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| US 09254083 | Nozato et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Tokyo, Japan); University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, Japan); UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Koji Nozato (Rochester, New York); Qiang Yang (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for imaging an object. The system includes a scanner. The scanner positions a spot of light from a light source on the object along a scanning path. The scanning path includes a plurality of scan lines. The spot moves along the scanning path at a scanning velocity. The scanning velocity is not constant. The intensity of the spot of light is modulated as a function of the scanning velocity. The system includes a detector that is arranged to output data associated with positions along the scanning path. The system includes one or more processors that perform calculations. Pixels are calculated based on the output data. The image is constructed of the object based on the pixels. |
| FILED | Friday, December 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/099700 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 3/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09254089 | Tearney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Dvir Yelin (Haifa, Israel); Dongkyun Kang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Dvir Yelin (Haifa, Israel); Dongkyun Kang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary embodiments of apparatus and method according to the present disclosure are provided. For example, an apparatus for providing electromagnetic radiation to a structure can be provided. The exemplary apparatus can include a first arrangement having at least two wave-guides which can be configured to provide there through at least two respective electromagnetic radiations with at least partially different wavelengths from one another. The exemplary apparatus can also include a dispersive second arrangement structured to receive the electro-magnetic radiations and forward at least two dispersed radiations associated with the respective electro-magnetic radiations to at least one section of the structure. The wave-guide(s) can be structured and/or spatially arranged with respect to the dispersive arrangement to facilitate at least partially overlap of the dispersed radiations on the structure. In addition, another arrangement can be provided which can include at least two further wave-guides which can be configured to receive the electro-magnetic radiations from the dispersive arrangement. Each of the further wave-guides can be structured and/or spatially arranged with respect to the dispersive arrangement to facilitate a receipt of a different one of the such electro-magnetic radiations as a function of wavelengths thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/054015 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0062 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/18 (20130101) G01J 3/0218 (20130101) G01J 3/0256 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 23/2423 (20130101) G02B 23/2469 (20130101) |
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| US 09254114 | Funk et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Triple Ring Technologies, Inc. (Newark, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Triple Ring Technologies, Inc. (Newark, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobias Funk (Martinez, California); Steve Denis Burion (San Francisco, California); Augustus Percival Lowell (Durham, New Hampshire); Kate LeeAnn Bechtel (Pleasant Hill, California); Joseph Anthony Heanue (Oakland, California); Brian Patrick Wilfley (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention pertains to an apparatus and method for adaptive exposure in imaging systems. An x-ray source for producing x-ray radiation and an x-ray detector for measuring amount of x-ray radiation passing through the human patient and striking the detector can be used. A tomographic image of the human patient or a tomosynthetic image of the human patient can be generated. Region of interest filtering and equalization filtering can be utilized. Filtering can be accomplished with a mechanical shield or shutter or with electronic control of the x-ray source. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/496346 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/107 (20130101) A61B 6/405 (20130101) A61B 6/469 (20130101) A61B 6/487 (20130101) A61B 6/504 (20130101) A61B 6/542 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/4028 (20130101) A61B 6/4035 (20130101) A61B 6/4241 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 35/08 (20130101) H01J 35/14 (20130101) H01J 2235/087 (20130101) |
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| US 09254116 | Dahl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jeremy J. Dahl (Durham, North Carolina); Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell (Towson, Maryland); Gregg E. Trahey (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy J. Dahl (Durham, North Carolina); Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell (Towson, Maryland); Gregg E. Trahey (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of creating an ultrasound image includes receiving a return signal from a time delayed signal emitted from a plurality of transducer elements at a target the return signal comprising a measurement at each of the plurality of transducer elements formed from a plurality of reflections off of a plurality of volume elements forming a two dimensional slice of a target, computing a Van-Cittert Zernike (VCZ) curve for each of the plurality of volume elements based upon the measured return signals and creating an short-lag spatial coherence (SLSC) image comprising a plurality of pixels each associated with one of the plurality of volume elements wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a value computed from a metric of the VCZ curve computed for each of the associated plurality of volume elements. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/638996 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/08 (20130101) A61B 8/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 7/52046 (20130101) G01S 15/8977 (20130101) |
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| US 09254272 | McAllister et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sutter West Bay Hospitals (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sutter West Bay Hospitals (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean D. McAllister (Daly City, California); Pierre-Yves Desprez (Richmond, California); Anuradha Mahadevan (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to cannabinoid derivative compounds, pharmaceutical compositions made thereof, and methods for treating various diseases and disorders including cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, November 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/690920 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/05 (20130101) A61K 31/085 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/495 (20130101) A61K 31/4188 (20130101) A61K 31/4188 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 39/10 (20130101) C07C 39/17 (20130101) C07C 39/23 (20130101) C07C 43/21 (20130101) C07C 43/23 (20130101) C07C 69/16 (20130101) C07C 69/017 (20130101) C07C 69/40 (20130101) C07C 271/44 (20130101) C07C 309/17 (20130101) C07C 2101/14 (20130101) C07C 2101/16 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/80 (20130101) C07D 295/30 (20130101) C07D 295/096 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/09 (20130101) C07F 9/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09254275 | Brenna et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Thomas Brenna (Ithaca, New York); Rinat Ran-Ressler (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Thomas Brenna (Ithaca, New York); Rinat Ran-Ressler (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method of preventing or treating a gastrointestinal condition in a subject, that includes administering one or more branched chain fatty acid to the subject under conditions effective to prevent or treat the gastrointestinal condition in the subject. In general, branched chain fatty acids, in accordance with the present invention, may be non-esterified fatty acids or covalently linked to a lipid, including wax esters, sterol esters, triacylglycerols, or any other lipid-related molecular species, natural or artificial. The branched chain fatty acid can be a C11 to C26 branched chain fatty acid and mixtures thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/678465 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/301 (20130101) A23L 1/3008 (20130101) A23L 1/3014 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/19 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/19 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 35/741 (20130101) A61K 35/741 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/20 (20130101) C12N 1/38 (20130101) |
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| US 09254280 | Cole et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory M. Cole (Santa Monica, California); Sally A. Frautschy (Santa Monica, California); David R. Schubert (La Jolla, California); Pamela A. Maher (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory M. Cole (Santa Monica, California); Sally A. Frautschy (Santa Monica, California); David R. Schubert (La Jolla, California); Pamela A. Maher (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nutraceutical formulations that improve cognitive function in adults diagnosed with neurodegenerative disease are provided, which comprise a combination of fisetin and DHA. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/118187 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/3002 (20130101) A23L 1/3008 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2200/322 (20130101) A23V 2250/1868 (20130101) A23V 2250/2116 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/202 (20130101) A61K 31/202 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09254285 | Apte |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajendra S. Apte (Clayton, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treatment of diseases that include or are characterized by inappropriate or pathological neovascularization are disclosed. These diseases include diseases of the eye, such as diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, and choroidal neovascularization which can occur in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Disclosed methods include administering agents that cause directly or indirectly upregulation of the ABCA1 transporter protein in macrophages. These agents include, without limitation, LXR agonists. In some embodiments, inhibitors of CETP expression or activity can also be effective. Administration routes can include, without limitation, intraocular, periocular, or systemic administration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/811011 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 31/18 (20130101) A61K 31/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 31/265 (20130101) A61K 31/421 (20130101) A61K 31/575 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) |
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| US 09254295 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Adams (Iowa City, Iowa); Michael C. Dyle (Iowa City, Iowa); Michael Welsh (Riverside, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for promoting muscle hypertrophy or decreasing adiposity by providing to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/612636 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Fodder A23K 1/1618 (20130101) Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/30 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Steroids C07J 53/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09254317 | Dale |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James B. Dale (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Immunogenic compositions are provided herein that are useful for inducing an immune response specific against group A streptococcus (GAS). Immunogenic compositions provided herein are multivalent and comprise a plurality of immunogenic peptides or fusion polypeptides comprising the immunogenic peptides that induce an immune response against GAS. The immunogenic compositions provided herein induce an immune response against the GAS serotypes represented by an immunogenic peptide (derived from an M protein or Spa protein) comprised within the immunogenic composition and also induce an immune response against serotypes that are unrepresented by any immunogenic peptide included in the immunogenic composition. Methods for using the compositions for inducing an immune response against GAS and for treating or reducing the likelihood of occurrence of a GAS infection are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/176501 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/092 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/315 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/62 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56944 (20130101) G01N 2333/315 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09254318 | Kawaoka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Taisuke Horimoto (Madison, Wisconsin); Shin Murakami (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Taisuke Horimoto (Madison, Wisconsin); Shin Murakami (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a composition useful to prepare high titer influenza viruses, e.g., in the absence of helper virus, which includes at least five internal genes from an influenza virus isolate that replicates to high titers in embryonated chicken eggs or MDCK cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/729557 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/525 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 2760/16051 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16151 (20130101) C12N 2800/107 (20130101) |
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| US 09254319 | Robinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); The United States of America as represented by The Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harriet Robinson (Atlanta, Georgia); James Smith (Cumming, Georgia); Rama Amara (Atlanta, Georgia); Bernard Moss (Bethesda, Maryland); Salvatore T. Butera (Del Mar, California); Dennis Ellenberger (Norcross, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | We have developed DNA and viral vectors that can be used, alone or in combination, as a vaccine against one HIV clade, subtype, or recombinant form of HIV or against multiple HIV clades, subtypes, or recombinant forms. Moreover, the vectors can encode a variety of antigens, which may be obtained from one clade or from two or more different clades, and the antigens selected and/or the manner in which the vectors are formulated (e.g., mixed) can be manipulated to generate a protective immune response against a variety of clades (e.g., the clades to which a patient is most likely to be exposed; with the proportions of the components of the vaccine tailored to the extent of the patient's risk to a particular clade or clades). |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/137095 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) A61K 2039/55511 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/70 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2710/24143 (20130101) C12N 2740/16022 (20130101) C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2740/16222 (20130101) C12N 2740/16234 (20130101) C12N 2830/00 (20130101) C12N 2830/15 (20130101) C12N 2830/42 (20130101) C12N 2830/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09254333 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoqin Wang (Winchester, Massachusetts); Jon Kluge (Southborough, Massachusetts); Gary G. Leisk (Wilmington, Massachusetts); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides for a process of rapidly forming silk fibroin gelation through ultrasonication. Under the appropriate conditions, gelation can be controlled to occur within two hours after the ultrasonication treatment. Biological materials, including viable cells, or therapeutic agents can be encapsulated in the hydrogels formed from the process and be used as delivery vehicles. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/604568 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/5052 (20130101) A61K 9/5063 (20130101) A61K 9/5089 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2035/124 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/43586 (20130101) |
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| US 09254385 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark Humayan (Glendale, California); Devyani Nanduri (Los Angeles, California); Matthew McMahon (Washington, District of Columbia); James Weiland (Valencia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark Humayan (Glendale, California); Devyani Nanduri (Los Angeles, California); Matthew McMahon (Washington, District of Columbia); James Weiland (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an improved method of stimulating visual neurons to create artificial vision. It has been found that varying current of visual stimulation can create varying percept brightness, varying percept size, and varying percept shape. By determining the attributes of predetermined current levels, and using those attributes to program a video processor, more accurate video preproduction can be obtained. The present invention also includes an electrode array having alternating large and small electrodes in rows at a 45 degree angle to horizontal in the visual field. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/466303 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0543 (20130101) A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09254396 | Mihaylov |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rhode Island Hospital (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rhode Island Hospital (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivaylo B. Mihaylov (Warwick, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of radiotherapy treatment planning is described. A planned target volume is identified for radiotherapy treatment and at least one volume of interest is identified. The mass, density, and total deposited energy contained in the planned target volume and the volumes of interest are identified and dose objectives are determined. At least one of the objectives is a function of the identified mass, density, or deposited energy. A composite objective function is determined using the dose objectives for the planned target volume and the volumes of interest. A near optimal solution to the composite objective function is determined to produce a radiotherapy treatment plan. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/768015 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/1031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255088 | Gatti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Gatti (Sherman Oaks, California); Liutao Du (Los Angeles, California); Robert Damoiseaux (Beverly Hills, California); Chih-Hung Lai (Cerritos, California); Michael Jung (Los Angeles, California); Jin-Mo Ku (Los Angeles, California); Carmen Bertoni (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Premature termination codons readthrough compounds, composition thereof, and methods of making and using the same are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/764748 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 207/04 (20130101) C07C 215/76 (20130101) C07C 251/24 (20130101) C07C 291/04 (20130101) C07C 335/16 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/273 (20130101) C07D 221/16 (20130101) C07D 285/12 (20130101) C07D 307/52 (20130101) C07D 407/06 (20130101) C07D 409/06 (20130101) C07D 413/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255091 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles M. Thompson (Missoula, Montana); Sandip Bharate (Pune, India) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Montana (Missoula, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Thompson (Missoula, Montana); Sandip Bharate (Pune, India) |
