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09226731 — Optically guided needle biopsy system using multi-modal spectroscopy in combination with a transrectal ultrasound probe

US 09226731	Liu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
APPLICANT(S)	Hanli Liu (Arlington, Texas); Vikrant Sharma (Arlington, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Hanli Liu (Arlington, Texas); Vikrant Sharma (Arlington, Texas)
ABSTRACT	The present invention includes an apparatus, system and method for detection of tissues, e.g., a cancer, by optical biopsy comprising: a motorized computer-controlled probe holder; a needle-like probe connected to and controlled by the motorized computer-controlled probe holder, the probe comprising an optical and an ultrasound detector; and one or more detector units capable of a broadband light reflectance spectroscopy, an auto fluorescence lifetime measurement, and auto fluorescence spectroscopy measurement.
FILED	Thursday, September 01, 2011
APPL NO	13/224218
ART UNIT	3737 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0071 (20130101) A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) A61B 5/4887 (20130101) A61B 8/12 (20130101) A61B 8/085 (20130101) A61B 10/0241 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09226920 — Methods of inducing and preventing neurofibromatosis in Schwann cells

US 09226920	Fernandez-Valle et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD)
APPLICANT(S)	Cristina Fernandez-Valle (Oviedo, Florida); Courtney Thaxton (Orlando, Florida); Jorge Lopera (Orlando, Florida); Marga Bott (Oviedo, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Cristina Fernandez-Valle (Oviedo, Florida); Courtney Thaxton (Orlando, Florida); Jorge Lopera (Orlando, Florida); Marga Bott (Oviedo, Florida)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides a method of inducing neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) in Schwann cells. The method comprises contacting the cells with laminin-1 so as to bind α6β1 integrin sufficiently to activate endogenous kinase Cdc42-Pak; and phosphorylating Schwannomin-S518 in the cells by the activated kinase, effectively inactivating Schwannomin's tumor suppressor activity and allowing proliferation of subconfluent Schwann cells, thereby modeling NF2. The invention also includes a method of preventing a Schwann cell from forming a tumor by contacting the cell with an amount of tyrphostin AG825 sufficient to inhibit a receptor selected from ErB2, ErB3, β1 integrins and combinations thereof, so as to prevent phosphorylation of Schwannomin-S815 by one or more endogenous kinases.
FILED	Thursday, June 12, 2008
APPL NO	12/137795
ART UNIT	1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/43 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09226981 — PSMA-binding agents and uses thereof

US 09226981	Pomper et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Martin G. Pomper (Baltimore, Maryland); Ronnie Charles Mease (Fairfax, Virginia); Ying Chen (Timmonium, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) binding compounds having radioisotope substituents are described, as well as chemical precursors thereof. Compounds include pyridine containing compounds, compounds having phenylhydrazine structures, and acylated lysine compounds. The compounds allow ready incorporation of radionuclides for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) for imaging, for example, prostate cancer cells and angiogenesis.
FILED	Friday, March 14, 2014
APPL NO	14/211683
ART UNIT	1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 51/0402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/0455 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/05 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 275/16 (20130101) C07C 275/18 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/61 (20130101) C07D 213/74 (20130101) C07D 213/82 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/2212 (20130101)
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09227085 — Including fiducial markers in radiation therapy planning to facilitate real-time position monitoring during treatment delivery

US 09227085	Ma et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Yunzhi Ma (Mountain View, California); Paul J. Keall (Greenwich, Australia); Lei Xing (Palo Alto, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Yunzhi Ma (Mountain View, California); Paul J. Keall (Greenwich, Australia); Lei Xing (Palo Alto, California)
ABSTRACT	An inverse planning method that is capable of controlling the appearance of the implanted fiducial(s) in segmented IMRT fields for cine MV or combined MV/kV image-guided IMRT is provided. The method for radiation treatment includes computing a radiation treatment plan and delivering beams to a target in accordance with the radiation treatment plan, where computing the radiation treatment plan includes introducing a penalty in an inverse planning objective function optimization calculation to discourage or avoid blockage of one or more fiducials in optimized multi-leaf collimator (MLC) apertures.
FILED	Wednesday, March 02, 2011
APPL NO	12/932666
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 19/54 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/1031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 5/1036 (20130101) A61N 5/1037 (20130101) A61N 5/1045 (20130101) A61N 5/1077 (20130101) A61N 2005/1035 (20130101)
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09227242 — Containment of molten aluminum using non-wetting materials

US 09227242	Myers et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Jason D. Myers (Alexandria, Virginia); Jesse A. Frantz (Landover, Maryland); Guillermo R. Villalobos (Springfield, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Bryan Sadowski (Falls Church, Virginia); Robel Y. Bekele (Washington, District of Columbia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Jason D. Myers (Alexandria, Virginia); Jesse A. Frantz (Landover, Maryland); Guillermo R. Villalobos (Springfield, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Bryan Sadowski (Falls Church, Virginia); Robel Y. Bekele (Washington, District of Columbia)
ABSTRACT	A method of containing molten aluminum using non-wetting materials comprising depositing MgAl₂O₄, or one selected from an oxide, Al₂O₃, nitride, AlN, BN, carbide, and SiC, onto a crucible. An apparatus for containment of molten aluminum using non-wetting materials comprising a layer of MgAl₂O₄, or one selected from an oxide, Al₂O₃, nitride, AlN, BN, carbide, and SiC, deposited onto a crucible.
FILED	Friday, November 08, 2013
APPL NO	14/075239
ART UNIT	1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 41/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09227274 — Joining via nano-scale reinforced bonding media: materials, procedures and applications thereof

US 09227274	Balachandra et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)	Anagi Manjula Balachandra (Okemos, Michigan); Parviz Soroushian (Okemos, Michigan); Mohammad Sayyar Bidgoli (East Lansing, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S)	METNA CO (, None)
INVENTOR(S)	Anagi Manjula Balachandra (Okemos, Michigan); Parviz Soroushian (Okemos, Michigan); Mohammad Sayyar Bidgoli (East Lansing, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	Method of joining articles using microscale brazing alloy particles reinforced with slender nanomaterials is described. Surface modified graphite nanomaterials were dispersed in a medium comprised of metal alloy particles, this dispersion was introduced at the interface between the joining articles followed by heating under ultra high vacuum. The nanomaterial-to-metal alloy surface contacts were enhanced by at least one of fusion, embedment and chemical reaction phenomena under high temperature and ultra high vacuum yielding true nanocomposite at the interface. The fusion, embedment and chemical reaction phenomena enhance at least one of the mechanical, electrical, thermal, durability and functional attributes of these contact points, which translate into improved properties of the joined article. The enhanced contact points enable effective use of the distinct qualities of nanomaterials towards development of joints which offer unique balances of strength, ductility, toughness, energy absorption, thermal stability, weathering resistance and other characteristics.
FILED	Friday, August 09, 2013
APPL NO	13/963197
ART UNIT	2891 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 35/0222 (20130101) B23K 35/0255 (20130101) B23K 35/262 (20130101) B23K 35/284 (20130101) B23K 35/286 (20130101) B23K 35/327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09227360 — Preparation of aligned nanotube membranes for water and gas separation applications

US 09227360	Lulevich et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
APPLICANT(S)	Porifera, Inc. (Hayward, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Porifera, Inc. (Hayward, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Valentin Lulevich (Berkeley, California); Olgica Bakajin (San Leandro, California); Jennifer E. Klare (Berkeley, California); Aleksandr Noy (San Carlos, California)
ABSTRACT	Fabrication methods for selective membranes that include aligned nanotubes can advantageously include a mechanical polishing step. The nanotubes have their ends closed off during the step of infiltrating a polymer precursor around the nanotubes. This prevents polymer precursor from flowing into the nanotubes. The polishing step is performed after the polymer matrix is formed, and can open up the ends of the nanotubes.
FILED	Wednesday, October 17, 2012
APPL NO	13/654057
ART UNIT	1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC	Separation B01D 67/0079 (20130101) B01D 69/148 (20130101) B01D 71/021 (20130101) B01D 71/46 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 57/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101)
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09227883 — Mechanically activated metal fuels for energetic material applications

US 09227883	Sippel et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
APPLICANT(S)	Travis R. Sippel (Ames, Iowa); Steven F. Son (West Lafayette, Indiana); Lori J. Groven (Rapid City, South Dakota)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Travis R. Sippel (Ames, Iowa); Steven F. Son (West Lafayette, Indiana); Lori J. Groven (Rapid City, South Dakota)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides mechanically activated metal fuels for energetic material applications. An exemplary embodiment involves mechanically treating micrometer-sized particles of at least one metal with particles of at least one fluorocarbon to form composite particles containing the at least one metal and the at least one fluorocarbon.
FILED	Wednesday, July 31, 2013
APPL NO	13/955926
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 27/00 (20130101) C06B 45/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09227937 — Phenoxyalkyl pyridinium oxime therapeutics for treatment of organophosphate poisoning

US 09227937	Chambers et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
APPLICANT(S)	Janice E. Chambers (Starkville, Mississippi); Howard W. Chambers (Starkville, Mississippi); Edward C. Meek (Starkville, Mississippi)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi)
INVENTOR(S)	Janice E. Chambers (Starkville, Mississippi); Howard W. Chambers (Starkville, Mississippi); Edward C. Meek (Starkville, Mississippi)
ABSTRACT	Phenoxyalkyl pyridinium oxime compounds for use in treating organophosphate poisoning.
FILED	Thursday, May 12, 2011
APPL NO	13/261513
ART UNIT	1629 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4425 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/53 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09227996 — Peptide-based quorum sensing inhibitors for the attenuation of virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

US 09227996	Blackwell et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)	WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin)
ASSIGNEE(S)	WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Helen Blackwell (Middleton, Wisconsin); Yftah Tal-Gan (Madison, Wisconsin); Danielle Stacy (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT	Compounds that affect quorum sensing (QS) in Staphylococcus aureus and related Staphylococcus species (e.g., S. epidermidis). Compounds which modulate one or more of the four AgrC receptors of Staphylococcus species, particularly of Staphylococcus aureus. Modulation includes inhibition or activation of one or more of these four AgrC receptors. These compounds are useful for bacterial interference and are useful for treating bacterial infections, particularly staphylococcal infection. Treatment can include combination of one or more of the compounds of the invention in combination with one or more antibiotics.
FILED	Tuesday, December 17, 2013
APPL NO	14/109193
ART UNIT	1675 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/12 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 7/56 (20130101) C07K 7/64 (20130101)
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09228442 — Turbine airfoil tip shelf and squealer pocket cooling

US 09228442	Mongillo, Jr. et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Department of the Navy (DON) Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
APPLICANT(S)	Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr. (West Hartford, Connecticut); Steven Bruce Gautschi (Naugatuck, Connecticut); San Quach (East Hartford, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S)	United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr. (West Hartford, Connecticut); Steven Bruce Gautschi (Naugatuck, Connecticut); San Quach (East Hartford, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	An airfoil comprises leading and trailing edges with pressure and suction surfaces defining a chord length therebetween. The pressure and suction surfaces extend from a root section of the airfoil to a tip section. A tip shelf is formed along the tip section between the pressure surface and a tip shelf wall spaced between the pressure surface and the suction surface. A squealer pocket is formed along the tip section between the tip shelf wall and a squealer tip wall extending from the suction surface. The tip shelf extends from within 10% of the cord length measured from the leading edge to within 10% of the chord length measured from the trailing edge. The squealer pocket extends from within 10% of the chord length measured from the leading edge to terminate between 10% and 25% of the chord length measured from the trailing edge.
FILED	Thursday, April 05, 2012
APPL NO	13/440297
ART UNIT	3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/673 (20130101)
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09228533 — Flexible seal for gas turbine engine system

US 09228533	Roberts et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Steven D. Roberts (Moodus, Connecticut); Richard W. Monahan (Farmington, Connecticut); David C. Pimenta (Glastonbury, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S)	United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Steven D. Roberts (Moodus, Connecticut); Richard W. Monahan (Farmington, Connecticut); David C. Pimenta (Glastonbury, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	A gas turbine engine system includes an airframe support, a gas turbine engine mounted to the airframe support, a nozzle exhaust mounted to the airframe support, and a flexible annular seal having a first end that is attached to the gas turbine engine and a second end that is attached to an exhaust nozzle. The flexible annular seal may include a flexible annular wall that permits relative deflection between the gas turbine engine and the exhaust nozzle to facilitate the reduction of undesirable load transfer.
FILED	Friday, November 30, 2007
APPL NO	11/947814
ART UNIT	3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/005 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/28 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 1/805 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2300/43 (20130101) F05D 2300/431 (20130101) F05D 2300/603 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49297 (20150115)
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09228730 — Variable radius multi-lamp illumination system

US 09228730	Inbody
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)	Willa Cather Inbody (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Willa Cather Inbody (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	Electric lamps are mounted by lamp arms to lamp pulleys that are, in turn, mounted to a rigid frame. A motor-driven belt synchronously rotates the lamps via frictional contact with the lamp pulleys to position the lamps to optimally illuminate a target surface. The lamps can be synchronously moved from a first location outside the periphery of the frame to a second location within the frame periphery by operation of the motor driving the belt. In either location, as well as in any other location, the apparatus provides an un-impeded, pass-through opening within the frame for an un-impeded line of sight to the target surface. Furthermore, the radial distance from each lamp to the geometric center of the frame remains the same, and the lamps remain spaced equally apart from each other.
FILED	Monday, March 10, 2014
APPL NO	14/202743
ART UNIT	2875 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 21/16 (20130101) F21V 21/26 (20130101) F21V 21/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/0075 (20130101) G02B 6/0076 (20130101)
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09228761 — Electromagnetic wave concentrator and absorber

US 09228761	Kildishev et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
APPLICANT(S)	Alexander V. Kildishev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Evgueni E. Narimanov (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S)	PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Alexander V. Kildishev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Evgueni E. Narimanov (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	An electromagnetic black hole may be fabricated as concentric shells having a permittivity whose variation is at least as great as an inverse square dependence on the radius of the structure. Such a structure concentrates electromagnetic energy incident thereon over a broad range of angles to an operational region near the center of curvature of the structure. Devices or materials may be placed in the operational region so as to convert the electromagnetic energy to electrical signals or to heat. Applications included solar energy harvesting and heat signature detectors.
FILED	Tuesday, July 26, 2011
APPL NO	13/190904
ART UNIT	1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material
CURRENT CPC	Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/04 (20130101) G01J 1/0407 (20130101) G01J 1/0422 (20130101) G01J 5/08 (20130101) G01J 5/0853 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 19/0014 (20130101) G02B 19/0038 (20130101) G02B 19/0042 (20130101) G02B 19/0076 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0543 (20141201) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/44 (20130101) Y02E 10/52 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49 (20150115) Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) Y10T 428/24942 (20150115)
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09228805 — Corrugated blast frequency control panel and method

US 09228805	Littlestone et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Alyssa A. Littlestone (Washington, District of Columbia); Philip J. Dudt (North Bethesda, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of The Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Alyssa A. Littlestone (Washington, District of Columbia); Philip J. Dudt (North Bethesda, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A composite panel includes a ballistic fabric strike surface layer and an underlying structural armor plate layer. The structural armor plate layer is corrugated and includes a multiplicity of traversing ports. The traversing ports have sufficient lateral area to allow explosive blast deformation of the ballistic fabric through the structural armor plate layer. By selecting both relative port traversing void area and corrugation angle an effective projectile blockage is achieved. The composite shield is particularly effective in protecting personnel. Blast frequencies in the 1000 to 3000 Hz Cooper Injury Range component of the blast wave spectrum are attenuated. The panel has projectile shredding properties and has improved structural stability.
FILED	Monday, April 20, 2015
APPL NO	14/690525
ART UNIT	3638 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture
CURRENT CPC	Working or Processing of Sheet Metal or Metal Tubes, Rods or Profiles Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal B21D 13/00 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09228903 — Infrared imager

US 09228903	Cole et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Barrett E. Cole (Morristown, New Jersey); Robert Higashi (Morristown, New Jersey); Yue Liu (Morristown, New Jersey); Teresa M. Marta (Morristown, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Barrett E. Cole (Morristown, New Jersey); Robert Higashi (Morristown, New Jersey); Yue Liu (Morristown, New Jersey); Teresa M. Marta (Morristown, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	Devices, methods, and systems relating to infrared imager devices, methods for providing infrared imagers, methods of operating infrared imagers, and infrared imager systems are disclosed. An infrared imager system includes a number of lenses, a beam splitter, an imager array, and a thermo-optical array, wherein the beam splitter directs light to the imaging array and to the thermo-optical array.
FILED	Friday, July 13, 2012
APPL NO	13/548779
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 5/08 (20130101) G01J 5/20 (20130101) G01J 5/061 (20130101) G01J 5/0803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 5/0896 (20130101) G01J 2005/063 (20130101) G01J 2005/0077 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/33 (20130101)
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09228917 — Six degrees of freedom free-motion test apparatus

US 09228917	Ma et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)	Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	Ou Ma (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Ken Ruble (Chaparral, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	The present invention is a test object apparatus for testing space objects. The test apparatus provides the space object with six degrees of freedom for testing. The test apparatus is statically balanced in order to achieve a microgravity condition for testing.
FILED	Monday, January 14, 2013
APPL NO	13/740813
ART UNIT	2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09228922 — Optical time domain reflectometer calibration standard

US 09228922	Doddridge
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Lance S. Doddridge (Ontario, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Lance S. Doddridge (Ontario, California)
ABSTRACT	The invention is a fiber optic cable calibration standard in combination with a device for calibrating distance and attenuation parameters of an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR). The calibration standard includes a fiber optic cable spool assembly and inspection apparatus. The invention is also a calibration method. An OTDR to be calibrated against a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standard.
FILED	Thursday, October 31, 2013
APPL NO	14/068002
ART UNIT	2874 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 11/3109 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01M 11/3136 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/4457 (20130101)
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09228956 — In-situ fluid analysis sensor bolt

US 09228956	Weling et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) Methane Observation Networks with Innovative Technology to Obtain Reductions (MONITOR) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	Spectro Scientific, Inc. (Chelmsford, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Spectro Scientific, Inc. (Chelmsford, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Aniruddha S. Weling (Framingham, Massachusetts); Russell S. Girgenti (Sun City Center, Florida); Matthew B. Fratkin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Patrick F. Henning (Concord, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A sensor and associated methods wherein a bolt or rod stem includes a flow path through and across the stem. A source of radiation within the stem is configured to direct radiation through the flow path and a detector subsystem in the stem is configured to detect radiation passing through the flow path. A head includes electrical conductors for the radiation source and detector subsystem resulting in a compact, inexpensive sensor.
FILED	Tuesday, October 08, 2013
APPL NO	14/048781
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 23/292 (20130101) G01F 23/2925 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/3577 (20130101) G01N 21/8507 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/8521 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49117 (20150115)
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09228981 — Resonance inspection-based surface defect system/method

