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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 24, 2015
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| US 09192918 | Kidwell |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Kidwell (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Kidwell (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method for producing excess enthalpy by (a) either dispersing atomic metal ions or clusters on a support and reacting the metal ions with a chelating ligand or dispersing chelated atomic metal ions on a support and (b) pressurizing with hydrogen or deuterium to reduce the metal ion to a metal atom resulting in the growth of dispersed metal particles less than 2 nm in diameter on the support. During the particle growth, there is a growth period during which a critical particle size is reached and excess enthalpy is produced. The growth period is typically several days long. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/962024 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/04 (20130101) B01J 23/42 (20130101) B01J 23/44 (20130101) B01J 23/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 23/63 (20130101) B01J 29/04 (20130101) B01J 35/1019 (20130101) B01J 37/0201 (20130101) B01J 37/0213 (20130101) |
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| US 09193066 | Ohm et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy R. Ohm (Grover Beach, California); Michael Bassett (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Configurations are provided for vehicular robots or other vehicles to provide shifting of their centers of gravity for enhanced obstacle navigation. Various head and neck morphologies are provided to allow positioning for various poses such as a stowed pose, observation poses, and inspection poses. Neck extension and actuator module designs are provided to implement various head and neck morphologies. Robot control network circuitry is also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/180508 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 5/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 37/04 (20130101) B62D 55/02 (20130101) B62D 55/065 (20130101) B62D 55/075 (20130101) B62D 57/024 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 180/907 (20130101) Y10S 901/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09193454 | Modrzejewski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Brian S. Modrzejewski (Keller, Texas); Gary D. Hall (Grand Prairie, Texas); John R. McCullough (Weatherford, Texas); Farid Saiyed (Colleyville, Texas); Glenn A. Shimek (Kennedale, Texas); Danny A. Spivey (Fort Worth, Texas); Tim Stark (Arlington, Texas); Brian S. Vollmer (Grapevine, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian S. Modrzejewski (Keller, Texas); Gary D. Hall (Grand Prairie, Texas); John R. McCullough (Weatherford, Texas); Farid Saiyed (Colleyville, Texas); Glenn A. Shimek (Kennedale, Texas); Danny A. Spivey (Fort Worth, Texas); Tim Stark (Arlington, Texas); Brian S. Vollmer (Grapevine, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a trunnion includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is capable of coupling directly to a drive tube of an aircraft, wherein the drive tube is capable of rotating around a first axis. The second portion is capable of coupling to a swash plate of the aircraft, wherein the swash plate is capable of causing the pitch of at least one of a plurality of aircraft blades to change. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/659547 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/605 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 09193481 | McGeer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aerovel Corporation (White Salmon, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerovel Corporation (White Salmon, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian T. McGeer (Underwood, Washington); Andreas H. von Flotow (Hood River, Oregon); Corydon C. Roeseler (Hood River, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | For retrieval of a hovering aircraft, a cable, bar, or similar fixture is suspended in an approximately horizontal orientation across the retrieval area between two well-separated supports. The aircraft slowly flies into this fixture, which then slides along the aircraft in a direction approximately parallel with the aircraft's thrust line. This leads to the aircraft becoming fastened to the fixture by an interceptor or aircraft capturer, which in alternative embodiments are respectively on the aircraft or the fixture or both. Thrust is then reduced, and the aircraft comes to rest hanging from the fixture for subsequent removal. Retrieval is thus accomplished with simple and economical apparatus, light and unobtrusive elements on the aircraft, low risk of damage, and only moderate piloting accuracy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/247883 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 39/024 (20130101) B64C 2201/021 (20130101) B64C 2201/024 (20130101) B64C 2201/182 (20130101) Ground or Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted for Use in Connection With Aircraft; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining or Repairing Aircraft, Not Otherwise Provided For; Handling, Transporting, Testing or Inspecting Aircraft Components, Not Otherwise Provided for B64F 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64F 1/04 (20130101) B64F 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09193580 | Sodano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry A. Sodano (Gainesville, Florida); Aneesh K. Venkata (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A nano-electromechanical system comprises piezoelectric vertically aligned BaTiO3 nanowire arrays for energy-harvesting applications, sensors, and other applications. The aligned piezoelectric nanowire arrays provide highly accurate nano-electromechanical system-based dynamic sensor with a wide operating bandwidth and unity coherence and energy harvesters at low frequencies. The growth of vertically aligned (B45-mm long) barium titanate nanowire arrays is realized through a hydrothermal synthesis. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/531843 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 3/0021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/0019 (20130101) B81C 3/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09193588 | Bommaraju |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tilak Bommaraju (Grand Island, New York) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Tilak Bommaraju (Grand Island, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogen suppressing, flameless, heat generating chemical composition including magnesium or a magnesium-containing alloy, a hydrogen suppressor or eliminator, particulate carbon, a metallic salt including a cation and an anion and water. The anion is selected from the group consisting of silicate, carbonate, bicarbonate, phosphate, borate, perborate, percarbonate, perphosphate, persulfate, nitrate, nitrite, ferrate, permanganate, and stannate and combinations thereof. The magnesium or magnesium-containing alloy, hydrogen suppressor or eliminator, particulate carbon, metallic salt and water are each present in a proportional amount to generate sufficient heat to heat water, medical supplies and/or consumable rations. |
| FILED | Monday, February 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/701990 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Kitchen Equipment; Coffee Mills; Spice Mills; Apparatus for Making Beverages A47J 36/28 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/0005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 3/508 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 6/32 (20130101) H01M 6/34 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/324 (20130101) |
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| US 09193637 | Sabatini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jesse J. Sabatini (Denville, New Jersey); Leon L. Robert, Jr. (West Point, New York); Jared D. Moretti (Randolph, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse J. Sabatini (Denville, New Jersey); Leon L. Robert, Jr. (West Point, New York); Jared D. Moretti (Randolph, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A white star pyrotechnic illuminant composition, useful in US military M127A1 parachuted hand held signals (HHS), which illuminant provides surprisingly enhanced luminous intensity and luminous efficiency versus the current M127A1 U.S. military HHS white star pyrotechnic illuminant. The inventive illuminant formulation includes a mixture of powdered sodium nitrate, magnesium, alkyl polysulfide polymer and a binder; wherein the magnesium and alkyl polysulfide is preferably recovered from the demilitarization of obsolete munitions to realize a significant savings. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/948453 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 31/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09193638 | Groven et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lori J. Groven (Clarks Hill, Indiana); Eric J. Miklaszewski (Lafayette, Indiana); Jay C. Poret (Sparta, New Jersey); Anthony P. Shaw (Madison, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lori J. Groven (Clarks Hill, Indiana); Eric J. Miklaszewski (Lafayette, Indiana); Jay C. Poret (Sparta, New Jersey); Anthony P. Shaw (Madison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An environmentally safe, nontoxic energetic time delay composition useful in small diameter aluminum tubes (i.e., typical military delay housings), which provides desired delay propagation rates of from less than about 2 to about 38 mm/s through such delay housings—the compositions being compressed stoichiometric mixes of Ti and C powders; Ni and Al powders; a combination of Ti/C and 3Ni/Al powders; and a combination of Ti/C and Ni/Al powders, diluted with inert alumina. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/911314 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 33/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09193739 | Alving et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Washington, District of Columbia); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPT OF HEALTH HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl R. Alving (Bethesda, Maryland); Gary R. Matyas (Olney, Maryland); Arthur E. Jacobson (Potomac, Maryland); Fuying Li (Rockville, Maryland); Malliga R. Iyer (Germantown, Maryland); Kenner C. Rice (Bethesda, Maryland); Kejun Cheng (Potomac, Maryland); Alexander Mayorov (Perm, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | In this application is described a composition and method for inducing in a subject anti-hapten antibodies without inducing antibodies to the carrier protein. Kits for designing and making compositions with desired haptens are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, February 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/377126 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/4833 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 497/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) |
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| US 09193791 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John C. Williams (Monrovia, California); Cindy Zer (Whittier, California); Kendra N. Avery (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Williams (Monrovia, California); Cindy Zer (Whittier, California); Kendra N. Avery (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a masked monoclonal antibody (mAb) is provided, the mAb, encoded by a nucleic acid sequence or an amino acid sequence molecule comprising a signal sequence, a masking epitope sequence, a linker sequence that is cleavable by a protease specific to a target tissue; and an antibody or a functional fragment thereof. In another embodiment, a masked monoclonal antibody (mAb) is provided, which includes a therapeutic mAb and a mask, the mask comprising protein A and protein L attached by a protease cleavable linker. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/424272 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/32 (20130101) C07K 2319/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09193875 | Verborgt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jozef Verborgt (Tarpon Springs, Florida); Arthur A. Webb (Fort Washington, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jozef Verborgt (Tarpon Springs, Florida); Arthur A. Webb (Fort Washington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A polyol having the formula X(O—R1—OH)m(O—R2)nHq. X is Si, C, B, Ti, P, Al, Mg, or Ca. Each R1 is derived from dipropylene glycol or tripropylene glycol, and each R2 is an aliphatic group. m is 2, 3, or 4; n is 0, 1, or 2; and q is 1 or 2 when X is C, and is 0 when X is not C. A thermoset formed by reacting a polyisocyanate with the polyol. An antifouling coating containing the thermoset and optionally a biocide. An antifouling coating that is not foam formed by reacting Si(O—R1—OH)m(O—R2)nR3 with a polyisocyanate. Each R3 is an alkyl group or aromatic group. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/183220 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/1675 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09194039 | Hass et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Derek D. Hass (Charlottesville, Virginia); Susie Eustis (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Directed Vapor Technologies International (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derek D. Hass (Charlottesville, Virginia); Susie Eustis (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Depositing pure aluminum and aluminum alloy coatings onto substrates using directed vapor deposition (DVD) method is presented herein. The aluminum alloys have decreased environmental impact both due to their composition and due to the use of DVD process with no hazardous precursors or waste. Corrosion resistance of DVD deposited aluminum and aluminum alloys is effective for protection of steel substrates. The invention includes the use of the DVD technique to apply aluminum and/or aluminum alloy coatings effective for corrosion protection; the use of plasma-activated DVD to enhance the density of aluminum and aluminum alloy coatings deposited at low substrate temperatures; the use of multi-source evaporation to control composition of aluminum alloys during DVD deposition; the application of aluminum and/or aluminum alloy coatings onto NLOS substrates can be used for corrosion protection. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/421707 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/16 (20130101) C23C 14/30 (20130101) C23C 14/228 (20130101) C23C 16/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09194251 | McMahon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ryan C. McMahon (North Palm Beach, Florida); Robert J. Sayers (East Hartford, Connecticut); Steven W. Burd (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan C. McMahon (North Palm Beach, Florida); Robert J. Sayers (East Hartford, Connecticut); Steven W. Burd (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An example damper includes a damping member configured to damp a duct wall at an interface between a duct band and the duct wall. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/571625 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09194301 | Parente |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne P. Parente (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne P. Parente (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of protecting operating margin of the gas turbine engine includes calculating an aerodynamic distortion of air entering an inlet of a gas turbine engine that has a compressor section with variable vanes that are movable subject to a control parameter. The control parameter is selectively modified in response to the aerodynamic distortion. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/487585 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 17/00 (20130101) F01D 17/16 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/057 (20130101) F02C 9/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/12 (20130101) F05D 2270/102 (20130101) F05D 2270/1022 (20130101) |
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| US 09194368 | Carmein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Carmein (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dawn White (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Randy C. Stevenson (Saline, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Accio Energy, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Carmein (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dawn White (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Randy C. Stevenson (Saline, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro-hydrodynamic system that extracts energy from a gas stream, which includes an injector that injects a first species of particles having the same polarity into the gas stream, wherein particle movement with the gas stream is opposed by a first electric field; an electric field generator that generates a second electric field opposing the first, such that the net electric field at a predetermined distance downstream from the injector is approximately zero; an upstream collector that collects a second species of particles having a polarity opposite the first particle species; a downstream collector that collects the charged particle; and a load coupled between the downstream collector and the upstream collector, wherein the load converts the kinetic energy of the gas stream into electric power. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/276055 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines or Engines for Liquids F03B 13/00 (20130101) Wind Motors F03D 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 3/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09194379 | Biblarz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oscar Biblarz (Carmel, California); Marcello Romano (Monterey, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oscar Biblarz (Carmel, California); Marcello Romano (Monterey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A field-ionization based electrical ion thruster utilizes a single propellant that can be used in either a high specific-impulse mode, i.e., ion-thruster mode, or a low-specific-impulse mode, i.e., a cold-gas thruster mode. In one embodiment, the high specific impulse mode (ion thruster mode) utilizes a miniaturized positive-ion field-ionization chamber including a permeable substrate infused with properly oriented carbon nanotubes (CNTs), which is fed propellant from a porous injection plug made from permeable carbon or equivalent material. In one embodiment, field-electron emission from a neutralizer, such as a carbon nanotube array neutralizer, positioned after one or more accelerator grids is used for ion neutralization. In one embodiment, the low specific-impulse (cold-gas mode) uses a conventional supersonic nozzle-expansion to generate thrust. In one embodiment, both the high specific-impulse mode and the low specific-impulse mode thruster embodiments share the same gas propellant, storage propellant tank, and delivery equipment. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/024530 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/405 (20130101) Producing a Reactive Propulsive Thrust, Not Otherwise Provided for F03H 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F03H 1/0012 (20130101) F03H 1/0025 (20130101) F03H 99/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09194452 | Hawkins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary F. Hawkins (Torrance, California); Ching-Yao Tang (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Vibration damping apparatus, systems, objects including such apparatus and systems, and vibration damping methods. The vibration damping involves amplifying a vibration-induced displacement and damping the amplified displacement. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/664586 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 1/3615 (20130101) F16F 3/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16F 2228/063 (20130101) |
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| US 09194664 | Smith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lucas B. Smith (Moreau, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lucas B. Smith (Moreau, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A shield for mounting a 120 mm gun to a tank turret includes a casting with a through hole configured to receive the 120 mm gun. A mounting flange is disposed in the through hole for fixing the 120 mm gun to the casting. A pair of trunnions are defined by a combination of the casting and a pair of respective trunnion caps. A shroud is removably fixed to the casting and includes a pair of bosses that interlock with a pair of protrusions in an interior of the casting. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/625784 |
| 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 23/24 (20130101) F41A 27/08 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09194675 | Manole et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leon Manole (Great Meadows, New Jersey); Arthur Ricardo Pizza (Maywood, New Jersey); Ernest Lee Logsdon (Newton, New Jersey); Gary Anthony Pacella (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); Anthony J. Sebasto (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Wilfredo Toledo (Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey); John Shelp (Cresco, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leon Manole (Great Meadows, New Jersey); Arthur Ricardo Pizza (Maywood, New Jersey); Ernest Lee Logsdon (Newton, New Jersey); Gary Anthony Pacella (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); Anthony J. Sebasto (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Wilfredo Toledo (Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey); John Shelp (Cresco, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Shown is a family of low spin and essentially no spin, full in-bore 40 mm projectiles which can be fired from a standard M203 or M320 grenade gun launcher. The projectiles have extended range through over 1000 meters and also have the capability for adding on guidance-navigation and control features/components for great accuracy. Increased accuracy is also provided by another, rear fin type projectile embodiment. The projectiles can be lengthened to accommodate more lethal fragments, and increased amount of explosive and energetic. At the same time, there is provided a training round of analogous performance for all these tactical projectiles. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/589326 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 8/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09194947 | Mohamed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jama A. Mohamed (Acton, Massachusetts); Dennis E. Nieskoski (Danvers, Massachusetts); William Kennedy (Boston, Massachusetts); Jack J. Schuss (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A radar receiver includes a bank of matched filters for use in processing return signals received from a remote target. In some embodiments, the radar receiver is capable of generating accurate estimates of target range and range rate based on returns from a single transmitted pulse having a low time-bandwidth product. In at least one embodiment, a computationally efficient interpolation technique is used to generate an estimate of an actual target Doppler frequency based on output signals of the bank of matched filters. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/665107 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/4021 (20130101) G01S 13/582 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09195005 | Subbaraman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harish Subbaraman (Austin, Texas); Ray T. Chen (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omega Optics, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harish Subbaraman (Austin, Texas); Ray T. Chen (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A fully additive method for forming optical waveguides and devices, such as thermo-optic polymer switches and electro-optic polymer modulators, is disclosed. A first polymer material of refractive index N1 is coated onto a suitable substrate to form a first cladding layer. The first cladding is then selectively patterned using a mold to form an impression of the waveguide core into the first cladding layer. Next, a core layer is formed by ink-jet printing onto the imprinted first cladding layer with a core material of refractive index N2 (N2>N1). The core layer is subsequently coated by ink-jet printing with a second polymer material of refractive index N3 (N3<N2) to form a second cladding, resulting in an optical waveguide. An electrode may be ink-jet printed before coating the first cladding material or after coating the second cladding material, or both before and after coating, in order to form active photonic devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/043822 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/138 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2006/1219 (20130101) G02B 2006/12142 (20130101) G02B 2006/12145 (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 1/065 (20130101) G02F 2001/212 (20130101) G02F 2201/063 (20130101) |
