) C04B 35/5156 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 35/5603 (20130101) C04B 35/5607 (20130101) C04B 2235/483 (20130101) C04B 2235/3205 (20130101) C04B 2235/3217 (20130101) C04B 2235/3224 (20130101) C04B 2235/3231 (20130101) C04B 2235/3409 (20130101) C04B 2235/3895 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/50 (20130101) C08G 77/56 (20130101) C08G 77/58 (20130101) C08G 77/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09169220 | McHardy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanton F. McHardy (San Antonio, Texas); Richard M. Corbett (Dresher, Pennsylvania); Donald M. Maxwell (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael W. Tidwell (Lakehills, Texas); Bismarck Campos (San Antonio, Texas); Christopher J. Bemben (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to non-charged oxime compounds which are acetyl cholinesterase (AChE) reactivators of inhibited AChE and which protect against organophosphate poisoning both peripherally and in the central nervous system. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for preparing the reactivator compounds and associated intermediates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/322667 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/15 (20130101) A61K 31/16 (20130101) A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 31/473 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/4453 (20130101) A61K 31/4468 (20130101) A61K 31/4545 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 211/26 (20130101) C07D 211/34 (20130101) C07D 211/58 (20130101) C07D 213/64 (20130101) C07D 219/12 (20130101) C07D 251/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09169359 | Webster et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dean C. Webster (Fargo, North Dakota); Rajan B. Bodkhe (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU Research Foundation (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean C. Webster (Fargo, North Dakota); Rajan B. Bodkhe (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel silicone polymers are provided which possess grafted pendant hydrophilic polyalkylene oxide side chains and, optionally, reactive functional end groups. These features make them well suited for use in chemical, marine, biomedical and industrial applications, particularly those involving surface modifications. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/127053 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/61 (20130101) C08G 18/792 (20130101) C08G 18/4063 (20130101) C08G 18/6225 (20130101) C08G 77/20 (20130101) C08G 77/26 (20130101) C08G 77/46 (20130101) C08G 77/442 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 77/445 (20130101) C08G 77/458 (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 5/1637 (20130101) |
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| US 09169400 | Simonson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duane L Simonson (Brandywine, Maryland); R Andrew McGill (Lorton, Virginia); Bernadette A. Higgins (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael Papantonakis (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) | Duane L Simonson (Brandywine, Maryland); R Andrew McGill (Lorton, Virginia); Bernadette A. Higgins (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael Papantonakis (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a composition having a plurality of particles of a filler material and crosslinking units having the formula —(SiR—CH2—CH2—CH2)—. The silicon atom in the crosslinking unit is directly or indirectly bound to the filler material. Each R is alkyl, alkenyl, phenyl, methyl, ethyl, allyl, halogen, chloro, or bromo. Also disclosed herein is a filler material having the silicon atom of a silacyclobutane group is directly or indirectly bound thereto. Also disclosed herein is a method of crosslinking silacyclobutane groups bound to a plurality of particles of a filler material. The silicon atom of the silacyclobutane group is directly or indirectly bound to the filler material. Also disclosed herein is a composition including a plurality of fibers of a polymer having reactive oxygen atoms and siloxane groups. Coordination bonds are formed between the oxygen atoms and the silicon atoms of the siloxane groups of separate fibers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/499116 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0273 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/13 (20130101) C01P 2004/16 (20130101) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Treatment, Not Provided for Elsewhere in Class D06, of Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers or Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials D06M 13/51 (20130101) D06M 13/517 (20130101) D06M 2200/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09169686 | Podyma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Goodrich Corporation (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Goodrich Corporation (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Podyma (New Milford, Connecticut); William Zmek (Bethlehem, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexure ring for a window assembly includes a continuous annular portion and a segmented portion. The continuous annular portion defines a ring axis. The segmented portion defines a plurality of circumferential segments. The continuous annular portion is connected to each circumferential segment by a respective neck. Each neck extends from the continuous annular portion to a respective one of the circumferential segments. The continuous annular portion, the segmented portion and the necks are configured to circumscribe a window pane. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/276549 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 1/1492 (20130101) Fixed or Movable Closures for Openings in Buildings, Vehicles, Fences or Like Enclosures in General, e.g Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates E06B 1/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E06B 1/36 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric J. Ward (West Palm Beach, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric J. Ward (West Palm Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A compressor section for use in a gas turbine engine has a plurality of compressor stages. Each compressor stage is provided with a rotor hub, and each rotor hub mounts a plurality of compressor blades. A rotor drum extends between adjacent rotor hubs. A plurality of stator stages have an outer ring and a radially inner ring. A plurality of vanes extend between the outer and inner rings. An inner surface of the inner ring is spaced by a gap from an outer surface of the rotor drum. The rotor drum is provided with a plurality of blades having a general airfoil shape to resist leakage across the gap. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/466549 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/06 (20130101) F01D 11/001 (20130101) F01D 11/02 (20130101) Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 19/02 (20130101) F04D 29/102 (20130101) F04D 29/164 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F04D 29/321 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirby A. Smith (Derry, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirby A. Smith (Derry, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for missile countermeasures are disclosed. The techniques can be employed to rapidly detect a missile system location and aim a countermeasure set at the missile system goniometer, and capture the goniometer with a high radiant intensity countermeasure beam before the goniometer narrows its field of view (FOV). Capturing the goniometer before a narrowing of its FOV allows for wider area protection. The techniques can be embodied in an area-protection hit-avoidance system for a rapid Semi-Active Command to Line of Sight Anti-Tank Guided Missile (SACLOS ATGM) countermeasure wherein a SACLOS ATGM launch is rapidly detected and a countermeasure is aimed at the launch site so that the missile is diverted before the ATGM system FOV is narrowed. This early diversion or decoying of the missile guidance set allows the countermeasure to protect a greater area and to engage multiple threats in less time than traditional countermeasures. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/526122 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Weapon Sights; Aiming F41G 3/147 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 11/02 (20130101) F41H 13/0056 (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 7/38 (20130101) G01S 7/495 (20130101) |