US 09228981	Jauriqui
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC)
APPLICANT(S)	Vibrant Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)	VIBRANT CORPORATION (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	Leanne Jauriqui (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A system and method for evaluating a part-under-test (120) is disclosed. The part-under-test (120) is excited using at least one drive frequency. A first surface acoustical wave (SAW) mode (206) is identified in the frequency response (200). A separate reference peak (204) for the identified SAW mode (206) is also identified in the frequency response (200). At least one degeneracy assessment zone (208) is evaluated for existence of a surface defect trigger condition. If a surface defect trigger condition exists, the part-under-test (120) may be rejected. Otherwise, the part-under-test (120) may be accepted.
FILED	Friday, November 16, 2012
APPL NO	13/679141
ART UNIT	2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/041 (20130101) G01N 2291/103 (20130101) G01N 2291/265 (20130101) G01N 2291/2696 (20130101)
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09229026 — Accelerometer systems and methods

US 09229026	Stewart et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Robert E. Stewart (Woodland Hills, California); Daryl Sakaida (Simi Valley, California); Michael D. Bulatowicz (Canoga Park, California); Ming Li (Camarillo, California); John Thomson Douglass (Woodland Hills, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northrop Grumman Guaidance and Electronics Company, Inc. (Woodland Hills, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert E. Stewart (Woodland Hills, California); Daryl Sakaida (Simi Valley, California); Michael D. Bulatowicz (Canoga Park, California); Ming Li (Camarillo, California); John Thomson Douglass (Woodland Hills, California)
ABSTRACT	An accelerometer system can include a sensor element comprising first and second proofmasses, the first proofmass accelerating in a first direction and the second proofmass accelerating in a second direction opposite the first direction in response to an external acceleration. A force rebalance controller applies control signals to at least one control element to provide a first force to accelerate the first proofmass toward a first null position and to at least one control element to provide a second force to accelerate the second proofmass toward a second null position. The force rebalance controller can also generate opposite polarity first and second output signals associated with respective displacements of the first and second proofmasses relative to the respective first and second null positions. An acceleration component calculates the external acceleration based on the first and second output signals.
FILED	Wednesday, April 13, 2011
APPL NO	13/085900
ART UNIT	2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 19/5705 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/125 (20130101) G01P 15/131 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01P 2015/0834 (20130101)
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09229044 — Minimum-spacing circuit design and layout for PICA

US 09229044	Ainspan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)	Herschel A. Ainspan (New Hempstead, New York); Seongwon Kim (Old Tappan, New Jersey); Franco Stellari (Waldwick, New Jersey); Alan J. Weger (Mohegan Lake, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Herschel A. Ainspan (New Hempstead, New York); Seongwon Kim (Old Tappan, New Jersey); Franco Stellari (Waldwick, New Jersey); Alan J. Weger (Mohegan Lake, New York)
ABSTRACT	PICA test methods are shown that includes forming semiconductor devices having proximal light emitting regions, such that the light emitting regions are grouped into distinct shapes separated by a distance governed by a target resolution size; forming logic circuits to control the semiconductor devices; activating the one or more semiconductor devices by providing an input signal; and suppressing light emissions from one or more of the activated semiconductor devices by providing one or more select signals to the logic circuits.
FILED	Thursday, May 03, 2012
APPL NO	13/463166
ART UNIT	2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pulse Technique H03K 19/14 (20130101) H03K 19/094 (20130101)
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09229099 — Omnidirectional retrodirective antennas

US 09229099	Brown et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	Physical Domains, LLC (La Canada, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Physical Domains, LLC (Glendale, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Elliott R. Brown (Glendale, California); Abraham Hartenstein (Chatsworth, California)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments of the invention are directed to retrodirective radio-frequency systems wherein a transmit antenna array includes at least one row of N transmit elements and a receive antenna array includes at least one row of N receive elements that correspond one-to-one to the transmit elements and wherein the transmit and receive elements are located on spaced planes, and centered about a common axis and located at common transmit distance and a common receive distance, respectively. In some embodiments the one row of transmit and receive elements comprises “n” rows of elements, where “n” is an integer greater than one, thereby forming a two-dimensional array. In some embodiments the total transmit radiation pattern provides an azimuth coverage of 360 degrees. In other embodiments, it may provide less coverage but be operable as independent sectors. In some embodiments, the desired transmit wave form will be identical between all transmit elements of the array, one possible example being pseudo random noise imparted on a sinusoidal carrier.
FILED	Friday, December 28, 2012
APPL NO	13/730558
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 7/03 (20130101) G01S 13/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 13/74 (20130101) G01S 13/222 (20130101) G01S 13/756 (20130101) G01S 13/767 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/46 (20130101) H01Q 3/2605 (20130101) H01Q 3/2647 (20130101) H01Q 21/205 (20130101)
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09229116 — Neutron detector

US 09229116	Huston et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Alan L Huston (Aldie, Virginia); Brian L Justus (Springfield, Virginia); Alan L Justus (Los Alamos, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Alan L Huston (Aldie, Virginia); Brian L Justus (Springfield, Virginia); Alan L Justus (Los Alamos, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A device having: a scintillator material, an optically transparent element containing a glass or polymer and gadolinium oxide, and one or more photomultiplier tubes adjacent to the scintillator material. The optically transparent element is surrounded by the scintillator material.
FILED	Wednesday, May 26, 2010
APPL NO	12/787668
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/2033 (20130101)
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09229138 — Twin sub-wavelength grating optical signal processor

US 09229138	Samson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Scott Samson (Safety Harbor, Florida); Sunny Kedia (Palm Harbor, Florida); Al-Aakhir Rogers (Brandon, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Scott Samson (Safety Harbor, Florida); Sunny Kedia (Palm Harbor, Florida); Al-Aakhir Rogers (Brandon, Florida)
ABSTRACT	An optical signal processor includes a first sub-wavelength grating having a first grating period and a second sub-wavelength grating having a second grating period that is different than the first grating period of the first sub-wavelength grating.
FILED	Tuesday, October 05, 2010
APPL NO	13/500833
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/093 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/1809 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 26/106 (20130101) G02B 26/0808 (20130101) G02B 27/4277 (20130101)
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09229163 — Butterfly optical network with crossing-free switches

US 09229163	Schwetman, Jr. et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Herbert D. Schwetman, Jr. (Austin, Texas); Michael O. McCracken (San Diego, California); Pranay Koka (Austin, Texas)
ABSTRACT	In a multi-chip module (MCM), optical waveguides in a first plane convey modulated optical signals among integrated circuits (which are sometimes referred to as ‘chips’). Moreover, an optical-butterfly switch, optically coupled to the optical waveguides, dynamically allocates communication bandwidth among the integrated circuits. This optical-butterfly switch includes optical components in the first plane and a second plane, and optical couplers that couple the modulated optical signals to and from the first plane and the second plane. In this way, the MCM communicates the modulated optical signals among the integrated circuits without optical-waveguide crossings in a given plane.
FILED	Thursday, November 01, 2012
APPL NO	13/666521
ART UNIT	2874 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/43 (20130101) G02B 6/12007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2006/12085 (20130101) G02B 2006/12145 (20130101) G02B 2006/12164 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 14/0212 (20130101) Selecting H04Q 11/0005 (20130101) H04Q 2011/0052 (20130101)
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09229169 — Lens array optical coupling to photonic chip

US 09229169	Doany et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Fuad E. Doany (Katonah, New York); Benjamin G. Lee (New York, New York); Clint L. Schow (Ossining, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Fuad E. Doany (Katonah, New York); Benjamin G. Lee (New York, New York); Clint L. Schow (Ossining, New York)
ABSTRACT	A photonic integrated circuit apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a photonic chip and a lens array coupling element. The photonic chip includes a waveguide at a side edge surface of the photonic chip. The lens array coupling element is mounted on a top surface of the photonic chip and on the side edge surface. The coupling element includes a lens array that is configured to modify spot sizes of light traversing to or from the waveguide. The coupling element further includes an overhang on a side of the coupling element that opposes the lens array and that abuts the top surface of the photonic chip. The overhang includes a vertical stop surface that has a depth configured to horizontally align an edge of the waveguide with a focal length of the lens array and that vertically aligns focal points of the lens array with the edge of the waveguide.
FILED	Tuesday, August 16, 2011
APPL NO	13/211018
ART UNIT	2883 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/30 (20130101) G02B 6/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/425 (20130101) G02B 6/4204 (20130101) G02B 6/4244 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/302 (20130101)
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09229218 — Environmentally responsive optical microstructured hybrid actuator assemblies and applications thereof

US 09229218	Aizenberg et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC)
APPLICANT(S)	Joanna Aizenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Michael Aizenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Philseok Kim (Arlington, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Joanna Aizenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Michael Aizenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Philseok Kim (Arlington, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Microstructured hybrid actuator assemblies in which microactuators carrying designed surface properties to be revealed upon actuation are embedded in a layer of responsive materials. The microactuators in a microactuator array reversibly change their configuration in response to a change in the environment without requiring an external power source to switch their optical properties.
FILED	Tuesday, November 29, 2011
APPL NO	13/990385
ART UNIT	2872 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/0074 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 26/0866 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/109 (20150115)
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09229619 — Ambient activity monitors for hidden computing system and process metadata

US 09229619	Fugate
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)	Sunny J. Fugate (San Diego, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Sunny J. Fugate (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT	A computing system having attached display devices comprising a primary display area controlled by a corresponding attached display device; a running software application coupled to the primary display area, the software application being actively manipulated by a user and the corresponding primary display area being actively perceived by the user; a plurality of software measurement mechanisms, each coupled to hidden internal states of the running software application; data mapping functions each coupled to a plurality of software measurement mechanisms; one or more secondary display areas each controlled by a corresponding attached display device, where each secondary display area does not occlude or obscure the primary display area; one or more display algorithms, each which couples secondary display areas to one or more data mapping functions, in which the secondary display area shows representations of the hidden internal states via the software measurement mechanisms, data mapping functions, and display algorithms.
FILED	Thursday, February 14, 2013
APPL NO	13/767131
ART UNIT	2173 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0481 (20130101) G06F 3/0484 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09229686 — Accuracy configurable adders and methods

US 09229686	Kahng et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Andrew B. Kahng (Del Mar, California); Seokhyeong Kang (La Jolla, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Andrew B. Kahng (Del Mar, California); Seokhyeong Kang (La Jolla, California)
ABSTRACT	A preferred method of accuracy configuration with an approximate adder receives two input operands and generates a first approximate adder output with a plurality of sub-adders having a first accuracy under a first condition. Error detection and correction is selectively enabled to generate a next approximate adder output having a second accuracy that is higher than the first accuracy under a second condition. In preferred embodiments, a pipelined architecture provides selectable stages and the enablement of each successive stage provides a high level of accuracy. Power gated control can achieve enablement of error correction stages to conserve power.
FILED	Monday, August 27, 2012
APPL NO	13/595711
ART UNIT	2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 7/505 (20130101)
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09229837 — Sensor array evaluation tool and method

US 09229837	Moore et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Ryan T. Moore (Newport, Rhode Island); David J. Blue (Framingham, Massachusetts); Bonnie E. Wardle (Mystic, Connecticut); Rick H. Charette (Narragansett, Rhode Island)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Ryan T. Moore (Newport, Rhode Island); David J. Blue (Framingham, Massachusetts); Bonnie E. Wardle (Mystic, Connecticut); Rick H. Charette (Narragansett, Rhode Island)
ABSTRACT	A method for evaluating a sensor array includes providing software having the sensor array topology, relating array elements to hardware components. Data from the array elements is collected and evaluated to determine operative components. Displays of the determinations are generated allowing a user to diagnose sensor array failures. Other aspects of the invention provide for automatic array failure diagnosis and improvement of sensor array directivity. An additional aspect provides a system for evaluating a sensor array incorporating a computer with a database and a display.
FILED	Thursday, January 24, 2013
APPL NO	13/749106
ART UNIT	2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/321 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09230014 — Method and apparatus for recommending work artifacts based on collaboration events

US 09230014	Peintner et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
APPLICANT(S)	Bart Peintner (Palo Alto, California); Eric Yeh (Alameda, California); Jing Jung Tien (Sunnyvale, California); Thomas D. Garvey (Palo Alto, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	SRI International (Menlo Park, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Bart Peintner (Palo Alto, California); Eric Yeh (Alameda, California); Jing Jung Tien (Sunnyvale, California); Thomas D. Garvey (Palo Alto, California)
ABSTRACT	A method and apparatus for recommending artifacts based on collaboration events in a collaborative environment comprising inferring, based on dynamic interaction, a group of close collaborators for a current user from at least one collaboration event, suggesting relevant artifacts based on one or more interaction patterns of the inferred group of close collaborators and grouping the suggested relevant artifacts into one or more high-level explanations for the current user based on the at least one collaboration event.
FILED	Tuesday, September 13, 2011
APPL NO	13/231457
ART UNIT	2452 — Computer Networks
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30699 (20130101) G06F 17/30702 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 51/12 (20130101) H04L 51/32 (20130101) H04L 67/02 (20130101) H04L 67/10 (20130101) H04L 67/22 (20130101) H04L 67/30 (20130101) H04L 67/36 (20130101)
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09230039 — Adaptive data transformation engine

US 09230039	Richard
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC)
APPLICANT(S)	Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C. (Wilmington, Delaware)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C. (Wilmington, Delaware)
INVENTOR(S)	Philippe Richard (Las Vegas, Nevada)
ABSTRACT	Information streams are integrated with context information objects and processing instruction objects. The integrated information streams are received by a solution manifold and transformed in accordance with the context information objects, the instruction objects, and logic inherent in the solution manifold. The transformed information is then viewed by a client of the solution manifold. The client may also impose different transformation rules and context information on the transformed information and return those transformation rules and context information to the solution manifold to revised the manner in which integrated data is subsequently transformed. Additionally, the solution manifold logic may be overruled by the instruction objects and/or updated by the instruction objects.
FILED	Monday, March 24, 2014
APPL NO	14/223936
ART UNIT	2449 — Computer Networks
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30943 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/3247 (20130101) H04L 2209/42 (20130101) H04L 2209/56 (20130101) H04L 2209/60 (20130101) H04L 2209/68 (20130101) H04L 2209/805 (20130101)
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09230050 — System and method for identifying electrical properties of integrate circuits

US 09230050	Lanzerotti
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Mary Y. Lanzerotti (New Vernon, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	A new method for displaying electrical properties for integrated circuit (IC) layout designs provides for improved human visualization of those properties and comparison of as designed layout design parameters to as specified layout design parameters and to as manufactured layout parameters. The method starts with a circuitry as designed layout in a first digital format, extracts values for electrical properties from that circuitry as designed layout then annotates those values back into the first digital format. The annotated circuitry as designed layout is then converted from the first digital format to a second digital format that can be converted to a raster scan image of the extracted and annotated electrical property values superimposed at their corresponding physical locations onto a physical layout image of the integrated circuit, preferably color-coded to further spotlight potential defects. The visual images are compared to as specified layout design parameters and to as manufactured parameters.
FILED	Friday, September 12, 2014
APPL NO	14/484941
ART UNIT	2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5045 (20130101) G06F 17/5072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/5081 (20130101)
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09230055 — Method of optimizing film cooling performance for turbo-machinery components

US 09230055	Clark et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)	John Paul Clark (Dayton, Ohio); Jamie Jay Johnson (Beavercreek, Ohio); Michael Kenneth Ooten (Washington Township, Ohio)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America As represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	John Paul Clark (Dayton, Ohio); Jamie Jay Johnson (Beavercreek, Ohio); Michael Kenneth Ooten (Washington Township, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	A method, apparatus and program product are provided to optimize film cooling performance for turbomachinery components. A design space is defined by selecting process variables and limits. A random initial population of a plurality of designs is provided using Latin hypersquare sampling, varying the process variables across the design space. Each design of the plurality of designs is evaluated. A fitness function value is determined based on a performance of each of the evaluated designs of the plurality of designs. A half of the plurality of designs having higher fitness function values is selected. Designs of the selected half of the plurality of designs are randomly paired to generate two new designs from each random pair of designs forming a plurality of new designs.
FILED	Thursday, April 05, 2012
APPL NO	13/440336
ART UNIT	2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5018 (20130101) G06F 17/5086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2217/16 (20130101)
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09230063 — Automated prostate tissue referencing for cancer detection and diagnosis

US 09230063	Bhargava et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Rohit Bhargava (Urbana, Illinois); Jin Tae Kwak (Champaign, Illinois); Saurabh Sinha (Champaign, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Rohit Bhargava (Urbana, Illinois); Jin Tae Kwak (Champaign, Illinois); Saurabh Sinha (Champaign, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	This application provides to a method for identifying one or more prostate tissue samples in a database that are closest to a test prostate sample, which can be used to aid pathologists when examining prostate tissues to attain reliable and consistent diagnoses of prostate cancer. Also provided are databases and computer algorithms that can be used with such methods.
FILED	Wednesday, January 18, 2012
APPL NO	13/353196
ART UNIT	2162 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/345 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/3443 (20130101)
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09230095 — Password topology monitoring and enforcement

US 09230095	Leininger et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	KoreLogic, Inc. (Deale, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	KoreLogic, Inc. (Deale, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Henry Lewis Leininger (Vienna, Virginia); Klayton Lee Monroe (Brighton, Michigan); Michael Thomas Wollman (Oceanport, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	The systems and methods described herein can be used for enhancing the security of computer passwords by electronically receiving a password, the password comprising a plurality of components, each of the components being of a type of component, storing the received password in an electronic data store, converting the stored password to a topological representation of the password by which each of the plurality of components is represented and stored as its type of component, and storing the topological representation of the password in an electronic data store.
FILED	Monday, March 02, 2015
APPL NO	14/634893
ART UNIT	2496 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09230216 — Scalable spatiotemporal clustering of heterogeneous events

US 09230216	Bart et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
APPLICANT(S)	Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Evgeniy Bart (Sunnyvale, California); Robert R. Price (Palo Alto, California)
ABSTRACT	One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for clustering heterogeneous events. During operation, the system finds a partition of events into clusters such that each cluster includes a set of events. In addition, the system estimates probability distributions for various properties of events associated with each cluster. The system obtains heterogeneous event data, and analyzes the heterogeneous event data to determine the distribution of event properties associated with clusters and to assign events to clusters.
FILED	Wednesday, May 08, 2013
APPL NO	13/890139
ART UNIT	2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09230302 — Foveated compressive sensing system

US 09230302	Owechko et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Yuri Owechko (Newbury Park, California); Kang-Yu Ni (Calabasas, California); Shankar R. Rao (Agoura Hills, California)
ABSTRACT	Described is a system for foveated compressive sensing. The system is configured to receive an input image f of a scene and initialize a measurement matrix. Global measurements are then performed, with a lower resolution image of the scene thereafter reconstructed. Task salient regions are extracted from the low resolution image. Thereafter, the system estimates a task-specific operator and detects regions-of-interest (ROI) based on the task salient regions. An ROI-adapted and foveated measurement matrix is then generated. Local measurements are then performed on task-relevant ROIs. A higher resolution image can then be reconstructed of the scene to allow for identification of objects in the ROI.
FILED	Tuesday, March 11, 2014
APPL NO	14/204028
ART UNIT	2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/4053 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0022 (20130101) G06T 2207/10004 (20130101) G06T 2207/20021 (20130101)
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09230303 — Multi-frame super-resolution of image sequence with arbitrary motion patterns