| ABSTRACT | The compositions of the invention are novel benzothiazol-based pyridinium compounds with potent acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibitory activities. Such compositions can be used, for example, to treat Alzheimer's Disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The compounds of the invention can also be used to prevent or treat the neurotoxic effects of nerve agents (e.g., sarin gas or insecticides). |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/592386 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 417/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255099 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peng Li (New York, New York); Lawrence P. Wennogle (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTRA-CELLULAR THERAPIES, INC. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Li (New York, New York); Lawrence P. Wennogle (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | 2-(optionally hetero)arylmethyl-3-(optionally hetero)arylamino-[2H]-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine-4,6(5H, 7H)-diones, for example, a compound of Formula I: in free, salt or prodrug form, are useful as pharmaceuticals, particularly as phosphodiesterase 1 inhibitors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/303618 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255122 | Gellman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel Helmer Gellman (Madison, Wisconsin); Pil Seok Chae (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds and methods for manipulating proteins in general and membrane proteins in particular. The compounds can be prepared from cholic acid, deoxycholic acid, lithocholic acid, or derivatives thereof. The compounds typically possess critical micelle concentrations lower than those of known detergents such as CHAPS and CHAPSO. Accordingly, lower amounts of the compounds are required for effective solubilization of membrane proteins. The compounds can be used aid the solubilization, isolation, purification, stabilization, crystallization, and/or structural determination of membrane proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, December 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/556544 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Steroids C07J 41/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255126 | Polo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John M. Polo (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Silvia Perri (Castro Valley, California); Kent Thudium (Oakland, California); Zequn Tang (San Ramon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc. (Emeryville, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Polo (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Silvia Perri (Castro Valley, California); Kent Thudium (Oakland, California); Zequn Tang (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric alphavirus particles and alphavirus replicon RNAs are provided including methods of making and using same. The alphavirus replicon RNAs comprise deletions in one or more nonstructural proteins. Methods of making, using, and therapeutic preparations containing the chimeric alphavirus particle are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, August 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/538432 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2740/16222 (20130101) C12N 2770/36122 (20130101) C12N 2770/36134 (20130101) C12N 2770/36143 (20130101) C12N 2770/36145 (20130101) C12N 2770/36162 (20130101) C12N 2810/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09255140 | MacDonald et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Angus J. MacDonald (Southampton, United Kingdom); Sara Lustigman (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER, INC. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angus J. MacDonald (Southampton, United Kingdom); Sara Lustigman (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to a method for inducing an antigen-specific immune response to an antigen in a mammal in need thereof, or potentiating an immune response, by administering to the mammal an effective amount of an isolated Ov-ASP, or at least one subunit of Ov-ASP. |
| FILED | Monday, March 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/409399 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/739 (20130101) A61K 39/002 (20130101) A61K 39/02 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 39/215 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4354 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) C12N 2770/20034 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 530/82 (20130101) Y10S 530/822 (20130101) |
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| US 09255141 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hing C. Wong (Weston, Florida); Peter Rhode (Miami, Florida); Bai Liu (Cooper City, Florida); Xiaoyun Zhu (Miami, Florida); Kai-ping Han (Miramar, Florida) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Hing C. Wong (Weston, Florida); Peter Rhode (Miami, Florida); Bai Liu (Cooper City, Florida); Xiaoyun Zhu (Miami, Florida); Kai-ping Han (Miramar, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features compositions and methods featuring ALT-803, a complex of an interleukin-15 (IL-15) superagonist mutant and a dimeric IL-15 receptor α/Fc fusion protein useful for enhancing an immune response against a neoplasia (e.g., multiple myeloma, melanoma, lymphoma) or a viral infection (e.g., human immunodeficiency virus). |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/769179 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1793 (20130101) A61K 38/1793 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/5443 (20130101) C07K 14/7155 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/2887 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2317/732 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/22 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09255178 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shanfeng Wang (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lichun Lu (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael J. Yaszemski (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shanfeng Wang (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lichun Lu (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael J. Yaszemski (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Fumaric acid or a salt thereof, such as a fumaryl halide (e.g. fumaryl chloride), which contains unsaturated carbon-carbon double bonds that can be used for in situ crosslinking, is copolymerized with poly(caprolactone)diol in the presence of an alkali metal salt. The resulting photocrosslinkable biocompatible and bioresorbable poly(caprolactone fumarate) biomaterial is useful in the fabrication of injectable an in-situ hardening scaffolds for application in skeletal reconstruction. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/718906 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| 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 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/46 (20130101) A61L 27/46 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 63/08 (20130101) C08G 63/912 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 67/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09255243 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John R. Wilson (New Brighton, Minnesota); Douglas A. Page (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Dan Welch (Zimmerman, Minnesota); Alison Robeck (Monticello, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wilson Wolf Manufacturing Corporation (New Brighton, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Wilson (New Brighton, Minnesota); Douglas A. Page (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Dan Welch (Zimmerman, Minnesota); Alison Robeck (Monticello, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Gas permeable devices and methods are disclosed for cell culture, including cell culture devices and methods that contain medium at heights, and certain gas permeable surface area to medium volume ratios. These devices and methods allow improvements in cell culture efficiency and scale up efficiency. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/961814 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 23/24 (20130101) C12M 25/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09255257 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xi Chen (Woodland, California); Go Sugiarto (Davis, California); Kam Lau (Parkwood, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xi Chen (Woodland, California); Go Sugiarto (Davis, California); Kam Lau (Parkwood, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides mutants of PmST1 for the preparation of sialyl-Lewisx oligosaccharides, and other sialosides with decreased sialidase activity. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/237334 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1077 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/1081 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/18 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 204/99 (20130101) |
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| US 09255260 | Raines et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald T. Raines (Madison, Wisconsin); Julie C. Mitchell (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas J. Rutkoski (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to altered forms of members of the RNase A superfamily. An RNase A can be modified to be cytotoxic by altering its amino acid sequence so that it is not bound easily by the ribonuclease inhibitor while still retaining catalytic properties. While earlier work had identified some modifications to RNase A that would result in cytotoxicity, the use of the FADE algorithm for molecular interaction analysis has led to several other locations that were candidates for modification. Some of those modifications did result in RNase A variants with increase cytotoxicity. |
| FILED | Friday, July 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/335386 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 301/27005 (20130101) |
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| US 09255268 | Zakharenko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanislav S. Zakharenko (Collierville, Tennessee); Laurie R. Earls (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention embraces methods for the diagnosis and treatment of learning or mental disorders such as schizophrenia using miR-25, miR-98, or miR-185. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/371256 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7105 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09255279 | Wasik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mariusz Wasik (Ardmore, Pennsylvania); James L. Riley (Downingtown, Pennsylvania); Qian Zhang (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Fang Wei (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for transforming primary mammalian cells using an oncogenic form of ALK wherein the transformed cells display features of that of a corresponding tumor cell isolated from a cancer subject. The invention also provides a method for immortalizing normal CD4+ T lymphocytes with a lymphoma-characteristic form of ALK such as NPM-ALK. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/197829 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 2207/12 (20130101) A01K 2267/0331 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 2333/91205 (20130101) |
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| US 09255288 | Ramsey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Michael Ramsey (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Laurent Menard (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods generate an ordered restriction map of genomic DNA extracted from whole cells. The devices have a fluidic microchannel that merges into a reaction nanochannel that merges into a detection nanochannel at an interface where the nanochannel diameter decreases in size by between 50% to 99%. Intact molecules of DNA are transported to the reaction nanochannel and then fragmented in the reaction nanochannel using restriction endonuclease enzymes. The reaction nanochannel is sized and configured so that the fragments stay in an original order until they are injected into the detection nanochannel. Signal at one or more locations along the detection nanochannel is detected to map fragments in the order they occur along a long DNA molecule. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/204211 |
| 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 1/683 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/683 (20130101) C12Q 2561/113 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) |
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| US 09255289 | Greene |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Eric C. Greene (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric C. Greene (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is related to nucleic acid arrays and methods of using nucleic acid arrays. |
| FILED | Monday, October 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/911528 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00513 (20130110) B01J 2219/00529 (20130101) B01J 2219/00596 (20130101) B01J 2219/00608 (20130101) B01J 2219/00621 (20130101) B01J 2219/00637 (20130101) B01J 2219/00702 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) B01J 2219/00734 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0663 (20130101) B01L 2400/0421 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (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 1/6837 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) |
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| US 09255292 | Ju et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jingyue Ju (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Qinglin Meng (Sunnyvale, California); Dae H. Kim (New York, New York); Lanrong Bi (New York, New York); Xiaopeng Bai (Watertown, Massachusetts); Nicholas J. Turro (Tenafly, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingyue Ju (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Qinglin Meng (Sunnyvale, California); Dae H. Kim (New York, New York); Lanrong Bi (New York, New York); Xiaopeng Bai (Watertown, Massachusetts); Nicholas J. Turro (Tenafly, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a process for making 3′-O-allyl-dGTP-PC-Biodopy-FL-510, 3′-O-allyl-dATP-PC-ROX, 3′-O-allyl-dCTP-PC-Bodipy-650 and 3′-O-allyl-dUTP-PC-R6G, and related methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/186353 |
| 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 | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/067 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2521/101 (20130101) C12Q 2525/117 (20130101) C12Q 2525/186 (20130101) C12Q 2563/107 (20130101) |
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| US 09255300 | Kay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Kay (Los Altos, California); Dirk Haussecker (Buehlertal, Germany); Dan Cao (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Kay (Los Altos, California); Dirk Haussecker (Buehlertal, Germany); Dan Cao (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for modulating transcription by RNA polymerases are described. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/225321 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1131 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2760/10111 (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 1/706 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255348 | Zenhausern et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Frederic Zenhausern (Fountain Hills, Arizona); Christine Orozco (Mystic, Connecticut); Mark Richards (Maricopa, Arizona); Carl Yamashiro (Chandler, Arizona); Sally A. Amundson (New York, New York); Ralf Lenigk (Chandler, Arizona); Michael L. Bittner (Phoenix, Arizona); Yoganand Balagurunathan (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederic Zenhausern (Fountain Hills, Arizona); Christine Orozco (Mystic, Connecticut); Mark Richards (Maricopa, Arizona); Carl Yamashiro (Chandler, Arizona); Sally A. Amundson (New York, New York); Ralf Lenigk (Chandler, Arizona); Michael L. Bittner (Phoenix, Arizona); Yoganand Balagurunathan (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Exposure to ionizing radiation can produce a well-defined dose dependent signature in terms of changes in gene expression. In approaches and devices described herein, such a signature can be used to generate and use a self-contained radiation biodosimeter device, based on, for example, a blood finger stick. Various aspects of the invention are directed to biodosimetry with a fully integrated biochip using gene expression signatures. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/438944 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/502723 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 30/10 (20130101) C40B 60/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09255843 | Yu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Wen Yu (College Park, Maryland); Ian M. White (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Wen Yu (College Park, Maryland); Ian M. White (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) analytical device includes a substrate having a porous structure, and a plurality of plasmonic nanoparticles embedding in the porous structure and forming a sensing region. A method of detecting a target analyte in a sample includes contacting the sample with the substrate, whereby the target analyte, if present in the sample, is concentrated in the sensing matrix. The substrate may then be analyzed using SERS detection equipment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/626421 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/554 (20130101) G01N 21/658 (20130101) |