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| US 09170071 | Howland |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles A Howland (Temple, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Warwick Mills Inc. (New Ipswich, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A Howland (Temple, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible armor system adaptable to a garment suitable for extremity protection uses a planar array of polygon-shaped solid elements which detach upon projectile impact and combine their mass with the projectile for reduced velocity and increased impact area. The solid elements are bonded between an elastic strike-side spall cover and a high tensile strength flexible backer layer, and are further supported by a substantial fiber pack. In embodiments, the solid elements are ceramic, and are commutated but remain essentially intact after the projectile impact. Edge bars can cover junctures between solid elements, and center buttons can cover intersections between the junctures. Edge bars and center buttons can also be ceramic. The ceramic parts can include titanium backing layers. After formation, ceramic cores can be compressed upon cooling by an outer ceramic layer having a higher coefficient of thermal expansion, the outer layer being formed by glazing or doping. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/902285 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/12 (20130101) B32B 2307/542 (20130101) B32B 2313/02 (20130101) B32B 2323/04 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F41H 5/0428 (20130101) F41H 5/0435 (20130101) F41H 5/0457 (20130101) F41H 5/0471 (20130101) F41H 5/0492 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/1092 (20150115) Y10T 156/1093 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirk A. Miller (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Corporation (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk A. Miller (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A shock-resistant device includes snubbers that may be selectively extended to selectively create a stiff attachment between a vibration-isolated component of the device, and another part of the device. The snubbers may be electromechanical or hydraulically driven. The device may be a sensor system for an unmanned aerial vehicle, with the snubbers extendible to create a stiff attachment between an inner gimbal and an outer shell of the sensor system, for example prior to landing the unmanned aerial vehicle on an aircraft carrier, or prior to transportation or storage of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The snubbers may be able to be manually actuated, even when the unmanned aerial vehicle has no power available. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/450631 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 15/02 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 15/006 (20130101) G03B 2205/0007 (20130101) |
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| US 09170374 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ray T. Chen (Austin, Texas); Che-Yun Lin (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray T. Chen (Austin, Texas); Che-Yun Lin (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a waveguide coupler configured to optically couple a strip waveguide to a first slot photonic crystal waveguide, wherein the slot photonic crystal waveguide has a lattice constant, an air hole diameter, a slot width and a first line defect waveguide width. The waveguide coupler includes a group reflective index taper having a second slot photonic crystal waveguide disposed between and aligned with the first slot photonic crystal waveguide and the strip waveguide. The second slot photonic crystal waveguide has a length, the lattice constant, the air hole diameter, the slot width, and a second line defect waveguide width that is substantially equal to the first line defect waveguide width adjacent to the first slot photonic crystal waveguide and decreases along the length of the second photonic crystal waveguide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/125719 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/10 (20130101) G02B 6/14 (20130101) G02B 6/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/1225 (20130101) G02B 2006/121 (20130101) G02B 2006/1213 (20130101) |
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| US 09170980 | Dally et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Dally (Los Altos Hills, California); Jonah M. Alben (San Jose, California); John W. Poulton (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Thomas Hastings Greer, III (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of interconnected chips comprising a multi-chip module (MCM) includes a processor chip, a system functions chip, and an MCM package configured to include the processor chip, the system functions chip, and an interconnect circuit. The processor chip is configured to include a first ground-referenced single-ended signaling interface circuit. A first set of electrical traces manufactured within the MCM package and configured to couple the first single-ended signaling interface circuit to the interconnect circuit. The system functions chip is configured to include a second single-ended signaling interface circuit and a host interface. A second set of electrical traces manufactured within the MCM package and configured to couple the host interface to at least one external pin of the MCM package. In one embodiment, each single-ended signaling interface advantageously implements ground-referenced single-ended signaling. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/973952 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/7864 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09171158 | Akoglu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leman Akoglu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Hanghang Tong (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leman Akoglu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Hanghang Tong (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are provided for dynamic anomaly, association and clustering detection. At least one code table is built for each attribute in a set of data containing one or more attributes. One or more clusters associated with one or more of the code tables are established. One or more new data points are received. A determination is made if a given one of the new data points is an anomaly. At least one of the one or more code tables is updated responsive to the determination. When a compression cost of a given one of the new data points is greater than a threshold compression cost for each of the one or more clusters, the given one of the new data points is an anomaly. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/524729 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30371 (20130101) G06F 17/30598 (20130101) G06F 21/564 (20130101) G06F 21/566 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2221/2101 (20130101) G06F 2221/2117 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1425 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09171226 | Savvides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marios Savvides (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Felix Juefei-Xu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Determining a match between the subjects of first and second images as a function of decimal-number representations of regions of the first and second images. The decimal-number representations are generated by performing discrete transforms on the regions so as to obtain discrete-transform coefficients, performing local-bit-pattern encoding of the coefficients to create data streams, and converting the data streams to decimal numbers. In one embodiment, the first and second images depict periocular facial regions, and the disclosed techniques can be used for face recognition, even where a small portion of a person's face is captured in an image. Subspace modeling may be used to improve accuracy. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/038167 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/4609 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 2009/4666 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09171607 | Dally et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Dally (Los Altos Hills, California); John W. Poulton (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Thomas Hastings Greer, III (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Brucek Kurdo Khailany (Austin, Texas); Carl Thomas Gray (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of interconnected chips comprising a multi-chip module (MCM) includes a first processor chip, a system function chip, and an MCM package configured to include the first processor chip and the system function chip. The first processor chip is configured to include a first ground-referenced single-ended signaling (GRS) interface circuit. The system function chip is configured to include a second GRS interface circuit. A first set of electrical traces are fabricated within the MCM package and coupled to the first GRS interface circuit and to the second GRS interface circuit. The first GRS interface circuit and second GRS interface circuit together provide a communication channel between the first processor chip and the system function chip. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/938161 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 7/1057 (20130101) G11C 7/1069 (20130101) G11C 11/4096 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 25/0276 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A thyristor includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a first conductivity type carrier injection layer on the semiconductor layer, a second conductivity type drift layer on the carrier injection layer, a first conductivity type base layer on the drift layer, and a second conductivity type anode region on the base layer. The thickness and doping concentration of the carrier injection layer are selected to reduce minority carrier injection by the carrier injection layer in response to an increase in operating temperature of the thyristor. A cross-over current density at which the thyristor shifts from a negative temperature coefficient of forward voltage to a positive temperature coefficient of forward voltage is thereby reduced. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/461049 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1443 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/7428 (20130101) H01L 31/0312 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1113 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher L. Chua (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device includes a p-side, an n-side, and an active layer between the p-side and the n-side. The p-side includes a p-side contact, an electron blocking layer, a p-side separate confinement heterostructure (p-SCH), and a p-cladding/current spreading region disposed between the p-SCH and the p-side contact. The n-side includes an n-side contact, and an n-side separate confinement heterostructure (n-SCH). The active layer is configured to emit light in a wavelength range, wherein the p-side and the n-side have asymmetrical optical transmission properties with respect to the wavelength range emitted by the active layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/301315 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 33/007 (20130101) H01L 33/14 (20130101) H01L 33/0025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/26 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) H01L 33/0075 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09172287 | Fofonoff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nucleus Scientific, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUCLEUS SCIENTIFIC, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy A. Fofonoff (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ian W. Hunter (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotary drive includes: a support structure; and a linear actuator supported by the support structure. The linear actuator includes: a first member; a second member that moves in a linear direction relative to the first member when a drive signal is applied to the linear actuator; and a bearing arrangement supporting the first and second members within the support structure and enabling independent movement of the first member and the second member relative to the support structure. The rotary drive also includes a linear-to-rotary converter to which the second member of the linear actuator is coupled. The linear-to-rotary converter includes an output member having a rotational axis. During operation, the linear-to-rotary converter converts linear reciprocating movement of the second member of the linear actuator to rotary movement of the output member about the rotational axis. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827212 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02K 41/031 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09172304 | Baker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Everett E. Baker (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Bashirul A. Polash (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Christopher D. Ballard (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Everett E. Baker (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Bashirul A. Polash (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Christopher D. Ballard (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a constant input current filter configured to draw a constant input current from a power source and to generate a variable output current. The constant input current filter includes a capacitor, a boost converter, and a buck converter. The boost converter is configured to receive at least a portion of the input current and to charge the capacitor using at least the portion of the input current during first time periods associated with operation of a load. The buck converter is configured to discharge the capacitor and to provide an additional current as part of the output current during second time periods associated with operation of the load. The load could represent an electronic device having a time-varying output power characteristic, such as a wireless radio. |
| FILED | Monday, February 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/406309 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Regulating Electric or Magnetic Variables G05F 3/08 (20130101) Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 3/158 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission H04B 15/02 (20130101) H04B 2215/069 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09172471 | Hutchinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Meredith N. Hutchinson (Washington, District of Columbia); Joseph M. Singley (Elysburg, Pennsylvania); Vincent J Urick (Alexandria, Virginia); Jason D. McKinney (Bowie, Maryland); Keith J Williams (Dunkirk, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meredith N. Hutchinson (Washington, District of Columbia); Joseph M. Singley (Elysburg, Pennsylvania); Vincent J Urick (Alexandria, Virginia); Jason D. McKinney (Bowie, Maryland); Keith J Williams (Dunkirk, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for suppressing even-order distortion in a photonic link includes a laser for providing laser light to a first input of a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), where the MZM has a second input for receiving an RF input signal, a third input for applying a DC bias voltage to the MZM, and an optical signal output. A dc-voltage-biased photodiode has an input, coupled to the MZM optical signal output, and a modulated RF signal output. The MZM DC bias voltage is set at a value to generate an even-order distortion amplitude substantially equal to an even-order distortion amplitude from the photodiode and 180 degrees out of phase so as to substantially cancel the photodiode even-order distortion. The invention provides the cancellation of photodiode even-order distortion via predisortion linearization with a MZM biased slightly away from quadrature, employing a single fiber run and a single photodiode. The invention provides an improvement in carrier-to-intermodulation ratio (CIR) upwards of 40 dB. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/045618 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/532 (20130101) H04B 10/548 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 10/2507 (20130101) H04B 10/2575 (20130101) H04B 2210/254 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09172476 | Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lam Huy Nguyen (Laurel, Maryland); Trac D. Tran (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for reception of electromagnetic waves in which interference with radio frequencies of other electronics devices occurs comprising; at least one transmitter for transmitting electromagnetic radiation at a wide range of frequencies; at least one receiver fix receiving the received signal comprising the first electromagnetic radiation and RF interfering signal data; a first memory portion for storing transmitted signal waveforms; a second memory portion for storing RF interfering signal data; a switch for periodically allowing the RF interfering signal data to enter the second memory portion from the receiver; the at least one processor operating to process and compare the received signal containing RE signal data and first electromagnetic radiation by matching the received signal against data relating to the transmitted signal waveforms from the first memory portion and RF interfering signal data from the second memory portion, and extract the RF interfering signal data. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/891050 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/023 (20130101) G01S 13/90 (20130101) G01S 13/0209 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/71632 (20130101) H04B 15/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 17/345 (20150115) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/0004 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09172490 | Freimuth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas M. Freimuth (New York, New York); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York); Sumedh W. Sathaye (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas M. Freimuth (New York, New York); Vasileios Pappas (Elmsford, New York); Sumedh W. Sathaye (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method provisions optical wavelength connections. A set of applications is grouped to form a set of application groups. A single optical connection having a bandwidth is established through a management plane for each of the set of application groups. A set of persistent upper layer connections is then established for each of the set of application groups. The underlying optical connection is adjusted while preserving the state of the upper layer protocols. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/492205 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex Communication H04J 14/0254 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09173001 | Roberts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian Roberts (Frisco, Texas); Heath Stallings (Grapevine, Texas); Don Relyea (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Roberts (Frisco, Texas); Heath Stallings (Grapevine, Texas); Don Relyea (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a media content processing subsystem configured to process a flagging request, which designates a scene within the media content instance as a flagged scene. The processing subsystem is further configured to generate an actionable data module containing additional content corresponding to the flagged scene. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/474992 |
| ART UNIT | 2427 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/44582 (20130101) H04N 21/4722 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 21/4725 (20130101) H04N 21/47815 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09173032 | Brungart 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) | Douglas S. Brungart (Rockville, Maryland); Griffin D. Romigh (Beloit, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of enhancing vertical polar localization of a head related transfer (HRTF). The method includes splitting an audio signal and generating left and right output signals by determining a log lateral component of the respective frequency-dependent audio gain that is equal to a median log frequency-dependent audio gain for all audio signals of that channel having a desired perceived source location. A vertical magnitude of the respective audio signal is enhanced by determining a log vertical component of the respective frequency-dependent audio gain that is equal to a product of a first enhancement factor and a different between the respective frequency-dependent audio gain at the desired perceived source location and the lateral magnitude of respective audio signal. The output signals are time delayed according to an interaural time. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/832831 |