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| US 09195052 | Long et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Peter Long (Accokeek, Maryland); Joshua D. Caldwell (Accokeek, Maryland); Jeffrey C. Owrutsky (Silver Spring, Maryland); Orest J. Glembocki (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Peter Long (Accokeek, Maryland); Joshua D. Caldwell (Accokeek, Maryland); Jeffrey C. Owrutsky (Silver Spring, Maryland); Orest J. Glembocki (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical devices that include one or more structures fabricated from polar-dielectric materials that exhibit surface phonon polaritons (SPhPs), where the SPhPs alter the optical properties of the structure. The optical properties lent to these structures by the SPhPs are altered by introducing charge carriers directly into the structures. The carriers can be introduced into these structures, and the carrier concentration thereby controlled, through optical pumping or the application of an appropriate electrical bias. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/302551 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/12 (20130101) G01J 2003/1213 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/1225 (20130101) G02B 26/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 1/011 (20130101) G02F 1/0126 (20130101) G02F 2202/32 (20130101) G02F 2203/10 (20130101) G02F 2203/11 (20130101) G02F 2203/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/932 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas G. Chrien (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas G. Chrien (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A jitter sensor including a light source and a light sensor utilizes speckle pattern analysis to detect motion. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/900671 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/66 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/272 (20130101) Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 9/002 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/646 (20130101) Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 2217/005 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/23254 (20130101) H04N 5/23258 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09195139 | Markle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A. Markle (Saratoga, California); John S. Petersen (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Periodic Structures, Inc. (Los Gatos, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Markle (Saratoga, California); John S. Petersen (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of and apparatus for performing direct-write lithography in a two-color photoresist layer are disclosed. The method includes exposing the two-color photoresist layer with transducer and inhibition images that respectively define bright spots and dark spots. The transducer image generates excited-state photo-molecules while the inhibition image converts the exited-state photo-molecules to an unexcited state that is not susceptible to conversion to an irreversible exposed state. The dark spots and bright spots are aligned, with the dark spots being smaller than the bright spots so that a portion of the excited-state photo-molecules adjacent the periphery of the bright spots absorb the inhibition radiation and transition to the unexcited state while a portion of the excited photo-molecules at the center of bright spots are not exposed to the inhibition light and transition to an irreversible exposed state. This forms in the two-color photoresist layer a pattern of sub-resolution photoresist pixels. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/244942 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03F 7/2051 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09195640 | Donneau-Golencer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thierry D. Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California); Stephen L. Hardt (Woodinville, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thierry D. Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California); Stephen L. Hardt (Woodinville, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for finding content having a desired similarity to an input or source content includes using a similarity model including information and associations derived from content processed by one or more content analyzers to find and/or arrange content having a desired type and/or degree of similarity to the input or source content. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/336360 |
| ART UNIT | 2658 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/21 (20130101) G06F 17/27 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/28 (20130101) Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 15/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09195886 | Wagner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher R. Wagner (Simi Valley, California); Amanda Christiana (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Douglas Haanpaa (Dexter, Michigan); Charles J. Jacobus (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cybernet Systems Corporation (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher R. Wagner (Simi Valley, California); Amanda Christiana (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Douglas Haanpaa (Dexter, Michigan); Charles J. Jacobus (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method including software to aid in generation of panels and control instruments rapidly generates a station that can support a variety of control interfaces. Rapid-Prototyped Panels, or RP-Panels, replicate existing systems (for simulation, training, gaming, etc.) or from new designs (for human factors testing, as functional product, etc.). The controls have tactile and visual characteristics similar or identical to their functional component counterparts such as buttons, knobs, switches, pedals, joysticks, steering wheels, and touch panels but are modular and use alternative data transfer modes (potentiometers, fiber optics, RFID, machine vision, etc.) to track and analyze the response of the controls. The response is then transmitted to the host programs. With this method a user can design and fabricate a reconfigurable interface to interact with virtual environments for various applications such as simulation, training, virtual instrumentation, gaming, human factors testing, etc. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/351332 |
| ART UNIT | 2689 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00355 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 6/00 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 17/94 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09195890 | Bergen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Bergen (Hopewell, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for biometric iris matching comprising pre-processing an input image capturing one or more eyes to produce one or more rectified iris images, coding the one or more rectified iris images into one or more multiresolution iris codes and matching the one or more multiresolution iris code with a set of stored multiresolution iris codes to determine whether a match exists. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/100615 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0061 (20130101) G06K 9/00617 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09195903 | Andreopoulos 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) | Alexander Andreopoulos (San Jose, California); Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide a method of visual saliency estimation comprising receiving an input sequence of image frames. Each image frame has one or more channels, and each channel has one or more pixels. The method further comprises, for each channel of each image frame, generating corresponding neural spiking data based on a pixel intensity of each pixel of the channel, generating a corresponding multi-scale data structure based on the corresponding neural spiking data, and extracting a corresponding map of features from the corresponding multi-scale data structure. The multi-scale data structure comprises one or more data layers, wherein each data layer represents a spike representation of pixel intensities of a channel at a corresponding scale. The method further comprises encoding each map of features extracted as neural spikes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/265268 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/66 (20130101) G06K 9/4604 (20130101) G06K 9/4652 (20130101) G06K 9/4676 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09196243 | Kingsbury 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) | Brian E. D. Kingsbury (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Hong-Kwang Kuo (Pleasantville, New York); Lidia Mangu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Hagen Soltau (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for spoken term detection are provided. A method for spoken term detection, comprises receiving phone level out-of-vocabulary (OOV) keyword queries, converting the phone level OOV keyword queries to words, generating a confusion network (CN) based keyword searching (KWS) index, and using the CN based KWS index for both in-vocabulary (IV) keyword queries and the OOV keyword queries. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/230790 |
| ART UNIT | 2657 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 15/083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09196447 | Fomani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institutes of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institutes of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arash Akhavan Fomani (Melrose, Massachusetts); Luis Fernando Velasquez-Garcia (Newton, Massachusetts); Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for fabrication of self-aligned gated tip arrays are described. The methods are performed on a multilayer structure that includes a substrate, an intermediate layer that includes a dielectric material disposed over at least a portion of the substrate, and at least one gate electrode layer disposed over at least a portion of the intermediate layer. The method includes forming a via through at least a portion of the at least one gate electrode layer. The via through the at least one gate electrode layer defines a gate aperture. The method also includes etching at least a portion of the intermediate layer proximate to the gate aperture such that an emitter structure at least partially surrounded by a trench is formed in the multilayer structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/067668 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/304 (20130101) H01J 9/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09196614 | Kub et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Andrew D. Koehler (Alexandria, Virginia); Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Andrew D. Koehler (Alexandria, Virginia); Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An inverted P-channel III-nitride field effect transistor with hole carriers in the channel comprising a gallium-polar III-Nitride barrier material, a second material layer, a two-dimensional hole gas in the second layer, and wherein the gallium-polar material comprises one or more III-Nitride epitaxial material layers grown such that when GaN is epitaxially grown the top surface of the epitaxial layer is gallium-polar. A method of making an inverted P-channel III-nitride field effect transistor with hole carriers in the channel comprising selecting a face or offcut orientation of a substrate so that the gallium-polar (0001) face is the dominant face, growing a nucleation layer, growing a gallium-polar epitaxial layer, doping the epitaxial layer, growing a barrier layer, etching the GaN, forming contacts, performing device isolation, defining a gate opening, depositing and defining gate metal, making a contact window, depositing and defining a thick metal. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/617510 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/762 (20130101) H01L 21/02458 (20130101) H01L 21/02609 (20130101) H01L 21/02631 (20130101) H01L 21/3065 (20130101) H01L 21/8228 (20130101) H01L 21/8238 (20130101) H01L 21/8252 (20130101) H01L 21/26546 (20130101) H01L 21/28575 (20130101) H01L 21/28587 (20130101) H01L 21/30612 (20130101) H01L 27/092 (20130101) H01L 27/095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/0921 (20130101) H01L 27/0922 (20130101) H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/51 (20130101) H01L 29/78 (20130101) H01L 29/201 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/207 (20130101) H01L 29/365 (20130101) H01L 29/452 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) H01L 29/1075 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/7781 (20130101) H01L 29/7782 (20130101) H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 29/7784 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) H01L 29/7831 (20130101) H01L 29/41725 (20130101) H01L 29/41766 (20130101) H01L 29/42364 (20130101) H01L 29/66431 (20130101) H01L 29/66439 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) H01L 29/66477 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09196703 | Hobart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl D. Hobart (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Tatyana I. Feygelson (Springfield, Virginia); Eugene I. Imhoff (Washington, District of Columbia); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Joshua D. Caldwell (Accokeek, Maryland); Andrew D. Koehler (Washington, District of Columbia); Bradford B. Pate (Arlington, Virginia); Marko J. Tadjer (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Rajinder S. Sandhu (Castaic, California); Vincent Gambin (Torrance, California); Gregory Lewis (Tustin, California); Ioulia Smorchkova (Lakewood, California); Mark Goorsky (Valencia, California); Jeff McKay (Rowland Heights, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, such as a GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device, including etching a thermal via into a back-side of a semiconductor substrate and depositing a diamond nucleation seed layer across the back-side of the substrate. The method further includes coating the diamond nucleation with a mask layer and removing mask material outside of the thermal via on the planar portions of the back-side of the substrate. The method includes removing portions of the diamond nucleation layer on the planar portions and then removing the remaining portion of the mask material in the thermal via. The method then includes depositing a bulk diamond layer within the thermal via on the remaining portion of the diamond nucleation layer so that diamond only grows in the thermal via and not on the planar portions of the substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/464406 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0217 (20130101) H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/02115 (20130101) H01L 21/02164 (20130101) H01L 21/3065 (20130101) H01L 21/31122 (20130101) H01L 21/76802 (20130101) H01L 23/367 (20130101) H01L 23/3677 (20130101) H01L 23/3732 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) H01L 29/1602 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09196940 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth W. Brown (Yucaipa, California); Darin M. Gritters (Yucaipa, California); Andrew W. Chang (Claremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A waveguide mechanical phase adjuster includes at least one pair of dielectric rods nominally spaced ¼ wavelength apart and inserted through a corresponding pair of holes in the wall of a waveguide. The holes are dimensioned so that they are in “cutoff” at the top end of the spectral band. An adjustment mechanism sets the insertion depth of the rods, which determines the amount of dielectric loading and, in turn, the insertion phase. Changing the insertion depth changes the dielectric loading, hence the insertion phase. The ¼ wavelength spacing of the rods serves to cancel reflected energy. Additional pairs of dielectric rods can be similarly configured and actuated to increase the range over which the insertion phase can be adjusted. The waveguide mechanical phase adjuster is well adapted for use with power combiners to maintain tight phase coherence between channels. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/201410 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/182 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09196951 | Baks 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) | Christian W. Baks (Poughkeepsie, New York); Xiaoxiong Gu (White Plains, New York); MD. Rashidul Islam (Grayslake, Illinois); Duixian Liu (Scarsdale, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A package structure includes a planar core structure, an antenna structure disposed on one side of the planar core structure, and an interface structure disposed on an opposite side of the planar core structure. The antenna structure and interface structure are each formed of a plurality of laminated layers, each laminated layer having a patterned conductive layer formed on an insulating layer. The antenna structure includes a planar antenna formed on one or more patterned conductive layers of the laminated layers. The interface structure includes a power plane, a ground plane, signal lines, and contact pads formed on one or more patterned conductive layers of the laminated layers of the interface structure. The package structure further includes an antenna feed line structure formed in, and routed through, the interface structure and the planar core structure, and connected to the planar antenna. |
| FILED | Monday, November 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/685262 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/2283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09197081 | Finberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steve Finberg (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael Kishinevsky (North Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steve Finberg (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Michael Kishinevsky (North Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-contiguous group of cells in a battery of cells is selected for charging or discharging the battery. |
| FILED | Friday, August 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/870078 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/0016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7055 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09197215 | Balandin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander A. Balandin (Riverside, California); Alexander Khitun (Long Beach, California); Roger Lake (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual-gate transistor having a negative differential resistance (NDR) region is disclosed. The dual-gate transistor includes a back-gate, a zero-bandgap graphene layer disposed on the back-gate, a top-gate disposed on a portion of the zero-bandgap graphene layer adjacent to the top-gate, and a drain disposed on a portion of the zero-bandgap graphene layer adjacent to the top-gate and displaced from the source. Also included is a dynamic bias controller configured to simultaneously sweep a source-drain voltage and a top-gate voltage across a Dirac point to provide operation within the NDR region. Operation within the NDR region is employed to realize non-Boolean logic functions. Graphene-based non-Boolean logic circuits are constructed from pluralities of the disclosed dual-gate transistor. Pattern recognition circuitry for operation between 100 GHz and 500 GHz is also disclosed via the graphene-based non-Boolean logic circuits. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/268765 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/78648 (20130101) H01L 29/78684 (20130101) H01L 47/00 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03K 19/20 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/936 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09197233 | Gaalema et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Black Forest Engineering LLC (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Black Forest Engineering, LLC (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Gaalema (Colorado Springs, Colorado); William Bahn (Colorado Springs, Colorado); David Dobyns (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Tue Tran (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | In one or more embodiments, an apparatus and method for processing an analog signal into a digital signal includes an input current buffer circuit, a signal charge integration node, a dual function comparator, a step charge subtractor, a state latch, a coarse N-bit counter, an optional residue signal buffer and a residue signal M-bit time-to-digital (TDC) converter. The circuitry is free running, meaning that it is never reset. Instead, what is tracked for each frame is how much additional charge has been accumulated since the end of the previous integration period. Between each frame, the state of the counter and the amount of charge residing in the integration node are recorded. This information from the beginning and end of a given frame is differenced and to this is added the amount of charge indicated by the number of times the counter overflowed during the integration period. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/492310 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/378 (20130101) H04N 5/3653 (20130101) |
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| US 09197282 | Cahn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Robert Cahn (Manhattan Beach, California); Philip A. Dafesh (Manhattan Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for generating a composite signal includes electronics configured to modulate a carrier utilizing a finite set of composite signal phases to generate a composite signal, the finite set of composite signal phases being determined through an optimization process that minimizes a constant envelope for the phase modulated carrier, subject to constraints on desired signal power levels of the signals to be combined and either zero or one or more relative phase relationships between the signals. The apparatus and method can be extended to generating an optimized composite signal of different frequencies. |
