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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 17, 2015
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| US 09186064 | Shumate 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 Lee Shumate (Huntsville, Alabama); Paul B Ruffin (Harvest, Alabama); Wayne Davenport (Owens Cross Roads, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application relates to an internal optical spectroscope comprising: a needle sleeve insertable into and removable from targeted living tissue; a shaft housed by the needle sleeve including at least one v-shaped trough including an aft side and a next-to-aft side; a light source comprising variable light wave lengths of both visible and near infrared light; at least one light transmission fiber comprising a transmitting end; at least one light detector fiber comprising a receptive end; and data processor. The present application also relates to a method of performing an optical biopsy in situ. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/970665 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0084 (20130101) A61B 5/6848 (20130101) A61B 10/0233 (20130101) |
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| US 09186066 | Tearney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Milen Shishkov (Watertown, Massachusetts); Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Benjamin J. Vakoc (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Milen Shishkov (Watertown, Massachusetts); Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Benjamin J. Vakoc (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for applying a plurality of electro-magnetic radiations to a sample is provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the apparatus can include an arrangement which has a specific portion with a plurality of channels. One of channels can facilitate a first radiation of the radiations to be forwarded to the sample that is within an anatomical structure, and another one of the channels can facilitate a second radiation of the radiations to be forwarded to the sample. The first radiation may have a first wavelength band, and the second radiation may have a second wavelength band. The first wavelength band may be substantially different from the second wavelength band. According to another exemplary embodiment, the first radiation can be adapted to be delivered to a first area of the sample, and the second radiation may be capable of being delivered to a second area of the sample. The first area may be substantially enclosed by the second area. According to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, each of the channels can facilitate at least one particular radiation of the radiations to be forwarded to the sample that is within an anatomical structure of the sample, the radiations being delivered to different areas of the sample. Centers of every one of the areas may be provided substantially along a line. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/670027 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/6852 (20130101) A61B 18/24 (20130101) A61B 2017/00057 (20130101) A61B 2017/22051 (20130101) A61B 2018/207 (20130101) A61B 2019/5206 (20130101) A61B 2019/5217 (20130101) |
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| US 09186067 | Tearney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Milen Shishkov (Watertown, Massachusetts); Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Benjamin J. Vakoc (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for applying electro-magnetic radiations to a sample is provided. The apparatus can include an arrangement which has a specific portion with a plurality of channels. One channel(s) can facilitate a first radiation to be forwarded to the sample within an anatomical structure, and another channel(s) can facilitate a second radiation to be forwarded to the sample. The first radiation can have a first wavelength band, and the second radiation can have a second wavelength band, which can be substantially different from the first wavelength band. The first radiation can be delivered to a first area of the sample, and the second radiation can be delivered to a second area of the sample. Each of the channels can facilitate a particular radiation(s) to be forwarded to the sample that is within an anatomical structure of the sample, the radiations being delivered to different areas of the sample. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/901921 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/6852 (20130101) A61B 18/24 (20130101) A61B 2017/00057 (20130101) A61B 2017/22051 (20130101) A61B 2018/207 (20130101) A61B 2019/5206 (20130101) A61B 2019/5217 (20130101) |
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| US 09186270 | Blanck |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan Vaughn Blanck (Schertz, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by The Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Vaughn Blanck (Schertz, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An exoskeletal orthosis includes a proximal cuff comprising a hinge along an upper edge of the cuff; an ankle section/footplate; and at least one posterior strut connecting the proximal cuff to the ankle section and foot plate. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/450539 |
| ART UNIT | 3772 — 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 5/0111 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09186302 | Kilway et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kathleen V. Kilway (Kansas City, Missouri); Lynda F. Bonewald (Kansas City, Kansas); Thomas P. Schuman (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathleen V. Kilway (Kansas City, Missouri); Lynda F. Bonewald (Kansas City, Kansas); Thomas P. Schuman (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Biomaterial compositions comprising organosilicon monomers (such as silorane monomers) and chemical curing systems or dual chemical/light curing systems, in conjunction with optional tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecanes (“TOSUs”) and/or fillers. The present invention is directed to biomaterial compositions, as well as methods for manufacturing the same, and methods of using the compositions. The biomaterial composition comprises one or more organosilicon monomers (such as a silorane) and a chemical curing system or dual chemicaVlight curing system for polymerizing the 10 monomer(s). The compositions may include one or more tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecanes “TOSUs”) and/or fillers. Accelerators (such as photoacids), photosensitizers, and/or electron donors may also be included in the composition as appropriate. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/880783 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 6/0052 (20130101) A61K 6/0067 (20130101) A61K 6/093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 6/093 (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 24/046 (20130101) A61L 24/046 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 2430/02 (20130101) A61L 2430/06 (20130101) A61L 2430/12 (20130101) A61L 2430/24 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 2/50 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/60 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/06 (20130101) C08L 83/06 (20130101) C08L 83/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09186340 | Andrews et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew T. Andrews (Duluth, Minnesota); Lester R. Drewes (Duluth, Minnesota); Greg Beilman (Richfield, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew T. Andrews (Duluth, Minnesota); Lester R. Drewes (Duluth, Minnesota); Greg Beilman (Richfield, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for ischemia/reperfusion protection compositions having one or more ketone bodies and melatonin. The invention also provides for methods of using such compositions to reduce or prevent ischemia/reperfusion injury due to blood loss, stroke or cardiopulmonary arrest or surgery. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/595586 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 31/12 (20130101) A61K 31/12 (20130101) A61K 31/19 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/4045 (20130101) A61K 31/4045 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09186370 | Samant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lalita Samant (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Rajeev Samant (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Shamik Das (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Eddie Reed (North Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Alabama (Mobile, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lalita Samant (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Rajeev Samant (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Shamik Das (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Eddie Reed (North Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and compositions for treating cancer. More embodiments include methods and compositions for modulating the activity of the Hedgehog pathway. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/635893 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 33/24 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 2800/56 (20130101) |
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| US 09186397 | Apt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Altravax, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Altravax, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Doris Apt (San Jose, California); Juha Punnonen (Belmont, California); Alice M. Brinkman (Tustin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded therefrom having advantageous properties, including an ability to induce an immune response to flaviviruses. The polypeptides and polynucleotides of the invention are useful in methods of inducing immune response against flaviviruses, including dengue viruses. Compositions and methods for utilizing polynucleotides and polypeptides of the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/204846 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/05 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2770/24122 (20130101) |
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| US 09186403 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This application relates to combination therapies including triciribine and related compounds and trastuzumab or a salt thereof and compositions with reduced toxicity for the treatment and prevention of tumors, cancer, and other disorders associated with abnormal cell proliferation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/091072 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7064 (20130101) A61K 31/7064 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 39/39533 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) |
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| US 09186406 | Daly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Daly (Washington, District of Columbia); Elena K. Gaidamakova (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Vera Y. Matrosova (Rockville, Maryland); Rodney L. Levine (Rockville, Maryland); Nancy B. Wehr (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Daly (Washington, District of Columbia); Elena K. Gaidamakova (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Vera Y. Matrosova (Rockville, Maryland); Rodney L. Levine (Rockville, Maryland); Nancy B. Wehr (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention encompasses methods of preserving protein function by contacting a protein with a composition comprising one or more purine or pyrimidine nucleosides (such as e.g., adenosine or uridine) and an antioxidant (such as e.g., manganese). In addition, the invention encompasses methods of treating and/or preventing a side effect of radiation exposure and methods of preventing a side effect of radiotherapy comprising administration of a pharmaceutically effective amount of a composition comprising one or more purine or pyrimidine nucleosides (such as e.g., adenosine or uridine) and an antioxidant (such as e.g., manganese) to a subject in need thereof. The compositions may comprise D. radiodurans extracts. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/673709 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/24 (20130101) A61K 8/44 (20130101) A61K 8/99 (20130101) A61K 8/606 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 33/32 (20130101) A61K 33/32 (20130101) A61K 35/74 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 17/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09186417 | Kudela et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Damien Kudela (Santa Barbara, California); Galen D. Stucky (Santa Barbara, California); Anna May-Masnou (Barcelona, Spain); Gary Bernard Braun (San Diego, California); James H. Morrissey (Champaign, Illinois); Stephanie A. Smith (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A hemostatic composition is provided. The hemostatic composition includes a hemostatically effective amount of a hemostatic agent that includes a nanoparticle and a polyphosphate polymer attached to the nanoparticle. Also provided are medical devices and methods of use to promote blood clotting. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/201434 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48207 (20130101) A61K 47/48907 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09186631 | Tuteja et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anish Tuteja (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Arun Kumar Kota (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gibum Kwon (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Joseph M. Mabry (Lancaster, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anish Tuteja (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Arun Kumar Kota (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gibum Kwon (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Joseph M. Mabry (Lancaster, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a porous material having a surface that is concurrently both superhydrophilic (having a first apparent advancing dynamic contact angle of less than or equal to about 5° for water) and oleophobic (having a second apparent advancing dynamic contact angle of greater than or equal to about 90°) or superoleophobic (a second apparent advancing dynamic contact angle of greater than or equal to about 150° for oil). Such materials can be used in a separator device to separate a liquid-liquid mixture of immiscible components (e.g., oil and water) or miscible components (e.g., alcohols). Separation apparatus incorporating such materials and methods of making and using these materials are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/159950 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 69/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 69/10 (20130101) B01D 69/12 (20130101) B01D 2325/36 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/40 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/249953 (20150401) Y10T 428/249978 (20150401) |
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| US 09186651 | da Silva Pinto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marcia da Silva Pinto (Burgfelderstrasse, Switzerland); Cesar Augusto Sierra Avilla (Bogota, Colombia); Juan Paulo Hinestroza (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcia da Silva Pinto (Burgfelderstrasse, Switzerland); Cesar Augusto Sierra Avilla (Bogota, Colombia); Juan Paulo Hinestroza (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | MOF (metal organic framework)-modified materials and methods of making and methods of using same. The MOFs are covalently bound to the materials. Examples of suitable materials include fibers and thin films. The MOF-modified materials can be made by forming MOFs in situ such that they are covalently bound to the materials. The MOF-modified materials can be used in methods where gases and/or toxic chemicals are absorbed. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/818798 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/00 (20130101) B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/0407 (20130101) B01D 2253/204 (20130101) B01D 2257/108 (20130101) B01D 2257/406 (20130101) B01D 2257/502 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2257/7025 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/321 (20130101) B01J 20/3204 (20130101) B01J 20/3212 (20130101) B01J 20/3217 (20130101) B01J 20/3265 (20130101) B01J 20/28023 (20130101) B01J 20/28033 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 1/005 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/08 (20130101) Y02C 20/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09186653 | Mukerjee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanjeev Mukerjee (Mansfield, Massachusetts); Qinggang He (Berkeley, California); Nagappan Ramaswamy (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjeev Mukerjee (Mansfield, Massachusetts); Qinggang He (Berkeley, California); Nagappan Ramaswamy (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst for use in at the anode of direct methanol fuel cells is made from nanoparticles having a core-shell structure. The core is an alloy of platinum and gold. The core is surrounded by a first shell of ruthenium and a second shell containing a ternary alloy of platinum, gold, and ruthenium. The catalyst can be made by a reverse-micelle method or by a single-phase scalable method. The catalyst is highly stable under conditions of use and resists dissolution of ruthenium or platinum. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/704765 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/52 (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) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/921 (20130101) H01M 4/926 (20130101) H01M 4/9083 (20130101) H01M 8/1011 (20130101) H01M 2004/027 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) Y02E 60/523 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/892 (20130101) |
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| US 09186672 | Amasia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mary Amasia (Irvine, California); Marc Madou (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERISTY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary Amasia (Irvine, California); Marc Madou (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A CD-based device for separating plasma from whole blood includes a substrate, a sedimentation chamber disposed in the substrate, and a collection chamber disposed in the substrate and in fluidic communication with the sedimentation chamber through a siphon channel. The sedimentation chamber includes a plurality of finger-like structures disposed along a radially outward edge of the sedimentation chamber, and protruding radially inward relative to the axis of rotation of the substrate. A method for separating plasma from whole blood using the CD-based device includes introducing a blood sample into the sedimentation chamber, rotating the substrate about an axis of rotation at a first rotational speed to separate the plasma from blood cells, and rotating the substrate about the axis of rotation at a second rotational speed, which is lower than the first rotational speed, to move the plasma from the sedimentation chamber into the collection chamber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/448671 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 21/0003 (20130101) B01D 21/262 (20130101) B01D 2221/10 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502753 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/0621 (20130101) B01L 2300/0803 (20130101) B01L 2400/0406 (20130101) B01L 2400/0409 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/07 (20130101) |
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| US 09186755 | Weihs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Timothy P. Weihs (Baltimore, Maryland); Adam Stover (Towson, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy P. Weihs (Baltimore, Maryland); Adam Stover (Towson, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing a reactive powder includes providing a bulk structure of reactive material comprising a first reactant and a second reactant, the bulk structure having a preselected average spacing between the first and the second reactants; and mechanically processing the bulk structure of reactive material to produce a plurality of particles from the bulk structure such that each of the plurality of particles comprises the first and second reactants having an average spacing that is substantially equal to the preselected average spacing of the bulk structure of reactive material. The first and second materials of the plurality of particles react with each other in an exothermic reaction upon being exposed to a threshold energy to initiate the exothermic reaction and remain substantially stable without reacting with each other prior to being exposed to the threshold energy. |
| FILED | Monday, October 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/503635 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0011 (20130101) B22F 3/04 (20130101) B22F 3/08 (20130101) B22F 3/15 (20130101) B22F 3/17 (20130101) B22F 3/17 (20130101) B22F 3/23 (20130101) B22F 9/04 (20130101) B22F 9/04 (20130101) B22F 9/04 (20130101) B22F 9/04 (20130101) B22F 9/04 (20130101) B22F 2009/043 (20130101) B22F 2009/047 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) B22F 2998/10 (20130101) 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 35/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/017 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) Y10T 428/2991 (20150115) |
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| US 09187189 | Griffith, Sr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony D. Griffith, Sr. (Houston, Texas); Rajiv Kohli (Houston, Texas); Susan H. Burns (Sugar Land, Texas); Stephen J. Damico (League City, Texas); David J. Gruber (Friendswood, Texas); Christsopher J. Hickey (Houston, Texas); David E. Lee (Houston, Texas); Travis M. Robinson (Friendswood, Texas); Jason T. Smith (Friendswood, Texas); Peter T. Spehar (Seabrook, Texas); David S. Adlis (Seabrook, Texas); Brian M. Kent (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, apparatuses, and methods for removal of orbital debris are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a spacecraft control unit configured to guide and navigate the apparatus to a target. The apparatus also includes a dynamic object characterization unit configured to characterize movement, and a capture feature, of the target. The apparatus further includes a capture and release unit configured to capture a target and deorbit or release the target. The collection of these apparatuses is then employed as multiple, independent and individually operated vehicles launched from a single launch vehicle for the purpose of disposing of multiple debris objects. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/650738 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/62 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/00 (20130101) G05D 1/0005 (20130101) G05D 1/10 (20130101) G05D 1/0094 (20130101) G05D 1/0883 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09187485 | Uesugi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Osaka, Japan); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Mizuki Watanabe (Kyoto, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Osaka, Japan); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Mizuki Watanabe (Kyoto, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of treating a disease related to cell hyper-proliferation via administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having a general tripartite structure A-B-C. In the tripartite structure A, B, and C are identical or non-identical structures, for example, but not limited to, heterocyclic, phenyl or benzyl ring structures with or without substitutions and are described in detail herein. The methods may utilize particular compounds, for example, having a piperidinyl, a pyrrolinyl or pyridinyl A ring, a thiazole B ring, and a phenyl C ring which may be further substituted independently. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/052074 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/06 (20130101) C07D 213/16 (20130101) C07D 213/76 (20130101) C07D 235/14 (20130101) C07D 277/22 (20130101) C07D 277/24 (20130101) C07D 277/66 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/12 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09187516 | Bavari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Government of the United States, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sina Bavari (Frederick, Maryland); Kelly Lyn Warfield (Adamstown, Maryland); Pamela Tan (Kulmbach, Germany); Anna Borodovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Antonin de Fougerolles (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of a gene from the Ebola virus. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/279156 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1131 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/322 (20130101) C12N 2310/322 (20130101) C12N 2310/322 (20130101) C12N 2310/322 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) C12N 2310/3531 (20130101) C12N 2310/3531 (20130101) |
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| US 09187519 | Slocik 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) | Joseph M Slocik (Dayton, Ohio); Christopher A Krouse (Bellbrook, Ohio); Rajesh R Naik (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Reactive nanocomposites comprising a metal nanoparticle functionalized with one or more layers of self-assembled protein cages and methods of making the same. The reactive nanocomposites according to the present invention demonstrate improved reaction kinetics and enhanced exothermic behavior. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/729100 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 7/52 (20130101) B05D 7/56 (20130101) B05D 2202/20 (20130101) B05D 2202/25 (20130101) B05D 2202/35 (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) Peptides C07K 1/1077 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/47 (20130101) |
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| US 09187524 | Romesberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Floyd E. Romesberg (La Jolla, California); Peter A. Smith (La Jolla, California); Tucker C. Roberts (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Floyd E. Romesberg (La Jolla, California); Peter A. Smith (La Jolla, California); Tucker C. Roberts (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Arylomycin analogs are provided, wherein the analogs can have broad spectrum bioactivity. Resistance to the antibiotic bioactivity of natural product arylomycin in a range of pathogenic bacterial species has been found to depend upon single amino acid mutations at defined positions of bacterial Signal Peptidases (SPases), wherein the presence of a proline residue confers arylomycin resistance. Arylomycin analogs are provided herein that can overcome that resistance and provide for a broader spectrum of antibiotic bioactivity than can natural product arylomycins such as arylomycin A2. Methods for determining if a bacterial strain is susceptible to narrow spectrum arylomycin antibiotics, or if a broad spectrum analog is required for treatment, is provided. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of bacterial infections, and methods of synthesis of arylomycin analogs, are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/821195 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/14 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 9/001 (20130101) |
