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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 10, 2015
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| US 09179865 | Anker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Anker (Greenville, South Carolina); Melissa Rogalski (Central, South Carolina); Dakota Anderson (Orangeburg, South Carolina); Jonathon Heath (Florence, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Strain gauges that can provide information with regard to the state of implantable devices are described. The strain gauges can exhibit luminescence that is detectable through living tissue, and the detectable luminescent emission can vary according to the strain applied to the gauge. A change in residual strain of the device can signify a loss of mechanical integrity and/or loosening of the implant, and this can be non-invasively detected either by simple visual detection of the luminescent emission or through examination of the emission with a detector such as a spectrometer or a camera. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/960881 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/45 (20130101) A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/0077 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) A61B 5/686 (20130101) A61B 5/1127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4504 (20130101) A61B 5/6867 (20130101) A61B 6/00 (20130101) A61B 17/68 (20130101) A61B 17/86 (20130101) A61B 2562/0261 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/25 (20130101) |
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| US 09179888 | Ji et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Songbai Ji (Lebanon, New Hampshire); David W. Roberts (Lyme, New Hampshire); Alex Hartov (Enfield, New Hampshire); Keith D. Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Songbai Ji (Lebanon, New Hampshire); David W. Roberts (Lyme, New Hampshire); Alex Hartov (Enfield, New Hampshire); Keith D. Paulsen (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for providing patient registration without fiducials comprises the steps of: spatially placing an ultrasound image of a patient randomly at different starting positions relative to a preoperative image; creating an independent registration corresponding to each different starting positions, by optimizing a spatial transformation between the preoperative image and the ultrasound image to provide a first batch of registrations; executing a second registration to fine-tune the alignment between the preoperative image and the ultrasound image; and concatenating the spatial transformation to obtain spatial transformation between the patient in an operating room and a corresponding preoperative image. |
| FILED | Friday, August 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/392173 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/064 (20130101) A61B 6/501 (20130101) A61B 6/5247 (20130101) A61B 8/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 8/0816 (20130101) A61B 8/4245 (20130101) A61B 8/5238 (20130101) A61B 19/5244 (20130101) A61B 2017/00725 (20130101) A61B 2019/5236 (20130101) A61B 2019/5255 (20130101) A61B 2019/5276 (20130101) A61B 2019/5289 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0024 (20130101) |
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| US 09179901 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathaniel P. Young (Salt Lake City, Utah); Mark A. Crawford (Sandy, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vital Access Corporation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathaniel P. Young (Salt Lake City, Utah); Mark A. Crawford (Sandy, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Ports for accessing vessels within a patient include passageways that can guide needles or other access devices directly into the vessels. The ports can be implanted subcutaneously within a patient. Some ports may be used in the creation and use of vascular access buttonholes. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/018277 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/0057 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 17/3423 (20130101) A61B 2017/3425 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/3653 (20130101) A61M 1/3659 (20140204) A61M 1/3661 (20140204) |
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| US 09179981 | Farritor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shane M. Farritor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Amy Lehman (York, Nebraska); Mark Rentschler (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to modular medical devices, including various devices with detachable modular components and various devices with pivotally attached modular components. Additional embodiments relate to procedures in which various of the devices are used cooperatively. Certain embodiments of the medical devices are robotic in vivo devices. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/202353 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 19/2203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 19/5212 (20130101) A61B 19/5225 (20130101) A61B 2017/00283 (20130101) |
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| US 09180025 | Goldfarb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Goldfarb (Franklin, Tennessee); Huseyin Atakan Varol (Astana, Kazakhstan); Frank Charles Sup, IV (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jason Mitchell (Greenbrier, Tennessee); Thomas J. Withrow (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Goldfarb (Franklin, Tennessee); Huseyin Atakan Varol (Astana, Kazakhstan); Frank Charles Sup, IV (Amherst, Massachusetts); Jason Mitchell (Greenbrier, Tennessee); Thomas J. Withrow (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A powered leg prosthesis including a powered knee joint with a knee joint and a knee motor unit for delivering power to the knee joint, a powered ankle joint coupled to the knee joint including an ankle joint and an ankle motor unit to deliver power to the ankle joint, a prosthetic foot coupled to the ankle joint, a plurality of sensors for measuring a real-time input, and controller for controlling movement of the prosthesis based on the real-time input. In the powered leg prosthesis, at least one of the knee motor unit or the ankle motor unit includes at least one drive stage, where the drive stage includes a rotary element for generating torque and at least one looped element affixed around the rotary element and configured for transmitting the torque to another rotary element coupled to a joint to be actuated. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/537530 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/64 (20130101) A61F 2/68 (20130101) A61F 2/70 (20130101) A61F 2/6607 (20130101) A61F 2002/665 (20130101) A61F 2002/701 (20130101) A61F 2002/704 (20130101) A61F 2002/705 (20130101) A61F 2002/764 (20130101) A61F 2002/768 (20130101) A61F 2002/5073 (20130101) A61F 2002/6642 (20130101) A61F 2002/6657 (20130101) A61F 2002/6836 (20130101) A61F 2002/7625 (20130101) A61F 2002/7635 (20130101) A61F 2002/7645 (20130101) A61F 2002/30359 (20130101) A61F 2220/0033 (20130101) |
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| US 09180029 | Hollister et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott J. Hollister (Saline, Michigan); Glenn E. Green (Dexter, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Implantable splinting devices for supporting a passageway defect in a patient that is formed from one or more support structures including a polymer or a polymer and acellularized tissue matrix that define a structural component that substantially conforms to a defective passageway of the patient. The structural component also has a plurality of pores. The implantable splinting device is capable of being placed around a trachea, a bronchi, an esophagus and a blood vessel of a patient. The implantable splinting device may also be configured for placement between the trachea, and the esophagus of a patient. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/715715 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/94 (20130101) A61F 2/848 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/043 (20130101) A61F 2002/044 (20130101) A61F 2002/046 (20130101) A61F 2220/0008 (20130101) A61F 2220/0075 (20130101) A61F 2220/0091 (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 31/005 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 31/148 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09180043 | Merrill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Denise R. Merrill (Sewell, New Jersey); Todd J. Nilsen (Howell, New Jersey); Jennifer Ellen Akers (Elmer, New Jersey); Kyle Stever (Huntsville, Alabama); Moshe Laifenfeld (Haifa, Israel); Ravi Ramachandran (Turnersville, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Focal Cool, LLC (Sewell, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Denise R. Merrill (Sewell, New Jersey); Todd J. Nilsen (Howell, New Jersey); Jennifer Ellen Akers (Elmer, New Jersey); Kyle Stever (Huntsville, Alabama); Moshe Laifenfeld (Haifa, Israel); Ravi Ramachandran (Turnersville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus to minimize and/or eliminate the effects associated with reperfusion injury consisting of an external pump, heat exchanger and control unit creating a flow loop whereby blood is moved from the body via a pump, cooled by an external heat exchanger and reintroduced into a specific location, thereby locally cooling the surrounding tissue and inducing localized hypothermia to minimize tissue injury resulting from ischemia and the effects associated with reperfusion injury as an obstruction is removed and normal blood flow is restored and including the ability to locally measure pressure and temperature in the body. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/297048 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 2017/00084 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 7/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 7/0085 (20130101) A61F 2007/0056 (20130101) A61F 2007/0095 (20130101) |
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| US 09180094 | Cosgriff-Hernandez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TEXAS A and M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth M. Cosgriff-Hernandez (College Station, Texas); Robert Scott Moglia (College Station, Texas); Jennifer L. Robinson (College Station, Texas); Nicholas A. Sears (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and methods for preparing three dimensional scaffolds are described. The materials, as improved high internal phase emulsions (HIPES), and the polymerization thereof may be suitable for injection prior to curing and when in an injectable form may be for site-directed in vivo use, curing after injection. In addition, said materials before curing may be engineered as a tissue substitution or enhancement and/or to include cell encapsulation. Said materials described herein form a monolith after curing and are biodegradable and porous after curing. Said materials are made from starting molecules using a process that does not rely on toxic solvents or monomers. Making of said materials to form the emulsion take advantage of one or more surfactants for HIPE stability. In addition, said materials cure at temperatures appropriate for use in an in vivo or in situ environment. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/651362 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/107 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/122 (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 27/16 (20130101) A61L 27/16 (20130101) A61L 27/38 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 2300/802 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 23/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09180114 | Eggan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin Eggan (Boston, Massachusetts); Francesco Paolo DiGiorgio (Barletta, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Eggan (Boston, Massachusetts); Francesco Paolo DiGiorgio (Barletta, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods for neuroprotection, promoting survival of motor neurons and the treatment of motor neuron diseases by preventing cell signaling through the classic prostaglandin D2 receptor DP1. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/570476 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/403 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/7052 (20130101) |
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| US 09180118 | Jordan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Craig Jordan (Rochester, New York); Monica Guzman (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig Jordan (Rochester, New York); Monica Guzman (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compounds of the formulae herein, their acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates and polymorphs thereof. The compounds of this invention are useful in treatment of disease, particularly leukemia. The invention also provides compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating disease, disorders, or symptoms thereof in a subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/374002 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/41 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/433 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) |
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| US 09180133 | Nieman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LABORATOIRE HRA-PHARMA (Paris, France); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LABORATOIRE HRA-PHARMA (Paris, France); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynnette Nieman (Bethesda, Maryland); Andre Ulmann (Paris, France); Diana Blithe (Silver Spring, Maryland); Erin Gainer (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method for treating uterine fibroids, which method comprises administering to a patient in need thereof, an effective amount of 17α-acetoxy-11β-[4-N,N-dimethylamino-phenyl)-19-norpregna-4,9-diene-3,20-dione (ulipristal) or any metabolite thereof. More particularly, the method is useful for reducing or stopping bleeding in a patient afflicted with uterine fibroids, and/or for reducing the size of uterine fibroids. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/200100 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/57 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09180136 | Bittner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Bittner (Phoenix, Arizona); Jeffrey M. Trent (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Aleksandar Sekulic (Scottsdale, Arizona); Mohammad R. Abbaszadegan (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Translational Genomics Research Institute (Phoenix, Arizona); Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Bittner (Phoenix, Arizona); Jeffrey M. Trent (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Aleksandar Sekulic (Scottsdale, Arizona); Mohammad R. Abbaszadegan (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of selectively treating a patient with skin squamous cell carcinoma are disclosed. Specifically, the methods comprise assessing whether or not the tumor will be responsive to IP6 treatment by using reduced INPP5A expression level as an indicator. The present invention further provides methods of assessing the progression of the disease, and kits that facilitate these methods as disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/274058 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/6615 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57492 (20130101) |
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| US 09180138 | Schinazi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond F. Schinazi (Decatur, Georgia); Dennis C. Liotta (McDonough, Georgia); Chung K. Chu (Athens, Georgia); J. Jeffrey McAtee (Mobile, Alabama); Junxing Shi (Decatur, Georgia); Yongseok Choi (Athens, Georgia); Kyeong Lee (Athens, Georgia); Joon H. Hong (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia); Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond F. Schinazi (Decatur, Georgia); Dennis C. Liotta (McDonough, Georgia); Chung K. Chu (Athens, Georgia); J. Jeffrey McAtee (Mobile, Alabama); Junxing Shi (Decatur, Georgia); Yongseok Choi (Athens, Georgia); Kyeong Lee (Athens, Georgia); Joon H. Hong (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | 2′-Fluoro-nucleoside compounds are disclosed which are useful in the treatment of hepatitis B infection, hepatitis C infection, HIV and abnormal cellular proliferation, including tumors and cancer. The compounds have the general formulae: wherein Base is a purine or pyrimidine base; R1 is OH, H, OR3, N3, CN, halogen, CF3, lower alkyl, amino, loweralkylamino, di(lower)alkylamino, or alkoxy; R2 is H, phosphate, or a stabilized phosphate prodrug; acyl, or other pharmaceutically acceptable leaving benzyl, a lipid, an amino acid, peptide, or cholesterol; and R3 is acyl, alkyl, phosphate, or other pharmaceutically acceptable leaving group; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/437676 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/706 (20130101) A61K 31/708 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/7064 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 31/7072 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 405/04 (20130101) C07D 473/00 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/06 (20130101) C07H 19/10 (20130101) C07H 19/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09180160 | Lambris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John D. Lambris (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); E. Sander Connolly, Jr. (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Trustees of Columbia University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Lambris (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); E. Sander Connolly, Jr. (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for treating or ameliorating the damage resulting from intracerebral hemorrhage are disclosed. The methods involve administration of a complement inhibitor to inhibit C3a or C5a formation or activity in the affected tissue. Pharmaceutical compositions suitable for use in the methods of the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/059482 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2896 (20130101) |
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| US 09180161 | Komatsu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Masanobu Komatsu (Orlando, Florida); David Marshall Mann (San Diego, California); Erkki Ruoslahti (Busilton, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (La Jolla, California); Vascular BioSciences (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Masanobu Komatsu (Orlando, Florida); David Marshall Mann (San Diego, California); Erkki Ruoslahti (Busilton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for delivering targeted therapies for pulmonary diseases, fibrotic disorders and cancer. The compositions and methods are based on peptide sequences that selectively bind to and home to diseased tissue and enable targeted therapies to effect a beneficial therapeutic result. The disclosed targeting is useful for delivering therapeutic and detectable agents to diseased tissue in an animal. |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/581457 |
| 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) A61K 38/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09180164 | Byzova et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tatiana Byzova (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Ganapati H. Mahabaleshwar (Cleveland, Ohio); Weiyi Feng (Woodmere, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A pharmaceutical composition includes a synthetic peptide consisting of about 10 to about 50 amino acids and having an amino acid sequence substantially homologous to consecutive amino acids of a portion of the cytoplasmic domain of at least one of αvβ3 integrin or VEGFR2 that includes a tyrosine residue, the amino acid sequence of the peptide including a phosphorylated tyrosine residue or a γ-carboxyglutamic acid residue that is substituted for a corresponding tyrosine residue of the portion of the cytoplasmic domain of αvβ3 integrin or VEGFR2. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/715132 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/179 (20130101) A61K 38/1777 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09180167 | Wells et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan H. Wells (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Cecelia C. Yates-Binder (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joel S. Schuman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan H. Wells (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Cecelia C. Yates-Binder (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joel S. Schuman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure describes methods of treating angiogenic disorders of the eye, such as macular degeneration, restenosis following glaucoma treatment or diabetic retinopathy, by administering an activator of C-X-C chemokine receptor 3(CXCR3). In some embodiments, the activator of CXCR3 is interferon-γ-inducible 10 kDa protein (IP-10), or a fragment or variant thereof, such as a fragment comprising or consisting of the C-terminal α-helix of IP-10. In other embodiments, the activator of CXCR3 is platelet factor 4 (PF4) or a fragment or variant thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/240132 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 38/195 (20130101) A61K 38/217 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/4823 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) |
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| US 09180175 | Ahmed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hafiz Ahmed (Aldie, Virginia); Prasun Guha (Baltimore, Maryland); Engin Kaptan (Baltimore, Maryland); Gerardo Vasta (Columbia, Maryland); Gargi Bandyopadhyaya (Cockeysville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hafiz Ahmed (Aldie, Virginia); Prasun Guha (Baltimore, Maryland); Engin Kaptan (Baltimore, Maryland); Gerardo Vasta (Columbia, Maryland); Gargi Bandyopadhyaya (Cockeysville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A Thomsen-Friedenreich disaccharide-containing glycopeptide purified from cod fish of approximately 100 kDa (designated TFD100) and methods of using the same in the suppression of cancer metastasis is disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/430938 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39558 (20130101) |
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| US 09180184 | Vajdy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EpitoGenesis, Inc. (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EpitoGenesis, Inc. (Storrs, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Vajdy (Orinda, California); Shore Padrah (Orinda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides adjuvant compositions that are capable of modulating the immune response in a subject. These adjuvant compositions may also be used enhance the immunogenicity of antigens. Also provided are methods of making the adjuvant compositions as well as methods of using the adjuvant compositions. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/788847 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 2039/541 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/55511 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16151 (20130101) |
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| US 09180209 | Bogyo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew S. Bogyo (Redwood City, California); Laura E. Edgington (Melbourne, Australia); Martijn Verdoes (Nijmegen, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew S. Bogyo (Redwood City, California); Laura E. Edgington (Melbourne, Australia); Martijn Verdoes (Nijmegen, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and materials for the imaging of cells and tissues containing active proteases such as cathepsin are disclosed. The present materials include activity based probes that bind to an enzyme and are subsequently cleaved. Cleavage results in covalent attachment of a fluorescent signal to a target protease due to removal of a quenching group which, when present on the probe causes altered or no fluorescence. The probes are non-peptidic, small molecule scaffolds linked to a reactive acyloxymethyl ketone group, a fluorophore and a quencher. The probes are cell permeable and may use, for example, a QSY21 (CAS 304014-13-9) quencher and a cyanine dye. The probes form covalent bonds with the active site of cysteine cathepsins, proteases that are upregulated at the tumor boundaries with normal tissue and at sites of inflammation. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/001858 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0021 (20130101) A61K 49/0032 (20130101) A61K 49/0052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/04 (20130101) C07D 409/12 (20130101) C07D 409/14 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/022 (20130101) |
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| US 09180211 | Van Zijl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter C. Van Zijl (Baltimore, Maryland); Dmitri Artemov (Baltimore, Maryland); Kannie Wai Yan Chan (Baltimore, Maryland); Yoshinori Kato (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael T. McMahon (Baltimore, Maryland); Guanshu Liu (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Van Zijl (Baltimore, Maryland); Dmitri Artemov (Baltimore, Maryland); Kannie Wai Yan Chan (Baltimore, Maryland); Yoshinori Kato (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael T. McMahon (Baltimore, Maryland); Guanshu Liu (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging or spectroscopy on a MR scanner to detect tissue physiological parameters in one or more tissue areas in a human or non-human subject includes administering to the subject a contrast enhancing physiologically tolerable amount of a sugar that is non-labeled, subjecting the subject to an MR procedure capable of generating MR signals encoding at least one tissue area in the subject in which the sugar either passes or is taken up, detecting a temporal variation in the MR signals in the at least one tissue area after the administering the sugar, determining at least one tissue-related parameter from the temporal variation, and ascertaining whether the at least one tissue-related parameter is abnormal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/994600 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/5605 (20130101) |
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| US 09180212 | Mukherjee 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) | Jogeshwar Mukherjee (Irvine, California); Min-Liang Pan (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various compounds, compositions, and methods for binding to β-amyloid plaque and norepinephrine transporters are presented. Especially preferred compounds include those with a PET-detectable label. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899985 |
| 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 51/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09180214 | Miao |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yubin Miao (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yubin Miao (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to novel non-invasive diagnostic tools/compounds to image and treat cancers, especially cancers which overexpress GnRH such as breast cancer, prostate cancer and melanoma, among others, including metastatic breast cancer, prostate cancer and/or melanoma among numerous others in vivo. The novel imaging probes are capable of detecting cancerous cells, as well as their metastatic spread in tissues. The novel probes of the present invention will also be useful to initiate therapy for breast and/or prostate cancer, among other cancers, as well as monitor patients' response to chemotherapy treatments and other interventions or therapies used in the treatment of cancer, including metastatic cancer as otherwise described herein. Compounds according to the present invention may be used as diagnostic tools for diagnosing cancer as well as therapeutic agents for treating cancer and related secondary disease states and conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, April 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/447918 |
| 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 38/08 (20130101) A61K 51/088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09180239 | Borenstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey T. Borenstein (Newton, Massachusetts); Joseph L. Charest (Cambridge, Massachusetts); James C. Hsiao (Watertown, Massachusetts); Tatiana Kniazeva (Boston, Massachusetts); Ernest S. Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alla Epshteyn (Brookline, Massachusetts); Vijaya Kolachalama (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method for oxygenating blood is disclosed herein. The device includes a plurality of passive mixing elements that causes a fluid to mix as it flows through the device. The passive mixing elements continually expose new red blood cells to the portion of the flow channel where oxygenation can occur. Accordingly, in some implementations, the device and method uses less blood to prime the device and allows for the oxygenation of blood with a substantial shorter flow channel when compared to conventional oxygenation methods and devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/705795 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/1698 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2206/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09180296 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Arup Roy (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Stimulation inputs are provided to a visual prosthesis implant. The images captured by a video decoder are received and digitized to provide a plurality of video frames; integrity of the video frames is checked, the checked video frames are filtered, and the filtered video frames are converted to stimulation inputs. A similar system is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/101178 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/3605 (20130101) A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/37247 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/4661 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) |
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| US 09180309 | Nirenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sheila Nirenberg (New York, New York); Chethan Pandarinath (New York, New York); Ifije Ohiorhenuan (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheila Nirenberg (New York, New York); Chethan Pandarinath (New York, New York); Ifije Ohiorhenuan (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides a retinal prosthetic method and device that mimics the responses of the retina to a broad range of stimuli, including natural stimuli. Ganglion cell firing patterns are generated in response to a stimulus using a set of encoders, interfaces, and transducers, where each transducer targets a single cell or a small number of cells. The conversion occurs on the same time scale as that carried out by the normal retina. In addition, aspects of the invention may be used with robotic or other mechanical devices, where processing of visual information is required. The encoders may be adjusted over time with aging or the progression of a disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/821187 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36046 (20130101) A61N 5/0622 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/605 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/049 (20130101) |
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| US 09180453 | Chiu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel T. Chiu (Seattle, Washington); Dawn E. Cohen (Seattle, Washington); Gavin D. M. Jeffries (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel T. Chiu (Seattle, Washington); Dawn E. Cohen (Seattle, Washington); Gavin D. M. Jeffries (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for the discretization and manipulation of sample volumes that is simple, robust, and versatile. It is a fluidic device that partitions a sample by exploiting the interplay between fluidic forces, interfacial tension, channel geometry, and the final stability of the formed droplet and/or discretized volume. These compartmentalized volumes allow for isolation of samples and partitioning into a localized array that can subsequently be manipulated and analyzed. The isolation of the discretized volumes along with the device's inherent portability render our invention versatile for use in many areas, including but not limited to PCR, digital PCR, biological assays for diagnostics and prognostics, cancer diagnosis and prognosis, high throughput screening, single molecule and single cell reactions or assays, the study crystallization and other statistical processes, protein crystallization, drug screening, environmental testing, and the coupling to a wide range of analytical detection techniques for biomedical assays and measurements. The minimal fluid interconnects and simple flow geometry makes the device easy to use and implement, economical to fabricate and operate, and robust in its operations. |
| FILED | Monday, July 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/510110 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502784 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 2300/165 (20130101) B01L 2300/0883 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) B01L 2300/1861 (20130101) B01L 2400/0439 (20130101) B01L 2400/0633 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 35/08 (20130101) G01N 35/10 (20130101) G01N 2035/00356 (20130101) G01N 2035/1032 (20130101) G01N 2035/1034 (20130101) |