| FILED | Monday, July 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/325159 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 1/0475 (20130101) H04B 1/707 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 2001/0491 (20130101) H04B 2201/70706 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 23/02 (20130101) H04L 27/12 (20130101) H04L 27/2007 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter S. Wyckoff (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for processing time-domain samples of a digitized signal in rectangular coordinates. The digitized signal can include a low power desired signal and a high power, approximately constant envelope interference signal that spectrally overlaps the desired signal. A rectangular to polar converter can obtain magnitude and phase of each time-domain sample in polar coordinates. An interference estimator can estimate a magnitude of the interference signal based on magnitudes of a predetermined number of time-domain samples in polar coordinates. A subtractor can obtain a difference magnitude for each time-domain sample in polar coordinates based on the magnitude of that sample and the estimated magnitude of the interference signal in polar coordinates. A polar to rectangular converter can obtain time-domain samples in rectangular coordinates of the desired signal with reduced power of the interference signal based on the difference magnitude and phase of time-domain samples in polar coordinates. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/262532 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 17/005 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09197572 | Garcia-Luna-Aceves 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) | Jose Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves (San Mateo, California); Duy Nguyen (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Rate adaptation in a digital wireless communication network is performed by measuring by a wireless node data throughput values attained while communicating at different data rates on a channel in the network. The node calculates from the measured throughput alone a current transmission rate without any a priori knowledge of a state of the channel. The transmission rate calculation involves calculating a ratio of the measured throughput with respect to an exponential weighted moving average of the measured throughput. By repeating the measurements and calculations periodically, the rate used for transmission by the node is adapted automatically. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/211960 |
| ART UNIT | 2476 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 47/25 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 28/0231 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09197805 | Chinn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garry Chinn (San Mateo, California); Peter D. Olcott (Los Gatos, California); Craig Steven Levin (Palo Alto, California); Ewout Van Den Berg (Bronxville, New York); Carlos Alberto Sing-Long Collao (Stanford, California); Emmanuel J. Candes (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for providing an image from a device with a plurality of sensors and a plurality of time to digital converters (TDC) is provided. Data signals are generated by some of the plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors provides output in parallel to more than one TDC of the plurality of TDCs and wherein each TDC of the plurality of TDCs receives in parallel input from more than one sensor of the plurality of sensors and where a binary matrix indicates which sensors are connected to which TDC. The data signals are transmitted from the sensors to the TDCs. TDC signals are generated from the data signals. Group testing is used to decode the TDC signals based on the binary matrix. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/178057 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/2985 (20130101) Time-interval Measuring G04F 10/005 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2258 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/23206 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09197822 | Kobold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael C. Kobold (Panama City Beach, Florida); Harold R. Suiter (Chipley, Florida); Keith M. Aliberti (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. Kobold (Panama City Beach, Florida); Harold R. Suiter (Chipley, Florida); Keith M. Aliberti (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An array augmented parallax image enhancement system and method is used for creating an artificially large depth of field behind images of detritus, or obscurants, to augment spatial in-filling of the obscured pixels in the desired target image. A plurality of relatively small aperture cameras produces a plurality of raw video streams. An obscurant identification module detects and maps the obscurants. A spatial averaging module replaces the obscurants with target image pixels in an output video stream that is produced by combining the plurality raw video streams. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/085136 |
| ART UNIT | 2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2621 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09198150 | Gunn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian A. Gunn (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A link-path delay estimator estimates a signal-path delay of a signal path between a master device and a remote device, by combining coarse delay estimates and a fine delay estimate. The coarse delay estimates indicate only an integral portion of the signal-path delay, selected as an integral multiple of a symbol period. The fine delay estimate indicates only a fractional portion of the signal-path delay, selected from a range of values that extends over one symbol period. The link-path delay estimator can combine the coarse and fine delay estimates using a first rule if the two most recent coarse delay estimates are equal, and a second rule if the two most recent coarse delay estimates differ. The coarse delay estimates can arise from both rising edges and falling edges of periodic signals sent along the signal path. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/245248 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 3/462 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 56/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 56/0015 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09198328 | Kokas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jay W. Kokas (East Granby, Connecticut); Michael Maynard (Springfield, Massachusetts); Kerry R. Querns (Durham, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay W. Kokas (East Granby, Connecticut); Michael Maynard (Springfield, Massachusetts); Kerry R. Querns (Durham, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronics chassis for containing and supporting electronic components having different operating temperatures includes a plurality of thermally conductive walls forming an enclosure. There is a first heat dissipator in at least one of the walls having an external heat dissipator and a second heat dissipator in at least one of the walls having an external heat dissipator. There is a thermal isolator positioned in at least one of the walls to provide thermal isolation between the heat dissipators, and the thermal isolator includes a thermally insulating material. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/456757 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/14 (20130101) H05K 7/20418 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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) | Gultekin Gulsen (Irvine, California); Yuting Lin (Mission Viejo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the disclosure relate to fluorescence imaging, and more particularly to the use of temperature modulation in a tissue site with a modulator such as high intensity focused ultrasound to modulate the emission signal emitted by temperature-sensitive optical fluorescence reporters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/719157 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0073 (20130101) A61B 5/0097 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09192309 | Hopenfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ANGEL MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. (Fair Haven, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Angel Medical Systems, Inc. (Fair Haven, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Hopenfeld (Salt Lake City, Utah); Steven R. Johnson (Fair Haven, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A heart monitor is disclosed. The monitor computes ST segment deviations and stores the results in heart rate based histograms. Periodically, the monitor analyzes the histogram data to determine a normal range of ST deviation for a particular heart rate range. The monitor computes heart rate dependent ischemia detection thresholds based on the upper and lower boundaries of the normal range. A current threshold for a heart rate range is set as a weighted average of the prior threshold and a provisional threshold based on recent data, thereby limiting the amount the actual detection threshold changes from period to period. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/591268 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/02028 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09192322 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric C. Wong (Del Mar, California); Jia Guo (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric C. Wong (Del Mar, California); Jia Guo (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques, systems computer program products are disclosed for mapping of vascular perfusion territories by applying a train of pseudo-continuous radio frequency tagging pulses to modulate a first magnetization of one or more blood vessels that supply blood to one or more vascular perfusion territories, applying an encoding scheme using unipolar transverse gradient pulses to modulate a second magnetization of blood vessels of the vascular perfusion territories, obtaining efficiency for each blood vessel based on the applied encoding scheme and separating the vascular perfusion territories by using the obtained tagging efficiency in a decoding process. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/454017 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0042 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09192566 | Soltani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ekos Corporation (Bothell, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EKOS CORPORATION (Bothell, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Azita Soltani (Snohomish, Washington); Douglas R. Hansmann (Bainbridge Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of treating a vascular occlusion located at a treatment site within a patient's vasculature comprises positioning an ultrasound catheter at the treatment site. The method further comprises delivering a microbubble-therapeutic compound from the ultrasound catheter to the vascular occlusion during a first treatment phase. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/255834 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/2202 (20130101) A61B 2017/22021 (20130101) A61B 2018/00023 (20130101) A61B 2018/00648 (20130101) A61B 2018/00797 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 7/022 (20130101) A61N 2007/0039 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09192585 | Rishton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gilbert M. Rishton (Los Angeles, California); Susan Catalano (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cognition Therapeutics, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gilbert M. Rishton (Los Angeles, California); Susan Catalano (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds that are central nervous system drug candidates for the treatment of cognitive decline and, more particularly, Alzheimer's disease are provided. Methods of treating, inhibiting, and/or abatement of cognitive decline and/or Alzheimer's disease with a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the invention are also provided. Also provided are methods of preparing the compounds/compositions of the invention. |
| FILED | Monday, August 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/388128 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/015 (20130101) Original (OR) Class General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/07 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 33/30 (20130101) C07C 211/27 (20130101) C07C 403/08 (20130101) C07C 403/18 (20130101) C07C 2101/16 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tianxin Yang (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The present technology provides compositions and methods for treating chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, or diabetic nephropathy. The compositions comprise a nitrated lipid and an inhibitor of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. The methods comprise administering a nitrated lipid in combination with an inhibitor of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system to a subject in need thereof, in an amount effective to treat diabetic nephropathy, chronic kidney disease, and/or end-stage renal disease. The use of a nitrated lipid with an inhibitor of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system exhibits a synergistic effect in treating chronic kidney disease and diabetic nephropathy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/183468 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/41 (20130101) A61K 31/41 (20130101) A61K 31/201 (20130101) A61K 31/201 (20130101) A61K 31/401 (20130101) A61K 31/401 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09192601 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald M. Evans (La Jolla, California); Vihang A. Narkar (San Diego, California); Reuben J. Shaw (San Diego, California); Michael Downes (San Diego, California); Ruth T. Yu (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald M. Evans (La Jolla, California); Vihang A. Narkar (San Diego, California); Reuben J. Shaw (San Diego, California); Michael Downes (San Diego, California); Ruth T. Yu (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and compositions for improving muscle performance and increasing endurance. Agonists of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and agonists of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta (PPARδ) can be used in such treatments. |
| FILED | Monday, December 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/810123 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/47 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4178 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09192644 | Frautschy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sally A. Frautschy (Santa Monica, California); Gregory M. Cole (Santa Monica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sally A. Frautschy (Santa Monica, California); Gregory M. Cole (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Curcuminoid formulations having enhanced bioavailability are provided and comprise a curcuminoid, antioxidant, glucuronidation inhibitor, and water-soluble, pharmaceutically acceptable inhibitor. A method of treating Alzheimer's and other age-related diseases by administering such a composition is also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/225005 |
| 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 36/9066 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09192650 | Zacks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David N. Zacks (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Cagri Besirli (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Zacks (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Cagri Besirli (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods to prevent apoptosis. In particular, provided herein are compositions and methods which prevent FAS-mediated photoreceptor apoptosis. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/599699 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/027 (20130101) A01K 2207/30 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/03 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 48/0066 (20130101) A61K 48/0075 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/861 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09192653 | Rosier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randy N. Rosier (Rochester, New York); Michael J. Zuscik (North Chilli, New York); Erik Sampson (Rochester, New York); Susan V. Bukata (Pittsford, New York); J. Edward Puzas (Pittsford, New York); Hani Awad (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy N. Rosier (Rochester, New York); Michael J. Zuscik (North Chilli, New York); Erik Sampson (Rochester, New York); Susan V. Bukata (Pittsford, New York); J. Edward Puzas (Pittsford, New York); Hani Awad (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods related to promoting protection or repair of articular cartilage and/or musculoskeletal soft tissue by contacting the cartilage, tissues or cellular components thereof with a parathyroid hormone/parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH/PTHrP) receptor agonist or releasing factor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/971366 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 38/29 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09192657 | Griffin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John H. Griffin (Del Mar, California); Laurent O. Mosnier (San Diego, California); Andrew J. Gale (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Griffin (Del Mar, California); Laurent O. Mosnier (San Diego, California); Andrew J. Gale (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Variants (mutants) of recombinant activated protein C (APC) or recombinant protein C (prodrug, capable of being converted to APC) that have substantial reductions in anticoagulant activity but that retain normal levels of anti-apoptotic activity are provided. Three examples of such recombinant APC mutants are KKK191-193AAA-APC, RR229/230AA-APC, and RR229/230AA plus KKK191-193AAA-APC. APC variants and prodrugs of the invention have the desirable property of being cytoprotective (anti-apoptotic effects), while having significantly reduced risk of bleeding. The invention also provides a method of using the APC variants or prodrugs of the invention to treat subjects who will benefit from APC's cytoprotective activities that are independent of APC's anticoagulant activity. These subjects include patients at risk of damage to blood vessels or tissue in various organs caused, at least in part, by apoptosis. At risk patients include, for example, those suffering (severe) sepsis, ischemia/reperfusion injury, ischemic stroke, acute myocardial infarction, acute or chronic neurodegenerative diseases, or those undergoing organ transplantation or chemotherapy, among other conditions. Methods of screening for variants of recombinant protein C or APC that are useful in accordance with the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, October 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/589371 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/4866 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/6464 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 304/21069 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09192944 | Ros et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexandra Ros (Phoenix, Arizona); Bahige G. Abdallah (Tempe, Arizona); Tzu-Chiao Chao (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandra Ros (Phoenix, Arizona); Bahige G. Abdallah (Tempe, Arizona); Tzu-Chiao Chao (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device for size-based particle separation and methods for its use, where the microfluidic device comprises: (a) an inlet reservoir, where the inlet reservoir is configured for communication with an inlet electrode, (b) an insulator constriction coupled to the inlet reservoir via a microchannel, where the insulator constriction comprises an insulating material, and (c) a plurality of outlet channels each defining a first end and a second end, where the first end of each of the plurality of outlet channels is coupled to the insulator constriction, where the second end of each of the plurality of outlet channels is coupled to one of a plurality of outlet reservoirs, and where the plurality of outlet reservoirs are configured for communication with one or more outlet electrodes. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/041712 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502753 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0874 (20130101) B01L 2400/086 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 5/005 (20130101) B03C 5/026 (20130101) B03C 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B03C 2201/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09193640 | Van Dam 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) | R. Michael Van Dam (Los Angeles, California); Chang-Jin Kim (Beverly Hills, California); Supin Chen (Los Angeles, California); Huijiang Ding (Arcadia, California); Gaurav Jitendra Shah (Los Angeles, California); Pei Yuin Keng (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of performing microchemical reactions and electro-wetting-on-dielectric devices (EWOD devices) for use in performing those reactions. These devices and method are particularly suited for preparing radiochemical compounds, particularly compounds containing 18F. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/643151 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07B 59/005 (20130101) C07B 2200/05 (20130101) |