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| US 09187591 | Harvey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin G Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Matthew C Davis (Ridgecrest, California); Heather A. Meylemans (Ridgecrest, California); William Lai (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to generate renewable high performance composites and thermoplastics. These materials can be generated from a renewable phenol (syringaldehyde) that can be derived from lignocellulosic biomass. The use of syringaldehyde as a precursor to composites has the potential to reduce the cost and environmental impact of structural materials, while meeting or exceeding the performance of current petroleum derived resins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/618554 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 63/19 (20130101) |
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| US 09187604 | Tan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Loon-Seng Tan (Centerville, Ohio); Jong-Beom Baek (Ulsan, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes novel ether-ketone hyperbranched polymers that are prepared from polymerizing trimesic acid and bifunctional phenylether-based liquid or low-melting monomers, which melt at or below polymerization temperature. The resulting copolymer has repeating units of the formula: wherein m is the degree of polymerization; n has a value of 0-5; the ratio x:y corresponds to the molar ratio of trimesic acid and arylether monomer and may range from 1.0:1.0 to 1.0:1.5 (i.e. x=1, y=1.0, 1.1, 1.2 . . . 1.5); and the substitution pattern of the arylether segment may be para or meta. The endgroups may be carboxylic acid (—CO2H), oxyphenyl (—OPh), or mixture of both moieties, depending on the reaction ratio x:y used. The total number of endgroups is typically defined by m+1. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/209047 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 83/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09187684 | McCants et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dale A. McCants (Ravenel, South Carolina); Andrew M. Hayes (Silverspring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale A. McCants (Ravenel, South Carolina); Andrew M. Hayes (Silverspring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanofluid is generally provided for use in a heat transfer system. The nanofluid can include nanoparticles suspended in a base liquid at a nanoparticle concentration in the nanofluid of about 0.01% to about 5% by volume. The nanoparticles can include zinc-oxide nanoparticles. The nanofluid for use in a heat transfer system can, in One embodiment, further include a surfactant. Thermal management systems configured to cool a computer having integrated circuits that generate heat during use are also provided. The thermal management system can include a zinc-oxide nanofluid circurated through a series of tubes via a pump such that heat produced by electronic components of the computer can be captured by the circulating nanofluid and then removed from the nanofluid by a radiator. |
| FILED | Monday, March 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/728637 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 5/08 (20130101) C09K 5/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 15/00 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 13/00 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/20 (20130101) G06F 2200/201 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/473 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 09187748 | Geisbert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Protiva Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Burnaby, Canada); Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (Frederick, Maryland) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Geisbert (Albany, Texas); Amy C. H. Lee (Burnaby, Canada); Marjorie Robbins (Vancouver, Canada); Vandana Sood (Vancouver, Canada); Adam Judge (Vancouver, Canada); Lisa E. Hensley (Frederick, Maryland); Ian MacLachlan (Mission, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions comprising therapeutic nucleic acids (e.g., interfering RNA such as siRNA) that target Ebola virus (EBOV) gene expression and methods of using such compositions to silence EBOV gene expression. More particularly, the invention provides unmodified and chemically modified interfering RNA which silence EBOV gene expression and methods of use thereof, e.g., for preventing or treating EBOV infections caused by one or more EBOV species such as Zaire EBOV. The invention also provides serum-stable nucleic acid-lipid particles comprising one or more interfering RNA molecules, a cationic lipid, and a non-cationic lipid, which can further comprise a conjugated lipid that inhibits aggregation of particles. Methods of silencing EBOV gene expression by administering one or more interfering RNA molecules to a mammalian subject are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, March 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/229675 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1131 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) C12N 2760/14111 (20130101) |
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| US 09187812 | Hofmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas C. Hofmann (Pasadena, California); Scott N. Roberts (Pasadena, California); Henry Kozachkov (Pasadena, California); Marios D. Demetriou (Los Angeles, California); Joseph P. Schramm (Albany, California); William L. Johnson (San Marino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas C. Hofmann (Pasadena, California); Scott N. Roberts (Pasadena, California); Henry Kozachkov (Pasadena, California); Marios D. Demetriou (Los Angeles, California); Joseph P. Schramm (Albany, California); William L. Johnson (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for joining BMG Composites are disclosed. Specifically, the joining of BMG Composites is implemented so as to preserve the amorphicity of their matrix phase and the microstructure of their particulate phase. Implementation of the joining method with respect to the construction of modular cellular structures that comprise BMG Composites is also discussed. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/418093 |
| 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 11/002 (20130101) B23K 11/11 (20130101) B23K 11/18 (20130101) Alloys C22C 45/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/1234 (20150115) Y10T 428/12347 (20150115) |
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| US 09187824 | Fisher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy S. Fisher (West Lafayette, Indiana); Anurag Kumar (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for rapid synthesis of few-layer graphene films on Cu foil by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD). The plasma/metal interaction can be useful for a rapid synthesis of such thin films. The process can produce films of controllable quality from amorphous to highly crystalline by adjusting plasma conditions during growth processes of ˜100 sec duration and with little or no supplemental substrate heating. Films have been characterized using Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The results help to identify the stages involved in the MPCVD deposition of thin carbon films on Cu foil. In yet other embodiments, the films are doped during synthesis by introduction of nitrogen gas in the reactor. Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy reveal crystal structure and chemical characteristics. Nitrogen concentrations up to approximately 2 atomic % are observed. The growth process requires only a few minutes without supplemental substrate heating and offers a promising path toward large-scale synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene films. |
| FILED | Sunday, October 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/350168 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 31/0438 (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 16/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 16/511 (20130101) C23C 16/45557 (20130101) |
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| US 09188113 | Puleo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Michael Puleo (Glenville, New York); Christopher Fred Keimel (Schenectady, New York); Craig Patrick Galligan (Cropseyville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of actuating a valve, comprises operatively coupling the valve with an electroosmotic pump; flowing a fluid through the electroosmotic pump; and generating a fluidic pressure of at least 0.75 PSI to actuate the valve, wherein the electroosmotic pump comprises one or more thin, porous, positive electroosmotic membranes and one or more thin porous, negative electroosmotic membranes; a plurality of electrodes comprising cathodes and anodes, and a power source; wherein each of the positive and negative electroosmotic membranes are disposed alternatively and wherein at least one of the cathodes is disposed on one side of one of the membranes and at least one of the anodes is disposed on the other side of the membrane and wherein at least one of the cathodes or anodes is disposed between a positive and a negative electroosmotic membrane. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/099922 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 2200/16 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/0418 (20130101) B01L 2400/0605 (20130101) Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps F04B 19/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0026 (20130101) F16K 99/0042 (20130101) F16K 99/0059 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) Y10T 436/2575 (20150115) |
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| US 09188400 | Crouse |
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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) | Adam Crouse (Shoals, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for charging a weapon. In an illustrative embodiment, a charging assembly attaches to the side of an MK19 grenade launcher. The charging assembly includes a chain that attaches at one end to the charging bolt of the MK19 grenade launcher. The other end of the chain attaches to a crank assembly. The crank assembly includes a handle and a sprocket that rotate around a pivot axis, pulling on the chain and the charging bolt. The sprocket is large enough that the charging bolt is fully drawn by rotating the handle and the sprocket less than one full rotation around the pivot axis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/667625 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 3/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F41A 7/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09188514 | Taylor |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin J. Taylor (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sample of a chemical compound is contained within a pressure controlled atmospheric chamber that is set to a predetermined atmospheric pressure. The sample includes a parent material and one or more diffusive atomic or molecular constituents or interstitials. The sample is in thermal contact with a heat source having a first temperature and a heat sink having a second temperature. The sample is annealed until an equilibrium gradient distribution of the diffusive atomic or molecular constituents or interstitials occurs along the sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/901351 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09188594 | Fahmy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tarek M. Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut); Eric D. Stern (New Haven, Connecticut); Mark A. Reed (Monroe, Connecticut); Aleksandar Vacic (New Haven, Connecticut); James F. Klemic (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tarek M. Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut); Eric D. Stern (New Haven, Connecticut); Mark A. Reed (Monroe, Connecticut); Aleksandar Vacic (New Haven, Connecticut); James F. Klemic (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a device and method for determining the presence of a specific compound in solution. The device includes a nanosensor having an electrically conducting pathway between at least a first and second contact. The device also includes a first receptor, suitable for binding a specific compound in the solution, attached to the nanosensor, and a second receptor also suitable for binding the specific compound while the specific compound is bound to the first receptor. The second receptor is attached to an enzyme added to the solution. When the solution having the second receptor is added to the device, and a second compound that is a substrate for the enzyme is subsequently added to the solution, a measured difference in an electrical property in the device before and after the application of the second compound is indicative of the presence of the specific compound in the solution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/535396 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6863 (20130101) G01N 33/6866 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6869 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) G01N 2333/54 (20130101) G01N 2333/555 (20130101) |
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| US 09188753 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon S. Lee (San Jose, California); Brian H. Kim (Fremont, California); Jennie Lou H. De Quinto (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to optical connector assemblies are described. In some embodiments, the connector assemblies may include an optical assembly, having an optical interconnect and an optical module, to be coupled with a host electrical connector. The connector assembly may further include springs, disposed on the optical interconnect or the host electrical connector, to facilitate a coupling of the optical interconnect with the optical module. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/997997 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/43 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/4284 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09188820 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dean R. Evans (Beavercreek, Ohio); Gary Cook (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean R. Evans (Beavercreek, Ohio); Gary Cook (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical filter or valve comprises autonomously tunable liquid crystal filters in which photoactivated materials such as a photoconductive and photovoltaic substrates or films are used to produce or control application of an electric field to a liquid crystal material to tune the liquid crystal material to the wavelength of the incident light or radiation that is illuminating the filter thereby enabling the filter to automatically and autonomously filter the incident light or radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/797687 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/1354 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09189254 | Kushman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathaniel Kushman (Boston, Massachusetts); Regina Barzilay (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Satchuthananthavale R. Kuhan Branavan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Martin C. Rinard (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathaniel Kushman (Boston, Massachusetts); Regina Barzilay (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Satchuthananthavale R. Kuhan Branavan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Martin C. Rinard (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method that enables a plurality of lay users to collaborate on automating computer tasks is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system automatically performs these tasks, rather than just documenting how to perform them. The system allows a database of solutions to be built for every important computer task. A key characteristic of this system is that users contribute to this database by simply performing the task. The system records the graphical user interface (GUI) actions as the user performs the task. It aggregates GUI traces from multiple users into a canonical sequence of GUI actions parameterized by user-environment that will successfully accomplish the task on a variety of different configurations. A classifier is used to predict which steps are likely to be misinterpreted and requests human intervention to properly perform them. This process can be done iteratively until the translation is believed to be correct. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/896404 |
| ART UNIT | 2141 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0481 (20130101) G06F 9/4446 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/3438 (20130101) G06F 2201/865 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09189266 | He 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) | Jun He (Beijing, China PRC); Tsai-Yang Jea (Poughkeepsie, New York); Gary J. Mincher (Poughkeepsie, New York); Hanhong Xue (Wappingers Falls, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for responding to a timeout of a message in a parallel computer are provided. The parallel computer includes a plurality of compute nodes operatively coupled for data communications over one or more data communications networks. Each compute node includes one or more tasks. Embodiments include a first task of a first node sending a message to a second task on a second node. Embodiments also include the first task sending to the second node a command via a parallel operating environment (POE) in response to a timeout of the message. The command instructs the second node to perform a timeout motivated operation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/799924 |
| ART UNIT | 2199 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/54 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09189403 | Guthrie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guy L. Guthrie (Austin, Texas); William J. Starke (Round Rock, Texas); Jeffrey Stuecheli (Austin, Texas); Derek E. Williams (Austin, Texas); Thomas R. Puzak (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guy L. Guthrie (Austin, Texas); William J. Starke (Round Rock, Texas); Jeffrey Stuecheli (Austin, Texas); Derek E. Williams (Austin, Texas); Thomas R. Puzak (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A data processing system includes first and second processing units and a system memory. The first processing unit has first upper and first lower level caches, and the second processing unit has second upper and lower level caches. In response to a data request, a victim cache line to be castout from the first lower level cache is selected, and the first lower level cache selects between performing a lateral castout (LCO) of the victim cache line to the second lower level cache and a castout of the victim cache line to the system memory based upon a confidence indicator associated with the victim cache line. In response to selecting an LCO, the first processing unit issues an LCO command on the interconnect fabric and removes the victim cache line from the first lower level cache, and the second lower level cache holds the victim cache line. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/650018 |
| ART UNIT | 2139 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/12 (20130101) G06F 12/0811 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09189687 | Thornton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason R. Thornton (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Daniel J. Butler (Rochester, New York); Jeanette T. Baran-Gale (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and media are described for computer-assisted video surveillance. Methods may support detection of moving persons in video frames, extraction of features of the detected moving persons and identification of which detected moving persons are likely matches to a person of interest. Identification of the likely matches may be determined using an attribute-based search, and/or using a specific person-based search. The method may include using likely matches confirmed as images of the person of interest to reconstruct a path of the person of interest. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/745502 |
| ART UNIT | 2422 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00771 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00805 (20130101) G06K 9/3241 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09189729 | Arthur et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to a scalable neural hardware for the noisy-OR model of Bayesian networks. One embodiment comprises a neural core circuit including a pseudo-random number generator for generating random numbers. The neural core circuit further comprises a plurality of incoming electronic axons, a plurality of neural modules, and a plurality of electronic synapses interconnecting the axons to the neural modules. Each synapse interconnects an axon with a neural module. Each neural module receives incoming spikes from interconnected axons. Each neural module represents a noisy-OR gate. Each neural module spikes probabilistically based on at least one random number generated by the pseudo-random number generator unit. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/562187 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/582 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) G06N 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 7/005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09189731 | Modha |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| 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 | Monday, March 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/223886 |
| 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) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09189733 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Guy Thompson (Purcellville, Virginia); Matthew Phillip Ferringer (Round Hill, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided to enable vector scalability in evolutionary algorithms to enable execution of optimization problems having a relatively large number of variables. A subset of the total number of variables of a chromosome data structure may be considered relative to a baseline known solution for the purpose of evaluating one or more objective functions of the evolutionary algorithm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/799819 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/12 (20130101) G06N 3/126 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09189886 | Black et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Black (Providence, Rhode Island); Alexandru O. Balan (Pawtucket, Rhode Island); Alexander W. Weiss (Shirley, Massachusetts); Leonid Sigal (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Matthew M. Loper (Providence, Rhode Island); Timothy S. St. Clair (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Black (Providence, Rhode Island); Alexandru O. Balan (Pawtucket, Rhode Island); Alexander W. Weiss (Shirley, Massachusetts); Leonid Sigal (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Matthew M. Loper (Providence, Rhode Island); Timothy S. St. Clair (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of estimating the body shape of an individual from input data such as images or range maps. The body may appear in one or more poses captured at different times and a consistent body shape is computed for all poses. The body may appear in minimal tight-fitting clothing or in normal clothing wherein the described method produces an estimate of the body shape under the clothing. Clothed or bare regions of the body are detected via image classification and the fitting method is adapted to treat each region differently. Body shapes are represented parametrically and are matched to other bodies based on shape similarity and other features. Standard measurements are extracted using parametric or non-parametric functions of body shape. The system components support many applications in body scanning, advertising, social networking, collaborative filtering and Internet clothing shopping. |