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| US 09255901 | Swartz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold M. Swartz (Lyme, New Hampshire); Jiang Gui (Hanover, New Hampshire); Xiaoming He (Hanover, New Hampshire); Piotr Leniewski (W. Lebanon, New Hampshire); Roberto J. Nicolalde Flores (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Benjamin B. Williams (Thetford Center, Vermont); Dean E. Wilcox (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold M. Swartz (Lyme, New Hampshire); Jiang Gui (Hanover, New Hampshire); Xiaoming He (Hanover, New Hampshire); Piotr Leniewski (W. Lebanon, New Hampshire); Roberto J. Nicolalde Flores (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Benjamin B. Williams (Thetford Center, Vermont); Dean E. Wilcox (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for triaging patients according to radiation exposure measures electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of fingernails, toenails, and/or teeth. In vivo, radiation induced spectra are obtained from intact fingernails, toenails, or teeth placed within a magnet and with pickup coils over nails between the cut edge at the end of the fingernail and proximal skin or placed adjacent to at least one tooth. The system may also operate in vitro with fingernail clippings. At least three spectra are obtained with one after a delay at above twenty degrees Celsius, and at least one at power levels different from the others. The spectra are used to determine and remove a mechanically induced signal from EPR spectra to determine radiation-induced spectra. The radiation induced spectra are used to determine radiation dose, the dose is compared to triage limits, and a radiological triage tag is printed for the patients. |
| FILED | Friday, August 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/061423 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09255905 | Mellors et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Scott Mellors (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Erin Anne Redman (Carrboro, North Carolina); John Michael Ramsey (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and devices that allow independently applied pressures to a BGE reservoir and a sample reservoir for pressure-driven injection that can inject a discrete sample plug into a separation channel that does not require voltage applied to the sample reservoir and can allow for in-channel focusing methods to be used. The methods, systems and devices are particularly suitable for use with a mass spectrometer. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/708906 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/44791 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/167 (20130101) |
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| US 09255912 | Johnston et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Johnston (New York, New York); Kenneth Shepard (Ossining, New York); Ioannis Kymissis (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Johnston (New York, New York); Kenneth Shepard (Ossining, New York); Ioannis Kymissis (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprises a thin-film bulk acoustic resonator such as including an acoustic mirror, a piezoelectric region acoustically coupled to the acoustic mirror, and first and second conductors electrically coupled to the piezoelectric region. In an example, an integrated circuit substrate can include an interface circuit connected to the first and second conductors of the resonator, the integrated circuit substrate configured to mechanically support the resonator. An example can include an array of such resonators co-integrated with the interface circuit and configured to detect a mass change associated with one or more of a specified protein binding, a specified antibody-antigen coupling, a specified hybridization of a DNA oligomer, or an adsorption of specified gas molecules. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/283670 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/022 (20130101) G01N 29/036 (20130101) G01N 29/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2291/045 (20130101) G01N 2291/0255 (20130101) G01N 2291/0256 (20130101) G01N 2291/0426 (20130101) Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 5/364 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 9/175 (20130101) H03H 9/545 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/42 (20150115) |
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| US 09255924 | Schorey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana); Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana); Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Schorey (Granger, Indiana); Karen M. Dobos (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for the detection of M. tuberculosis proteins in or on exosomes derived from infected individuals. The methods can use a proteomic approach including mass spectroscopy, data mining and multiplex reaction monitoring to quickly examine a large amount of M. tuberculosis proteins to determine the best biomarkers for use in diagnostic tests to identify active TB patients. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/052378 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/35 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5695 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6848 (20130101) G01N 2333/35 (20130101) |
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| US 09255931 | Newman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gale Newman (Duluth, Georgia); Barbara A. Jacob-Mungin (Atlanta, Georgia); Chamberlain Obialo (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gale Newman (Duluth, Georgia); Barbara A. Jacob-Mungin (Atlanta, Georgia); Chamberlain Obialo (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application relates to methods of treating HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN) and/or focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) using endothelin-1 (ET-1) antagonists. The application further relates to a composition for the treatment of HIVAN and/or FSGS. A kit for detecting the presence of ET-1 or ET-1-associated biomarker in a biological sample is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/162010 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/422 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (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 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/78 (20130101) G01N 33/6893 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/56988 (20130101) G01N 2333/5754 (20130101) G01N 2800/28 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/347 (20130101) |
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| US 09256202 | Barbastathis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Barbastathis (Boston, Massachusetts); Yuan Luo (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Barbastathis (Boston, Massachusetts); Yuan Luo (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | A volume holographic imaging system enables the projection of a two-dimensional (2D) slice of a four-dimensional (4D) object. The 4D source object is illuminated to emit or scatter an optical field. A holographic element having one or more recorded holograms receives and diffracts the optical field into a diffracted plane beam. A phase mask is encoded in one or more multiplexed holographic gratings of the holographic element using a spatial filter. A collector lens focuses the diffracted plane beam to a 2D slice of the 4D probing source object. The focused 2D slice is projected onto a 2D imaging plane. The holographic element may have multiple multiplexed holograms that are arranged to diffract light from a corresponding slice of the 4D probing source object to a non-overlapping region of the detector. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/476768 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/32 (20130101) Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/0005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03H 1/28 (20130101) G03H 1/0248 (20130101) G03H 1/2286 (20130101) G03H 2001/2675 (20130101) |
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| US 09256639 | Shironoshita |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emilio Patrick Shironoshita (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INFOTECH SOFT, INC. (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emilio Patrick Shironoshita (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to computer implemented methods and system for creating and executing an query plan for SPARQL Protocol And Query Language (SPARQL) queries. The methods and systems are designed to accept as input a query in SPARQL syntax, convert this query to semQA2 and generate a parse tree, perform filter pushdown, generate an efficient query plan potentially using a cost function, and execute this query plan against data sources complying to or modeled as Resource Description Framework (RDF). The result of these methods and of the systems implementing these methods is a set of triples contained in the data sources that comprise a solution of the SPARQL query provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/601158 |
| ART UNIT | 2164 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30436 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09258902 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Neil H Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Jordan M Neysmith (Pasadena, California); David D Zhou (Saugus, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a method of bonding a hermetically sealed electronics package to an electrode or a flexible circuit and the resulting electronics package, that is suitable for implantation in living tissue, such as for a retinal or cortical electrode array to enable restoration of sight to certain non-sighted individuals. The hermetically sealed electronics package is directly bonded to the flex circuit or electrode by electroplating a biocompatible material, such as platinum or gold, effectively forming a plated rivet-shaped connection, which bonds the flex circuit to the electronics package. The resulting electronic device is biocompatible and is suitable for long-term implantation in living tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/516476 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/028 (20130101) H05K 1/111 (20130101) H05K 1/115 (20130101) H05K 3/10 (20130101) H05K 3/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 3/305 (20130101) H05K 3/321 (20130101) H05K 3/4644 (20130101) H05K 13/0469 (20130101) H05K 2203/05 (20130101) H05K 2203/06 (20130101) H05K 2203/09 (20130101) H05K 2203/107 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anna M. Galea (Stow, Massachusetts); Kristen LeRoy (Somerville, Massachusetts); Thieu Q. Truong (North Easton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vivonics, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna M. Galea (Stow, Massachusetts); Kristen LeRoy (Somerville, Massachusetts); Thieu Q. Truong (North Easton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An active prosthetic socket including a prosthetic socket shaped to fit a residual limb. An active adjustment system is integrated with the prosthetic socket and is configured to dynamically adjust the fit of the active prosthetic socket to the residual limb of a user during ambulation or motion. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/506473 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/80 (20130101) A61F 2/7812 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 5/01 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 442/2008 (20150401) |
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| US 09254316 | Bruder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joseph T. Bruder (Ijamsville, Maryland); C. Richter King (New York, New York); Thomas Richie (Glenelg, Maryland); Keith Limbach (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Denise Louise Doolan (Camp Hill, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph T. Bruder (Ijamsville, Maryland); C. Richter King (New York, New York); Thomas Richie (Glenelg, Maryland); Keith Limbach (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Denise Louise Doolan (Camp Hill, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of inducing an immune response against malaria in a mammal. The method comprises intramuscularly administering to a mammal a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and either or both of (a) a first adenoviral vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a P. falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP) operably linked to a human CMV promoter, and/or (b) a second adenoviral vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a P. falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA-1) antigen operably linked to a human CMV promoter. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/890422 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/015 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/10043 (20130101) |
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| US 09254496 | Dhiman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajeev Dhiman (Malden, Massachusetts); James C. Bird (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Hyukmin Kwon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kripa K. Varanasi (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajeev Dhiman (Malden, Massachusetts); James C. Bird (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Hyukmin Kwon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kripa K. Varanasi (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to an article that includes a non-wetting surface having a dynamic contact angle of at least about 90°. The surface is patterned with macro-scale features configured to induce controlled asymmetry in a liquid film produced by impingement of a droplet onto the surface, thereby reducing time of contact between the droplet and the surface. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/300022 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 1/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/185 (20130101) B05D 5/02 (20130101) B05D 5/083 (20130101) Cleaning in General; Prevention of Fouling in General B08B 17/065 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24355 (20150115) |
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| US 09254500 | Linnell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse Allen Linnell (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Trina Rae Vian (Westford, Massachusetts); Joseph Renard Morency (Salem, Massachusetts); Anlong Dai (Riverside, Rhode Island); Mark Eric Bury (Acton, Massachusetts); Thomas Sebastian (Waltham, Massachusetts); Carlos Andres Aguilar (Boston, Massachusetts); Joseph John Lacirignola (Beverly, Massachusetts); Jay D. Eversole (Woodbridge, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A feed aerosol comprising detectable particles is injected into a mix-enhancing swirler. Diluting gas is also injected into the mix-enhancing swirler and mixed with the feed aerosol in a swirling motion to form an aerosol with a particle concentration no greater than 1,000 particles per liter. The aerosol is then injected into a mixing chamber, where the aerosol is mixed and dried; the inner diameter of the mixing chamber is at least twice as great as that of the swirl chamber. The aerosol is then emitted through a flow straightener that removes swirl from the flow of the aerosol and passed through a delivery conduit, where the particles are detected and counted; and the particle count is compared with a target count. The respective flows of feed aerosol and diluting gas can then be increased or decreased based on a comparison of the particle count with the target count. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/510262 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| 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 15/00 (20130101) A61M 2209/02 (20130101) Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 1/262 (20130101) B05B 7/0483 (20130101) B05B 12/082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/06 (20130101) G01N 2001/2223 (20130101) |
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| US 09254588 | Chao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nien-Hua Chao (Parsippany, New Jersey); John A. Dispenza (Long Valley, New Jersey); Mario DeAngelis (Ringoes, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nien-Hua Chao (Parsippany, New Jersey); John A. Dispenza (Long Valley, New Jersey); Mario DeAngelis (Ringoes, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer layering process that encapsulates and protects electronics components with complex and imprecise geometries. The protective layering process provides a combination of a flexible mold and/or a rigid mold that apply close-forming, encapsulating the polymer layers to the electronic components and precision assemblies. Polymer layer protective jackets are shaped to as-populated circuit boards and assemblies, providing tightly fit barriers with fine resolution accommodating imprecise geometries. The protective jackets can be formed in rigid, semi-rigid, or highly flexible polymer films, to protect the circuitry from the elements, CTE mismatches, shock and vibration loads and extreme g-forces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/682980 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 41/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09254606 | Bao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianwen Bao (Beijing, China PRC); Zhiyong Liang (Tallahassee, Florida); Ben Wang (Tallahassee, Florida); Chun Zhang (Tallahassee, Florida); Qunfeng Cheng (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianwen Bao (Beijing, China PRC); Zhiyong Liang (Tallahassee, Florida); Ben Wang (Tallahassee, Florida); Chun Zhang (Tallahassee, Florida); Qunfeng Cheng (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for aligning nanoscale fibers are provided. One method comprises providing a network of nanoscale fibers and mechanically stretching the network of nanoscale fibers in a first direction. The network of nanoscale fibers is substantially devoid of a liquid. A network of aligned nanoscale fibers and a composite comprising a network of aligned nanoscale fibers are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/690558 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 55/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 70/14 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2105/162 (20130101) B29K 2105/167 (20130101) B29K 2105/243 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/1002 (20150115) Y10T 428/25 (20150115) |
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| US 09255003 | Keller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of: providing a mixture of a polymer or a resin and a transition metal compound, producing a fiber from the mixture, and heating the fiber under conditions effective to form a carbon nanotube-containing carbonaceous fiber. The polymer or resin is an aromatic polymer or a precursor thereof and the mixture is a neat mixture or is combined with a solvent. Also disclosed are a carbonaceous fiber or carbonaceous nanofiber sheet having at least 15 wt. % carbon nanotubes, a fiber or nanofiber sheet having the a polymer or a resin and the transition metal compound, and a fiber or nanofiber sheet having an aromatic polymer and metal nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/525620 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 442/60 (20150401) Y10T 442/658 (20150401) |