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| US 09193648 | Hartwig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John F. Hartwig (Champaign, Illinois); Hiroyuki Morimoto (Higashi-ku, Japan); Patrick Fier (Berkeley, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Hartwig (Champaign, Illinois); Hiroyuki Morimoto (Higashi-ku, Japan); Patrick Fier (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a fluorinated molecular entity includes reacting in a reaction mixture an aromatic halide, copper, a fluoroalkyl group, and a ligand. The aromatic halide includes an aromatic group and a halogen substituent bonded to the aromatic group. The ligand includes at least one group-V donor selected from phosphorus and an amine. The overall molar ratio of copper to aromatic halide in the reaction mixture is from 0.2 to 3. The method further includes forming a fluoroalkylarene including the aromatic group and the fluoroalkyl group bonded to the aromatic group. A composition, which may be used in the method, consists essentially of copper, the fluoroalkyl group, and the ligand, where the molar ratio of copper to the fluoroalkyl group is approximately 1. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/770430 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 39/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 17/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 17/263 (20130101) C07C 17/263 (20130101) C07C 17/263 (20130101) C07C 22/08 (20130101) C07C 22/08 (20130101) C07C 25/13 (20130101) C07C 29/32 (20130101) C07C 29/32 (20130101) C07C 33/46 (20130101) C07C 37/11 (20130101) C07C 41/30 (20130101) C07C 41/30 (20130101) C07C 41/30 (20130101) C07C 41/48 (20130101) C07C 41/48 (20130101) C07C 43/225 (20130101) C07C 43/313 (20130101) C07C 43/1742 (20130101) C07C 45/63 (20130101) C07C 45/68 (20130101) C07C 45/68 (20130101) C07C 45/68 (20130101) C07C 47/55 (20130101) C07C 49/80 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/293 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 67/343 (20130101) C07C 69/63 (20130101) C07C 69/76 (20130101) C07C 201/12 (20130101) C07C 201/12 (20130101) C07C 205/11 (20130101) C07C 209/68 (20130101) C07C 209/68 (20130101) C07C 211/52 (20130101) C07C 231/12 (20130101) C07C 231/12 (20130101) C07C 233/15 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 253/30 (20130101) C07C 255/50 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 209/10 (20130101) C07D 213/26 (20130101) C07D 213/61 (20130101) C07D 215/18 (20130101) C07D 239/22 (20130101) C07D 239/54 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 1/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09193705 | Cunningham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Cunningham (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Kyungae Lee (Newton, Massachusetts); Tao Ren (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Kartik Chandran (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Cunningham (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Kyungae Lee (Newton, Massachusetts); Tao Ren (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Kartik Chandran (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of infection by enveloped viruses, such as Ebola and Lassa fever viruses. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/818790 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 311/29 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/08 (20130101) C07D 207/14 (20130101) C07D 211/58 (20130101) C07D 243/08 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 405/04 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09193711 | Cooperwood |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida A and M University (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida A and M University (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John S. Cooperwood (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel compounds for the treatment of estrogen receptor-mediated disorders, including breast cancer, and methods of treatment using the novel compounds. The novel compounds, when administered in a safe and effective amount, present extended binding to estrogen receptors in breast tissue without activating the estrogen receptors. Estrogen is blocked from binding to the estrogen receptors for an extended period of time, effectively hindering growth of breast cancer cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/050986 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/30 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 473/08 (20130101) C07D 473/34 (20130101) C07D 473/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09193753 | Tuschl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften E.V. (Munich, Germany); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts); University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts); Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Förderung Der Wissenschaften E.V. (Munich, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Tuschl (Brooklyn, New York); Phillip D. Zamore (Northborough, Massachusetts); Phillip A. Sharp (Newton, Massachusetts); David P. Bartel (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a Drosophila in vitro system which was used to demonstrate that dsRNA is processed to RNA segments 21-23 nucleotides (nt) in length. Furthermore, when these 21-23 nt fragments are purified and added back to Drosophila extracts, they mediate RNA interference in the absence of long dsRNA. Thus, these 21-23 nt fragments are the sequence-specific mediators of RNA degradation. A molecular signal, which may be their specific length, must be present in these 21-23 nt fragments to recruit cellular factors involved in RNAi. This present invention encompasses these 21-23 nt fragments and their use for specifically inactivating gene function. The use of these fragments (or chemically synthesized oligonucleotides of the same or similar nature) enables the targeting of specific mRNAs for degradation in mammalian cells, where the use of long dsRNAs to elicit RNAi is usually not practical, presumably because of the deleterious effects of the interferon response. This specific targeting of a particular gene function is useful in functional genomic and therapeutic applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/830751 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2217/075 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) 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 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1079 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/53 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) C12N 2330/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09193758 | Ly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Danith H. Ly (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Srinivas Rapireddy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Bichismita Sahu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Danith H. Ly (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Srinivas Rapireddy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Bichismita Sahu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to γ-PNA monomers according to Formula I where substituent groups R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, B and P are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention also provides methodology for synthesizing compounds according to Formula I and methodology for synthesizing PNA oligomers that incorporate one or more Formula I monomers. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/110689 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/47 (20130101) C07D 239/54 (20130101) C07D 473/18 (20130101) C07D 473/34 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/003 (20130101) |
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| US 09193762 | Shariat-Madar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ziaeddin Shariat-Madar (Oxford, Mississippi); John Matthew Rimoldi (Oxford, Mississippi); Rama Sarma Venkata Subbarahmanya Gadepalli (Oxford, Mississippi) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (University, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ziaeddin Shariat-Madar (Oxford, Mississippi); John Matthew Rimoldi (Oxford, Mississippi); Rama Sarma Venkata Subbarahmanya Gadepalli (Oxford, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compounds of the formulae: in which R is C5-C16 alkyl, R1 is and isosteres and salts thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/991094 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 205/04 (20130101) C07D 207/16 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/0205 (20130101) C07K 5/06139 (20130101) C07K 5/06165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09193769 | Chiorini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The USA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Chiorini (Dayton, Maryland); Michael Schmidt (Kensington, Maryland); Ioannis Bossis (Columbia, Maryland); Giovanni Di Pasquale (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a bovine adeno-associated virus (BAAV) virus and vectors and particles derived therefrom. In addition, the present invention provides methods of delivering a nucleic acid to a cell using the BAAV vectors and particles. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/179951 |
| 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 48/0075 (20130101) A61K 48/0091 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/081 (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 2750/14121 (20130101) C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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09193777 — Method of treating cardiac arrhythmia with long acting atrial natriuretic peptide(LA-ANP)
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota); University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota); University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Burnett, Jr. (Rochester, Minnesota); Timothy M. Olson (Rochester, Minnesota); Leonid V. Zingman (Iowa City, Iowa); Denice Marie Hodgson-Zingman (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and Methods related to making and using natriuretic polypeptides having a mutation that results in an extended carboxy terminus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/889865 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/2242 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09193785 | Azorsa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Translational Genomics Research Institute (Phoenix, Arizona); The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David O. Azorsa (Phoenix, Arizona); Suwon Kim (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a monoclonal antibody that recognizes human ING4 in its native form. The invention is also directed to a hybridoma cell line that produces the monoclonal antibody, and to methods of diagnosing cancer using the antibody. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/059792 |
| 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 | Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09193790 | Arthos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Arthos (Rockville, Maryland); Diana Goode (Bellingham, Massachusetts); Claudia Cicala (Bethesda, Maryland); Anthony Fauci (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Arthos (Rockville, Maryland); Diana Goode (Bellingham, Massachusetts); Claudia Cicala (Bethesda, Maryland); Anthony Fauci (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for the treatment of a HIV infection. The methods can include administering to a subject with an HIV infection a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that interferes with the interaction of gp120 and α4 integrin, such as a α4β1 or α4β7 integrin antagonist, thereby treating the HIV infection. In several examples, the α4 integrin antagonist is a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to a α4, β1 or β7 integrin subunit or a cyclic hexapeptide with the amino acid sequence of CWLDVC. Methods are also provided to reduce HIV replication or infection. The methods include contacting a cell with an effective amount of an agent that interferes with the interaction of gp120 and α4 integrin, such as a α4β1 or α4β7 integrin antagonist. Moreover, methods are provided for determining if an agent is useful to treat HIV. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/518035 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/12 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2842 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56988 (20130101) G01N 2333/7055 (20130101) G01N 2333/70503 (20130101) G01N 2333/70553 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09193791 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John C. Williams (Monrovia, California); Cindy Zer (Whittier, California); Kendra N. Avery (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Williams (Monrovia, California); Cindy Zer (Whittier, California); Kendra N. Avery (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a masked monoclonal antibody (mAb) is provided, the mAb, encoded by a nucleic acid sequence or an amino acid sequence molecule comprising a signal sequence, a masking epitope sequence, a linker sequence that is cleavable by a protease specific to a target tissue; and an antibody or a functional fragment thereof. In another embodiment, a masked monoclonal antibody (mAb) is provided, which includes a therapeutic mAb and a mask, the mask comprising protein A and protein L attached by a protease cleavable linker. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/424272 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/32 (20130101) C07K 2319/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09193796 | Wang 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) | Xinhui Wang (Boston, Massachusetts); Soldano Ferrone (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are isolated human monoclonal antibodies, and functional fragments thereof, that specifically bind HMW-MAA. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors including these nucleic acid molecules, and isolated host cells that express the nucleic acid molecules are also disclosed. The antibodies can be used to detect HMW-MAA in a sample. Methods of diagnosing cancer, or confirming a diagnosis of cancer, are disclosed herein that utilize these antibodies. Methods of treating a subject with cancer are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, June 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/912429 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/3053 (20130101) C07K 2316/96 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5743 (20130101) G01N 33/57423 (20130101) G01N 2400/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09193951 | Tesar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul J. Tesar (Wickliffe, Ohio); Robert H. Miller (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Fadi J. Najm (University Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Tesar (Wickliffe, Ohio); Robert H. Miller (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Fadi J. Najm (University Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for generating oligodendrocyte progenitor cells from pluripotent cells, as well as methods for sustaining these oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in relatively pure cultures for long periods of time. The present invention also provides methods for further differentiating these oligodendrocyte progenitor cells into various glial cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/280543 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/30 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0622 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/01 (20130101) C12N 2501/13 (20130101) C12N 2501/16 (20130101) C12N 2501/41 (20130101) C12N 2501/105 (20130101) C12N 2501/115 (20130101) C12N 2501/135 (20130101) C12N 2501/155 (20130101) C12N 2501/385 (20130101) C12N 2501/727 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09193952 | O'Shea et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathy Sue O'Shea (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Maria Morell (Granada, Spain); Yao-Chang Tsan (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of producing populations of predominantly astrocytes, neurons or oligodendrocytes are provided. In addition, methods of treating mammals having astroglial tumors, oligodendrocyte tumors, or neuronal tumors are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, January 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/153720 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0622 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2320/10 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) C12N 2501/65 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (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 1/6897 (20130101) |
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| US 09193955 | Majeti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravindra Majeti (Stanford, California); Irving L. Weissman (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Markers of acute myeloid leukemia stem cells (AMLSC) are identified. The markers are differentially expressed in comparison with normal counterpart cells, and are useful as diagnostic and therapeutic targets. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/164009 |
| 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 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2896 (20130101) C07K 2316/96 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0093 (20130101) C12N 5/0694 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/57426 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09193956 | Schaffer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David V. Schaffer (Danville, California); Ryan R. Klimczak (San Francisco, California); James T. Koerber (San Francisco, California); John G. Flannery (Berkeley, California); Deniz Dalkara Mourot (Berkeley, California); Meike Visel (El Cerrito, California); Leah C. T. Byrne (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David V. Schaffer (Danville, California); Ryan R. Klimczak (San Francisco, California); James T. Koerber (San Francisco, California); John G. Flannery (Berkeley, California); Deniz Dalkara Mourot (Berkeley, California); Meike Visel (El Cerrito, California); Leah C. T. Byrne (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides adeno-associated virus (AAV) virions with altered capsid protein, where the AAV virions exhibit greater infectivity of retinal cells, when administered via intravitreal injection, compared to wild-type AAV. The present disclosure further provides methods of delivering a gene product to a retinal cell in an individual, and methods of treating ocular disease. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/113205 |
| 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 48/0075 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2750/14121 (20130101) C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14145 (20130101) C12N 2810/40 (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 1/70 (20130101) C12Q 1/701 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) |
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| US 09193968 | Borer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philip N. Borer (Syracuse, New York); Mark P. McPike (Syracuse, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | APTAMATRIX, INC. (Syracuse, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip N. Borer (Syracuse, New York); Mark P. McPike (Syracuse, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides improved aptamer libraries useful for discovery of aptamers that have high binding affinity for a single or a plurality of targets. The libraries contain higher copies of each member candidate such that they are more likely to be available to the application of acyclic identification methods that obviate the most time-consuming and costly step in traditional SELEX method, the multiple cycles of evolutionary selection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/582351 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 15/1034 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1048 (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 2525/205 (20130101) C12Q 2541/101 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 30/04 (20130101) C40B 40/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09193973 | Kaelin, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William G. Kaelin, Jr. (Boston, Massachusetts); Victor Kotelianski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); William Querbes (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brian Bettencourt (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alynylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. Kaelin, Jr. (Boston, Massachusetts); Victor Kotelianski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); William Querbes (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brian Bettencourt (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting one or more EGLN genes, EGLN1, EGLN2 and/or EGLN3 and methods of using such dsRNA compositions to inhibit expression of these genes. |
| FILED | Friday, December 09, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/992334 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/344 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 114/11002 (20130101) |
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| US 09193983 | Schiestl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert H. Schiestl (Encino, California); Nikos Hontzeas (Los Angeles, California); Jiri Aubrecht (Stonington, Connecticut); Yelena O. Rivina (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Schiestl (Encino, California); Nikos Hontzeas (Los Angeles, California); Kurt M. Hafer (Los Angeles, California); Jiri Aubrecht (Stonington, Connecticut); Yelena O. Rivina (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides methods, systems, and kits for assaying an agent for mutagenic properties. The methods systems and kits utilize a DEL selectable marker and a colorimetric detection systems. Also included are methods systems and kits that utilize a DEL selectable marker and a regent that detects mitochondrial activity. |
| FILED | Monday, November 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/627985 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5014 (20130101) G01N 33/5017 (20130101) G01N 33/5076 (20130101) G01N 33/5079 (20130101) |
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| US 09193988 | Whitesides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Whitesides (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Scott T. Phillips (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andres W. Martinez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Manish J. Butte (Boston, Massachusetts); Amy Wong (Saratoga, California); Samuel W. Thomas (Boston, Massachusetts); Hayat Sindi (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Sarah J. Vella (Ontario, Canada); Emanuel Carrilho (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Katherine A. Mirica (Waltham, Massachusetts); Yanyan Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide lateral flow and flow-through bioassay devices based on patterned porous media, methods of making same, and methods of using same. Under one aspect, an assay device includes a porous, hydrophilic medium; a fluid impervious barrier comprising polymerized photoresist, the barrier substantially permeating the thickness of the porous, hydrophilic medium and defining a boundary of an assay region within the porous, hydrophilic medium; and an assay reagent in the assay region. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/085972 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/77 (20130101) G01N 33/523 (20130101) G01N 33/526 (20130101) G01N 33/558 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09193995 | Rabin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ronald Rabin (Rockville, Maryland); Viraj Pramod Mane (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Rabin (Rockville, Maryland); Viraj Pramod Mane (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides highly sensitive, specific and efficient quantitative real-time PCR compositions, methods and assay kits to detect at least one IFN subtype and/or IFN subtype allotypic variants. Primer/probe sets complementary to the coding sequence of an IFN subtype of interest avoid spurious detection of degraded mRNA and enhances the correlation between the IFN subtype that is measured by the assays of the invention and the protein that is actually expressed. The invention also provides methods for designing primers and methods of using the compositions and assay kits. The compositions, kits, and methods of the invention may be used, for example, to monitor vaccine efficacy, autoimmune disease, chronic infections, or tumor therapy. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/130346 |
| 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 1/6858 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 1/6858 (20130101) C12Q 2535/125 (20130101) C12Q 2535/131 (20130101) C12Q 2537/143 (20130101) C12Q 2537/163 (20130101) |
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| US 09193997 | Fire et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Fire (Stanford, California); Scott D. Boyd (Stanford, California); Jason Merker (Palo Alto, California); Kyunga Seo (Daejeon, South Korea); Eleanor L. Marshall (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Fire (Stanford, California); Scott D. Boyd (Stanford, California); Jason Merker (Palo Alto, California); Kyunga Seo (Daejeon, South Korea); Eleanor L. Marshall (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for the detection and analysis of clonality in a cell population, where parallel sequencing is applied to a nucleic acid sample obtained from the cell population, optionally a population of lymphocytes. Replicate samples are amplified, and sequenced, where identification of coincident sequences in two or more replicates is indicative of clonal expansion. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/327610 |
| 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 | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6881 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) |
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| US 09194780 | Chan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eugene Y. Chan (Boston, Massachusetts); Moon Z Chan (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DNA Medicine Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene Y. Chan (Boston, Massachusetts); Moon Z Chan (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved device and method for passive mixing of fluids is described, and the use of the device in clinical diagnostic procedures. The mixer provides thorough mixing of a sample of blood or other fluid with an assay material, such as a diluent or a component of an assay system, in a closed system with a low and limited pressure drop. Sample size is small, typically 5 to 300 microliters. Mixing is accomplished by a combination of rotational vortex mixing due to a fluid stream coming tangent to a drain, and either or both of a second vortex mixer of opposite handedness, and a Dean mixer. Combinations of these techniques reliably provide complete mixing at low pressure drop. In a preferred usage, the microfluidic system can run a diluent continuously and inject samples at intervals, to facilitate automatic data processing of optical or other signatures of the well-mixed stream. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/374157 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 5/0071 (20130101) B01F 5/0647 (20130101) B01F 13/0059 (20130101) B01F 13/0093 (20130101) B01F 13/1027 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/25 (20150115) |