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| US 09181086 | Miles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald N. Miles (Newark Valley, New York); Weili Cui (Vestal, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald N. Miles (Newark Valley, New York); Weili Cui (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A micromechanical structure, comprising a substrate having a through hole; a residual portion of a sacrificial oxide layer peripheral to the hole; and a polysilicon layer overlying the hole, patterned to have a planar portion; a supporting portion connecting the planar portion to polysilicon on the residual portion; polysilicon stiffeners formed extending beneath the planar portion overlying the hole; and polysilicon ribs surrounding the supporting portion, attached near a periphery of the planar portion. The polysilicon ribs extend to a depth beyond the stiffeners, and extend laterally beyond an edge of the planar portion. The polysilicon ribs are released from the substrate during manufacturing after the planar region, and reduce stress on the supporting portion. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/039149 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0027 (20130101) B81B 2201/0257 (20130101) B81B 2203/0127 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00595 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181197 | Raines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas E. Raines (Wayland, Massachusetts); Stuart A. Forman (Arlington, Massachusetts); Keith W. Miller (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Syed Shaukat Husain (Newton, Massachusetts); Joseph F. Cotten (Grafton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to compounds according to formula (I): where R1 is L1C(O)OT or L1C(O)OL2C(O)OT; R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, or C2-C10 alkynyl, or R1; n is an integer from 0 to 5; each R3 is independently halogen or R2; L1 and L2 are each independently a bond, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkylene, C2-C10 alkenylene, or C2-C10 alkynylene; and T is H, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, or C2-C10 alkynyl, nitrophenol, or cyclopropyl. The invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and to methods for providing anesthesia in mammals by administering such a pharmaceutical composition. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/026456 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4174 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/90 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181224 | Spiegel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Spiegel (New Haven, Connecticut); Christopher Parker (Medina, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Spiegel (New Haven, Connecticut); Christopher Parker (Medina, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to new bifunctional compounds and methods for treating HIV infections. The bifunctional small molecules, generally referred to as ARM-H′ function through orthogonal pathways, by inhibiting the gp120-CD4 interaction, and by recruiting anti-DNP antibodies to gp120-expressing cells, thereby preventing cell infection and spread of HIV. It has been shown that ARM-H's bind to gp120 and gp-120 expressing cells competitively with CD4, thereby decreasing viral infectivity as shown by an MT-2 cell assay, the binding leading to formation of a ternary complex by recruiting anti-DNP antibodies to bind thereto, the antibodies present in the ternary complex promoting the complement-dependent destruction of the gp120-expressing cells. Compounds and methods are described herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/501592 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48746 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 403/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 405/04 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09181225 | Templeton |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GRADALIS, INC. (Carrollton, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STRIKE BIO, INC. (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy Smyth Templeton (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for tissue-specific targeted delivery of therapeutic agents through the use of tissue-specific peptidomimetic ligands are disclosed herein. The ligand comprises a composition of formula A-scaffold-A′ and one or more hydrophobic anchors covalently linked to the scaffold. The A and A′ compounds linked to the scaffold comprise monovalent peptidomimetic compounds wherein each monovalent peptidomimetic compound is selected from the group consisting of fragments IKs, GKs, IDs, GSs, GTs, VSs, TKs, KTs, ARs, KIs, KEs, AEs, GRs, YSs, IRs, and morpholino. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/664288 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/711 (20130101) A61K 47/22 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 403/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/025 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6845 (20130101) |
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| US 09181247 | Gelbard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harris A. Gelbard (Pittsford, New York); Stephen Dewhurst (Rochester, New York); Val S. Goodfellow (Encinitas, California); Colin J. Loweth (San Marcos, California); Torsten Wiemann (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are compounds having an inhibitory effect on Mixed Lineage Kinases. The compounds include substituted pyrrolo [2,3b]pyridines having Formula IX Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing the compounds, synthetic intermediates, and methods of using the compounds, independently or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases and conditions which are affected by Mixed Lineage Kinase inhibition. Also provided are methods of treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders which comprise the inhibition of Mixed Lineage Kinases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/508566 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09181251 | Chakrabarti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Debopam Chakrabarti (Orlando, Florida); Amy Wright (Ft. Pierce, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida); Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees (Ft. Pierce, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Debopam Chakrabarti (Orlando, Florida); Amy Wright (Ft. Pierce, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of malaria are disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/104569 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/122 (20130101) A61K 31/122 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/497 (20130101) A61K 31/497 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 50/02 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 403/14 (20130101) C07D 471/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181253 | Jacobson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth A. Jacobson (Silver Spring, Maryland); Dilip K. Tosh (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A. Jacobson (Silver Spring, Maryland); Dilip K. Tosh (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are A3 adenosine receptor antagonists and/or partial agonists and A1 adenosine receptor agonists and/or partial agonists of formula (I): wherein R1 to R5 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of use thereof. The A3 AR antagonists or partial agonists find use in treating a number of diseases such as cancer, glaucoma, and inflammatory diseases, as well as in preventing cardiac ischemia. Also disclosed are radiolabeled compounds of formula (I) and the use thereof in diagnostic imaging of tissues and organs. The A1 AR agonists and partial agonists find use in treating diseases such as seizures, convulsion, stroke, diabetes, pain, arrhythmias, depression, and anxiety and in cardioprotection or neuroprotection. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/479973 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/52 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181291 | Kraus et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George A. Kraus (Ames, Iowa); Wendy Maury (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method to prevent or treat HIV-infection with synthetic tannins, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising synthetic tannins. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/788691 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/70 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 321/12 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 3/02 (20130101) C07H 13/08 (20130101) C07H 15/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181297 | Pentelute et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bradley L. Pentelute (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Chi Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley L. Pentelute (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Chi Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of single-site-specific cysteine modification on peptide/protein molecules under physiologically relevant conditions. This process features several significant advantages over existing methods of peptide modification, such as specificity towards thiols over other nucleophiles (e.g., amines, hydroxyls), excellent functional group tolerance, and mild reaction conditions. Especially important is the specificity observed for thiols appearing in an X-Cys-Pro-X sequence over other thiols or disulfides, where X is Phe, Trp, or Tyr; under the inventive conditions, other cysteines or reactive functional groups on the same peptide/protein chain are not functionalized. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/278060 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 5/0812 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181300 | Baker 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) | David Baker (Seattle, Washington); Timothy A. Whitehead (Grand Rapids, Michigan); Sarel Fleishman (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptides are disclosed herein, which recognize and are strong binders to Influenza A hemagglutinin and can be used, for example, to treat and/or limit development of an influenza infection. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/221346 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/00 (20130101) C07K 14/001 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/53 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09181306 | Berkower et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ira Berkower (Washington, District of Columbia); Angelo Spadaccini (Carine, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ira Berkower (Washington, District of Columbia); Angelo Spadaccini (Carine, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are isolated rubella viral vector constructs that include a rubella non-structural protein open reading frame (ORF) with an in-frame deletion, a rubella structural protein ORF, and a heterologous antigenic insert. In one example, the in-frame deletion within the rubella non-structural protein ORF is an in-frame deletion between two NotI restriction enzyme sites. In some examples, the heterologous antigenic insert is positioned within the rubella non-structural protein ORF. In other examples, the heterologous antigenic insert is positioned within the rubella structural protein ORF. Exemplary antigenic inserts include a Gag antigenic insert, a gp41 antigenic insert or a gp120 antigenic insert. Also disclosed are uses of the isolated rubella viral vector, such as to induce an immune response to HIV-1, testing sensitivity to neutralizing antibodies, or screening antiviral drugs (such as protease inhibitors). |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/501893 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) 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 2740/15022 (20130101) C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2770/36223 (20130101) C12N 2770/36243 (20130101) |
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| US 09181312 | Rome et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard H. Rome (Tarzana, California); Valerie A. Kickhoefer (Sherman Oaks, California); Glen R. Nemerow (La Jolla, California); Cheng-Yu Lai (La Jolla, California); Chris M. Weithoff (Downers Grove, Illinois); Mu Ri Han (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions of vault complexes containing recombinant membrane lytic proteins, such as an adenovirus protein VI lytic domain, and methods of using the vault complexes to facilitate delivery and entry of a biomolecule into a cell or subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/018325 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/435 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1077 (20130101) C12N 15/87 (20130101) C12N 15/88 (20130101) C12N 2710/10322 (20130101) |
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| US 09181315 | Spiegelman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce M. Spiegelman (Waban, Massachusetts); Shingo Kajimura (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce M. Spiegelman (Waban, Massachusetts); Shingo Kajimura (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for inducing brown fat cell differentiation through modulation of both Prdm1β and C/EBPβ activity and/or expression. Also provided are methods for preventing or treating obesity or an obesity related disorder in a subject through stimulation of both Prdm1β and C/EBPβ expression and/or activity. Further provided are methods for identifying compounds that are capable of modulating both Prdm1β and C/EBPβ expression and/or activity. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/143645 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4702 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/16 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (20130101) |
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| US 09181322 | Campbell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kerry S. Campbell (Wyncote, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a natural killer cell, NK-92, modified to express an Fc receptor on the surface of the cell, such as CD16 (FcγRIII-A), or other Fcγ or Fc receptors. The modified NK-92 cell can be further modified to concurrently express an associated accessory signaling protein, such as FcεRI-γ,TCR-ζ, or to concurrently express interleukin-2 (IL-2) or other cytokines. Additional methods are disclosed for various assays, assessments, and therapeutic treatments with the modified NK-92 cells. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/651797 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2035/124 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/70535 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/28 (20130101) C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 16/283 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/732 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0646 (20130101) C12N 2501/23 (20130101) C12N 2503/00 (20130101) C12N 2503/02 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/5047 (20130101) |
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| US 09181327 | Dimitrov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Frederick, Maryland); Weizao Chen (Frederick, 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) | Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Frederick, Maryland); Weizao Chen (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides single domain antibodies and derivatives thereof that bind antigens of interest, which are stable, soluble, and do not tend to aggregate. The invention also provides methods for constructing a dAb library and methods for screening dAb libraries to identify the dAb of the invention. The invention also provide methods of treating or preventing conditions by antigen neutralization by administering the dAbs of the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/811998 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1063 (20130101) C07K 16/2812 (20130101) C07K 2316/96 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/32 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/567 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) |
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| US 09181329 | Bubeck-Wardenburg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juliane Bubeck-Wardenburg (Frankfort, Illinois); Olaf Schneewind (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention include methods and compositions useful in a vaccination strategy capable of neutralizing HIa to provide immunoprotection against S. aureus pneumonia. In certain aspects the invention includes a HIa with reduced toxicity, represented by a recombinant mutant form of HIa (HlaH35L) in which histidine 35 is convened to leucine, which can be used to abrogate the productive assembly of the toxin and protect a subject from staphylococcal pneumonia. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/742155 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/40 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181330 | Marks 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) | James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Maria Consuelo Garcia (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to and typically neutralize botulinum neurotoxins (e.g., BoNT/A, BoNT/B, BoNT/E, etc.) and the epitopes bound by those antibodies. The antibodies and derivatives thereof and/or other antibodies that specifically bind to the neutralizing epitopes provided herein can be used to neutralize botulinum neurotoxin and are therefore also useful in the treatment of botulism. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/035619 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/1282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2316/96 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
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| US 09181340 | St. Croix et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brad St. Croix (Frederick, Maryland); Tony Fleming (Stow, Massachusetts); Amit Chaudhary (Frederick, Maryland); Saurabh Saha (Leawood, Kansas); Xiaoyan Michelle Zhang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Rou-fun Kwong (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mary Beth Hilton (Thurmont, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brad St. Croix (Frederick, Maryland); Tony Fleming (Stow, Massachusetts); Amit Chaudhary (Frederick, Maryland); Saurabh Saha (Leawood, Kansas); Xiaoyan Michelle Zhang (Lexington, Massachusetts); Rou-fun Kwong (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mary Beth Hilton (Thurmont, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Antibodies that specifically bind TEM8 protein, and conjugates thereof, are disclosed herein. In some examples the conjugates and antibodies are useful for methods of detecting and treating pathogenic angiogenesis. In other examples the conjugates and antibodies are useful for methods of detecting and treating cancer. In additional examples, the conjugates and antibodies are useful for methods of decreasing binding of Anthrax protective antigen to a cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/126372 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/732 (20130101) C07K 2317/734 (20130101) |
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| US 09181375 | Tian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yanqing Tian (Tempe, Arizona); Deirdre Meldrum (Phoenix, Arizona); Xianfeng Zhou (Tempe, Arizona); Fengyu Su (Tempe, Arizona); Roger H. Johnson (Phoenix, Arizona); Cody Youngbull (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yanqing Tian (Tempe, Arizona); Deirdre Meldrum (Phoenix, Arizona); Xianfeng Zhou (Tempe, Arizona); Fengyu Su (Tempe, Arizona); Roger H. Johnson (Phoenix, Arizona); Cody Youngbull (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates generally to potassium ion sensors and monomers derived from such sensors. The disclosure also provides for polymers (e.g., random copolymers, nanoparticles, polymer thin films, and sensors) having polymerized monomeric potassium ion sensors as described herein. These compounds and polymers are useful for measuring intracellular and extracellular potassium ion concentrations. |
| FILED | Monday, February 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/985260 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 498/08 (20130101) C07D 519/00 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0093 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 226/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 230/04 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 2261/226 (20130101) C08G 2261/3223 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/84 (20130101) |
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| US 09181477 | Collins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua E. Collins (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Howard Y. Bell (Princeton, New Jersey); Xingchen Ye (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Christopher Bruce Murray (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua E. Collins (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Howard Y. Bell (Princeton, New Jersey); Xingchen Ye (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Christopher Bruce Murray (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Monodisperse particles having: a single pure crystalline phase of a rare earth-containing lattice, a uniform three-dimensional size, and a uniform polyhedral morphology are disclosed. Due to their uniform size and shape, the monodisperse particles self assemble into superlattices. The particles may be luminescent particles such as down-converting phosphor particles and up-converting phosphors. The monodisperse particles of the invention have a rare earth-containing lattice which in one embodiment may be an yttrium-containing lattice or in another may be a lanthanide-containing lattice. The monodisperse particles may have different optical properties based on their composition, their size, and/or their morphology (or shape). Also disclosed is a combination of at least two types of monodisperse particles, where each type is a plurality of monodisperse particles having a single pure crystalline phase of a rare earth-containing lattice, a uniform three-dimensional size, and a uniform polyhedral morphology; and where the types of monodisperse particles differ from one another by composition, by size, or by morphology. In a preferred embodiment, the types of monodisperse particles have the same composition but different morphologies. Methods of making and methods of using the monodisperse particles are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/876266 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Books; Book Covers; Loose Leaves; Printed Matter Characterised by Identification or Security Features; Printed Matter of Special Format or Style Not Otherwise Provided For; Devices for Use Therewith and Not Otherwise Provided For; Movable-strip Writing or Reading Apparatus B42D 15/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 17/0031 (20130101) C01F 17/0043 (20130101) C01F 17/0062 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/52 (20130101) C01P 2002/54 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/84 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/11 (20130101) C01P 2004/16 (20130101) C01P 2004/40 (20130101) C01P 2004/42 (20130101) C01P 2004/62 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/7773 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2933 (20150115) |
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09181526 — Regulatory T cells and their use in immunotherapy and suppression of autoimmune responses
| US 09181526 | Blazar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce Blazar (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Carl June (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Wayne R. Godfrey (Los Altos, California); Richard G. Carroll (Lansdowne, Pennsylvania); Bruce Levine (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); James L. Riley (Downingtown, Pennsylvania); Patricia Taylor (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Blazar (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Carl June (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Wayne R. Godfrey (Los Altos, California); Richard G. Carroll (Lansdowne, Pennsylvania); Bruce Levine (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); James L. Riley (Downingtown, Pennsylvania); Patricia Taylor (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Based upon a strong correlation between regulator T cells (Treg cells) and suppressing or preventing a cytotoxic T cell response, provided are methods for the production of ex vivo activated and culture-expanded isolated CD4+CD25+ suppressor Treg cells for the prevention or suppression of immune reactions in a host, particularly in a human host, and including autoimmune responses. The resulting ex vivo culture-expanded Treg cells provide a sufficient amount of otherwise low numbers of such cells, having long term suppressor capability to permit therapeutic uses, including the preventing, suppressing, blocking or inhibiting the rejection of transplanted tissue in a human or other animal host, or protecting against graft vs host disease. Also provided are therapeutic and immunosuppressive methods utilizing the ex vivo culture-expanded Treg cells for human treatment, and high efficiency methods for research use. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/367019 |
| 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 2035/122 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/23 (20130101) C12N 2501/51 (20130101) C12N 2501/515 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles L. Sentman (West Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Sentman (West Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to modified T cells, methods of making and using isolated, modified T cells, and methods of using these isolated, modified T cells to address diseases and disorders. In one embodiment, this invention broadly relates to TCR-deficient T cells, isolated populations thereof, and compositions comprising the same. In another embodiment of the invention, these TCR-deficient T cells are designed to express a functional non-TCR receptor. The invention also pertains to methods of making said TCR-deficient T cells, and methods of reducing or ameliorating, or preventing or treating, diseases and disorders using said TCR-deficient T cells, populations thereof, or compositions comprising the same. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/502978 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/515 (20130101) |
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| US 09181530 | Emerson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suzanne U. Emerson (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Priyanka Shukla (Mumbai, India); Hanh T. Nguyen (Lanham, Maryland); Robert H. Purcell (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Harry R. Dalton (Bodmin, United Kingdom); Richard Bendall (Cornwall, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (Cornwall, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzanne U. Emerson (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Priyanka Shukla (Mumbai, India); Hanh T. Nguyen (Lanham, Maryland); Robert H. Purcell (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Harry R. Dalton (Bodmin, United Kingdom); Richard Bendall (Cornwall, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the discovery of an HEV strain from a chronically infected patient. The virus grow unusually well in numerous cell cultures. Thus, the invention provides cell cultures, vectors, and vaccine compositions based on the virus. The invention relates, in part, on the identification of a new strain of HEV genotype 3 virus. Strain Kernow-C1 (genotype 3) of HEV, which was isolated from a chronically infected patient, was used to identify human, pig and deer cell lines permissive for infection. Adaptation of the Kernow-C 1 strain to growth in human hepatoma cells selected for a rare virus recombinant that contained an insertion of 174 ribonucleotides (58 amino acids) of a human ribosomal protein gene and additional mutations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/978839 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2770/28121 (20130101) C12N 2770/28122 (20130101) C12N 2770/28143 (20130101) C12N 2770/28151 (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 1/707 (20130101) |
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| US 09181538 | Norris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karen A. Norris (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Heather M. Kling (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Karen A. Norris (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Heather M. Kling (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A vaccine is disclosed that promotes CD4+ T cell-independent host defense mechanisms to defend against infection by fungi such as Pneumocystis subspecies (spp.). The vaccine may be used to prevent or to treat fungal infections. The novel vaccine can provide protective immunity, even for immunocompromised individuals such as HIV patients having reduced levels of CD4+ T cells. |
| FILED | Friday, November 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/088250 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181544 | Davidson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beverly L. Davidson (Iowa City, Iowa); Ryan L. Boudreau (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beverly L. Davidson (Iowa City, Iowa); Ryan L. Boudreau (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to RNA interference (RNAi) molecules targeted against a Huntington's disease nucleic acid sequence, and methods of using these RNAi molecules to treat Huntington's disease. |
| FILED | Monday, February 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/985023 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — 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 15/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2320/53 (20130101) C12N 2330/51 (20130101) |
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| US 09181552 | Lorenzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip L. Lorenzi (Washington, District of Columbia); John N. Weinstein (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Natasha J. Caplen (Silver Spring, 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) | Philip L. Lorenzi (Washington, District of Columbia); John N. Weinstein (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Natasha J. Caplen (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and Methods for use in treating cell proliferative disorders related to asparagine metabolism are provided. Cell proliferative disorders include such cancers as forms of leukemia, ovarian cancers, melanomas, renal cancers, breast cancers, brain cancers, and other cancers. Methods include the use of RNA interference targeted at asparagine synthetase to enhance the efficacy of L-asparaginase therapies. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/151420 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) |
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| US 09181577 | Thumbikat et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Praveen Thumbikat (Skokie, Illinois); Anthony J. Schaeffer (Hinsdale, Illinois); Joseph Done (Morton Grove, Illinois); David J. Klumpp (Chicago, Illinois); Charles Rudick (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for detection, diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention of chronic pelvic pain syndrome. In particular, the present invention provides biomarkers of chronic pelvic pain syndrome (e.g., mast cell markers (e.g., tryptase)), and/or inhibition of mast cell function (e.g. inhibition of MCP-1 and/or MIP-1α) to treat or prevent chronic pelvic pain syndrome. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/084337 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/341 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 39/395 (20130101) A61K 39/395 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/24 (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 1/37 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2333/96411 (20130101) G01N 2800/10 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/342 (20130101) |
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| US 09181580 | Young 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) | Richard A. Young (Boston, Massachusetts); Warren Whyte (Chelsea, Massachusetts); Denes Hnisz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jakob Loven (Belmont, Massachusetts); Heather Hoke (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David Orlando (Somerville, Massachusetts); Charles Y. Lin (Boston, Massachusetts); Tony Lee (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates in some aspects to super-enhancers and related compositions, methods, and agents that are useful for modulating expression of cell type-specific genes that are required for maintenance of cell identity (e.g., embryonic stem cell identity) or maintenance of a disease state (e.g., cancer). |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/523560 |
| 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 15/85 (20130101) C12N 2830/00 (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 1/6804 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6897 (20130101) |
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| US 09181583 | Royce et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Illumina, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illumina, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Royce (San Diego, California); Craig April (La Jolla, California); Fiona Kaper (Encinitas, California); Jian-Bing Fan (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Presented herein are methods and compositions for determining haplotypes in a sample. The methods are useful for obtaining sequence information regarding, for example, HLA type and haplotype. Also presented herein are methods of determining haplotypes in a sample based on a plurality sequence reads. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790112 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6853 (20130101) C12Q 1/6853 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2525/155 (20130101) C12Q 2525/155 (20130101) C12Q 2525/161 (20130101) C12Q 2525/161 (20130101) C12Q 2535/122 (20130101) C12Q 2535/122 (20130101) C12Q 2600/172 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09181584 | Rossi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Rossi (Azusa, California); Nan-Sook Lee (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing interfering RNA molecules in mammalian cells are provided. Therapeutic uses for the expressed molecules, including inhibiting expression of HIV, are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/590499 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — 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 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1132 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/53 (20130101) C12N 2310/111 (20130101) C12N 2330/30 (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 1/6876 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09181589 | Libutti 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) | Steven K. Libutti (Bronx, New York); Mei He (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A gene profiling signature for diagnosis and prognosis of cancer patients is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the gene signature includes 32 or 79 cancer survival factor-associated genes. Thus, provided herein is a method of determining the prognosis of a subject with a tumor by detecting expression of five of more cancer survival factor-associated genes in a tumor sample and comparing expression of the five or more cancer survival factor-associated genes in the tumor sample to a control. In some examples, an increase in expression of ABCF1, CORO1C, DPP3, PREB, UBE3A, and PTDSS1 in a tumor sample compared to a control sample indicates poor prognosis. Further provided are arrays including probes or antibodies specific for a plurality of cancer survival factor-associated genes or proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/215574 |