| ART UNIT | 2688 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 5/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04R 2430/03 (20130101) Stereophonic Systems H04S 5/00 (20130101) H04S 7/304 (20130101) H04S 2420/01 (20130101) H04S 2420/11 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09173071 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donnie H. Kim (Santa Clara, California); Kang-Won Lee (Nanuet, New York); Ramya Raghavendra (White Plains, New York); Yang Song (Ossining, New York); Ho Yin Starsky Wong (Ossining, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Global Foundries U.S. 2 LLC (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donnie H. Kim (Santa Clara, California); Kang-Won Lee (Nanuet, New York); Ramya Raghavendra (White Plains, New York); Yang Song (Ossining, New York); Ho Yin Starsky Wong (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Mechanisms are provided for broadcasting data to a plurality of receiver devices. A data broadcast transmission rate and a level of error correction to be used when broadcasting data are determined based on prior feedback received from the plurality of receiver devices. The feedback comprises channel condition information specifying conditions of one or more connections of a channel over which data was previously broadcast to the receiver devices. Data to be broadcast to the plurality of receivers is encoded in accordance with the determined level of error correction. The encoded data is broadcast at the determined data broadcast transmission rate over the channel to the plurality of receiver devices. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/593590 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 13/353 (20130101) H03M 13/635 (20130101) H03M 13/1515 (20130101) H03M 13/3761 (20130101) H03M 13/6527 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09168225 | Hong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seungpyo Hong (Naperville, Illinois); Ying Liu (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seungpyo Hong (Naperville, Illinois); Ying Liu (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features nanohybrid drug delivery composition which combines both passive and active targeting for the prevention and treatment of disease. The composition is shell-encapsulated multivalent polymeric scaffold with a therapeutic agent and targeting agent attached thereto. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/642868 |
| 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 9/14 (20130101) A61K 9/127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/146 (20130101) A61K 9/1273 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09168329 | Palecek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sean P. Palecek (Verona, Wisconsin); Samuel H. Gellman (Madison, Wisconsin); William C. Pomerantz (Madison, Wisconsin); Amy J. Karlsson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean P. Palecek (Verona, Wisconsin); Samuel H. Gellman (Madison, Wisconsin); William C. Pomerantz (Madison, Wisconsin); Amy J. Karlsson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to the design, synthesis and use of various β-peptides exhibiting antifungal activity. The β-peptides are relatively short in length, adopt globally amphiphilic conformations, and cause little lysis of human red blood cells at concentrations that kill Candida albicans, a common human fungal pathogen. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/849751 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 29/16 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 2300/252 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/0202 (20130101) |
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| US 09168388 | Rylander et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents, the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher G. Rylander (Blacksburg, Virginia); Thomas E. Milner (Austin, Texas); Oliver Stumpp (Palo Alto, California); J. Stuart Nelson (Laguna Nigel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provides systems, devices, and methods for non-invasively modifying, maintaining, or controlling local tissue optical properties. Methods and devices of the disclosure may be used for optically clearing tissue, for example, for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. A method of optically clearing a tissue may comprise contacting the tissue with an optical clearing device having a base, an array of pins fixed to one side of the base, a brim fixed to the base, an inlet port in the base, an exit port in the base, and a handpiece interface tab fixed to the side of the base opposite the array of pins, applying a mechanical force to the tissue, and illuminating said tissue with at least one wavelength of light through the optical clearing device. A method may further comprise controlling the temperature of the tissue illuminated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/693974 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0068 (20130101) A61B 5/0071 (20130101) A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/444 (20130101) A61B 18/14 (20130101) A61B 18/203 (20130101) A61B 18/1815 (20130101) A61B 2017/306 (20130101) A61B 2018/00029 (20130101) A61B 2018/00035 (20130101) A61B 2018/00452 (20130101) A61B 2018/00994 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 5/062 (20130101) A61N 5/0616 (20130101) A61N 2005/063 (20130101) A61N 2005/0649 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Lee Massingill (San Marcos, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chemtor, LP (San Marcos, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Lee Massingill (San Marcos, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber reaction process whereby reactive components contained in immiscible streams are brought into contact to effect chemical reactions and separations. The conduit reactor utilized contains wettable fibers onto which one stream is substantially constrained and a second stream is flowed over to continuously create a new interface there between to efficiently bring about contact of the reactive species and thus promote reactions thereof or extractions thereby. Co-solvents and phase transfer catalysts may be employed to facilitate the process. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/410920 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 11/0449 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 11/0449 (20130101) B01D 11/0453 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 14/00 (20130101) B01J 19/2415 (20130101) B01J 19/2475 (20130101) B01J 19/2495 (20130101) B01J 2219/00085 (20130101) B01J 2219/00599 (20130101) B01J 2219/3322 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 41/16 (20130101) C07C 41/16 (20130101) C07C 43/164 (20130101) C07C 67/03 (20130101) C07C 67/03 (20130101) C07C 69/52 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/022 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 71/02 (20130101) Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils or Waxes; Candles; Fats, Oils or Fatty Acids by Chemical Modification of Fats, Oils, or Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom C11C 3/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09168580 | Cao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Cao (Wilmette, Illinois); Rajiv Malhotra (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A forming system includes first and second tools, moving assemblies, and a control unit. The moving assemblies move the first tool and the second tool relative to the sheet. The control unit is configured to control movement of the first tool and the second tool by the one or more moving assemblies by moving at least one of the first tool or the second tool in a first deformation direction to deform the sheet, then moving the first and second tools laterally relative to the sheet to a subsequent location while engaging the sheet, then moving at least one of the first tool or the second tool in the first deformation direction or an opposite second deformation direction to deform the sheet, and then continue moving the first and second tools to deform the sheet in order to create a three-dimensional component from the sheet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/654071 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Working or Processing of Sheet Metal or Metal Tubes, Rods or Profiles Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal B21D 31/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09168679 | Odom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teri W. Odom (Chicago, Illinois); Min Hyung Lee (Berkeley, California); Mark D. Huntington (Evanston, Illinois); Wei Zhou (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teri W. Odom (Chicago, Illinois); Min Hyung Lee (Berkeley, California); Mark D. Huntington (Evanston, Illinois); Wei Zhou (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a nanoscale pattern on a substrate is provided, wherein the method increases or decreases the spacing of patterns on the substrate relative to a master, while keeping the pattern feature size constant. The method can alternatively reduce the pattern feature size of the substrate relative to a master, while keeping the spacing patterns constant. |