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| US 09194841 | Bhatia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts); Bevin P. Engelward (Lexington, Massachusetts); David K. Wood (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David M. Weingeist (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Lexington, Massachusetts); Bevin P. Engelward (Lexington, Massachusetts); David K. Wood (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David M. Weingeist (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and devices are provided for assessing DNA damage and repair in cells by measuring DNA migration under electrophoresis. In one exemplary embodiment, a microarray configured to hold cells in a predetermined spatial relationship is employed to improve accuracy, speed, and reliability of such measurements. In another embodiment, a self-contained cassette having a matrix material disposed therein can be used to create a substantially uniform environment for analyzing DNA damage and repair. Fluid can be circulated through the cell to assist in creating spatial patterns on the matrix material, or alternatively, the matrix material can already include a microarray pattern disposed thereon. Various methods and systems that take advantage of such microarrays and cassettes are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/547708 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/0043 (20130101) B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00527 (20130101) B01J 2219/00605 (20130101) B01J 2219/00612 (20130101) B01J 2219/00637 (20130101) B01J 2219/00662 (20130101) B01J 2219/00743 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 2300/069 (20130101) B01L 2300/0809 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2400/049 (20130101) B01L 2400/0421 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44782 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09195042 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chunhui (Chris) Xu (Ithaca, New York); Ke Wang (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodied is a two-color, fiber-delivered picosecond source for coherent Raman scattering (CRS) imaging. A wavelength tunable picosecond pump is generated by nonlinear spectral compression of a prechirped femtosecond pulse from a mode-locked titanium:sapphire (Ti:S) laser. A 1064-nm picosecond Stokes pulse is generated by an all-fiber time-lens source (or suitable alternative source) that is synchronized to the Ti:S laser. The pump and Stokes beams are combined in an optical fiber coupler, which serves not only as the delivery fiber but also as the nonlinear medium for spectral compression of the femtosecond pulse. CRS imaging of mouse skin is performed to demonstrate the practicality of this source. |
| FILED | Monday, October 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/348748 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/65 (20130101) G01N 2021/653 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09195640 | Donneau-Golencer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thierry D. Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California); Stephen L. Hardt (Woodinville, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thierry D. Donneau-Golencer (Menlo Park, California); Stephen L. Hardt (Woodinville, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for finding content having a desired similarity to an input or source content includes using a similarity model including information and associations derived from content processed by one or more content analyzers to find and/or arrange content having a desired type and/or degree of similarity to the input or source content. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/336360 |
| ART UNIT | 2658 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/21 (20130101) G06F 17/27 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/28 (20130101) Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 15/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09195796 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dung-Tsa Chen (Tampa, Florida); Timothy J. Yeatman (Thonotosassa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida); University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dung-Tsa Chen (Tampa, Florida); Timothy J. Yeatman (Thonotosassa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for malignancy-risk gene signatures that predict the risk of developing breast cancer, the recurrence of breast cancer, and/or the metastasis of breast cancer. These signatures have numerous clinical applications including assessing risk of breast cancer development following routine breast biopsy, assessing the need for adjuvant radiotherapy after lumpectomy, and determining the need for completion mastectomy following lumpectomy for the breast cancer patient and other treatment plans that are personalized for the patient. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/812215 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09195935 | Bazhenov 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) | Maxim Bazhenov (San Diego, California); Peter Lonjers (Riverside, California); Steven Skorheim (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | More realistic neural networks are disclosed that are able to learn to solve complex problems though a decision making network, modeled as a virtual entity foraging in a digital environment. Specifically, the neural networks overcome many of the limitations in prior neural networks by using rewarded STDP bounded with rules to solve a complex problem. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/840539 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/02 (20130101) G06N 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 3/049 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DRVision Technologies LLC (, None) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DRVision Technologies LLC (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shih-Jong James Lee (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A computerized recipe station for time-lapse image analysis method includes the steps of inputting an image sequence and an initial recipe to a computer storage; performing by a computer program an incremental apply using the image sequence and the initial recipe to generate an incremental output; pausing the incremental apply; using the incremental output to perform an incremental output assurance operation, which may be an intermediate result analysis to generate an analysis output, a recipe update to generate an updated recipe, or a result editing to generate an edited incremental output; and continuing the incremental apply until pausing or completion to generate a processing output. The analysis output generated by the intermediate result analysis may be used to guide the recipe update step or used to guide the result editing step. |
| FILED | Sunday, March 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/222657 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/20008 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (, None) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam S. Hock (Chicago, Illinois); Neil M. Schweitzer (Evanston, Illinois); Jeffrey T. Miller (Naperville, Illinois); Bo Hu (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to catalysts and methods for use in olefin production. More particularly, the present invention relates to novel amorphously supported single-center, Lewis acid metal ions and use of the same as catalysts. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/830320 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/08 (20130101) B01J 23/06 (20130101) B01J 23/08 (20130101) B01J 23/72 (20130101) B01J 23/75 (20130101) B01J 23/745 (20130101) B01J 23/755 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 35/023 (20130101) B01J 35/1019 (20130101) B01J 35/1047 (20130101) B01J 37/06 (20130101) B01J 37/18 (20130101) B01J 37/035 (20130101) B01J 37/0201 (20130101) B01J 37/0203 (20130101) B01J 37/0209 (20130101) B01J 37/0238 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 5/322 (20130101) C07C 5/3332 (20130101) C07C 5/3332 (20130101) C07C 11/06 (20130101) C07C 2521/08 (20130101) C07C 2523/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09192931 | Baird et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lance Awender Baird (Prospect Heights, Illinois); Timothy A. Brandvold (Arlington Heights, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lance Awender Baird (Prospect Heights, Illinois); Timothy A. Brandvold (Arlington Heights, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes and apparatuses for washing a spent ion exchange bed and for treating biomass-derived pyrolysis oil are provided herein. An exemplary process for washing a spent ion exchange bed employed in purification of biomass-derived pyrolysis oil includes the step of providing a ion-depleted pyrolysis oil stream having an original oxygen content. The ion-depleted pyrolysis oil stream is partially hydrotreated to reduce the oxygen content thereof, thereby producing a partially hydrotreated pyrolysis oil stream having a residual oxygen content that is less than the original oxygen content. At least a portion of the partially hydrotreated pyrolysis oil stream is passed through the spent ion exchange bed. Water is passed through the spent ion exchange bed after passing at least the portion of the partially hydrotreated pyrolysis oil stream therethrough. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/436648 |
| 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 39/20 (20130101) B01J 39/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 49/0008 (20130101) B01J 49/0069 (20130101) B01J 49/0078 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 3/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09192993 | Seals et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roland D. Seals (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Edward B. Ripley (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gerard M. Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, Virginia); UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roland D. Seals (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Edward B. Ripley (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gerard M. Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A family of materials wherein nanostructures and/or nanotubes are incorporated into a multi-component material arrangement, such as a metallic or ceramic alloy or composite/aggregate, producing a new material or metallic/ceramic alloy. The new material has significantly increased strength, up to several thousands of times normal and perhaps substantially more, as well as significantly decreased weight. The new materials may be manufactured into a component where the nanostructure or nanostructure reinforcement is incorporated into the bulk and/or matrix material, or as a coating where the nanostructure or nanostructure reinforcement is incorporated into the coating or surface of a “normal” substrate material. The nanostructures are incorporated into the material structure either randomly or aligned, within grains, or along or across grain boundaries. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/530183 |
| 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 7/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22F 7/08 (20130101) B22F 2007/047 (20130101) Alloys C22C 26/00 (20130101) C22C 2026/002 (20130101) |
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| US 09193105 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sam W. Brown (Knoxville, Tennessee); Larry S. Spencer (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael R. Phillips (Harriman, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sam W. Brown (Knoxville, Tennessee); Larry S. Spencer (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael R. Phillips (Harriman, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for casting inorganic materials are provided. The inorganic materials include metals, metal alloys, metal hydrides and other materials. Thermal control zones may be established to control the propagation of a freeze front through the casting. Agitation from a mechanical blade or ultrasonic energy may be used to reduce porosity and shrinkage in the casting. After solidification of the casting, the casting apparatus may be used to anneal the cast part. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/221970 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 45/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 45/73 (20130101) |
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| US 09193595 | Barsoum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DREXEL UNIVERSITY (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michel W. Barsoum (Moorestown, New Jersey); Yury Gogotsi (Warminster, Pennsylvania); Michael Naguib Abdelmalak (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Olha Mashtalir (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compositions comprising free standing and stacked assemblies of two dimensional crystalline solids, and methods of making the same. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/094966 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/06 (20130101) C01B 21/062 (20130101) C01B 21/076 (20130101) C01B 21/0602 (20130101) C01B 21/0615 (20130101) C01B 21/0617 (20130101) C01B 21/0828 (20130101) C01B 31/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 31/303 (20130101) C01B 31/305 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/01 (20130101) C01P 2002/08 (20130101) C01P 2002/20 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2002/78 (20130101) C01P 2002/82 (20130101) C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/24 (20130101) C01P 2004/61 (20130101) C01P 2004/133 (20130101) C01P 2004/136 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/58 (20130101) H01M 4/62 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0492 (20130101) H01M 4/583 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/755 (20130101) Y10S 977/896 (20130101) |
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| US 09193640 | Van Dam 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) | R. Michael Van Dam (Los Angeles, California); Chang-Jin Kim (Beverly Hills, California); Supin Chen (Los Angeles, California); Huijiang Ding (Arcadia, California); Gaurav Jitendra Shah (Los Angeles, California); Pei Yuin Keng (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods of performing microchemical reactions and electro-wetting-on-dielectric devices (EWOD devices) for use in performing those reactions. These devices and method are particularly suited for preparing radiochemical compounds, particularly compounds containing 18F. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/643151 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07B 59/005 (20130101) C07B 2200/05 (20130101) |
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| US 09193972 | Shanklin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Shanklin (Shoreham, New York); Tam Huu Nguyen (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A nucleotide construct comprising a nucleotide sequence that forms a stem and a loop, wherein the loop comprises a nucleotide sequence that modulates expression of a target, wherein the stem comprises a nucleotide sequence that modulates expression of a target, and wherein the target modulated by the nucleotide sequence in the loop and the target modulated by the nucleotide sequence in the stem may be the same or different. Vectors, methods of regulating target expression, methods of providing a cell, and methods of treating conditions comprising the nucleotide sequence are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/452049 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8247 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/53 (20130101) C12N 2310/3519 (20130101) |
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| US 09194175 | Lemonds |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Preston Lemonds (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A breech lock for a glove box is provided that may be used to transfer one or more items into the glove box. The breech lock can be interchangeably installed in place of a plug, glove, or other device in a port or opening of a glove box. Features are provided to aid the removal of items from the breech lock by a gloved operator. The breech lock can be reused or, if needed, can be replaced with a plug, glove, or other device at the port or opening of the glove box. |
| FILED | Friday, July 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/946463 |
| ART UNIT | 3637 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 21/02 (20130101) Bolts or Fastening Devices for Wings, Specially for Doors or Windows E05C 3/043 (20130101) E05C 7/002 (20130101) Fixed or Movable Closures for Openings in Buildings, Vehicles, Fences or Like Enclosures in General, e.g Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates E06B 7/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09194238 | Roberts, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert Chidsey Roberts, III (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Curtis Alan Johnson (Niskayuna, New York); Glenn Curtis Taxacher (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for damping vibrations in a turbine includes a first rotating blade having a first ceramic airfoil, a first ceramic platform connected to the first ceramic airfoil, and a first root connected to the first ceramic platform. A second rotating blade adjacent to the first rotating blade includes a second ceramic airfoil, a second ceramic platform connected to the second ceramic airfoil, and a second root connected to the second ceramic platform. A non-metallic platform damper has a first position in simultaneous contact with the first and second ceramic platforms. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/687027 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/284 (20130101) F01D 5/3007 (20130101) F01D 5/3084 (20130101) F01D 11/008 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2250/11 (20130101) F05D 2250/132 (20130101) F05D 2250/241 (20130101) F05D 2260/96 (20130101) F05D 2300/20 (20130101) F05D 2300/2112 (20130101) F05D 2300/2114 (20130101) F05D 2300/2118 (20130101) F05D 2300/2261 (20130101) F05D 2300/2283 (20130101) F05D 2300/6033 (20130101) |
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| US 09194250 | Tralshawala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nilesh Tralshawala (Rexford, New York); Daniel White Sexton (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments include detection systems adapted to monitor at least one physical property of a component in a turbomachine. In some embodiments a detection system includes at least one sensor configured to be affixed to a component of a turbomachine, the at least one sensor for sensing information regarding at least one physical property of the turbomachine component during operation of the turbomachine, a signal converter communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and at least one RF communication device configured to be affixed to a stationary component of the turbomachine, the radio frequency communication device configured to communicate with the at least one signal converter via an RF antenna coupled to the signal converter. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/271622 |
| ART UNIT | 2688 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 21/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission H04B 7/24 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09194318 | Sujan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vivek A. Sujan (Columbus, Indiana); Timothy R. Frazier (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CUMMINS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vivek A. Sujan (Columbus, Indiana); Timothy R. Frazier (Columbus, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides a method and system for determining recommendations for vehicle operation that reduce soot production in view of a diesel particulate filter (DPF) of an exhaust aftertreatment system. Recommendations generated can reduce excessive particulate matter (PM) production during transient engine events and provide for operating conditions favorable for passive regeneration. In this way, less frequent active regeneration of the DPF is needed and/or more opportunities are provided for passive regeneration. The system and method can utilize location and terrain information to anticipate and project a window of operation in view of reducing soot production and soot loading of the DPF, or provide the operator with instruction when such opportunities are present or will soon be encountered. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/407583 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — 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 3/035 (20130101) F01N 3/0253 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 41/021 (20130101) F02D 41/029 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02D 2200/701 (20130101) |