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| US 09255040 | Shaw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Anthony P. Shaw (Madison, New Jersey); Jay C. Poret (Sparta, New Jersey); Christopher M. Csernica (Port Murray, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony P. Shaw (Madison, New Jersey); Jay C. Poret (Sparta, New Jersey); Christopher M. Csernica (Port Murray, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A precise, slow burning, pyrotechnic delay composition composed of a ternary system of from about 8 to about 55 weight percent B4C fuel, 35 to about 82 weight percent NalO4 oxidizer, and PTFE which acts as a pyrotechnic oxidizer and lubricant—such that the resulting composition has surprisingly good mechanical properties, i.e. it can be pressed to a desirably high consolidated density with ordinary loading force, and with minimal wear on the tooling used for pressing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/325613 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 29/14 (20130101) C06B 43/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C06B 45/06 (20130101) C06B 45/10 (20130101) C06B 45/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09255065 | Tan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Loon-Seng Tan (Centerville, Ohio); David Huabin Wang (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Photo-active cross-linkers derived from a tris(azobenzene)-containing compound with the following generic structure: wherein for meta-azo substitution, R is equal to H, and for para-azo substitution, R is selected from the group consisting of H, F, Cl, CF3, and CH3. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/866524 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 245/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255099 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peng Li (New York, New York); Lawrence P. Wennogle (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTRA-CELLULAR THERAPIES, INC. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Li (New York, New York); Lawrence P. Wennogle (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | 2-(optionally hetero)arylmethyl-3-(optionally hetero)arylamino-[2H]-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine-4,6(5H, 7H)-diones, for example, a compound of Formula I: in free, salt or prodrug form, are useful as pharmaceuticals, particularly as phosphodiesterase 1 inhibitors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/303618 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255186 | Vij et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vandana Vij (Palmdale, California); Andrew Guenthner (Lancaster, California); Timothy S. Haddad (Lancaster, California); Joseph M. Mabry (Lancaster, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermosetting resin. The resin includes a silane and a co-reactant monomer. The silane includes a quaternary silicon atom with first and second non-hydrolyzable moieties chemically bonded thereto. Each of the first and second non-hydrolyzable moieties includes respective first and second reactive groups. The reactive groups include at least one aromatic or unsaturated group having a triple bond. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/667743 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/10 (20130101) C07F 7/0809 (20130101) C07F 7/0818 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 230/08 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 43/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09255328 | Purkl et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fabian Purkl (Palo Alto, California); John Provine (Stanford, California); Gary Yama (Mountain View, California); Ando Feyh (Palo Alto, California); Gary O'Brien (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A metamaterial includes a first continuous layer formed with a first material by atomic layer deposition (ALD), a first non-continuous layer formed with a second material by ALD on first upper surface portions of a first upper surface of the first continuous layer, and a second continuous layer formed with the first material by ALD on second upper surface portions of the first upper surface of the first continuous layer and on a second upper surface of the first non-continuous layer. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/200198 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/45529 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24851 (20150115) |
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| US 09255746 | Valensa |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Modine Mfg. Co. (Racine, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Modine Manufacturing Company (Racine, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeroen Valensa (Muskego, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A reactor core for use in a chemical reactor includes first and second reactor core sections. Each core section includes heat transfer fluid conduits extending through the core section in a first direction, the lengths of the conduits defining a core section width. Each core section further includes spaced apart parallel plates arranged into a plate stack, with the conduits extending through the stack. Surfaces of the plates have a catalyst coating applied to them. The plates are rectangular and define a core section depth and a core section length, the core section depth being substantially smaller than both the core section width and length. Channels are defined by the spaces between adjacent plates, and are open to flow through the reactor core section in both the core section depth and length directions. The first core section is adjacent to the second core section in the depth direction. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/661079 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/02 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 7/087 (20130101) F28D 2021/0022 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 1/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F28F 9/26 (20130101) F28F 2275/04 (20130101) F28F 2275/125 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49345 (20150115) |
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| US 09255776 | Barton |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aaron Barton (Oswego, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Barton (Oswego, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a gun tube for firing rounds of smart ammunition, a sensor means applied to the ammunition which enables the calculation of muzzle velocity in the instant as the ammunition leaves the muzzle edge of the gun tube. The sensor relies on measurement of magnetic field induced voltages which are unique as the ammunition leaves the muzzle edge of the gun tube. Each round of ammunition has a planar transformer of wiring applied longitudinally on the side of the round, which aids in creating the necessary magnetic fields. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/486005 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 30/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255777 | Campagnuolo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carl J. Campagnuolo (Sarasota, Florida); James Varosh (Danville, California); William J. Andrews (Tampa, Florida); Vincent Gonsalves (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl J. Campagnuolo (Sarasota, Florida); James Varosh (Danville, California); William J. Andrews (Tampa, Florida); Vincent Gonsalves (Nazareth, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A more IM compliant energetics train for a grenade fuze or a detonator includes an explosive charge containing PBXN-5 and a first charge containing PBX-9407 disposed adjacent to the PBXN-5 explosive charge. A flying disc is disposed adjacent to the first charge of PBX-9407. A barrel has one end disposed adjacent to the flying disc and an opposite end disposed adjacent to a second charge containing PBX-9407. Detonation of the first charge containing PBX-9407 causes the flying disc to accelerate through the barrel, impact the second charge containing PBX-9407 and detonate the second charge containing PBX-9407. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/276145 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 27/08 (20130101) Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 14/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09255847 | Cole |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barrett E. Cole (Bloomington, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermo-optical array devices and methods of processing thermo-optical array devices are disclosed. One method of processing thermo-optical array devices includes forming a (001) oriented titanium dioxide material on a bolometer material, and forming a vanadium dioxide material on the (001) oriented titanium dioxide material. One thermo-optical array device includes a bolometer material, a titanium dioxide material on the bolometer material, and a vanadium dioxide material on the titanium dioxide material, wherein the vanadium dioxide material has an optical transition temperature of less than 67 degrees Celsius. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/606534 |
| 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 5/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 5/0803 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/18 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/357 (20130101) |
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| US 09255853 | Weisman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | R. Bruce Weisman (Houston, Texas); Paul A. Withey (League City, Texas); Sergei M. Bachilo (Houston, Texas); Satish Nagarajaiah (Sugar Land, Texas); Venkata Srivishnu M. Vemuru (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Bruce Weisman (Houston, Texas); Paul A. Withey (League City, Texas); Sergei M. Bachilo (Houston, Texas); Satish Nagarajaiah (Sugar Land, Texas); Venkata Srivishnu M. Vemuru (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods of detecting strain associated with an object by: (1) irradiating a composition that has been applied to the object, where the composition comprises semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes; (2) measuring an emission from the irradiated composition, where the emission comprises near infrared emission; and (3) correlating the near infrared emission to the presence or absence of strain associated with the object. In some embodiments, the aforementioned steps occur without physically contacting the object or the composition. In some embodiments, the aforementioned steps occur without utilizing Raman spectroscopy. Further embodiments of the present invention also include a step of applying the composition to the object. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/398799 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/25 (20130101) G01L 1/248 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/359 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) G01N 2203/0629 (20130101) G01N 2203/0652 (20130101) |
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| US 09255901 | Swartz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Harold M. Swartz (Lyme, New Hampshire); Jiang Gui (Hanover, New Hampshire); Xiaoming He (Hanover, New Hampshire); Piotr Leniewski (W. Lebanon, New Hampshire); Roberto J. Nicolalde Flores (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Benjamin B. Williams (Thetford Center, Vermont); Dean E. Wilcox (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold M. Swartz (Lyme, New Hampshire); Jiang Gui (Hanover, New Hampshire); Xiaoming He (Hanover, New Hampshire); Piotr Leniewski (W. Lebanon, New Hampshire); Roberto J. Nicolalde Flores (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Benjamin B. Williams (Thetford Center, Vermont); Dean E. Wilcox (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for triaging patients according to radiation exposure measures electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of fingernails, toenails, and/or teeth. In vivo, radiation induced spectra are obtained from intact fingernails, toenails, or teeth placed within a magnet and with pickup coils over nails between the cut edge at the end of the fingernail and proximal skin or placed adjacent to at least one tooth. The system may also operate in vitro with fingernail clippings. At least three spectra are obtained with one after a delay at above twenty degrees Celsius, and at least one at power levels different from the others. The spectra are used to determine and remove a mechanically induced signal from EPR spectra to determine radiation-induced spectra. The radiation induced spectra are used to determine radiation dose, the dose is compared to triage limits, and a radiological triage tag is printed for the patients. |
| FILED | Friday, August 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 13/061423 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/60 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Scott Mellors (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Erin Anne Redman (Carrboro, North Carolina); John Michael Ramsey (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and devices that allow independently applied pressures to a BGE reservoir and a sample reservoir for pressure-driven injection that can inject a discrete sample plug into a separation channel that does not require voltage applied to the sample reservoir and can allow for in-channel focusing methods to be used. The methods, systems and devices are particularly suitable for use with a mass spectrometer. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/708906 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44721 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/44791 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/167 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09255929 | Jiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shaoyi Jiang (Redmond, Washington); Changlu Gao (Fukuoka, Japan); Guozhu Li (Shanghai, China PRC); Hong Xue (Seattle, Washington); Norman David Brault, Jr. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shaoyi Jiang (Redmond, Washington); Changlu Gao (Fukuoka, Japan); Guozhu Li (Shanghai, China PRC); Hong Xue (Seattle, Washington); Norman David Brault, Jr. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Zwitterionic polymers having adhesive groups, methods for making the polymers, surfaces having the polymers grafted thereto and grafted therefrom, and methods for making and using the polymer-modified surfaces. |
| FILED | Monday, September 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/891524 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6845 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09256026 | Thacker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiren D. Thacker (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Robert David Hopkins, II (Foster City, California); Jon Lexau (Beaverton, Oregon); Ronald Ho (Mountain View, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A chip package includes an optical integrated circuit (such as a hybrid integrated circuit) and an integrated circuit that are adjacent to each other on the same side of a substrate in the chip package. The integrated circuit includes electrical circuits, such as memory or a processor, and the optical integrated circuit communicates optical signals with very high bandwidth. In addition, an input/output (I/O) integrated circuit is coupled to the optical integrated circuit between the substrate and the optical integrated circuit. This I/O integrated circuit includes high-speed I/O circuits and energy-efficient driver and receiver circuits and communicates with optical devices on the optical integrated circuit. By integrating the optical integrated circuit, the integrated circuit and the I/O integrated circuit in close proximity, the chip package may facilitate improved performance compared to chip packages with electrical interconnects. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/540651 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/4274 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09256086 | Ho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seng-Tiong Ho (Wheeling, Illinois); Fei Yi (Evanston, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Electro-optic (EO) modulator and related device structures which can be used in conjunction with high EO materials to lower switching voltage and improve related performance parameters. |
| FILED | Monday, February 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/171296 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/2255 (20130101) G02F 2201/122 (20130101) G02F 2202/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09256431 | Matthews et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies, Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RAYTHEON CYBER PRODUCTS, LLC (Hearndon, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Matthews (Ellicott City, Maryland); Robert Martz (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of increasing processing diversity on a computer system includes: loading a plurality of instruction streams, each of the plurality of instruction streams being equivalent; executing, in a context, a first stream of the plurality of instruction streams; stopping execution of the first stream at a first location of the first stream; and executing, in the context, a second stream of the plurality of instruction streams at a second location of the second stream, the second location corresponding to the first location of the first stream. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/939064 |
| ART UNIT | 2495 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/3851 (20130101) G06F 9/30178 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/30196 (20130101) G06F 21/52 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09256540 | Arimilli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lakshminarayana Baba Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lakshminarayana Baba Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for performing cache injection includes monitoring addresses on a bus in response to a cache injection instruction. Ownership of input/output data on the bus is acquired by a cache when an address on the bus (that is associated with the input/output data) corresponds to an address of a data block associated with the cache injection instruction. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/212935 |
| ART UNIT | 2133 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/061 (20130101) G06F 3/0604 (20130101) G06F 3/0653 (20130101) G06F 12/0815 (20130101) G06F 12/0831 (20130101) G06F 12/0835 (20130101) G06F 12/0862 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2212/6028 (20130101) |