| FILED | Monday, July 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/135910 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 33/40 (20130101) B29C 33/405 (20130101) B29C 33/424 (20130101) B29C 33/3857 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 33/3878 (20130101) B29C 55/005 (20130101) B29C 61/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09169303 | Kickhoefer 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) | Valerie A. Kickhoefer (Sherman Oaks, California); Leonard H. Rome (Tarzana, California); Kathleen A. Kelly (Pacific Palisades, California); Cheryl I. Champion (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided herein for immunizing a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of an immunogenic peptide or an immunogenic fragment or variant thereof incorporated within a vault-like particle carrier. The methods and compositions advantageously exhibit enhanced ability to induce cell-mediated immunity and/or antibody-based immunity. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/341782 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/118 (20130101) A61K 39/385 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/295 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/30 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) |
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| US 09169442 | Huber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George W. Huber (Belchertown, Massachusetts); Anne Mae Gaffney (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Jungho Jae (Amherst, Massachusetts); Yu-Ting Cheng (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George W. Huber (Belchertown, Massachusetts); Anne Mae Gaffney (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Jungho Jae (Amherst, Massachusetts); Yu-Ting Cheng (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to compositions and methods for fluid hydrocarbon product, and more specifically, to compositions and methods for fluid hydrocarbon product via catalytic pyrolysis. Some embodiments relate to methods for the production of specific aromatic products (e.g., benzene, toluene, naphthalene, xylene, etc.) via catalytic pyrolysis. Some such methods may involve the use of a composition comprising a mixture of a solid hydrocarbonaceous material and a heterogeneous pyrolytic catalyst component. In some embodiments, an olefin compound may be co-fed to the reactor and/or separated from a product stream and recycled to the reactor to improve yield and/or selectivity of certain products. The methods described herein may also involve the use of specialized catalysts. For example, in some cases, zeolite catalysts may be used. In some instances, the catalysts are characterized by particle sizes in certain identified ranges that can lead to improve yield and/or selectivity of certain products. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/394559 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 29/40 (20130101) B01J 29/44 (20130101) B01J 29/46 (20130101) B01J 29/48 (20130101) B01J 29/87 (20130101) B01J 29/405 (20130101) Destructive Distillation of Carbonageous Materials for Production of Gas, Coke, Tar, or Similar Materials C10B 49/22 (20130101) C10B 53/02 (20130101) C10B 57/06 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/002 (20130101) C10G 1/02 (20130101) C10G 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 3/00 (20130101) C10G 11/18 (20130101) C10G 2300/70 (20130101) C10G 2300/1003 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) C10G 2300/4018 (20130101) C10G 2300/4081 (20130101) C10G 2400/20 (20130101) C10G 2400/30 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09169481 | Cornish et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Virginia W. Cornish (New York, New York); Pamela P. Perlata-Yahya (Oakland, California); Jonathan Eiseman Bronson (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Virginia W. Cornish (New York, New York); Pamela P. Perlata-Yahya (Oakland, California); Jonathan Eiseman Bronson (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems which harness the molecular biology of a living cell to direct evolution of biological entities of interest. According to the invention, a host cell is engineered to facilitate mutation of a nucleic acid target corresponding to that entity and select for desirable mutants. As applied to populations of host cells, the invention provides a means to generate and contemporaneously select mutants of interest, allowing for the production of extremely diverse libraries enriched in the most ‘fit’ mutants. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/348693 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1055 (20130101) C12N 15/1058 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1086 (20130101) |
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| US 09170166 | Pan 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) | Tingrui Pan (Woodland, California); Baoqing Nie (Davis, California); Siyuan Xing (Davis, California); James D. Brandt (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A pressure sensing apparatus which utilizes an electrolytic droplet retained between a first and second sensing electrode within a housing. Contact between the electrolyte droplet and the electrodes form electric double layers (EDL) having interfacial EDL capacitance proportional to interface contact area which varies in response to mechanical pressure applied to deform exterior portions of the housing. The electrolyte contains a sufficient percentage of glycerol to prevent evaporative effects. Preferably, the sensing electrodes are modified with depressions, hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic portions to increase central anchoring of the electrolyte droplet within the housing. The inventive pressure sensor provides high sensitivity and resolution which is beneficial to numerous applications, and is particularly well-suited for medical sensing applications. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/106760 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 9/0072 (20130101) G01L 9/0075 (20130101) G01L 9/0092 (20130101) G01L 9/0095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09170267 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yong-Tae Kim (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brandon Kuczenski (Santa Barbara, California); Philip LeDuc (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William Messner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yong-Tae Kim (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brandon Kuczenski (Santa Barbara, California); Philip LeDuc (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William Messner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluid-pressure regulator for regulating the pressure of a fluid. The regulator includes a variable-resistance fluid element and a variable-volume fluid element located downstream of the variable-resistance element. Pressure in the fluid at the outlet of the regulator is controlled by substantially simultaneously changing the resistance of the variable-resistance element and the volume of the variable-volume element. In one example, a decrease in pressure is effected at the outlet by simultaneously increasing the resistance of the variable-resistance element and increasing the volume of the variable-volume element. Some embodiments of the regulator are particularly useful to effect long-term and high-speed pressure changes in high-resistance fluidic channel networks. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/841743 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 35/1095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 16/202 (20130101) G05D 16/2066 (20130101) G05D 16/2086 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0396 (20150401) Y10T 137/7761 (20150401) Y10T 137/87249 (20150401) |
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| US 09170984 | Cormode et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | AT and T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, Georgia); Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AT and T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, Georgia); Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Graham Cormode (Morristown, New Jersey); Philip Korn (New York, New York); Srikanta Tirthapura (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Aggregates are calculated from a data stream in which data is sent in a sequence of tuples, in which each tuple comprises an item identifier and a timestamp indicating when the tuple was transmitted. The tuples may arrive at a data receiver out-of-order, that is, the sequence in which the tuples arrive are not necessarily in the same sequence as their corresponding timestamps. In calculating aggregates, more recent data may be given more weight by a decay function which is a function of the timestamp associated with the tuple and the current time. The statistical characteristics of the tuples are summarized by a set of linear data summaries. The set of linear data summaries are generated such that only a single linear data summary falls between a set of boundaries calculated from the decay function and a set of timestamps. Aggregates are calculated from the set of linear data summaries. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/850438 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/18 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/142 (20130101) H04L 43/106 (20130101) |