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| US 09194691 | Lane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael H. Lane (Clifton Park, New York); James L. Doyle, Jr. (Renton, Washington); Michael J. Brinkman (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael H. Lane (Clifton Park, New York); James L. Doyle, Jr. (Renton, Washington); Michael J. Brinkman (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a volume sensor having first, second, and third laser sources emitting first, second, and third laser beams; first, second, and third beam splitters splitting the first, second, and third laser beams into first, second, and third beam pairs; first, second, and third optical assemblies expanding the first, second, and third beam pairs into first, second, and third pairs of parallel beam sheets; fourth, fifth, and sixth optical assemblies focusing the first, second, and third beam sheet pairs into fourth, fifth, and sixth beam pairs; and first, second, and third detector pairs receiving the fourth, fifth, and sixth beam pairs and converting a change in intensity of at least one of the beam pairs resulting from an object passing through at least one of the first, second, and third parallel beam sheets into at least one electrical signal proportional to a three-dimensional representation of the object. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/088567 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01B 11/245 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09194798 | Baba et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin S. Baba (Knoxville, Tennessee); Philip R. Boudreaux (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Refractometers for simultaneously measuring refractive index of a sample over a range of wavelengths of light include dispersive and focusing optical systems. An optical beam including the range of wavelengths is spectrally spread along a first axis and focused along a second axis so as to be incident to an interface between the sample and a prism at a range of angles of incidence including a critical angle for at least one wavelength. An imaging detector is situated to receive the spectrally spread and focused light from the interface and form an image corresponding to angle of incidence as a function of wavelength. One or more critical angles are identified and corresponding refractive indices are determined. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768802 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/43 (20130101) G01N 21/4133 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09194799 | Baba |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin S. Baba (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Refractometers for simultaneously measuring refractive index of a sample over a range or wavelengths of light include dispersive and focusing optical systems. An optical beam including the rang of wavelengths is spectrally spread along a first axis and focused along a second axis so as to be incident to an interface between the sample and a prism at a range of angles of incidence including a critical angle for at least one wavelength. In some cases, the prism can have a triangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, or other shape. In some cases, the optical beam can be reflected off of multiple interfaces between the prism and the sample. An imaging detector is situated to receive the spectrally spread and focused light from the interface and form an image corresponding to angle of incidence as a function of wavelength. One or more critical angles are indentified and corresponding refractive indices are determined. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/103746 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/43 (20130101) G01N 21/4133 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09194805 | Alam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Kathleen Alam (Cedar Crest, New Mexico); Peter J. Hotchkiss (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Laura E. Martin (Edgewood, New Mexico); David Alexander Jones (Sandia Park, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses and methods for in situ detection of a trace amount of an analyte are disclosed herein. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) insert including a passageway therethrough, where the passageway has a SERS surface positioned therein. The SERS surface is configured to adsorb molecules of an analyte of interest. A concentrated sample is caused to flow over the SERS surface. The SERS insert is then provided to a portable Raman spectroscopy system, where it is analyzed for the analyte of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/469933 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/65 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09194920 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Zhi Hu (Richland, Washington); Jesse A. Sears, Jr. (Kennewick, Washington); David W. Hoyt (Richland, Washington); Hardeep S. Mehta (Kennewick, Washington); Charles H. F. Peden (West Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A continuous-flow (CF) magic angle sample spinning (CF-MAS) NMR rotor and probe are described for investigating reaction dynamics, stable intermediates/transition states, and mechanisms of catalytic reactions in situ. The rotor includes a sample chamber of a flow-through design with a large sample volume that delivers a flow of reactants through a catalyst bed contained within the sample cell allowing in-situ investigations of reactants and products. Flow through the sample chamber improves diffusion of reactants and products through the catalyst. The large volume of the sample chamber enhances sensitivity permitting in situ 13C CF-MAS studies at natural abundance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/648751 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/46 (20130101) G01R 33/307 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/24 (20150115) |
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| US 09194921 | Sillerud et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico); ABQMR, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurel Sillerud (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Todd M. Alam (Cedar Crest, New Mexico); Andrew F. McDowell (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A biological detector includes a conduit for receiving a fluid containing one or more magnetic nanoparticle-labeled, biological objects to be detected and one or more permanent magnets or electromagnet for establishing a low magnetic field in which the conduit is disposed. A microcoil is disposed proximate the conduit for energization at a frequency that permits detection by NMR spectroscopy of whether the one or more magnetically-labeled biological objects is/are present in the fluid. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/717412 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/08 (20130101) G01N 33/553 (20130101) G01N 33/54326 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/281 (20130101) G01R 33/302 (20130101) G01R 33/341 (20130101) G01R 33/465 (20130101) G01R 33/5601 (20130101) G01R 33/34007 (20130101) G01R 33/34046 (20130101) G01R 33/34092 (20130101) |
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| US 09194958 | Leao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cedric Rocha Leao (Oakland, California); Vincenzo Lordi (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, a crystal includes thallium bromide (TlBr), one or more positively charged dopants, and one or more negatively charged dopants. According to another embodiment, a system includes a monolithic crystal including thallium bromide (TlBr), one or more positively charged dopants, and one or more negatively charged dopants; and a detector configured to detect a signal response of the crystal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/044743 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 11/04 (20130101) C30B 11/06 (20130101) C30B 13/10 (20130101) C30B 15/04 (20130101) C30B 29/10 (20130101) C30B 29/12 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/24 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/085 (20130101) H01L 31/0321 (20130101) |
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| US 09195043 | Ghosh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kunal Ghosh (Mountain View, California); Laurie Burns (Menlo Park, California); Abbas El Gamal (Palo Alto, California); Mark J. Schnitzer (Stanford, California); Eric Cocker (Menlo Park, California); Tatt Wei Ho (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kunal Ghosh (Mountain View, California); Laurie Burns (Menlo Park, California); Abbas El Gamal (Palo Alto, California); Mark J. Schnitzer (Stanford, California); Eric Cocker (Menlo Park, California); Tatt Wei Ho (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods and devices are implemented for microscope imaging solutions. One embodiment of the present disclosure is directed toward an epifluorescence microscope. The microscope includes an image capture circuit including an array of optical sensor. An optical arrangement is configured to direct excitation light of less than about 1 mW to a target object in a field of view of that is at least 0.5 mm2 and to direct epi-fluorescence emission caused by the excitation light to the array of optical sensors. The optical arrangement and array of optical sensors are each sufficiently close to the target object to provide at least 2.5 μm resolution for an image of the field of view. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/218181 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 21/36 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Faraj (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Determining collective barrier operation skew in a parallel computer that includes a number of compute nodes organized into an operational group includes: for each of the nodes until each node has been selected as a delayed node: selecting one of the nodes as a delayed node; entering, by each node other than the delayed node, a collective barrier operation; entering, after a delay by the delayed node, the collective barrier operation; receiving an exit signal from a root of the collective barrier operation; and measuring, for the delayed node, a barrier completion time. The barrier operation skew is calculated by: identifying, from the compute nodes' barrier completion times, a maximum barrier completion time and a minimum barrier completion time and calculating the barrier operation skew as the difference of the maximum and the minimum barrier completion time. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/308917 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/522 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09195517 | Faraj |
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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 | Determining collective barrier operation skew in a parallel computer that includes a number of compute nodes organized into an operational group includes: for each of the nodes until each node has been selected as a delayed node: selecting one of the nodes as a delayed node; entering, by each node other than the delayed node, a collective barrier operation; entering, after a delay by the delayed node, the collective barrier operation; receiving an exit signal from a root of the collective barrier operation; and measuring, for the delayed node, a barrier completion time. The barrier operation skew is calculated by: identifying, from the compute nodes' barrier completion times, a maximum barrier completion time and a minimum barrier completion time and calculating the barrier operation skew as the difference of the maximum and the minimum barrier completion time. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/685869 |
| ART UNIT | 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/522 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09195795 | Agarwal |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pratul K. Agarwal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pratul K. Agarwal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for analysis, control, and manipulation for improvement of the chemical reaction rate of a protein-mediated reaction is provided. Enzymes, which typically comprise protein molecules, are very efficient catalysts that enhance chemical reaction rates by many orders of magnitude. Enzymes are widely used for a number of functions in chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, and other purposes. The method identifies key protein vibration modes that control the chemical reaction rate of the protein-mediated reaction, providing identification of the factors that enable the enzymes to achieve the high rate of reaction enhancement. By controlling these factors, the function of enzymes may be modulated, i.e., the activity can either be increased for faster enzyme reaction or it can be decreased when a slower enzyme is desired. This method provides an inexpensive and efficient solution by utilizing computer simulations, in combination with available experimental data, to build suitable models and investigate the enzyme activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/086603 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/18 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09196756 | Cleereman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Cleereman (Midland, Michigan); Michael J. Lesniak (Kawkawlin, Michigan); James R. Keenihan (Midland, Michigan); Joe A. Langmaid (Caro, Michigan); Ryan Gaston (Midland, Michigan); Gerald K. Eurich (Merrill, Michigan); Michelle L. Boven (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is premised upon an improved photovoltaic device (“PVD”) and method of use, more particularly to an improved photovoltaic device with an integral locator and electrical terminal mechanism for transferring current to or from the improved photovoltaic device and the use as a system. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/604204 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/05 (20130101) H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/048 (20130101) H01L 31/0508 (20130101) H01L 31/02008 (20130101) H01L 31/02008 (20130101) H01L 31/02013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 12/79 (20130101) H01R 13/055 (20130101) H01R 13/113 (20130101) H01R 13/639 (20130101) H01R 13/7032 (20130101) H01R 31/00 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 20/23 (20141201) H02S 20/25 (20141201) H02S 20/25 (20141201) H02S 40/34 (20141201) H02S 40/36 (20141201) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 10/12 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49117 (20150115) Y10T 29/49355 (20150115) Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09196760 | Duty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chad E. Duty (Loudon, Tennessee); Charlee J C Bennett (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ji-Won Moon (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Tommy J. Phelps (Knoxville, Tennessee); Craig A. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee); Quanqin Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael Z. Hu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gerald E. Jellison, Jr. (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Lonnie J. Love (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ronald D. Ott (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chad M. Parish (Knoxville, Tennessee); Steven Walker (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad E. Duty (Loudon, Tennessee); Charlee J C Bennett (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ji-Won Moon (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Tommy J. Phelps (Knoxville, Tennessee); Craig A. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee); Quanqin Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael Z. Hu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ilia N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gerald E. Jellison, Jr. (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Lonnie J. Love (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ronald D. Ott (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chad M. Parish (Knoxville, Tennessee); Steven Walker (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a film, the method comprising melting a layer of precursor particles on a substrate until at least a portion of the melted particles are planarized and merged to produce the film. The invention is also directed to a method for producing a photovoltaic film, the method comprising depositing particles having a photovoltaic or other property onto a substrate, and affixing the particles to the substrate, wherein the particles may or may not be subsequently melted. Also described herein are films produced by these methods, methods for producing a patterned film on a substrate, and methods for producing a multilayer structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/110222 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| 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 3/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02521 (20130101) H01L 21/02568 (20130101) H01L 21/02587 (20130101) H01L 21/02601 (20130101) H01L 21/02628 (20130101) H01L 21/02656 (20130101) H01L 31/0232 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09196788 | Wierer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SANDIA CORPORATION (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Wierer (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ines Montano (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Andrew A. Allerman (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Ultraviolet light-emitting diodes with tailored AlGaN quantum wells can achieve high extraction efficiency. For efficient bottom light extraction, parallel polarized light is preferred, because it propagates predominately perpendicular to the QW plane and into the typical and more efficient light escape cones. This is favored over perpendicular polarized light that propagates along the QW plane which requires multiple, lossy bounces before extraction. The thickness and carrier density of AlGaN QW layers have a strong influence on the valence subband structure, and the resulting optical polarization and light extraction of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes. At Al>0.3, thinner QW layers (<2.5 nm are preferred) result in light preferentially polarized parallel to the QW plane. Also, active regions consisting of six or more QWs, to reduce carrier density, and with thin barriers, to efficiently inject carriers in all the QWs, are preferred. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/480072 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/32 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/95 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09196817 | Werne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger W. Werne (San Ramon, California); Stephen Sampayan (Manteca, California); John Richardson Harris (Patterson, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This patent document discloses high voltage switches that include one or more electrically floating conductor layers that are isolated from one another in the dielectric medium between the top and bottom switch electrodes. The presence of the one or more electrically floating conductor layers between the top and bottom switch electrodes allow the dielectric medium between the top and bottom switch electrodes to exhibit a higher breakdown voltage than the breakdown voltage when the one or more electrically floating conductor layers are not present between the top and bottom switch electrodes. This increased breakdown voltage in the presence of one or more electrically floating conductor layers in a dielectric medium enables the switch to supply a higher voltage for various high voltage circuits and electric systems. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/218816 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/083 (20130101) H01L 41/107 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09196846 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yi Liu (Fremont, California); Bo He (Albany, California); Andrew Pun (Folsom, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Liu (Fremont, California); Bo He (Albany, California); Andrew Pun (Folsom, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel electron acceptor based on bay-annulated indigo (BAI) was synthesized and used for the preparation of a series of high performance donor-acceptor small molecules and polymers. The resulting materials possess low-lying LUMO energy level and small HOMO-LUMO gaps, while their films exhibited high crystallinity upon thermal treatment, commensurate with high field effect mobilities and ambipolar transfer characteristics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/687059 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/22 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0068 (20130101) H01L 51/0072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09196878 | Christian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin R. Christian (Novi, Michigan); Herman K. Phlegm (Oak Park, Michigan); John G. Dorrough (Oak Park, Michigan); Sami A. Syed (Windsor, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A battery assembly includes a plurality of stacked battery cartridges. Each battery cartridge includes a first receptacle unit, a battery cell stack, and a second receptacle unit positioned within first receptacle unit. The battery cell stack includes a first battery cell, a second battery cell, and a foam layer interposed between the first battery cell and the second battery cell. The battery cell stack is positioned within the first receptacle unit, with the second receptacle unit compressing the battery cell stack. The battery module assembly also includes a receiving assembly that holds the plurality of battery cartridges. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/681992 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/0245 (20130101) H01M 2/1016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2/1077 (20130101) H01M 10/0481 (20130101) H01M 2220/20 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49108 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09196901 | Se-Hee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lee Se-Hee (Louisville, Colorado); Steven M. George (Boulder, Colorado); Andrew S. Cavanagh (Boulder, Colorado); Jung Yoon Seok (Seoul, South Korea); Anne C. Dillon (Boulder, Colorado) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Lee Se-Hee (Louisville, Colorado); Steven M. George (Boulder, Colorado); Andrew S. Cavanagh (Boulder, Colorado); Jung Yoon Seok (Seoul, South Korea); Anne C. Dillon (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrodes for lithium batteries are coated via an atomic layer deposition process. The coatings can be applied to the assembled electrodes, or in some cases to particles of electrode material prior to assembling the particles into an electrode. The coatings can be as thin as 2 Ångstroms thick. The coating provides for a stable electrode. Batteries containing the electrodes tend to exhibit high cycling capacities. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/159352 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — 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 4/0402 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/628 (20130101) H01M 4/5825 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F Post (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrostatic stabilizers are provided for passive bearing systems composed of annular magnets having a net positive stiffness against radial displacements and that have a negative stiffness for vertical displacements, resulting in a vertical instability. Further embodiments are shown of a radial electrostatic stabilizer geometry (using circuitry similar to that employed in the vertical stabilizer). This version is suitable for stabilizing radial (lateral) displacements of a rotor that is levitated by annular permanent magnets that are stable against vertical displacements but are unstable against radial displacements. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/827245 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 32/0425 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 7/09 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09198326 | Sharma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajdeep Sharma (Niskayuna, New York); Stanton Earl Weaver (Broadalbin, New York); Charles Erklin Seeley (Niskayuna, New York); Mehmet Arik (Uskudar Istanbul, Turkey); Tunc Icoz (Schenectady, New York); Charles Franklin Wolfe, Jr. (Albany, New York); Yogen Vishwas Utturkar (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for removing heat comprises a heat sink having a cavity, and a synthetic jet stack comprising at least one synthetic jet mounted within the cavity. At least one rod and at least one engaging structure to provide a rigid positioning of the at least one synthetic jet with respect to the at least one rod. The synthetic jet comprises at least one orifice through which a fluid is ejected. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/219130 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence; Light Sources Using Electrochemiluminescence; Light Sources Using Charges of Combustible Material; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices as Light-generating Elements; Light Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F21K 9/13 (20130101) Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 29/63 (20150115) F21V 29/83 (20150115) F21V 29/507 (20150115) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, Relating to the Form or the Kind of the Light Sources or of the Colour of the Light Emitted F21Y 2101/02 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/467 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20154 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 7/20172 (20130101) H05K 7/20409 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4935 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Mills (Monroe, Louisiana); Yuri M. Lvov (Louisiana, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Louisiana Tech University Research Foundation; a Division of Louisiana Tech University Foundation (Ruston, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Mills (Monroe, Louisiana); Yuri M. Lvov (Louisiana, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An augmented ceramic composite including aluminosilicate nanotubes may be added to a biocompatible polymer matrix. Aluminosilicate nanotubes have a surprisingly high biocompatibility, radio opaqueness, and suitability for storing therapeutic compounds for release over time. These surprising advantages make aluminosilicate nanotubes, such as halloysite nanotubes, a good candidate for use in various medical applications from bone and dental prosthetics to cancer treatment and prevention. Furthermore, unlike other additives, the addition of certain quantities of halloysite nanotubes increases the strength of the polymer matrix to which it is added. |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/446775 |