| FILED | Friday, August 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/541898 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00369 (20130101) G06K 9/6221 (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 30/0601 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0046 (20130101) G06T 7/0048 (20130101) G06T 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10028 (20130101) G06T 2207/30196 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09190217 | Snyder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James F. Snyder (Havre de Grace, Maryland); Eric D. Wetzel (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James F. Snyder (Havre de Grace, Maryland); Eric D. Wetzel (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A structural electrochemical capacitor that includes at least one pair of electrodes and a solid electrolytic material disposed between the electrodes which, taken collectively, have sufficient mechanical strength to allow the electrochemical capacitor to be used as a structural component of an article of manufacture is described. The present invention also describes a method of capacitively storing electrical energy and conserving mass and/or volume in a device that includes the steps of: fabricating portions of the structure of a device with high-strength structural electrochemical capacitor that includes at least one pair of electrodes and a body of solid electrolytic material disposed between said electrodes wherein the body of solid electrolytic material accounts for a majority of the mass of a structural element or a majority of the volume of a structural element in the device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/060167 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/15 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 9/0036 (20130101) H01G 9/048 (20130101) H01G 11/02 (20130101) H01G 11/32 (20130101) H01G 11/40 (20130101) H01G 11/52 (20130101) H01G 11/56 (20130101) H01G 11/84 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/948 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/417 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09190258 | Evans-Nguyen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland); Mini-Mass Counseling (Hyattsville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland); Mini-Mass Counseling (Hyattsville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theresa Evans-Nguyen (Seffner, Florida); Di Wang (Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland); Friso Van Amerom (Hyattsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure discusses a system and method for continuous operation of an ion trap mass spectrometer. The described system does not introduce ions into the ion trap in distinct trapping phase, rather the described system continuously injects ions into the ion trap while continuously scanning out the ions. The system and method described herein achieves a much higher duty cycle and cycle rate when compared to standard mass spectrometer devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/445551 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/022 (20130101) H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/424 (20130101) H01J 49/427 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/429 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09190269 | Mohammadi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saeed Mohammadi (Zionsville, Indiana); Sultan R. Helmi (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jing-Hwa Chen (West Lafayette, Indiana); Hossein Pajouhi (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Illustrative embodiments of power amplifiers and associated methods are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a method may include fabricating a power amplifier in a first silicon layer of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, wherein the SOI substrate comprises the first silicon layer, a second silicon layer, and a buried oxide layer disposed between the first and second silicon layers; removing at least some of the second silicon layer from the SOI substrate, after fabricating the power amplifier; and securing the SOI substrate, after removing at least some of the second silicon layer, to an electrically non-conductive and thermally conductive substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/797111 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0254 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/1203 (20130101) Amplifiers H03F 1/0272 (20130101) H03F 3/21 (20130101) H03F 3/426 (20130101) H03F 3/45179 (20130101) H03F 2200/537 (20130101) H03F 2203/45394 (20130101) H03F 2203/45731 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09190479 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Cporporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Greenberg (Nyack, New York); Jean-Olivier Plouchart (New York, New York); Alberto Valdes-Garcia (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical contact structure distributes current along a length thereof. The electrical contact structure includes a plurality of n metal rectangles on n levels of metal. The rectangle on one metal level is at least as wide in width and vertically covers in width the rectangle on the metal level immediately below. The rectangle on one metal level is shorter in length than and substantially aligned at a first end with the rectangle on the metal level immediately below. Rectangle first ends are substantially aligned. Features of an exemplary FET transistor of this invention are a source and drain terminal electrical contact structure, a multi-level metal ring connecting gate rectangles on both ends, and a wider-than-minimum gate-to-gate spacing. The invention is useful, for example, in an electromigration-compliant, high performance transistor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/451493 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/4824 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/4238 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/14 (20130101) H01L 2924/30105 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Osama M. Nayfeh (Adelphia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Electronic devices and methods of forming an electronic device are disclosed herein. An electronic device may include a first 2D atomic crystal layer; a second 2D atomic crystal layer disposed atop the first 2D atomic crystal layer; and an interface comprising van-der-Waals bonds between the first 2D atomic crystal layer and the second 2D atomic crystal layer. A method of forming an electronic device may include depositing a first 2D atomic crystal layer; and depositing a second 2D atomic crystal layer atop the first 2D atomic crystal layer; wherein an interface is formed between the first 2D atomic crystal layer and the second 2D atomic crystal layer via van-der-Waals bonding. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/792332 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/4908 (20130101) H01L 29/7789 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66431 (20130101) H01L 29/78603 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) H01L 29/78696 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09190827 | Dougal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger A. Dougal (Columbia, South Carolina); Asif Anwar (Columbia, South Carolina); Yucheng Zhang (Columbia, South Carolina) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Roger A. Dougal (Columbia, South Carolina); Asif Anwar (Columbia, South Carolina); Yucheng Zhang (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for softly restarting a power network using an inverter-controlled energy storage system are provided. In response to an event such as a fault or other condition, a power network bus that provides power to one or more industrial loads (e.g. motors) can be disconnected from the utility grid. Instead of automatically recoupling the power network bus to the grid after a specified time period, a soft restart is accomplished by pre-energizing the power network bus with an energy storage system (ESS) according to a ramp up process and synchronizing the power network bus with the utility grid while the power network bus operates in an islanded mode. The power network bus can then be reconnected to the utility grid, for instance, by reclosing the one or more circuit breakers coupled between the power network bus and the utility grid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/954101 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements H02H 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 9/062 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09191009 | Clark et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence T. Clark (Phoenix, Arizona); Kyle E. Nielsen (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence T. Clark (Phoenix, Arizona); Kyle E. Nielsen (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of radiation hardened by design digital input/output circuits are described herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Friday, May 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/776188 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/23 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03K 19/00392 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09191057 | Ainspan 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) | Herschel A. Ainspan (New Hempstead, New York); Mark Ferriss (Tarrytown, New York); Arun S. Natarajan (White Plains, New York); Benjamin D. Parker (Peekskill, New York); Jean-Oliver Plouchart (New York, New York); Scott K. Reynolds (Amawalk, New York); Mihai A. Sanduleanu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alberto Valdes Garcia (Hartsdale, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A polarimetric transceiver front-end includes two receive paths configured to receive signals from an antenna, each receive path corresponding to a respective polarization. Each front-end includes a variable amplifier and a variable phase shifter; a first transmit path configured to send signals to the antenna, where the transmit path is connected to the variable phase shifter of one of the two receive paths and includes a variable amplifier; and a transmit/receive switch configured to select between the first transmit path and the two receive paths for signals, where the transmit/receive switch includes a quarter-wavelength transmission line that adds a high impedance to the transmit path when the transmit/receive switch is in a receiving state. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/904142 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/28 (20130101) H01Q 3/36 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09191093 | Sadjadpour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamid R. Sadjadpour (San Jose, California); Jose Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hamid R. Sadjadpour (San Jose, California); Jose Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless base station having K antennas communicates with M mobile devices using multiuser diversity scheme with opportunistic interference management. The base station transmits K distinct pilot signals from K corresponding antennas and receives feedback from mobile devices. The feedback from each device indicates a strong pilot signal and a weak pilot signal received from the K distinct pilot signals. Using these indications, the base station assigns each of the K antennas to a mobile device. The base station then transmits distinct data streams to the mobile devices using the corresponding antennas assigned to the corresponding mobile devices. The transmission may include multiplying the transmitted distinct data streams by a vector V orthogonal to a vector U, thereby allowing mobile devices not assigned to an antenna to cancel the transmitted distinct data streams. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/925305 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/0613 (20130101) H04B 7/0684 (20130101) H04B 7/0697 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09191095 | Carvalho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeffrey Carvalho (Dighton, Massachusetts); Ricardo M. Silva (Griswold, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Carvalho (Dighton, Massachusetts); Ricardo M. Silva (Griswold, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An amplifier system is provided that can be coupled between a handset and an antenna of a radio frequency (RF) satellite-network communication system. The amplifier system includes a first signal path for amplifying an RF signal received at the antenna when the amplifier system has power supplied thereto. A second signal path is created through the amplifier system when a transmission signal is generated at the handset and the amplifier system has power supplied thereto. A third signal path is created through the amplifier system when no power is supplied thereto. When the third signal path is created, the first signal path and second signal path are disrupted, while the third signal path couples the handset to the antenna. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/163065 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/155 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Belansky (Yorba Linda, California); Cecil Vergel De Dios (Torrance, California); Andrew R. Rollinger (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In an analog, fiber-based signal distribution system, a periodic electrical signal is frequency-multiplied by a factor of N, is converted to an optical signal, is optically amplified, is split among one or more optical fibers, is delivered by fiber to one or more remote units, is converted back to an electrical signal, is frequency-divided by the factor of N back to its original frequency, and can be used to generate synchronized clock signals at the remote units. The optical amplifier imparts a phase noise that is relatively independent of frequency, so that the phase noise contribution from the optical amplifier is advantageously decreased when the frequency divider reduces the frequency of the electrical signal. Compared to a distribution system that does not increase, then decrease, the frequency by a factor of N, the phase noise contribution from the optical amplifier is reduced by 20 log 10(N). |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/960911 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/105 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/25 (20130101) H04B 10/2507 (20130101) H04B 10/2575 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LightWorks II, LLC (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LIGHTWORKS II, LLC (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian J. Grund (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system to determine a match between a known and unknown signal is provided. The method and system first conditions an unknown signal by anti-aliasing and digitizing the unknown signal. The condition signal is then compared on a bit by bit basis to at least one known signal to determine a match. A threshold detector determines that the conditioned signal matches the at least one known signal when the number of bit matches exceeds a predetermined threshold. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/196916 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 7/042 (20130101) H04L 27/2663 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09191304 | Plate 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) | Randall S. Plate (San Diego, California); Cherry Y. Wakayama (Poway, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A reinforcement learning-based method is provided that enables efficient communication for networks having varying numbers and topologies of mobile and stationary nodes. The method provides an autonomous, optimized, routing method that may be implemented in a distributed manner among the nodes that allows the nodes to make intelligent decisions of how to forward data from a source node to a destination node with little or no a priori information about the network. The method involves receiving, at a node within a distributed network, data packets containing position and velocity information from a transmitting node. Position and velocity estimates are determined for the transmitting and receiving nodes using the position and velocity information. State-action pair value estimates are determined in the destination direction for forward packets and the source direction for backward sweeping packets, along with associated destination direction and source direction state value estimates, which determine packet transmittal. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/964197 |
| ART UNIT | 2467 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09191371 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher S. Chang (Seoul, South Korea); Tracey C. Ho (Pasadena, California); Michelle Effros (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-based peer-to-peer anonymous networking using a coding scheme with a formal information theoretic security characterization to construct a corresponding overlay subgraph is presented. A code construction based on linear coding which can be used for data transfer in an anonymous network is also presented. Various performance and simulation of the presented codes are provided in the Annex A1 which makes part of the present disclosure. |
| FILED | Friday, February 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/193984 |
| ART UNIT | 2494 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/64 (20130101) H04L 63/18 (20130101) H04L 63/0407 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 67/104 (20130101) |
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| US 09191377 | Charan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Architecture Technology Corporation (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Architecture Technology Corporation (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deborah K. Charan (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Taylor Bouvin (Bloomington, Minnesota); Ranga Ramanujan (Medina, Minnesota); Barry A. Trent (Chanhassen, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure is directed to techniques for providing communication between devices in different networks wherein the communication must first pass through an encryption mechanism and the devices do not have the stand-alone capability to encrypt or decrypt the communication. According to these techniques, an adapter may determine certain fields in a data packet that remain unencrypted when the data packet passes through the encryption mechanism. The adapter may then process those fields in such a way that, when the data packets are received by a second adapter, the second adapter may read those fields and obtain information. |
| FILED | Monday, January 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/165192 |
| ART UNIT | 2432 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/18 (20130101) H04L 63/164 (20130101) H04L 63/166 (20130101) H04L 63/0428 (20130101) H04L 63/0471 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09191400 | Ptasinski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joanna N. Ptasinski (La Jolla, California); Roger Casey (San Diego, California); David Wasserman (San Diego, California); Stephan Lapic (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joanna N. Ptasinski (La Jolla, California); Roger Casey (San Diego, California); David Wasserman (San Diego, California); Stephan Lapic (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In a cyphertext (CT) network, a method for detecting anomalies comprising analyzing cyphertext data flows within the CT network where the CT network includes one or more encryption devices for encrypting plaintext data packets into cyphertext data packets such that the cyphertext data flows are directed to one or more destination devices. The cyphertext data includes multiple CT data packets and each CT data packet includes header information where each header includes source address information, destination address information and differentiated service code point (DSCP) information representative of traffic class information. The method further includes analyzing the traffic class information of each header, including using maximum entropy estimation for detecting one or more anomalies within the traffic class distribution of each flow based on the header information for that traffic class. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/915654 |
| ART UNIT | 2432 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1416 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1458 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09191761 | Iseberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steve Iseberg (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); Steve Viranyi (Palatine, Illinois); Andrew Dale (Mount Prospect, Illinois); Jerrold S. Zdenek (Deer Park, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ETYMOTIC RESEARCH, INC. (Elk Grove Village, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steve Iseberg (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); Steve Viranyi (Palatine, Illinois); Andrew Dale (Mount Prospect, Illinois); Jerrold S. Zdenek (Deer Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments provide a hearing testing system. The hearing testing system includes a transducer and an environmental sensor coupled with an acoustic channel. The environmental sensor is configured to measure environmental conditions of the acoustic channel. The hearing testing system includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive the environmental conditions from the environmental sensor. The processor is configured to apply, based on the measure environmental conditions, correction data to a transducer response to generate a corrected transducer response. In certain embodiments, the processor is configured to control a heating element based on a measured temperature to maintain a pre-defined temperature, or range of temperatures, at a testing probe. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/753320 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/121 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 2560/0252 (20130101) A61B 2560/0257 (20130101) Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 29/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher Therkorn (Randolph, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Therkorn (Randolph, New Jersey) |
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| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 29/495963 |
| ART UNIT | 2921 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Travel goods and personal belongings D3/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raymond M. Johnson (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond M. Johnson (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | MHC class II-restricted Chlamydia-specific CD4 T cell clones recognize infected upper reproductive tract epithelial cells as early as 12 hours post infection. The timing and degree of T cell activation are dependent on the interferon milieu. Different interferons have different effects on T-cell activation; interferon IFN-β blunts IFN-γ induced up regulation of epithelial cell surface MHC class II and T cell activation. A subset of CD4 T-cells that was especially good at clearing Chlamydia infections from the genital tracts of infected mice was found to express the genes Casd1 and Plac8. The mouse Casd1 genes shares some 95 percent identity with the human gene. The differential expression of either Plac8 or Casd1 in COD cells in response to an infection of epithelial tissue provides a ready methodology for the identification of individuals exposed to epithelial infections and a tool for developing vaccines against pathogens that infect epithelial tissue. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/579136 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01K 67/0271 (20130101) A01K 67/0276 (20130101) A01K 2207/12 (20130101) A01K 2217/075 (20130101) A01K 2217/206 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0337 (20130101) A01K 2267/0387 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/68 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/15 (20130101) G01N 33/53 (20130101) G01N 33/68 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rolf Bodmer (La Jolla, California); Karen Ocorr (La Jolla, California); Martin Fink (Feldkurchen, Austria) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); BURNHAM INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rolf Bodmer (La Jolla, California); Karen Ocorr (La Jolla, California); Martin Fink (Feldkurchen, Austria) |
| ABSTRACT | We have developed a reduced Drosophila heart preparation in which dissection of the fly heart removes nervous system input and reveals its inherent myogenic activity, which can be preserved for several hours. High speed image capture combined with computer-based analytical packages allows us to generate the equivalent of M-mode traces obtained from ultrasounds of human hearts. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/544465 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1076 (20130101) A61B 5/4519 (20130101) A61B 8/0883 (20130101) A61B 2503/40 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5088 (20130101) |
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| US 09186325 | Manoharan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Muthiah Manoharan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Muthusamy Jayaraman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Laxman Eltepu (Carlsbad, California); Steven Ansell (Vancouver, Canada); Jianxin Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muthiah Manoharan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Muthusamy Jayaraman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Laxman Eltepu (Carlsbad, California); Steven Ansell (Vancouver, Canada); Jianxin Chen (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides lipids that are advantageously used in lipid particles for the in vivo delivery of therapeutic agents to cells. In particular, the invention formula (I) provides lipids having the following structure XXXIII wherein: R1 and R2 are each independently for each occurrence optionally substituted C10-C30 alkyl, optionally substituted C10-C30 alkenyl, optionally substituted C10-C30 alkynyl, optionally substituted C10-C30 acyl, or -linker-ligand; R3 is H, optionally substituted C1-C10 alkyl, optionally substituted C2-C10 alkenyl, optionally substituted C2-C10 alkynyl, alky lhetro cycle, alkylphosphate, alkylphosphorothioate, alkylphosphorodithioate, alkylphosphonates, alkylamines, hydroxyalkyls, ω-aminoalkyls, ω-(substituted)aminoalkyls, ω-phosphoalkyls, ω-thiophosphoalkyls, optionally substituted polyethylene glycol (PEG, mw 100-40K), optionally substituted mPEG (mw 120-40K), heteroaryl, heterocycle, or linker-ligand; and E is C(O)O or OC(O). |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/128283 |