| 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 | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 33/57419 (20130101) G01N 33/57423 (20130101) G01N 33/57434 (20130101) G01N 2800/56 (20130101) |
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| US 09181592 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yiping W. Han (Beachwood, Ohio); Akihiko Ikegami (Ibaraki, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiping W. Han (Beachwood, Ohio); Akihiko Ikegami (Ibaraki, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for detecting a bacterial pathogen in a sample. One step of the method includes obtaining a sample and then subjecting the sample to nested PCR. The nested PCR is conducted in the presence of at least two outer oligonucleotide primers complementary to a target nucleotide sequence of the bacterial pathogen so that a first amplified product is produced. The target nucleotide sequence includes at least a portion of a 16S-23S ribosomal RNA sequence. The first amplified product is subjected to the nested PCR in the presence of at least two inner oligonucleotide primers complementary to the nucleotide sequence of the first amplified product so that a second amplified product is obtained. Detection of the second amplified product indicates the presence of the bacterial pathogen in the sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/056633 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/04 (20130101) C12Q 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Institute for Cancer Research (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Institute for Cancer Research (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony T. Yeung (Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for use in methods and kits for the detection of an increased risk of pancreatic cancer are provided. Cyst fluid samples isolated from patients that are positive for at least three of the following markers, mucin 1, mucin 2, mucin 5AC, mucin 5B, mucin 6, CEA CAM 1, CEACAM 5, CEACAM 6, CEACAM 7, CEACAM 8, S100-A6, S100-A8, S100-A9 and S100-A11 indicate that such patients are at greater risk for development of pancreatic cancer when compared to cyst fluid samples isolated from patients lacking these markers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/109241 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/00 (20130101) G01N 33/48 (20130101) G01N 33/487 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09182402 | Vasioukhin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valeri I. Vasioukhin (Seattle, Washington); John R. Chevillet (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for preventing or attenuating cancer progression or blocking metastasis in prostate cancer and other cancers (e.g., ovarian carcinoma, endometrial cancer, renal cell carcinoma) that are characterized by overexpression of the type II cell surface serine protease hepsin, based on the discovery of multiple disclosed compounds having activity as specific hepsin inhibitors. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/157347 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/343 (20130101) A61K 31/433 (20130101) A61K 31/473 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/536 (20130101) A61K 49/0004 (20130101) A61K 49/0017 (20130101) A61K 51/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/99 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/574 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09182412 | Barbour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan G. Barbour (Newport Beach, California); Philip L. Felgner (Rancho Santa Fe, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan G. Barbour (Newport Beach, California); Philip L. Felgner (Rancho Santa Fe, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of detecting Borrelia species in a sample (e.g., a sample from a patient suspected of being infected). In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for detecting the presence of Borrelia proteins, nucleic acid sequences encoding these proteins, and subject antibodies to these proteins, where the proteins are selected from those listed in Table 3, including: BB0279 (FLiL), BBK19, BBK07, BB0286 (FlbB), BBG33, BBL27, BBN34, BBP34, BBQ42, BBQ34, BBM34, BBN27, and BBH13. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/546165 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 1/689 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2333/20 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09183351 | Shusterman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Shusterman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Shusterman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Adaptive system for medical monitoring distributes data processing among computing devices connected to a network to optimize usage of computational resources, network communication speed and user experience. Data processing is distributed into several levels with bi-directional communication between the levels (computing devices) to coordinate and adjust data compression, filtering, and analysis, as well as the size of buffered data available for transmission and/or receiving. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/784815 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0022 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/0428 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/02055 (20130101) A61B 5/04004 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/5217 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/345 (20130101) G06F 19/3418 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/3443 (20130101) |
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| US 09183626 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Li Zhao (Charlottesville, Virginia); Xiao Chen (Charlottesville, Virginia); Samuel W. Fielden (Charlottesville, Virginia); Frederick H. Epstein (Charlottesville, Virginia); John P. Mugler, III (Charlottesville, Virginia); Manal Nicolas-Jilwan (Charlottesville, Virginia); Max Wintermark (Charlottesville, Virginia); Craig H. Meyer (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li Zhao (Charlottesville, Virginia); Xiao Chen (Charlottesville, Virginia); Samuel W. Fielden (Charlottesville, Virginia); Frederick H. Epstein (Charlottesville, Virginia); John P. Mugler, III (Charlottesville, Virginia); Manal Nicolas-Jilwan (Charlottesville, Virginia); Max Wintermark (Charlottesville, Virginia); Craig H. Meyer (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for accelerated arterial spin labeling (ASL) using compressed sensing are disclosed. In one aspect, in accordance with one example embodiment, a method includes acquiring magnetic resonance data associated with an area of interest of a subject, wherein the area of interest corresponds to one or more physiological activities of the subject. The method also includes performing image reconstruction using temporally constrained compressed sensing reconstruction on at least a portion of the acquired magnetic resonance data, wherein acquiring the magnetic resonance data includes receiving data associated with ASL of the area of interest of the subject. |
| FILED | Monday, April 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/867325 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/5611 (20130101) G01R 33/56366 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09179831 | McGrail et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas W. McGrail (Cicero, Indiana); Michael S. Pargett (West Lafayette, Indiana); David J. Miller (Noblesville, Indiana); Yun Siung Tony Yeh (Libertyville, Illinois); Randal B. Chinnock (Eastford, Connecticut); George Grubner (Needham, Massachusetts); Elizabeth Powell Goodrich (Roslidale, Massachusetts); Richard L. Miller (Needham, Massachusetts); Gary Vincent Palladino (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brian Hack (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | King Systems Corporation (Noblesville, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. McGrail (Cicero, Indiana); Michael S. Pargett (West Lafayette, Indiana); David J. Miller (Noblesville, Indiana); Yun Siung Tony Yeh (Libertyville, Illinois); Randal B. Chinnock (Eastford, Connecticut); George Grubner (Needham, Massachusetts); Elizabeth Powell Goodrich (Roslidale, Massachusetts); Richard L. Miller (Needham, Massachusetts); Gary Vincent Palladino (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brian Hack (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A visualization instrument comprising a display support component removably coupled to a component insertable into a target space. The insertable component includes a camera providing images of the target space. The images are presented in a display device supported by the display support component. The insertable component may be discarded after a permitted number of uses. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/874035 |
| ART UNIT | 3775 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/05 (20130101) A61B 1/00016 (20130101) A61B 1/018 (20130101) A61B 1/00052 (20130101) A61B 1/00103 (20130101) A61B 1/00105 (20130101) A61B 1/267 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 23/2423 (20130101) G02B 23/2446 (20130101) |
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| US 09180175 | Ahmed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hafiz Ahmed (Aldie, Virginia); Prasun Guha (Baltimore, Maryland); Engin Kaptan (Baltimore, Maryland); Gerardo Vasta (Columbia, Maryland); Gargi Bandyopadhyaya (Cockeysville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hafiz Ahmed (Aldie, Virginia); Prasun Guha (Baltimore, Maryland); Engin Kaptan (Baltimore, Maryland); Gerardo Vasta (Columbia, Maryland); Gargi Bandyopadhyaya (Cockeysville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A Thomsen-Friedenreich disaccharide-containing glycopeptide purified from cod fish of approximately 100 kDa (designated TFD100) and methods of using the same in the suppression of cancer metastasis is disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/430938 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39558 (20130101) |
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| US 09180190 | Dresios et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Dresios (Carlsbad, California); Richard Griffey (Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to methods for identifying proteins or peptide motifs of intracellular, extracellular, or extracellular matrix proteins specifically exposed in wound sites, as well as compositions for treating wounds, and methods for their use. |
| FILED | Friday, January 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/158775 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1777 (20130101) A61K 39/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48376 (20130101) A61K 47/48384 (20130101) A61K 47/48415 (20130101) A61K 47/48553 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/567 (20130101) G01N 33/5088 (20130101) |
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| US 09180214 | Miao |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yubin Miao (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yubin Miao (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to novel non-invasive diagnostic tools/compounds to image and treat cancers, especially cancers which overexpress GnRH such as breast cancer, prostate cancer and melanoma, among others, including metastatic breast cancer, prostate cancer and/or melanoma among numerous others in vivo. The novel imaging probes are capable of detecting cancerous cells, as well as their metastatic spread in tissues. The novel probes of the present invention will also be useful to initiate therapy for breast and/or prostate cancer, among other cancers, as well as monitor patients' response to chemotherapy treatments and other interventions or therapies used in the treatment of cancer, including metastatic cancer as otherwise described herein. Compounds according to the present invention may be used as diagnostic tools for diagnosing cancer as well as therapeutic agents for treating cancer and related secondary disease states and conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, April 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/447918 |
| 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 38/08 (20130101) A61K 51/088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09180218 | Kendig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Martin W. Kendig (Thousand Oaks, California); Young J. Chung (Calabasas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin W. Kendig (Thousand Oaks, California); Young J. Chung (Calabasas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-decontaminating system for decontaminating a surface on demand is disclosed herein. The system contains an electrochemical cell and at least one portion of the surface forms a functional component of the cell. The system may include an electrocatalytic fabric which is flexible and resistant to tears and breaks, such that the fabric can be rolled up or pleated in order to provide a high surface area structure that can serve as an active filter. The fabric can function as a stand-alone system or a protective coating. Also disclosed are methods for fabricating, decontaminating, and regenerating the self-decontaminating fabric. |
| FILED | Monday, May 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/415662 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 2/232 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/115 (20130101) A62D 5/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 7/14 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 8/02 (20130101) C23C 26/00 (20130101) C23C 30/00 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Pollack (San Diego, California); Vamsee K. Pamula (San Diego, California); Richard B. Fair (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for manipulating droplets. The methods include providing the droplet on a surface comprising an array of electrodes and a substantially co-planer array of reference elements, wherein the droplet is disposed on a first one of the electrodes, and the droplet at least partially overlaps a second one of the electrodes and an intervening one of the reference elements disposed between the first and second electrodes. The methods further include activating the first and second electrodes to spread at least a portion of the droplet across the second electrode and deactivating the first electrode to move the droplet from the first electrode to the second electrode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/446733 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 11/0071 (20130101) B01F 13/0071 (20130101) B01F 13/0076 (20130101) B01F 13/0084 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502784 (20130101) B01L 3/502792 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2200/0605 (20130101) B01L 2300/089 (20130101) B01L 2300/161 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0427 (20130101) Typewriters; Selective Printing Mechanisms,, i.e Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From a Forme; Correction of Typographical Errors B41J 2002/14395 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 9/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09180484 | Yin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yadong Yin (Riverside, California); Yongxing Hu (Riverside, California); Le He (Riverside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yadong Yin (Riverside, California); Yongxing Hu (Riverside, California); Le He (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetically responsive photonic nanochains that have been produced by inducing chaining of uniform magnetic particles during their silica coating process and then allowing additional deposited silica to wrap entire structures. The optical diffraction of these nanochains can be switched on and off by applying magnetic fields. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/003642 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 3/207 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0072 (20130101) |
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| US 09180528 | Scheid et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric Scheid (Bloomington, Indiana); Colt Miller (Bloomington, Indiana); Brad Moan (Greenwood, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Scheid (Bloomington, Indiana); Colt Miller (Bloomington, Indiana); Brad Moan (Greenwood, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A stuck drill bit having a KCS shank can be removed using an article with a body structure. The body structure has an opening that fits onto the shank, and an inward-facing surface around the opening is at least partially complementary to the surface of the shank. The surfaces engage sufficiently that rotary manual force is transferred from the inward-facing surface to the surface of the shank. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/627510 |
| ART UNIT | 3727 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Turning; Boring B23B 47/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23B 2226/75 (20130101) B23B 2260/078 (20130101) Working Stone or Stone-like Materials B28D 1/146 (20130101) |
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| US 09180597 | Henry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles E. Henry (Joppa, Maryland); Monica J. Heyl (Joppa, Maryland); Lisa M. Gremminger (Edgewood, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles E. Henry (Joppa, Maryland); Monica J. Heyl (Joppa, Maryland); Lisa M. Gremminger (Edgewood, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This mobile sample isolation and containment system is designed to provide a chemical and biological screening and verification capability within an environmentally-controlled area while minimizing exposure of analytical instruments to contamination. Only those parts of the analytical instrument absolutely necessary for retrieving sample information are disposed within the potentially contaminated enclosure, while other electrical or optical components remain outside said enclosure. The system uses multiple technologies that target, interrogate, and describe the same sample. Therefore, an analyst will not need to remove a hazardous sample from containment before it is identified. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/140322 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Transport, Personal Conveyances, or Accommodation Specially Adapted for Patients or Disabled Persons; Operating Tables or Chairs; Chairs for Dentistry; Funeral Devices A61G 10/005 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 2200/028 (20130101) Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 37/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 30/88 (20130101) G01N 2030/8881 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pavlo E. Rudakevych (Arroyo Grande, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mobile robot includes a robot chassis having a forward end, a rearward end and a center of gravity. The robot includes a driven support surface to propel the robot and first articulated arm rotatable about an axis located rearward of the center of gravity of the robot chassis. The arm is pivotable to trail the robot, rotate in a first direction to raise the rearward end of the robot chassis while the driven support surface propels the chassis forward in surmounting an obstacle, and to rotate in a second opposite direction to extend forward beyond the center of gravity of the robot chassis to raise the forward end of the robot chassis and invert the robot endwise. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/036902 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 55/06 (20130101) B62D 55/075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09180933 | Karafiath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gabor Karafiath (Silver Spring, Maryland); Chengwen Lin (North Potomac, Maryland); Steven Fisher (Bowie, Maryland); Dominic S. Cusanelli (Frederick, Maryland); Andrew J. Nowakowski (Reston, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabor Karafiath (Silver Spring, Maryland); Chengwen Lin (North Potomac, Maryland); Steven Fisher (Bowie, Maryland); Dominic S. Cusanelli (Frederick, Maryland); Andrew J. Nowakowski (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to an integrated stern bulb and flap for a water vessel, more particularly, a bulb having a main body section and a forebody section, the bulb positioned between first and second flap portions. The integrated stern bulb and flap provides improved power efficiency by reducing resistance at high speeds. The bulb of the integrated stern bulb and flap may be hollow, the interior being stowage space adding to the payload of the water vessel. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/303306 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 1/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B63B 21/66 (20130101) B63B 35/00 (20130101) B63B 35/40 (20130101) B63B 39/061 (20130101) B63B 2035/006 (20130101) Offensive or Defensive Arrangements on Vessels; Mine-laying; Mine-sweeping; Submarines; Aircraft Carriers B63G 2008/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09180973 | Sadeck |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Sadeck (East Freetown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A parachute canopy system includes a canopy having a skirt and a suspension line system, where each suspension line of the suspension line system is attached to the skirt. A pair of first line members is attached to the canopy, the pair of first line members extending in a substantially radial direction away from the skirt towards a center of the canopy. A first end of each line member in the pair of first line members is connected together to the suspension line at the skirt. A first end of the second line member is connected to adjacent second ends of adjacent pairs of first line members that extend towards the center of the canopy. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/830785 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64D 17/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09181067 | Nyren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J Nyren (Westborough, Massachusetts); Marc N. Tardiff (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A stability device for a payload suspended from a payload sling includes a first wind deflecting member having a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion; a second wind deflecting member having a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion; the first wind deflecting member and the second wind deflecting member forming a substantially V-shaped structure; a tip portion of the V-shaped structure comprising the leading edge portion of the first wind deflecting member and the leading edge portion of the second wind deflecting member; an open portion of the V-shaped structured comprising the trailing edge of the first wind deflecting member and the trailing edge of the second wind deflecting member; and a securing mechanism removably coupling the payload stability device to the payload. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/306457 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Cranes; Load-engaging Elements or Devices for Cranes, Capstans, Winches, or Tackles B66C 1/22 (20130101) B66C 1/101 (20130101) B66C 1/122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181099 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy D. Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of processing bundles of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Bundles of CNTs are put into a solution and unbundled using sonication and one or more surfactants that break apart and disperse at least some of the bundles into the solution such that it contains individual semiconducting CNTs, individual metallic CNTs, and remaining CNT bundles. The individual CNTs are separated from each other using agarose bead column separation using sodium dodecyl sulfate as a surfactant. Remaining CNT bundles are then separated out by performing density-gradient ultracentrifugation. |
| FILED | Monday, February 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/171356 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0266 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181144 | Wright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Wright (Tremonton, Utah); Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Roxanne L. Quintana (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A renewable biofuel based on a highly efficient batch catalysis methodology for conversion of 1-butene to a new class of potential jet fuel blends. By tuning the catalyst and then using the dimer produced, the carbon use is about 95% or greater. This latter point will be particularly important in the future, where the source of raw materials (i.e., biomass/biofeedstock) is limited. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/763829 |
| 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 31/143 (20130101) B01J 31/189 (20130101) B01J 31/2295 (20130101) B01J 2231/20 (20130101) B01J 2231/645 (20130101) B01J 2531/46 (20130101) B01J 2531/48 (20130101) B01J 2531/49 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 2/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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) C10G 50/00 (20130101) C10G 69/126 (20130101) C10G 2300/44 (20130101) C10G 2300/302 (20130101) C10G 2300/308 (20130101) C10G 2300/703 (20130101) C10G 2300/1011 (20130101) C10G 2300/1092 (20130101) C10G 2400/04 (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 1/08 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09181300 | Baker 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) | David Baker (Seattle, Washington); Timothy A. Whitehead (Grand Rapids, Michigan); Sarel Fleishman (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptides are disclosed herein, which recognize and are strong binders to Influenza A hemagglutinin and can be used, for example, to treat and/or limit development of an influenza infection. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/221346 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/00 (20130101) C07K 14/001 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/53 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09181330 | Marks 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) | James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Maria Consuelo Garcia (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to and typically neutralize botulinum neurotoxins (e.g., BoNT/A, BoNT/B, BoNT/E, etc.) and the epitopes bound by those antibodies. The antibodies and derivatives thereof and/or other antibodies that specifically bind to the neutralizing epitopes provided herein can be used to neutralize botulinum neurotoxin and are therefore also useful in the treatment of botulism. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/035619 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/1282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2316/96 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
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| US 09181432 | Mrozek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy A. Mrozek (Port Deposit, Maryland); Joseph L. Lenhart (Port Deposit, Maryland); Robert H. Lambeth (Elkton, Maryland); Jan W. Andzelm (North East, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Toughened polymeric materials and methods of forming toughened polymeric materials are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of forming toughened polymeric materials may include preparing a branched polymeric additive; mixing the branched polymeric additive with a polymer to form a polymeric mixture, wherein the branched polymeric molecule either mixes and/or bonds with the polymer to reduce mobility in the polymer; and curing the polymeric mixture. In some embodiments, a toughened polymeric material comprises a polymer network; and a branched polymeric molecule bonded to the polymer network. |
| FILED | Friday, May 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/891477 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181477 | Collins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua E. Collins (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Howard Y. Bell (Princeton, New Jersey); Xingchen Ye (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Christopher Bruce Murray (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua E. Collins (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Howard Y. Bell (Princeton, New Jersey); Xingchen Ye (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Christopher Bruce Murray (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Monodisperse particles having: a single pure crystalline phase of a rare earth-containing lattice, a uniform three-dimensional size, and a uniform polyhedral morphology are disclosed. Due to their uniform size and shape, the monodisperse particles self assemble into superlattices. The particles may be luminescent particles such as down-converting phosphor particles and up-converting phosphors. The monodisperse particles of the invention have a rare earth-containing lattice which in one embodiment may be an yttrium-containing lattice or in another may be a lanthanide-containing lattice. The monodisperse particles may have different optical properties based on their composition, their size, and/or their morphology (or shape). Also disclosed is a combination of at least two types of monodisperse particles, where each type is a plurality of monodisperse particles having a single pure crystalline phase of a rare earth-containing lattice, a uniform three-dimensional size, and a uniform polyhedral morphology; and where the types of monodisperse particles differ from one another by composition, by size, or by morphology. In a preferred embodiment, the types of monodisperse particles have the same composition but different morphologies. Methods of making and methods of using the monodisperse particles are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/876266 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Books; Book Covers; Loose Leaves; Printed Matter Characterised by Identification or Security Features; Printed Matter of Special Format or Style Not Otherwise Provided For; Devices for Use Therewith and Not Otherwise Provided For; Movable-strip Writing or Reading Apparatus B42D 15/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 17/0031 (20130101) C01F 17/0043 (20130101) C01F 17/0062 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/52 (20130101) C01P 2002/54 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/84 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/11 (20130101) C01P 2004/16 (20130101) C01P 2004/40 (20130101) C01P 2004/42 (20130101) C01P 2004/62 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/7773 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2933 (20150115) |
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| US 09181625 | Masel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dioxide Materials, Inc. (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dioxide Materials, Inc. (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard I. Masel (Champaign, Illinois); Brian A. Rosen (Wilmington, Delaware); Wei Zhu (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrochemical devices for converting carbon dioxide to useful reaction products include a solid or a liquid with a specific pH and/or water content. Chemical processes using the devices are also disclosed, including processes to produce CO, HCO−, H2CO, (HCO2)−, H2CO2, CH3OH, CH4, C2H4, CH3CH2OH, CH3COO−, CH3COOH, C2H6, (COOH)2, (COO−)2, acrylic acid, diphenyl carbonate, other carbonates, other organic acids and synthetic fuels. The electrochemical device can be a CO2 sensor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/035935 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/00 (20130101) C25B 3/00 (20130101) C25B 3/04 (20130101) C25B 9/08 (20130101) C25B 11/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 11/0473 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/30 (20130101) G01N 27/302 (20130101) G01N 33/004 (20130101) |
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| US 09181628 | Valko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph Theodore Valko (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robin M. Peffer (Valencia, Pennsylvania); Michael A. Mayo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Lawrence G. Anderson (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); Thor G. Lingenfelter (Evans City, Pennsylvania); Beth Furar (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRC-DeSoto International, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Theodore Valko (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robin M. Peffer (Valencia, Pennsylvania); Michael A. Mayo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Lawrence G. Anderson (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); Thor G. Lingenfelter (Evans City, Pennsylvania); Beth Furar (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A coating/sealant system that includes a coating and a sealant deposited over at least a portion of the coating, in which the coating includes a reaction product formed from reactants comprising a phosphated epoxy resin and a curing agent, and the sealant includes a sulfur-containing polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/232093 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/304 (20130101) C08G 59/1488 (20130101) C08G 59/3272 (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 5/443 (20130101) C09D 5/448 (20130101) C09D 5/4419 (20130101) C09D 5/4442 (20130101) C09D 5/4484 (20130101) C09D 163/00 (20130101) C09D 181/04 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 5/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25D 5/50 (20130101) C25D 13/04 (20130101) C25D 13/22 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/31511 (20150401) |