US 09230303	Kanaev et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Andrey V. Kanaev (Lorton, Virginia); Christopher W. Miller (Rockville, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Andrey V. Kanaev (Lorton, Virginia); Christopher W. Miller (Rockville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A computer implemented method is provided for computing a two-way optical flow between a reference frame and one or more associated frames in an optical flow module. A forward warping operator and a backward warping operator can be generated between the reference frame and each of the one or more associated frames in a warping module. The forward warping operator and the backward warping operator provide motion compensation between the frames. Weights for each of the forward warping operators and the backward warping operators can be computed in a weight module. The weights correspond to uncertainty of motion estimation. A super resolution iteration algorithm can be calculated in a super-resolution iteration module.
FILED	Tuesday, April 15, 2014
APPL NO	14/253149
ART UNIT	2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/32 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/4053 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/2066 (20130101)
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09230549 — Multi-modal communications (MMC)

US 09230549	Popik et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)	Dianne K. Popik (Centerville, Ohio); Victor S Finomore, Jr. (Liberty Township, Ohio); Brian D Simpson (Centerville, Ohio); Douglas S. Brungart (Rockville, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Dianne K. Popik (Centerville, Ohio); Victor S Finomore, Jr. (Liberty Township, Ohio); Brian D Simpson (Centerville, Ohio); Douglas S. Brungart (Rockville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A multi-modal communications system integrates multiple different communications channels and modalities into a single user interface that enables operators to monitor and respond to multiple audio and text communications.
FILED	Wednesday, May 18, 2011
APPL NO	13/110401
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 15/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/00 (20130101)
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09230624 — Magnetic shift register memory device

US 09230624	De Brosse et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD)
APPLICANT(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	John K. De Brosse (Colchester, Vermont); William J. Gallagher (Ardsley, New York); Yu Lu (Ridgefield, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	In one embodiment, the invention is a magnetic shift register memory device. One embodiment of a memory cell includes a magnetic column including a plurality of magnetic domains, a reader coupled to the magnetic column, for reading data from the magnetic domains, a temporary memory for storing data read from the magnetic domains, and a writer coupled to the magnetic column, for writing data in the temporary memory to the magnetic domains.
FILED	Tuesday, October 22, 2013
APPL NO	14/059985
ART UNIT	2824 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Static Stores G11C 11/14 (20130101) G11C 11/161 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 19/0808 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/933 (20130101)
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09230626 — Electrically gated three-terminal circuits and devices based on spin hall torque effects in magnetic nanostructures apparatus, methods and applications

US 09230626	Buhrman et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)	Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert A. Buhrman (Ithaca, New York); Daniel C. Ralph (Ithaca, New York); Chi-Feng Pai (Ithaca, New York); Luqiao Liu (Ithaca, New York)
ABSTRACT	3-terminal magnetic circuits and devices based on the spin-transfer torque (STT) effect via a combination of injection of spin-polarized electrons or charged particles by using a charge current in a spin Hall effect metal layer coupled to a free magnetic layer and application of a gate voltage to the free magnetic layer to manipulate the magnetization of the free magnetic layer for various applications, including non-volatile memory functions, logic functions and others. The charge current is applied to the spin Hall effect metal layer via first and second electrical terminals and the gate voltage is applied between a third electrical terminal and either of the first and second electrical terminals. The spin Hall effect metal layer can be adjacent to the free magnetic layer or in direct contact with the free magnetic layer to allow a spin-polarized current generated via a spin Hall effect under the charge current to enter the free magnetic layer. The disclosed 3-terminal magnetic circuits can also be applied to signal oscillator circuits and other applications.
FILED	Tuesday, August 06, 2013
APPL NO	14/420335
ART UNIT	2824 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Static Stores G11C 11/16 (20130101) G11C 11/18 (20130101) G11C 11/161 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 11/1673 (20130101) G11C 11/1675 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/228 (20130101) H01L 43/04 (20130101) H01L 43/06 (20130101) H01L 43/10 (20130101)
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09230717 — Universal cable jacket removal tool

US 09230717	Manna
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Eric D. Manna (Moorestown, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Eric D. Manna (Moorestown, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	According to typical inventive practice, a cable is grasped by a Kellum grip and is positioned through the topside “V”-notch of an “M”-structure. Two wires engage pulleys and a ratchet distanced from the pulleys. The pulleys are joined with a grip plate, attached at an axial end of the Kellum grip. The ratchet is joined with a ratchet plate, proximate and/or attached to the “M”-structure. The “M”-structure has joined therewith three blade wheels having cutting orientations in the same linear direction. The blade wheels are situated interiorly and perpendicularly in correspondence to the geometric sides of the inverted triangle defined by the “V”-notch. Each blade wheel is adjustable to suit the diameter of the cable positioned through the “V”-notch. Ratcheting of the wires moves the ratchet plate and hence the “M”-structure, resulting in creation via the blade wheels of three parallel slices in the cable along its axis.
FILED	Friday, July 15, 2011
APPL NO	13/183650
ART UNIT	3724 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units
CURRENT CPC	Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 15/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Installation of Electric Cables or Lines, or of Combined Optical and Electric Cables or Lines H02G 1/126 (20130101) H02G 1/127 (20130101) H02G 1/1217 (20130101) H02G 1/1297 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 83/924 (20130101) Y10S 83/947 (20130101)
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09230818 — Planarization of GaN by photoresist technique using an inductively coupled plasma

US 09230818	Moustakas et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
APPLICANT(S)	Theordore D Moustakas (Dover, Massachusetts); Adrian D Williams (Methuen, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Theordore D Moustakas (Dover, Massachusetts); Adrian D Williams (Methuen, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Films of III-nitride for semiconductor device growth are planarized using an etch-back method. The method includes coating a III-nitride surface having surface roughness features in the micron range with a sacrificial planarization material such as an appropriately chosen photoresist. The sacrificial planarization material is then etched together with the III-nitride roughness features using dry etch methods such as inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching. By closely matching the etch rates of the sacrificial planarization material and the III-nitride material, a planarized III-nitride surface is achieved. The etch-back process together with a high temperature annealing process yields a planarized III-nitride surface with surface roughness features reduced to the nm range. Planarized III-nitride, e.g., GaN, substrates and devices containing them are also provided.
FILED	Tuesday, September 04, 2012
APPL NO	13/603130
ART UNIT	2895 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/302 (20130101) H01L 21/02019 (20130101) H01L 21/3065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/30621 (20130101) H01L 22/12 (20130101) H01L 22/20 (20130101) H01L 31/03044 (20130101) H01L 33/007 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101)
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09231147 — Heterojunction subcells in inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells

US 09231147	Stan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate Contracting Division (AFRL/RVK)
APPLICANT(S)	SolAero Technologies Corp. (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)	SolAero Technologies Corp. (Albuquerque, Minnesota)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark A. Stan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Arthur Cornfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	Inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells having a heterojunction middle subcell and a graded interlayer, and methods of making same, are disclosed herein. The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a solar cell using an MOCVD process, wherein the graded interlayer is composed of (In_xGa_1-x)_yAl_1-yAs, and is formed in the MOCVD reactor so that it is compositionally graded to lattice match the middle second subcell on one side and the lower third subcell on the other side, with the values for x and y computed and the composition of the graded interlayer determined so that as the layer is grown in the MOCVD reactor, the band gap of the graded interlayer remains constant at 1.5 eV throughout the thickness of the graded interlayer.
FILED	Friday, August 29, 2014
APPL NO	14/473703
ART UNIT	2819 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/076 (20130101) H01L 31/078 (20130101) H01L 31/0687 (20130101) H01L 31/0693 (20130101) H01L 31/0725 (20130101) H01L 31/1844 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1892 (20130101) H01L 31/06875 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) Y02E 10/548 (20130101)
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09231209 — Nanocomposite material, tunable resistor device, and method

US 09231209	Mares et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Vanderbilt Unviersity (Nashville, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Jeremy West Mares (Nashville, Tennessee); Sharon M. Weiss (Franklin, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	Various embodiments of a composite material are provided. In one embodiment of the present invention a nanometer-scale composite material comprises, by volume, from about 1% to about 99% variable-conductivity material and from about 99% to about 1% conductive material. The composite material exhibits memristive properties when a voltage differential is applied to the nanocomposite. In another embodiment, a variable resistor device includes a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal and a nanocomposite in electrical communication with the electrode terminals. The composite material comprises, by volume, from about 1% to about 99% variable-conductivity material and from about 99% to about 1% conductive material. The memristor is tunable as the minimum instantaneous resistance can be altered several orders of magnitude by varying the composition and ratio of the variable-conductivity material and conductive material constituents of the composites.
FILED	Friday, November 15, 2013
APPL NO	14/081409
ART UNIT	2813 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 45/08 (20130101) H01L 45/14 (20130101) H01L 45/146 (20130101) H01L 45/1226 (20130101) H01L 45/1253 (20130101) H01L 45/1266 (20130101) H01L 45/1608 (20130101) H01L 45/1683 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/779 (20130101)
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09231214 — Photovoltaic devices including self-assembling fullerene derivatives for improved efficiencies

US 09231214	Tolbert et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Chemistry (CHE)
APPLICANT(S)	Sarah H. Tolbert (Encino, California); Benjamin J. Schwartz (Encino, California); Yves Rubin (Los Angeles, California); Merissa Halim (Diamond Bar, California); Darcy Wanger (Long Beach, California); Christopher J. Tassone (Los Angeles, California); Alexander L. Ayzner (Los Angeles, California); Robert D. Kennedy (Los Angeles, California); Christopher Day (Los Angeles, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Sarah H. Tolbert (Encino, California); Benjamin J. Schwartz (Encino, California); Yves Rubin (Los Angeles, California); Merissa Halim (Diamond Bar, California); Darcy Wanger (Long Beach, California); Christopher J. Tassone (Los Angeles, California); Alexander L. Ayzner (Los Angeles, California); Robert D. Kennedy (Los Angeles, California); Christopher Day (Los Angeles, California)
ABSTRACT	Described herein are photovoltaic devices including self-assembling fullerene derivatives. In one embodiment, a photovoltaic device includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an active layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The active layer is configured to absorb incident light to produce a first type of charge carrier that is transported to the first electrode layer and a second type of charge carrier that is transported to the second electrode layer. The active layer includes self-assembled molecules of a fullerene derivative to provide a conductive path through at least a portion of the active layer.
FILED	Tuesday, April 07, 2009
APPL NO	12/419936
ART UNIT	1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0047 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101)
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09231219 — N-doping of organic semiconductors by bis-metallosandwich compounds

US 09231219	Barlow et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Basic Energy Sciences (BES) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Stephen Barlow (Atlanta, Georgia); Yabing Qi (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Antoine Kahn (Princeton, New Jersey); Seth Marder (Atlanta, Georgia); Sang Bok Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Swagat K. Mohapatra (Atlanta, Georgia); Song Guo (Atlanta, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia); Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Stephen Barlow (Atlanta, Georgia); Yabing Qi (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Antoine Kahn (Princeton, New Jersey); Seth Marder (Atlanta, Georgia); Sang Bok Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Swagat K. Mohapatra (Atlanta, Georgia); Song Guo (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	The various inventions disclosed, described, and/or claimed herein relate to the field of methods for n-doping organic semiconductors with certain bis-metallosandwich compounds, the doped compositions produced, and the uses of the doped compositions in organic electronic devices. Metals can be manganese, rhenium, iron, ruthenium, osmium, rhodium, or iridium. Stable and efficient doping can be achieved.
FILED	Wednesday, June 13, 2012
APPL NO	14/126319
ART UNIT	2894 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0002 (20130101) H01L 51/002 (20130101) H01L 51/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0083 (20130101) H01L 51/0084 (20130101) H01L 51/0085 (20130101) H01L 51/0086 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101)
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09231300 — Grounded mast clamp current probe electrostatic shield counterpoise

US 09231300	Tam et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)	Daniel Wing Shum Tam (San Diego, California); Yinuo James Chen (San Diego, California); David Russell Hilton (Carlsbad, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Daniel Wing Shum Tam (San Diego, California); Yinuo James Chen (San Diego, California); David Russell Hilton (Carlsbad, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention is a grounded mast clamp current probe apparatus. The apparatus can have a current probe substantially enclosed by at least one housing. The housing forms an electrostatic shield that prevents passage of electricity to or from the current probe. A plurality of grounding elements are connected to the outer surface of the housing and radiate outwardly from the outer circumference of the housing. Each of the grounding elements radiates at a frequency angle θ, the angle formed between a longitudinal axis of the housing and a longitudinal axis of the grounding elements. The bandwidth and resonant frequency of the current probe is dependent on the frequency angle θ.
FILED	Thursday, September 26, 2013
APPL NO	14/037452
ART UNIT	2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09231303 — Compressive beamforming

US 09231303	Edelmann et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Geoffrey F. Edelmann (Alexandria, Virginia); Charles F. Gaumond (Accokeek, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Geoffrey F. Edelmann (Alexandria, Virginia); Charles F. Gaumond (Accokeek, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A method of antenna array processing. Digitized time-series data from a plurality of antenna elements are divided into a plurality of time windows. A Fourier Transform is performed on a time window of the plurality of time windows for each antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements to generate a plurality of frequency domain vectors. The plurality of antenna elements is divided into a plurality of largest aperture sub-arrays. The frequency domain vectors are compressive beamformed tor the each sub-array to generate a plurality of bearing estimates corresponding to the plurality of sub-arrays. The plurality of bearing estimates from the plurality of sub-arrays are sparsely combined to generate a plurality of frequency-specific bearing estimates. The plurality of frequency-specific bearing estimates are incoherently averaged over a range of frequencies to generate a bearing for a bearing-timing record. A plurality of bearings for the bearing-timing record is generated.
FILED	Wednesday, June 12, 2013
APPL NO	13/915670
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 3/802 (20130101) Sound-producing Devices; Methods or Devices for Protecting Against, or for Damping, Noise or Other Acoustic Waves in General; Acoustics Not Otherwise Provided for G10K 11/341 (20130101) G10K 2200/10 (20130101) G10K 2200/11 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09231323 — Spacecraft docking connector

US 09231323	Jaeger
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	NovaWurks, Inc. (Los Alamitos, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Talbot Jaeger (Los Alamitos, California)
ABSTRACT	An interface connector is provided for connecting homogenous spacecraft cells. The interface connector includes at least one male valve assembly and at least one female valve assembly. The male valve assembly includes an extendable and retractable piston having a central conduit. The female valve assembly has a central bore closed by a ball valve. Preferably, the male and female valves are positioned so that extension of the piston engages the ball valve so as to create a fluid pathway. Various components in the male and female valve assemblies are electrically conductive to allow the transmission of power and data. Further, the male valve assembly is constructed to function as a propulsion thruster when not mated to a female valve assembly.
FILED	Monday, July 28, 2014
APPL NO	14/444092
ART UNIT	3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 1/00 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 3/26 (20130101) Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 13/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09231605 — Removing deterministic phase errors from fractional-N PLLS

US 09231605	Ainspan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Herschel A. Ainspan (New Hempstead, New York); Mark A. Ferriss (Tarrytown, New York); Daniel J. Friedman (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Alexander V. Rylyakov (Mount Kisco, New York); Bodhisatwa Sadhu (White Plains, New York); Alberto Valdes Garcia (Hartsdale, New York)
ABSTRACT	Methods and devices for phase adjustment include a phase detector that is configured to compare a reference clock and a feedback clock and to generate two output signals. A difference in time between pulse widths of the two output signals corresponds to a phase difference between the reference clock and the feedback clock. A programmable delay line is configured to delay an earlier output signal in accordance with a predicted deterministic phase error. An oscillator is configured to generate a feedback signal in accordance with the delayed output signal. A divider is configured to divide a frequency of the oscillator output by an integer N. The integer N is varied to achieve an average fractional divide ratio and the predicted deterministic phase error is based on the average divide ratio and an instantaneous divide ratio.
FILED	Friday, September 26, 2014
APPL NO	14/498438
ART UNIT	2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/085 (20130101) H03L 7/0992 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03L 7/1974 (20130101)
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09231647 — Joint analog and digital interference cancellation in wireless systems

US 09231647	Polydoros et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG)
APPLICANT(S)	TrellisWare Technologies, Inc. (San Diego, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	TrellisWare Technologies, Inc. (San Diego, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Andreas Polydoros (San Diego, California); Mark Johnson (Poway, California); Thomas R. Halford (Manhattan Beach, California); Michael P Fitz (Los Angeles, California); Scott W Enserink (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT	An apparatus for joint analog and digital interference cancellation includes a receiver configured to receive an analog reference interfering signal on a reference path, and a sum of an analog interference signal and an analog signal of interest on an antenna path. An analog interference canceller may be configured to produce an analog partially interference-cancelled signal using the analog reference interfering signal and the sum of the analog interference signal and the analog signal of interest. A first analog-to-digital converter may be configured to digitize the analog reference interfering signal to produce a digital reference interfering signal. A second analog-to-digital converter may be configured to digitize the analog partially interference-cancelled signal to produce a digital partially interference-cancelled signal. A digital interference canceller may be configured to produce an interference-cancelled signal using the digital reference interfering signal and the digital partially interference-cancelled signal.
FILED	Wednesday, March 19, 2014
APPL NO	14/219938
ART UNIT	2631 — Digital Communications
CURRENT CPC	Transmission H04B 1/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 1/1027 (20130101)
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09232119 — Integrating image frames

US 09232119	Nash et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Stephen R. Nash (Los Angeles, California); Christopher A. Leddy (Huntington Beach, California); Hoang K. Do (Fountain Valley, California)
ABSTRACT	A method for integrating image frames includes receiving for each pixel in at least one image frame a value representative of a sensor measurement. The method includes calculating an average difference of the value representative of the sensor measurement over a subset of the plurality of image frames. The method includes detecting motion in at least one pixel of the image frame in the plurality of image frames based on the calculated average difference of the value representative of the sensor measurement over the subset of the plurality of image frames. The method also includes generating an integrated image frame wherein each pixel having detected motion is integrated by an amount less than that of those pixels for which motion is not detected. The amount of frame integration is based on contrast levels, expected rates of motion, and noise characteristics of sensor input image data.
FILED	Tuesday, October 08, 2013
APPL NO	14/048898
ART UNIT	2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/002 (20130101) G06T 5/003 (20130101) G06T 5/50 (20130101) G06T 2207/20201 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/217 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/23203 (20130101) H04N 5/23254 (20130101) H04N 5/23277 (20130101)
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09232211 — System and methods for three-dimensional imaging of objects in a scattering medium