| ART UNIT | 1672 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Dentistry; Apparatus or Methods for Oral or Dental Hygiene A61C 5/08 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 33/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09193524 | Gue et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Gue (Auburn, Alabama); Onur Uludag (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Randomly presented physical items can be temporarily stored in a grid-based material handling system, e.g., before they are handled by a robot. The grid-based material handling system arranges the randomly presented physical items within the grid, so that they exit the grid in an ordered sequence, e.g., for pickup by the robot. Programmable modules execute sequencing logic to move the items to target locations within the grid. The modules move interfering items out of the way of other items that are in transit to their target locations, as needed. The programmable modules allow the items to exit the grid when the requirements of a departure policy are met. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/079292 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Transport or Storage Devices, e.g Conveyors for Loading or Tipping, shop Conveyor Systems Or pneumatic Tube Conveyors B65G 1/1378 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/087 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09193680 | Puskas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Judit E. Puskas (Akron, Ohio); Emily Q. Rosenthall (Akron, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judit E. Puskas (Akron, Ohio); Emily Q. Rosenthall (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | High molecular weight disulfide polymers are synthesized in aqueous media by exposing dithiol compounds to a mild oxidizing environment in the presence of a tertiary amine catalyst. The unique oxidizing system polymerizes monomers through the formation of sulfur-sulfur bonds between dithiol compounds. The same oxidizing system may be used to make disulfide-crosslinked gels from compounds containing multiple thiol groups. The oxidizing system is comprised of oxygen at atmospheric concentration and dilute hydrogen peroxide. A filler such as carbon black may be incorporated into the polymer or cross-linked gel during polymerization. A polydisulfide polymer is provided having a weight average molecular weight of greater than about 100,000 g/mol and a polydispersity index of about 2 or less. A tetrathiol composition results from a reaction of a diacrylate with a trithiol. The tetrathiol composition may be subjected to an oxidizing environment with a tertiary amine catalyst to provide a polytetrathiol polymer network. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/016511 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 321/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 323/52 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/34 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/87 (20130101) C08G 63/688 (20130101) C08G 75/04 (20130101) C08G 75/12 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 23/32 (20130101) C08L 81/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09193758 | Ly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Danith H. Ly (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Srinivas Rapireddy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Bichismita Sahu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Danith H. Ly (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Srinivas Rapireddy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Bichismita Sahu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to γ-PNA monomers according to Formula I where substituent groups R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, B and P are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention also provides methodology for synthesizing compounds according to Formula I and methodology for synthesizing PNA oligomers that incorporate one or more Formula I monomers. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/110689 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/47 (20130101) C07D 239/54 (20130101) C07D 473/18 (20130101) C07D 473/34 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/003 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09193816 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hongrui Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Chi-Wei Lo (San Jose, California); Difeng Zhu (Boise, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongrui Jiang (Madison, Wisconsin); Chi-Wei Lo (San Jose, California); Difeng Zhu (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite hydrogels and methods for making and using the composite hydrogels are provided. The composite hydrogels comprise graphene oxide flakes distributed in, and covalently bonded to, a thermo-responsive hydrogel polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/307572 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 220/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 292/00 (20130101) C08F 2220/325 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 51/10 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/14 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) Y10T 137/1624 (20150401) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09193948 | Nicoll et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven B. Nicoll (New York, New York); Simone S. Stalling (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anna T. Reza (North Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven B. Nicoll (New York, New York); Simone S. Stalling (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anna T. Reza (North Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to biomaterial compositions, methods and kits for producing hydrogels with tunable physico-chemical properties. Specifically, the invention relates to producing cellulosic hydrogels having optimized physico-chemical properties enabling support of cell growth or as replacement or filler for tissue repair, reconstruction or augmentation. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/129058 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/20 (20130101) A61L 27/20 (20130101) A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/3804 (20130101) A61L 2300/25 (20130101) A61L 2300/43 (20130101) A61L 2300/252 (20130101) A61L 2300/414 (20130101) A61L 2300/426 (20130101) A61L 2430/06 (20130101) A61L 2430/34 (20130101) A61L 2430/38 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 1/02 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2533/78 (20130101) |
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| US 09193988 | Whitesides et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Whitesides (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Scott T. Phillips (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andres W. Martinez (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Manish J. Butte (Boston, Massachusetts); Amy Wong (Saratoga, California); Samuel W. Thomas (Boston, Massachusetts); Hayat Sindi (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Sarah J. Vella (Ontario, Canada); Emanuel Carrilho (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Katherine A. Mirica (Waltham, Massachusetts); Yanyan Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide lateral flow and flow-through bioassay devices based on patterned porous media, methods of making same, and methods of using same. Under one aspect, an assay device includes a porous, hydrophilic medium; a fluid impervious barrier comprising polymerized photoresist, the barrier substantially permeating the thickness of the porous, hydrophilic medium and defining a boundary of an assay region within the porous, hydrophilic medium; and an assay reagent in the assay region. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/085972 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/77 (20130101) G01N 33/523 (20130101) G01N 33/526 (20130101) G01N 33/558 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09194802 | Pierre |
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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) | Valerie Christine Pierre (Vadnais Heights, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A molecular probe for the luminescent detection of nucleotides (e.g., adenosine nucleotides) is presented. In certain embodiments, the probe can readily distinguish between the three adenosine nucleotides in buffered aqueous conditions at neutral pH, a need for the direct monitoring of enzymatic reactions converting ATP to ADP or AMP. The probe is most efficient under millimolar concentrations of ATP, which are relevant to intracellular conditions. In preferred embodiments, the long luminescence lifetime of the probe readily enables time-gating experiments. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/022962 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) C09K 2211/182 (20130101) C09K 2211/1029 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/485 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6486 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/542 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/147777 (20150115) |
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| US 09194851 | Li 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) | Na Li (Palmetto Bay, Florida); Fang Wei (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and materials for the detection of melamine in test samples such as foodstuffs are described. Embodiments of the invention comprise combining a test sample suspected of containing melamine with a particle that produces a colorimetric and/or turbidimetric signal that is dependent upon the concentration of melamine in the test sample. In certain embodiments of the invention, the particles and test sample are combined together with a chemical compound selected to induce the aggregation melamine in a manner that amplifies the colorimetric and/or turbidimetric signal of the assay. In some embodiments of the invention, the aggregation inducing agent is not physically coupled to the particles used in the assays. In other embodiments of the invention, the aggregation inducing agent is physically coupled to the particles used in these assays. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/296034 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/78 (20130101) G01N 21/82 (20130101) G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 31/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/81 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/921 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/147777 (20150115) |
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| US 09195092 | Escuti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Escuti (Cary, North Carolina); Chulwoo Oh (Los Angeles, California); Ravi Komanduri (Raleigh, North Carolina); Brandon L. Conover (Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina); Jihwan Kim (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquid crystal device includes a first polarization grating, a second polarization grating, and a liquid crystal layer. The first polarization grating is configured to polarize and diffract incident light into first and second beams having different polarizations and different directions of propagation relative to that of the incident light. The liquid crystal layer is configured to receive the first and second beams from the first polarization grating. The liquid crystal layer is configured to be switched between a first state that does not substantially affect respective polarizations of the first and second beams traveling therethrough, and a second state that alters the respective polarizations of the first and second beams traveling therethrough. The second polarization grating is configured to analyze and diffract the first and second beams from the liquid crystal layer to alter the different directions of propagation thereof in response to the state of the liquid crystal layer. Related devices are also discussed. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/968054 |
| 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 1/1393 (20130101) G02F 1/133528 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 2201/305 (20130101) |
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| US 09195121 | Sajadi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Behzad Sajadi (Irvine, California); Aditi Majumder (Irvine, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Behzad Sajadi (Irvine, California); Aditi Majumder (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for registering multiple projectors on a vertically extruded three dimensional display surface with a known aspect ratio includes recovering both the camera parameters and the three dimensional shape of the surface from a single image of the display surface from an uncalibrated camera, capturing images from the projectors to relate the projector coordinates with the display surface points, and segmenting parts of the image for each projector to register the projectors to create a seamlessly wall-paper projection on the display surface using a representation between the projector coordinates with display surface points using a rational Bezier patch. A method for performing a deterministic geometric auto-calibration to find intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of each projector is included. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/318092 |
| ART UNIT | 2481 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 21/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 9/3147 (20130101) H04N 9/3185 (20130101) H04N 9/3194 (20130101) H04N 9/3197 (20130101) |
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| US 09195401 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tao Li (Gainesville, Florida); Ruijin Zhou (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments pertain to live storage migration for virtual machines. Specific embodiments can implement the migration of VM disk images without service interruption to the running workload. Specific embodiments relate to storage migration between different disk arrays. Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus that can enhance the efficiency of virtual machine (VM) live storage migration in heterogeneous storage environments from a multi-dimensional perspective, e.g., user experience, device wearing, and/or manageability. Specific embodiments utilize one or more of the following: adaptive storage migration strategies, or techniques, such as 1) Low Redundancy (LR), which generates a reduced, and preferably the least, amount of redundant writes; 2) Source-based Low Redundancy (SLR), which can help keep a desirable balance between IO performance and write redundancy; and 3) Asynchronous IO Mirroring (AIO), which seeks high, and preferably the highest, IO performance. Specific embodiments adaptively mix one or more of these adaptive storage migration techniques during massive VM live storage migration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/183250 |
| ART UNIT | 2133 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0619 (20130101) G06F 3/0647 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 3/0665 (20130101) G06F 3/0685 (20130101) |
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| US 09196048 | Jahanshahi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammad R. Jahanshahi (Pasadena, California); Farrokh Jazizadeh Karimi (Los Angeles, California); Sami F. Masri (Pasadena, California); Burcin Becerik-Gerber (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An autonomous pavement assessment system may receive depth data indicative of the depth of pixels that collectively comprise multiple defective areas of pavement. For each defective area, the system may fit a plane to it; generate a histogram that indicates the frequency of its pixels at different depths; dynamically determine a depth noise threshold for it; generate a binary image of it based on its noise threshold; and generate a depth map of it containing only the pixels that have a depth that meets or exceeds its depth noise threshold. The system may prioritize the multiple defective areas for repair and/or generate optimized rehabilitation routes. Crowd sourcing may be used to gather the depth data, as well as location information for each defective area. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/717244 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0004 (20130101) G06T 7/0081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10028 (20130101) G06T 2207/20148 (20130101) G06T 2207/30132 (20130101) G06T 2207/30256 (20130101) |
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| US 09196176 | Hager et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory D. Hager (Baltimore, Maryland); Carol E. Reiley (Baltimore, Maryland); Balakrishnan Varadarajann (Baltimore, Maryland); Sanjeev Pralhad Khudanpur (Baltimore, Maryland); Henry C. Lin (Baltimore, Maryland); Rajesh Kumar (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Balitmore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory D. Hager (Baltimore, Maryland); Carol E. Reiley (Baltimore, Maryland); Balakrishnan Varadarajann (Baltimore, Maryland); Sanjeev Pralhad Khudanpur (Baltimore, Maryland); Henry C. Lin (Baltimore, Maryland); Rajesh Kumar (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for training users. Surgical data related to surgical procedures done by expert level users is collected from surgical robots. The surgical data is segmented into surgemes and dexemes. The training users are trained at a level of the surgemes and/or a level of the dexemes by guiding the training users with surgical simulators to practice the surgemes and/or the dexemes, wherein the surgical simulators simulate surgery done by an expert level user. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/257517 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 7/00 (20130101) G09B 23/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew Kunz (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Kunz (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are magnetic storage devices and uses therefore. The devices comprise an injection pad and a nanowire extending from an outer edge of the injection pad. The injection pad and the nanowire of the disclosed magnetic storage devices have a geometry that is designed to optimize high density memory storage via low magnetic field domain wall shifting. The devices may be utilized, for example, for generating and storing magnetic domain walls for application in memory devices, sensor devices, and logic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/945127 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 25/00 (20130101) Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 5/642 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Static Stores G11C 11/14 (20130101) G11C 19/0808 (20130101) G11C 19/0816 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/32 (20150115) Y10T 428/325 (20150115) |
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| US 09196425 | Stucky 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) | Galen D. Stucky (Santa Barbara, California); Xiulei Ji (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical double layer capacitor (EDLC) energy storage device is provided that includes an electrolyte having an anionic catholyte and a cationic anolyte, a positively charged electrode, and a negative charged electrode, where negatively charged oxidized species in the anionic catholyte are electrostatically attracted to the positively charged electrode, where positively charged reduced species in the cationic anolyte are electrostatically attracted to the negatively charged electrode, where self-discharge of the EDLC energy storage device is prevented. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/102164 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/02 (20130101) H01G 11/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/46 (20130101) H01G 11/48 (20130101) H01G 11/62 (20130101) H01G 11/64 (20130101) |
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| US 09196457 | Grogan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph M Grogan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Haim H Bau (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M Grogan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Haim H Bau (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are flow cell devices—referred to as nanoaquariums—that are microfabricated devices featuring a sample chamber having a controllable height in the range of nanometers to micrometers. The cells are sealed so as to withstand the vacuum environment of an electron microscope without fluid loss. The cells allow for the concurrent flow of multiple sample streams and may be equipped with electrodes, heaters, and thermistors for measurement and other analysis devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/478413 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/20 (20130101) H01J 37/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 2237/2003 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) Y10T 156/1052 (20150115) |
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| US 09197224 | Kinget et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter R. Kinget (Summit, New Jersey); Chunwei Hsu (New York, New York); Shih-An Yu (Taipei, Taiwan); Karthik Tripurari (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter R. Kinget (Summit, New Jersey); Chunwei Hsu (New York, New York); Shih-An Yu (Taipei, Taiwan); Karthik Tripurari (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Circuits and methods for a combined phase detector are provided. In some embodiments, circuits for a combined phase detector are provided, the circuits comprising: a tri-state phase frequency detector and charge pump that receives a reference signal and a first input signal, and that produces a first output signal; and a sub-sampling phase detector that receives the reference signal and a second input signal, and that outputs a second output signal, wherein the first output signal and the second output signal are coupled together. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/549262 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/087 (20130101) H03L 7/091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03L 7/235 (20130101) H03L 7/0891 (20130101) H03L 7/0893 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09197637 | Sy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bon K. Sy (Bayside, New York); Arun Prakash Kumara Krishnan (Flushing, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed in this specification is a method and program storage device for comparing two sets of private data without revealing those private data. If the comparison deems the two data sets sufficiently similar, helper data may be provided to permit reconstruction of one of the private data sets without transmission of that private data set. |
| FILED | Monday, July 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/324601 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/10 (20130101) G06F 21/32 (20130101) G06F 21/6254 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/6247 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/008 (20130101) H04L 9/0866 (20130101) H04L 9/3218 (20130101) H04L 9/3231 (20130101) H04L 63/0861 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott T. Jolley (Titusville, Florida); Tracy L. Gibson (Melbourne, Florida); Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida); Clyde F. Parrish (Trinity, Florida); Steven L. Parks (Rockledge, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are low-melt polyimides and poly(amic acids) (PAAs) for use in repair of electrical wire insulation, flat or ribbon wire harnesses, and flat surfaces comprised of high-performance polymers such as inflatables or solar panels applications. Also provided are methods and devices for repair of electrical insulation. |