| 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 9/1272 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/3515 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09186327 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Davis (Pasadena, California); Akinleye Alabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Carrier nanoparticles comprising a polymer containing a polyol coupled to a polymer containing a boronic acid, configured to present the polymer containing a boronic acid to an environment external to the nanoparticle and related compositions, methods and systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/509118 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 47/48207 (20130101) A61K 47/48907 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 59/4078 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Satish K. Srivastava (Galveston, Texas); Kota V. Ramana (Galveston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Satish K. Srivastava (Galveston, Texas); Kota V. Ramana (Galveston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention include methods and compositions involving aldose reductase inhibitors for the treatment of inflammation, including uveitis and asthma. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/546009 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/50 (20130101) A61K 31/499 (20130101) A61K 31/502 (20130101) A61K 31/535 (20130101) A61K 31/538 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4166 (20130101) A61K 31/4188 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 101/01021 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Enrique Zudaire (Germantown, Maryland); Marta Aparicio (Rockville, Maryland); Frank Cuttitta (Adamstown, 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) | Enrique Zudaire (Germantown, Maryland); Marta Aparicio (Rockville, Maryland); Frank Cuttitta (Adamstown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of inhibiting undesired angiogenesis are provided, which methods include administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of the compounds described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/387969 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/63 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/63 (20130101) A61K 31/135 (20130101) A61K 31/135 (20130101) A61K 31/285 (20130101) A61K 31/285 (20130101) A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 31/4015 (20130101) A61K 31/4015 (20130101) A61K 31/5365 (20130101) A61K 31/5365 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09186370 | Samant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lalita Samant (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Rajeev Samant (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Shamik Das (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Eddie Reed (North Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Alabama (Mobile, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lalita Samant (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Rajeev Samant (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Shamik Das (Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Eddie Reed (North Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and compositions for treating cancer. More embodiments include methods and compositions for modulating the activity of the Hedgehog pathway. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/635893 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 33/24 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 2800/56 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arjun Deb (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arjun Deb (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the discovery of the role of Wnt1 in multiple cardiovascular processes, including cardiac repair, angiogenesis, and stimulation of endothelial progenitor cells. This discovery provides methods of using Wnt1 to treat cardiovascular disorders and injuries. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/885943 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 35/36 (20130101) A61K 35/44 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09186391 | Woster et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick M. Woster (Charleston, South Carolina); Isuru R. Kumarasinghe (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are cyclic peptide inhibitors of lysine-specific demethylase 1. These cyclic peptides have the potential to treat cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and neurological disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/473305 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09186393 | Ozcan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Umut Ozcan (Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts); Jaemin Lee (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Umut Ozcan (Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts); Jaemin Lee (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reducing blood glucose in a subject has been developed. In preferred embodiments, the method involves administering to the subject a specific activator of endogenous mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 (MKK3), mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 (MKK4), mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 (MKK6), p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK), mitogen-activated kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2), or a combination thereof, in an effective amount to reduce blood glucose in a subject. In other embodiments, the method involves administering to the subject a specific activator to increase X-box binding protein 1 (XBP1) phosphorylation on Thr48 and Ser61 in an effective amount to reduce blood glucose in the subject. Methods of identifying agents for reducing blood glucose in a subject are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/342432 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/66 (20130101) A61K 38/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 207/12002 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 2800/042 (20130101) |
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| US 09186402 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research University (Fort Collins, Colorado); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Williams (Fort Collins, Colorado); James E. Bradner (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Albert Bowers (Boston, Massachusetts); Tenaya Newkirk (Fort Collins, Colorado); Olaf G. Wiest (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Analogs of largazole are described herein. Methods of treating cancer and blood disorders using largazole and largazole analogs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are additionally described herein. Methods for preparing largazole analogs are likewise described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/944446 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/429 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 498/18 (20130101) C07D 513/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09186403 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Q. Cheng (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This application relates to combination therapies including triciribine and related compounds and trastuzumab or a salt thereof and compositions with reduced toxicity for the treatment and prevention of tumors, cancer, and other disorders associated with abnormal cell proliferation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/091072 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7064 (20130101) A61K 31/7064 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 39/39533 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) |
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| US 09186406 | Daly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Daly (Washington, District of Columbia); Elena K. Gaidamakova (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Vera Y. Matrosova (Rockville, Maryland); Rodney L. Levine (Rockville, Maryland); Nancy B. Wehr (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Daly (Washington, District of Columbia); Elena K. Gaidamakova (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Vera Y. Matrosova (Rockville, Maryland); Rodney L. Levine (Rockville, Maryland); Nancy B. Wehr (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention encompasses methods of preserving protein function by contacting a protein with a composition comprising one or more purine or pyrimidine nucleosides (such as e.g., adenosine or uridine) and an antioxidant (such as e.g., manganese). In addition, the invention encompasses methods of treating and/or preventing a side effect of radiation exposure and methods of preventing a side effect of radiotherapy comprising administration of a pharmaceutically effective amount of a composition comprising one or more purine or pyrimidine nucleosides (such as e.g., adenosine or uridine) and an antioxidant (such as e.g., manganese) to a subject in need thereof. The compositions may comprise D. radiodurans extracts. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/673709 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/24 (20130101) A61K 8/44 (20130101) A61K 8/99 (20130101) A61K 8/606 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 33/32 (20130101) A61K 33/32 (20130101) A61K 35/74 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 17/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09186408 | Freeman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce A. Freeman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Francisco J. Schopfer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Nitro oleic acid and related metabolites are agonists of PPAR-γ. Surprisingly, nitro oleic acid is a more potent agonist of PPAR-γ, relative to nitro linoleic acid. Thus, nitro oleic acid and its metabolites, as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrug forms, are candidate therapeutics for the treatment of type-2 diabetes, which results from insulin resistance accompanying the improper functioning of PPAR-γ. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/244741 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/201 (20130101) A61K 31/201 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Edward P. Cohen (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward P. Cohen (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods of producing improved cancer vaccines are described. In addition, methods of identifying tumor associated antigens are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/324856 |
| 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 35/12 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 38/204 (20130101) A61K 38/204 (20130101) A61K 38/208 (20130101) A61K 38/208 (20130101) A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 38/2026 (20130101) A61K 38/2026 (20130110) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/5154 (20130101) A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) A61K 2039/55527 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09186419 | Xiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiao Xiao (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Lin Yang (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of achieving directed evolution of viruses by in vivo screening or “panning” to identify viruses comprising scrambled AAV capsids having characteristics of interest, e.g., tropism profile and/or neutralization profile (e.g., ability to evade neutralizing antibodies). The invention also provides scrambled AAV capsids and virus particles comprising the same. |
| FILED | Friday, January 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/157696 |
| 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 38/1719 (20130101) A61K 48/0058 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/4716 (20130101) 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 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| US 09186420 | Koeberl |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dwight D. Koeberl (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dwight D. Koeberl (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, in general, to Pompe disease and, in particular, to a methods of treating Pompe disease and to compounds/constructs suitable for use in such methods. |
| FILED | Monday, June 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/801404 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/0008 (20130101) A61K 48/0083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2799/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09186496 | 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); Neil Hamilton Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Brian V Mech (Santa Clarita, California); James Singleton Little (Newhall, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a retinal prosthesis with an improved configuration mounting necessary components within and surrounding the eye. The present invention better allows for the implantation of electronics within the delicate eye structure. The invention provides for less height of the part external to the eye by mounting a receiver coil around an electronics package. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/733819 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0543 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36046 (20130101) |
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| US 09186507 | Roy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arup Roy (Valencia, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arup Roy (Valencia, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method of improving the persistence of electrical neural stimulation, and specifically a method of improving the persistence of an image supplied to a retina, or visual cortex, through a visual prosthesis. A continuously stimulated retina, or other neural tissue, will desensitize after a time period in the range of 20 to 150 seconds. However, an interruption of the stimulation on the order of a few milliseconds will restore the retinal sensitivity without the user perceiving the interruption, or with the user barely perceiving the interruption. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/506619 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09186670 | Berthier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Erwin Berthier (Madison, Wisconsin); Eric Sackmann (Madison, Wisconsin); Peter Cavnar (Madison, Wisconsin); David Beebe (Monona, Wisconsin); David John Guckenberger (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erwin Berthier (Madison, Wisconsin); Eric Sackmann (Madison, Wisconsin); Peter Cavnar (Madison, Wisconsin); David Beebe (Monona, Wisconsin); David John Guckenberger (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device and method is provided for handheld diagnostics and assays. The device includes a base having outer surface and a channel therethough for receiving fluid therein. The channel has input and output ports communicating with the outer surface. A lid is also provided. The lid has an outer surface, a first well having a port communicating with the outer surface of the lid, and a second well having a port communicating with the outer surface. The lid moveable between a first disengaged position and a second engaged position wherein the first port of the lid is adjacent the input port of the channel and the second port is adjacent the output port of the channel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/467544 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5023 (20130101) B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2300/044 (20130101) B01L 2300/047 (20130101) B01L 2300/0672 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2400/086 (20130101) B01L 2400/0406 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101) B01L 2400/0677 (20130101) B01L 2400/0683 (20130101) |
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| US 09187402 | Sang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shengmin Sang (Concord, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shengmin Sang (Concord, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel aspirin derivatives useful for preventing and/or treating cancer. The novel compounds of this invention may be particularly useful for the prevention and/or treatment of cancers affecting the gastrointestinal system, such as colorectal cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/918394 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 49/86 (20130101) C07C 49/835 (20130101) C07C 69/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 69/86 (20130101) |
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| US 09187413 | Piomelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniele Piomelli (Irvine, California); Jason R. Clapper (Irvine, California); Guillermo Moreno-Sanz (Irvine, California); Andrea Duranti (Urbino, Italy); Giovanna Guiducci (Pesaro, Italy); Marco Mor (Ghedi, Italy); Giorgio Tarzia (Petriano, Italy) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Universita Degli Studi Di Parma (Parma, Italy); Universita Degli Studi Di Urbino (Urbino, Italy) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniele Piomelli (Irvine, California); Jason R. Clapper (Irvine, California); Guillermo Moreno-Sanz (Irvine, California); Andrea Duranti (Urbino, Italy); Andrea Tontini (Pesaro, Italy); Marco Mor (Ghedi, Italy); Giorgio Tarzia (Petriano, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | Peripherally restricted inhibitors of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) are provided. The compounds can suppress FAAH activity and increases anandamide levels outside the central nervous system (CNS). Despite their relative inability to access brain and spinal cord, the compounds attenuate behavioral responses indicative of persistent pain in rodent models of inflammation and peripheral nerve injury, and suppresses noxious stimulus-evoked neuronal activation in spinal cord regions implicated in nociceptive processing. CBi receptor blockade prevents these effects. Accordingly, the invention also provides methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for treating conditions in which the inhibition of peripheral FAAH would be of benefit. The compounds of the invention are according to the formula (I): in which R1 is a polar group. In some embodiments, R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydroxy and the physiologically hydro lysable esters thereof. R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl; each R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of halogen and substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl and n is an integer from 0 to 4; each R5 is independently selected from the group consisting of halo and substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl and m is an integer from 0 to 3; and R6 is substituted or unsubstituted cyclohexyl; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/812777 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 271/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 2101/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09187421 | Raines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts); THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts); THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas E. Raines (Wayland, Massachusetts); Joseph F. Cotten (Grafton, Massachusetts); Stuart A. Forman (Arlington, Massachusetts); Keith W. Miller (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Syed S. Husain (Newton, Massachusetts); Gregory D. Cuny (Houston, Texas) |
| 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; R4 and R5 are independently H, halogen, CN or CF3; 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 | Monday, May 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/281149 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09187446 | Ebright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Ebright (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Yon W. Ebright (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and G are as described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising a compound of formula I, methods of making such compounds, and methods of using such compounds, e.g., as inhibitors of bacterial RNA polymerase and as antibacterial agents. |
| FILED | Friday, March 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/386725 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 309/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09187457 | Gershengorn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Forschungsverbund Berlin E.V. (Berlin-Adlershof, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Forschungsverbund Berlin E.V. (Berlin-Adlershof, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marvin C. Gershengorn (Washington, District of Columbia); Susanne Neumann (Bethesda, Maryland); Bruce M. Raaka (Rockville, Maryland); Craig J. Thomas (Gaithersburg, Maryland); James Inglese (Bethesda, Maryland); Noel T. Southall (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Steven Titus (Elkridge, Maryland); Wei Zheng (Potomac, Maryland); Wenwei Huang (Rockville, Maryland); Gerd Krause (Berlin, Germany); Gunnar Kleinau (Berlin, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are oxo-hydroquinazolines that are useful as selective TSHR agonists. The compounds may be used for detecting or treating thyroid cancer, or treating a bone degenerative disorder. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/897330 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 49/0004 (20130101) A61K 51/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/91 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09187470 | Holtzman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Holtzman (St. Loius, Missouri); Arthur Romero (Chesterfield, Missouri); Yael Alevy (St. Louis, Missouri); Anand Patel (Saint Louis, Missouri); Thomas Brett (Saint Louis, Missouri); Dhara Patel (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of identifying, generating and synthesizing compounds that inhibit MAPK13 activity. In various embodiments, compounds, salts thereof and prodrugs thereof of the present teachings can be useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders that involve excess mucus production. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/599427 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 409/14 (20130101) C07D 417/12 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 491/048 (20130101) |
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| US 09187480 | Maitra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rangan Maitra (Cary, North Carolina); Alan Bradley Fulp (Willow Spring, North Carolina); Yanan Zhang (Apex, North Carolina); Herbert H. Seltzman (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds capable of acting as antagonists at cannabanoid receptors according to the following formula: Such compounds may be used to treat conditions for which the cannabinoid receptor system has been implicated, such as obesity, liver disease, diabetes, pain, and inflammation. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/378479 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 473/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09187485 | Uesugi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Osaka, Japan); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Mizuki Watanabe (Kyoto, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Osaka, Japan); Salih J. Wakil (Houston, Texas); Lutfi Abu-Elheiga (Houston, Texas); Mizuki Watanabe (Kyoto, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of treating a disease related to cell hyper-proliferation via administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having a general tripartite structure A-B-C. In the tripartite structure A, B, and C are identical or non-identical structures, for example, but not limited to, heterocyclic, phenyl or benzyl ring structures with or without substitutions and are described in detail herein. The methods may utilize particular compounds, for example, having a piperidinyl, a pyrrolinyl or pyridinyl A ring, a thiazole B ring, and a phenyl C ring which may be further substituted independently. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/052074 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/06 (20130101) C07D 213/16 (20130101) C07D 213/76 (20130101) C07D 235/14 (20130101) C07D 277/22 (20130101) C07D 277/24 (20130101) C07D 277/66 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/12 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09187501 | Schoenfisch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark H. Schoenfisch (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Yuan Lu (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the subject matter disclosed herein is directed to NO-releasing functionalized nanorods having a desirable aspect ratio. The nanorods are also capable of releasing a desirable amount of NO (nitric oxide). In another aspect, the subject matter disclosed herein is directed to a composition comprising the NO-releasing nanorods. In another aspect, the subject matter disclosed herein is directed to methods of preparing NO-releasing nanorods having a specified aspect ratio. In another aspect, the subject matter disclosed herein is directed to a method of combating infection comprising administering to a subject a composition comprising NO-releasing nanorods, wherein the nanorods have a specified aspect ratio and NO-release profile. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/011488 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 25/08 (20130101) A01N 25/18 (20130101) A01N 59/00 (20130101) A01N 59/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48869 (20130101) A61K 49/1884 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/0834 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2975 (20150115) |
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| US 09187516 | Bavari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Government of the United States, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sina Bavari (Frederick, Maryland); Kelly Lyn Warfield (Adamstown, Maryland); Pamela Tan (Kulmbach, Germany); Anna Borodovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Antonin de Fougerolles (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of a gene from the Ebola virus. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/279156 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1131 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/322 (20130101) C12N 2310/322 (20130101) C12N 2310/322 (20130101) C12N 2310/322 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) C12N 2310/3531 (20130101) C12N 2310/3531 (20130101) |
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| US 09187523 | Motin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir L. Motin (League City, Texas); Sadhana Chauhan (League City, Texas); Scott R. Gilbertson (Galyeston, Texas); Anton Agarkov (Galyeston, Texas); Pedro Lory (Antwerp, Belgium) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir L. Motin (League City, Texas); Sadhana Chauhan (League City, Texas); Scott R. Gilbertson (Galyeston, Texas); Anton Agarkov (Galyeston, Texas); Pedro Lory (Antwerp, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to peptide sequences that were identified from combinatorial libraries and could serve as substrates of plague plasminogen activator (Pla). Another aspect of the present invention is drawn to peptides derived from the substrates for Pla as a result of chemical modifications leading to specific inactivation of the proteolytic activity of Pla. Additionally, the present invention is directed to the use of the substrates identified herein in the detection of bacteria expressing omptin family of proteases which includes Y. pestis. Furthermore, the present invention is also directed to the use of the inhibitors identified herein in the prevention and treatment of infection caused by these bacteria. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/199407 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/0817 (20130101) C07K 5/1019 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 5/06095 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (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) |
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| US 09187524 | Romesberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Floyd E. Romesberg (La Jolla, California); Peter A. Smith (La Jolla, California); Tucker C. Roberts (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Floyd E. Romesberg (La Jolla, California); Peter A. Smith (La Jolla, California); Tucker C. Roberts (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Arylomycin analogs are provided, wherein the analogs can have broad spectrum bioactivity. Resistance to the antibiotic bioactivity of natural product arylomycin in a range of pathogenic bacterial species has been found to depend upon single amino acid mutations at defined positions of bacterial Signal Peptidases (SPases), wherein the presence of a proline residue confers arylomycin resistance. Arylomycin analogs are provided herein that can overcome that resistance and provide for a broader spectrum of antibiotic bioactivity than can natural product arylomycins such as arylomycin A2. Methods for determining if a bacterial strain is susceptible to narrow spectrum arylomycin antibiotics, or if a broad spectrum analog is required for treatment, is provided. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of bacterial infections, and methods of synthesis of arylomycin analogs, are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/821195 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/14 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 9/001 (20130101) |