US 09232211	Javidi et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Bahram Javidi (Storrs, Connecticut); Inkyu Moon (Willington, Connecticut); Robert T. Schulein (Waltham, Massachusetts); Myungjin Cho (Vernon, Connecticut); Cuong Manh Do (Willington, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (Farmington, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Bahram Javidi (Storrs, Connecticut); Inkyu Moon (Willington, Connecticut); Robert T. Schulein (Waltham, Massachusetts); Myungjin Cho (Vernon, Connecticut); Cuong Manh Do (Willington, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	A system for three-dimensional visualization of object in a scattering medium includes a sensor for receiving light from the object in the scattering medium and a computing device coupled to the sensor and receiving a plurality of elemental images of the object from the sensor. The computing device causes the elemental images to be magnified through a virtual pin-hole array to create an overlapping pattern of magnified elemental images. The computing device also averages overlapping portions of the element images to form an integrated image.
FILED	Friday, July 30, 2010
APPL NO	12/847341
ART UNIT	2482 — Recording and Compression
CURRENT CPC	Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/6247 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/50 (20130101) G06T 2200/21 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 13/049 (20130101) H04N 13/0232 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 13/0406 (20130101)
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09232289 — Acoustic bandgap structures for integration of MEMS resonators

US 09232289	Bahr et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)	Bichoy Bahr (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Radhika Marathe (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wentao Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dana Weinstein (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Bichoy Bahr (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Radhika Marathe (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wentao Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dana Weinstein (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Example acoustic bandgap devices provided that can be fabricated in a semiconductor fabrication tool based on design check rules. An example device includes a substrate lying in an x-y plane and defining an x-direction and a y-direction, an acoustic resonant cavity over the substrate, and a phononic crystal disposed over the acoustic resonant cavity by generating the phononic crystal as a plurality of unit cells disposed in a periodic arrangement. Each unit cell include: (a) at least one higher acoustic impedance structure having a longitudinal axis oriented in the y-direction and a thickness in the x-direction greater than or about equal to a minimal feature thickness of the semiconductor fabrication tool, and (b) at least one lower acoustic impedance material bordering at least a portion of the at least one higher acoustic impedance structure and forming at least a portion of a remainder of the respective unit cell.
FILED	Monday, January 26, 2015
APPL NO	14/605489
ART UNIT	2656 — Digital Audio Data Processing
CURRENT CPC	Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04R 31/00 (20130101) H04R 2201/003 (20130101)
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09226494 — Bioreactors, systems, and methods for vascularizing tissue constructs

US 09226494	Chang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S)	Carlos C. Chang (Louisville, Kentucky); James B. Hoying (Louisville, Kentucky); Stuart K. Williams (Harrods Creek, Kentucky)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky)
INVENTOR(S)	Carlos C. Chang (Louisville, Kentucky); James B. Hoying (Louisville, Kentucky); Stuart K. Williams (Harrods Creek, Kentucky)
ABSTRACT	A modular bioreactor is provided that includes an upper biochamber; a lower biochamber; and an intermediate biochamber that is positioned between the upper biochamber and the lower biochamber. Each biochamber of the bioreactor is in fluid communication with each other biochamber of the bioreactor and includes an interior wall, which defines a centrally-disposed cavity for each biochamber, and an inflow port and an outflow port that are in fluid communication with each centrally disposed cavity. Systems and methods for vascularizing a tissue construct are also provided.
FILED	Friday, September 18, 2009
APPL NO	12/562832
ART UNIT	1799 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter;
CURRENT CPC	Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 1/0247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/08 (20130101) C12M 23/38 (20130101) C12M 23/44 (20130101) C12M 25/14 (20130101) C12M 29/10 (20130101)
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09226656 — Real-time optical and digital image stabilization for adaptive optics scanning ophthalmoscopy

US 09226656	Yang
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Eye Institute (NEI)
APPLICANT(S)	Qiang Yang (Rochester, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Rochester (Rochester, New York); Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana)
INVENTOR(S)	Qiang Yang (Rochester, New York)
ABSTRACT	A real-time ophthalmoscope system for imaging an eye includes a wide field scanning light ophthalmoscope (SLO) configured for wide field imaging of the eye. The system also includes a small field SLO configured for high resolution imaging of the eye. A 2D tracking minor electrically coupled to a computer, and a 2D steering minor electrically coupled to the computer, are both disposed in an optical path between the small field SLO and the eye. The system is configured to acquire a plurality of small field images at a plurality of locations on the eye as defined by the 2D steering minor, each of the small field images is stabilized for a motion of the eye by the 2D tracking minor. A method for imaging of the eye is also described.
FILED	Thursday, September 11, 2014
APPL NO	14/483289
ART UNIT	2872 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/12 (20130101) A61B 3/0025 (20130101) A61B 3/1025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09226666 — Confocal photoacoustic microscopy with optical lateral resolution

US 09226666	Wang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S)	Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri)
ASSIGNEE(S)	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (St. Louis, Missouri)
INVENTOR(S)	Lihong Wang (Creve Coeur, Missouri); Konstantin Maslov (Affton, Missouri)
ABSTRACT	A method for determining a ratio of hemoglobin absorption within a biological tissue using a handheld device is provided. The method includes focusing at least one light pulse into a predetermined area inside an object using at least one excitation wavelength, wherein a fluorescence signal is based on at least a local excitation optical fluence and properties of fluorophores in the predetermined area. The method further includes receiving a photoacoustic signal emitted by the object in response to the at least one light pulse, the photoacoustic signal being a product of the local excitation optical fluence, an optical absorption coefficient of hemoglobin, and an acoustic detection sensitivity. The method further includes determining the ratio of hemoglobin absorption based on a hemoglobin absorption coefficient that is based at least partially on the fluorescence signal and the photoacoustic signal.
FILED	Wednesday, May 01, 2013
APPL NO	13/874653
ART UNIT	3768 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0059 (20130101) A61B 5/0082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0095 (20130101) A61B 8/485 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/1702 (20130101) G01N 29/0681 (20130101) G01N 29/2418 (20130101) G01N 2291/02836 (20130101) G01N 2291/02872 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/008 (20130101) G02B 21/0028 (20130101)
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09226918 — Methods and compositions for treating or preventing narcotic withdrawal symptoms

US 09226918	Peltz et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)	Gary Peltz (Redwood City, California); David Clark (Palo Alto, California); Lawrence Chu (Menlo Park, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Gary Peltz (Redwood City, California); David Clark (Palo Alto, California); Lawrence Chu (Menlo Park, California)
ABSTRACT	This invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating physical dependence and/or withdrawal associated with narcotic use, in particular by modulating a 5-HT3 receptor. Using a computational genetic approach in mice, a gene conserved between mice and humans was identified as candidate as a modulator of physical dependence to morphine. Administration of compounds that modulate 5-HT3 receptors was found to control withdrawal from morphine in mice and humans.
FILED	Friday, December 04, 2009
APPL NO	12/631628
ART UNIT	1628 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/485 (20130101) A61K 31/485 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101)
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09226936 — Methods and compositions for enhancing the therapeutic effect of anti-tumor T cells

US 09226936	Hu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Wistar of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Hui Hu (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Jose R. Conejo-Garcia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Tom-Li Stephen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	Compositions, e.g., therapeutic agents, and methods are provided for modulating gene and protein expression of Forkhead Box protein 1 (Foxp1). The therapeutic agents include short nucleic acid molecules that modulate gene and protein expression of Forkhead Box protein 1 (Foxp1) expression, viral vectors containing such molecules, T cells transduced with these viruses for adoptive therapies, and any small molecules that bind to and inactivate Foxp1. These compounds and methods have applications in cancer therapy either alone or in combination with other therapies that stimulate the endogenous immune system in the environment of the cancer, e.g., tumor.
FILED	Wednesday, October 24, 2012
APPL NO	14/350588
ART UNIT	1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 38/2046 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 39/3955 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2330/50 (20130101) C12N 2740/16043 (20130101)
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09226947 — Methods for treating microbial infection

US 09226947	Skaar et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S)	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Eric P. Skaar (Brentwood, Tennessee); Brian Corbin (Nashville, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	A method for treating a microbial infection or an abscessed tissue in a subject includes administering to the subject an effective amount of a metal ion chelator. In some embodiments, the metal ion chelator can be a protein, such as a calprotectin heterodimer. In some embodiments, the metal ion chelator is a calprotectin heterodimer including an S100A8 polypeptide and an S100A9 polypeptide.
FILED	Monday, October 13, 2014
APPL NO	14/512867
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1738 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09226952 — Na/K-ATPase-derived peptide Src inhibitors and ouabain antagonists and uses thereof

US 09226952	Xie et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	Zi-Jian Xie (Saline, Michigan); Zhichuan Li (Toledo, Ohio); Joseph I. Shapiro (Toledo, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	A novel Src inhibitor that targets the Na/K-ATPase/Src receptor complex and antagonizes ouabain-induced protein kinase cascades and uses thereof are disclosed.
FILED	Monday, March 03, 2014
APPL NO	14/195401
ART UNIT	1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/4703 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/14 (20130101)
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09226957 — Compositions and methods of enhancing immune responses

US 09226957	Bottje et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Arkansas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas); The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas)
INVENTOR(S)	Walter Bottje (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Billy Hargis (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Luc Berghman (College Station, Texas); Young Min Kwon (West Fork, Arkansas); Kimberly Cole (Raymond, Ohio); Mandy Cox (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Sherryll Layton (Rogers, Arkansas)
ABSTRACT	Provided herein are Salmonella enteritidis 13A strains and compositions comprising these strains. Also provided are methods of enhancing an immune response against Influenza A and methods of reducing morbidity associated with an Influenza A infection. Methods of enhancing an immune response to a vaccine vector by expressing a polypeptide of CD154 capable of binding CD40 are also disclosed. Methods of developing a bacterial vaccine vector are disclosed. Methods of generating scarless site-specific mutations in a bacterium are also disclosed.
FILED	Monday, December 09, 2013
APPL NO	14/100957
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/0275 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) A61K 2039/6031 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/102 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101)
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09226958 — Use of Listeria vaccine vectors to reverse vaccine unresponsiveness in parasitically infected individuals

US 09226958	Harn, Jr. et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	Donald A. Harn, Jr. (Athens, Georgia); Yvonne Paterson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Lisa McEwen (Athens, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Athens, Georgia); THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Donald A. Harn, Jr. (Athens, Georgia); Yvonne Paterson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Lisa McEwen (Athens, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	This invention relates to methods of using a Listeria vaccine vector to induce a Th1 immune response in subjects having persistent Th2 immune response profiles.
FILED	Monday, October 03, 2011
APPL NO	13/876810
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0003 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/54 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) A61K 2039/577 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/20034 (20130101) C12N 2740/16034 (20130101)
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09226972 — Targeted particles comprising landscape phage fusion proteins and heterologous nucleic acid

US 09226972	Petrenko et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Valery A. Petrenko (Auburn, Alabama); Deepa Bedi (Auburn, Alabama); Olusegun A. Fagbohun (Auburn, Alabama); James W. Gillespie (Simpsonville, South Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama)
INVENTOR(S)	Valery A. Petrenko (Auburn, Alabama); Deepa Bedi (Auburn, Alabama); Olusegun A. Fagbohun (Auburn, Alabama); James W. Gillespie (Simpsonville, South Carolina)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed are targeted particles comprising or consisting of a plurality of landscape phage fusion proteins complexed with heterologous nucleic acid, the landscape phage fusion proteins displaying a heterologous peptide and the targeted particle binding specifically to a target site. The particles may be utilized in methods for modulating expression of genes in target cells.
FILED	Thursday, May 05, 2011
APPL NO	13/695570
ART UNIT	1674 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48776 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101)
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09226976 — RAAV-based compositions and methods for treating alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiencies

US 09226976	Flotte et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Terence Flotte (Holden, Massachusetts); Christian Mueller (Jefferson, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Terence Flotte (Holden, Massachusetts); Christian Mueller (Jefferson, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The invention relates to isolated nucleic acids and rAAV-based compositions, methods and kits useful for treating genetic diseases (e.g., alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency).
FILED	Friday, April 20, 2012
APPL NO	14/113118
ART UNIT	1674 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/67 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/3519 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101)
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09226981 — PSMA-binding agents and uses thereof

US 09226981	Pomper et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Martin G. Pomper (Baltimore, Maryland); Ronnie Charles Mease (Fairfax, Virginia); Ying Chen (Timmonium, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) binding compounds having radioisotope substituents are described, as well as chemical precursors thereof. Compounds include pyridine containing compounds, compounds having phenylhydrazine structures, and acylated lysine compounds. The compounds allow ready incorporation of radionuclides for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) for imaging, for example, prostate cancer cells and angiogenesis.
FILED	Friday, March 14, 2014
APPL NO	14/211683
ART UNIT	1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 51/0402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/0455 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/05 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 275/16 (20130101) C07C 275/18 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/61 (20130101) C07D 213/74 (20130101) C07D 213/82 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/2212 (20130101)
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09227014 — Kalman filter based on-off switch for insulin pump

US 09227014	Buckingham et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
APPLICANT(S)	Bruce A. Buckingham (Palo Alto, California); B. Wayne Bequette (Albany, New York); Fraser Cameron (Palo Alto, California); Darrell M. Wilson (Sunnyvale, California); H. Peter Chase (Denver, Colorado); Francis J. Doyle, III (Santa Barbara, California); Matthew Stenerson (Daly City, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Laland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); The Regents of the University of California, a California Corporation (Oakland, California); The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Bruce A. Buckingham (Palo Alto, California); B. Wayne Bequette (Albany, New York); Fraser Cameron (Palo Alto, California); Darrell M. Wilson (Sunnyvale, California); H. Peter Chase (Denver, Colorado); Francis J. Doyle, III (Santa Barbara, California); Matthew Stenerson (Daly City, California)
ABSTRACT	Techniques for controlling an insulin pump include determining values for parameters selected from a group including a first prediction time horizon, a predicted glucose threshold (Goff) for turning the insulin pump off, a maximum shut off time within a time window, and duration of the time window. A safety rule is determined based on the maximum shut off time within the duration. Glucose readings are collected up to a current time. An expected current glucose value G and glucose temporal rate of change are determined based only on the glucose readings and a Kalman filter configured for noisy glucose readings. A glucose level (Gh1) is predicted for a future time that is the prediction time horizon after the current time. A command is issued to shut off the insulin pump if it is determined both that Gh1 is less than Goff and that the safety rule is satisfied.
FILED	Friday, February 07, 2014
APPL NO	14/175020
ART UNIT	3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/1723 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 5/14244 (20130101) A61M 2005/14296 (20130101) A61M 2205/332 (20130101) A61M 2230/005 (20130101) A61M 2230/06 (20130101) A61M 2230/63 (20130101) A61M 2230/201 (20130101)
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09227056 — Wearable, unsupervised transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) device for movement disorder therapy, and method of using

US 09227056	Heldman et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	Dustin A Heldman (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Joseph P Giuffrida (Hinckley, Ohio)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	Dustin A Heldman (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Joseph P Giuffrida (Hinckley, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to a system and methods for noninvasively providing therapy for movement disorder symptoms. The present invention provides such a therapy system which provides trans-cranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in order to treat those symptoms and the disorders. The present invention further provides such tDCS therapy while the subject sleeps in order to minimize the time required and impact of the therapy on the subject's waking life. The system, methods, and devices of the present invention are intended to provide a low-dose electrical current, trans-cranially, to a specific area of the subject's brain while he or she sleeps in order to decrease the occurrence, severity, and duration of the symptoms of movement disorders. The present invention aims to reduce the amount of medication necessary, counteract the effects of medication wearing off during sleep, and to overall improve the quality of life of subjects suffering from movement disorders.
FILED	Monday, August 18, 2014
APPL NO	14/461846
ART UNIT	3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0484 (20130101) A61N 1/0526 (20130101) A61N 1/0529 (20130101) A61N 1/36014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09227067 — Systems, devices, and methods for monitoring and analyzing research animal behavior before, during and after brain electrical stimulation

US 09227067	Hasulak
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	NeuroPace, Inc. (Mountain View, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	NeuroPace, Inc. (Mountain View, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Nicholas Robert Hasulak (Sunnyvale, California)
ABSTRACT	Described are systems, devices and methods for facilitating the delivery of stimulation to, and the monitoring and recording of physiological signals (e.g., electroencephalographic signals) from a research subject. Devices include a headmount that includes a cranial frame and a headstage, and a connection between the headmount and external equipment used for stimulation, monitoring, and/or recording that is robust physically and electrically to optimize stimulation, monitoring and recording even while the subject remains ambulatory. In some embodiments, a hinged headmount allows the configuration to be easily manipulated during attachment and any subsequent adjustment or reattachment procedures and permits easy access to any wires or other components implanted in the subject. In some embodiments, a flexible cable extends out from the headmount at an acute angle relative to a horizontal plane of the headmount, to optimize strain relief as the subject moves about while attached to any stimulation, monitoring and/or recording equipment.
FILED	Thursday, September 04, 2014
APPL NO	14/477543
ART UNIT	3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0529 (20130101) A61N 1/0534 (20130101) A61N 1/0539 (20130101) A61N 1/36017 (20130101) A61N 1/36025 (20130101) A61N 1/36064 (20130101) A61N 1/36125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09227085 — Including fiducial markers in radiation therapy planning to facilitate real-time position monitoring during treatment delivery

US 09227085	Ma et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Yunzhi Ma (Mountain View, California); Paul J. Keall (Greenwich, Australia); Lei Xing (Palo Alto, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Yunzhi Ma (Mountain View, California); Paul J. Keall (Greenwich, Australia); Lei Xing (Palo Alto, California)
ABSTRACT	An inverse planning method that is capable of controlling the appearance of the implanted fiducial(s) in segmented IMRT fields for cine MV or combined MV/kV image-guided IMRT is provided. The method for radiation treatment includes computing a radiation treatment plan and delivering beams to a target in accordance with the radiation treatment plan, where computing the radiation treatment plan includes introducing a penalty in an inverse planning objective function optimization calculation to discourage or avoid blockage of one or more fiducials in optimized multi-leaf collimator (MLC) apertures.
FILED	Wednesday, March 02, 2011
APPL NO	12/932666
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 19/54 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/1031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 5/1036 (20130101) A61N 5/1037 (20130101) A61N 5/1045 (20130101) A61N 5/1077 (20130101) A61N 2005/1035 (20130101)
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09227917 — Amine-containing lipidoids and uses thereof