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| US 09256830 | Kearns et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin D. Kearns (Seattle, Washington); Manny Salazar Urcia, Jr. (Wildwood, Missouri); Christopher Lee Davis (Maple Valley, Washington); Clarence L. Gordon, III (Renton, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for identifying deformation of a structure. Training deformation data is identified for each training case in a plurality of training cases. Training strain data is identified for each training case in the plurality of training cases. The training deformation data and the training strain data are configured for use by a heuristic model to increase an accuracy of output data generated by the heuristic model. A group of parameters for the heuristic model is adjusted using the training deformation data and the training strain data for the each training case in the plurality of training cases such that the heuristic model is trained to generate estimated deformation data for the structure based on input strain data. The estimated deformation data has a desired level of accuracy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/596204 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/047 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 99/005 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09256838 | Sow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daby M. Sow (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak S. Turaga (Hawthorne, New York); Yu Zhang (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of meta-learning includes receiving a prediction objective, extracting a plurality of subsets of data from a distributed dataset, generating a plurality of local predictions, wherein each local prediction is based on a different subset of the plurality of subsets of data and the prediction objective, combining the plurality of local predictions, and generating a final prediction based on the combined local predictions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/840763 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09256843 | Cunningham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John Cunningham (West Hartford, Connecticut); Brett R. Hackleman (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | John Cunningham (West Hartford, Connecticut); Brett R. Hackleman (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Cunningham (West Hartford, Connecticut); Brett R. Hackleman (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for implementing a situational awareness includes a plurality of data gathering devices for observing the physical environment and transforming observations of physical phenomena into digital information; a plurality of field monitoring units with each of the plurality of units communicating with a corresponding plurality of data gathering devices to obtain data therefrom; and an aggregate monitoring unit communicating with each of the plurality of field monitoring units to monitor and control each of the plurality of field monitoring units and collect and store data from the plurality of data gathering devices. |
| FILED | Monday, September 17, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/621403 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| 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 10/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 10/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09257509 | Shepard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kenneth Shepard (Ossining, New York); Philip Kim (New York, New York); James C. Hone (New York, New York); Cory Dean (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Shepard (Ossining, New York); Philip Kim (New York, New York); James C. Hone (New York, New York); Cory Dean (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming and resulting devices are described that include graphene devices on boron nitride. Selected methods of forming and resulting devices include graphene field effect transistors (GFETs) including boron nitride. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/996214 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/518 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/778 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66742 (20130101) H01L 29/78603 (20130101) H01L 29/78684 (20130101) |
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| US 09257535 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and structure for a semiconductor transistor, including various embodiments. In embodiments, a transistor channel can be formed between a semiconductor source and a semiconductor drain, wherein a transistor gate oxide completely surrounds the transistor channel and a transistor gate metal that completely surrounds the transistor gate oxide. Related fabrication processes are presented for similar device embodiments based on a Group III-V semiconductor material and silicon-on-insulator materials. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/725719 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02603 (20130101) H01L 29/16 (20130101) H01L 29/401 (20130101) H01L 29/0669 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/42392 (20130101) H01L 29/66742 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09257645 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Minxian Max Zhang (Mountain View, California); Feng Miao (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianhua Yang (Palo Alto, California); Minxian Max Zhang (Mountain View, California); Feng Miao (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A memristor includes a first electrode; a second electrode; and a switching layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the switching layer includes an electrically semiconducting or nominally insulating and weak ionic switching mixed metal oxide phase for forming at least one switching channel in the switching layer. A method of forming the memristor is also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 14/232521 |
| ART UNIT | 2899 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 13/0007 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 45/08 (20130101) H01L 45/146 (20130101) H01L 45/147 (20130101) H01L 45/1233 (20130101) H01L 45/1608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 45/1616 (20130101) H01L 45/1625 (20130101) |
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| US 09257736 | Josypenko |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael J. Josypenko (Norwich, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Josypenko (Norwich, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features a broadband radio frequency (RF) device in the form of a power splitter. A broadband spiral transmission line power divider is used to divide power into two powers with a constant phase difference between the two divided powers. The power divider produces large bandwidths. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/874347 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/184 (20130101) H01P 3/08 (20130101) H01P 5/12 (20130101) H01P 5/184 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 7/48 (20130101) |
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| US 09257958 | Yong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yook-Kong Yong (Princeton, New Jersey); John R. Vig (Colts Neck, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A low phase noise dual mode resonator and a method of making and using said resonator is disclosed. The dual mode resonator is capable of sustaining two frequency vibration modes simultaneously. The two frequency vibration modes are capable of exhibit non-linear coupling when one is driven at a higher voltage than the other. The dual mode resonator is configured such that the ratio of the two vibration frequency modes is a value that maximizes the non-linear coupling effect. As a result of the non-linear effect, the phase noise on the mode that is not overdriven is reduced. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/283557 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 9/02086 (20130101) H03H 9/02818 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US D749183 | Richwald et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Richwald (Newton, New Jersey); Brian Casteel (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); Brent Donahue (Newton, New Jersey); Michael Freeman (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey); Nathan Leniz (Dover, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Richwald (Newton, New Jersey); Brian Casteel (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); Brent Donahue (Newton, New Jersey); Michael Freeman (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey); Nathan Leniz (Dover, New Jersey) |
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| FILED | Monday, June 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 29/494618 |
| ART UNIT | 2914 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Arms, pyrotechnics, hunting and fishing equipment D22/108 |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michelle A. Espy (Los Alamos, New Mexico); John Stevens George (White Rock, New Mexico); Robert Henry Kraus (White Rock, New Mexico); Per Magnelind (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Andrei Nikolaevich Matlashov (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Don Tucker (Eugene, Oregon); Sergei Turovets (Eugene, Oregon); Petr Lvovich Volegov (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Preferred systems can include an electrical impedance tomography apparatus electrically connectable to an object; an ultra low field magnetic resonance imaging apparatus including a plurality of field directions and disposable about the object; a controller connected to the ultra low field magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and configured to implement a sequencing of one or more ultra low magnetic fields substantially along one or more of the plurality of field directions; and a display connected to the controller, and wherein the controller is further configured to reconstruct a displayable image of an electrical current density in the object. Preferred methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/622940 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0035 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/0476 (20130101) A61B 5/0536 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/32 (20130101) G01R 33/54 (20130101) G01R 33/326 (20130101) G01R 33/445 (20130101) G01R 33/4808 (20130101) |
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| US 09254448 | Turner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Terry D. Turner (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Michael G. McKellar (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Bruce M. Wilding (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry D. Turner (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Michael G. McKellar (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Bruce M. Wilding (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for vaporizing and sublimating a slurry comprising a fluid including solid particles therein. The system includes a first heat exchanger configured to receive the fluid including solid particles and vaporize the fluid and a second heat exchanger configured to receive the vaporized fluid and solid particles and sublimate the solid particles. A method for vaporizing and sublimating a fluid including solid particles therein is also disclosed. The method includes feeding the fluid including solid particles to a first heat exchanger, vaporizing the fluid, feeding the vaporized fluid and solid particles to a second heat exchanger and sublimating the solid particles. In some embodiments the fluid including solid particles is liquid natural gas or methane including solid carbon dioxide particles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/938967 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Boiling; Boiling Apparatus B01B 1/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Liquefaction, Solidification or Separation of Gases or Gaseous Mixtures by Pressure and Cold Treatment F25J 1/0022 (20130101) F25J 1/0027 (20130101) F25J 3/08 (20130101) F25J 3/061 (20130101) F25J 3/067 (20130101) |
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| US 09255019 | He et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chuan He (Chicago, Illinois); Lu Zhou (Chicago, Illinois); Michael Bosscher (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptides comprising high affinity for the uranyl ion are provided. Methods for binding uranyl using such proteins are likewise provided and can be used, for example, in methods for uranium purification or removal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/394024 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/683 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 2101/20 (20130101) C02F 2303/18 (20130101) C02F 2305/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/00 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MATERIA, INC. (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MATERIA, INC. (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yann Schrodi (Northridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to olefin metathesis, and more particularly relates to the synthesis of terminal alkenes from internal alkenes using a cross-metathesis reaction catalyzed by a selected olefin metathesis catalyst. In one embodiment of the invention, for example, a method is provided for synthesizing a terminal olefin, the method comprising contacting an olefinic substrate comprised of at least one internal olefin with ethylene, in the presence of a metathesis catalyst, wherein the catalyst is present in an amount that is less than about 1000 ppm relative to the olefinic substrate, and wherein the metathesis catalyst has the structure of formula (II) wherein the various substituents are as defined herein. The invention has utility, for example, in the fields of catalysis, organic synthesis, and industrial chemistry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/965845 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2265 (20130101) B01J 2231/543 (20130101) B01J 2531/821 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 6/04 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 67/333 (20130101) C07C 67/333 (20130101) C07C 69/533 (20130101) C07C 2531/22 (20130101) C07C 2531/24 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255120 | Davis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Davis (Pasadena, California); Rajamani Gounder (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods for preparing sorbose from glucose, said method comprising: (a) contacting the glucose with a silica-containing structure comprising a zeolite having a topology of a 12 membered-ring or larger, an ordered mesoporous silica material, or an amorphous silica, said structure containing Lewis acidic Ti4+ or Zr4+ or both Ti4+ and Zr4+ framework centers, said contacting conducted under reaction conditions sufficient to isomerize the glucose to sorbose. The sorbose may be (b) separated or isolated; or (c) converted to ascorbic acid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/197511 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/62 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255238 | Erdemir et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ali Erdemir (Naperville, Illinois); Osman Levent Eryilmaz (Plainfield, Illinois); Mustafa Urgen (Istanbul, Turkey); Kursat Kazmanli (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Erdemir (Naperville, Illinois); Osman Levent Eryilmaz (Plainfield, Illinois); Mustafa Urgen (Istanbul, Turkey); Kursat Kazmanli (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocomposite coating and method of making and using the coating. The nanocomposite coating is disposed on a base material, such as a metal or ceramic; and the nanocomposite consists essentially of a matrix of an alloy selected from the group of Cu, Ni, Pd, Pt and Re which are catalytically active for cracking of carbon bonds in oils and greases and a grain structure selected from the group of borides, carbides and nitrides. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/250760 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 27/22 (20130101) B01J 27/24 (20130101) B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 37/0225 (20130101) B01J 37/347 (20130101) B01J 37/349 (20130101) Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 103/04 (20130101) C10M 169/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10M 2201/05 (20130101) C10M 2201/061 (20130101) C10M 2201/087 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10M Relating to Lubricating Compositions C10N 2210/01 (20130101) C10N 2210/02 (20130101) C10N 2210/03 (20130101) |
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| US 09255334 | Subbaraman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ram Subbaraman (Westmont, Illinois); Vojislav Stamenkovic (Naperville, Illinois); Nenad Markovic (Hinsdale, Illinois); Dusan Tripkovic (Hinsdale, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for a hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst are provided. Electrode material includes a plurality of clusters. The electrode exhibits bifunctionality with respect to the hydrogen evolution reaction. The electrode with clusters exhibits improved performance with respect to the intrinsic material of the electrode absent the clusters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/664122 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/04 (20130101) C25B 9/06 (20130101) C25B 11/0447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 11/0452 (20130101) C25B 11/0457 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/366 (20130101) |
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| US 09255343 | Evans, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boyd Mccutchen Evans, III (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Roger A. Kisner (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gail Mackiewicz Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Gerard Michael Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Alexander M. Melin (Knoxville, Tennessee); Donald M. Nicholson (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Chad M. Parish (Knoxville, Tennessee); Orlando Rios (Knoxville, Tennessee); Athena S. Sefat (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); David L. West (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); John B. Wilgen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a single crystal comprises heating a material comprising magnetic anisotropy to a temperature T sufficient to form a melt of the material. A magnetic field of at least about 1 Tesla is applied to the melt at the temperature T, where a magnetic free energy difference ΔGm between different crystallographic axes is greater than a thermal energy kT. While applying the magnetic field, the melt is cooled at a rate of about 30° C./min or higher, and the melt solidifies to form a single crystal of the material. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/790560 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 11/02 (20130101) C30B 11/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/52 (20130101) C30B 30/04 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/015 (20130101) |