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| US 09181634 | Sailor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California); Shawn O. Meade (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California); Shawn O. Meade (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention concerns a particle having a code from a library of codes embedded in its physical structure by refractive index changes between different regions of the particle. In preferred embodiments, a thin film possesses porosity that varies in a manner to produce a code detectable in the reflectivity spectrum. An assay detection method uses such a particle and detects a spectral shift in the presence of an analyte. Additional embodiments are disclosed including additional features. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/583920 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) B01J 2219/005 (20130101) B01J 2219/0054 (20130101) B01J 2219/0056 (20130101) B01J 2219/0072 (20130101) B01J 2219/00497 (20130101) B01J 2219/00547 (20130101) B01J 2219/00554 (20130101) B01J 2219/00565 (20130101) B01J 2219/00576 (20130101) B01J 2219/00596 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) B01J 2219/00725 (20130101) B01J 2219/00731 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 20/04 (20130101) C40B 20/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C40B 30/04 (20130101) C40B 40/06 (20130101) C40B 40/10 (20130101) C40B 40/12 (20130101) C40B 40/18 (20130101) C40B 50/14 (20130101) C40B 70/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09182075 | Crosby et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfred J. Crosby (Amherst, Massachusetts); Michael D. Bartlett (Amherst, Massachusetts); Duncan J. Irschick (Amherst, Massachusetts); Daniel R. King (Sunderland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Gecko-like adhesive application devices suited for dynamic applications are disclosed, where the device can be easily applied to target substrates, exhibiting a firm hold, and subsequently released therefrom. Gecko-like adhesive application devices that are suited for sustained holding after easy application (e.g., on vertical or inclined surfaces or ceiling) also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/211211 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 7/12 (20130101) Adhesives; Non-mechanical Aspects of Adhesive Processes in General; Adhesive Processes Not Provided for Elsewhere; Use of Materials as Adhesives C09J 7/00 (20130101) C09J 7/02 (20130101) C09J 2201/626 (20130101) Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 47/003 (20130101) Frames, Casings or Beds of Engines, Machines or Apparatus, Not Specific to Engines, Machines or Apparatus Provided for Elsewhere; Stands; Supports F16M 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09182188 | Gawencki |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FloDesign Inc. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FloDesign, Inc. (Wilbraham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Gawencki (Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A sound suppressor is disclosed. The suppressor includes a housing that contains at least one stepped baffle. Each stepped baffle contains multiple stepped diameters and slots located at the base of each step to allow flow from one side of the baffle to the other. The baffle also includes a central passageway through which the projectile/bullet passes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/271879 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 21/30 (20130101) F41A 21/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09182227 | Paesano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonio Paesano (Newark, Delaware); Francis Kendra (Aston, Pennsylvania); Frank J. Gill (Conshohocken, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus to measure an angular position of craft components are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an opening to receive a component along a first plane, and a first magnetic coupler positioned along a first exterior side of the apparatus to removably couple an inclinometer to the apparatus at a first angle relative to the first plane. |
| FILED | Monday, May 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/893091 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 3/002 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09182228 | Pollock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Boyd Pollock (Guntersville, Alabama); Patrick John Reardon (Madison, Alabama); Theodore Earl Rogers (Huntsville, Alabama); Christopher N. Underwood (Huntsville, Alabama); Geoffrey Egnal (Washington, District of Columbia); Bennett Sampson Wilburn (Vienna, Virginia); Stephen Kenneth Pitalo (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sony Corporation (Tokyo, Japan); University of Alabama in Huntsville (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Boyd Pollock (Guntersville, Alabama); Patrick John Reardon (Madison, Alabama); Theodore Earl Rogers (Huntsville, Alabama); Christopher N. Underwood (Huntsville, Alabama); Geoffrey Egnal (Washington, District of Columbia); Bennett Sampson Wilburn (Vienna, Virginia); Stephen Kenneth Pitalo (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An image capture system comprises a plurality of cameras and a camera mount. The camera mount has a curved portion, and the plurality of cameras are secured to the curved portion. The cameras are oriented radially inward relative to the curved portion of the camera mount, such that the lines of sight of the cameras intersect. Images are captured substantially simultaneously with the plurality of cameras. The captured images are stitched together to form a collective image. The image capture system may be positioned in an aerial vehicle to provide overhead views of an environment, and captured images may be transmitted to a remote location for viewing in substantially real time. A remote user may indicate a region of interest within the collective image, and the image capture system may render a portion of the collective image in accordance with the user's indications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/456745 |
| ART UNIT | 2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 11/06 (20130101) 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 37/04 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/4038 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/1965 (20130101) G08B 13/19641 (20130101) G08B 13/19656 (20130101) G08B 13/19693 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/247 (20130101) H04N 5/2251 (20130101) H04N 5/23203 (20130101) H04N 5/23216 (20130101) H04N 5/23238 (20130101) H04N 5/23248 (20130101) H04N 5/23267 (20130101) H04N 19/527 (20141101) H04N 21/2146 (20130101) H04N 21/2365 (20130101) H04N 21/2665 (20130101) H04N 21/4312 (20130101) H04N 21/4314 (20130101) H04N 21/4347 (20130101) H04N 21/4348 (20130101) |
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| US 09182280 | Gardner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Gardner (Belmont, Massachusetts); Michael Burka (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Featured is a method for reducing frequency of taking background spectra in FTIR or FTIR-ATR spectroscopy. Such a method includes determining if there is a pre-existing reference spectrum available and if such a reference spectrum is available, acquiring a present reference scan before acquiring a sample scan. The method also includes comparing the present reference scan with the pre-existing reference spectrum to determine if there is one or more non-conformities therebetween and if there is/are one or more nonconformities, determining if the one or more non-conformities are resolvable or not. If the one or more non-conformities are resolvable; resolve each non-conformity in a determined manner and thereafter acquiring a scan of the sample, and if the non-conformities are not resolvable, then acquiring a new reference sample and thereafter acquiring a scan of the sample. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/455212 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/0297 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/35 (20130101) G01N 2021/3595 (20130101) G01N 2201/1242 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) |
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| US 09182306 | Roth, II et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Richard Allan Roth, II (Goshen, Ohio); Christopher George Larsen (Cincinnati, Ohio); Stuart James Shelley (Cincinnati, Ohio); Logan Alexander Niehaus (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Etegent Technologies, Ltd. (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Allan Roth, II (Goshen, Ohio); Christopher George Larsen (Cincinnati, Ohio); Stuart James Shelley (Cincinnati, Ohio); Logan Alexander Niehaus (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for measuring environmental conditions of a sensing location, where a sensor including a measuring surface and a wire coupled in tension to the measuring surface over which ultrasonic signals may be transmitted and sensed. Signal analysis of ultrasonic signals transmitted over the tensioned wire are analyzed to measure one or more environmental conditions acting on the measuring surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/166594 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 9/0013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01L 11/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09182320 | Ewing et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth J. Ewing (Edgewood, Maryland); Daniel J. Gibson (Cheverly, Maryland); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Robert E. Miklos (La Plata, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth J. Ewing (Edgewood, Maryland); Daniel J. Gibson (Cheverly, Maryland); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Robert E. Miklos (La Plata, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Sampling of a broad range of chemicals using a handheld sampler body, having a sample screen in a sampling cassette; where a sample screen housing further consists of a locking arm arrestor body, where, the locking arm arrestor body including a draw tube, and where the sampling screen can be positioned in either a retracted or extended positioned regarding a sample access face. When activated, the system executes collecting and sampling operations of chemicals, by exposing the extended sampling screen to a sampling environment, drawing through the draw tube, air from the sampling environment, further collecting, onto the surface of the sample screen solid particles and/or pressing the sample screen against the surface(s) of object in the sampling environment. Then, removing the sampling screen from the sampling environment and isolating the plurality of airborne chemical contaminants, by retracting a sample screen into the sample screen housing. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/930627 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/24 (20130101) G01N 1/2205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/022 (20130101) G01N 2001/245 (20130101) |
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| US 09182338 | Chou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stephen Y. Chou (Princeton, New Jersey); Wendi Li (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Y. Chou (Princeton, New Jersey); Wendi Li (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Microstructures and nanostructures (100) consisting of a substrate (110), an array of pillars (120) capped by metallic disc (130), metallic dots (clusters or granules) (140) disposed on the sidewalls of the pillars, and a metallic backplane (150) that can interact to enhance a local electric field, the absorption of the light, and the radiation of the light are disclosed. Methods to fabricate the structures (100) are also disclosed. Applications of the structures to enhance the optical signals in the detection of molecules and other materials on a structure surface, such as fluorescence, photoluminescence and surface enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/699270 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/03 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/59 (20130101) G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/648 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 2021/0378 (20130101) G01N 2021/6482 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24174 (20150115) |
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| US 09182365 | Kidwell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Kidwell (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Kidwell (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing excess enthalpy by impregnating metallic precursors on an oxide support that reduces sintering and particle growth; drying the impregnated support at a temperature where the particle growth is minimal; reducing the metallic precursors at a second temperature where the particle growth results in supported metallic particles 2 nm or less in size; and pressurizing the supported metallic particles in the presence of deuterium. The metal particles may comprise palladium, platinum, mixtures thereof, or mixtures of palladium and/or platinum with other elements. Also disclosed is a method for measuring excess enthalpy by placing a test material in a pressure vessel; heating the pressure vessel; evacuating the pressure vessel; introducing deuterium, hydrogen, or both into the pressure vessel; measuring the enthalpy generated during pressurization; again evacuating the pressure vessel; and measuring the enthalpy used during depressurization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/921195 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/04 (20130101) B01J 23/42 (20130101) B01J 23/44 (20130101) B01J 23/63 (20130101) B01J 29/04 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 25/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09182392 | North et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stella H. North (Alexandria, Virginia); Evgeniya H. Lock (Alexandria, Virginia); Scott G. Walton (Fairfax, Virginia); Chris Rowe Taitt (White Plains, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stella H. North (Alexandria, Virginia); Evgeniya H. Lock (Alexandria, Virginia); Scott G. Walton (Fairfax, Virginia); Chris Rowe Taitt (White Plains, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method of: treating an organic polymer with an electron beam-generated plasma; exposing the treated polymer to air or an oxygen- and hydrogen-containing gas, generating hydroxyl groups on the surface of the polymer; reacting the surface with an organosilane compound having a chloro, fluoro, or alkoxy group and a functional or reactive group that is less reactive with the surface than the chloro, fluoro, or alkoxy group; and covalently immobilizing a biomolecule to the functional or reactive group or a reaction product thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/175182 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| 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 59/14 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 7/16 (20130101) C08J 7/123 (20130101) C08J 2325/06 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09182435 | Snow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey M Snow (Bloomington, Indiana); Michael Schumm (Bloomington, Indiana); William L Shaff (Bedford, Indiana); Terry Carlson (Washington, Indiana); Carl Baker (Avoca, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M Snow (Bloomington, Indiana); Michael Schumm (Bloomington, Indiana); William L Shaff (Bedford, Indiana); Terry Carlson (Washington, Indiana); Carl Baker (Avoca, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and software implementation for spatial pattern analysis. A user-guided test procedure is implemented to measure features of an antenna under test to determine the antenna's far-field patterns. The antenna features include RF amplitude or phase, and position and orientation relative to a receiving object. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/630806 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 29/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09182454 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirt Reed Williams (Portola Valley, California); Scott Limb (Palo Alto, California); Dirk De Bruyker (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia); Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palto Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirt Reed Williams (Portola Valley, California); Scott Limb (Palo Alto, California); Dirk De Bruyker (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved electric field (steered-electron electric-field, or SEEF) sensors and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The SEEF sensors described herein may have increased sensitivity to low-frequency electric fields while being smaller than previously known sensors, and may allow for low-power electric field detection. The invention described herein allows for sensitive, long-term electric field monitoring for applications ranging from personnel detection to underground facility monitoring, as well as extraordinarily small vector sensing (full Poynting vector) for compact direction-finding of emitters of interest. Exemplary electric field sensors may accurately sense, measure, characterize and/or transmit electric field data over a wide frequency range. Importantly, such sensing, measuring, and/or characterizing do not require any physical or resistive contact between the sensor and a source of an electric field. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/468801 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 1/04 (20130101) G01R 15/26 (20130101) G01R 33/0213 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09183260 | Bent et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Graham A. Bent (Southampton, United Kingdom); Patrick Dantressangle (Ford, United Kingdom); David R. Vyvyan (Southampton, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Graham A. Bent (Southampton, United Kingdom); Patrick Dantressangle (Ford, United Kingdom); David R. Vyvyan (Southampton, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A database query is received that includes a logical query indicator at a distributed database node within a distributed network of databases. The logical query indicator includes at least one physical database query and at least one database node identifier that allows at least one distributed database node to identify at least one physical database to execute the physical database query against. It is determined that the at least one database node identifier matches a local node identifier. The at least one physical database query is executed against at least one local physical database table. A local query response is formed including data retrieved from the at least one local physical database table. The database query is responded to with at least the local query response. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/248304 |
| ART UNIT | 2157 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30545 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09183396 | Brumley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Brumley (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Sang Kil Cha (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Thanassis Avgerinos (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alexandre Rebert (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for performing hybrid symbolic execution to detect exploitable bugs in binary code are described. In some example embodiments, the systems and methods determine that resources associated with an execution client performing symbolic execution of a target program are below, at, or above a threshold performance level, generate checkpoints for active executing paths of the online symbolic execution, and cause the execution client to perform symbolic execution in response to the determination that the resources are at or above the threshold performance level. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/898824 |
| ART UNIT | 2497 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/3688 (20130101) G06F 21/577 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09183466 | Siskind et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Mark Siskind (West Lafayette, Indiana); Andrei Barbu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Siddharth Narayanaswamy (West Lafayette, Indiana); Haonan Yu (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of testing a video against an aggregate query includes automatically receiving an aggregate query defining participant(s) and condition(s) on the participant(s). Candidate object(s) are detected in the frames of the video. A first lattice is constructed for each participant, the first-lattice nodes corresponding to the candidate object(s). A second lattice is constructed for each condition. An aggregate lattice is constructed using the respective first lattice(s) and the respective second lattice(s). Each aggregate-lattice node includes a scoring factor combining a first-lattice node factor and a second-lattice node factor. respective aggregate score(s) are determined of one or more path(s) through the aggregate lattice, each path including a respective plurality of the nodes in the aggregate lattice, to determine whether the video corresponds to the aggregate query. A method of providing a description of a video is also described and includes generating a candidate description with participant(s) and condition(s) selected from a linguistic model; constructing component lattices for the participant(s) or condition(s), producing an aggregate lattice having nodes combining component-lattice factors, and determining a score for the video with respect to the candidate description by determining an aggregate score for a path through the aggregate lattice. If the aggregate score does not satisfy a termination condition, participant(s) or condition(s) from the linguistic model are added to the condition, and the process is repeated. A method of testing a video against an aggregate query by mathematically optimizing a unified cost function is also described. |
| FILED | Friday, December 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/099300 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3079 (20130101) G06F 17/30793 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/723 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00751 (20130101) G06K 9/00771 (20130101) G06K 9/6297 (20130101) |
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| US 09183495 | Modha |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A neural system comprises multiple neurons interconnected via synapse devices. Each neuron integrates input signals arriving on its dendrite, generates a spike in response to the integrated input signals exceeding a threshold, and sends the spike to the interconnected neurons via its axon. The system further includes multiple noruens, each noruen is interconnected via the interconnect network with those neurons that the noruen's corresponding neuron sends its axon to. Each noruen integrates input spikes from connected spiking neurons and generates a spike in response to the integrated input spikes exceeding a threshold. There can be one noruen for every corresponding neuron. For a first neuron connected via its axon via a synapse to dendrite of a second neuron, a noruen corresponding to the second neuron is connected via its axon through the same synapse to dendrite of the noruen corresponding to the first neuron. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/570087 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) G06N 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 3/049 (20130101) G06N 3/061 (20130101) G06N 3/063 (20130101) G06N 3/0635 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/54 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2481 (20150115) |
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| US 09183916 | King Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tsu-Jae King Liu (Fremont, California); Wookhyun Kwon (Albany, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tsu-Jae King Liu (Fremont, California); Wookhyun Kwon (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-volatile electro-mechanical diode memory cell is described for implementation of compact (4F2) cross-point memory arrays. The electro-mechanical diode memory cells operate with relatively low set/reset voltages and excellent retention characteristics, and are multi-time programmable. Due to its simplicity, this electro-mechanical diode memory cell is attractive for implementation of three-dimensional memory arrays for higher storage density. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/241379 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/36 (20130101) G11C 11/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 11/50 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1021 (20130101) |
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| US 09184036 | Cooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jason Duncan (Dayton, Indiana); Guangming Huang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Guangtao Li (Carmel, Indiana); Xin Yan (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ewa Sokol (West Lafayette, Indiana); Xin Li (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to methods and devices for synchronization of ion generation with cycling of a discontinuous atmospheric interface. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample that includes a mass spectrometry probe that generates sample ions, a discontinuous atmospheric interface, and a mass analyzer, in which the system is configured such that ion formation is synchronized with cycling of the discontinuous atmospheric interface. |
| FILED | Monday, May 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/887911 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/62 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/0445 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/24 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Boise, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Meade (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a photonic device and resulting structure are described in which the photonic device is epitaxially grown over a substrate surface vertically, and laterally over trench isolation regions formed in the substrate surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/055990 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/64 (20130101) H01L 27/1446 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/14625 (20130101) H01L 31/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09184194 | Cellek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oray Orkun Cellek (Mountain View, California); Yong-Hang Zhang (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-band photodetectors can be formed by series connecting unipolar and, optionally, bipolar semiconductor structures, each having different photodetection bands. Under default mode of operation, the detector with highest resistance and lowest current will be the current limiting device and will be the active photodetector. When the active photodetector is illuminated with strong light in its own detection band it will be optically biased. This active photodetector will no longer be the highest resistance device, and the next photodetector will be the active photodetector. Repeating this operation pattern, allows switching photodetection bands of the multi-band photodetector. The resistances, dark current and photocurrent of the devices should be engineered to have proper switching. Moreover, the illuminating surface, and photodetector placement should be optimized for proper light biasing. The current passing through the device will always be equal to the current of the active photodetector. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/724244 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/144 (20130101) H01L 27/14621 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/105 (20130101) H01L 31/109 (20130101) H01L 31/1013 (20130101) H01L 31/02019 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A transistor device having a graphene base for the transport of electrons into a collector is provided. The transistor consists of a heterostructure comprising an electron emitter, an electron collector, and a graphene material base layer consisting of one or more sheets of graphene situated between the emitter and the collector. The transistor also can further include an emitter transition layer at the emitter interface with the base and/or a collector transition layer at the base interface with the collector. The electrons injected into the graphene material base layer can be “hot electrons” having an energy E substantially greater than EF, the Fermi energy in the graphene material base layer or can be “non-hot electrons” having an energy E approximately equal to than EF. The electrons can have the properties of ballistic transit through the base layer. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/490783 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/157 (20130101) H01L 29/1004 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/7371 (20130101) H01L 29/7376 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66037 (20130101) H01L 29/66068 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frank F. Ho (Yorba Linda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank F. Ho (Yorba Linda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An IMM solar cell and an associated method of fabricating an IMM solar cell are provided. In the context of a method, a first subcell may be formed upon a temporary substrate and a second subcell may be formed upon the first subcell. The second subcell may have a smaller band gap than the first subcell. The method may also bond the first and second subcells to a silicon subcell and then remove the temporary substrate. In the context of an IMM solar cell, the IMM solar cell includes first and second subcells with the first subcell disposed upon the second subcell and the second subcell having a smaller band gap than the first subcell. The IMM solar cell may also include a silicon subcell supporting the first and second subcells thereupon with a metal-to-metal bond between the silicon subcell and the second subcell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/176325 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/043 (20141201) H01L 31/1852 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1892 (20130101) H01L 31/06875 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) |
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| US 09184341 | Eden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Gary Eden (Champaign, Illinois); Paul A. Tchertchian (Mission Viejo, California); Clark J. Wagner (Rowland Heights, California); Dane J. Sievers (Fisher, Illinois); Thomas J. Houlahan (Urbana, Illinois); Benben Li (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Preferred embodiment flexible and on wafer hybrid plasma semiconductor devices have at least one active solid state semiconductor region; and a plasma generated in proximity to the active solid state semiconductor region(s). A preferred device is a hybrid plasma semiconductor device having base, emitting and microcavity collector regions formed on a single side of a device layer. Visible or ultraviolet light is emitted during operation by plasma collectors in the array. In preferred embodiments, individual PBJTs in the array serve as sub-pixels of a full-color display. |