US 09227917	Anderson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Daniel Griffith Anderson (Framingham, Massachusetts); Kathryn Ann Whitehead (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joseph R. Dorkin (Somerville, Massachusetts); Arturo Jose Vegas (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yunlong Zhang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Provided herein are lipidoids that may be prepared from the conjugate addition of alkylamines to acrylates. In some embodiments, provided lipidoids are biodegradable and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the amino moiety of the lipidoids, they are well-suited for the delivery of polynucleotides, in addition to other agents. Nanoparticles containing the inventive lipidoids and polynucleotides have been prepared and have been shown to be effective in delivering siRNA.
FILED	Monday, November 25, 2013
APPL NO	14/089603
ART UNIT	1675 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1272 (20130101) A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 31/24 (20130101) A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/225 (20130101) A61K 31/225 (20130101) A61K 31/357 (20130101) A61K 31/357 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/4965 (20130101) A61K 31/4985 (20130101) A61K 31/4985 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/18 (20130101) A61K 47/48038 (20130101) A61K 47/48046 (20130101) A61K 47/48869 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 229/12 (20130101) C07C 229/14 (20130101) C07C 229/24 (20130101) C07C 229/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 229/28 (20130101) C07C 229/34 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/09 (20130101) C07D 211/14 (20130101) C07D 211/26 (20130101) C07D 211/34 (20130101) C07D 241/04 (20130101) C07D 295/13 (20130101) C07D 295/15 (20130101) C07D 319/16 (20130101) C07D 319/18 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/88 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101)
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09227943 — Alkynes and methods of reacting alkynes with 1,3-dipole-functional compounds

US 09227943	Boons et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Athens, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia); Jun Guo (Athens, Georgia); Xinghai Ning (Athens, Georgia); Margaretha Wolfert (Athens, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	1,3-Dipole-functional compounds (e.g., azide functional compounds) can be reacted with certain alkynes in a cyclization reaction to form heterocyclic compounds. Useful alkynes (e.g., strained, cyclic alkynes) and methods of making such alkynes are also disclosed. The reaction of 1,3-dipole-functional compounds with alkynes can be used for a wide variety of applications including the immobilization of biomolecules on a substrate.
FILED	Wednesday, January 07, 2015
APPL NO	14/591290
ART UNIT	1622 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48061 (20130101) A61K 47/48853 (20130101) A61K 49/0021 (20130101) A61K 49/0043 (20130101) A61K 49/0052 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 35/37 (20130101) C07C 49/683 (20130101) C07C 211/42 (20130101) C07C 251/44 (20130101) C07C 2103/36 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 261/20 (20130101) C07D 271/12 (20130101) C07D 307/94 (20130101) C07D 311/90 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 2/00 (20130101) C07K 14/00 (20130101)
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09227979 — Fluorescent antagonists of the A3 adenosine receptor

US 09227979	Jacobson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland); Universita Degli Studi Di Trieste (Trieste, Italy); Universita Degli Studi Di Padova (Padua, Italy)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Universita Degli Studi Di Trieste (Trieste, Italy); Universita Degli Studi Di Padova (Padua, Italy)
INVENTOR(S)	Kenneth A. Jacobson (Silver Spring, Maryland); Santhosh Kumar Thatikonda (Woburn, Massachusetts); Eszter Erika Kozma (Washington, District of Columbia); Giampiero Spalluto (Ferrara, Italy); Stefano Moro (Padua, Italy); Stephanie Federico (Trieste, Italy)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed are compounds of the formula (I) which are fluorescently labeled antagonists of the A₃adenosine receptor: wherein A, R₁, R₂, and Y are as described herein. Also disclosed are diagnostic compositions and a method of diagnosis of a patient for a possible treatment by an antagonist of the A₃adenosine receptor, involving the use of one or more of these compounds as diagnostic agents.
FILED	Thursday, January 24, 2013
APPL NO	13/748826
ART UNIT	1628 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 487/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09228001 — Mutants of cholesterol-dependent cytolysins and uses thereof

US 09228001	Tweten
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	Rodney K. Tweten (Edmond, Oklahoma)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma)
INVENTOR(S)	Rodney K. Tweten (Edmond, Oklahoma)
ABSTRACT	Mutants of cholesterol-dependent cytolysins comprising at least one amino acid substitution in at least one of Loop 1, Loop 2, or Loop 3 of Domain 4, nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells encoding such polypeptide mutants, and compositions and vaccines comprising such polypeptide mutants.
FILED	Tuesday, February 21, 2012
APPL NO	13/401460
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/31 (20130101) C07K 14/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/33 (20130101) C07K 14/195 (20130101) C07K 14/3156 (20130101)
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09228002 — Leishmania vaccine using sand fly salivary immunogen

US 09228002	Fischer et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)	Laurent Fischer (Sainte Foy les Lyon, France); Shaden Kamhawi (Rockville, Maryland); Jesus Valenzuela (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jose Ribeiro (Rockville, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	MERIAL, INC. (Duluth, Georgia); The United States of America As Represented by The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Laurent Fischer (Sainte Foy les Lyon, France); Shaden Kamhawi (Rockville, Maryland); Jesus Valenzuela (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jose Ribeiro (Rockville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides vectors that contain and express in vivo or in vitro sand fly Lu. longipalpis salivary antigens that elicit an immune response in animal or human against Leishmania, vaccine compositions comprising said vectors and/or Lu. longipalpis salivary polypeptides, methods of vaccination against Leishmania, and kits for use with such methods and compositions.
FILED	Friday, November 01, 2013
APPL NO	14/069406
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0003 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/58 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/43577 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09228005 — Myonectin (CTRP15), compositions comprising same, and methods of use

US 09228005	Wong et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
APPLICANT(S)	THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Guang William Wong (Lutherville, Maryland); Marcus Michael Seldin (Baltimore, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed is the novel myokine known as myonectin (CTRP15), an isolated nucleic acid encoding the myonectin (CTRP15) gene, and the amino acid sequence encoding the myonectin (CTRP15) protein. Methods of isolation of the nucleic acid, protein, polypeptides and methods of making antibodies to the myonectin (CTRP15) protein are provided. The use of myonectin (CTRP15) in the modulation of lipid and/or glucose metabolism, suppressing the expression of autophagy genes, inhibiting LC3 lipidation and autophagosome-dependent p62 degradation, and activating the Akt/mTOR pathway is also provided.
FILED	Thursday, January 24, 2013
APPL NO	14/373685
ART UNIT	1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/775 (20130101) C07K 16/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101)
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09228086 — Siloxane based hollow fibers

US 09228086	Montoya et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	MedArray, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S)	MedArray, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Jean Patrick Montoya (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Peiyuan Li (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Victor M. Montoya (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides inventive hollow fibers having defined gas permability characteristics. Hollow fibers of the present invention are characterized by a PMP_CO2greater than 30,000 Barrer*MPa. Curable compositions and silicone elastomers produced by curing the curable compositions are provided by the present invention. Compositions and methods for making the hollow fibers and devices incorporating them are provided by the present invention.
FILED	Thursday, March 14, 2013
APPL NO	13/829161
ART UNIT	1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 5/5419 (20130101) C08K 5/5425 (20130101) C08K 9/06 (20130101) C08K 9/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08L 83/04 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/24 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 1/10 (20130101) D01F 6/76 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2975 (20150115)
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09228171 — Regulatory B cells (tBREGS) and their use

US 09228171	Arya et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)	Bira Arya (Baltimore, Maryland); Purevdorj B. Olkhanud (Parkville, Maryland); Monica Bodogai (Baltimore, 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)	Bira Arya (Baltimore, Maryland); Purevdorj B. Olkhanud (Parkville, Maryland); Monica Bodogai (Baltimore, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Regulatory B cells (tBreg) are disclosed herein. These regulatory B cells express CD25 (CD25⁺) a pan B cell marker such as B220 (B220⁺), and also express CD19 (CD19⁺). These regulatory B cells suppress resting and activated T cells in cell contact-dependent manner. Methods for generating these regulatory B cells are also disclosed herein, as are methods for using these regulatory B cells to produce regulatory T cells (Treg). In some embodiments, methods for treating an immune-mediated disorder, such as an autoimmune disease, transplant rejection, graft-versus-host disease or inflammation, are disclosed. These methods include increasing regulatory B cell number or activity and/or by administering autologous regulatory B cells. Methods for treating cancer are also disclosed herein. These methods include decreasing regulatory B cell activity and/or number.
FILED	Friday, February 04, 2011
APPL NO	13/577226
ART UNIT	1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2035/122 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2502/30 (20130101)
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09228184 — Human toll-like receptor inhibitors and methods of use thereof

US 09228184	Guiducci et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	Dynavax Technologies Corporation (Berkeley, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Dynavax Technologies Corporation (Berkeley, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Cristiana Guiducci (Albany, California); Karen L. Fearon (Lafayette, California); Franck Barrat (New York, New York)
ABSTRACT	Provided herein are human Toll-like receptor (TLR)-inhibitors and methods for use in individuals having an autoimmune disease or an inflammatory disorder. The TLR inhibitors of the present disclosure are polynucleotides comprising an inhibitory motif for one or more of TLR7, TLR8 and TLR9.
FILED	Friday, March 15, 2013
APPL NO	13/842861
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/711 (20130101) A61K 31/712 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7115 (20130101) A61K 31/7125 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/117 (20130101) C12N 2310/17 (20130101) C12N 2310/331 (20130101) C12N 2310/344 (20130101)
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09228185 — Modulation of BCL11A for treatment of hemoglobinopathies

US 09228185	Orkin et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts); PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts); PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Stuart H. Orkin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Vijay G. Sankaran (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The invention relates to methods and uses of modulating fetal hemoglobin expression (HbF) in a hematopoietic progenitor cells via inhibitors of BCL11A expression or activity, such as RNAi and antibodies.
FILED	Thursday, January 17, 2013
APPL NO	13/743399
ART UNIT	1674 — 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 67/0275 (20130101) A01K 2217/15 (20130101) A01K 2217/052 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/0381 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 49/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/805 (20130101) C07K 14/4705 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8509 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2740/15043 (20130101) C12N 2800/206 (20130101)
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09228204 — Constructs for making induced pluripotent stem cells

US 09228204	Pulst et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah)
INVENTOR(S)	Stefan M. Pulst (Salt Lake City, Utah); Sharan Paul (Salt Lake City, Utah); Warunee Dansithong (Salt Lake City, Utah)
ABSTRACT	Systems, constructs, and methods for reprogramming cells are provided. In one aspect, for example, a transformation construct for generating iPS cells can include an expression vector having a plurality of reprogramming factors, each reprogramming factor being under control of a separate promoter.
FILED	Friday, August 23, 2013
APPL NO	13/975004
ART UNIT	1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0696 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/602 (20130101) C12N 2501/603 (20130101) C12N 2501/604 (20130101) C12N 2501/606 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/10343 (20130101)
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09228207 — Switchable gRNAs comprising aptamers

US 09228207	Liu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)	President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Johnny Hao Hu (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Some aspects of this disclosure provide compositions, methods, systems, and kits for controlling the activity and/or improving the specificity of RNA-programmable endonucleases, such as Cas9. For example, provided are guide RNAs (gRNAs) that are engineered to exist in an “on” or “off” state, which control the binding and hence cleavage activity of RNA-programmable endonucleases.
FILED	Tuesday, July 08, 2014
APPL NO	14/326329
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	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/22 (20130101) C12N 15/01 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 15/907 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/10 (20130101) C12N 2310/12 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2310/53 (20130101) C12N 2310/3519 (20130101) C12N 2320/53 (20130101)
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09228217 — Labeled biomolecular compositions and methods for the production and uses thereof

US 09228217	Montelione et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Gaetano T. Montelione (Highland Park, New Jersey); Masayori Inouye (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Yuefeng Tang (Highland Park, New Jersey); Monica Roth (New York, New York); William Schneider (Hamilton, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed herein is a set of E. coli single-protein production (SPP) technologies with protein NMR (SPP-NMR) for (i) using isotope-enriched membrane proteins produced with the SPP system in screening detergent conditions suitable for purification and/or three-dimensional structure analysis without the requirement for protein purification, (ii) producing ²H, ¹³C, ¹⁵N enriched proteins suitable for high throughput and membrane protein NMR studies, and (iii) labeling with ¹³C—¹⁵N specific peptide bonds in proteins (referred to herein as SPP-PBL).
FILED	Friday, May 24, 2013
APPL NO	13/902228
ART UNIT	1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/22 (20130101) C12N 15/635 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 21/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/087 (20130101) G01N 33/60 (20130101) G01N 33/534 (20130101) G01N 2333/922 (20130101)
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09228236 — Allelic disorders caused by mutations in TRPV4

US 09228236	Siddique et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Teepu Siddique (Wilmette, Illinois); Han-Xiang Deng (Chicago, Illinois); Jianhua Yan (Naperville, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides methods, kits, and compositions for detecting mutations in transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily V, member 4 (TRPV4). In particular, mutations are detected in TRPV4 to detect diseases such as scapuloperoneal spinal muscular atrophy (SPSMA) and hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type IIC (HMSN IIC) or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2C (CMT2C).
FILED	Monday, March 11, 2013
APPL NO	13/792850
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 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/156 (20130101)
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09228971 — Charge perturbation detection system for DNA and other molecules

US 09228971	Pourmand et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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)	Nader Pourmand (Scotts Valley, California); Miloslav Karhanek (Santa Cruz, California); Ronald W. Davis (Palo Alto, California)
ABSTRACT	Methods and apparatus for direct detection of chemical reactions are provided. Electric charge perturbations of the local environment during enzyme-catalyzed reactions are sensed by an electrode system with an immobilized target molecule. The charge perturbation caused by the polymerase reaction can uniquely identify a DNA sequence. The polymerization process generates local perturbations of charge in the solution near the electrode surface and induces a charge in a polarazible gold electrode. This event is detected as a transient current by a voltage clamp amplifier. Detection of single nucleotides in a sequence can be determined by dispensing individual dNTPs to the electrode solution and detecting the charge perturbations. Alternatively, multiple bases can be determined at the same time using a mix of all dNTPs with subsequent analysis of the resulting signal. This technique may be adapted to other reaction determinations, such as enzymatic reactions, other electrode configurations, and other amplifying circuits.
FILED	Tuesday, May 28, 2013
APPL NO	13/903734
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	Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6825 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/3275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/3276 (20130101)
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09229004 — Methods for detecting and treating cancer

US 09229004	Poznansky et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)	Mark C. Poznansky (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Hajah Siti Fatimah Jaafar (London, United Kingdom); Dulcie V. Coleman (London, United Kingdom); Pierre Leblanc (Boston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts); IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (London, United Kingdom)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark C. Poznansky (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Hajah Siti Fatimah Jaafar (London, United Kingdom); Dulcie V. Coleman (London, United Kingdom); Pierre Leblanc (Boston, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The invention generally features compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of neoplasia in a subject, as well as methods of treatment selection.
FILED	Monday, September 28, 2009
APPL NO	13/119663
ART UNIT	1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57411 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 2333/522 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/56 (20130101)
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09229006 — Small water-soluble quantum dots

US 09229006	Selvin et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Physics (PHY)
APPLICANT(S)	THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Paul R Selvin (Urbana, Illinois); Pinghua Ge (Urbana, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Water-soluble, stable fluorescent PEGylated alkanethiol-coated quantum dots are made by contacting quantum dots with PEGylated alkanethiol in a non-oxidative, water-immiscible organic reaction solvent under a non-oxidative gas, wherein the reaction solvent is in contact with an aqueous phase, at elevated temperature and time sufficient to coat the dots with the PEGylated alkanethiol, wherein resultant water-soluble, stable fluorescent PEGylated alkanethiol-coated dots enter the aqueous phase.
FILED	Wednesday, February 19, 2014
APPL NO	14/184558
ART UNIT	1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/00 (20130101) C09K 11/565 (20130101) C09K 11/0811 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/587 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/588 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/74 (20130101) Y10S 977/774 (20130101) Y10S 977/883 (20130101) Y10S 977/892 (20130101)
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09229007 — Fluorescence detection of cysteine and homocysteine

US 09229007	Strongin et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S)	Robert Strongin (Portland, Oregon); Xiaofeng Yang (Xi'an, China PRC)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Portland State University (Portland, Oregon)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert Strongin (Portland, Oregon); Xiaofeng Yang (Xi'an, China PRC)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments of probes for selectively detecting compounds having a thiol group and an amino group, e.g., cysteine and/or homocysteine, are disclosed, along with methods and kits for detecting the compounds in neutral media with the probes. The probes have a structure according to the general formula where R¹-R⁴independently are hydrogen hydroxyl, halogen, thiol, thioether, lower aliphatic, or lower alkoxy, x is an integer from 0 to 4, and each R⁵independently is halogen, hydroxyl, thiol, thioether, lower aliphatic, or lower alkoxy. Embodiments of the disclosed probes are capable of undergoing condensation/cyclization reactions with cysteine and/or homocysteine. Cysteine and/or homocysteine can be selectively detected and identified by determining fluorescence emission of the probes at characteristic wavelengths.
FILED	Thursday, August 02, 2012
APPL NO	14/236791
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/66 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6815 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/17 (20150115) Y10T 436/173845 (20150115)
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09230063 — Automated prostate tissue referencing for cancer detection and diagnosis

US 09230063	Bhargava et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Rohit Bhargava (Urbana, Illinois); Jin Tae Kwak (Champaign, Illinois); Saurabh Sinha (Champaign, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Rohit Bhargava (Urbana, Illinois); Jin Tae Kwak (Champaign, Illinois); Saurabh Sinha (Champaign, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	This application provides to a method for identifying one or more prostate tissue samples in a database that are closest to a test prostate sample, which can be used to aid pathologists when examining prostate tissues to attain reliable and consistent diagnoses of prostate cancer. Also provided are databases and computer algorithms that can be used with such methods.
FILED	Wednesday, January 18, 2012
APPL NO	13/353196
ART UNIT	2162 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/345 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 19/3443 (20130101)
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09230792 — Ion generation using modified wetted porous materials

US 09230792	Cooks et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S)	Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S)	PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Zhiping Zhang (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	The invention generally relates to ion generation using modified wetted porous materials. In certain aspects, the invention generally relates to systems and methods for ion generation using a wetted porous substrate that substantially prevents diffusion of sample into the substrate. In other aspects, the invention generally relate to ion generation using a wetted porous material and a drying agent. In other aspects, the invention generally relates to ion generation using a modified wetted porous substrate in which at least a portion of the porous substrate includes a material that modifies an interaction between a sample and the substrate.
FILED	Monday, October 13, 2014
APPL NO	14/512579
ART UNIT	2881 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/168 (20130101) H01J 49/0404 (20130101) H01J 49/0409 (20130101) H01J 49/0431 (20130101)
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09227224 — Method of forming macro-structured high surface area transparent conductive oxide electrodes

US 09227224	Forman et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (ASE) at Golden, CO
APPLICANT(S)	Arnold J. Forman (Palo Alto, California); Zhebo Chen (Redwood City, California); Thomas F. Jaramillo (Menlo Park, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Arnold J. Forman (Palo Alto, California); Zhebo Chen (Redwood City, California); Thomas F. Jaramillo (Menlo Park, California)
ABSTRACT	A method of forming a high surface area transparent conducting electrode is provided that includes depositing a transparent conducting thin film on a conductive substrate, where the transparent conducting thin film includes transparent conductive particles and a solution-based transparent conducting adhesive layer which serves to coat and bind together the transparent conducting particles, and heat treating the transparent conducting adhesion layer on the conductive substrate, where an increased surface area transparent conducting electrode is formed.
FILED	Friday, September 14, 2012
APPL NO	13/619053
ART UNIT	1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 5/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 18/1216 (20130101) C23C 18/1262 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/1884 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101)
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09227360 — Preparation of aligned nanotube membranes for water and gas separation applications