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| US 09171707 | Syka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John E. P. Syka (Charlottesville, Virginia); Philip D. Compton (Charlottesville, Virginia); Donald F. Hunt (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. P. Syka (Charlottesville, Virginia); Philip D. Compton (Charlottesville, Virginia); Donald F. Hunt (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides improvements in reagents for use in electron transfer dissociation ionization techniques for use in mass spectrometry, particularly for sequencing peptides and proteins using mass spectrometric techniques involving electrospray ionization and MS/MS characterization of fragment ions. The novel reagents used in the inventive methods allow for more effective determination of protein sequences, especially of long peptides or post-translationally modified protein fragments. Use of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons azulene, homoazulene, and acenaphthylene, and homodimers and heterodimers thereof, are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/391331 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/24 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09171907 | de Heer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Walt A. de Heer (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walt A. de Heer (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A transistor includes a silicon carbide crystal (110) having a silicon terminated face (112). A semiconducting-type graphene layer (120) is bonded to the silicon terminated face (112). A first semimetallic-type graphene layer (122) is contiguous with a first portion of the semiconducting-type graphene layer (120). A second semimetallic-type graphene layer (122) is contiguous with a second portion of the semiconducting-type graphene layer (120) that is spaced apart from the first portion. An insulator layer (132) is disposed on a portion of the semiconducting-type graphene layer (120). A gate conductive layer (134) disposed on the insulator layer (132) and spaced apart from the semiconducting-type graphene layer (120). |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/345093 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02527 (20130101) H01L 21/02612 (20130101) H01L 21/02664 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/165 (20130101) H01L 29/0657 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/7781 (20130101) H01L 29/41758 (20130101) H01L 29/66431 (20130101) H01L 29/66477 (20130101) |
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| US 09172030 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Weigang Wang (Baltimore, Maryland); Chia-Ling Chien (Cockeysviile, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weigang Wang (Baltimore, Maryland); Chia-Ling Chien (Cockeysviile, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A magneto-electronic device includes a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, and an electric-field-controllable magnetic tunnel junction arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The electric-field-controllable magnetic tunnel junction includes a first ferromagnetic layer, an insulating layer formed on the first ferromagnetic layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer formed on the insulating layer. The first and second ferromagnetic layers have respective first and second magnetic anisotropies that are alignable substantially parallel to each other in a first state and substantially antiparallel in a second state of the electric-field-controllable magnetic tunnel junction. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/550415 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 10/3286 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/222 (20130101) H01L 29/82 (20130101) H01L 43/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 43/10 (20130101) H01L 43/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09172049 | Jenekhe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samson A. Jenekhe (Seattle, Washington); Taeshik Earmme (Seattle, Washington); Eilaf Ahmed (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Charge transport compounds are provided. The compounds are useful in optoelectronic devices that include the compounds incorporated as a charge-transport layer. Methods for forming films of the compounds are also provided. Additionally, methods are provided for forming films of a charge-transport layer on an active layer of an optoelectronic device. The films are formed from a solution with solubility orthogonal to the solubility of the active layer, such that the active layer is not solvated during deposition of the charge-transport layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/767243 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 215/06 (20130101) C07D 215/12 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/0042 (20130101) H01L 51/0072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0085 (20130101) H01L 51/5072 (20130101) H01L 2051/0063 (20130101) |
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| US 09172737 | Panwar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shivendra Panwar (Freehold, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shivendra Panwar (Freehold, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Video streaming applications are a major contributor to the recent dramatic rise of data traffic in cellular networks. Mobile users in a cellular network often experience fluctuating data rates, which might affect the quality of video they view in a streaming service. Although replacing such video streaming services with video downloading/renting services could potentially allow such mobile users to enjoy consistently higher quality videos, such services typically cost a lot more than video streaming services because of legal copyright pricing and management issues. By downloading enhancement layers but streaming base layers of the content, mobile users can enjoy download-quality videos with a service (legally) classified as a streaming service. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/936156 |
| ART UNIT | 2453 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 65/80 (20130101) H04L 65/604 (20130101) H04L 65/607 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 65/4084 (20130101) |
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| US 09168659 | Doggett 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) | William R. Doggett (Poquoson, Virginia); John T. Dorsey (Hampton, Virginia); George G. Ganoe (Yorktown, Virginia); Bruce D. King (Yorktown, Virginia); Thomas C. Jones (Newport News, Virginia); Charles D. Mercer (Chesapeake, Virginia); Cole K. Corbin (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A tension stiffened and tendon actuated manipulator is provided performing robotic-like movements when acquiring a payload. The manipulator design can be adapted for use in-space, lunar or other planetary installations as it is readily configurable for acquiring and precisely manipulating a payload in both a zero-g environment and in an environment with a gravity field. The manipulator includes a plurality of link arms, a hinge connecting adjacent link arms together to allow the adjacent link arms to rotate relative to each other and a cable actuation and tensioning system provided between adjacent link arms. The cable actuation and tensioning system includes a spreader arm and a plurality of driven and non-driven elements attached to the link arms and the spreader arm. At least one cable is routed around the driven and non-driven elements for actuating the hinge. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/864396 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/06 (20130101) B25J 9/1045 (20130101) B25J 17/00 (20130101) B25J 18/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 2004/005 (20130101) Cranes; Load-engaging Elements or Devices for Cranes, Capstans, Winches, or Tackles B66C 23/68 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 74/20323 (20150115) Y10T 74/20329 (20150115) |
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| US 09169545 | Padula, II et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Santo Padula, II (Valley City, Ohio); Ronald D. Noebe (Medina, Ohio); Malcolm K. Stanford (Parma Heights, Ohio); Christopher DellaCorte (Sharon Township, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Santo Padula, II (Valley City, Ohio); Ronald D. Noebe (Medina, Ohio); Malcolm K. Stanford (Parma Heights, Ohio); Christopher DellaCorte (Sharon Township, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A material for use as a mechanical component is formed of a superelastic intermetallic material having a low apparent modulus and a high hardness. The superelastic intermetallic material is conditioned to be dimensionally stable, devoid of any shape memory effect and have a stable superelastic response without irrecoverable deformation while exhibiting strains of at least 3%. The method of conditioning the superelastic intermetallic material is described. Another embodiment relates to lightweight materials known as ordered intermetallics that perform well in sliding wear applications using conventional liquid lubricants and are therefore suitable for resilient, high performance mechanical components such as gears and bearings. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894444 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Modifying the Physical Structure of Ferrous Metals; General Devices for Heat Treatment of Ferrous or Non-ferrous Metals or Alloys; Making Metal Malleable, e.g by Decarburisation or Tempering C21D 2201/01 (20130101) Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys C22F 1/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09169855 | Dyson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rodger W Dyson (Elyria, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodger W Dyson (Elyria, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A flow diode configured to permit fluid flow in a first direction while preventing fluid flow in a second direction opposite the first direction is disclosed. The flow diode prevents fluid flow without use of mechanical closures or moving parts. The flow diode utilizes a bypass flowline whereby all fluid flow in the second direction moves into the bypass flowline having a plurality of tortuous portions providing high fluidic resistance. The portions decrease in diameter such that debris in the fluid is trapped. As fluid only travels in one direction through the portions, the debris remains trapped in the portions. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/474972 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid-circuit Elements Predominantly Used for Computing or Control Purposes F15C 1/146 (20130101) F15C 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fluid Dynamics, i.e Methods or Means for Influencing the Flow of Gases or Liquids F15D 1/12 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0396 (20150401) Y10T 137/2185 (20150401) Y10T 137/2224 (20150401) |