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| US 09187528 | Ranayhossaini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Ranayhossaini (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Patrick Joseph Pagano (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to inhibitors of Nox1-dependent reactive oxygen species production and their use in the treatment of disorders associated with reactive oxygen species, such as hypertension and cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/276564 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/2803 (20130101) |
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| US 09187529 | Schlievert |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick M. Schlievert (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Cationic peptides and use of such peptides to inhibit bacterial exotoxin production without substantially inhibiting bacterial growth are described. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/367116 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 13/00063 (20130101) A61F 13/8405 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/00 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 15/32 (20130101) A61L 15/46 (20130101) A61L 17/005 (20130101) A61L 17/145 (20130101) A61L 17/145 (20130101) A61L 28/0023 (20130101) A61L 28/0038 (20130101) A61L 28/0069 (20130101) A61L 28/0069 (20130101) A61L 29/048 (20130101) A61L 2300/404 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/195 (20130101) C07K 14/4723 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09187530 | McCoy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 13 Therapeutics, Inc. (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 13THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sharon L. McCoy (Portland, Oregon); Steven H. Hefeneider (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides for the treatment of inflammation, and therapeutic uses and methods of using the same are disclosed. Peptides including a transducing sequence are effective for inhibiting cytokine activity and TNF-α secretion through interaction with toll-like receptors. Experiments are described illustrating the efficacy of the compounds in treating otitis media. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/752969 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/07 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 2319/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/24122 (20130101) |
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| US 09187539 | Popel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleksander S. Popel (Lutherville, Maryland); Emmanouil D. Karagiannis (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods that are useful for modulating blood vessel formation, as well as methods that provide for the systematic and efficient identification of angiogenesis modulators are described. As discussed in more detail below, a systematic computational methodology based on bioinformatics was used to identify novel peptide modulators of angiogenesis that have been characterized in vitro and/or in vivo. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/975168 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/78 (20130101) C07K 14/472 (20130101) C07K 14/475 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/6421 (20130101) C12N 9/6489 (20130101) |
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| US 09187541 | Fleiszig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig (Oakland, California); David J. Evans (Oakland, California); Kwai Ping Tam (Oakland, California); James J. Mun (Richmond, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig (Oakland, California); David J. Evans (Oakland, California); Kwai Ping Tam (Oakland, California); James J. Mun (Richmond, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides antimicrobial peptides, and compositions comprising same. The present disclosure further provides methods of inhibiting microbial growth. |
| FILED | Monday, April 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/111152 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 63/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/4741 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09187544 | Popel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleksander S. Popel (Lutherville, Maryland); Emmanouil D. Karagiannis (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods that are useful for modulating blood vessel formation, as well as methods that provide for the systematic and efficient identification of angiogenesis modulators, are described. As described in more detail below, a systematic computational methodology based on bioinformatics was used to identify novel peptide modulators of angiogenesis that have been characterized in vitro and/or in vivo. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/962383 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/00 (20130101) C07K 14/57518 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09187561 | Goldenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Immunomedics, Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Immunomedics, Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Goldenberg (Mendham, New Jersey); Hans J. Hansen (Picayune, Mississippi); Chien-Hsing Chang (Downingtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns compositions and methods of use of humanized anti-HLA-DR antibodies. In preferred embodiments, the antibodies induce apoptosis and inhibit proliferation of lymphoma cells without inducing CDC or ADCC. In more preferred embodiments, the humanized anti-HLA-DR antibodies bind to the same epitope of HLA-DR as, or compete for binding to HLA-DR with, a murine L243 antibody. Most preferably, the humanized anti-HLA-DR antibody exhibits a higher affinity for HLA-DR than the parental murine antibody. The humanized HLA-DR antibody is of use for therapy of various diseases such as cancer, autoimmune disease or immune dysregulatory function, and is of particular use for therapy of B cell lymphomas and leukemias. In most preferred embodiments, the humanized anti-HLA-DR antibody is capable of inducing at least partial remission of lymphomas that are resistant to other B cell antibodies, such as rituximab. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/224866 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/48561 (20130101) A61K 51/1027 (20130101) A61K 51/1093 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/2833 (20130101) C07K 16/2887 (20130101) C07K 2316/95 (20130101) C07K 2316/96 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/71 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/75 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/732 (20130101) C07K 2317/734 (20130101) |
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| US 09187566 | Lindsey |
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| APPLICANT(S) | J. Suzanne Lindsey (Jackson, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | J. Suzanne Lindsey (Jackson, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Suzanne Lindsey (Jackson, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the present invention provide novel Mig-7 encoding nucleic acids and Mig-7 polypeptides, recombinant DNA expression systems and host cells containing same, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of the subject nucleic acid molecules, inhibiting production of the encoded proteins or polypeptides, inhibiting metastasis of a carcinoma cell in a subject (including in humans), inhibiting migration/invasion of and mimicking of normal cells by carcinoma cells in a subject, detecting the presence of a cancer cell (e.g., a migrating/invading cancer cell or carcinoma cell mimic, and tumor neovascularization) in a sample of a subject's tissue or body fluids, and inhibiting the migration/invasion of or endothelial cell mimicking by a placental cell into the blood stream or vessels of a female mammal. Particular aspects relate to novel anti-Mig-7 antibodies, diagnostic and/or prognostic methods, and therapeutic methods comprising use of the inventive nucleic acids, polypeptides and antibodies or derivatives thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/273344 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 33/57492 (20130101) |
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| US 09187594 | Ma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter X. Ma (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiaohua Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter X. Ma (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiaohua Liu (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Nano-fibrous microspheres and methods for forming them are disclosed herein. In one embodiment the microsphere includes a plurality of nano-fibers aggregated together in a spherical shape; and a plurality of pores formed between at least some of the plurality of nano-fibers. The nano-fibers are formed of star-shaped polymers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/576731 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 73/028 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/12 (20130101) C08J 9/0071 (20130101) C08J 9/283 (20130101) C08J 2377/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09187727 | Godfrey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne R. Godfrey (Los Altos, California); Carl June (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne R. Godfrey (Los Altos, California); Carl June (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses methods, and kits for the isolation and expansion of T regulatory cells having the CD45RA+ phenotype, including such cells from human umbilical cord blood. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/544218 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 2501/23 (20130101) C12N 2501/505 (20130101) C12N 2501/515 (20130101) C12N 2501/599 (20130101) |
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| US 09187733 | O'Shea et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clodagh O'Shea (San Diego, California); Colin Powers (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Anti-cancer adenoviruses, methods of use and methods of making the same are provided herein. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768933 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/761 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 7/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2710/10322 (20130101) C12N 2710/10332 (20130101) |
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| US 09187765 | Rao |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Catholic University of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Catholic University of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venigalla B. Rao (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is T4 DNA packaging machine comprising: one or more DNA molecules packaged in a head of the T4 DNA packaging machine, one or more Hoc-fused proteins displayed on the head of the T4 DNA packaging machine, and one or more Soc-fused proteins displayed on the head of the T4 DNA packaging machine. Also described are methods of making and using such a T4 DNA packaging machine. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/337545 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 2319/10 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) C07K 2319/61 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/87 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2795/10122 (20130101) C12N 2795/10123 (20130101) C12N 2795/10142 (20130101) C12N 2810/85 (20130101) C12N 2810/859 (20130101) C12N 2810/6009 (20130101) |
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| US 09187782 | Pourmand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nader Pourmand (Scotts Valley, California); Muhammad Akram Tariq (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nader Pourmand (Scotts Valley, California); Muhammad Akram Tariq (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method whereby a repetitive nucleic acid sequence, such as a short tandem repeat (STR), may be characterized as to its length. Pyrosequencing is used to sequence an STR repetitive region to measure the length of STRs in a rapid manner. A combinatorial approach is disclosed for the addition of multiple nucleotides (e.g., two mononucleotides) at a time by the polymerase, which reduces the sample analysis time by half. In addition, modified nucleic acids, such as peptide nucleic acids, are used as blocking probe to stop polymerization on the flanking region which makes it possible to use pyrosequencing for DNA length measurement both in the case of homozygous or heterozygous samples for varying repeat patterns of different markers. Further, dideoxynucleotides are added to stop polymerization in the flanking region of the STR. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/027926 |
| 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 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2525/107 (20130101) C12Q 2525/151 (20130101) C12Q 2525/204 (20130101) C12Q 2537/163 (20130101) C12Q 2565/301 (20130101) C12Q 2565/301 (20130101) |
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| US 09187783 | Esfandyarpour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hesaam Esfandyarpour (Los Altos, California); Mark F. Oldham (Emerald Hills, California); Eric S. Nordman (Palo Alto, California); Kosar Baghbani Parizi (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENAPSYS, INC. (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hesaam Esfandyarpour (Los Altos, California); Mark F. Oldham (Emerald Hills, California); Eric S. Nordman (Palo Alto, California); Kosar Baghbani Parizi (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method comprises magnetically holding a bead carrying biological material (e.g., nucleic acid, which may be in the form of DNA fragments or amplified DNA) in a specific location of a substrate, and applying an electric field local to the bead to isolate the biological material or products or byproducts of reactions of the biological material. For example, the bead is isolated from other beads having associated biological material. The electric field in various embodiments concentrates reagents for an amplification or sequencing reaction, and/or concentrates and isolates detectable reaction by-products. For example, by isolating nucleic acids around individual beads, the electric field can allow for clonal amplification, as an alternative to emulsion PCR. In other embodiments, the electric field isolates a nanosensor proximate to the bead, to facilitate detection of at least one of local pH change, local conductivity change, local charge concentration change and local heat. The beads may be trapped in the form of an array of localized magnetic field regions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/824129 |
| 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 | 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 1/6848 (20130101) C12Q 1/6848 (20130101) C12Q 1/6853 (20130101) C12Q 1/6853 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 2523/307 (20130101) C12Q 2523/307 (20130101) C12Q 2523/307 (20130101) C12Q 2563/116 (20130101) C12Q 2563/116 (20130101) C12Q 2563/143 (20130101) C12Q 2563/143 (20130101) C12Q 2565/543 (20130101) C12Q 2565/543 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) G01N 27/4146 (20130101) |
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| US 09188243 | Addae-Mensah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kweku Addae-Mensah (Hackensack, New Jersey); Yuk Kee Cheung (New York, New York); Samuel K. Sia (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kweku Addae-Mensah (Hackensack, New Jersey); Yuk Kee Cheung (New York, New York); Samuel K. Sia (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfabricated microvalves may be used with liquid-filled control channels and actuated using compact and battery-powered components, without the need for heavier or fixed infrastructure. The disclosed embodiments include microvalves with on-off fluid control with relatively fast response times, coordinated switching of multiple valves, and operation of a biological (enzyme-substrate) assay in a handheld configuration. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/575942 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16K 99/0026 (20130101) F16K 99/0046 (20130101) F16K 99/0061 (20130101) F16K 2099/008 (20130101) F16K 2099/0084 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) Y10T 137/0324 (20150401) |
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| US 09188584 | Agnew et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Heather Agnew (Pasadena, California); Rosemary Rohde (Pasadena, California); Steven Millward (Monrovia, California); Arundhati Nag (Pasadena, California); James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heather Agnew (Pasadena, California); Rosemary Rohde (Pasadena, California); Steven Millward (Monrovia, California); Arundhati Nag (Pasadena, California); James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-ligand capture agents comprising two or more ligands are described, and related compositions, methods and systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/487333 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/02 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/00 (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 2523/109 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 30/04 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/531 (20130101) G01N 33/54306 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09188586 | Fan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rong Fan (Cheshire, Connecticut); Yao Lu (New Haven, Connecticut); Jonathan Chen (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a system, device, and method for the high throughput multiplexed detection of a wide number of compounds. The invention comprises of a microwell array coupled to a capture agent array to form a plurality of interfaces between a microwell and a set of immobilized capture agents. The set of capture agents comprises a plurality of distinguishable features, with each feature corresponding to the detection of a particular compound of interest. In certain embodiments, each microwell is configured to contain a single cell. The invention is therefore capable of performing a high throughput analysis of single cell profiles, including profiles of secreted compounds. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/562061 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54306 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54366 (20130101) G01N 33/54386 (20130101) G01N 2570/00 (20130101) G01N 2800/7028 (20130101) |
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| US 09188592 | Skach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Skach (Portland, Oregon); LeeAnn Rooney (Hillsboro, Oregon); Hideki Shishido (Portland, Oregon); Zhongying Yang (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OREGON HEALTH and SCIENCE UNIVERSITY (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Skach (Portland, Oregon); LeeAnn Rooney (Hillsboro, Oregon); Hideki Shishido (Portland, Oregon); Zhongying Yang (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods and kits useful in the detection of protein folding and in the identification of compounds that promote proper protein folding. In one example approach, fluorophores and a protein tag are incorporated into a nascent polypeptide within a ribosome-nascent-chain complex during cell free translation and the resulting labeled ribosome-nascent-chain complex is conjugated to a solid surface via the tag. Fluorescence imaging via FRET is then preformed to assess the folding state of the ribosome-nascent-chain complex under a variety of conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/050177 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) G01N 33/542 (20130101) G01N 33/543 (20130101) G01N 33/6803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/13 (20150115) Y10T 436/25125 (20150115) Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09188594 | Fahmy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tarek M. Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut); Eric D. Stern (New Haven, Connecticut); Mark A. Reed (Monroe, Connecticut); Aleksandar Vacic (New Haven, Connecticut); James F. Klemic (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tarek M. Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut); Eric D. Stern (New Haven, Connecticut); Mark A. Reed (Monroe, Connecticut); Aleksandar Vacic (New Haven, Connecticut); James F. Klemic (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a device and method for determining the presence of a specific compound in solution. The device includes a nanosensor having an electrically conducting pathway between at least a first and second contact. The device also includes a first receptor, suitable for binding a specific compound in the solution, attached to the nanosensor, and a second receptor also suitable for binding the specific compound while the specific compound is bound to the first receptor. The second receptor is attached to an enzyme added to the solution. When the solution having the second receptor is added to the device, and a second compound that is a substrate for the enzyme is subsequently added to the solution, a measured difference in an electrical property in the device before and after the application of the second compound is indicative of the presence of the specific compound in the solution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/535396 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6863 (20130101) G01N 33/6866 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6869 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) G01N 2333/54 (20130101) G01N 2333/555 (20130101) |
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| US 09189871 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaochuan M. Pan (Chicago, Illinois); Emil Sidky (Chicago, Illinois); Chien-min Kao (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for reconstructing images from limited or incomplete data, such as few view data or limited angle data or truncated data generated from divergent beams. The method and apparatus may iteratively constrain the variation of an estimated image in order to reconstruct the image. To reconstruct an image, a first estimated image may be generated. Estimated data may be generated from the first estimated image, and compared with the actual data. The comparison of the estimated data with the actual data may include determining a difference between the estimated and actual data. The comparison may then be used to generate a new estimated image. For example, the first estimated image may be combined with an image generated from the difference data to generate a new estimated image. To generate the image for the next iteration, the variation of the new estimated image may be constrained. |
| FILED | Monday, December 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/584250 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2211/424 (20130101) G06T 2211/432 (20130101) G06T 2211/436 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin Garretson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Clinton G. Hobart (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas S. Gladwell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark J. Monda (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies pertaining to backscatter x-ray scanning systems are described herein. The backscatter x-ray scanning system includes an x-ray source, which directs collimated x-rays along a plurality of output vectors towards a target. A detector detects diffusely reflected x-rays subsequent to respective collimated x-rays impacting the target, and outputs signals indicative of parameters of the detected x-rays. An image processing system generates an x-ray image based upon parameters of the detected x-rays, wherein each pixel in the image corresponds to a respective output vector. A user selects a particular portion of the image, and a medical device is positioned such that its directional axis is coincident with the output vector corresponding to at least one pixel in the portion of the image. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/711518 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 7/08 (20130101) Smallarms, e.g Pistols, Rifles; Accessories Therefor F41C 27/06 (20130101) Apparatus for Launching Projectiles or Missiles From Barrels, e.g Cannons; Launchers for Rockets or Torpedoes; Harpoon Guns F41F 3/04 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 11/136 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 30/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/10 (20130101) G01N 23/20 (20130101) G01N 23/203 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 5/0025 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/3045 (20130101) |