US 09227360	Lulevich et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
APPLICANT(S)	Porifera, Inc. (Hayward, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Porifera, Inc. (Hayward, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Valentin Lulevich (Berkeley, California); Olgica Bakajin (San Leandro, California); Jennifer E. Klare (Berkeley, California); Aleksandr Noy (San Carlos, California)
ABSTRACT	Fabrication methods for selective membranes that include aligned nanotubes can advantageously include a mechanical polishing step. The nanotubes have their ends closed off during the step of infiltrating a polymer precursor around the nanotubes. This prevents polymer precursor from flowing into the nanotubes. The polishing step is performed after the polymer matrix is formed, and can open up the ends of the nanotubes.
FILED	Wednesday, October 17, 2012
APPL NO	13/654057
ART UNIT	1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC	Separation B01D 67/0079 (20130101) B01D 69/148 (20130101) B01D 71/021 (20130101) B01D 71/46 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 57/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101)
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09228042 — Polymer scaffold degradation control via chemical control

US 09228042	Hedberg-Dirk et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS) at Albuquerque, NM
APPLICANT(S)	Elizabeth L Hedberg-Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Shawn Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kirsten Cicotte (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)	STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	Elizabeth L Hedberg-Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Shawn Dirk (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kirsten Cicotte (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A variety of polymers and copolymers suitable for use as biologically compatible constructs and, as a non-limiting specific example, in the formation of degradable tissue scaffolds as well methods for synthesizing these polymers and copolymers are described. The polymers and copolymers have degradation rates that are substantially faster than those of previously described polymers suitable for the same uses. Copolymers having a synthesis route which enables one to fine tune the degradation rate by selecting the specific stoichiometry of the monomers in the resulting copolymer are also described. The disclosure also provides a novel synthesis route for maleoyl chloride which yields monomers suitable for use in the copolymer synthesis methods described herein.
FILED	Monday, January 06, 2014
APPL NO	14/147983
ART UNIT	1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 222/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/52 (20130101)
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09228263 — Chemical conversion coating for protecting magnesium alloys from corrosion

US 09228263	Bhargava et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	NEI Corporation (Piscataway, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S)	NEI Corporation (Piscataway, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Gaurang Bhargava (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Fred M. Allen (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Ganesh Skandan (Easton, Pennsylvania); Peter Hornish (Stewartsville, New Jersey); Mohit Jain (East Brunswick, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	A chromate-free, self-healing conversion coating solution for magnesium alloy substrates, composed of 10-20 wt. % Mg(NO₃)₂.6H₂O, 1-5 wt. % Al(NO₃)₃.9H₂O, and less than 1 wt. % of [V₁₀O₂₈]⁶⁻ or VO₃⁻ dissolved in water. The corrosion resistance offered by the resulting coating is in several hundreds of hours in salt-spray testing. This prolonged corrosion protection is attributed to the creation of a unique structure and morphology of the conversion coating that serves as a barrier coating with self-healing properties. Hydroxoaluminates form the backbone of the barrier protection offered while the magnesium hydroxide domains facilitate the “slow release” of vanadium compounds as self-healing moieties to defect sites, thus providing active corrosion protection.
FILED	Monday, October 22, 2012
APPL NO	13/656963
ART UNIT	1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
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 22/40 (20130101) C23C 22/57 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09228276 — Processes for preparing carbon fibers using gaseous sulfur trioxide

US 09228276	Barton et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)	Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Bryan E. Barton (Midland, Michigan); Zenon Lysenko (Midland, Michigan); Mark T. Bernius (Bowling Green, Ohio); Eric J. Hukkanen (Midland, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed herein are processes for preparing carbonized polymers, such as carbon fibers, comprising: sulfonating a polymer with a sulfonating agent that comprises SO₃gas to form a sulfonated polymer; treating the sulfonated polymer with a heated solvent, wherein the temperature of said solvent is at least 95° C.; and carbonizing the resulting product by heating it to a temperature of 500-3000° C.
FILED	Wednesday, July 03, 2013
APPL NO	14/413457
ART UNIT	1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/14 (20130101) D01F 9/20 (20130101) D01F 9/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09228527 — Dynamic estimator for determining operating conditions in an internal combustion engine

US 09228527	Hellstrom et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S)	Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Erik Hellstrom (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Stefanopoulou (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Li Jiang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jacob Larimore (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	Methods and systems are provided for estimating engine performance information for a combustion cycle of an internal combustion engine. Estimated performance information for a previous combustion cycle is retrieved from memory. The estimated performance information includes an estimated value of at least one engine performance variable. Actuator settings applied to engine actuators are also received. The performance information for the current combustion cycle is then estimated based, at least in part, on the estimated performance information for the previous combustion cycle and the actuator settings applied during the previous combustion cycle. The estimated performance information for the current combustion cycle is then stored to the memory to be used in estimating performance information for a subsequent combustion cycle.
FILED	Monday, September 17, 2012
APPL NO	13/621527
ART UNIT	3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 1/12 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 13/0265 (20130101) F02D 35/024 (20130101) F02D 35/028 (20130101) F02D 41/40 (20130101) F02D 41/3035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02D 2041/1432 (20130101) F02D 2200/0616 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/18 (20130101) Y02T 10/44 (20130101) Y02T 10/128 (20130101)
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09228762 — Refrigeration system having dual suction port compressor

US 09228762	Wu
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S)	Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Guolian Wu (St. Joseph, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	A cooling system for appliances, air conditioners, and other spaces includes a compressor, and a condenser that receives refrigerant from the compressor. The system also includes an evaporator that receives refrigerant from the condenser. Refrigerant received from the condenser flows through an upstream portion of the evaporator. A first portion of the refrigerant flows to the compressor without passing through a downstream portion of the evaporator, and a second portion of the refrigerant from the upstream portion of the condenser flows through the downstream portion of the evaporator after passing through the upstream portion of the evaporator. The second portion of the refrigerant flows to the compressor after passing through the downstream portion of the evaporator. The refrigeration system may be configured to cool an appliance such as a refrigerator and/or freezer, or it may be utilized in air conditioners for buildings, motor vehicles, or other such spaces.
FILED	Thursday, February 28, 2013
APPL NO	13/780706
ART UNIT	3744 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material
CURRENT CPC	Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F25B 5/04 (20130101) Refrigerators; Cold Rooms; Ice-boxes; Cooling or Freezing Apparatus Not Otherwise Provided for F25D 11/022 (20130101)
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09228954 — Method of detecting defects in ion exchange membranes of electrochemical cells by chemochromic sensors

US 09228954	Brooker et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Robert Paul Brooker (Melbourne, Florida); Nahid Mohajeri (Rockledge, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert Paul Brooker (Melbourne, Florida); Nahid Mohajeri (Rockledge, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A method of detecting defects in membranes such as ion exchange membranes of electrochemical cells. The electrochemical cell includes an assembly having an anode side and a cathode side with the ion exchange membrane in between. In a configuration step a chemochromic sensor is placed above the cathode and flow isolation hardware lateral to the ion exchange membrane which prevents a flow of hydrogen (H₂) between the cathode and anode side. The anode side is exposed to a first reactant fluid including hydrogen. The chemochromic sensor is examined after the exposing for a color change. A color change evidences the ion exchange membrane has at least one defect that permits H₂transmission therethrough.
FILED	Friday, August 24, 2012
APPL NO	13/594163
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2008/1095 (20130101)
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09228956 — In-situ fluid analysis sensor bolt

US 09228956	Weling et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) Methane Observation Networks with Innovative Technology to Obtain Reductions (MONITOR) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	Spectro Scientific, Inc. (Chelmsford, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Spectro Scientific, Inc. (Chelmsford, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Aniruddha S. Weling (Framingham, Massachusetts); Russell S. Girgenti (Sun City Center, Florida); Matthew B. Fratkin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Patrick F. Henning (Concord, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A sensor and associated methods wherein a bolt or rod stem includes a flow path through and across the stem. A source of radiation within the stem is configured to direct radiation through the flow path and a detector subsystem in the stem is configured to detect radiation passing through the flow path. A head includes electrical conductors for the radiation source and detector subsystem resulting in a compact, inexpensive sensor.
FILED	Tuesday, October 08, 2013
APPL NO	14/048781
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 23/292 (20130101) G01F 23/2925 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/3577 (20130101) G01N 21/8507 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/8521 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49117 (20150115)
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09229028 — Sensor for low force-noise detection in liquids

US 09229028	Ziegler et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by University of California (UC BERKELEY) at Berkeley, CA
APPLICANT(S)	Dominik Ziegler (Berkeley, California); Paul Ashby (Alameda, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Dominik Ziegler (Berkeley, California); Paul Ashby (Alameda, California)
ABSTRACT	The embodiments described herein provide a sensor. In an exemplary embodiment, the sensor includes (1) a resonator, (2) a probe attached to the resonator, and (3) an encasement that encases the resonator, where the encasement includes an opening through which the probe can protrude and where the dimensions of the encasement are on the same order as the dimensions of the resonator.
FILED	Tuesday, August 21, 2012
APPL NO	14/342758
ART UNIT	2881 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 20/02 (20130101) G01Q 20/04 (20130101) G01Q 30/14 (20130101) G01Q 70/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09229218 — Environmentally responsive optical microstructured hybrid actuator assemblies and applications thereof

US 09229218	Aizenberg et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC)
APPLICANT(S)	Joanna Aizenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Michael Aizenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Philseok Kim (Arlington, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Joanna Aizenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Michael Aizenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Philseok Kim (Arlington, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Microstructured hybrid actuator assemblies in which microactuators carrying designed surface properties to be revealed upon actuation are embedded in a layer of responsive materials. The microactuators in a microactuator array reversibly change their configuration in response to a change in the environment without requiring an external power source to switch their optical properties.
FILED	Tuesday, November 29, 2011
APPL NO	13/990385
ART UNIT	2872 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/0074 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 26/0866 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/109 (20150115)
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09229782 — Collectively loading an application in a parallel computer

US 09229782	Aho et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Michael E. Aho (Rochester, Minnesota); John E. Attinella (Rochester, Minnesota); Thomas M. Gooding (Rochester, Minnesota); Samuel J. Miller (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael B. Mundy (Rochester, Minnesota)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael E. Aho (Rochester, Minnesota); John E. Attinella (Rochester, Minnesota); Thomas M. Gooding (Rochester, Minnesota); Samuel J. Miller (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael B. Mundy (Rochester, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT	Collectively loading an application in a parallel computer, the parallel computer comprising a plurality of compute nodes, including: identifying, by a parallel computer control system, a subset of compute nodes in the parallel computer to execute a job; selecting, by the parallel computer control system, one of the subset of compute nodes in the parallel computer as a job leader compute node; retrieving, by the job leader compute node from computer memory, an application for executing the job; and broadcasting, by the job leader to the subset of compute nodes in the parallel computer, the application for executing the job.
FILED	Tuesday, March 27, 2012
APPL NO	13/431248
ART UNIT	2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/5072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2209/549 (20130101)
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09230046 — Generating clock signals for a cycle accurate, cycle reproducible FPGA based hardware accelerator

US 09230046	Asaad et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)	Sameth W. Asaad (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Mohit Kapur (Sleepy Hollow, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Sameth W. Asaad (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Mohit Kapur (Sleepy Hollow, New York)
ABSTRACT	A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for generating clock signals for a cycle accurate FPGA based hardware accelerator used to simulate operations of a device-under-test (DUT). In one embodiment, the DUT includes multiple device clocks generating multiple device clock signals at multiple frequencies and at a defined frequency ratio; and the FPG hardware accelerator includes multiple accelerator clocks generating multiple accelerator clock signals to operate the FPGA hardware accelerator to simulate the operations of the DUT. In one embodiment, operations of the DUT are mapped to the FPGA hardware accelerator, and the accelerator clock signals are generated at multiple frequencies and at the defined frequency ratio of the frequencies of the multiple device clocks, to maintain cycle accuracy between the DUT and the FPGA hardware accelerator. In an embodiment, the FPGA hardware accelerator may be used to control the frequencies of the multiple device clocks.
FILED	Friday, March 30, 2012
APPL NO	13/435614
ART UNIT	2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/455 (20130101) G06F 17/5027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09230289 — Method for estimating power outages and restoration during natural and man-made events

US 09230289	Omitaomu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)	Olufemi A. Omitaomu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Steven J. Fernandez (Knoxville, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia); UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Olufemi A. Omitaomu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Steven J. Fernandez (Knoxville, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	A method of modeling electric supply and demand with a data processor in combination with a recordable medium, and for estimating spatial distribution of electric power outages and affected populations. A geographic area is divided into cells to form a matrix. Within the matrix, supply cells are identified as containing electric substations and demand cells are identified as including electricity customers. Demand cells of the matrix are associated with the supply cells as a function of the capacity of each of the supply cells and the proximity and/or electricity demand of each of the demand cells. The method includes estimating a power outage by applying disaster event prediction information to the matrix, and estimating power restoration using the supply and demand cell information of the matrix and standardized and historical restoration information.
FILED	Wednesday, April 11, 2012
APPL NO	13/443943
ART UNIT	2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 50/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/006 (20130101) H02J 13/0006 (20130101) H02J 2003/007 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/76 (20130101) Y02E 60/723 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 10/16 (20130101) Y04S 10/525 (20130101) Y04S 40/22 (20130101)
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09230739 — PLZT capacitor on glass substrate

US 09230739	Fairchild et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UChicago Argonne, LLC (UCHICAGO) at Argonne, IL
APPLICANT(S)	DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Troy, Michigan); UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC, OPERATOR OF ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY (Argonne, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	M. Ray Fairchild (Kokomo, Indiana); Ralph S. Taylor (Novlesville, Indiana); Carl W. Berlin (West Layfette, Indiana); Celine W K Wong (Kokomo, Indiana); Beihai Ma (Naperville, Massachusetts); Uthamalingam Balachandran (Willowbrook, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	A lead-lanthanum-zirconium-titanate (PLZT) capacitor on a substrate formed of glass. The first metallization layer is deposited on a top side of the substrate to form a first electrode. The dielectric layer of PLZT is deposited over the first metallization layer. The second metallization layer deposited over the dielectric layer to form a second electrode. The glass substrate is advantageous as glass is compatible with an annealing process used to form the capacitor.
FILED	Tuesday, October 29, 2013
APPL NO	14/065837
ART UNIT	2812 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 4/008 (20130101) H01G 4/30 (20130101) H01G 4/33 (20130101) H01G 4/38 (20130101) H01G 4/306 (20130101) H01G 4/1245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 28/55 (20130101)
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09231135 — Low-bandgap, monolithic, multi-bandgap, optoelectronic devices

US 09231135	Wanlass et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (ASE) at Golden, CO
APPLICANT(S)	Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark W. Wanlass (Golden, Colorado); Jeffrey J. Carapella (Evergreen, Colorado)
ABSTRACT	Low bandgap, monolithic, multi-bandgap, optoelectronic devices (10), including PV converters, photodetectors, and LED's, have lattice-matched (LM), double-heterostructure (DH), low-bandgap GaInAs(P) subcells (22, 24) including those that are lattice-mismatched (LMM) to InP, grown on an InP substrate (26) by use of at least one graded lattice constant transition layer (20) of InAsP positioned somewhere between the InP substrate (26) and the LMM subcell(s) (22, 24). These devices are monofacial (10) or bifacial (80) and include monolithic, integrated, modules (MIMs) (190) with a plurality of voltage-matched subcell circuits (262, 264, 266, 270, 272) as well as other variations and embodiments.
FILED	Thursday, May 22, 2014
APPL NO	14/285468
ART UNIT	1758 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/046 (20130101) H01L 31/0725 (20130101) H01L 31/03046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/06875 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101)
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09231219 — N-doping of organic semiconductors by bis-metallosandwich compounds

US 09231219	Barlow et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Basic Energy Sciences (BES) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Stephen Barlow (Atlanta, Georgia); Yabing Qi (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Antoine Kahn (Princeton, New Jersey); Seth Marder (Atlanta, Georgia); Sang Bok Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Swagat K. Mohapatra (Atlanta, Georgia); Song Guo (Atlanta, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia); Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Stephen Barlow (Atlanta, Georgia); Yabing Qi (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Antoine Kahn (Princeton, New Jersey); Seth Marder (Atlanta, Georgia); Sang Bok Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Swagat K. Mohapatra (Atlanta, Georgia); Song Guo (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	The various inventions disclosed, described, and/or claimed herein relate to the field of methods for n-doping organic semiconductors with certain bis-metallosandwich compounds, the doped compositions produced, and the uses of the doped compositions in organic electronic devices. Metals can be manganese, rhenium, iron, ruthenium, osmium, rhodium, or iridium. Stable and efficient doping can be achieved.
FILED	Wednesday, June 13, 2012
APPL NO	14/126319
ART UNIT	2894 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0002 (20130101) H01L 51/002 (20130101) H01L 51/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0083 (20130101) H01L 51/0084 (20130101) H01L 51/0085 (20130101) H01L 51/0086 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101)
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09231517 — Photovoltaic array mounting apparatus, systems, and methods

US 09231517	West et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S)	SolarCity Corporation (San Mateo, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	SolarCity Corporation (San Mateo, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Jack Raymond West (San Rafael, California); Brian Atchley (San Rafael, California); Tyrus Hawkes Hudson (San Rafael, California); Emil Johansen (San Rafael, California)
ABSTRACT	A photovoltaic array, including: (a) supports laid out on a surface in rows and columns; (b) photovoltaic modules positioned on top of the supports; and (c) fasteners connecting the photovoltaic modules to the supports, wherein the supports have an upper pedestal surface and a lower pedestal surface such that the photovoltaic modules are positioned at a non-horizontal angle when edges of the photovoltaic modules are positioned on top of the upper and lower pedestal surfaces, and wherein a portion of the fasteners rotate to lock the photovoltaic modules onto the supports.
FILED	Friday, January 09, 2015
APPL NO	14/593430
ART UNIT	3638 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/042 (20130101) H01L 31/0422 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 20/00 (20130101) H02S 20/10 (20130101) H02S 20/23 (20141201) Original (OR) Class H02S 20/24 (20130101) 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)
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National Science Foundation (NSF)