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| US 09170086 | Youngquist 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) | Robert C. Youngquist (Cocoa, Florida); Stephen M. Simmons (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An inductive position sensor uses three parallel inductors, each of which has an axial core that is an independent magnetic structure. A first support couples first and second inductors and separate them by a fixed distance. A second support coupled to a third inductor disposed between the first and second inductors. The first support and second support are configured for relative movement as distance changes from the third inductor to each of the first and second inductors. An oscillating current is supplied to the first and second inductors. A device measures a phase component of a source voltage generating the oscillating current and a phase component of voltage induced in the third inductor when the oscillating current is supplied to the first and second inductors such that the phase component of the voltage induced overlaps the phase component of the source voltage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/150502 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 7/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01B 7/30 (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 5/2046 (20130101) G01D 5/2086 (20130101) |
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| US 09170138 | Giovangrandi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Laurent Giovangrandi (Palo Alto, California); Antonio J. Ricco (Los Gatos, California); Gregory Kovacs (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurent Giovangrandi (Palo Alto, California); Antonio J. Ricco (Los Gatos, California); Gregory Kovacs (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for enhanced microfluidic impedance spectroscopy include causing a core fluid to flow into a channel between two sheath flows of one or more sheath fluids different from the core fluid. Flow in the channel is laminar. A dielectric constant of a fluid constituting either sheath flow is much less than a dielectric constant of the core fluid. Electrical impedance is measured in the channel between at least a first pair of electrodes. In some embodiments, enhanced optical measurements include causing a core fluid to flow into a channel between two sheath flows of one or more sheath fluids different from the core fluid. An optical index of refraction of a fluid constituting either sheath flow is much less than an optical index of refraction of the core fluid. An optical property is measured in the channel. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/250605 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 1/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01F 1/584 (20130101) G01F 1/586 (20130101) G01F 1/588 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09171266 | Hinchey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael G. Hinchey (Bowie, Maryland); Emil I. Vassev (Montreal, Canada); Bridget Hinchey (Limerick, Ireland); Roy Sterrit (Newtownabbey, United Kingdom) |
| 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) | Michael G. Hinchey (Bowie, Maryland); Emil I. Vassev (Montreal, Canada); Bridget Hinchey (Limerick, Ireland); Roy Sterrit (Newtownabbey, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A biologically-inspired system and method is provided for self-adapting behavior of swarm-based exploration missions, whereby individual components, for example, spacecraft, in the system can sacrifice themselves for the greater good of the entire system. The self-sacrifice can involve donating resources or assets, such as power provisions, to a different component of an autonomous system. A receiving component of the system can benefit from receiving the donated resource or power provision. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/606174 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/004 (20130101) G06N 5/02 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09171473 | McNally et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The USA as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | B. David McNally (Menlo Park, California); Heinz Erzberger (Los Altos Hills, California); Kapil Sheth (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic weather route system automatically analyzes routes for in-flight aircraft flying in convective weather regions and attempts to find more time and fuel efficient reroutes around current and predicted weather cells. The dynamic weather route system continuously analyzes all flights and provides reroute advisories that are dynamically updated in real time while the aircraft are in flight. The dynamic weather route system includes a graphical user interface that allows users to visualize, evaluate, modify if necessary, and implement proposed reroutes. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/707546 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Traffic Control Systems G08G 5/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09171712 | Curry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersbrug, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J Curry (Frederick, Maryland); Walter P Lapatovich (Boxford, Massachusetts); Edgar G Estupinan (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A lamp to produce white light includes an envelope; and a composition disposed in the envelope and including an initiator; a primary halide; and a secondary halide, wherein the primary halide, in a presence of the secondary halide, has a vapor pressure that is greater than a vapor pressure in an absence of the secondary halide, and the composition is configured to emit white light in a presence of an electrical discharge in the envelope. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/324156 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 61/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 61/125 (20130101) H01J 61/827 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09172088 | Loveness et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ghyrn E. Loveness (East Palo Alto, California); Constantin I. Stefan (San Jose, California); Song Han (Foster City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amprius, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ghyrn E. Loveness (East Palo Alto, California); Constantin I. Stefan (San Jose, California); Song Han (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are novel multidimensional electrode structures containing high capacity active materials for use in rechargeable electrochemical cells. These structures include main support structures and multiple nanowires attached to the support structures and extending into different directions away from these supports. The active material may be deposited as a layer (uniform or non-uniform) surrounding the nanowires and, in certain embodiments, the main supports and even substrate. The active material layer may be sufficiently thin to prevent pulverization of the layer at given operating conditions. Interconnections between the electrode structures and/or substrate may be provided by overlaps formed during deposition of the active layer. Silicide-based nano wires structures may be formed on the main supports in a fluidized bed reactor by suspending the metal-containing main supports in a silicon-containing process gas. A layer of silicon may be then deposited over these silicide nanowires. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/114413 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/66 (20130101) H01M 4/70 (20130101) H01M 4/75 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0428 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 4/622 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 4/667 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49115 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09172094 | Loveness et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amprius, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amprius, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ghyrn E. Loveness (Mountain View, California); William S. DelHagen (San Francisco, California); Rainer Fasching (Mill Valley, California); Song Han (Foster City, California); Zuqin Liu (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are examples of electrochemically active electrode materials, electrodes using such materials, and methods of manufacturing such electrodes. Electrochemically active electrode materials may include a high surface area template containing a metal silicide and a layer of high capacity active material deposited over the template. The template may serve as a mechanical support for the active material and/or an electrical conductor between the active material and, for example, a substrate. Due to the high surface area of the template, even a thin layer of the active material can provide sufficient active material loading and corresponding battery capacity. As such, a thickness of the layer may be maintained below the fracture threshold of the active material used and preserve its structural integrity during battery cycling. |