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| US 09255347 | Ihlefeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Patrick E. Hopkins (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon Ihlefeld (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Patrick Edward Hopkins (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to control thermal energy transport uses mobile coherent interfaces in nanoscale ferroelectric films to scatter phonons. The thermal conductivity can be actively tuned, simply by applying an electrical potential across the ferroelectric material and thereby altering the density of these coherent boundaries to directly impact thermal transport at room temperature and above. The invention eliminates the necessity of using moving components or poor efficiency methods to control heat transfer, enabling a means of thermal energy control at the micro- and nano-scales. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/546147 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines, Devices, or Processes for Grinding or Polishing; Dressing or Conditioning of Abrading Surfaces; Feeding of Grinding, Polishing, or Lapping Agents B24B 37/042 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00476 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 13/00 (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 29/22 (20130101) C30B 29/24 (20130101) C30B 29/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09255642 | Bidkar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rahul Anil Bidkar (Niskayuna, New York); Massimiliano Cirri (Munich, Germany); Azam Mihir Thatte (Rotterdam, New York); John Robert Williams (Fairfield, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rahul Anil Bidkar (Niskayuna, New York); Massimiliano Cirri (Munich, Germany); Azam Mihir Thatte (Rotterdam, New York); John Robert Williams (Fairfield, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An aerodynamic seal assembly for a rotary machine includes multiple sealing device segments disposed circumferentially intermediate to a stationary housing and a rotor. Each of the segments includes a shoe plate with a forward-shoe section and an aft-shoe section having multiple labyrinth teeth therebetween facing the rotor. The sealing device segment also includes multiple flexures connected to the shoe plate and to a top interface element, wherein the multiple flexures are configured to allow the high pressure fluid to occupy a forward cavity and the low pressure fluid to occupy an aft cavity. Further, the sealing device segments include a secondary seal attached to the top interface element at one first end and positioned about the flexures and the shoe plate at one second end. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/542780 |
| ART UNIT | 3675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/04 (20130101) F01D 11/14 (20130101) F01D 11/025 (20130101) Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 29/164 (20130101) F04D 29/526 (20130101) Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/442 (20130101) F16J 15/445 (20130101) F16J 15/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255646 | Kiffer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC. (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Micah S. Kiffer (Kutztown, Pennsylvania); Stephen Clyde Tentarelli (Schnecksville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Excess flow shutoff valve comprising a valve body, a valve plug, a partition, and an activation component where the valve plug, the partition, and activation component are disposed within the valve body. A suitable flow restriction is provided to create a pressure difference between the upstream end of the valve plug and the downstream end of the valve plug when fluid flows through the valve body. The pressure difference exceeds a target pressure difference needed to activate the activation component when fluid flow through the valve body is higher than a desired rate, and thereby closes the valve. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/930474 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 17/22 (20130101) F16K 17/28 (20130101) F16K 17/406 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/1624 (20150401) Y10T 137/1677 (20150401) Y10T 137/7782 (20150401) Y10T 137/7785 (20150401) |
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| US 09255920 | Lamberti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, Virginia); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, Virginia); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent E. Lamberti (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Layton N. Howell, Jr. (Knoxville, Tennessee); David K. Mee (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael J. Sepaniak (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a sensor for detecting a target material. The sensor includes a ferromagnetic metal and a molecular recognition reagent coupled to the ferromagnetic metal. The molecular recognition reagent is operable to expand upon exposure to vapor or liquid from the target material such that the molecular recognition reagent changes a tensile stress upon the ferromagnetic metal. The target material is detected based on changes in the magnetic switching characteristics of the ferromagnetic metal caused by the changes in the tensile stress. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/493811 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/72 (20130101) G01N 33/0057 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255923 | Mukundan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harshini Mukundan (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Hongzhi Xie (Portland, Maine); Basil I. Swanson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jennifer Martinez (Dixon, New Mexico); Wynne K. Grace (Taos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention addresses the simultaneous detection and quantitative measurement of multiple biomolecules, e.g., pathogen biomarkers through either a sandwich assay approach or a lipid insertion approach. The invention can further employ a multichannel, structure with multi-sensor elements per channel. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/317378 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/553 (20130101) G01N 21/774 (20130101) G01N 33/569 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54373 (20130101) G01N 2469/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09255995 | Cherepy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nerine Jane Cherepy (Oakland, California); Stephen Anthony Payne (Castro Valley, California); Owen B. Drury (Rio Vista, California); Benjamin W. Sturm (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, a scintillator radiation detector system includes a scintillator, and a processing device for processing pulse traces corresponding to light pulses from the scintillator, where the processing device is configured to: process each pulse trace over at least two temporal windows and to use pulse digitization to improve energy resolution of the system. According to another embodiment, a scintillator radiation detector system includes a processing device configured to: fit digitized scintillation waveforms to an algorithm, perform a direct integration of fit parameters, process multiple integration windows for each digitized scintillation waveform to determine a correction factor, and apply the correction factor to each digitized scintillation waveform. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/525112 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/208 (20130101) |
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| US 09256623 | Ricketts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Ricketts (San Francisco, California); Luke David Durant (Santa Clara, California); Brian Scott Pharris (Cary, North Carolina); Igor Sevastiyanov (San Jose, California); Nicholas Wang (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method, and computer program product for scheduling tasks associated with continuation thread blocks. The method includes the steps of generating a first task metadata data structure in a memory, generating a second task metadata data structure in the memory, executing a first task corresponding to the first task metadata data structure in a processor, generating state information representing a continuation task related to the first task and storing the state information in the second task metadata data structure, executing the continuation task in the processor after the one or more child tasks have finished execution, and indicating that the first task has logically finished execution once the continuation task has finished execution. The second task metadata data structure is related to the first task metadata data structure, and at least one instruction in the first task causes one or more child tasks to be executed by the processor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/890184 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/52 (20130101) G06F 17/30289 (20130101) G06F 17/30292 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09256649 | Patton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Patton (Knoxville, Tennessee); Thomas E. Potok (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method and system for discovering documents using a computer and providing a small set of the most relevant documents to the attention of a human observer. Using the method, the computer obtains a seed document from the user and generates a seed document vector using term frequency-inverse corpus frequency weighting. A keyword index for a plurality of source documents can be compared with the weighted terms of the seed document vector. The comparison is then filtered to reduce the number of documents, which define an initial subset of the source documents. Initial subset vectors are generated and compared to the seed document vector to obtain a similarity value for each comparison. Based on the similarity value, the method then recommends one or more of the source documents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/920803 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3053 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/3097 (20130101) |
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| US 09257478 | Bloom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua Simon Bloom (Berkeley, California); John Anthony Tyson (Winters, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A spatially resolved spectral device comprising a dispersive array to receive an incident light comprising a principal ray. The dispersive array comprising a plurality of dichroic layers, each of the plurality of dichroic layers disposed in a path of a direction of the principal ray. Each of the plurality of dichroic layers configured to at least one of reflect or transmit a different wavelength range of the incident light. The device further comprising a detection array operatively coupled with the dispersive array. The detection array comprising a photosensitive component including a plurality of detection pixels, each of the plurality of detection pixels having a light-receiving surface disposed parallel to the direction of the principal ray to detect a respective one of the different wavelength ranges of incident light reflected from a corresponding one of the plurality of dichroic layers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/900418 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — 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 1/0488 (20130101) G01J 3/36 (20130101) G01J 3/0208 (20130101) G01J 3/0259 (20130101) G01J 3/0286 (20130101) G01J 3/2803 (20130101) G01J 3/2823 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09257699 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhengcheng Zhang (Naperville, Illinois); Wei Weng (Woodridge, Illinois); Shengwen Yuan (Chicago, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite material includes a porous organic polymer and an electrochemically active material, wherein the porous organic polymer contains a plurality of pores having a diameter of from about 0.1 nm to about 100 nm, and the electrochemically active material is disposed within the pores. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/788866 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/136 (20130101) H01M 4/364 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/1397 (20130101) H01M 4/5815 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09257833 | Allen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Allen (Airdrie, Canada); Dennis Haes (Colfax, Washington); Bryan J. Fazzari (Cumming, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are adaptive communication assisted protection and control. Local intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) associated with local switching devices and having unique IDs may transmit switch status and unique IDs to an area IED. The area IED may calculate topology using switch status, and provide control information to local IEDs using the topology. The area IED may communicate the unique ID of the local IED calculated to be immediately upstream of each local IED and, upon detection of a fault, the local IEDs may send blocking signals that include the received unique ID of the IED immediately upstream therefrom. The area IED may communicate control commands that include the unique IDs and control commands for the local IEDs to take the control action. Upon matching of the unique ID in the control command with its own unique ID, the local IEDs may take the control action and transmit remaining actions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/225796 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements H02H 1/0061 (20130101) H02H 1/0092 (20130101) H02H 7/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02H 7/261 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 13/0006 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 307/469 (20150401) |
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| US 09258244 | Boyd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald M. Boyd (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeffrey Farrow (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A communications protocol that is designed for transmission of data in networks that are subjected to harsh conditions is described herein. A network includes a plurality of devices, where the devices comprise respective nodes. The nodes are in communication with one another by way of a central network hub. The protocol causes the nodes to transmit data over a network bus at different data rates depending upon whether the nodes are operating normally or an arbitration procedure has been invoked. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/254991 |
| ART UNIT | 2472 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0061 (20130101) H04L 43/10 (20130101) H04L 47/25 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 2001/0094 (20130101) H04L 2001/0097 (20130101) |
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| US 09258248 | Andrews et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Matthew Andrews (Chatham, New Jersey); Spyridon Antonakopoulos (New Providence, New Jersey); Yihao Zhang (Chatham, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel Lucent (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Matthew Andrews (Chatham, New Jersey); Spyridon Antonakopoulos (New Providence, New Jersey); Yihao Zhang (Chatham, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A network device of a communication network is configured to implement coordinated scheduling and processor rate control. In one aspect, packets are received in the network device and scheduled for processing from one or more queues of that device. An operating rate of a processor of the network device is controlled based at least in part on at least one of an arrival rate of the packets and a number of the packets stored in the one or more queues. As one example of processor rate control based on packet arrival rate, the operating rate of the processor may be controlled by accumulating a designated number of the received packets, determining an average arrival rate of the accumulated packets, and setting the operating rate of the processor based on the average arrival rate. |
| FILED | Friday, April 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/078599 |