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| US 09186406 | Daly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Daly (Washington, District of Columbia); Elena K. Gaidamakova (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Vera Y. Matrosova (Rockville, Maryland); Rodney L. Levine (Rockville, Maryland); Nancy B. Wehr (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Daly (Washington, District of Columbia); Elena K. Gaidamakova (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Vera Y. Matrosova (Rockville, Maryland); Rodney L. Levine (Rockville, Maryland); Nancy B. Wehr (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention encompasses methods of preserving protein function by contacting a protein with a composition comprising one or more purine or pyrimidine nucleosides (such as e.g., adenosine or uridine) and an antioxidant (such as e.g., manganese). In addition, the invention encompasses methods of treating and/or preventing a side effect of radiation exposure and methods of preventing a side effect of radiotherapy comprising administration of a pharmaceutically effective amount of a composition comprising one or more purine or pyrimidine nucleosides (such as e.g., adenosine or uridine) and an antioxidant (such as e.g., manganese) to a subject in need thereof. The compositions may comprise D. radiodurans extracts. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/673709 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/24 (20130101) A61K 8/44 (20130101) A61K 8/99 (20130101) A61K 8/606 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 31/7076 (20130101) A61K 33/32 (20130101) A61K 33/32 (20130101) A61K 35/74 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 17/04 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert D. Kephart (Elburn, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (Batavia, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert D. Kephart (Elburn, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for treating and strengthening material. One or more electron accelerators can be integrated with a mobile unit. The electron accelerators are positioned on the mobile unit to irradiate and treat in-situ, a material located proximate to the mobile unit, wherein irradiation of the material by the electron accelerators results in in-situ cross-linking or polymerization of the material and therefore a strengthening and increased durability of the material. The in-situ treatment of a road surface to toughen and strengthen the road surface constructed with standard asphalt construction can result in improved material properties of the surface, enhanced durability, and improved lifetime. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/022365 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/28 (20130101) Construction Of, or Surfaces For, Roads, Sports Grounds, or the Like; Machines or Auxiliary Tools for Construction or Repair E01C 23/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09186668 | Schaff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ulrich Y. Schaff (Davis, California); Gregory J. Sommer (Livermore, California); Anup K. Singh (Danville, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ulrich Y. Schaff (Davis, California); Gregory J. Sommer (Livermore, California); Anup K. Singh (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward microfluidic systems, apparatus, and methods for measuring a quantity of cells in a fluid. Examples include a differential white blood cell measurement using a centrifugal microfluidic system. A method may include introducing a fluid sample containing a quantity of cells into a microfluidic channel defined in part by a substrate. The quantity of cells may be transported toward a detection region defined in part by the substrate, wherein the detection region contains a density media, and wherein the density media has a density lower than a density of the cells and higher than a density of the fluid sample. The substrate may be spun such that at least a portion of the quantity of cells are transported through the density media. Signals may be detected from label moieties affixed to the cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/891956 |
| 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 3/0275 (20130101) B01L 3/502 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09186741 | Kumaria et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shashwat Kumaria (Sunnyvale, California); Briccio de Leon (San Pablo, Philippines) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shashwat Kumaria (Sunnyvale, California); Briccio de Leon (San Pablo, Philippines) |
| ABSTRACT | A method comprises positioning a pair of photovoltaic wafers in a side-by-side arrangement. An interconnect is placed on the pair of wafers such that the interconnect overlaps both wafers of the pair, solder material being provided between the interconnect and the respective wafers. A solder head is then located adjacent the interconnect, and the coil is energized to effect inductive heating of the solder material. The solder head comprises an induction coil shaped to define an eye, and a magnetic field concentrator located at least partially in the eye of the coil. The magnetic field concentrator defines a passage extending axially through the eye of the coil, and may be of a material with a high magnetic permeability. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/558095 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 1/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 1/0016 (20130101) B23K 2201/40 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/188 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09186854 | Luebke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David R. Luebke (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania); Lei Hong (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christina R. Myers (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Luebke (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania); Lei Hong (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christina R. Myers (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for the fabrication of a supported liquid membrane having a dense layer in contact with a porous layer, and a membrane liquid layer within the interconnected pores of the porous layer. The dense layer is comprised of a solidified material having an average pore size less than or equal to about 0.1 nanometer, while the porous layer is comprised of a plurality of interconnected pores and has an average pore size greater than 10 nanometers. The supported liquid membrane is fabricated through the preparation of a casting solution of a membrane liquid and a volatile solvent. A pressure difference is established across the dense layer and porous layer, the casting solution is applied to the porous layer, and the low viscosity casting solution is drawn toward the dense layer. The volatile solvent is evaporated and the membrane liquid precipitates, generating a membrane liquid layer in close proximity to the dense layer. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/783531 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 61/38 (20130101) Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 7/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09187325 | Turner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Terry D. Turner (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Bradley C. Benefiel (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Dennis N. Bingham (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Kerry M. Klinger (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Bruce M. Wilding (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry D. Turner (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Bradley C. Benefiel (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Dennis N. Bingham (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Kerry M. Klinger (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Bruce M. Wilding (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Reactors for carrying out a chemical reaction, as well as related components, systems and methods are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, a reactor is provided that includes a furnace and a crucible positioned for heating by the furnace. The crucible may contain a molten salt bath. A downtube is disposed at least partially within the interior crucible along an axis. The downtube includes a conduit having a first end in communication with a carbon source and an outlet at a second end of the conduit for introducing the carbon material into the crucible. At least one opening is formed in the conduit between the first end and the second end to enable circulation of reaction components contained within the crucible through the conduit. An oxidizing material may be introduced through a bottom portion of the crucible in the form of gas bubbles to react with the other materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/188202 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — 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 4/001 (20130101) B01J 7/02 (20130101) B01J 10/002 (20130101) B01J 10/005 (20130101) B01J 19/246 (20130101) B01J 2204/002 (20130101) B01J 2219/00157 (20130101) B01J 2219/00159 (20130101) B01J 2219/0277 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/348 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2203/0216 (20130101) |
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| US 09187646 | 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 | A mechanical compression method can be used to tune semiconductor nanoparticle lattice structure and synthesize new semiconductor nanostructures including nanorods, nanowires, nanosheets, and other three-dimensional interconnected structures. II-VI or IV-VI compound semiconductor nanoparticle assemblies can be used as starting materials, including CdSe, CdTe, ZnSe, ZnS, PbSe, and PbS. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/905959 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 3/12 (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) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/00 (20130101) C09C 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09C 1/10 (20130101) C09C 1/14 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/888 (20130101) |
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| US 09187740 | Spodsberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Monday, June 24, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/924928 |
| 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 9/2434 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/14 (20130101) C12P 2203/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09187741 | Spodsberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Monday, February 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/612050 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 302/01004 (20130101) |
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| US 09187742 | Spodsberg |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NOVOZYMES, INC. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaj Spodsberg (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/817772 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01091 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09187753 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brady D. Lee (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods of modulating transcription or transcription or transcriptional control using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/256819 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/195 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09187772 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xueli Zhang (Tianjin, China PRC); Xuan Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Keelnatham T. Shanmugam (Gainesville, Florida); Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xueli Zhang (Tianjin, China PRC); Xuan Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Keelnatham T. Shanmugam (Gainesville, Florida); Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for the production of malic acid in commercially significant quantities from the carbon compounds by genetically modified bacterial strains (GMBS; also referred to as biocatalysts or genetically modified microorganisms) is disclosed. Microorganisms suitable for the production of malic acid can be cultured in one or two-step processes as disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/819773 |
| 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 1/20 (20130101) C12N 9/001 (20130101) C12N 9/88 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/42 (20130101) C12P 7/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 103/01006 (20130101) C12Y 401/01031 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09187776 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ye Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Lan Tang (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/747418 |
| 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 9/2437 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/00 (20130101) C12P 7/14 (20130101) C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 2203/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09187806 | Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dileep Singh (Naperville, Illinois); Yusuf Yusufoglu (Gebze, Turkey); Elena Timofeeva (Chicago, Illinois); Jules L. Routbort (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for preparing intermetallic nanoparticles of two or more metals is provided. In particular, the process includes the steps: a) dispersing nanoparticles of a first metal in a solvent to prepare a first metal solution, b) forming a reaction mixture with the first metal solution and a reducing agent, c) heating the reaction mixture to a reaction temperature; and d) adding a second metal solution containing a salt of a second metal to the reaction mixture. During this process, intermetallic nanoparticles, which contain a compound with the first and second metals are formed. The intermetallic nanoparticles with uniform size and a narrow size distribution is also provided. An electrochemical device such as a battery with the intermetallic nanoparticles is also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/741300 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09188071 | Sun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Min Sun (Troy, Michigan); Kevin L. Perry (Fraser, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Min Sun (Troy, Michigan); Kevin L. Perry (Fraser, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a storage estimation module and an air/fuel ratio control module. The storage estimation module estimates a first amount of ammonia stored in a first selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst and estimates a second amount of ammonia stored in a second SCR catalyst. The air/fuel ratio control module controls an air/fuel ratio of an engine based on the first amount, the second amount, and a temperature of a substrate disposed in the second SCR catalyst. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/471861 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Machines or Engines in General; Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines F01N 3/2066 (20130101) F01N 9/00 (20130101) F01N 2560/06 (20130101) F01N 2560/07 (20130101) F01N 2560/026 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 41/0235 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02D 41/1445 (20130101) F02D 41/1475 (20130101) F02D 2200/0802 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/24 (20130101) Y02T 10/47 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09188228 | Sarawate et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neelesh Nandkumar Sarawate (Niskayuna, New York); Victor John Morgan (Simpsonville, South Carolina); David Wayne Weber (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neelesh Nandkumar Sarawate (Niskayuna, New York); Victor John Morgan (Simpsonville, South Carolina); David Wayne Weber (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides seal assemblies for reducing leakages between adjacent components of turbomachinery. The seal assemblies may include outer shims, and at least a portion of the outer shims may be substantially impervious. At least one of the outer shims may be configured for sealing engagement with seal slots of the adjacent components. The seal assemblies may also include at least one of an inner shim and a filler layer positioned between the outer shims. The at least one inner shim may be substantially solid and the at least one filler layer may be relatively porous. The seal assemblies may be sufficiently flexible to account for misalignment between the adjacent components, sufficiently stiff to meet assembly requirements, and sufficiently robust to operating meet requirements associated with turbomachinery. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/560357 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/005 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/57 (20130101) Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/128 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09188335 | Uhm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jong Ho Uhm (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jong Ho Uhm (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for reducing combustion dynamics and NOx in a combustor includes a tube bundle that extends radially across at least a portion of the combustor, wherein the tube bundle comprises an upstream surface axially separated from a downstream surface. A shroud circumferentially surrounds the upstream and downstream surfaces. A plurality of tubes extends through the tube bundle from the upstream surface through the downstream surface, wherein the downstream surface is stepped to produce tubes having different lengths through the tube bundle. A method for reducing combustion dynamics and NOx in a combustor includes flowing a working fluid through a plurality of tubes radially arranged between an upstream surface and a downstream surface of an end cap that extends radially across at least a portion of the combustor, wherein the downstream surface is stepped. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 26, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/281528 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Burners F23D 2900/00018 (20130101) Supplying Air or Non-combustible Liquids or Gases to Combustion Apparatus in General; Valves or Dampers Specially Adapted for Controlling Air Supply or Draught in Combustion Apparatus; Inducing Draught in Combustion Apparatus; Tops for Chimneys or Ventilating Shafts; Terminals for Flues F23L 7/005 (20130101) F23L 2900/07002 (20130101) Casings, Linings, Walls or Doors Specially Adapted for Combustion Chambers, e.g Firebridges; Devices for Deflecting Air, Flames or Combustion Products in Combustion Chambers; Safety Arrangements Specially Adapted for Combustion Apparatus; Details of Combustion Chambers, Not Otherwise Provided for F23M 20/005 (20150115) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23R 3/283 (20130101) F23R 2900/00014 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09188622 | Tangyunyong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paiboon Tangyunyong (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Edward I. Cole, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David J. Stein (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paiboon Tangyunyong (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Edward I. Cole, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David J. Stein (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A device sample is screened for defects using its power spectrum in response to a dynamic stimulus. The device sample receives a time-varying electrical signal. The power spectrum of the device sample is measured at one of the pins of the device sample. A defect in the device sample can be identified based on results of comparing the power spectrum with one or more power spectra of the device that have a known defect status. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/309281 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 27/28 (20130101) G01R 31/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09188677 | Bossert |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Bossert (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging Doppler lidar (IDL) enables the measurement of the velocity distribution of a large volume, in parallel, and at high spatial resolution in the wake of a wind turbine. Because the IDL is non-scanning, it can be orders of magnitude faster than conventional coherent lidar approaches. Scattering can be obtained from naturally occurring aerosol particles. Furthermore, the wind velocity can be measured directly from Doppler shifts of the laser light, so the measurement can be accomplished at large standoff and at wide fields-of-view. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/254555 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 5/26 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/4816 (20130101) G01S 17/58 (20130101) G01S 17/89 (20130101) G01S 17/95 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 17/107 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09189326 | Kalamatianos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Kalamatianos (Arlington, Massachusetts); Johnsy Kanjirapallil John (Acton, Massachusetts); Robert Gelinas (Needham, Massachusetts); Vilas K. Sridharan (Brookline, Massachusetts); Phillip E. Nevius (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Hard errors in the memory array can be detected and corrected in real-time using reusable entries in an error status buffer. Data may be rewritten to a portion of a memory array and a register in response to a first error in data read from the portion of the memory array. The rewritten data may then be written from the register to an entry of an error status buffer in response to the rewritten data read from the register differing from the rewritten data read from the portion of the memory array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/048830 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/1008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Static Stores G11C 11/41 (20130101) G11C 29/42 (20130101) G11C 29/52 (20130101) G11C 2029/0409 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Algorithm selection for data communications in a parallel active messaging interface (‘PAMI’) of a parallel computer, the PAMI composed of data communications endpoints, each endpoint including specifications of a client, a context, and a task, endpoints coupled for data communications through the PAMI, including associating in the PAMI data communications algorithms and bit masks; receiving in an origin endpoint of the PAMI a collective instruction, the instruction specifying transmission of a data communications message from the origin endpoint to a target endpoint; constructing a bit mask for the received collective instruction; selecting, from among the associated algorithms and bit masks, a data communications algorithm in dependence upon the constructed bit mask; and executing the collective instruction, transmitting, according to the selected data communications algorithm from the origin endpoint to the target endpoint, the data communications message. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/659458 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/54 (20130101) G06F 15/17318 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09190392 | Shinde et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subhash L. Shinde (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John Teifel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard S. Flores (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Robert L. Jarecki, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Todd Bauer (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A 3D stacked sASIC is provided that includes a plurality of 2D reconfigurable structured structured ASIC (sASIC) levels interconnected through hard-wired arrays of 3D vias. The 2D sASIC levels may contain logic, memory, analog functions, and device input/output pad circuitry. During fabrication, these 2D sASIC levels are stacked on top of each other and fused together with 3D metal vias. Such 3D vias may be fabricated as through-silicon vias (TSVs). They may connect to the back-side of the 2D sASIC level, or they may be connected to top metal pads on the front-side of the 2D sASIC level. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/283101 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/5384 (20130101) H01L 24/89 (20130101) H01L 25/0657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/0207 (20130101) H01L 27/0688 (20130101) H01L 2225/06541 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09190542 | Brener et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igal Brener (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Nche Tumasang Fofang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ting S. Luk (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The efficiency of a photovoltaic cell is enhanced by light trapping using Mie-scattering nanostructures. In one embodiment, an array of nanocylinders is formed on the front surface of a silicon film to enhance forward scattering into the film, and an array of nanocylinders is formed on the back surface to enhance backscattering so that more light is absorbed within the silicon film. In an alternate embodiment, a mirror layer is formed on the back surface of the silicon film to reflect light within the film back toward the front-surface nanocylinder array. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/555438 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/056 (20141201) H01L 31/02168 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09190546 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin J. Anderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William C. Sweatt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin J. Anderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William C. Sweatt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A photovoltaic (PV) solar concentration structure having at least two troughs encapsulated in a rectangular parallelepiped optical plastic structure, with the troughs filled with an optical plastic material, the troughs each having a reflective internal surface and approximately parabolic geometry, and the troughs each including photovoltaic cells situated so that light impinging on the optical plastic material will be concentrated onto the photovoltaic cells. Multiple structures can be connected to provide a solar photovoltaic collection system that provides portable, efficient, low-cost electrical power. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894772 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0422 (20130101) H01L 31/0522 (20130101) H01L 31/0524 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 20/00 (20130101) H02S 40/22 (20141201) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09190667 | Zhamu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite composition for electrochemical cell electrode applications, the composition comprising multiple solid particles, wherein (a) a solid particle is composed of graphene platelets dispersed in or bonded by a first matrix or binder material, wherein the graphene platelets are not obtained from graphitization of the first binder or matrix material; (b) the graphene platelets have a length or width in the range of 10 nm to 10 μm; (c) the multiple solid particles are bonded by a second binder material; and (d) the first or second binder material is selected from a polymer, polymeric carbon, amorphous carbon, metal, glass, ceramic, oxide, organic material, or a combination thereof. For a lithium ion battery anode application, the first binder or matrix material is preferably amorphous carbon or polymeric carbon. Such a composite composition provides a high anode capacity and good cycling response. For a supercapacitor electrode application, the solid particles preferably have meso-scale pores therein to accommodate electrolyte. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/220651 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/058 (20130101) H01G 11/36 (20130101) H01G 11/38 (20130101) H01G 11/42 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/362 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/621 (20130101) H01M 4/1393 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) H01M 2004/022 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09190694 | Lopez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Herman A. Lopez (Sunnyvale, California); Yogesh Kumar Anguchamy (Newark, California); Haixia Deng (Fremont, California); Yongbong Han (San Francisco, California); Charan Masarapu (Fremont, California); Subramanian Venkatachalam (Pleasanton, California); Sujeet Kumar (Newark, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Envia Systems, Inc. (Newark, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herman A. Lopez (Sunnyvale, California); Yogesh Kumar Anguchamy (Newark, California); Haixia Deng (Fremont, California); Yongbong Han (San Francisco, California); Charan Masarapu (Fremont, California); Subramanian Venkatachalam (Pleasanton, California); Sujeet Kumar (Newark, California) |