| FILED | Monday, December 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/093680 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — 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 73/02 (20130101) B29C 73/10 (20130101) B29C 73/12 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/106 (20130101) C08G 73/1046 (20130101) C08G 73/1053 (20130101) C08G 73/1075 (20130101) C08G 73/1082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 79/08 (20130101) C08L 79/08 (20130101) C08L 2666/20 (20130101) C08L 2666/20 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 179/08 (20130101) C09D 179/08 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 3/305 (20130101) H01B 3/306 (20130101) H01B 13/06 (20130101) H01B 13/0016 (20130101) Installation of Electric Cables or Lines, or of Combined Optical and Electric Cables or Lines H02G 1/16 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/31681 (20150401) |
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| US 09194334 | Reynolds |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Christopher Reynolds (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A propellant feed system for swirl-coaxial injection of a liquid propellant includes a reservoir having a bottom plate and at least one tube originating in the bottom plate and extending therefrom. The tube has rectangular slits defined in and distributed tangentially and evenly about a portion of the tube that is disposed in the bottom plate. Drain holes are provided in the bottom plate and tunnels are defined in the bottom plate. Each tunnel fluidly couples one of the drain holes to a corresponding one of the rectangular slits. Each tunnel includes (i) a bend of at least 90°, and (ii) a straight portion leading to its corresponding rectangular slit wherein the straight portion is at least five times as long as a hydraulic diameter of the corresponding rectangular slit. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/192395 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 9/44 (20130101) F02K 9/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald C. Wegel (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald C. Wegel (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A suspension device for use with a low temperature refrigeration system, such as an adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator is provided. A support ring is provided with three spring-loaded tension assemblies equally spaced about the periphery of the support ring. The tension assemblies each have a pulley, about which is entrained a band of material. Connected to this band is a ring that laterally supports a cylindrical salt pill. Undesired variations in the amount of slack in the band as the salt pill cools are compensated for by the spring loading of the tension assemblies. |
| FILED | Monday, August 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/204767 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 21/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 30/66 (20130101) |
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| US 09194780 | Chan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eugene Y. Chan (Boston, Massachusetts); Moon Z Chan (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DNA Medicine Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene Y. Chan (Boston, Massachusetts); Moon Z Chan (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved device and method for passive mixing of fluids is described, and the use of the device in clinical diagnostic procedures. The mixer provides thorough mixing of a sample of blood or other fluid with an assay material, such as a diluent or a component of an assay system, in a closed system with a low and limited pressure drop. Sample size is small, typically 5 to 300 microliters. Mixing is accomplished by a combination of rotational vortex mixing due to a fluid stream coming tangent to a drain, and either or both of a second vortex mixer of opposite handedness, and a Dean mixer. Combinations of these techniques reliably provide complete mixing at low pressure drop. In a preferred usage, the microfluidic system can run a diluent continuously and inject samples at intervals, to facilitate automatic data processing of optical or other signatures of the well-mixed stream. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/374157 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 5/0071 (20130101) B01F 5/0647 (20130101) B01F 13/0059 (20130101) B01F 13/0093 (20130101) B01F 13/1027 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/25 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09194977 | Dungan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry K. Dungan (League City, Texas); Paul S. Valle (Seabrook, Texas); Derek R. Bankieris (League City, Texas); Asher P. Lieberman (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Lee Redden (Palo Alto, California); Cecil Shy (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable gravity field simulator can be utilized to provide three dimensional simulations for simulated gravity fields selectively ranging from Moon, Mars, and micro-gravity environments and/or other selectable gravity fields. The gravity field simulator utilizes a horizontally moveable carriage with a cable extending from a hoist. The cable can be attached to a load which experiences the effects of the simulated gravity environment. The load can be a human being or robot that makes movements that induce swinging of the cable whereby a horizontal control system reduces swinging energy. A vertical control system uses a non-linear feedback filter to remove noise from a load sensor that is in the same frequency range as signals from the load sensor. |
| FILED | Friday, July 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/951671 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Cranes; Load-engaging Elements or Devices for Cranes, Capstans, Winches, or Tackles B66C 13/06 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 1/00 (20130101) G01C 25/00 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01V 13/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09192487 | Flaven et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thierry Flaven (Saint Pierre d'Allevard, France); Thomas G. Sugar (Tempe, Arizona); George Wolf (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for controlling a prosthetic limb are provided. A sensor component receives input from a wearer's muscle and provides a signal to a control component. The sensor component may be a force sensing resistor placed inside a socket of a prosthetic limb between a residual limb and the hard side of the socket. The control component processes the signal and provides instructions to an actuation component. In this manner, an actuation component may move a joint, or may change the velocity of a joint, or may change other characteristics of the prosthetic limb. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/202771 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/6811 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 5/7207 (20130101) A61B 5/7214 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/68 (20130101) A61F 2/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/76 (20130101) A61F 2/6607 (20130101) A61F 5/01 (20130101) A61F 2002/74 (20130101) A61F 2002/7615 (20130101) A61F 2002/7635 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09192944 | Ros et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexandra Ros (Phoenix, Arizona); Bahige G. Abdallah (Tempe, Arizona); Tzu-Chiao Chao (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandra Ros (Phoenix, Arizona); Bahige G. Abdallah (Tempe, Arizona); Tzu-Chiao Chao (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device for size-based particle separation and methods for its use, where the microfluidic device comprises: (a) an inlet reservoir, where the inlet reservoir is configured for communication with an inlet electrode, (b) an insulator constriction coupled to the inlet reservoir via a microchannel, where the insulator constriction comprises an insulating material, and (c) a plurality of outlet channels each defining a first end and a second end, where the first end of each of the plurality of outlet channels is coupled to the insulator constriction, where the second end of each of the plurality of outlet channels is coupled to one of a plurality of outlet reservoirs, and where the plurality of outlet reservoirs are configured for communication with one or more outlet electrodes. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/041712 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502753 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0874 (20130101) B01L 2400/086 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 5/005 (20130101) B03C 5/026 (20130101) B03C 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B03C 2201/26 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP26125 | Banuelos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California State University Fresno (Fresno, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California State University, Fresno (Fresno, California); RedRock Ranch (Five Points, California); USDA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Banuelos (Fresno, California); John Diener (Five Points, California); James Prince (Chico, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinctly salt and boron tolerant poplar tree cultivar named ‘RRR Yellow’, is particularly distinguishable by its ability to tolerate and grow in soil with high concentrations of salt, boron and selenium. The ‘RRR Yellow’ cultivar was originally discovered as a naturally occuring branch sport through stringent selection of cultivated poplar trees, and potentially from isolation of a single unique sapling or sport that exhibited high levels of salt and boron tolerance necessary for survival, and then propagated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/694691 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09193514 | Rubino et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Maria Rubino (East Lansing, Michigan); Siriyupa Netramai (Bangkok, Thailand); Rafael Auras (Okemos, Michigan); Bassam A. Annous (North Wales, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maria Rubino (East Lansing, Michigan); Siriyupa Netramai (Bangkok, Thailand); Rafael Auras (Okemos, Michigan); Bassam A. Annous (North Wales, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A package providing a storage space with features capable of affecting atmospheric conditions therein, comprising a body having a first and at least one second storage space adjacent thereto, wherein the first storage space is defined by sidewalls, and the at least one second storage space is defined by sidewalls including at least a portion thereof which further defines the first storage space, the second storage space providing a reservoir for containing an antimicrobial agent therein, wherein the antimicrobial agent includes a precursor to chlorine dioxide gas and the portion of the sidewall which further defines the first storage space is configured to allow for the delivery of the chlorine dioxide gas from the second storage space into the first storage space. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/233314 |
| ART UNIT | 3788 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 81/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65D 81/2076 (20130101) B65D 81/2084 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP26125 | Banuelos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California State University Fresno (Fresno, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California State University, Fresno (Fresno, California); RedRock Ranch (Five Points, California); USDA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Banuelos (Fresno, California); John Diener (Five Points, California); James Prince (Chico, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinctly salt and boron tolerant poplar tree cultivar named ‘RRR Yellow’, is particularly distinguishable by its ability to tolerate and grow in soil with high concentrations of salt, boron and selenium. The ‘RRR Yellow’ cultivar was originally discovered as a naturally occuring branch sport through stringent selection of cultivated poplar trees, and potentially from isolation of a single unique sapling or sport that exhibited high levels of salt and boron tolerance necessary for survival, and then propagated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/694691 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09194058 | Sharma et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arsenal Medical, Inc. (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arsenal Medical, Inc. (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Upma Sharma (Somerville, Massachusetts); Quynh Pham (Metheun, Massachusetts); John Marini (Weymouth, Massachusetts); Xuri Yan (Boston, Massachusetts); Lee Core (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods for high-throughput manufacture of concentrically layered nanoscale and microscale fibers by electrospinning are disclosed. The devices include a hollow tube having a lengthwise slit through which a core material can flow, and can be configured to permit introduction of sheath material at multiple sites of Taylor cone formation formation. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/758173 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/34 (20130101) D01D 5/0038 (20130101) D01D 5/0061 (20130101) Original (OR) Class D01D 5/0069 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 09195328 | Jordan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Bern Jordan (Madison, Wisconsin); Gregg C. Vanderheiden (Madison, Wisconsin); David P. Kelso (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is defined for providing an individual increased accessibility to a touch screen displaying first and second elements. The individual initially engages the touch screen with a contact point at a first location. The contact point is dragged across the touch screen into engagement with the first element and the first element is highlighted in response thereto. Thereafter, the individual may drag the contact point across the touch screen from the first element into engagement with the second element whereby the second element is highlighted on the touch screen and the highlight is removed from the first element. Audible announcements may accompany the contacting of the first or second elements with the contact point. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/272885 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 3/0482 (20130101) G06F 3/0488 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09192644 | Frautschy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sally A. Frautschy (Santa Monica, California); Gregory M. Cole (Santa Monica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sally A. Frautschy (Santa Monica, California); Gregory M. Cole (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Curcuminoid formulations having enhanced bioavailability are provided and comprise a curcuminoid, antioxidant, glucuronidation inhibitor, and water-soluble, pharmaceutically acceptable inhibitor. A method of treating Alzheimer's and other age-related diseases by administering such a composition is also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/225005 |
| 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 36/9066 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 09195891 | Scharf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Clifton Scharf (Columbia, Missouri); Victoria Cacnio Hubbard (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining the yield loss of a crop using remote sensor data is described. The yield loss is determined using the reflectivity of green light by the crop canopy measured from remote sensor data such as an aerial photograph that is digitized and spatially referenced to the field's longitude and latitude. Green pixel values from the aerial photograph, expressed relative to green pixel values from well-fertilized areas of the field, are transformed to yield losses using a linear transformation that was developed using empirical data. A similar method is described to determine recommended nitrogen fertilization rates for the crop fields. The yield loss data is useful for nitrogen fertilization management, as it allows a producer of crops to weigh the expense of fertilization against the loss of revenue due to yield loss. |
| FILED | Monday, August 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/959144 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Planting; Sowing; Fertilising A01C 21/007 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0063 (20130101) G06K 9/00657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/06315 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09197233 | Gaalema et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Black Forest Engineering LLC (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Black Forest Engineering, LLC (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Gaalema (Colorado Springs, Colorado); William Bahn (Colorado Springs, Colorado); David Dobyns (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Tue Tran (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | In one or more embodiments, an apparatus and method for processing an analog signal into a digital signal includes an input current buffer circuit, a signal charge integration node, a dual function comparator, a step charge subtractor, a state latch, a coarse N-bit counter, an optional residue signal buffer and a residue signal M-bit time-to-digital (TDC) converter. The circuitry is free running, meaning that it is never reset. Instead, what is tracked for each frame is how much additional charge has been accumulated since the end of the previous integration period. Between each frame, the state of the counter and the amount of charge residing in the integration node are recorded. This information from the beginning and end of a given frame is differenced and to this is added the amount of charge indicated by the number of times the counter overflowed during the integration period. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/492310 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/378 (20130101) H04N 5/3653 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09193620 | Rockosi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Derrick J. Rockosi (Lynn, Massachusetts); Richard Gentilman (Acton, Massachusetts); Christopher K. Solecki (Allen, Texas); Allen L. Kelly (Dallas, Texas); William C. Strauss (Westford, Massachusetts); Brian Gahan (McKinney, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derrick J. Rockosi (Lynn, Massachusetts); Richard Gentilman (Acton, Massachusetts); Christopher K. Solecki (Allen, Texas); Allen L. Kelly (Dallas, Texas); William C. Strauss (Westford, Massachusetts); Brian Gahan (McKinney, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A fused silica body comprising a layer of vitreous silica adjacent at least a portion of an inner surface is described in embodiments herein. In other embodiments, a method of making a fused silica body with a layer of vitreous silica adjacent at least a portion of an inner surface is described herein, comprising heating at least a portion of the inner surface to the point of vitrification. In certain embodiments, the method involves passing a linear local heat source over the inner surface in a particular manner, such as a helical fashion transverse to the linear shape, and may involve creating on the inner surface of the body overlapping swaths of temporarily melted silica material. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/077015 |
| ART UNIT | 1782 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 29/02 (20130101) C03B 29/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/26 (20150115) Y10T 428/1317 (20150115) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09194868 | Buzatu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dan A. Buzatu (Benton, Arkansas); Jon G. Wilkes (Little Rock, Arkansas); Ted A. Moskal (Jonesboro, Arkansas); Bill Nevius (Lafayette, Colorado); Jason T. Taylor (Alexander, Arkansas); Randal K. Tucker (Hensley, Arkansas); Melinda Miller (Pine Bluff, Arkansas); Shawn Ramsanoop (Jacksonville, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America (Washington, District of Columbia); Vivione Biosciences, LLC (Pine Bluff, Alaska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan A. Buzatu (Benton, Arkansas); Jon G. Wilkes (Little Rock, Arkansas); Ted A. Moskal (Jonesboro, Arkansas); Bill Nevius (Lafayette, Colorado); Jason T. Taylor (Alexander, Arkansas); Randal K. Tucker (Hensley, Arkansas); Melinda Miller (Pine Bluff, Arkansas); Shawn Ramsanoop (Jacksonville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, the present disclosure describes methods and systems for detecting microbes in a sample. The methods are generally applicable to quantifying the number of target bacteria in a sample counted from a detection region of a flow cytometer histogram. The detection methods can be employed in the presence of other microorganisms and other non-target microbe components to selectively quantify the amount of a target microbe. The methods are advantageous over those presently existing for testing of foodstuffs and diagnostic evaluation in their speed, accuracy and ease of use. Various swab collection devices and kits useful for practicing the present disclosure are also described herein. |
| FILED | Monday, August 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/059224 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/06 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/38 (20130101) G01N 15/1459 (20130101) G01N 33/569 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2001/028 (20130101) G01N 2015/1402 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09195004 | Bulovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Murali Chaparala (Newton, Massachusetts); Jianglong Chen (San Jose, California); Eric Wing-Jing Lam (Kenmore, Washington); Valerie Leblanc (San Carlos, California); Martin A. Schmidt (Reading, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Murali Chaparala (Newton, Massachusetts); Jianglong Chen (San Jose, California); Eric Wing-Jing Lam (Kenmore, Washington); Valerie Leblanc (San Carlos, California); Martin A. Schmidt (Reading, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to providing printed structures of polymer that have substantially flat printed surfaces. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a post-printing treatment apparatus for receiving a substrate supporting a polymer printing thereon. The polymer can be PMMA or other suitable polymer. In a related embodiment, the polymer defines a thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature. The apparatus can comprise of a chamber, and input manifold, an exhaust manifold, a solvent reservoir and a gas reservoir. The solvent reservoir provides one or more solvent systems adapted to chemically bind, and potentially react, with the polymer. The gas reservoir provides one or more gases for drying the substrate and printed polymer after the solvent treatment step. In one application, a substrate having printed surface thereon is placed in the chamber and exposed to the solvent system for sufficient period of time to provide substantially flat print surfaces. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/746044 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 3/04 (20130101) B05D 3/107 (20130101) B05D 3/0453 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/138 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2006/12071 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/168 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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