09227200 — Microfluidic devices with flexible optically transparent electrodes

US 09227200	Chiou et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
APPLICANT(S)	Pei-Yu E. Chiou (Los Angeles, California); Kuo-Wei Huang (Los Angeles, California); Igor Y. Khandros (Orinda, California); Ming C. Wu (Moraga, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Pei-Yu E. Chiou (Los Angeles, California); Kuo-Wei Huang (Los Angeles, California); Igor Y. Khandros (Orinda, California); Ming C. Wu (Moraga, California)
ABSTRACT	Microfluidic devices in which electrokinetic mechanisms move droplets of a liquid or particles in a liquid are described. The devices include at least one electrode that is optically transparent and/or flexible.
FILED	Friday, June 01, 2012
APPL NO	13/486714
ART UNIT	1759 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	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) Original (OR) Class B03C 2201/26 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101)
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09228009 — Multi-hierarchical self-assembly of a collagen mimetic peptide

US 09228009	Hartgerink et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Jeffrey D. Hartgerink (Pearland, Texas); Lesley R. O'Leary (Houston, Texas)
ABSTRACT	The present disclosure generally relates to collagen, and more particularly compositions and methods related to collagen-mimetic peptides. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a collagen-mimetic peptide and peptide systems comprising the amino acid sequence (Pro-Lys-Gly)₄(Pro-Hyp-Gly)₄(Asp-Hyp-Gly)₄.
FILED	Monday, February 10, 2014
APPL NO	14/176235
ART UNIT	1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
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 27/24 (20130101) A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09228169 — Thin films for controlled cell growth

US 09228169	Schlenoff et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Joseph B. Schlenoff (Tallahassee, Florida); David S. Salloum (Blue Ash, Ohio); Thomas C. Keller, III (Tallahassee, Florida); Scott G. Olenych (Tallahassee, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A method for controlling the attachment and growth of cells on a surface of an article, the method comprising contacting the article with living tissue, living organisms, or with water in an aqueous system comprising living organisms wherein the article comprises a substratum having a surface and a film on the surface, the film comprising a network of a net positively charged composition and a net negatively charged composition, wherein the net positively charged composition comprises a net positively charged polyelectrolyte or the net negatively charged composition comprises a net negatively charged polyelectrolyte, and the net positively charged polyelectrolyte or the net negatively charged polyelectrolyte contain (i) a polymer repeat unit having at least two fluorine atoms, or (ii) a polymer repeat unit having a zwitterion group.
FILED	Tuesday, June 16, 2015
APPL NO	14/741062
ART UNIT	1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/16 (20130101) A61K 31/785 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 29/16 (20130101) A61L 29/085 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 2300/424 (20130101) A61L 2400/18 (20130101) A61L 2420/06 (20130101) A61L 2430/00 (20130101) A61L 2430/12 (20130101) A61L 2430/16 (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 2537/00 (20130101)
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09228273 — Nonlinear optical crystals and their manufacture and use

US 09228273	Keszler et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS) U.S. State Government State of Oregon
APPLICANT(S)	Douglas A. Keszler (Corvallis, Oregon); Ning Ye (Fujian, China PRC)
ASSIGNEE(S)	State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon)
INVENTOR(S)	Douglas A. Keszler (Corvallis, Oregon); Ning Ye (Fujian, China PRC)
ABSTRACT	Described are nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals, including aluminum-borate NLO crystals, that have low concentrations of contaminants that adversely affect the NLO crystal's optical properties, such as compounds that contain transition-metal elements and/or lanthanides, other than yttrium, lanthanum, and lutetium. Some NLO crystals with low concentrations of these contaminants are capable of second harmonic generation at very short wavelengths. Also described are embodiments of a method for making these NLO crystals. Some embodiments involve growing a single NLO crystal, such as an aluminum-borate NLO crystal, from a mixture containing a solvent that is substantially free of harmful contaminants. The described NLO crystals can be used, for example, in laser devices.
FILED	Monday, November 21, 2011
APPL NO	13/301538
ART UNIT	1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/7712 (20130101) 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 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 9/12 (20130101) C30B 17/00 (20130101) C30B 29/10 (20130101) C30B 29/22 (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 1/3551 (20130101)
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09228822 — Non-differential elastomer curvature sensor

US 09228822	Majidi et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Carmel Majidi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Rebecca K. Kramer (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert J. Wood (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Carmel Majidi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Rebecca K. Kramer (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert J. Wood (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A hyperelastic, soft microfluidic film measures bending curvature using a novel non-differential mechanism. Disclosed embodiments of the elastomer-based solution allows for curvature sensing directly on a bending plane and thus eliminates limitations imposed by strain gauge factor (GF) and sensor thickness (Z). Due to soft lithography microfabrication and design methods the disclosed curvature sensors are elastically soft (modulus 0.1-1 MPa) and stretchable (100-1000% strain). In contrast to existing curvature sensors that measure differential strain, embodiments of the present invention measures curvature directly and allows for arbitrary gauge factor and film thickness. Moreover, the sensor is composed entirely of soft elastomer (PDMS or Ecoflex® and conductive liquid (eutectic gallium indium, (eGaIn)) and thus remains functional even when stretched to several times its natural length. Electrical resistance in the embedded eGaIn microchannel is measured as a function of bending curvature for a variety of sensor designs.
FILED	Tuesday, January 24, 2012
APPL NO	13/981101
ART UNIT	2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 7/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01B 7/28 (20130101) G01B 7/281 (20130101)
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09229006 — Small water-soluble quantum dots

US 09229006	Selvin et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Physics (PHY)
APPLICANT(S)	THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Paul R Selvin (Urbana, Illinois); Pinghua Ge (Urbana, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Water-soluble, stable fluorescent PEGylated alkanethiol-coated quantum dots are made by contacting quantum dots with PEGylated alkanethiol in a non-oxidative, water-immiscible organic reaction solvent under a non-oxidative gas, wherein the reaction solvent is in contact with an aqueous phase, at elevated temperature and time sufficient to coat the dots with the PEGylated alkanethiol, wherein resultant water-soluble, stable fluorescent PEGylated alkanethiol-coated dots enter the aqueous phase.
FILED	Wednesday, February 19, 2014
APPL NO	14/184558
ART UNIT	1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/00 (20130101) C09K 11/565 (20130101) C09K 11/0811 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/587 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/588 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/74 (20130101) Y10S 977/774 (20130101) Y10S 977/883 (20130101) Y10S 977/892 (20130101)
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09229138 — Twin sub-wavelength grating optical signal processor

US 09229138	Samson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Scott Samson (Safety Harbor, Florida); Sunny Kedia (Palm Harbor, Florida); Al-Aakhir Rogers (Brandon, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	SRI INTERNATIONAL (Menlo Park, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Scott Samson (Safety Harbor, Florida); Sunny Kedia (Palm Harbor, Florida); Al-Aakhir Rogers (Brandon, Florida)
ABSTRACT	An optical signal processor includes a first sub-wavelength grating having a first grating period and a second sub-wavelength grating having a second grating period that is different than the first grating period of the first sub-wavelength grating.
FILED	Tuesday, October 05, 2010
APPL NO	13/500833
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/093 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/1809 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 26/106 (20130101) G02B 26/0808 (20130101) G02B 27/4277 (20130101)
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09230652 — Flash memories using minimum push up, multi-cell and multi-permutation schemes for data storage

US 09230652	Jiang et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
APPLICANT(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Anxiao Jiang (College Station, Texas); Eyal En Gad (Pasadena, California); Jehoshua Bruck (Pasadena, California)
ABSTRACT	Rank modulation has been recently proposed as a scheme for storing information in flash memories. Three improved aspects are disclosed. In one aspect the minimum push-up scheme, for storing data in flash memories is provided. It aims at minimizing the cost of changing the state of the memory. In another aspect, multi-cells, used for storing data in flash memories is provided. Each transistor is replaced with a multi-cell of mm transistors connected in parallel. In yet another aspect, multi-permutations, are provided. The paradigm of representing information with permutations is generalized to the case where the number of cells in each level is a constant greater than one.
FILED	Friday, March 08, 2013
APPL NO	13/791856
ART UNIT	2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0246 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/5621 (20130101) G11C 11/5628 (20130101) G11C 11/5635 (20130101) G11C 16/0441 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 16/0483 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 2201/52 (20130101)
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09231209 — Nanocomposite material, tunable resistor device, and method

US 09231209	Mares et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Vanderbilt Unviersity (Nashville, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Jeremy West Mares (Nashville, Tennessee); Sharon M. Weiss (Franklin, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	Various embodiments of a composite material are provided. In one embodiment of the present invention a nanometer-scale composite material comprises, by volume, from about 1% to about 99% variable-conductivity material and from about 99% to about 1% conductive material. The composite material exhibits memristive properties when a voltage differential is applied to the nanocomposite. In another embodiment, a variable resistor device includes a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal and a nanocomposite in electrical communication with the electrode terminals. The composite material comprises, by volume, from about 1% to about 99% variable-conductivity material and from about 99% to about 1% conductive material. The memristor is tunable as the minimum instantaneous resistance can be altered several orders of magnitude by varying the composition and ratio of the variable-conductivity material and conductive material constituents of the composites.
FILED	Friday, November 15, 2013
APPL NO	14/081409
ART UNIT	2813 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 45/08 (20130101) H01L 45/14 (20130101) H01L 45/146 (20130101) H01L 45/1226 (20130101) H01L 45/1253 (20130101) H01L 45/1266 (20130101) H01L 45/1608 (20130101) H01L 45/1683 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/779 (20130101)
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09231214 — Photovoltaic devices including self-assembling fullerene derivatives for improved efficiencies

US 09231214	Tolbert et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Chemistry (CHE)
APPLICANT(S)	Sarah H. Tolbert (Encino, California); Benjamin J. Schwartz (Encino, California); Yves Rubin (Los Angeles, California); Merissa Halim (Diamond Bar, California); Darcy Wanger (Long Beach, California); Christopher J. Tassone (Los Angeles, California); Alexander L. Ayzner (Los Angeles, California); Robert D. Kennedy (Los Angeles, California); Christopher Day (Los Angeles, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Sarah H. Tolbert (Encino, California); Benjamin J. Schwartz (Encino, California); Yves Rubin (Los Angeles, California); Merissa Halim (Diamond Bar, California); Darcy Wanger (Long Beach, California); Christopher J. Tassone (Los Angeles, California); Alexander L. Ayzner (Los Angeles, California); Robert D. Kennedy (Los Angeles, California); Christopher Day (Los Angeles, California)
ABSTRACT	Described herein are photovoltaic devices including self-assembling fullerene derivatives. In one embodiment, a photovoltaic device includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an active layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The active layer is configured to absorb incident light to produce a first type of charge carrier that is transported to the first electrode layer and a second type of charge carrier that is transported to the second electrode layer. The active layer includes self-assembled molecules of a fullerene derivative to provide a conductive path through at least a portion of the active layer.
FILED	Tuesday, April 07, 2009
APPL NO	12/419936
ART UNIT	1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0047 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101)
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09231219 — N-doping of organic semiconductors by bis-metallosandwich compounds

US 09231219	Barlow et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Basic Energy Sciences (BES) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Stephen Barlow (Atlanta, Georgia); Yabing Qi (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Antoine Kahn (Princeton, New Jersey); Seth Marder (Atlanta, Georgia); Sang Bok Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Swagat K. Mohapatra (Atlanta, Georgia); Song Guo (Atlanta, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia); Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Stephen Barlow (Atlanta, Georgia); Yabing Qi (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Antoine Kahn (Princeton, New Jersey); Seth Marder (Atlanta, Georgia); Sang Bok Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Swagat K. Mohapatra (Atlanta, Georgia); Song Guo (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	The various inventions disclosed, described, and/or claimed herein relate to the field of methods for n-doping organic semiconductors with certain bis-metallosandwich compounds, the doped compositions produced, and the uses of the doped compositions in organic electronic devices. Metals can be manganese, rhenium, iron, ruthenium, osmium, rhodium, or iridium. Stable and efficient doping can be achieved.
FILED	Wednesday, June 13, 2012
APPL NO	14/126319
ART UNIT	2894 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0002 (20130101) H01L 51/002 (20130101) H01L 51/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0083 (20130101) H01L 51/0084 (20130101) H01L 51/0085 (20130101) H01L 51/0086 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101)
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09231292 — Multi-antenna signaling scheme for low-powered or passive radio communications

US 09231292	Koo et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS)
APPLICANT(S)	Gregory Koo (Atlanta, Georgia); Yenpao Lu (Cumming, Georgia); Gregory D. Durgin (Atlanta, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Gregory Koo (Atlanta, Georgia); Yenpao Lu (Cumming, Georgia); Gregory D. Durgin (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	A multi-antenna signaling scheme, system and method for passive or low-powered RF devices, such as a radio frequency identification tag, are herein described. In one embodiment, the presently disclosed subject matter discloses a Retrodirective Array Phase Modulator which is configured to allow RFID tags to return higher-powered signals with higher data rates back to an RFID interrogator or reader unit. In some configurations, pattern strobing is used which is an array-based transmission technique for stepping or sweeping an RF waveform through space so that passive radio devices may more efficiently harvest energy without increasing transmit power. In some configurations, the presently disclosed subject matter may also use a Staggered Pattern Charge Collector to boost the collection of microwave power.
FILED	Tuesday, February 01, 2011
APPL NO	13/576734
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 19/0713 (20130101) G06K 19/07773 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/248 (20130101) H01Q 1/2225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 3/38 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/50 (20130101)
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09231461 — Electromagnetic energy conversion through coil and magnet arrays

US 09231461	Kim et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS)
APPLICANT(S)	University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Eun Sok Kim (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Qian Zhang (Los Angeles, California)
ABSTRACT	This specification describes technologies relating to converting vibration energy to electrical energy through electromagnetic transduction. According to an aspect, an apparatus to convert kinetic energy to electricity through electromagnetic transduction can include: an array of magnets arranged in a first plane; and an array of coils arranged in a second plane with respect to the first plane to form a gap between the array of magnets and the array of coils. According to another aspect, an energy harvester can include: a two dimensional array of magnets; a two dimensional array of coils; a housing configured and arranged to limit a direction of motion of either the two dimensional array of magnets or the two dimensional array of coils; and additional magnets configured and arranged to form a suspension system for either the two dimensional array of magnets or the two dimensional array of coils in the direction of motion.
FILED	Thursday, June 06, 2013
APPL NO	13/911959
ART UNIT	2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 35/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02K 35/02 (20130101) H02K 35/04 (20130101)
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09231865 — Lookup engine with reconfigurable low latency computational tiles

US 09231865	Sankaralingam et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)	Karthikeyan Sankaralingam (Madison, Wisconsin); Eric Nathaniel Harris (Oshkosh, Wisconsin); Samuel Lawrence Wasmundt (Mosinee, Wisconsin)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Karthikeyan Sankaralingam (Madison, Wisconsin); Eric Nathaniel Harris (Oshkosh, Wisconsin); Samuel Lawrence Wasmundt (Mosinee, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	An architecture for a specialized electronic computer for high-speed data lookup employs a set of tiles each with independent logic elements lookup memory portions. The tiles may each comprise gate-array-like functional units that may be wired together by a multi-way switch for extremely low latency.
FILED	Friday, August 10, 2012
APPL NO	13/572317
ART UNIT	2478 — Multiplex and VoIP
CURRENT CPC	Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/2858 (20130101) H04L 45/60 (20130101) H04L 45/745 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

09227221 — Hydrophilic-core microcapsules and their formation

US 09227221	Calle et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)	Luz M. Calle (Merritt Island, Florida); Wenyan Li (Orlando, Florida); Jerry W. Buhrow (Viera, Florida); Scott T. Jolley (Titusville, Florida)
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)	Luz M. Calle (Merritt Island, Florida); Wenyan Li (Orlando, Florida); Jerry W. Buhrow (Viera, Florida); Scott T. Jolley (Titusville, Florida)
ABSTRACT	Hydrophilic-core microcapsules and methods of their formation are provided. A hydrophilic-core microcapsule may include a shell that encapsulates water with the core substance dissolved or dispersed therein. The hydrophilic-core microcapsules may be formed from an emulsion having hydrophilic-phase droplets dispersed in a hydrophobic phase, with shell-forming compound contained in the hydrophilic phase or the hydrophobic phase and the core substance contained in the hydrophilic phase. The shells of the microcapsules may be capable of being broken down in response to being contacted by an alkali, e.g., produced during corrosion, contacting the shell.
FILED	Monday, August 16, 2010
APPL NO	12/856849
ART UNIT	1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/14 (20130101) B01J 13/16 (20130101) Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B05D 5/06 (20130101) B05D 2202/00 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 20/1029 (20130101) C04B 20/1029 (20130101) C04B 40/0641 (20130101) C04B 2103/54 (20130101) C04B 2103/61 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 9/10 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 67/0097 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/082 (20130101) C09D 7/1291 (20130101)
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09227719 — Reactive orthotropic lattice diffuser for noise reduction

US 09227719	Khorrami
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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)	Mehdi R. Khorrami (Norfolk, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	An orthotropic lattice structure interconnects porous surfaces of the flap with internal lattice-structured perforations to equalize the steady pressure field on the flap surfaces adjacent to the end and to reduce the amplitude of the fluctuations in the flow field near the flap end. The global communication that exists within all of the perforations provides the mechanism to lessen the pressure gradients experienced by the end portion of the flap. In addition to having diffusive effects (diffusing the incoming flow), the three-dimensional orthogonal lattice structure is also reactive (acoustic wave phase distortion) due to the interconnection of the perforations.
FILED	Monday, February 11, 2013
APPL NO	13/764062
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 1/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09227721 — Variable camber continuous aerodynamic control surfaces and methods for active wing shaping control

US 09227721	Nguyen
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)	The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Nhan T. Nguyen (Santa Clara, California)
ABSTRACT	An aerodynamic control apparatus for an air vehicle improves various aerodynamic performance metrics by employing multiple spanwise flap segments that jointly form a continuous or a piecewise continuous trailing edge to minimize drag induced by lift or vortices. At least one of the multiple spanwise flap segments includes a variable camber flap subsystem having multiple chordwise flap segments that may be independently actuated. Some embodiments also employ a continuous leading edge slat system that includes multiple spanwise slat segments, each of which has one or more chordwise slat segment. A method and an apparatus for implementing active control of a wing shape are also described and include the determination of desired lift distribution to determine the improved aerodynamic deflection of the wings. Flap deflections are determined and control signals are generated to actively control the wing shape to approximate the desired deflection.
FILED	Tuesday, October 09, 2012
APPL NO	13/648197
ART UNIT	3647 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 3/14 (20130101) B64C 3/50 (20130101) B64C 9/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 9/20 (20130101)
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09228240 — Methods for detecting and quantifying viable bacterial endo-spores

US 09228240	Venkateswaran et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)	Kasthuri J. Venkateswaran (Azusa, California); Christina N. Stam (Pasadena, California); Ronald D. Smiley (Jefferson, Arkansas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Kasthuri J. Venkateswaran (Azusa, California); Christina N. Stam (Pasadena, California); Ronald D. Smiley (Jefferson, Arkansas)
ABSTRACT	Methods and systems for detecting viable bacterial endospores in a sample and related methods to quantify viable bacterial endospores in a sample.
FILED	Thursday, June 02, 2011
APPL NO	13/152213
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 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6848 (20130101) C12Q 1/6848 (20130101) C12Q 2525/186 (20130101) C12Q 2563/173 (20130101)
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09229451 — Locomotion of amorphous surface robots