| ABSTRACT | High capacity silicon based anode active materials are described for lithium ion batteries. These materials are shown to be effective in combination with high capacity lithium rich cathode active materials. Supplemental lithium is shown to improve the cycling performance and reduce irreversible capacity loss for at least certain silicon based active materials. In particular silicon based active materials can be formed in composites with electrically conductive coatings, such as pyrolytic carbon coatings or metal coatings, and composites can also be formed with other electrically conductive carbon components, such as carbon nanofibers and carbon nanoparticles. Additional alloys with silicon are explored. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/938951 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/621 (20130101) H01M 4/622 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09190697 | 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); Claus Daniel (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition comprised of nanoparticles of lithium ion conducting solid oxide material, wherein the solid oxide material is comprised of lithium ions, and at least one type of metal ion selected from pentavalent metal ions and trivalent lanthanide metal ions. Solution methods useful for synthesizing these solid oxide materials, as well as precursor solutions and components thereof, are also described. The solid oxide materials are incorporated as electrolytes into lithium ion batteries. |
| FILED | Friday, May 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/886542 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 33/00 (20130101) C01G 33/006 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/495 (20130101) C04B 35/6264 (20130101) C04B 2235/441 (20130101) C04B 2235/3201 (20130101) C04B 2235/3203 (20130101) C04B 2235/3227 (20130101) C04B 2235/3251 (20130101) C04B 2235/3286 (20130101) C04B 2235/5454 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/08 (20130101) 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 10/0562 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0071 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09190736 | Burckel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David B. Burckel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory A. Ten Eyck (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Burckel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory A. Ten Eyck (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The fabrication of small-scale structures is disclosed. A unit-cell of a small-scale structure with non-planar features is fabricated by forming a membrane on a suitable material. A pattern is formed in the membrane and a portion of the substrate underneath the membrane is removed to form a cavity. Resonators are then directionally deposited on the wall or sides of the cavity. The cavity may be rotated during deposition to form closed-loop resonators. The resonators may be non-planar. The unit-cells can be formed in a layer that includes an array of unit-cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/324052 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 7/00 (20130101) H01Q 15/0086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09192056 | Rubenchik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexander M. Rubenchik (Livermore, California); Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California); Lloyd Hackel (Livermore, California); Jon Rankin (Dublin, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander M. Rubenchik (Livermore, California); Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California); Lloyd Hackel (Livermore, California); Jon Rankin (Dublin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for bonding two dissimilar materials includes positioning a second material over a first material at an oblique angle and applying a tamping layer over the second martial. A laser beam is directed at the second material that generates a plasma at the location of impact on the second material. The plasma generates pressure that accelerates a portion of the second material to a very high velocity and towards the first material. The second material impacts the first material causing bonding of the two materials. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/229840 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/14 (20130101) C23C 14/28 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 3/10 (20130101) H05K 3/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 2203/107 (20130101) H05K 2203/0528 (20130101) H05K 2203/1527 (20130101) |
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| US 09186835 | Wakabayashi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bucknell University (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bucknell University (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katsuyuki Wakabayashi (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania); Stephen M. Brouse (Kreamer, Pennsylvania); Michael D. Boches (Pliladelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for solid-state/melt extrusion, as can be accomplished using a unitary extruder apparatus comprising a solid-state shearing zone and a melt-state extrusion zone. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/654154 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparation or Pretreatment of the Material to be Shaped; Making Granules or Preforms; Recovery of Plastics or Other Constituents of Waste Material Containing Plastics B29B 7/90 (20130101) B29B 7/484 (20130101) 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 47/0004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 47/0011 (20130101) B29C 47/0014 (20130101) B29C 47/64 (20130101) B29C 47/92 (20130101) B29C 47/402 (20130101) B29C 47/827 (20130101) B29C 47/1045 (20130101) B29C 47/6031 (20130101) B29C 47/6056 (20130101) B29C 2947/92209 (20130101) B29C 2947/92704 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2105/16 (20130101) B29K 2105/162 (20130101) |
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| US 09187500 | Walba |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David M Walba (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M Walba (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel approach for generating FLC electro-optics with gray-scale resolution includes using FLC material that is: (i.) capable of electrostatic V-shape switching, (ii.) capable of optical latching, and (iii.) not requiring DC balance. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/548999 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/0818 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 19/0225 (20130101) C09K 19/406 (20130101) C09K 19/2007 (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 1/1416 (20130101) G02F 1/1418 (20130101) |
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| US 09187624 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Na Lu (Charlotte, North Carolina); Ralph Robert Johnson (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Na Lu (Charlotte, North Carolina); Ralph Robert Johnson (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel structural materials composed of industrial hemp fiber with recycled high density polyethylene (HDPE) as well as methods for the production of the same are disclosed. The material's mechanical strength outperforms that of conventional lumber and could compete with glass fiber reinforced composites, particularly in tensile strength. In addition, this material offers many other significant advantages including insect free, high moisture resistance, no harmful chemical treatments, and no rapid corrosion in water environments. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/213664 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 67/0062 (20130101) B29C 70/48 (20130101) B29C 70/52 (20130101) B29C 70/443 (20130101) B29C 70/506 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2023/065 (20130101) B29K 2105/10 (20130101) B29K 2105/26 (20130101) B29K 2267/046 (20130101) B29K 2311/10 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/045 (20130101) C08J 2323/06 (20130101) C08J 2397/02 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 23/06 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) C08L 97/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/249942 (20150401) |
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| US 09187643 | Benicewicz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian C. Benicewicz (Columbia, South Carolina); Peng Tao (Troy, New York); Ying Li (Troy, New York); Linda Schadler Feist (Niskayuna, New York); Richard W. Siegel (Troy, New York); Anand Viswanath (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian C. Benicewicz (Columbia, South Carolina); Peng Tao (Troy, New York); Ying Li (Troy, New York); Linda Schadler Feist (Niskayuna, New York); Richard W. Siegel (Troy, New York); Anand Viswanath (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Silicone-based nanocomposites that include a plurality of multimodal nanoparticles dispersed within a silicone-based polymeric matrix are provided. Each of the multimodal nanoparticle has a first plurality of long silicone compatible polymeric chains and a second plurality of short silicone compatible polymeric chains grafted onto a surface of a nanoparticle (e.g., an inorganic nanoparticle, such as silica, alumina, titania, indium tin oxide, CdSe, etc.), with the short silicone compatible polymeric chains present on each multimodal nanoparticle at a higher grafting density than the long silicone compatible polymeric chains. Methods are also provided for forming a silicone-based nanocomposite. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/359728 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/30 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/36 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08L 83/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09187782 | Pourmand et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nader Pourmand (Scotts Valley, California); Muhammad Akram Tariq (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nader Pourmand (Scotts Valley, California); Muhammad Akram Tariq (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method whereby a repetitive nucleic acid sequence, such as a short tandem repeat (STR), may be characterized as to its length. Pyrosequencing is used to sequence an STR repetitive region to measure the length of STRs in a rapid manner. A combinatorial approach is disclosed for the addition of multiple nucleotides (e.g., two mononucleotides) at a time by the polymerase, which reduces the sample analysis time by half. In addition, modified nucleic acids, such as peptide nucleic acids, are used as blocking probe to stop polymerization on the flanking region which makes it possible to use pyrosequencing for DNA length measurement both in the case of homozygous or heterozygous samples for varying repeat patterns of different markers. Further, dideoxynucleotides are added to stop polymerization in the flanking region of the STR. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/027926 |
| 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 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2525/107 (20130101) C12Q 2525/151 (20130101) C12Q 2525/204 (20130101) C12Q 2537/163 (20130101) C12Q 2565/301 (20130101) C12Q 2565/301 (20130101) |
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| US 09187823 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Junhong Chen (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Kehan Yu (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Zheng Bo (Zhejiang Province, China PRC); Guahua Lu (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Science Foundation (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junhong Chen (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Kehan Yu (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Zheng Bo (Zhejiang Province, China PRC); Guahua Lu (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of growing carbon nanostructures on a conductive substrate without the need for a vacuum or low-pressure environment provides high electrical field strengths to generate the necessary carbon ions from a feedstock gas and to promote alignment and separation of the resulting structures. In one embodiment, substantially uniform “vertical” nanostructures may be formed around the periphery of an extended wire for use in corona discharge applications or the like. Growth on a planar substrate may provide use with a variety of apparatus requiring a high specific surface conductor such as capacitors, batteries, and solar cells. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/607220 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 16/44 (20130101) C23C 16/50 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 27/022 (20130101) |
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| US 09188529 | Shpaisman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hagay Shpaisman (Highland Park, New Jersey); Bhaskar Jyoti Krishnatreya (Astoria, New York); David G. Grier (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An in-line holographic microscope is used for measurements of micrometer-scale particles and associated suspending fluid medium containing the particles. The system yields heterodyne scattering patterns that may be interpreted with Lorenz-Mie theory to obtain precise time-resolved information on the refractive index of the suspending medium for determining chemical composition, concentrations and makeup thereof. This approach can perform spatially resolved refractometry with measurements on calibrated refractive index standards and monitor chemical concentration in a microfluidic channel. Using commercially available colloidal spheres as probe particles and a standard video camera for detection yields volumetric refractive index measurements with a resolution of 2×10−3 RIU for each probe particle in each holographic snapshot. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/380286 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1429 (20130101) G01N 15/1456 (20130101) G01N 21/41 (20130101) G01N 21/453 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/4133 (20130101) G01N 2015/1454 (20130101) G01N 2021/4707 (20130101) G01N 2201/08 (20130101) G01N 2201/0612 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/361 (20130101) |
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| US 09188568 | Ebeler 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) | Susan E. Ebeler (Davis, California); Arielle Johnson (Davis, California); Greg Hirson (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the in-instrument recombination of volatiles using a gas chromatograph with mass spectrometry and olfactometry detection is described. Compounds that are introduced into the modified GC are separated conventionally on an analytical capillary GC column. The elution profile of volatiles can be segmented, analyzed and arbitrarily combined. In-line with the GC column, a pneumatic flow switch and splitter are connected to a detector and olfactometer. A cold trap allows the user to build a mixture of separated volatiles that is held until the cryotrap is rapidly heated, releasing the mixture for a subject to smell at the olfactory port and to evaluate. The instrument allows for characterization of the aroma quality of specific fractions of aroma volatiles obtained from foods, flowers or beverages without the need for pure chemical standards or the calculation of individual compound concentrations or sensory thresholds. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/767798 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 30/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 30/78 (20130101) G01N 30/84 (20130101) G01N 30/7206 (20130101) G01N 2030/8411 (20130101) G01N 2030/8809 (20130101) |
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| US 09188594 | Fahmy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tarek M. Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut); Eric D. Stern (New Haven, Connecticut); Mark A. Reed (Monroe, Connecticut); Aleksandar Vacic (New Haven, Connecticut); James F. Klemic (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tarek M. Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut); Eric D. Stern (New Haven, Connecticut); Mark A. Reed (Monroe, Connecticut); Aleksandar Vacic (New Haven, Connecticut); James F. Klemic (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a device and method for determining the presence of a specific compound in solution. The device includes a nanosensor having an electrically conducting pathway between at least a first and second contact. The device also includes a first receptor, suitable for binding a specific compound in the solution, attached to the nanosensor, and a second receptor also suitable for binding the specific compound while the specific compound is bound to the first receptor. The second receptor is attached to an enzyme added to the solution. When the solution having the second receptor is added to the device, and a second compound that is a substrate for the enzyme is subsequently added to the solution, a measured difference in an electrical property in the device before and after the application of the second compound is indicative of the presence of the specific compound in the solution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/535396 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6863 (20130101) G01N 33/6866 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6869 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) G01N 2333/54 (20130101) G01N 2333/555 (20130101) |
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| US 09189254 | Kushman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nathaniel Kushman (Boston, Massachusetts); Regina Barzilay (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Satchuthananthavale R. Kuhan Branavan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Martin C. Rinard (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathaniel Kushman (Boston, Massachusetts); Regina Barzilay (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Satchuthananthavale R. Kuhan Branavan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Martin C. Rinard (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method that enables a plurality of lay users to collaborate on automating computer tasks is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system automatically performs these tasks, rather than just documenting how to perform them. The system allows a database of solutions to be built for every important computer task. A key characteristic of this system is that users contribute to this database by simply performing the task. The system records the graphical user interface (GUI) actions as the user performs the task. It aggregates GUI traces from multiple users into a canonical sequence of GUI actions parameterized by user-environment that will successfully accomplish the task on a variety of different configurations. A classifier is used to predict which steps are likely to be misinterpreted and requests human intervention to properly perform them. This process can be done iteratively until the translation is believed to be correct. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/896404 |
| ART UNIT | 2141 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0481 (20130101) G06F 9/4446 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/3438 (20130101) G06F 2201/865 (20130101) |
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| US 09189394 | Kim |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nam Sung Kim (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nam Sung Kim (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A graphic processing unit having multiple computational elements flexibly interconnected to memory elements provides for data compressors/decompressors in the memory channels communicating between the computational elements and memory elements to provide an effective increase in bandwidth of those connections by the compression of data transferred thereon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/569999 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 12/08 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 19/176 (20141101) |
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| US 09189886 | Black et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Black (Providence, Rhode Island); Alexandru O. Balan (Pawtucket, Rhode Island); Alexander W. Weiss (Shirley, Massachusetts); Leonid Sigal (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Matthew M. Loper (Providence, Rhode Island); Timothy S. St. Clair (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Black (Providence, Rhode Island); Alexandru O. Balan (Pawtucket, Rhode Island); Alexander W. Weiss (Shirley, Massachusetts); Leonid Sigal (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Matthew M. Loper (Providence, Rhode Island); Timothy S. St. Clair (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of estimating the body shape of an individual from input data such as images or range maps. The body may appear in one or more poses captured at different times and a consistent body shape is computed for all poses. The body may appear in minimal tight-fitting clothing or in normal clothing wherein the described method produces an estimate of the body shape under the clothing. Clothed or bare regions of the body are detected via image classification and the fitting method is adapted to treat each region differently. Body shapes are represented parametrically and are matched to other bodies based on shape similarity and other features. Standard measurements are extracted using parametric or non-parametric functions of body shape. The system components support many applications in body scanning, advertising, social networking, collaborative filtering and Internet clothing shopping. |
| FILED | Friday, August 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/541898 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00369 (20130101) G06K 9/6221 (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 30/0601 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0046 (20130101) G06T 7/0048 (20130101) G06T 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10028 (20130101) G06T 2207/30196 (20130101) |
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| US 09190135 | Appenzeller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joerg Appenzeller (West Lafayette, Indiana); Saptarshi Das (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joerg Appenzeller (West Lafayette, Indiana); Saptarshi Das (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Illustrative embodiments provide a FETRAM that is significantly improved over the operation of conventional FeRAM technology. In accordance with at least one disclosed embodiment, a CMOS-processing compatible memory cell provides an architecture enabling a non-destructive read out operation using organic ferroelectric PVDF-TrFE as the memory storage unit and silicon nanowire as the memory read out unit. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/566830 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/28291 (20130101) H01L 27/1159 (20130101) H01L 29/516 (20130101) H01L 29/0669 (20130101) H01L 29/6684 (20130101) H01L 29/78391 (20140902) |
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| US 09190185 | Lay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus D. Lay (Athens, Georgia); Pornnipa Vichchulada (Athens, Georgia); Nidhi P. Bhatt (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure includes purification and deposition methods for single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) that allow for purification without damaging the SWNTs. The present disclosure includes methods for reducing electrical resistance in SWNT networks. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/868381 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/026 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01B 13/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/748 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
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| US 09190543 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yang Yang (Los Angeles, California); Wei-Jen Hou (Cerritos, California); Bao Lei (Los Angeles, California); Shenghan Li (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Yang (Los Angeles, California); Wei-Jen Hou (Cerritos, California); Bao Lei (Los Angeles, California); Shenghan Li (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of producing photo-voltaic devices include spray coating deposition of metal chalcogenides, contact lithographic methods and/or metal ion injection. Photo-voltaic devices include devices made by the methods, tandem photo-voltaic devices and bulk junction photovoltaic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, June 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/376118 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 18/1204 (20130101) C23C 18/1225 (20130101) C23C 18/1291 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0322 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0725 (20130101) H01L 31/0749 (20130101) H01L 31/03923 (20130101) H01L 31/022425 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Y02E 10/541 (20130101) |
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| US 09190649 | Archer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lynden A. Archer (Ithaca, New York); Praveen Agarwal (Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynden A. Archer (Ithaca, New York); Praveen Agarwal (Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A shape memory polymer material composition comprises: (1) a plurality of inorganic core nanoparticles as netpoints to which is connected; (2) a switching segment that comprises a polymer network. The polymer network comprises: (1) a corona component bonded to each inorganic core nanoparticle through a first chemical linkage; (2) a canopy component bonded to each corona component through a second chemical linkage; and (3) a plurality of cross-linking components cross-linking between different canopy components through a third chemical linkage. Given various selections for the inorganic core nanoparticles, the corona component, the canopy component, the cross-linking component, the first chemical linkage, the second chemical linkage and the third chemical linkage, various performance and composition characteristics of the shape memory polymer material compositions may be readily tailored. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/115427 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 83/001 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/36 (20130101) C08K 9/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 101/005 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/16 (20130101) H01M 2/145 (20130101) H01M 2/166 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/056 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) |