| ART UNIT | 2472 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 47/627 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09258932 | Hamann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hendrik F. Hamann (Yorktown Heights, New York); Hongfei Li (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hendrik F. Hamann (Yorktown Heights, New York); Hongfei Li (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Historical high-spatial-resolution temperature data and dynamic temperature sensor measurement data may be used to predict temperature. A first formulation may be derived based on the historical high-spatial-resolution temperature data for determining a temperature at any point in 3-dimensional space. The dynamic temperature sensor measurement data may be calibrated based on the historical high-spatial-resolution temperature data at a corresponding historical time. Sensor temperature data at a plurality of sensor locations may be predicted for a future time based on the calibrated dynamic temperature sensor measurement data. A three-dimensional temperature spatial distribution associated with the future time may be generated based on the forecasted sensor temperature data and the first formulation. The three-dimensional temperature spatial distribution associated with the future time may be projected to a two-dimensional temperature distribution, and temperature in the future time for a selected space location may be forecasted dynamically based on said two-dimensional temperature distribution. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/336266 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/42 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/206 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/06 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20836 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/1275 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rory A. Cooper (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania); Garrett G. Grindle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mark McCartney (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); UPMC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rory A. Cooper (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania); Garrett G. Grindle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mark McCartney (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic strong arm (RSA) for assisting in the transfer of a person from a first surface to a second surface, comprising: first and second members, wherein in each member comprises a prismatic joint having first and second ends and comprising inner and outer shells and a motor for powered linear movement of the outer shell with respect to the inner shell; a first powered joint interconnecting the second end of the first member with the first end of the second member, wherein the first powered joint provides movement of the second member with respect to the first member; wherein the first end of the first member is attached to a rotatable base and wherein the rotatable base is movably attached for powered movement along a component associated with, and extending around at least a portion of a periphery about, the first surface; and a computer controller for controlling movements of the outer shells, first powered joint, rotation of the rotatable base and movement of the rotatable base and RSA along the component. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/861283 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Transport, Personal Conveyances, or Accommodation Specially Adapted for Patients or Disabled Persons; Operating Tables or Chairs; Chairs for Dentistry; Funeral Devices A61G 5/14 (20130101) A61G 7/109 (20130101) A61G 7/1017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61G 7/1048 (20130101) A61G 7/1051 (20130101) A61G 7/1059 (20130101) A61G 7/1061 (20130101) A61G 7/1065 (20130101) A61G 7/1076 (20130101) A61G 2200/32 (20130101) A61G 2200/34 (20130101) A61G 2200/36 (20130101) A61G 2200/52 (20130101) A61G 2203/12 (20130101) A61G 2203/40 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajeev Dhiman (Malden, Massachusetts); James C. Bird (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Hyukmin Kwon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kripa K. Varanasi (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajeev Dhiman (Malden, Massachusetts); James C. Bird (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Hyukmin Kwon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kripa K. Varanasi (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to an article that includes a non-wetting surface having a dynamic contact angle of at least about 90°. The surface is patterned with macro-scale features configured to induce controlled asymmetry in a liquid film produced by impingement of a droplet onto the surface, thereby reducing time of contact between the droplet and the surface. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/300022 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 1/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/185 (20130101) B05D 5/02 (20130101) B05D 5/083 (20130101) Cleaning in General; Prevention of Fouling in General B08B 17/065 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24355 (20150115) |
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| US 09254505 | Connor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steve T. Connor (Stanford, California); Jung-Yong Lee (Menlo Park, California); Yi Cui (Sunnyvale, California); Peter Peumans (Leuven, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | A variety of methods, devices, systems and arrangements are implemented involving nanowire meshes. One such method is implemented to include synthesizing metal nanowires in a solution containing a structure-directing agent. The metal nanowires are deposited on a substrate to form a sheet of nanowires. The deposited metal nanowires are heated to a temperature less than about 200 degrees Celsius and for a period of time of about 10 minutes to 60 minutes, thereby removing the structure-directing agent and modifying the electrical conductivity and optical transmittance of the sheet of nanowires. |
| FILED | Friday, November 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/690582 |
| 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 B05D 7/20 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 35/00 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 18/16 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/1884 (20130101) H01L 31/022433 (20130101) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/0053 (20130101) H01L 51/441 (20130101) H01L 51/442 (20130101) H01L 51/444 (20130101) H01L 51/445 (20130101) H01L 51/4246 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paramjit S. Arora (Huntington, New York); Bogdan Olenyuk (Sierra Madre, California); Brooke Bullock Lau (Leesville, South Carolina); Ivan Grishagin (Alhambra, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York); University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paramjit S. Arora (Huntington, New York); Bogdan Olenyuk (Sierra Madre, California); Brooke Bullock Lau (Leesville, South Carolina); Ivan Grishagin (Alhambra, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to oligooxopiperazines that mimic helix αB of the C-terminal transactivation domain of HIF-1α. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing these oligooxopiperazines and methods of using these oligooxopiperazines (e.g., to reduce gene transcription, treat or prevent disorders mediated by interaction of HIF-1α with CREB-binding protein and/or p300, reduce or prevent angiogenesis in a tissue, induce apoptosis, and decrease cell survival and/or proliferation). |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/379450 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/496 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 241/08 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 403/14 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/63 (20130101) |
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| US 09255195 | Hsiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Benjamin S. Hsiao (Setauket, New York); Benjamin Chu (Setauket, New York); Jie Wei (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Hongyang Ma (Setauket, New York); Feng Zuo (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin S. Hsiao (Setauket, New York); Benjamin Chu (Setauket, New York); Jie Wei (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Hongyang Ma (Setauket, New York); Feng Zuo (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to (i) novel fluoroionic compounds capable of dispersing particulate filler compositions into a fluoropolymer; (ii) novel particulate compositions in which particulates are surface-functionalized with a fluoroionic compound; (iii) fluoropolymer composite materials containing the surface-functionalized particulates of (ii) incorporated into a fluoropolymer; (iv) crosslinked versions of (iii); v) methods for producing the crosslinked material of (iv); and (vi) articles of manufacture containing the compositions (iii) and (iv). |
| FILED | Thursday, October 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/045482 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/56 (20130101) C07D 233/58 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/00 (20130101) C08F 8/32 (20130101) C08F 8/32 (20130101) C08F 214/18 (20130101) C08F 214/18 (20130101) C08F 214/26 (20130101) C08F 214/26 (20130101) C08F 214/28 (20130101) C08F 2810/20 (20130101) C08F 2810/30 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/28 (20130101) C08J 3/246 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 9/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/139 (20150115) Y10T 428/2991 (20150115) |
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| US 09255327 | Winter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Charles H. Winter (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Thomas J. Knisley (Monroe, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles H. Winter (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Thomas J. Knisley (Monroe, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a thin film on a substrate which includes a step of contacting a surface with a precursor compound having a transition metal and one or more alkyl-1,3-diazabutadiene ligands is provided. The resulting modified surface is then contacted with an activating compound. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/818154 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 3/107 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 11/005 (20130101) C07F 13/005 (20130101) C07F 15/025 (20130101) C07F 15/045 (20130101) C07F 15/065 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255791 | Popescu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel Popescu (Champaign, Illinois); Lynford Goddard (Champaign, Illinois); Chris Edwards (Mahomet, Israel); Amir Arbabi (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for method for characterizing a height profile of a scattering surface relative to a fiducial plane. The scattering surface, which may be an interface between distinct solid, liquid, gaseous or plasma phases, is illuminated with substantially spatially coherent light, and light scattered by the scattering surface is collected and dispersed, such as by a grating, into zeroth- and first-order beams. A spatial Fourier transform of the zeroth- and first-order beams is created, and one of the beams is low-pass filtered. The beams are interfered at a focal plane detector to generate an interferogram, which is transformed to retrieve a spatially resolved quantitative phase image and/or an amplitude image of the scattering surface. Imaging may be performed during an etching process, and may be used to adaptively control a photoetching process in a feedback loop. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/630286 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/2441 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 22/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09255794 | Walton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PaneraTech, Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PANERATECH, INC. (Chantilly, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Walton (Columbus, Ohio); Yakup Bayram (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a system and method to aid in these inspections that avoid the disadvantages of the prior art. The system and method are operative to take thickness measurements of, and thus evaluate the condition of, materials including but not limited to refractory materials, operating in frequency bands that result in less loss than previously known technologies, and utilizing a system configuration and signal processing techniques that isolate the reflected signal of interest from other spurious antenna reflections, particularly by creating (through the configuration of the antenna assembly) a time delay between such spurious reflections and the actual reflected signal of interest, thus enabling better isolation of the signal of interest. Still further, the antenna assembly is intrinsically matched to the material to be probed, such as by impedance matching the antenna to the particular material (through knowledge of the dielectric and magnetic properties of the material to be evaluated) to even further suppress spurious reflections. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/706787 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Details or Accessories of Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens, or Retorts, in so Far as They Are of Kinds Occurring in More Than One Kind of Furnace F27D 21/0021 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 22/02 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09255853 | Weisman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | R. Bruce Weisman (Houston, Texas); Paul A. Withey (League City, Texas); Sergei M. Bachilo (Houston, Texas); Satish Nagarajaiah (Sugar Land, Texas); Venkata Srivishnu M. Vemuru (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Bruce Weisman (Houston, Texas); Paul A. Withey (League City, Texas); Sergei M. Bachilo (Houston, Texas); Satish Nagarajaiah (Sugar Land, Texas); Venkata Srivishnu M. Vemuru (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods of detecting strain associated with an object by: (1) irradiating a composition that has been applied to the object, where the composition comprises semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes; (2) measuring an emission from the irradiated composition, where the emission comprises near infrared emission; and (3) correlating the near infrared emission to the presence or absence of strain associated with the object. In some embodiments, the aforementioned steps occur without physically contacting the object or the composition. In some embodiments, the aforementioned steps occur without utilizing Raman spectroscopy. Further embodiments of the present invention also include a step of applying the composition to the object. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/398799 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/25 (20130101) G01L 1/248 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/359 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) G01N 2203/0629 (20130101) G01N 2203/0652 (20130101) |
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| US 09256086 | Ho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seng-Tiong Ho (Wheeling, Illinois); Fei Yi (Evanston, Illinois); Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Electro-optic (EO) modulator and related device structures which can be used in conjunction with high EO materials to lower switching voltage and improve related performance parameters. |
| FILED | Monday, February 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/171296 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/2255 (20130101) G02F 2201/122 (20130101) G02F 2202/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09257606 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Wing-Ho Lee (Kendall Park, New Jersey); Ioannis Kymissis (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An indirect bandgap thin film semiconductor circuit can be combined with a compound semiconductor LED such as to provide an active matrix LED array that can have high luminous capabilities such as for a light projector application. In another example, a highly efficient optical detector is achievable through the combination of indirect and direct bandgap semiconductors. Applications can include display technologies, light detection, MEMS, chemical sensors, or piezoelectric systems. An LED array can provide structured illumination, such as for a light and pattern source for projection displays, such as without requiring spatial light modulation (SLM). An example can combine light from separate monolithic light projector chips, such as providing different component colors. An example can provide full color from a single monolithic light projector chip, such as including selectively deposited phosphors, such as to contribute individual component colors to an overall color of a pixel. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/890611 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/005 (20130101) H01L 33/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 9/315 (20130101) |
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| US 09257936 | Karpelson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael Karpelson (Newton, Massachusetts); Robert J Wood (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gu-Yeon Wei (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Karpelson (Newton, Massachusetts); Robert J Wood (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gu-Yeon Wei (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit for driving a plurality of capacitive actuators, the circuit having a low-voltage side, a high voltage side and a flyback transformer between the two. The low-voltage side comprises first and second pairs of low-side switches connected in series across an input voltage. The flyback transformer has a primary winding connected to the two pairs of switches. The high-voltage side has a pair of switches connected between the secondary winding of the flyback transformer and a ground and a plurality of capacitive loads and bidirectional switches to connect the loads to the secondary winding of the flyback transformer and a ground. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/236437 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 41/2096 (20130101) F02D 2041/2013 (20130101) F02D 2041/2051 (20130101) Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 3/3372 (20130101) H02M 3/33576 (20130101) H02M 2001/009 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 2/06 (20130101) H02N 2/067 (20130101) Control or Regulation of Electric Motors, Electric Generators or Dynamo-electric Converters; Controlling Transformers, Reactors or Choke Coils H02P 31/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09257988 | Vaidyanathan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ramachandran Vaidyanathan (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Matthew Jordan (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to hardware decoders that efficiently expand a small number of input bits to a large number of output bits, while providing considerable flexibility in selecting the output instances. One main area of application of the invention is in pin-limited environments, such as field programmable gates array (FPGA) used with dynamic reconfiguration. The invention includes a mapping unit that is a circuit, possibly in combination with a reconfigurable memory device. The circuit has as input a z-bit source word having a value at each bit position and it outputs an n-bit output word, where n>z, where the value of each bit position of the n-bit output word is based upon the value of a pre-selected hardwired one of the bit positions in the x-bit word, where the said pre-selected hardwired bit positions is selected by a selector address. The invention may include a second reconfigurable memory device that outputs the z-bit source word, based upon an x-bit source address input to the second memory device, where x<z. The invention may produce the output n-bit, α bits at a time. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/478856 |
| ART UNIT | 2135 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/1732 (20130101) H03K 19/17744 (20130101) H03K 19/17752 (20130101) H03K 19/17756 (20130101) H03K 19/17776 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason C. H. Shih (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of improving growth performance, improving the efficiency of feed utilization, increasing feed digestibility, and decreasing mortality of immature and developing animals receiving animal feed. Methods of producing a crude keratinase enzyme extract and animal feed supplements for achieving the same are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/516702 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Fodder A23K 1/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A23K 1/1653 (20130101) A23K 1/1826 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/48 (20130101) |