| FILED | Monday, July 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/330254 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 17/49 (20130101) H01J 17/066 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/0821 (20130101) H01L 29/7317 (20130101) H01L 33/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09184346 | Lunev et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Lunev (Columbia, South Carolina); Alexander Dobrinsky (Providence, Rhode Island); Maxim S. Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A contact including an ohmic layer and a reflective layer located on the ohmic layer is provided. The ohmic layer is transparent to radiation having a target wavelength, while the reflective layer is at least approximately eighty percent reflective of radiation having the target wavelength. The target wavelength can be ultraviolet light, e.g., having a wavelength within a range of wavelengths between approximately 260 and approximately 360 nanometers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/711675 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/45 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/42 (20130101) H01L 33/405 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei You (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei You (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides, among other things, a copolymer comprising at least one donor monomer and at least one acceptor monomer. The polymer may optionally further comprise at least one additional comonomer. The polymers are useful as a charge-transport, semiconducting, electrochemical conducting, photoconducting, or light emitting material. Microelectronic devices comprising such polymers (e.g., as a heterojunction therein) are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/701167 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 285/14 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/123 (20130101) C08G 61/126 (20130101) C08G 75/32 (20130101) C08G 2261/91 (20130101) C08G 2261/146 (20130101) C08G 2261/414 (20130101) C08G 2261/3223 (20130101) C08G 2261/3243 (20130101) C08G 2261/3246 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack Y. Dea (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack Y. Dea (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable capacitor based electrical generator is described, using a detached conformal electrode that substantially conforms to surface irregularities of the exposed side of the dielectric. The conformal electrode increases the capacitance difference between a contacting state and non-contacting state. Consequently, by displacing the conformal electrode or dielectric, the capacitance can be significantly varied. By pre-charging the electrodes and by providing a displacement power source (wind, vibration, etc), power can be generated and converted into an electrical form. By networking or arranging a plurality of varactors, a significant power generator can be obtained. This system can be operated even at very low frequencies as compared to conventional magnetic generators. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/151477 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02N 2/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09184764 | Balasubramanian 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) | Sidharth Balasubramanian (Columbus, Ohio); Waleed Khalil (Dublin, Ohio); Vipul J. Patel (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital to analog converter (DAC) includes a quantity of N cells including a Least Significant Bit (LSB) cell, a Most Significant Bit (MSB) cell and, N−2 cells ordered therebetween. Each of the N cells is configured to carry a current of I, 2*I, 4*I, 8*I, . . . , 2^(N−1)*I, respectively. At least the LSB cell includes a first cell element and a second cell element driven by a first current input and a second current input, respectively. A difference between a magnitude of the first current input and a magnitude of the second input current is approximately equal to I. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/479400 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 1/664 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Crane, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Whitaker (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A communication system and method for using a communication system is provided. An embodiment of an exemplary system can include different communication sets adapted to communicate with each other in different orientations/while moving in a highly secure manner. A first communications system embodiment can include a plurality of segmented fractal antennas and a communications data encoding and/or decoding system adapted to receive communication data and parse such communication data into groups or bins for transmission through an associated segment of the segmented fractal antennas. A second communication system embodiment of the invention has an identical or substantially identical segmented fractal as the first communication system embodiment's plurality of segmented fractal antennas and a communications data encoding and/or decoding system which receives signals sent by the first system and decodes received communications data. |
| FILED | Monday, August 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/467623 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/28 (20130101) H01Q 1/32 (20130101) H01Q 1/34 (20130101) H01Q 1/36 (20130101) H01Q 9/28 (20130101) H01Q 21/26 (20130101) Transmission H04B 7/0404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0009 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Whitaker (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and methods are provided to realize an input waveform using wavelet processing and reconstruction via separated antenna array systems having different beam paths and different frequency components which can include phased array transmitters to recreate the input waveform in medical applications. One aspect of the invention can include a wavelet function used for the examples shown herein which includes a first and second moments of a statistical function, i.e. the mean and variance used with an inverse wavelet to create rectangular pulses that lend themselves to use in the invention herein. Other embodiments of the invention can use other input waveform separation functions paired with signal separation and recombination at a focus point. A selected function can be matched to its application associated with avoidance of sending the input waveform along a single beam path, a desired a focus point, and separation of an input signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/501901 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/05 (20130101) A61B 5/726 (20130101) A61B 6/00 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/2605 (20130101) H01Q 21/22 (20130101) H01Q 21/225 (20130101) Transmission H04B 7/0617 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 11/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09184975 | Liou 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) | Lihyeh Liou (Centerville, Ohio); David M. Lin (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An imbalance compensation system includes a receiver, a first path and a second path electrically coupled to the receiver, and a 90 degree hybrid coupler electrically connected to the second path, wherein the first path is configured to convey an in-phase (I) signal and the second path is configured to convey a quadrature phase (Q) signal. A processor is configured to perform Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filtering upon the I signal and the Q signal, wherein the processor is configured with an inverse matrix of coefficients corresponding to a frequency-dependent phase imbalance and a frequency-dependent amplitude imbalance between the I signal and the Q signal. The processor is configured to perform FIR filtering to attenuate an image signal down to a system noise floor when the processor simultaneously receives signals in a primary Nyquist region and a conjugate Nyquist region. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/548320 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 25/03261 (20130101) H04L 27/3854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Erich Keel (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
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| ABSTRACT | A system provides collaboration and exchange of information among a group of users based on creation, sharing and exchange of multimedia objects. The system further provides techniques to share the multimedia objects in the form of cards among analysts. A graphical user interface providing a number of views through which multimedia objects can be viewed and manipulated is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, November 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/916693 |
| ART UNIT | 2171 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 65/403 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09185529 | Medard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts); Xiaomeng Shi (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Marie-Jose Montpetit (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Surat Teerapittayanon (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kerim Fouli (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts); Xiaomeng Shi (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Marie-Jose Montpetit (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Surat Teerapittayanon (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kerim Fouli (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Network-coding-enabled reliability architectures and techniques are provided that are capable of enhancing data transfer reliability and efficiency in next generation wireless networks. In some embodiments, the techniques and architectures utilize a flexible thread-based coding approach to implement network coding. The techniques and architectures may also, or alternatively, utilize systematic intra-session random linear network coding as a packet erasure code to support reliable data transfer. |
| FILED | Friday, August 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/968566 |
| ART UNIT | 2476 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0011 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 28/04 (20130101) H04W 40/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09185828 | Knudsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cray Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cray Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Corey Knudsen (Menomonie, Wisconsin); Kent T. McDaniel (Altoona, Wisconsin); Bradley J. Smith (Eau Claire, Wisconsin); Gregory W. Pautsch (Hayward, Wisconsin); Eric D. Lakin (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for cooling a plurality of connectors interfacing electrical and optical signals to circuit boards in an electronics cabinet, such as backplane connectors routing signals to circuit boards housed in card cage assemblies. Heat pipes coupled to the connectors efficiently remove heat from the connectors and sink the connector heat to a cold junction of a liquid cooling system, which cooling system may also extract heat from air flow cooling the circuit boards such that the system is room neutral, meaning that the ambient temperature remains constant during operation of the system. The heat connector cooling system is effective where connectors are outside of an air flow cooling envelope that may cool the circuit boards. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/836873 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20154 (20130101) H05K 7/20336 (20130101) H05K 7/20681 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 7/20818 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ting Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ting Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of porous thin films and methods of making are provided. The methods involve self-assembly of a cyclic peptide in the presence of a block copolymer. |
| FILED | Saturday, November 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/508984 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Separation B01D 39/1692 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 5/06026 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/64 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 2203/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24322 (20150115) |
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| US 09180413 | Tsapatsis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Tsapatsis (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Xueyi Zhang (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Tsapatsis (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Xueyi Zhang (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making a pentasil zeolite material includes forming an aqueous solution that includes a structure directing agent and a silica precursor; and heating the solution at a sufficient temperature and for sufficient time to form a pentasil zeolite material from the silica precursor, wherein the structure directing agent includes a quaternary phosphonium ion. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/288595 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 67/0051 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 71/028 (20130101) B01D 2323/24 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 29/035 (20130101) B01J 29/40 (20130101) B01J 29/041 (20130101) B01J 29/0308 (20130101) B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 35/10 (20130101) B01J 35/065 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 37/02 (20130101) C01B 37/005 (20130101) C01B 39/36 (20130101) C01B 39/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09180419 | Kelly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sean M. Kelly (Pittsford, New York); Brian R. Kromer (Buffalo, New York); Michael M. Litwin (Cheektowaga, New York); Lee J. Rosen (Buffalo, New York); Gervase Maxwell Christie (Amherst, New York); Jamie R. Wilson (Maynard, Massachusetts); Lawrence W. Kosowski (Colden, New York); Charles Robinson (Lawtons, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean M. Kelly (Pittsford, New York); Brian R. Kromer (Buffalo, New York); Michael M. Litwin (Cheektowaga, New York); Lee J. Rosen (Buffalo, New York); Gervase Maxwell Christie (Amherst, New York); Jamie R. Wilson (Maynard, Massachusetts); Lawrence W. Kosowski (Colden, New York); Charles Robinson (Lawtons, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for producing a synthesis gas product having one or more oxygen transport membrane elements thermally coupled to one or more catalytic reactors such that heat generated from the oxygen transport membrane element supplies endothermic heating requirements for steam methane reforming reactions occurring within the catalytic reactor through radiation and convention heat transfer. A hydrogen containing stream containing no more than 20 percent methane is combusted within the oxygen transport membrane element to produce the heat and a heated combustion product stream. The heated combustion product stream is combined with a reactant stream to form a combined stream that is subjected to the reforming within the catalytic reactor. The apparatus may include modules in which tubular membrane elements surround a central reactor tube. |
| FILED | Monday, November 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/684816 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — 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 8/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 8/0285 (20130101) B01J 19/2475 (20130101) B01J 19/2485 (20130101) B01J 2208/00309 (20130101) B01J 2208/00504 (20130101) B01J 2208/00902 (20130101) B01J 2219/00117 (20130101) B01J 2219/00157 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/384 (20130101) C01B 13/0251 (20130101) C01B 2203/062 (20130101) C01B 2203/0233 (20130101) C01B 2203/0238 (20130101) C01B 2203/0822 (20130101) C01B 2203/0827 (20130101) C01B 2203/0883 (20130101) C01B 2203/1058 (20130101) C01B 2203/1241 (20130101) |
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| US 09180420 | Fan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongyou Fan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Binsong Li (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a pressure-induced phase transformation process to engineer metal nanoparticle architectures and to fabricate new nanostructured materials. The reversible changes of the nanoparticle unit cell dimension under pressure allow precise control over interparticle separation in 2D or 3D nanoparticle assemblies, offering unique robustness for interrogation of both quantum and classic coupling interactions. Irreversible changes above a threshold pressure of about 8 GPa enables new nanostructures, such as nanorods, nanowires, or nanosheets. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/905965 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 3/12 (20130101) Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0018 (20130101) B22F 2202/00 (20130101) B22F 2301/255 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09180428 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yifeng Wang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Andy Miller (Emporia, Kansas); Charles R. Bryan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jessica Nicole Kruichak (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of capturing and immobilizing radioactive nuclei with metal fluorite-based inorganic materials are described. For example, a method of capturing and immobilizing radioactive nuclei includes flowing a gas stream through an exhaust apparatus. The exhaust apparatus includes a metal fluorite-based inorganic material. The gas stream includes a radioactive species. The radioactive species is removed from the gas stream by adsorbing the radioactive species to the metal fluorite-based inorganic material of the exhaust apparatus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/638837 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/3085 (20130101) B01J 20/28059 (20130101) B01J 20/28061 (20130101) Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 11/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09180500 | DeMint et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amy L. DeMint (Kingston, Tennessee); Jack G. Gooch (Seymour, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are processes for hot rolling billets of uranium that have been alloyed with about ten weight percent molybdenum to produce cold-rollable sheets that are about one hundred mils thick. In certain embodiments, the billets have a thickness of about ⅞ inch or greater. Disclosed processes typically involve a rolling schedule that includes a light rolling pass and at least one medium rolling pass. Processes may also include reheating the rolling stock and using one or more heavy rolling passes, and may include an annealing step. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/626246 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Rolling of Metal B21B 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B21B 2265/14 (20130101) B21B 2265/22 (20130101) Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys C22F 1/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09181092 | Lagally et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Paul G. Evans (Madison, Wisconsin); Clark S. Ritz (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides nanowires and nanoribbons that are well suited for use in thermoelectric applications. The nanowires and nanoribbons are characterized by a periodic compositional longitudinal modulation. The nanowires are constructed using lithographic techniques from thin semiconductor membranes, or “nanomembranes.” |
| FILED | Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/945171 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/127 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 35/22 (20130101) H01L 35/26 (20130101) H01L 35/32 (20130101) H01L 35/34 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/70 (20130101) |
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| US 09181098 | Arendt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul N. Arendt (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Ramond F. DePaula (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Yuntian T. Zhu (Cary, North Carolina); Igor O. Usov (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul N. Arendt (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Ramond F. DePaula (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Yuntian T. Zhu (Cary, North Carolina); Igor O. Usov (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An array of carbon nanotubes is prepared by exposing a catalyst structure to a carbon nanotube precursor. Embodiment catalyst structures include one or more trenches, channels, or a combination of trenches and channels. A system for preparing the array includes a heated surface for heating the catalyst structure and a cooling portion that cools gas above the catalyst structure. The system heats the catalyst structure so that the interaction between the precursor and the catalyst structure results in the formation of an array of carbon nanotubes on the catalyst structure, and cools the gas near the catalyst structure and also cools any carbon nanotubes that form on the catalyst structure to prevent or at least minimize the formation of amorphous carbon. Arrays thus formed may be used for spinning fibers of carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/002087 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0233 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2202/08 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/127 (20130101) |
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| US 09181467 | Klingler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Klingler (Glenview, Illinois); Randall E. Winans (Downers Grove, Illinois); Darren R. Locke (Naperville, Illinois); Marcus O. Wigand (San Ramon, California); Mark Dean Looney (San Ramon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Klingler (Glenview, Illinois); Randall E. Winans (Downers Grove, Illinois); Darren R. Locke (Naperville, Illinois); Marcus O. Wigand (San Ramon, California); Mark Dean Looney (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods for extracting a kerogen-based product from subsurface shale formations. The methods utilize in-situ reaction of kerogen involving liquid phase chemistry at ambient temperatures at pressures for the subsurface shale formation. These methods rely on chemically modifying the shale-bound kerogen to render it mobile using metal particulate catalysts. In the methods disclosed herein a fluid comprising metal is provided to the subsurface shale formation comprising kerogen in an inorganic matrix. A reducing agent is provided to the subsurface shale formation. The kerogen is converted by contacting the kerogen with a metal particulate catalyst formed from the metal; and a mobile kerogen-based product is formed. At least a portion of the mobile kerogen-based product is recovered. The kerogen-derived product can be upgraded to provide commercial products. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/335290 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 8/592 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 1/04 (20130101) C10G 1/083 (20130101) Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/16 (20130101) E21B 43/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09181477 | Collins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua E. Collins (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Howard Y. Bell (Princeton, New Jersey); Xingchen Ye (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Christopher Bruce Murray (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua E. Collins (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Howard Y. Bell (Princeton, New Jersey); Xingchen Ye (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Christopher Bruce Murray (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Monodisperse particles having: a single pure crystalline phase of a rare earth-containing lattice, a uniform three-dimensional size, and a uniform polyhedral morphology are disclosed. Due to their uniform size and shape, the monodisperse particles self assemble into superlattices. The particles may be luminescent particles such as down-converting phosphor particles and up-converting phosphors. The monodisperse particles of the invention have a rare earth-containing lattice which in one embodiment may be an yttrium-containing lattice or in another may be a lanthanide-containing lattice. The monodisperse particles may have different optical properties based on their composition, their size, and/or their morphology (or shape). Also disclosed is a combination of at least two types of monodisperse particles, where each type is a plurality of monodisperse particles having a single pure crystalline phase of a rare earth-containing lattice, a uniform three-dimensional size, and a uniform polyhedral morphology; and where the types of monodisperse particles differ from one another by composition, by size, or by morphology. In a preferred embodiment, the types of monodisperse particles have the same composition but different morphologies. Methods of making and methods of using the monodisperse particles are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/876266 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Books; Book Covers; Loose Leaves; Printed Matter Characterised by Identification or Security Features; Printed Matter of Special Format or Style Not Otherwise Provided For; Devices for Use Therewith and Not Otherwise Provided For; Movable-strip Writing or Reading Apparatus B42D 15/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 17/0031 (20130101) C01F 17/0043 (20130101) C01F 17/0062 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/52 (20130101) C01P 2002/54 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/84 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/11 (20130101) C01P 2004/16 (20130101) C01P 2004/40 (20130101) C01P 2004/42 (20130101) C01P 2004/62 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/7773 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2933 (20150115) |
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| US 09181493 | Narula et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chaitanya K. Narula (Knoxville, Tennessee); Brian H. Davison (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a hydrocarbon blendstock, the method comprising contacting at least one saturated acyclic alcohol having at least three and up to ten carbon atoms with a metal-loaded zeolite catalyst at a temperature of at least 100° C. and up to 550° C., wherein the metal is a positively-charged metal ion, and the metal-loaded zeolite catalyst is catalytically active for converting the alcohol to the hydrocarbon blendstock, wherein the method directly produces a hydrocarbon blendstock having less than 1 vol % ethylene and at least 35 vol % of hydrocarbon compounds containing at least eight carbon atoms. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/321012 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181502 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Southern Company (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SOUTHERN COMPANY (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guohai Liu (Birmingham, Alabama); Pannalal Vimalchand (Birmingham, Alabama); WanWang Peng (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to gasification of high ash bituminous coals that have high ash fusion temperatures. The ash content can be in 15 to 45 weight percent range and ash fusion temperatures can be in 1150° C. to 1500° C. range as well as in excess of 1500° C. In a preferred embodiment, such coals are dealt with a two stage gasification process—a relatively low temperature primary gasification step in a circulating fluidized bed transport gasifier followed by a high temperature partial oxidation step of residual char carbon and small quantities of tar. The system to process such coals further includes an internally circulating fluidized bed to effectively cool the high temperature syngas with the aid of an inert media and without the syngas contacting the heat transfer surfaces. A cyclone downstream of the syngas cooler, operating at relatively low temperatures, effectively reduces loading to a dust filtration unit. Nearly dust- and tar-free syngas for chemicals production or power generation and with over 90%, and preferably over about 98%, overall carbon conversion can be achieved with the preferred process, apparatus and methods outlined in this invention. |
| FILED | Monday, July 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/936457 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Production of Producer Gas, Water-gas, Synthesis Gas From Solid Carbonaceous Material, or Mixtures Containing These Gases; Carburetting Air or Other Gases C10J 3/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10J 3/84 (20130101) C10J 3/721 (20130101) C10J 2300/093 (20130101) C10J 2300/094 (20130101) C10J 2300/0976 (20130101) C10J 2300/1838 (20130101) C10J 2300/1846 (20130101) C10J 2300/1884 (20130101) C10J 2300/1892 (20130101) Purifying or Modifying the Chemical Composition of Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide C10K 1/024 (20130101) C10K 1/026 (20130101) C10K 3/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09181539 | Stephanopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Christine Santos (Richmond, California); Mattheos Koffas (Williamsville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Christine Santos (Richmond, California); Mattheos Koffas (Williamsville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the production of flavonoids and flavonoid precursors in cells through recombinant expression of tyrosine ammonia lyase (TAL), 4-coumarate:CoA ligase (4CL), chalcone synthase (CHS), and chalcone isomerase (CHI). |
| FILED | Thursday, May 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/101462 |
| 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 9/88 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/90 (20130101) C12N 9/93 (20130101) C12N 9/1029 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 17/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09181597 | Hawk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey A. Hawk (Corvallis, Oregon); Paul D. Jablonski (Salem, Oregon); Christopher J. Cowen (Cornwall, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey A. Hawk (Corvallis, Oregon); Paul D. Jablonski (Salem, Oregon); Christopher J. Cowen (Cornwall, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a creep resistant alloy having an overall composition comprised of iron, chromium, molybdenum, carbon, manganese, silicon, nickel, vanadium, niobium, nitrogen, tungsten, cobalt, tantalum, boron, and potentially additional elements. In an embodiment, the creep resistant alloy has a molybdenum equivalent Mo(eq) from 1.475 to 1.700 wt. % and a quantity (C+N) from 0.145 to 0.205. The overall composition ameliorates sources of microstructural instability such as coarsening of M23C6 carbides and MX precipitates, and mitigates or eliminates Laves and Z-phase formation. A creep resistant martensitic steel may be fabricated by preparing a melt comprised of the overall composition followed by at least austenizing and tempering. The creep resistant alloy exhibits improved high-temperature creep strength in the temperature environment of around 650° C. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/868139 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — 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 6/004 (20130101) C21D 6/005 (20130101) C21D 6/008 (20130101) C21D 8/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Alloys C22C 38/001 (20130101) C22C 38/02 (20130101) C22C 38/04 (20130101) C22C 38/40 (20130101) C22C 38/44 (20130101) C22C 38/46 (20130101) C22C 38/48 (20130101) C22C 38/52 (20130101) C22C 38/54 (20130101) |
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| US 09181611 | Ripley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward B. Ripley (Knoxville, Tennessee); Russell L. Hallman (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward B. Ripley (Knoxville, Tennessee); Russell L. Hallman (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and systems for controlling of the microstructures of a soldered, brazed, welded, plated, cast, or vapor deposited manufactured component. The systems typically use relatively weak magnetic fields of either constant or varying flux to affect material properties within a manufactured component, typically without modifying the alloy, or changing the chemical composition of materials or altering the time, temperature, or transformation parameters of a manufacturing process. Such systems and processes may be used with components consisting of only materials that are conventionally characterized as be uninfluenced by magnetic forces. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/215919 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 2203/10 (20130101) 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 9/00 (20130101) Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys C22F 1/00 (20130101) C22F 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C22F 3/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09181780 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Etuan Zhang (Houston, Texas); Gary Lee Beer (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Etuan Zhang (Houston, Texas); Gary Lee Beer (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating a tar sands formation includes providing heat to at least part of a hydrocarbon layer in the tar sands formation from a plurality of heaters located in the formation. Heat is allowed to transfer from the heaters to at least a portion of the formation. A pressure in the portion of the formation is controlled such that the pressure remains below a fracture pressure of the formation overburden while allowing the portion of the formation to heat to a selected average temperature of at least about 280° C. and at most about 300° C. The pressure in the portion of the formation is reduced to a selected pressure after the portion of the formation reaches the selected average temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/105974 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 36/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E21B 43/2401 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49083 (20150115) |
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| US 09181790 | Mace et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan L. Mace (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Gerald J. Seitz (El Rancho, New Mexico); John A. Echave (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Pierre-Yves Le Bas (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The detonation of one or more explosive charges and propellant charges by a detonator in response to a fire control signal from a command and control system comprised of a command center and instrumentation center with a communications link therebetween. The fire control signal is selectively provided to the detonator from the instrumentation center if plural detonation control switches at the command center are in a fire authorization status, and instruments, and one or more interlocks, if included, are in a ready for firing status. The instrumentation and command centers are desirably mobile, such as being respective vehicles. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/370209 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 25/34 (20130101) Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/263 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Ignition; Extinguishing-devices F23Q 21/00 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 3/02 (20130101) F42B 3/10 (20130101) Blasting F42D 1/02 (20130101) F42D 1/05 (20130101) F42D 1/042 (20130101) F42D 1/045 (20130101) F42D 3/04 (20130101) F42D 3/06 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 09182364 | Condie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keith Glenn Condie (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Joy Lynn Rempe (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Darrell Lee Knudson (Firth, Idaho); Joshua Earl Daw (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Steven Curtis Wilkins (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Brandon S Fox (Ferron, Utah); Ban Heng (Logan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith Glenn Condie (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Joy Lynn Rempe (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Darrell Lee Knudson (Firth, Idaho); Joshua Earl Daw (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Steven Curtis Wilkins (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Brandon S Fox (Ferron, Utah); Ban Heng (Logan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprising a needle probe comprising a sheath, a heating element, a temperature sensor, and electrical insulation that allows thermal conductivity to be measured in extreme environments, such as in high-temperature irradiation testing. The heating element is contained within the sheath and is electrically conductive. In an embodiment, the heating element is a wire capable of being joule heated when an electrical current is applied. The temperature sensor is contained within the sheath, electrically insulated from the heating element and the sheath. The electrical insulation electrically insulates the sheath, heating element and temperature sensor. The electrical insulation fills the sheath having electrical resistance capable of preventing electrical conduction between the sheath, heating element, and temperature sensor. The control system is connected to the heating element and the temperature sensor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/648502 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 25/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 30/66 (20130101) |