| FILED | Monday, June 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/914491 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/66 (20130101) H01M 4/75 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0428 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 4/667 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49108 (20150115) Y10T 29/49115 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09167738 | Serimian |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerry C. Serimian (Kingsburg, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry C. Serimian (Kingsburg, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The rotary cultivator enables an operator to cultivate an area immediately adjacent to (for example) perennial plants. The cultivator is a tractor-mounted tool with an articulated boom. A rotary cultivator head is disposed at a distal end of the boom so that a tractor operator can manipulate the boom and attached cultivator head through a full range of motions. The cultivator head includes a rotary disk with two essentially identical blade assemblies. Each blade assembly has a short blade that rotates within the periphery of the disk, and a long blade that extends beyond the periphery of the disk. The long blade has an extended segment that is flexible and elastic so that when the long blade extended segment contacts the stalk/trunk of a perennial plant, the extended segment elastically deforms so that the stalk/trunk is not damaged. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/507328 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Soil Working in Agriculture or Forestry; Parts, Details, or Accessories of Agricultural Machines or Implements, in General A01B 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09168469 | Massingill |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Lee Massingill (San Marcos, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chemtor, LP (San Marcos, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Lee Massingill (San Marcos, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber reaction process whereby reactive components contained in immiscible streams are brought into contact to effect chemical reactions and separations. The conduit reactor utilized contains wettable fibers onto which one stream is substantially constrained and a second stream is flowed over to continuously create a new interface there between to efficiently bring about contact of the reactive species and thus promote reactions thereof or extractions thereby. Co-solvents and phase transfer catalysts may be employed to facilitate the process. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/410920 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 11/0449 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 11/0449 (20130101) B01D 11/0453 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 14/00 (20130101) B01J 19/2415 (20130101) B01J 19/2475 (20130101) B01J 19/2495 (20130101) B01J 2219/00085 (20130101) B01J 2219/00599 (20130101) B01J 2219/3322 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 41/16 (20130101) C07C 41/16 (20130101) C07C 43/164 (20130101) C07C 67/03 (20130101) C07C 67/03 (20130101) C07C 69/52 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/022 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 71/02 (20130101) Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils or Waxes; Candles; Fats, Oils or Fatty Acids by Chemical Modification of Fats, Oils, or Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom C11C 3/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
09168275 — Method of treating gastrointestinal diseases associated with species of genus Clostridium
| US 09168275 | Finegold |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sydney M. Finegold (Marina Del Rey, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sydney M. Finegold (Marina Del Rey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes a method of treating gastrointestinal diseases associated with species of genus Clostridium such as clostridium deficit in human patients with gastrointestinal disorders having an etiological component such as a microbial agent producing a toxin where treated with an antimicrobial composition an amount effective to inhibit or eliminate the microbial agent. The antimicrobial composition in a form of probiotic mixture can be administrated alone or in combination with an antimicrobial agent, such as a bacteriophage which is specific for a bacterium producing toxin or antibiotics which are then used to eliminate or inhibit the clostridial species overgrown in a patient's gastrointestinal tract. Disorders that can be treated by the method of the invention include diarrhea or inflammatory bowel diseases such as colitis or Crohn's disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/979007 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/43 (20130101) A61K 31/545 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 35/76 (20130101) A61K 35/741 (20130101) A61K 35/741 (20130101) A61K 35/742 (20130101) A61K 35/742 (20130101) A61K 35/744 (20130101) A61K 35/744 (20130101) A61K 35/745 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/745 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2795/00032 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 09168490 | Majumdar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sudipto Majumdar (Newark, Delaware); Kenneth J. Pennisi (Bear, Delaware); Donald J. Stookey (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CMS TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC. (Newport, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sudipto Majumdar (Newark, Delaware); Kenneth J. Pennisi (Bear, Delaware); Donald J. Stookey (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for providing nitrogen enriched air (NEA) from ambient air uses at least two gas separation membranes that are selectively gas permeable for oxygen and nitrogen. The oxygen/nitrogen selectivity and oxygen permeance of two of the membranes are different such that (1) the selectivity of first membrane is less than the second membrane and the oxygen permeance of first membrane is greater than the second membrane, or (2) the selectivity of first membrane is greater than the second membrane and the oxygen permeance of first membrane is less than the second membrane. The system is very compact, is energy efficient, and highly effective for generating NEA. It is ideally suited for mobile, remote and specialized end use applications, such as automotive vehicles, marine vessels, off-shore platform fuel storage and especially for supplying NEA to blanket ullage of onboard aircraft fuel storage tanks. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/585040 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 69/02 (20130101) B01D 2256/10 (20130101) B01D 2257/104 (20130101) B01D 2311/13 (20130101) B01D 2317/022 (20130101) B01D 2325/20 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/0438 (20130101) C01B 2210/0045 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09168312 | Schellenberger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amunix Operating Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amunix Operating Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California); Joshua Silverman (Sunnyvale, California); Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Chia-wei Wang (Milpitas, California); Nathan Geething (Santa Clara, California); Jeffrey L. Cleland (San Carlos, California); Benjamin Spink (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions comprising growth hormone linked to extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN), isolated nucleic acids encoding the compositions and vectors and host cells containing the same, and methods of making and using such compositions in treatment of growth hormone-related diseases, disorders, and conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/152692 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/27 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/001 (20130101) C07K 14/61 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/31 (20130101) C07K 2319/75 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09171219 | Kowalevicz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Kowalevicz (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods configured to implement sliced source imaging to produce a plurality of overlapping in-focus images on the same location of a single imaging detector without using beamsplitters. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/713949 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/1066 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/209 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 2009/2045 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/332 (20130101) H04N 5/2254 (20130101) H04N 5/23238 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09171603 | Schwartz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Schwartz (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor read/write circuit having a sensor, an integrator, a pulse generator, at least a first and second memory device, and a counter. The sensor senses a parameter and produces a sensor output representative of the sensed parameter. The sensor output is provided to the integrator which produces an integrated output representative of the sensed parameter. The integrated output triggers the pulse generator to produce a pulse which causes the first memory device to be written. The above sequence is repeated whereby a new sensor reading is generated and a second pulse causes the second memory device to be written but only if the first memory device has been substantially completely written, the first memory device has been subsequently disabled and the second memory device has been enabled. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/251136 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/1673 (20130101) G11C 11/2273 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 11/2275 (20130101) G11C 11/2293 (20130101) G11C 13/004 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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