US 09229451	Bradley
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)	U.S.A. 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)	Arthur T. Bradley (Yorktown, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	An amorphous robot includes a compartmented bladder containing fluid, a valve assembly, and an outer layer encapsulating the bladder and valve assembly. The valve assembly draws fluid from a compartment(s) and discharges the drawn fluid into a designated compartment to displace the designated compartment with respect to the surface. Another embodiment includes elements each having a variable property, an outer layer that encapsulates the elements, and a control unit. The control unit energizes a designated element to change its variable property, thereby moving the designated element. The elements may be electromagnetic spheres with a variable polarity or shape memory polymers with changing shape and/or size. Yet another embodiment includes an elongated flexible tube filled with ferrofluid, a moveable electromagnet, an actuator, and a control unit. The control unit energizes the electromagnet and moves the electromagnet via the actuator to magnetize the ferrofluid and lengthen the flexible tube.
FILED	Tuesday, February 25, 2014
APPL NO	14/189019
ART UNIT	3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
CURRENT CPC	Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 57/00 (20130101) B62D 57/021 (20130101) Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/16 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09231180 — Nanostructured silicide composites for thermoelectric applications

US 09231180	Fleurial et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) at Pasadena, CA
APPLICANT(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Altadena, California); Sabah K. Bux (Chino Hills, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides a method of preparing a nanocomposite thermoelectric material. The method includes heating a reaction mixture of a semiconductor material and a metal complex to a temperature greater than the decomposition temperature of the metal complex. The heating forms metallic inclusions having a size less than about 100 nm that are substantially evenly distributed throughout the semiconductor material forming the nanocomposite thermoelectric material. The present invention also provides a nanocomposite thermoelectric material prepared by this method.
FILED	Wednesday, October 09, 2013
APPL NO	14/050184
ART UNIT	1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 33/06 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/26 (20130101) H01L 35/34 (20130101)
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)

09227898 — Postharvest production and enhancement of resveratrol and piceatannol in sugarcane

US 09227898	Boue et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Agriculture (USDA)
APPLICANT(S)	Stephen M. Boue (New Orleans, Louisiana); Matthew E. Burow (New Orleans, Louisiana); Deepak Bhatnagar (New Orleans, Louisiana)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Administrators of the Tulane Edcational Fund (New Orleans, Louisiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Stephen M. Boue (New Orleans, Louisiana); Matthew E. Burow (New Orleans, Louisiana); Deepak Bhatnagar (New Orleans, Louisiana)
ABSTRACT	It has been discovered that irradiating the cut side of sugarcane billets, preferably 2-50 mm, with UVB or UVC light or combinations thereof initiates stilbene production, particularly resveratrol and piceatannol. In an embodiment the cut sides of sugarcane billets of a predetermined thickness are irradiated with Ultraviolet-C or Ultraviolet-B light or combinations thereof at an intensity and for a duration of time sufficient to produce a significant increase in a level of one or more stilbenes in the irradiated billets compared to a level of stilbenes in billets that are not irradiated; and the irradiated sugarcane billets are maintained for at least about three days up to about 20 days, to optimize stilbene levels.
FILED	Monday, January 28, 2013
APPL NO	14/375132
ART UNIT	1672 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/04 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 37/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/02 (20130101) C10L 5/445 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 5/00 (20130101)
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09228146 — High- and low-viscosity estolide base oils and lubricants

US 09228146	Bredsguard
FUNDED BY	Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
APPLICANT(S)	BIOSYNTHETIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Irvine, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC (Irvine, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Jakob Bredsguard (Lake Forest, California)
ABSTRACT	Provided herein are compounds of the formula: in which n is an integer equal to or greater than 1; R₂is selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched; and R₁, R₃, and R₄, independently for each occurrence, are selected from optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched, wherein compositions comprising the compounds are characterized by particular combinations of values for estolide number, kinematic viscosity, and pour point. Also provided are compositions containing the compounds and methods of making both the compounds and compositions thereof.
FILED	Tuesday, February 03, 2015
APPL NO	14/613311
ART UNIT	1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 57/02 (20130101) C07C 67/48 (20130101) C07C 67/54 (20130101) C07C 67/465 (20130101) C07C 69/34 (20130101) C07C 69/604 (20130101) C07C 69/675 (20130101) Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 105/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10M 105/36 (20130101) C10M 107/32 (20130101) C10M 2207/2825 (20130101) C10M 2209/1023 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10M Relating to Lubricating Compositions C10N 2220/10 (20130101) C10N 2220/022 (20130101) C10N 2220/023 (20130101) C10N 2220/027 (20130101) C10N 2220/028 (20130101) C10N 2230/02 (20130101) C10N 2230/64 (20130101) Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils or Waxes; Candles; Fats, Oils or Fatty Acids by Chemical Modification of Fats, Oils, or Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom C11C 3/00 (20130101) C11C 3/003 (20130101) C11C 3/08 (20130101)
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Department of Commerce (DOC)

09227067 — Systems, devices, and methods for monitoring and analyzing research animal behavior before, during and after brain electrical stimulation

US 09227067	Hasulak
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	NeuroPace, Inc. (Mountain View, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	NeuroPace, Inc. (Mountain View, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Nicholas Robert Hasulak (Sunnyvale, California)
ABSTRACT	Described are systems, devices and methods for facilitating the delivery of stimulation to, and the monitoring and recording of physiological signals (e.g., electroencephalographic signals) from a research subject. Devices include a headmount that includes a cranial frame and a headstage, and a connection between the headmount and external equipment used for stimulation, monitoring, and/or recording that is robust physically and electrically to optimize stimulation, monitoring and recording even while the subject remains ambulatory. In some embodiments, a hinged headmount allows the configuration to be easily manipulated during attachment and any subsequent adjustment or reattachment procedures and permits easy access to any wires or other components implanted in the subject. In some embodiments, a flexible cable extends out from the headmount at an acute angle relative to a horizontal plane of the headmount, to optimize strain relief as the subject moves about while attached to any stimulation, monitoring and/or recording equipment.
FILED	Thursday, September 04, 2014
APPL NO	14/477543
ART UNIT	3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0529 (20130101) A61N 1/0534 (20130101) A61N 1/0539 (20130101) A61N 1/36017 (20130101) A61N 1/36025 (20130101) A61N 1/36064 (20130101) A61N 1/36125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09227272 — Nanocomposite welding wires

US 09227272	Li et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
APPLICANT(S)	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); Eck Industries, Inc. (Manitowoc, Wisconsin)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Xiaochun Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Hongseok Choi (Madison, Wisconsin); David Weiss (Manitowoc, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	Welding wires and methods for welding metal work pieces using the welding wires are provided. The welding wires are composite materials comprising a metal alloy and high temperature nanoparticles dispersed in the metal alloy.
FILED	Friday, January 11, 2013
APPL NO	13/739425
ART UNIT	3742 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 35/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B23K 35/0244 (20130101) B23K 35/0261 (20130101)
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)

09226904 — Pharmacological treatment of Parkinson's disease

US 09226904	Wolf et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
APPLICANT(S)	William A. Wolf (Wheaton, Illinois); Erik D. Istre (Saint Louis Park, Minnesota)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	William A. Wolf (Wheaton, Illinois); Erik D. Istre (Saint Louis Park, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to the co-administration of two neurotransmitter agonists to patients with motor disorders, for the purpose of symptom reduction. In particular the present invention provides methods and compositions for alleviation of akinesia, rigidity and/or tremor associated with Parkinson's disease.
FILED	Wednesday, March 24, 2010
APPL NO	12/730972
ART UNIT	1621 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/198 (20130101) A61K 31/198 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/497 (20130101) A61K 31/497 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101)
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09226965 — Method and composition for treating heart failure

US 09226965	Brooks et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
APPLICANT(S)	Wesley W. Brooks (Dedham, Massachusetts); Oscar H.L. Bing (Winchester, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Wesley W. Brooks (Dedham, Massachusetts); Oscar H.L. Bing (Winchester, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A method and composition for treating, preventing or ameliorating heart failure, cardiac hypertrophy, and/or myocardial dysfunction includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a HDAC inhibitor, such as phenylbutyrate, in combination with an ACE inhibitor, such as captopril.
FILED	Friday, October 03, 2008
APPL NO	12/285380
ART UNIT	1621 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/216 (20130101) A61K 31/216 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101)
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

National Security Agency (NSA)

09229044 — Minimum-spacing circuit design and layout for PICA

US 09229044	Ainspan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)	Herschel A. Ainspan (New Hempstead, New York); Seongwon Kim (Old Tappan, New Jersey); Franco Stellari (Waldwick, New Jersey); Alan J. Weger (Mohegan Lake, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Herschel A. Ainspan (New Hempstead, New York); Seongwon Kim (Old Tappan, New Jersey); Franco Stellari (Waldwick, New Jersey); Alan J. Weger (Mohegan Lake, New York)
ABSTRACT	PICA test methods are shown that includes forming semiconductor devices having proximal light emitting regions, such that the light emitting regions are grouped into distinct shapes separated by a distance governed by a target resolution size; forming logic circuits to control the semiconductor devices; activating the one or more semiconductor devices by providing an input signal; and suppressing light emissions from one or more of the activated semiconductor devices by providing one or more select signals to the logic circuits.
FILED	Thursday, May 03, 2012
APPL NO	13/463166
ART UNIT	2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pulse Technique H03K 19/14 (20130101) H03K 19/094 (20130101)
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09231603 — Distributed phase detection for clock synchronization in multi-layer 3D stacks

US 09231603	Liu et al.
FUNDED BY	National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Yong Liu (Rye, New York); Liang-Teck Pang (White Plains, New York); Phillip J. Restle (Katonah, New York)
ABSTRACT	There is provided a clock distribution network for synchronizing global clock signals within a 3D chip stack having two or more strata. The clock distribution circuit includes, on each of the two or more strata, phase detectors, a logic circuit, and a phase de-skewing element. Each phase detector has a respective output for providing phase information relating to a phase difference between two of the global clocks signals on respective different ones of the two or more strata. The logic circuit is connected to the respective outputs of the phase detectors for determining a phase adjustment plan for a given one of the two or more strata upon which the logic circuit is located responsive to the phase information. The phase de-skewing element is for adjusting a clock skew of a same stratum located one of the two of the global clock signals responsive to the phase adjustment plan.
FILED	Monday, March 31, 2014
APPL NO	14/230859
ART UNIT	2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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Small Business Administration (SBA)

09228086 — Siloxane based hollow fibers

US 09228086	Montoya et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	MedArray, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S)	MedArray, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Jean Patrick Montoya (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Peiyuan Li (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Victor M. Montoya (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides inventive hollow fibers having defined gas permability characteristics. Hollow fibers of the present invention are characterized by a PMP_CO2greater than 30,000 Barrer*MPa. Curable compositions and silicone elastomers produced by curing the curable compositions are provided by the present invention. Compositions and methods for making the hollow fibers and devices incorporating them are provided by the present invention.
FILED	Thursday, March 14, 2013
APPL NO	13/829161
ART UNIT	1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 5/5419 (20130101) C08K 5/5425 (20130101) C08K 9/06 (20130101) C08K 9/06 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08L 83/04 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/24 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 1/10 (20130101) D01F 6/76 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2975 (20150115)
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09228956 — In-situ fluid analysis sensor bolt

US 09228956	Weling et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) Methane Observation Networks with Innovative Technology to Obtain Reductions (MONITOR) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	Spectro Scientific, Inc. (Chelmsford, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Spectro Scientific, Inc. (Chelmsford, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Aniruddha S. Weling (Framingham, Massachusetts); Russell S. Girgenti (Sun City Center, Florida); Matthew B. Fratkin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Patrick F. Henning (Concord, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A sensor and associated methods wherein a bolt or rod stem includes a flow path through and across the stem. A source of radiation within the stem is configured to direct radiation through the flow path and a detector subsystem in the stem is configured to detect radiation passing through the flow path. A head includes electrical conductors for the radiation source and detector subsystem resulting in a compact, inexpensive sensor.
FILED	Tuesday, October 08, 2013
APPL NO	14/048781
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 23/292 (20130101) G01F 23/2925 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/3577 (20130101) G01N 21/8507 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/8521 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49117 (20150115)
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U.S. State Government

09228273 — Nonlinear optical crystals and their manufacture and use

US 09228273	Keszler et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS) U.S. State Government State of Oregon
APPLICANT(S)	Douglas A. Keszler (Corvallis, Oregon); Ning Ye (Fujian, China PRC)
ASSIGNEE(S)	State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon)
INVENTOR(S)	Douglas A. Keszler (Corvallis, Oregon); Ning Ye (Fujian, China PRC)
ABSTRACT	Described are nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals, including aluminum-borate NLO crystals, that have low concentrations of contaminants that adversely affect the NLO crystal's optical properties, such as compounds that contain transition-metal elements and/or lanthanides, other than yttrium, lanthanum, and lutetium. Some NLO crystals with low concentrations of these contaminants are capable of second harmonic generation at very short wavelengths. Also described are embodiments of a method for making these NLO crystals. Some embodiments involve growing a single NLO crystal, such as an aluminum-borate NLO crystal, from a mixture containing a solvent that is substantially free of harmful contaminants. The described NLO crystals can be used, for example, in laser devices.
FILED	Monday, November 21, 2011
APPL NO	13/301538
ART UNIT	1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/7712 (20130101) 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 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 9/12 (20130101) C30B 17/00 (20130101) C30B 29/10 (20130101) C30B 29/22 (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 1/3551 (20130101)
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Government Rights Acknowledged

09228304 — Surface mount wedge barrier

US 09228304	Brackin et al.
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)	The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas); Moog Inc. (East Aurora, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas); Moog Inc. (East Aurora, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael S. Brackin (Bryan, Texas); Dean C. Alberson (Bryan, Texas); D. Lance Bullard, Jr. (College Station, Texas); Russell J. Norris (Falls Church, Virginia); Craig R. Ackerman (Springfield, Virginia); Donald L. Moffett (Springfield, Virginia); James A. Kowalski (Springville, New York)
ABSTRACT	The present disclosure relates to a system including an anchor configured to be disposed within a foundation, wherein an upper side of the anchor is configured to be exposed at a surface of the foundation and a wedge-style anti-ram security barrier configured to mechanically couple to the anchor and mount to the surface of the foundation.
FILED	Monday, February 16, 2015
APPL NO	14/623361
ART UNIT	3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware
CURRENT CPC	Additional Work, Such as Equipping Roads or the Construction of Platforms, Helicopter Landing Stages, Signs, Snow Fences, or the Like E01F 9/047 (20130101) E01F 13/04 (20130101) E01F 13/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E01F 13/08 (20130101) E01F 13/12 (20130101) E01F 13/048 (20130101) Gearing F16H 25/18 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 74/18984 (20150115)
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09228894 — Optical sensor and filter assembly with epoxy mounting structure and method of assembly

US 09228894	Sprafke
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)	TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC and IMAGING, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Thomas P. Sprafke (Malibu, California)
ABSTRACT	A mounting structure between the spectral filter and optical sensor includes one or more beads of epoxy that are bonded to the face of the sensor at locations adjacent and bonded to the edge of the spectral filter around its perimeter. Placement of the epoxy so that it bonds to the edge of the spectral filter improves the robustness of the package to sheer stresses. Placement of the epoxy at the edge, suitably in discrete spot bonds, also avoids putting epoxy in the optical path, contaminating the optically active area or using epoxy to control the gap height. Alignment of the spectral filter in the plane (x,y) may be achieved using fiducial marks on the sensor and filter. Alignment of the spectral filter out of the plane (z) may be achieved using incompressible spacer balls that set the gap height precisely to the diameter of the ball. Alternately, the spectral filter may be placed in direct contact with the optically active area of the sensor.
FILED	Monday, April 14, 2014
APPL NO	14/252455
ART UNIT	2878 — Optics
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 65/002 (20130101) B29C 65/4875 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2063/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2011/00 (20130101) B29L 2031/34 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/44 (20130101) G01J 3/12 (20130101) G01J 3/0205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 2003/1213 (20130101)
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09229991 — Computer-implemented system and method for exploring and filtering an information space based on attributes via an interactive display

US 09229991	Isaacs et al.
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)	Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Ellen Isaacs (San Jose, California); Mudita Singhal (Sunnyvale, California)
ABSTRACT	A computer-implemented system and method for exploring and filtering an information space based on attributes via an interactive display is provided. Entities related to an information space are retrieved. Attributes associated with the entities are identified. The entities are displayed as a list. A status representation of the entities and at least one attribute graph based on one of the attributes from the entity list are presented. A status of a user with respect to one or more of the entities is tracked. The status for the one or more entities is received from the user. The user status is applied to the status representation and the attribute graph.
FILED	Friday, April 19, 2013
APPL NO	13/866926
ART UNIT	2164 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30554 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30705 (20130101) G06F 17/30716 (20130101) G06F 17/30867 (20130101) G06F 17/30905 (20130101)
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09231137 — Infrared photodetector with reticulated contact

US 09231137	Sharifi et al.
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)	Hasan Sharifi (Agoura Hills, California); Terence J. De Lyon (Newbury Park, California); Rajesh D. Rajavel (Oak Park, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Hasan Sharifi (Agoura Hills, California); Terence J. De Lyon (Newbury Park, California); Rajesh D. Rajavel (Oak Park, California)
ABSTRACT	Using a highly doped Cap layer of the same composition as the Contact material in an nBn or pBp infrared photodetector allows engineering of the energy band diagram to facilitate minority carrier current flow in the contact region and block minority current flow outside the Contact region. The heavily doped Cap layer is disposed on the Barrier between the Contacts but electrically isolated from the Contact material.
FILED	Friday, June 03, 2011
APPL NO	13/152947
ART UNIT	2813 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0224 (20130101) H01L 31/0328 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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09232215 — Measuring video acuity

US 09232215	Watson
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)	Andrew B. Watson (Los Gatos, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Andrew B. Watson (Los Gatos, California)
ABSTRACT	A method of measuring the video acuity of a physical imaging system is disclosed. A chart comprising an image of a set of test symbols is provided. The set of test symbols comprises a plurality of symbols repeated at a plurality of symbol sizes. A digital image of the chart is obtained using the imaging system. The digital image is cropped to obtain a set of cropped images comprising individual digital images of each test symbol in the set of test symbols. A template image of a test symbol is aligned with a test image comprising one member of the set of cropped images. The template image comprises a digitally generated image of the test symbol in the test image. The normalized correlation between the aligned template image and the test image is determined. The test symbol whose template image has the highest correlation with the test image is identified.
FILED	Wednesday, April 11, 2012
APPL NO	13/444789
ART UNIT	2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 17/00 (20130101) H04N 17/002 (20130101) H04N 17/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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