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| US 09182436 | Robinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Robinson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul T. Vianco (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive sensor for historic age and temperature sensing, including a first member formed of a first material, the first material being either a metal or a semiconductor material and a second member formed of a second material, the second material being either a metal or a semiconductor material. A surface of the second member is in contact with a surface of the first member such that, over time, the second material of the second member diffuses into the first material of the first member. The rate of diffusion for the second material to diffuse into the first material depends on a temperature of the passive sensor. One of the electrical conductance, the electrical capacitance, the electrical inductance, the optical transmission, the optical reflectance, or the crystalline structure of the passive sensor depends on the amount of the second material that has diffused into the first member. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/711457 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09182519 | Shelton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Shelton (Orlando, Florida); Glenn Boreman (Charlotte, North Carolina); Jeffrey D'Archangel (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Shelton (Orlando, Florida); Glenn Boreman (Charlotte, North Carolina); Jeffrey D'Archangel (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Infrared metamaterial arrays containing Au elements immersed in a medium of benzocyclobutene (BCB) were fabricated and selectively etched to produce small square flakes with edge dimensions of approximately 20 μm. Two unit-cell designs were fabricated: one employed crossed-dipole elements while the other utilized square-loop elements. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/594050 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 5/208 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 15/0086 (20130101) H01Q 21/26 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09182621 | Weiss 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) | Shimon Weiss (Pinole, California); Michael C. Schlamp (Plainsboro, New Jersey); A. Paul Alivisatos (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multicolor electronic display is based on an array of luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals. Nanocrystals which emit tight of different colors are grouped into pixels. The nanocrystals are optically pumped to produce a multicolor display. Different sized nanocrystals are used to produce the different colors. A variety of pixel addressing systems can be used. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/629808 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/1333 (20130101) G02F 1/133362 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/133509 (20130101) G02F 1/133617 (20130101) G02F 2202/36 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/3211 (20130101) H01L 51/5012 (20130101) H01L 2251/5369 (20130101) |
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| US 09183153 | Yin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jian Yin (Richland, Washington); Bora A. Akyol (Richland, Washington); Ian Gorton (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Yin (Richland, Washington); Bora A. Akyol (Richland, Washington); Ian Gorton (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of managing time-series data for smart grids is disclosed. Data is collected from a plurality of sensors. An index is modified for a newly created block. A one disk operation per read or write is performed. The one disk operation per read includes accessing and looking up the index to locate the data without movement of an arm of the disk, and obtaining the data. The one disk operation per write includes searching the disk for free space, calculating an offset, modifying the index, and writing the data contiguously into a block of the disk the index points to. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/773816 |
| ART UNIT | 2138 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/06 (20130101) G06F 12/023 (20130101) G06F 12/0246 (20130101) G06F 12/0866 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 12/0886 (20130101) Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 27/11 (20130101) G11B 27/329 (20130101) G11B 2220/65 (20130101) G11B 2220/2516 (20130101) |
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| US 09183182 | Trainor-Guitton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Whitney Trainor-Guitton (Pleasanton, California); Gary Michael Hoversten (Lafayette, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, California); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Whitney Trainor-Guitton (Pleasanton, California); Gary Michael Hoversten (Lafayette, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a computer implemented method for determining a best well location from a plurality of possible well locations are described herein. The method includes drawing a plurality of earth models from a posterior distribution, wherein the posterior distribution is generated by stochastic inversion of existing data; calculating a well production at a plurality of proposed well locations within an earth model in the plurality of earth models using a relationship between the well production and earth parameters; calculating from the plurality of earth models, cost distributions using the relationship between well cost and the earth parameters; and calculating probability weighted values for the proposed well locations using probabilities from location dependent stochastic inversions as weights. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/600406 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/30 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 99/005 (20130101) G01V 2210/667 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 7/005 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/043 (20130101) |
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| US 09183211 | Bent et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John M. Bent (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Sorin Faibish (Newton, Massachusetts); Gary Grider (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Bent (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Sorin Faibish (Newton, Massachusetts); Gary Grider (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved techniques are provided for parallel writing of data to a shared object in a parallel computing system. A method is provided for storing data generated by a plurality of parallel processes to a shared object in a parallel computing system. The method is performed by at least one of the processes and comprises: dynamically determining a block size for storing the data; exchanging a determined amount of the data with at least one additional process to achieve a block of the data having the dynamically determined block size; and writing the block of the data having the dynamically determined block size to a file system. The determined block size comprises, e.g., a total amount of the data to be stored divided by the number of parallel processes. The file system comprises, for example, a log structured virtual parallel file system, such as a Parallel Log-Structured File System (PLFS). |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/730080 |
| ART UNIT | 2167 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30 (20130101) G06F 17/30091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09183235 | Stolte et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris Stolte (Seattle, Washington); Diane L. Tang (Palo Alto, California); Patrick Hanrahan (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer displays a graphical user interface on its display. The graphical user interface includes a schema information region and a data visualization region. The schema information region includes a plurality of fields of a multi-dimensional database that includes at least one data hierarchy. The data visualization region includes a columns shelf and a rows shelf. The computer detects user actions to associate one or more first fields with the columns shelf and to associate one or more second fields with the rows shelf. The computer generates a visual table in the data visualization region in accordance with the user actions. The visual table includes one or more panes. Each pane has an x-axis defined based on data for the one or more first fields, and each pane has a y-axis defined based on data for the one or more second fields. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/637333 |
| ART UNIT | 2155 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/04842 (20130101) G06F 17/30294 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30339 (20130101) G06F 2216/03 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 707/954 (20130101) Y10S 707/956 (20130101) Y10S 707/959 (20130101) Y10S 707/99942 (20130101) Y10S 707/99943 (20130101) Y10S 707/99944 (20130101) Y10S 707/99945 (20130101) |
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| US 09184022 | Douglas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Douglas (Yorktown, Virginia); Christopher Tennant (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A modulated-bending recirculating system that avoids CSR-driven breakdown in emittance compensation by redistributing the bending along the beamline. The modulated-bending recirculating system includes a) larger angles of bending in initial FODO cells, thereby enhancing the impact of CSR early on in the beam line while the bunch is long, and 2) a decreased bending angle in the final FODO cells, reducing the effect of CSR while the bunch is short. The invention describes a method for controlling the effects of CSR during recirculation and bunch compression including a) correcting chromatic aberrations, b) correcting lattice and CSR-induced curvature in the longitudinal phase space by compensating T566, and c) using lattice perturbations to compensate obvious linear correlations x-dp/p and x′-dp/p. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/526616 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/147 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 2237/049 (20130101) H01J 2237/152 (20130101) |
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| US 09184038 | Cooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zane Baird (West Lafayette, Indiana); Wen-Ping Peng (Shoufeng, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to apparatuses for focusing ions at or above ambient pressure and methods of use thereof. In certain embodiments, the invention provides an apparatus for focusing ions that includes an electrode having a cavity, at least one inlet within the electrode configured to operatively couple with an ionization source, such that discharge generated by the ionization source is injected into the cavity of the electrode, and an outlet. The cavity in the electrode is shaped such that upon application of voltage to the electrode, ions within the cavity are focused and directed to the outlet, which is positioned such that a proximal end of the outlet receives the focused ions and a distal end of the outlet is open to ambient pressure. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/391867 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/10 (20130101) H01J 49/067 (20130101) |
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| US 09184237 | Ryu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sei-Hyung Ryu (Cary, North Carolina); Craig Capell (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Charlotte Jonas (Morrisville, North Carolina); David Grider (Wake Forest, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertical power transistor is monolithically packaged on a semiconductor die with gate buffer circuitry. The gate buffer circuitry is adapted to deliver a biasing voltage to a gate contact of the vertical power transistor for switching the device between an ON state and an OFF state. By monolithically packaging the gate buffer circuitry together with the vertical power transistor, parasitic inductance between the gate buffer circuitry and the gate of the vertical power transistor is minimized, thereby decreasing the switching time of the vertical power transistor and reducing switching noise. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/926313 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/8213 (20130101) H01L 21/823487 (20130101) H01L 21/823885 (20130101) H01L 27/088 (20130101) H01L 27/098 (20130101) H01L 27/0922 (20130101) H01L 27/1207 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/7802 (20130101) H01L 29/7803 (20130101) |
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| US 09184310 | Keenihan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Joe A. Langmaid (Caro, Michigan); Gerald K. Eurich (Merrill, Michigan); Michael J. Lesniak (Kawkawlin, Michigan); Michael H. Mazor (Midland, Michigan); Robert J. Cleereman (Midland, Michigan); Ryan S. Gaston (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is premised upon a connector device and method that can more easily electrically connect a plurality of PV devices or photovoltaic system components and/or locate these devices/components upon a building structure. It also may optionally provide some additional sub-components (e.g. at least one bypass diode and/or an indicator means) and may enhance the serviceability of the device. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/358513 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/05 (20130101) H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/048 (20130101) H01L 31/0508 (20130101) H01L 31/02008 (20130101) H01L 31/02008 (20130101) H01L 31/02013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 12/79 (20130101) H01R 13/055 (20130101) H01R 13/113 (20130101) H01R 13/639 (20130101) H01R 13/7032 (20130101) H01R 31/00 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 20/23 (20141201) H02S 20/25 (20141201) H02S 20/25 (20141201) H02S 40/34 (20141201) H02S 40/36 (20141201) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 10/12 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49117 (20150115) Y10T 29/49355 (20150115) Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 09184327 | Rose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas Rose (Mountain View, California); Shan Daroczi (Santa Clara, California); Thomas Phu (Alameda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Rose (Mountain View, California); Shan Daroczi (Santa Clara, California); Thomas Phu (Alameda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cell connection piece for a photovoltaic module is disclosed herein. The cell connection piece includes an interconnect bus, a plurality of bus tabs unitarily formed with the interconnect bus, and a terminal bus coupled with the interconnect bus. The plurality of bus tabs extend from the interconnect bus. The terminal bus includes a non-linear portion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/543440 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/05 (20130101) H01L 31/0201 (20130101) H01L 31/0508 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 40/34 (20141201) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09184402 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yifan Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An organic light emitting device including a) an anode; b) a cathode; and c) an emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, the emissive layer comprising an organic host compound and a phosphorescent compound exhibiting a Stokes Shift overlap greater than 0.3 eV. The organic light emitting device may further include a hole transport layer disposed between the emissive layer and the anode; and an electron transport layer disposed between the emissive layer and the cathode. In some embodiments, the phosphorescent compound exhibits a phosphorescent lifetime of less than 10 μs. In some embodiments, the concentration of the phosphorescent compound ranges from 0.5 wt. % to 10 wt. %. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/268398 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/5016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2251/55 (20130101) |
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| US 09184428 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zonghai Chen (Downers Grove, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zonghai Chen (Downers Grove, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally related to electrolytes containing anion receptor additives to enhance the power capability of lithium-ion batteries. The anion receptor of the present invention is a Lewis acid that can help to dissolve LiF in the passivation films of lithium-ion batteries. Accordingly, one aspect the invention provides electrolytes comprising a lithium salt; a polar aprotic solvent; and an anion receptor additive; and wherein the electrolyte solution is substantially non-aqueous. Further there are provided electrochemical devices employing the electrolyte and methods of making the electrolyte. |
| FILED | Friday, March 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/373054 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/1653 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/1315 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/056 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0566 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) H01M 10/4235 (20130101) H01M 2300/0025 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09184436 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wu Xu (Richland, Washington); Jiguang Zhang (Richland, Washington); Gordon L. Graff (West Richland, Washington); Xilin Chen (Richland, Washington); Fei Ding (Tianjin, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wu Xu (Richland, Washington); Jiguang Zhang (Richland, Washington); Gordon L. Graff (West Richland, Washington); Xilin Chen (Richland, Washington); Fei Ding (Tianjin, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrodeposition and energy storage devices utilizing an electrolyte having a surface-smoothing additive can result in self-healing, instead of self-amplification, of initial protuberant tips that give rise to roughness and/or dendrite formation on the substrate and anode surface. For electrodeposition of a first metal (M1) on a substrate or anode from one or more cations of M1 in an electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution is characterized by a surface-smoothing additive containing cations of a second metal (M2), wherein cations of M2 have an effective electrochemical reduction potential in the solution lower than that of the cations of M1. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/495745 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — 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 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0445 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/0452 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09184464 | Chiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 24M Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 24M Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Weston, Massachusetts); Mihai Duduta (Somerville, Massachusetts); Richard Holman (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Pimpa Limthongkul (Boston, Massachusetts); Taison Tan (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having high rate capability, and more particularly to devices, systems and methods of producing high capacity and high rate capability batteries having relatively thick semi-solid electrodes. In some embodiments, an electrochemical cell includes an anode, a semi-solid cathode that includes a suspension of an active material and a conductive material in a liquid electrolyte, and an ion permeable membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode. The semi-solid cathode has a thickness in the range of about 250 μm-2,500 μm, and the electrochemical cell has an area specific capacity of at least 5 mAh/cm2 at a C-rate of C/2. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/597869 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/18 (20130101) H01M 8/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/225 (20130101) |
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| US 09184467 | Tikhonov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | A123 Systems LLC (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | A123 Systems LLC (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Konstantin Tikhonov (Pleasanton, California); Ka Ki Yip (San Leandro, California); Tzu-Yuan Lin (San Jose, California); Norman Lei (San Francisco, California); Guillermo Guerrero-Zavala (San Jose, California); Kristie W. Kwong (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are electrochemical cells and electrolytes used to build such cells. An electrolyte includes at least one salt having a molecular weight less than about 250. Such salts allow forming electrolytes with higher salt concentrations and ensure high conductivity and ion transport in these electrolytes. The low molecular weight salt may have a concentration of at least about 0.5M and may be combined with one or more other salts, such as linear and cyclic imide salts and/or methide salts. The concentration of these additional salts may be less than that of the low molecular weight salt, in some embodiments, twice less. The additional salts may have a molecular weight greater than about 250. The electrolyte may also include one or more fluorinated solvents and may be capable of maintaining single phase solutions at between about −30° C. to about 80° C. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/910098 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — 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 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0034 (20130101) H01M 2300/0037 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09184468 | Tikhonov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | A123 Systems, LLC (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | A123 Systems LLC (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Konstantin Tikhonov (Pleasanton, California); Ka Ki Yip (San Leandro, California); Tzu-Yuan Lin (San Jose, California); Norman Lei (San Francisco, California); Guillermo Guerrero-Zavala (San Jose, California); Kristie W. Kwong (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are electrochemical cells and electrolytes used to build such cells. The electrolytes include imide salts and/or methide salts as well as fluorinated solvents capable of maintaining single phase solutions at between about −30° C. to about 80° C. The fluorinated solvents, such as fluorinated carbonates, fluorinated esters, and fluorinated esters, are less flammable than their non-fluorinated counterparts and improve safety characteristics of cells containing these solvents. The amount of fluorinated solvents in electrolytes may be between about 30% and 80% by weight not accounting weight of the salts. Linear and cyclic imide salts, such as LiN(SO2CF2CF3)2, and LiN(SO2CF3)2, as well as methide salts, such as LiC(SO2CF3)3 and LiC(SO2CF2CF3)3, may be used in these electrolytes. Fluorinated alkyl groups enhance solubility of these salts in the fluorinated solvents. In some embodiments, the electrolyte may also include a flame retardant, such as a phosphazene, and/or one or more ionic liquids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/910105 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — 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 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0034 (20130101) H01M 2300/0037 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09184478 | Friesen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cody A. Friesen (Fort McDowell, Arizona); Daniel Buttry (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cody A. Friesen (Fort McDowell, Arizona); Daniel Buttry (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods drawn to an electrochemical cell comprising a low temperature ionic liquid comprising positive ions and negative ions and a performance enhancing additive added to the low temperature ionic liquid. The additive dissolves in the ionic liquid to form cations, which are coordinated with one or more negative ions forming ion complexes. The electrochemical cell also includes an air electrode configured to absorb and reduce oxygen. The ion complexes improve oxygen reduction thermodynamics and/or kinetics relative to the ionic liquid without the additive. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/105794 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — 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 4/86 (20130101) H01M 4/90 (20130101) H01M 12/06 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0022 (20130101) H01M 2300/0025 (20130101) H01M 2300/0045 (20130101) |
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| US 09185020 | Ezick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Ezick (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania); Richard A. Lethin (New York, New York); Jordi Ros-Giralt (Newport Beach, California); Peter Szilagyi (Medina, New York); David E. Wohlford (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Reservoir Labs, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Ezick (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania); Richard A. Lethin (New York, New York); Jordi Ros-Giralt (Newport Beach, California); Peter Szilagyi (Medina, New York); David E. Wohlford (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, apparatus and methods for the implementation of high-speed network analyzers are provided. A set of high-level specifications is used to define the behavior of the network analyzer emitted by a compiler. An optimized inline workflow to process regular expressions is presented without sacrificing the semantic capabilities of the processing engine. An optimized packet dispatcher implements a subset of the functions implemented by the network analyzer, providing a fast and slow path workflow used to accelerate specific processing units. Such dispatcher facility can also be used as a cache of policies, wherein if a policy is found, then packet manipulations associated with the policy can be quickly performed. An optimized method of generating DFA specifications for network signatures is also presented. The method accepts several optimization criteria, such as min-max allocations or optimal allocations based on the probability of occurrence of each signature input bit. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/770649 |
| ART UNIT | 2456 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 43/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1408 (20130101) H04L 63/1416 (20130101) |
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| US 09185830 | Chainer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); David P. Graybill (Staatsburg, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Foster City, California); Vinod Kamath (Raleigh, North Carolina); Bejoy J. Kochuparambil (Apex, North Carolina); Roger R. Schmidt (Pougkeepsie, New York); Mark E. Steinke (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronic component. The methods include providing: a liquid-cooled structure, a thermal conduction path coupling the electronic component and the liquid-cooled structure, a coolant loop in fluid communication with a coolant-carrying channel of the liquid-cooled structure, and an outdoor-air-cooled heat exchange unit coupled to facilitate heat transfer from the liquid-cooled structure via, at least in part, the coolant loop. The thermoelectric array facilitates transfer of heat from the electronic component to the liquid-cooled structure, and the heat exchange unit cools coolant passing through the coolant loop by dissipating heat from the coolant to outdoor ambient air. In one implementation, temperature of coolant entering the liquid-cooled structure is greater than temperature of the outdoor ambient air to which heat is dissipated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/564250 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 21/02 (20130101) F25B 21/04 (20130101) Refrigerators; Cold Rooms; Ice-boxes; Cooling or Freezing Apparatus Not Otherwise Provided for F25D 17/06 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/2079 (20130101) H05K 7/20254 (20130101) H05K 7/20263 (20130101) H05K 7/20763 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 7/20781 (20130101) H05K 7/20836 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Myung K. Kim (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Myung K. Kim (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention utilizes a digital holographic adaptive optics (DHAO) system to replace hardware components in a conventional AO system with numerical processing for wavefront measurement and compensation of aberration by the principles of digital holography. Wavefront sensing and correction by DHAO have almost the full resolution of a CCD camera. The approach is inherently faster than conventional AO because it does not involve feedback and iteration, and the dynamic range of deformation measurement is essentially unlimited. The new aberration correction system can be incorporated into a conventional fundus camera with minor modification and achieve high resolution imaging of a retinal cone mosaic. It can generate profiles of the retinal vasculature and measure blood flow. It can also provide real-time profiles of ocular aberration during refractive (Lasik) surgery and generate three-dimensional maps of intraocular debris. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/901972 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09180050 | Meng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ellis Fan-chuin Meng (Alhambra, California); Po-Jui Chen (Cupertino, California); Damien C. Rodger (South Pasadena, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ellis Fan-chuin Meng (Alhambra, California); Po-Jui Chen (Cupertino, California); Damien C. Rodger (South Pasadena, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An implanted parylene tube shunt relieves intra-ocular pressure. The device is implanted with an open end in the anterior chamber of the eye, allowing excess fluid to be drained through the tube out of the eye. In one embodiment, only a first end of the tube implanted into the anterior chamber of the eye is open. Intra-ocular pressure (IOP) is then monitored, for example utilizing an implanted sensor. When IOP exceeds a critical valve, a practitioner intervenes, puncturing with a laser a thinned region of the tube lying outside the eye, thereby initiating drainage of fluid and relieving pressure. In accordance with alternative embodiments, the both ends of the tube are open, and the tube includes a one-way valve configured to permit drainage where IOP exceeds the critical value. The tube may include projecting barbs to anchor the tube in the eye without the need for sutures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/921765 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/16 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 5/6821 (20130101) A61B 2562/12 (20130101) A61B 2562/028 (20130101) A61B 2562/0247 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 9/00781 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0009 (20130101) F16K 99/0057 (20130101) F16K 2099/0086 (20130101) |
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| US 09180094 | Cosgriff-Hernandez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TEXAS A and M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth M. Cosgriff-Hernandez (College Station, Texas); Robert Scott Moglia (College Station, Texas); Jennifer L. Robinson (College Station, Texas); Nicholas A. Sears (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and methods for preparing three dimensional scaffolds are described. The materials, as improved high internal phase emulsions (HIPES), and the polymerization thereof may be suitable for injection prior to curing and when in an injectable form may be for site-directed in vivo use, curing after injection. In addition, said materials before curing may be engineered as a tissue substitution or enhancement and/or to include cell encapsulation. Said materials described herein form a monolith after curing and are biodegradable and porous after curing. Said materials are made from starting molecules using a process that does not rely on toxic solvents or monomers. Making of said materials to form the emulsion take advantage of one or more surfactants for HIPE stability. In addition, said materials cure at temperatures appropriate for use in an in vivo or in situ environment. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/651362 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/107 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/122 (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 27/16 (20130101) A61L 27/16 (20130101) A61L 27/38 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 2300/802 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 23/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09180454 | Heikenfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason Heikenfeld (Cincinnati, Ohio); Manjeet Dhindsa (Eindhoven, Netherlands); Eric Kreit (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Heikenfeld (Cincinnati, Ohio); Manjeet Dhindsa (Eindhoven, Netherlands); Eric Kreit (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrowetting and electrofluidic devices and methods. The device includes a hydrophobic channel formed between first and second substrates and a polar fluid and a non-polar fluid contained in the channel. An electrode with a dielectric layer is electrically connected to a voltage source. A Laplace barrier within the hydrophobic channel defines a fluid pathway that is open to the movement of the polar fluid within the channel. The polar fluid moves to a first position when the voltage source is biased at a first voltage that is less than or equal to a threshold voltage. The polar fluid moves to a second position when the voltage source is biased with a second voltage that is greater than the first voltage. |