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| US 09191093 | Sadjadpour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamid R. Sadjadpour (San Jose, California); Jose Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves (San Mateo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hamid R. Sadjadpour (San Jose, California); Jose Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless base station having K antennas communicates with M mobile devices using multiuser diversity scheme with opportunistic interference management. The base station transmits K distinct pilot signals from K corresponding antennas and receives feedback from mobile devices. The feedback from each device indicates a strong pilot signal and a weak pilot signal received from the K distinct pilot signals. Using these indications, the base station assigns each of the K antennas to a mobile device. The base station then transmits distinct data streams to the mobile devices using the corresponding antennas assigned to the corresponding mobile devices. The transmission may include multiplying the transmitted distinct data streams by a vector V orthogonal to a vector U, thereby allowing mobile devices not assigned to an antenna to cancel the transmitted distinct data streams. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/925305 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/0613 (20130101) H04B 7/0684 (20130101) H04B 7/0697 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09191831 | Giannakis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota); NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georgios B. Giannakis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Juan Andres Bazerque (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Gonzalo Mateos (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure describes techniques for constructing power spectral density (PSD) maps representative of the distribution of radio frequency (RF) power as a function of both frequency and space (geographic location). For example, the disclosure describes techniques for construction PSD maps using non-parametric basis pursuit form of signal expansion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899374 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 16/14 (20130101) H04W 16/18 (20130101) H04W 16/22 (20130101) H04W 24/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09187189 | Griffith, Sr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony D. Griffith, Sr. (Houston, Texas); Rajiv Kohli (Houston, Texas); Susan H. Burns (Sugar Land, Texas); Stephen J. Damico (League City, Texas); David J. Gruber (Friendswood, Texas); Christsopher J. Hickey (Houston, Texas); David E. Lee (Houston, Texas); Travis M. Robinson (Friendswood, Texas); Jason T. Smith (Friendswood, Texas); Peter T. Spehar (Seabrook, Texas); David S. Adlis (Seabrook, Texas); Brian M. Kent (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, apparatuses, and methods for removal of orbital debris are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a spacecraft control unit configured to guide and navigate the apparatus to a target. The apparatus also includes a dynamic object characterization unit configured to characterize movement, and a capture feature, of the target. The apparatus further includes a capture and release unit configured to capture a target and deorbit or release the target. The collection of these apparatuses is then employed as multiple, independent and individually operated vehicles launched from a single launch vehicle for the purpose of disposing of multiple debris objects. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/650738 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/62 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/00 (20130101) G05D 1/0005 (20130101) G05D 1/10 (20130101) G05D 1/0094 (20130101) G05D 1/0883 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09187190 | Stapleton |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SPACE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Stapleton (Southwick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A concentric split flow filter may be configured to remove odor and/or bacteria from pumped air used to collect urine and fecal waste products. For instance, filter may be designed to effectively fill the volume that was previously considered wasted surrounding the transport tube of a waste management system. The concentric split flow filter may be configured to split the air flow, with substantially half of the air flow to be treated traveling through a first bed of filter media and substantially the other half of the air flow to be treated traveling through the second bed of filter media. This split flow design reduces the air velocity by 50%. In this way, the pressure drop of filter may be reduced by as much as a factor of 4 as compare to the conventional design. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/340207 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 46/0021 (20130101) B01D 46/0038 (20130101) Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09187812 | Hofmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Douglas C. Hofmann (Pasadena, California); Scott N. Roberts (Pasadena, California); Henry Kozachkov (Pasadena, California); Marios D. Demetriou (Los Angeles, California); Joseph P. Schramm (Albany, California); William L. Johnson (San Marino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas C. Hofmann (Pasadena, California); Scott N. Roberts (Pasadena, California); Henry Kozachkov (Pasadena, California); Marios D. Demetriou (Los Angeles, California); Joseph P. Schramm (Albany, California); William L. Johnson (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for joining BMG Composites are disclosed. Specifically, the joining of BMG Composites is implemented so as to preserve the amorphicity of their matrix phase and the microstructure of their particulate phase. Implementation of the joining method with respect to the construction of modular cellular structures that comprise BMG Composites is also discussed. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/418093 |
| 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 11/002 (20130101) B23K 11/11 (20130101) B23K 11/18 (20130101) Alloys C22C 45/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/1234 (20150115) Y10T 428/12347 (20150115) |
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| US 09188063 | Prociw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DELAVAN INC (West Des Moines, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delavan Inc. (West Des Moines, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lev Alexander Prociw (Johnston, Iowa); Jason Ryon (Carlisle, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | An injector for a multipoint combustor system includes an inner air swirler which defines an interior flow passage and a plurality of swirler inlet ports in an upstream portion thereof. The inlet ports are configured and adapted to impart swirl on flow in the interior flow passage. An outer air cap is mounted outboard of the inner swirler. A fuel passage is defined between the inner air swirler and the outer air cap, and includes a discharge outlet between downstream portions of the inner air swirler and the outer air cap for issuing fuel for combustion. The outer air cap defines an outer air circuit configured for substantially unswirled injection of compressor discharge air outboard of the interior flow passage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/665497 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Burners F23D 11/107 (20130101) F23D 2900/11101 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/28 (20130101) |
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| US 09190698 | Smart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marshall C. Smart (Studio City, California); Ratnakumar V. Bugga (Arcadia, California); Surya G. Prakash (Hacienda Heights, California); Frederick C. Krause (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marshall C. Smart (Studio City, California); Ratnakumar V. Bugga (Arcadia, California); Surya G. Prakash (Hacienda Heights, California); Frederick C. Krause (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention discloses various embodiments of electrolytes for use in lithium-ion batteries, the electrolytes having improved safety and the ability to operate with high capacity anodes and high voltage cathodes. In one embodiment there is provided an electrolyte for use in a lithium-ion battery comprising an anode and a high voltage cathode. The electrolyte has a mixture of a cyclic carbonate of ethylene carbonate (EC) or mono-fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) co-solvent, ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), a flame retardant additive, a lithium salt, and an electrolyte additive that improves compatibility and performance of the lithium-ion battery with a high voltage cathode. The lithium-ion battery is charged to a voltage in a range of from about 2.0 V (Volts) to about 5.0 V (Volts). |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/396322 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 6/164 (20130101) H01M 6/166 (20130101) H01M 6/168 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) H01M 2300/004 (20130101) H01M 2300/0037 (20130101) H01M 2300/0042 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09190724 | Turbiner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitry Turbiner (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for phased array antennas are described. Supports for phased array antennas can be constructed by 3D printing. The array elements and combiner network can be constructed by conducting wire. Different parameters of the antenna, like the gain and directivity, can be controlled by selection of the appropriate design, and by electrical steering. Phased array antennas may be used for radio occultation measurements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/926970 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/362 (20130101) H01Q 3/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 21/0087 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) |
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| US 09191148 | Barsoum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maged F. Barsoum (Saratoga, California); Christopher R. Jones (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Constellation Designs, Inc. (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maged F. Barsoum (Saratoga, California); Christopher R. Jones (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Communication systems are described that use signal constellations, which have unequally spaced (i.e., ‘geometrically’ shaped) points. In many embodiments, the communication systems use specific geometric constellations that are capacity optimized at a specific SNR. In addition, ranges within which the constellation points of a capacity optimized constellation can be perturbed and are still likely to achieve a given percentage of the optimal capacity increase compared to a constellation that maximizes dmin, are also described. Capacity measures that are used in the selection of the location of constellation points include, but are not limited to, parallel decode (PD) capacity and joint capacity. |
| FILED | Friday, July 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/179383 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 1/0009 (20130101) H04L 27/3405 (20130101) |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09187757 | Altpeter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fredy Altpeter (Gainesville, Florida); Walid Mohamed Fouad (Gainesville, Florida); Maria Gallo (Gainesville, Florida); Je Hyeong Jung (Gainesville, Florida); Yuan Xiong (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fredy Altpeter (Gainesville, Florida); Walid Mohamed Fouad (Gainesville, Florida); Maria Gallo (Gainesville, Florida); Je Hyeong Jung (Gainesville, Florida); Yuan Xiong (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns materials and methods for modulating lignin biosynthesis in sugarcane plants. In one embodiment, lignin biosynthesis is down-regulated. Genes and the proteins encoded thereby that can be targeted for achieving down-regulation of lignin in sugarcane include, for example, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL). In one embodiment, the 4CL gene is 4CL-M, 4CL-N, or 4CL-L. The subject invention also concerns a sugarcane plant, specific plant tissue, and plant cells having modulated (e.g., down-regulated) lignin biosynthesis. The subject invention also concerns methods for producing a sugarcane plant having modulated (e.g., decreased or down-regulated) biosynthesis of lignin. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/376286 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8218 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8255 (20130101) |
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| US 09187790 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuejun Pan (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Li Shuai (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient process for saccharifying lignocellulosic biomass in concentrated aqueous solutions of certain bromine salts, particularly LiBr and CaBr2. Real lignocellulose biomass, such as corn stover, switchgrass, waste paper, hardwood, and softwood, can be hydrolyzed without the need for any prior pretreatment. Complete saccharification of both cellulose and hemicellulose is achieved within 5-200 min at temperatures ranging from about 100 to about 160° C. Residual lignin is readily separated from product sugars by filtration or centrifugation and can be used to prepare beneficial coproducts. The bromine salt can be recovered and separated from product sugars (predominantly monosaccharides) by any art-known method and in particular solvent extraction, anti-solvent precipitation, ion-exclusion chromatography and/or ion-exchange chromatography can be employed. Hydrolysis product containing sugars can be employed for in fermentation for the production of value added products or useful fuels. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/784605 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/10 (20130101) C12P 2203/00 (20130101) Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources or by Hydrolysis of Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides or Polysaccharides C13K 1/02 (20130101) C13K 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09187608 | Loh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roland R. Loh (Stow, Ohio); Mark E. Polasky (Mogadore, Ohio); Yadollah Delaviz (Lewis Center, Ohio); L. James Lee (Columbus, Ohio); Xia Cao (Arlington, Massachusetts); Jiong Shen (Columbus, Ohio); Bharat Patel (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC (Toldo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roland R. Loh (Stow, Ohio); Mark E. Polasky (Mogadore, Ohio); Yadollah Delaviz (Lewis Center, Ohio); L. James Lee (Columbus, Ohio); Xia Cao (Arlington, Massachusetts); Jiong Shen (Columbus, Ohio); Bharat Patel (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymer extruded or expanded foams that contain modifier-free nanoclays are provided. The addition of modifier-free nano-clays to extruded or expanded foam products improves the thermal properties, mechanical properties, and fire performance properties. Water or a water-containing compound is used as a carrier for the modifier-free nanoclays. The final foamed products may be utilized in building application such as foamed insulation products and in underground applications such as highway insulation. A preferred modifier-free nanoclay is Na+MMT. Modifier-free nanoclay particles may be injected into a polymer during an extrusion foaming process. In another embodiment of the invention, polymer beads containing water/nanoclay particles are formed using inverse emulsion/suspension polymerizations and expanded or extruded into a foamed product. In a further embodiment, a modifier-free nanoclay particle is encapsulated in a super-absorbent material, which may be used in an expanding or extruding process. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/221522 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/008 (20130101) C08J 9/20 (20130101) C08J 9/0066 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 9/232 (20130101) C08J 2201/03 (20130101) C08J 2203/14 (20130101) C08J 2325/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09188519 | McColskey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph David McColskey (Broomfield, Colorado); Andrew J. Slifka, III (Lakewood, Colorado); Elizabeth S. Drexler (Boulder, Colorado); Marc Dvorak (Golden, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia); THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph David McColskey (Broomfield, Colorado); Andrew J. Slifka, III (Lakewood, Colorado); Elizabeth S. Drexler (Boulder, Colorado); Marc Dvorak (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are described for concurrently applying loads to multiple test specimens. The systems and methods are useful for cyclical tensile loading of specimens such as in fatigue strength evaluations. The systems and methods are also useful for low frequency cyclical loading evaluations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/910356 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 3/32 (20130101) G01N 2203/0464 (20130101) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09187530 | McCoy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 13 Therapeutics, Inc. (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 13THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sharon L. McCoy (Portland, Oregon); Steven H. Hefeneider (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides for the treatment of inflammation, and therapeutic uses and methods of using the same are disclosed. Peptides including a transducing sequence are effective for inhibiting cytokine activity and TNF-α secretion through interaction with toll-like receptors. Experiments are described illustrating the efficacy of the compounds in treating otitis media. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/752969 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/07 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 2319/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/24122 (20130101) |
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| US 09190667 | Zhamu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Jinjun Shi (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite composition for electrochemical cell electrode applications, the composition comprising multiple solid particles, wherein (a) a solid particle is composed of graphene platelets dispersed in or bonded by a first matrix or binder material, wherein the graphene platelets are not obtained from graphitization of the first binder or matrix material; (b) the graphene platelets have a length or width in the range of 10 nm to 10 μm; (c) the multiple solid particles are bonded by a second binder material; and (d) the first or second binder material is selected from a polymer, polymeric carbon, amorphous carbon, metal, glass, ceramic, oxide, organic material, or a combination thereof. For a lithium ion battery anode application, the first binder or matrix material is preferably amorphous carbon or polymeric carbon. Such a composite composition provides a high anode capacity and good cycling response. For a supercapacitor electrode application, the solid particles preferably have meso-scale pores therein to accommodate electrolyte. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/220651 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/058 (20130101) H01G 11/36 (20130101) H01G 11/38 (20130101) H01G 11/42 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/362 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/621 (20130101) H01M 4/1393 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) H01M 2004/022 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09188594 | Fahmy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tarek M. Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut); Eric D. Stern (New Haven, Connecticut); Mark A. Reed (Monroe, Connecticut); Aleksandar Vacic (New Haven, Connecticut); James F. Klemic (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tarek M. Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut); Eric D. Stern (New Haven, Connecticut); Mark A. Reed (Monroe, Connecticut); Aleksandar Vacic (New Haven, Connecticut); James F. Klemic (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a device and method for determining the presence of a specific compound in solution. The device includes a nanosensor having an electrically conducting pathway between at least a first and second contact. The device also includes a first receptor, suitable for binding a specific compound in the solution, attached to the nanosensor, and a second receptor also suitable for binding the specific compound while the specific compound is bound to the first receptor. The second receptor is attached to an enzyme added to the solution. When the solution having the second receptor is added to the device, and a second compound that is a substrate for the enzyme is subsequently added to the solution, a measured difference in an electrical property in the device before and after the application of the second compound is indicative of the presence of the specific compound in the solution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/535396 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6863 (20130101) G01N 33/6866 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6869 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) G01N 2333/54 (20130101) G01N 2333/555 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09187066 | Brabb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David C. Brabb (Westmont, Illinois); Anand R. Vithani (Addison, Illinois); Kenneth L Martin (Pueblo, Colorado); Howard R. Sommerfeld (Oak Forest, Illinois); Graydon Booth (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sharma and Associates, INC. (Countryside, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Brabb (Westmont, Illinois); Anand R. Vithani (Addison, Illinois); Kenneth L Martin (Pueblo, Colorado); Howard R. Sommerfeld (Oak Forest, Illinois); Graydon Booth (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for a hand brake includes a gear assembly, an electric motor coupled to the gear assembly, one or more sensors configured to sense at least one of the released and set states, a controller coupled to the electric motor and to the one or more sensors, the controller is configured to operate the electric motor in accordance with a predetermined logic algorithm so as to move the chain between the released and set states, and a device being movable between a first position wherein the device engages only the hand wheel and wherein the hand wheel is used to move the chain between the released and set states and a second position wherein the device engages both the hand wheel and a gear in the gear assembly and wherein the electric motor is operable to move the chain between the released and set states. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/082763 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Vehicle Brake Control Systems or Parts Thereof; Brake Control Systems or Parts Thereof, in General; Arrangement of Braking Elements on Vehicles in General; Portable Devices for Preventing Unwanted Movement of Vehicles; Vehicle Modifications to Facilitate Cooling of Brakes B60T 7/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60T 7/107 (20130101) B60T 13/746 (20130101) Brakes or Other Retarding Devices Specially Adapted for Rail Vehicles; Arrangement or Disposition Thereof in Rail Vehicles B61H 13/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Treasury (TREASURY)
| US 09187783 | Esfandyarpour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hesaam Esfandyarpour (Los Altos, California); Mark F. Oldham (Emerald Hills, California); Eric S. Nordman (Palo Alto, California); Kosar Baghbani Parizi (Los Altos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENAPSYS, INC. (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hesaam Esfandyarpour (Los Altos, California); Mark F. Oldham (Emerald Hills, California); Eric S. Nordman (Palo Alto, California); Kosar Baghbani Parizi (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method comprises magnetically holding a bead carrying biological material (e.g., nucleic acid, which may be in the form of DNA fragments or amplified DNA) in a specific location of a substrate, and applying an electric field local to the bead to isolate the biological material or products or byproducts of reactions of the biological material. For example, the bead is isolated from other beads having associated biological material. The electric field in various embodiments concentrates reagents for an amplification or sequencing reaction, and/or concentrates and isolates detectable reaction by-products. For example, by isolating nucleic acids around individual beads, the electric field can allow for clonal amplification, as an alternative to emulsion PCR. In other embodiments, the electric field isolates a nanosensor proximate to the bead, to facilitate detection of at least one of local pH change, local conductivity change, local charge concentration change and local heat. The beads may be trapped in the form of an array of localized magnetic field regions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/824129 |
| 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 | 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 1/6848 (20130101) C12Q 1/6848 (20130101) C12Q 1/6853 (20130101) C12Q 1/6853 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 2523/307 (20130101) C12Q 2523/307 (20130101) C12Q 2523/307 (20130101) C12Q 2563/116 (20130101) C12Q 2563/116 (20130101) C12Q 2563/143 (20130101) C12Q 2563/143 (20130101) C12Q 2565/543 (20130101) C12Q 2565/543 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) G01N 27/4146 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09188753 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon S. Lee (San Jose, California); Brian H. Kim (Fremont, California); Jennie Lou H. De Quinto (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to optical connector assemblies are described. In some embodiments, the connector assemblies may include an optical assembly, having an optical interconnect and an optical module, to be coupled with a host electrical connector. The connector assembly may further include springs, disposed on the optical interconnect or the host electrical connector, to facilitate a coupling of the optical interconnect with the optical module. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/997997 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/43 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/4284 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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