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| US 09254266 | Yu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lian Yu (Madison, Wisconsin); Melgardt M. De Villiers (Madison, Wisconsin); Tian Wu (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lian Yu (Madison, Wisconsin); Melgardt M. De Villiers (Madison, Wisconsin); Tian Wu (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides surface-stabilized amorphous pharmaceuticals comprising an amorphous pharmaceutical substrate coated with a biocompatible immobilizing material. Amorphous pharmaceutical substrates that are prone to surface enhanced crystallization benefit from the present coatings. The coated amorphous pharmaceuticals of the present invention maintain their amorphous state and, therefore, their solubility over extended periods of time, relative to uncoated pharmaceuticals. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/053244 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/143 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/146 (20130101) A61K 31/405 (20130101) A61K 31/4422 (20130101) |
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| US 09255254 | Valles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Valles (Gainesville, Florida); David H. Oi (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | At least one novel virus capable of infecting crazy ants (Nylanderia fulva) is isolated, along with polynucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences of the virus. The virus is capable of be used as a biopesticide to control populations of crazy ants. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/175371 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 63/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2770/00021 (20130101) C12N 2770/00031 (20130101) C12N 2770/32021 (20130101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09254234 | Cooper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rory A. Cooper (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania); Garrett G. Grindle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mark McCartney (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); UPMC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rory A. Cooper (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania); Garrett G. Grindle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mark McCartney (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic strong arm (RSA) for assisting in the transfer of a person from a first surface to a second surface, comprising: first and second members, wherein in each member comprises a prismatic joint having first and second ends and comprising inner and outer shells and a motor for powered linear movement of the outer shell with respect to the inner shell; a first powered joint interconnecting the second end of the first member with the first end of the second member, wherein the first powered joint provides movement of the second member with respect to the first member; wherein the first end of the first member is attached to a rotatable base and wherein the rotatable base is movably attached for powered movement along a component associated with, and extending around at least a portion of a periphery about, the first surface; and a computer controller for controlling movements of the outer shells, first powered joint, rotation of the rotatable base and movement of the rotatable base and RSA along the component. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/861283 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Transport, Personal Conveyances, or Accommodation Specially Adapted for Patients or Disabled Persons; Operating Tables or Chairs; Chairs for Dentistry; Funeral Devices A61G 5/14 (20130101) A61G 7/109 (20130101) A61G 7/1017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61G 7/1048 (20130101) A61G 7/1051 (20130101) A61G 7/1059 (20130101) A61G 7/1061 (20130101) A61G 7/1065 (20130101) A61G 7/1076 (20130101) A61G 2200/32 (20130101) A61G 2200/34 (20130101) A61G 2200/36 (20130101) A61G 2200/52 (20130101) A61G 2203/12 (20130101) A61G 2203/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09254280 | Cole et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gregory M. Cole (Santa Monica, California); Sally A. Frautschy (Santa Monica, California); David R. Schubert (La Jolla, California); Pamela A. Maher (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory M. Cole (Santa Monica, California); Sally A. Frautschy (Santa Monica, California); David R. Schubert (La Jolla, California); Pamela A. Maher (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nutraceutical formulations that improve cognitive function in adults diagnosed with neurodegenerative disease are provided, which comprise a combination of fisetin and DHA. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/118187 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/3002 (20130101) A23L 1/3008 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2200/322 (20130101) A23V 2250/1868 (20130101) A23V 2250/2116 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/202 (20130101) A61K 31/202 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09254295 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Adams (Iowa City, Iowa); Michael C. Dyle (Iowa City, Iowa); Michael Welsh (Riverside, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for promoting muscle hypertrophy or decreasing adiposity by providing to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 03, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/612636 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Fodder A23K 1/1618 (20130101) Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 1/30 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Steroids C07J 53/00 (20130101) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09254866 | Dawson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan); The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew D. Dawson (League City, Texas); William J. Bluethmann (Houston, Texas); Chunhao J. Lee (Troy, Michigan); Robert L. Vitale (Macomb Township, Michigan); Raymond Guo (Seabrook, Texas); Venkata Prasad Atluri (Farmington Hills, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of controlling steering of a vehicle through setting wheel angles of a plurality of modular electronic corner assemblies (eModules) is provided. The method includes receiving a driving mode selected from a mode selection menu. A position of a steering input device is determined in a master controller. A velocity of the vehicle is determined, in the master controller, when the determined position of the steering input device is near center. A drive mode request corresponding to the selected driving mode to the plurality of steering controllers is transmitted to the master controller. A required steering angle of each of the plurality of eModules is determined, in the master controller, as a function of the determined position of the steering input device, the determined velocity of the vehicle, and the selected first driving mode. The eModules are set to the respective determined steering angles. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/075262 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Conjoint Control of Vehicle Sub-units of Different Type or Different Function; Control Systems Specially Adapted for Hybrid Vehicles; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems for Purposes Not Related to the Control of a Particular Sub-unit B60W 10/20 (20130101) Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 7/14 (20130101) B62D 7/1509 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B62D 7/1581 (20130101) |
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| US 09255941 | Banks |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce A Banks (Olmsted Township, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce A Banks (Olmsted Township, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for measuring a fluence of gas are disclosed. The system has a first light detector capable of outputting an electrical signal based on an amount of light received. A barrier is positionable adjacent the first light detector and is susceptible to a change in dimension from the fluence of the gas. The barrier permits a portion of light from being received by the first light detector. The change in the dimension of the barrier changes the electrical signal output from the first light detector. A second light detector is positionable to receive light representative of the first light detector without the barrier. The system and method have broad application to detect fluence of gas that may cause erosion chemical reaction causing erosive deterioration. One application is in low orbit Earth for detecting the fluence of atomic oxygen. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/112293 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/16 (20130101) G01B 13/24 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 19/08 (20130101) G01N 2021/8578 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 5/04 (20130101) G01P 13/0013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09255993 | Stephens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip John Stephens (Thousand Oaks, California); Attila Komjathy (La Crescenta, California); Brian D. Wilson (Altadena, California); Anthony J. Mannucci (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system, and apparatus provide the ability to estimate ionospheric observables using space-borne observations. Space-borne global positioning system (GPS) data of ionospheric delay are obtained from a satellite. The space-borne GPS data are combined with ground-based GPS observations. The combination is utilized in a model to estimate a global three-dimensional (3D) electron density field. |
| FILED | Friday, February 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/763196 |
| 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 19/14 (20130101) G01S 19/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09253994 | Shih |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason C. H. Shih (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of improving growth performance, improving the efficiency of feed utilization, increasing feed digestibility, and decreasing mortality of immature and developing animals receiving animal feed. Methods of producing a crude keratinase enzyme extract and animal feed supplements for achieving the same are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/516702 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Fodder A23K 1/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A23K 1/1653 (20130101) A23K 1/1826 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/48 (20130101) |
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| US 09254606 | Bao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jianwen Bao (Beijing, China PRC); Zhiyong Liang (Tallahassee, Florida); Ben Wang (Tallahassee, Florida); Chun Zhang (Tallahassee, Florida); Qunfeng Cheng (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianwen Bao (Beijing, China PRC); Zhiyong Liang (Tallahassee, Florida); Ben Wang (Tallahassee, Florida); Chun Zhang (Tallahassee, Florida); Qunfeng Cheng (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for aligning nanoscale fibers are provided. One method comprises providing a network of nanoscale fibers and mechanically stretching the network of nanoscale fibers in a first direction. The network of nanoscale fibers is substantially devoid of a liquid. A network of aligned nanoscale fibers and a composite comprising a network of aligned nanoscale fibers are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/690558 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 55/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 70/14 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2105/162 (20130101) B29K 2105/167 (20130101) B29K 2105/243 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/1002 (20150115) Y10T 428/25 (20150115) |
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| US 09255794 | Walton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PaneraTech, Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PANERATECH, INC. (Chantilly, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Walton (Columbus, Ohio); Yakup Bayram (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a system and method to aid in these inspections that avoid the disadvantages of the prior art. The system and method are operative to take thickness measurements of, and thus evaluate the condition of, materials including but not limited to refractory materials, operating in frequency bands that result in less loss than previously known technologies, and utilizing a system configuration and signal processing techniques that isolate the reflected signal of interest from other spurious antenna reflections, particularly by creating (through the configuration of the antenna assembly) a time delay between such spurious reflections and the actual reflected signal of interest, thus enabling better isolation of the signal of interest. Still further, the antenna assembly is intrinsically matched to the material to be probed, such as by impedance matching the antenna to the particular material (through knowledge of the dielectric and magnetic properties of the material to be evaluated) to even further suppress spurious reflections. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/706787 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Details or Accessories of Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens, or Retorts, in so Far as They Are of Kinds Occurring in More Than One Kind of Furnace F27D 21/0021 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 15/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 22/02 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/00 (20130101) |
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Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09255875 | Denenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jentek Sensors, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jentek Sensors, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott A. Denenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Todd A. Dunford (Amherst, Massachusetts); Neil J. Goldfine (Newton, Massachusetts); Yanko K. Sheiretov (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Detection of corrosion and other defects in piping is needed to prevent catastrophic pipeline failure. Sensors, systems and methods are provided to enable detection of such defects. These apparatus and methods are configured to characterize pipe protected by insulation and conductive weather protection. The sensors may utilize inductive and/or solid state sensing element arrays operated in a magnetic field generated in part by a drive winding of the sensor. Multiple excitation frequencies are used to generate the magnetic field and record corresponding sensing element responses. Relatively high excitation frequencies may be used to estimate the properties of the weather protection and sensor lift-off while lower frequencies may be used to detect internal and external pipe damage. Linear arrays may be moved to generate damage images of the pipe providing size and location information for defects. Two dimensional sensor arrays may be used to provide imaging without moving the sensor. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/660914 |
| ART UNIT | 2864 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 17/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 27/902 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/00 (20130101) |
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National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 09257647 | Borodulin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pavel Borodulin (Baltimore, Maryland); Nabil Abdel-Meguid El-Hinnawy (Columbia, Maryland); Robert Miles Young (Ellicott City, Maryland); Robert S. Howell (Silver Spring, Maryland); John R. Mason, Jr. (Linthicum, Maryland); Brian Paul Wagner (Baltimore, Maryland); Matthew Russell King (Elkridge, Maryland); Evan B. Jones (Linthicum, Maryland); Michael J. Lee (Linthicum, Maryland); Marc Eisenzweig Sherwin (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pavel Borodulin (Baltimore, Maryland); Nabil Abdel-Meguid El-Hinnawy (Columbia, Maryland); Robert Miles Young (Ellicott City, Maryland); Robert S. Howell (Silver Spring, Maryland); John R. Mason, Jr. (Linthicum, Maryland); Brian Paul Wagner (Baltimore, Maryland); Matthew Russell King (Elkridge, Maryland); Evan B. Jones (Linthicum, Maryland); Michael J. Lee (Linthicum, Maryland); Marc Eisenzweig Sherwin (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A phase change material (PCM) switch is disclosed that includes a resistive heater element, and a PCM element proximate the resistive heater element. A thermally conductive electrical insulating barrier layer positioned between the PCM heating element and the resistive heating element, and conductive lines extend from ends of the PCM element and control lines extend from ends of the resistive heater element. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/828351 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 45/06 (20130101) H01L 45/144 (20130101) H01L 45/1206 (20130101) H01L 45/1226 (20130101) H01L 45/1286 (20130101) H01L 45/1625 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 45/1641 (20130101) H01L 45/1666 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09256838 | Sow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daby M. Sow (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak S. Turaga (Hawthorne, New York); Yu Zhang (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of meta-learning includes receiving a prediction objective, extracting a plurality of subsets of data from a distributed dataset, generating a plurality of local predictions, wherein each local prediction is based on a different subset of the plurality of subsets of data and the prediction objective, combining the plurality of local predictions, and generating a final prediction based on the combined local predictions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/840763 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09257224 | Ortiz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joe A. Ortiz (Garden Grove, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A shield for a toroidal transformer that includes a toroidal assembly that comprises a toroidal magnetic core and a first winding includes a sheet of flexible non-magnetic conductive material. The sheet of flexible non-magnetic conductive material comprises a trunk portion extending along a longest dimension of the sheet of flexible non-magnetic conductive material and configured to wrap along an outer dimension of the toroidal assembly, and a plurality of fingers extending outwardly from the trunk portion and configured to wrap around portions of the first winding along portions of sides of the toroidal assembly in a direction towards the center of the toroidal magnetic core and folding into an inner dimension of the toroidal assembly. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/723471 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 27/288 (20130101) H01F 27/362 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 30/16 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, February 09, 2016.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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