| FILED | Friday, August 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/389726 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502792 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/004 (20130101) |
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| US 09180484 | Yin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yadong Yin (Riverside, California); Yongxing Hu (Riverside, California); Le He (Riverside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yadong Yin (Riverside, California); Yongxing Hu (Riverside, California); Le He (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetically responsive photonic nanochains that have been produced by inducing chaining of uniform magnetic particles during their silica coating process and then allowing additional deposited silica to wrap entire structures. The optical diffraction of these nanochains can be switched on and off by applying magnetic fields. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/003642 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 3/207 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/0072 (20130101) |
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| US 09181099 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy D. Zimmerman (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of processing bundles of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Bundles of CNTs are put into a solution and unbundled using sonication and one or more surfactants that break apart and disperse at least some of the bundles into the solution such that it contains individual semiconducting CNTs, individual metallic CNTs, and remaining CNT bundles. The individual CNTs are separated from each other using agarose bead column separation using sodium dodecyl sulfate as a surfactant. Remaining CNT bundles are then separated out by performing density-gradient ultracentrifugation. |
| FILED | Monday, February 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/171356 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0266 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181162 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xiaozhuo Chen (Athens, Ohio); Stephen Bergmeier (Athens, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaozhuo Chen (Athens, Ohio); Stephen Bergmeier (Athens, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Glucose deprivation is an attractive strategy in cancer research and treatment. Cancer cells upregulate glucose uptake and metabolism for maintaining accelerated growth and proliferation rates. Specifically blocking these processes is likely to provide new insights to the role of glucose transport and metabolism in tumorigenesis, as well as in apoptosis. As solid tumors outgrow the surrounding vasculature, they encounter microenvironments with a limited supply of nutrients leading to a glucose deprived environment in some regions of the tumor. Cancer cells living in the glucose deprived environment undergo changes to prevent glucose deprivation-induced apoptosis. Knowing how cancer cells evade apoptosis induction is also likely to yield valuable information and knowledge of how to overcome the resistance to apoptosis induction in cancer cells. Disclosed herein are novel anticancer compounds that inhibit basal glucose transport, resulting in tumor suppression and new methods for the study of glucose deprivation in animal cancer research. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/071386 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 39/367 (20130101) C07C 43/23 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 211/48 (20130101) C07C 235/56 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 231/12 (20130101) C07D 233/64 (20130101) C07D 235/18 (20130101) C07D 249/08 (20130101) C07D 319/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09181213 | Toscano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Toscano (Glen Arm, Maryland); Daryl A. Guthrie (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed subject matter provides certain N-substituted hydroxylamine derivative compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. In particular, the disclosed subject matter provides methods of using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions for treating, preventing, or delaying the onset and/or development of a disease or condition. In some embodiments, the disease or condition is selected from cardiovascular diseases, ischemia, reperfusion injury, cancerous disease, pulmonary hypertension and conditions responsive to nitroxyl therapy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/352399 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/08 (20130101) C07D 231/22 (20130101) C07D 231/46 (20130101) C07D 239/62 (20130101) C07D 319/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09181312 | Rome et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard H. Rome (Tarzana, California); Valerie A. Kickhoefer (Sherman Oaks, California); Glen R. Nemerow (La Jolla, California); Cheng-Yu Lai (La Jolla, California); Chris M. Weithoff (Downers Grove, Illinois); Mu Ri Han (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions of vault complexes containing recombinant membrane lytic proteins, such as an adenovirus protein VI lytic domain, and methods of using the vault complexes to facilitate delivery and entry of a biomolecule into a cell or subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/018325 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/435 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1077 (20130101) C12N 15/87 (20130101) C12N 15/88 (20130101) C12N 2710/10322 (20130101) |
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| US 09181403 | Shenhar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roy Shenhar (Mevassert Zion, Israel); Paul F. Nealey (Madison, Wisconsin); Marcus Müller (Gotteingen, Germany); Kostas Daoulas (Gottingen, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin); YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, LTD. (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Shenhar (Mevassert Zion, Israel); Paul F. Nealey (Madison, Wisconsin); Marcus Müller (Gotteingen, Germany); Kostas Daoulas (Gottingen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides block copolymers comprising at least one covalent polymer block and at least one supramolecular polymer block, processes for their preparations and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/600138 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — 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) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 81/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 81/02 (20130101) C08G 83/008 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/005 (20130101) C08J 2300/204 (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 201/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09181477 | Collins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua E. Collins (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Howard Y. Bell (Princeton, New Jersey); Xingchen Ye (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Christopher Bruce Murray (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua E. Collins (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Howard Y. Bell (Princeton, New Jersey); Xingchen Ye (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Christopher Bruce Murray (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Monodisperse particles having: a single pure crystalline phase of a rare earth-containing lattice, a uniform three-dimensional size, and a uniform polyhedral morphology are disclosed. Due to their uniform size and shape, the monodisperse particles self assemble into superlattices. The particles may be luminescent particles such as down-converting phosphor particles and up-converting phosphors. The monodisperse particles of the invention have a rare earth-containing lattice which in one embodiment may be an yttrium-containing lattice or in another may be a lanthanide-containing lattice. The monodisperse particles may have different optical properties based on their composition, their size, and/or their morphology (or shape). Also disclosed is a combination of at least two types of monodisperse particles, where each type is a plurality of monodisperse particles having a single pure crystalline phase of a rare earth-containing lattice, a uniform three-dimensional size, and a uniform polyhedral morphology; and where the types of monodisperse particles differ from one another by composition, by size, or by morphology. In a preferred embodiment, the types of monodisperse particles have the same composition but different morphologies. Methods of making and methods of using the monodisperse particles are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/876266 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Books; Book Covers; Loose Leaves; Printed Matter Characterised by Identification or Security Features; Printed Matter of Special Format or Style Not Otherwise Provided For; Devices for Use Therewith and Not Otherwise Provided For; Movable-strip Writing or Reading Apparatus B42D 15/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Compounds of the Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, or of the Rare-earth Metals C01F 17/0031 (20130101) C01F 17/0043 (20130101) C01F 17/0062 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/52 (20130101) C01P 2002/54 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/84 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/11 (20130101) C01P 2004/16 (20130101) C01P 2004/40 (20130101) C01P 2004/42 (20130101) C01P 2004/62 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/7773 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/08 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2933 (20150115) |
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| US 09181539 | Stephanopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Christine Santos (Richmond, California); Mattheos Koffas (Williamsville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Christine Santos (Richmond, California); Mattheos Koffas (Williamsville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the production of flavonoids and flavonoid precursors in cells through recombinant expression of tyrosine ammonia lyase (TAL), 4-coumarate:CoA ligase (4CL), chalcone synthase (CHS), and chalcone isomerase (CHI). |
| FILED | Thursday, May 05, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/101462 |
| 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 9/88 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/90 (20130101) C12N 9/93 (20130101) C12N 9/1029 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 17/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09181639 | Hart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anastasios John Hart (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Brian L. Wardle (Lexington, Massachusetts); Enrique J. Garcia (Zaragoza, Spain); Alexander Henry Slocum (Bow, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anastasios John Hart (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Brian L. Wardle (Lexington, Massachusetts); Enrique J. Garcia (Zaragoza, Spain); Alexander Henry Slocum (Bow, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for uniform growth of nanostructures such as nanotubes (e.g., carbon nanotubes) on the surface of a substrate, wherein the long axes of the nanostructures may be substantially aligned. The nanostructures may be further processed for use in various applications, such as composite materials. The present invention also provides systems and methods for growth of nanostructures, including batch processes and continuous processes. For example, in certain embodiments, a system for growing nanostructures is provided which includes a growth substrate, a region able to expose the surface of the growth substrate to a set of conditions selected to cause catalytic formation of nanostructures on the surface of the growth substrate, and a region able to expose the surface of the growth substrate to a set of conditions selected to remove nanostructures from the surface of the growth substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/227516 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanostructures Formed by Manipulation of Individual Atoms, Molecules, or Limited Collections of Atoms or Molecules as Discrete Units; Manufacture or Treatment Thereof B82B 1/00 (20130101) 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 31/024 (20130101) C01B 31/0233 (20130101) C01B 31/0293 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class D01F 9/133 (20130101) Treatment, Not Provided for Elsewhere in Class D06, of Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers or Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials D06M 11/74 (20130101) D06M 23/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09182371 | Kennedy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Kennedy (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gwendolyn Anderson (Brunswick, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Kennedy (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gwendolyn Anderson (Brunswick, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for integrating the electrophoresis and blotting of samples. A capillary electrophoresis and blotting system allows concomitant electrophoretic separation and blotting to provide a rapid and simplified process. A microfluidic electrophoresis and blotting system provides electrophoretic separation in a microfluidic channel followed by electroblotting from the microfluidic channel to also provide a rapid and simplified process. These systems and methods can be used to assay smaller amounts of sample in less time than conventional processes, including conventional Western blotting techniques. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/592933 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44739 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54386 (20130101) |
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| US 09182412 | Barbour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan G. Barbour (Newport Beach, California); Philip L. Felgner (Rancho Santa Fe, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan G. Barbour (Newport Beach, California); Philip L. Felgner (Rancho Santa Fe, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of detecting Borrelia species in a sample (e.g., a sample from a patient suspected of being infected). In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for detecting the presence of Borrelia proteins, nucleic acid sequences encoding these proteins, and subject antibodies to these proteins, where the proteins are selected from those listed in Table 3, including: BB0279 (FLiL), BBK19, BBK07, BB0286 (FlbB), BBG33, BBL27, BBN34, BBP34, BBQ42, BBQ34, BBM34, BBN27, and BBH13. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/546165 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 1/689 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2333/20 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09182591 | Crane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathan B. Crane (Lutz, Florida); Qi Ni (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan B. Crane (Lutz, Florida); Qi Ni (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrowetting system and method for the movement of a droplet across the surface of a substrate, utilizing an applied voltage. The actuation of the droplet is achieved by introducing a diode into the idealized electrical circuit of the electrowetting system. The diode is in parallel with a capacitor (dielectric) and effectively shorts the droplet on the side of a lower potential electrode so that the entire voltage drop is across the dielectric over the higher potential electrode. This difference in potential creates an energy imbalance that is effective in moving the droplet towards the higher potential electrode. If the voltage polarity is reversed, the direction of actuation will also be reversed. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/471785 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502792 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2400/0427 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/32 (20130101) G02B 26/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09182616 | Bockstaller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Bockstaller (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Lisa M. Porter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Sudarshan Narayanan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jihoon Choi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a photonic band gap (PBG) structure comprises: a first conducting layer; a second conducting layer; and a nanocomposite layer between the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer, the nanocomposite layer comprising one or more composite materials and one or more nanoparticles dispersed within the one or more composite materials, with the one or more composite materials comprising a material that is optically transparent. |
| FILED | Friday, August 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/958425 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09183771 | Majumder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aditi Majumder (Irvine, California); Behzad Sajadi (Irvine, California); Gopi Meenakshisundaram (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aditi Majumder (Irvine, California); Behzad Sajadi (Irvine, California); Gopi Meenakshisundaram (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A projector configured to provide higher resolution output without increasing pixel resolution in a light modulator is disclosed. The projector may introduce an optical element between a light modulator and an imaging lens. The optical element may provide pixel sharing of a target image. The pixel sharing may be produced by, for example, making smaller copies of pixels. Selected copies of pixels may be passed to the imaging lens to display an output image with selected areas of higher density pixels. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/566089 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 21/006 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 3/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G09G 3/007 (20130101) G09G 2300/023 (20130101) G09G 2340/0407 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 9/3188 (20130101) |
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| US 09184036 | Cooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jason Duncan (Dayton, Indiana); Guangming Huang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Guangtao Li (Carmel, Indiana); Xin Yan (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ewa Sokol (West Lafayette, Indiana); Xin Li (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to methods and devices for synchronization of ion generation with cycling of a discontinuous atmospheric interface. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample that includes a mass spectrometry probe that generates sample ions, a discontinuous atmospheric interface, and a mass analyzer, in which the system is configured such that ion formation is synchronized with cycling of the discontinuous atmospheric interface. |
| FILED | Monday, May 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/887911 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/62 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/0445 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/24 (20150115) |
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| US 09184319 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jung-Yong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea); Peter Peumans (Leuven, Belgium) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jung-Yong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea); Peter Peumans (Leuven, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses are provided in connection with a transparent electrode on organic photovoltaic cells. A layer of dissolvable material is formed on a substrate. A solution having conductive nanowires suspended therein is deposited on the layer of dissolvable material. The solution is evaporated to form a nanowire mesh. The nanowire mesh is heated to sinter junctions between nanowires in the nanowire mesh. The nanowire mesh is affixed on a layer of one or more organic photovoltaic cells. The layer of dissolvable material is dissolved to deposit the nanowire mesh on the layer of one or more organic photovoltaic cells. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/350134 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/302 (20130101) H01L 31/022466 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/424 (20130101) H01L 51/442 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/31678 (20150401) |
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| US 09184339 | Gaska et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina); Maxim S Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Alexander Dobrinsky (Loudonville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a light emitting diode, which includes an n-type contact layer and a light generating structure adjacent to the n-type contact layer, is provided. The light generating structure includes a set of quantum wells. The contact layer and light generating structure can be configured so that a difference between an energy of the n-type contact layer and an electron ground state energy of a quantum well is greater than an energy of a polar optical phonon in a material of the light generating structure. Additionally, the light generating structure can be configured so that its width is comparable to a mean free path for emission of a polar optical phonon by an electron injected into the light generating structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/514586 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5068 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/04 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 33/10 (20130101) H01L 33/22 (20130101) H01L 33/0025 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) H01L 33/0075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/385 (20130101) H01L 33/405 (20130101) H01L 2933/0058 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei You (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei You (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides, among other things, a copolymer comprising at least one donor monomer and at least one acceptor monomer. The polymer may optionally further comprise at least one additional comonomer. The polymers are useful as a charge-transport, semiconducting, electrochemical conducting, photoconducting, or light emitting material. Microelectronic devices comprising such polymers (e.g., as a heterojunction therein) are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/701167 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 285/14 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/123 (20130101) C08G 61/126 (20130101) C08G 75/32 (20130101) C08G 2261/91 (20130101) C08G 2261/146 (20130101) C08G 2261/414 (20130101) C08G 2261/3223 (20130101) C08G 2261/3243 (20130101) C08G 2261/3246 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09184400 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hui Joon Park (Beaverton, Oregon); Lingjie Jay Guo (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Joon Park (Beaverton, Oregon); Lingjie Jay Guo (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of making a photovoltaic device with an organic liquid precursor having electron donor, electron acceptor, and liquid carrier are provided. The liquid precursor is applied to an electrode. A gas permeable layer/stamp contacts and applies pressure to the organic liquid precursor removing liquid carrier to form a solid active material with uniform interpenetrating network domains of electron donor/acceptor materials. A two-step process is also contemplated. A liquid precursor with either electron donor or acceptor is applied to an electrode, contacted under pressure with a first stamp having a nanoscale pattern, thus forming a solid with a patterned surface. Then, a second liquid precursor with the other of the electron donor or acceptor is applied to the patterned surface, contacted with a second stamp under pressure to form the active material. A transparent conducting electrode with material nanograting can be formed. The methods also include continuous processing, like roll-to-roll manufacturing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/583554 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0012 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/448 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2251/308 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09184757 | Kurchuk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York); COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (Paris, France) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (Paris, France); THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mariya Kurchuk (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Colin Weltin-Wu (Berkeley, California); Yannis Tsividis (New York, New York); Dominique Morche (Meylan, France); David Lachartre (Montbonnot, France) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, devices, and methods for continuous-time digital signal processing and signal representation are disclosed. This includes a continuous-time analog-to-digital converter that is configured to receive an analog signal and convert it to a continuous-time digital signal without using a clock or any type of sampling. This A/D conversion can include a per-level representation and a per-edge representation of the analog signal to produce a digital signal. The digital signal can then be processed in a continuous-time signal processor. The continuous time signal representation and processing can have benefits such a providing filters in high frequency applications where sampling is not practical. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/268602 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/12 (20130101) H03M 1/74 (20130101) H03M 1/125 (20130101) H03M 1/127 (20130101) H03M 1/361 (20130101) H03M 1/0631 (20130101) H03M 1/0697 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 1/0854 (20130101) H03M 1/1215 (20130101) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 25/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09185120 | Mahadevan et al. |
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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) | Priya Mahadevan (Sunnyvale, California); Ersin Uzun (Campbell, California); Alexander Afanasyev (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for mitigating interest flooding attacks in content-centric networks (CCNs). During operation, the system receives, at a physical interface of a router, an interest packet; obtains current interest satisfaction statistics associated with the physical interface; and determines whether to forward or drop the interest packet based on the current interest satisfaction statistics. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/971321 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1408 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Anker (Greenville, South Carolina); Melissa Rogalski (Central, South Carolina); Dakota Anderson (Orangeburg, South Carolina); Jonathon Heath (Florence, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Strain gauges that can provide information with regard to the state of implantable devices are described. The strain gauges can exhibit luminescence that is detectable through living tissue, and the detectable luminescent emission can vary according to the strain applied to the gauge. A change in residual strain of the device can signify a loss of mechanical integrity and/or loosening of the implant, and this can be non-invasively detected either by simple visual detection of the luminescent emission or through examination of the emission with a detector such as a spectrometer or a camera. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/960881 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/45 (20130101) A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/0077 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) A61B 5/686 (20130101) A61B 5/1127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4504 (20130101) A61B 5/6867 (20130101) A61B 6/00 (20130101) A61B 17/68 (20130101) A61B 17/86 (20130101) A61B 2562/0261 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/25 (20130101) |
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| US 09180632 | Hemmelgarn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Douglas Hemmelgarn (Miamisburg, Ohio); Thomas Wood Margraf (Centerville, Ohio); David Ernest Havens (Bellbrook, Ohio); John Lewis Reed (West Salem, Ohio); Logan Wayne Snyder (Fairborn, Ohio); Anthony Louderbough (Cincinnati, Ohio); Benjamin Allen Dietsch (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An advanced reflexive structure system is disclosed. The reflexive system mimics the pain withdrawal reflex on which the human body relies. The reflexive system incorporates a continuous health and performance monitoring system via an embedded dielectric film, an adaptive composite structure based on shape memory composite material, and an intelligence system which will be interfaced with both the health/performance sensors and the adaptive structure. When activated shape memory polymer will recover its structural integrity via shape recovery and a reptation healing process. These features enable the use of SMP as an adaptive structure in the proposed reflexive system. The development of a reflexive system for structures will enable increased safety and security and demonstrate a better understanding of integrated performance systems. This reflexive technology could find immediate implementation on all current and future systems and future implementation on platforms such as the International Space Station, Lunar, and Martian habitats. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/198091 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 35/0272 (20130101) B29C 73/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 73/22 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 43/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09180961 | Morris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Eugene Morris (Des Peres, Missouri); James Joseph Sheahan, Jr. (Alton, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for controlling a shape of an outer surface of a control surface. In one illustrative embodiment, an apparatus comprises a control surface and a shaping system associated with the control surface. The control surface is associated with a portion of an aft edge of a wing. The control surface comprises a plurality of segments in which each of the plurality of segments comprises a number of sections. The shaping system is configured to move each segment in the plurality of segments independently of other segments in the plurality of segments to control a shape of an outer surface of the control surface. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/751698 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 3/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09182022 | Wingett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul T. Wingett (Mesa, Arizona); John Perek (Phoenix, Arizona); Kellan Geck (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An actuator includes a housing assembly, a ball nut, a ball screw, and a ball screw stop. The ball nut is rotationally mounted in the housing assembly, is adapted to receive an input torque, and is configured, upon receipt thereof, to rotate and supply a drive force. The ball screw is mounted within the housing assembly and extends through the ball nut. The ball screw has a first end and a second end, and is coupled to receive the drive force from the ball nut. The ball screw is configured, upon receipt of the drive force, to selectively translate between a stow position and a deploy position. The ball screw stop is mounted on the ball screw to translate therewith and is configured to at selectively engage the housing assembly while the ball screw is translating, and engage the ball nut when the ball screw is in the deploy position. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/653601 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Gearing F16H 25/2015 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16H 25/2204 (20130101) F16H 2025/2081 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09182394 | Meyyappan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Meyya Meyyappan (San Jose, California) |
| 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) | Meyya Meyyappan (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for providing a nanopipette array for biosensing applications. A thin substrate of anodizable metal (“AN-metal,” such as Al, Mg, Zn, Ti, Ta and/or Nb) is anodized at temperature T=20-200° C., chemical bath pH=4-6 and electrical potential 1-300 Volts, to produce an array of anodized nanopipette channels, having diameters 10-50 nm, with oxidized channel surfaces of thickness 5-20 nm. A portion of exposed non-oxidized AN-metal between adjacent nanopipette channels, of length 1-5 μm, is etched away, exposing inner and outer surfaces of a nanopipette channel. A probe molecule, is deposited on one or both surfaces to provide biosensing capability for K(≧1) target molecules. Target molecule presence, in an above-threshold concentration, in a fluid passed through or adjacent to a nanopipette channel, produces characteristic detection signals associated with the probe molecule site. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/480917 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54386 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09182648 | Ai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Luminit LLC (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LUMINIT LLC (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Ai (Lakewood, California); Fedor Dimov (Redondo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A large coherent two-dimensional (2D) spatial filter array (SFA), 30 by 30 or larger, is produced by coupling a 2D planar lightwave circuit (PLC) array with a pair of lenslet arrays at the input and output side. The 2D PLC array is produced by stacking a plurality of chips, each chip with a plural number of straight PLC waveguides. A pupil array is coated onto the focal plane of the lenslet array. The PLC waveguides are produced by deposition of a plural number of silica layers on the silicon wafer, followed by photolithography and reactive ion etching (RIE) processes. A plural number of mode filters are included in the silica-on-silicon waveguide such that the PLC waveguide is transparent to the fundamental mode but higher order modes are attenuated by 40 dB or more. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/212822 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/0056 (20130101) G02B 6/13 (20130101) G02B 6/32 (20130101) G02B 6/126 (20130101) G02B 6/12002 (20130101) G02B 6/12004 (20130101) G02B 2006/12109 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 2/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09185374 | Starobin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael A. Starobin (Olney, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Starobin (Olney, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for producing full motion media for display on a spherical surface is described. The method may include selecting a subject of full motion media for display on a spherical surface. The method may the include capturing the selected subject as full motion media (e.g., full motion video) in a rectilinear domain. The method may then include processing the full motion media in the rectilinear domain for display on a spherical surface, such as by orienting the full motion media, adding rotation to the full motion media, processing edges of the full motion media, and/or distorting the full motion media in the rectilinear domain for instance. After processing the full motion media, the method may additionally include providing the processed full motion media to a spherical projection system, such as a Science on a Sphere system. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/925407 |
| ART UNIT | 2619 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 27/00 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 9/3147 (20130101) H04N 9/3185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09180168 | Ney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Denise M. Ney (Brooklyn, Wisconsin); Eric Chi-Liang Yen (Madison, Wisconsin); David W. Nelson (Madison, Wisconsin); Patrick Solverson (Viroqua, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for improving the health of a female human or non-human animal are disclosed. The methods include the step of administering to the animal compositions including an effective amount of glycomacropeptide (GMP) for effectuating the methods. Specifically, the methods can be used to increase the rate of fat metabolism or fat oxidation, decrease percentage of body fat, increase the rate of bone mineralization, increase bone mineral content, increase bone mineral density, and/or increase bone strength in the animal. GMP-containing compositions can be used according to the disclosed methods to treat obesity and related metabolic conditions, or to treat or prevent osteoporosis, osteopenia, and other conditions related to loss of bone mineral content or bone strength. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/755893 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/3053 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2200/306 (20130101) A23V 2200/332 (20130101) A23V 2250/55 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/018 (20130101) A61K 38/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1709 (20130101) |
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| US 09180179 | Rieder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aida E. Rieder (Westbrook, Connecticut); Luis L. Rodriguez (Old Saybrook, Connecticut); Jason R. Hollister (Stevensville, Montana); Sabena Uddowla (Ivoryton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | We have generated novel molecularly marked FMDV A24LL3DYR and A24LL3BPVKV3DYR vaccine candidates. The mutant viruses contain a deletion of the leader coding region (LL) rendering the virus attenuated in vivo and negative antigenic markers introduced in one or both of the viral non-structural 3Dpol and 3B proteins. The vaccine platform includes unique restriction endonuclease sites for easy swapping of capsid proteins for different FMDV subtypes and serotypes. The mutant viruses produced no signs of FMD and no shedding of virulent virus in cattle. No clinical signs of disease or fever were observed and no transmission to in-contact animals was detected in pigs inoculated with live A24LL3DYR. Cattle immunized with chemically inactivated vaccine candidates showed an efficacy comparable to a polyvalent commercial FMDV vaccine. These vaccine candidates used in conjunction with a cELISA provide a suitable target for DIVA companion tests. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/280984 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/135 (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 2770/32134 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2469/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09180181 | Olsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher W. Olsen (Madison, Wisconsin); Gabriele A. Landolt (Fort Collins, Colorado); Alexander I. Karasin (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an isolated H3 equine influenza A virus, as well as methods of preparing and using the virus, and genes or proteins thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/255719 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/54 (20130101) A61K 2039/525 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/16121 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12C - C12Q, Relating to Microorganisms C12R 1/91 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09181309 | Huffaker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alisa Huffaker (Newberry, Florida); Eric A Schmelz (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein is identified a novel gene, ZmproPEP3, encoding a bioactive peptide, ZmPEP3, from Zea mays, wherein the peptide finds utility in regulating expression of both herbivory-defense regulating signals, herbivore and pathogen defense genes, production of defense-related metabolites, inducing broad antimicrobial activity and increasing plant volatiles. |
| FILED | Monday, October 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/632620 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8282 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP26063 | Freyre |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rosanna Freyre (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | ‘R10-105-Q54’ is a new Ruellia plant distinguished by having excellent landscape performance, red-violet flowers, no fruiting from selfing, low fruiting (and abortion of fruits prior to maturity) when pollinated with fertile Ruellia pollen, and no viable seed production, as disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/998698 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/263.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09181375 | Tian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yanqing Tian (Tempe, Arizona); Deirdre Meldrum (Phoenix, Arizona); Xianfeng Zhou (Tempe, Arizona); Fengyu Su (Tempe, Arizona); Roger H. Johnson (Phoenix, Arizona); Cody Youngbull (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yanqing Tian (Tempe, Arizona); Deirdre Meldrum (Phoenix, Arizona); Xianfeng Zhou (Tempe, Arizona); Fengyu Su (Tempe, Arizona); Roger H. Johnson (Phoenix, Arizona); Cody Youngbull (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates generally to potassium ion sensors and monomers derived from such sensors. The disclosure also provides for polymers (e.g., random copolymers, nanoparticles, polymer thin films, and sensors) having polymerized monomeric potassium ion sensors as described herein. These compounds and polymers are useful for measuring intracellular and extracellular potassium ion concentrations. |
| FILED | Monday, February 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/985260 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 498/08 (20130101) C07D 519/00 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0093 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 226/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 230/04 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 2261/226 (20130101) C08G 2261/3223 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/84 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09183771 | Majumder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aditi Majumder (Irvine, California); Behzad Sajadi (Irvine, California); Gopi Meenakshisundaram (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aditi Majumder (Irvine, California); Behzad Sajadi (Irvine, California); Gopi Meenakshisundaram (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A projector configured to provide higher resolution output without increasing pixel resolution in a light modulator is disclosed. The projector may introduce an optical element between a light modulator and an imaging lens. The optical element may provide pixel sharing of a target image. The pixel sharing may be produced by, for example, making smaller copies of pixels. Selected copies of pixels may be passed to the imaging lens to display an output image with selected areas of higher density pixels. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/566089 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 21/006 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 3/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G09G 3/007 (20130101) G09G 2300/023 (20130101) G09G 2340/0407 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 9/3188 (20130101) |
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| US 09184194 | Cellek et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oray Orkun Cellek (Mountain View, California); Yong-Hang Zhang (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-band photodetectors can be formed by series connecting unipolar and, optionally, bipolar semiconductor structures, each having different photodetection bands. Under default mode of operation, the detector with highest resistance and lowest current will be the current limiting device and will be the active photodetector. When the active photodetector is illuminated with strong light in its own detection band it will be optically biased. This active photodetector will no longer be the highest resistance device, and the next photodetector will be the active photodetector. Repeating this operation pattern, allows switching photodetection bands of the multi-band photodetector. The resistances, dark current and photocurrent of the devices should be engineered to have proper switching. Moreover, the illuminating surface, and photodetector placement should be optimized for proper light biasing. The current passing through the device will always be equal to the current of the active photodetector. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/724244 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/144 (20130101) H01L 27/14621 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/105 (20130101) H01L 31/109 (20130101) H01L 31/1013 (20130101) H01L 31/02019 (20130101) |
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| US 09185356 | Taylor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting For and On Behalf of Arizona State (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Taylor (Tempe, Arizona); Mark Hayes (Gilbert, Arizona); LaKeta Kemp (Tempe, Arizona); Paul Jones (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for separation of bacterial species and serotypes using electrophoretic methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/797181 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 57/02 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 5/005 (20130101) B03C 5/026 (20130101) B03C 2201/26 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 47/04 (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 1/24 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09184391 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuning Li (Kitchener, Canada); Beng S. Ong (Singapore, Singapore); Yiliang Wu (Oakville, Canada); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound including at least one type of an optionally substituted indolocarbazole moiety and at least one divalent linkage. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/168273 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/124 (20130101) C08G 61/126 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09184400 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hui Joon Park (Beaverton, Oregon); Lingjie Jay Guo (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Joon Park (Beaverton, Oregon); Lingjie Jay Guo (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of making a photovoltaic device with an organic liquid precursor having electron donor, electron acceptor, and liquid carrier are provided. The liquid precursor is applied to an electrode. A gas permeable layer/stamp contacts and applies pressure to the organic liquid precursor removing liquid carrier to form a solid active material with uniform interpenetrating network domains of electron donor/acceptor materials. A two-step process is also contemplated. A liquid precursor with either electron donor or acceptor is applied to an electrode, contacted under pressure with a first stamp having a nanoscale pattern, thus forming a solid with a patterned surface. Then, a second liquid precursor with the other of the electron donor or acceptor is applied to the patterned surface, contacted with a second stamp under pressure to form the active material. A transparent conducting electrode with material nanograting can be formed. The methods also include continuous processing, like roll-to-roll manufacturing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/583554 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0012 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/448 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2251/308 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 09184463 | Ohlsen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leroy J. Ohlsen (Gold Bar, Washington); Slobodan Petrovic (Kirkland, Washington); David W. Wine (Seattle, Washington); Lorne Roy (Seattle, Washington); Julie Birashk (Mill Creek, Washington) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Leroy J. Ohlsen (Gold Bar, Washington); Slobodan Petrovic (Kirkland, Washington); David W. Wine (Seattle, Washington); Lorne Roy (Seattle, Washington); Julie Birashk (Mill Creek, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention disclosed herein is directed to nitric acid regeneration fuel cell systems that comprise: an anode; a cathode confronting and spaced apart from the anode; an anolyte flowstream configured to flowingly contact the anode, wherein the anolyte flowstream includes a fuel, preferably methanol, for reacting at the anode; a catholyte flowstream configured to flowingly contact the cathode, wherein the catholyte flowstream includes nitric acid for reacting at the cathode to thereby yield cathode reaction products that include nitric oxide and water in a catholyte effluent flowstream; and a hydrogen peroxide flowstream configured to contact and react hydrogen peroxide with the nitric oxide of the catholyte effluent flowstream at a hydrogen peroxide oxidation zone to thereby yield a regenerated nitric acid flowstream. The regenerated nitric acid flowstream is preferably reused in the catholyte flowstream. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/966721 |
| 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 8/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/20 (20130101) H01M 8/0668 (20130101) H01M 8/1011 (20130101) H01M 8/04007 (20130101) H01M 8/04164 (20130101) H01M 8/04291 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09179901 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathaniel P. Young (Salt Lake City, Utah); Mark A. Crawford (Sandy, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vital Access Corporation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathaniel P. Young (Salt Lake City, Utah); Mark A. Crawford (Sandy, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Ports for accessing vessels within a patient include passageways that can guide needles or other access devices directly into the vessels. The ports can be implanted subcutaneously within a patient. Some ports may be used in the creation and use of vascular access buttonholes. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/018277 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/0057 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 17/3423 (20130101) A61B 2017/3425 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 1/3653 (20130101) A61M 1/3659 (20140204) A61M 1/3661 (20140204) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09184339 | Gaska et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina); Maxim S Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Alexander Dobrinsky (Loudonville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a light emitting diode, which includes an n-type contact layer and a light generating structure adjacent to the n-type contact layer, is provided. The light generating structure includes a set of quantum wells. The contact layer and light generating structure can be configured so that a difference between an energy of the n-type contact layer and an electron ground state energy of a quantum well is greater than an energy of a polar optical phonon in a material of the light generating structure. Additionally, the light generating structure can be configured so that its width is comparable to a mean free path for emission of a polar optical phonon by an electron injected into the light generating structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/514586 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5068 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/04 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 33/10 (20130101) H01L 33/22 (20130101) H01L 33/0025 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) H01L 33/0075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/385 (20130101) H01L 33/405 (20130101) H01L 2933/0058 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09185020 | Ezick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Ezick (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania); Richard A. Lethin (New York, New York); Jordi Ros-Giralt (Newport Beach, California); Peter Szilagyi (Medina, New York); David E. Wohlford (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Reservoir Labs, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Ezick (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania); Richard A. Lethin (New York, New York); Jordi Ros-Giralt (Newport Beach, California); Peter Szilagyi (Medina, New York); David E. Wohlford (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, apparatus and methods for the implementation of high-speed network analyzers are provided. A set of high-level specifications is used to define the behavior of the network analyzer emitted by a compiler. An optimized inline workflow to process regular expressions is presented without sacrificing the semantic capabilities of the processing engine. An optimized packet dispatcher implements a subset of the functions implemented by the network analyzer, providing a fast and slow path workflow used to accelerate specific processing units. Such dispatcher facility can also be used as a cache of policies, wherein if a policy is found, then packet manipulations associated with the policy can be quickly performed. An optimized method of generating DFA specifications for network signatures is also presented. The method accepts several optimization criteria, such as min-max allocations or optimal allocations based on the probability of occurrence of each signature input bit. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/770649 |
| ART UNIT | 2456 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 43/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1408 (20130101) H04L 63/1416 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 09181799 | Harte |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip T. Harte (Concord, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip T. Harte (Concord, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A sampling system and a method for sampling fluid from a target zone within a well bore without commingling fluid from other zones in the well. The sampling system includes a hydraulic flow control system and a differential flow logging system. The hydraulic flow control system has a plurality of multi-level, vertically disposed pumps with fluid extraction rates set to generate hydraulic zones above and below a center one of the pumps. The hydraulic zones isolate fluid flow in a target zone surrounding the center pump, and the center pump collects a sample from the isolated target zone without mixing fluid from other zones of the well. The differential logging system has a plurality of flow devices. Each of the plurality of flow devices is disposed near one of the hydraulic zones to monitor vertical flow in the well and confirm isolation of the target zone. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/789401 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 49/084 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09182228 | Pollock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Boyd Pollock (Guntersville, Alabama); Patrick John Reardon (Madison, Alabama); Theodore Earl Rogers (Huntsville, Alabama); Christopher N. Underwood (Huntsville, Alabama); Geoffrey Egnal (Washington, District of Columbia); Bennett Sampson Wilburn (Vienna, Virginia); Stephen Kenneth Pitalo (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sony Corporation (Tokyo, Japan); University of Alabama in Huntsville (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Boyd Pollock (Guntersville, Alabama); Patrick John Reardon (Madison, Alabama); Theodore Earl Rogers (Huntsville, Alabama); Christopher N. Underwood (Huntsville, Alabama); Geoffrey Egnal (Washington, District of Columbia); Bennett Sampson Wilburn (Vienna, Virginia); Stephen Kenneth Pitalo (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An image capture system comprises a plurality of cameras and a camera mount. The camera mount has a curved portion, and the plurality of cameras are secured to the curved portion. The cameras are oriented radially inward relative to the curved portion of the camera mount, such that the lines of sight of the cameras intersect. Images are captured substantially simultaneously with the plurality of cameras. The captured images are stitched together to form a collective image. The image capture system may be positioned in an aerial vehicle to provide overhead views of an environment, and captured images may be transmitted to a remote location for viewing in substantially real time. A remote user may indicate a region of interest within the collective image, and the image capture system may render a portion of the collective image in accordance with the user's indications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/456745 |
| ART UNIT | 2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 11/06 (20130101) 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 37/04 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/4038 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/1965 (20130101) G08B 13/19641 (20130101) G08B 13/19656 (20130101) G08B 13/19693 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/247 (20130101) H04N 5/2251 (20130101) H04N 5/23203 (20130101) H04N 5/23216 (20130101) H04N 5/23238 (20130101) H04N 5/23248 (20130101) H04N 5/23267 (20130101) H04N 19/527 (20141101) H04N 21/2146 (20130101) H04N 21/2365 (20130101) H04N 21/2665 (20130101) H04N 21/4312 (20130101) H04N 21/4314 (20130101) H04N 21/4347 (20130101) H04N 21/4348 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Classified Government Agency
| US 09183332 | Ferguson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Ferguson (Bealeton, Virginia); Lloyd Brown (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for an automated way of running spice on a small portion of a design is presented. The system includes a sub-circuit netlist generation processor and an analog simulation processor. The sub-circuit netlist generation processor generates a sub-circuit netlist based, at least in part, on a HDL netlist, a parasitic capacitance database and trace rules. The sub-circuit netlist contains significantly fewer paths than the HDL netlist of an entire design so that its simulation time is much quicker. The analog simulation processor generates analog simulation results of the sub-circuit netlist based, at least in part, on dynamic inputs. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/251267 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09182325 | Schleifer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arthur Schleifer (Portola Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Schleifer (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for changing relative concentrations of first and second analyte substances in an analyte sample comprises a sample cell defining a sample chamber therewithin, and a semipermeable boundary member disposed in the sample chamber to define first and second sides of the sample chamber. Sample flow input and sample flow output ducts direct an analyte sample containing respective initial concentrations of the first and second analyte substances into the first side of the sample chamber. The semipermeable boundary member permits diffusion therethrough of the first and second analyte substances to the second side of the sample chamber at different rates. An analyte sample in the second side of the sample chamber, and an analyte sample exiting the first side via the sample flow output duct, have respective concentrations of the first and second analyte substances that are different from the initial concentrations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/489150 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/4005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09183071 | Estell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy William Estell (Ellicott City, Maryland); Bruce Allen Clark (Eldersburg, Maryland); Littleton Kent Riggins (Silver Spring, Maryland); Jeffrey Errol Cade (Elkridge, Maryland); Ronald Franklin Cox (Millersville, Maryland); Martin William Sutton, Jr. (Brooklyn Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for automating testing of multiple SATA hard drives with multiple motherboards are described herein. In certain embodiments any number of SATA drives may be switchably connected to any number of motherboards, and any number of tests may be performed on combinations of the SATA drives and motherboards without or with only minimal manual intervention between tests. In one embodiment, the system may include an automated selector having a controller adapted to receive a testing instruction and transmit the received testing instruction and a mainboard in communication with the controller. The mainboard may include a logic device to receive the testing instruction from the controller and/or a switch for pairing and unpairing motherboards with SATA storage devices. |
| FILED | Monday, December 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/093782 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/0727 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09180199 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RESEARCH and BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (Suwon-si, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research and Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University (Suwon-si, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Doo Sung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea); Yi Li (Suwon-si, South Korea); Bong Sup Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A polypeptide based block copolymer having biodegradability due to peptidase, a process for the preparation thereof, and polymer micelles using the same are provided. The block copolymer is a block copolymer of a polyethylene glycol-based compound having properties such that the solubility for water is different depending on the pH, but cannot form micelles due to a self-assembly phenomenon; and a polyglutamic acid-based compound formed using an aminolysis reaction of glutamic acid and tertiary amine in which the end of one alkyl group is substituted with NH2, or using an aminolysis reaction of glutamic acid and triamine. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/022356 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1075 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09180322 | Wettlaufer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Altair Engineering, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ALTAIR ENGINEERING, INC. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Wettlaufer (St. Clair Shores, Michigan); James Trumble (Royal Oak, Michigan); Timothy R. Smith (Commerce Township, Michigan); Shaun C. Muston (Brownstown, Michigan); Dragi Gasevski (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Craig Mackiewicz (Clawson, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable, hand-operated rescue tool is provided for rescue and extreme duty operations where an object needs to be cut, crushed, pierced and separated, or lifted. The rescue tool includes a body, a support handle and articulating jaw force members used to impart high forces on an object. The tool includes a manually-operated, pivoting actuation handle connected to a high pressure fluid displacement system to pivotally rotate the jaw force arms in a selected direction or mode of operation to suit the situation. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/456676 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices, Apparatus or Methods for Life-saving A62B 3/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Planing; Slotting; Shearing; Broaching; Sawing; Filing; Scraping; Like Operations for Working Metal by Removing Material, Not Otherwise Provided for B23D 15/14 (20130101) B23D 29/00 (20130101) Combination or Multi-purpose Tools Not Otherwise Provided For; Details or Components of Portable Power-driven Tools Not Particularly Related to the Operations Performed and Not Otherwise Provided for B25F 5/005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09181636 | Arinzeh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Treena Lynne Arinzeh (West Orange, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Treena Lynne Arinzeh (West Orange, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods of preparing a three-dimensional matrix of micron sized electrospun fibers, wherein the electrospun fibers are formed from a electrospun composite comprising a bioactive ceramic component and a polymer component. The matrix provides an osteoconductive and osteoinductive scaffold supporting osteogenesis and thereby facilitates bone repair. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/210806 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/28 (20130101) A61F 2/3094 (20130101) A61F 2002/4495 (20130101) A61F 2240/001 (20130101) A61F 2310/00179 (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 27/46 (20130101) A61L 27/3821 (20130101) A61L 27/3834 (20130101) A61L 27/3847 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/0007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 1/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09181791 | Dolgin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin Paul Dolgin (Newington, Virginia); William G. Suliga (Manassas, Virginia); Thomas G. Pepin (Warrenton, Virginia); John T. Ishibashi (Burke, Virginia); Michael A. Toreno (Herdon, Virginia); James A. Nalasco (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Paul Dolgin (Newington, Virginia); William G. Suliga (Manassas, Virginia); Thomas G. Pepin (Warrenton, Virginia); John T. Ishibashi (Burke, Virginia); Michael A. Toreno (Herdon, Virginia); James A. Nalasco (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a system and method for horizontal directional drilling (HDD). The system and method utilize predictive algorithms to both characterize the soil within the borehole and to quantify instability within the drillstring. The soil characteristics are represented by a soil coefficient (α), which relates the curvature of the borehole with the length of thrust of the drill rig as well as by comparison of thrust while thrusting with torque while drilling. The value of (α) is obtained by comparison of the historical orientation of the drilling head over the length of the borehole and the borehole shape as determined by an arbitrary navigation sensor. Drillstring instability is determined as a function of historical thrust and torque efficiencies and windup over the length of the borehole. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/170273 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 44/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E21B 47/024 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09184480 | Kroening et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam M. Kroening (Atlanta, Georgia); Lance Covert (Montgomery, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A circulator for a waveguide is provided. The circulator comprises a waveguide housing including a central cavity, and a ferrite element disposed in the central cavity of the waveguide housing, with the ferrite element including a first surface and an opposing second surface. The circulator also comprises a pair of asymmetric dielectric spacers including a first dielectric spacer located on the first surface of the ferrite element, and a second dielectric spacer located on the second surface of the ferrite element. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/638755 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/38 (20130101) H01P 1/39 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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